good luck,
SENIORS!
QUEENS BLUES
May 18,
1935
Queens-Chicora College, Charlotte, N. C.
GOOD LUCK,
SENIORS!
Volume 14—Number II
M. DElllNO TO
IBLISI TiSIS
Sequel is Now Being Coinpiled
—To Be Published Later.
A Critical Index of the Sonnets
in the Plays of Loupe de Vega,
Dr. Lucille Delano’s thesis for her
Doctor of Philosophy Degree will
be off the press the early part of
June. The paper is being pub
lished by the University of Toron
to Press,
Dr. Delano did most of the work
on this thesis at the University
of Iowa, but she spent a summer
in Spain to do some special re
search work in the National Li
brary at Madrid.
Dr. Delano is now working on
a sequel to this book which is to
be an index of sonnets in the
Spanish Theatre from 1540 to
1681. All the research work for
this publication was done in Lon
don and in Madrid. Dr. Delano is
now completing the cataloguing
and plans to send the book to
press in the middle part of the
summer.
TABLET ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY
OF DR. BLAIR
The out-going council of the
Day Student body has left, as a
parting gift, a beautiful marble
tablet in memory of Dr. Eliza
beth H. Blair. The tablet is placed
on the front porch of the Day
Students Union which is dedicated
to her. On this tablet is the fol
lowing inscription:
1935
This Building
The Day Student Union is
Dedicated to the Memory of
Elizabeth H. Blair
Dean of Education and
Advisor of the Day Student
Council
By the Request of
The Day Students of Queens-
Chicora College.
JUNIOR-SENIOR
banquet given
The Juniors entertained the
Seniors with a formal dinner and
an attractive floor show Friday
night. May 10. The dinner was
served below the sea in Davey
Jones’ Locker. At the door a
skeleton greeted the guests and a
pirate guarded an old chest of jew
els. Everything suggested piracy.
The tables were covered with black
paper on which were white dag
gers, crossbones and skulls, and
anchors. Candles in beer bottles
lighted the tables. The favors were
miniature beer bottles, mugs, and
small bags of gold. Pirates served
the dinner.
The floor show consisted of a
Jan dance, a ballet dance, and
several tap dances by talented pu-
Pils of the Henderson School of
Uancing. Music was furnished by
ttuss Idol and his orchestra.
After the dinner and program
punch was served on the lawn.
Flay Given By
Literary Club
“The City of The Queen” Is
Given to Commemorate An
niversary of The Found
ing of Charlotte.
The Literary Society of Queens
Chicora college presented a play
entitled “The City of the Queen”,
Monday evening, May 13, at 8:30
o’clock in the college auditorium,
under the dorection of Miss
Martha Dulin.
“The City of the Queen” was
an original play written by mem
bers of the Creative Writing
Group of the society. Misses lone
Smith, Loise Thompson, and Betty
Manning, with Mrs. Lyon as ad
viser.
The play was based upon the
court life of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
home of the Princess Charlotte, of
Frederick the Great of Prussia,
and George III of England. From
these characters and the intrique
which existed in their courts, the
prophecy and origin of Charlotte
was drawn.
Princess Charlotte I'Uled the
court life of Mecklenburg-Strelitz,
a small state in northern Germany,
and later became Queen of Eng
land. The scene began in 1960,
during the time of the seven years’
war, when Frederick the Gi’eat of
Prussia was binding every dis
trict under his control for more
soldiers. Against his shameful re
quests, Princess Charlotte de
fended her subjects, and through
this act became favored by the
English ambassador to Prussia
and was suggested by him to be
come the Queen of England and
wife of Geoi'ge III. It was from
this royal marriage that our city
has taken its name — Charlotte,
‘the Queen City.”
The play represented thorough
research into the lives and the
listorical background of its char
acters, and its events were ar
ranged in well-dramatized se-
juence in five short acts.
Members of the cast were as
follows: Clare Hazel as Queen
Charlotte; Elsie Setzer as George
ill; Lucile Dulin as Princess of
vVales; Mary Currie as Earl of
Hardwick; Elizabeth Faison as
Duchess of Ancaster; Barbara
lummit as Duchess of Hamilton;
[one Smith as Frederick the
Great; Martha Gray as Colonel
Graeme; Mary Philips as Count
Algrotti; Carolyn Hodge as Duke
(Continued on Page 3)
1935 HAND BOOK
SENT TO PRESS
Executive council has collected
the material for the 1935-36 Hand
Book and it will be off the press
the first part of June. The Day
Students’ constitution has been
cut, and the Boarding Students’
Constitution has been revised and
made much more explicit and def
inite. The point system for the
athletic association has been re
vised. A distinctive feature for
next year is a separate booklet
of Panhellenic rules for “rush
week” that will be given to the
new girls.
STBITE
‘The Collegiate Digest” Fea
tures Collegiate News
In Pictures.
STAFF SIGNS CONTRACT
The Collegiate Digest, a pictor
ial section published by the Na
tional Collegiate Pi-ess Associa-
,icn, will be distributed by the
lueens Blues next year. The pres-
jnt staff of the paper signed the
contract for the feature last week.
Tis pictorial feature is de^
icribed as “National Collegiate
News in Picture and Paragraph.”
It is composed of pictures of sig-
rlificant events, traditions, and
features of colleges and univer
sities in the United States and
abroad. As a member in the N. C.
P. A. the Queens Blues will be
able to submit pictures of Queens-
Chicora college. The Collegiate Di
gest also carries a comic column,
fashion notes, and crossword puz
zles.
The introduction of this feature
is considered a most progressive
.step by the staff, which has en
deavored all year to improve and
advance the paper, expanding the
newscope beyond this campus.
BUSINESS SCHOOL
EXERCISES FRIDAY
Miss Mary Inglis announces that
the Business Department will
graduate thirty-one students on
Friday, May 24, Exercises will be
held at Chapel that morning.
This is the largest class ever
graduated by the Business School,
which is proving to be a popular
md progressive department.
ilINNISS PRESENTS
GWALTNEY, SENIOR,
IN PIANO RECITAL
Miss Lillian Gwaitney, a mem
ber of the Senior Class, gave her
graduating recital in piano Tues
day evening. May 14, at 8:30 in
:he college auditorium.
Miss Gw-altney is a pupil of Dr.
J. R. Nenniss of the Music De-
uart,ment of the college. In addi
tion to her degree in music, she
will also receive this year an A. B.
degree.
She is a member of Alpha
Lamda Mu, honorary music fra
ternity.
The program of her recital,
which was beautifully rendered
and skillfully interpreted, was as
follows:
(1) “Sonata Pathetique,” Bee-
thooven.
(2) a. Prelude—“Du Profoundis,”
H, Balfour Gardiner.
b. “Dance Andalouse,” McDow
ell,
c. “Second Nocture,” Leichetizky.
d. “Shepherd Sennels’ Dance,”
H. Balfour Gardiner.
(3) “Earl King,” Schubert-Lizt.
Last ‘Coronet’
Out May 20
Copy Will Contain Activities,
May Day, Graduation,
Superlatives.
The fourth and final issue of the
Coronet will appear on May 20th.
It will be much larger than
previous copies and will contain
all final activities, including Sen
ior Superlatives, May Day, the
Junior-Senior Prom, and Gradua
tion. May Lebby Smith, who will
edit next year’s Coronet, has writ
ten another excellent foreword.
Mrs. Townend contributes a fas
cinating Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
short story entitled “A Woman
Wakes in the Morn.” There is also
a page dedicated to the poetic
talent of Sara Series Corpening,
whose “Monomania” won a re
cent Noi'th Caroli:ia Poetry Maga
zine award. These are only a few
of the attractive features con
tained in the Graduation number,
which promises to be the most
interesting of the year.
STAFF OF ‘BLUES’
FOR NEXT YEAR
NOW ANNOUNCED
The staff of the Queens Blues
for the year 1935-36 hsui been an
nounced as follows:
STAFF
Editor-in-Chief. .Thorburn Lillard
Business Manager-—
Martha Petteway
Faculty Advisor—
Agnes Stout, M. A,, Ph.D.
EDITORIAL
News Editor Hazel Ritch
Feature Editors—
Helen Stroupe and Lura Coffey
Exchange Editor. .Mary Lindsay
Society Editor Mary Wilson
Alumnae Editor—
Henrietta Hendei’son
Sports Editor Dorothy Senn
Day Student Editor. .. .Jean Orr
Circulation Manager—
Isabel Anderson
Ass’t. Circulation Manager—
Ellen Kinghorn
Copy Readers—
Adeline Kilgore and
Frances Query
Proof Readers—
Mary Currie and Sara Liles
BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Assistant Business Managers —
Mary Louise Davidson, Jean Kent
Early, Jane Ellen Taylor, Eliza
beth Maynard.
FRESHMAN CLASS
HONORS JUNIORS
On Tuesday evening. May 14,
the Freshman class entertained the
Juniors with a buffet supper at
the S&W Cafeteria. The Junior
colors of red and white were used
in the decorations. The program
was as follows:
Welcome Lucile Dulin
Toast to Juniors .... Lib Calder
Response Betty Wicker
Toast to Sponsors . . Mary Currie
Response Miss Turnipseed
Exercises Will Begin Saturday,
May 25, With Alumnae
Baby Show and Luncheon.
The seniors have completed
plans for commencement exer
cises which begin on Saturday,
May 25, with the Alumnae Baby
Show, followed by the Alumnae
Luncheon. On Sunday, May 26,
at 8 o’clock, the Baccalaureate
Sermon will be delivered by Rev.
William Elliott of Knoxville, Tenn.
The Class Day exercises will be
held at 4 o’clock on Monday, May
27, and the Seniors have chosen
the following as Class Day Of
ficers: Class Prophet, Peggy
Mitchell; Class Historian, Mary
Frances Austelle; Class Poet, Vir
ginia Sampson; Class Lawyer,
Marie Wilkinson; Giftorians,
Dorothy Cothran and Vivian Hil
ton. Following the exercises, there
will be a concert on Monday eve
ning.
On Tuesday, the 28th of May,
the graduation exercises will take
place. The principal speaker will
be Mr. Edwin M. Poteat of Fur
man University, Greenville, S. C.
The diplomas will be delivered by
Mr, McAllister Carson, the Chair
man of the Board of Trustees.
MANY PEOPLE
ENTERTAIN THE
SENIOR CLASS
Mrs. Emma Lyons, sponsor of
the Senior Class, will entertain the
Seniors at a formal banquet on the
night of May 23rd. This will be
the last of the many functions
which ai'e given each year in
honor of the graduating class.
The Kiwanis Club of Charlotte
gave their annual luncheon in
honor of the class on Thursday,
May 16th. Junior-Senior, an elab-
oi-ate dinner and fioor show, was
given in honor of the Seniors on
May 10th in Burweli Hail. The
Faculty entertained the Seniors
with a formal reception on Friday,
May 9. Special entertainment was
furnished by Mrs. Townend, play
ing the cello. Miss Sara Hunsuck-
er, playing the violin, and Miss
Mable Murphy, accompanying at
the piano. Dr. Frazer gave a
barbeque, an annual event, on
May the seventh.
TWO CLASSES
ELECT OFFICERS
The following officers were
elected by the Freshman class for
1935-36:
President Mary Currie
Vice-President Jane Wiley
Secretary . . Miriam Dodd Little
Treas Jo McDonald
The Sophomore class announces
the following officers for the year
1935-36: President, Loise Thomp
son; vice president, Mary Wilson;
secretary, Jean Kent Early; and
treasurer, Elinor Claj'ton.