QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXVI - No. 12
QUEENS COLLEGE CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 26, 1949
ALPHA IOTA YIELDS CHARTER
Dr. Nash Speaks At
Commencement
Dr. Nash
Queens is very fortunate to
have as guest speaker for the
Commencement exercise this
year Dr. Arnold Nash, Professor
and Head of the Department of
Religion in the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The exercise will be at 10:30 a.m.
June 6th in Ninniss Auditorium.
Dr. Nash was bom in England
m 1906, and received his educa
tion at the University of Liver
pool, Ripon Hall, Oxford, and the
ondon School of Economics, Uni
versity of London. He holds
graduate degrees in chemistry,
philosophy, sociology, the
connecting link in his studies be
ing the nature of scientific meth
od in the natinral and social sci
ences, history and theology, and
i^he part played by the Reforma
tion, science, and capitalism, in
nioulding western civilization.
Inuring the years from 1932 to
1935 he was secretary of the Lon
don Council of the British Stu
dent Movement. After his ordina
tion, he became joint-secretary of
the Church of England Morcel
Welfare Council.
In 1937 he attended the Oxford
Conference on Church, Commu
nity, and State as vice-chairman
of youth commission on “Church
nnd State.” The Summer of 1937
he attended the World Christian
Youth Conference in the Nether
lands as consultant on “Marriage
and the Family.”
In 1939 he was invited by the
late Dean Ladd to the United
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Class Day Schedule
The Senior Class Day exercises
)^ill be held in Ninniss Auditor-
lum on Saturday, June 4, at 4:30
o clock. The program will be as
follows:
l^rocessional
Invocation—Rev. W. W. White
Salutatory—Elizabeth Mae Evans
^lass History—Mary Florence
Hilliard
Hast Will and Testament—Sara
Tilda Gibbs
Presentation of Class Gift to Col
lege—Della Cornelia Ditto
Acceptance—President Hunter B.
Rlakely
Class Poem—Barbara Jean Fant
Exchange of Class Colors
Valedictory—Hazel Anne Fraser
Exchange of Gowns
Recessional
French Class
Enjoys Outing
This year the French classes,
under the direction of Miss Kath
erine Tighe, took as their project
for the year the adoption of a
French student named Marie
Beatrice De Flers. Marie lives
in Paris and attends the Sorbonne
where she is a Science major.
We have sent her six boxes
of food and clothing this year.
Marie has written us many nice
letters thanking us for the boxes,
and also telling us about her life
at the Sorbonne.
On Wednesday May 4 the
French conversation class and
Miss Tighe spent a delightful
evening at the Chez Montet.
Everything was “en francais,
even the jokes. Those attending
were Miss Tighe, Alice Reynolds,
Maria Baraza, Elizabeth Evans,
Betsy Cromer and Frances
Mimms.
On Wednesday May U, ^
French movie was presented in
the projection room for the
French students of Queens and
also of Central High School. The
movie was in French with English
subtitles.
Valkyrie Taps
Six Freshmen
On Wednesday May 11, 1949
VALKYRIE held its annual tap
ping of six Freshmen, selected
because they characterize out
standing leadership, citizenship,
and scholarship. The event, held
during chapel, is the eleventh
since the birth of VALKYRIE in
1937.
A hushed audience waited ex
pectantly as Marion Christopher,
VALKYRIE President, read out
the names of the chosen six.
Tall white tapers, a silver bowl
of flowers, and the skull of VAL
KYRIE rested on a white covered
table. Candlelight was the only
illumination.
The purpose, requirements, and
standards were read to the aud
ience by this year’s members:
Deannie Berryhill, Ann Birming
ham, Birdie Crow, Sarah Clare
Little, and Ann Vann. They then
proceeded from the stage to the
rear of the auditorium.
The tense Freshman, and the
other classes as well, listened
closely as the names were called.
One by one the newly elected
were tapped with the traditional
sabre. One by one they mounted
the steps to the stage. Marion
then tied a beautiful lavender-
blue, satin sash around each.
When Bonnie Blue, Sallie Hood
Buie, Cornelia Dick, Mary Jo
Graham, Ann Hunter, and Dot
McLeod were seated alternately
between the old six, a round of
applause signified the approval of
the audience.
"was held at 1.30 P.]\4.
the same day. The new officers
elected are: Mary Jo Graham,
President; Ann Hunter, Treasur
er; Dot McLeod, Chaplain.
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Potter Gives
Baccalaureate
Rev. Richard Randall Potter,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church, Sumter, S. C. will deliver
the Baccalaureate address to the
Senior Class on Sunday June 5th,
8:00 p.m. at the Myers Park Pres
byterian Church.
Rev. Potter is a native of At
lanta, Georgia where he attended
city schools. He was graduated in
1936 from Presbyterian College,
Clinton, S. C. He was graduated
in 1939 from Columbia Theologi
cal Seminary in Decatur, Ga.
During the war years, 1941-
1946, Rev. Potter served in the
army as a Chaplain. He did over
seas service in the islands of the
South Pacific with the 37th In
fantry Division and the 13th Air
Task Force.
Since 1946, Rev. Potter has
been pastor of the First Presby
terian Church of Sumter, S. C. He
is also a member of the Board of
Directors of the Rotary Club,
Sumter; Chaplain of the Ameri
can Legion for South Carolina;
Chaplain of Sumter Post 15 and
Chaplain, Sumter, Voiture No.
1254,4048; member of the board
of Directors of Y.W.C.A., Sumter;
Member of the Board of Manage
ment, U.S.O., Sumter; Member of
the Board of the Sumter County
Cancer Society, President of the
Sumter County Ministers Asso
ciation for 1949; and Member of
Board of Trustees, Queens Col
lege.
Students Vote
For New Rules
Ninniss Auditorium was the
scene of much applause and gen
eral rejoicing as the boarding
students voted in their new regu
lations which were worked out
for us by a joint committee of the
Faculty Advisory Committee and
the Student Government Associa
tion.
The following are our new reg
ulations: First, is a clarification
of the improper dress rule as
stated in the handbook. Begin
ning now the Student Govern
ment will be on an Educational
rather than a Judicial basis which
will provide for Educa
tional classes to be held in the
dormitories to decide on issues
of dress such as the wearing of
hats down town, hose and night
dress on Sunday afternoons, and
blue jeans and shorts for campus
wear.
The second regulation is that
unlimited lights shall be given
with the requirement of absolute
quiet at night from 7:00 P.M.
to 7:15 A.M. There is to be a
reasonable amount of quiet in
the dormitories at all times.
Week-ends will be given on
Special holidays throughout the
year to all students. This will
mean that all students may spend
a week night which falls on a
holiday away from the college.
Thanksgiving is an example of
this.
Weekends generally begin Fri
day after classes and end at
11:00 P.M. on Sunday, but if a
student’s academic standing and
class schedule warrant better
arrangement, these may be
worked out in the Office of the
Dean.
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Girls Receive
Annual Awards
On Friday May 20, Queens Col
lege had its annual awards day
at which time Miss Rena Harrell
presented the awards as follows:
The Chi Omega Sorority
awarded a ten dollar prize to
Edith Crowley for achieving the
highest average of the year in So
ciology.
The Morrison Temperance Es
say Prizes sponsored by Mrs.
Cameron Morrison, in cooperation
with the Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union was awarded for
the best essays on Social Pressure
and Campus Drinking. The first
prize of twenty-five dollars was
given to Marjorie Perry, second
prize of ten dollars was given to
Dorothy MacLeod, and third
prize of ten dollars was given to
Mildred Hancock. Honorable
mention goes to Reid Regan and
Dorothy Wilson.
The Leadership Cup, sponsored
by Mrs. W. H. Belk and given to
the sorority achieving the highest
points in leadership and student
activities was given to the Phi
Mu’s who acquired 530 points.
The Alpha Iota Scholarship
Cup given to the Delta Psi local
chapter by Mr. John M. Little,
jeweler, was awarded to Deanie
Berryhill who achieved the high
est average in scholarship.
The Creative Writing Cup was
awarded to Aliena Doggett for
her prose sketch entitled “A
Study in Heart-ache”. This cup is
given by the student body each
year and Aliena’s technique and
style won recognition for her
creative work.
The Queens College Special Art
prize of fifteen dollars was award
ed to Barbara Hamby, for her pic-
tiure Ballerina. Honorable men
tion was given to Mildred Ann
Wilson, for her picture The Sea
and Mayree Kay Ledford for her
painting After The Storm.
A loving cup is awarded each
year to the student who has been
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Calendar of Events
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
COMMENCEMENT CONCERT
8:15—Ninniss Auditorium
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
HOMECOMING
11:00 A.M.—Baby Show—Bur-
well Hall
4:30 P.M.—Business Meeting of
Alumnae Association
—Burwell Hall
6:00 P.M.—Reunion Dinner —
Morrison Hall. Col
ored Movie of “Life
at Queens”
8:30 P.M.—President’s Reception
—Home of Dr. and
Mrs. Hunter B.
Blakely
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
BACCALAUREATE SERMON
8:00 P.M.—Myers Park Presby-
terian Church
Preacher: The Rev.
Richard R. Potter
MONDAY, JUNE 6
COMMENCEMENT
10:30 A.M.—Ninniss Auditorium
Speaker: Arnold S.
Nash, M.A., M.S., D.D.
Donates Bonds
For Gymnasium
At the end of the school term
1948-1949, Alpha Iota, interna
tional honorary business sorority,
will give up its charter. When
Delta Psi chapter was established
on the campus of Queens College
in May, 1939, there were many
students in the Business Depart
ment from which to draw for
membership, based mainly on
scholastic standing. Today, be
cause of the discontinuance of the
one-year business course and a
decrease in enrollment in the two-
year course, there is not a suffi
cient number of students meeting
the qualifications for membership
into Alpha Iota to warrant this
organization remaining on camp
us. It is felt by those now in Al
pha Iota that such a small group
cannot offer enough to the school
to prove effective on this campus.
In the past Alpha Iota has lived
up to its purposes which are to
foster a spirit of loyalty, friend
ship, and co-operation among its
members; to foster and promote
the welfare of the members by
encouraging and assisting them in
attaining increased efficiency,
higher standards, and continued
progress in their respective oc
cupations and professions. To
promote high scholastic ranking,
a silver loving cup, presented to
Alpha Iota by Mr. John M. Little,
has been given to the student in
the sorority making the highest
average in scholarship for the
year.
It is with regret that Alpha Iota
leaves Queens campus. In dispos
ing of the possessions of the so
rority, the sorority has given to
the gymnasium fund all of its war
bonds, which amount to $150 ma
turity value, plus any cash on
hand after all bills have been
paid. Furthermore, the steel filing
cabinets have been given to the
Student Government Association
for their use.
Miss Mary Inglis, Alpha Iota
sponsor of the Delta Psi Chapter
on Queens College campus has
worked unceasingly for the group
and at this time the members of
Alpha Iota wish to express their
gratitude to her. Present officers
are: President, Ann Wilkes; Vice-
President, Mary Jane Gardner;
Secretary, Deanie Berryhill; and
Treasurer, Patricia Abernathy.
Other mjembers are: Virginia Al
len, Joan Baucom, Betty Ander
son, Virginia Gray and Miss
Marion Lambeth.
Students Attend
Classes At YWCA
During the weeks April 23-May
6 a Swimming course for Instruc
tors was held at the Y.W.C.A.
from 7-10 at night. Six Queens
girls, Mary Alice Chambers,
Betsy Cromer, Lucy Boggs, Ann
Birmingham, Frances Harris, and
Ola Matlock took the course, and
Meredith Henry renewed her
certificate. Other members of the
class were from Davidson and
Charlotte. The class consisted of a
total of 24 members. The course
was instructed by Mr. Clarence
Sikes, who heads the Mecklen
burg district of Water Safety
Control.
This class had their practical
exam on Tuesday, and their writ
ten on Thursday. They will be
issued certificates next week.