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The Belles of Saint Mary’s
March 2,1951
Raleigh Audience Views Pulitzer
Prize Play Of Tennessee Williams
Houston Symphony Orchestra Gives
Tam At Memorial Auditorium
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Play, Streetrcar Named Desire,
Given Critical Review Here
Elia Kazan, Hollywood and
Broadway director, presented to the
theatre fans of Raleigh on February
24 the play A Streetcar Named De
sire. This play by Tennessee Wil
liams has received the Pulitzer
Prize, the Critics’ Award, and the
Donaldson Award, the three most
cherished awards offered in the
American theater.
The play tells the realistically
tragic story of a once charming but
recently wilted Southern girl who
develops into a neurotic. The task
of A Streetcar Named Desire is to
present to the audience the last few
weeks of Blanche’s pathetic life,
which are spent in and around the
French Quarter of New Orleans.
The part of the Southern girl
was played by Barbp-a McCop, who
managed to be convincing only part
of the time in this difficult role. The
three other feature parts were played
by Phillip Kenneally, Harry Kersey,
and Ellen Davey.
Kenneally’s portrayal of the Pole,
Stanley Kowalski, was the most real
istically played part in the show.
Ellen Davey also gave a notable
performance as the wife of the Pole.
The general criticism which the
play received was that it could not
produce the intended effect because
it was staged on the much too spa
cious stage of the Memorial Audi
torium. The length of the produc
tion was also the object of criticism,
hut perhaps that could be charged
to the seating arrangement, which
was both uncomfortable and inade
quate for observing the stage.
Library Receives
Social Periodical
Efrem Kurtz Capably Conduct®
Impressive, Effective Progru®
Legislative Folders Concern
New Federal Social Rulings
Saint Mary’s library is now re
ceiving a periodical which offers a
simple way of finding out just what
is being done by Congress. The So
cial Legislation Information Service
gives a complete list of all bills deal
ing with social legislation which are
currently before Congress.
The aims of the bulletin are “to
report impartially on federal social
legislation and the activities of fed
eral agencies affecting family life,
children, and community services in
the areas of health, education, wel
fare, housing, employment and rec
reation. The Service takes no posi
tion for or against legislation.”
A recent issue gave a list of sena
tors by states and a future issue
will give a complete list of Con
gressional committees.
The State Canterbury convention
elected Mary Jo Paul secretary of
the North Carolina Canterbury
Commission and Edith Rogers as
Delegate-at-Large Saturday, Febru
ary 10. Edith will also serve as a
member of the Diocesan Board for
College Work.
The Commission includes Episco
pal student representatives from
colleges and universities throughout
North Carolina, and it was during
this meeting that the convention was
converted into a full-time commis
sion which will seek to further the
work of the Episcopal church on
campuses.
AT THE THEATERS
(Mar. 1-17) •
WAKE
2-3 1 Killed (Jeronimo.
Girls Under Twenty-one.
4- 7 The Uady Takes a Chance.
Barbara Stanwyck,
Steve MacNally.
8-10 Tarzan and the Leoiiard
Woman.
Going to Town.
11-13 China Sky.
14-15 The Golden Glove Story.
Jimmy Dunn.
Destination Murder.
16-17 Train to Tombstone,
blaster Mind.
SMS Basketball Team
Plays In Tournament
Saint Mary’s entered the invita
tional basketball tournament which
the Recreation Association of the
Woman’s College sponsored Friday,
February 23.
Other schools attending were Duke
Woman’s College and two varsity
teams of WC.
The program for the playday in
cluded a game between WC and
Duke at 4:30 on Friday. WC won
by a close score of 37-28.
The second game at 7 :30 was be
tween the other WC team and Saint
Mary’s. The game started out pretty
evenly with each team leading the
other by one point. Soon WC cap
tured a lead which they held during
the remainder of the game. The
score at half time was 22-7 in favor
of WC.
During the second half the Saint
Mary’s guards held the WC players
while their own forwards ran up
some score. The final score was
WC 34, Saint Mary’s 22. Bimbo
Parshley scored 11 points and Louise
Milliken scored 7 points. The other
forwards were Franky Allen and
Evelyn Oettinger. The guards were
Pat Boesser, Alice Hicks, Kitty
Fisher, A1 White, and Eunice Saun
ders. Miss Liverman accompanied
the group to Greensboro.
COLONY
4- 6 Pagan Love Song.
Esther Williams, Howard Keel.
7-8 Harriet Craig.
Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey.
9 For Heaven’s Sake.
Clifton Webb, Gigi Perreau,
Edmund Gwenn.
10 The (Taney Street Boys.
11-17 Bitter Rice.
STATE
1- 3 Frencliy.
Shelley Winters, Joel McCrea.
4-10 The (treat Missouri Raid.
Wendell Corey,
Macdonald Carey.
11-17 The Desert Hawk.
Richard Green,
Yvonne DeCarlo.
AMBASSADOR
2- 3 Rio Grande. John Wayne.
4- 7 At War with the Army.
Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis.
8-10 Tliree Guys Named Mike.
Jane Wyman, Van Johnson,
Howard Keel.
11-13 Soft Affair.
Joseph Gotten, Joan Fontaine.
14-17 Vengeance Valley.
Burt Lancaster, B. Walker.
VARSITY
2- 3 Gay Lady. Jean Kent.
4- 7 E.ye AVitness.
Robert Montgomery.
8- 9 Perfect Woman.
Patricia Rock.
10 The Man on the Eiffel Tower.
French Shatone.
The Raleigh Civic Music AssJ
ciation presented the Houston
phony Orchestra in concert m
Memorial Auditorium Thursday-
February 22. ,
one of the
The
Mr. Peery presented four of his
piano students in a recital in assem
bly Thursday, February 15. The
girls participating in the program
were Margaret Gaston, Evelyn Men-
zies, Laura Chapman, and Martha
DeHart.
Margaret played Scenes d’Enfants
by Mompou. Evelyn played Etude
by Cyril Scott. Laura played Mm-
ueto, a Spanish dance by Granados,
and Martha played a movement from
Sontata, Opus 31, by Beethoven.
orchestra, one oi
and most up-and-coming ones m
nation, was ably conducted by W
rem Kurtz. Ania Dorfman appe‘jfj^p
as piano soloist with the group-
Houston Symphony impressed
most by the very effective weai s
together of the string instrunic
and the woodwinds and brasses. 1
orchestra showed good range
much power.
This power was displayed
diately as the orchestra opmied '
the Concerto Grosso in ® Dj,
Opus 3, No. 11, by Antonio
This work was executed
strings only, and beautifully ^ y
An allegro theme was first bi'O'y
out, followed by the slow largo- ^
concluding
movement.
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The first round of the Sigma-Mu
badminton tournament was played
February 12 in the gym. Eighteen
Mu’s and thirty-two Sigma’s are
competing in the tournament, which
Helen Sanders is managing. The
finals will be played in the second
week of March.
concluding with another ®
ovement.
Miss Dorfman then presented
Concerto No. 1 in G Minor,
25, by Felix Mendelssohn-B_art»
with the entire orchestra. Miss
man played this concerto ^ycli,
sense of timing and a sure t •,
despite the handicap of a snis
ord''
aiio.
Saint Mary’s is putting out
illustrated catalogue which will con
tain pictures covering several phases
of life at Saint Mary’s. Some of the
pictures are an aerial view of the
campus of Saint Mary’s; views of
the front of Smedes, the chapel, the
interior of the library; athletic
shots; and a picture of the marshals.
Several visiting alumnae on cam
pus were Barbara “Babs” Wooten
and Nancy Dickson, Betty Ray,
Suzanne Dawson, and Mary Anne
Rose, all of Carolina, and Mrs. Mar
vin Carver (“Skeelie” Wilkins) of
Durham.
Following intermission the
estra returned to the center
spotlight to present the Jo-
No. 4 in E Minor, Opus 98,
hannes Brahms. This oH
played understandingly and _n ^^4
imaginative manner. The gvC'
movement, the stately second n
ment, the joyful third moveiiiejn
the melodic final movement
brought out the excellent f®®' jgtoi'
and fine directing of the H®
Symphony. _ ,l)f
Four encores were given ^,[0
orchestra in response to enthns
applause by the audience. ,
numbers were selections ft’®”!,. Of',
men by Bizet, Speileri by
mondy, March from Love of ^,i(i |
Oranges by Prokofief, and S ffAjlip
Stripes Forever by John
Sousa.
Alpha
Saint Mary’s Sigma Pi
chapter met February 20.
They decided to present a French
movie for every student or town
person who wishes to come.
The Sigma Pi Alfdia chapter also
decided to send Laura Chapman as
their delegate to the National Con
gress of the Sigma Pi Alpha in
Greenville on March 17.
Gertrude Chappell
Louise Wooten
Faith
Robinson
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Elizabeth Nooe
Jane Maddux tMM
■ch
Virginia
Gilliam
Recipe for having food taste like
that which mother used to make:
walk five miles before dinner.—
Elbert Hubbard.
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Calender of
March 6. William MasseD®
cert.
The whole group of players ate
together in the WC dining hall and
after playday concluded enjoyed re
freshments.
11-12 Treasure Island.
Bobby Driscoll.
13-14 Kiss Tomorrow Goodby.
James Cagney.
15-16 Salt to the Devil.
March 7.
March 14.
Lenten speaker.
pis-
akei, /
Thomas VL. NI
Lenten speaker,
Mason.
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