Signal News, 1954 December 16

              Wish For A
White Christmas SIGNAL NEWS Hope For A
Happy 1955
Thursday, December 16, 1954 St. Mary's City, Maryland Vol. 7—No. 3
Christmas Bazaar
Enjoyed By All
Christmas Comes To St. Mary's With
Festival, Prom, Assembly, And Banquet
Faculty Quartette Sings
The Christmas Bazaar was suc­cessfully
staged by the Senior
and Sophomore Classes on Friday
night, December 3. This year
there were in attendance many
children of the faculty, and dates
also added greatly to the fun.
The theme of the bazaar was
“An Arabian Market.” The booths
were in tents made of sheets and
crepe paper and perhaps the most
unusual was the one in the center
of the smoker suspended from the
ceiling with crepe paper stream­ers
hanging from all sides.
The Sophomores served delici­ous
hot turkey sandwiches, pie
a la mode, and chocolate and ma­ple
nut sundaes. The Seniors de­cided
to extend their usual sale
of S.M.S. T-shirts, colts, and pins
by offering sweatshirt jackets, T-shirts,
stuffed dogs, and pennants.
New merchandise such as Puerto
Rican costume jewelry and party
aprons sold as well as the tradi­tional
address books.
The two most popular spots in
the smoker on the night of the
bazaar were the corners featuring
Beverly Harris and Ruth DeLaw-der
doing pencil sketches, and
Miss Sandner telling very delight­ful
fortunes. For the person wish­ing
something to do, there was a
cake walk, dart throwing, and
dancing; and for the one who likes
to exercise the brain there were
baby picture, quotation, and stone
guessing contests won by Carol
Thompson, Mr. Whitman, and Miss
Rotha, respectively.
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Festival Hastens Yule
Once again Christmas has ar­rived
at St. Mary’s; and to cele­brate
its arrival, the traditional
Carol Festival was held Sunday,
December 12, at 8:00 p.m.
Each year a person from the
senior class who is an all-around
girl, who has served the college,
who has set an honorable example
for the rest of the college, and
who most typifies the Christmas
ideal is chosen by Miss Russell to
portray the “ Spirit of Christmas.”
This year’s “Spirit of Christmas”
was Nancy Long, who gave an ap­propriate
speech and started the
traditional lighting of the candles.
Choirs from c o m m u n i t y
churches and schools presented
special music for the candlelight
festival. Those participating were
Margaret Brent High School, Hol­lywood
Methodist Church Girls’
Choir, and St. Mary’s Junior Col­lege.
A solo was given by Mildred
Hickson, who sang Ava Maria. An
additional feature of this year’s
carol festival was a tableaux of
the manger scene, presented by
five students under the direction
of Mr. Whitman.
Christmas presents which had
been bought for needy families
were put under the huge, brilliant­ly
decorated Christmas tree. Com­munity
singing of familiar carols
was led by Miss Henninger as a
very inspiring evening came to an
end.
Prom Entertains Many
On December 12, the evening
was highlighted with a Christmas
Prom sponsored by the Athletic
Association. With the music of
the Naval Base band the evening
got off to a good start.
The gym was attractively decor­ated
to portray the theme of Blue
Christmas. The well trimmed
Christmas tree, snowy-white an­gels,
clouds, and numerous glis­tening
snowflakes made the at­mosphere
far from blue. Every­one
joined in with the merriment
to help make the evening a big
success.
After the dance, the girls and
their dates gathered in the Smok­er
for a social hour. As the last
strains of I'll Have a Blue Christ­mas
Without You faded into the
night, the girls were saying good­night
to their dates and an eve­ning
well spent.
Banquet Instills Joy
Everyone always looks forward
to our annual Christmas Banquet,
and this year proved to be just
as joyous as previously.
Can’t you still smell that “ tur­key
aroma” floating up from the
kitchen?
One of the highlights o f the
Banquet was Santa, who bestow­ed
gifts on all those who had been
good this year (Even if it was
only a rubber mouse from the
five and ten!) He was thoughtful
enough to bring Mrs. Posch a
sleigh so she can stop fearing that
“Southern Maryland” snow.
Each class presented a skit per­taining
to Christmas, either seri­ous
or comical. Then to add to
the merriment, carols were sung.
The decorations consisted of
holly, pine, pine cones, and red
bulbs, with the Christmas tree in
the background. To add a touch of
Christmas the girls were dressed
in pastel evening gowns. And
those cute Santa Claus place
cards were noteworthy.
Visit From Santa
The annual Student Govern­ment
Christmas Assembly was
presented on Wednesday, Decem­ber
8, with Margaret Slingluff
presiding as hostess.
Santa Claus, a yearly visitor to
the Student Government assem­bly,
was genially acted by Faye
Seifert, in beard, red suit, and
appropriate pillow stuffing. Coun­cil
members dressed as little girls
and sat on Santa’s knee to give
their requests for Christmas. Miss
Simms, on behalf of the faculty,
asked Santa for “men for all the
old maids.” An early gift for the
entire student body was a new
smoker in the main building.
Margaret Slingluff then read a
Christmas story, “The Gift of the
Magi” by O. Henry, and the as­sembly
closed with the singing of
Christmas carols.
"Teacups" A Big Success
The second offering of Samad-ra
this season was “Over the Tea­cups,”
which was presented on
Friday, December 10, at 8:30
P.M. in the gym smoker.
Written by Percival Wilde,
“Over the Teacups” is a gay
comedy. It concerns two old la­dies,
impoverished by the Depres­sion,
who live together and alter-
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Faculty Spanked
By Juniors 31-14
Simms And Chance Cheer
“Did someone say there was go­ing
to be a volleyball game, or a
slaughter on St. Mary’s Boule­vard?”
To be exact, it was both, as the
junior intramural team beat the
faculty team to the tune of 31-14.
The gym was crowded with en­thusiastic
rooters as the game got
off to an exciting start. The large
crowd helped to produce excite­ment
among the teams, as they
all cheered their squadron.
The faculty tried to score some
points but they were unable to
overcome the juniors’ early lead.
Mr. Whitman spiked many a ball,
but it seemed that Henry would
out-do him every time. It must
have been Mr. Yarborough’s back
row coaching that helped the fac­ulty
along, because he surely was
rooting for his team. Aside from
the fact that Miss Russell sent
many a low flying ball back to
the juniors when and where they
least expected it, the juniors took
the game with “ the greatest of
ease.”
Even though the faculty didn’t
shine in scores, they certainly did
when it came to “ cheerleaders.”
Their sailor girls, Simms and
Chance, are to be congratulated
on their job well done.
This ended an enthusiastic and
well supported volleyball season.
The final game has been classed
as a “ gooder” and we are looking
forward to more.
The students really played their
hearts out during all the games.
We congrat the faculty on their
“ entertaining” game and wish
them better luck next time.
Remember that with the bas­ketball
season at hand “ the teams
need you and your school spirit.”
This means you!