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QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
March 15, 1944
Ballot Committee Suggests
Nominees For Coming Elections
On Tuesday, iMarch 14, spring-
elections start. This is a l)usy time
for everyone, but still we must give
thought to our selections. Remem
ber, our new officers must be ef
ficient and cooperative to make next
year the biggest success we hope it
will be. The Ballot Committee’s
suggestions for nominees are as fol
lows :
President Student Body
Betty Ann Gravatt
Betsy Hodges
Betty Howard
Edna Adams
Annelle McCall
President Boarding Students
Edna Adams
Betty Howard
Elsa Turner
Betsy Hodges
President Day Students
Frances Bryan
Marie Sitton
Betty Ann Gravatt
Virginia Smith
President S. C. A.
Shirley Bowman
Annelle McCall
Virginia Smith
Emmy Wood
Marie Sitton
President Athletic Association
Betty Howard
Ruth King
Emtny Wood
Mady Christians
To Appear Here
This Evening
Mady Christians, famous star of
the stage and screen, stage star of
the prize-winning “The Watch on
The Rhine,” will be presented here
tonight at eight o’clock in an all-
dramatic lecture program recital
entitled “Great Moments Fiom
Great Dramas.”
Though born in Vienna and fa
mous on the European stage long
before she attained recognition
here, Mady Christians spent much
of her childhood in this country and
is today proud, as she phrases it, of
“having earned the right to be
called an American actress.”
Her father, Rudolph' Christians,
a famous European actor, brought
his wife- and child to America in
1912 and took over the management
of the old Irving Place Theater.
Young Mady spent the remainder
of her childhood and young .girl
hood here. Her first stage appear
ance was in her father’s theater in
a very minor role as a Princess.
Both parents had tried to discourage
her theatrical ambitions and after
that performance, her father firm
ly told her that she would make
“an ideal house-wife, cook an
mother of many children—but an
actress, no.”
After World War I, however, he
relented sufficiently to permit her
to return to Europe with her
mother to study with Max Rein
hardt in Berlin and Vienna.
She studied there for a compara
tively short time before obtaining
a three-year contract with Rein
hardt’s “Deutches Theater” in Ber
lin. The training she received there,
she regards as the most important
of her career. Beginning wit i
walk-ons and understudies, she pro
grossed to leading roles, starring
opposite such famous actors
Werner Krauss, Albert Basserniann.
Ernest Deutsch.
Then movies came along, and sh_
did pictures for Ufa in Berlin. B
Shirley Bowman
Margaret Ezelle
Honor Council
2 years—
Carolyn Hobson
Becky Nickles
Bea Potter
Betty Barber
Shirley Warner
Ann Perry
1 year—
Betty Ann Gravatt
Shirley Bowman
Betty Howard
Betty Schaff
Marie Sitton
Virginia Smith
Vice-President Student Body
Frances Bryan
Edna Adams
Betty Howard
Betty Schaff
Doris Skirrow
• Secretary Student Body
Elinor Bell
Charlotte Hamor
Bea Potter
Carolyn Hobson
Becky Nickles
Treasurer Student Body
Betty Barber
Ann Perry
Lois AVilson
Peggy Kimrey
Virginia Latham
Deep Seerecy
Surrounds
Stunt Night
Your reporter encountered }kliss
Albright in her office the other
day in an effort to get the inside
on the Faculty Stunt to be given
Alarch 25. It was no go; not even
Walter Winchell could have
charmed the secret from her. She
had a gleam in her ej^e that this
newshawk did not like: so my ad
vice is to lie on hand for the oc
casion. f
By the hint dropped by Aliss
Laura Tillett in one of her classes,
I would say that we’re in for a most
interesting evening. Miss Tillett is
the chairman of one of the four
groups that are preparing the skits.
The chairmen of the other three
are: Mr. Wilson McCutchan, Miss
Jane Miller, and Miss Jane Crecraft.
They all have one thing in com
mon ; they are out for revenge, and
knowing our faculty as we do, we
can be sure they will be more than
successful.
The stunt is sponsored by the
Faculty Contacts Committee. The
general committee for the event is
composed of Miss Thelma Albright,
Chairman; Mr. Merle Kesler, Mr.
A. C. Lovelace, Miss Laura Tillett,
and Miss Virginia Smith. Most
of the members of the Queens
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Constitutional Committee
Revises Many Phases
The Constitutional Committee
with Betty Howard, Chairman, Bea
Potter, Mabel Beach, Marjorie Im-
body, Peggy Bell Benoit, Anne
Hatcher, and Mrs. Evelyn Baty La-
bovitz, faculty advisor, has been busy
for three months revising the Con
stitution and working out new ideas
for the facilitation of the function
ing of Student Government.
Before this committee set to work
there had been more or less in the
minds of the students, five distinct
parts of Student Government: Day
Student Government, Boarding Stu
dent Government, Student Christian
Association, Athletic Association and
Student Government itself. Legis
lature felt that it was entirely un
necessary, and in fact unfair, that
Student Christian Association and
Athletic Association should be sub
servient to and directed by Student
Government of which neither really
are a part. Therefore the Consti
tutional Committee was set up and
has already presented much of the
revised constitution to the Legisla
ture for acceptance.
Under the new Constitution there
is closer unity between the student
organization and yet each has
equal prestige and importance on
the campus. From the following
outline you can see the general
form of the Constitution.
1.
Sororities Announce Best
Pledges At Their Banquets
P in London, Cineromains in Pans
Maurice Evans. Charles Boyer and
Conradt Veidt were some of t
artists with whom she was starred
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Announcement has been made by
the sororities on campus of respec
tive honors and awards made to
new initiates. The five best pledges
are: Louise Johnson, Kappa Del
ta • Jane Carter, Alpha Delta Pi:
Martha Scarborough, Phi Mu; Sue
Anderson, Alplia Gamma Delta; and
Merideth Bridges, Chi Omega.
Louise Johnson received her
award at the Kappa Delta initiation
banquet on March 3rd at the Char
lotte Hotel. Beth Deaton received
the scholarship award for initiates,
^liss Elizabeth Taylor, providence
president, was guest speaker.
Martha Scarborough was pre
sented her award at the Phi Mu
l,anquet on February 26 at the Bar-
inger Hotel. Betsy Hodges wa:
n charge of the banquet and Jean
Hester acted as toastmistress.
Wards to Shirley Warner for
scholarship and Betty Byers for
pledge notebook were made dur
ing the evening which was climaxed
with a dance at the home of Martha
Summerville. Air cadets from Dav
idson were invited.
Jane Carter won the best pledge
award at Alpha Delta Pi initiation
banquet Alarch 4 at the Barringer
Hotel. Doris Nunn was given the
scholarship award, and Blanche
Stevens was presented an award
for the best pledge notebook. Airs.
J. M. Godard was the guest speaker.
Several alumnae of the chapter and
faculty members were present. The
alumnae included: Gladys Hart-
zell, Jane Auten, Yvonne Williams
Stone, and Libby Hamilton.
Sue Anderson received her award
as best pledge at the Alpha Gamma
Delta banquet held on Alarch 11,
at the Barringer Hotel. Anne Per
ry was presented with a scholarship
award after which the initiates gave
an originial skit.
Meredith Bridges received the
Chi Omega best-pledge award at
the Chi Omega initiation banquet
on Saturday, March 11. at the Char
lotte Hotel. Other awards made
during the night were scholarship
to Beverly Parker, best pledge song
award to Lois Wilson, and awards
for notebooks to ‘Isabel AIcDonald
and Lois Wilson. Virginia Kale was
model initiate. Miss Frances Rad
ford was the guest of the sorority
as were several alumnae of the
chapter. Alumnae present were:
Aliss Virginia Smith, faculty ad
visor; Airs. R. A. Small, alumnae
advisor; Betty and Alice Payne,
Anne Alauldin Elliott, Betty Thom
ason, and Arabelle Boyer. Bea Pot
ter acted as mistress of ceremonies.
Mary Lee Flowers and ReDel AIc-
Alillian were in charge of the ban
quet plans.
Total Stated
In S.C.A. Drive
Through Alarch 7, $351 was con
tributed to the Student Christian
Association project. Lucille Way-
land, president of the Student Chris
tian Association stated, “On the be
half of the Cabinet I wish to thank
each and everyone of you for the
splendid cooperation you have given
us, especially during our project
drives. We are truly thankful to
have this opportunity to stipport
two such worthy causes. By doing
thus, we are building good founda
tions for the future.”
The two parts of the project are
the World Student Service Fund
and Fairview Homes. In the fall
the project was first presented to
the faculty and student body. Be
tween February 22 and Alarch 4 the
second and final collection period
took place.
Scottie Nisbet
Is Person
Of The Issue
In the second of our interviews
with interesting people here on
campus, we again talk to one who
has lived most of her life out of
the States. Scottie Nisbet hails
from Alakpo, Korea, where she was
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Constitution.
I. Name
II. Purpose
III. Membership
IV. Honor System
V. Legislative System
VI. Executieve System.
VII. Judicial System
VIII. Meetings
IX. Amendments.
By Laws:
1. Elections
2. Point System
3. Standing Committees.
Legislature hopes to have the
entire Constitution ready to pre
sent to the Student Body for rati
fication by March 1.
Along with the revision of the
Constitution has been the revision
of the Point System. Under the
new scheme the number of points
given are based purely on the
amount of work that the job entails.
The purpose of this new system
is 1: to spread out student govern
ment officers among the students,
2: to protect the students, and 3:
to familiarize the students with
the system and activities. The
Point System Committee will be a
standing committee responsible for
posting the approved list of nomi
nees for elections and for the re
cording of points. The members of
this committee are: Doris Skirrow,
Chairman, Peggy Plonk, Portia Vin
son, Margaret Ezell, Carolyn Hob
son, Sue Horne, Flora Ann Nowell,
and Betty Barber.
Queens Art
On Exhibit
The Charlotte Women’s Club had
its annual luncheon Alarch 1. The
art department presented the pro
gram. Airs. Alary Stewart, the as
sistant professor of art at the Wom
en’s College, Greensboro, was the
speaker. Works from the art de
partments of W. C., Central High
School, Alexander Graham School
and Queens were on display. Miss
Crumrine, art teacher at Queens, at
tended the luncheon.
On Friday afternoon, March 3, a
tea was given at the Charlotte Wom
an’s Club from 4 :00 to 5:00 o’clock
in connection with the art exhibit
which was displayed at the Club
last week. The exhibit included
specimens of art in water colors and
crayons and formed a state traveling
art exhibit, together with paintings
and drawings from the art depart
ments of Queens College and local
schools. Instructors of art in the
city schools and Queens were guests
of the club members at the tea. Sev
eral of the Queens art students at
tended tile tea and exhibit.
Nadeene Darbyshire
Elected To Board
At the regular student chapel pe
riod on Wednesday, Alarch 7, Na
deene Darbyshire, Business Man
ager of the Queens Blues, was elect
ed to the Publications Board. She
was elected to take the place of
Adelaide Germon, a former member
of the Board.
Nadeene is a member of the Jun
ior class. She has been a member of
the Liiiean Club and the Spectator
Club. This year she is president of
the Home Economics Club and Bus
iness Alanager of the Queens Blues.
The other members of the Publi
cation Board are: Dr. Hunter B.,
Blakely, Air. Wilson AIcCutchen,
Air. James Thomson, Aliss Eleanor
Jenkins, Jane King, Claudia Paschal
and Beth AlcSwain.
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