SOPHOMORE
edition
QUEENS BLUES
SOPHOMORE
EDITION
Mai'ch 14, 1936
QUEENS-CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Vol. 15, No. 8
Councils Are To Sponsor Peanut Week
Whose Nut Are You—Who Is Your Shell
Each Girl To Be Both Nut and Shell. Hints As To Identities
Given Daily. Object To Promote Better Friendship
Between Two Student Bodies.
“Nerts to you” will be quite a per-
missable phrase at Queens next week,
for that will be PEANUT WEEK
at the college. And for once every
student will be a recognized nut—and
like it—and every girl will possess
a shell into which she can retire.
Because it is believed that all the
students need to mingle more “just
for fun,” the Boarding and Day Stu
dent Councils have functioned as one
governing board in planning this
week. Those girls who know each
other slightly, or not at all, have
been paired as a “nut” and a “shell.”
And each student is in turn a “shell”
of some “nut” and the “nut” of
some “shell.”
The “shells” on the Queens campus
next week will, however, be more
than protecting bodies. They will be
entertaining and surprising. Each
day every shell will send a note or a
small nickle gift to her “nut,” al
ways being careful to keep her iden
tity a secret from her “nut.”
On Saturday evening, March 21,
“nuts” and “shells” will get together
at an informal hilarious party at the
Gym, and for the first time in the
week “nuts” and “shells” will meet
as such and be recognized. The
“shells” will be in control, however,
for it shall be their responsibility to
send to their respective “nerts” a
note revealing the sign by which the
“shell” will be known to the “nut”
at the party.
That week of Marcli 16 will be
seven days of fun and surprises for
the students at Queens. There are
but a few rules which make the fun.
Every “shell” must keep her identity
a secret. No “shell” shall forget or
neglect her “nut.” Everyone is to
enter into the spirit of the week,
so no one will feel deserted. No
“shell” may spend more than five
cents a day on her “nut,” and she
need not spend that much, for a
stamp, a postal card, or a chatty note
will be a surprise. And surprises are
the things that will make the fun at
Queens next week.
DR. ELLWOOD
TO DISCUSS
REVOLUTION
On Friday evening, March 20th, Dr.
Charles A. Ellwood of Duke Univer
sity will speak in the Queens-Chicora
College auditorium on the topic:
Revolutions and How They May Be
Avoided. This concludes a series of
four lectures by Dr. Ellwood in the
field of sociology, sponsored by the
American Association of University
Women. All these lectures have been
delivered in the college auditorium
and have been attended in large num
bers by students of the college. In
speaking of this coming lecture on
revolution Dr. Ellwood stated that, if
be might be permitted to use the
Modern term, it is to be “a hot one.”
b'r. Fdlwmod is head of the depart-
Ment of sociology at Duke University,
is author of a number of books in his
field and is a noted lecturer. Queens
students have been afforded an un
usual opportunity in hearing this dis
tinguished scholar.
John and Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Jr-, sons of the President and Har
vard students, have taken a pledge
for safe driving. Both have been
Mvolved in numerous accidents.
Annual Conference
Meets At Duke
Institute of International
Relations Meet In Durham
June 8th To 19th. Topics
of Wide Interest.
The fourth annual Duke Institute
of International Relations will be
held at Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina, from June 8th to
19th, 1936, under the joint auspices
of the American Friends Service
Committee and Duke University.
This conference is held for those who
are interested in promoting world
peace, consisting of a twelve-day
course on International Relations for
public and private school teachers,
ministers, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A. secretaries, leaders of boys’
and girls’ clubs, chairman and mem
bers of the International Relations
Committees. Classes will be held in
the morning, recreation will be pro
vided in the afternoon, and lectures
will he given in the evening.
Problems of International Relations
from special angles of Education,
Economics, History, Sociology and
Religion will be presented by experts
in the fields. The faculty and lec
tures w'ill include Frederick W. Nor
wood, Minister of City Temple, Lon
don, England; Roswell P. Barnes,
Julien Bryan, J. Fred Rippy, Calvin
B. Hoover, Elbert Russell, and Mary
Goodiiue Cary.
Queens is usually well represented
at this conference by the local I. R. C.
organization and also by members of
the Faculty.
Convention To Be
Held At Decatur
In And Out-Going Presidents
To Represent Queens At
Student Convention
STUDENTS OF
LEAGUE TO
CONVENE
Prominent Church Leaders
Featured As Speakers
Queens-Chicora college will be rep
resented by two girls at the conven
tion of the Southern Inter-CoIIegiate
Association of Student Government.
They are the out-going president of
the student body, Margaret Tro-
baugh, and the in-coming president
who has not yet been elected.
The convention which will be held
from the twenty-sixth to the twenty-
ninth of March, will take place in
Decatur, Georgia, with headquarters
at Agnes Scott college. It enables the
representatives from the various col
leges of the association to meet, dis
cuss and solve problems incident to
institutions of their calibre.
Membership of the Southern In
ter-Collegiate Association of Student
Government is confined to the student
government organization of women’s
colleges in the south, each college of
which must have a minimum of two
hundred students. Dr. Frazer has
been recently elected president of the
Southern Association of Women’s
Colleges and Secondary Schools.
This will be the 21st Annual Con
vention held by this association. The
last convention was held at Florida
State College for Women, Tallahassee,
Fla., and was attended by two dele
gates from Queens.
To win a $3.00 bet, a former Uni
versity of Minnesota swimming team
captain swam 225 feet under water.
The League of Evangelical Stu
dents will hold a regional conference
at Queens-Chicora on April 17th and
19th. This is the first conference of
its kind to be held in this part of
tile south. Delegates will be invited
to it from all colleges in Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia.
The conference will open Friday
afternoon, April 17th, with registra
tion at 4:00. After dinner Friday eve
ning there will be a vesper hour
out on the campus, followed by an
address at 8:00 in the auditorium.
Dr. William Childs Robinson, profes
sor of churcli liistory at Columbia
Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, is the
speaker selected to deliver this ad
dress. After the close of Dr. Robin
son’s message, there will be a social
liour for all delegates to the con
ference.
At the cliapel hour Saturday morn
ing, April 18th, Dr. R. B. Kuiper,
of Westminister Seminary, Phila
delphia, will address the college stu
dent body and the conference dele
gates in the auditorium. Open forum
will be conducted through Saturday
afternoon. The conference will close
with a banquet meeting Saturday
night. The last feature of the con
ference is an inspirational address at
the close of the banquet meeting.
There will be special music
throughout the conference, to be fur
nished by conference delegates. The
pianist is Virginia Dobson of Con
verse College and the song leader is
Rev. E. A. Dillard of Tenth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, Charlotte.
Perhaps the most promising fea
ture of the conference is the oppor
tunity in store of hearing the speak
ers being brought to it. Many promin
ent church leaders have consented to
come and take part in the meetings
and it is indeed a rare privilege to
have them as guests. Among these
have already been mentioned the dis
tinguished Dr. William Childs Robin
son and Dr. R. B. Kuiper. Others to
be here are Dr. W. H. Wrighton, pro-
(ConUmied on page J, col. S)
Q. - C. COLLEGE
IS FEATURED
ON THE AIR
Faculty and Choral Club On
Wednesday Program
QUEENS COLLEGE MAY DAY
SHOWS GRECIAN INFLUENCE
Queen Chooses Maid of Honor and May Court
Date of May Day Not Yet Announced
Choral Club Will Participate
Election of Student
Officers Soon
Beginning March 18th Queens-
Chicora College will be heard on the
air every Wednesday night at 10:30
P. M. The weekly programs will be
broadcast from WBT, Charlotte.
The broadcast will continue once a
week until the close of school the
last of May.
Each Wednesday night there will
be music furnished by the students
of the Music Department of Queens-
Chicora under the supervision of Miss
Grace Robinson. On the program
with the music there will be a short
talk on subjects related to Queens-
Chicora. These talks will be made by
members of the College Faculty.
On the first program, next Wed
nesday night, Dr. Althea H. Kratz,
dean of Education, will be the speak
er. The College Trio will sing. Dr.
W. H. Frazer will speak the follow
ing week on a popular subject.
“Humor in the South.” Plans for
other broadcasts are underway and
will be announced later.
Nominations Begpn March 17.
Others Take Place The 19th.
Formal Elections March 20.
Speeches Wednesday.
Quite a bit of interest is being
manifested in the elections for the
coming year. The nominations will
begin Tuesday, March 17th. The first
candidate to be nominated will be
the president of the student body.
Election schedule will be as follows:
Nomination for president of the stu
dent body March 17th. As is cus
tomary, the student body will nom
inate as many candidates as it de
sires, the two highest nominations
will be eligible for president. On
Wednesday morning at the student
chapel hour campaign speeches will
be given by the managers and plat
forms will be presented by the candi
dates. The remainder of the day will
be for the purpose of casting the
final ballots for the president of the
student body.
On Thursday, March 19th, nomina
tions will be in order for President
of Day Students, President of
Boarders, President of Athletic
Council and President of Student
Christian Association. Each group
will nominate its president and both
will nominate the Presidents of Ath
letic and Student Christian Associa
tion. The formal elections will be
held on March 20th.
These officers will not go into of
fice immediately. They will be for
mally installed by Dr. W. H. Frazer
at the chapel hour, two weeks after
elections take place.
Seniors Are Now
Practice Teaching
Approximately Thirty Girls To
Observe and Teach In
City Schools
May Day festivities will be carried
out in quite a novel motif this year.
A Grecian scheme is being planned
and the court promises to be a lovely
one. The scene will be centered
around the story of Iphegenia, daugh
ter of Agememnon. The myth will
be supported by Grecian dances,
the scarf and balloon dances. Tlie
most unusual part of the festivities
is the fact tliat the maids of the
court will be gowned in Grecian
costumes.
The court is not yet complete but
the following girls have been selected
as attendants: Margaret Calder,
maid-of-honor, Charlotte; Nancy
Philips, Charlotte; Marjorie Timms,
Winnsboro, S. C.; Marion Price,
Charlotte; Josephine Long, Catawba;
Lib Martin, Charlotte; Mary Frances
Ehrlich, Chester, S. C.; Bertha
Burch, Charlotte; Jean Stough,
Cornelius; Jean Orr, Charlotte;
Martha Petteway, Charlotte; Martha
Elizabeth Alexander, Charlotte;
Martha Ward, Bainbridge, Ga.; Jane
Wiley, Charlotte; Margaret Land,
Chester, S. C.; Elizabeth Gammon,
Charlotte; Betty Manning, Charles
ton, S. C.; Catherine Mears, McBee,
S. C.; Thorburn Lillard, Elkin, N. C.;
Janet Hilton, Rock Hill, S. C.; Vir
ginia Cagle, Popularville, Miss.; Doris
Gambrell, Charlotte, and Louise
Phillips, Elkin.
VOCATIONAL
PROGRAM FOR
SOPHOMORES
Approximately thirty seniors have
begun their tenure of practice teach
ing in Charlotte City Schools with
a teachers’ certificate as their ob
jective. Applicants are required to
spend twenty hours observing and
thirty hours actually teaching in or
der to receive a North Carolina cer
tificate. Faculty heads of the various
departments are supervising the girls
of their departments. Dr. Althea H.
Kratz, Dean of Instruction, is in
charge of all practice teachers.
Seniors doing work at Central High
School are: Catherine Anderson, Anne
Batten, Roberta Kilgore, Frances
Query, Helen Thompson, Bettie
Wicker, Jean Stough, Rose Ellen
White, Elizabeth Sullivan, Ida Vir
ginia Miller, Louise Holland, and
Louise Orr.
At Piedmont Junior High School
the following girls are practicing:
Dorothy Ehrhardt, lone Smith, Vir
ginia Hubbard, Eleanor Woodcock,
and Sara Griffith.
Girls who will receive elementary
school certificates, after completing
the required work in the schools
at which they are practicing are:
Bethune; Merle Byrum, Sarah Cald
well, Mary Kale, Kathryn Lowrance;
Dilworth, Editli Tliompson; Myers
Park, Edith Stallings, Sudie Lowder;
Wilmore, Iris Harmon, Ruth Hunt,
Margaret Neele, Grace Robinson, and
Marion Price.
Here at Queens-Cliicora there is a
very important work going on. This
work is the enlarging of the educa
tional and vocational guidance pro
gram for the students under the
supervision of the department of psy-
cliology. There is a committee com
posed of faculty members who are
working to carry out the best pos
sible program. Dr. Ethel Abernethy
is chairman of the committee; other
members of the committee are Dean
Kratz, Dean Edwards, Dr. Delano,
Dr. Howe, Miss Jones, Mrs. McEwen,
Miss Nooe, and Miss Turnipseed.
One new phase of this guidance
program is the testing. The testing
consists of an inventory of study
habits, tests of general aptitude (so-
called “intelligence tests”), and
measures of special aptitudes and
abilities for the fields of teaching,
medicine, music, and such like. In
ventories of personality traits are be
ing made also. These include intro
version-extroversion, and dominance-
submission. One of the most impor
tant of these five groups of tests is
the inventory of vocational interests.
These tests and inventories are
being correlated with the mental hy
giene course. Tlie seventy-eight mem
bers of the mental hygiene class are
serving as subjects.
The committee is working in an at
tempt to score and interpret test
results by the middle of March. Then
five weeks will be devoted to per
sonal interviews with each student
tested. The interviews will be con
cluded shortly before classification
begins in the spring.
The typical Harvard man is “an
indifferent old maggot with a funny
accent,” says the university’s alumni
bulletin.
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