QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXVII iNo. 6
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
January 26, 1950
LEGISLATURE VIEWS ELECTIONS
Churches Extend
Hospitality To
College Students
In an effort to acquaint the peo
ple of Charlotte and the Caroli-
with Queens College, teams
girls have been going out to
Various churches, speaking, and
showing a film on Queens. These
teams have been organized and
sent out with the feeling that
Queens belongs not only to the
Presbyterian Church but to the
city of Charlotte itself. Warm re
ceptions have highlighted these
visits of our girls. Enthusiastic
response from prospective stu
dents is indicative of the fact that
these visits are very profitable.
The following schedule has been
set up for the teams:
January: First Presbyterian
Church, Sumter, S. C., First
Presbyterian Church, Che-
raw, S. C., Selwyn Avenue
Presbyterian Church, and St.
Martin’s Episcopal Church of
Charlotte.
February: Myers Park Presby
terian Church, First Method
ist Church, First Presbyterian
Church, Tenth Avenue Pres-
°yterian Church, Seigle Ave-
Ue Presbyterian Church, (all
^arlotte) and the First
resbyterian Church, Con
cord, N. c.
The following girls make up
the teams:
Frances Harris, June Patter-
Lucy Boggs, Doris Law-
Louise Peterson, Ruth
Porter, Belva Morse, Iva Jean
Gordon, • Sara McNair, Doro
thy MacLeod, Eleanor God
frey, Alice Reynolds, Grace
Marie Childs, Rainey Gamble,
Aileen Kabrich, Peggy Bar-
rentine, Louise Conrad, and
Wanda Oxner.
Honor Council
Sets New Rule
Students and faculty are urged
to remember to observe the regu
lations and courtesies set forth
by the Honor Council for the ex
amination period. One new re
quest has been added to the pol
icy for this set of examinations. If
any student thinks she sees signs
of dishonesty, or carelessness on
the part of another student dur
ing an exam, she is to tap several
times on her desk with her pen
cil. These taps should serve as a
yearning to any student who may
conducting herself in a suspi-
*-ious manner. Any obvious vio
lations are to be reported to the
^onor Council.
Gther regulations are as follows:
We shall respect our fellow stu
dents by absolute quiet while tak
ing an examination.
Insofar as possible every effort
should be made to keep a vacant
seat between two students; also,
V^e shall avoid any appearances
of violating the Honor System.
It is courteous, if you place writ
ten sheets of work on the desk
beside you, to lay those papers
face down.
All examinations will be taken
specified classroom.
We shall Emit ourselves to only
one absence during an examina-
^on at which time we shall go
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Proposed Election Programs
Second Day
Third Day
Fourth Day
President S. G.
Secretary S. G.
Treasurer S. G.
Advisory Committee
V. Pres. B. S. C.
V. Pres. D. S. C.
Three Editors
Pres. S. C. A.
Pres. R. A.
Honor Council
D. S. C.
B. S. C.
President of S. G.
Secretary of S. G.
Treasurer of S. G.
Advisory Cc^mmittee
Three Editors
Pres. S. C. A. and
S. C. A. Cabinet
Pres. R. A. and
R. A. Council
Honor Council
Legislature Members
at large
Day Student Council (and V. Pres.)
Boarding Student Council (and V. Pres.)
Publications Board
Class Officers and representatives
Later
Fifth Day
Sixth Day
S. C. A. Cabinet
R. A. Cabinet
Class officers and
representatives
Training Program
Installation
Exchange Student
Speaks At Chapel
Miss Marie-Jose Theisen, Ger-
,„an exchange student at the Um
versity o£ North Carolina, spoke
to students, faculty, and mem
bers ol the college administration
in chapel on Friday, January 20.
Miss Theisen’s address was the
third public program sponsored
bv the International Relations
Club.
In the course of her remarks
Miss Theisen emphasized, as pre
vious speakers have done, the
value of the exchange student
system in creating better under
standing and relations among the
nations of the world. This is par
ticularly true when conflicting
ideologies, traditions of govern
ment, and national jealousies are
involved. The language barrier
still constitutes one of the great
est impediments to world peace.
Miss Theisen has addressed
many organizations and student
groups in North and South Caro
lina. From Queens she went to
Winthrop where she was to ap
pear as the guest of the student
body. Ruth Porter introduced
Miss Theisen to the Queens au
dience.
Q. C. Sponsors
Radio Program
The first in a series of radio
scripts written by Queens stu
dents was presented on the
Queens College program over
WSOC Friday night, January 20,
at 10:45 P.M. These programs are
taken from historic facts center
ing around Charlotte from 1770
until the early 1800’s.
The “Signing of the Mecklen
burg Declaration of Indepen
dence” a dramatic production,
written and directed by Wanda
Oxner, under the direction of
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Belk Chapel Is
Near Completion
Emerging from the dreams of
those who love Queens; made pos
sible by the generosity of Mr.
William Henry Belk and busi
ness associates; planned by tal
ented minds of capable archi
tects; and carefully constructed
from brick and steel, concrete,
tile, wood, and stone, by crafts
men of many trades, Belk Chapel
stands on the Queens College
Campus.
Officials report that the build
ing, erected in commemoration
of Mr. Belk and his brother. Dr.
John M. Belk, will be complete
ly finished by April. It is hoped
that April services will be held
in the chapel. With construction
almost finished, the chapel is a
magnificent fabrication of build
ing materials, carefully united to
form the Greek architectural
structure that stands among the
towering pines.
Actual construction began in
July, following ground breaking
ceremonies at commencement ex
ercises last June. INJr. Belk him
self lifted the first spadeful of
earth at that time. Queens stu
dents and residents of Charlotte
have watched with eager eyes
the rise of the building from an
insignificant, but sturdy, founda
tion into a well-built, handsome
structure that adds beauty to the
campus, and as a place of worship
supplies an integral part of the
college.
Work on the interior is progress
ing rapidly. The concrete floor
has been laid and work has begun
on the laying of rubber tiled sur
face Doric half-columns adorn
the inside, providing further beau
tification for the interior which
is greatly enhanced by the strik
ing lavender-rose windows. In
side a wide chancel with choir
^eats on either side and a paneled
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Students Hear
UNC Debaters
In the auditorium on Friday
evening, January 13, a number
of students and faculty members
heard the Chapel Hill debate team
verbally battle the pros and cons
of the query: Resolved that the
federal government should nation
alize aU basic non-agricultural in
dustries.
No decision was given; it was a
demonstration debate and was
given in the hope that interest
would be aroused among the stu
dents to organize a debating team
at Queens.
The Chapel Hill debaters have
recently returned from a tour
which included a victory over the
debaters of Columbia University
in New York.
The debaters, presenting the
affirmative were: Bob Evans, a
sophomore, from Durham; and
Bob Hutchinson, a sophomore,
from Rockingham. The negative
side was presented by Herbert
Mitchell, a junior, from Asheville;
and Paul Roth, a sophomore, from
Asheville.
The debaters were guests of
the Queens Players for dinner
prior to the debate.
Methodist Girls
Go To Conference
Betty Jean Byerly, Shirley By-
erly, Iva Jean Gordon, and B’Ann
Hennessee were the delegates
from Queens to the Fourth Na
tional Methodist Student Confer
ence held at the University of
Illinois, Urbana, Ill., December
27th-January 1st. There were 2000
students and 300 adults from all
parts of the United States and
thirty other nations at the con
ference, which is held every four
years or each student generation.
The Conference took as its theme,
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Group Recommends
Two Schedules For
Choosing Officers
Each year the student legisla
ture is faced with the problem
of arranging an election schedule.
The main problem is arriving at
the shortest and most efficient
schedule with which it is possi
ble to secure the best officers in
a thoroughly democratic way.
The accompanying chart shows
the election schedule used last
year and a proposed shortened
schedule. The student poll is con
ducted by having students fill
out a mimeographed complete
ballot with the name of girls
they consider best qualified for
each office. The two girls receiv
ing the highest votes are placed,
as nominations, on the official
ballot. Floor nominations are al
ways in order.
The shorter period of elections
has the advantage of keeping mor
ale high throughout the whole
period. It will make impossible
the “passing down” of an individ
ual from office to office with the
exception of the step from Pres
ident of Student Government to
Vice President of Student Govern
ment. It will make students con
sider carefully a girl’s foremost
abilities and encourage putting
the right people in the right
places. It will necessarily mean
that some very capable people
will hold offices which hither
to have not been considered too
important. One of the past weak
nesses, however, in student gov
ernment has sometimes been the
lack of real leadership and initia
tive available for committee chair
men and smaller organizations.
This shorter plan will leave
time for a training program be
fore installation so that the ris
ing officers may assume their
duties with a clear understand
ing of their responsibilities. It
should also be noted that every
major organization (except Hon
or Council) has appointed mem
bers or class representatives. If
any girl is eliminated by the first
ballot she may still be an officer
in the organization with which
she is most fitted to serve.
The old plan does provide means
for “juggling” capable people
from one office to another and
gives the students more oppor
tunity to recognize the various
talents a girl may have. It is also
the plan which the by-laws of the
constitution provide, which means
that if the new plan is adopted
legislature must change the by
laws.
This problem belongs to the
students. Understand it, discuss
it, decide what you want, and in
struct your legislative representa
tives to voice the opinion of the
majority of Queens students at
the regular meeting of legislature
in February.
Calendar Of Events
Friday, February 3—Miss Brezs-
ney’s Students’ Recital, 8:15 P. M.
Friday, February 10 — Miss
Lampton’s Faculty Piano Recital,
8:15 P. M.
Tuesday, February 21 — The
Honorable Ruth Bryan Rohde,
Lecturer, 8:15 P. M.
Friday, February 24 — Miss
Lampton’s Students’ Recital, 8:15
P. M.