QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXVII/-No. 3
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 17, 1949
QUEENS PLAYERS PRESENT PLAY
Blues Reviews
Queens' History
If King George III of England
had not been so stubborn, Queens
College would be celebrating her
hundred and seventy-eighth
anniversary this year. But George
III Was an obstinate man—and
^ith good reason. He was afraid
°f the democratic ideals which
l^ight be taught in the school. So,
in spite of the fact that the col
lege and the town in which it was
located were named for his
Queen, George III dropped his
royal chin and dismissed the
charter for a college.
Royal disdain did not daunt the
people of Charlotte. The Colonial
Assembly had already ratified
the charter, granting permission
for the college to confer the B. A.
and M. A. Degrees. To help with
the maintenance of the college a
tax of six pence was placed on all
spiritous liquors brought into
Mecklenburg County. Thomas
Polk, one of the first trustees of
the college, bore the expense of
all the buildings.
The King was justified in his
®ars, as the hall of Queens be
en w- ’Meeting place of the
dom of advocated the free-
1777 from Britain. In
of North p General Assembly
-xj. .. ” ^srolina under the Con-
71 ^^®oged the name of the
Hall^^ ^^om Queens to Liberty
th^^^^^ the Revolutionary War,
ci continued in the vi-
Oity of South Tryon Street. The
° oge at this time was a co-edu-
03tional school, and when it was
JPoved to Ninth Street and Col-
oge the male students were hous
ed at Ninth and McDowell.
In 1857 the college became a
girl’s school, known as the Char
lotte Female Institute. The Rev
erend Robert Burwell and his
Wife, Margaret, headed the insti
tution.
"^e year 1901 saw Dr. J. R.
Rridges become president of the
College. This same year the name
of the college was again changed
to the Presbyterian College for
Women.
Not until 1912 did Queens come
to its present location on Selwyn
Avenue in the Myers Park dis
trict of Charlotte. At this time the
name of the institution became
Queens College.
In 1921 Dr. William H. Frazer
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S.A.AA.L.A. Meets
In Charlotte
“Come esta Vd?”—“Comment
allez-vous?” — “Wie gent es
Ihmen?”—“How are you?” are to
be heard from many nooks and
corners around Charlotte and Da
vidson next week-end. A meet
ing of the South Atlantic Modern
Language Association, November
25 and 26, will be the cause of
this. Davidson and Queens Col
lege will be the joint hosts for the
association. The headquarters for
the delegates will be the Hotel
Charlotte.
The delegates will attend a
luncheon at Davidson on Friday,
Nov. 25. They will return to the
Hotel Charlotte for a banquet that
night. Entertainment will include
a welcoming address by Dr.
Blakely and a selection of songs
by Mary Jo Whisnant, a student
at Queens College.
Queens College will entertain
the delegates with coffee m Bur-
well Hall Saturday morning
which will be followed by a busi
ness meeting at which Dr. Burks
will read his paper on A Coop
erative Plan For Evaluating and
Improving Text Books. The Stu
dent French Association will spon-
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Students Plan
Formal Dance
The annual Queens College
Christmas dance will be, held in
the dining hall on Saturday, De
cember 3, from 8:30 ’till 11:30.
The music will be Icxcnished by
Billy Knauf and his orchestra.
Tickets will go on sale in the “Y”
store on Monday, two weeks be
fore the dance. Committee mem
bers Dot Thomas, Betty Pratt.
Mayree Kay Ledford and Bar
bara Ann Job will also have them
on sale in the dorms.
Senate Reports
Legislature met November 8,
with both faculty and student
members present.
An answer had been received
from the dean’s office to the rec
ommendation that Thanksgiving
holidays be extended. Dean Sweet
explained that since the college
calendar had tJ^n made out a
year in advance no changes could
be made in the program this year.^
The recommendation that men
be allowed in the lounge on week
ends was also denied for the pres
ent time. It will be reconsidered
when the girls who use the
lounge prove that they can and
will keep the room clean enough
to be presentable to outsiders.
It was suggested that all stu
dents become familiar with the
school constitution, especially the
section dealing with the proce
dure of elections. Copies of the
constitution will soon be made
available to all students.
Calendar of Events
November 17
Stunt Night
November 19
Junior-Freshman Party
November 20
Special Vespers Program By Stu
dents From the Assembly’s
Training School, Richmond,
Virginia. 6:00 P.M.
November 22
Party For Central High Seniors.
3:30 P.M.
November 24
Thanksgiving Day
November 26
South Atlantic Modern Language
Association Meeting, 8:30-11:30
A.M.
November 29
Party For Harding, Tech, and
County Schools, 3:30 P.M.
Sweet Announces
New Catalogue
Professor Gordon Sweet, Act
ing Dean of the College, has an
nounced that copy for the new
catalogue has been prepared and
will soon be in the hands of the
printer.
Of chief interest to students
will be more definite and specific
statements regarding the fields in
which students may choose to
major. Dean Sweet emphasized
that there are no changes in the
curriculum as it now stands.
These re-statements merely clari
fy the academic programs for the
various major fields and list the
prerequisite courses required of
majors in the respective fields.
Beginning next year two “ma
jors” will be offered in the Di
vision of Religion and Philoso
phy. One will be designated as a
Bible major and the other as a
major in Religion. The second
program includes a number of
courses in Religious Education as
major requirements.
Other major fields in the B. A.
curriculum to be specifically des
ignated are: History and Politi
cal Science, Psychology, Econom
ics and Sociology in the Division
of Human Relations; English,
French, and Spanish in the Di
vision of Language and Litera
ture; Chemistry, Biology, and
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Chapel Schedule
November 18
Dr. Herbert Spaugh, Little Church
On The Lane
November 22
Dr. Heaton, Myers Park Baptist
Church
November 25
Student Worship Service
November 29
Music Faculty Program
former Student
Discusses A.T.S.
On November 19th and 20th,
Lillian McCulloch, a Queens
alumna who is now at The Gen-
f^al Assembly’s Training School
Richmond, Virginia and three
®f her fellow students, will be
guests of the college. Lillian is
returning to tell us about A. T. S.
and to answer questions that
students interested in attending
he Training School want to ask.
^ey will hold a discussion in
The Hut at 3:30 Sunday after
noon on life at A. T. S. and will
conduct vespers on Sunday eve-
r^^ug, November 20.
Lillian was president of the
year, and
winner of the Sidney
^ ivan award. She was also a
®ui er of Alpha Kappa Gamma.
It was around five o’clock on
the morning of October 19th, and
Lia Petrovskis had been much too
excited to sleep any longer. After
dressing hurriedly, she had a
quick breakfast, then went up on
deck to watch the approaching
New York skyline as the ship
came in parallel to the coast. She
thought the many lights of the
city were beautiful, but she
thinks her greatest thrill was see
ing the Statue of Liberty come
into view. When she tries to ex
plain the feeling she had deep
within her she sort of chokes up,
but one can easily understand
how she must have felt. We all
too often forget how much we
have for which to be thankful.
When the ship docked at eight,
one of the women from the
Church World Service organi
zation was there to meet Lia and
a family from Poland. Being the
only one of her group who could
speak a little English, Lia acted
as interpreter. (She laughed
when she told me this!)
The C. W. S. lady took Lia and
the Polish family first to Grand
Central Station to check their
bags, then they went on a short
sightseeing tour to see Fifth Ave
nue the ice revue at Rockefeller
Center and St. Peter’s Catholic
Church. They saw much more,
but time was too short to remem
ber everything. The group was
back at Grand Central around
one and the train left at three
thirty for Washington.
Upon arriving in Washington at
seven-thirty P.M. the first thing
to do was to find the Polish fam
ily’s sponsor, and here again Lia
acted as translator. After getting
her friends settled, she took a
taxi to see Washington. She says
the driver was very kind in tell
ing her about the different places.
She saw the Capitol, the Wash
ington Monument, the Lincoln
Memorial, and the fascinating
lights of the city. Finally, she left
Washington at 10:45 on the train
for the last lap of her journey.
The first person to meet Lia as
she stepped off the train at nine-
thirty the next morning was Dr.
Blakely. The trip through town
on the way to Queens was an awe
inspiring one for Lia, then . . .
Queens!
Since the 20th, Lia has learned
more each day and has reaUy
adapted herself well to her new
life. The large amounts of mer
chandise in the stores and the
plentiousness of food are “re
markable” as Lia puts it.
There are a number of large
cities in Europe, but they are not
as spread out as Charlotte since
the main means of transportation
is by foot. Neither do they have
many skyscrapers, most of the
buildings being on the average
six floors high. Lia is still amazed
by the countless cars that dash
back and forth. She has often
walked twenty miles a day. We
Americans are just lazy in some
respects!
Lia has much more to tell of
her impressions of this new life
she is leading, but they will have
to be told later. When I asked her
to write down some of her im
pressions, she wrote the follow
ing note and orally told me some
of them:
“I like Queens, Charlotte, and
the U. S. A. very much! It is not
another continent, it is another
planet! Therefore I have very
much to learn about the life here
and I need time to accustom.
About the differences between
America and Europe I told (will
tell) you sometimes. Dot, and it is
a pity . . . because I am not able
to do it. I hope that you will let
me have time and I shall try to
be a good student and a good
comrade. I am very, very thank
ful for the kindness and hearti
ness of all the girls, and I like all
of them very much. Might be it
sometimes seems that I am very
reserved, but it is only therefore,
for I am so shy. I hope that my
English becomes better soon and
then it will be more pleasant for
you and me!”
Club Gives
Production
December 8
Years Ago, a full length play
by Ruth Gordon, will be produc
ed by the Queens Players on De
cember 8 and 9. Miss Gordon is
noted for her ability as an actress
as well as for the plays she has
written.
Years Ago is based on the true
story of a small town girl who
has a deep and unflagging desire
to be an actress. It was recently
produced on Broadway, starring
Florence Eldridge and Frederic
March.
The necessary committees have
been set up by the Queens Play
ers, and rehearsals are in prog
ress for this first major produc
tion of the current year.
Romeo Davis, who has had
leading roles in the Queens
Players’ productions of First Lady.
Many Moons, and George Wash
ington Slept Here, takes the part
of Clinton Jones.
Wanda Oxner, who also starred
in the plays mentioned above and
in other productions at Queens,
plays Annie Jones.
Virginia Easter, who has had
experience on the stage at Vir
ginia Interment College, will ap
pear as Ruth Gordon Jones.
Colleen Lynn, with stage roles
at Queens and at Mars Hill Col
lege, will take the part of Kath
erine Follett.
Babs Hamby, who was last
seen on the stage in Nine Girls,
will play Anna Witham.
Tom Samonds, a new member
of the Queens Players but a fa
miliar figure in Charlotte Little
Theatre productions, will portray
Fred Whitmarsh.
Other parts in Years Ago will
be taken by Ray Casner, Jimmy
Hancock, and Pete Peterson, all
of whom have had previous ex
perience with the Queens Players.
Miss Helen Strickland, who
had been the genius behind the
Queens Players for the past sev
eral seasons, will direct the play.
College Host To
School. Seniors
Queens College will be hostess
to the city high schools on the
twenty-second and the twenty-
ninth of November. Central sen
iors will be entertained on No
vember 22 and on November 29
seniors from Harding and Tech
High School as well as county
schools will visit the Queens
Campus.
Refreshments will be served at
3:30 P.M. in the Day Student
Building as this is the place which
will be of most interest to them if
they become students at Queens.
A movie entitled “Life at
Queens” is to be shown in the
projection room at 4:00 P.M.
A committee of Day Students
are to serve as guides to conduct
the tour. This committee is:
Chairman—
Grace Marie Childes
Doris Lawing
Sara McNair
Valerie Smook
Betty Ahern
Ann Hunter
Joyce Miller
Florence Ashcraft