1942
ISC
WILDFLOWER
SHOW!
‘The Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
V, No. 14
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
April 17, 1942
Claris For Pageant
^ear Completion
- powerful influence of
Christian life.
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^iitata for the Centeiiuial and is
airman of the Music Committee
Avith Miss Davis. Various
aimittees under teachers and alum-
are working toward the sAiccess
production.
Orchesis Cluh
w'orking on
Q This illustrates Politics by
'^dapse Movement, Society by Per-
®assiv
-ivo movement, Iteligion in ous-
p'ded Movement, and Destiny in
sudular Movement. Each group is
^6ating its own movement, and all
_ United basically by Destiny.
spP Hall and the front of the
ool will he used for the back-
il ^onihers of Bishop Penick’s fani-
j/ are taking jiarts. Children from
School are contributing,
and
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GA’en the servants of the school
dg„ ‘^inng cast in scenes. Tavo direct
toi ?*^udants of Mr. Smedes are also
tak:
r^Ug parts in the pageant.
-Die ,• ,1-. •
harts.
*e pageant is diAuded into three
to 1 "hdie first jiart is from 1842
Ghi 1 Saint Mary’s heeaine a
take 1 ®^hool. The second jiart
siew h*aco from 1897 to 1918, at the
Par/f^ nf the Armistice. Tlie last
a se hP18 to the present day is
'hhe modern school scenes.
tlin scene of the pageant shoAvs
arr v„i ,^i _ n .
i)y -f*’’U'’al of the first thirteen girls
’ the second jiart shoAvs
by Avagon bringing their
thi,j°*' hams, clothes, and any-
trod^ h^aaihle; and the last jiart in-
niojjji^®® the arrival by modern auto-
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^|tUAV8^ l^^’t scene of the jiageant
j in
tiojj'j’ ** tableau of girls at gradua-
ap(j their caps and gOAvns of gray,
Cfoe^ scliool girls in Avhite, singing.
?trls / puuies down the atejis and the
^t out, illustrating the
ue of religion at Saint Mary’s.
NEW EDITORS, NEW OFFICERS, AND NEW IDEAS FOR NEXT YEAR
All Departments Participating
in Epic of Contrast and Con
tinuity; Emphasis Placed Upon
Iteligion
Plans are noAv well in action to-
^ai'd the pageant celebrating Saint
Vary’s hundredth year. The pageant
an epic of contrast and continuity;
^ shows the continuity in daily
^uristian life at Saint Mary’s, the
^JUjihasis jilaced upon religion, and
.The Jiageant Avill take jilace the
of May 18th. Joyce PoA\'ell,_a
940 graduate of Saint Mary’s, Avill
® the reader of the Jilay.
Every dejiartment in school is
participating in some Avay toAvard
® pageant. Miss Martha Dabney
ones of the English Department
Dote the Jiageant. Miss Florence
. avis of the Dramatic Department
s director of the jiageant and the
®sistant director is Mrs. William
^ ness. Mr. Russell Broughton, Avho
aI‘ n burnish a background of music
^ith an electric organ, is Avriting the
Lillian .Tonkins, Betty I’endcr, and Brooksie Popkins
jjj^*^ance^in the pageant called Des-
Last Aveek the student body unani
mously elected for next year Brook
sie Popkins editor of The Belles,
Betty Pender editor of The Bulletin,
and Lillian Jenkins editor of the
Stage Coach. All three have had
previous experience in .journalism
and have been hard workers on the
Publications Staff this year.
Brooksie attended her hometoAvn
high school in Leesburg, Virginia,
before coming to Saint Marys last
fall. Being president of the student
body, editor of the high school paper,
and business manager of the annual
staff kept her days filled. L our re
porter bravely interrupted a spirited
tennis game to interview Editor Pop-
kins. “I love working on the statt,
and I’m thrilled over being editor ot
The Belles,” she panted and return
ed to tennis.
Betty Pender, another Virginian,
attended Maury High School in
Norfolk. She Aims a member of the
Maury NeAvs Staff, the Commodore
Staff, and Avas Secretary of her class
and of the Student’s Club.
Lillian Jenkins, from Goldsboro,
North Carolina, gained experience
for editorship of the Stage Coach as
a member of her high echool paper
staff, and she is rapidly acquiring
more invaluable experience as editor
of the Handbook. Lillian shifted an
armload of Handbook material from
one arm to the other and assured
Voice Class to Give
‘‘Ballad For America'
Attention! Contest
Sponsored By Staff
Let’s Avrite something to out
shine our antiquated dimng room
song, “We Are Singing, Praises
Ringing.” Xoav CA-erybody has a
chalice to show his talent bemuse
the editorial staff is
contest, Avith a prize of folding
monev to the student Avho Avrites
he best song. So Avnte your entry
or entries now and put them into
The Belles box before April 26.
Just sit doAvn a few minutes
and think up several catchy and
effective lines put
tune of “For He’s a Jolly Good
Fellow,” for instance, and maybe
vou will have a winner.
" Remember when writing your
entry not to make it elaborate,
just let it be short, to the point,
and put it to a sprightly tune^
John Cruitt of State College
Will Sing Leading Part; Under
Direction of Miss Cate
Miss Cate’s voice class Avill pre
sent “Ballad for Americans,” a mod
ern cantata by Earl Robinson, in
assembly on Tuesday morning, April
21. John Cruitt, a baritone, Avho is
the soloist of the State College Glee
Club, Avill sing the leading part.
Por seA’eral Aveeks the A’oice stu
dents have been working under Miss
Cate’s direction Avith Mr. Cruitt. A
number of Miss Davis’ Choral Club
members have volunteered to do the
speaking parts in the “Ballad”: Rue
Guthrie, Mary Ann Crook, Viiginia
Olive, Bunny Stribling, Pat Coder,
and Margie Shackleford. Miss Davis
has been coaching these girls in their
parts for several weeks.
Since “The Ballad for Americans”
Avas written a few years ago, it has
enjoyed wide popularity and ac
claim. Paul Robeson, the famous
Negro baritone, has done a record
album of it. In May the North
SaBy Mcliinley
your reporter, “I’m crazy about
Saint Mai’y’s, and the prospect of
editing the Stage Coach thrills me
to death.”
The future Senior Class ehose
Sally McKinley to be their leader
for 1942-43. Sally came to Saint
Mary’s this year from Birmingham,
Alabama, and since her arrival here
she has joined many organizations
on the campus, being a member of
the Circle, E. A. P. Literary Society,
Dance Club, Letter Club, French
Club, Dramatic Club, and Hall
Council.
One Hour of Play
In connection with the Letter
Club’s Victory Campaign the club
sponsored a Play Day this afternoon
in which all the students took part.
Early in the morning girls started
signing up for their favorite sports
—tennis, swimming, volleyball, bad
minton, softball, kickball, croquet,
paddle-tennis, and deck-tennis. Let
ter Club members stayed in the gym
all day to help the participants
choose a sport and. to show them
how to sign for it.
Then in the afternoon at four the
fun began. The campus was crowd
ed Avith girls in gym suits and shorts
swinging rackets, bats, balls, arms,
and legs. To make Play Day more
exciting, the winning teams in vari
ous sports gained points for either
the Sigma’s or the Mu’s.
Last year the Letter Club spon
sored several such Play Days which
were all successes. The enthusiasm
with which this one was receHed
warrants a return engagement.
Carolina Symphony Orchestra will
give it in a concert at the Raleigh
City Auditorium.