NANCY McKinley
RECITAL
APRIL 28
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
GIRL-BREAK
DANCE
MAY 10
Vol. IV, No. 14
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 25, 1941
-Courtesy of News and Observe
Pictured her
i-e are the newly elected Marshals for 1941-42, who took office at the eleven o’clock service on Easter inornin>-. Readiii >■
from left to right, they are Kathryn Nelson, Elizabeth Adkins, JIartha Battle, Jean Pulton, and Ruth Bond.
Cordelia Day Jones Junior-Senior Dance
Gives Voice Recital Gala Spring Affair
For Music Certificate Despite Summer Heat
$1,000 Goal Reached Donald Peery Plays
In School Drive for To Capacity A udience
British War Relief I„ Faculty Recital
Winifred Rosenbaum, Assistant
Artist, Gives Artistically
Fine Performance
Charms of Can-Can Girls and
“Play-Pen” Divert Minds of
Dancers From Heat
Campaign Begun In September Is
Climaxed by Final Pledge
Payments
Classic, Romantic, and
Modern Composers Included
In Program
Cordelia Day Jones, voice major,
Presented her certificate recital on
:^pril 18 in the School Auditorium,
^er high lyric soprano
—voice, per
fectly controlled, is one of real
b,
eauty. Signs of immaturity remain
®'ily in her middle voice. She sang
i Mth
grace and ease, and not the least
i®u-eonsciousness. Her phrasing of
melodic lines was excellent.
by Scarlatti, Care Selve by
^j^hdel, the Recitative: “Giunse
Pii il momento,” and Air: “Deh
jHer program consisted of La Vio-
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Bunny Stribling and her cohorts
wjjre the original originators of the
“dance” ideas that overwhelmed the
guests of the annual Junior-Senior
Dance, held last Saturday, April 19.
They even made the high and mighty
seniors bow. The gym was miracu
lously transformed into an exciting
French sidewalk cafe by the Junior
talent. Risque Can-Can girls with
ruffled crepe paper skirts attractively
lined the walls, creating a gay atmos
phere and winning much admira
tion. Opposite Freddie Johnson,
picturesque tables topped by old wine
bottles were lovely to look at. The
roof’s theme was patriotic, red, white
and blue with streamers gathered in
the middle. We hear Bunny left a
hammer on the center hoop and was
a nervous wreck by the time the
dance was over. A canopy over the
side door announced the French
“garden” or “play pen” that has
caused such a sensation, where punch
was served.
Mrs. Cruikshank, Elvira, Ade
laide, Miss Florence Davis, Mr. and
Mrs. Kloman, Miss Harris, Miss
Slocumb Davis, and Miss Frances
Vann composed the distinguished re
ceiving line. Despite the heat, the
dance was one glorious rush, the
memories are splendid, and the 1941
Junior-Senior can justly take its
place in the legend of Saint Mary’s
dances.
Saint Mary’s project for the year
is nearing coin])letion and may be
termed a complete success. Last No
vember Avhen the Circle introduced
the idea of Aid to Britain, the stu
dent body enthusiastically took up
the cry and backed the move from
the beginning. The quota of $1,000
has been reached. The first plan to
send a check for the full amount,
about the first of April, has been
somewhat altered. The Circle wrote
the British Embassy in Washington,
and Lord Lothian’s representative
wrote back that there was no reason
why the money should not be sent as
collected. An account was opened
in the name of the Circle by Martha
Newell, treasurer, at the Wachovia
Bank and Trust Company. The first
check for $200 was mailed to Mrs.
Wales Latham, chairman of the
Bundles for Britain in the United
States; the others for $32.75, $500
and $17.83 have been mailed directly
to Bundles for Britain, Inc. After
the first check had been mailed, it
was discovered that Saint Mary’s
was violating the Neutrality Act. To
comply with the stipulations of this
act, which provides for gifts, the
British representative advised us to
establish ourselves as a branch of
Bundles for Britain. This was done.
It also enabled us to get the British
jewelry at a reduced rate. The Cir-
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Donald I’eery presented the
tlurd faculty recital of the year to a
near capacity audience in the school
auditorium on April 23. Mr. Peery
showed artistic power coupled with
ease and suppleness of performance.
His tone was iierfectly controlled,
firm, and full-bodied.
The program opened with the
Bach Partita in B flat major. Al
though the work is contrapuntal in
style, It has a clear harmonic basis
aiid melodic beauty, best evidenced in
I relude, Allemaiide, and Sarahande.
Mr Peery’s ability to project the
melodic and harmonic ideas of these
movements was excellent. His grasp
of the work as a whole was spirited.
I he second part of the program
consisted of three Chopin works in
the Romantic style of the nineteenth
century: Etude, Opus 25, No 12-
Berceuse, Opus 57; Ballade in A
-biat Major. ^ Chopiii^s works for
piano emphasize not only beauty of
tone but also a highly developed
technique. The Etude was a com
bination of both of these elements,
Avith neither one overshadowing the
other. The Ballade received an in
teresting interpretation. It was very
coherent in form and became intense
ly exciting without any attempts at
extravagance.
• program con
sisted of the works of three modern
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