March 21, 1935
Queens-Chicora College, Charlotte, N. C.
Vol. 14-No. 10
Trobaugh Elected ’35-’36 President
QUEENS COLLEGE ANNOUNCES
NEW FACULTY MEMBER
Mary Wharton, Noted
Pianist, Will Join Music
Dept. Next Year
Cue:nr:-Chicora is very glad to
: nnoi’nce that Miss Mary Whar-
t'n. O' Belhaven College, Jackson.
M'ss'ssinp', will be connected with
'h" mrs'c department next year.
Miss Wha; ton is one of the out-
't'^niing pianists of the south,
having had an appearance with
th'.' Ch'caeo Symphony Orchestra.
Mis -. V/harten is a graduate of
th ‘ Chicago Musical School and
has stu'Ced under a number of out-
it-nfing conductors of Amer;ca.
“^h has studied under Alexander
R?ab; Felix Borowski, former
p''es dent of the Chicago Musical
Cc!l''gc; and under Louis Victor
Saar, famous composer. A num
ber of masters have given highest
testimonials of her ability.
.Miss Wharton will be in Char
lotte early in the summer, and
plans are now on foot to have her
appear before Charlotte audiences
several times before the opening of
school in September.
Queens Students
Are To Attend
Convention in Fla.
The new president of the stu
dent Bodv and Miss Ruth Grover,
this year’s president, will repre
sent the college at the meeting of
the.. Southern Collegiate Govern
ment Association to be held at the
Flor'da State College for Women,
at Tallahassee, from March 28 to
30.
Among topics to be discussed at
the convention are: “Modern Col
lege Experiments in Education,”
“Women and Democracy,” “The
Student Government—What It Is
and What It 'Should Be,” “The
College Girl and Her Art of Liv
ing.”
Discussion groups will be held
cn the technique of presidency,
extra-curricular activities, and
campus interest in public affairs.
Pineland College
Musicians Are
Presented Here
Pineland College Musicians,
under the direction of Mr. John
Winston Fontaine, appeared in a
concert in the college auditorium
on March 15. The entertainment
■was sponsored by the Sophomore
class.
The group of musicians consist
ed of a quartet, with Misses Maude
Melvin and Ruth Daughtery as
sopranos and Misses Catherine
Hall and Mary Lou Jackson as
altos, a soprano soloist. Miss
Stanza Lee Rogers, and a violinist,
Mr. Stanley McGiruder. Mr. J.
W.; Fontaine was the accompanist.
Included in the concert were a
reading by Miss Jackson and the
Houdoir Scene” from Th& School
0/ Scandal by Miss Melvin and
Mr. Fontaine.
Mary Wharton
Endowment Drive
Organization Is
Now Completed
The $50,000 Endowment Drive
now being sponsored by Queens-
Chicora College is progressing very
satisfactorily.
The management of the college
has divided the rolls of the alum
nae into four groups, and is ask-
h'; trch group to undertake the
aising of a definite amount of the
total sum.
The Presbyterian Institute group
r. h jaded by Mrs. W. H. Belk, and
the sum raised by them will be
designated as the Lily Long Fund.
The Queens College group is head
ed by Mrs. Fred Helms, Alumnae
proddent; while Miss Rebecca
Cleveland, of Columbia, S. C., w.ll
’'e n charge of the Chicora College
division. Miss Claudia McChes-
- of Woodruff, S. C., will head
the Queens-Chicora College group.
Some of the groups are already ac
tively engaged in the drive, while
others are in the process of organ
ization.
Dr. Tllden Scherer, field repre-
sentat ve of Queens-Chicora, is
^'■'t ng with success in the field at
g: in his effort to raise funds.
Major Officers
To Be Nominated
By Popular Vote
At recent Open Forum meetings
the Student Body discussed ap
proaching elections and voted to
charge the method of electing
major officers.
Accord ng to the new plan for
elections. Presidents of the Board
ing, and the Day Students, will
be nominated and elected by popu
lar vote of their respect've student
bodies. Presidents of the Student
Christian and the Athletic Asso
ciations will be nominated and
elected by popular vote of the en
tire Student Body. Formerly
these officers were nominated only
by the Executive Council, the
Cabinet, and the Athletic Associa
tion, respectively.
Runner-Up And Winner
Below are the pictures of the candidates in the election held yesterday
for f-e Pres-'dent of the Student Body
Betty Manning
Margaret Trobaugh
Students Are To
Represent College
Queens Invited to Send Stu
dents to N. C. High Schools
On Annual College Day
The annual college days are be
ing observed in high schools
throughout the state, with the
idea of giving the high school se
niors an opportunity to talk with
.ep.escntatives from the various
colleges. Queens-Chicora College
has been invited to send represent
atives to several of the large high
achools in the state. View books,
he college catalogue, the Coronet,
and various other college publica
tions have been sent to the schools,
where they are on display in the
.ibraries for the students to ex
amine.
On March 15 May Lebby Smith
went to the Wilmington high
school at Wilmington, North Car
olina. Ee'ty Manning will repre
sent Queens-Chicora at the Rich
ard Reynolds High School in Win
ston-Salem on April 4, and at the
Greensboro High School on April 6.
Motion Picture
Of “Bergerac”
Presented Here
“Cyiano de Bergerac,” the bril
liantly hand-colored screen version
of Edmond Rostand’s famous ro
mance was presented in the col
lege auditorium, Tuesday night,
March 19, under the auspices of
the French Club. This film pro
duction which has met with such
a great success in the cities of
Boston, New York, and Chicago
was thoroughly enjoyed by all who
attended it here.
The whole film was entirely
painted by hand which is a very
unusual feature. This system of
handpainting which is done with
the aid of a magnifying glass de
mands that each of the thousands
of little squares which go through
the projection machine at the rate
of nineteen per second must each
and everyone be painted with
transparent color.
Dr» Abernathy To
Be Invited Into
Phi Beta Kappa
Dr. Ethel Abernathy who recent
ly received her invitation to be
come a member of the Alumni Di
vision of the Duke University chap
ter of Phi Beta Kappa will be
initiated on April 10. Dr. Newton
Edwards, professor of Education
at University of Chicago, and
brother of Miss Alma T. Edwards
will deliver the initiation address.
Membership in Phi Beta Kappa
is not retroactive only, but is ex
tended to former graduates upon
a record of d stinguished service
in the field of education.
Dr. Abernathy’s election is based
both upon outstanding service in
Education and upon extensive re
search in the fields of Learning
and Retention and in the field of
Child Development. Her first
publication in this field came out
in 1925 and attracted wide atten
tion. Her service to Education
covers a period of eighteen years,
during all of which time, she has
been connected with Queens Col
lege.
Her work at Queens was begun
in the fields of Psychology, Phil
osophy, and Sociology. In 1920
she began the organization of
couisss in Education, which mark
ed the introduction of that depart
ment in the Queens College curri
culum. Dr. Abernathy served as
head of the Departments of Psy
chology and Education from that
time until 1931. In that year she
was granted a leave of absence for
3 years to complete research study
at the University of Chicago, lead
ing to her docterate.
While she was pursuing her
studies in Chicago, Dr. Abernathy
served as staff psychologist for
the University Laboratory Schools.
Both faculty and student body
are proud of Dr. Abernathy’s
record and of this outstanding rec
ognition of her services. It brings
with it increased distinction for
Queens College.
Miss Trobaugh
Elected to Head
Students Next Year
C"mpa jrn Speeches and Elec-
t ons Vv^ere Held Wednes
day
In a student election held yes-
•;day Margaiet Trobaugh was
p'je.'ident of the student
dy cf Queens-Chicora College
for 1935-36. The two candidates
lor the office were Margaret Tro-
’ ; ugh and Betty Manning. Miss
Tjobaug'li and Miss Manning ran a
1'se 1‘ace for the office.
Campai n speeches were made
'n student chapel on Wednesday.
Ruth Grover, retiring president of
t. e student body, introduced the
candidates, who stated their plat
form. Miss Trobaugh said, “The
will of the students is the main
plank in my platform.”
Miss Bettie Wicker, campaign
manager for Miss Trobaugh, pre
sented definite reasons for her
candidate’s abilty to hold the high
office.
Campaign manager for Miss
Manning, Miss Mary Wilson, pre
sented a kaleidoscopic view of
Miss Manning’s career at Queens.
She said, “We have recognized
leadership in Betty many times.”
Paper Contest Is
Announced A Tie
Judges of the annual Blues con
test announce their decision a tie.
That decision is based upon con
sideration of the different purposes
of each paper and the fulfillment
of each, as well as upon the edi
torial and advertising merit and
technique.
Dr. Frazer will present dupli
cate prizes to Martha Pitts and
Hazel Rltch, editors of the Sopho
more and Freshman papers, re
spectively, at chapel this morning.
Attendants For
May Court Are
Now Announced
Another of our college traditions
has been fulfilled by our May
Queen’s choice of her court. The
charm of 24 beautiful Queens girls
will grace the court this year. Miss
Hazel has chosen Anne Little,
Eleanor Hayes and Martha Petti-
way as a committee to select the
dresses to be worn. The gala fes
tival of Queens-Chicora May Day
will display the most beautiful of
our lovely girls. The girls who
have been chosen are:
Betty Manning, maid of honor;
Elizabeth Maynard, Georgia Un
derwood, Nancy Phillips, Anne Lit
tle, Nette Malloy, Bertha Burch,
Miriam Steele, Evelyn Henderson,
Madeline Hurt, Jane Wiley, Elea
nor Hayes, Martha Pettiway, Mary
Alice Roebke, Martha Elizabeth
Alexander, Josephine Long, Mary
Frances Ehrlick, Jean Coleman,
Rachel Hamilton, Martha Ward,
Frances Scarborough, Dorothy
Ehrhardt, Janet Hilton, Virginia
Young, Marion Price.
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