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The Belles
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St. Mary’s
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VOL. XLI, NO. 5
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, RALEIGH: N.C.
ST. MARTS COLLEGE GIRLS
LOOK TO THE FUTURE
St. Mary’s girls have
career goals in mind. Some
girls mention such careers as
nursing, corporate law,
auditory pathology, or even
commercial airline piloting -
careers that seem to be a bit
unusual for graduates of a
small junior college.
The majority of the
students at St. Mary’s, of
course, still plan to continue in
the Liberal Arts or business
fields by majoring in ad
vertising, journalism,
broadcasting, business, and
fashion merchandising. These
fields do have good
preparation courses here at
SMC. In fact, after attending a
junior college like St. Mary’s,
these girls may actually have
an advantage over their
competition because of the
personal attention received in
the small college classes.
Some of the girls plan to
work with children, either as
psychologists or in some field
of childhood education, ’^ese
girls have gained experience
here at St. Mary’s by working
at local day care centers and-
or elementary schools. One
girl stated that she realized
how much she enjoyed
working with children only
after being able to do so on a
regular basis through her
classes.
Oddly enough, although
art and theater majors are
bound to come out of a Liberal
Arts school, very few polled
students expressed any desire
to make a career in either
field. Each art and drama
student questioned stated that
she had enjoyed her classes
tremendously, but only a
small number had any plans
for transferring to an art or
theatrical school for further
instruction. Most ^id they
feared the competition. Those
few majoring in art were
going to major in commercial
design. Drama majors were
unsure of what they would
eventually do, but all hoped
that at some time they would
work in a well-respected
theatrical company.
Graduating seniors were
also asked their ideas on
marriage and children. Most
still saw marriage in their
future, but they wondered if
they could raise a family
while working. The majority
of girls chose to postpone their
careers until after raising
their children to school age.
Only a few who planned to
marry expressed a strong
aversion to having children.
In fact, many wished to have
large families.
All of the girls consider
the future economy when
making plans for their
futures. Some girls stated that
they had refrained from
becoming involved in a field
because of the lack of security
they saw in that job. Almost
all of the girls expected to
work while married because
of financial necessity. But no
matter where St. Mary’s girls
are going or what they’re
going to do, all considered
college preparation vital.
Laura McConnell
Mock Convention At St. Marfs
It is 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday,
April 22. As Anna Tate and
Edie Lindsey, the Convention
Co-Chairmen, call the crowd
to order, the general chaos
around me in Pittman
Auditorium dies down, but not
completely.
This is the beginning of
Saint Mary’s fourth Mock
Nominating Convention,
which is part of Don Roberts’
Political Science 29 Class.
There are roughly two hun
dred delegates here tonight,
one tenth of the actual number
of delegates who will be at
tending the 1980 Republican
National Convention in
Detroit, Michigan, in July.
Each delegation head has
been preparing.for months for
this mock convention.
Students have written letters,
collected newspaper clip
pings, and some have been
able to record primary resmts
to accurately predict how
their states’ delegations wiU
'^°^'ronight we will hear the
Keynote Address by Dr. lUy
Camp a prirfessor at North
§roSna State University, and
speeches for the candidates
whose names we place in
nomination for President. We
will meet again at 6:00 P.M.
two nights from now on
Thursday, April 24, to have
the roll call of states for the
Presidential nomination.
Ronald Reagan wUl probably
not have much opposition and
should win the nomination.
But there is expected to be a
fight regarding the Vice
Presidential nomination, and
no one can at this point predict
who the winner will be.
Linda Ingram
Graduation
Virus Reaches Epidemic Proportions
Within this grove of
stately oak trees, a highly
contagious virus has once
again, as it does every year at
this time, taken hold. It is
called for all, senioritis, but as
usual to the majority the
sickness has been even more
closely diagnosed as
“Carolina Fever.”
In the upstairs of the
student union above the
complaints of “no mail again”
an ecstatic cry of “I’ve been
accepted” can often be heard.
As to the whereabouts of
where these “acceptees” wUl
attend, the distribution is
similar to past years. The
majority, of course, will at
tend Chapel Hill, but the
senior class of 1980 will also be
represented at other in
stitutions including: Ap
palachian, Davidson, East
Carolina, Meredith, N.C.
DR. ESTES TO GO BEHIND
THE BAMBOO CURTAIN
Dr. David C. Estes, who
has been with the St. Mary’s
English Department for one
vear will spend the upconung
Sr in the People’s Republm
of China. Dr. Estes will
employed by the government
of China with a
visiting
Shanghai Foreign Languag
Institute. His dutms wm
consist of working with tne
English professors to improve
their skills in teaching
English. .
The Institute is one of tM
two largest such schools m
China with several thws^d
students. It offers highly
specialized training m
languages.
Dr. Estes considers the
^ccihilitv of overseas
teaching interesting. His basic
goal for the year he will spend
fn China is to “find out exacUy
what a college degree m^ns
in another culture and to find
out what a young person in
China expecte to derive from
such a degree.” Dr. Estes is
also extremely interests in
finding out what concept the
Red Chinese have of
Americans and of life in the
United States.
Dr Estes does not speak
Chinese, but he will learn as
much as he can about tte
language this summer. He
doesn’t expect this to be an
easy task. “Chinese is a very
difficult language,” he says,
“because the same word can
mean several different things
depending on the intonations it
is ^ven.” Other problems Dr.
Fstes has anticipated are
SSg clothes to fit his6’0”
frame, which is well above the
average Chinese height, and
deciding exactly what clothes
to take to suit the Chinese
climate.
Shanghai, where Dr.
Estes will be living, is the
largest city in Red China, and
it is also known as the most
vital and exciting city in the
country. Because Shanghai
was a British base during the
war, the Western influence
has been great. The climate is
said to be comparable to that
of the South Eastern coast of
the United States. Because it
is also known as China’s most
polluted city, it will probably
provide Dr. Estes with
memories of New Yo-’
Chicago.
State, Queens, Salem, and
UNCW. Those who have
chosen to go somewhere
outside of North Carolina will
be attending: the College of
Charleston, the University of
South Carolina, the University
of Georgia, the University of
Florida, Virginia Com
monwealth University, the
University of Virginia, James
Madison, Loyola, Katherine
Gibbs and the University of
Kentucky. Some have opted to
go to work or are still un
decided as to what they will do
with their future.
Sallie Lynch
MEMORIAL
Things we certainly will
miss, but never lose - Mr.
Johnson
Clutter and chaos at
registration...the calm
reassiurance...tears over an
intolerable class...a com
forting smile...oh, those white
shoes:..a bright
hello”...“Welcome to the
1979 St. Mary’s Spring
Festival”....what a quiet
tone...what a gentle person
.always a nice thing to
say...a nice thing to do...so
much patience...we showed so
little appreciation...slow
walks around the drive (cane
in hand)...all smiles and
grease paint in an SMC
play...Santa Claus at
Christmas...an easy person to
talk to...an easy person to
admire...years of con
tributing...a deep love for the
school...never too busy to
listen...a comforting word
when things looked bad...
college applications-SEND
MY TRANSCRIPTS!.,
announcing graduation
ceremonies...laughing with
students...all-giving, all-
loving, and all-caring, things
■ certainly wi l jnioS but
we
never lose.
Kea Capel