STOCKINGS!
Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
STAMPS I
Vol, VI. No. 8
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
February 12, 1943
C.M.A. Presents
Comic Opera, The Bat
American Artists Present Pro
duction In Contemporary Eng
lish; Written by Johann Strauss
The Philadelphia Opera Company
''ill present “The Bat” in a Civic
‘'lusie Concert Monday. This is
Jl'e second group concert the C.M.A.
'8‘S ])resented this year, and the
?Pera, written by Johann Strauss,
promised to be most entertainhig.
A modern organization, the Phila-
'Ifilphia Opera Company embodies
lliese ideals: grand o])era in under
standable contemporary English;
a brilliant company of all-
Jmerican artists.
. “The Bat” {Die Fledermaus)
a comic opera in three acts. At
beginning of the opera Herr von
dsenstein has been sentenced to
E'ison for contempt of court. IBs
*’ieitd, Doctor Falke, ]>ersuades him
ignore his sentence and attend the
l>all
M
given by Prince Orlafsky.
eaiiwhile Bosalinde, von Eisen-
'^.h‘iu’s wife, receives a visit from a
tornier admirer, Alfred. The war-
‘ an of the jail comes for von E., and
ufed allows himself to be taken by
’"'Stake.
, At the ball everyone is disguised;
Posalinde succeeds in carrying on
" flirtation with her husband. In
jail the next morning evcry-
’"'g is confused and complicated.
;pred, who does not recognize von
E'’ confides his story in him, and
csalinde taunts her husband with
T fact that he was fiirtiug with his
at tlie ball.
j ^ ‘he score of “The Bat” is cxccl-
/'."i- Johann Strauss, the waltz
j ’"g, furnishes quantities of eharm-
,"S dance music, and waltzes, polkas,
'd drinking songs abound.
°^rns and McNeny
^'^ected New Marshals
, As a result of the late marshal
J"fflion, Mary Burns, of Fayettc-
Ic, and Pauline McNeny, of Ilen-
^^fsou, have been announced as the
'll)" "ew marshals at Saint Mary’s.
will fill vacancies left by Jane
Ii""""cil and d’icky Ijalioque, wbo
"'ifi'drawn from school,
i) ")'|'ry Burns served as a marshal
0 fl'gii school, where she also was
j"c>-etary of the Ili-Y Club and a
w'.d'fler of tlie annual staff. At
new
' 'H lilt' ttllllUcli
Mary’s, aside from her
she is secretary of the.Politi-
Oj. .Science Club, a member of the
"hesis, and a dance marshal,
din McNeny was ])resident of
Club, a member of the Dra-
(j,’’c iiiember of the
.\l,"" ^flub in bigb school. At Saint
vi^jTs she was eleeted to serve as
(.|,^''l”'csident of the present senior
I’auline is serving her second
Sh ' vice-jiresident of her hall,
(ij d' nlso active in tlie Dramatic
(),. A I’olitical Science Club, and
'‘hesis
The Hughes Give
Paper Shower for
Miss Cruikshank
This afternoon Mr. and Mrs. I.
Harding Hughes entertained at their
home for Saint Mary’s bridc-of-the-
month. Miss Olive Cruikshank. The
guests, members of the faculty, be
gan to arrive at four-thirty o’clock
laden with, iireseuts—much to the
honoree’s surprise. (It’s a paper
shower, so bring anything from
“pajier napkins to a war bond, Mrs.
H. had advised.) Besides this, each
jierson brought a card. On one side
of each one of these cards was the
favorite recipe of the donor, and on
the other side was written some pod
sound personal advice on marriage.
All the cards were placed in a filing
cabinet and presented to Miss Cruik
shank.
Evidently the faculty took Mrs.
II. at her word, for amid the Hurry
of wrapping paper and string, sta
tionery, cook books, and war stamps
could be distinguished.
After the excitement of opening
the presents and during the reading
of the sage words of wisdom set
forth by the Saint Mary’s intellec
tuals, everyone settled down to enjoy
delicious refreshments.
247 Persons Are Polled In Belles Survey
The BELLES sale of war
stamps for the year has been as
follows:
October 23, 1942 $ 44.00
November 7, 1942 50.00
November 20, 1942 60.00
December 11, 1942 40.75
January 22, 1943 46.75
This makes a total of $242.00
for the first semester. Can t we
do better than this?
S.M.A. Participates
In Victory Book Drive
Every Girl Will Be Asked to
Contribute One Good Book to
Collection for Armed Forces
The Victory Book Drive, spon
sored by the American Library As
sociation, the American Red Cross,
and the United Service Organiza
tions, will be held this mouth at
Saint Mary’s. Though packages
may not be sent by families to boys
overseas, the Victory Book Drive
does send them reading matter.
To make this possible, every girl
in Saint Mary’s is asked to contrib
ute one book. If girls do not have
a good book, they may buy or write
home for one; but they should be
sure it will be interesting to the boys
in the armed forces.
The organization has plenty of
the standard classics. What is
most popular among service men
are current best sellers—both popu
lar fiction and popular non-fiction,
mystery, and detective fiction, hum
orous books, Pocket Books on such
subjects as those just named, as well
as technical books dated not earlier
than 1935 on subjects such as mathe
matics, chemistry, photography, and
mechanical drawings. All books
should be in good condition.
The contributions should be placed
in a carton in the reading room of
the library before February 22,
when the drive ends at school.
“Any book you really want to
keep is a good one to give.”
PENDER LOOKS AT THE NEWS
“The historic battle near Sta^l-
ingrad has ended with a complete
victory for our troops. Ihesc
words were part of a triumphan
^ Aloseow last
eommunique f om Jiosco
week On battle trouts tai to tne
west other segments of the retuin-
iiiir German forces are encuded
...."pinned tlK- Sea o
units on skiis and motoi-
from tlie Voronezh region is di-
Ti own'd the important rail
f Kursk. Moscow claimed
rri'tei ^ ^ 44 oOO on tins
['“'■.T’aloii Beliiiui this news
(AAnee tennkjal.le -'f '"““j”'
i„ i-etreat along half ot tlie
1,500-mile front from Leningrad
to the Caucasus. The military in-
iative, so prized by generals, has
passed from the Swastika to the
Ilammer and Sickle.
The importance of German re
verses grows when jilaeed against
a world background. Statesmen
and military leaders of the non-
Axis world had lield important
conferences at Casablanca and in
Turkey. In those talks there is
but one meaning. Neiv and more
powerful assaults w'ill be launched
upon the German jiositions in the
West even as the Russian front is
draining German strength in the
East. The two-front W'ar that
Prince von Bismarck had warned
against, that the Kaiser had -waged
and lost, that Hitler had boa.sted
rvould never be forced upon him,
is drawing closer every day.
In the Battle of Tunisia, con
fined to thrusts and parries in the
past few weeks, Germany has the
advantage of terrain, interior
lines of commnnieation, and a
(See P. 3)
Survey Conducted to Determine
Number of Articles Read In
School; 32 Boarders, 6 Day Stu
dents, and 11 Faculty Read
Entire Paper
This week the BeUes conducted a
survey among the students and fac
ulty to determine the most widely
read articles in the paper, and to
average opinions and suggestions. A
hundred and ninety-six boarders, 30
day students, and 21 faculty mem
bers took part in the survey.
’Hie survey was a mimeographed
sheet as follows:
Belles Survey
J)o you read
these articles? IVs No
News Articles :
Concerts . .
Elections .
Drives . .
Features:
Interviews .
Columns:
. Campus Notes
Sigma-Mu .
Pender Looks at the
News .
At the Theater.
Saint Sallies
Like Poetry ?
Belles .
This Year—W
Mus Musculus
Clothes Line
From Page to Page
Inquiring Reporter
On the Dial
Suggestions . . .
The seven most widely read arti
cles the boarders picked are: At the
Theaters, Campus Notes, elections,
interviews, Mus Musculus, Saint
Sallies, and the Belles. The seven
most widely read articles the day
students chose are: Campus Notes,
Belles, Mus Musculus, interviews.
Saint Sallies, Pender Looks at the
News, and This Year—War.. The
seven most widely read articles the
-faculty jiicked are: Campus Notes,
interviews. At the Theaters, con
certs, drives. Inquiring Reporter,
and the Belles.
Only 32 of the boarders, six of
the day students, and 11 of the fac
ulty read the entire paper. Articles
about concerts were read least of all
by the boarders, articles on drives
were scarcely looked at by the day
students, and Mus Musculus was
declared by several of the faculty
as “not worth the effort to try to
read something with no periods and
capitals.”
In general the student suggestions
and comments tended toward the in
formal, as did the faculty’s. For
instance, students asked for more
jokes, interviews, gossip, light mate-
1 ial, and stories, ivhereas several of
the faculty expressed the opinion
that “more casualness would be fit
ting for Saint Mary’s,” and that
(See P. 3)