Belles
saint Mary'S scnooi iadtsty
OF SAINT MARY’S
t X, No. 4
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
November 15, 1946
Dickenson, Peerce
To Sing at Concert
Appear at Memorial Audi
torium Nov. 18
Will
Jean Dickenson and Jan Peer
;’ce
, appear in a joint concert at
oe Raleigh Memorial Auditorium,
i\ov. 18, at 8:00 p. m.
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fet
lit;’
, ts presentation is the second in
oe series of Civic Music concerts
^tj^t’^^ored in Raleigh this year.
oe program for the performance
Hot yet been announced.
the
Jean Dickinson, “nightingale of
airways,” formerly sang for
tlte Pet Milk program on Satur-
aj night Jan Peerce, tenor, once
tel he felt that since he was so
^§ty, he would never make a suc-
^ess of a concert career. He has
tto appeared on the radio.
t Mary’s students Avill at-
\d this concert, under tl
. - concert, under the super-
tteoii of Miss Elizabeth Bason.
j^irector Names
jttle Women Cast
Florence C. Davis, director
reo ® ®aint Mary’s Dramatic club,
fo ,^,’ttly announced the east of the
by, oming play, Little Women,
0(1. ,'*'^tsa M. Alcott, to be present-
at an undisclosed date.
east is as follows:
;^Jareb Patricia Taylor
^^J^-rch Prances Collett
Violet LaRue
jj Betty Lou Rowland
"■ Janie Nance
J Virginia Smith
;^Jarcb Paiinie Hudson
Mullett Ann Wicker
Elizabeth Clarke
JR'of Susan Jenkins
I ^*;**sor Baer Preston M^escoat
-'dnria
Martha Hinkle
,i'j
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pointed out in ner
havp ^“*“lren from the orphan-
excellent records in school.
(See P, 4^ Col. 4)
Hal Thurston and
Orchestra To Play
For Senior Dance
Saint Mary’s Teams
For Intercollegiate
Play-day Chosen
PROFESSOR QUIZ TO
BE GUEST OF STUDENTS
Rose and Clark to Be Heads of
Decoration Committee
Girls Swim, Play Tennis, and
Hockey
To Appear in Auditorium of
Saint Mary’s School Wednesday
Night
Hal Thurston and his Rocky
Mount orchestra have been en
gaged to play for the annual
Senior dance, to be in the gym,
Dee. 14 from 8:30 until 12, Jean
Roberts, Durham, president of the
Senior Class, disclosed today.
Invitations and dance cards
have been ordered. This year the
cards will be in black and white
instead of the usual blue and
white. There will be ten card
dances and three extras.
Gene Rose, Henderson, will di
rect the art work of the decora
tions, and Katherine Clark, Lynch
burg, Va., will supervise the erect
ing of these decorations.
Tennis,- swimming, and hockey
teams to represent Saint Mary’s at
the state-wide intercollegiate Play-
Day to be held at Saint Mary’s and
Meredith colleges, Nov. 16 have just
been chosen.
DANCE FIGURE
HOCKEY TEAJI
The players on the hockey team
are: Sylvia Green, Williamston;
Sylvia Newson, Charlotte; Laura
Page, Charlotte; Rose . Wallace,
Chase City, Va.; Sarah Covington,
Bennettsville, S. C.; Virginia Smith,
Ridley Park, Pa.; Mary Lou Pratt,
Sumter, S. C.; Sarah “Judy” Tay
lor, Eustis, Fla.; Virginia Woodley,
Creswell; Jane Dickey, Oxford, Pa.;
Nancy Hamel, Greensboro; and
Cynthia McCaw, Bristol, R. I.
“Professor Quiz,” celebrated radio
entertainer, will be the guest of
Saint Mary’s M’^ednesday night,
Nov. 20, at 7 :00 p.m. in the audi
torium. He will broadcast his fa
mous quiz show from Raleigh Me
morial Auditorium Thursday, Nov.
21, from 7 :30 to 8 :00 p.m.
BEGAN AS ACROBAT
Born Craig Earl in New England,
“Professor Quiz” began his career
as a tightrope-walker and acrobatics
performer in a circus at the age of
seven. After a bad fall he turned
to a sleight-of-hand routine in vaude
ville. At 14, he took his act to
Europe.
DANCING PA AS MORE
Traditional dance figure to be
presented at intermission will in
clude the following girls and their
escorts: Betsy Dempsey, Wdson,
chief dance marshal; Senior class
officers: Jean Roberts, president;
Nancy O’Keeffe, Bluefield, W. Va.,
vice-president; Rose Wallace,
Chase City, secretary; Virginia
Woodley, Creswell, treasurer; Stu
dent Governmeiit officers: Peggy
Swindell, Washington, president;
Elizabeth Myatt, Goldsboro, vice-
president; Betsy Blundon,
Charleston, W. Va., secretary;
jMargaret Norfleet, Jackson, cliaii-
niaii of Hall Council; Senior dance
marshals: Henrietta Thorp, Rocky
Mount; Svlvia Green, Willianis-
ton; Saraii Mell Smith, Birming
ham, Ala.; and the dance commit
tee chairmen. Gene Rose and
Katherine Clark.
SAVT5IMING TEAAI
The members of the swimming
team are: Josephine Cooper, West
Hartford, Conn.; Martha Wilson,
Louisville, Ky.; Charlotte Wallin,
Hot Springs, Va.; and Sarah Lou
Davis, Morganton.
The players on the tennis team
are: Barbara Ann Pope, Raleigh;
Nell Fulglmm, Raleigh; and Mary
Nelson Smithwick, Loiiisburg.
ELEVEN COLLEGES PARTICIPATE
Colleges that will be represented
are: Saint Mary’s, Meredith, Peace,
all of Raleigh; Salem College, Win
ston-Salem; Brevard College; Mars
Hill College; Guilford College;
High Point College; Woman’s Col
lege, Greensboro; Eastern Carolina
Teachers’ College, Greenville; and
Greensboro College.
Finding classical dancing a better
paying act, he gave up his magic
routine and teamed up with a wom
an dancing partner. They appeared
all over Europe, Mr. Earl at the
same time studying under a Heidel
berg professor to improve his neg
lected education.
Returning to America, he entered
medical school in New England
from which he graduated only to
give up medicine for lecturing. He
was invited to go on the air—and
soon the Professor Quiz radio pro
gram was born.
HOBBY IS MAGIC TRICKS
Six feet tall, weighing 260 lbs.,
and having dark wavy hair and a
little waxed mustache, “Professor
Quiz has been entertaining troops
for the past several years with his
magic tricks, which he still keeps
up as a hobby.
Whiznant and
Jessie Zentz Guests
^ Auxiliary
Yehudi Menuhin Witty, Gracious and Charming
U- Whiznant, of Thomp-
Ur Charlotte, spoke to
w "—^'*6^5 spuive tu
Jiight Auxiliary Sunday
Her j 10- She brought with
?er q£ Zentz, 13-year-old mem-
"«r q£ “ '^cuLz, id-year-oia mem-
^aiat \r orphanage, whom the
Auxiliary will clothe
SCHOOL AVERAGES
.*'trs Uri •
her
“I’m more interested in food
right now than anything else,”
Yehudi kl e n u h i n told the
BELLES’ interviewer—it was
after the concert, and he had had
no supper. He had to eat and
catch a train in a short time, so
the interview ivas a brief one
enough, however, for him to prove
himself gracious, witty, and thor
oughly charming.
When asked if he played and
practiced every day, Mr. Menu
hin replied that he did not, that
he hadn’t practiced at all the day
of the concert nor the day before
have enough time to enjoy them
that, but that on the day before,
he had practiced three hours.
“I have never had stage fright,”
Mr. Menuhin declared, “but I al-
Avays feel a warm glow of excite
ment when I appear before an au
dience.” He has been playing the
violin since the precocious age of
five and has been appearing in
concerts since he was seven, at
which time he made his debut in
San Francisco. At eight he studied
abroad and at ten played ivith
the New York Syipphony or
chestra.
He likes the movies, but doesn’t
often. Swimming is his hobby,
and he spends spare moments
taking long walks. He indicated
that he is happily married; his
wife formerly accompanied him
on tours, but now they have a
daughter, 7, and a son, 8.
1 he secret of Yehudi Menuhin’s
feeling and ability for playing the
violin is perhaps disclosed in this
stat(3m(?nt of his: “I believe that
music is close to humanity. Life
is a university in ivhich I learn
more each day, and which keeps
me constantly interested in all
going on around me.”