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1942 November 6, 1942 cos- OOSC but ;e tu Foau [jOU- liau J’op- SLiss iin- anS) [arj iiior for iDiy rei'C )na- h a lisa isou of College Enrollments I^ecrease 10% Since 1940 ■iiig ^ ;seii ttg f, '•re, 231. dramatic Club Meets Present Radio Poem ®®iss Josephinia Niggli Directs ‘Transcontinental” and Ex plains Radio Technique; 12 Girls Participate. ‘I he Dramatic Club’s first regular Reeling last Friday was a denioii- r-ation of a radio program under ■J? direction of Miss Josephinia ..i? 11 r ' 1 y-v-P -fbo jj^Sgli, of Mexico, instructor of the ■j^adio Department of the Carolina j^'aymakers in Chapel Hill. The 1/ o ill - ^aniatic Club introduced radio this year in connection with IJie War program, as women are play- more important part in this ■ than ever before. gav tlJVUl UC1V./1C. 4iefore the program Miss ISTiggli the participants a brief talk ij, Out radio manneri.sms and signals. '0 one important fact she stressed u'a.s •. ,,n V 'XXV tCiJlt acixyl Oil'-' as exact jiromptness in picking up and timing the program to the “potion of a second. !■., 1. presentation was a patriotic A ' poem “Transcontinental” by jj ■ Sullivan. The girls taking The Belles of Saint Mary’s CAMPUS NOTES Saint Mary’s Again Has Ca pacity Enrollment. Engineering and Medical Schools Exception to Decrease Raymond Walters, President of hie University of Cincinnati, reveals lu the Mew York Times of October U, 1942, that there is a sharp^ de- ®i'ease of enrollment at American colleges this year, the heaviest toll ueiiig in university law schools and paduate schools of arts and sciences aceause of the age-groiip factor and ^elective Service. He notes that official estimates from 451 repre sentative universities, colleges, and Rehnical schools all over the United States show that a large majority have decreases of 5 to 58 per cent in Rill-time students.” Enrollments of ® .year ago were nearly 10 per cent “alow those in 1940. _ ^ “About two-thirds of the nation’s Colleges of arts and sciences now have reduced enrollments.” Engi neering schools and medical colleges ®ne exceptions to the decrease of en- ^^aiits because the training offered these schools is of vital impor tance in the war effort. Reports from seventy-three wom an’s colleges show eight with an in- '^^ease of enrollment, twenty-five nearly the same as last fall, and l^orty with a decrease. Some which ^nd increases or no change were Agues Scott, Hollins, Eadcliffe, Raudolph-Macon AYomen’s College, ^nrah Lawrence, Smith, Sweet ■tRiar, Vassal', Wellesley, and Wom an's College of the University of ^orth Carolina. Decreases were in fflahama College for Women, Geor- State Woman’s College, and 'Tount Holyoke. Saint Mary’s again has a capacity Enrollment, a condition which has ex- Jsted for the past five years. In fact, he school has more resident students his year than it ever has had be- Those participating in the Pos ture skit on October 27 in the au ditorium -were Mary Ann Dixon, Jodie Flanagan, Cora Lucas, Betty Pender, Margaret Stone, Pauline McNeny, Daphne Richardson, Dora Winters, Sallie McKinley, and reader, Margaret Shackel ford. Miss Mabel Morrison will repre sent Saint Mary’s at the North Carolina College Conference in Greensboro, November 4-5. The final amount for the Christ mas Boxes was $101.10. Boxes were sent October' 30 to thirty boys at Camp Sutton, N. C. In assembly October 29, Sallie McKinley received the award for having the best posture. Virginia Hart placed second arrd Ellen Oast third. In the poster contest Rebecca Drane won first prize, Betty Wins- slow second, Lillian Jenkins third, and Joan Hamner received honor able mention. The Altar Guild will meet nr the Chapel after supper^Sunday. Students to be initiated into the French Club at an early date: Stella Lassiter, Anne Rove, Mar tha Page Hog^ F^elvn Ro'^ers, Jeanne Eagles, Evelyn Grant, Eleanor Thomas Phyllis Kinsey, Beverley Broun, Jane Tay- pression students of Miss Florence Davis. The second^ year students were Brooksie Popkuns, Sally San born, Mary Louise Thomson Sallie McKinley, and Alargie Shackelford. The first year students were Mary inn Pricl, Caroline Tahaferro, Alai'V Pierce Johnson, Mandalee i inton Charlotte Crawford, and Dene Alien. The characters wpe given parts according to the relation of oneh'oice to another. Ellen Senay was assistant director. Miss Mary Ruth Haig played a group of piano pieces for the Ra leigh Music Club Monday night. The composers of the group are: Chopin, Scriabin, and Lizst. Miss Louise Partrick, who was assistant librarian last year, visit ed the campus last week end. MUdred Lee, who was gradu ated in the Centennial Class and is now a student at Salem College, will take the leading role in ‘‘Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates produced by the Pierrette Players, a dramatic organization ot Salem College. In the sextette are: fir.st so- praiia, Ann Seltman and Martha Joyce Ross! second spprana, Maria Legg and Anne Damtoft; altos, Pattie Ross and Cora Stratford. Old Students who visited school last week-end were Jane Hurt and Betty Vann ’41, now at Converse; Lee Stevens and Shields Jones, now at Sweet Briar; Betsy Cas- teen, now at Salem; Mrs Jo^ Paul Jones (Lib Adkins 4,.); An nie Ilvman Bunn 40; Nancy Peete ’42; Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gib son (Betty McKay); Ma^or and Mrs. Charles Snyder (Adelaide Curtis ’41). Mr. Hughes and three other Ra leigh clergy on October 29 attend ed the funeral of the late Reverend Roma C. Fortune, missionary to the deaf in the Diocese of North Carolina. The funeral was held at the Ephphatha Church in Durham of ivhich Mr. Fortune was rector. Bishop Penick had charge of the service, all of which was inter preted in the sign language to the congregation by James Fortune, son of the deceased. Mrs. Hughes was in High Point last week with her sister. Miss Harriet Bowen, who is recuperat ing from a broken arm. Miss Bowen was a member of the pe- paratory department at Saint Mary’s for several years. Nancy Poe, ’42, who got a cer tificate in voice last year, sang an offertory last Sunday ‘‘These Are They Who Came Out of the Holy City” from the cantata. The Holy City, by Gaul. In contributions to the United War Fund Saint Mary’s had the largest percentage of any group in the city of Raleigh or Wake County. Donations were as fol lows : faculty, ,$426.45; seniors, $214.00; juniors, $274.90; sopho mores, $120.20; freshmen, $88.25; and business class, $124.80. The quota asked of Saint Mary’s was $372.38, and 316 per cent over this was given. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes entertain ed members of the Choir at a tea on Sunday, October 25. Miss Rebecca Harvey reports that the fire drill last Thursday night was successful. The Raleigh Fire Department has ordered the school to have these drills as often as twice a month. A course to teach the use of the library has begun for new stu dents in the high school and busi ness classes. Courses for upper classmen will not be held until next semester. CHANGES IN 1942-43 CALENDAR lor, Harriet Whitaker, Felicia Camm, Margaret Winslow, and Betty Edwards. Mrs. F. 0. Johnson, of Raleigh, gave a very interesting talk on conditions in India at the Political Science Club meeting last Sunday. On Tuesday evening, November 3, the Study Group of the Raleigh Music Club met in the Saint Mary’s Auditorium to hear a dis cussion of The Ballet by Miss Ruth Holmes Scott as preface to the performance of the Ballet Theatre which is the Civic Music Program for Monday, November 9. By way of illustration Miss Scott present ed Mrs. Guess and members of the Orchesis who demonstrated funda mentals of the dance. Miss Scott concluded with an account of the Ballet Theatre and some of the Ballets in their repertoire. Christmas vacation begins Decem ber 16 at 3 :45 p.m. Christmas vacation ends January 13 at 10 :00 p.m. Mid-term examinations begin the week of February 8. The second semester begins Feb ruary 15. Spring vacation will be shortened, and si>ring term lengthened. Students should note the numerous activities scheduled for December and plan work accordingly: Civic Music Concert, December 4. Senior Dance, December 5. Saint Mary’s Glee Club Recital, December 7. Senior quiz on Divine Comedy, December 14 (afternoon). Miss Mary Ruth Haig’s Recital, December 14 (evening). Glasses Elect Honor Council Members All classes have now elected their rpresentatives to the Honor Coun cil. The Senior Class elected Margie Shackelford and Sally Tucker. The Junip Class, Sarah Richardson and Harriet Benton; the Underclassmen, Mary Arden Tucker; the Business Class, Franees McDavid; and the Day Students, Doris Lloyd. Mary Arden, Sally, and Margie were on the council last year. The temporary secretary is Sally Tucker. Mrs. Curry Relates Missionary Experiences Mrs. John Curry, who has just returned from China on the S.S. GwpsJiolm, told of a few of her ex periences at the Y. P. S. L. meeting Sunday evening, October 25. She told of the work and the ex periences of students in her hus band’s mission. The second part of the talk dealt with her voyage home. She told how they were taken on a Japanese ship to Singapore and there _ transferred to the neutral Swedish ship (Tripsholm; of the good fellowship, religious, educational and social advantages that were gained by the experience as the Gripsholm voyaged across the Indian Ocean, around South Africa, and up the coast of South America to New York. She closed by saying, “We must give to China the light of Christianity as well as the fruits of our civilization.” BELLES COLLECTS $44.15 FOR U. S. WAR STAMPS (Prom P. 1) ticipate in the campaign to the full est extent. The maximum amount received from any one hall was $7.00 from Third floor Smedes, second place goes to West Rock with $4.75, and third, to First floor Holt with $4.25. The other sales were as follows: Second floor Holt, $3.75; Third floor East Wing, $3.50; Third floor Holt, $3.25; Second floor West 'VVing, $3.15; First floor lYest Wing, $3.00; Second floor Smedes, $2.50; East Rock, $2.50; Third floor West IVing $2.00; First floor East Wing, $1.75; and Third floor East Wing, $1.75.
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