RALEIGH, N.C.
NOVEMBER, 1976
FACULTY RECITAL PLANNED
The opening recital for the
St. Mary’s music department
will be a joint faculty effort
featuring Miss Suzzanne Ishee
and Miss Terry Thompson of
St. Mary’s College and Mr.
Tony McDowell of Peace
College. The performance will
be held Monday, November
22, at 8:00 p.m. in Pittman
Auditorium. It is open to the
public and free of charge.
Miss Ishee is a graduate
of St. Mary’s and holds
degrees from UNC at Chapel
Hill and the Manhattan School
of Music. She was the
recipient of the Leonard
Bernstein Award for Vocal
Study in Tanglewood,
Massachusetts.
Mr. McDowell is a
member of the music
department at Peace College.
He received his degree from
UNC at Chapel Hill also. He
and Miss Ishee have per
formed together many times
in past recitals, musical
comedies, and night clubs.
The two vocalists will be
accompanied by Miss
Thompson who studied at
Converse, received her degree
from UNC and studied further
at the Mozarsteum in Salz
burg, Austria. A guest
Clarinetist will also perform.
The concert will include
duets by Purcell and
Schumann, solo songs by
Schubert and a scene from the
second act of La Traviata.
There will also be a piano solo
by Miss Thompson-The
Chopin Ballade in A flat
major.
Following the recital
there will be a reception in the
parlor of Smedes. Tran
slations of the lyrics will be
available to the audience.
Miss Ishee wishes to
personally extend an in
vitation to all St. Mary’s
students. “We feel that the
recital will be of interest to all
members of the student body
and urge each of them to
attend.”
SMC COMMITTEE SELECTS
morehead scholar nominees
Two years ago, the
^ustees of the Morehead
Foundation decided to permit
women to compete for the
prestigious Morehead
Awards, established in 1945.
St. Mary’s was invited to
participate and immediately
created a Morehead
Nominating Committee,
composed of members of the
faculty and administration.
This year, the SMC
committee will once again
select the two high school
seniors who will represent St.
Mary’s before Regional
(County) Committee in late
October. Winners in this stage
of the competition will then go
MENAGERIE APPLAUDED
by Annie Johnson
The St. Mary’s Drama
Club presented Tennessee
Williams’ famed drama “The
Glass Menagerie” October
27th through the 30th. The
performance on the 29th was a
special one for Father-
Daughter Day.
The characters were:
Amanda Wingfield, A
Southern mother devoted to
her children who could not
face reality; Laura Wingfield,
her daughter, a rather shy and
withdrawn who spent most of
her time with worn out
phonograph records and her
glass menagerie; Tom
Wingfield, Amanda’s son, a
dreamer who wanted more
out of life than working in a
shoe factory; and a Gen
tleman Caller, a nice young
man determined to succeed in
life.
Louise Whitmire and
Betsy Henry played Amanda
and Laura, respectively.
Louise, who is Vice-president
of the Drama Club, appeared
in last year’s production of
“Anything Goes”. Betsy, who
is President of St. Genesius,
appeared in “Anything Goes,”
and “The King and I”. Ron
Jones played Tom and Roy
Dicks appeared as the Gen
tleman Caller. Ron, a veteran
actor in the Raleigh Area, has
appeared in prc^uctions at
Meredith College and the
Raleigh Little Theatre. Roy,
who is no stranger to St.
Mary’s, has appeared in
numerous productions here
and at the Raleigh Little
Theatre.
“The Glass Menagerie”
was under the direction of Mr.
Harry Callahan, Chairman of
the Drama Department.
Elizabeth House was the
Stage Manager. Sets,
costumes, props, lights,
make-up and publicity was
executed by the members of
the Drama Club as well as the
Technical Theatre Class. An
opening night reception was
held honoring the cast and
crews, and also, to celebrate
the first performance in St.
Mary’s newly renovated
Auditorium.
before the Central Com
mittees for interviews early
next year, and from this group
will be chosen the Morehead
Scholars for 1977.
Morehead Scholars are
selected on the basis of
academic standing,
character,leadership, and
ambition. A student may not
apply for a Morehead Award:
rather, the student must be
attending a school eligible to
participate and must be
selected by that school’s
nominating committee.
Morehead Scholars are given
full support for four years of
study at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
In addition, a fully funded
summer program is being
introduced as part of the
Morehead Award.
The St. Mary’s nominees
will be announced in early
October. Mrs. Barbara
Bunch, chairman of the SMC
Committee, points out that
selection as a St. Mary’s
nominee is a high honor, as
well as a distinguished ad
dition to the student’s record.
Mr. John Tate, Chairman of the English Department, and Mrs.
Andrea Brown, Chief Librarian, at the dedication ceremony of the
Thomas Woife Room, Thursday, October 21. This room was given
**^11 *^“*«"wider, Jr., to house St. Mary’s
collection of books by and about the famous North Carolina
writer.
THOMAS WOLFE
COLLECTION
DEDICATED
Laura ponders during a serious scene in “The Glass Menagerie.
by Marion Worthy
The Thomas Wolfe Room
in the Sarah Graham Kenan
Library at St. Mary’s College
was dedicated on Wednesday
October 21. After Mrs. Helen
Smith gave the invocation.
President Rice, assisted by
Fred Wolfe, brother of
Thomas Wolfe, performed the
dedication. Next, John Tate,
Chairman of the English
Department, made a
presentation on behalf of Aldo
Magi. To conclude the
dedication ceremony, Mrs.
Andrea Brown, Chief
Librarian, unveiled a golden
plaque which states that the
room is presented by Dr. and
Mrs. John 0. Fulenwider of
Pageland, South Carolina to
house the Thomas Wolfe
Collection. Also, Dr. and Mrs.
Fulenwider were introduced.
After the brief ceremony
the audience adjourned to St’
Mary’s dining hall for a buffet
and a talk by Richard Walser
a Wolfe scholar and also, an
entertaining speaker. Mr.
Walser, who has a new book
on Thomas Wolfe being
readied for publication by the
Duke University Press, spoke
about the Wolfe family in
Raleigh. In addition, Fred
Wolfe, brother of Thomas
Wolfe, gave “greetings from
the family.”
U7 explained that
Wolfe s father, W. 0. Wolfe,
*?ved in Raleigh. Wolfe
attended the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and thus visited Raleigh
frequently. Walser also
pointed out that Wolfe made
short visits on the campus of
St. Mary’s as a guest of the
president.
After the talk, the
audience was encouraged to
browse through the new St
Mary’s Thomas Wolfe
Collection which includes
relics of Wolfe’s life and many
first edition books