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)ril 13, 1945
The Belles of Saint Mary’s
itional Operatic Quartet
ids C.M.A. 1944-45 Series
vStoska, Heidt, Russell, and
sIWalters Sing In Raleigh Me-
?jmorial Auditorium
yes were encores.
fal performance.
BIRTHDAYS
. April—
J 14—Jane Lee Parker
I Jane Peete
16— Ruth Gay
' Lib Price Hines
* Betty Sue Tayloe
17— Vina Havens
I 19—Virginia IVilson
1 20—Iris McEwen
21— Louise Eiclihorn
22— Langliorne Carrington
' Mary Arden Tucker
23— Lulu Hall Vance
I 25—Jane Lewis
29— Evelyn Griffin
30— Carolyn Hill
*★ CAAiPUS NOTES ★* Off Campus Capers
|(In the concluding program of the
.(ivic Music Association for this
,jar, The Hational Operatic Quar-
Polyna Stoska, Soprano; Wini-
, ?d Heidt, Contralto; Gilbert Eus-
j[,l, Tenor; Jess Walters, Baritone;
»)Tected and accompanied by Leo
jjiubman, were presented in concert,
^orge P. Geoghegan, Jr., president,
pke in “appreciation of the pres-
jt officers of the organization” and
ade announcements concerning
jxt year’s program. The program
jat followed consisted of Ludwig
^n Beethoven’s Whaf Joy Doth Fill
y Heart from “Eidelio” and The
.eavens Are Telling, Hivcenzo Bel-
ni’s Vira Norma from “Xorma,”
rederick von Flotow’s Spinning
^heel Quartet, from “Martha,”
jilliam Billings’ Three Fuguing
unes, Giuseppe Verdi’s Home To
' ur Mountains from “11 Trova-
■re,” Johann Strauss’ Medly from
pie Fledermaus,” Brahms’ Four
pve Song Waltzes, Ruggiero Leon-
pvallo’s Silvio-Nedda from “I Pag-
lacci,” Giacome Puccini’s 0 Mimi
^•om “La Boheme,” and Sir Arthur
Sullivan’s Dance a cacliuca from
Jhe Gondoliers.” In addition,
[offman’s “Baracarolle” and the
The Y.W.C.A. at Saint Mary’s
was organized Friday, March 30,
and Sara Coe Hunsucker wms
elected president, Mildred Chap
pell, vice-president, and Gwen
Hughes, secretary' and treasurer.
Miss Sarah McEachern, president
of the Y'.W.C.A. at the University
of Xorth Carolina in Chapel Hill,
was present at this meeting. This
organization is to Saint Mary’s
non-Episcopalians what the Can
terbury Club is to the Episcopali
ans; Miss Lane Siler is sponsor.
Miss Peggy Hopkins attended
an Alumnae meeting in Lynch
burg on April 12, and is bringing
back as her guest Miss Winifred
Morrison, ’39.
Bess Parker Banks, ex ’45 Bus.,
is joining the SPARS April 20 and
will be stationed at Manhattan
Beach, Brooklyn, New' York, for
boot training. Bess hopes to be
able to attend graduation here
June 4.
Lib Hines, Lib dinard, Nancy
Hobbs, Peggy Abernathy, Athalia
Alligood, Sarah Bain, and Anne
Prothro, students of Donald Peery,
gave a small Studio Piano Recital
April 10.
Ruth Jacobs, ex ’45, has left
school to join the Cadet Nurse
Corps.
Virginia Wilson, Mary Arden
Tucker, Nancy Wood, Bobby Jean
Hardy, Caroline Long, Phyllis
Cowdery, Ruth Gee Gay, Sidney
Jones, Maria Gregory, Eleanor
Thomas, Martha Stoney, Margaret
Rodwell, Lucy Hancock, and Sal-
lie Robertson are taking a course
in Red Cross First Aid every Tues
day and Thursday afternoon,
under the supervision of Mrs. L.
B. Naylor. Phyllis has been chosen
president of this group, and
Martha will act as secretary-
treasurer.
Miss Mary Ruth Haig’s piano
recital was postponed in order to
enable the students to attend An
nette Fulton’s expression recital
tonight. This recital wull include
a monologue, a selection from a
one-act play, poetiy, and the
courtroom scene from “The Mer
chant of Venice.”
Miss Sally Dean, w'ell knowui na
tional leader in Women’s Auxili
ary work, w'ill be the guest of
Mrs. I. Harding Hughes wdiile she
is meeting wuth the Auxiliary
groups of Good Shepherd Church.
^/ell-knowm songs, Wanting You,
nui You Remember Me?, Rigoletto,
pd Drink to Me Only With Thine
J.JI Miss Stoska has become a distin-
^juished artist in Europe as a re
citalist, and opera and radio star,
^liss Heidt has had leading roles
yitli several opera companies. Mr.
j^ralters has also been an important
.jiember of opera companies. Mr.
lussell has appeared with the Phila
delphia Opera Company and was
'cOloist on the Maxwell House Coffee
^’rogram. Leading critics have dis-
^nguished them for their finely bal-
.jnced and richly harmonious con-
',erts.
The Rev. Mr. Robert M. McNair,
rector of Calvary Church in Tar-
boro, wdll hold services here April
15 wdiile Mr. Hughes preaches in
Tarboro.
Ensign Guy Cornman, USNR, of
Philadelphia, and Ensign Milt
Phillips, USNR, of Pawtucket,
R. I., w'ere the guests of the
Hughes’ for breakfast followdng
early morning Communion of
Easter Sunday.
The Quartet wms thoroughly en-
;Oyed by its Raleigh audience. The
The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick,
Bishop of North Carolina, wdll
visit the Saint Mary’s Chapel for
Confirmation on Sunday, May 6.
Judge Lee Jackson Greer,
American Red Cross, spoke
sembly Friday, April 6.
Greer has been serving o\
for the past twm years in the
Atlantic, Caribbean, and
Pacific areas.
^uccess of a concert is often attrib-
ited to enthusiasm of the artists
Ijhemselves. It might be added that
fhe over-enthusiasm of the artists
XEAVS COMMENTATOR VISITS S.M.S.
pomewdiat detracted from their musi-
Easter was almost too good to be
true, especially the w'eather. Of
course, the strain of wmitiug for
flow'ers w’as pretty nerve-racking.
But it w'as worth it when they ar
rived. Most of them were from men
wdio are overseas, but Floye Smith
and Annette Fulton were the lucky
ones. They had dates and flowers
Easter morning.
Carolina seems to be very popular
this week-end. Jane Lee Parker,
Ann Cutts, Alice Jones and Luzette
Callum are going to the Chi Psi
event. Clarice Woolard is going
over to Wake Forest.
Randolph Gardner and lots of
other day-gals heard Tommy Tucker
last Saturday night. Geet Thomp
son is mighty happy lately because
a certain “ship” has come in from
the South Pacific. Tommie Cates
doesn’t seem to be worried about the
man situation. She had a date the
other night and practically choked
him—on candy.
Alice Jones (“Carmen Miranda”)
is now' a day student and W'e’re all
mighty glad to have her with us.
Jane K. Bell wms home last w'eek
from Salem.
Ann Rodwell and Ann Woodall
of Warrenton visited Margaret
Rodwell last w'eek-end.
Bettie Gaither, ’44, wdio is now'
attending the University of North
Carolina in Chapel Hill, visited
Virginia Wilson, April 5.
Sgt. Rebecca Harvey, WAC, for
mer head of the Physical Educa
tion Department here, visited the
campus Tuesday, April 10, and
was entertained at a faculty cof
fee in the Hut by Mrs. W. C.
Guess. She w'as on her w'ay from
Lawson General Hospital to Val
ley Forge.
Mary Lib Pierson is now recov
ering from ail appendectomy and
typhoid fever in the hospital in
Rockv Mount.
of the
in as-
Judge
'erseas
South
South
'Ihe Sextet, Louise Eichhorn,
Katherine Ives, Gwen Hughes,
Margaret N. Martin, Peggy Trot
ter and Mary Allen Nicholson,
sang at a Fellow'ship Supper at the
Hayes-Barton Methodist Church
Friday, April 6.
Susan Ashburn will be manager
of volleyball this season.
# # *
May Bunn, Margaret M. Martin,
Ann Edmunds, Sister Smith, Sara
Coe Hunsucker, Betsy Durham,
Nina Mae DeBerry, Poncie Daw
son, Athalia Alligood, Caroline
Long, Helen Barnes, Sallie Lee,
Barnie White, Frances Avera and
Kathryn Lane, representing the
Letter Club, attended a formal
dinner at Meredith College Satur
day night, April 7.
♦ # *
The Rev. Mr. I. Harding Hughes
W'ill return on April 14 from At
lanta, Georgia, w'here he repre
sented the Diocese of North Caro
lina at tw'o meetings.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Edwards of
Jacksonville, Ala., announce the
recent birth of a daughter. Mrs.
Edw'ards, nee Caroline Harris,
W'as Art Instructor at Saint Mary’s
until 1941.
Cedric Foster, well-known Yankee Network commentator, talks with
John A. Park, editor of the Raleigh Times, and Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank
before speaking to Saint klary’s girls in Assembly March 30.
On Wednesday, April 11, the
Hughes, one
of the Examining Clergy, w'ent to
Chapel Hill to examine candidates
soon to be ordained ministers in
the Episcopal Church.