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ALLAN JONES
JANUARY 21
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
GIRL-BREAK DANCE
JANUARY 25
Vol. IV, No. 8
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
January 17, 1941
OR. FRANKS INTERPRETS
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
IN SERIES OF LECTURES
Origin of Anglican Church Traced
In Direct Line to the
Apostles
Broadway Hit Here As
Katie Hepburn Tours
The Philadelphia Story
HERBERT BIRD, VIOLINIST,
PLAYS EFFECTIVE PROGRAM
OF FINE COMPOSITIONS
Outstanding 1940 Comedy Stage
Show Opens In Raleigh
January 30
Notable Characteristic Is Violin
ist’s Beauty and Purity
Of Tone
The Eev. Dr. V. C. Franks, rector
St. Paul’s in Richmond, Virginia,
Save a series of lectures at Saint
Gary’s on January 10, 11, 12. The
subject of his talks was “The His
tory of the Episcopal Church.” In
^is first lecture he said that he would
attempt to disprove the old belief
that “Henry VIII founded the
Church of England.”
Dr. Franks pointed out that while
the Lutherans could trace their
ahurch directly to Martin Luther,
the Presbyterians to John Knox, and
the Methodists to John Wesley, the
^^Hglican Church followed an un
broken line back to the apostles and
Christ.
The history of the British Church
began in the first century with the
^eman occupation. Through St.
Caul, Joseph of Arimethea, or sol
diers and traders, the Christian re-
hgion was carried to England. Like
*'he modern Church, the faith of this
early church was its constitution,
^^d its organization included bish
ops, priests, and deacons. This
phurch was catholic in the sense that
d Was undivided and universal. Of
®ii the sections of the church, Rome
the strongest, and in 360 the
Cishop of Rome claimed to be God’s
®ole vicar on earth.
Then came the recall of the Ro-
'^ans from England, and the church
practically disappeared under the
Persecution of the savage European
^*’ibes that overran Britain. Soon a
r>6w church appeared, independent
df Rome. This was the Celtic
pburch. In 596 Pope Gregory the
b’^^'eat sent Ethelbert to Kent as ^ a
l^issionary. This started the Brit-
'sh-Roman conflict. Some points of
eoutroversy included the date of
faster and the manner of the priests’
aaircut, all of which were settled at
be Council of Whitley in 664.
..The Roman Church dominated
l^e scene for nine hundred years.
‘‘Ccording to Dr. Franks, “English
liurchmen chaffed at the bit of
apacy, sometimes docile but often
'^bellioJis.”
1 Dpen rebellion broke out four
j>dred years later when "William
(,be Conqueror said to the Pope,
bfomage to thee have I not chosen,
j^r vull I do so.” Bishops refused
^ obey the Papal command to go to
Uf,- - . - .
When all of our troubles are over,
on January 30 to be exact, we ha\e
a pleasant treat in store for us.
Broadway proved at least three
things last year: that all of the play-
writing talent is not centered in
Hollywood, that Kathryn Hepburn
—Courtesy Xeics and Observer
is not on the way out, and that
Shakespeare is still good on the
Great White Way where even the
most subtle tastes enjoy racy little
numbers like "DuBarry Bus a
^VL first two all have to do with
the comedy of 1940, which was
Philadelphia Story, written by Phil
lip Barry, and starring Kathryn
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and some time later Bishop
V, 'li'elhvart went to Rome to tell the
l^'^Pe that the English Church must
® freer from Papal authority.
.During the ensuing years the
'^rch became more and more sepa-
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Still dancing with the e.xcitement
of New Year’s Eve which found us,
a turkey drumstick in one hand and
a firecracker in the other, singing
Auld Lang Syne far from the halls
of S M. S.; still feeling as new as
the new top hat the new Governor
wore to the Inaugural Ball, we are
suddenly ordered by our editor to
write a forecast of 1941.
So far as we can server the
ton of Eleven British riters and
through the library door—this is a
new year. That much has been
proved conclusively by the fact that
le dated all our thank-you notes
Lily Pons, Met Soprano,
Makes Raleigh Debut
In Concert, Feb. 7
Diminutive French Coloratura
Featured In Outstanding
Event of the Year
Herbert Bird, violinist, presented
an effective program of modern and
classic works in Saint Mary’s second
faculty recital of the year held on
January 10. The most outstanding
feature of the program was Mr.
Bird’s excellent performance of the
entire Mendelssohn E minor Con
certo for violin. This work is or
chestral in character and demands a
very high degree of technical ability.
Apart from Mr. Bird’s display of
technique which in itself was tre
mendous, the beauty and purity of
musical tone which he achieved in
the Andante movement is most com
mendable.
The most modern composition
played by Mr. Bird was the Suite
Populaire Espagnole by Manuel de
Falla, a contemporary Spanish com
poser. The suite has six contrasting
parts from the soft and poetic to the
vigorous and brilliant. The varied
effects were intensified by the mark
ed rhythmic pattern of the Spanish
dances.
Other very effective works in
cluded on the program were Varia
tions on a theme of Corelli (Tar-
tini), written in the style of the
eighteenth century by Kreisler, and
Malaguena by Pablo de Sarasate, a
composition whose melodic character
lent itself well to the singing quality
of the violin.
Mr. Bird was accompanied by
Miss Nelly Phillips Staudt. Miss
Staudt is to be congratulated on her
excellent performance of the difficult
piano transcription of the orchestral
accompaniment of the Mendelssohn
Concerto.
On the seventh of February the
diminutive coloratura soprano of the
Metropolitan, Lily Pons, will appear
here in a concert sponsored by the
Raleigh Civic Music Association.
The entire Saint Mary’s student
body will attend this concert, which
A PROPHET ON THE VERGE OF MID-YEARS
PEERS NEARSIGHTEDLY AT FOGGY FUTURE
January 2, 1940. We know it, too,
because the Saturday Evening Post
had a baby on its cover, a most
grimly prophetic infant, screaming
with rage, dangling unceremoniously
in the clutch of a hand encased in
armor. That is our most certain
forecast for the new year—war.
And though Scarlett-like, we would
think about it tomorrow when we
can stand it, daily our newspapers
shriek more billions for aid and de
fense, and predict unlimited Presi
dential power. Here, of course, we
should add some good cracks about
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—Courtesy yen's and Observer
has been featured as one of the out
standing musical events of the year.
It has been ten years since the
tiny French soprano made her debut
on the stage of the great Metropoli
tan opera house and received six
teen curtain calls for her brilliant
singing in Lucia di Lammermoor.
The bright new opera star who shot
into the heavens that night was Lily
Pons.
Mile. Pons was born in Cannes,
France, on April 16, 1904, the
daughter of Auguste and Maria
Pons. Apparently no one took any
notice of her voice, for though she
studied piano at the Paris Conserva
tory, she did not study singing until
after her marriage to August Mes-
ritz in 1923.
In 1928 she made her operatic
debut at the Mulhouse Municipal
Opera in France, singing the role of
Lakme in the opera of that name.
Since her Metropolitan debut in
1931, Mile. Pons has been one of
the Met’s most popular singers. Her
most famous roles are those of Gilda
in Rigoletto, Rosina in the Barher of
Seville, and the title roles in Lucia
di Lammermoor and Lakme.
On the twenty-eighth of last De
cember, Lily Pons once more distin
guished herself by competently sing
ing the role of Marie in a Metropoli
tan revival of The Daughter of the
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