St Marys College - Dove Castellan Yearbook (St Marys City, MD)

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tEftc Castellan 1940 2aeyUS M!53yOS53ugM5:-!0 3y With other interests in the fields of handwork, such as knitting in which she excels, it is certain that Miss Hoke will continue always in a helpful and efficient capacity as she has so ably this year. Hliii C.leanor i lorlli Whenever we think of Safe Kept Memories or of England, we will always think of Miss North, our Eng- lish instructor. Miss North was born in Pennsylvania and received her Master ' s Degree at Pennsylvania State College. She also studied at Oxford University, Oxford, England; Cambridge University, Cambridge, England; The Brit- ish Museum, London; and Harvard University, Cam- bridge, Massachusetts. She has been in all the states of the Union and has traveled widely in England and Europe, seeing the Oberammergau Passion Play in Austria, the William Tell Play in Switzerland, the Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-on-Avon, the Olympic games (when they were in Germany), and the Wagner Festival in Germany where she saw Hitler. Her travel also includes Euro- pean Literary Pilgrimages with American university stu- dents, and she has brought university students from England, France, and Germany to the United States as sponsor for American Literary Pilgrimages. In India. Miss North has an adopted Hindustani daughter, Thanii, who is one of her prime interests. Her hobbies include music and poetry, both of which she likes to compose herself. Her favorite musician is Chopin. Coming to St. Mary ' s eight years ago. Miss North planned to stay only one year, but St. Mary ' s was so beautiful that she has staved on. Next summer she hopes to leave for England on a Study-Travel Pil- grimage with students. Our first Safe Kept Memory can well express Miss North ' s philosophy of life: I gather to my growing need Having a hungry heart to feed. j.i i-jerirude l einboltl Miss Gertrude Rcinbold was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. She received her B.A. degree at Montclair State Teachers College in New Jersey. Her M.A. degree is from Teachers College, Columbia, New York City. She also has taken summer courses at Fordham University. Until she went into the work professionally, dramatics had always been Miss Reinbold ' s hobby. Her very latest hobbies are playing bridge and listening to music with the other members of the faculty. One of the most interesting phases of Miss Rcinbold ' hobby-turned-profession i the time she has spent at summer theaters. Tw she has attended arc the Green- bush Summer Theater in Nv.uk. New York, and the Provincetown Summer Theater in Massachusetts. This is Miss Reinbold ' s first year with us at St. Mary ' s. She holds classes in both speech and dramatic arts. She also directs Samadra, our St. Mary ' s Drama Club. In working with Samadra, she did excellent work on the fall production, Ladies in Retirement, which was a marvelous performance. Our spring play, Only an Orphan Girl, was also an evidence of her fine directing ability. Another important part which Miss Reinbold has played, in connection with her courses, is the direc- tion of the speeches for the tours of state high schools that are being made by the students. Altogether, Miss Reinbold ' s instruction here has been a great help to the students. Wishes for the very best of dramatic futures are hers. ij.t Jsone S fai ' etii Miss lone Stavcly hales from Ellendale, North Dakota. She has also lived for five years in Hawaii and for two years in New York City. She attended the University of Hawaii for her first two years of college. From the University of Minnesota she graduated with a B.S. degree. Her M.A. is from Columbia. She has had three years of experience in secretarial work. For two years she taught at the State Normal and Industrial College in Ellendale, North Dakota. This is Miss Stavely ' s first year at St. Mary ' s, where she fills the capacity of business instructor. Her schedule is full, including classes in all the business subjects — shorthand, typing, accounting, consumer economics, and office practice. She also conducts a journalism class, and with it and the business classes manages the writing and publishing of our excellent school newspaper. The Ripples. Miss Stavely ' s interests and hobbies are wide and varied. Favorites are bowling, bridge, reading, and swimming. She is also intensely interested in traveling— as shown by the many places she has made her home Her ambition in this line is a trip to Norway. We wish Miss Stavely all the best on her proposed trips; but meanwhile the students, and especially those majoring in commercial courses wish her a bon voyage through the commercial world, as well. I liiii Claire l. Hckneij Miss Stickney was born in Hartford, Connecticut. However, she acquired her early education in France .11 Saint Denis, a private school. After her high school education was completed, Miss Stickney returned to America and worked as translator and interpreter. Her B.A. and Master ' s degrees were obtained at The Catholic University, Washington, D. C. She also has done graduation work at the University of Havana. Cuba, and The Middlcbury Language School, Middle- bury, Vermont. Miss Stickney taught at St. Joseph ' s in Hartford, Connecticut, then going to Duchesne Col- lege in Omaha, Nebraska. From there she (ami ' to St. Mary ' s Seminary where she has held the position

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1040 QTfjc Castellan XMZM£MMMMMMS J®JS]?J$MMMM?-i Aulia Jdalstead Mrs. Julia Marion Halstead was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Although she has lived there, or in its vicin- ity, most of her life, she has traveled a great deal, hav- ing lived for a time in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. She received her higher education in Baltimore where she attended Notre Dame College. This is Mrs. Halstead ' s first year at St. Mary ' s and in this year she has certainly proven her ability to fill the capacity of Housemother to some seventy girls. Mrs. Halstead is a great lover of the outdoors and especially of life on the water. She is fond of swim- ming, boating, and particularly fishing in which she participates quite regularly. Another weakness is ani- mals (as we certainly know from seeing Misty and Pebbles, her two canine friends). Flowers and house- making, in general, she considers fascinating. But first of all, she says, she enjoys young people and working with them. At one time she owned and op- erated a small summer camp in Anne Arundel County called Linger-Longer Camp. Usually she had about fifteen girls there, but at times it was a young boys ' camp. Here she taught them the summer sports — swim- ming, boating, and fishing. Mrs. Halstead has one daughter and one son, both of whom are married. She also has two grandchildren, who are her pride and joy. Mrs. Halstead has certainly been a wonderful Mother and the students join in sincere thanks to her for her unending patience and understanding. W,ss Betty CLlts Miss Betty Carol Clutts hails from Bowling Green, Ohio. She lived in Bowling Green for three years and then moved to Greensboro, North Carolina, where she now lives. Her early education was acquired at Curry School in Greensboro. Miss Clutts received her Bachelor of Arts degree at Women ' s College, North Carolina. Upon graduation there, she taught Social Science at the high school in Gastonia, North Carolina. Her graduate work was taken at the University of North Carolina in his- tory, with sociology as her minor. In 1942 Miss Clutts put away her school books to join the United States Navy. Three months were spent in indoctrination and midshipmen ' s school at North Hampton, Massachusetts. She was then transferred to Charleston, South Carolina, where she served as a com- munications officer in the Sixth Naval District. She also served as a communications officer at Pearl Harbor for six months. Miss Clutts has many hobbies, as the girls at St. Mary ' s well know. Among these hobbies are dogs, cooking, knitting, gardening, collecting record albums, and, last but not least, taking pictures of the Sem-Fems at St. Mary ' s Seminary. If you were to ask Miss Clutts her main dislike, you would find it to be turnips (vegetable or animal). Also among her dislikes are children under the age of ten years, her explanation: I ' m afraid of them. Miss Clutts explains that she has a phobia for giving tests, especially in history. Not only does the Student Council feel fortunate in having Miss Clutts act as assistant advisor, but the en- tire student body feels that she is an essential part of our life here at St. Mary ' s Junior College. i Sernice w«y Miss Bernice Gay came to St. Mary ' s from Brooklyn, Mississippi, as instructor in our Music Department. She received her B.M. from Bellhaven College, Jackson, Mississippi, and later attended Louisiana State Univer- sity for her M.M. After finishing college, she taught at Forest County Agricultural High School, Brooklyn, Mississippi; Drew High School, Drew, Mississippi; Jones County Jr. Col- lege, Ellisville, Mississippi; Moorhead Jr. College, Moor- head, Mississippi; and then she came to St. Mary ' s. She is the director of the St. Mary ' s Choir and Advisor to the Freshman Class. One of her hobbies is cooking and it has been said that she is a very good one. Not only has Miss Gay perfected the Music Depart- ment by producing many fine examples of voice and piano students, but the Choir, under her direction, has given both public and private recitals. She has given several piano recitals herself this year. Miss Gay can be recognized around the campus by her petiteness and her Mississippi accent. She also possesses an excellent sense of humor. Whether student or faculty member, music lover, or shunner, Miss Gay is the person anyone is glad to call a friend. Wiss Jottie JUL, Miss Lottie Hoke has been at St. Mary ' s for two years. She is instructor of the Home Economics Department and serves as dietitian. Miss Hoke ' s home was in Em- mitsburg, Maryland, but recently she has taken up res- idence in Winchester, Virginia.. She went to St. Joseph College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and earned her A.B. From there she entered Columbia University, New York, and received her M.S. She has also studied at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. After Miss Hoke finished college, she taught at Waynesboro, Pennsylvania; Emmitsburg, Maryland; Frederick, Maryland; Ashcville, North Carolina, and Lutherville, Maryland. She came to St. Mary ' s in 1947. Among her many hobbies, she enjoys cooking and on the side, she does a little weaving. In our Home Eco- nomics classes she teaches sewing, cooking, and family relations. She is also the Home Ec. Club ' s adviser. Filling the post of a domestic Mr. Anthony, Miss Hoke is constantly helping the undomestic girls with sewing problems or menu plans.

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1049 fttje Castellan of language instructor for twelve years. She also serves as sponsor for the French Club and Assembly Com- mittee. Miss Stickney ' s likes tend toward the fine arts, such as music and painting. She also enjoys reading classics and novels. She is very artistic and enjoys work in ceramics, making costume jewelry and painting. As you can see. Miss Stickney leads a full, rich, well- rounded life and we are very proud of her, not only for her ability as an excellent language instructor, but also for her co-operation and willingness to assist the classes and clubs which she sponsors. The students of St. Mary ' s feel that they are very lucky to have such a splendid friend and instructor. ata Qra f WiL Miss Ella Gray Wilson, our Physical Education in- structor, is from Dunn, North Carolina. She received her A.B. degree at the Women ' s College of the Uni- versity of North Carolina, Greensboro. She achieved her Master of Arts at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. After Miss Wilson finished college, she taught at Dunn High School in her home town before coming to St. Mary ' s. One of her many hobbies is playing the piano, al- though she seldom finds the time. She is very interested in the sports which we offer here at St. Mary ' s. Her favorite in this realm is tennis, although the choice was a difficult one to make. She has done very well with our varsity basketball team, and as another addition to our physical education program. Miss Wilson trained some of her classes for an archery tournament. She has also been advisor to the Athletic Association and Board, and with her help they have been able to stimu- late a much more enthusiastic sports program. This year St. Mary ' s can proudly display a team on any field and can boast an Athletic Instructor who has set a real goal for which to strive.