QUEENS BLUES
Birthday Of
The “Blues”
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Queens-Chicora College, Charlotte, N. C.
Vol. 14—No. 4
Anniversary of “Blues”
English Classes
Aid In Compiling
A Reading Guide
Queens Students Among
Those Who Sent Supple
mentary Reading Lists
to National Project
To fifty members of last year’s
junior and senior English classes
goes the honor of assisting in fur-
nish'ng information upon which a
guide for supplementary reading,
“Good Reading,” is based. Per
haps unknowingly, these Queens
students have taken an active part
in working out a project recognized
by English authorities, and in turn
have gained national recognition
for themselves. The opinions of
1.638 students from 55 difftrent
colleges are represented in this
book.
Last year Atwood H. Townsend,
chairman on co’lege reading of the
National Council of Teachers of
English, contacted Dr. Agnes
Stout, head of the English depart
ment at Queens-Chicora, and re
quested her to have fifty of her
junior and senior students make
out a list of books they had read
and enjoyed and could personally
recommtnd to students of the same
age. These lists were turned in.
and from them the book “Good
P"ad'n.g” was worked out.
This book m a guide fo]' college
and adult readers, including classic
and modern literature, poetrv, fic-
hen. non-fiction, recognized hand
books ard outlines, the lists being
arranged according to period and
tvpe of lit'Tature. In some in
stances a brief explanatory com
ment is given.
Dr. Stout will soon put in an
order for this book, and those in
terested in buying or^e should see
her immediately. The price is
fifteen cents per single copy, and
ten cents each for an order of ten
or more.
All ha Kappa Gamma Honorary Fraternities
Plans for Initiation Issue Bids To
And Natl Secretary Many Students
Following Directions of Inter-
Honorary Council, Clubs
Issue Bids at Same
Time
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national
lead,,xShip frateinity, will hold its
laiti.Tion of the newly-tapped mem
bers n Pi Hall on November 12.
the ;,our students to be initiated
are iuhzabeth Cassels, lone Smith,
Lula Hall, and Margaret Mitchell.
The week preceding, these new
members will be given a special
train-ng course in order to learn
the pimciples of Alpha Kappa
Gamma.
On November 16, Miss Florence
Stub -s, national executive secre
tary, v/ill visit the local chapter.
The purpose of her visit is to give
an intensive training course for
,he entire Ilympian circle. Miss
Stubbs is a member of the faculty
.)f State Teachers College, Farm-
ville, Va.
Preceding her visit with the
ocal chapter. Miss Stubbs will
visit the Nightingale Circle of
.41pha Kappa Gamma at the Uni
versity of South Carolina for the
same purpose.
Beta FI Theta
Withdraws From
Queens C9Be,f?e
LOCrtL CLUB IS NOW
ORGANIZED
The local chapt"r of Beta P-
Theta, national henorary fratern
ity, hi-s found it n-ccssary to with
draw from the national organiza
tion d'jo to f'nancia.! obligations.
The advisors, Dr. Delano and Miss
Patrick, and also the members feel
that they ci’nnot maintain the obli
gations demanded by the Grand
Council. However, a local French
Club has been oiganized. The aim
ff this club is to get away from
the school-room, p.nd to study the
oustoms, the hfe. and the conver
sation of the French people. A
trip through France has been
planned.
At the first meeting which was
h"M Friday, November 9, le bon
was made. Katherine
Crow'll] described the embarking,
and Betty Manning told about the
S'"sicknpss. The many sea-gulls
and do'rhins seen on the trip were
'^escribed by Virginia Senn. Fran-
oes Query took the members of the
vovage through the custom house.
(Continued on page 2, col. 2)
Queens College
Statistics Given
Queens is a different college
from what it was fourteen years
ago when the first Queens Blues
appeared. Here are some statis
tics of 1920, as issued by Di-. Wil
liam Frazer, showing the progress
of the college.
1. The college had a debt of
$60,000.
2. There were seven buildings
on the campus.
3. Queens was rated a “B”
ollege by the North Carolina State
Department of Education.
4. Queens had a preparatory
department; the collegiate depart
ment was “teaching over” into the
oreparatory department.
5. No members of the faculty
lad Ph.D. degrees; only one or
.wo had M A. degrees.
(Continued on page 3, Col. 2)
The honorary clubs issued bids
this week in accordance with the
decision made at the meeting of
ihe Inter-Honorary Fraternity
Council.
I. R. C. issued bids to the fol
lowing girls: Charlotte Couric,
Evelyn Drum, Laura Wilkes, Fran
ces Hunnsucker, Bettie Wicker,
Betting Manning, Margaret Tro-
baugh.
Iota XI pledged Anne Batten,
Jeanette Malloy, May D. Marion,
May Lobby Smith, Hazel Herndon,
lone Smith and Clare Hazel.
The local French Club, newly or
ganized, extends bids to Catherine
Culp Anderson, Betty Manning,
Helen Thompson, Rebecca Ann
Cook, Martha Grace Hood, Elsie
Hunter, Mary Lindsay, Annie Mur
ray Long, Frances Miller, Jean
Orr, Martha Ware Pitts, Elva Ann
Ransom, Frances Smith, Martha
Pettiway, Iris Harmon, Katherine
Arey, Mary Franklin, Esther Gar
mon, Louise Morris, Marion Price,
Margaret Thompson, Mary Louise
Davidson and Edna Furman.
The Classical Club and the Math
Club have initiation only one a
year—during the second semester.
Phi Beta Chi is not extending in
vitations at this time, since it is
preparing to go national. Alpha
Kappa Gamma held a fall pledging
service earlier in the fall.
Dr. Elliot To Hold
Autumn Services
Tuesday, November 20,
through Thursday, Novem
ber 22, Mr. W. M. Elliot of
Knoxville, Tenn., will hold
prayer services for the stu
dents of Queens-Chicora Col
lege and for all others who
should wish to come.
Little Theatre
Selects Talent
From Queens
Queens-Chicoia Dramatic De
partment is to be featured in the
next Little Theatre play. Death
Takes A Holiday, which will be
presented November 20 and 21.
Miss Ethel M. King will take
the part of the Princess, mother of
che lovely young heroine. Clare
Hazel, a senior dramatic student,
will play the role of Grazia, the
young heroine. Dick Pitts, of
Charlotte, will be Death.
The college should feel proud of
this signal honor in having the
Little Theatre of Charlotte draw
talent from the Dramatic Depart
ment for this very difficult play.
Queens Orchestra
Being Organized
Joe Romans, whose Pennsylvan
ians play at the Hotel Charlotte,
will direct the Queens orchestra,
which is now being organized.
At the first meeting, which was
held last Tuesday afternoon, Mr.
Roman brought with him an ar
ranger to arrange the orchestra
tion. The orchestra will learn
some classical music, but they will
play mainly jazz. It will play for
events both at the college and out
m town.
The members of the orchestra
are: Edris McAfee and Martha
Pettiway, pianists; Kathleen Wood-
side, clarinet; Harriet Culp and
Mai'ie Wilkinson, bass violins;
Juanita Hunter, Sarah Hunsuckle,
and Lib Cassels, violins; Carolyn
Hodge, saxophone and xylophone;
Virginia Poovey, drums; Josephine
Hackney, accordion; Rachel Ham
ilton, saxophone; and Margaret
Gilliam, tenor banjo.
The quartet that will sing along
with the orchestra are Margaret
Trobaugh, May Lebby Smith,
Emma Renn Jones, and Jean
Stoug'h.
First Edition
Issued on Nov. 8,
1920, by Juniors
Mrs. McEwen, Present Fac
ulty Member, Assisted in
Publication of the First
“Queens Blues”
COLLEGE EDITORS SEND OPEN LETTER TO W. R. HEARST
To Mrs. McEwen of the faculty
goes a great deal of praise for
her assistance in the publication
of the very first paper at Queens
—“Queens Blues,” the original
name it was given then, and the
name it has kept.
The first edition came forth on
November 8, 1920, after strenuous
effort on the part of the few girls
who were responsible for its pub
lication. These girls d:d all the
work, even to the point of explain
ing to the would-be advertisers
just what “ads” were and what it
would mean to advertise in the
“Queens Blues.” Mrs. McEwen
distinctly remembers the difficulty
they had scraping up news on that
“cold and dreary Monday” and
after that, they had to spend many
more valuable hours at the print
er’s anxiously laboring over the
last details.
Mrs. McEwen smiled as she gave
her opinion as to the progress made
by the paper, and said, “Of course
it has made much progress—especi
ally in organization. Our organi
zation consisted of an editorial
staff with Myrtle Williamson as
editor-in-chief, and four associate
editors. Then there was a business
staff with a business manager and
possibly a circulation manager.
It was under the direction of Miss
Frances Chubbuck of the English
Department that our paper was
published, and she is responsible,
in a large way, for its success. It
was started by the Junior class,
and today it is still a Junior pub
lication.”
The paper we have today has
progressed a great deal, but those
girls who struggled so laboriously
to bring forth their first paper
deserve recognition and praise for
going into their enterprise with
such a confidence and spirit of en
thusiasm and leaving an influence
‘hat has made the “Queens Blues.”
The following open letter is one
vhich has been sent to William
Randolph Hearst from the Asso
ciation of College Editors. This
erganizatien is trying to st.mulate
undergraduate interest in the trend
rf current events. This letter to
Mr. Hearst is the first step in
trying to arouse and crystalize
your interest on a national issue.
The issue is “Nationalism” against
“Internationalsm.” Hearst is the
personification of arrogant nation
alism, and a reply is expected.
You may disagree with the policy
which A. C. E, has chosen, and
rightly. This letter is not a dic
tatorial one whmh you must ac
cept, bat merely an instrument
to use on our campus for stimulat
ing discussion on this and later
national issues.
My dear Mr. Hearst:
In a recent interview, you chal
lenged all Americans:
“If Americans have not lost their
common sense and balance of
judgment entirely, they will stop
following sweet singers and smooth
talkers some day and settle down
calmly and reason out a few things
for themselves.”
The A ssociation of College Edi
tors, as stated in its Covenant, is
dedicated “to stimulating the in
terest of students throughout the
world in promoting international
understanding and co-operation in
the hope of ultimately achieving
and ensuring international peace
and security. . . .”
A number of us are settling
down calmly to reason a few things
out for ourselves. It struck us
that one of the most pressing of
today’s problems is the controversy
between “nationalists” and “inter
nationalists.”
You may recall that Beverly
Nichols recently wrote a book call
ed, Cry Havoc. Determined to
delve to the bottom of the contro
versy between “internationalists”
and “nationalists,” Beverly Nichols
hit upon the idea of bringing to
gether a recognized spokesman for
each side.
Sir Norman Angell, probable
winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
for this year, was selected and
consented to brief the case for in
ternationalism. Lord Beaver-
brook, owner of the London Daily
Express and associated papers,
was asked to state the case for
nationalism.
Lord Beaverbrook wrote to Mr.
Nichols: “If you will get Angell
to ask me questions, I will answer
them.”
Sir Norman Angell drew up a set
of questions, a cross-examination of
nationalism. Nichols sent those
questions to Lord Beaverbrook.
It strikes a great many Ameri
can college editors as a singular
and significant fact, that in the
wording of those questions, the
word “AMERICA” may be sub
stituted for the name “LORD
BEAVERBROOK,” without alter
ing the spirit of the questions,
without lessening the tremendous
importance to our generation of
having an answer to those ques
tions from the most intelligent
(Continued on page 2, col. 1)
Staff Presents A
Straw Bailot to
Queens Students
Do you want the Queens Blues to
continue to have six pages?
Whether it will or not is up to
you, the students. The Editorial
Staff is willing to gather the news
required, and the Business Staff
to obtain the necessary number of
ads to finance it. Do you want to
have the four page paper with
news from our campus only,
or do you prefer the more cos
mopolitan type of news which we
are able to give you in the six
page paper? We want to give you
the type of news you prefer.
Please fill in the following bal
lot and put in the box placed in
Burwell Hall for this purpose.
( ) I prefer the four page paper.
( ) I prefer the six page paper.