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r SIGMA-MU PARTY COMING Vol. IV, No. 1 Old Girl-New Girl Party Held In Smedes Parlor Students Give Musical Program Iloth new and old girls gathered the parlor on Saturday night, September 14, for Saint Mary’s an nual Old Girl-New Girl Party. In the receiving line were Mrs. Cruik- ®hank. Bishop and Mrs. Penick, aiembers of the faculty, Adelaide Partis and Elvira Cheatham, leaders the student body. musical program followed the ^armal presentation of the new girls. Cordelia Day Jones, accompanied y Ann Seeley, sang Star by James odgers, and for an encore Morning ^y Oley Speaks. An enthusiastic ^^Ormur greeted Page Marshall as began the first dreamy chords of oethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. In ^ ^%hter and gayer mood was Pola- Americaine, played by Janice dzgerald, a certificate student in ® piano department. To close the P*’ogram were the popular dance se- octioiis of Peggy Wall, a new stu- ®^t from Enfield, North Carolina. I his reception is the first of the y®ars formal entertainments with their “■ Tl: special occasion” significance. tfoughout the year all girls, new old, will look back with pleasure the gay companionship of the first party. Cordelia Jones Chosen President Of Altar Guild dgji^' ^Ionian has appointed Cor- thg A] 'Tones as the President of The" ACruild for the coming year, tors " n Guild is composed of Sen- tijnp + devote a small part of their are r ^ ^^e care of the Chapel and of (.r ^®Pt>nsible for the preparation toes ^°r the various serv- 1 ^®cuh Elizabeth Bason is the ttrga„=^ tnember in charge of this ^ter unfailing pa- in inexhaustible energy are ■ her. ^Ptration of all that work with i ^ student at "ork;,, ^ttry’s for two years and is ^^Osie tl certificate in the she\.. ’‘'^'tpartment. When told that iit *-To “chosen one,” she said 'Tleav* ttwn characteristic way, ^\Tiy ^ itist can’t believe it. ^tivtliU »ever been president of ^^*'ittg before!” Belles OF SAINT MARY’S FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA September 20, 1940 Raleigh Merchants Entertain BISHOP PENICK OPENS ADVENT TERM; College Stnaents N£W FACULTY MEMBERS WELCOMED The Raleigh Merchants Bureau has cordially invited the new stu dents and members of the faculty of Saint Mary’s, Peace, Meredith, and State College to attend “The Wel come Students Night” on September 20 The informal party will be held in the Memorial Auditorium at 8:30. Music will be furnished by the State College Band. Governor Iloey will speak during the evening, and the State-William and Mary game, which is to be held in Nor folk, will be broadcast for the group. The Raleigh Junior Chamber ot Commerce originated this to acquaint the young people 01“® various colleges with one another and to welcome them to the city ot Raleigh. Doctors’ Daughters Contribute To Refugee Funds SEVEN JOIN STAFF SETS YEAR’S GOAL Various Sections of Country Represented Lists Objectives For Christian Education Money Used In Many Ways In acknowledgment of two checks sent to China by the .Doctor Daughters’ Club, Mrs. Annie Chesh ire Tucker, wife of Dr. Tucker and mother of one of our students, writes of astounding purchases made witn a contribution that did not exceed S25. The high rate of exchange under the present Chinese made It possible for the checks to he converted into $210 of Chinese "^°Vfter investigating conditions anioiig the people of the parish and selecting those that were m greatest need, Mrs. Tucker used a portion of the money to purchase quilts to distributed among /efugees were living in such deplorable con- JirionGhft one quilt for all the members of a fami y eight or nine. Another portion was used lor tne constructionof a school building in r refuge, eamp, *',‘‘""2“ Mrs. Tucker writes: The leluge ;amp used to be a beautiful resi dence and the refugees had bmi using the stable for the sehooh The Jaiianese are in control of this pa of Shanghai now, and tW turned the refugees out of »tab ’ The schoolhouse you helped to indid ivould never be recognized by vou as a home of learning. It would look more like a shed for cattle, but tie refugees think it is grand and (Continued on page 3) The faculty at Saint Mary’s has seven new members for the session of 1940-41. Mrs. Greenwood is the new Junior English teacher; Miss McNeill, History and Biology; Miss Sara Vann, Alumnae Secretary; Mr. Broughton, head of the Music De partment ; Miss Cate, voice teacher; Mr. Peery, piano; and Mrs. Simp son, housekeeper. Mrs. Greenwood was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, but she left that city when she was 11 years old. She came to Saint Mary’s from New York nine years ago. She taught here three years and then married. Since her marriage, she has been back to Saint Mary’s twice, before coming this year to teach. Mrs. Greenwood attended Randolph- Macon, Tulane, and Columbia Uni versity. Miss McNeill’s home is in Lum- berton. North Carolina. She at tended Saint Mary’s and Mount Holyoke College, where she received an A.B., and Carolina, where she receiver her master’s degree in his tory. Last year she taught at St. Anne’s in Charlottesville. She says she was terrified at the prospect of teaching at Saint Mary’s, but she has got over that now. At present she professes to be studying palm istry and says she wants to become very proficient. Miss Sara Vann, from Franklin- ton, North Carolina, attended Saint Mary’s and Katherine Gibbs, a sec retarial school in New York City. Her official capacity as Alumnae Sec retary is to keep up with the Alum nae, visit Alumnae Chapters in the State, and handle some publicity for the school. Miss Vann said that she likes being on the school staff very much. Mr. Russell Broughton, head of the Music Department, rvas horn in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He ob tained the degree of Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1916, when he also became a member of the A. A. G. O. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists. Mr. Broughton taught organ, theory, and composition for five years at Converse College. He has written many compositions, mostly for the organ. Many have been published by various music companies. Miss Cate comes from Columbia, South Carolina. She received her A.B. at the University of South Carolina, Bachelor of Music degree Bishop Penick, President of the Board of Trustees, extended a very cordial welcome to both new and old students at the opening of the advent term in Chapel on the morning of September 12. The Bishop stated that it was his privilege as well as a tradition to greet both the new and old girls of Saint Mary’s. The old girls, he said, were like rowers who stepped into boats to row away facing the shore from whence they came. The new girls, however, were more like pad- dlers who step into a canoe and pad dle toward the face of unexplored adventure. To both he bade happy traveling. Then the Bishop began a new train of thought with a list of objec tives for Christian education, which (Continued on page 3) at the Westminster Choir College, where she was a luemher of the fa mous choir. She has studied at the Julliard School of Music in New York City. A very interesting note is that Miss Cate taught for five years at the Stilliman University in the Philippine Islands. She has been singing all her life, and said she never had to be forced to prac tice music! She collects bells and shells as a hobby, and she brought her choice ones with her. Miss Cate added that she is looking forward to a grand year at Saint Mary’s. Mr. Donald Peery, born in Kan sas, moved here in 1921. He went to State College and Carolina. He received his Bachelor of Music de gree from Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. Last year he taught privately here in Raleigh and played the organ at a local church. This summer he studied piano in New York City. He frequently appeared as Mr. Bird’s accompanist in many towns in Virginia and North Caro lina last year. Mrs. Simpson rvas born in New Bern, North Carolina, hut she has lived in Raleigh nearly all her life. She went to Peace Institute and Saint Mary’s. In 1913 she came to teach music at Saint Mary’s. In December, 1921, she was married in our chapel. For the last five years she has been house mother and teacher of piano at the Edwards Military Academy in Salemhurg, North Carolina. Now she has the position of housekeeper at Saint Alary’s.
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