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Queens Observes Founders
Day With Special Service
Dr. Henry Sweets,
Chureh Exeeutive
To Make Address
The annual Founders Day service
Was observed by faculty and students
of Queens College at an impressive
service held in the college auditorium,
Saturday morning, January 17, at
11:30 o’clock. Friends and alumnae
of the college were invited to join
in this service. The program was
in charge of Miss Pauline Owen, of
Charlotte, who is acting president of
the Alumnae Association of Queens,
in the absence of the president, Mrs.
Robert Howerton.
The guest speaker was Dr. Henry
Hayes Sweets, of Louisville, Ken
tucky. Dr. Sweets is today the Execu
tive Secretary of Christian Education
of the Presbyterian Church of
the United States of America
and is well-known at many col
leges. Dr. Sweets received his A.B.
degree at Centre College, Kentucky,
and his D.D. degree from the Louis
ville Presbyterian Theological Semin
ary. He has received honorary de
grees from Centre College, Presbyte
rian College of South Carolina, David
son College, and Erskine College. He
was ordained into the Presbyterian
ministry in 1897, when he organized
and became pastor of the James I^e
Memorial Church of Louisville. He
was manager of the Westminster
. Service Bureau, and Moderator of the
General Assembly of the Presbyte
rian Church. He was sent to the
Orient in 1926-26 to study educational
work in China, Japan, and Korea. He
is a Mason Member of the N.E. •,
Southern Association of Colleges an
Secondary Schools, and a member o
Delta Kappa EpsUon. He is the
author of “Planning The Good Life,
“The Church and Education,” and he
has also written articles on the min
istry, ministerial relief, Christian e u
cation, and the philosophy of life- e
was introduced by Dr. Hunter Bla e
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QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
January 20, 1942
Doris Raley To Reign
As Queen Of The May
Students Hold
Yearly Election
During Chapel
UR. SWEETS
ly, president of Queens.
The music department and Alpha
Kappa Gamma, national honorary
leadership fraternity, assisted in the
service. Mr. Frank Numbers, of the
music faculty, sang two selections,
“Dedication” by Robert Franz, and
“I Heard a Forest Praying” by Peter
DeRose. Mr. Gordon Sweet, also of
the music faculty, accompanied him
at the piano.
Dr. William Alexander, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Charlotte, gave the invocation, and
Dr. Samuel C. Byrd, long a faculty
member and friend of the college, pro
nounced the benediction.
Student Board
Of Defense To
Attend Meet
Queens Helps
British Girls
Students RaUy
For Red Cross
Recently the students of
College were asked to help in
irive sponsored by the Red *
vhich an appeal was made ® .
for the college girls of Great
Mrs. Wesley Taylor, chairman o i
committee of the Red Cross w
collects warm clothing an o e
leeded articles from North Caro ina
colleges for war stricken fa™ i >
wrote a letter to Miss Thelma A-
bright, dean of students, expressing
her appreciation of the co-opera iv
spirit of the Queens girls.
The box which the students con
tributed may be used in England or
sent on to Norway or, Greece. In
her letter Mrs. Taylor told of an
English girl who taught
old children all day and acte as
watcher from six until twelve o clock
The bravery of these peoples in oth
countries should be an inspira
for the students here to help m any
way that they can. j u c
A list of the articles needed has
been posted on the bulletin board, an^d
it is now in the dean’s ofiBce.
generous box that was sent e o
Christmas was a good contribu on,
but this should not be all. rs.
Taylor will be glad to forward any
thing else that is sent, for f
very great. Miss Albright h^
scheduled a meeting for t e
Wednesday in February for the day
students to make plans ®
further donations. Those who have
served on the committee ^t Quee^
are: Annette Mclver, ’
Mary Elva Smith, of Charlie BU^
Hai4on, 'of Concord and Harriet
wScoggIn', of Conway, S. C.
Mrs. Roosevelt Will
Be Main Speaker
A student defense committee was
recently selected to represent Queens
College at the college defense con
ference to be held January 30 and 31,
in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The
members of the committee are Mar
guerite Gillespie, of Savannah, Ga.;
Maureen Latta, Hillsboro N C.;
Mary Marshall Jones and Ann Wiley
of Charlotte, and Ann Kerr Brown
and Edna Adams of Asheville. These
six cirls plan to leave Jan. 29th for
Chapel Hill, with Miss Harriet Tynes
as faculty adviser. ^
The conference is sponsored by the
Tarolina Political Union and Interna-
«ral Student Service, and is entitled
“Youth’s Stake in War Aims and
Peace Plans.” It is designed for
student leaders with a basic interest
in the mobilization of the campus for
defense and war effort, as well as for
“Winning the Peace.”
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt will be
the principal speaker at the conven
tion, and her subject will be The
Stake of Young People in the Crisis.
The conference opens with a speech
by President Graham on “Today’s
Challenge for Young People” at a
luncheon meeting on Friday, January
30th. In the afternoon, representa
tives of business, labor, and farm
croups will address a plenary session
In the subject of “Stakes of Private
Interests in the Post-War World
Later in the day, the conference will
divide into sections in which the dele
gates will discuss the particular prob
lems in which they are most interest
ed. Round table discussions on Social
Obiectives, Economic Objectives, Po
litical Objectives, Post-War Planning
in Campus Defense will be held. The
sessions will be chaired by students
and will have adult advisers.
Jonathan Daniels will speak on “The
Days Ahead” at the plenary session
Friday evening, following which there
will be an entertainment and recep
tion for the speakers. At luncheon
on Saturday, “University Plans for
the Future in Defense” will be dis
cussed by Harriet Elliott. •
The conference will come to a close
Saturday evening with the address
of Mrs. Roosevelt.
Miss Doris Raley will be the May
Queen and Miss Mary Catherine Mar
tin will be her maid of honor ih the
May Day celebration which the col
lege gives annually the first Friday
in May. The nomination for May
Queen was held Tuesday and the
election on Wednesday, January 14.
During Student chapel on Wednesday,
campaign speeches for the candidates
were given. The candidates and their
campaign managers were Doris Raley
of Ruby, S. C., with Ann Wiley, of
Charlotte, as her campaign manager;
Mary Catherine Martin of Forest City,
N. C., had Margaret Powell; and
Nancy Gaston of Reidsville, N. C.,
had Ann Golden, of Carthage. After
the speeches, the student body voted
by secret ballot. The three candi
dates were chosen from the senior
class as is the custom. The election
for the May court will be held early
in February.
Doris has been in May court every
year since entering Queens and has
also been a member of the beauty
section of the annual each year. She
is a member of Chi Omega sorority,
and is very active in all phases of
campus life. She has been in many
fashion shows at the college, and in
many civic entertainments.
Plans for the festival have not
yet been made, according to Flora
McDonald, president of the Athletic
Association. This year Winnie Shealy,
May Day chairman, will assist Miss
Cordelia Henderson, physical educa
tion instructor, with the theme and
work on the May Day program.
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Nursing Course Requirements
Cut In Queens Curriculum
The Queens College faculty in a
meeting held Friday afternoon, Janu
ary 9, approved a plan for more
closely co-ordinating the program of
Presbyterian Hospital School of Nurs
ing with the work leading to a de
gree of B.S. in Nursing at Queens.
Features of the new program in
clude reduction of time required to
complete the course from six years to
five, thus eliminating duplications and
overlapping of work. Cutting the
course to five years brings the pro
gram in line with those of other
recognized schools all over the country
and indicates the willingness of Queens
to co-operate in this emergency.
This co-ordinated curriculum is a
result of many years of' study and
experience on the part of Queens Col
lege and Presbyterian Hospital ad
ministrators. The program was in
augurated under Miss Elizabeth Blair,
who was for many years dean of
instruction at Queens.
A permanent standing committee on
co-ordination with the Presbyterian
Hospital School of Nursing has been
appointed. Members are:
Miss Anne Gardiner, Dean of Pres
byterian Hospital School of Nursing;
. Dr. M. Dorisse Howe, Professor of
Biology;
Mrs. Mildred McEwen, Assistant
Professor of Chemistry;
Miss Harriett Tynes, Associate Pro
fessor of Social Sciences and Mr.
J. M. God,a!rd, Dean of Instruction.
Converse Faculty
Member Sings
Society Gives
Information^
Please, Quiz
Radiana Paznor, well-known solo
ist with many American and foreign
concert societies, presented a program
of the music of the 19th century
French composers at the Queens
College auditorium Monday night,
January 12, at 8:16 o’clock.
Works of DeBussy, Faure, and
other composers were sung by the
American-born soloist.
Miss Paznor is extremely interested
in French music. She began speaking
French at the age of four and turned
to music only after receiving her de
gree in French, cum laude, at the
University of California.
In her later career, she has sung
in Berlin, Paris, London, New York,
California, and at many universities
throughout the country. In London
she sang in a program of Aubert’s
works at the London Chamber Con
cert society, the only American ever
engaged by that organization. She
was also One of the few Americans
ever to sing at the Societe Musicale
Independante in Paris. In this coun
try, she has recently been associated
with the League of Composers to
present contemporary music and sang
with the San Francisco Civic chorus
and orchestra in the Hollywood Bowl.
She is now a member of the Converse
College school of music.
During the first week in February,
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national honor
ary leadership fraternity, will spon
sor a quiz program, similar to “In
formation, Please.” The program will
be held in the college auditorium.
The contestants will be members of
the faculty and the questions to be
asked will be contributed by the stu
dents. Immediately after examina
tions, the students will be asked to
put any questions they would like
answered into a box in Burwell Hall.
These will be collected by a commit
tee which will select those considered
most difiicult.
Mr. Gordon Sweet will be master
of ceremonies and will ask all ques
tions. Those who will try their skill
before him are Dr. Connie Burwell,
Dr. Lucile Delano, Miss Rena Har
well, Dr. James M, Godard, and Mr.
Melvin Watson.
This is the first time that the stu
dent body at Queens College has been
given the opportunity to try to floor
a teacher. All the girls will welcome
a chance to question those who have
so long questioned them.
There will be a small charge for
the program ahd tickets will be sold
by the members of Alpha Kappa
Gamma, around the flrst of February.
The program will benefit the fratern
ity, which participates in many cam
pus and civic activities.
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