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MISS HAIG’S
RECITAL
JANUARY 29
Belles
GIRL-BREAK
DANCE
JANUARY 27
OF SAINT MARY’S
Vol. m, No. 9
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
Jaaiuary 26, 1940
Miss Haig Presents Third In
Series of Faculty Recitals
or
Students to Hear Interesting Arrange-
nients of Pieces by Old Mas'ters
and Contemporary Artists
Monday evening, January 29, Miss Mary
-uiunuay evening, d anuary
■Ruth Haig will give the third faculty recital of
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year. She will open her program with
^gambati’s arrangement of “Melody” from
buck’s opera Orfeo. The main work in her
group from the old masters will be Kreisleriana
oy Schumann. Schumann conceived the idea
ror this series of pieces from a poem which told
a poetic tom-cat who found that his master,
eccentric musician, named Kreisler, had
carelessly left his autobiography lying open on
writing desk. On his master’s papers the
CM scratched tales of his own escapades, and the
whole was printed off together. In keeping
With the poem the Kreisleriana of Schumann
a succession of sharply contrasted melodies
111 both lively and serious moods.
The second section of her program Miss Haig
Will devote to works of contemporary musicians.
?he will play Gavotta by ProkofiefF, a modern-
s impression of a stately gavotte; Dance of
by de Falla; Romance by Rachmani-
cii; Rimsky-Korsakoff’s The Bumile Bee, ar-
-^liiusjiy-jtvorsaJiOlI S J. ae uamuin jjoo,
^r piano by Rachmaninoff; and Pre-
*^by Debussy.
Miss Haig’s third group will be made up of
_ ompositions by Frederic Chopin. The most
• r*v''jiinons oy Jjrederic unopin. xne mosi
A ^I'csting of these is the G Minor Ballade
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A ui tnese is tne ur mmur uuwuimo,
ccording to Chopin himself he was ^^incited to
, c creation of the Ballades by the poetry” of
^ s countrymen. The G Minor Ballade has no
eunite story but its many climaxes suggest a
of adventures.
Miss Haig will be assisted by Miss Horn, who
wiu sing Oh Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me?
7^-'7^?ulel, The Unforeseen by Cyril Scott, The
9^iiuoalp. nn/1 iha P/-»o/5 "kTr T?imfiVv-TTopsakoff.
an!?^ ® antZ the Rose by Rimsky-Korsakoff,
will " dSfight by Rachmaninoff. Miss Scott
accompany her.
Bnderclassmen Step In Light
Annual Dance Approaches
Freshmen and Sophomores Fling
festive Affair In Parlor
Saturday, February 3
February 3 the underclassmen will step into
thp T d the underclassmen will step into
Haven’t you heard all the talk?
Sonb uie, it’s seldom that the Freshmen and
eret so much attention, but now all
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agues
affai ' wagging about the dance. _ It’s an
parlor certainly put pep into the
Davt® ^^aperons are Mrs. Cruikshank, Miss
Sutton Fartrick, Miss Lewis, and Miss
The'
T*avif chosen are Betty Harris, Ann
IV‘on+„’_ Cheatham, Mary Huske, Betty L.
Wootp '^neatham, Mary Duske, ±setty 1^.
Sou ^b'^c^dith Wilkinson, Mary Swan Dod-
Marv Tr Curtis. The hostesses are
Rodman and Virginia Trotter.
comuii+A°^ committees are at work: Page
Bettip Davis, Nancy O’Herron,
Bp->i • Ihorpe: orcbestrn p.OTnmittee—Toddv
Boykio "^.^cirpe: orchestra committee—Toddy
Fiqupt ’-D Peck; decorating committee—
Hauuv Foggy Parsley; bid committee—
Feuebt Adeline Taylor, Betty Jane
Fhoeb£.^-tiT®T^®^ > refreshment committee —
Withers, Peggy Arrington.
Calendar of Events
Januaet 27, 1940—
Girl Break Dance.
Januakt 29, 1940-
Piano Recital-
-Miss Haig.
Januaey 30, 1940—
Woman’s Club Concert:
Millanov—Soprano.
Graves—Contralto.
Kipnis—Basso.
Fbbbuary 3, 1940—
Sophomore Dance.
February 9, 1940—
Duke Concert—Lawrence Tibbett.
Noted Journalist Enlightens
Europeans On War Situation
Editor, The Belles:
I am quite glad, my dear Editor, to have this
opportunity to express my views of the Euro
pean Situation. I can truthfully say, in all
modesty, that I know of no other commentator
who is more worthy of the honor, for I draw my
opinion from close association with the conflict
during my recent sojourn abroad.
Of course, it would be bold to say that
Switzerland, where I was, is directly in the
center of things over there, for it is distant
from Berlin and Munich, where Hitler lives, by
quite a few miles—leagues as we would express
it over there, though the meaning is different
from the use of the word in America where it
is applied to baseball. It seems that in the
United States, the players run madly for as far
a distance as they can get around the diamond,
which gives rise to the term Big League Games.
I might mention here, too, an amazing histori
cal fact about Bern, Switzerland (where I
stayed) which I have discovered. I have every
reason to believe that it was at that spot that
the famous Roman general Horatius when_ in
retreat with his army set Are to a bridge behind
him to prevent the enemy from catching up
with him; hence the name Bern (with Swiss
spelling).
However, to return to the subject under dis
cussion, I will go back into the history of the
German people to explain Herr Hitler’s aims
in the current situation.
A long time ago in Germany there was a big
race going on called The Hun Race which took
place on horseback. Since then, of course, the
Olympic Games have sprung up, but not satis
fied even with them, Hitler wants to start an
other sort of race for the Germans alone, which
he calls the New Nordic Race. He has organ
ized all the Boy Scouts and Girl Reserves and
set them to hiking across the country, though
it is my private opinion that they walk not for
the race but because Germany ran out of gaso
line and out of butter, but when that gave out,
he made butter out of wool and used up all the
wool. Then he found a way to make wool out
of cactus, but when the Embargo Act was
adopted by Mexico, no more cactus could be
imported, and as cactus won’t grow in Germany
the Germans are out of wool, butter, and gaso
line. Endeavoring to find out a way to manu
facture flour from wood, which is plentiful in
(Continued on page 2)
Enthusiastic Reception Given
Kirsten Flagstad In Raleigh
Outstanding Metropolitan Soprano
Presents Concert to Capacity
Crowd in Memorial Auditorium
January 22, Kirsten Flagstad, soprano, ap
peared as soloist in the third concert of the
series sponsored by the Raleigh Civic Music
Association.
Mme. Flagstad opened her program with a
group of songs by Shubert and Brahms. She
sang with apparently little effort even in the
most difficult passages. The directness and
power of her voice were remarkable, and her
clear tones held her audience spellbound. Al
though Mme. Flagstad is considered the greatest
Wagnerian of all times, she sang only one selec
tion from his operas, Liebestod, from “Tristan
and Isolde.”
Mme. Flagstad, coming to Raleigh from At
lanta, presented her concert to an audience of
3,500. Her next appearance was Tuesday night
in Washington.
The program was: “Die Allmacht,” “Fruh-
lingsglaube,” and “Ungeduld,” Schubert; “O
wusst’ Ich doch den Weg zuriick” and “Meine
Liebe ist griin,” Brahms; “Fra Monte Pincio,”
“Med en vandlilije,” and “Et Haab,” Grieg;
“Lykken mellem to mennesker” and “Varleng-
sler,” Alnaes; Aria; Liebestod, from “Tristan
und Isolde,” Wagner; “Song for Lovers,” Deems
Taylor; “Spring Came,” Edwin McArthur;
“When I Have Sung My Songs,” Ernest
Chples; “Sea Moods,” Mildred Tyson; “Be-
freit,” “Du meines herzens Kronelein,” “Wie
sollten wir geheim sie halten,” Strauss. The
encores were: “Morning,” Oley Speaks; “I Love
You,” Grieg; “Zueignung,” Strauss.
Order of Circle Chooses and
Initiates New Members
Impressive Initiation Beginning Just
Before Bedtime Holds Bug-Eyed Stu
dents Shivering at Their Windows
The Order of the Circle held its formal
initiation ceremony on January 18. Julia
Booker, Cornelia Clark, Mary Willis Douthat,
Catherine Gant, Katherine Goold, Nancy Mc-
Kinley, Margaret Parker, and Ann Seeley are
the new members.
The Order of the Circle was founded three
years ago for the purpose of uniting student
leaders that they might encourage scholarship,
work for a more friendly feeling among the
students and between the faculty and the stu
dents, and strive for the betterment of the
school. Charter members of the Circle are-
Louise Jordan, Pony Brent, Mary Gault, Mer-
ne Haynes, Hallie Townes, and Mary Jane
Yeatman. Members from last year are, Erwin
Gant, Elizabeth Tucker, Frances Moore, Laura
Gordon, and Helen Kendrick.
The Circle is the only secret organization on
the campus and to be tapped by the Circle is
one of the highest honors a Saint Mary’s girl
can receive. “
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