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SPRING
VACATION!
Belles
TAKE ONLY
ONE SUITCASE
OF SAINT MARY’S
)1. VIII, No. 11
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
March 9, 1945
ton'
Pride And Prejudice”
; Big Success
Dramatic Club, Directed by
IMiss Florence C. Davis, Gives
X- Play In Auditorium
jSaint Mary’s Dramatic Club, uii-
^5, r the direction of Miss Florence
Davis, presented a dramatization
Jane Austen’s Pride and Preju-
Friday evening, March 2.
The cast, which presented fine
5- laracterizations, gave a very good
though somewhat over-dramatic
h’formance. The action of the
ay centered around the efforts of
iS' Mrs. Bennet (Nancy Wood) to
jj^t her daughters (Penelope Fagan,
etsy London Cordon, and Virginia
niith) suitably married. She was
'onither obvious, and amusing, in her
'*'unt for young men. Pushed by
mfusing situations and entertain-
ig incidents, the play moved all but
>0 rapidly, and the happy ending
une all too soon. Barbara Wicks
layed a convincing Mr. Bennet,
)lLid Mary Ann Manship and Wini-
:ed Sharpe portrayed the two Lucas
eighbors. Hettie Murphy, as the
Ir. Collins, who amused the three
aughters in the play, thoroughly
atertained the audience. The other
iitors were ably played by Eliza-
eth Thomas, Catherine Quintard,
•atherine Foard, and Mary Eliza-
eith Peirson. Annette Eulton, as
tuffy Lady Catherine De Bourgh,
ucceeded completely in confusing
be j)lot with her character’s narrow-
lindedness. The two maids were
• bly portrayed by Betty Sue Tayloe
nd Jane Dickey.
t’OMMITTEES
BIRTHDAYS
0? March 10
Frances Williams
11— Poncie Dawson
Ann Henderson
12— Mary Billings
Sue Thomas
IL—Peggy Johnson
16—Joanne Reese
19—Ella Meadows
22—Lucy Seaman
03—Helen Barnes
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Marcia McMillin Presents Saint Mary’s Takes Part
Certificate Voice Recital In War Salvage
Mary Billings Assists At Piano
During Intermission
Heat, Electricity, and Scrap
Paper Must Be Saved
Marcia McMillin gave her certifi
cate voice recital in Saint Mary’s
Auditorium Monday, February 26.
Her program was difficult for a
young coloratura soprano to sing,
but in spite of this she presented her
selections ably and enjoyably.
Marcia began the program with
four love songs. Quel Ruscelletto hy
Paradies, Star Ticino by Rosa, La
Pastorella by Schubert, and Don-
zelle Fuggite by Canalli. She con
tinued with several more familiar
pieces, including the Ganotte’s opera
“Manon,” and Je Suis Titania from
“Mignon.” (
During the intermission, Mary
Billings played the familiar and be
loved Arioso by Bach and Etude in
C minor by La Forge.
Marcia ended her program with
selections from Granados, Padilla,
Alnarey, La Forge, Benedict, and
Bellini. One of her most enjoyable
and also amusing numbers was
Vene’s The Rats.
All Saint Mary’s girls have heard
the constant pleas over the radio to
conserve all salvage material needed
for the war effort. They have seen
some of the effects of these pleas.
■Ml display lighting is now turned
off at night in every city throughout
the nation.
Saint Mary’s is very much a part
of this conservation program, but
could contribute much more if all
students would co-operate. The acute
fuel shortage is one that causes the
necessary cut in electricity because
coal is used to generate so much of
this current. According to Mr.
Stoughton, our Business Manager,
Saint Mary’s can cut down on both
the use of electricity and fuel with
out inconveniencing anyone if every
person would rememher to turn off
unnecessary lights, turn off the radi
ators when they are not needed, and
dose doors and windoivs whenever
(See P. 3, Col. 4)
Mr. Gay’s Secretary
I Tlie production committees that
ssisted Miss Davis were: Stage
g, lanager, Jeanette Parker; costumes,
fiiarlotte Hoffman and Eleanor
’homas; properties, Helen Hier,
g,(Oyce McCotter, Nancy McEachern,
^ nd Eleanor Tucker; lights, Mary
lien Slater and Dorothy Redwine;
ettings, Barbara JVicks and Wini-
red Sharpe; publicity, Nancy
Yood ; music, Kate Rancke; make-
ip—Maria Gregory, Anne Stevens,
Elizabeth Thomas, Mary Elizabeth
^eirson, Jeanette Parker, Susan
laldwell, Mary Ann Manship.
Proceeds from the production will
;o as part of Saint Mary’s contribu-
ion to the Frederick Koch Memo-
ial in Chapel Hill.
The nine o’clock bell rings, the
Holt seniors wander off to class
wearing traditional skirts, sweaters,
and loafers, but Betty Griffin, wear
ing a trim suit, or black dress, and
pumps, dashes for the bus.
Betty, a business senior, has a
“leave of absence” from classes for
the two and a half months of the
present session of the North Caro
lina General Assembly. The expla
nation for all of this is that Betty
is committee clerk to the Honorable
Archie C. Gay, President Pro-tem
of the Senate.
Betty says that it all started “aw
fully funny. . . . Mr. Gay asked me
this fall if I’d like to work for him
during the Legislature session, hut I
didn’t think he was serious.” Any
way, still thinking it was a joke, she
accepted and secretly kept her fin
gers crossed that it would material
ize. Before Christmas, she asked
Mrs. Cruikshank if she could work
at the Capitol during the spring,
and Mrs. Cruikshank gave her ap
proval to the idea if Betty’s parents
agreed. They did. But still Betty
was not sure whether Mr. Gay really
wanted her for the joh.
Betty was still wondering when
the Legislature convened. A few
days later, Mr. Gay called his daugh
ter, Ruth, and told her to tell Betty
to report for work the next morning.
‘LVnd then I really started getting
nervous, no kidding! I didn’t know
where a thing was in the Capitol.
... I’d never been in there except
for sightseeing.” Ruth drew a com
plicated diagram of everything to
show her how to get to Mr. Gay’s
desk. Betty was ^‘nervous and scared
Student War Bond
Drive Is Concluded
$1,165.00 In Stamps and Bonds
Are Purchased By Students;
Faculty Buys $2,608.75 During
Saint Mary’s Bond Drive
The student War Bond Drive at
Saint Mary’s was brought to a suc
cessful conclusion on Tuesday,
March 6, through the splendid co
operation of the entire school. The
quota for the drive was $1,165.00;
this was fulfilled exactly. The teach
ers purchased $1,443.75 worth of
bonds which made a total of $2,-
608.75 for both teachers and student
body.
WIXXERS
Third floor East Wing took first
place in the drive with a percentage
of 524. Second floor Holt was sec
ond with a percentage of 514. The
floor that won first place may sleep
through breakfast and choir practice
for two Sundays and the runners-up
may sleep through Sunday breakfast
and choir practice once. These privi
leges were granted by Mrs. Cruik
shank.
to death,” but the information on
the diagram helped her to look as if
she knew something about what she
was doing. When she arrived at the
Senate Chamber, Mr. Gay had not
come in yet; so Betty waited in the
lobby. While waiting with her pad
and pencil, a Senator came up and
asked her to take a letter. Betty
was just a little amazed but reas
sured when she found that she could
do it. When that was finished, Mr.
Gay came in and introduced her to
the department heads and some of
the secretaries and clerks. Then the
Senate convened for the first time
in Betty’s experience.
Betty stays down until five every
afternoon (except Saturday), tak
ing dictation from other senators
when Mr. Gay is not there and typ
ing form letters. A lot of these form
letters are from Governor Gregg
Cherry’s desk. For several after
noons she wrote invitations to a
Legislature reception.
Betty is one of the youngest girls
at the Capitol. She says that the
majority of the clerks and secretaries
are married and have children her
age. Betsy London Cordon and Ade
laide Linehan’s mothers are there.
Betty has been hearing all about
apartments, overseas husbands, ba
bies, and other subjects unrelated to
school for the past two months. One
of the things she enjoys most is hav
ing lunch with her various col
leagues.
Betty thinks that the senators are
all wonderful, and she has enjoyed
knowing all of them. One day Betty
took a set of letters from one of the
(See P. 3, Col. 1)
Since the drive was successful, the
girls who sold stamps and the girl
on each hall who bought the most
stamps will also be given reAvards
after spring vacation.
FURTHER SAEES
Stamps will be sold once a week
now as before the drive. In order
to fly the Treasury flag, each gild
must buy at least one stamp a month.
The colleges are norv having a con
test to support the Treasury during
the Between-the-War-Loan-Drive pe
riod. Saint Mary’s will enter this
drive. Now that you have done such
an excellent job on this Autal part
of the Avar effort, keej) buying stamps
and bonds; hasten the victory.
Items For Red Cross
Are Made At S. M. S.
Miss Elizabeth Bason Super
vises Work Done Here
During the past feAv Aveeks several
faculty members and Home Econom
ics students, under the supervision
of Miss Elizabeth Bason, have made
267 articles for the Red Cross, Avhich
were delivered to the Raleigh office
Thursday, March 8. At this time
the Raleigh chapter Avas short some
hundred shoe cloths and also some
needle books to complete the day’s
shipment. Saint Mary’s supplied
the necessary shoe cloths, 110 needle
books, and some button cards con
taining four sizes of oHat drab but
tons.
The folloAving students have made
quilts to be used by convalescent pa
tients in Army and Navy general
hospitals: Betsy Thomson, Kather
ine Drew, Ella Meadows, Sally
Whitaker, Martha Ann Olsen, Ann
Badger Smith, and Peggy Elippen.