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OF ST. MARY’S
g Vol. XVII, No. 15
EALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
May 27, 1955
Graduation Activities Under Way
’ Bishop Cole Gives
Baccalaureate
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Rt. Rev. C. Alfred Cole
i This year’s Baccalaureate speaker
Kvill he the Rt. Rev. C. Alfred Cole,
i Bishop of Upper South Carolina.
He will address the graduating
classes in the chapel on Sunday, May
29.
Bishop Cole was born in 'Washing
ton, I). C., where he remained until
;he finished high school. He then at
tended Franklin University in Co-
dumbus, Ohio, and after graduating
;froni college he did graduate work
;at Duke University. While in Dur-
:ham he met Miss Catherine Powe
|who later became his wife; they now
.have a wonderful family of six chil-
idren.
Bishop Cole also studied at the
: University of the South in Sewanee,
Tenn., where he obtained his degree
iof Bachelor of Divinity. From there
;he went to Charleston, South Caro
lina, to teach at Porter Military
jAcadem3\
His real ministry, however, began
here in our own state at St. Stevens
Church in Oxford. During his min
istry in Oxford, he was called to
iCharlotte. From Charlotte he went
to Charleston, West Virginia, where
lOii Oct. 20, 1955, he was ordained
;Bishop of the Diocese of Upper
jSouth Carolina. He is now living
'in Columbia, South Carolina, and
jwill remain bishop of that diocese
juntil his retirement.
St. Mary’s To Observe
Annual Step-Singing
St. Mary’s traditional step-singing
will take place on the front steps of
iSmedes at 5:00 P.M. on Sunday.
Each of the classes will sing songs
hvritten especially for the occasion.
■The graduating classes will sing
■ tunes dedicated to St. Mary’s, and
'juniors and freshmen will sing fare
well songs to the graduates.
Miss Davis Directs
Commencement Play
St. Mary’s Dramatic Club will
present A Midsummer Night’s
Dream on the east campus of St.
Mary’s Junior College May 27, Fri
day, at 8:15 P.M. Miss Florence
Davis is the director. If the weather
is inclement, the play will be given
in the auditorium. The public is
invited to attend.
This play was first given in
Shakespeare’s Globe Theater about
the years 1593-1595, according to
the most widely accepted opinion.
Another group declares that it was
written as a tribute to Queen Eliza
beth. Because of the opportunities
it offers for spectacular presentation,
its various productions through the
ensuing centuries have been in
numerable, and its leading roles
have been interpreted by the most
famous Shakespearian players of all
ages.
The play is a comedy which con
cerns an entanglement of lovers.
Theseus, who is to wed Hippolyta,
has ordered Philostrate to “stir up
cont. 011 page J.
Glee Club Presents
Graduation Concert
The St. Mary’s Glee Club will
present its annual commencement
concert on Saturday evening. May
28, in the auditorium. The Glee
Club is under the direction of Miss
Geraldine Cate.
The program will open with Jesuf
Rex Admirahilis by Palestrina. This
will be followed by Blessing, Glory,
and Wisdom by J. S. Bach.
The Blessed Damozel by Debussy,
based on a poem by D. G. Rossetti
will be sung with Betty Asbill, so
prano, and Carolyn Warlick, mezzo-
soprano as soloists. This work which
was performed last year was quite
well received.
Next will be six of the Brahms
Liebslieder Waltzes; Londonderry
Air, an old Irish song; Pastoral by
Gustav Holst; Summertime by Ger
shwin; It’s a Grand Night for Sing
ing by Rodgers and Hammerstein;
and The Surrey with the Fringe on
Top, also by Rodgers and Hammer
stein. The Glee Club will close the
concert by singing the School Hymn.
St. Mary’s will observe its annual
Alumnae Day on Saturday, May 28,
beginning with the meeting of the
Alumnae Association at 11:30 A.M.
Miss Elizabeth Smith of Goldsboro
will preside, and Miss Mary Jo Paul,
alumnae secretary, wall make her
annual report. Officers and mem
bers of the xUumnae Council for
next year will be elected.
Alumnae returning to St. Mary’s
for the day vffill be honored at a
luncheon in the dining room at one
o’clock. Bishop Penick wull ask the
blessing, and Dr. Stone will w^elcome
the alumnae back to St. Mary’s. The
classes of 1905, 1910, 1915, 1925,
Dr. Hutson Gives
Commencement Talk
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Miss Elizabeth Verner To Speak
AtSt. Mary’s AlumnaeLuncheon
1930, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1954
will hold reunions.
Mrs. Elizabeth O’Neill Verner of
Charleston, South Carolina, will be
the luncheon speaker. Mrs. Verner
is a distinguished American artist
and has been noted for her etchings
for many years. Permanent collec
tions of her work may be found in
the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
the Boston Art Museum, and the Li
brary of Congress. Her work is
sought-after and prized both in this
country and abroad. She is the au
thor of “Prints and Impressions of
Charleston,” “Mellowed by Time,”
and “Other Places,” which are all
Commencement Schedule
Friday, May 27
8 :l.j p.iu.—“A Midsummer Xiglit’s Dream.”
Saturday, May 28
10:30 a.m.—Sopliomore Class Day Exercises.
11 :P>() a.m.—Annual Alumnae Meeting.
1:00 p.m.—Alumnae Luncheon. Speaker, Mrs. Elizabeth O’Xeill Verner.
4 :00 p.m.—^Senior-Class Day Exercises.
5 :30 p.m.—Concert by Glee Club.
Sunday, May 29
7:30 a.m.—Celebration of the Holy Communion in the Chapel.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Prayer and Baccalaureate Sermon by The Rt. Rev. C. Alfred
Cole, D.D., Bishop of the Diocese of Upper South Carolina.
4 :,30-G :00 p.m.—President’s Tea for Parents and Graduating Classes. President’s
Home.
G :00 p.m.—Step Singing, Smedes Hall.
Monday, May 30
10:80 a.m.—Graduating Exercises in the Auditorium. Speaker, Harold H. Hutson,
B.D., Ph.D., President of Greensboro College.
—Presentation of Diplomas in the Chapel.
Dr. Harold Hutson
Harold Hutson, B.D., Ph.D.,
]U'esident of Greensboro College in
Greensboro, will deliver the Com
mencement address at exercises be
ginning at 10:30 A.M., Monday,
May 30. After his address diplomas
will be presented to the sophomores
in the auditorium and to the seniors
in the Chaitel.
Dr. Hutson was born in Spring-
Hill, South Carolina. He received
his B.A. from'Wofford College in
1932 and his B.D. from Duke Uni
versity in 1935. He was awarded
the Ph.D. degree by the University
of Chicago in 1938. He has done
additional research at Cohtmhia
University and the University of
Chicago.
He has served as assistant in
Greek at Wofford College, as a fel
low in the Department of the New
Testament at the University of Chi
cago, as professor of religion at
Ohio Wesleyan University, and as
President of Greensboro College
since 1952.
Dr. Hutson is a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, Theta Qhi social fra
ternity, Pi Gamma. Mu. (social sci
ence), Sigma Upsilon (journalistic),
and others.
He is the author of New Testa
ment Life and Literature (with
D. W. Riddle), A Survey of the New
Testament, and numerous articles.
highly successful.
Last summer Mrs. Verner was in
vited to be artist-iu-residence at the
Castle Hill Art Colony. There she
came into close contact with the
theories of the moderns. She tried
to get the point of view which sud
denly jinade her feel Victorian. Then,
after studying both kinds of art, she
started to do battle for tradition
and for beauty. Her subject at St.
Mary’s will he “You Do Not Have
To Like Modern Art.”