HANDKERCHIEF
DROPS AT NOON
TOMORROW!
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OF SAINT MARY’S
HAPPY
VACATION
TO ALL!
Vol. IV, No. 16
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
May 26, 1941
Saint Mary’s Alumnae Sophomores and
Association Welcomes Seniors Say F^ewell
Seniors at Luncheon Class Day Exerases
Mrs. T. W. Bickett, nee Fannie
Yarborough, Addresses the
New and Old Alumnae
Prophecies, Last Will and Testa
ment, Poems, and Songs Mark
Final Ceremonies
Today at one o’clock the alumnae
of Saint Mary’s met for lunch in the
•fining hall and afterwards for the
Annual alumnae meeting in the audi-
forium.
Toastmistress was Mrs. Henry
lodges, nee Katherine Harding of
Washington, H. C. Mrs. Cruikshank,
president of Saint Mary’s, wel-
oonied the alumnae. Mrs. T. W. M.
o^g, nee Minnie Burgwyn of Roa
noke Rapids, H. C., president of the
•umnae Association, responded to
^6 Welcome. After the singing of
Saint Mary’s, Mrs. Lynn Wil-
Jr., nee Letty Lassiter, of Ra-
®^gh, w'elcomed the seniors to the
^^aks of the Saint Mary’s alumnae,
^ouior class president, Elvira Cheat-
^01, responded. After several an-
Jl^uncements, Mrs. T. W. Bickett,
fe^nd Yarborough, superin-
C.
lent of Public Welfare in Wake
fTe group. The
. Ucheon was concluded by the sing-
'"'g of the Alma Mater.
auH' ^ ^lumnaj then assembled in the
th to discuss the plans for
ye^ ®®ntennial to be celebrated next
1 and other necessary business.
The Class Day Exercises of the
Sophomore Class of 1941 were held
in the grove in front of Smedes Hall
this morning. Accompanied by Doro
thy Harris at the piano, the class
sang their fare'ivell song, after which
Ann Boyle called the class roll. Then
the Class Prophecy, written by Cath
erine Gibbon and Marcia Rodman,
was read by the latter, and Elizabeth
Grimes gave her idea of the ideal
Saint Mary’s girl, made up of the
chief virtues and characteristics oi
the various students of the sopho
more class. The Last Will and T^-
tament, written by Martha Eight
and Nancy Martin, was given by
Martha. ^ i
To Ann Boyle, Mrs. Cruikshank-
presented an award for the highest
grades of the class during the yep.
Ann also received a year’s subscrip
tion to the Readers Digest. _
The entire student body joined
with the Sophomores in singing the
Alma Mater. Mr. Kloman pro
nounced the benediction. _ _
The ’Seniors made an inspiring
sight as they marched to their plaps
carrying the traditional daisy chain.
After a welcome by their
Elvira Cheatham, the Class of Ppi
sang their senior song. i Az-
gerald called the class roll. The class
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Mi
iss Davis and Competent Cast Present
"As You Like It” to Delighted Students
Rehearsals—“You do not know
^^des.’’—rehearsals “Snap up
Paiy,! —rehearsals and grease-
Out of it all “As You Like
. ^^ose triumphant Saturday
sioH 1 ^ smooth and almost profes-
spgg^,performance of one of Shake-
s-\vif.® foremost comedies marched
dejito ^ oefore the gathering of stu-
’faculty, and town people.
ffro brown velvet curtain
mjjj wnjwii velvet euitaiii
if '•vere moving just as quickly,
ig .1 snioothly. Miss Davis,
sigogu® rnevitable blue gingham
ter^ ’ really the main charac-
Progp^f-'^® changer, make-up, sets,
her in kaleidescoped under
id a n Helen Ford, calm
ber i^’idd of way, muttered
dialg. '^^^dlternating male with fe-
^att-yj ^riando (alias Nellie the
cogven.’* diked convincingly but in-
r®st of T from wing to wing. The
?dtsidn f ® waited in splendor
^erthonH .®.back door: “Charles”
'''orkom herself a vigorous
fouchstone” Castleman
clowning up one side of *e yard and
down the other—Sarah ^Audrey^
Jane sitting contentedly grazing
on the apples for Act 5.
Suddenly the awful moment had
arrived. Each person lapsed from
the former nervousness into her own
peculiar state of semi-consciousness
The brown curtain was a relentless
master and, at the strike of eigit,
opened to the public the private lives
of Rosalind and Orlando.
Four boys met four girls in the
course of those two hours and in
truly romantic style they lived hap
pily ever after. The two old codgers
Um and Oorin, were the only male
elements entirely esclnded from the
feminine wiles.
When the brown velvet closed
again, leaving the
to go their separate ways, a m g y,
Shakespearean whoop
cast All of the “toil and tears was
gotten in the wave of relief th
evefyone felt. All was over, and it
was “As You Like It.
Dr. Gaines Is Commencement Speaker;
Melcher Delivers Baccaluareate Sermon
Columbia Rector Speaks of World
Problems to Enthusiastic
Audience
Dr. Francis Gaines, Writer and
Statesman, to Close Commence
ment Activities Tuesday
“Apart from me, ye can do noth
ing,” the Reverend Louis C. Mel
cher quoted as the text for the bac
calaureate sermon, Sunday morning.
“The scene is a girl’s school,” he
began. “An announcement is made :
‘Miss Smith will report to the office
of the president at once’!” Since
Miss Smith went down town with
out permission she is campused for
two weeks. “That’s discipline!”
“And I am here to speak on the
very unpopular subject of disci
pline,” he continued. “People are
tired of it and long for freedom.”
Why is discipline unpopular? Ac
cording to Mr. Melcher it is because
men continue to shout for “freedom
to experiment.” They declare, “Men
should not suppress their thoughts
and instincts.”
“Some parents think children
should not be repressed,” the speaker
went on. “We are tending to regard
discipline by the ads. Fame, fortune,
health, and social prestige await
those who fill in the blank.”
He read an advertisement, “Don’t
be a social dud. Learn to play the
piano, and be the life of the party.”
“Some believe this,” Mr. Melcher
declared, “and forget that an edu
cated person is not one who has
learned but one who has applied his
disciplined knowledge to conditions
of life.”
He added that people were too
busy “looking for short cuts.” “We
want to push a button. . . . Indeed
the trend of modern times is to move
through life free and untrampled
without being disciplined.”
In analyzing the cause of condi
tions in the world today, he believed
that the fact that “men have trusted
in externals” might be blamed. “We
have deluded ourselves into thinking
that the Kingdom of Heaven is
around the corner.”
According to the speaker, the fact
that the very planes which make
progress in transportation possible
“drop tons of bombs on little chil
dren and blow them to bits” proves
that we have not learned to disci
pline our animal instincts.
“We need discipline of lives, not
Hitler’s kind through fear, but the
kind the apostles received through
Christ. . . . Through him they
brought faith, hope, and love to life.”
“To face the world,” Mr. Melcher
told the seniors, “go forth . . . with
ideals of . . . discipline.” Then when
they came to the end of life, they
could look back and say, “Christ’s
discipline has enabled me to live a
good life.” They will have _ done
something to establish the will of
God on earth.
On Tuesday at eleven o’clock Dr.
Francis Pendleton Gaines, President
of Washington and Lee University,
will deliver the commencement ad
dress in the Auditorium. Saint
Mary’s is fortunate in having Dr.
Gaines speak to her student body, for
he is known not only as an able
speaker, but also as a writer and
statesman. Dr. Gaines, who was for
merly president of Wake Forest,
spoke to the graduating class of 1938
at North Carolina State College.
His address was inspiring and was
considered one of the best ever de
livered there.
The traditional graduating exer
cises will begin with the assembling
of the student body in study hall.
After receiving final directions, the
students will march to the Audito
rium for the commencement address.
Certificates will be presented to mu
sic, business, art, and expression stu
dents and to the high school gradu
ates. The remainder of the program
will take place in the Chapel. After
a short service, the Right Reverend
Edwin A. Penick, as chairman of the
Board of Trustees, will present the
diplomas to the graduating class.
Following the benediction, the stu
dent body will form a semicircle in
front of Smedes Hall. When the
chief marshal lets the handkerchief
drop from her hand, “the 1940-41
session of Saint Mary’s is formally
closed.”
Tonight’s Program
To Include Recital,
Exhibits, Reception
Music Department to Present Ad
vanced Students in Recital as
First Event of the Evening
Monday night at Saint Mary’s
will leave little time to be wasted.
The music department recital at
eight o’clock will start the train of
events. Pianists, vocalists, and the
Glee Club make up this program to
be held in the auditorium. It is a
climax to the numerous student re
citals presented throughout the year.
This melodic program will last until
about nine o’clock.
Following the recital the art stu-
dents will hold their annual exhibit.
Amid yells from the girls, who clum
sily hammered their fingers and
swayed precariously on step-ladders,
the posters were tacked from top to
bottom of the four walls in the
studio. These posters include pencil
sketches, oils, water color, and pas-
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