Signal News, 1955 January 26

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Wednesday. January 26. 1955 St. Mary's City, Maryland Vol. 7—No. 4
w Romeo and Juliet,"
"The Miser" Seen
By Fieldtrip Group
Tuesday, January 18, found the
members of the world lit. class
and the dramatics class preparing
to go on a field trip to Washing­ton.
Accompanying them were
Mrs. Ferguson and Mr. Whitman.
Their trip included an afternoon
date with “Romeo & Juliet” and
an evening performance with
“The Miser.” The stars of “Romeo
and Juliet,” a British movie film­ed
in Italy, were Laurence Har­vey
as Romeo and Susan Shentall
as Juliet. It depicts the plight of
a pair of lovers-at-first-sight in
medieval Verona, destined to die
because their families bore each
other ancient grudges. Through
the tragic death of the lovers, the
families were reconciled. “The
Miser” is a play written by
Moliere depicting the nonsense to
which avarice reduces a whole
family. The humorous effect of his
play is obtained through the por­trayal
of character rather than
through ludicrous situations; Har-pagon,
the chief figure of his mas­terpiece,
“The Miser,” is one of
the most striking creations in the
world’s dramatic literature.
These productions were very en­joyable,
relaxing and educational.
“Romeo and Juliet will help the
world lit. class understand it
better when they read it during
second semester. The dramatics
class had just finished reading
“The Miser,” so the movie sup­plemented
their knowledge and
gave them a better understanding
of it.
Four Girls Attend
Alumnae Meeting
On Wednesday, January 19, four
giris, Margaret Slingluff, Shirley
Shugart, Pat Donaho, and Janice
aylor, accompanied by Miss Rus­sell,
represented St. Mary’s at the
meeting of the Washington Alum­nae
Chapter held at 8:00 p.m. The
hostess was Mrs. J. J. Murphy,
1851 Columbia Road, N. W. Wash­ington,
D. C.
The purpose of the meeting was
two-fold. First, the girls were to
present news to the Chapter, thus
bringing its members up to date
on events at the college. Secondly,
it gave the girls an opportunity
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Anne Radford Chosen To Represent
S.M.S. At Apple Blossom Festival
Apple blossoms ana beautiful
princesses, doesn’t that sound like
a romantic combination?
Each year Winchester, Virginia,
holds an apple blossom festival to
promote famous Shenandoah Val­ley
apple orchards. Colleges and
prep schools over a wide area are
invited to send princesses. Then
they choose a queen who is usual­ly
the daughter of some prominent
figure in the nation to reign over
all the princesses.
The princesses are chosen for
poise, social grace, attractive
personalities, and their ability to
represent the ideals and principles
of their schools.
Princesses from St. Mary’s are
chosen by the faculty and admin­istration,
usually from the sopho­more
or senior class. Last year’s
princess was Mary Lynn Gray, and
this year the faculty has chosen
Anne Radford as a perfect exam­ple
of a princess. Anne will go to
Winchester for three glorious days
of fun, royalty and apple blossoms.
She’ll stay at the George Wash­ington
Hotel and be entertained at
prominent Winchester homes. The
high point win be tne coronation
of the queen and the parade and
Ball.
So have a good time Anne and
don’t forget to bring us back some
apple-blossoms.
Mexico, Germany, And France Included
In Faculty And Administration Travels
“ See one promontory, one moun­tain,
one sea, one river, and see
all.”—Socrates.
We were looking for a story and
we found it among our faculty—
a group of experienced globetrot­ters.
Both Mr. Wood and Mr. Yar­borough
had their first glimpse of
the other side of the Atlantic be­cause
of the Armed Forces. As we
shall see, overseas duty had a de­cided
effect on their lives.
When Mr. Wood entered World
War II he was sent from his home
town, Glasgow, Kentucky, straight
to Glasgow, Scotland. Soon he left
to go to an airfield near Oxford,
England, because of his knowledge
of radio and radar. His closest
call, but without serious results,
was being in a London theater
during a buzz bomb raid. After
D-Day Mr. Wood flew to France
and had his first taste of la vie
francaise. We have definite proof
that his impression was deep and
lasting in spite of other trips and
assignments in Germany, Holland,
and Belgium.
Although Mr. Yarborough spent
a year as an Army captain in Ko­rea,
his German experiences will
probably be most memorable. Be­fore
victory in Europe he was with
an artillery division, but after­wards
and because of his ability
in the field of law, he was assign­ed
to the lesser war crimes trials,
which, incidentally, in the line of
duty, called for living at Dachau,
the notorious prison camp. When
his two and a half years of occu­pation
in Munich and Heidelburg
were completed, Mr. Yarborough
married his wife, Brigitte, the
daughter of a German general.
They had met near Cologne, and
he was able to marry her only
after a formal courtship.
Without a doubt Mrs. Posch has
the closest ties with Europe. Her
mother is Spanish, and naturally
she has many relatives there. Her
first visit to the old country was
at the age of five and just before
the treacherous civil war that
turned Spain to fascism. One of
her latest trips, in 1951, was a
Mexican tour which she conduct­ed
for fifteen Freshmen and Soph­omores
from Stanford University.
They had spent a delightful sum­mer
session at Zacatecas and were
continuing their trip towards
Mexico City when one of the boys
was suddenly stricken with polio.
Unfortunately this brought a pre­mature
end to the journey.
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English Instructor
Gets Mrs. Degree at
Wedding Ceremony
Miss Louise Truxal, instructor
of English at St. Mary’s became
the bride of Carroll Ferguson,
Abbeville, South Carolina, on Sa­turday,
December 18, at 10:30
A.M. in Trinity Episcopal Church,
St. Mary’s City.
The ceremony was performed by
the Reverend James Green, in
a setting of white snapdragons.
Mrs. Leper, organist, played the
traditional wedding march. The
bride wore a white, embroidered
faille dress with matching acces­sories
and carried white rosebuds.
Miss Loretta Stallings, a former
Seminary faculty member, served
as maid of honor. She was attired
in a beige dress and carried pink
rosebuds. Mrs. Natalie Love,
Ottawa, Canada, sister of the
bride, was matron of honor, wear­ing
a slate blue dress and carry­ing
pink rosebuds. Darwyn Moore,
Lexington Park, served as best
man. After the wedding a recep­tion
was held in Margaret Brent
Hall. The couple then left for a
wedding trip to Washington and
to South Carolina. Mrs. Ferguson
holds her A. B. degree from Beth­any
College, West Virginia, M. A.,
University of Wisconsin, and has
done graduate study at the Uni­versity
of New Hampshire. Mr.
Ferguson has his A. B. from Ers-kine
College, South Carolina, and
held a graduate assistantship in
mathematics at U.S.C. He is ma­thematician
at Armament Test,
P.N.A.T.C. The newlyweds are re­siding
in Center Gardens. We ex­tend
them our best wishes for the
future.
Home Economics
Club Sponsors Tea
There was no sleeping late on
Saturday morning for the girls of
the Home Ec. Club for they had
to bake cookies and prepare for
the Annual Silver Tea. Sunday,
January 9, at 3.30 the Sem-Fems
got their silver and were off for
a cup of tea, coffee, cookies and
candy. The hostesses for the oc­casion
were Miss Barnes, sponsor,
and Judy Lockard, club president.
The tea was well attended and
proved to be a bigger success than
last year’s.