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November 2, 1935
QUEENS-CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Vol. 15, No. 3
Henderson, Kratz,
and Edwards Serve
on NYA Committee
Local N. C. Youth Administra
tion Part of National
Administration
Three members of the Queens-
Chicora College faculty, namely
Miss Alma T. Edwards, Dean of
Women, Dr. Althea Kratz, Dean of
Instruction, and Miss Cornelia Hen
derson, Director of Physical Edu
cation, are serving on the local com
mittee of the North Carolina Youth
Administration which is a part of the
National Youth Administration estab
lished by the executive order of
President Roosevelt on June 26, 1935.
This administration, within the Works
Progress Administration, formed
under authority of the Emergency
Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, is
headed by Aubrey Williams as Exec
utive Director, Richard R. Brown, as
Assistant Director. Walter J. Cartier,
director of playgrounds in Charlotte,
is chairman of the local committee.
The major objectives of the NYA
are: (1) to find employment in pri
vate industry for unemployed youths;
(2) to provide employment for youths
of certified relief families on projects
suited to their abilities and needs;
(3) to provide vocational training or
restraining for youths without specific
skills; (J) to extend part-time em
ployment to needy college students,
and small cash assistance to needy
high school students. At present
number four is the only section of the
program in operation. Number two
will soon begin, while one and three
are to be arranged.
All persons between the ages of
sixteen and twenty-five who are no
longer in full-time school, and who
are not employed, young members of
relief families, and needy college and
high school students come within the
general eligibility scope of the Youth
Program.
Grover Reports
Queens-Chicora
Alumnae Active
New Chapters Planned. Wash
ington, D. C., Chapter Has
Twelve Members. North
Carolina Forms Two New
Chapters, South Carolina,
One.
According to the report of the
Alumnae Secretary, Miss Ruth Grover,
alumnae of Queens-Chicora College
have been very active during the
past year. Besides the work being
done in the active chapters, new
chapters are being planned.
During the past summer Mrs. Frank
Smith, field rejrresentative of the col
lege, organized a chapter in Wash
ington, D. C. Miss Ariel McNinch,
a student in the year 1933-34, was
elected temporary president at the
erganization meeting held at the May
flower Hotel. The present member
ship includes twelve alumnae.
Three chapters are now being or
ganized: one in Sumter, S. C., under
ifle direction of Miss Ruth Beaty
and Mrs. Francis Holman; another
*n Marion, N. C., under the direc-
tion of Miss Miriam Story; and a
in Concord, N. C. The chapter
^n Gaston county, though not so
is being reorganized. It was
•■Mently announced in a report from
Monroe, N. C., that Miss Ashe Ben
nett Sykes of the class of 1934 had
been elected president of the chapter.
MERCER TELLS
LIFE STORY
IN CHAPEL
Prominent Evangelist Speaks
To Student Body
On Friday, October 25, Mr. E. C.
(Ted) Mercer spoke to the entire
student body during chapel period.
His subject was the story of his own
life, for he said that “one concrete
illustration of the power of the grace
of God can do more than ninety-nine
theological discourses on the same
subject.”
Mr. Mercer was born and reared
in a prominent, cultured, Southern
family. He had many social ad
vantages and was one of the leaders
of the Savannah, Ga., society. But
liquor proved his undoing; and by
1904, he was a tramp, disowned, in
rags, and ready to commit suicide
in the East River in New York. He
was converted at the Jerry McAuley
Water Street Mission; and since
then, has traveled about the country,
telling in churches, schools, colleges,
and universities, the story of his
wonderful experience.
Mr. Mercer, also, cited the cases
of several men he has met, who have
“been to the bottom and were re
deemed by the love of Jesus Christ.”
In closing he told the student body
that “if you will preserve your sweet
ness, your virtue, your charity, and
chastity, and live a life of unselfish
service for Christ, you will be happy,
and will make your life count here
on earth, but, more than that, you
will please God, the Almighty.”
Kratz In Demand
As Speaker In City
Talks On “Present-Day Ger
many ; Teaches Baptist Class;
To Lead Symposium At N. C.
Teachers’ Meeting.
The Dean of Instruction, Dr.
Kratz, has become most outstanding
throughout Charlotte, and has kept
her engagement book quite full since
she has been here. On October 23, she
made an interesting address, made
even more enjoyable by moving pic
tures, on “Present-Day Germany”.
Dr. Kratz, on October 27, taught the
Business and Professional Women’s
Sunday School Class of the First
Baptist Church.
She is scheduled to lead a sympo
sium on November 1, at the North
Carolina Teachers’ Meeting to be held
in Charlotte. Her subject is “What
Colleges Should Expect of Secondary
Schools, And What Secondary Schools
Should Expect of Colleges.”
The children of the First Baptist
Church are most fortunate in having
Dr. Kratz to speak on November 10
at their Children’s Hour at 11:00
o’clock. Before another group, No
vember 13, she will talk on The
Political and Economic Conditions
During Hitler’s Regime.
Home Ec. Seniors
At Practice House
The Senior members of the Home
Economics class are going to Practice
House the first of November to re
main until Christmas. Those who
will live in the Practice House are:
Carolyn Hodge, Louise Holland,
Louise Orr, John Wright and Sara
Griffith. Mrs. Booker, the head of the
Home Economics Department, will
supervise.
UNC INSTALLS
ALPHA KAPPA
GAMMA OCT. 22
National Leadership Fraternity
Has Added Fourth Chapter.
Queens Sends Delegates.
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national
leadership fraternity, is happy to
announce the installation of another
chapter, making four national chap
ters of the fraternity. The chapter
was installed at Chapel Hill on Tues
day, October 22. The officers of the
Athenian Circle, the new chapter are:
Ellen Defferies, president; Freances
Caffey, vice-president; Katherine
Quigle, secretary; and Nancy Lawlor,
treasurer. The other members are:
Jane Ross, Harriet Taylor, and
Louise Curkshank.
The Olympian Circle at Queens-
Chicora sent the following delegates
to assist with the installation: lone
Smith, president of the chapter, Bettie
Wicker, Margaret True, Anne Batten,
and Mary Wilson. The Joan of Arc
Circle at Farmville sent as delegates
Miss Florence Stubbs, Jane Royal,
Rachel Smith and Margaret Pollard.
Miss Stubbs is the National Executive
Secretary and Miss Royal, the Na
tional Vice-President, presided over
the meeting.
Greene, Wilkinson
Direct Orchestra
Hour Practice Held In Audi
torium On Tuesday Nights.
Members Are Selected
Every Tuesday night, the group of
girls interested in forming a Queens
Orchestra, practice for an hour in
the auditorium. Under the direction
of Mr. William Green and Miss Marie
Wilkinson, an alumna, the girls are
working hard and if their enthusiasm
does not wane, it is generally expected
that we will soon have a very fine
orchestra. The following is a tenta
tive list of the members and the
instruments they will play:
Violins—Sarah Hunsucker, Kather
ine Todd, Carmalt Hartman, Marjorie
Pressly, Lynch Crockett, Mary Gam
ble, Tempe Speegle, Roberta Brown.
Violas — Mrs. Greene, Phyllis
Prunty.
Cellos—Lucille Eason, Jean Dulin,
Sara Neal, Mary Wilson.
Basses—Harriet Culp, Edna Fur
man.
Clarinets — Kathleen Woodside,
Margaret Land.
Flute—Sara Eason.
Bassoon—Dorothy Martin.
Drums—Isabel Anderson, Louise
Crane, Lois Wilson, Francis O’Hair,
Dorthy Carson, LeGrande I.ong,
Francis Erhardt, Margaret Morton.
Cornets — Jo McDonald, Helen
Cumnock, Harriet Truesdale, Leila
Alexander.
French Horn—Elizabeth Creech.
Piano—Rachel Hamilton, Virginia
Cagle.
Linnaean Club Add
Rock Garden
The Linnaean Club, with Alice
Parker as president, has made a new
addition to the Queens-Chicora cam
pus in the form of a rock garden.
There are two small pools in the gar
den, one in the shape of a circle,
the other an oblong. Mrs. Parker,
owner of the Blossom Shop, had these
pools built for Queens.
NEEDLEWORK
GUILD HEADED
BY BOOKER
Nooe, Bradley, Fulton, Inglis
Lead Groups of Ten
The Needlework Guild for the
Queens-Chicora unit is headed by
Mrs. Warren Booker as president.
There are four directors who are
in charge of a group of ten girls each.
These are Miss Sara Nooe, Miss Jane
Bradley, Miss Fulton, and Miss Inglis.
This organization has been active
at Queens for three years. J'he lirst
ingathering of clothes this year took
place at the Woman's Club the
thirtieth of October when each mem
ber is asked to contribute two new
garments. Much interest has been
shown, and Queens is glad for this
opportunity to share in this philan
thropic work.
Founders’ Day
Observed By
Kappa Deltas
Alpha Omicron of Kappa Delta
Sorority held its annual Founders
Day program October 23 at 4:30,
in the chapter house for the pledges
and alumnae.
The program was dedicated to the
four founders, who organized the
sorority at Virginia State Normal,
Farmville, Va., on October 23, 1897.
First a Kappa Delta song, “In The
Firelight”, was sung by Frances
Smith and Miriam Little. Then
Elizabeth Sullivan, president of the
chapter, read a message from Thelma
Chisholm, National President of
Kappa Delta.
Rose Ellen White gave a toast to
the founders, after which a pageant
of the first meeting was given. Jane
Wiley, Marie Burton, Frances Smith,
and Jean Orr represented the found
ers. They wore dresses of the period.
Brooks Presents
Collegiate Styles
Wednesday night at 8:30 a de
lightful fashion show was presented
by Brooks Clothing Shop, under the
spdnsorship of the Dramatic Depart
ment of Queens-Chicora College, in
the college auditorium.
The show was given in the form of
a playlet in four acts, directed by
Miss Ethel King, head of the dra
matic department. The first act de
picted the familiar scene of three
college girls selecting new clothes.
The second act showed the enthusias
tic return of a group of football fans
dressed in appropriate costumes for
the strenuous task of cheering and
singing. At the end of the act a
little dance was given. A delight
ful and colorful afternoon tea was
given in the third act. During the
fourth and last act the models came
out on the stage in evening dresses,
and at the close of the presentation
a reading Dame Fashion, was given
by Margaret Land.
Assisting Miss King were Nancy
Phillips, Margaret Land, Betty
Wicker, Josephine Long, Elizabeth
Maynard, Martha Ward, Virginia
Hubbard, Elizabeth Gammon, Ro
berta Kilgore, Marion Price, Sally
McDowell, Bertha Burch, Mary Cur
rie, Carmalt Hartman, Carolyn
Hodge, Helen Cumnock, Marie Nei-
kirk, Margaret Calder, Martha Pette-
way, Charlotte Stanley, Nanette
Sherard, and Helen Hatcher.
SCA FALL CON
FERENCE HELD
AT MITCHELL
Five Colleges Send Delegates.
Wicker and Hamilton
Represent Queens
The fall conference of the Student
Christian Association was held at
Mitchell College, Statesville, N. C.,
October 2()-27. Representatives were
present from the cabinets of Flora
MacDonald, Mitchell, Queens-Chicora,
Presbyterian Junior College, and
Davidson. Delegates from Peace Col
lege were unable to attend. At the
conference, Presbyterian Junior Col
lege presented a petition for admis
sion to the Student Christian Associa
tion, and was admitted.
The theme of the conference was
the same that is being followed by
the Young People of the Presbyterian
Church: Christiein Yoitth Building a
New WoM. Tllie two discussion
periods were based on this challeng
ing aim, the first being Saturday
evening in which the emphasis was
placed on Christian Youth in the
Colleges and their great part in this
task. The second discussion period,
held Sunday afternoon was concern
ed with the Vision of the New World,
or the defining of the goal toward
which Christian Youth is striving.
Climaxing the conference was the
vital report given by Sam Wiley of
Union Theological Seminary at Rich
mond on the Interdenominational
Youth Conference recently held at
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. It was at
this conference that Christian Youth
determined to face the task of
building a new world.
The officers of the State Student
Christian Association for this year
are:
President—Betty Wicker, Queens-
Chicora.
Vice-President — Majorie Gerber,
Peace.
Secretary — Mary Lillian Spec,
Mitchell.
Treasurer — Jean Ogilvie, Flora
MacDonald,
Rachel Hamilton and Bettie Wicker
attended from Queens.
Stunt Night Nov. 26
Smith, Senn, Wiley, Land Are
Stunt Chairmen
On Tuesday night, November 26,
at 8:00 o’clock, the four classes will
compete for the loving cup offered
by the Athletic Association to the
class giving the best stunt at the
annual Stunt Night.
The elections for Stunt Night
chairmen and gallery chairmen have
been completed by all the classes.
The chairmen are: lone Smith, Senior;
Dorothy Senn, Junior; Jane Wiley,
Sophomore; and Margaret Land,
Freshman. The gallery chairmen are:
Louise Holland, Senior; Eleanor
Carr, Junior; Jean Carter, Sopho
more; and Tempe Speegle, Freshman.
The chairmen reported to Miss
Henderson Saturday, October 26, the
kind of stunt their class is to pres
ent. A report was necessary so that
there would be no duplication. The
rules governing the stunt made by
the Athletic Council are as follows:
1. The complete stunt, including
the part played by the gallery, shall
not exceed fifteen minutes.
2. There will be an allowance of 5
minutes for arranging scenery.
3. The scenery must he removed
from the stage immediately at the
close of the stunt.
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