St Marys College - Dove Castellan Yearbook (St Marys City, MD)

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1048 1 )e Castellan Commencement Lventd at St. yliary J J04f i Commencement at J )t. ff aru s rrela Aune 7 The 104th annual Commencement was held in the Music Auditorium Monday morning, June 7, at 10 A.M. Graduates in their black or grey marched in to the music of Elgar ' s well-known Pomp and Circumstance played by Sally Turner. The address was given by George L. Radcliff, former Maryland United States Senator. Fol- lowing the presentation of diplomas by Mr. R. Ames Hendrickson. President of the Board of Trustees, to twenty-one Seniors and sixteen Sophomores, prizes and honors were conferred by the President, Miss M. Adele France with Miss Louise Rotha, Acting President, as- sisting. The following received diplomas: SENIORS — Marie Andrews, College Park, Maryland : Patricia Anthony, Chestertown, Maryland; Betty Baldwin, Elks Mill, Maryland; Dorothy Baroniak, St. Mary ' s City, Mary- land; Joann Boner, Catonsville, Maryland; Gloria Ca- wood, St. Mary ' s City, Maryland; Betty Critzer, Balti- more, Maryland: Elizabeth Davis, Cecilton, Maryland; Joy Dench, Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey; Margaret Fowler, Dundalk, Maryland ; Vivian Gabler, Baltimore, Mary- land; William Francis King, Lconardtown, Maryland; Elaine Leach, Baltimore, Maryland: Minnetta Lowery, Towson, Maryland; Josephine Nicodemus, Walkerville, Maryland; Jane Pitchford. Westminster, Maryland: Barbara Ann Ross, Baltimore, Maryland; Mary Jane Shepard, Baltimore, Maryland: Anne Smith, Wal- dorf. Maryland; Doris Thompson. Maddox, Maryland. SOPHOMORES — Shirley Bowen, Arlington, Virginia; Jarvis Claypoole, Baltimore, Maryland; Jeannine Collin- son, Deale, Maryland ; Patricia Coogan, Pt. Lookout, Maryland; Elizabeth Dawson, Washington, D. C; Betsy Hartshorn. Kensington, Maryland; Laura Jo Muessen, Garden City, New York; Betty Joanne Munson. Hagers- town, Maryland; Dolores Parks, Lexington Park, Mary- land: Lucy Anne Parlett, Ellicott City, Maryland; Jeral- dine Rickert, Ferndale, Maryland: Freya Sattelmaier, Stevensville, Maryland; Marlyn Sirkis, Great Mills. Maryland; Bertha Stone, Accokeek, Maryland; Elaine Symons, Cumberland, Maryland. Selections were presented by the Glee Club and solo- ists. The Recessional was played by Betty Anne Smith. 23

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fje Castellan 1948 ! wgqi gwswsq im t ta«i i i i Commencement LventA at St. yMary A k PLj 2)a,j -At St. Wa, V Play Day! What ' s That? was the question heard on the campus the morning of June 3. By mid-afternoon the query no longer existed, for everyone knew about Play Day and had enjoyed it. This traditional day at St. Mary ' s is sponsored solely by the Athletic Association and is acclaimed to be one of the best events of the year. The afternoon which starts with a picnic lunch is served from the porch of the Home Ec. Cottage. After lunch the student body divides into four teams and competes for the highest score in archery, jumping, racing, boat racing, and the running of relays. It is always a close tie with the teams cheering their contestants on. That evening in the Seminary dining-room, the prize to the best team will be presented at the Athletic Ban- quet. This is one of the saddest times at St. Mary ' s be- cause it is then that the realization comes and you know you will soon be gone. At the A. A. Banquet the new President. Emily Manlove, will be administered her oath of office, the new Board Members sworn in and pre- sentation of awards made. An old tradition at St. Mary ' s, the wearing of a white dress, will be carried out again this year at the Banquet. For many nights you will be unable to sleep remembering the student body with linked arms singing Auld Lang Sync. sfunc i ecital The Graduation recital was presented in the Music Hall on the evening of June 4 by the students of voice, piano, and speech arts directed by Miss Olive Barnes and Miss Mildred Danforth. Particularly stirring was the piano duet of Rachmani- noff ' s Second Piano Concerto, presented by Sally Turner and Mary B. Wessclls. Deserving added praise were voice students, Mary T. Naylor, Joanne Rose, and Jean Dixon. Bertha Stone and Betty Anne Smith presented an excellent performance of the Piano Concerto in A Minor by Grieg; and our twins, Rachel and Beth Early, gave the Minuet in G and Moonlight Sonata — by Bee- thoven, respectively. There was an excellent variation of music — the se- lections ranging from Beethoven to Debussy. The program included: Turkish March, bv Mozart — Marie Andrews; The Dancing Doll, by Poldini — Patricia Anthony; The Song of India, by Rimskv-Korsakoff — lean Burks; London- derry Air, an Irish Folk Song — Virginia Burnsidc; Eve- ning Star, bv Wagner — Jeannine Collinson; Serenade, by Schubert — Joy Dench: My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice, by Saint-Saens — Jean Dixon ; Clair de Lune, by Debussy — Patricia Hayward; Flower Song, by Lange — Gertrude Horsmon; Scarf Dance, by Chaminade — Carolyn Jack- son: Skater ' s Waltz, by Waldterefel — Peggy Knott; The Nightingale and the Cuckoo, by Thompson — Patricia Mahone; Liebestraum, by Liszt — Norma Lee Mason; Minuet from Don Juan, by Mozart — Emily Jean Mor- ris; Love Thee, by Grieg — Mary T. Naylor; Love ' s a Merchant, by Carew — Mary T. Naylor; Viennese Mel- ody — Eleanor Palmer; Tales of a Vienna Wood, by Straus — Lucy Anne Parlett; Starlight Waltz, by Brain- ard — Beth Proutt; The Swan, by Saint-Saens — Joanne Rose; Lullaby, by Godard — Joanne Rose; Ballade, by Burgmillcr — Marlyn Sirkis; Simple Aveu, by Thomi — Elaine Symons; Distant Bells, by Streabbog — Amie Southall; Cradle Song, by Brahms — Alice Thompson; Prelude in C Minor, by Rachmaninoff — June Weiner. Jhe traditional K laii d Jc V Class Day, June 5, was a Saturday that the Juniors alone did not like to face. At six in the morning, they dragged themselves out of bed to wander to the fields to pick daisies. These the Freshmen later arranged into a ' 48 in front of the pool in the Garden of Remem- brance. The graduating classes, each of them having its own activity a few hours apart, sang The Belles of St. Mary ' s with the lower classmen each had chosen to cap. While standing in a semi-circle around the pool, the Class History, Will, and Prophecy were read. Then each graduate placed her cap on the head of the lower classman whom she had chosen. The Sophomores, following the class tradition, planted a rose bush in the Garden of Remembrance and the Seniors a sprig of English ivy. In this manner another class day was recorded in the history of St. Mary ' s. ( baccalaureate — ft 4:00 S iindau, J IS.ic calaureate Sunday, the semi-climax before gradua- tion, took place at 4:00 o ' clock, June 5, 1948. The service began with the procession of the graduates sing- ing the traditional anthem, St. Mary ' s Daughters. The Invocation and Lord ' s Prayer were given and guests and graduates were seated for a Glee Club selection. The guest speaker, a Methodist minister, was then intro- duced and delivered the baccalaureate sermon. When the address drew to a close, the Glee Club again sang a very appropriate selection. As the graduates left the Music Hall, a feeling of pride took precedence — for, another class from St. Mary ' s Female Seminary-Junior College was soon to be graduated. 22

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