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QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXVIII No. 8
Queens College, Charlotte, N. C.
March 10, 1950
SPRING SERVICES BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Queens Players
Plan To Stage
Popular Comedy
Arsenic and Old Lace, by Jo-
Kesserling, will be produced
y ibe Queens Players on April
and 29. This riotous mystery
comedy, which enjoyed a long
on Broadway and in stock
and Was later made into a suc
cessful moving picture, is always
Sood for a repeat performance.
The play tells the story of two
refined, charming, and “inno
cent” old ladies who fill their cel
lar with the remains of socially
and religiously prominent board
ers. Their plans are complicated
by the antics of their two broth
ers, one of whom believes that he
is Teddy Roosevelt, and the other
one of whom bears a striking re
semblance to Boris Karloff or to
ony other frightful monster who
happens to be playing the part.
Joining the cast for this pro
duction will be Professor McCut-
chan. McCutchan has had
amateur experience in high
school and college plays and has
previously appeared with the
Queens Players, although not for
several years. In addition to act-
lug, he has also written two one
^ct plays that have been staged
”y amateur companies.
Other men’s parts will be play
ed by Romeo Davis, Raymond
Qasner, Tom Samonds, and Jim
Hancock, all of whom are fa-
ruiliar to Queens audiences.
for other roles in At'
throu Lace will be held
the second week in
Q All members of the
in Players will participate
one phase or another of the
production, which will be direct
ed by Miss Helen Strickland. Of-
mers of the organization are en-
husiastic in their plans for what
promises to be one of the most
successful as well as ambitious
plays to go on the local boards.
Support Rallies
To S.C.A. Project
You have seen this quotation
on a poster in Burwell HaU. How
far across the ocean has your ship
gone in helping adopt a war or
phan? On February 22nd, the stu
dent body of Queens College
voted in chapel to take as their
S. C. A. project for the year the
adoption of war orphans. On
Thursday the individual classes
met to make plans for raising the
money in their class. Class spon
sors were elected to whom all
funds for the class will be turned
in. They are as follows; Senior,
“Smoky” Henry; Junior, Betty
Sue Wright; Sophomore, Beth
Dobbins; Freshman, Margaret
Smith.
Our project is an undertaking
to become “foster parents” for
war children. These children
have never known a normal life
only tragedy, fear, and hunger.
Our friendship and help to them
uow may well determine the kind
of citizens the world will have in
^he coming generation. The
“adoption” is a financial one—
$180 will provide for one child a
year. This money will be used to
provide food, shelter, clothing,
Radical care, and schooling.
°me of the children are put in
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Sings At Queens Tonight
Juniors Seniors
Arrange Banquet
Iva Jean Gordon, president of
junior class, has announced
plans for this year’s Junior-Senior
Banquet. The banquet will be
March 17 at the Myers Park
Country Club.
Committees have been appomt-
ed to plan games and dancmg_
Deanie Berryhill is chairman of
these committees. They have al-
‘eSy made plans to show the
Queens Film during the evening.
The Juniors have gone a step
further and planned a program
for Saturday night too. They ^e
sponsoring a musical program by
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Makepeace.
Most upperclassmen remernber
Mrs. Makepeace as Kiff Knight,
who graduated last year. She and
Harold gave a chapel program
last year which resulted in the
sudden popularity of the song
“Old Woman.”
Tuberculosis Is
Still A Menace
Tuberculosis, according to sta
tistics released by Miss Sarah
Nooe, Chairman of the Health
Committee of the College, still
kills more people between the
ages of 20 and 45 than does any
other disease. Many misconcep
tions have been popularly accept
ed regarding this dread killer.
Only an informed and intelligent
attitude on the part of educated
people will enable medical sci
ence to succeed in its fight against
the disease.
Everyone should know and re
member that:
(1) Tuberculosis is caused by a
germ—the tubercle bacillus. Al
though the infection usually
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Robert Weede, Metropolitan
baritone, will give a concert in
Ninniss Auditorium, Friday night,
March 10, at 8:15 p.m. This is the
fourth in the current Concerts
and Lectures series.
A native American, born in
Baltimore, Weede began his ca
reer with the Defeo Opera Com
pany in that city. His debut was
in the part of Alfio in “Cavalleria
Rusticana.”
Following the usual profession
al apprenticeship, Weede made
his Metropolitan debut as Tonio
in “Pagliacci” in 1937, an occasion
heralded as the most successful
appearance of an American sing
er since that of Lawrence Tibbett
several years before. Weede’s
most popular role has been that
of the title part in “Rigoletto.”
In addition to his Metropolitan
contracts and engagements with
leading civic opera companies in
this country, Weede has given
concerts in all the 48 states and in
South America. He has been on
many radio programs and has a
large following among the radio
audience.
In private life Robert Weede
devotes most of his attention to
his two sons and concentrates
upon the highly important re
sponsibility of parenthood. Mem
bers of the Concerts and Lectures
Cbmmittee express themselves
as especially pleased to be able to
present Weede to Queens and
Charlotte this year.
Sororities Will
Initiate Pledges
On Saturday evening, March 11,
the five national sororities at
Queens will hold their annual in
itiation banquets. These func
tions mark the official close of
the pledge period for approxi
mately fifty upperclassmen and
freshmen.
Sororities, initiates, and places
of meeting are given below:
Alpha Delta Pi: Ann Buggell,
Ann Clark, Gertie Nelson, Nancy
Timberlake, Clair McCall, Alma
Hoke, Julia Upchurch. Banquet at
Chez Montet.
Chi Omega: Betty Ahern, Lynn
Campbell, Ruth Graham, Mary
Ann Hamilton, Jane Boyd Hum
phries, Harriet Meinnis, Bette
Mae Woods. Banquet at Marie
Rudisell’s Restaurant.
Alpha Gamma Delta: Dorothy
Chambers, Kathryn Hickman,
Billy Mancin, Jeannett Phyler,
Phoebe Trulock, Mary Jo Whise-
nant, Betty Sue Wright, Edith
Young. Banquet at Kuesters.
Kappa Delta: Betty Kay Kohen,
Dessi? Broadwell, Mary Lou
Shaw, Jeanne West, Valerie
Snook, Rebecca Schole, Sara Mac-
Nair, Joyce Miller, Janet Law
rence, Roberta Jones, Mary Dare
Hederick, Elizabeth Murray. Ban
quet at Rozzelle’s Ferry.
Phi Mu: Barbara Chiperfield,
June DeLamar, Sarah Biddix,
Kitty Sue Carter, Eugenia Harris,
Helen Murray, Nora Dean Park
er, Sylvia Stovall, Dorothy Us-
sery. Banquet at Policemen’s
Club, Morris Field.
The local sorority, ALPHA
ETA SIGMA, is also holding an
initiation this week. They will
initiate two girls, Clarise Lance
and Carmen Carter. They are
having a banquet at a later date,
however on the eleventh they are
planning a party at the Hut.
Friday, March 10 — Concert-
Lecture Series. Robert Weede,
Baritone. 8:15 P.M.
Tuesday, March 14—Religious
Emphasis Week Begins.
Monday, March 20—Student
Government Elections.
Davidson Actors
Give Two Plays
On Thursday night, March 2,
the Red and Black Masquers of
Davidson College presented two
one act plays in Ninniss Auditor
ium. The group appeared under
the auspices of the Queens Play
ers. The two plays were “The
Valiant,” by Holworthy Hall, and
“Sunday Costs Five Pesos,” by
Josephine Niggli.
“The Valiant” portrayed the
story of a condemned criminal
who through a sense of honor and
moral conviction resists the ef
forts of prison officials and the
governor of the state to secure a
reprieve for him. The play is one
of the best known in American
one act repertories and has main
tained its popularity throughout
the last thirty years. Appearing
in the cast were: Tom Apperson,
Hillsville, Va.; Bob Gay, Jackson
ville, Fla.; Thelma Boyd, David
son; Ted Daniels, Spartanburg;
Bob Hotchkiss, Drexel Hill, Pa.;
and Bill Pharr, McAdenville,
N. C.
“Sunday Costs Five Pesos” told
in humorous fashion the strug
gle of four Mexican girls who
strive for the affection and favor
of a lowly woodcarver. Their
chief problem is to decide
whether to settle their dispute on
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Dr. Paul T. Jones
Leads Student
Religious Program
The Reverend Paul Tudor
Jones, D.D., pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of High
Point, North Carolina, will con
duct the spring religious serv
ices on the Queens campus be
ginning Tuesday, March 14 and
extending through Thursday of
the same week.
These spring services, sponsor
ed by the Student Christian As
sociation and the Religious Life
Committee of the college, com
plement the services held last
fall. The two programs serve to
highlight the real and continu
ing emphasis of personal Chris
tian life characteristic of Queens
as a church related school. The
planning agencies have contin
ued their practice of bringing out
standing leaders and inspiration
al speakers for these periods.
A graduate of Southwestern
at Memphis and of Louisville
Theological Seminary, Dr. Jones
has long been popular as a direc
tor and lecturer to young people
at summer conferences and on
college campuses. At present he
is chairman of the Religious Ed
ucation Committee of the Synod
of North Carolina, a responsi
bility which keeps him in close
contact with the church school
of this state and adjoining ones.
No stranger to Queens, Dr. Jones
has appeared to college audien
ces on previous occasions.
While at Queens Dr. Jones will
speak at the morning chapel
hour on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday mornings, and at 6:45
in the evening of the same days.
He will lead an informal dis
cussion group in the south parlor
of Burwell (the crowd is limited
to the room capacity) on Tues
day and Wednesday evenings,
beginning at 7:15.
A complete schedule of the
services is given below:
Monday, 11:00 p.m.—
Prayer Meeting
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.—
“Giving Up God.”
6:45 p.m.—
“You’re a Christian, So What?”
7:^5 p.m.—
Informal discussion.
Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.—
“The Parable of the Mirror.”
6:45 p.m.—
“Where to Look for God.”
7:15 p.m.—
Informal discussion.
Thursday, 9:30 a.m.—
“Secret Service of the Soul.”
6:45 p.m.—
Communion Meditation.
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