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OF SAINT MARY’S
. No. 10
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
February 23, 1945
lore.
i Chapter Of Sigma
i Alpha Is Formed
Fifteen Saint Mary’s French
and German Students Join Na-
itional Modern Language Fra-
iternity This Week.
Roo) Several French and German stu
nts in advanced classes at Saint
e. ary’s under the instruction of Mrs.
■ jroy Smith and Merle W. IVing
ive formed the Pi Chapter of the
(gma Pi Alpha Fraternity, a na-
bnal honorary modern language
ciety originally founded in Ra-
[. igh at State College. Besides the
per.tate and Saint Mary’s chapters,
:ere are also chapters at both Peace
id Meredith Colleges.
MEMBERS
lurf :
In order to become a member of
lis fraternity, each initiate had to
[eet certain requirements, mainly
lat she have a general average of
; least B in all subjects and an av-
cage of B+ in languages. The
l-erman students now in this society
iclude Mary Arden Tucker, Bandy
tjjjrardner, Vickey Tyler, Sylvia Rog-
jj-ets, Isabel Robinson, and Frances
f ollett. The Sigma Pi Alpha
I'rench students are: Ann Cutts, An-
ette Fulton, Margaret Skidmore,
■ue Moore, Ann Prothro, Sallie
lobertson, Bobby Jean Hardy,
ubyl Goerch, and Maria Gregory.
All four Raleigh chapters met
’■ 'hursday night, February 21, for
^ he initiation of new members at
’eace College.
' Iramatic Club Will Present
* Pride And Prejudice”
CAST
Earle Spicer, Baritone Circle Initiates Fifteen Are Named
Ballad Singer, Presents Six New Members On Second Quarter
Program In Auditorium
Miss Florence Davis Will Direct
Annual Winter Play This Fri
day in Auditorium.
Saint Mary’s Dramatic Club,
'I’f^nder the direction of Miss Florence
• 1 Davis, will present a dramatiza-
ion of Jane Austen’s novel, Pride
'.nd Prejudice, Friday evening,
e. Vlarch 2, at 8 ;15 in Saint Mary’s
Auditorium.
Miss Mary Ruth Haig Accom
panies Mr. Spicer At the Piano.
The cast of this play, which is
let in 18th century England, is
Elizabeth Thomas as Mr. Darcy,
Catherine Foard as Mr. Bingley,
Earle Spicer, entertaining bari
tone from Nova Scotia, accompanied
by Miss Mary Ruth Haig, presented
a concert of ballad singing in Saint
Mary’s Auditorinm Friday night,
February 9. ■ Mr. Spicer has been
accompanied by Miss Haig, a mem
ber of Saint Mary’s faculty, at four
teen previous concerts in North
Carolina, Virginia and Pennsyl
vania.
In the United States, Mr. Spicer
has toured as far west as Kansas
and has been a guest artist at the
White House. He attended Mount
Allison in New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, and later studied folk ballads
in London. He chose ballad singing
as a career at the “demand of friends
and audiences.”
EARL OF SPICER”
Penelope Fagan as Elizabeth Ben-
let, Nancy Wood as Mrs. Bennet,
lo*'' A^irginia Custer Smith as Lydia
Bennet, Barbara Wickg as Mr. Ben-
let, Annette Fulton as Lady Cath-
u’ine de Bourg, Hettie Murphy as
Mr. Collins, Mary Ann Manship as
^ijf#3harlotte Lucas, Winifred Sharpe
jjg. is Lady Lucas, Mary Elizabeth
Peirson as Colonel FitzWilliam, and
' Catherine Quintard as Mr. Wick-
bam.
—^ Other members of the Dramatic
Club will assist with stage manage
ment, lighting, make-up, costumes,
j music, and publicity.
Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank,
president of the school, an
nounced February 14 that the
Spring Vacation will be at the
scheduled dates, beginning at
1:00 p. m., March 15, and end
ing at 10:00 p. m., March 21
(unless there should he a direct
order to cancel from the Office
of Defense Transportation).
Five Seniors and One Junior
Join Honorary Society.
Honor Roll
The Ordpr of the Circle held its
second initiation .on Wednesday
night, February 14. In an impres
sive ceremony held in the hack quad
rangle each initiate, with the help
of an old member, lighted her candle
from the torch of the president, Ann
Edmunds. After the candles were
lit the Circle marched around the
campus in their traditional, solemn
file. Next morning the new blue
rings and shiny pins disclosed the
new members’ identity:
Sara Coe Hunsucker, vice-presi
dent of the Student Government As
sociation ; Sue Moore, editor of The
Stage Coach; Eleanor Thomas, a
five-year student and chief dance
marshal; Stuart Verdery, president
of the Doctors’ Daughters Club;
Barnie White, a marshal and presi
dent of Sigma Athletic Society;
and Kathryn Fulton, junior repre
sentative to the Honor Council.
On arriving at one of the “more
formal” parties in London, Mr.
Spicer meekly gave his name to the
questioning butler who misunder
stood, and introduced him to London
aristocracy as the “Earl of Spicer.”
Mr. Spicer’s charming personality
was greatly liked by his Saint
Mary’s audience. His amusing edu
cational comments on ballads and his
Shakespearean quiz created an ap
propriate and appreciative atmos
phere for the ballads he sang.
Though the program was thoroughly
enjoyed and received with genuine
enthusiasm, it cannot be ignored
that Mr. Spicer’s interpretations
were somewhat dramatic in view of
the simplicity of true ballad sing
ing; and the fact that his. “zomer-
zet” dialect was understood, speaks
for itself.
Mr. Spicer’s program consisted of
traditional English and American
Ballads and ballads from Shake
speare and Gilbert and Sullivan.
For his encores Mr. Spicer sang bal
lads of Ohio, including the amusing
tongue-twister To Morroio, and end
ed with Saint Mary’s girls joining
in on the chorus of the immortal
Short’nin Bread.
Saint Mary s Art Students
Exhibit Work At State
Art Gallery
Art students from Meredith,
Peace, and Saint Mary’s are having
an exhibit at the State Art Gallery
from February 22 through March
14.
S.M.S. EXHIBITS
Saint Mary’s exhibits, supervised
by Mrs. Augusta Rembert, include
watercolor landscapes by Jane Peete
(“Church and Trees”), Maria Greg
ory (“Sketching” and “Gray Day”),
Mary Holmes (“A White House”),
and Lucy Harvey (“Fall Trees”).
The only oil paintings from the
three schools were all from Saint
Mary’s. They were : “Abstraction”
by Sue Moore, “Gathering of Fruit”
by Nancy Wood, “Classical Still
Life” by Jane Peete, and “Romantic
Still Life” by Maria Gregory. Two
pencil sketches by Logan Vaught and
Sallie Zieger and a black watercolor
life sketch by Alice Jones are also
in the exhibit. Ten minute life
sketches in pencil, watercolor, char
coal, and ink by Mary Ellen Wel-
lons, Dabney Little, Ann Smith,
Molly Ilazen, Margaret Allred, Ruth
Jacobs, Jane Campbell, Sallie Zie
ger, Sue Thomas, and Mary Spotts-
wood Baskerville, and designs by
Mildred Telfair, Sharon Harris, Dee
Oakey, Sue Thomas, Margaret Skid
more, Sallie Zieger, Kate Johnson,
Dabney Little, Barbara Stoughton,
Sue Thomas, Joan Wilder, Ruth
Rogers, and Mary Ellen Wellons
complete Saint Mary’s share in the
exhibit.
(See P. 4, Col. 1)
Twenty-seven Girls Make Hon
orable Mention List; Gregory
and Bain Make Highest Aver
ages at Saint Mary’s.
The honor roll list for the second
quarter of the 1944-45 session drop
ped from twenty-one girls to fifteen
girls. The honorable mention list,
however, advanced from nineteen to
twenty-seven.
HOXOR ROLL AVERAGES
Six seniors were on the academic
college honor roll; one sub-freshman,
three freshmen, and three sopho
mores named on the high school
honor roll. The students who made
the college honor roll were Maria
Gregory with an average of 93.2 on
five subjects, Kate Broadfoot with
an average of 91.6 on five subjects,
Annette Fulton with an average of
90.8 on five subjects, Sibyl Goerch
with an average of 89.2 on four sub
jects, Mary Arden Tucker with an
average of 88.8 on five subjects, and
Sue Moore with an average of 88 on
six subjects. The high school stu
dents named were Sarah Bain, a
Sophomore averaging 93 on four
subjects, Shirley Frew, a sub-fresh
man averaging 91.5 on four subjects,
Roberta Hufiman, a sophomoi’e av
eraging 91 on four subjects, Mollie
Hazen, a freshman averaging 89.4
on four subjects, Anna Lee Smith,
a freshman averaging 89.2 on four
subjects, Louise Eichhorn, a sopho
more averaging 88.8 on five subjects,
Hettie Murphy, a freshman averag
ing 88.2 on four subjects.
Two business students were named
on the honor roll. They were Betty
Griffin with an average of 88.2 and
Katherine Taylor with an average
of 87.
HONORABLE MENTION
^Thirteen seniors, four sophomores,
two freshmen, and two business stu
dents were on the honorable mention
list. They were: Ann Cutts, Helen
Davis, Marietta Duke, Randolph
Gardner, Bobby Jean Llardy, Caro
lyn Holland, Alice Jones, Anna
Margaret Moomaw, Barbara Mc
Laughlin, Martha Parker, Jane
Peete, Billye Pope, Sallie Robertson,
Sylvia Rogers, Mary Jo Ryan,
Eleanor Thomas, Florence Thomp
son, Mary Ann Thorsen, Mary Bev
erley Wilson, Frances Wollett,
Frances Bickett, Ann Feagan, Mary
Cleaves Stenhouse.
Calendar Of Events
February 26--Certificate voice re
cital—Marcia McMillin.
March 2—Dramatic Club presenta
tion of “Pride and Prejudice.”
March 15—Spring Vacation begins.