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SENIOR
DANCE
Belles
HOCKEY
GAME
OF SAINT MARY’S
Vol. IX, No. 5
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
November 30, 1945
Pittsburgh Symphony Gives
Oelightful Performance
: Reiner Changes Program At
Audience’s Request
, The Pittsburgh Symphony Or-
^fistra, under the direction of Fritz
Reiner, presented a very good con-
at the Raleigh Memorial Audi-
loriuni on Tuesday evening, Novein-
27, at 8 :00 p.m.
THE PROGRAM
.The orchestra opened the program
^ith The Romas Carnival Overture,
-'^P- 9, by Hector Berlioz based on
denies from the opera, Benvenuto
, Next was Symphony No. U
P Minor, Op. 36, hy Peter II-
^iteh Tschaikowsky. Tschaikowsky
luiself places this above his Fifth
ynphony and his Pathetique.
The last half of the program was
® anged to include requests by the
^aleigh Civic Music Association.
^ ofirst selection was Moldau by
f®’®tana. This was followed by
, '^^Well known TIungarian Dances
. “y Rrahms, Nos. 5, 6,' 7, and 21. As
,r^>.i®°'^cluding number the orchestra
■! tRe Carousel Waltz by Rog-
' coinT)oser of the musical
’I’i^'^^re of Oklahoma.
DR. REINER
JT Reiner was born in Budapest,
jjj He attended the Univer-
?r Budapest and received his
®®®orship of Music. The great
Na-
, he
_ era in
pest. In 1914 he received the
the People’s Opi
^uda
*^ost
Un- • p^veted position of European
])f that of director of the
Royal Opera. During the
the T). ' Roiuer remained with
difp Royal Opera, he was
concerts in Rome, Berlin,
fanip and Vienna. Dr. Reiner’s
con] ®T^cal and he was chosen as
Phony^^TT ^Rc Cincinnati Sym-
for jjf' .been guest conductor
Ras fRe most famous orches-
sucee„^^ "1® country. Dr. Reiner’s
Phony* ^'’RR the Pittsburgh Sym-
_ y as guest conductor led to his
s r®>etio:
lie it, ^ permanent director.
PlUals have few, if any,
isgu fRo technique of conduct-
T’h
V '"’cR received
a, ‘"'^'^‘Rcaco and the orchestra
c^^core. Stars and Stripes
^clfter £. Sousa, of which Dr.
^ajUe.)) ■will not tell you the
cf the c + undoubtedly one
I’car. ^ustanding concerts of the
Elliott, Royall, Hines and Lee
Become Circle Members
ys
®0Y victory BONDS!
MRS. ERNEST CRUIKSHANK
RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT
Her Resignation Will Take
Effect In June, 1946
The resignation of Mrs. Ernest
Cruikshank as president of Saint
Mary’s was announced at the annual
meeting of the board of trustees.
This resignation will be effective
June 1946.
Mrs. Cruikshank has been presi
dent of Saint Mary’s for the past
14 years. The Board expressed re
gret that Mrs. Cruikshank was ter
minating her connection with the
school and appreciation for her suc
cessful term as president.
It was pointed out that under Mrs.
Cruikshank’s leadership, the “excep
tionally high academic standards of
Saint Mary’s School and Junior
College have been maintained, that
the student enrollment has been at
maximum capacity for the past nine
years, and that an extensive program
of repairs and modernization of the
buildings and equipment have been
carried out.”
Dr. T. Z. Koo Will
Speak To Students
and Faculty
Dr. T. Z. Koo, famous Chinese
and world citizen, will speak to
the students and faculty members
of Saint Mary’s School and Junior
College oil Monday morning, De
cember 3. Dr. Koo is a very inter
esting person, and he will speak
on the Orient.
Dr. Koo has returned to the
United States after almost three
years under the watchful eyes of
the Japanese. He was in Hong
Kong on December 17, 1941, and
he and his wife nearly starved for
three months before catching the
boat for Shanghai. In Shanghai
he served as lay-minister of the
Community Church and as siiper-
intendent of a maternity hospital.
He left Shanghai in September,
1044 and reached Chungking on
December 31,1944. He was a dele
gate of the Chinese government
to the San Francisco Conference
in April, 1945, and he will remain
here for several months, traA eling
and speaking as a
of the AVorld Student Christian
Federation.
Gods and Goddesses
Visit Saint Mary’s
Campus
Old Girls Entertain New So
ciety Members In Hut
Initiation for the Sigma Lam
bda and E.A.P. literary societies
took place all day Tuesday, No
vember 20. Those girls being initi
ated into the societies were Char
lotte Hoffman, Harriet Gurley,
Mary Willis Sledge, Lucy French,
Myra Welsh, Margaret Cummings,
Dabney Little, Elizabeth Silver,
Gene Rose, Logan Vaught, and
Peggy Swindell.
During the day the girls were
dressed to represent the first
“beauty contest,” consisting of
such gods and goddesses as Venus,
Jupiter, Juno, Minerva and Cupid.
The golden apple was also there.
The girls were required to carry
a paper bag full of candy or pea
nuts and were only allowed to
offer these and to speak to the old
members only.
Tuesday night the old girls gave
the new girls a party in the Hut.
First on the program was a short
play given by the new members
dramatizing the first beauty con
test. Each of the new girls was
then called upon to give an im
promptu act, such as singing or
reciting, after which refreshments
were served.
New Members Are Initiated In
Impressive Ceremony
Sally Anne Elliott, Lib Price
Hines, Sallie Lee, and Katherine
Royall were initiated into the Circle
in an impressive ceremony Tuesday
night, November 20.
Sally Anne is editor of the Belles
and a member of the Literary So
ciety. She serves on the Hall Coun
cil and belongs to the Canterbury
Club.
Lib serves on the Honor Council
as a senior representative, and is a
member of the Hall Council. She is
president of Orchesis, is on the PuK
lications Staff, and belongs to the
Granddaughters’ Club.
Sallie is a marshal and a member
of the Hall Council. She is also on
the Canterbury Club Council, in the
Political Science Club, and a mem
ber of Orchesis.
Katherine is president of the Sig
ma’s and president of the Canterbury
Club. She is on the Hall Council,
in the Letter Club, and is a member
of the Choir, Glee Club, Sextet,
Granddaughters’ Club, and Athletic
Council.
BUY VICTORY BONDS!
1946 STAGE COACH
HAS STARTED ROILING
The 1946 Stage Coach is under
way. The business staff and the
editorial staffs have begun their
work. The photographers, Wooten-
Moulton studios, have completed
more than half of the individual and
group pictures.
Members of the business staff
have begun getting ads from Saint
Mary’s patrons and they hope to
complete this work in the near fu
ture. Organizations and faculty
groups are almost complete and the
dummy has been worked out as far
as possible until the proofs come
back from the photographers.
The staff appreciates the co-oper
ation on the part of the students in
meeting their appointments.
BOND SALES REACH
TOTAL OF $5,781.25
Saint Mary’s Invests $4,000 In
Victory Bonds
The victory bond drive began at
Saint .Mary’s in October. The slo
gan of this bond drive is Buy Bonds
hy Christmas and its purpose is to
help bring men in the service back
home as soon as possible and re
habilitate them to civilian life.
To date, bond sales at Saint
Mary’s have amounted to $5,781.25.
Of tills amount $4,000 was invested
by Saint Mary’s School and Junior
College. The remaining $1,781.25
was invested by various faculty
members and students. So far,
stamp sales have amounted to a lit
tle over $50, which is far below
what is expected.
To help boost the bond drive, stu
dents may buy bonds for their par
ents tlp'ough the school. Saint
Mary’s girls are urged to fill their
stamp books before Christmas.
Buy Victory Bonds!