The Belles
of
St. Mary’s
College
VOLUME XLIII, NUMBER 6
ST. MARY’S COLLEGE, RALEIGH. N.C.
MARCH, 1982
Spring Break! Spring Break! Spring Break!
by Kathleen Kincaid
Spring break, spring
break, we all live for spring
break! Yes, ladies,- that
glorious and much anticipated
break is FINALLY getting
closer. The weather being so
rainy and blah has made us
extra extra antsy for this
vacation. Of course, all of us
have been counting dQwn the
days faithfully since
Christmas vacation, but not
it’s almost here!
The Belles staff was
curious to know where
everybody was escaping for
those beautiful and hard-
earned 10 (count ’em 10! 10!)
days, so we asked some
people. The result is the
majority of St. Mary’s is going
to be flaunting a perfect
GOLDEN TAN before March.
Hey, that’s okay so I’ll be the
only ghost on campus! Some
people, like myself, are
heading for the north to freeze
our mittens off, shall we say.
Many girls are heading
home for some sleep, to visit
with some old friends and to
chow down on some of mom’s
cooking. That sounds like a
simple vacation, but
remember SMC students
come from all over: Honolulu,
Saudi Arabia, Boston,
Florida, Alabama, Georgia,
New Jersey, Kentucky, and
California. The list goes on
and on, but I think you get the
message.
We can’t forget the
organized groups from
school: Dr. Saxe’s group
going to France, Mr. Tate is
taking a group to Washington
D.C. and the Big Apple, and
there’s the independent group
of girls going to tan
themselves in the Bahamas.
We’ll be able to spot them, the
ones with the perfect tans,
joining them will be the people
groovin’ down to Myrtle
Beach, Palm Beach, Va.
Beach, Sanibel Islands and
the Carolina Coasts. All of
them are swearig to get a good
start on their tans and to do
some serious and massive
partying!
There are us few who are
going to fairly colder
climates: Mass., Maryland,
Maine, and a few going skiing
in Colorado and the Carolina
mountains.
I’m sure regardless of
where everyone goes for
spring break, they will try
real hard to have a great time
and get a good dose of R&R
(REST AND
RELAXATION)!!!!!
HAVE FUN
EVERYONE!!!
Our Leading Lady-
DEBBIE SHELLEY
CAREER CORNER
Many students at St.
Mary’s consider majoring in
business. The Belles staff
decided it was time we did an
article on business careers.
“Business” is a general term
that describes such diverse
areas as economics,
marketing analysis, banking
and finance. However, to
enter any of these fields, you
need certain basic courses.
Most universities require
that a student take sixty hours
of upper level courses to
graduate. To graduate with a
B.A. , in business
administration, you need
approximately 24 to 30 hours
of business related courses
such as Operation
Management, Principles of
Marketing and Business
Finance. In addition, many
students take a number of
other classes in a specific
area, like accounting for
example, that they wish to
specialize in.
In order to get a job in
business, you usually need to
have at least a B.A. However,
a prospective employee has a
much better chance of finding
work if she has a masters in a
specific field. If you graduate
with an M.B.A. from a
respected school, you’re
almost sure to find a good,
well-paying job.
North Carolina boasts of
several universities with
excellent business schools. Of
these. Chapel Hill has the best
reputation, but both
Appalachian State and ECU
have first-class schools. Out of
state colleges with well-known
business schools include
Vanderbilt, Emory and the
University of South Carolina.
by Lynn Jones
Yes, St. Mary’s, there is
truth to the rumor that
Deborah Shelley will be
leaving us this spring, but I
assure you, she is no happier
about it than we are. Husband
Jim Shelley has a new job
promotion along with a
transfer to New Jersey. He
has already made this
transition though they have
not yet found a new house.
Mrs. Shelley is scheduled to
leave at the end of March, but
she hopes to stay on through
the spring.
Deborah Shelley joined St.
Mary’s in 1977 as the Dean of
Student’s secretary. She
wanted to work in a small
women’s college and because
of her interest in student life,
has always helped in housing.
A bachelor’s degree, possibly
a master’s, and courses in
counseling are necessary for a
housing director, but no
amount of education could
replace the time and care she
pours into her work.
This year, responsibilities
and title have changed to
director of housing and
student development. This
includes the College Forum
Series, a committee chaired
by Rev. Dillard, programs for
students, coordinating
mixers, and the alcohol
awareness week. There is an
increasing number of
activities to schedule, with
upcoming speakers Jane
Whitmore to discuss health
and planned parenthood, and
M. C. Teague from the N.C.
crime prevention division who
will explain rights of college
women.
Debbie Shelley was born
and raised in Ireland near the
city of Dublin. She moved with
her family to Pennsylvania at
the age of thirteen, though you
can occasionally hear an
accent creeping into her
voice. She attended
Montgomery County
Community College and
Temple University, both in
Pennsylvania, and is now
enroll^ in several counseling
courses at N.C. State. She is
twenty-seven years old. She
and her husband have no
children as yet, but she
personally hopes for a
daughter who will one day
come to St. Mary’s.
SMC is a big family to
leave. She sees it as a special
place for growing and
learning. Being inducted into
the Beacon makes it
especially hard to depart.
After working to learn so
much about the school and
gain the respect of the
students, she says, “I don’t
feel like I’m leaving; I feel
like I’ll be a part of this place
forever.”
Little People
by Lynn Gardner
St. Mary’s Creative
Drama for children taught by
Mrs. Sandra Stallings
underwent a complete change
of pace when thirty-eight girls
were introduced to seventy
“little people” ranging from
kindergarten to third grade.
Everyone was flabergasted at
the size of things at the Louise
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IIV THK OAK. TREES.
by Foo Vaeth
A certain group of girls
have been running around the
grove unrecognized for quite
some time now and I hereby
nominate them as candidates
for sainthood. According to
grove calculations, they
attended 256 chapel services,
made well over 300 batches of
popcorn and have sat through
640 episodes of “General
Hospital”. They are the girls
who cringe when anyone says
“I am so sick of this place”.
These potential martyrs are
the four year girls. Imagine
your feelings had this been
your eighth semester and you
were listening to the same
familiar gripes. Yet th^e
girls are obviously here by
Choice. Each having invested
a Mercedes in our education,
we have gone unnoticed for
far too long. When I casually
mention someone from “the
good ole’ high school days”, a
typical response is: “I didn’t
know she’s been here four
years.” That is
understandable, especially
[because the only recognition
we receive is a picture in the
yearbook.
Hillsborough Square, as it was
then known. We survived all
the changes, and the year we
never thought would arrive is
drawing to a close.
If any group deserves
their own t-shirts, songs and
secrets, it is they. Boasting
the knowledge of all the secret
campus escape routes, we can
fly up and down the steps of
Smedes faster than a
freshman on her way to the
first frat party. Many changes
have taken place from that
time we walked up those steps
of Smedes as wide-eyed
sixteen-year-old girls. Then,
the building was an
overgrown shack. Air
conditioning was a dream and
water fights were a part of our
daily routine. No wonder it
was not remodeled until after
our class graduated to
Cruikshank. Fake i.d.’s were
in, and all the bars were
conveniently located on
While we do deserve
better acknowledgement for
our abilities to withstand the
tests of the grove, I don’t think
you’ll find one four year
survivor who would trade it
for anything. It’s been four
times the work, four times the
pain, four times the fun, and
when graduation rolls around
- four times the tears. Well ~
maybe.