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52 L3. 'i ;se j ■ill ! )e- I ry 113 eii cli an ise a be he ige ■ell ■as 1 a ■ed lilt Ir. •26 11; n’3 ,pa oi- iig riy .st- 01’- vie ;eii iin h® efiS )ll3 CONGRATULATIONS, GOOD LUCK MAY COURT JJCllCS r\ KT C A 1 M T A/IADX/9C ON EXAMS Vol. XV, No. 7 RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA January 23, 1953 SARA FAIR REIGNS AS MAY QUEEN SMS Holds Annual Epiphany Service The Epiphany service is one of tile most beautiful services of the Jlpiscopal Church. At the Saint Mary’s Epiphany service, Tuesday, January 6, burning tapers, symbol izing the light of Christianity, illu- 'ninated the darkened chapel. Since this service commemorates the visitation of the wise men to the Ch rist Child, three girls portraying the wise men lighted tapers from the 'Central light of the church—a large *^andle on the altar under His Christ- Star; the wise men in turn passed their lights on to the members M the choir and the congregation jJiitil everyone in church held a burn- •’’g taper. The beautiful and im pressive service was climaxed by the ^losing hymn. Light Of Light That ^hincth. The choir and congrega- *’011 marched out of church singing ®iid carrying their flaming lights as ®,ynibols of the love and light of **hrist they carry wherever they go. eg ■111. ted ;rl3 to !iiW rl3, jl'O itl> lU'O ty jicd ,eii' lifl' ftl' ill' flee lie® L’lie ;ii‘: red liei' flt' ;jllg lilfl ,slr 1)1^ SMS Sponsors Attend State Inaugural Ball . More than thirty Saint Mary’s Sirls, with others from all over the ®*ate, served as sponsors for the In- ^^gural Ball held on Tliursday "ight, January 8, in honor of Gov- J-riior and Mrs. William B. Umstead. Jliese sponsors and their marshals officially opened the dance at 9:00 P-in. with the figure. On the afternoon of the ball the sponsors and their marshals were SHests of honor at a tea at the Caro- iiia Country Club. Following the they attended a rehearsal for the %ure at Raleigh Memorial Audi- Oi’ium. Sally Hodges, daughter of Bran- Jon Hodges, Treasurer of North Carolina, was one of the four leaders the figure. Other Saint Mary’s 8'1'ls who attended the ball were '^ances Atkins, Alice Bost, Nancy ^a'vles, Jane Bradford, Mary Anne %num, Sara Cobb, Harriett Cooper, J^abe Correll, Patsy Daniels, Eliza- ^Gth Dent, Mary Windley Dunn, Hargrave, Emma Ruth Her- *’^an, Mary Jordan, Charlotte Lilly, ’^ane McColman, Lael McMullan, ally McMullan, Frances McNeill, ajnner Parham, Gray Proctor, P'ances Proctor, Drew Smith, Peggy ’aithdeal, Emily Urquhart, Cyn- Ward, Ruth Watkins, Hannah 'Caver, Paula Whitaker, and Bar- White. Capacity Audience Sees Ballet Theatre Raleigh Civic Music Association presented the Ballet Theatre at Me morial Auditorium in Raleigh, Jan uary 7, 1953. The first ballet, presented to the near capacity audience, was the sec ond and fourth acts of the famous Swan Lake. In this beautiful ballet with its stirring music by Peter Tchaikovsky were Mary Ellen Moy- lan and John Kriza, famous Ameri can artists. The large audience received very enthusiastically the typically Ameri can ballet Rodeo., a gay and modern number. Jennie Workman, the Cowgirl “out to get her man,” en chanted the audience with her droll acting as well as her skillful dancing. Act HI of Siuan Lake, “The Black Swan,” the highlight of the perform ance, brought two of the greatest classical dancers of today to the Raleigh stage, Alicia Alonzo, as the Black Swan, daughter of the evil magician, and Igor Youskevitch, as Prince Seigfried. To an enthralled audience the famous stars ])erformed this beautiful ballet with breath taking skill and grace. The final 'number,, the charming Graduation Ball, to the sprightly music of Johann Strauss, was highly enjoyed by the audience. This prob ably is the best ballet Raleigh has ever seen. STUDENTS ELECT BOWLES AS MAID OF HONOR; TWELVE OTHER BEAUTIES ATTEND MAY QUEEN Parker Speaks About Institute of Religion Reverend Mr. William L. Parker snoke to the student body about the Institute of Religion in assembly Thursday, January 15. The United Church has sponsored the Institute in Raleigh for fourteen years. Each year they bring to Raleigh six of the nation’s most ])rominent speakers whO'speak on subjects of interest to almost everyone, such as religion, health, and government. This year the institute will spon sor such speakers as T. R. Milford who will speak on “The Meaning of Freedom”; Harold Taylor, “Free dom and Authority in Education”; Kermit Eby, “The Expedient Is Not the Moral”; John B. Thompson, “The Fear of Freedom”; Wayne Morse, “Ethical Standards in Gov ernment”; Stringfellow Barr, “Can Americans Export Freedom?”. The Institute will meet every Monday night at eight o’clock at The United Church for the next five weeks. May Queen f Sara Fair Cate Directs Society In First City Concert Raleigh Oratorio Society, under the direction of Miss Geraldine Cate, sang the IMozart Requiem last Sun day afternoon at five o’clock at Pul len Memorial Bai)tist Church to a capacity audience. The forty-five voice chorus was accompanied by an eighteen piece instrumental ensem ble. This was the first Raleigh per formance of the Oratorio Society. Miss Martha Dabney Jones is a member. A recording of the program will be broadcast tomorrow afternoon from five until six over WPTF. ^Vnyone who was unable to attend the Sunday afternoon jiorformance will have an opportunity to hear the 1 eHormance. iliss Cate suggests that all her students listen. Davenport Entertains Assembly With Songs Deedec Davenport presented a ])rogram of musical selections in assembly Thursday, January 15. She opened the ])rogram with' Wiy Don’t You Believe Me? Next she presented a series of her own com positions—I Cant Go On, I’m Lonely, and Come Back to Me. I’hen Deedee sang Stormy Weather. Her next selection was again a series of her own compositions—You’re So Different, If You Would, and Web of Love. Then she sang Dow High the Moon, She continued with Then You Will Know which she com posed just before Thanksgiving. She closed the program with Cry, Bahy, Cry. The audience loudly applaud ed Deedee’s captivating singing and excellent piano accompaniment. Sara Fair, the 1953 May Queen, will reign over the annual May Day exercises on the first Saturday in May. Her Maid of Honor is Nancy Bowles. Other attendants are Anne Bailey, Barbara Carter, Syb Hamer, Eve Hargrave, Harriet Harris, Lib by Huffman, Doris Ann Lineberger, Laura Deane Matheson, Nancy Mc- Iver, Gene Overbeck, Myra Thayer, and Barbara White. “I just can’t believe it!” Sara told her mother over the phone after the annonneemeut that she is queen was made at dinner Monday night, January 19. Sara, a five-foot seven- inch brown-haired 'student, is the Chief Dance Marshal, a school mar shal, member of the Canterbury Club, Stage Coach staff, Orchesis, and is a Sigma. JMAY DAY EXKUCLSKS The (lueen and her attendants, se lected from twenty-eight nominees in a contest sponsored by the student government, will bo presented at the May Day exercises to be hold dur ing the first week in May. Tenta tive idea for the theme of the exer cises, which are sj)onsored annually by Orchesis, is an Old Southern Plantation. All Orchesis members will take part, Gene Overbeck, presi dent of the club, announced. The exercises will probably be staged in the grove in front of East Rock. French Department Presents Two Movies I'he French dei)artment presented two movies on I ranee in assembly Tuesday, January 13. The first luovie, .[ncient Cities in Southern France, showed castles, some of which were built in the sixth een- tury by the Visigoths. 'Fhe second movie. Glimpses of the Heart of Paris, showed the famous landmarks of Paris, such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame and the Palace of Jus tice; the Rue do la Paix, which is famous the world over for ladies’ fashion houses, and the Arch of Triumph where the tomb of the unknown soldier of France is buried. Student Government Officers Give Skit Student Government Association presented a skit on the Honor Code in assembly Tuesday, January 20. The skit depicted a school where there was no honor code. Cheating, stealing, lying, drinking, and leav ing campus without permission were of little or no importance in that school. Then the results of life in that school were shown—a bad repu tation for the school and students and little or no value for honesty in the lives of the students.
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