The Belles
of
St. Mary’s
Collese
VOL. XLII, NO. 4
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY, 1981
DAY STUDENTS
GET INVOLVED
by Patti Drake
This year more than ever
St. Mary’s day students have
made some terrific
accomplishments with
positive, permanent results.
Together with more
involvement in the school than
previous years, the day
students have succeeded in
achieving a long list of
activities.
For Thanksgiving, a
favorite housekeeper, Naomi,
\yas given an extravagant
dinner with all the traditional
treats included. Then for
Christmas, Mary-Hunter
Martin, after a few phone
calls, was referred to Ms.
Lattie Strickland of Hillhaven
Convalescent Center. Ms.
Strickland has no family
therefore St. Mary’s day
students have made her
personal welfare their
concern and have decided to
‘adopt’ her through visits and
gifts.
For the Spring term, a
raffle with a $100 gift
certificate at Jolly’s Jewelers
is being held, proceeds will be
used for an Easter project.
Following the raffle, the Yale
Alley Cats will perform on
March 20 in Sm^es Parlor.
This gathering promises to be
a fun affair for all.
Finally, the Day Student
House was redecorated over
the summer, a long awaited
event. A new carpet, new
furniture and new decor all
contributed to the house’s new
lo(^
1980-81 has been a very
productive year for the day
students and promises to
continue with positive results.
February 14th«How
It All Began
by Sarah Rice
Every February 14,
people exchange tokens of
love-or wish they were
exchanging tokens of love.
But, do you ever stop to think
where the custom of
Valentine’s Day began? The
day of romance when
sweethearts receive flowers,
candy or cards began with the
Romans. Valentine’s Day was
originally the feast of
Lupercalia, a young lovere
celebration. It was held in
honor of Juno, the Roman
goddess of marriage, and the
Roman god. Pan, of nature.
Partners drew names from a
box, and then the Romans
would exchange gifts with
their partners. Later, the day
becameSaintValentine’s Day
and was set on the date of
February 14. The name was
given in honor of two Christian
martyrs who died for
converting Romans to
Christians.
Valentine’s Day has many
amusing customs. Girls would
often write men’s names on
paper and roll the bit in a
piece of clay. After throwing
them into the water, she would
wait untU the
floated to the top and then the
name she’d unravel would be
that of her valentine.
Sometimes charms were
netformed to enable a girl to
dream who her future
husband would be. A Popular
tradition involves toe drawing
of names by swial g^ou^.
After drawing, the men would
wear his lady’s name on hw
sleeve for days, and so the
phrase “he wears his heart mi
his sleeve’’ emerged.
Raleigh gets snow, snow, and mwre snow in January.
A NEW FACE IN
PR AT ST. MARY’S
by Mary Horton
What do you like best
about St. Mary’s? Linda
Weiner likes the homey
atmosphere. She feels that she
is closer to the students here
than she would be at a bigger
school. „
Who is Linda Weiner? She
works in the public relatioiK
department here at St.
Mary’s. Mrs. Weiner takes
care of all the St. Mary s
publications. She writes the
Close Up calendar. Mrs.
Weiner is in charge of t^
writing of the catalogue, the
student director, a 1 the
brochures, and all the
material for toe Admission s
Office for prospective
students. She also handles the
public service announcements
^d the advertisements.
Linda Weiner is from
Princeton, North Carolina
She attended the local high
school. Mrs. Weiner was
always interested in writing
and became interested in
journalism during high
school. She was co-editor of
her high school newspaper.
Mrs. Weiner attended the
journalism school at the
University of North Carolina.
There she todi the basic
course of journalism such as:
beginning reporting, political
reporting, history of
journalism, journalism and
law, and editing and lay-out.
This last course is the one that
Mrs. Weiner enjoyed the
most. She felt that it was the
most challenging and toe most
creative class. Mrs. Weiner
feels that the School of
Journalism is very good at
UNC. After just one writing
course, she was able to take a
job at a small town newspaper
during a summer internship
program. She won a North
Carolina Press Association
Award for an article. Mrs.
Weiner felt that journalism
school was at a disadvantage
because it treated going into
public relations as a cardinal
sin. It is very competitive in
pitting students against one
another. A great disadvantage
of toe school, Mrs. Weiner
said, is that the stories are
graded on how well the
professor likes toe story.
Mrs. Weiner worked in
Public Relations at UNC and
then moved to Wake Medical
Center. She didn’t like the
hospital public relations and
moved back temporarily to
UNC. She was told of toe job at
St. Mary’s, applied, and was
accepted. She would like to
work here or somewhere with
a staff, so that toe p^ple on
toe staff could specialize in
certain areas and not be
spread too thin.
Gifts, flowers, and candy
are traditional presents
between valentines^ ^cia
messages are a custom that
Swloped after toe civil war
Some elaborate gifts
presents of jewels, or foriMl
balls given for valentines.
this February 14, .
Sr»ta“rdw?«irpr«l»‘'ly
fooled by an anonymous
Sr!^tion.^tisfromatollow
SMC girl-the SGA is
sponsoring a carnation sale.
The Opera Comes to fSMC
by Margie Morgan
On Wednesday night,
January 21, St. Mary’s was
honored with a performance
by the National Opera
Company in “Don Pasquale.
The North Carolina Chamter
Plavers accompanied the
Company ia the fine
performance. The
nirpctor and Conductor for
Sie evening was Don Wilder.
Founded in 1948 by A.
Fletcher the National Opera
9 *?oo tiin6S in 35 states.
’ ‘‘Don Pasquale’’ is the
story of an elderly, wealthy
gentleman who is disturbed
because his nephew, Ernesto,
will not marry the young lady
he has chosen for him.
Pasquale decides to marry a
young lady and disinherit
Ernesto. Dr. Malatesta, a
“friend” of Pasquale’s, and in
an effort to join Ernesto and
his love, Norina, plots with
Norina to marry Pasquale.
Pasquale marries Norina,
thinks she s Mala teste’s sister,
Sofronia. “Sofronia” makes
impossible demands of
Pasquale and his wealth. To
get “Sofronia” to leave his
house, Pasquale must allow
Ernesto to marry
immediately. Pasquale
discovers that “Sofronia” is
really Norina, Ernesto’s love,
and is so elated, that he
blesses the marriage of
Ernesto and Norina.
The cast of toe National
Opera Company exhibited
tremendous talent and St.
Mary’s night at toe opera was
an enjoyable one. It is hoped
that toe Company will return
to St. Mary’s with another
opera in the future.
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