51
QUEENS BLUES
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Vol. XXIX No. 6
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C
March 5, 1951
A. Reveals Plans
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The Heiress" Cast
deludes Number
Of Seasoned Actors
I'lans for the March production
“The Heiress,” by the Queens
^layers are now completed. On Fri-
’lay, March 9, a matinee will be
at 3:30 in Ninniss Auditor-
'aai for the high school seniors of
I'I'arlotte and Mecklenburg county
"'ho will be our guests for this per
formance. Queens students may
attend this performance. On
Saturday, March 10, an evening
Performance wil be given at 8:15.
^he admission for either per
formance will be fifty cents for
^fadent and regular tickets.
The special lighting for “The
^eiress” will be handled by the
^od and Black Masquers of David-
^oii College under the direction of
”’11 Ti’outman. The costumes for
fhe Women’s roles will be designed
^ad made by a committee of the
Queens Players, headed by Emily
®hipp and Elise Davenport, and
fhe Home Economics Department
Ouder the direction of Miss Polly
f^unlap.
The cast is an experienced one:
J. Wilson McCutchan (Dr.
Sloper) was a member of the Red
and Black Masquers of Davidson
College in his undergraduate days.
'Ueens students will remember his
^fellent performance as Jonathan
P “Arsenic and Old Lace” and as
he villain in “Only an Orphan
f'irl.”
Wanda Oxner (Mrs. Penniman)
been a steady contributor of
I ^^cellent acting ability. She has
principal roles in “First Lady,”
' Oeorge Washington Slept Here,”
,h(ine Girls,” “Many Moons,”
Tears Ago,” ‘Only An Orphan
and “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
Jinx Easter (Catherine Sloper)
^unsferred to Queens her junior
I'ear from Virginia Intermont-Col-
where she took part in sev-
productions. At Queens she
hlayed in “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
had the lead in “Years Ago.”
^ane Knell (Morris Townsend)
''^l^ile a newcomer to our stage is
^ experienced actor. He worked
the Barter Theatre last sum-
plajdng in “The Corn is
^teen,” “Still Life,” and “Passing
the Third Floor Back.” In the
jf^ent production of “Goodbye My
aticy»» by the Little Theatre of
^^rlotte he took two roles.
^Marjory Smith (Mrs. Almond)
jj^^kes her first appearance with
. ® Queens Players. She took an
., part in dramatics in high
^'kool.
McRorie (Arthur Townsend)
1 ^ be remembered for his excel-
iji I, ^karacterization of the doctor
o Arsenic and Old Lace,” and as
hero in “Only An Orphan Girl.”
a member of the Town Park
^J''ars and the Charlotte Opera
(Continued On Page Four)
College Places
Practice Teachers
Each year a large percentage of
the senior class undertakes the task
of observing and practice teaching
to meet qualifications for a teach
ers’ certificate. In order to fulfill
the requirements of a cei’tificate, a
student must observe and teach in
a classroom for a specified num
ber of hours. These hours vary with
the cei-tificate which the student
is working for. The length of ob
servation is usually thirty hours,
and in North Carolina the required
time of practice teaching is forty-
five hours while Virginia and
South Carolina require sixty hours
for an A certificate.
Among those students teaching
in the elementary grades this year
are: Betty Lynn Horn, Mickey
Butler, Bunny Fowler, Mary Anne
Rice and Betty Jean McCutcheon
at Wilmore School; Caroline Col
lins and Florence Davis at Myers
Park School; Sara Claire Little,
Gwenda Ewell, and Bertie Ayers
at Eastover School; and Jackie
Otey at the Park Road School.
From the secondary education
group a larger number of Queens
students are teaching at Central
High School than at any other in
stitution in Charlotte. Pat Hill is
teaching Math; Jane Edmonds and
Betty Pratt are teaching English;
Alice Reynolds is teaching French.
Deannie Berryhill is teaching Com
merce; Mai'tha Harrison is teach
ing Art; and Jinx Easter is teach
ing Home Economics. Others prac
tice teaching in secondary schools
include:
Mary Long, English—Oakhurst
High School.
Emily Shipp, English—Oakhurst
High School.
Margaret Barron, Home Eco
nomics—Alexander Graham Junior
High School.
Jane Blakeley, Home Economics
—Alexander Graham Junior High
School.
(Continued On Page Four)
Office Announces
National Social
Sorority Average
It is customary each semester
for the scholastic averages of the
various Sororities on campus to be
released. The following are the av
erages for the first Semester 1950-
1951:
KAPPA DELTA 1. 873
ALPHA DELTA PI ...1. 783
PHI MU.. 1. 777
CHI OMEGA 1. 599
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA 1. 458
Calendar of Events
March 5—Sorority Rush Afternoon
March 7-11—Choir Trip
March 9—The Heiress
March 10—The Heiress
March 13-15—Religious Emphasis
Week
March 16-21—Student Government
Elections
March 16-18—Sorority Initiation
week-end
March 19—Recital—Miss Eagle’s
Town Students
March 22-30—Spring Holidays.
Dr. J. W. McCutchan
Resigns College Post
Dr. J. Wilson McCutchan, chair
man of the department of language
and literature, has resigned to ac
cept the position of associate pro
fessor of English at Davidson Col
lege. The resignation is to become
effective this summer.
Dr. McCutchan has been a mem
ber of the faculty of Queens College
since 1943 and chairman of the
division of language and literature
since 1946. Besides being a grad
uate of Davidson College, he has
attended the University of Vir
ginia, Duke University, and the
American University in Cairo,
Egypt. Before coming to Queens
Dr. McCutchan spent eight years
in the Far East. Since he has been
in Charlotte, he has become an
elder in the Myers Park Presbyter
ian Church where he also teaches
the Men’s Bible Class.
He will assume his position on
the Davidson faculty in September.
EDUCATION IN THE SPRING
Well, here it is. . . spring again
. . . and a young man’s fancy turns
to what a woman has been think
ing about all year. The sun is shin
ing, and the weather is beautiful
. . . . (famous last words as every
body plods through mud-puddles
to a Davidson dance). Books (these
come first, of course), music, na
ture, boys, and spring come hand
in hand.
First, books: Miss Nooe’s amoeba
and his pseudopod is the romantic
interest in her classes. The students
in American and English litera
ture are getting “school-kid”
crushes on the artists and writers
of the day. Henry VIII and Anne
Boelyn add to the history lectures
interest. Dean Sweet says that the
“Van Dyke” brothers have a slight
romantic trend in their painting.
Home Economics majors are really
interested in learning to be home
makers. The “estudiantes de
espanal” are wondering how to say
“jet’aime beaucoys” in Spanish. Dr.
Norman and his “just loves” have
spring fever. Mr. Storey holds the
interest of his classes even after
hours—the product of a research
theme based on “What Part of the
Country Has the Most Eligible
Bachelors.”
_ ANNE CLARK
Then music comes in as a part of
spring. Each class has a theme
song. For the freshman the theme
song is “Be My Love”; for the soph
omores it’s “Full Moon and Empty
Arms”; for the juniors it’s “Where
Are You”; and for the seniors—
what else than, “Here Comes the
Bride.”
The outdoors appeals to everyone
in the spring—so R. A. says! That
suntan appeal is necessary to win
a beau so come on out and get some
sun.
Yes, education is at its best in
the spring!
Religious Emphasis
Speaker Well-Known
Author and Pastor
Rainey Gamble, president of the
Student Christian Association has
announced plans for the annual
Religious Emphasis Week to be
held at Queens, March 13 through
15. Dr. William M. Elliott, Jr., of
Dallas, Texas, will be the speaker.
Dr. Elliott is pastor of the High
land Park Presbyterian Church of
Dallas. He was formerly pastor of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church of Knoxville, Tennessee,
and the Druid Hills Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. Elliott
has published several books, and
has been the speaker at various
organizations. He was recently the
platform speaker at the Fourth
Quadrennial Youth Convention on
World Mission of the Church at
Auburn, Alabama. This past fall he
has also been the speaker at Texas
A. and M. College.
Dr. Elliott is a member of the
General Assembly’s Board of World
Missions and in the winter of
1946-47 spent four and one-half
months with Dr. C. Darby Fulton
in surveying the Presbyterian Mis
sion work in China, Japan and
Korea as a representative of the
Executive Committee of Foreign
Missions of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S.
The following schedule of events
will be carried out during Religious
Emphasis Week:
Monday, March 12
1:15 Day' Student Prayer
Meeting in Belk Chapel
Tuesday, March 13
9:30-10:00 Chapel
6:00 Special guests for dinner
7:45 Vespers in Belk Chapel
Wednesday, March 14
9:30-10:00 Chapel
3:30-5:00 Fellowship Meeting
7:45 Vespers in Bejk Chapel
Thursday, March 15
9:30-10:00 Chapel
7:45 Vespers in Belk Chapel.
Throughout the week, Belk
Chapel will be open each morning
from 7:15 until 8:30 for a time of
quiet prayer and meditation. Each
evening a fellowship group will be
held in all dormitories for a time
of discussion and singing. These
will be very short and informal.
This year for the first time, the
evening services will be open to
the people of Charlotte who wish
to attend. The morning services
will be for the students only, but
everyone is welcome for the evening
service.
CHAPEL ...
. . . SCHEDULE
March 6—Mr. Norman and Mrs.
Sinclair.
March 13-15—Religious Emphasis
Week—Dr. William M. Elliot.