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QUEmS BLUES
May 23, 1951
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In the May 14 issue of the BLUES a letter from Mr. Harley A. Scott
of the psychology department appeared. This letter was, in short, a gripe
against the BLUES and the lack of the paper’s—shall we say for lack
of a better term—“spirit” in general. Perhaps Mr. Scott is well-ground
ed in some of his statements; however, we of the staff feel that we should
answer some of his contentions. He seems most annoyed with the BLUES
lackadaisical attitude and the fact that we do not speak out for and
against college policies and actions. Upon several occasions we have
attempted to criticize certain actions; these attempts have been blocked
by the censorship which is necessarily placed upon the BLUES. We might
add that in a small school such as Queens, newspaper policies are nec^-
sarily more personal than as in a huge school such as Duke University
or U. N. C. Faculty, administration, and student body are so closely
related that criticisms almost always assume a personal air. We of the
BLUES do not wish to insult or criticize in such a way as might attack
specific persons. In a small institution harmony is essential for the
smooth working of all phases of life there.
As to opinion polls: since psychologists are naturally interested in
statistics, we might suggest that Mr. Scott use his testing bureau facili
ties for opinion polls. The BLUES would be only too glad to print the
results. The staff of the BLUES is composed of people who, besides
writing articles for, editing, making-up, and finding sources of revenue
for, and circulating a newspaper, are going to school. They find it dif
ficult, therefore, to find time to interview students for their opinions
concerning college policies. It might be possible to carry these on if
more students would actively participate—not just sign up for it
in the work of putting out the BLUES. It is not an easy task to find
people who will write for the BLUES; we can imagine what they would
say if asked to conduct a poll!
If Mr. Scott would look in his copy of the BLUES for January 26,
1961 he would find, on the editorial page, an editorial which asked for
student contributions of suggestions for improving Queens. We quote
from that article:
How would you, the readers, like to have an Open Forum in the
BLUES ... a column for your ideas, suggestions, and brain
storms? We, the staff, would be happy to co-operate with you in
making a success of such a column if you want it. It is up to you,
the readers, to say whether or not you want this addition to your
paper not by saying so, but by writing for it.
This is not to be a “gripes” column . . . What we want are sug
gestions. All of you have ideas for improving life on campus. Let’s
hear them . . . Who knows what you may accomplish? ...”
The reason the column has never appeared ? The BLUES has received
no contribution whatsoever.
We would like to close with a sentence from the Queens Student
Handbook. In the publications section the following explains the func
tion of the BLUES: “Its chief function is to review past events and
to forecast future ones.” This has been the aim of the BLUES in the
past and will continue to be in the future. If the students wish to con
tribute suggestions or articles, we will print them. However, we feel
that we have enough griping on this campus without purposely setting
'out to make our newspaper nothing but four pages of complaints.
To most of the student body and
faculty at Queens, our Campus
Choice for this issue needs abso
lutely no introduction. Certainly
you will have seen him on our
campus, and many of you have been
privileged to enjoy being in classes
with him. He is one of our most
versatile Queens co-eds, Mr. Shel
ton M. Hutchinson.
Mr. Hutchinson was born near
Charlotte and now resides within
a few miles of the city. He attend
ed the University of Louisville
where he received his B.S. and
Louisville Presbyterian Seminary
where he received a B. D. degree.
As a chaplain in the C. C. C. and
also as a U. S. Army chaplain, he
had an opportunity for quite a bit
of traveling, having been to forty-
one states and to England.
Our Campus Choice is certainly
a jack-of-all trades. In his back
yard he runs a yard stick factory
and has a well drilling outfit. He
is now in the Real Estate business.
He is also a geologist and last but
not least, he is a preacher, pastor
of Hoskins - McGee Presbyterian
Church of Charlotte. He is cer
tainly an accomplished musician
and is able to play twenty instru
ments.
Queens is certainly proud to have
such a versatile co-ed.
Reflections Of A Senior
Da
It is a strange and mysterious feeling that broods upon me as I walk
down the aisle of Belk Chapel for the last time on Commencement Day.
This day I saw vaguely when I stepped a foot on Queens College for
the first time and became a college freshman. I wonder what has hap
pened to that freshman during the past four years.
At the beginning she knew nothing, but she knew that she knew noth
ing and was ready to be taught. During Orientation Week she developed
admiration and respect for her college and her leaders. With solemn
sincerity she made the traditional story, “The Queens Lookout , a par
of herself. With determination she accepted personally the challenge
presented to the student body by the Dean of Students. Each chapel pro
gram, each lecture, and each opportunity was grasped with eagerness
by the freshman. Of course, the freshman must be kept aware of the
humanism of college students; thus the ordeal of Rat Day. But nothing
in college life ever equalled the thrill of the first vacation, the suspense
of the first college exams, and the beauty of spring in the freshman
year. And as the school year closes, the freshman has lost much of her
freshness. ,
The sophomore is in a transition period from the freshman to e
junior. She feels at home now in the college; she has managed to keep
some of her freshman enthusiasm. But she is also supposedly sophisticat
ed, though I wonder if she might just be resting from the hurdles of the
freshman year. Anyway, the sophomore year is wonderful.
Who can be compared with the jolly junior in a class of her own kind-
If money is needed, the juniors are “on the ball”. They can do anything,
give parties for freshman, sponsor concerts and glee clubs, sell Burma
Blacks, and even give the seniors a banquet with a floor show!
The senior at first isn’t quite sure that she is a senior. With a last
Christmas dance and a last Boars Head Dinner at Queens, she slowly
slips into her dignified position. Then the second semester, with its prac
tice teaching and landing a job or a husband, makes her more awar®
that she is completing her college work. The senior position becomes
grandeur with teas, luncheons, dinners, picnics, and class spirit as Com
mencement Day draws near. The Commencement Day itself brings splen
dor, happiness, sadness, and the diploma.
So I, the green freshman only four years ago, am the dignified senior
walking down the aisle of Belk Chapel. Claribel Moles.
Calender of Events
To The Seniors
WeVe Sorry You're Going Away
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Tuesday, May 22—Miss Eagle-
Student Recital.
Thursday, May 24 — Reading
Day.
Friday, May 25 — Thursday,
May 31—Exams.
Friday, June 1—Coffee Honor
ing Seniors’ Parents. Commence
ment Concert.
Saturday, June 2—Mrs. Sinclair-
Student Recital (Town pupils).
Alumnae Home Coming.
Sunday, June 3—Baccalaureate
Sermon.
Monday, June 4 — Commence
ment Day.
Graduation Week End
QUEENS BLUES
MARY RUTH TALBERT Editor-in-chief
KATHRYN HICKMAN Assistant Editor
MURPHY ALEXANDER Assistant Editor
DESSIS BROADWELL Business Manager
EDITORIAL STAFF
MAE McCLURE Feature Editor
GLENNA RAE CHRISTIAN Music Editor
NANCY DUNCAN Sports Editor
ANN BAILEY - Circulation Manager
DOT FOLGER - Maka-up Editor
REPORTERS: Wanda Oxner. Dot Spencer, Margaret Potts,
Anne Sherrill, Emily Shipp, Dot Ussery, Jean Yandle, Sadie
Mason, Peggy Crider, Davy-Jo Stribling, Carolyn Merrell, Betty
Jo McCormick, Jane Boyd Humphries, Manon Williams, Susan
Buskirk, Jacquie Otey, Jane Edmonds, Elise Davenport, Edith
Young, Anne Clark, Carol Stockner, Jo Pat Cook.
BUSINESS STAFF
DOROTHY CHAMBERS Advertising Manager
ASSISTANTS: Marilyn Martin, M. A. Coleman, Dot Watson,
Margaret FormyDuval, Carolyn Purcell, Jean Yandle, Carmen
Carter, Peggy Crider.
JOYCE TUCKER Head Typist
ASSISTANTS: Carole Heer, Jeanne Stevens, Lorraine Murphy,
Jan Purvis, Sylvia Stovall, Ruby Peede, Caroline Upshure, Anne
Clark, Sis Biddix, Kitty Boyd.
The Blues is the college newspaper of Queens College, Charlotte,
North Carolina, and as such is one of the three major publica
tions of the institution ... the other two being The Quill, the
literary magazine, and The Coronet, the college annual.
Friday, June 1
8:15 p. m. Student and faculty
concert, Ninnis Auditorium.
Saturday, June 2: Homecoming
11 a. m. Alumnae Baby Show,
Burwell.
1:00 p. m. Luncheon for alumnae
chapter representatives.
The seniors have been expressing by means of song that they would
“rather be a senior than sit in the President’s chair”, and then in al
most the same breath they admit that they would “trade our books
and knowledge for a handsome six foot two”.
All this makes us wonder if the seniors were not educated in th®
wrong direction. But then we take a close look at the record of the Class
of 1951. They were twice winners of the Stunt Night Cup. Many o
them have been student counselors and members of student counci-
[They participate in the publication of the BLUES, CORONET, an
QUILL. They disprove the fallacy that a person has to be dumb to b®
beautiful, for every May Court in the past four years has been repre
sentative to a large percentage of our seniors. These girls did not g®
their wholesome beauty by sitting around idly, because they are als^’
fine athletes and took an active part in the program of R. A.
The members of the Class of 1951 are noted for their good leaded'
ship, high Christian ideals, and sense of humor. The juniors think ®
them in connection with hilarious “rat court days”. The sophomore^
look upon them as true friends. The freshmen regard them in awe fo^^
having reached college graduation. The seniors think of themselves
as being the Class of 1951, the best of all the classes at Queens.
With fond farewells we say to the Seniors of 1951:
“We’re sorry you’re going away.
We wish that you could stay.
We know we will miss you.
We wish we could kiss you.
We’re sorry you’re going away.”
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meetings.
4:00 p. m. Class Day.
6:00 p. m. Homecoming dinner,
Morrison.
7:30 p. m. Coffee honoring sen
iors’ parents, Stultz Building.
Sunday, June 3
11:00 a. m. Baccalaureate Ser
mon—Belk Chapel—Rev. Vernon
S. Broyles, Jr.
Monday, June 4
10:30 a. m. Commencement
Belk Chapel—Speaker: Mr. Jen
nings Randolph.
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“What have you gotten out of four years of college?
How do you feel about graduation?”
BERTIE AYERS: “I am very, very happy that I am graduating thi
year. I value highly the friends I have made and my teacher
certificate.”
DEE DEE SHEPHARD: ‘“Though this path leads just to college” . - ^
it also leads to a wealth of friendships, knowledge that is effecti^^
in daily life, and a greater walk some day. All these statements
supported by the fact that the friends I have made and the edu®^'
tion I have had have enabled me to get a job at the Charlotte
Nursery beginning a week after graduation.
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CLARIBEL MOLES: “My four years of college have been a rich ao
broadening experience. I am sorry to graduate, but I am very hapP^
to begin my work as a Bible teacher.” ,
BUNNY FOWLER: “Here at Queens I have had experiences tn ^
have broadening me in many ways—both in respect to the friend® ^
have made and to my academic work. I look upon graduation s®
step that opens the door to the next phase of life, and I am lookU’
forward to taking that step.” .
DEANIE BERRYHILL: “After taking the Graduate Record Exan
it seems I’ve gotten “nothing” from college! But seriously, my
years have been an experience which I shall always value in all
its phases. I am looking forward to graduation but know that n®-
year I’ll want to be back at Queens again.”
B. J. McCUTCHEON: “I ani very glad that I will graduate this
and I feel very proud of my teacher’s certificate.” -