The Belles
of
St Mary’s
Collese
VOL. XLI, NO. 2
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE. RALEIGH, N.C.
SEPTEMBER, 1979
“The Grasshopper” Retarns To St. Mary’s
A command performance of “The Grasshopper” given by a
world reknown quartet of infamous opera singers was presented
to the staff, faculty, and student body on September 12 in Pittman
Auditorium. The quartet has recently won critical acclaim
throughout the world with recent concessions in Fuquay-Varina
and Gaston County.
According to a drama critic of the Statesville Daily Redneck,
the quartet’s audacity is worthy of the highest praise. The quartet
includes alto Ludmilla Rose, soprano Theresa Funbunny Shaul,
tenor Vladamir Stikovich Windham, and baratone Roberto
Giovanni Roberts. The accompanist is Tabatha T. Thompson.
Also performing with the quartet is the Reverand Jonathon
Euphratum Tate.
“The Grasshopper” is an opera based on variations on a
theme. The theme is profound and very complex. It consists of
several variations on “a grasshopper sat upon the sweet potato
vine.” And it continues with “the big turkey gobbler came up
behind and gobbled him down on the sweet potato vine.”
Some of the variations include Andante with Sobs and Pocket
Handkerchiefs, Largo in a Mourning Key, Allegro Vivace
suggesting Vivi, Maestoso with Veracity and Gall, Presto with the
Shortness and Uncertainty of Insect Life, Adagio with Tender
Nasal Tones, Allegretto with Heathen Levity, and a concluding
variation in a jubilant chorus.
The production was an overwhelming success just as it was
four years go when it was also performed at St. Mary’s. The
quartet plans to appear next week at the Lizard Lick County Fair.
Anna Tate
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Teachers sing their hearts out for students.
Who’S Who at St. Mary’s
One special person at St.
Mary’s whom everyone knows
or will eventually come to
know is Dean Elizabeth Jones.
As the Dean of Students, she
plays an especially vital role
in all facets of campus life.
Growing up in the
Tidewater area of Virginia,
she completed her un
dergraduate work at
Longwood College in Virginia.
Continuing her education, she
attended Old Dominion, North
Carolina State, and finally
William and Mary. While at
college, she was on the dorm
council and the orientation
committee.
After finishing her
education. Dean Jones taught
school for twelve years. Also
during this time, she got
married and had two children.
In 1965 she became Assistant
Dean of Women at Meredith
College here in Raleigh. She
served at Meredith until 1970,
when she again went back to
school. She them became
Education Coordinator for the
Raleigh Public School
System, a position she held
until 1972, when she came to
St. Mary’s.
Her duties as Dean are
seen through many aspects of
campus life, but her mam J(*
is to make sure campus life is
running smoothly and
correcUy. She works twelve
months a year on such jobs as
housing the students, working
on the handbook, and direct
ing the summer school
session.
One can see Dean Jones’
total dedication and devotion
to the well-being of the
students. Her philosophy is
that if she can help one person
in the year, she has ac
complished something very
important.
Clearly, Dean Jones plays
one of the most important
roles on campus; she con
tributes greatly to the at
mosphere of the school and
will be remembered by all
students long after they have
left St. Mary’s.
Ruth Byrum
and Virginia Holland
The Vestry Makes Plans For 1979-80
The Vestry is made up of
high school and college
students who are interested in
becoming involved in the
church and-or helping with the
services. This group is the
student advisory body of the
chapel and is under the
direction of the Chaplain. The
Vestry plans special chapel
programs and often engages
guest speakers for the chapel
services.
There are many conv
tnittees in the Vestiy, each
with different respon
sibilities: the Cup Bearere;
the Lay Readers; the
Finance, Ministry, aud
Outreach Committees; aM
the Acolytes, who assist the
Chaplain in weekly chapel
services and the regular
Sunday services. Some of the
committees’ projects for the
upcoming
Christmas
year include
Glenwood Towers, Adq)t-a-
Gradparent, Blood Drive and
a Halloween party and an
Easter egg hunt for the
children at the Governor
Morehead School.
Vestry members serve fm
one year. The current Ves^
and their respective positions
are as follows:
Senior Warden - Betsy Durst
Junior Warden - Kimberly
Serison
Head of Cupbearers - Kitty
Stephenson o-chael
Cupbearers - Kacnaei
Tones Raine GUbert, Missy
BerS’ Helen Landi, Mary
K’n Simmons, Lanie Cox,
Rose Ann Mayo
I^d of Layreaders - Kathy
Altizer ^ ,.
Head of Acolytes - Lydia
Payne
Altar Guild Chairmen -
Coles Hines, Corbin Hogan-
boom
Projects Committee
Chairmen - Mary Clyde
Bridgers, Agnes Stevens
Senior Representative -
Charlotte Martin
Junior Representative -
Byrd Britt
Sophomore Representative -
Stephanie Powell
Please feel free to come to
any of the Vestry meetings.
And if you would like to
dedicate a prayer book or
hymnal to a friend or family
member, see the Senior
Representative, Charlotte
Martin.
MgKoonce
Dean Jones
New School Year Begins
Welcome back to school!
The school year is here with
all of its tests, papers, gossip
sessions, and assemblies.
The first week of school
was very busy with boarders
moving in, new students
trying to find their way
around campus, and old
students finding friends they
hadn’t seen since May.
Freshmen, new
sophomores and new juniors
arrived on Thursday, August
23, keeping parents, brothers
and sisters, and local helpers
busy moving them in. The
returning sophomores arrived
Friday, while the new
students took diagnostic
reading tests. Classes started
on Saturday for the high
school students. All returning
juniors and seniors arrived on
on Sunday, and their classes
started Monday.
The Big Sister - Little
Sister program was the theme
of an indoors picnic (since it
rained).
Welcome back to school,
and may the rest of the year
be as exciting as the first
week!
Mary Meares