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IT’S WINTEE(?)
Vol. IV, No. 13
During the week beginning Sun
day, March 30, to Friday, April 4,
the Carolina Dramatic Association
presented its 18th Annual Festival
and State Tournament for the season
of 1940-41 at Chapel Hill.
For its entrance in the tourna
ment, the Saint Mary’s Dramatic
Club, under the direction of Miss
Flo rence Davis, chose Stephen Vin
cent Benet’s one-act play, “The
Devil and Daniel Webster.” Saint
Mary’s entry reached the finals and
placed second in competition Avith
Mars Hill.
A personal account . . .
On Wednesday, April 2, a group
of thirty-four would-be Thespians in
Costumes of 1840 vintage settled
themselves in two of the best looking
I’ed and black buses that Carolina
Trail ways had to offer. We Avere
Chapel Hill bound with The Devil
C-nd Daniel Webster, the fruit of tAAm
months’ hard Avork that had achieved
hs degree of perfection only through
Miss Davis’ coaxing and coaching.
A bag lunch of the simplest kind
had to suffice, because Miss Davis
jvas determined the Mr. Scratch’s
heard shouldn’t suffer from the raA'-
®ges of peanut butter sandAviches.
There were cookies and sandAviches
®^d enough Hershey bars to supply
me German Club Avith lots of tinfoil
mr Great Britain.
The trip OA^er Avas uneventful ex
cept that Mary Emily and the jury
Scared half a dozen Avomen drivers
the road; -other drHers Avho saAV
^hat they thought Avas a cargo for
T*ix Hill gave us the road.
On arriving at Chapel Hill we
^'’ent directly to the Memorial Hall
f? arrange for competing in the pre-
u' ■ • — - ■
miinaries. We had only one com
petitor for the selection of the East-
Division finalists, and they pre
sented “Pierrot, His Story.”
There was a lot of noise back stage
hen Ave went to give our play and
People wandered aimlessly back and
e^th as we set the stage. We Avere
ense with excitement as the curtain
ent up, but it was all over before
e knew it. Nobody remembered
^ything about it except the persist-
clock off stage that honged any
at any opportunity in the most
'^concerting tone.
After we were through we went
. t to sit in the audience to watch
of the competitors for the
^ ®stern Division preliminaries.
Parker then told Miss Davis
Ikat
„ Tve had won the preliminaries
h that Ave would compete in the
^>4^Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
IT’S SPRING(?)
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 11, 1941
Saint Mary’s Places
In Drama Festival
Held at Chapel Hill
Member of Cast of “The Devil
And Daniel WeWer’’ Gives
Personal Account of Event
Courtesy of News and Observer.
The editors of the student publications for next year are, fronj left to riaht, t^arol Cobh editn..
and Kath’ry.;: Xo.n.an; «lhCr
oi tiie l5LijijJbjiiiN.
Enthusiastic Audience
Hears Betty Hilker
In Splendid Program
Dramatic Effects
Of Ballet Appeal
To Raleigh Audience
Redwood Elected
President of Y.P.S.L.,
Willcox Is Secretary
Marked Musical Talent Is Ex
pressed in Performance of
Mature Works
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Dances to Full House in
Last Cmc Concert
Service League Council Elects
Officers for 1941-42
School Year
(Continued on page 4)
Betty Watson Hilker, pianist, pre
sented her certificate recital in the
Saint Mary’s Auditorium on April
4. The enthusiasm of the audience
intensified the impression that this
recital Avas an expression of much
more than ordinary talent. There
Avas not the least hesitation in Bet
ty’s approach. She played Avith
poAver and conviction, though at
times she lacked the perfect control
of a seasoned performer.
The program consisted of the first
movement of the Sonata Pathetique
by Beethoven, the Prelude in A flat.
Opus 28, No. 17 by Chopin, Valse
Oubliee by Liszt, the Rhapsody in
B Minor by Brahms, Rachmaninoff’s
Polichinelle, La Fille aux Cheveux
de Lin by Dehussy, and the Mala-
guena by Lecuona. Not only the
technical difficulty but the emotional
character of these works marks them
for performance by a mature pianist.
Betty seemed to play them all_ equal
ly Avell. Her grasp of the intense
tragic basis of the Sonata Pathetique
Avas most remarkable. Throughout
all her program she evidenced her
(Continued on page 3)
The Ballet Russe de Moiito Carlo
danced to a full Memorial Audito
rium on April 2nd, and each dancer
did her part to delight the Raleigh
audience.
“TschaikoAvsky’s Serenade” opened
the program, but it did not seem to
be appreciated by the audience as
much as the other numbers. Tamara
Toumanova and Igor Youskevitch
AA’-ere the principals in this floAving
Serenade. Toumanova danced a lit
tle jerkily, but her expert pirouettes
shoAA'ed that she is capable of perfect
technique.
The fairies of our dreams were
brought to life in “The Nutcracker
Suite,” another of Tschaikowsky’s
melodious works. SnoAvflakes and
Sugarplums danced against a tinsel
background led by Mia Slavenska,
and Igor Youskevitch. Slavenska
was flawless. The beauty of her face
and figure, the grace of her move
ments, and the exactness of her tech
nique held the audience spellbound.
In the last ballet, “Le Beau Dan
ube,” with the music of Johann
(Continued on page 2)
I he Y. P. S. L. Council has se
lected Soi)liia Redwood, of Asheville,
iSorth Carolina, as its president for
next^ year. She is well versed in
Y. 1. S. L. duties, having held offices
m her OAvn league of I’rinity Church,
AshcA^ille. She attended the conven
tion of the Young People’s Christian
Association at Greensboro several
weeks ago and secured many good
ideas for next year’s Avork.
Heretofore the Student Body has
elected the Y. P. S. L. officers, hut
the Council felt that it Avas better
fitted to select the girls because it
kncAv their individual characteristics
and recognized the qualifications nec
essary for good officers. The vice-
president Avill he elected from the
incoming class next year.
Betty Willcox, of Norfolk, Vir
ginia, is the newly elected secretary-
treasurer. She has served on the
council this year at Saint Mary’s.
active in the Leagues
ot Christ Church and Saint Luke’s
in Norfolk. The League Avill have
as Its project next year, as in the
past, the care of the little orphan at
the Thompson Orphanage, Charlotte.