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BLUES
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Vol. 19, No. ^ /&
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
March 20, 1940
Post Wants
Confucianisms
Miss Morton
Ends Service
The students of Queens college anc
other colleges throughout the country
have a chance to win IfiT cash prizes
totaling $760 that the Saturday Even
ing Post is offering in what ])romises
to be one of the most timely and
challenging brain teasers of recent
years.
The simple rules of the contest are
announced in an interesting and help
ful eight-page pamphlet which will
be mailed in any desired quantity to
instructors who write to Prof. Charles
E. Bellatty, head of the department
of Advertising, Boston University,
who is acting as chairman of the con
test Committee.
All students are asked to submit
proverbs—phrases in their best pid
gin English—which may be applied
to some fact about tbe Saturday Ev
ening Post’s leadersbip in tbe weekly
magazine field.
The Post’s pamj)hlct says: ou
don’t have to. know Chinese. ^ ou
don’t even have to be a wbiz at Orien
tal Philosophy B-102. .MI you need
is a little imagination and a good
sharp pencil.”
Apparently inspired by tbe success
of their recent “Chinese'’ camj)aign
in metropolitan newsjiapers, the Post
lecided on the contest as a means of
getting fresh material for use in fu
ture advertisements. The brightest
sayings received in tbe contest will
be so used.
Students are encouraged to send
in as many proverbs as they can
think of. There will be a first prize
of $100. The other ])rizes are as
follows: two secoml jirizes, $50 each;
four third prizes. $25 each; ten fourth
prizes, $10 each; fifty fifth prizes
$5 each; and one hundred sixth prizes,
$1 each.
In addition to the cash prizes, there
will be 500 Honorable Mention
Awards to consist of hamisome “Cam
pus Confucius” diplomas, with the
student’s name filled in. 1 hese di
plomas will be awarded to all win
ners of cash prizes.
Besides Professor Bellatty the Con
test Committee includes: Alex F. Os
born, executive vice-president of Bat
ten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn,
Inc.; George B. Hotchkiss, professoi «
of Marketing at Xew \ ork Uni^er-
sity; Arthur J. Brewster, bead (»t the
Department of Advertising and Sell
ing at Syracuse University; and A. J.
Gallager, Manager of Publicity, The
Curtis Publishing Company.
Bequests for pam|>blets and entires
should not be mailed to Tbe Saturday
Evening Post, but to tbe Contest (-om-
mitteo, in care of Professor Bellatty,
()S5 Commonwealth Avenue. Boston,
-Mass. The contest closes at midnight,
April 5. Winners will receive checks
})romptly.
Miss Nelle Morton, social director
of young peo{)le's work in tbe Sou
thern Assembly of tbe Presbyterian
church, led the sjiring services spon
sored at the college by the Student
Christian Association March 11-17.
Miss Morton sj)oke to the students
and faculty members during tbe
regular cba))el services each day dur
ing the week. A sjiecial cba]>el
service was given Saturday morning
Each afternoon Miss Morton led in
formal discussions groups at t:-‘10
o’clock in the Y Hut.
Monday evening S. C. A. cabinet
iiid Dr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Blakely
entertained in her honor at the Blake-
Iv home. The president and heals of
all the organizations on the campus
were invited to tbe after-dinner
coffee. Members of the cabinet serv
ed.
Lecturer To
Speak Here
Student Elections
of
p'riday evening, an evening service
was held in the college auditorium.
Queens students, Davidson students,
alumnae, and friends of the college
were among the audience. A recej)-
Burwell Hall followed the
ion in
services.
Sunday afternoon at .a::!!) o'clock, a
consecration service concluded the
sjiring services. The communion ser
vices were led by Dr. Blakely ami
Dr. John Redhead. Elders from the
board of trustees assisted. They were
as follows: McAlister Carson, First
Presbyterian; E. E. Jones, Myers
Park Presbyterian; Hunter Marshall,
Myers Park Presbyterian; H. J.
penser. Second Presbyterian; Peter
Gilchrist, We.stminister Presbyterian.
W. E. Price of Caldwell Memorial
Presbyterian church also assisted.
April Fool’s
Issue Soon
The Queens Blues staff which has
issued the paper since Ajiril of last
year, will put out its final edition
of the paper on Ajirit Fools Daj,
April 1, Monday.
The April Fool paper is issued on-
nually and is usually the most p>
pillar jiaper jmt out. All students
and faculty members should remem
ber the date on which it will be is
sued and believe articles written ac
cordingly. It is boiled that this issue
will be as successful as tbe ones in
the past.
Former Dean
Entertains
Mrs. Virginia Miller Agnew of
Hock Hill, S. C., had as her guests
last week Miss Mary Wharton, instruc
tor of piano at Queens college; Ralph
Dobbs, a leading pianist of this coun
try from Chicago who spent several
days as guest of Miss Wharton and her
G. S. Jones of
piano classes; Mrs.
Charlotte, and Miss Eleanor Guyton, career she travelled extensively m
senior music student of Miss Whar
ton.
The out of town guests met Mrs.
Agnew at the Winthrop Con.servatory
of Music where they Joined tbe mem
bers of the piano department of
Winthrop College in tbe studio of Dr.
Walter B. Roberts, bead of the Music
Department. Tbe guests were pri
vileged to hear Mr. Dobbs play. Fol
.owing this pleasure all guests
adjourned to the home of Mrs. Agnew
wliere a social hour was enjoyed.
’I'lie members of the i>iano dejiart-
ited to meet tbe Charlotte
Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
ment inv
guests were:
Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Watson,
Miss Jeannette Both,
Stephenson, Miss Ermine Wilfong,
Miss Jessie Buchanan, Miss Florence
Smvtb, Mr. Darrell Peter, and also
Mrs. Kate Hardin, dean of women,
and Dr. M. (C Frazer, dean of tbe
college.
Mrs. Agnew was assisted in enter
taining bv her mother, Mrs. W. W.
xMiller, and her daughter, Miss Louise
Agnew.
The staff head printed in last
week’s paper was a misprint.
The issue was edited In' the
regular stall.
Vera Brittain
Comes April 1
Vera Brittain, distinguished Britis
novelist and lecturer, will spea
here on Ajiril 1 under auspices
Queens college and the Woman's In
ternational I.eague for Peace.
Miss Brittain, whose new book
“Testament to Friendship.” w a
scheduled to be published in this Coipi
try by Tbe MacMillian Company in
January, will discuss “The World In
Transition.”
Her new book concerns her life
long friendship with Winifred Holtby
author of “South Riding’' and other
novels, who died in 1985.
Miss Brittain is best known in this
country for her “Testament of
Youth”, a book which told in mov
ing terms of the bitterness and frus
tration of the post-war generation in
England. She lost a brother and her
fiance in France.
Her other books include “Honorable
Estate”, “Verses of a V. A. D.’*, “The
Dark Tide”, “Not Without Honor”
“Halcyon, Or the Future of Mono
gamy’' and “The Failure of Mono
gamy.”
Miss Brittain was born in New
castle, Staffordshire, and was edu
cated at St. Monica’s in Surrey, anc
Somerville College, Oxford. During
the War she served as a volunteer
nurse. After the Armistice she re
turned to Oxford and was graduatec
from there in 1920 with a M. A.
degree.
In 1922 Vera Brittain settled
in I.ondon and became a free-lance
journalist and lecturer. She contri
buted to numerous magazines and
newsiiajiers including “Tbe Man-
cbester Guardian.” “Week-end Re-
Are Held Here
Q.-C. Students
Go To Meet
Final Elections
Are Held Today
view,” “Time and Tide." “The Satur
day Review” and “Tlie London Daily
Express.”
Miss Brittain was also attached
for a time to the headijuarters staff
of the I.eague of Nations Union in
Geneva. She covered many League,
of Nation sessions and other inter
national events for the English press.
In the course of her Journalistic
The publications officials of the col
lege have been invited to attend the
19tb annual Congress of tbe Southern
Federation of College Students ant
Publication Rejiresentatives in New
Orleans, April 11-12-18. Headipiarters
for tbe Congre.ss will be the beautifu
Jung Hotel. Tulane University anc
Newcomb College will be busts.
Publications groups will hold specia
sessions where mutual problems wil
be discussed. Much beneficial infor
mation and thought-provoking ma
terial will be presented. Discussions
on student government will be an-
otber major part of tbe Congress.
Of course, beside tins serious side
of the program, numerous entertain
ing social functions have been
ranged.
A'fee of $l(j.00 will cover all
penses of tbe Congress, including ho
tel (two nights), meals (except break
fasts), moonlight boatride and dance
on tbe Mississipjii River, banquet, lea
dance, luncheon at a famous French
restaurant, etc.
There will be several addresses by
out.standing Journalists.
Tbe response thus far has been ex
cellent.
Planning to attend from (Queens
College are: .luditb Killian, Ermine
Wacldill, Lib Imbody, Gene Hosmer,
Virginia Smitb, Georgie Hurt, Anne
Fuller, Lib Brammer, and newly
•lec'ted heads of Tiik Bi.uks.
ar-
ex-
Q.-C. Faculty
Greet Alums
the Saar Valley and the Rhineland
In private life she is .Mrs. George
E. G. Catlin, wife of a British uni
versity professor, and the mother of
two children, John h^dward Jocelyn
and Shirley Vivien. They live in
one of the historic eighteenth century
houses in Cheyne Walk on tbe Chel
sea Embankment in London -
residential area made famous by such
illustrious residents as George Eliot,
tbe novelist, .lames Whistler, the
artist, and David Llloyd George,
Britian’s World War prime minister.
Four Seniors
Entertain
Four of the Queens college seniors
who have been practice teaching in the
city schools entertained their critic
teachers .Monday evening at ():80
o’clock.
Dinner was served and an informal
discussion followed.
The students and their critic teachers
are: Dot Branan of Thompson, Ga.
and Miss .laiiie Kilgo of Piedmont;
Libba Harms of Charlotte and of
Alexander Graham; Dot Muse of
Mountain City, Tenn., and Miss Fannie
Little of .Alexander Graham; and
Frances Stough of Cornelius and
Mvers Park.
Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Byrd and .Miss
Clara Itarnett Slaton, dean of women,
attended the meeting of tbe South
Carolina (Queens - Chicora College
Alumnae .V.ssociation in (Jreenville, .S.
C. Thursday, March I t.
The meeting was held in the bampiet
lall of the Greenville Hotel in tbe
form of a luncheon. In spite of the
rainy weather, a large delegation at
tended repre.senting classes from 1898
1989. Representing tbe class of 1898
was Miss Carrie Mclver of Darling
ton, S. C., the oldest living graduate.
Miss Nanette Sherard of Abbeville
was tbe 1989 rejiresentative.
Dr. Byrd talked on the subject of
The High Privilege of Being a
readier." Miss Slaton gave greidings
from the college.
Mrs. Anna Rice Sloan of Clemson
College, S. C., was elected the new
iresident of the organization. .Miss
Kathleen Brock of Honea Path, S. C.,
was elected secretary-treasurer. Re
tiring officers are Miss Mary .Morris
of Pickens, S. C., president, and Miss
Frances Holliman of Seneca, S. C.,
secretary-treasurer.
Both Dr. and Mrs. Byrd were
leartily welcomed by the large dele
gation of their former students.
A lovely luncheon was served in tbe
banquet hall in a true Southern style.
Spring decorations heljied to brighten
up the dismal day.
Elizabeth Brammer of Christians-
burg, Va., was yesterday elected pres
ident of the student government as
sociation for next year. She defeated
Ermine Waddill of Charlotte for the
office.
The two candidates were presented
in the student government chapel
yesterday morning. Each one said a
few words and was then dismissed.
The campaign managers then talked in
Lheir behalf. Sarah Thomps-on of
Highlands was campaign manager for
Elizabeth, and Keller Young of Whit
mire, S. C., campaigned for Ermine.
Today tbe jiresidents of the board-
ng student council, day student coun
cil, Student Christian Association, and
Athletic Association will be elected.
The editor and business manager of
Thr Coronet will also be elected.
Candidates for these offices arc
president of boarding students, Vir
ginia Cotbrane and Ellen Hardee;
president of day students, Caroline
Edwards and Mary Payne; jiresideiit
of Student Christian Association,
Dorothy Longenecker and Alice Bar
ron; and president of Athletic As
sociation, Mildred Taylor and .lennle
Linn Wright. Judith Killian and
Ermine Waddill are candidates for
editor of the annual, Fllizabeth Im
body and Geneive Hosmer are run
ning for business manager. Ermine
:ind Elizabeth were nominated by
Iota Xi and the other two were nomi
nated by the Junior class.
Girls eligible for election were:
Virginia Cothran of Timmonsville, S.
C., Rachel West of Mooresville, Eliza
beth Brammer of Cbristiansburg, \'a.,
Ellen Hardee of Graham, Dorothy
Longenecker of Belgium (kmgo,
Africa, Elizabeth Taylor of .Mount
Holly, Alice Barron, Columbia, S. C.,
Frances Riddle of Columbia, S. C.,
lennie Linn Wright of Landis, .lean
Ferguson ol Chicago, h'rances Brock-
!ngton of Elberton, Ga., Dorothy Ray
mond of Lakeland, Fla., Helen Rhyne
of Stanley, Frances Trulock of Climax,
Ga., Mildred Maylor of Stanley, Jean
Douglass of Chesterfield. S. C.; and
Ermine Waddill, Maujer Moseley,
Mary Payne, Mildred 'rbomas, Caro-
ine Edwards, and .luditb Killian, all
of Charlotte.
Results of The Elections Have
Just Been Announced
As Follows:
Boarding Student President, Vir
ginia Cothran.
Day Student President, Caroline
dwards.
S.C.A. President, Dorothy Long
enecker.
Athletic Association President,
Mildred 'Paylor.
Editor of The Coronet, Ermine
Waddill.
Business .Manager of The Coronet,
Elizabeth Imbody.
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