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QUEENS BLUES
Vol
No. kq
QUEENS-CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
March 24, 1937
International Club
Convention Here
1. R C. Entertains Delegates
From Many Surrounding
Colleges
Three Go To
A. A, U. W. Meet
The International Relations Club
held a convention yesterday at Queens
Chicora College. The theme of the
conference was “The Threat To
, Modern Peace.”
The program for the day was as
follows: Registration from 2:30 until
3:00 o’clock; welcome address by
K. V. Kennedy, professor of social
science at Queens, at 3:00 o’clock;
discussion from 3:15 to 4:00 o’clock
on the subjects, “Conflicts in the Far
East” under Edna Furman’s direc
tion. “Restlessness of Governments
in Europe,” under Jimmy Wagoner,
and “Trade Barriers’’ under Helen
West.
After the discussion groujis were
dismissed, coffee was served in Chi
Omega sorority house. Those serv
ing were Jean Kent Early, Margaret
Calder, Susan Harrill, and Eleanor
Alexander.
The conference closed last night
with a banquet held at Thacker’s at
():00 o’clock for the delegates. Judge
Fred B, Helms was speaker for the
evening. Representatives from for-
countues -vere Ed Ellis from
Persia, Kenneth Scott from China,
Harvey Ross from Mexico, Louise
Crane from Africa, and Charlie Bix-
- ler from Brazil. Special guests in-
eluded Mrs. R. V. Kennedy, Mrs.
Virginia Miller Agnew Dr. Minnie
Almira Graham, and Miss Alma T.
Edwards.
The Queens-Chicora chapter of
1- R. C. is headed by Henrietta
Henderson. Rachel Boyleston is vice-
president, Jane Ellen Taylor is secre
tary, and Martha Grace Hood is
treasurer.
Choose Officers
Of Pan-Hellenic
Miss Alma T. Edwards, Dr. Lu-
ciclle Delano, and Dr. Minnie Almira,
CJraliarn, three, of the Queens-Chicora
College faculty, have just returned
from Savannah, Georgia, where they
attended the hiennial convention of
the ,‘Vmerican Association of Univer
sity Women. At this meeting Dr.
Delano, head of the Spanish depart
ment at Queens, was elected secretary
[)f the national organization.
This is one of the most important
educational events in the country and
's usually held in June. This year,
these outstanding women educators
convened in March because of the
well-lcnown beauty of Savannah’s mil-
'ions of azeleas and japonicas in
l)loom.
All of the topics discussed were
of an educational nature, and lec
tures were given by such famous
American women as Dr. Meta Glass,
president of the Association and
president of Sweetbriar College in
Virginia; Dr. Virginia Gildersleeve,
dean of women at Barnard College,
Columbia University; Dean Vogt of
Mills College; Dr. Gallagher, liead
of the history de])artment at Goucher
College; Miss Hackey of the phil
osophy department of Harvard Uni
versity; and Mrs. Mary A. Beard,
eminent historian.
Besides tlie various discussions held
during the day, there were several
night entertainments for those attend
ing the convention.
The Savannah chapter of American
Association of University Women
S]K)nsorcd a performance of the well-
known play, “Heaven Bound,’’ writ
ten and acted by negroes and de
picting the negro’s idea of people
■ntcring the gates of Heaven and
showing the devil standing at one
side, side-tracking some on their
way in. Tlie delegates were en
tertained also by a presentation of
The Modern Dance by a group of
X.B.C. Guild artists.
Mary Currie Elected
Student President
May Day Motif
Is Selected
Japanese G^arden Is Scene Of
This Year’s Tribute
To Spring
She Defeats Two Opponents
Wiley and McDonald
In Final Vote
Officers for the 1937-1938 year of
Pan-Hellenic have been chosen. The
offices rotate down Sorority Row.
The new officers are: president,
Pidge Laffitte, president of Alpha
Delta Pi; vice-president, Harriet
Truesdale, president of Alpha Gam
ma Delta; secretary, Lynch Crocket,
president of Alpha Delta Theta. New
president of Chi Omega has not yet
been elected, but the office of treas
urer of Pan-Hellenic will autoraatic-
ally go to her.
Retiring officers a^e; president,
Martha Petteway; vice-president,
Isabel Turner; secretary Dorothy
Senn; and treasurer, Nancy Mclver.
Linnean Club To
Give Silver Tea
At the last monthly meeting of the
Pinnean Club held on Wednesday
March 10, the members deceided to
?ive a silver tea at the home of Alice
Parker, president of the club, some
time in April.
V’arious members, who will
chosen later, will serve, attired in
flower-colored dresses. The object
uf this tea is to obtain money for
the purpose of furthering a project
to beautify portions of the campus
grounds.
Day Students To
Give Party Soon
'I.oise Thompson^ president of the
day students, announced that the
April shower for the Day Student
House will be held Tuesday night,
April 13, at eight o’clock. The party
is being given by the old student
council in honor of the newly elected
council. The entire student body is
invited to attend.
Each student is requested to bring
a shower gift for the Day Student
House. In order to prevent un
necessary duplications, a list of the
desired furnishings will be posted so
that each girl or group of girls may
sign for the gift they intend to give.
Committees are as follows; invita
tion, Sue Mauldin and Catherine Mar
shall; decorations, Jane Wiley, and
Betty Hunter; refreshments, Martha
Johnston, and Ruth Morrison; enter
tainment, Doris Gambrell and Hen
rietta Henderson.
Presidents
Attend Meet
Old and New Student Heads
Orr and Currie To Go
To Spartanburg
Beginning tomorrow^ March 26,
and continuing through Saturday,
March 27, Jean Orr and Mary Cur
rie, retiring president and incoming
l)r(sidcnt of the Queens-Chicora stu
dent body respectively, will attend a
a conference at Sl)artanburg, S. C.
A tentative program included ad
dress's by Dr. Gwathney, ])resident
of Converse College, Spartanburg, S.
Dr. Theodore Jack, president
Randoll)h-Macon College, I.ynchburg,
Virginia, and Dean Virginia Thomas
of Greenville Women’s College,
Greenville, S. C.
The purpose of the conference is to
bring up problems of every-day col
lege life and to discuss them in
groujJS, in order to get the best solu
tion possible for them. Several is
sues to be discussed this year are
‘Scope of Student Government,”
“Technique of Presidency^’’ “Expul
sion,” “Orientation,” and “Special
Discussion for Colleges with Sorority
and Co-educational Problems.”
The two reijrescntatives from
Queen have asked that several prob-
kms he discussed in the Open Forum
sessions.
It has become a custom for the old
and new' president of our student
body to attend these conferences to-
gether.
Seniors To Have
Their Week Soon
be
Don Richardson is planning to
take his Civic Orchestra and an
octette from the Choral Club on
several short trips to present pro
grams in various cities in North
Carolina and South Carolina during
the month of April.
Jimmy Wagoner, president of the
Senior Class, announced this week
that Senior Week this year would be
from A})ril 29 through May 1. During
that week, the seniors will wear their
jackets for the first time; on Wednes
day of tliat week, the seniors will hold
chapel.
'j’he chapel program will consist
of reading of the Class History by
Sara Hunsucker, class historian;
Class Poem, by Catherine Sims, class
]>oet; I.ast Will and Testament, by
Helen Stroupe, class lawyer; and the
Prophecy by I.oise Thompson, class
prophet.
On April 8, the Kiwanis Club of
Charlotte will entertain the seniors
at luncheon, an annual event, at the
Chamber of Commerce. On April 29,
the annual Junior-Senior prom will
be held at the college. During Senior
Week, parties will be given by the
other classes for the seniors.
The motif of the May Day Cele
bration this year, to be presented on
May 7 on the front of Queens-Chi
cora cam])us, will depict a Japanese
Cherry Blossom Festival. The theme
idea will be the arrival of the Spirit
of Cherry Blossoms. Japanese chil
dren dressed in typical colored robes
of the country will await her arrival
in a Japanese garden decorated with
a rustic bridge entwined with wis
teria and iris. The parts of the
Japanese children will be portrayed
by the students of the Physical Ed
ucation department.
Miss Martha Petteway will reign
over the May Day festival. Her gown
will be fashioned after the dress worn
by the Queen of the Tournament-of-
Roses at Pasadena, California. The
makl-of-honor, Miss Martha Lib
Alexander, will wear a model of
;lream-bluc of mousseleine-de-soie.
The attendants will wear dresses
of mousseleine-de-soie ap])liqued with
the same material over taffeta slips
bordered with contrasting grosgrain
ribbon. Tlie colors will be shell
])ink, dream blue, maize, and aqua
marine.
Those attending the May Queen
will be Misses Elizabeth Gammon,
Jane Wiley, Elizabeth Maynard,
Johnny Walker, Margaret Calder,
Brooksie Folger, Anne Pease, Jean
Orr, Annie Laurie McClendon, Sally
McDowell, Catherine Meares, Grace
Clark, Frances S t o u g h, Margaret
Jager, Marjorie Poole, Nancy Hov-
is, Rebecca Cooke, Betty Fayssoux,
Helen Jenkins, Sara Walker, Thor-
burn Lillard, Helen Williams, Mar
tha Wise Alexander, and Nancy Phil
lips.
Last Tea Given
By Pan-Hellenic
Mrs. Virginia Miller Agnew, dean
of women, and the Pan-Hellenic
Council of Queens-Chicora College
entertained March 19 at the fourth
find last of a series of teas in Bur-
well Hall on Queens-Chicora campus.
At the door were Miss Winnie Fra
zer, Mrs. Hunter Marshall, Mrs. Mc
Alister Carson, and Miss Mary Whar
ton. Receiving were Mrs. Agnew,
Dr. William H. Frazier, president
of the college Dr. S. E. Byrd, Miss
Martha Petteway, president of Pan-
Hellenic Association, Miss Eugenia
I.affitte, who will succeed Miss Pette
way as Pan-Hellenic president, and
members of the Queens-Chicora fac
ulty.
Mrs. Fred B. Helms and Mrs. G.
H. Petteway, both of Charlotte, pre
sided over the tea table. Serving
were members of the six national
sororities on the campus, mainly:
Marguerite Buffani from Chi Omega,
Frances Marian O’Hair from Alpha
Delta Pi, Harriet Truesdale from
Alpha Gamma Delta, Harriet Brown
from Alpha Delta Theta, and Mary
Louise Davidson.
Table decorations included a cen
terpiece of red japonicas and white
tapors. Invitations were extended
to 190 Queens-Chicora alumnae and
friends of the college.
On Thursday, March 18, Mary Cur
rie, daughter of Reverend and Mrs.
W. P. M. Currie of Wallace, North
Carolina, was elected president of
the Queens-Chicora student body for
1937-1938 after she had defeated her
opposing candidate, Jane Wiley, in
the finals.
The three nominees for the office
of president of the student body
were: Josephine McDonald, of Ham
let, N. C.; Jane Wiley of Charlotte,
nnd Mary Currie of Wallace. Nomi
nations were open to popular vote on
Tuesday, March 16. From all the
nominations, those three receiving the
greatest number of votes were the
final nominees.
On Wednesday, March 17, the three
candidates were voted upon, and
there was the elimination of Jose
phine McDonald^ with Mary Currie
and Jane Wiley receiving the greatest
number of votes.
In the final election on Thursday,
Mary Currie received the greatest
number of votes.
At the regular chapel period and
])receeding the election on Wednes
day, campaign speeches were made
by the following managers: Helen
Jordan, for Mary Currie; Josephine
Hackney, for Josephine McDonald;
and Nancy Mclver for Jane Wiley.
The nominees proceeded their cam
paign managers with short speeches;
and Miss Currie, who was the first
speaker, in concluding the statement
of her policies to the student body,
said, “These are my sincere beliefs
concerning the policies of Queens-
Chicora College, and should I be
elected president of the student body,
I would strive, to the best of my
ability to uphold these policies and
(Continued on page four)
Music Contests
Are Held Here
The Southern district of the Fed
eration of Music Clubs held a district
contest liere at (Queens-Chicora Col
lege on Saturday, March 20. This
'•ontest was under the direction of
Miss Mabel Little of Gastonia, junior
chairman of the Federation, and Mrs.
Grady Ross of Charlotte, state coun
sellor.
Those taking part in the piano,
voice, and violin divisions of the
contest numbered 174 grammar school
and high school students. Among
them was an orchestra of thirty-seven
children from Salisbury and a choir
of fifteen children from Belmont.
Gontest Winner
Awarded Prize
Winner of the freshman song con
test was announced last Thursday,
March 18, in a freshman class meet
ing after chapel by Marguerite Buf-
fam, president of the freshman class.
Virginia Smith, whose song is sung
to the tune of “Clementine^” was
awarded the prize, which was a large
box of candy.
Others who entered the contest
were Alice Dobson, Elizabeth Green,
Henrietta Mclver, and Georgie Hurt.