Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
VACATION!
Vol. VI, No. 16
EALEIGH, NORTH CABOLINA
June 3, 1943
I wj rii I Tl * Banquet Climaxes
A.W. 1 UCker Resigns Year s sports Events
Business Manager Leaves Saint
Mary’s After Twenty-two Years
of Faithful Service
Albert William Tucker, for twenty-
l\vo years the business manager of
Saint Mary’s School, has resigned,
ais resignation to become effective
.June thirtieth, the end of the
Pi'eseut fiscal year. During his time
here Mr. Tucker has done much for
^^6 development of the school. He
"’ill be greatly missed.
Although Mr. Tucker is a native
Sw-ampscott, Massachusetts, he
'as spent most of his life in the
-■'■3 spent most oi ms mo —-
?otith. Mr. Tucker was graduated
'a 1898 from the Massachusetts In-
•‘’titnte of Technology with _ a S.B.
degree in Mining Engineering; he
stayed on there a short time as a
Dining department assistant. Ihen
came to Rowan County, North
'Drolina, to take a position in tjie
^''nthern Appalachian gold and cop-
i'D' mines. In 1911 he was appoint-
Mineral Examiner for the United
plates Forest Service. Throughout
'|crl(l War I he was engineer in
Diarge of the production of manga-
cse in Southern A])palachians.
headquarters being in Salisbury,
Carolina, Mr. Tucker became
?®®ociated with the Rev. IMr. Warren
• M'^ay, then rector of St. Luke’s
1^'^tch, Salisbury. Scion after !Mr.
_ay came to Raleigh to be Rector
p ^aint Mary’s, Mr. Tucker became
jJDiness Manager. This was in
f upon the retirement of the
jDiner Eusiness Manager, Mr.
Cruikshaiik. As Mr. Tucker
Anne Hirst New Sigma Head;
Helena Williams to Lead Mu’s;
Mu’s Awarded Plaque for Win
ning Most Tournaments
Hart, Wright, and Penick Will
Give Graduation Addresses
Saint Mary’s annual athletic ban
quet was held Wednesday evening,
June 2. This year there were no
frills, but everyone gathered m tUe
dining room for the same delicious
meal The tables in the center on
the west side of the dining room
were reserved for members of the
Letter Club who dressed in white.
The rest of the students dressed in
the color of their society; reel tor
the Sigma’s and blue for the Mu s.
Sallie McKinley acted as toast-
mistress and at intervals durmg the
meal called on members of the i.et-
ter Club for toasts. Toasts weie
given by the following girls :
To IMrs. Cruikshaiik, by Anne
To AJr. Tucker, by Sarah Dawson.
To Miss Harvey, by IHtty Archer,
nresident of the Letter Club.
To Mrs. Guess, by Cora Lucas,
president of Orcliesis.
The old club presidents gave
toasts to the new club presnlents
Sigma—Margie Linton welcoming
Anne Hirst as president and Fanny
Lee Brooke as vice-president.
— Lib Hackney welcoming
Helena 'Williams as president an
Ruth Moore as vice-president
Miss Harvey made a report ot the
year’s activities in physical educa-
(See P. 4, Col. 3)
tb
,'Dself says, it seems rather strange
nining engineer should have
„ .position of business manager in
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Sirls’ school. However, his engi-
j^?eriiig work and, most especially.
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^^^uiiancial experience in connec-
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tvith mine development fitted
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Tucker’s duties here have
“eon
Betty Clark Heads
Circle Next Year
other Officers Elected by Van-
ous Organizations on Campus
Graduation Exercises—Student
Recital, Sophomore Class Day,
Alumnae Luncheon, Senior
Class Day, Baccalaureate Serv
ice, Memorial Chapel Service
and Cantata, Graduation Ad
dress
Saint Mary’s will graduate 43 sen
iors from the college and 35 sopho
mores from the high school in its
one hundred and first commencement
exercises, which will run from Fri
day through Monday, June 4-7. ^
The program will begin on Friday
evening June 4, with a student music
recital at 8 :15 o’clock in the audito
rium. The program will be as fol
lows : “Allemande Courante (ihird
French Suite) by Bach, played by
Jane Clark Cheshire; “Allegro Mod
erate” (Concerto in E minor) by
Nardini, played by Janet Rosser;
“Sonata Pathetique Grave; Allegro
de molto e con brio” by Beethoven,
played by Mary Drewry Estes;
“Lullaby” and “Blackbird’s Song”
by Cyril Scott, sung by Martha
Crook; “5 Preludes: C major, E
minor, F minor, A major, and G ,
minor” by Chopin, played by Fay
Chambers; “Tell Me, O Blue, Blue
Sky” by Giannini and “The An
swer” by Terry, sung by Ann Selt-
man; “Malaguena” by Lecuona,
played by Peggy Thorp; “Si le
Bonheur” (Faust) by Gounod and
“Habanera” (Carmen) by Bizet,
sung by Pattie Ross; and “Girl with
the Flaxen Hair” by Debussy, “Gav-
otta in F sharp minor” by Proko-
fieff, and “Rhapsodic in C major”
by Dohnanyi, played by Mary Ethel
Coons.
SATIRRAY
Estes Presents Fine
Certificate Recital
Works WeU Interpreted; As
sisted by Ann Seltman Who
Gives Good Performance
Betty Clark, of Ljmchburg, '\7ir-
ginia, has been elected
Circle for the coming year.
Bctv .i.. i«to tto Circle tte
■" oTirl in her various activities
E’Soved "ereelf a capable leader
„ the campae. She eras recently
elected chief dance marshal. _
Virginia Hart, of Chatham,
o-inia newly elected chairman of the
liall Council, was elected secretary
‘’'(fabhiTciook-, of J.ckaon Ten;
nessee has been chosen president o
uf Vitw Guild for next year, and
the Altar uui . ^ Roanoke
Atprv Louise JMaiuu, uk
S\,r= 3af forsta?
worthy of this honor.
Daily. lie has had, as he says,
(See P. 2)
the new pres.-
dent on Friday night.
Mary Drewry Estes, certificate
inipil of Mary Ruth Haig, Presented
a program of unusually well f leeted
and well played numbers on May 21
in Ihe auditorium. Compositions
were chosen from the works of
Beethoven — clafic; Chopin and
Brahms—romantic; Dehussy, Boro
din, and Rachmaninoff—modern.
A thoughtful interpretation was
given of the well-knoum and well-
liked first movement of the r*? on a to
Pathetique by Beethoven. The firm
tone of the performer gave an al
most masculine assurance.
The “romantic” group proved that
Drewry could also pla.y with deli
cacy and refinement._ Undoubtedly
she was at her best in the C sharp
minor prelude and the Brahms
Rhapsodie. _ .
Ann Seltman, soprano, assisting
on the program, sang three lighter
numbers which afforded pleasant re
laxation after the serious prfediiig
groups. They were very well sung
and well received.
Minstrels, by Debussy, afforded
the pianist an opportunity for hu
mor This morsel, however, is not
written in Debussy’s best manner.
\ serene impression was given in
The Convent by Borodin, a new
composer. A brilliant Mimax was
reached in the tried and true Polt-
chinelle by Rachmaninoff, which
showed the pianist at her best.
Sophomore Class Day exercises
will be held Saturday morning at
8 ;30 on the east campus. The pro
gram will begin with a reading of
the class role by Barbara Bruff.
This will be followed by the singing
of the class song, which will he
played by Mary Drewry Estes. Eve
lyn Grant will read the class proph
ecy, Pat Pagen will give her idea of
the ideal Saint Mary’s girl, made up
of the chief characteristics and qual
ities of the members of the sopho
more class, and Pat Hassler will
read the last will and testament.
The class gift will be presented by
Laurie Lucas. Following the pres
entation of the gift, the Alma Mater
will be sung by the student body.
The program will close with a bene
diction by Mr. Hughes.
Following the Sophomore Class
Day exercises the student body will
meet for a rehearsal of the com
mencement procession.
Alumiiffi of Saint Mary’s will meet
at the Hut on Saturday afternoon
at 3 ;30. Mrs. T. 'VV. M. Long, of
Roanoke Raj)ids, who is president,
will preside. Previous to this year
it was customary to have a luncheon
and then a meeting afterwards. This
year because of the war instead of
the usual luncheon, a tea will be held
following the meeting. Refreshments
will he served by the Granddaugh
ters’ Club.
Senior Class Day exercises will
begin at 8 :00 p.m. Saturday night.
The class prophecy is written by
Margaret Stone and Cora Lucas, the
class poem by Betty Lou Britt and
Dora "Winters, the class history by
Sarah Tucker and Lillian Jenkins,
and the last will and testament by
Betty Pender and Brooksie Popkins.
Following the reading of these, the
class gift will be presented; it is
$250.00 in defense bonds. Mrs.
Cruikshank will award the mono
grams, and Mr. Moore will present
the publications awards.
After the program a reception will
be held in the parlor at 9 :00 o’clock
(See P. 4, Col. 2)