Jan. 17 Girl Break
Jan. 22 Lotte Lehmann
Lauritz Jlelehior
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
Feb. 24 Nathan Milstein
Luboshutz &
Nemenoff
Mar. 7 SPRING VACATION
Vol. V, No. 8
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
January 16, 1942
Lehmann and Melchior
To Appear In Concert
Joint Appearance to Take Place
January 22 in Raleigh Audi
torium at Civic Music Concert
Lotte Lehmann, “Singing xictress,”
Lauritz Melchior, “Heroic Ten-
will appear in a joint concert at
Raleigh Municipal Auditorium
Thursday, January 22, present-
the third Civic Music concert
the season. These two Metro
politan Opera Stars first appeared
together in 1938 as an experiment
Carnegie Hall, New York. It
so successful that they followed
with a tour of the United States
Canada, and have been continu-
'I'g their joint concerts since that
Line.
Lotte Lehmann, who received her
^•^Ucation at the Royal Academy of
■‘VUsic in Berlin, has received great
Reclaim for her singing of lieder.
-Phese are German lyrics having sen-
P^hient rather than narrative as their
S^eatest poetic interest. She also
®^cels in her interpretations of Schu-
Schubert’s, Brahms’, and
lugo 'Wolf’s songs, as well as in
®Pera and concert. In 1938 Mme.
Lelunann took out American citizen-
papers. She has had the dis-
^ftetion of being the first Austrian
^'’oinan, chosen by the French Re-
Ptihlicj to be made an Officer of the
^®gion of Honor. In addition to
taking tours, she also takes part in
^ padio program on Friday nights.
Lauritz Melchior was singer to the
^*^yal Court of Denmark before he
®ame to this country. He made his
,®out in the title role of “Tann-
^euser” at the Metropolitan Opera,
^d other great roles which he has
ayed many times are “Tristan” and
P^egfried.” Much praise has been
him also for his singing of
Drama Club Presents Mrs. Cruikshank Explains and Launches
‘‘Dear Brutus,” Jan. 24 Defense Program at Saint Mary’s
Miss Davis Directs Barrie’s
Famous Play, to Be Presented
Saturday in Auditorium
The Dramatic Club, under the di
rection of Miss Florence Davis, will
present the play, “Dear Brutus, to
the student body on Saturday eve
ning, January 24. This famous play
by James M. Barrie has been PJ°"
duced on Broadway, and is noted tor
its literary value.
Barrie’s plays have always been
famous for their human emotion;
The Xew York Times states that,
“Barrie opens the door of fancy so
seldom set ajar,” and this descrip
tion exactly fits “Dear Brutus. For
it is an ethereal production, having
a mysterious beauty all of its own.
The play is haunting and sad, gay
and charming, and with it all dis
plays human beings exactly as they
are, laying open wide their secret
faults. ...
The cast of “Dear Brutus” is Mrs.
Coade, a nice elderly la^, por
trayed by Rue Guthrie; Brooksie
Popkins plays the part ot Mrs.
Dearth, a sullen woman with ardent
desires; Suzanne Schmidt gives the
character of Mrs. Purdie, a gentle
pleading lady; Joanna Trout a
merry person much in love, is taken
(See P. 4)
Students to Compete
In Current Affairs Test
Saint Mary’s to Enter “Time”
Contest Covering News Happen
ings of the Last Four Months
Saint Mary’s will again take part
in the annual Current AfFairs Con
test, sponsored by Tims, the weekly
news magazine, during the winter
term. Prizes will be given by the
publishers. The girl making the
highest score in each of the four aca
demic grades will receive any book
she wishes to select valued at five
dollars.
Over 260 schools all over the coun
try are participating in this contest,
which is a test not only on Time
magazine but also on events pub
lished in all daily newspapers. Now
that America is actually at war, this
nation-wide event takes on added
significance.
The contest here and in other col
leges will he held some time between
January 19 and February 19, and is
based on a special quiz covering the
important events of the last four
months of this year; not only news
(See P. 4))
THE INQUIRING REPORTER WRITES
HOME
and
anas.
^usic Department to
^^oadcast
^ary Coons, Nancy Poe, and
^ocal Ensemble to be Heard at
°‘45, Thursday, January 29
i^j-The Music Department of Saint
will give a radio program
,5 evening, January 29, from
^ to 6 :00. The broadcast is one
-If a series sponsored by the Raleigh
llfic Club.
JL
Tl
ee program is to include:
Este
Merrily Tlffi Live
71^, Vocal Ensemble
^ Part Invention in F Major
Th Bach
® Oirl With the Flaxen Hair
Debussy
q Mary Coons
from Maron Massenet
Pn. . Nanev Poe
“ Delibes
(arranged by AslarolT)
Vocal Ensemble
Because everything arouiid here
has gone stale except mail, what
with Christmas holidays completely
;orn out and packed away until nex
year, your always awake and alert
reporter delves into the mail bag
and brings to you a letter t^at cou
have sprung from the pen of any
one of vour literally inclined con
temporaries. The
, my perusal was one addressed to the
doling Mater. Because of the maj
Sy of the style and inimitable com
bination of words, the letter vi
quoted in its entirety:
Monday morning—too early
Dearest Family, , . , _i,ool
Well, here I am back at school
again. This week we all got back
oS exams-I made C in gyna, and-
but then I guess that you have re
ceived my report by now. About
?hat English, Mother-it was the
highest grade in the
trtorst grade'that I conid
h“ e made. Uy [J®
“*ade t“,C'or;r»“a°s7.r Wt as
He probably wanted to give me
“I’aTnffhf™ Sunday night, and
our Hall had an onion party. We
couldn’t find a knife anywhere so I
had to cut the bread and the onions
with your scissors which I forgot to
give back to you when I was home.
I’ll bring them home with me at
spring vacation, but I doubt if you’ll
want them, will you? You may be
able to get the juice off, but it’s a
little bit sticky now.
Mother, I know that you told me
not to talk to people that I didn’t
know, but there was the nicest look
ing man on the train, and he seemed
so interested in my school work, and
he was so encouraging. He told me
that there were a lot of women who
didn’t have much sense, but got
along fine in the world, and that it
isn’t your mind that shows anyhow.
Daddy, I wonder if you could pos
sibly send me my March allowance
to me within the next two or three
days. . . . Defense Stamps have gone
up, and I forgot to return that book
to the library that I wrote you about
in October.
I can’t think of much else to say,
and I have to study for my next
period class.
As ever,
Youe Loving Daughtee.
p.S.—Daddy, I’ll mail the
keys to you this very day.
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Various Girls Make Suggestions
Which Organizations in School
Are Carrying Out; Everybody
Anxious to Help With Money,
Work, and Co-operation
Mrs. Cruikshank spoke to the stu
dent body in assembly Tuesday, Jan
uary 6, and outlined the measures
that might be taken at Saint Mary’s
in an effort to further successful
prosecution of the war. In meetings
of educators in Greensboro and Bal
timore, Mrs. Cruikshank took part
in discussions and lectures on the
place that schools and colleges are to
play in the United States war pro
gram.
The consensus was that the best
way students can serve their coun
try at the moment is hy continu
ing in school and taking advan
tage of opportunities open to them.
“Disrupt as little as possible” was
the warning note sounded again and
again by eminent speakers, includ
ing Paul V. McNutt, Malcolm Mac
Donald, and representatives from
the War Department and the Navy.
At Saint Mary’s, heads of various
student organizations met and laid
plans for student participation in
conservation drives and special
classes.
Their tentative plans were heart
ily endorsed by the student body, and
are being put into practice at a
rapid pace.
The Circle is collecting all trash
paper from newspapers to old let
ters. The Altar Guild, with Miss
Bason, is collecting stamps, the dye
from which is quite valuable. The
Granddaughters’ Club is checking up
on unnecessary lights. Every night
(See P. 4)
Mrs. Henry F. Kloman
Dies On Christmas Day
Chaplain’s Wife, the Former
Eleanor Marshall TrapneU, Be
comes 111 While Visiting
Mrs. Henry F. Kloman, wife of
the Reverend Mr. Kloman, chaplain
at Saint Mary’s for many years,
died on Christmas Day following a
very brief illness. At the time of
her death, Mrs. Kloman was visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Mark Jenkins,
of Fletcher, N. C.
Mrs. Kloman, the former Eleanor
Marshall Trapnell, was born in 1875
in Charleston County, West Vir
ginia. She is survived by her hus
band, and three children, the Rever
ed II. F. Kloman, Jr., rector of
Old Christ Church, Philadelphia;
Mr. Joseph Kloman, of New York
City; and Mrs. Jenkins, the former
Miss Anne Hunter Kloman. There
are also several grandchildren.