Saint Mary's College - Stage Coach Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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uperlatibes Among us there are some who quite surpass The rest — superlatives in their own class. Frances Bradley Chic is the word to fit her style — oli, yes, This Frances knows the subtleties of dress. Anna Brooke Allan Siie can do everything; it seems, with her. As if she never knew what failures were. Sixty-four

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Balmy weather and Mrs. Marriott ' s consolation in the form of extraordinary meals help the dreaded week to pass on. A new semester arrives and, with it, new students, all of which are celebrated by a faculty-student basketball game. Sincere sympathy goes to Miss Fishhurne. Was it that her students were too hard on her? Maybe her Latin had been too hard on them. SPRING The trees begin to bud; a few flowers push upwards in the biology garden, and every- body blames the downhill grades on spring fever. The campus is dotted with girls com- muning with Nature and watching State College cars go by. Suddenly blankets are pulled off the closet shelves; stockings are donned instead of socks; and the knitters lay aside spring sweaters and prefer to work in wool. Foiled again. Another warm spell delights the school. Then, to the astonishment of all, the deepest snow of the year comes to cover the crocuses and daffodils. The little store ' 1 ' ' is raided for its tin can tops, which make excellent sleds. The Mus challenge the Sigmas to a snowball tight with Mae West and a companion snow-lady looking calmly on over the front campus. The time from Christmas until Spring Holidays once seemed interminable, but it is rather suddenly over. A glorious time is had by all, and students return refreshed in mind, spirit, and body (new clothes). Easter Sunday means the all-white early service, many Easter carols and the Easter Parade. Some florists at least are not going bankrupt. Tennis takes the place of basketball and volleyball. These tennis fiends ! Up before breakfast, playing till supper, they are incorrigible. But they do obtain enviable suntans. The juniors said their time would come, and here it is. The Junior-Senior Dance is an Event (with a capital letter). The 34- ' 35 figure is impressive even against a background of funny papers. SUMMER Minutes should certainly be five times as long now. How else can everything be done? Time, in the last month of school, is stretched to the breaking point. Picnics, parties, banquets, exams, tennis are all crammed together. Each and every class, organization, and group must have its own celebration. With Jane Snyder as May Queen, and Eliza Lewis as her Maid of Honor, May Day is a lovely success. The seniors sit at their own table, have their mail brought to them each morning, and spend hours over Commencement invitations and graduation preparations. The last week of school brings a maze of speeches and closing affairs that end at last when the Chief Marshall proclaims the end of the session. The tumult and the shouting dies, St. Mary ' s once more sleeps in the quiet of the summer sun. Lazy dreams float around the paths; Dr. Smedes ' ghost conies out of his exile; all is serenely waiting for another year. Sixty-three

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o Nell T ELL I YI.i:H See what a knack lias Nell for making friends ! A loving world will do what she intends. Mary Pride ( riiksiiaxk With skill her hands, her head, her very heart Perform their work till all she does is art. Sixty-five