HAPPY
CHRISTMAS
'Tke Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
A
HOPEFUL
NEW YEAR
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Vol. VIII, No. 7
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Ezio Pinza Sings At
Second Civic Music Concert
Metropolitan Basso Has Full
'^011' Audience But Presents Indiff-
I erent Program of Classics
Ezio Pinza, “the only living ex
ponent of the basso contante,” gave
the second concert of the Civic
Music series last Monday night, De
cember 11, in the Raleigh Memorial
iAuditorium.
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Mr. Pinza first led the audience
in The Star-Spangled Banner. He
continued the program with three
arias, Cara Sposa from “Rinaldo
by Handel, Si Tra I Cippi from the
same composer’s “Berenice,” and
Dormi Amor& from “La Flora by
Da Gagliano, which he sang with
thrilling power. He concluded this
first group with two Piedmontese
folk songSf. II Maritino and Novara
La Bella. He treated these songs
with the skill which can only come
from an inherent sense of folk
rhythm.
Mr. Pinza’s second group of clas
sics included Hahn’s Trois Jours de
Fendaye, BrUneau’s Heureux Vaga
bond, Martini’s Plaisir d’Amour,
and Holmes’ Au Pays. These songs
were very beautiful, but Mr. Pinza
could not show his real artistic
ability because they gave him no
chance to really exhibit his fluency
and range of voice.
ACCOMPANIST
ai'ii a nation-wide poll taken by Harper’s
(See P. 4, Col. 4)
Music Students Present S. M. S. Alumna Prevents
First Recital Of Year Serious Accident
Students of Miss Geraldine
Cate, Miss Mary Ruth Haig, and
Mr. Donald Peery Take Part.
Peggy Parsley, H.S.’40, Is Now
Employed by E.A.L. At Char
lotte Airport.
The first student musical recital
of the 1944-45 session was presented
Thursday afternoon, December 14,
in the Eliza Pittman Auditorium.
The program consisted of selections
by both piano and voice students.
PIANO
Peggy Parsley, an alumna of
Saint Mary’s, averted an accident
December 1 which undoubtedly
would have caused several deaths.
Louise Eichhorn, Elizabeth Hines,
Barbara Wicks, Mary Louise Moul
ton, Sibyl Goerch, Catherine Foard,
Mary Billings, Anne Davey, and
Jean Rickenbaker played the same
piano selections that they presented
at the two previous recitals of the
week. Helen Bell played Granados’
Spanish Dance.
VOICE
A B-17 had crashed on the tracks
of the Southern Railway outside of
Charlotte. A train was speeding
toward the wreck, unaware that the
plane was there.
ACTION
In the voice section of the pro
gram Marcia McMillin ' rendered
Mozart’s Vedrai Carino and Schu
bert’s La Pastorellaj Nancy Han
nah, Roger’s At Parting and Grieg’s
I Love Thee; Frances Avera,
(See P. 3, Col. 3)
Miss Parsley, an employee of the
Eastern Air Lines, seized a broom,
soaked it with oil, and ran down
the track. She gave it'to a railroad
worker who used it as a torch to
signal the rapidly approaching train.
The train came to a stop a few
inches from the plane.
The girl whose quick thought and
action prevented this collision was
at Saint Mary’s in the Sophomore
class of 1939-40. She made honor
roll for the year, and was on the
Art Staff of the Stage Coach,
"TKe Senior Prance'’
Gibner King, Mr. Pinza’s accom-
^ I panist, was excellent in that capac
ity. As a pianist he did not seem to
be either exceptional or mediocre.
, His group of three solos included
Bach’s Organ Prelude in G Minor,
n- Liszt’s Consolation III, and Bort-
kiewicz’s Cappriccio, Opus 3, No. 1.
After the intermission, Mr. Pinza
sang Griffes’ The Lament of Ian the
Proud, Harris’ Winter, Carpenter’s
To One Unknown, Levitzni’s Do
You Remember, Huhn’s Cato’s Ad
vice, and ended with what was per
il®^ haps his finest selection of the eve
ning, Verdi’s aria, II Lacerato Spir-
ito, from “Simon Boccanegra.”
Mr. Pinza presented four encores
. ^ which included Le Coq’s The Ilunt-
ing Song and an aria from “The
Marriage of Figaro” which was re
quested by a Saint Mary’s girl.
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MR. PINZA
Ezio Pinza was born in Italy and
has been called “the bronze Roman
god come to life.” He moved to this
country and joined the Metropolitan
Opera Company with which he is
now affiliated. This year he ap
peared in his eighth opening night
performance, “a record unmatched
by any of tbe other singers now on
the company’s roster.” Recently, in
Saint Mary’s annual Senior Dance
was the occasion of the big uproar
Saturday night, December 9. But
it was a very, very formal uproar.
The Seniors were resolved to have a
“formal” and it was just that. The
initiation of the newest Saint Mary’s
tradition-to-be, card-dances, added to
the formality as well as tbe success
of the dance. The almost unani
mous display of long gloves and the
rather predominant display of hoop
skirts or reasonably similar fac
similes (undoubtedly for the benefit
of the Yankee and western dates)
helped to give a pre-war atmosphere
in spite of the uniforms.
It was a New York roof garden
in Saint Mary’s gym, thanks to Jane
Peete’s decorations. The murals of
the sky-lines of New York which hid
all gym equipment w^ere painted in
black, blue, and yellow by Sue
Moore, Nancy Wood, Maria Greg
ory, Jane Peete, Lucy Harvey, and
Mary Holmes. The mid-nigbt-sky-
blue canopy ceiling was pinned and
repinned by all the members of the
Senior class who spent frantic after
noons and nights dressed in dunga
rees and plaid shirts, and perched
on swaying ladders. Several Christ
mas trees added the seasonal touch
to the decorations. The dance floor
was surrounded by small tables at
which girls met their partners for
the card dances. The decoration of
these tables, particularly the making
of the very night-clubbish lamps,
■was supervised by Mary C. Bowers.
Of course. Tommy Dorsey and
Harry James were just a little too
occupied in Hollywood and the real
New York, but Phifer Fullenwider
supplied all the necessary' inspira
tional music. ■ Star Eyes, Star Dust,
and Night and Day were the favor
ites, in accordance with the theme.
Gwen Hughes stepped in as vocalist
to render. .Stormy Weather. During
intermission, the Pika quartet, con
sisting of five boys from State,
started what eventually resulted in
a community sing rendering every
thing from the National Anthem to
Silent Night. The final dance was
appropriately danhed to White.
Christmas.
Although there w^as perhaps an
all time minimum of O.A.O.’s at
this dance (due to circumstances be
yond our control—i.e. the war) there
were evidently a lot jjresent if one
can judge from dreamy expressions.
Or maybe it was just that everyone
was happy. The length-of the stag
line amazed the Holt occupants who
were rather confused by last minute
I.C.C.’s. Civilians and service men
of all branches were present. The
Army was representecl by enlisted
men and officers, of every classifica
tion. There were also a few Ma
rines, but the Navy had the situa
tion ■well in hand. Everything in
the Navy—fliers, seamen, V-12’s,
Pre-Flighters, R.O.T.C.’s, lieuten
ants, and Diesel ensigns—was pres
ent.
The dance closed at twelve, too
soon for most of the Saint Mary’s
Cinderellas,- and many tired, foot
sore, sleepy Seniors trooped off to
bed to dream of their. Senior Prom,
or else spent the night off campus
with their mothers.
December 15, 1944
Orchesis And Glee
Club Will Give
Program Monday
Mrs. William Guess and Miss
Geraldine Cate Will Direct.
Saint Mary’s Glee Club, under
the direction of ' Miss Geraldine
Cate, and Orchesis, directed by Mrs.
William Guess, will present a
Christmas program in the audito
rium at 7:30 the night of Decem
ber IS. ■
The Glee Club selections will he:
Bach’s Good News From Heaven,
I ranch’s 7’/ie \ irgin by the Manger,
McLemore’s Woef, Pierpont’s Jingle
Bells, Fletcher’s Ring Out Wild
Bells. Gwen Hughes will be soloist
in de Brant’s arrangement of a Ten
nessee folk song, Ltdle Lullay. Miss
Janice Fitzgerald ;wili;be the accom
panist'. .
orchesis
The members of Orchesis will pre
sent- a dance dramatization of Ana-
tole :Franee’s The Jnggler of - Notre
Dan^e: Lib Price Hines will dance
the title role; Ilannahlyn'Riddle
will portray the Virgin. The vil
lagers in the cast will he Sallie Lee,
Mary Glen Slater, Mary Louise
Moulton, Charlotte Andrews, Bar
bara 'Wicks, Ilettie Murphy, and
Catherine Foard. The monks will
be played by Phyllis Cowdery, Sid
ney Jones, Martha .Ann Alaguire,
Luzette Callum, Kathryn Fulton,
Mildred Chappell, Beverley Morri
son, and Sue Thomas. Langhorne
Carrington and Mary Holmes are
in charge of staging. Miss Marjorie
Huskin will accompany the presen
tation as pianist.
About Vacation
Christmas holidays begin after
classes Tuesday, December 19. There
are several things that girls ^ are
asked to remember in order to avoid
confusion.
Girls' must sign up with Miss
Tucker for going home, giving the
tirrte of departure, mode of travel,
and expected time of return. No
special permission is needed when
girls are going home, unless they
plan to fly or go in someone’s pri
vate car.
Each,girl must note the time that
her taxi will be waiting for her,
whether it is a Strop Or City taxi’
and who.is going.with her in the
taxi. She is -to take that taxi and
no other. Suitcases should be placed
in the proper designated j)laces on
the porch. -
All girls, except thoSe going in
piivate cars who check themselves
out in the parlor, chock out with
Miss Davis in Abe. Study Hall as
they leave. i, ,,
Everyone, except'those with sj>e-
cial permission, is to he hack Janu-
3;by. 10:00 pun^ and to check
herself in in the parlor.
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