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PAGE 4 THE BELLES OUR MISS ALEXANDER by Betsy Niblock “I’m basically a very shy person,” Mary Lida Alexander says as she laughs and rocks back in her chair. Knowing her as a teacher and coach, I laugh too. If she’s shy, she hides it well, and she’s very willing to answer questions I throw her way. In actuality, I have stumbled across a sort of closet philosopher. Miss Alexander third in the South. Realizing that sports is not ali there is to life, I probed “Coach A’s” personal life. The most common interview ques tion of all time jumped out at me, and I couldn’t resist the temptation. I asked what she thought made her “interesting and unique.” As I expected, her face went blank. She pondered as she again rocked back in her chair. “I’m your average run-of- the-mill kind of person,” she has a philosophy for everything, said. “I don’t know, let’s ask Those philosophies center Mrs. Brown. Mrs. Brown! C around a passion for a simple and easy life. A laid-back coun try girl from Kannapolis, N.C. she has no mad desires to change the world or herself, but rather to just enjoy living and take whatever comes along. Though I inquired about many things, her philosophy on life becomes most evident when she spoke of her career. “You have to coach in accordance with your philosophy. Winning isn’t everything to me. It’s more fun to win, but the rrxDst impor tant thing is to learn about yourself and to gain that self- discipline.” She didn’t stop there, “Whether teams are good or bad, good kids to work with are the key. They have to care OME. HERE A MINUTE!” She paused and waited for her ap pearance in the doorway. “Mrs. Brown, what would you say makes me unique?” Laughing for a minute, Mrs. Brown only managed to come up with a few weak adjec tives like “friendly” and “sociable,” so we gave up on getting any help from her. Finally, Miss Alexander looked up at me and smiled. “I was a CUB SCOUT!” she said. It’s too bad they never had merit badges for such originality! MAY 1984 Coach Jones and Basketball. BOOTHS [Continued from pages] ^ your exposure to them? Do that they play well and want to threats of cancer and pre improve. I enjoy seeing kids maturely aged skin worry you at who say “I can’t” turn around and say “I can.” all? Though you may be satis- When asked about her life tied with the immediate results, in general, she had ajot of im- in the long run you are really press!ve data to share that one hurting your skin. The lights never seems to hear about. For bombard your body with two instance, she played women’s types of ultraviolet rays; UVB basketball for four years at and UVA. UVB increase your UNC-G,a nd while she was risk of cancer and UVA is sus- playing, her team was invited to pected of causing skin to pre- the women’s equivalent of the maturely age. Both can cause NIT, placing fourth in that damage to your eyes. The earlier salons were Then there’s tennis. She three to four feet square booths didn’t really start playing until which used eight to sixteen her freshman year in college, Westinghouse fluorescent yet she has managed to be lamps. The lamps were ranked on several occasions in- mounted in the corners and the eluding 9th in the state singles walls were mirrored. The arid 15th in the south. In 1974, “tanee” could stay in for one to Miss Alexander and Miss Mary fifteen minutes. These booths Lou Jones, St. Mary’s tennis used primarily UVB rays which coach, were ranked second in are comparable to those of the the state as a doubles team and sun. The new salons claim to have developed a “safer” system. Their use of UVA rays supposedly make a big differ ence in the amount of damage to the skin. They use sixteen to forty-eight lamps and allow fif teen to sixty minutes exposure time. The “tanee” lays on a bed of the lamps while more are suspended above. Unquestionalbe proof has yet to be found showing a clear connection between tanning salons and skin cancer or skin aging, but the following facts are true and indicate distinct possibilities of damage: 1. There are 500,000 cases of skin cancer in this country per year. Most types are curable but can cleave scars and disfigurea- tions. Malignant Melanama, an incurable type, is increasing in incidence. 2. Aging starts in layers of the skin deeper than those where skin cancer occurs. UVA rays go deeper into the skin and attack the fibers that normally keep the skin resilient. The result is sag and vwinkling. 3. Ultraviolet rays can upset the genetic control of dormant or developing cold sores (Herpes I), thus agrivating in fection. 4. The light source in the booths may provide ten times the amount of exposure re ceived from a noon sun in the summer. This is enough to generate skin cancer in lab ani mals. 5. Certain drugs can increase sensitivity to ultraviolet rays found in sunlight and tanning booths. Their presence in or on the body, causes the effects of the radiation to be more severe. Examples of these include; Antibacterials such as those found in deodrant bar soaps, antiseptics and cosmetics; Antibiotics such as tetracycline and its deriatives; Antidepres sants; Antihistamines; Dyes such as those found in lif> sticks; Perfumes and Tranquili zers. 6. Eye protection is needed in either type of tanning salon (no matter what they say). Sink or Swim by Annabelle Brandeaux St. Mary’s has finally come out on top with our syn chronized swimming team. The Sea Saints. Their beautiful per formance, SPLASHDANCE! several vreeks ago is one of the best that the College has ever seen. Miss Vann Eure spent many long hours with her giris choreographing the show, and the hundreds in attendance showed what a success the show was. The Sea Saints per formed a combination of jazz dancing and water ballet that took the audience through several decades of music-from the “Big Band” era to the flower children of the Sixties to the exciting “Flashdance” theme of the Eighties, which was the grand finale of the entire show, complete with sparklers! The performers displayed enormous talent, the costumes and lights were extraordinary, and Dr. Esthimer was vivacious as ‘Master of Ceremonies’. The school waits anxiously for next year’s Sea Saints to see how they will compare to the talent of the 1983-1964 Sea Saints. r Miss Mary Lou Jones, Mary’s Tennis Coach. i St. ''tV^ iSt;TaSi The Vestry 1984-1985 Graduation Rate Expcnoiicc our hnc specialty restaurant, Scotch Honnets. I )ine m Alli LumJy restaurmit. Enjov lii'liteJ tennis courts, iiuioor/outdcxir piKil. hydrotlierapv pool. ,uid gotne room. Senior Warden: Miss Susan Page Thomas; Junior Warden' Miss Mary Eccles Cheatham; Heed Lay Reeder: Miss Margaret Ann Ellington; andAltar GuildCo-Chairpeople: Miss Carlo Davis Eaiy, Miss Pamela Temple Aikins, and Miss Elizabeth Christman Wolverton. Acolyte Co-Chairpeople: Miss Susan Louise Carter and Miss Susan Clifton Langston; Projects Co-Chairpeople: Miss Martha Dabney Mann and Miss Katherine Christhilf Pjlien; Senior Qass Representative: Miss Annie Gray Sprunt; Junior Class Repre sentative: Miss Suzanne Carole Thurlow; Sophomore Cl. Repre sentative: Miss Rebecca Hesselina LkJa Face; andPreshman Cl. Representative: To be selected. Head Cup Bearer: Miss Tern' Lynn Shubert; Cup Bearers: Miss Ellen Elizabeth Toler, Miss Helen Winston Miller, Miss Katherine Elizabeth Keel, Miss Kimber Leah Barker, Miss Sara McKinnon Dowling, Miss Miriam Efird Ritchie and Miss Isabel Dunlap Erwin. THE MARSHALS: Miss Anne Duncan Bailey, Chief; Miss Margaret Henley Adams; Miss Anne Carrington Rice; Miss Annie Gray Sprunt, Miss Katherine Dupre Walton, and Miss Carolyn Wooten Warner. kali:k;i iMorriott COMPLETE \NORD PROCESSING SERVICE. TERM PAPERS, RESUMES, CONVENIENT TO CAMPUS. ROGERS AND ASSOCIATES ST. MARY’S STREET 834-0000
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