BLUES
Vol.^ No. 4
QUEENS CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 12, 1937
Fashion Show
Sponsored By
A.K. Gamma
Winter Wardrobe Modeled by
Queens Girls; Musical
Program Given
The interest of the Queens-Chicora
students was centered, Thursday
night, November 11, around the
Fashion Show sponsored by Alpha
Kappa Gamma, National Leadership
Fraternity. A winter wardrobe for
the college girl was charmingly dis
played by models from the college
campus. Comments on the general
trend of style, given by Fashion
Commentator from a local shop
proved to be very interesting, par
ticularly to girls who like to be both
thrifty and well dressed while they
are at college.
An added feature to the program
was the piano and voice numbers
rendered by Miss Martha Petteway
of Charlotte and Frances Riddle of
Columbia, S. C. Miss Petteway was
graduated from Queens-Chicora last
year and was a member of Alpha
Kappa Gamma. Frances, who has
one of the loveliest voices at Queens,
is a Kappa Delta Pledge.
Students, holding tickets bearing
lucky numbers were awarded prizes
given by various business organiza
tions in Charlotte. After the eve
ning’s entertainment, members of
Alpha Kappa Gamma sold dough
nuts.
The following girls were lovely as
models; Grace Clark, Marjorie Poole,
Mildred Burke, Jean Ferguson,
Evelyn McCrackin, Ann Purnell, Ann
Pease, Elizabeth Gammon, Louise
Hoggard and Helen Jenkins.
Officers of the club are: Nancy Mc-
Iver, president; Josephine Hackney,
vice president; Lillian Smith, secre
tary; Louise Crane, treasurer; and
Elizabeth Calder, historian.
Other members of the club are
Mary Currie, Helen Cumnock, Helen
Hatcher, Mildred Lowrance, Jane
Wiley, Lynch Crockett, Martha John
ston, Freddie Ward, and Helen Jord
an.
^TowderPuffGirr
Is Presented By
Queens Players
Members of the Dramatic Club of
Queens-Chicora College presented
“Tlie Powder Puff Girl,” a comedy in
three acts, in the school auditorium
on Thursday, November 4, at 8:30
o’clock. The production was directed
by Miss Ethel M. King, head of the
dramatics department.
Miss Elaine Suber, as Dot Clemson,
did an excellent piece of work. Other
members of the cast were well-suited
to their parts and portrayed the
characters in a splendid manner.
Miss Anneal Triplette and Miss
Anne Pease were outstanding as
delegates to the Ethno-Paloentological
Convention. The entire play was
well received by the audience, which
included many Charlotte friends of
the college, as well as members of
the student body.
The cast included:
Louise Benton Billie Frazer
Dot Clemson Elaine Suber
Mrs. Fay La Rue Lucille Kidd
Lucretia Birdsong....Anneal Triplette
Matilda Quackenbos Charlotte Sutter
Theodosia Mather Anne Pease
Inez Edith Tinsley
Sadie Jenny Lynn Wright
Miss Marie Rosemond played sev
eral violin selections between acts.
Ushers, also members of the club,
were the Misses Claire Wishart, Bev
erly Hemby, and Betsy Mountcastle.
Candidates For May Queen
Miss Jane Wiley (left), and Miss Helen Jenkins are in the run-off for May Queen honors at Queens-Chicora
college this year. The election will be held Saturday. —Courtesy Charlotte Observer.
Girls In Choral
Club Announced
By Miss Robinson
Members of the 1937-1938 Choral
club of Queen-Chicora College have
been announced by Miss Grace Rob
inson, director of voice training at
the college. Programs will be present
ed throughout the year in cities of
North Carolina and South Carolina.
A special program will be the annual
Christmas Carol service, a candle
light service which is always given
the last Sunday before Christmas
holidays. Miss Josephine Hackney
of Charlotte is accompanist for the
Choral club this year.
Sopranos chosen are as follows:
Betty Gardner, Mary Payne, Vir
ginia Smith, Laura Fleming, Mar
garet Kornegay, Callie McElroy,
Carolina Miller, all of Charlotte; Sara
Redwine of Lexington; Louise Crane
of Hickory; Eleanor Alexander of
Knoxville, Tenn.; Elizabeth Danner
of Beaufort, S. C.; Sara DuRant of
Newton, Iowa; Lucile Harmon of
Concord; Margaret McGregor of
Gibson; Juliet Price of New London;
Henrietta Mclver of Gulf; Virginia
Blymer of Salisbury; Bonnie Cox of
Morganton; Frances Riddle of Co
lumbia, S. C.; Ora Lee Dougherty of
Bryson City; Jean Craven of Clark-
ton; Dorothy Carson of Mooresville;
Mildred Lowrance of Mooresville;
Cree Roberts of Carthage; Alene
Ward of Tryon; and Frances Hunter
of Newport News, Va.
Second sopranos are June Escott,
Claire Wishart, Sara Nichols, Vir
ginia Taylor, Lois Hodges, Judith
Killian, Marie Roseman, Betty Por
ter, all of Charlotte; Kathryn Rai-
ford of Concord; Emily Ferguson
of Clinton, S. C.; Margaret Mont
gomery of Reidsville; Elizabeth Cran
ford of Gastonia; Frances Stough of
Cornelius; Sally McDowell of Pacolet,
S. C.; Betsy Mountcastle of Lexing
ton; Mary Fountz of Salisbury;
Josephine Jiolmston of Goldston;
Vera T. Boulware of Barnsville, S.
C.; Cornelia Truesdale of Kershaw,
S. C.; Miriam Teal of Chesterfield,
S. C.; Catherine Moore of Indian
Trail; Dorothy Longenecker of Bel
gian Congo, Africa.
Altos are Elizabeth Imbody, Maujer
Moseley, Ermine Waddill, Clara
Morris, all of Charlotte; Marguerite
Craven of Clarkton; Lillian Sample
of Fort Pierce, Fla.; Josephine Mc
Donald of Hamlet; Alice Longeneck
er of Belgian Congo, Africa; Helen
Cumnock of Davidson; Frances Mari
on O’Hair of Rock Hill, S. C.; Mary
Currie of Wallace; Sara Haynes of
Kannapolis; Peggy Sloop of Mt. Ulla;
and Enid Waggett of St. Charles.
May Queen To Be
Chosen At Polls
This Morning
At 3:00 o’clock on Thursday, No
vember 11, it was announced by Mary
Currie, president of the student body,
that Helen Jenkins and Jane Wiley,
having received the greatest number
of nominations, would run for May
Queen. Nominations were from ten
until 1:30 o’clock. Campaign speeches
will be heard in chapel this morning
and voting will be from ten until two
o’clock today. Campaign managers
for the two candidates are Helen
Cumnock for Helen Jenkins and Sally
McDowell for Jane Wiley.
Both girls have been leaders on
the campus during their four years.
At present Helen is day-student vice-
president of the S. C. A. and presi
dent of Phi Mu sorority pledges; Jane
is chairman of the senior stunt and
president of Kappa Delta sorority.
Costume Recital
Will Be Given At
Davidson Nov, 19
On Nov. 19 and 20 the North Car
olina Chapter of the American As
sociation of Teachers of French will
hold its first regular meeting at
Davidson College. At 6:30 on the
19th Davidson will be the host at a
complimentary dinner. Dr. Lingle
LL.D., president of the college, will
make the address of welcome.
At 8 o’clock in Chambers Audi
torium, with the co-operation of the
faculty committee on lectures,
Madame Mathilde Mainguy McKee
will be presented in a costume lecture
of French popular and peasant
songs. Madame McKee, now living
in Baltimore, Md., is originally from
Paris, and received her early train
ing there and in London. She is an
official lecturer of the Alliance
Francaise and soloist of the Balti
more Music Club.
Madame McKee has been heard on
several occasions in the southern
states, and has merited flattering
press notices. The Atlanta Constitu
tion says: “Madame McKee brings
with her an abundance of fine train
ing abroad, a naturally beautiful
voice, and an element of dramatic
instinct typical of her native land.
The Baltimore Sun comments; Ma
thilde McKee, soprano, was an in
terpreter of charm and spirit, and
one who should be especially inter
esting in a costume recital.
The lecture will be open to the
public free of charge. Musicians and
students of French are invited.
Dr. Lucille Delano, professor of
French and Spanish at Queens, is
sec.-treas. of the organization.
Davidson Party
To Be Given Here
On November 18
Plans are being made for a Queens-
Davidson Party to be held on this
campus during the afternoon and
night of November 18. Mrs. Agnew
and Mary Currie, with the co-opera
tion of Alpha Kappa Gamma, have
started working on plans for a suc
cessful day. It is thought that the
Davidson boys will be entertained at an
informal supper on the campus, which
will be followed by campfire singing.
From the auditorium, where enter
tainment will be provided for the
girls and their dates, the party will
move to the dining hall, where stu
dent talent will be displayed. The
winning feature of stunt night will
probably constitute part of the en
tertainment. A date system similar
to the one used at Davidson last
Spring will be used here.
Committees for the party are:
Entertainment, Nancy Mclver, Jane
Wiley, Caddie Willis, and Martha
Lib Alexander; Food, Freddie Ward,
Martha Johnston, Louise Crane,
Helen Jordan, and Sally McDowell;
Reception, Helen Cumnock, Alice
Wright Murphy, Mary Gunn, Frances
Stough, Anne Pease, and Virginia
Smith; Decoration, Lillian Smith,
Elizabeth Calder, Helen Hatcher,
Mildred Lowrance. and Jo McDonald.
Queens Is Host To
S.C.A. Convention
October 30 - 31
The Student Christian Association
of North Carolina, which held its an
nual convention at Queens on October
30 and 31, decided to invite into the
Association, Montreat College, at
Montreat, and Lees McRae College,
at Banner Elk.
The various discussion groups,
which concern campus and outside
problems, were; “Vesper Programs
and Attendance”; “Literature for
Prayer Meetings and Other Meetings”,
“Music For the Services”; “Minister’s
Annuity Fund”; “Home Mission Pro
jects”; “Recreation”; and “Open
Forum.” These groups were led by
student representatives. There were
reports from each college represented,
also. One of the most outstanding
talks of the convention was made by
Miss Lucy Steele on “How Can Chris
tian Workers Have a Christ-like Atti
tude?” Dr. Edgar Gammon spoke on
“Christian Approach To Others.” The
closing Sunday evening vesper serv
ice was led by Dr. John A. Redhead.
The theme, which was selected, is
Philippians 2:6 “Let this mind be in
you, which was also in Christ Jesus.”
State Is Host
to Convention
of N, C, Press
Radio Program To Be Broad
cast ; Seventy Present;
Spring Convention Here
The fall convention of the thirty-
fifth semi-annual meeting of the
North Carolina Collegiate Press As
sociation was held in Raleigh, North
Carolina, November 4, 5, and 6.
North Carolina State College served
as host to the convention.
Approximately seventy delegates
were present representing the follow
ing school publications of the state:
Wake Forest, Salem, W. C. U. N. C.,
Davidson, Appalachian, Atlantic
Christian, E. C. T. C., Meredith
Queens - Chlcora, High Point, Guil
ford, St. Mary’s, Flora McDonald,
Elon, and Duke.
Officers for the convention were:
Charlie Dunnagan, president, from
State College; Warren Stack, first
vice-president, Duke; Bill Staton,
second vice-president. Wake Forest;
Dick Vowles, treasurer^ Davidson;
Georgie Underwood, secretary,
Queens-Chicora; Romeo Le Fort,
Executive secretary. Dean of State
College.
One of the most important accom
plishments of the meeting was the de
cision that a radio program be broad
cast, made uj) of news flashes and
unusual happenings on the campuses
of North Carolina Colleges. This
program will serve as a faster means
of spreading campus news. Begin
ning November 15, it will be broad
cast every Monday evening from 7:00
o’clock through 7:15 over station
WPTF, Raleigh.
The program for the three days of
the convention are as follows: Thurs
day, from 2 until 5 o’clock the dele
gates registered in the hotel lobby.
At 6 o’clock, an informal reception
was held in the hotel ballroom.
Friday, at 9:30 a general business
session was held, Wesley Wallace of
station WPTF spoke on news com
mentating. He suggested the radio
program, which has been explained
above.
A luncheon was held at State Col
lege at 1 :()0. On Friday afternoon
group meetings were held at the Sir
Walter Hotel for annual editors,
magazine editors, newspaper editors,
and all business managers. The
heads ofjthese meetings were: Herbert
Hitch, annual editors; Carl Goerch
magazine editor; Lewin Wilson,
newspaper* editors; A. M. Beck, busi
ness managers.
A banquet was held at 7:30. Carl
Goerch was speaker at the banquet.
On Saturday morning at 9:30 a
business meeting was held. Reports
were made by the newly-appointed
committees. An address was deliver
ed by Clyde R. Hoey, governor of
North Carolina.
It was decided that the spring con
vention will be held in Charlotte, with
Queens-Chicora and Davidson Col
leges acting as joint hostess and
host. A committee was appointed
on arrangements for the convention,
composed of Georgie Underwood and
Dick Vowles.
Saturday afternoon the convention
delegates were guests at the State-
Citadel football game.
Delegates to the convention from
Queens-Chicora were Georgie Under
wood, Elizabetli Calder, and Helen
Jordan.
Dr. McConoughy pleaded for more
aggressive action in educational insti
tutions for the preservation of
American traditions.