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WHITE STARS
ON TV
Belles
SARA FAIR
REIGNS AS
MAY QUEEN
OF SAINT MARY’S
I Vol. XV No. 13
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 24, 1953
Juniors Choose May Dance Theme;
A Cruise Down The Mississippi
I Emory, Perry, Baker, Nash
j Head Committee for Affair
I The Junior Class will give the
annual Junior-Senior dance on
Saturday, May 2. The dance will
last from 8 :30-12 :00 P.M., and the
theme will be “A Cruise Down the
ilississippi.”
Irene Emory is chairman of the
decoration committee. Other mem-
I liers of the committee are Frances
Atkins, Mary Grady Burnette, Pat
. Cowden, Joanne Curry, Harriet
, Cooper, Jean Dessasure, Mary El
kins, Carolyn Nelson, and Barbara
Smith.
Prances Perry is chairman of the
Refreshment committee. Mary
' l^indley Dunn, Charlotte Lily,
%nda Anderson, and Prances
i Spain are the other members of this
eommittee. The night of the Junior-
Senior, lime punch, cookies, and
Peanuts will be served.
Kay Baker is chairman of the
hgure committee. Assisting her will
ee Pat Adams, Pearl Smith, Vir-
SRnia Harris, and Janet Taylor.
Ihe following girls will be in the
%ure: Nell Eley, president of the
^•G.A.; Harriet Harris, secretary
the Hall Council; Laura Deane
''latheson, Chairman of Hall Coun-
; Paula Whitaker, president of
Senior Class; Becky Gordon,
Lce-president of the Senior Class;
^wis Ann Lineberger, secretary of
Senior Class; Timmy Tim
mons, president of Junior Class;
baura Ervin, vice-president of the
' anior Class; Connie Shaner, sec
tary of Junior Class; and Itsie
^lasterton, Treasurer of Junior
Class.
,.B2 Nash is Chairman of the
Rds committee. Other members of
,'ts committee are Mary Jordan,
•mn Freeman, and Allan Hardin.
The receiving line will be com-
Posed of Bishop and Mrs. Penick,
and Mrs. Stone, Miss Martha
. abney Jones, Miss Davis, Mr. and
Rtps. Moore, Paula Whitaker and
'niniv Timmons. All members of
Orchesis, Sixty-Seven Southerners
Present The OW Mississippi
Alumnae Present
Sideboard To School
The late Sheraton walnut side
board placed opposite the dining
room doors is a gift of Mrs. James
T. Cordon (nee Betsy London),
Mrs. Fred Jerome (nee Camelia
London), and the families of the
late Mrs. John H. Anderson (nee
Lucy London) and the late Mrs.
J. Henry Fell (nee Sallie London)
“in happy appreciation of Saint
Mary’s.”
Three of the four London sisters,
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Armand London of Pittsboro,
had daughters or granddaughters
who attended Saint Mary’s. The
late Mrs. John H. Anderson, of Ra
leigh, had a daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Wooten (nee Lucy Anderson), and
a granddaughter, Mrs. William
Byrd Traxler (nee Bettie Wooten),
who attended Saint Mary’s. Mrs.
Henry Galt Siegrist (nee Bettie
Fell) and Mrs. Gordon D. Griffin
(nee Sallie Fell), daughters of the
late Mrs. J. Henry Fell, of Tren
ton, N. J., also were students here.
Mrs. James T. Cordon, of Raleigh,
had a daughter, Mrs. S. 0. Baesel
(nee Betsey Cordon) who attended
Saint Mary’s.
Mrs. James T. Cordon is a past
president of the General Alumnae
Association. She owned the side
board; Mrs. Jerome and the fami
lies of the other two sisters had it
refinished.
Orchesis and sixty-seven other
true southerners of Saint Marys
will present The Ole Mississippi at
the annual May Day festival on
May 2 at 4:00 o’clock. The scenes,
honoring the May Court, will be
typical of life on the Mississippi.
The festival opens with that fab
ulous New Orleans carni\al, the
Mardi Gras. Members of (he car
nival precede the May Queen, Sara
Fair, clad in a white dress with a
full skirt of accordian pleated tulle
trimmed in lace, tucked tulle at the
top, and lace sleeves. Following her
comes the May Court of beautiful
Southern belles, carrying parasols
and wearing dresses of net and
shantung in two shades of blue, the
shantung loo]3ed folds of the skirt
caught up with flowers.
After the Southern belles have
danced a graceful number, they all
take their seats before a background
of steamboats, carriages, and bales
of ^ cotton beneath the grand
white columns typical of a Louisiana
plantation, where they reign as
queens of the Mardi Gras. Here,
in the Southern setting of old oaks
ami white pillars, Nancy Bowles,
maid of honor, will crown Sara Fair
Queen of the May Festival.
faculty and staff are invited.
bulletin Holds
Criticism Sessions
I
^ , J be Bulletin, school literary niaga-
I has begun holding weekly ses-
I of criticism and discussion of
v'dributions. At each session Miss
Ur,
li. Jones and members of the
^ ^Sazine staff receive anonymous
Ij^Des of all contributions, which
! discuss one by one. This con-
active criticism singles out the
! contributions for publication
at the same time teaches each
bow to-improve her writing.
Mus Win Exciting
Volleyball Match
The Sigma^Mu game on April 13
was the highlight of the volleyball
season at Saint Mary’s. The Mus
had jireviously won one game and the
Sigma’s had won one. With a score
of 34-33 in the last game the Mu,’s
won the volleyball tournament.
The winning team was composed
of Glenn Lightsey, captain, Nancy
Eversman, Dill Walker, Deedee
Davenport, Mary Michal, Allan
Hardin, Trissy Holt and Sally
Hodges.
The losing team was composed of
Nancy Mclver, captain, Nell Eley,
Donna Bull, Nancy Smith, Timmy
Timmons, Susie Nicoll, Sara Fair,
Nancy Jones, Alice Bost, Anne
Bynum, and Laura Travis.
Mrs. Bryant officiated as referee.
As You Like It
Begins Rehearsals
As I ou Like It will be presented
by the Saint Mary’s Dramatic Club
as its eonimencement play. Rehear
sals have already started under Miss
Davis’ direction.
-Ls 1 on Like It is one of Shake
speare’s best comedies. A Duke,
banished by his younger brother, re
tires to the forest of ^Vrden with
some faithful followers. His daugh
ter Rosalind remains at court with
her cousin Celia. Rosalind falls in
love with a young man, Orlando, a
son of one of the banished Duke’s
friends. Later both Rosalind and
Celia are banished from the court.
The rest of the play delightfully
follows up the love affair of Rosalind
and Orlando. Many humorous char
acters, such as Touchstone, the phi
losopher Jacques, and the faithful
Adam, enter into the scene. The
play ends happily with the wedding
of Orlando and Rosalind and the
dukedom restored to the banished
Duke.
Betty Martin plays the part of
Orlando; Myra Thayer the part of
Rosalind; Charlotte Cocke the part
of Celia; Mary Michal the part of
Touchstone; and Ellen Ozon the
part of Jacques.
The panorama of Mississi2ii3i
scenes which follows is in honor of
the May Court. First Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn, and Becky
I hatcher present a scene tyjiical of
their childhood on the banks of the
great river. Then comes “Father
of the Waters,” a group interpreta
tion of the majestic qualities of the
Mississippi. There follow a spirited
tap dance by two butlers; a waltz
quadrille, that stately dance so fa-
. miliar in old jilantation gatherings;
and a horse-and-buggy dance, where
boys and girls go on a' flirtatious
afternoon ride. Then the cotton
pickers come in, weary from a long
days work; when they hear music
tliey begin to dance. In an old
Louisiana garden magnolias, daffo
dils, violets, biittei'flies, and a rose
awake in the spring. At last comes
the magnificent finale, when all
gather to pay final hoinago to the
Queen and her court.
The Queen of May Day is Sara
hair, and her Maid of Honor is
Raney Bowles. Memliers of the
May Court are Myra Thayer, Eve
Hargrave, Gene Overbeck, Laura
Deane Mathesoii, Doris Ann Line-
berger, Nancy Mclver, Sylvia Ha-
mer, Barbara White, Harriet Har
ris, Elizabeth Huffman, Anne Bai
ley, and Barbara Carter.
The music for the festival e.x-
presses the gaity, stateliness, and
romance which are associated with
the Mississippi. It comjirises many
selections.
Miss Gimeron is director of May
I)ay. Gene Overbook is cliairman
ot choreography. Laura Deane
Mathesoii is chairman of the co.s-
tume committee. Louise Brand is
ehainnan of the projis committee,
and hhzabeth Lynn is chairman of
publicity. Syb Hamer designed the
sets aiid the Circle is painting them,
tieorgia Moore is in charge of iiro-
granis The Beacon will sell drinks
and other refreshments.
Sissie^^ A.llen Wins
Salem Scholarship
Madeline Allen, of Troy, won
a competitive scholastic scholarship
to Salem College valued at a thou
sand dollars (four hundred for the
first year and two hundred dollars
foi each of the following years).
After taking Scholastic Aptitude
and Achievement tests, “Sissie” was
interviewed by Miss I. M. Hixson,
Dean of Admission. Last Friday,
“Sissie” received the telegram stat
ing that she had won the seholar-
ship.
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