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Vol. 16, No. 4
QUEENS-CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 14, 1936
Alpha Kappa
Gamma To
Meet Here
Miss Orr, Miss Petteway
May Queen Candidates
National Convention Will Be
Held On The Campus
December 11-12
On Friday and Saturday, Decem
ber 11 and 12, Alpha Kappa Gamma,
National Leadership Fraternity, will
hold its annual convention at Queens-
Chicora Collepcc. The schools to be
represented are Virginia State Nor
mal, Farmville, Va.; University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C.;
University of South Carolina, Colum
bia, S. C.; and Queens-Chicora, Char
lotte, N. C. The main topic of discus
sion is to be, “Over Organization on
the Campus.”
liegistration will be at 2:00 o’clock
on Friday; following registration,
circle meetings w'ill be held and com
mittees appointed. The guest of the
afternoon will be Dr. J. M. Godard,
Dean of Instruction at Queens-
Chicora, who will speak on “Dangers
of Over Organization.” A special fea
ture will be presented in the evening.
On Saturday the Panel reports will
be given. A banquet will be given
for the delegates at the Charlotte
Woman’s Club at which time there
will be a number of special speakers.
The convention will close on Satur
day night.
Miss Helen Gordon
Visits Chi Omega
From October 27 through October
29, Miss Helen Gordon, national rep
resentative of the Chi Omega Fra
ternity, visited the Theta Gamma
chapter of Chi Omega here at Queens-
Chicora College.
Miss Gordon, a member of the
1935 graduating class at Southwest
ern University is from Mempliis,
Tennessee.
While here she held conferences
with the various officers and group
chairmen of the fraternity.
On Sunday, October 27, she was
entertained at the regular Sunday
night feed; on Monday night a joint
meeting of the actives and pledges
was held; and on Tuesday night, Oc
tober 29, an informal banquet was
given at the Hearthstone in her
honor.
Wednesday morning. Miss Gordon
left to visit the Chi Omega chapters
at the University of North Carolina,
and Randolph Macon.
Dr. Godard Announces
Distinction Students
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Lit* Society
Monthly Meet
Faculty Reports Students
Having Unusual Ability
Of Originality
Interesting Programs Present
ed By Members Of
Three Groups
MARTHA PETTEWAY WINNER
Students Consider
New Plan
Plans for choosing May Court at
tendants of 1937, in a different man
ner from that of former years are
under consideration. The student
body will choose a committee who
will select fifty girls to be pre
sented to the students. Under the
new plan the students shall by votes
elect twenty-four girls to May
Court.
Formerly, the May Queen and Miss
Henderson, director of May Day,
have selected the attendants. The
new plan will be submitted to the
students for discussion, and accep
tance or rejection in a student chapel
in the near future.
Senior Home
Ec. Students In
Practice House
The Senior Home Economics girls
moved into tlie practice house on
November 5. The house has been
newly decorated and is very attrac
tive.
The following will explain the oc
cupations of the girls at tlie pres
ent time. Thornburn Dillard and
Mary Wilson are host and hostess re
spectively; Mary Durden and Betty
Cabell are the cooks; Carolyn Wearn
and Elinor Clayton are the house
keepers, Myrtle Dowd and Francis
Dowd are the w'aitresses; and Ruth
Walters is the maid.
The girls rotate in their jobs so
that each one may have experience in
the different tasks.
Linnean Club
Hears Steir
Five Students
Are In The
“Who’s Wlio”
Executive Council Members
Appear In New
Publication
The Literary Society held its regu
lar bi-monthly meeting on November
the fourth at 4;.30.
The Book Tea Group met in Blair
Union. Mrs. Agnew, who was the
guest S])eaker, talked very interest
ingly on “Women Authors of Today.”
Among others, slie mentioned Mar
garet Mitchell, the author of Gone
With The Wind. She also passed
around a lovely grou)) of pictures
of women authors which she lias
collected. After the talk the roll
was called and the meeting was ad
journed.
The Debating Group had a very in
teresting meeting. Mrs. John Lyon
discussed “The Principles of Debat
ing” and Martha Grace Hood, the
group leader, spoke on “The Strategy
of Debating.” The last work of the
afternoon was in the form of a short
skit on Parliamentary Law and was
presented by two members of the
group, Betty Hunter and Isabel
Turner. After this program, it was
decided to hold a debate at the next
meeting. The group divided into two
sections, one part discussing the af
firmative, and the otlier the negative
of the question:
Resolved; Boarders get more out
of college than Day Students.
The Creative Writing Group met
in the Kappa Delta House. Under
the guidance of Mrs. Godard and
Mrs. Lyon, they discussed work con
tributed by some of the member^.
All of the groups seem very much
interested in their projects, and the
leaders of the Literary Society are
expecting a very successful year.
ITiroiighoiit the school year mem
bers of the faculty may report to the
oflice of instruction names of stu
dents who are showing unusual
aliility or originality in any course.
Up to November 10 of this year the
following names have been reported
by members of the faculty: Elizabeth
Green, Marguerite Buffum, Jane
Zimmerman, Estelle Hull, Mary
Louise Spratt, Louise Crane, Sarah
I.ittle, Helen Hatcher, Flleanor Guy
ton, NIartha Stewart, Harriet Trues-
dale, Margaret Calder, Sara): Hun-
suckcr, Martha Stoner, Alice Crowell,
F.dith GaTlant, Doris .Toines, Eliza-
b{‘th Martin, Sara Paxton, Dorothy
Muse, Naomi Rouse, Kay Spaeth,
Virginia Smith, Callie McElroy, Mary
Franklin, Georgic Underwood, Ruth
Knee, Jane Taylor, Annie Long,
Elizabeth Cranford, Martha Hood,
Jean Kent Early, Jane Davis, Hilda
McManus.
Jane Zimmerman was thus reported
by three of her teachers. Marguerite
Piuffum, Estelle Hull, Margaret Cal
der, Edith Gallant, and Marthallood
were each reported as superior by
two instructors.
Queens Blues
Passes Sixteenth
Milestone, Nov. 8
Student Body Hears Address
By Mr. Cameron Shipp Of
The Charlotte News
Jean Orr, I.ouise Thompson, Fran
ces Smith, Elsie Setzer, and Adeline
Kilgore have been invited to appear
in this year's Who's Who Among
College and University Students.”
These five members of the senior
class are members of the executive
board of student government.
Jean Orr is president of student
government, Louise Thompson is
president of the day students. Elsie
Setzer is president of the Student
Christian Association. President of
the boarding students, Frances Smith,
and athletic a.ssociation president is
Adeline Kilgore. They are members
of Alpha Kappa Gamma.
The faculty and student body
’ Queens-Chicora wish to express
Miss Mary Fulton their heart-
It sympathy in her recent be-
:avement, in the loss of her
Captain James Steir, prominent
Bov Scout leader here m Charlotte
will speak at the regular monthly
meeting of the Linnean Club, Wed-
nesdav, November 11, on the subjMt
“Summer and Fall Wild Flowers.
Captain Steir is well fitted to speak
on this subject as he has done much
outstanding work with his scouts m
this field.
The Linnean Club, under the direc
tion of Miss Nooe, has planned a
verv interesting program for the en
tire vear. Officers of the are =
Alice Parker, president, Sara Little,
vice-president, and Mary Louise
Spratt, secretary-treasurer.
Queens Civic
Orchestra Concert
Day Students
Hold Regular
Meeting Nov. 11
The Queens Civic Orchestra under
the direction of Don Richardson,
will present its first concert on De
cember 10. The orchestra has made
much progress since the first of the
vear. Mr. Richardson is violin in
structor at Queens-Chicora this year.
Among the thirty-eight members of
the orchestra are: Dorothy Carson,
Ermine Waddel, Jean Dulin, Billy
Richard, Sarah Hunsucker, Jack
Jones, Rogers Mozell, Llerbert Nin-
nis, Ruth Kilgo, Frances Westbrook,
Clyda Gamble, Eleanor Niven, Mar
garet Flowe, Camarlt Hartman, O.
T. Polk, Willie May Cooper, Ruth
Hough, C. B. Efird, Charles O’Kelly,
Joe Beard.
The day students held their regu
lar monthly Day Students Meeting on
Wednesday, the eleventh of Novem
ber, in the auditorium. The purpose
of the meeting was to acquaint the
students with their own organization;
is duties, and its functions.
The meeting was opened with the
roll call and secretary’s report. In
order to avoid the necessity of a
roll call, hereafter, each student was
assigned to a permanent seat. Four
proctors, Helen Stroupe, Edith Gal
lant, Martha Rayburn, and Elizabeth
Green, were appointed, one for each
class.
After the business liad been com-
pleted, short talks were made by
members of the Day Student Council
on the duties and functions of the
entire organization. Henrietta Hen
derson spoke first on the History of
the Day Student Organization. She
was followed by talks on the Use
of the Day Student House by Jane
Wiley, the Monday Morning Prayer
by Catherine Marshall, the Lockers
by Doris Gambrell, the Cafeteria by
Sue Mauldin, and the Care of the
House by Martha Johnston. After
this program the meeting was ad
journed.
On Saturday, November 7, at the
regular cliapel hour, tlie student body
was privileged to hear a talk by Mr.
Cameron Shipp, of the Charlotte
News. This address was given as a
part of the celebration of the six
teenth anniversary of the Queeks
Ri.ues. Pidge Laffitte, editor of the
Queens Beues, after giving a brief
history of the school paper, which
was first edited on November 8, 1920,
introduced the speaker.
In speaking of newspaper work,
Mr. Shipp told of the mistaken ideas
that the public had of newspaper re
porters and editor’s offices. These
ideas have been promoted by motion
pictures which paint the reporter as
a glamorous part of that exciting
game of editing a daily paper. The
newspaper plays a great part in our
world of affairs today. Mr. Shipp
said, “There will not be a dictator
ship as long as there is a reputable
newspaper and reputable reporters.”
In closing, Mr. Shipp congratulated
the Queens Blues on its progress
made in the last sixteen years. “From
a small paper,” he said, “I have seen
it grow into the publication it is to
day ... a paper which is an out
standing member of the North Caro
lina Collegiate Press Association.”
Important Notice
The Editorial Staff and the Re
porters of the Queens Blues will have
a most important meeting on Monday
afternoon at 4:00 o’clock, November
16, in the English room. This meet
ing is for organization and all those
failing to attend will be considered
disqualified to continue on the edi
torial or reporters staff of the Queens
Blues.
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