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QUEENS BLUES
April 14, 1944
QUEENS BLUES
Published Semi-Monthly by the Students of Queens College
Staff
Claudia Paschal Editor-in-Chief
Nadeene Darbyshire ^ Business Manager
Billie Luck Managing Editor
Miss Virginia Smith Faculty Adviser
Editorial
Bea Potter News Editor
Sarah Jo Crawford News Editor
Margaret Ezell Organization Editor
Charlotte Hamor Feature Editor
Elsa Turner _Asst. Feature Editor
Shirley Warner Sports Editor
Beverly Murray Photographic Editor
Agnes Mason Society Editor
Reporters
Elizabeth Andrews, Irene Bame, Jayne Alyce Blanton, Nancy
Lea Brown, Mary Frances Combs, Charlotte Hamor, Grace Hem-
don, Sarah Virginia Neill, Blanche Stevens, Frances Wells, Louise
Wilson, Elise Chapman.
Business Department
Polly Foglesong Assistant Business Manager
Joyce Carpenter Advertising Manager
Frances Duckworth Assistant Advertising Manager
Virginia Latham Assistant Advertising Manager
Toto Redfearn __ Assistant Advertising Manager
Student Government Helps Us
Let Us Back It In All Wars
We are engaged today in a war to
protect the rights which we be
lieve are the sacred possessions
of every individual. We are giv
ing our country’s blood to uphold
our democratic government. Every
American believes in government
“by the people, of the people, and
for the people.’’ We believe in
electing from ourselves those whom
we think capable of planning and
executing the policies of that gov
ernment. But it is the interest,
the co-operation, and the zeal of
each individual which makes de
mocracy successful. So* it is in
any form of self-government, not
only of nations and states, but of
any organized group.
Queens was granted Student
Government in 1924, and it has
been successful, because the stu
dents have realized the value of
their student organization and
have felt the responsibility that
it entails. Our Student Govern
ment is not just a group of girls
elected to set up and enforce a
list of rules. It is an educator in
itself; it trains us to be far-sight
ed leaders and responsible follow
ers. It trains us to take our
rightful places in that greater de
mocracy for which we are fight
ing today.
We have just passed another elec
tion; we have chosen the girls
that we want for our leaders. We
know these girls; we nominated
and elected them; we have faith
in their ability to hold their of
fices well. But now that we have
elected and installed them, it is
up to us to support them, to help
them in every way we can to
uphold the high ideals of Stu
dent Government at Queens.
Anne Hatcher put it well at in
stallation:
“To those who follow we say,
‘Expect no more than you your
selves could do, trust and have
faith, be slow to criticize, be
quick to lend a helping hand, and
each consider herself personally
responsible for the growth of
Queens, our home and our col
lege.’ ”
Elections and installation are
over. It is time for every girl,
officer or follower, to begin her
work as a responsible individual
member of the Student Govern
ment organization.
Consfif'uf'ion of
Student' Government’
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vested in the Boarding Student
Council and in the Day Student
Council
a. Officers and Members
The officers of the Boarding Stu
dent Council shall be: a President
elected from the Senior Class; one
Vice-President for each dormitory,
also from the Senior Class; a Sec
retary from the Junior Class; and
a Treasurer from the Sophomore
Class. The above officers with
one additional member from each
of the four classes shall compose
the Boarding Student Council.
b. Duties
(1) The duties of the President
shall be:
(a) To call and preside over
all meetings of the Board
ing Student Council and the
Boarding Student Body. In
the case of the absence of
this officer, such authority
shall devolve upon the of
ficers in the order named.
(b) To report all proposed
changes of Boarding Student
regulations to the Legisla
ture.
(c) To assist the Vice-President
of the Student Body in the
planning and directing of
Orientation Week.
(d) To appoint standing and
special committees.
(e) To meet once a month with
the Dean of Students and
more often if deemed neces
sary by either.
(2) The duties of the Vice-Presi
dent shall be:
(a) To keep order in their
dormitories.
(b) To hold and preside over
all necessary meetings of
their dormitories.
(3) The duties of the Secretary
shall be:
(a) To keep the minutes of the
meetings of the Council and
of the Boarding Student
Body.
(b) To keep a roll of the Coun
cil and of the members of
the Boarding Student Body.
(c) To post all necessary no
tices of the Council.
(d) To attend to all correspond
ence of the Boarding Stu
dent Body.
(e) To keep a record of the
major system.
(4) The duties of the Treasurer
shall be to have charge of
the finances of the Boarding
Student Body and to keep a
permanent record of all re
ceipts and expenditures.
(5) It shall be the duty of
the President, the first
Vice-President, and the
Sophomore, Junior, and
Senior class representatives
to serve as members of Leg-
Honor Council
Changes Set-Up
For Next Year
The setup for Honor Council
for next year has been changed.
Previously the heads of the five
big organizations have served on
this body along with the three
class presidents. The President of
Student Christian Association serv
ed as secretary. Under the new
system the body will be composed
of the President of the Student
body. President of Boarding Stu
dents, and the President of the
Day Students plus four represen
tatives from the Student body at
large, two of whom shall serve for
a period of two years. At the first
meeting of the new council the
secretary will be elected to serve
for the year.
Dr. Mowat G. Fraser Speaks
At Installation Of Officers
islature as long as they shall
hold office on the Boarding
Student Council.
c. Powers
(1) The Boarding Student
Student Council shall have
power to enforce such rules
and regulations as set up by
the Legislature for the gov
erning of the Boarding Stu
dent Body.
(2) The Boarding Student Coun
cil shall have power to sum
mon before it and question
any member of the Boarding
Student Body.
d. Meetings
(1) ’The Boarding Student Coun
cil shall meet each Monday
night at 6:30 P. M.
(2) A meeting of the entire
Boarding Student Body shall
be held the first Thursday
night of each month.
(3) A meting of the Board
ing Student Council or of
the Boarding Student Body
may be called by the Presi
dent at her discretion or
upon request by the mem
bers of the Council.
(4) There shall be no absences
from these meetings except
in case of absolute necessity,
at which times the individ
ual must be excused by the
V President.
(5) Those members present at
any meeting of the Board
ing Student Council or of
the Boarding Student Body
shall constitute a quorum.
(6) At least a two-thirds vote
of the Council shall be re
quired in the case of a rec
ommendation for expulsion
' or suspension. In such in
stances there shall be a
joint meeting of the Coun
cil and the Advisory Com
mittee before final action
is taken.
Oath
The following oath shall be ad-
ninistered to all members of the
Boarding Student Council;
“I, (name), do solemnly promise
o fulfill to the best of my abil-
ty the office of (office) of Board-
ng Student Council. If I violate
or have knowledge that another
\as violated any of the regulations
f the Boarding Student Govern-
oent, I will report myself or that
erson to the Council,
ection 2. Day Student Council
.. Officers and Members
The officers of the Day Student
:!ouncil shall be a President, elect
'd from the Senior Class; a Vice-
?resident, also from the Senior
Blass; a Secretary from the Jun-
or Class; and a Treasurer from
■^he Sophomore Class. The above
officers with one additional mem
ber from each of the four classes
shall compose the Day Student
Council,
b. Duties
(1) 'The duties of the President
shall be:
(a) To call and preside over
Wednesday, March 29, marked
the beginning of a new tradition
here on Queens’ campus. It was
the installation of the new Stu
dent Government officers.' In pre
vious years, this was a joint fac
ulty and student affair and did
not occupy a too important day
in our week. However, this year
the students themselves managed
installation entirely, with no par
ticipation by the faculty. This
arrangement proved to be very suc
cessful and was received most en
thusiastically by the student body.
There was a processional of the
outgoing and the incoming presi
dents of the big five campus or
ganizations and of the old student
body officers. The old and the
new presidents were seated on the
stage.
Anne Hatcher, retiring student
body president, gave a welcoming
address. Following this was the
exchange of robes. Anne then in
troduced the guest speaker for the
occasion. Dr. Mowat G. Fraser,
Dean and acting president of Win-
throp College, who briefly, but
challengingly, to both student
body officers and the student body.
To the students he said to be co
operative with their leaders and
not to expect too much from them.
The new leaders. Dr. Fraser said,
would never succeed unless they
had the interest of every student
at heart and unless they were
sympathetic with each and every
one. The three main ideas brought
out in Dr. Fraser’s address were
that the new leaders should al
ways strive for constructive ac
tion, that they should always be
honest and straight-forward in
their work, and that courage should
always hold a high place in their
activities.
It is the hope of every leader at
Queens that the success of this
“student day” proved valuable in
making ours a real student gov
ernment and that it may be con
tinued in the future.
The Crisis of Our Age
By Piririm A. Sorokin
Reviewed By:
Gilbert L. Lycan
Why has every civilization prior The first characterizes the cul-
to our own crumbled and disap- ture of a nation or a group of
peared? Why has no nation of an- nations with a rising civilization,
cient times been able to maintain The people in that phase of his-
an independent existence down to. torical development act on the
om- time? I idea that true reality and value are
The death of civilizations is the supersensory—that is, truth, value,
most amazing fact to be found in and happiness are not to be meas-
the historical records of the world.
The casual thinker is prone to as
sume that all earlier nations fell
because of military conquest or
some other simple cause. But a
careful study reveals that many
great nations decayed and lost their
vitality even though no foreign in
vader appeared. Many historians
are convinced that there is a cen
tral, underlying factor that makes
it impossible for any nation or
civilization to endure indefinitely.
The Crisis of Our Age, by
Pitirim A. Sorokin of Harvard Uni
versity attempts to place this en
tire subject under the scrutiny of
historical research. Sorokin be
lieves he has discovered at last the
root cause of both the rise and fall
of civilizations. His book is a good
example of an able historian with
a great mind trying to analyze the
amassed records of the history of
men in order to discover the germ
of life in all civilizations past and
present.
The essence of Sorokin’s conclu
sions are comprised in three words:
ideational, idealistic, and sensate.
ured by the senses and are not
made up of material things.
A declining civilization such as
our own, says Sorokin, finds the
people motivated by the sensate
idea—that true reality and value
are sensory and therefore mate
rial. The author presents much
weighty evidence in trying to prove
that our fine arts, philosophy, law,
government and other social rela
tionships are in a state of ad
vanced decay due to this spirit
of materialism.
The middle stage in the course
of a civilization is represented by
the idealistic. Then people’s minds
incline to the belief that true
reality and value are partly super-
sensory and partly sensory. Money
and material goods are then re
garded as important but not of su
preme value to an individual. Soro
kin believes our nation can yet
save itself by abandoning the sen
sate, materialistic idea and re
turning to the idealistic or idea
tional. Otherwise he forsees cer
tain collapse before many more
centuries shall have passed.
all meetings of the Day Stu- j
dent Council and of the Day
Student Body. In case of
the absence of the officer
such authority shall devolve
upon the officers in the or
der named.
(b) To vote in case of a tie.
(c) To see that all laws and
regulations of the Day Stu
dent Body are enforced.
(d) To assist the Vice-President
of the Student Body in the
planning and direction of
Orientation Week.
(e) To appoint standing and
special committees.
(f) To meet once a month
with the Dean of Students
and more often if deemed
necessary by either.
(2) The duties of the Vice-
President shall be:
(a) To assume the duties of
the President dming the ab
sence of that officer.
(b) To act as President until
a new officer can be elected c.
in the event of the removal
or resignation of the Presi
dent.
(3) The duties of the Secretary
shall be:
(a) To keep the minutes of all
meetings of the Day Student
Council and of the Day Stu
dent Body.
(b) To attend to all official
correspondence of the Day
Student Body.
(c) To take charge of all peti
tions and other communica
tions to the Covmcil.
(4) The duties of the Treasmer
shall be to have charge of
the expenditures of the or
ganization and to keep an
accurate account of the
same.
(5) It is the duty of the Presi
dent, the Vice-President, and
the Sophomore, Junior, and
Senior class representatives
to serve as members of the
Legfslatm-e as long as they
shall have office on the
council.
Powers
(1) The Day Student Council
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