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March 14,1945
QUEENS BLUES
Chapel Programs
Illustrate
Seven Ideals
On Thursday, February 15, a
series of freshman chapel pro
grams began, each of the pro
grams illustrating one of the seven
ideals of Queens. Each program
is given by an organization that
represents one of these ideals.
The first program was given by
Sigma Mu, emphasizing intellectual
attainment. The second, illustrat
ing our ideal in religion, was given
by the Student Christian Associa
tion, and its theme was consider
ation for others and the S. C. A.
project for the year.
The schedule for the remaining
programs is as follows: March 15,
Athletic Association, Physical
Health; March 22, War Service
Committee, Civic Obligation; April
5, Panhellenic Council, Cultured
Charm; April 19, Alumnae Asso
ciation, Vocational Guidance.
On March 29, a questionnaire
will be given to freshmen by their
advisors. Thiu-sday, April 12 is the
beginning of Spring Services.
On Friday night, April 20, the
Alumnae Association will have
after dinner coffee in order for
the freshmen to have an oppor-
timity to talk to alumnae who
might be able to give them advice
concerning their vocations.
Junior Class
To Sponsor
Fashion Show
The Junior Class will sponsor a
Fashion Show on March 30, at 8
o’clock in the auditorium. The
fashion show will be in the form
of a “skit,” in which a bride-elect
is selecting her trousseau. You
will see the clothes she selects—
all the way from bathing suits,
shorts, and slack suits to morn
ing dresses, and tea dresses, suits,
both tailored and fancy, spring
coats, evening dresses, and last of
all the wedding gown. The clothes
to be used will come from Ivey’s,
Tate-Brown’s, Ed Mellon’s, Belk’s,
and Lucielle’s. They are being
carefully selected so that all of
you will be interested in seeing
them.
The models will be eighteen of
Queens loveliest girls, such as Betty
Barrentine, Betty Lou Spears, Ann
Abernethy, Ann Anderson, and
others who will be announced later.
The Junior Class is working
hard on this, and feels that it will
be something that all Queen’s stu
dents will enjoy. Admission is
only $.25—so come out to sup
port your Junior Class.
Mr. Clendenin
Pr
Let’s All
Work
To Make
QUEENS
COLLEGE
Grow Greater
esents
Organ Recital
Tuesday, March 6, at 8:15 P. M.
the second of the faculty recitals
was presented. This was a very
lovely organ recital presented by
Mr. William Clendenin. At the
age of nine Mr. Clendenin began
his study of music. In high school
he began organ. For two years
he attended Washington State
College where he took a pre-med
ical course. Because of his inter
est and talent he decided to change
to a music course and went to
the University of Illinois for three
years where he received his Bache
lor of Music degree in organ.
While at Washington State he
was initiated into Phi Mu Alpha,
national honorary music fraternity.
At University of Illinois he join
ed Alpha Kappa Lambda and lived
in the fraternity house. While
there, he sang in the varsity glee
club which toiired the coimtry
giving concerts. During a Summer
he went to University of California
and studied piano under Henry
Eames who was a pupil of Pad-
ewerski. Upon graduating at Uni
versity of Illinois he attended the
Union Theological Seminary at
New York where he received the
graduate degree: Master of Sacred
Music. For two years Mr. Clen
denin was director of music and
choir master at Trinity Episcopal
Church, Columbia, S. C. In Co
lumbia he was director of the
choral society and music chairman
of the Rotary Club. He was band
master of the high school at Lex
ington, S. C. Mr. Clendenin says
that he came to Queens because
he was advised through the Chi
cago teacher’s agency that the
Queens College school of music be
ing under capable direction, really
had a future.
Another of the by-monthly stu
dent recitals was presented March
7, at 5:00 P. M. Those on the
program were Martha Venning,
Mary Green, Janie Mitchener,
Betty Barber, Meredith Bridges,
Mary Katherine Nye, and Emily
Harakas.
PASTORAL
Compliments of
CHARLOTTE
FISH & OYSTER
CO.
By NEVIL SHUTE
Reviewed by Suzanne Blackmon
Anyone who reads popular books
at all has probably realized long
before now that care is needed in
selecting what is to be read. There
are coimtless war stories, adven-
tm-esome and exciting; there are
numberless love stories that are
published and sold by the thou
sands. Yet many of them are
such poor books that they do not
warrant the time spent in reading
them, even for entertainment.
Rarely does a book come out that
combines the psychology of war
and love beautifully; that weaves
from the grimness of war and
poignancy of love an almost poetic
book. Nevil Shute’s Pastoral is
just such a book.
Pastoral does not preach a ser
mon, or have a now-see-how-brave-
we-are theme; it merely tells a
stoiy—a beautiful story. It is sim
ply and clearly told, as only Mr.
Shute can tell a story. It relates
a period in the life of a boy in
the RAP who bombed Germany
and fell in love, both of which
are not very unusual occurrences
in the ordinary life of a British
flyer in modern times. Peter Mar
shall, a former London office clerk,
met and fell in love with a girl
in the groimd forces named Ger-
vase Laura. Gervase’s struggles
against falling in love and Peter’s
struggles against falling in love are
full of suspense, but are rivalled
in excitement by the descriptions
of the expereinces of Peter and
his crew. The members of Pe
ter’s crew form an interesting
group and their influence is woven
into the whole book. Their flying
adventures are magnificent. Mr.
Shute actually knows whereof he
speaks, since for many years he
was actively interested in aviation
and contributed toward the build
ing up of the flying industry. (At
the present moment he is on ac
tive duty with the British forces).
One of the most thrilling inci
dences contained in the book takes
place in the air, when Peter re
turns from a bombing mission
with the landing gear completely
useless and his hands paralyzed.
Waiting for the inevitable crash
landing is like waiting with Ger-
vase beside you. Happily enough
all ends well and the book leaves
the reader not with regrets for
having witnessed a tragedy, but
with warmth in his heart for hav
ing been a part of a beautiful
pastoral adventme.
I. R. C. Members
Discuss Postwar
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Have you never wondered about
your boy friend’s job when he re
turns home from the service?
Have you ever stopped to think
about the possibilities of positions
for men with only one arm or one
leg? These questions are run
ning through the minds of many
Americans today.
In a recent forum held at the
last meeting of International Re
lations Club, these questions were
presented to the members of the
organization by Mr. Tom Drake,
Personnel Director of the United
States Rubber Company, located
in Charlotte. Mr. Drake, in a most
interesting talk, discussed the poli
cies toward the retm-ning veterans.
He said that these men, handi
capped or not, should be the first
to be considered for their last job
or for any new opening which
happened to be available. He also
stated that the Army and Navy
so trained young men that they
could be fitted into many indus
trial job-openings of the post-war
world.
It is the purpose of the Interna
tional Relations Club to present
these post-war problems as clear
ly as possible to the members. In
meetings to follow, three other im
portant topics will be brought out.
These include: Socialized Medicine,
the Church in the Post-War
World, and Our Relations With
Other Nations.
Officer of the club include:
President: Betty Starr.
Vice-president: Betty Welch.
Secretary: Sarah Virginia Neill.
Treasurer: Betty Morrow.
Special chairman: Elnora Ander
son.
Publicity chairman: Margaret
Nell Harrill.
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Queens Players
To Present
^^Little Women”
The Queens Players, of our dra
matics department, will present on
March 28 a dramatization by Kin-
stin Lawrence of Louisa M. Alcott’s
book. Little Women. It is to be
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sponsored by the Junior class.
It is streamlined for wartime
since it is an all girl cast. This
version of the story that is loved
by everyone confines itself to the
first half of the book. We again
live, laugh, love and cry with Meg,
Jo, Army, and Beth as they go
thorugh the many trials and tribu
lations that have made this story
a classic. It is a story that will
never grow old, and one that will
fail to delight an audience, deal
ing, as it does, with those simple
loyalties of family life, and the
mingled joy and sadness of “grow
ing up.”
Besides the four girls and Mar-
mee, the cast includes Aunt March,
who really has a heart of gold;
Hannah, that staunch pillar of the
March family; Sally Moffatt, who
pronounces her “r’s” like “w’s”;
and Aunt Carroll, a meek, agree
able little person.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows:
Meg Troyanne Freeland
Jo Florence Robinson
Amy Lucy Ann Grovenstein
Beth Carolyn Chaney
Mrs. March (“Marmee”)
Edwina McDill
Aunt March Jean Cushman
Hannah Mary Marvin Sproles
Sallie Moffatt — Mary Katherine
Bain
Aunt Carroll Frances Wright
Camera Club Seeks
New Members
Twelve Girls
Tapped For
Alpha Iota
Are you interested in photog
raphy? If you are, then why don’t
you pjoin the Camera Club? The
members of the club would like
to welcome all those who are in
terested to join them.
The Camera Club now has the
equipment and supplies to develop
films, make prints, and do other
interesting things with photog
raphy. Among the club’s acivi-
ies before Chrismas was he mak
ing of Chrisamas cards with photo
graphs on them.
With the full co-operation of all
those who are interested in photo
graphy, the Camera Club can be
come an organization of much in
terest and enjoyment to it’s mem
bers.
For further information on join
ing the club see Beverly Murray,
acting president.
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In chapel on Friday, March 2,
Dr. Blakely announced the names
of twelve girls who were tapped
into Alpha Iota, international hon
orary business sorority. These
girls are: Alice Barbee, Mary Anne
Bullock, Betty Cobb, Mary Mar
garet Cosper, Elsa Culvern, Hope
Hamor, Mary Johnston, Becky Ly-
erly, Ellen Nicholson, Marilyn
Sailors, Juanita Treadwell, Mar
garet Vowell. This announcement
was made in place of the usual
official tapping because of the time
in March needed for student elec
tions.
Alpha Iota held a pledging for
these girls on March 7 in the Day
Student Building.
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