QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXIX No. 12
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 23, 1951
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS NAMED
Sophs Prophesy
For Sister Class
Seniors are dignified—but they
are also something else—they’re
leaving school. Each girl has
chosen some field to work hard—
or some field in which to hardly
Work. Not being a prophet by some
slip-up, we have made some ama
teur predictions for the seniors.
With due respect to their seniority
and priority, we shall give you
these predictions:
Bertie Ayers—never gets enough
studying. She lets her pupils come
to school a whole hour late just
so she can spend 1st period in the
library.
Ann Bailey—she’s that quiet new
Director of Psychology and Socio
logy at some famous girls school.
She chose a girl school because of
course she's already made a study
of boys and has decided girls are
more simple to understand.
Margaret Barron—is seen grow
ing small oak trees in front of Bur-
Well Hall. She plans to send her
first 20 children to Queens and
they’ll need more than one tree for
her prospective Sigma Mu mem
bers.
Joan Baucom — she may be a
candidate for a B. S. in Secretarial
' Administration but her matrimon
ial intentions proves to us that
what she’ll be administrating won’t
be in the secretarial line!
Deanie Berryhill—catin’ round
Central slouching over a stool with
a cigarette in one hand and a can
of Blatz in the other giving a speed
test in typing of course!
Jane Blakely—instead of cook
ing pie she’s baking herself in the
ann, and her husband declares that
ahe bakes better golf balls than
biscuits.
Dessie Broadwell—a famous New
York night club—known for its
cigarettes and whiskey and wild,
^ild, women — is now constantly
crowded with casinovas wearing
their eyeballs out looking at Dessie
the Dazzler.
Mickey—Butler—the new Mae
^ e s t of Broadway is southern
^rawl and all just like the famous
Mae—well, the southern drawl any
how.
B. J. Byerly—has a desk with
hi telephones—the 61st one is a
P^^ivate phone for she and her boss
^ete Grimes, president of the Ju
venile Court of Charlotte, to talk
*^Ver the present juvenile situation
Katie Chapman—waiting up for
^nn to come in so she can beat out
^be Kappa Sig Sweetheart of his
bead with the rolling pin.
C. Collins—raising the cane with
her 6’3” son who has just put her
' f' -
bis shoulder and danced a jig
Joyce Crosland—the rage of the
'^hulele world—the only girl in the
'^*'iverse who plays with one toe—■
^he big one at that.
Valkyrie Taps Six
Veshman Leaders
In Morning Assembly
On Wednesday morning. May 16,
Valkyrie Tapping was held in Nin-
niss Auditorium. This organization
is for the purpose of recognizing
the outstanding leaders of the
4
freshman class. In an impressive
ceremony, the following students
were tapped: Eleanor Collard, Bar
bara Edwards, Shirley Johnson,
Betty Lipe, Doris Searcy, and Caro
line Upshur.
Eleanor Collard is a Boarding
Student and she comes to Queens
from Rock Hill, South Carolina.
She has made outstanding accom
plishments by being placed on
Dean’s List and by serving as pres
ident of the freshman class.
Barbara Edwards is a day stu
dent who lives with her sister in
Charlotte, although her home town
is Decatur, Illinois. She has been
freshman representative to Day
Student Council and is a member
of Phi Mu sorority.
Shirley Johnson hails from Dunn,
North Carolina. Shirley’s achieve
ments during her freshman year in
clude Dean’s List, becoming a
member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority,
and in recent campus elections, she
(Continued On Page Three)
J. C. Reid Accepts
S. C. A. Invitation
Dr. J. Calvin Reid, pastor of
the Mount Lebanon Presbyterian
Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
has graciously accepted the in
vitation from the S. C. A. Cabinet
to be the Queens Religious Em
phasis speaker next February for
the 1951-52 Religious Emphasis
Services. Dr. Reid studied at the
Pittsburg Xenia Seminary and also
in England. He has had pastorates
at the Associate Reform Presby
terian Church, Louisville, Ken
tucky; the United Presbyterian
Church, Butler, Pennsylvania; and
the First Presbyterian Church,
Columbus, Georgia. Queens is in
deed fortunate to have Dr. Reid.
Plans are already being made for
this most important of special ser
vices. Suggestions from the stu
dents as to plan for this time are
welcomed.
THOUGH THIS PATH LEADS
JUST TO COLLEGE
STILL IT CARRIES A DEPTH
OF KNOWLEDGE.
SHE WHO WALKS THIS
SIMPLE WAY
WILL FIND A GREATER WALK
SOME DAY.
CLASS OF 1932.
Senior Class Officers
President Wanda Oxner
Vice-President Emily Shipp
Secretary C. Collins
Treasurer Mary Long
1951-52 Freshmen
Announced By
Office Of Registrar
Now when all of the underclass
men at Queens are looking forward
;o summer and then to another
year on the Queens campus, it
might be well to find out who some
of the new students next year will
be. As of April 26, forty-five girls
had been officially accepted for the
1951-52 term. These girls repre
sent eight states and two foreign
lands, Cuba and China.
Martha Julia Brackett, Pickens,
South Carolina.
Helen Jeannette Brooks, Kanna
polis, North Cai’olina.
Jane Evelyn'Balance, Lumber
Bridge, North Carolina.
Ann Waltz Currie, Carthage
North Carolina.
Joyce Blair Caudell, Wallace,
North Carolina.
Lucretia Campbell, South Bay,
Florida.
Elizabeth Ann Carrigan, Darl
ington, South Carolina.
Marianne Gills, Bluefield, West
Virginia.
Eloise Parker Gettys, Camden,
South Carolina.
Etta Faith Gottleib, Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Ellen Frances Howes, Forest
City, North Carolina.
Peggy Ann Hall, Kannapolis,
North Carolina.
Ruth Jeanene Hallman, Havana,
Cuba.
Mary Huang, Hong Kong, China.
Margaret Anne Jourdan, Siler
City, North Carolina.
Sara Pauline Jackson, Harts-
ville. South Carolina.
(Continued On Page Three)
Jroyles, Randolph
Gives Addresses
The speakers for the Queens
College commencement exercises
lave been announced by the ad
ministration.
Dr. Vernon S. Broyles, baccalau-
rate speaker, was born in Roger-
ville, Tennessee, and spent his boy-
lood at Mobile, Alabama. He at
tended Davidson College and re
ceived his B. D. and Th. M. from
Union Theological Seminary. Dr.
Broyles did graduate work at the
University of Tubingen, Gei’many.
He served as pastor of Wadell Me
morial Presbyterian Church, Rapi-
dan, Virginia. After that he spent
seven years as pastor in Canton,
Mississippi. In 1941 he became
pastor of the North Avenue Pres
byterian Church in Atlanta, Geor
gia where he remained until 1950.
He has served on the Overseas
Relief Committee and for eight
years was on the Board of Direc-
tons of Church World Service, Inc.
He spent six weeks in Europe in
1949, being sent by the Overseas
Relief Committee. At the present
he is Executive Secretary of the
Department of Church Extension
of the Presbyterian Church, U. S.
a .^^iwaus l\emeinL
J
il|'
1 i
(Continued On Page Three)
HERE’S TO THE CLASS OF ’51
WE ARE THE BEST THERE IS.
WHENEVER WE GO OUT
rHE PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOUT,
“TIP YOUR HATS TO THE
CLASS OF ’51.”
WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER.
Our first year of college life
beginning with the confusion of
Orientation Week . . . Rat Day
when we were lowly jailbirds wear
ing balls and chains and being
ruled by the sophomore wardens
. . . Stunt Night and our satire of
life at Queens with a fortune tell
ing act . . . our first Boar’s Head
Dinner, and then Christmas vaca
tion . . . our first college exams
seeing for the first time the
beauty of the campus in the spring
when the dogwoods begin to bloom
sunbaths and tennis . . . and
the year, gone. This year there
were 166 of us and our officers
were: President, Sara Claire Lit
tle* Vice-President, Marion Chris-
eineint?er . . .
topher; and Secretary-Treasurer,
Deanie Berryhill.
And then . . . sophisticated
sophomores returning to Queens
in the fall of ’48 . . . for the first
time that wonderful feeling of
knowing our way around . . . be
ing counselors for the freshmen
. . . then, being the Big Cats at
Rat Day . . . presenting a minstrel
show at Stunt Night ... no more
closed study ... an extra social
privilege . . . another week-end
. . . one year closer to that senior
year. This year there were 108 of
us and our officers were: Presi
dent, Mildred Butler; Vice-Presi
dent, Cornelia Burnette; Secretary,
Helena Hunter; and Treasurer,
Lucy Dunn Guion.
Returning to a new campus in
’49 . . . finding that the chapel
had been begun . . . taking up for
the freshmen, our sister class, and
giving a party for them . . . win
ning the Stunt Night cup with a
take-off on the other classes . . .
working hard to get out the Stu
dent Directory . . . taking a major
part in the elections . . . making
and presenting the Daisy Chain
to the seniors on Class Day ... re
ceiving our caps and gowns . . .
off to a summer as seniors. This
year we numbered 82, and our of
ficers were: President, Iva Jean
Gordon; Vice-President, Ann Bail
ey; Secretary, Rainey Gamble: and
Treasurer, Marion Christopher.
At last . . . seniors . . . that first
thrill of wearing cap and gown
to Senior Recognition Day . . .
Worship services in our new chapel
. . . winning the Stunt Night cup
again with a view of Queens
through the years . . . our last
Boar’s Head Dinner . . . Christ
mas . . . exams ... in the spring,
the thrill of Senior Week with its
banquet, picnic, and luncheons ...
then, our last set of exams . . .
Class Day . . . the baccalaureate
sermon . . . and at last . . . gradua
tion.
DR. VERNON S. BROYLES
Mr. Jennings Randolph, Assist
ant to the President of Capital
Airlines, will deliver the Com
mencement Address on June 4. The
subject will be: “My Interest is in
the Future”. Mr. Randolph served
in the United States Congi*ess 14
years (1933-1947) as representa
tive from West Virginia. He was
recognized as an outstanding leg
islator, authoring laws for em
ployment and rehabilitation of
thousands of blind persons; syn
thetic gasoline and liquid fuels pro
duction, and the development of
air and highway transportation.
The Capital Airlines executive
is well known as an author and
journalist, and is one of the most
persuasive speakers in America.
He wrote. Going To Make A Speech
and co-authored Mr. Chairman
(Continued On Page Three)