The Belles of Saint Mary’s
jj> Jussi Bjoerling, world famous tenor, gave a
•e ^oncert sponsored by the Raleigh WOman’s Club
a ^.1^6 Memorial Auditorium on February 20.
j. Bjoerling is a tenor of the Metropolitan and
has sung in many of the European capitals. A
j, ^'uuber of Saint Mary’s girls attended the con-
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i1 c Bird, instructor in violin and piano at
. oaint Mary’s, will give a recital at Peace Jun
ior College on the evening of February 26.
[. porrection for last issue: Mrs. Brown and
liss Williamson are conducting Library classes
lor the Juniors.
GONG XV
(This is the fifteenth in a series of articles
lutended to familiarize the student body with
Ihe members of the faculty.)
Miss Haig
Ask the music students, “You have Miss
Baig? How do you like her ?” and they inevi-
tably reply, “Oh, she’s wonderful!” They never
®®eni to be able to get beyond this vague state-
®ient, yet if you analyze it, you will find that
^onderful is exactly what they mean—^wonder
’ll in its original sense—awe-inspiring. For
after her concert, a cry went up from the stu-
aat body—not just from the music students
i'’ho sat with clenched fists and prayed that she
’^ould be able to do the runs they found so im
possible, but from girls who knew nothing of
^asie except that they had just heard it per-
ormed exquisitely—“Why is she here teach-
’”g? She’s too good for that. Why isn’t she
the concert, stnfrp? Sbp’.s wonderful!” When
-** ''ue concert stage ? She’s wonderful!’’ _ w nen
luiidly we told Miss Haig that we “enjoyed”
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-we told Miss Maig tnat we enjoyeu
or concert and that we liked the “Flight of the
JUnblebee,” she replied with her little-girl grin.
j ofij I played it rather slowly; by next year
®hould be able to make it really buzz.”
Ts was Dorn in ±Sloomneia, xnaiana, wem mj
j ® Pauw University, to Julliard, and to Co-
and she taught for a year in Cornwall,
^ew York. Then she spent a year in New
rork “hacking.” “Hacking,” it seems, is “not
Jopendable, but exciting.” She played
^ywhere and everywhere at a moment’s notice
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Summer before last Miss Haig went to Eu-
de^f'i liked France best, and had a won-
jjd" ”1 time trying to speak French; she had
g studied it. She says she has a personal
‘Ige against the war, for she wanted to go
’'oad again. She plans to go to Mexico in-
«tead: “I’ll have to. - ' ' ’
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“wi+u ®1’® a medal for shooting once,
!•' h a ffiin vmi Vnpw Tinl a 'mstol!” She
Uke^^ a gun, you know, not a pistol!”
As f f®ad, but not on musical subjects .
sqjjj ®’' sitting down and reading a biography of
ula ^ —aB dear!” And she Tikes pop-
g]je for dancing and conversation, but
list Bow anyone can just sit and
shp^u 1° It. She just despises being sick, and
cjo • ®®a’t like blue. “I haven’t any idiosyn-
^ know of,” she said, “unless this
key £ ® • sounds suggest colors^ to me. The
is white.
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of F is blue—and I hate the key of F.”
Idiosyncrasies!
even more impressed at this genius
^Cr litflp trirl Innlr . .
OUR BELLES
Eugenia Elizabeth Coopeh
-Jean.
But better known as-
From—Raleigh.
Height—5' 8V2^'-
Ambition—to get married.
Hobby—^knitting.
Spends spare time—playing. _
Latest accident—^while sledding.
Favorite song—^^Saint Louis Blues,
Biggest worry—studying.
Worst fault—“procrastination (sounds terri
ble, doesn’t it?). , t. ■ o u i
Next year—Miss Hardbarger s Business School.
Office—^vice president of the Senior Class.
Jean’s dignity and friendliness have much to
do with her charming personality. We ve yet
to see her excited; she’s always calm, cook and
collected. In fact, Jean’s poise and amiability
have made the seniors like her enough to elect
her vice president of the class. That and her
evident popularity are due to a genuine swell-
ness” that she can be very proud of.
Elizabeth Page Gkavely
Only known as—Jack.
Home—^Rocky Mount.
Ambition—^not to be an old maid.
Pastimes—agoing to movies and sleeping.
Oddity—tearing up coat hangers.
Favorite song—“Night and Day. ^
Favorite food—^home-made peach ice cream and
bubble gum.
Hobby—keeping a dairy.
Worst fault—^being late.
Most outstanding features—green eyes.
Next year—HoUins. _ .
Vivacious and attractive. Jack has given baint
Mary’s a part of her inimitable personality.
That we won’t forget for a long time. She has
that odd, very odd, habit of just naturally lik
ing everybody she meets. And that s one reason
everybody just naturally likes Jack. One_ could
say that Elizabeth Page_ has an unlimited
amount of magnetic attraction, but most of us d
put: Jack has plenty of what it takes.
SAINT’S SALLIES
have to. The friend I’m going with
h t set foot on a boat.”
fjjj^®®Jless to say she loves to travel, and she’s
crested in photography, as much in still life
’tt movies. She has taken movies of May
year, and her European photographs
®T^^rvelous. She likes sports that she does
gjj ®.’’®Glf’ such as swimming and archery, and
The
The key of B flat is red.
CLOTHES LINE
The Best style show brought a sure sign of
spring, with all its new clothes . . . most of them
tailored pastels. .Particularly outstanding were:
sand, tan and brown checked linen dress . . .
front fullness with slit pockets, plaited leather
belt and concealed buttons. . . . Grey-blue serge
fitted coat with silver buttons running diag
onally from a diminutive waist to the corners of
the shoulders. . . . Linen dress of bright blue
and yellow squares edged in red . . . wide belt
of yellow and yellow hook fastenings . . . collar
less neckline and a full skirt, of course. . . .
Blue and white striped chambray sports dress
with hat to match. . . . Plain pastel lastex bath
ing suit with a cluster of rubber flowers at the
neck. . . . Block plaid skirt of every color in the
rainbow . . . leather belt with pockets buttoning
over it. ... A fortunate few of Saint Mary’s
outfitted themselves for spring. . . . Bev Thomas
bought a dusty pink and white silk print with a
knife pleated skirt and soft angora jacket of
pink . . . and a big curly white flower with a
bit of black straw for a hat. . . . Biz Toepleman
and Page Gannaway came off with identical
suits (which doesn’t mar their smartness at
all). . . . Light blue and tan shepherd check
with a sprinkling of other colors through it
. . . collarless jacket with huge flap pockets
and a flared skirt. . . . Nancy Martin chose a
lovely shade of apple green for a matched
sweater and skirt. . . . Best has moved on, but
Taylor’s is still with us with a tempting array
of jackets ... in pastel tweeds, checks, or stripes
and plain skirts that blend beautifully.
KAMPUS KOMIVLENTS
' little girl look
Never have seen so many girls trotting off
these week-ends. Seems as though the dining
room is half empty on Saturday and Sunday.
But don’t forget to work a little while you play!
Plans are getting under way for the Junior-
Senior dance to be held after Spring Vacation.
We certainly have had plenty, thank you, of
the “Confucius Say” jokes, if they can be called
iokes! Every day a few new ones come out and
the day is ruined for some. There’s a time and
a place for everything! ... The English classes
are really proud of their new books. We n^er
have seen books called for like th^e. ihe
selectors did a grand job! . .. Honey Peck, Pop
Holt and Toddy Boykin were three lucky ones
for bids to Carolina Midwinters last week;
Kathreen Massie went to Wake Forest; and
Virginia Kaulbach and Betty Bernard to Vir
ginia They really had “the clothes” with
them Everyone has practically recuperated
from’the Valentine Candy that came to our
halls Girls received loads of flowers; the mail
increased tremendously, _ one ^rson received
over ten letters at one time. Whew! That s
really gettin’ ’em! . . . The basketball games are
picking up. Hey, Mu’s, why don’t you give the
Sigma’s a little competition? . . . B^anger
Collins nearly had “fits” when she saw the
one” last week at the Zimbalist concert. Dove
affects everyone differently though. . . .
you been noticing the new spring clothes 
’Twould seem that Spring is really on her way
this year. Many have been sporting new coats
besides sweaters and skirts, and shoes. . . .
“Gone With the Wind” was everything they
said it was. Vivian Leigh was wonderful, but
it was that certain Gable smile and technique
that floored the women. . . . Thinking of next
year, you students be considering the nominees
for Marshals. . . . ’Bye now.
And now that we’re all pretty much gone
with the wind, there’s no question about Carole
Lombard’s being the luckiest girl in the world!
Biz Toepleman had opera glasses to be sure of
getting those close-ups close up!
Bouquets this week go to Miss Lalor, who has
had her hair permanented. ... I think it’s
Turk’s influence. Which reminds me: our fac
ulty have been doing things behind our backs
lately. You have probably heard about it al
ready, but for those of you who’ve missed a
good story, here it is. Saturday night after the
Freshman-Sophomore dance coupla weeks ago.
Miss Horn went for a midnight snack at the
Toddle House. She was enjoying a luscious
hamburger with onions, when one of the boys
who’d been to the dance came in. On seeing
Miss Horn, he rushed up to her and said, “Well,
how did you get out? I tried to get my date
down by the fire escape, but she wouldn’t do it!”
And speaking of real compliments, here’s an
other that was given the first day of school last
year. Some girl went in Miss Harvey’s room
very enthusiastic about it all: “Why, who’s
your roommate and where are you from? I
bet you’re homesick like the rest of us new
girls!”
This business of what to give up or start
doing the next few weeks is a little hard on
some of the girls. I’ve heard a few of ’em
say they’ll take okra and cigarettes off their
menu. But the prize comes from Mary Swan
Dodson, who pondered over the problem seri
ously for a few minutes, and then with a sigh
and the far-away look that goes with it said,
“Oh, I think I’ll just give up.”
Test week and posture week just don’t go
together! We’d be slumped over at the table
with elbows sprawling into our neighbor’s prop
erty, when a posture fanatic would slap us on
the back and say, “A mark for that!” Eight
after a failured test, too. . . . There were only
a few “very special places” we could even relax.
As some girl said who was complaining about,
“I’m just not cut out to be an athlete.”
That groundhog certainly has taken a long
time to decide what he (or is it a she) is plan
ning to do for the rest of spring. We have hail
one day and sunshine the next; snow one day,
rain the next. Here’s hoping the weather’ll
match our new wardrobe and our spring vaca
tion plans!
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