QUEENS BLUES
HAPPY
VACATION
May 16) 1936
QUEENS-CHICORA, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
Vol. 15, No. 11
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES TO BE MAY 24-26
Queens Chapter of Honorary Group
Announced Wednesday Student Chapel
Academy Chapter of Sphinx
Chartered on Campus;
Members Announced
At the close of a year that is
marked as being one of the most
progressive Queens-Chicora has ever
known has come the most progressive
step of all—the founding of a na
tional honorary scholastic fraternity.
Instead of the various honorary clubs
wliich have been on our cam])us
tliere is to be a chapter of The
Spliinx, a national honorary group
which was founded at Emory and
Henry University. Our chapter of
The Sphinx will be the Academy
Chapter, and the Dean of Emory
and Henry, and meml)ers of tlieir
cliapter will come here to install it.
To be a member of this group, a
senior may have made one C, but
all other marks must l)e Merit or
over for her entire College course,
a Junior must have made all marks
of Merit in her College course. The
girls wlu) are charter members of the
Academy Chapter of The Sphinx
are primarily scholars of distinction,
but among them we find also the
leaders of our campus. On Wednes
day morning in cha])el Dr. Kratz
announced the names of tlie members,
who are: lone Smitli, who this year
was President of Alpha Kappa
Gamma of the Math Club, and a
member of Phi Beta Chi and Iota
Xi; Katherine Crowell, who was this
year President of Kappa Omicron;
Mary Francis Ehrlich, who was
President of Phi Beta Clii and of the
Inter-Honorary Fraternity Council;
Betty Manning who was President
of the Boarding Stuelent Body and
a member of Alpha Kappa Gamma.
Kappa Omicron, International Rela
tions Club and Iota Xi; Margaret
Trobaugh, who was President of
the student body, a member of Alpha
Kappa Gamma, the Math Club and
Kappa Omicron, and Salutatorian
of the class of 1936; Roberta Kil
gore, who was vice-president of the
student body, and a member of Alpha
Kappa Gamma, I. R. C. and was
vice-president of Kappa Omicron ■
Anne Batten, who was president of
the Literary Society, a member of
Alpha Kappa Gamma, Iota Xi.
Kappa Omicron and the Frencli Club
and is Valedictorian of the class of
1936; Eugenia Brumley, who was
■secretary of Alpha Lambda Mu and
a member of I. R. C.; Thorburn
Lillard, who is a member of Alpha
Kappa Gamma and Iota Xi; Francis
Query, who is a member of Alpha
Kappa Gamma, I. R. C., Kappa Omi-
eron and President of the League of
Evangelical Students; Margarei;
Calder and Helen West have been at
Queens only one year, but have dis
tinguished themselves in various
"'nys. Helen is second vice-presi-
dent of the boarding students for
next year; Jean Kent Early is a
member of I. R. C.; Sarah Hun.sucker
was vice-president of Alpha Lambda
Mu and a member of Kappa Omi-
eron; Adeline Kilgore is President
nf the Athletic Association and was
®6eretary of the Boarding Students
mul a member of Phi Beta Chi.
“'•'he answer of the old school of
^'conomics isn’t the one. There must
Something else, so we’ve got to
go on searching. Now is it you
•'oung people who must find the
answer.” Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
'’olt speaks her mind to 1,000 NYLf
^•'idents.
Alumnae Luncheon
To Be Held Mav 23
Mrs. Fred Helms Will Preside;
Classes Hold Reunion
The Annual Alumnae Llomecoming
Lundieon will be held in Morrison
dining room at one o'clock on May
23. Mrs. Fred B. Llelms, President
of tile General Alumna Association,
will preside. The processional played
by Rachel Hamilton, and invocation
by Dr. S. C. Byrd, will be followed
by the singing of the Alma Mater.
Dr. Frazer will welcome the alumnae
and then tliere will be a welcome to
the seniors. Mary Phillips, tlie
senior president, will respond to this,
after wliich the seniors will sing their
class song. Tlie honor guests will lie
recognized and several life member
ships to the association awarded. Ac
companied by Miss Mary Wharton at
the piano, Miss Grace Robinson will
sing “I Heard A'ou Singing," by
Coates. The members of tbe class of
1886 will receive fifty year diplomas.
The secretary’s report will be made
by the Alumnae Secretary, the re
port of the nominating committee will
be made and the baby show winiier.s
announced. The luncheon will be
concluded by tbe singing of “Dear
Q-C” and tlie Benediction. The
classes of 1912, ’13, ’ll., '15, ’22, ’23,
’24, ’25, and ’.32, ’33, ’34, ’35 will bold
their reunions at this luncheon.
At 7:00 o’clock, on the same eve
ning, the class of 1934 will hold a
reunion in a private dining room
of the S & W Cafeteria.
Orientation Week
Begins Sept. 9
Valedictorian
Salutatorian
Are Announced
Batten Leads Trobaugh By
Fraction In Valedictory Race
Executive Council Plans
Entertainment And The
Orientation Classes
The office of Dean of Instruction
announced late last week the Vale
dictorian, Anne Batten, and the Sal
utatorian, Margaret Trobaugh, of the
class of ’36. The Valedictory, the
highest scholastic honor of Queens-
Chicora, is awarded to the student
making the highest average during
the four years. The Salutatory is
awarded to the student making the
second highest average.
Anne Batten, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Batten of Charlotte, N.
C., has showed outstanding ability as
a scholar. During her freshman and
sophomore years she made tlie high
est grade in her class. Her junior
year, she made the second highest
average. Miss Batten has also par
ticipated in many extra-curricula
activities. She is retiring president
of Tlie Literary Society. Stic is a
member of Ai]iha Kappa Gamma,
national leadership fraternity and of
Kappa Omicron, English fraternity.
Margaret Trobaugh, Salutatorian,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Tro
baugh of Morristown, Tenii., lias also
showed outstanding scholastic ability.
Her junior year slie achieved tlie
honor of Chief Marshall. Miss Tro
baugh has had a brilliant career on
the campus, having risen from presi
dent of her sophomore class to presi
dent of the student body. She has
been president of Alpha Delta Pi.
national social fraternity, and of
Alpha Kappa Gamma, national
leadership fraternity.
Miss Batten will make her vale
dictory address, and Miss Margaret
Trobaugh will make her salutatory
address on Class Day, May 25, at
4:30 o’clock.
Executive Council has made plans
for tbe Orientation Week for fresh
men, beginning September 9, 1936.
The Ilians follow the traditional en
tertainment and orientation. Sched
ules have been made for a picture
show party; a party given by the
Student Christian Association in the
Y Hut; a picnic given at Dr. Frazer s
farm ; and a swimming party. Orien
tation classes and tours of the cam
pus will be conducted by girls chosen
by executive council. Tlie office of
Dean of Instruction will give place-
ment tests.
Registration of upper-clas.smen is
sclieduled for Friday, September 11.
A reception will be given for the en
tire student body and big sister day
will be soon after the arrival of up
perclassmen.
Jimmie Wagner, Dorotliy Senn.
Thorburn Lilliard, Frances Smith,
Mary Wilson, Mary Currie, Nancy
Mclver, Lillian Smitli, Josephine
Hackney, Martlia Stewart, Martha
Petteway, Rosalind Corbitt, Carolyn
Wearn, Margaret Duckett, and Bar
bara Summitt will assist Executive
Council in conducting Orientation
Classes.
Sorority Averages
Announced Today
Chi Omegas Lead 3rd Quarter;
Alpha Gamma Delta 2nd
The sorority average ending witli
the third quarter, March 28, has been
given from the office of the Dean of
Instruction as follows;
Chi Omega -- 87.05
Alpha Gamma Delta .... 86.02
Pin Mu 85-89
Alplia Delta Pi 85.88
Kappa Delta 86.72
Alpha Delta Theta .... 82.40
Class Elections
Held by Freshmen
Rensselaer Polytecli recently spon
sored a Vorld-wide alumni reunion
bv radio.
Rice Institute, Texas, gives an un
official intelligence test to student
campaigners before elections.
The rising sophomore class electea
its officers Saturday morning, Ma;
9th, in Pi Hall.
Helen Cumnock, of Davidson,
North Carolina, will preside as presi-.
dent; Frances Marion O’Hair, ot
Rock Hill, South Carolina, was
chosen to be Vice-President; Sally
McDowell of Pacelot, South Caro
lina, and Jane Davis of Monroe.
North Carolina, were elected secre
tary and treasurer, respectively.
The retiring officers are Josephone
Rankin, Ruth Knee, Marjorie Timms
and Helen Cumnock who held the
office of president, vice-president,
sccretarv and treasurer respectively.
Dr. Jackson To Deliver Sermon
Judge F. B. Helms To Give Address
♦
New System of
Grading To Be
Used Next Year
No Numerical Value
For Reports
Dr. Althea H. Kratz, dean of in
struction, announced to the student
body, at a recent student assembly
meeting, that a new grading system
will be used next year. The office
will issue reports at the end of each
semester instead of sending tliem to
the parents at the end of each quarter
as has been done formerly. How
ever, students failing work at tiie
end of a quarter will be notified
by a letter from the office.
The new grading system is as fol
lows; distinction, merit, passing, con
dition, failure, and incomplete. This
new system will eliminate the neces
sity of students striving for numeri
cal grades. It has been adojited by
many of the large colleges and uni
versities which have found it very
satisfactory. The faculty feels thai
this is an improvement over the olo
form of grading students as it gives
the student an opportunity to do in
dividual research work in collabora
tion with her regular work.
This new system will not affect
the scholastic averages required by
the national councils of the sororities
on the campus. These averages xvili
he accepted from Queens as they are
accepted from the many other A-
grade institutions that are using tlie
system now.
The new system of grading is by
far one of the most progressive steps
that has been made on our campus,
and the student body is very much
in favor of the new move.
High School Day
Considered by
Students Success
Welcome Program, Lunch and
May Day Impressive
On Wediie.sday, May 6, more than
one Imndred high school students
were entertained at Queens-Chicora
for High School Hospitality Day.
On their arrival they were regis
tered in Burwell Hall and were given
banners of recognition.
At 11:00 o’clock the guests and
students assembled in the auditorium
for a special program. Dr. Frazer,
Dean Edwards, Dr. Kratz and Jean
Orr cordially welcomed them, and
Ruth Grover, Alumnae secretary
announced the program for the day.
Following the talks, a one-act play
was presented by the seniors,
Eugenia Brumley played a piano se
lection, “The Wind,” and the Choral
Club, under the direction of Miss
Grace Robinson, sang “The Blue
Danube.”
Lunch was served in the dining hall
at 1:00 o’clock and at 2:30 the guests
were entertained at a lovely recep
tion given by the faculty.
Everyone was invited to attend the
May Day Festival at 4:00 o’clock
and immediately afterwards the so
rority houses were opened for visitors.
Prof. John Gamble Kirkwood, Cor
nell chemist, has been awarded the
1936 Ijangmuir award of $1,000.
Mr. McAlister Carson To
Present Awards at The
Graduating Exercise
The commencement exercises of
Queens-Chicora College will begin on
Sunday, May twenty-fourth, and con
tinue through may twenty-sixth. Dr.
James W. Jackson, of the First
Presbyterian Church of Columbia,
South Carolina, will deliver the Bac
calaureate Sermon. Judge Fred B.
Helms, of Charlotte will give the
commencement address.
Saturday will be alumnae day,
Mrs. Fred B. Helms, President of
the General Alumnae Association,
will ])reside. At ten-thirty A. M., the
alumnae baby show will be held in
Burwell Hall. Babies up to three
years of age are eligible, and will he
divided into three groups according
to age. At twelve-thirty, Mrs. Mason
Wallace, President of Charlotte
Alumnae Chapter will preside over a
meeting of the Charlotte chapter in
Gamma Hall. There will be reunion
of the class of 1886—the fifty-year
class, of wliicli Mrs. Susie Wolfe
De Armond of Charlotte is a mem
ber. Other classes having reunions
are those of 1912-’15, 1922-’25, and
1932-’35. At twelve-thirty these Re
union classes will meet in Burwell
Hall, and at one o’clock, the Home
Coming Luncheon will be served in
Morrison Hall Dining Room. On
Sunday night, at eight o’clock, Dr.
Jackson will deliver the Baccalau-
erate Sermon.
Monday, May twenty-fourth will be
class day. From three o’clock until
six o’clock there will be a Fine and
Practical Arts Exhibit. This will in
clude the work of Miss Bremer’s Art
Department, and the clothing Ex
hibit of the Home Economics De
partment. The class day exercises
will begin at four o’clock. At this
time, the Seniors will present to the
College their parting gift, and the
classes will exchange colors. The
mascots of the Senior class are Sanny
Beam and Genevieve Byrum, of
Charlotte. The Annual concert will
be presented in the college audi
torium at eight o’clock. Pupils of
Dr. Ninnis, Miss Wharton, and Miss
Robinson will take part on the pro
gram. Following traditions, the Sen
iors will have their last class meet
ing in some secret spot at twelve
o’clock on Monday night.
The graduating exercises, with Mr.
McAlister Carson, President of the
Board of Trustees presiding, will
begin at ten-thirty on Tuesday morn
ing. The Queens scholars, the two
girls in each class who have made
the highest grades will be announced.
A prize will be presented to the girl
making the highest grade in Soci
ology, and the Pan-Hellenic cup will
be presented to the Sorority having
the highest scholastic average. The
Queen'S Blues staff will present, to*
the member of the sophomore class
who has done the best work on the
paper, a prize of ten dollars, and to
the member of the Freshman class?
five dollars. Judge Helms will give
the Commencement address, and Mr.
Carson will present the diplomas to
the Seniors.
Yale, Harvard, University of Wis
consin, and University of Buffalo men
have leading positions on the new
GOP brain trust.
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