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Belles
OF ST. MARY’S
: Vol. XVIII, No. 8
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
,,'Many Attend
Annual Tea
uj, annual tea for friends of St.
.jMary’s was held Thursday, Janu-
^ary 19, 4:30 o’clock in Smedes
,, parlor. Aleinbers of the faculty re-
„ ceived guests in the jiarlor and
l,“^'^™^*crs of the Granddaughters’
’ ^ assisted in serving throughout
s r the afternoon. Lovely floral ar
rangements decorated the parlors
a^as well as the tea table. IMrs. Wil
liam Borden Cobb of Goldsboro
0 served the tea. Other refreshments
ts served with tea were fruit cake
n squares, nuts, party sandwiches,
ng dates, and tea cakes.
\f provided a splendid op-
• Portunity for the friends and alum
ni nae of St. Mary’s to become ac-
with our Dean, Miss
Lvidith A. Richardson. The event
ill?}'as enjoyed by everyone attend-
sc^irig. All arrangements for the tea
tywere made by IMiss Elizabeth
(> 1 Bason.
jjBallet Theater
ts'
iliv
pill All of St. Mary’s and what
practically all of North
lOarohna filled Memorial Auditori-
erff^ on .January 18 to see The Ballet
^(pJ-heater’s ])resentation for 1956. On
SC®,Pi'ogram were “Dim Lustre,”
he'. tke Kid,” and “Princess
ij,,Wurora.”
cpL I^iin Lustre,” choreographed by
Tudor and composed by
j.j,iuchard Strauss, was danced by
yif osella Hightower and Hugh
• li^amg and the corps de ballet. The
flic ballet was a grand
IV ° lovers attended.
, ;^^oly the Kid,” written by
; Copland, is a modern ballet
‘V nch dc])icts the jiioneering of the
pit, as illustrated by incidents in
le hfe of Billy the Kid. .John
portrayed Billy, and Ruth
1 ■'v^esun ])ortraycd Billy’s love-
^ rp , ^'oan sweetheart.
f Chaikovsky’s “Princess Aurora”
ii-is a suite of dances from the com-
, mete ballet “Sleeping Beauty.”
, }e ballet follows the familiar
Many story. Princess Aurora was
iidy J’y the celebrated ballerina
‘. A ora Kaye and Prince Charming
Entertains Belles
The
lit
.fpy^Hugh J^aing.
liroughout the entire perforin-
“li,'nce the audience was s])ellbound
iiW the costumes, music, and
Jancing. Everyone, particularly
111'-' ■ ^^ary’s girls, is eagerly looking
ip ^'vard to the return of the Ballet
theater next year.
FIGHT POLIO
GIVE
to the
MARCH OF DIMES
Sigma’s and Mu’s are at it
again! This time it’s basketball,
and both teams are eagerly i)repar-
ing for the forthcoming games. In
creased enthusiasm is evident with
each jiracticc, as well as the desire
of many good players on each team
to win. The contests which begin
the week following exams should
prove to be very interesting.
Both teams have hold-overs from
last year. The Mu “returnees” are
Hunt Proctor, .Jean Faulkner, Ellen
Clarkson, .Jane Westbrook, Emily
Somers, and IMott Butler, who was
voted the most outstanding player.
Returning Sigma’s are Ann Alor-
ton, Glenn IMorman, Dec Dee De-
Vere, Marianna Miller, Sally Un
derhill, IMarjorie Brinn, and Ann
Powell. Promising newcomers wlio
will strengthen the Mu team are
Ann Hollowell, Ann IMcWilliams,
Margaret J.ouise Hamilton, Billy
Adler, .Jennie Whitehurst, and
Mary Catherine .Jones; while Bct.sy
Brinkley, Dickie Robinson, Ann
Speir, and Penny Fuller will adtl
strength to the Sigmas.
Probable starters for the ^^u’s,
captained by Ann Hollowell, will
be Mott Butler, Jean Faulkner, and
Ann Hollowell as forwards, and
Hunt Proctor, Emily Somers, and
.Jennie AVhitehurst at the guard po
sitions. The Sigina’s will iirobably
go with ca])tain Glenn Norman,
Ann iMorton, and Dickie Robinson
as forwards; while Dee Dee De-
Vere, IMarianna IMiller, and Betsy
Brinkley will hold down the guard
positions.
Possible games with Meredith
and l^cace will he ])layed during
February. However, no definite
dates have been set.
Mr. Crump Presents
Assembly Program
Mr. Crump, a freshman voice
student at Shaw University, enter
tained the students in assembly on
.January 17. His instructor, Mr.
Gill Smyth, introduced and accom-
l)anied Mr. Crump.
The selections were as follows:
Invictus, by Jume; Take My Mo
ther Home, by Johnson; When I
Have Sung My Songs, by Charles;
The Glory Road, by AVolf; and
Ride on King Jesus, by Burleigh.
January 27, 1956
Mary Louise Bizzell, May Queen for ’56
Sigma’s, Mu’s Start Basketball Games
Bizzell Chosen
1956 May Queen
IMary Louise Bizzell, chosen by
the student body on Friday, Janu
ary 13^ is St. Mary’s May Queen
for 1956. Among those girls se
lected as contestants by the nomi
nating committee headed by Ann
Morton were: Ruth Watkins,
P lora Mclver, Coles Cathcart,
Betsy Wright, Kathleen Hartsock,
Marianna Miller, Peggy Smith-
deal, and Elizabeth Thompson.
Mary Louise, a senior from
Goldsboro, is in her second year at
St. Mary’s. She ])lans to enter
Carolina next fall. Alary Louise
graduated from Goldsboro High
School where she was a cheerleader
for three years and head cheer
leader her senior year. She was
chosen the queen for her high
school from i)ictures submitted to
.John Robert Powers. Mary Louise
was Goldsboro’s princess at the
Azalea P estival. As a high school
senior she was voted Queen of the
Black and AVhito Ball of the
Kappa Sigma Fraternity at Chapel
Hill.
Queen’s Activities
As a junior at St. Alary’s she
was an active member of the Stage
coach staff. She was a Sigma
cheerleader and is head cheerleader
this year. She was also a Dance
Alarshal and a member of the Alay
Court.
Ibis year Alaiy Jjouise is presi
dent of the Doctors’ Daughters
Club. She is also a Alarshal. In
terested in Journalism she is an
active member of the Belles and
Stagecoach staffs.
NCS Professor
Whichard Speaks
liofessor Ijindsay Whichard,
English department at
IN. G. State, sj)oke in assembly on
.January 19. Due to the fact that
tins IS the week before “Novel
W cek,” he made a talk ■ on the
novels written a hundred years ago
J ns period produced many last-
ing books such as Moby Dick and
Uncle lorn’s Cabin, but Professor
W hichard pointed out that a large
number of novels written at that
time did not survive and their au-
thors are now forgotten. Professor
^Wnchard said that by modern
standards most of these novels were
very imor. They had almost no
plots were
home, riiey played on the emo-
presented
moia instructions. Professor
pointed out that although
these novels were mostly poor
reading material, they weic great
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modern novoll “