MERRY
CHRISTMAS!
"Tke Belles
OF SAINT MARY’S
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
Vol. VII, No. 7
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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
December 15, 1943
Senior Pageant Arouses
True Christmas Spirit
Emily McMillan Is Virgin Mary,
Betty Barnes Is Joseph
'I'ho senior class presented the an
nual (dhristinas ])ageant, “I’eace on
Karth,” last Sunday afternoon at
five-thirty. It was the story of the
N'ativity told hy Bible readings and
piuitoinime. Miss Horence Da\i-
directed the production with the as-
''istance of Miss Geraldine ( ate uu
•^Ir. liussell Broughton.
('harlotto Crawford as narrator
toad Biblical passages from the pul
pit which ‘was surrounded by_ u
pines that all but filled the choir ot
the chapel. In the first scene the
pages, Betty ('lark and -lane (dari'
^'heshire, cleared away some of t le
pines to nu-eal one of
^lary Pierco »Ioliusoii, who (lelivoio(
*fie traditional nu'ssago to the ^|*‘'l’
fierds, portrayed hy Vidette^ Bass,
liehectca Drane, Mary Virginia
^’I'eeman, Hannah Lyoii, ireiic iu
iIcCanii, Mary AVest I’aul, Sal y
^^Hiusey, Sara Stockton ano I }
'leaver. In the second scene, some
the Angels moved more pmes to
'■Weal the Holy Family. The angels
!'''re played hv Fanny Lee Brooke,
‘fi'tsy Bnrk(>, 'Fannie Cooper, Mar-
*(ave't (leRosset. Pat Gwyn, Virginia
Bart, iMary Lynn Lewis, Marv
Vninerly, (iarol Talbot, and Betty
'^iiislow. Fmilv McMillan poi
!‘'a,yed the Virgin Mary; and Betty
'I’as th
J osepii.
(> journey
th
iVtr
i„ ‘ •'ilia relief, and told d'
I)).'"' Bin (Iripsholm on which hci
,^,other-iu-law arrived from a daP'
c.oiieentratiou camii- Glut)
Miss Haig Gives
Very Fine Recital
Mrs. Alden Plays Composition
By Russell Broughton
Miss Mary Ruth Haig gave a
piano recital, the first faculty re
cital of the year, in the auditorium
on December 7. AIiss Haig pre
sented her iirogram in her skillfu ,
g-raecfully confident manner which
was enthusiastically applauded by
her large audience of town friends
and Saint klary’s girls Mrs. Doro
thy Alden, violinist, with Miss Ruth
H'olines Scott, accompanist, assisted
during an intermission.
Miss Haig opened her recital
with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach s
organ choral prelude, Awake, the
Voire Commaiuh. Then she [) ayed
Schumann’s Krei.'^lenana Op. /b. in
three movements. This began witl
the dashing Viraci.^mmo and was
followed by Andante con motto .senti-
mento. and the contrasting Atjegro
motto appassionata. After an intei-
odssion Miss Haig returned to plav
the melodious Prehute >n h dtat
by Rachmaninoif, and I>npromptu
in F Minor hy Faure, a light, ex
pressive selection containing many
Sillfullv executed runs. Following
this was Sumate from “Saudades do
Hri7il ” bv klilhaud, an a])pealing
Somh American^ composition in
modern idiom. ^ f,
Minor by Debussy, m which Miss
I'lie third scene
of the wise men,
'•'’iiu ilrooks, Adelaide Butler and
'•vleiia Williams, to Bethlehem, in
;•"■ final scene, doseph was wariied
b’ an Angel, ))layed by ('aroline
‘«liuferro, to Hee'with his family
•'•g.yi'L
IXVISIBIiK ('HOIK SIXBn
•lit' entire pageant was siipph
""‘hted hy Ghristmas music whicii
sung hy an invisible choir. '
'j*"h'isters were Foxii' ('larke. ImB.''’
‘’'•'vards, ('lara Leigh Kemper ( or-
Knott, Katherine Li'gg, M'"’"'
‘'‘ft'g, “Ghinkie” Martin, Ann Belt-
Lib Shaw and Margaret V ms-
P'G They sang many of the faniil-
carols'and hymns that we alwa\s
with (Miristuiiis. Porlia})^
most outstandiug, because ot
beauty and familiarity,
Snow Lay on tin'
bPliile Shenherds Watched I heir
Haig pmy
concluded the sec
jirogram
-0(1 brilliant glissandos,
Olid part
in
Pl'‘“ie She])herds
hy Night,” “The First Noel,^_
‘m.c Three Kings of Orient -Vim
(iW'mt Night” and “Hark, the Her-
‘^'igels Bing.”
/.Ii'iraeteristic of ( hopin
limit in C Sharp Minor hy
Ghopin gave the program a
Miss Ruth Holmes Scott
To Wed CpL Herbert Bird
of her
MBS. AliHKX ASSISTS
Mrs Alden, accomiiaiiied hy Miss
■ Glazoi:
Ballet
and '"Schubert’s
Friedberg. Mrs
bv'iRl^sMl Bi-oughton This
l,eautifuliy modal, clear-toned piece
was one of the
Scott phiVP'l Glazounow's (rand
anh^ ««llet “Raymoiida
Honda, arranged bj
Alden’s next sclec-
an -Irhi. written especially
of the outstanding niimhers
Kreisler’s Lichesteid.
^be last part of her program
Miqs Haig played the hlude in
m,/hV Lis.t, and Chopin’s A
■ F's7,(,rp Minor, with its expies
,re. emotioiml mmid and its rulmfos
...Utic of ('hopin. 1 he bill
fitting
Senior Class Gives
Annual Mid-Winters
Decorations Represent
Merry-Go-Round
(.'hristmas gaiety truly abounded
at the senior’s annual Mid-wintei
Dance last Saturday evening, _ De
cember 11. The gymnasium, mirac
ulously transformed into a lively
carnival scene, depicted a merry-go-
round with Santa Glaus riding
prominently along one side of the
wall in a niulti-colored chariot.
Margaret Winslow, ('hairrnan of
Decorations, ably assisted hy Kath
erine Legg, Betsy Burke and a large
eommittee of co-oiierative seniors
are to be eomniended for not only
achieving a wonderfully realistic
illusion, but also for conserving
jjajier so neceissary to the war effort
by using the hack of last year’s
decorations.
Guests were greeted. as they en
tered the gymnasium by a receiving
line comjiosed of Betty Barnes, Betty
Pldwards, Airs. Cruikshank, and
members of the faculty.
A figure climaxed the evening in
which the following took part: Betty
Clark, Chief Dance Alarshal, as
guide, with Bee M bite; Betty
Barnes, President of senior class,
leader of the figure, with Duncan
McCrae; Ellen I'rench McCann,
Vice-President of senior class, with
Billy Johnson; Mary Louise Alar-
tin,' Secretary-Treasurer of senior
class, with Nick Long; Betty Ed
wards, President of Student Body,
with Alayhery Bass; Sally Ramsey,
Vice-President of Student Body,
with John Ilallett; Virginia Hart,
Chairman of Hall Council, with
Ran Overbey; Hannah Lyon, dance
marshal, with Thurman AV^illiams;
Carol Talbot, dance marshal, with
Dick Bailey; Mary Fox Clarke,
dance marshal, with Archie Booker;
Katherine Legg, dance committee,
with Junie Peel; Alargaret A\ ins-
low, dance eommittee, with Clai-
boiirne Smith.
climax. For her encores. Miss Haig
chose ('lair de Lane hy Dehussy and
Prelude in- C Major by Prokoffiev.
W. Tucker ahli'P««‘^^^
■s. A. „.
I^octors’ Daughters Tuosda>
f'nf love of God and fellow-man
’’ nf liumaii life may not 1
this vicious war
'^"'onnting to .ji'iO, were pi o-
‘'“d to her for China relief.
term exams—Jan. 24-28.
more
-peace on
Ceremony Will Take Place
At Ft. Riley, Kansas, Saturday
Aliss Ruth Holmes Scott left
Tuesday evening for Ft. Riley,
Kansas, where she will be married
on Saturday afternoon of this week
to ('orporal Herbert Allison Bird,
son of Air. and Mrs. Murray R.
Bird of Raleigh.
Aliss Scott, daughtei' of Air. and
Mrs. Irving W. Scott of Kingston,
New A^ork, is a graduate in piano
and organ of Syracuse University,
and, with a Alaster’s degree in Alusi-
eology, of the Eastman School of
Music. She i.s a member of Phi
Kapi>a Phi, national senior honor
society, of the American Guild of
Organists, and of the .American
Musicological Society. Miss Scott
is known to musicians in Raleigh as
Director of the Raleigh Piano En
semble, a member of the Board of
Directors of tlu* Raleigh Chamber
Music Guild and a (annmentator on
its programs, and an officer of the
Raleigh Alusic Club.
CPIj. bird gkaduate of
OBKBLIN
Coi'iioral Bird is a graduate in
violin of Oherlin Conservatory and
a student of Louis Persinger in New
York City. At one time a member
of the staff of WPTF, he is known
throughout the State as a violin re
citalist, and as a member since its
organization of the North Carolina
Symphony Orchestra. In Raleigh,
Corporal Bird was a member of the
Board of Directors and a soloi.st
with the Raleigh ('hamber Alusic
Guild and a memher of the Raleigh
Piano Ensendile. Prior to his in
duction into the army in 1942 he
taught violin and piano and con
ducted the instrumental ensemble at
Saint Alary’s School.
The marriage will be solemnized
in the North Chapel of thfe CJavalrj-
Replacement Training Center at Ft.
Riley.
After a three weeks honeymoon,
the bride will return to Saint Mary’s
to continue her teaching.
in characteristic fashion
®T.f;rb’r.,c .Ms Cln-i».ma, IMS ^
Altlioiip i cannot forgot ita graver sigmfi-
with spontanc . anniversary of the birth of Christ, the
caiice in ° (.indar year, is particularly a time of .hope, of
irrcatest da} in ^ ^ ^ ^ fraiinw-nmn. Thus our earnest prayer is that
•n nf human mo may nuu ho made in vain; that throughout
the sacrifice o clipg to the concepts
the near future become a
. • tv -inu that our world mtiy m
of Chnsnamt} ,^^ emhodiment of the true Christinas spirit of
,„„,c J’ Will to Alcn.” '
Saint AIary s Student Body
Glee Club and Orchestra
Give Joint Concert
Saint Alary’s Orchestra and Glee
Club presented a concert at 7:30
last night in the auditorium. .After
the orchestra, under the direction of
Airs. Dorothy Alden, played Sailor',s
Song by Greig, Ave Maria hy Bach-
Gounod, and the Hungarian Dances
d d- 6 by Brahms, tlie Glee Cluh,
under the direction of Aliss Geral
dine (late, sang the following carols :
Moel... Dorothy AIcLeinon'
0 ,Te,m So Sweet,
arr. hy Johann Sebastian Bach
(See P. 3, Col. 4)