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The Belles of Saint Mary’s June 3, 19^3 Senior Frivolities Enliven Graduation Mrs. Cruikshank’s Luncheon; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes’ Tea; the Rt. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Penick’s Tea Senior frivolities began last week Avith a luncheon gwen for the class hy Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank, presi dent of Saint Mary’s, on May 26. She was assisted in serving by Miss Elizabeth Tucker, Mrs. D. J. Castle- man, and Miss Peggy Hopkins. The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. I. Hard ing Hughes entertained at a tea Wednesday afternoon for the out going senior class. Sallie McKinley, president of the senior class, Pauline iIcKeny, vice-president of the sen ior class, Jody Flanagan, the Rev. !Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, and their son Harding were in the receiving line, iliss Peggy Hopkins and Miss Ade laide Winslow assisted in serving. The Rt. Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Penick Avill give a tea tomorrow afternoon for the senior class, their friends, and mothers. Sallie Mc Kinley, president of the senior class, Mrs. Ernest Cruikshank, Mrs. I. Harding Hughes, Miss Rebecca Har vey, Miss Peggy Hopkins, Caroline Dial, niece of Mrs. Penick, and the Rishop and Mrs. Penick will he in the receiving line. Sigma-Mu Softball, Tennis Softball ended last 'Ihiesday, May 2.')th, with a two-out-of-three games victory for the IMu’s. The first game was taken hy the Sigma’s 4-2; then the Mu’s Avon the next 10-2. The final game Avas thrilling and the competition close, as shoAvn hy the score of G runs for the Mu’s and 5 for the Sigma’s. The Mu’s fi rst team consisted of Williams, Captain, Hull, Krusen, f’larke, Dysart, Quinerly, Dial, Young, Moore, Ray, Maultshy, and Pass. The Sigma’s Avere Hirst, Cap tain, Godfrey, Rrooke, Rylander, Chase, S. Smith, Stockton, Burke, Sherrill, LeMaster, and T. Pagen. Eleanor RedAvood Avas the man ager, and .Vlice Kain the umpire behind the plate. .\n honorary second Mu team Avas (diosen from the girls Avho had at tended practice three times. These girls are Glenn, Everett, Archer, Hackney, B. Johnson, Russell, Win ters, A. Blount, Shamhurger, L. Gardner, and Kain. The two first teams voted for the all-star team after these last games. Hirst, Moore, S. Smith, H. Wil liams, Dysart, (Quinerly, and Ry lander Avere selected. The tennis tournament Avill bring to a (dose this year’s athletics at Saint ilary’s. The all-star tennis team consists of 1\I. Kinsey, Crook, Hirst, JI. Whitaker, A. Russell, Ed munds, Archer, and Woodard. Anno Russ(dl came out the Aviiiner. Annuals Avill he distributed from the Book Room after class day exer cises in the Auditorium Saturday night. HART, WRIGHT, AND PENICK (Prom P. 1) to bid the Seniors good-bye. The entire student body and faculty Avill be present. .SUNDAY Sunday’s program Avill begin Avith an early communion service for the seniors. Any other members of the student body or faculty may also attend. The Baccalaureate service Avill be gin at 11:00, with the ReA^ Mr. John A. Wright of Christ Church in Ra leigh as speaker. The Alumnm Memorial SerA'ice Avill be held in the chapel on Sunday evening at 5 :00 o’clock. Again this year the CommemoratHe Cantata, composed by Russell Broughton for Centennial Commencement, Avill he directed by him. The organ, piano, three soloists, a string quartet, and a vocal ensemble Avill participate. Miss Ruth Holmes Scott Avill ac company on the organ, and Miss Mary Ruth Haig on the piano. Mrs. Edgar Alden ancl Mrs. Emerson At kinson are the violinists. Miss Mary Eidam is celloist, and Christian Kutschinski Avill play viola. Nancy Poe, Pattie Ross, and Ann Seltman are soloists. Miss Geraldine Cate, Martha Joyce Ross, Mary Fox Clarke, Lib Royall, Betsy Thomp son, Anne Damtoft, Miss Martha Dabney Jones, Elizabeth Shaw, Betty Kilbury, and Cora Stratford are included in the ensemble. The text for the Cantata comes from the Proverbs, the Harvard Outing Club, and Avritings of Carl Sandburg. The main theme is Edu cation ; the Prologue extols wisdom; the main section, the Education of Jesus; and the epilogue offers a moral applicable to present educa tion at Saint Mary’s. All classes Avill assemble on Sun day cAnning at 7 :00 on the steps of Sniedes for stej)-singing. Students Avill sit on the stej)s according to classes. .AIONDAY Graduation exercises aauII he the imj)ressiA'e climax to the year’s Avork. The ])rogram Avill begin Monday morning at 10:30 in the grove on east campus. The salutatory and A’aledictory Avill 0])en the exercises. EolloAving a reading of the honor roll hy Mrs. Cruikshank, the Niles Medal, aAvarded each year for the high scholastic aA'erage, Avill be aAA'arded. She Avill also present the .sophomores’ (lii)lomas and certifi cates Avhich are giA-en to those girls completing the required amount of AA'ork in the Business, Music, Expres sion, and Art Dej)artments. The speaker for the j)rogram Avill bo Dr. Hornell Hart, jji’ofessor of sociology at Duke IJiUA-ersity. At the close of th e exercises the seniors, the student body, and the faculty will form the traditional j)rocessional line to the chaj)el. There the Rt. Rev. Dr. Ed- Avin A. J’onick, after prayers and a short message, Avill aAvard the di])lo- mas to the seniors. All under graduates Avill then file out and as semble in a double line across the s{)aee in front of Sniedes Hall Avhere they Avill be joined by tlie seniors. There Chief Afarshal, Maria Legg, Avill drop the traditional handker chief, marking the end of the one hundred and first year of Saint Alary’s School. BANQUET (Prom P. 1) tion. Here are some of the interest ing statistics she gaA’e. INCREASED STUDENT PARTICI PATION In 1942-1943—195 girls receNed points; 102 of them AIu and 93 of them Sigma. 1941-1942 — 178 girls reeeiA'ed points. 1940-1941 — 149 girls reeeiA'ed points. 1939-1940 — 136 girls reeeiA'ed points. This year 23 girls receh-ed 100 points and over, one girl reeeiA'ed 200 points, and tAA'o girls receHed 300 points and OA'er. The swimming program this year has been more successful than ever before. Pour girls (Kitty Archer, Alary Ann Dixon, Martha Crook, Anne Damtoft) liaA'e completed ad vanced SAvimming. Thirty-tAvo girls liaA’e completed intermediate SAvim- ming, and 131 girls liaA'e completed beginner’s swimming. Ten points are given to each girl completing beginner’s, 20 to each completing intermediate, and 30 to each com- l)leting adA'anced. The total sAA'im- ming point's earned hy each athletic society arc, AIu—1,160; Sigma— 910. A highlight of the banquet aa'us the ])resentation of the athletic awards. All-stars AA'ere giA'en to girls who completed life-saA'ing, passed advanced sAvimming, made the all- star softball team, and made the all- star tennis team. Sixty-fiA'e girls liaA'e reeeiA'ed all-stars this year in comparison Avith forty-fiA'e last year. LETTER OA R JIEJIRER.S Students avIio have reeeiA'ed tAvo all-stars become a member of the Letter Club, Avhich this year took in tAA'enty ncAv members: Jean AIc- Crory, Anne Hirst, Panny Lee Brooke, Cora Lucas, .Vnne Dickson, Helen Hocutt, Alice Kain, Laurie Lucas, Alartha Kinsey, Katherine (Jodfrey, Betty HarAvel'l, Anne Dam toft, Martha Crook, Anne Hull, Caroline Long, Ruth Moore, Helena Williams, Frances Rylander, Alay- helle Smith, and Ann Edmunds. Insignias Avere giA'en to the girls AA'ho AA'ere selected as being outstand ing in each major activity: kickball, Tfelena AYilliams; hasketball, Helen Hocutt; A'olleyball, Kitty Archer; Orchesis, Cora Lucas; softball, Anne Hirst; tennis, Harriet Whitaker; SAvimming, Kitty Archer. Anne Russell, Avho Avon the tennis tournament, Avas automatically en titled to the tennis aAvard, hut sinee she had receiA'(>d it last year, it AA'as pres(‘iited to the runner-uj), Harriet Whitaker. White hand-knit SAA'caters AA'ere jiresented to the three girls Avlio had earned the greatest number of points during the year. 1st j)laee—Anne Hirst, 300 ]>oints. 2nd j)laee—.Vnuc Russell, 200 ])oints. 3rd ])laee—Helena Williams, 175 jioiiits. Kitty Archer, Avho had earned 310 j)oints this year, received a Avhite sAveater last year. The banquet Avas climaxed by the announcement of the athletic society Avhich had Avon the greatest number of tournaments during the year, and the phnjue Avas ])re.sented to the iicaa- -Mu president, Helena Williams. Alumnae Association Holds Annual Meeting Senior Class Joins Alumnae Tea at Hut The annual meeting of Sain* iMary’s Alumnse Association AA'ill held in the Hut on Saturday, Jus* 5. Because of AA'ar shortages, th* Association AA'ill replace its usu^l luncheon Avith a simple tea. Th* senior class and about one hundrefi alumnsfi are expected to attend. T ncAv president Avill be elected to t*" place ilrs. T. W. Long Avhose ter® has expired, and tAvo ncAv council members AA'ill be installed. Easdale ShaAA' of Charlotte Avill gi'* a report on the Smedes Memorial tablet AA'hich AA'as inaugurated the first time last year. Miss Peggf Hopkins of Saint Mary’s and lY. Withers, secretary and treaS' urer of the Alumnas Association r*' speetiA'ely, will give their annual reports. The Raleigh chapter of the J®' soeiation is helping to furnish rC" freshments and members of Granddaughters Club Avill serA'f. Vidette Bass Is Elected Secretary Of Hall Council T idette Bass, of IVilson, has heci' elected Secretary of the Hall CouU' cil for 1943-’44. Next year Videl^j AA'ill keep the minutes of the H**! Council meetings and a record c* points for student offenses. Vidette graduated from Chari*’ L. Coon High School in Wilson la** year. During her fiA'e years tlicY she AA'as a member of the debath’r team, the National Honor SocieO' the Dramatic Cluh, and the Club. She Avas voted the most d*' pendable girl in the'senior class- In regard to her election, Vidudl; exclaimed in her usual viA'aciui'-J AA'ay, ‘‘I'A'e neA'er been so thrilled au* excited!” THEY SAY They ahvays say a Senior feels The b(>st she (W'er Avill [ M hen clothed in cap and gOAvn uU‘ all, vShe rises straight and still. But then I’ve heard it said by son'*’ Who really ought to knoAA', That Avhat “they say” is neA'er rig*' ’ -Vnd one should treat it so. That leaA'es me in an aAA'ful state Of AAaA'ering indecision; Suppase our Senior garments I'lU I s objects of derision. But soon AA'ill come that aAvfnI da. -Vnd all these doubts cease. I only hoj)o aa'c Avon’t feel quite So aAvfully out of place. —The Sullins -Vt Glee Club the other _ CA'eryone Avas commenting or' ^ tiful orchid sent by plane to Cate by her sister in Mandy Linton asked, “Was it " when it was shipped ?”
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