Point News, 1962 November 9

              Page Two THE POINT NEWS Friday, November 9, 1962
T H E P O I N T N E W S
Published monthly by the stu d en ts of
ST. MARY'S SEMINARY JUNIOR COLLEGE
E d ito r .............................................................................. Marjorie Johnson
F e a tu re E d ito r ......................................................................... Jo an Potee
News E d ito r ......................................................................... Id a Durivage
Typing and Circulation E d ito r ................................... Phyllis Nagel
S ta ff .................................... Linda Dishmon, Melanie Ayers, Bonnie
Griffith, P a tric ia iSacher, Debbie Scarff, In g rid Holt, Jo an
Ward, Sue Fau n tle ro y , Anna Gaddis, Ginger Dahan, Mary
Louise Courtney, Geneva Hayes, Alice Stambaugh, Sandra
Robbins, Virginia McGahey, Je an Schauber, Lynda Douglas,
Trudy Anderson, K a th y Haines, San d ra Jenkins, R ita
Corrinne, Ka thy Bishop, J a n Leach, David Ferguson and
Harold Burroughs
Adviser, D e p a rtm en t of English ................ Miss B a rb a ra Magaw
Campus Dress, a Lasting Impression
By Joan Potee
Vice Admiral Felix Johnson, USN, a member of th e SMJC Board
of T rustees, re cen tly spoke to a college assembly about th e im p o rt­ance
of a good personal appearance. Why, he asked, do well-dressed
high school stu d en ts become lax in th e ir appearance upon ente ring
What Goes On-Alumni Activities
By Dee Durivage
The word ALUMNI strik e s a note fo r many people. Too often,
however, alumni are envisioned as groups of sen tim en ta lists who
g a th e r periodically a t th e ir alma m ate rs to reminisce, singing
college songs with the gusto of class reunion spirit.
college?
When he visited th e school la s t
spring, Admiral Johnson re p o rt­ed,
he was qu ite displeased with
th e dress of th e men students.
Although th e tru s te e s are not
going to tell th e stu d en ts how
to dress, he noted, they do stre ss
th e necessity of dressing approp­ria
te ly and like ladies and gen­tlemen.
College Growth
SMJC is a small junior college,
b u t growing with th e aim of be­coming
a four-y ea r co-educational
college. The stu d en ts of SMJC
can fo ste r its development by
dressing properly. Vice Admiral
Johnson pointed out th a t, “People
a re going to go again st us in our
climb, and anything th a t we can
do to add to the lu ste r of the
college is n ecessary.” SMJC is
tra in in g th e leaders of tomorrow
—th e teachers, the preachers, the
educators, and th e executives.
Good dress plays an im p o rtan t
role in a tta in in g success in these
fields.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS
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rin g to n was invited to the An­nual
Fall Luncheon of the St.
Mary’s Alumni Association held
on October 27, a t Carvel Hall
in Annapolis, Maryland. She a t­tended
h e r firs t board meeting,
w’hich began with a noon luncheon,
in Anne Arundel Hall on the
college campus October 15, 1962.
Mrs. H a rrin g to n ’s brother,
Judge Dudley Digges, is chairman
of the Board of T rustees a t Char­lo
tte Hall Military Academy.
The stu d en ts of SMJC have a
responsibility to fulfill to th em ­selves,
to th e college, and to the
sta te . By th e way they dress,
th ey d em o n stra te th e pride th a t
they have in themselves and in
th e college.
The sophomore class sponsored
its firs t dance October 19 in the
gymnasium smoker.
By Mary Louise Courtney and
Dee Durivage
The SMJC b ikesters are en
ro u te again! In 1961 the idea
of keeping a bike for cycling
ja u n ts around St. Mary’s County
caught on. Now. the “n oted”
bike owners have become p lenti­ful.
and the college g arage houses
a t le a st twelve bicycles.
What are the motives behind
these peddling excursions? Some
of the girls replied th a t these
rides were “excellent exercise”
and asked if could anyone think
of a b e tte r way to “let out inner
fru s tra tio n s !” Bikesters agreed
To s h a tte r such an image, one
need only look to the active
Alumni Association of St. Ma ry ’s
Ju n io r College. A re cen t and dy­namic
example of alumni activi­ties
a t SMJC would be th e sup­p
o rt given to th e St. Mary’s De­velopment
Program. Following
th e Governor’s endorsement last
y e a r of th e bill which includes
an $890,000 appropriation for con­s
tru c tio n on campus, le tte rs were
sen t to th e alumni asking th eir
aid by co ntacting th e ir elected
rep re sen ta tiv e s in Annapolis. L e t­te
rs , telegrams, and personal calls
besought th e S ta te House for
su p p o rt of this appropriation bill.
Thus, th e alumni served as public
opinion speaking o u t in confi­dence
about th e ir college’s fu tu re .
Alumni supoort in this instance
made th e difference: the d iffer­ence
was th e e stab lishm en t of a
definite goal fo r a fo u r-y ea r p ro ­gram,
whose realization might
have been stu n ted y e t a few more
years.
Correspondence Problem Solved
The unique re lationship between
th e college and 'its alumni show­ed
concrete re su lts in th e sup­p
o rt of th e development project.
Comparable to this e ffo rt was an
overall alumni p ro g ram for 1961.
In o rd e r to keep the various
alumni ch ap ters in closer co n ta ct
with one an o ther, alumni leaders
in au g u ra ted th e idea of class cap­tain
s or alumni correspondents.
th a t these rides a re not only “to­tally
relaxing,” b u t also a won­derful
way to “see the beautiful
surroundings.”
Distance Records
SMJC b ik este rs have set a dis­tance
record from the college to
Lexington P a rk and back again.
Freshmen Sandra Jen k in s and
Ruth Marie Sundstrom accomp­lished
th is feat. The girls rode
by way of Route 5 to Gre at Mills,
tak in g time out to visit Thom­son’s
Turkey F a rm and notify
Mr. Thomson th a t several of his
birds were on the loose. The girls
re tu rn ed from th e ir excursion
One can imagine th e difficulty of
keeping up with over 1400
alumni, th e m a jo rity of whom
m a rry a fte r graduation. Now
each class c ap tain works with
th e Alumni Dire cto r in m a in ta in ­ing
files on th e g rad u ates of his
o r h e r year. Because of th is new
program, address and name
changes, along with th e communi­cation
of the la te s t goings-on are
no longer a staggering problem
for our alumni.
Now Member
Of American Council
An other r a th e r new develop­m
en t in our alumni’s a ctivities is
th e p re sen t membership in the
American Alumni Council, acquir­ed
a t th e end of 1960. T h e p u r­pose
of th e council, which m ain ­tain
s a c en tra l office in Wash­ington,
D.C., is to mobilize alumni
sunport, making it a more bene­ficial
force in h ig h er education
as a whole. In addition to highly
qualified professional advice on
alumni activities, th e Council
gives services to its members
through an ann u al General Con­ference.
Nineteen members of the St.
Mary’s Ch ap te r of the DAR re ­cently
celebrated the forty-seventh
anniv e rsa ry of th e DAR w ith a
luncheon a t SMJ1C.
of n e a rly eighteen miles ladden
with “goodies” from th e H & K
Bakery, where Sandra’s m o th e r
is employed. Their ro u te back
to the college was by way of
Three Notch and Matapany Road.
Horseback Riding
Bikesters, however, a re n o t in ­te
re sted in distance alone. Glen
Mary’s F a rm promises still more
exercise for out-of-doors’ lovers—
hoseback riding! Some of the
bikestes who use th e ir peddles
ju s t to reach th e stirru p s a re
T e rry Kaufman, Keith Blackwell,
Sharon Tremblay, and Kate Cou-don.
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