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February 29, 1952
Ruggiero Ricci Will Play In
Civic Music Concert Tonight
^ogram Features
Varied Selections
Ruggiero Ricci, brilliant Ameri-
violinist, accompanied by Carlo
|''issotti at the piano, will play at
''leinorial Auditorium tonight.
His program will include selected
'®iupositions from the last four
Centuries, beginning with La Folia
y Corelli, often called the father
inodeni violin playing. La Folia
1* ^ Set of variations on an old Spa'n-
theme. Other selections are So-
in A Major by Beethoven;
'^^atensetz by Brahms; Rhapsodie
' 1 in C Major by Bartok; Con-
in A Minor, Opus 82 by Gla-
^^iiuan; and iNel Car pia non mi
by Paganini.
^Ii'. Ricci, who has spent tweiity-
years as a concert violinist, made
debut at Carnegie Hall as a child
Wodigy in 1929. He was born in
8a Pianicisco in 1920, the second
I jj seven children in a musical fain-
I |^^ He began music lessons from
I*® father when he was five. Not
afterwards, he began lessons
.u« the famous teacher, Louis Per-
I’^Ser, who became the greatest sin-
|.® influence in his life. He made
],y first public appearance in San
^/8ucisco playing a Mendelssohn
^®erto when he was eight.
.‘H twelve Mr. Ricci toured Europe
'^Ug recitals in all the main cities
ihe continent. From 1934 until
^ Outbreak of the world war, he
^yo(] in several countries. He
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0 liis second European tour in
Luring the war Ricci served
file Army Air Force. He re-
to the New York concert
in 1946 and was judged “as
u violinist as there is today.
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Thespians Present
Tarkington^s Play
The Dramatic Club, under the di
rection of Miss Florence C. Davis,
presented Booth Tarkington’s Sev
enteen, a comedy interspersed with
songs and dances, in the Saint Ma
ry’s Auditorium Tuesday evening,
February 26. This production was
enthusiastically received by the aud
ience.
The cast was as follows: William
Sylvanus Baxter, Mary Miclial; Mr.
Baxter, Emilie Adams; Joe Bullitt,
Ann Robinson; Genesis, Betsy
Webb; Johnnie Watson, Cecilia Al-
bury; George Crooper, Helen Set-
zer; Mr. Parcher, Mary Ann Faddy;
Wallie Banks, Elizabeth Lynn; Jane
Baxter, Peg^y Smitlideal; Lola
Pratt, Nancy Murray; May Parcli-
er, Elizabeth Dent; Ethel Boke,
Jerry Coslow; Mary Brooks, Claire
Boone; Mrs. Baxter, Myra Thayer.
Guests at the farewell party were
Carolyn Duncan, Gene Overbeck,
Betty Dry, Dottie Allen, Norvelle
Plowden, Elizabeth Huffman.
The production staff was as fol
lows : director. Miss Florence C. Da
vis; dance director. Miss Peggy
Cameron; stitg’e managers, Nancy
Dawson, Mai Stewart; sound engi
neers, Carmen Gardiner, Margaret
Mansfield-Jones; settings, Nancy
Bowles, Linda Garriss, Peggy Cost
ner; properties, Paula Smith, Ann
Ayers, Virginia Perkins, Elizabeth
Catlett, Mary Virginia Currin,
Katherine Whitfield, Sally Patter
son ; costumes, Charlotte Cocke,
Betty Martin, Margo Hester; lights,
Murf Fuller, Genevieve James,
Paula Smith; publicity, Mary Jo
Paul, Elizabeth Lynn; make-up,
drama students.
plans his tours in order to
r> him in his hobby, tracing little
ft or lost violin scores. Tours
carried him through this coun-
(jj"> Europe, and Latin America in
past five years.
Peery^s Students
Resent Piano Program
students of Mr. Peery pre-
ifi ft group of piano selections
^ftssembly February 21.
tj ?^'fiara White played Prelude in
)^^''inor by Mendelssohn. Next
Jones played Hyden’s 8o-
tn E Minor. Chopin’s Cradle
lli(. P’ayed by Elizabeth Love was
ll. ftext selection. Jack Parker
’Voi!* Romance in F Minor by
Vjjj 8aninotf, followed by Barbara
’'Of played Gershwin’s I
\ 'Rnty of Nothing. Closing
tliQ fi^'Ograrn George Ragsdale played
spirited Saber Dance.
Saint Mary^s Student Body
Elects Nell Eley President
Eley Will Succeed
Hicks As SGA Head
Saint Mary’s student body elected
Nell Eley president of the Student
Government Association for 1952-53
session. As a result of the election
held Wednesday, February 27, Nell,
of Ahoskie, will succeed Alice Hicks.
Susie Nicoll, of Charlotte, was the
other nominee.
Nell has been at Saint Mary’s
for three years. She is now presi
dent of the junior class, headline
editor of BELLES, vice-president of
Sigma’s, and a member of. Legis
lative Body, Circle, Sigma Pi .1/-
pha, and YWCA.
Boesser Will Attend
Wilmington Festival
Pat Boesser, of M’‘inston-Salem,
will represent Saint Mary’s in the
annual Azalea Festival in Wilming
ton. Representatives from ten North
Carolina schools will compose the
Queen’s Court.
Special events will consist of a
dance, visits to Wilmington’s fam
ous azalea gardens, public appear
ances, the parade, and the Corona
tion Ball.
The name of the queen, a Holly
wood star, has not yet been disclosed.
Miss Lu Long Ogburn, Miss North
Carolina and Queen of the Carolina
Press, will be the queen’s maid of
honor.
Pat is May Queen and chief dance
marshal. She is president of the
Sigma’s and a member of the Choir,
Circle, Letter Club, aud Hall Coun
cil.
SMS Sweetheart
Tommy Ogburn Wins
Sweetheart Finals
Saint Mary’s girls chose their
sweetheart. Tommy Ogburn, of Gar
ner, February 15. For the four
nights j)roceding, the eliminations
were held with each hall entering
pictures.
Tommy, a S/Ci at Wake Forest,
was entered by 'rimmio Timmons.
Runners-up were Elton Clark, en
tered by Suzanne Harris; Buddy
Ives, entered by Jane Blythe; and
George Murphy, entered by Leon
Gold. The contest netted $77 for
the freshmen and sophomores.
Hull Will Present
Film On Wild Life
Tyler Hull, American outdoor
cameraman, will persent his film,
“Realm of the Wild,” in Saint Ma
ry’s auditorium March 3 at 8 :30 p.m.
C. A. P. Moore, chairman of the
school’s entertainment committee,
secured Mr. Hull for the engage
ment.
The film, which took two years to
make, portrays an American wild
game hunt. The first part of the
film shows fishing in the Northwest,
forest fires on the Pacific Coast, and
big and small game in the Far
West. The second part, entitled
“The World Under Water,” shows
marine growth, plants, and fish in
remarkable close-up scenes. Mr.
Hull has received many honors in
photography. Among these are Na
tional Headliners Award, member
ship in the Royal Photographic So
ciety of Great Britain, and honorary
life membership in the Japan Pho
tographic Society. He is motion
])icture consultant to the IT. S. De
partment of Defense.
Evening In Paris
Is Theme Of Dance
Freshman-sophomore dance high
lighted the week end of February 23.
The gym was decorated for an Even
ing in Paris.
The walls aud ceiling wore cov
ered with blue crepe jjaper. The
faculty and visitors watched the
dance from the side walk cafe, deco
rated in red and white. A skyline
of I’aris was silhouetted on one aide
of the gym. On the other side post
ers of buildings in France hung from
the crepe ]>apor. The Duke Cava
liers furnished the music.
Leon Gold, president of the soph
omore class, led the figure at inter
mission. Other girls in the figure
were Catherine Morrison, ])reaident
of the Beacon, Ann Robinson, presi
dent of the freshmau class, Laura
Erwin, vico-])resident of the sopho
more class, Sally Hodges, vice-pres
ident of the freshman class, Jcan
Groves, secretary of the so))liomore
class, Tiinmie Timmons, treasurer
of the sojfliomore class, aud Betsy
Webb, treasurer of the freshman
class.
Mary Michal was i)resented as
Honor Council member for the un
derclassmen. Glenn Lightsey, a
so])homore, and Betty Dry, a fresh
man, legislative body members, Kay
Baker and Mary Lee LaFar, dance
marshals for the so])homore class,
and Fve Hargrave, for the fresh
man class, also appeared in the fig
ure.
Glenn Lightsey was chairman of
the decoration committee; Laura Er
win and Sally Hodges, chairmen of
refreshment committee; Norvelle
Plowden, of the figure committee,
Tiinmie Timmons and Betsy Webb,
of the bid committee.