Spring
Holidays
Volume XI
QUEENS-CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C., MARCH 11, 1932
No.
Choral Club Gives
Program
Miss Star Presents “When Washing
ton Was a Boy” and a chorus and
selection from Tannhauser with Great
Success.
The Choral Club, under the di
rection of Miss Elizabeth Starr
presented a brilliant program Fri
day night, March 4, at 8:30
o'clock. The entertainment was
divided into two parts; an oper
etta “When Washington Was a
Boy,” by John Mokrey’s, and a
chorus and prayer—Tannhauser,
by Wagner.
“When Washington Was a Boy”
was given by the voice pupils and
some of the Choral Club mem
bers and it was beautifully pre
sented to the audience.
Martha Frazer, as George
Washington, was splendid, and
Janet Benn took the part of a
little negro boy with exceptional
skill.
The chorus was done by che
entire Choral Club, who were
attired in vari-colored evening
dresses. The songs were a group
of spring melodies done in a musi
cal comedy manner. Tannhauser
was rendered by a group of the
Choral Club, with Miss Iris Bry-
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Raymond Currier
Speaks Here
Editor of “Far Horizons” and
Educational Secretary of Stu
dent Volunteer Movement
Was Here Thursday
First Organ
Recital Given
Davidson Play
Coming Soon
■Sophs Sponsor “The Haunted House”
On Wednesday night at 8:15
he Sophomore Class will sponsor
The Red and Black Masc[ues of
) a V i d s o n in “The Haunted
■House," a mystery farce by Owen
Davis, It is a charming play of
three acts, having many high
spots of interest and excitement.
*frhe setting is Cedar Point, Con
necticut,
The Red and Black Masquers of
Davidson have achieved great
success in the ])resentation of
their play, and “The Haunted
House” is said to be the best one
they have ever given.
The following is the cast of
characters:
The Tramp A, Rachal
■The Bride , Miss M, McLemore
^he Groom J. Simpson
The Chauffeur E, A. Hancock
The Wife Miss C. Alotfet
he Novelist H. W. Ervin
The Girl Alcllwinen
^he Sheriff' Gordon Wood
^he Milkman J, Williams
^he Detective D, McLain
The Father J, G, Womble
Mr. Raymond Currier, Educa
tional Secretary of the Student
Volunteer Movement, and Editor
of “Far Ho rizons,” official publi
cation of the movement, was a
visitor to the college Thursday.
He spoke in chapel on the subject
of the crisis in the world today
with its relation to foreign mis
sions.
Mr. Currier also spoke to two
of Dr. Sommerville’s Bil)le classes
on Thursday morning, .kt 2:00
o'clock he met with the Student
Volunteer Band where he dis
cussed the requisites for a good
student volunteer.
Mr. Currier was one of the
principal speakers at the Raleigh
conference this past week-end.
Two of our girls, Florence Moffett
and Frances Johanson, had the
]irivilege of hearing him at the
Buffalo Convention, and they
were delighted that the student
body was to have the same pleas
ure.
Evelyn Hope Ervin gives gradu
ating Recital Thursday
Evening at 8:15
Large Audience Hears Her In Brilliant
Performance
DEBATES TO
BE TUESDAY
Preliminaries To Gamma Sigma
—Pi Delta Debates To Be
Held Tuesday Night
The students are glad to see
■|Mary Elizabeth Britt well
again. Welcome home. Little
Britt!
The preliminaries to the Gam
ma-Sigma-Ri Delta debate will be
held at 6:30, Tuesday night. The
([uery is. Resolved: that a high
school student entering college
gains greater advantage from a
university than from a small col
lege. Those taking part in the
preliminaries for Gamma Sigma
are: Affirmative, Janet Benn and
Mary Bowen: Negative, Alice
Cothan and Rebecca McClar}',
The ones debating for Pi Delta
are : Affirmative, Alice Washburne
and Emily Cooper; Negative,
Margaret Jones and Margaret
Miller,
Two girls will be chosen out ol
the preliminaries to rej^resent
each society, in accordance with
their abilit}' to speak and their
])romise as debaters.
The principal debate will be
held three weeks after S|)ring
Holidays. A cup engraved with
the name of the winning team and
donated by both the societies will
be presented to the best debaters.
This cup will remain in the pos
session of the society to which
these belong, until the debate is
held again the following year.
But if one society wins the cup
three successive years, it may re-
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On 1 hursdav evening, March
10th, at 8:15 o'clock. Dr. J. R.
Ninniss presented Miss Evelyn
Hope Ervin in her graduating
organ recital.
Her performance showed a
fine appreciation and interpreta
tion of her selections. Especially
brilliant was her rendering of the
Concert Stud}- No. 2 by Yon,
which displayed to a great advan
tage the player’s finished techni
que and skill.
For her recital. Miss Ervin wore
a lovely dress of pink chiffon. She
received many beautiful flowers
and gifts and the enthusiastic ap
plause attested to the audience’s
approval of her performance.
The program was as follows:
Pastoral Sonata ...Rheinberger
Pastoral.
Intermezzo.
Fuge.
The Thrush Kinder
Elves Bonnet
Concert Study No. 2 Yon
HI. La Concertina Yon
Toccato Dubois
Faculty Entertains
Student Body
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Friday afternoon, March 11, the
members of the faculty entertain
ed the entire student body at a
delightful tea, held in Pi Delta
and Gamma Sigma Literary halls.
Seniors and sophomores were
entertained between the hours of
four and five, and freshmen and
juniors from five to six.
The guests were received at the
entrance of Burwell Hall by Miss
Winnie Frazer, Miss Cordelia
Henderson, and Miss Dorothy
Edmondson from four until five,
and from five until six Miss
Marie Turnipseed, Miss Nancy
Cathey, and Miss Jane Renfrew
welcomed them. Dean McLean
Dr. and Mrs. Frazer, Miss Mary
Forman, Dr. and Mrs. Byrd, and
other members of the faculty
stood in the receiving line.
Both Literary reception halls
were tastefully decorated with
Spring flowers. A large table was
placed in the center, bearing de-
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SEVEN PLEDGES
ARE INITIATED
INTO PHI MU
Beaty, Joyner, Grover, Mauldin,
Bowen, Walker, and Story
Are Now Phi Mus.
Seven pledges of Gamma Gam
ma chapter of Phi Mu were ini
tiated Saturday, March 5, at Phi
Mu house. The service was pre-
ided over by Jane Renfrow, pres
ident, and she was assisted by
Alice Rankin, Catherine Powers,
and Sara Walser.
Those initiated were: Miriam
Story, Ruth Grover, Lottie Lane
Joyner, Ruth Beaty, Elizabeth
Mauldin, Grace Walker, and Su
zanne Bowen.
Immediately following the ser
vice, a banquet was held at the
home of Jane Renfrow, on the
Lawc^ers Road. Those present
were: Catherine Powers, Jane
Renfrow, Alice Rankin, Sarah
Walser, Lottie Lane Joyner, Ruth
Beaty, Miriam Story, Ruth
Grover, Elizabeth Mauldin, Grace
Walker, Suzanne Bowen, and the
following pledges : Frances and
Gwendolyn Scruggs, Mary and
Alva Guy, Dot and Jo Foard,
Evelyn Woodside, Rebecca Hen
derson, Mary Elizabeth Britt, and
Carolyn Arnette.
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Freshmen Plan Class
Entertainment
To Present Minstrel From
Charlotte High.
The Freshman class will present
the “Snips and Cuts Minstrel” of
Charlotte High School in the
college auditorium, T u e sYl a y
March 22, at 8:00 o’clock.
The show is under the personal
direction of Mr. Hugh Corzine,
a promising young theatrical di
rector of Charlotte.
The first part of the minstrel
includes old-time minstrel song
sters singing such songs as “Flag
That Train,” ballad singers offer
ing “Sleepy Time Down South’'
and the like: and crooners who’ll
make one ask for more.
The second part of the show
consists of a very clever arrange
ment of short skits which include
ap dancers, black-face artists, and
man}^ bits of real entertainment.
A very successful performance
of the minstrel was given to a
“full-house” the past week at the
high school at which time it was
received by very enthusiastic au
dience.
Ka])]ra Kappa Chi has been
granted membership in Alpha
Delta Theta national sorority.
It is to be installed as the Psi
chapter sometime in the early
spring.
Congratulations, Kappa Kap
pa Chi!
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Student Body Entertained by
Faculty at Large Reception
Friday Afternoon
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