CONGRATULATIONS,
SOPHOMORES
Belles
Saint Mary's SbWl Lilnrary
OF SAINT MARY’S
C ONGR ATUL ATIONS,
SENIORS
^ XII, No. 14
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
May 26, 1950
Commencement Exercises Fill Dramatic Club Will Present
Last Weekend As Saint Mary’s "Midsummer Night’s Dream’’
e
I ^aint Mary’s will hold its one
Uiulred eighth commencement
^^ei’cises this Aveek end A\dth the
?*'8dnation of high school and
•I'liiior college students.
Celebration of the Holy Com-
I'liion will be held in the chapel
I Pight o’clock Sunday, May 28.
Us Mdii i)g a Corporate Com-
^'uioii for the senior class. At
. ^’eii o’clock the service of Morn-
Prayer will be read by the
>/'’• Mr. Ilnghes, and the Rev.
g^*Ph S. Meadowcroft, rector of
dice Episcoiml Church, Charles-
'C S. C., Avill preach the bac-
'^Ureate sermon.
dlJADUATION KXEnCISES
(.j^^^'udnating exercises Avill be
]0*\'*dcted Monday morning at
in the auditorium with John
0 ' ^Pii-relson, Chancellor of North
w '^Pua State College, as the
Dr. Richard G. Stone
^oi t present diplomas to the
^^Phoiuores. Following this, the
^,j "ou class Avill ])roceed to the
^^Pel where the Rt. Rca’. Edwin
f
'Mouias.
lilty'*" Pdtire student body and fac-
iii"’ill then form a semi-circle
dii Smedes Hall where the
'I'a r .^darshal, Sandra Sims, Avill
hii* mark the end of the
."ear by dropping a hand-
P'liief,
of Bishop of the Diocese
,1, -'orth Carolina, Avill present
V,
^^ied Program Fills
Class Day Exercises
Ij^^^^dor Clas,s Day will l>c held
Saturday, May 27. Rosalie
?iv class president, Avill
Avelcome, followed by the
'll prayer by Joan Stieber.
■Sq- ®*'"*^lent body will sing Hail,
^^ari/s after which Frankie
i'()ll'^'’'d'ier will read the senior class
Mil .^P"ia Lynch and Betty Ray
Wff e tile class history. The class
to^be presented by Rosalie
'Vu
^mt Mary’s auditorium at four
Cynthia Davis and Ileilig
'’llo*!^ "’ill read the class prophecy,
llotj''':" by the senior class poem by
SoAvles. Mary Anne Rose and
^Oij ^^’^1 Chew will give the last will
I'j^l^iiient, after which Eunice
lin(f "'ll! present the superlatives.
*•1)0,f ‘^iin Williamson will be in-
% Ill's
Ifiij *^ted as Student Body Presi-
, y Barbara Wooten, retiring
M,._ c. A. P. Moore, ad-
M’aj,’, ""11 present the publications
f. 1 after which Lucile Best, edi-
* Hi ^ Coach, will dedicate
Mfl^ |""al. The ])rogram will close
Sio.^° Mater, sung by the
■'If , class, and the benediction by
■ ^l"glies.
A scene from ".A Midsimimer Night’s Dream,” featiirins Titaiiia and Oberon,
KiiiR' and Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom, and otlier Fairies.
Letter Club^s Annual Banquet Changes
Dining Room To Western Chuck Wagon
Oettinger, Parshley, and Neal
Add Points to Sigma ’Victory
The athletic association held its
annual baiufuet in the dining
room May 17. At this time the
athletic awards tvere made.
The bamjuet tvas occasioned by
the smoking of the peace pipe be
tween the Cowboys (Mu’s) and
Indians (Sigma’s) and was held
on the top of Old Smoky when the
West was' wild and woolly. The
last Mohican Rousseau, toastmas
ter, ofiened the bamjuet Avith a
greeting to the coAvboys and In
dians, after Avhich the coAvboys
and Indians (the Letter Club)
sang the Prairie Yodel "War Chant.
Toasts Avere given to Daniel Boone
Stone, Founder of the We.st, by
Red Rider Davis; Pale Pace Guess
by Smiley Burnette BoAvles; The
Lone Liverman by Gene Autry
Shuford; and Buffalo Bill Hughes
by Sitting Bull Allen.
NOTFHES AND FEATHERS
The Lone Liverman and Pale
Pace Guess announced the Indians
Who Get a Feather In Their Head
dresses and the CoAvboys Who
Get a Notch In Their Guns. These
CoAvboys and Indians are Eliza
beth Randolph, baseball; Bimbo
Parshley, basketball; June Rnen-
ing, SAvimming; Alary Frances Gil
bert, boAvling; Sally Dalton, bad
minton; Bimbo Parshley, volley
ball; Betsy BroAvn, hockey; Sara
Ann Proctor, tennis; Louise Alilli-
ken, posture; and Vivian Scott
and Anne Cahoon, dancing.
ATHIiETK' AWARDS
Johnny Mac BroAvn, Chief of the
Indian Warriors, announced the
braves and lu)ud)res avIio hit the
mark, the ncAV members of the
Letter Club. Daniel Boone Stone
announced the three who receive
the S.M.S. brand, the coveted ath
letic medals. They Avere aAvarded
this year to Evelyn Oettinger,
fir.st |)lace; Bimbo Parshley,
second ])lace; and Pei)]>er Neal,
third jAlace. They are aAvarded on
a i)()int basis.
WESTERN VICTORS
The climax of the bamjuet came
Avhen Buffalo Bill Hughes I'c-
vealed in smoke signals the vic
tors of the Avest. The Sigma’s
Avere the 1950 Avinners of the ath
letic lAhujue. The banquet closed
Avith ail invitation from The Last
Mohican Rousseau to the coAvboys
and Indians to reucAV the fight
next A'ear.
Be sure to subscribe to the BELLES next year if you are not
returning to Saint Mary’s.
Club Presents Shakespearean
Comedy for Commencement
Saint Alary’s Exjiression De
partment Avill jiresent as its an
nual recital AVilliam Shake-
sjieare’s “Alidsummer Night’s
Dream” Friday, Alay 26. The
play, under the direction of Aliss
Florence C. Davis, Avill take jilace
at the east side of the auditorium
at 8:15.
The play is a comedy Avhich
concerns an entanglement of lov
ers. Theseus, avIio is to Aved llip-
jiolyta, has ordered Pbilostrate to
“stir 11]) the Atlieniaii youths to
merriments for the occasion.” The
members of the court are all gath
ered to particijiate in the gaiety.
Fairies enter tlie scene to add to
the confusion of love’s coiiijilica-
tions.
('A.ST MEAIBFR.S
The cast is comjiosed of Dor
othy Parshley, Theseus, Duke of
Athens; LaNelle EdAvards, Egciis,
Father of llermia; Ann Shuford,
Lysander; Alary Sutton, Demetri
us; Alary Jane ALdtoAvell, Philo-
strate, Alaster ot Rca’cIs; Frances
Johnson, Quince, a Carpenter;
and Elizabeth Kent, Bottom, a
AVeaver.
Pearle Buchanan is Flute, a Bel-
loAvs-mender; Alartha Combs,
Sung, a ,Joiner; Louise Bonin,
Snout, a Tinker; King Risley,
Starveling, a Tailor; Carolyn
AVelsh,. Queen of the Amazoi'is;
Jacijiielyn Clarkson, llermia.
Daughter to Egeus; A'llciii White,
Helene, in love Avitli Demetrius.
Katherine Armistead is Oberon,
King of the Fairies; Juliet Fiil-
glnim, Titaiiia, Queen of the
Fairies; Elizabeth Strange Dor
ris, Puck, or Robin Goodfellmv;
Charlotte Duer, Pease-Blossom;
Anne Rixey, ColiAveb; Betty
Cheek, Alotli; Barbara Clark, AIiis-
tard-Seed. Other Fairies: Aladge
Hooker, Ellen Aloore, Alickie
Shannon, and Harriet Teiv.
E.ADIES OF THE (’OFRT
Ladies of the Court Avill be
Jane BroAvii, Lytle Batchelor, Vir
ginia Gilliam, Peggy Gregsoii,
Nancy llaltom, (trace Gordon,
Suzanne Robinson, and Jean Sum
mers; Agile Ajics; Eunice Bizzel,
Alildred (kibb, Lane Buddy, Eliza
beth Everage, and Elizabeth Ran
dolph.
The jiroduction staff indndes
Ali.ss Florence C. Davis, Director;
Airs. William C. Guess, Dance
Director; Patty Starr, Stage Alan-
ager; and Alargaret Brock, Sound
Engineer.
There Avill be a A’oeal ensemble
under the direction of Aliss Ger
aldine Sjiinks Cate. Comjiosing
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