Signal News, 1955 March 9

              Wednesday. March 9.1955 SIGNAL NEWS Page Three
AA Coming Events
A. A. Board is busy preparing
for its second semester activities
which include a wide variety of
events.
The Board has been saying
good-bye and hello to some of its
members. Pat Chandler, the
President of A. A., has left us to
become Mrs. Russell Wilkie. We
wish her happiness for the future,
but regret that she could not
serve out her term. Our other big
loss was Carol Funkhouser as
basketball manager. Toni Hark
ness was elected by Board as
new basketball manager, and Mo
Wilson is now serving on Board
as the person responsible for
points and awards. This was for­merly
the job of the Vice Presi­dent.
Congratulations, Mo and
Toni!
Billie Jean Whittington is over­all
chairman for the Basketball
Hop on March 5, which will mark
the end of the basketball season.
It will be, incidentally, the last
dance of the year which A. A.
will sponsor and promises to be
lively and a lot of fun.
One o f the A. A.’s biggest pro­jects
for the year is the High
School Sports Day. Six high
schools from the nearby counties
are invited to participate in vol­leyball
and basketball tourna­ments.
This is an opportunity for
schools which ordinarily would
not compete to get together, to
make new friends, and to intro­duce
the girls to St. Mary’s and
its excellent facilities. In the
afternoon there will probably be
modern dance and tumbling ex­hibitions.
Margaret Slingluff is
the over-all chairman, and com­mittee
members will be drawn
from the whole Association. The
advance scoop is that Jo Stark­weather
will supervise the modern
dancing and that Faye Seifert
may organize the tumbling, so
harken, all o f you who are inter­ested.
And looking into the future
even more, don’ t forget that the
A. A. sponsors the modern dance
program for May Day on May 7.
It is huge, impressive, and a much
anticipated event for the whole
community. You might also be on
the lookout for those attractive,
poised, active, and friendly girls
who will represent your class on
that day and at the May Prom
that night. You’ll want to pick
girls who will be a credit to your
class and the school. The May
Queen will be elected by the
whole student body from the rep­resentatives
of the Senior and
Sophomore classes, and the Apple
Blossom Princess will be the
Maid of Honor.
The A. A. Board has big plans
fo r the coming months, but they
can't be carried out successfully
,Without the cooperation o f every
Association member. Are you go­ing
to help?
Greetings, Readers! So glad I’m
able to join you all again this
month. Here’s hoping I can oblige
and give you some news of in­terest.
The freshmen and sophomores
really had a hey-day on Wednes­day,
February 9. Both of these
teams won their intramural games
by only one point margins. Never
has class or team spirit been so
evident as it was on the ninth;
keep it up, gang, support your
class teams.
About the biggest news of this
issue, as far as athletics is con­cerned,
is that of the Basketball
picnic which was held on Febru­ary
9. After a typical “picnicy”
meal, Julie Smith and Janice Tay­lor
led everyone in our new cheers.
These cheers were well received
and, although everyone was hoarse
after cheering, it was fun. Follow­ing
the combined cheering by all
classes, a cheering contest was
held. The sophomores, led by
“Minnie” and “Tommy,” came out
on top, with this cheer:
Locomotive, locomotive, pep
steam—
We’ve got a team that's really
keen—
We work and play with all our
might;
To show the other team we’re
all right
So, c ’mon, Gang, let’s WIN
TONIGHT!!
P.S. They did, too! Congratula­tions,
sophomores! Oh! Don’t you
all think “Minnie” and “Tommy”
looked very original in their cheer-leading
outfits!?!
The question around campus
concerning the basketball games
played by our varsity will soon be
answered! Many of you, I expect,
are beginning to wonder if SMS
lias a team. The answer is a big
Y E S ! The varsity had a game
on Tuesday, February 22 with
Notre Dame, away. Then, on the
Where’s the ball?
GIRL OF MONTH (Cont.)
personal opinion, so it is hard to
find her preferences. Her pet
peeve is hillbilly music, and she
also dislikes studying—but then,
who doesn’t? She likes sports (es­pecially
swimming and tennis) and
is aiming for a blazer. Several
other favorite pastimes are read­ing,
dancing, and listening to mu­sic.
Janice's ambition is typical of
her—she would like to enter
nurses training and become a
medical secretary. Eventually, of
course, she hopes to marry and
have a home o f her own.
There is no need to wish her
“ lots of luck in everything,” be­cause
nothing but luck could pos­sibly
come to a person as nice as
Janice Scott.
following Thursday, the Pax River
WAVES played at the gym in a
fast and furious game. Then, on
Friday, February 25, the team
went to Salisbury, Maryland, to
play State Teachers College.
Other news concerning the var­sity
regards the decision of Mrs.
Posch to choose another forward
for the team. Tryouts were Mon­day,
February 14—after this dead­line—
so we’ll not be able to name
the new forward in this issue.
At this time, I ’d like to make
slight mention o f the terrific job
the Officials Club is doing in o f ­ficiating
the basketball games. I
don’ t think everyone is conscious
of how much trouble and hard
work goes into officiating. It
really is hard for those gals to see
everything and call everything; so
let’s give them all the co-opera­tion
possible and remember they’re
doing their job as well as they
know how!
Well, gang, that’s about the size
of it until the next issue. By that
time I ’ll have some basketball
scores and some news concerning
Sports’ Day and other A. A. activi­ties.
ENSEMBLE (Continued)
the Hula. It seemed to be a new
version of modern dance.
The evening was further en­lightened
by the melodic voice of
a former member o f Vaughn Mon­roe’s
one time band. One o f her
numbers was dedicated in particu­lar
to the vast amount of bache­lors
(Sorry, my mistake. Those
hard to find bachelors), entitled
The Man That Got Away.
The evening was brought to a
close as the representative of the
Maryland Agricultural Association
gave a speech and the toastmas­ter
made a few concluding re­marks.
It was an evening long to
be remembered; filled with much
food and many laughs.
IMPRESSIONS (Cont.)
ends. Also, whereas as many so­cial
functions as possible are plan­ned
for the students, the teachers
have few such outlets, other than
going to the movies or dinner in
the Park.
As for my position o f music
teacher, it is ideal in several
ways. Being the only music
teacher in the school, I can teach
the way I like and develop my
own ideas. Teaching a variety of
subjects—piano, choir, music ap­preciation,
and harmony—avoids
monotony and helps create a
broad perspective of my field.
Also, having to do all the work
in the department gives one a
feeling of importance and satis­faction
that you cannot get by
being just another piano teacher
on a large staff. All of these fac­tors
combine to provide invaluable
experience which is available in
very few teaching situations. I
was very glad to find that the
school take such interest and
pride in its music groups. I am
particularly pleased with the
large number of piano students,
the way the practice pianos are
kept busy, and the large member­ship
of the choir. (But I do wish
they would learn to get to re­hearsals
on time.)
I sometimes yearn for the com­pany
of another musician to talk
shop with, and the opportunity to
play two or three pieces for vari­ous
clubs and organizations as I
did at home. And when I see all
the advertisements of the wonder­ful
concerts by truly great artists
in Washington, I wish it were
fifty miles closer. These points,
however, are outweighed by the
advantages of teaching at St.
Mary’s. In fact, last summer,
after many, many years o f going
to school and two years in an un­desirable
teaching situation, I al­most
decided to get out of the
music field and try something
else. But when the chance to
come to St. Mary’s came, I felt
I should not pass it up. After one
semester here I know that teach­ing
music in a college and work­ing
with a wonderful group of
students like those at St. Mary’s
is exactly what I ’ve always want­ed
to do.
MILDRED HENNINGER
A SUMMER EVENING
The sun is setting.
Mutely we sit together
in the warm, deserted sand.
We sense only a prickly
appreciation for such beauty.
J.H.
RADIO (Continued)
We believe that this can be a
very effective media of public re­lations
for our school, and we
want to wish every member of the
Rad:o Staff much success in plan­ning
and presenting their future
programs.