Sorority
Ratings
QUEENS BLUES
May Day
May z
April 28, 1934
Queens-Chicora College, Charlotte, N. C.
Vol. 13, No. IQ
AKG Taps
New Members
In Chapel
Nine New Members Ad
mitted—National Con
vention on Campus
Conferences
On Vocational
Guidance
A. A. U, W. Brings
Speakers of Note
To Talk to Pupils
VOCATIONS CHOSEN IN
CHAPEL
Alpha Kappa Gamma, the
national honorary leadership
fraternity, “tapped” for mem
bership in an impressive
ceremony held Thursday
morning, April 19, at the
chapel exercises, nine out
standing leaders in the cam
pus life of Queens.
Dr. Frazer presided at the
meeting, and Janet Robinson
made an interesting talk on
“The Place of Alpha Kappa
Gamma on the Campus.”
The students chosen to be
come members of the honor
ary fraternity are Mary
Louise Thomas, of Charlotte,
a member of the class of 1932
and now secretary to Dean
Blair; Eve Hill, of San An
tonio, Texas; Ruth Grover, of
Charlotte, who Was recently
elected president of the stu
dent body for the coming
year; Dorothy Cothran, of
Timmonsville, S. C.; Emily
Evans, of Charlotte; Marie
Wilkinson, of Charlotte; Mar
garet Trobaugh, of Morris
town, Tenn., Betty Manning,
of Charleston, S. C.; and Vir
ginia Sampson, of Charlotte.
Faculty members are Dean
Blair and Miss Alma Ed
wards.
NATIONAL CONVENTION
HELD HERE
The national convention
of Alpha Kappa Gamma was
held here this year on Friday
and Saturday, April 20 and
21, with the Queens-Chicora
chapter acting as hostess.
The delegates were enter
tained by several features.
They were welcomed Friday
afternoon at 2:30 by Dr.
Frazer. After the business
session and reports of com
mittees initiation of the new
members of the Olympian
Circle was held in Pi Delta
Literary Hall Friday night
the delegates were honored
by a dinner given in a pri
vate dining room at the S &
W Cafeteria. At that time
Mrs. Patsy Smith Goodwin
spoke on “Great Leaders.”
Saturday morning the con
vention was divided into
groups to discuss the various
campus activities.
Rebecca McClary, of
Georgetown, S. C., is presi
dent of the Queens-Chicora
chapter of Alpha Kappa Gam
ma.
On Tuesday, April 24, dur
ing the nHorning and early aft
ernoon ten Vocational Guid
ance conferences were held on
the campus. These confer
ences were held as a project of
the American Association of
University Women in Char
lotte. The A. A. U. W. select
ed speakers from the ten vo
cations in which Queens-Chi
cora girls were most interest
ed to speak to the girls on
their subjects.
Recently in chapel a survey
was taken abong the students
and the following eleven voca
tions were found to be the
most popular: Social Serv
ice, Art, Independent Busi
ness Women, Aviation, Buy
ing, Laboratory Work, Office
Work, Radio Broadcasting,
Journalism, Nursing, and
Medicine. From these eleven
vocations ten were selected
and informal conferences were
held on each subject.
The purpose of these con
ferences was that Queens-
Chicora girls might know
what vocations were open to
women today and that they
might become better ac
quainted with the fields in
which they are interested. In
these groups were discussed
the problems in each field, the
opportunities for originality,
and the openings in each field
today.
The speakers chosen by the
A. A. U. W. were Mrs. E.
Hunter, on Journalism,; Miss
Alleen Wood, Office Work;
Dr. Sylvia Allen, Medicine;
Mrs. E. T. Davidson, Labora
tory Work; Miss Virginia
Hamilton, Art; Miss Anne
Wilkinson, Buying; Miss Con
stance Rabin, Social Service;
Mrs. S. B. McPheeters, Nurs
ing; Mr. Le Grande Everett,
Radio Broadcasting; Miss An
ne Pierce, Independent Busi
ness Women.
The conferences which were
held in the sorority houses
and the Day Student House
were well-attended by the stu-
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Eve Hill was the chairman
of the committee and other
students who worked with her
were Fritz Raley, Jean Orr,
Ann McLaughlin, Carolyn
Hoon, Grace Walker, Jeanette
Malloy, and Margaret Tro
baugh.
Officers Of
Organizations
Are Chosen
Publications, Clubs
And Sororities
Hold Elections
May Day To Be Held May 2;
Mary Steele Hubbard Queen
Sorority Ratings
It can be seen that the six Na
tional Sororities on the cam
pus are vieing keenly for the
scholarship cup this year.
Kappa Delta 88.49
Alpha Gamma Delta— 88.46
Chi Omega 88.05
Phi Mu 86.44
Alpha Delta Theta 85.88
Alpha Delta Pi 83.80
ACTIVES
Chi Omega 89.79
Kappa Delta 89.52
Alpha Gamma Delta— 87.74
Alpha Delta Theta 86.78
Phi Mu 86.40
Alpha Delta Pi 86.05
PLEDGES
Alpha Gamma Delta— 89.19
Kappa Delta 87.47
Phi Mu 86.49
Chi Omega 86.32
Alpha Delta Theta 84.99
Alpha Delta Pi 81.56
Old Legend To Be
Theme Of Fete
The regular Annual May
Day will be held on the
Queens campus Wednesday
afternoon of May 2 at 4:00
o’clock. The public has been
invited. In case of rain, this
function will be postponed
until the first clear day fol
lowing the date set. Miss
Cordelia Henderson, athletic
instructor, has arranged and
directed the features of this
May Day festival.
Day Students
Variety Night
Proceeds from the Variety
Night program, presented by
the Day Student Organization
Wednesday, April 25, will be
used for more equipment for
the Day Student House.
The program consisted of a
one-act play, “The Trysting
Place,” whose cast was com
posed of misses Mary Steele
Hubbard, Frances Ivery, and
Frances Hunsucker, Charles
Hamilton, Donald Hamilton
and Herbert Phillips, a tap
dance by little Miss Holland;
a comic monologue; and an
Indian musical pageant by the
Hubbards, assisted by a
chorus.
MAY COURT
Miss Mary Steele Hubbard
was chosen from the student
body to be the May Queen.
Her sister, Grace Hubbard
will be the Maid of Honor.
The May Court chosen this
year are the following peo
ple: Jeanette Malloy, Bertha
Burch, Bettie Wicker, Fran
ces Raley, Virginia Hubbard,
Marie Wood, Janet Hilton,
Hannah Richardson, Mary
Frances Erlich, Miriam Story,
Frances Robinson, Martha
Petteway, Carolyn Hoon,
Miriam Steele, Mary Wisdom
Lambeth, Jean Porter,
Houghla Lee McCollum, Lois
Meacham, Eleanor Hayes,
Frances Scruggs, Clare Ha
zel.
There will be many small
children from town who will
attend the Queen and her
court. Those participating
will be: Flower Girls: Macy
Ross, Peggy Helms, Nancy
Lee Cheatham, Sara Robin
son, Grace VanNess, Virginia
Anne Landis, Barbara Whit-
sett, and Louise Flemming.
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student government, pub
lication, and sorority officers
for the year 1934-35 have been
elected. They are as follows:
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
OFFICERS
President of student body,
Ruth Grover.
Boarder Organization: pres
ident, Dorothy Cothran; vice-
presidents, Lula Hall, Marga
ret Truesdale, and Vivian Hil
ton; secretary, Dorothy Ehr-
hardt; treasurer, Frances
Smith.
Day Student Organization :
president, Peggy Mitchell;
vice-president, Marie Wilkin
son; secretary, Virginia Ga
briel ; treasurer, Jean Orr.
Student Christian Associa
tion : president, Mary Pope
Murray; vice-president of
boarders, Rachel Hamilton;
vice president of day students,
Emily Evans; secretary, Mary
Frances Austelle; treasurer,
Roberta Kilgore.
Athletic Association: Presi
dent, Mae Cook; vice-presi
dent, Grace Hubbard; secre
tary, Dorothy Senn; treasur
er, Jean Kent Early.
PUBLICATION STAFFS
A new publication by the
senior class the plan of which
will be kept secret until next
year: Editor-in-chief, Vir
ginia Sampson; literary edi
tor, Jeanette Malloy; busi
ness manager. May D.
Marion.
Queens Blues: editor, Betty
Manning; business manager,
Molly Mullen.
SORORITY OFFICERS
Chi Omega: president,
Clare Hazel; vice-president,
Virginia Sampson; secretary^
Katherine Crowell; treasurer,
Almedia McGinnis.
Kappa Delta: president,
Eleanor Hayes; vice-presi
dent, May D. Marion; secre
tary, Louise Holland; treas
urer, Jane Ellen Taylor; as
sistant treasurer, Frances
Smith; editor, Marie Burton.
Phi Mu : president, Martha
P e 11 i w a y; vice-president,
Bessie Shipp; secretary. Mar
guerite Prevost; treasurer,
Loise Thompson; assistant
treasurer, Mary Philips.
Alpha Delta Pi: president,
Margaret Trobaugh; vice-
president, Mary McMaster;
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