March 26, 1954
The Belles of St. Mary’s
Circle Inducts New Members;
Six Students Receive Honor
Pictured above (from left to right) are Jiilianiie Boone, Kathleen Hart-
*ock, Pat Cowden, and Sharlene Howard, all day-stndent ineinhers of May
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May Day With Royal Reception
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J^owhere is spring’s approach
ajore evident than among the May
' Queen’s Court and her entertainers.
Their enthusiasm assures May of a
''’elcome she may long remember,
fh’eparing the royal reception are a
' ®ost of beauties and frolickers who
; Sacrifice every free moment and
®Uiic0 of royal blood in order to
, ’^sher her in amid grandeur and
'Uerriment.
^‘Onr dresses are exquisite,” Juli-
^Une Boone, member of the May
I *“'ourt, delightedly commented. They
i chiffon in soft, luscious colors
1 diat rival those of nature.
Margaret Rose, maid of honor,
i "'ill attend the queen in a flattering
; 4ade of aqua. Gray Proctor and
' Mianne Boone, wearing pink, will
Wior the queen while Jeanette Uz-
' ^’^dl and Kay Baker make their ap
pearances in blue. Penn Anthony
"■td IMarie Tyler have chosen orchid
their dresses. In refreshing
'hades of greeiij Kathleen Hartsock
?’Ul Sharlene Howard will pay their
"otnage to the royal lady. Coleman
'Aukins and Kitty Campen, attired
yellow, will offer a contrast to
•‘Utie Bunn and Pat Cowden who
'"ill wear a complimenting rose
"olor.
Coleman claims she still wonders
^^ont her place in the court.
Vtiss Biswas Gives
Assembly Program
, Miss Benita Biswas, of Pakistan,
Me in assembly Tuesday, March
A This member of the Students
'"ission Union presented several
Mtions that we as Christians
Mid think about when we send
^issionaries to foreign countries,
j’hong the questions was, “Do
.?teigii people really want our mis-
Maries?” The attractive native
.. Pakistan then gave St. Mary’s
a geography lesson. After
"lling about her country she an-
,Med questions. During the ques-
period, she said that she was
l?"prised at the waste she found in
® United States.
was at home with measles when
Betsy Duke, Alice Pittman, and
Patsy Beams called me to tell me
about the election results. I was so
thrilled, I just couldn’t believe it!”
she confesses.
All committee work is now in full
swing and practice is constant. The
dancers are stepping high and keep
ing good time according to Trissy
Holt, ])resident of OrcJienis.
Entitled .-lira.?/ We Dance, May
Day features original interpreta
tions of dances from other countries.
Prance, Sweden, Scotland, and
Spain, as well as the United States,
will be represented. For the first
time in several years dancers will
unwind a maj^ according to
English custom. Eei)resenting St.
Mary’s land, “little” girls have
combined their talents to jiresent a
“Children’s Dance.” Trissy Holt
and Ellen Ozon are perfecting the.
choreography to a clever dance of
the Spirit of Dance and a Dance
Sprite. This dance’s purpose is to
summarize the idea that dance is
universal—the overall purpose of
the ])rogram.
The tremendous job of jiroviding
props falls to Lynda Anderson.
Libby Patman is costume mistress,
and Elizabeth Dent serves as music
chairman.
South Pacific Gomes to
Raleigh Auditorium
South Pacific, the Pulitzer Prize
musical play, will be performed
^Vpril 5 and A]>ril 6 in the Memo
rial Auditorium. The show will be
gin at 8:20 on Monday and Tue.s-
day nights and the matinee on Tues
day begins at 2 :20.
The musical, written by Richard
Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II,
will star Jeanne Bal and Webb Til
ton in the leading roles. Others in
the cast are Benny Baker, Dorothy
Franklin, Olan Baxter, and Russ
Brown. Josh Logan is director.
Ticket prices range from $4.40 to
$2.00 for the night performances
and from $3.25 to $1.50 for the
matinee. Students are responsible
for getting their own tickets.
Frances Stubinger
Presents Recital
Frances Stubinger gave her cer
tificate piano recital Thursday
night, March 18. The i)rogi"am took
jdace in the auditorium before an
audience of St. Mary’s students and
faculty and Raleigh music lovers.
The first portion of the recital con
sisted of Bach’s French Suite in E
flat major, Ko. 4 and the first
movement of Mozart’s Sonata in C
minor. The second portion consist
ed of two preludes, an etude, and
Waltz in E minor by Chopin. Her
last two numbers were Debussy’s
Arabesque in G major, Ko. 2 and
Ravel’s Sonatine-Modere, Mouve-
ment de Alcnuet.
To obtain a certificate from the
music department, a music student
must meet several requirements. She
must maintain a grade of B or bet
ter in her technical work; she must
practice two hours or more daily;
she must have been registered here
for at least two years; and she must
present a public recital of at least
thirty minutes of actual perform
ance time.
Frances, a senior from Chatta
nooga, Tenn., has studied music for
eleven of her nineteen years. Her
years of training were evident in
the ease with which she i)layed sev
eral difficult selections from Cho2)iii
pid her excellent control over tone
in the Bach numbers. IVhen asked
for a statement Frances ecstatically
replied, “I really enjoyed it. I was
nervous at first, but that didn’t last
long.”
Canterbury Clubs
Plan Varied Events
On Good Friday the St. Mary’s
and Raleigh Canterbury Clubs will
sponsor a retreat at a nearby lake.
The group will leave from the St.
IMary’s campus-at eleven o’clock and
will return in the late afternoon.
The retreat meditations will be led
by John IFooley, St. ilary’s
girls who plan to attend will be
excused from the regular Good Fri
day Service at school. Transj^orta-
tion and lunch will be i)rovided.
The executive committee of the club
highly recommends this retreat to
everyone who is seeking an oj)por-
tunity for enriching her Good Fri
day and consequently her Easter ob
servances.
About forty members of the St.
Mary’s club enjoyed a jDicnic supjier
in the hut on March 23. The girls
played games and sang songs before
they ate their hot dogs, slaw, potato
chif)s, i^ickles, cuj) cakes, and lemon
ade. During the meeting the mem
bers discussed plans for the organi
zation of next year’s club.
On April 11, the two clubs will
meet in the hut for their regular
Sunday ^ night meeting. The pro
gram will follow the pattern of lec
ture, small discussion groups, and
then, general discussion, questions.
School Witnesses
Solemn Ceremony
The Circle took in six new mem
bers on Monday night, March 22.
The new members are Anne Bynum,
Harriett Mardre, Abbot Henderson,
Jane Best, Kay Baker, and Trissy
Holt.
Ann, of Stantonsburg, is president
of the junior class, secretary-treas
urer of YWCA, piresident of the
Sigmas, and a member of the Legis
lative Body.
Jane, a junior from Fremont, is
chairman-elect of Hall Council and
IS a member of the Glee Club,
YDC, and YWCA. She is a Sigma.
Harriett, of MGlson, is j)resident-
elect of Student Government Associ
ation, junior class representative to
the Legislative Body, and a member
of the Granddaughters Club. She
was cajDtain of the Mu basketball
team in the last tournament.
Abbot, of Lynchburg, Va., is
president of the business class, a
member of the Legislative Body,
and a member of the Stage Coach
staff. She is a Sigma.
Kay, a senior from Timmonsville,
S. C., is chief dance marshal, a mar
shal, a vice-counselor, and a member
of the Altar Guild, Orchesis,
YWCA, the Alay Court, and is a
Sigma.
Trissy, a senior from Ridgewood,
FT. J., is a hall counselor, president
of Orchesis, a Mu cheerleader, and
a member of the Glee Club, Sigma
Pi Alpha, the Altar Guild, and' the
Canterbury Club.
Miss Davis Plans
Commencement Play
Miss Florence C. Davis, head of
the Speech and Dramatic Depart
ment, has announced the Shakes
pearean play to be presented during
commencement exercises. The play
to_ be given this year is Twelfth
Wight, one of William Shakespeare’s
famous comedies. The commence
ment play is an annual event held
out-of-doors on the east campus.
The cast has been named as fol
lows : Orsino, Betty Martin; Sebas
tian, Betsy Duke; Antonio, Anne
Bunn; a sea captain, Anne Kor-
man; Sir Toby Belch, Beth Kem
per; Sir Andrew Aguecheok, Dillon
Dawson; Malvolio, Anne Wallace;
Feste, Mary Ruth Divine; Olivia,
Elizabeth Dent; Viola, Grace Bo-
ney; Maria, DotDee Jones; Friar,
El in Dowling; an officer, Carolyn
Warlick; and pages, Martha Brooks
and Patsy Aloore.
Man does not live by words alone
despite the fact that sometimes he
has to eat them.—Adlai Stevenson.
and summary. The topic will be
some pu'oblem picked by a member
of the club. Anyone who has a
piarticular problem which she would
like to present to the group for con
sideration at this or some later meet
ing is asked to write it out and give
it to Martie Whedbee.