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Vol. XXVIi:hNo. 11
Queens College. Charlotle, N. C.
May 11. 1950
DEAN ANNOUNCES NEW ABSENCE RULES
Blakely Resigns;
Leaves Queens
In June, 1950
Students and faculty learned
on Friday morning, April 28, that
Dr. Hunter B. Blakely had re
signed from the presidency of
Queens College, the resignation
to become effective in June of
this year. Although most of the
college community received this
news from the Charlotte Observ
er. Dr. Blakely spoke briefly of
his action in Friday chapel.
^r. Blakely came to Queens in
1939, and thus completes
almost eleven full years of active
service. From the first he con
cerned himself with strengthen
ing the academic program as
well as with providing more ef
ficient and comfortable physical
facilities. Increasing both the in
terior and exterior beauty of the
campus and plant has claimed a
great deal of his attention.
Outstanding among the im
provements of Dr. Blakely’s ad
ministration have been:
Erection of Belk Chapel.
Construction of a new heating
plant capable of meeting both
present and future needs of the
campus.
Erection of a new wing on
Atkinson Building (Science), and
renovation of the old part of the
building.
Provision for 45 additional
boarding students.
Construction of the first unit
pf the new student union build
ing, at present used for class
rooms and faculty officers.
Addition of a new reference
room to the library. During the
past nine years more than half a
million dollars has been spent on
building and repairs.
On the strictly academic side
of the college’s program the fol
lowing advances have been
made:
Staff has increased from 45 to
57.
Revision of the entire curric
ulum on a divisional basis.
Reorganization of personnel
and guidance program.
Establishment of the Testing
Bureau to serve the college and
the community.
Development of the Depart
ment of the Home.
Institution of program in Adult
Education and evening classes.
Doubling the book-stock of the
library, with special emphasis on
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Calendar Of Events
Sheer And Blue
Present joint
Music Recital
Dr. Blakely
Counselors Chosen
Tues. May 16—Awards and
Prizes Day.
Fri. May 19—Brezany Student
Recial.
Tuesday, May 23—Miss Lamp-
ton’s Town Student’s Recital.
Fri. May 26—Miss Hampton’s
Student Recital.
Congratulations to seventeen
girls who have been chosen to
serve as student counselors for
the 1950-1951 session. These girls
will act a Counselors to next
year’s freshmen and transfers.
Plans are being made by Dot
Folger, Chairman of the Board
ing Student Counselors for the
second consecutive year and
Alice Reynolds, chairman of the
Day Student Counselors, with
their respective groups for an
outstanding orientation program.
Emphasis is being placed upon
larger groups for each counselor,
thereby letting each counselee
become more closely associated
with a larger number of students.
The Boarding Student Counsel
ors are:
Ruth Graham, Frances Mac-
Pherson, Florence Davis, Elise
Davenport, Joyce Crosland, Dot
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Nancy Blue, soprano, and
Suzanne Scheer, pianist, were
presented in their Junior Recital
in the Ninniss Auditorium on
Friday evening. May 5, 1950 at
8:15 p.m. Miss Mary Ann Brezany
accompanied the vocal numbers.
Miss Blue is the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. Way Ion Blue of
Sanford, N. C., and is a pupil of
Miss Virginia Smith. She is a
member of Kappa Delta Sorority
and was elected to Mu Phi Ep
silon in the first semester of last
year.
Miss Scheer is the daughter of
Mr. Robert F. Scheer of Char
lotte. She has been a pupil of
Mrs. Elsie Stokes Mosely for the
past three years. During this past
year she has been president of
Mu Phi Epsion, national honor
ary music fraternity.
The program was as follows:
Todes Sehnsucht (Come, Kind
ly Death), J. S. Bach; Gipsy Song,
Dvorak; Apres un Reve (After a
Dream), Faure; Les Papillons
(Butterflies), Chausson, Miss
Blue; Sonata, Op. 10, No. 3,
Beethoven, Presto, Largo e mes-
to, Menuetto, Rondo, Miss
Scheer.
Si mi chiamano Mimi (They
Call Me Mimi), G. Puccini, from
the opera “La Boheme,” Miss
Blue.
Mazurka, Op. 6, No. 1, Chopin
Ballade, Op. 118, Brahms; The
Island Spell, John Ireland;
“I would wash the dust of the
world in a soft green flood
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Carter Speaks
At Graduation
J. Roger Carter, education of
ficer at the British Embassy in
Washington, will deliver the
Queens College commencement
address in the Belk Chapel on
June 5. Mr. Carter attended
Rugby School and St. John’s
College, Cambridge, England, do
ing his major work in economics.
He had done social work in the
Mary Ward Settlement, London,
and in an acutely depressed area
in South Wales, putting most of
his efforts into the advancement
of adult education.
In 1944 Mr. Carter joined the
staff of U. N. R. R. A. to work in
the Displaced Persons Division
at the European headquarters. At
the same time he was advisor to
the World Committee of Y. M
C. A.’s in its educational work
among German prisoners of war.
In 1947 he went to the Ministry
of Education, serving in the In
formation and External Rela
tions Branch. He visited Ger
many in the summer of 1948 on
an official tour of lecturers to
schools, trade unions, and other
groups. He was appointed to his
present position in March, 1949.
System Gives All
Students More
Responsibility
Valkyrie Taps
At Chapel on Wednesday
morning. May 3rd, Valkyrie tap
ped the following girls from the
rising Sophomore class: Margaret
Blue, from Sanford, N. C.;
Katherine Edgerton, from Con
cord, N. C.; Sara McNair, from
Charlotte; Helen Murray, from
Sumter, S. C.; Gertie Nelson,
from Lumberton, N. C.; and
Margaret Smith, from Atlanta,
Ga. The advisor for next year is
Miss June Holtzendorff.
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Reflections
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Dean Gordon Sweet has an
nounced that new regulations on
class attendance were approved
by the Faculty at a called meet
ing on Wednesday, April 26. The
new rules were adopted follow
ing the report of a special com
mittee appointed to review the
whole problem. They will be
printed in next year’s Student
Handbook, and are as follows:
1. Students are expected to at
tend classes regularly.
2. Students who do not main
tain a 1.0 quality point average
for the previous semester will be
placed on the required attend
ance list.
3. A student on the required
attendance list must attend all
classes unless excused by the
Absence Committee, such excuse
to be granted only in case of:
a. Personal illness,
b. Serious illness or death
in the family. Written excuses or
infirmary slips must be received
in the office of the Dean of the
College within twenty-four hours
after return to classes.
4. Any student reported as do
ing below average (D) work or
failing (F) on a course during a
semester is subject to required
allendance for this particular
class for the rest of the semester.
5. Any student reported as
doing unsatisfactory (below aver
age—D) work or failing (F) on
two or more courses during a
semester will be placed on the
required attendance list for all
subjects for the rest of the rest
of the semester.
Tuesday, May 30—Miss Mc
Queens’ Town Student Recital.
Wed. May 31—Miss Smith’s
Town Students Recital.
As usual the weather man
predicted scattered showers for
May Day, but what he didn’t pre
dict was the shocking headlines
in the Charlotte Observer—DR.
BLAKELY RESIGNS AS PRESI
DENT OF QUEENS COLLEGE.
Even though the sun shone
brightly all day, this news cast
a shadow of sadness on Queens
Campus.
Four O’clock . . • strains of
music echoed across the May Dell
as a rainbow of yellow, blue
lavender, and green moved slow
ly toward the throne. Sixteen
beautiful, radiant queens. Then
came Alice Harrell, M a r t h a
Haseldon, Stella Alexander, and
Gail Magher scattering rose
petals, and Roscoe Nesmith
proudly bearing the crown.
Betty Norris, Maid-of-Honor,
appeared as lovely as ever in an
exquisite dress of lavender chif
fon, and May Queen, Dorothy
Thomas, was a picture of beauty
in an original white satin dress
which highlighted her blonde
hair.
The physical education classes
gave vivid interpretations of the
pilgrimage to Canterbury, and
six of the Canterbury Tales. Solo
narts were done by Betsy
Cromer, Mayree Kay Ledford,
and Billie Mancin. The costumes
were excellent—each an original
Canterbury style.
May Day was brought to a
pleasant climax by the dramatic
department’s presentation of
“Arsenic and Old Lace.’’ Fami
liar as well as new talent was in
cluded in the cast of this enjoy
able play which was played to
full houses at both performances.
Bonnie Blue in the role of
Abbey Brewster, and Gwenda
Ewell as Martha Brewster were
both delightful. The “charging”
Teddy was pleasantly portrayed
by Jimmy Hancock. Mr. Mc-
Cutchan, Mr. Sweet, Romeo
Davis, Jinx Easter, and Grover
Martin played their roles in a
superb manner.
Credit should go to the direc
tors to the costume and make-up
committees, and to the props
committee-—especially Raymond
Casner for his fine work on
scenery, and to all the other
backstage people who made
“Arsenic and Old Lace” one of
the most enjoyable plays ever
presented at Queens.
The Art Exhibits, as in the
past years, had their usual beau
ty of design, form, and composi
tions of work.
An added attraction this year
was the fine arts class exhibit
which enabled more students to
participate and express them
selves in some creative piece of
work.
Fine Arts Week-end was con
cluded by a very enjoyable pro
gram of contemporary music on
Sunday afternoon. This program
made us realize that not only do
we have excellent performers
right here on the campus, but
also talented composers.
Mr. Berg was superb in the
solo part of the folk ballad,
“Half-Moon Mountain,” in which
our own college chorus did the
chorus parts. It was indeed a
pleasure to have the composer
of “Half-Moon Mountain,” Mr.
Edwin Gerschefski of Converse
College, with us on this occa-
6. The faculty will report on
the last class day of each month
each student who is doing below
average or failing work.
7. Any student absent from
class forty-eight hours immedi
ately preceding or immediately
following a hqliday will be plac
ed on the required attendance
list for eight weeks following
the end of the holiday.
8. All freshmen will be re
quired to attend all classes for
the first quarter.
9. In case of absence from more
than 20 percent of the class meet
ings in a course, a student must
secure the approval of the Ab
sence Committee and the instruc
tor before being allowed to make
up the work or receive credit
for the course.
Sion.
This week-end was indeed a
well rounded Fine Arts Week
end in which art, dancing, drama,
and music were presented in
original interpretations by both
students and faculty members—
a weekend that shall long re
main in our memories.
Dean Sweet pointed out that
the intent of the committee and
faculty in adopting these new
regulations is to place more re
sponsibility in the hands of stu
dents who demonstrate that they
are capable of exercising it. Al-
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Vespers
May 14—Harding Choir.
May 21—Clemson College Y
Cabinet.
May 28—Student Service (In
the dell).
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