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Vol. No.
QUEENS CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
OCTOBER 15, 1937
Leadership Fraternity
Holds Tapping Service
Eight Accepted In Impressive
Ceremony; Dean Of Women
Honorary Member
On Wednesday October 6, the
Olympian Circle of Alpha Kappa
Gamma, national leadership fratern
ity, held its fall tapping service. The
following new members were taken
in:
Lynch Crockett of Tazewell, Va.,
president of Psl chapter of Alpha
Delta Theta national sorority, vice-
president of the junior class, treasur
er of the literary society, and mem
ber of Phi Beta Chi, honorary science
society.
Freddie Ward of Bainbridge, Ga.,
who is now serving as president of
the boarding student government or
ganization, representative for two
years on the boarding student coun
cil, and a member of Gamma Gamma
chapter of Alpha Gamma Delta na
tional sorority.
Helen Jordan of Charlotte, who
is editor of the 1937-38 Coronet, the
college annual, was associate editor of
the Queens Blues, bi-monthly paper,
is a leader of the Spectator club, and
vice-president of Gamma Gamma
chapter of Phi Mu national sorority.
Martha Johnson of Charlotte, who
is president of the day student gov
ernment association, secretary of the
flay students last year, and social
chairman of Gamma Gamma chapter
of Phi Mu national sorority.
Jane Wiley of Charlotte, who is
president of Alpha Omicron chapter
of Kappa Delta national sorority,
vice-president of Sigma Mu scholastic
honorary fraternity, stunt night
chairman for three years, representa
tive to the day student council for
three years, and a member of the
dean’s list.
Eleanor Alexander of Knoxville,
Tenn., who is a member of the Stu
dent Christian association cabinet, a
member of the Choral club an ac
tive member of student activities,
and pledge instructor of Theta Gamma
chapter of Chi Omega national soror
ity.
Helen Hatcher of Winchester, Va.,
who is editor-in-chief of the 1938
Queens Blues, member of the board
ing student council of last year, a
member of the dean’s list, and vice-
president and pledge instructor of
Alpha Omicron chapter of Kappa
Delta national sorority.
Mildred Lowrance of Mooresville,
who is business manager of the 1938
Queens Blues, member of the Stu
dent Christian association and the
League of Evangelical students, and
an active member of student affairs.
Mrs. Virginia Miller Agnew, dean
of women, who is greatly interested
in promoting student activities, was
tapped as an honorary member.
The purpose of this fraternity is to
recognize leadership in the student
body either in scholarship, active
leadership, athleties, or social life.
The membership is limited to four
per cent of the student body, and
one must be a Junior or a senior to
be eligible for this fraternity.
Active membersliip of the fratern
ity includes: Nancy Mclver, presi
dent, Mary Currie, Josephine Hack
ney, Lillian Smith, Helen Cumnock,
Louise Crane, and Elizabeth Calder.
The faculty members are: Dr. Dorisse
M. Howe, Miss Alma T. Edwards, and
Miss Frances Smith.
Rat Wk, Held
On Thursday
And Friday
Freshmen Adopt Half-In-Half
Dress; Truck To Classes;
Rat Court Held
Rat week was observed at Queens-
Chicora college Thursday and Fri
day of this week. Miss Georgia Hurt
of Charlotte, chairman of rat week,
and her committee planned the events
of the two days.
Tlie Freshman were an amusing
spectacle during these two days. The
Sophomores required them to wear
everytliing in halves—one white and
one black cotton stocking, one high
and one low heel shoe of different
colors, and cosmetics on only one
side of the face. They wore purple
and red sashes and straw hats with
green bows on them. They also
trucked to classes and whenever
meeting a Sophomore, carrying their
books in suitcases.
Rat court, the most dreaded event
of rat week, was held on Friday
night, at which time disobedient
freshmen were tried before the
Sophomores.
Rat week is held annually at
Queens and is one of the most inter
esting times of the year. The Fresh
men as a majority, take it with an
admirable spirit, and look forward
to their turn as Sophomores.
Artists Make
Festival A
Great Suecess
Festival Sponsored By City
Club; Local Chorus Gives
Fine Performance
Queens Girls
Entertained
Presbyterian Church Of Myers
Park Is Host At Cottage;
Treasure Hunt
Tlie Presbyterian girls of Queens-
Chicora were entertained informally
Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 un
til 6:00 at the Myers Park Presbyteri
an chureh. The guests were wel
comed at the Cottage by Dr. Edgar
G. Gammon, pastor of the church.
Dr. Gammon extended an open invi
tation to all Queens girls to attend
the services of his church. After
])laying out-of-door games, under the
direetion of Miss Margaret Van de
Va liter who is the young people’s
worker at the church. The guests
took part in a treasure hunc which
inded in an appropriate place for an
out-of-door supper.
'I'he following girls attended: Mary
Elizabeth Simpson, Margaret Mack,
Mary Daniel Carr, Mildred Sneeden,
Katherine M. Martin, Jo Jc'hnson,
Elizabeth Koger, Grayce Hackney,
Mary Fouty, Sara Shelton, Margaret
Barron, Peggy Williams, Irene Mc
Call, Maude McClam, Mildred Low-
rance, Jane Hix, Peggy Sloop Nan-
nette Sherard, Carol Davis. Dot Car-
son, Olivia Gillespie, Virginia Coth
ran, Carolyn Reynolds, Carolyn Hart
man, Sybil Trexler, Louise Crane,
Eleanor Alexander, Frances Brock-
ington, Dorothy Longinecker, Alice
I/onginecker, Jane Campbell, Louise
McElroy, Louise Faircloth, Margaret
Montgomerv', and Virginia Blymer.
On Tuesday, October 5, at three
o’clock and at eight o’cloclc,# the
Charlotte Music Festival was pre
sented at the Armory Auditorium.
The afternoon performance artists
w'ere Jeannette Vreeland, soprano,
Charles Hackett, tenor, Kathryn
Meisle, contralto, and Iso Briselll,
violinist. The program included
“Star Vicino” by Salvator Rosa, “O
Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me” by
Handel, and “11 Mio Tesoro” by
Mozart, sung by Charles Hackett.
Jeannette Vreeland sang “Marietta’s
Lied” by Korngold, “Mit Einer Was-
serlilie” by Greig, and “Ho-Jo-To-
Ho” by Wagner. Violin selections by
Iso Briselli were “Romance Andaluse”
by Sarasate, “La Capricciosa” by
Ries, “Burleska” by Joseph Suk.
Kathryn Meisle sang “None But the
Lonely Heart” by Tsebaikowsky.
“Homeland Mine, My Native Land”
by Gretchaninoff, “Mon Coeur
S’ouvre A Ta Voix” by Saint-Saens.
Kathryn Meisle and Charles Hackett
sang a duet, “Ai Nostri Monti” by
Verdi. Then she and Iso Briselli
appeared in a duet, “Ave Maria” by
Shubert. The Finale was a duet by
Jeannette Vreeland and Charles
Hackett, from “La Bcheme” by
Puccini.
The evening performance included
the afternoon artists along with
Elizabeth Rethberg, soprano, John
Charles Thomas, baritone, Jose Iturbi,
pianist, and tbe Festival Chorus. The
program was divided into two parts.
The first part consisted of five parts.
The first was the opening chorus from
“Lohengrin” by Wagner, sung b.y
the festival chorus. Then Elizabeth
Rethberg sang “My Heart Ever
Faithful” by Bach, “Come Again
Sweet Love” by Dowland, “Oh, Had
I Jubal’s Lyre” by Handel. Iso
Briselli played two violin pieces?,
“Nocturne, E Flat Major” by Chopin-
Sarasate, and “Moto Perpetuo” by
Novacek. John Charles Thomas sang
“Invocazione di Orfeo” by Peri, “Air
from Comus” by Dr. Arne, and Pro
logue from “I Pagliacci” by Leon
cavallo. The last part consisted of
piano selections played by Jose Iturbi.
These were “The Harmonious Black
smith” by Handel, “Sonatina” by
Scarlatti, “Scherzo, B. Flat Minor”
by Chopin, “I.’sle Joyeuse” by De
bussy, “Spanish Dance” by Granados,
“Ritual Fire Dance” by De Falla.
The second part consisted of five
sections and the grand finale. The
first was a quartet of Kathryn Meisle,
Charles Hackett, Jeannette Vreeland,
and John Charles Thomas, who sang
from “Rigoletto” by Verdi. Elizabeth
Rethberg sang “Whoin?” by Schu
bert, “Du Bist Wie Elne Blume” by
Schumann, and “Pace, Pace, Mio
Dio” b}’" Verdi. A duet of Cliarles
Hackett and John Charles Thomas
sang “Sweet In This Hour” by Verdi.
John Charles Thomas sang “The
Minstrel Boy” by William Fisher,
“Nocturne” by Pearl Curran, and
“When I q'liink Upon the Maidens”
by Michael Head. Jeannette Vree
land, Charles Hackett, and John
Charles Thomas sang the trio from
“Faust” by Gounod. The grand finale
was the sextet from “Lucia di Lam-
mermoor” by Donizetti, sung by
Kathryn Meisle, Charles Hackett,
Jeannette Vreeland, and John Charles
Thomas with the Festival Chorus.
National Sororities
Pledge Seventy-Seven
Coronet Head
Names Staff
For This Year
Annual To Be Published In
Form Used Last Year;
Heads Honored
Helen Jordan of Charlotte, editor-
in-chief of The Coronet, the Queens-
Chicora college annual, yesterday an
nounced members of tbe staff for the
1937-1938 session.
Georgia Underwood of Charlotte
is business manager of the publica
tion. Members of tbe editorial staff
are Elizabeth Calder, assistant edi
tor; Sue Mauldin, managing editor;
Josephine Hackney, photographic
editor; Elizabeth Martin, senior class
editor; Martha Rayburn, junior class
editor; Betty Gardner, sophomore
class editor; Peggy Williams, fresh
man class editor; Eugenia Lafitte,
sorority editor; Martha Johnston, or
ganization editor; Anita Stewart, art
editor; Frances Gunn, literary edi
tor; Josephine McDonald, athletic
editor; Julia Thomas, snapshot edi
tor; Ruth Morrison, assistant snap
shot editor, and Barbara Shatzer,
typist.
Ruth Knee of Charlotte is assist
ant business manager. Members of
the business staff include Nancy
Hovis, Camille Hunter, Zoe Strawn,
Nell Sadler, Josephine Hackney,
Lucy Williams, Adele Southerland,
Sara Keiger, and Virginia Taylor.
Helen Jordan was recently taken
into Alpha Kappa Gamma, national
leadership fraternity. She has served
as assistant editor of The Queens
Blues, and as a leader in the literary
society.
Georgia Underwood served last
year on The Queens Blues staff and
is secretary of the North Carolina
Collegiate Press Association.
Pledge Groups
Elect Officers
Large Pledge Groups Have
Organized Within
Last Week
'I'he new pledge groups have, dur
ing the past week met and organized
for the coming year,
'The sororities announce the fol
lowing pledge officers: Alpha Deltf
'I'lieta — president, Elleanore Eddy,
vice-president, Margaret Bowen;
secretary, Martha Baldwin; treasur
er, Laura Fleming. Alpha Gamma
Delta — president, Kay Duncan;
vice-president, Cree Roberts; secre
tary, Virginia Garrison; treasurer,
Cornelia 'Truesdale; chaplain,
Edith Brooks. Alpha Delta Pi—
])resident, Jesse Goode; vice-presi
dent, Lib Green; secretary, Margaret
Lloyd; treasurer, Marjorie Russell.
Phi Mu—president, Helen Jenkins;
vice-president, Mary Alice Petteway;
secretary, Mildred 'riiomas; treasur
er, Amelia Bradham. Kappa Delta
—])resident. Ermine Waddill; vice-
president, Beverly Hemby; secretary,
Mary McDevltt, treasurer, Nancy
'Thompson. 'The pledge officers of Chi
Omega have not yet been elected.
Record Number of Rushees
Accepted On October 4
At Chapter Houses
A very successful two weeks of
rusbing was climaxed on Monday,
the fourth of October, by the pledg
ing of seventy-seven girls to the na
tional sororities on the Queens
campus.
The following girls were pledged:
Alpha Delta Pi—
Doroth}^ Failor, Melrose Bell, Jean
Miller, Edith 'I'insley, Margaret
Lloyd, IJb Green, I.enora Russell,
Marjorie Russell, Gwendolyn Mathe-
son, Jesse Goode.
Alpha Delta 'Theta—
Martha Baldwin, Elizabeth Bram-
mer, Ellinore Eddy, Laura Fleming,
Mary Gunn, Hilda Harmon, Ellen
Hardee, Nancy Lee Moore, Harriet
Tuttle, Margaret Bowen.
Alpha Gamma Delta—
Mary Mason, Alberta Setzer, Sara
Raney, Cornelia 'Truesdale, Kay Dun
can, Virginia Garrison, Cree Rob
erts, Caroline Martin.
Che Omega—
Sally McCall Crosland, June Escott,
Grace Hackney, Judith Killian,
Maujer Moseley, Hulda McNinch,
Beatrice McQueen, Natalie Nivens,
Mary Payne, Marie Roseman, Caro
lyn Sibley, Peggy Williams, Willeen
James, Jean Ferguson, Anne Purnell.
Kappa Delta—
Alice Barron, Margaret Boykin,
Olive Croswell, Barbara Davis, Emily
Dunlap, Jean Douglas, Betty Guy,
Harrison, Beverly Hemby,
Dot Hoppe, Marion McManus, Evelyn
McCracken, Mary McDevitt, Frances
Riddle, Lillian Sample, Elizabeth
'Taylor, Nancy Thompson, Marjorie
Venning, Ermine Waddill, Lucy
Williams.
Phi Mu—
Emily Chamberlain, Carolyn Ed
wards, Julia Edwards, Kathryn Hal
ford, Billie Frazer, Nancy Archibald,
Mary Gilmore Richmond, Mildred
Thomas, Mary Alice Petteway,
Amelia Bradham, Caroline Miller,
Elizabeth . Imbody, Jane Rankin,
Ruth Morrison, Helen Jenkins, Caro
lyn Wolfe.
A.A.V.W.Ha»
First Banquet
Dr. Frazer Hood Speaks; Miss
Grace Robinson
Sings
'The Cliarlotte branch of the Amer
ican Association of University Wom
en had its opening banquet at the
Hotel Charlotte, 'Tuesday night at
6:30 o’clock.
Dr. Frazer Hood, professor of Psy
chology at Davidson college, gave a
lecture on “Personality on Religion.”
1 his was tlie first of a series of lec
tures on studies of comparative re
ligions whicli are to be given this
year at the meetings.
^ ear books were given to all mem
bers present.
Miss Grace Robinson, who is a
member of the faculty at Queens-
Chicora college, accompanied by Mrs.
Charles A. Mosely sang at the ban
quet.
Mrs. Edwin L. Jones was in charge
of the flowers and Mrs. W. J. Mc
Kay, chairman of the banquet com
mittee was assisted by Mrs. Charles
Scholl and Miss Ernestine Thies.