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BLUES Z-526 iiU Published Weekly By The Students of Queens-Qiicora College Vol. iSi No. QUEENS-CHICORA COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. February 11, 1939 1 • "I m Superlatives Selected By Senior Class Superlatives And Class-Day Officers Chosen By Secret Ballot Tlmrsday morninp the Senior class elected their superlatives and class- day officers during: chapel at which time Marjorie Timms, president, pre sided. The Senior superlatives are as fol lows: Most sincere, Mildred I.owrance of Mooresville; most dignified, Mar jorie Timms of Winnsboro, S. C.; best executive, Helen Cumnock of David son; most artistic, Sara DuRant of N’ewton, Iowa; most personality, Prances Reins of Lenoir; most }K)pu- lar, Sally McDowell, of Pacolet, S. C.; best-all-around, Mildred Imw- rance; most intellectual, Sara Little of Charlotte; most vivacious, Frances Ehrhardt of Pinehurt; wittiest, Fran ces Reins; most stylish, Marjorie I'imms; most versatile, Mildred Low- rance; most capable, Helen Hatcher of Winchester, Va.; most dependable, Agnes Hojie Gwaltney. Class Day exercises are held in a special Senior chapel sometime early bi the month before graduation. At that time the history of the class is I'ead, tlie Senior jmem is given, the last will and testament is presented by the lawyer and the Seniors hear their class jirophecy. Officers elected for these events include Sue Mauldin af Charlotte as poet, Sara Little as historian, Helen Hatcher as prophet, and Sally McDowell' as hnvyer. Lucille Kidd of Charlotte was chos en as cliairman of a committee to se lect the Senior play to be presented •n the spring. Present officers of the Senior class Include Marjorie Timms as presi- ■lent, Frances Poole as vice-president A' Mullins, S. C., and Triplett of Le noir as treasurer. Talk On Courtesy Luring the Freshman chapel period Thursday, Miss Alma Edwards Save a talk on “Campus Courtesy. Pirst, Miss Edwards stated the pur pose of a college education, including 'arlous reasons for entering a college, ^be s])oke, then, of some of the b\- products of an education and of some the values which women should vxpcct from a college education. She •Said, “Women today should be able to ^arn a living, though that is not a •Sufficient reason for seeking an edu cation. They are to make and to preside over homes where a health} bappy family life is to develop.” Women sliould learn to participate Uiore often in civic life and the obli- Sations of citizenship. Miss Ed- ^'’ards adi’ised a wise use of leisure f'Uie to develo}) more dynamic per sonality, She turned then to some of the ’ffiire intimate phases of our campus '•fe here at Queens. “Courtesy,” she ^fcclared, “is not an overnight mush- *’oom growth. It comes out of a boiiuine res])ect for, first of all, our O'vn selves, and, then for the rights ‘‘f our fellows. We exhibit its pres- C'‘Ce or absence in every turn we 'Oako.” is revealed in our quiet ■'^beech, our laughter, our dress, our ^cuerosity to our roommates; in short, ''bh all contacts with famil.V and stu- CAST OF "MARTHA / f Chi Omega Leads In Scholarship Phi Mu Second; Others Follow- ine Exceptionally Close Behind The six national sororities of Queens-Chicoia have begun their race for the annual scholarship cup which is given for the sorority attaining the highest scholastic average. At the beginning of the second semester the Chi Omega sorority is surging ahead by having the only Merit average on the campus. This sorority is leading bv having l.TO-2 Quality Points per semester hours. The other sororities with their averages are as follows: Phi Mu-l.-5Li Quality Points per seme.ster which is very high pass; Aliiha Gamma Delta-1.478 Quality Points per semester hours, very high jiass; Alpha Delta Theta — 1.449 Quality Points per semester hours, very high pass; Alpha Delta Pi— IMS Quality Points per semester hours, very high pass; Kappa Delta- 1.301 Quality Points per semester hours which is high pass. The officers of the above sororities are: Chi Omega-President, Eleanor Alexander; Vice-President, A 1 e 1 e Sutherland; Secretary, Sarah Keiger; Treasurer, Nancy Hovis Phi Mu-President, Alene Wcml, Vice-President, Dot Alexander; Sec retary, Elizabeth Imbody; Treasurer, Elizabeth Harmes. Gamm.. Delta-PreaK en , Virginia Duncan: Vice-Presuient, Eleanor Guyton: ' ",'w Carr Porvers: Treasurer, Doroth; Wilke Alp’ha Delta Theta - President, Marv Griffin; Vice-President Agnes Hope Gwaltney; Secretarv, Elizabeth Brammer; Treasurer, Frances E ir- *''*Alpha Delta Pi-President, Frances Marion O’Hair; Vice-President Mar jorie > Timms; Secretary, Katherine Martin; Treasurer, Katherine King. Kappa Delta-President, Helen Hatcher; Vice-President, Anne Pease; Secretary, Ermine Waddill; Ireas- urer, Georgia Hurt. Class of’42 Has Election Of Officers Vashti Gornto To Lead Class; New Chapel Proctors Are Chosen ■ In the Freshman el-.'ctions after chapel Wednesday, February 8, Vashti Gornto of Wilmington was chosen to succeed Keller Young as chairman of the class. She will be assisted in her new duties by Louise luowe of I.afayette, Alabama, vice-president; Jane Mont gomery of Reidsville, secretary^; and Ann Peyton of Davidson, treasurer. During tbe first semester. Fresh men were active in a number of fields on the campus. Keller Young and Ann Mauldin served respectively as stunt night and gallery chairmen of the Freshman stunt. In this enter tainment this Freshman won second place. Flora McDonald of Dillon, S. C., was elected Freshmen rcjiresen- tative to Athletic Council while Anne Cromartie of Elizabethtown was se lected Freshman representative to S. C. A. cabinet. Recently Keller Young has been chosen Freshman rejiresen- tative to Boarding Student Council. Council nominees for this office were Ann Cromartie and Keller A'oung. In the same chapel jieriod Wedne.s- day, the chapel proctors for the sec ond semester were announced. 'I’liey are as follows: Freshmen — Lela Hughs and Ida Mae Walkup suc ceeding Harrette Scoggin and Mar garet Hardin. Sophomore — Enid Waggett, and Mirni Bradham. Junior —Martha Stone and Elaine Suber, Senior—Dorothy Carson. Valentine^ s Apollo has peeped through the shutter. And awaken’d the witt.v and fair; 'Pile boarding-school belles in a flutter. The twopenny post’s in despair; The breath of the morning is flinging A magic on blossom and spray. And cockneys and sparrows are sing ing In chorus on Valentine’s Dav. -Praed-Song for 14th of Feb. SigmaMuTaps New Students At Mid-Year National Honorary Fraternity Receives Four Juniors Into Membership The chapel ])rogram J'uesday morn ing, February 7, was conducted by members of Sigma Mu, National Hon orary organization, to invite into its membersbip those students who have attained high scholastic standards. Dr. Byrd opened the service with the devotional and Dr. Frazer ex plained the purposes of Sigma Mu. Dr. Howe then called forward Sigma Mil’s new members wbo iVere as fol lows: Elizabeth O’Green, and Callie McRoy, both from Charlotte, Eleanor Guyton, from Kosciusko, Mississip])i, and Hilda McManus from Charlotte. Elizabeth Green is a major in Biology, Callie Mcllroy, in Bible, and Eleanor Guyton, in Music. Hilda McManus, wbo is majoring in Psy chology, is conqileting a four year course in three years. Sigma Mu, which now has two chajiters—one at Emory and Henry in Emory, .Virginia and the other at Queens-Chicora in Charlotte was founded at Queens-Chicora in 1931). Its motto is this: “Designed to rec ognize those who have attained ex cellence in scholarship and to promote scholarly work and research.” “Pres ent members are Dr. W. H. Frazer, Dr. Samuel C. Byrd, Dr. James M. Goddard, Dr. Dorisse Howe, Mr. R. V. Kennedy, Sara IJttle, Sue Mauld in, Helen Hatcber, Mary Griffin, Frances Marlon O’Hair, Eleanor Jenkins, and Dorothy Carson. Dr. J. M. Gettys has recently an nounced plans for a Leadershij) Training School, to be held on our campus April 29 and 30. This two- day meeting will have as its purpose the training of leaders, especially among the young people, for work in week day Church Schools to be held during the summer. The conference is being jointly sponsored by the Committee on Religious Education in the Synod of North Carolina and the Bible Dejiartment of Queen.s-Chicora. Among tbe speakers in the training school will be Dr. J. O. Mann, director of Religious Education in the Synod. Other speakers will be announced in the future. Play Host To Queens Girls Basketball Game Scheduled; Glee Clubs To Present Opera “Martha” 'I'he annual Davidson-Queens Day will be held this year on 'I'uesday, February 14th, as a climax to David son’s Music Festival. A large group of Queens girls is expected to leave early 'I'liesday afternoon to attend this gala occasion which consists of a basketball game at 4:00, su}iper at ():30 in Chambers, followed by the Michigan IJttle Symphony Orchestra concert and presentation of the opera “Martha”. “Martha” will be given jointly by the David.son and Queens-Chicora Glee Clubs under the direction of James Christian Pfohl, head of David son’s music department. They will be accompanied by the Michigan Little Symphony and the Davidson Little Symphony Orchestras. Eleanor Alex ander will sing the soprano role in “Martha” while Mr. Franklin Riker will be the tenor soloist. Queens students who will partici pate in the concert are Eleanor Alex ander, Anne McCree Roberts, Betty Gardner, Frances Stougb, Mary Payne, June Escott, Sarah Lee Steiger, Sarah DuRant, Virginia Smith, M a r i e Roseman, Claire Wlshart, Frances Hunter, Frances Riddle, Ann Peyton, Esther Love Hillhouse, Helen Cumnock, Ermine Waddill, Maujer Moseley, Marguerite Craven, and Frances Marion O’Hair. Davidson boys taking part in the opera are James Ballard, David King, James Crooks, Pat Rudol])h, Pete Sliackelford, William Hamilton, John Wilson, Victor Hollis, .lames Mc Donald, Harper Beall, Stuart Oglesby, Cliarles Sherman, Richard Aycock, Hazel Quinn, .Joseph Robinson, and Southgate .Jones. Radio Broadcast 'I'lie Choral Club of Queens-Chicora College was featured in their first reg ular broadcast, Feb. 7, over WBT at 10:30 P. M. under the direction of M iss Grace Rpbinson. The program was as follows: “Liglit of Dawning’’ arranged from a movement of the Fifth Symjihony by 'I'schaikowsky, two pieces by Noble Cain, “Tlie Night Has a 'riiousand Eyes” and “'I'lic Robin in the Rain.’’ As their final selection the Choral Club sang “Starry Night” by Claude Debussy. Members of the Choral Club taking part were Eleanor Alexander, Sarab DuRant, Sarah Lee Steiger, Mary Payne, Frances Stougli, Virginia Smith, Betty Gardner, Lucielle Har mon, Cree Roberts, Ann Golden, Lela Hughs, Marie Roseman, Ann Peyton, Margaret Hardin, Sally McDowell, Jo Robinson, Lucielle Gwaltney, Frances Riddle, Frances Hunter, Helen Cum nock, Maujer Moseley, Esther J-ove Hillhouse, Marguerite Craven, J t a n Craven, Mary Gilmer R'chmond, Elizabeth Imbody, .June Escott, Ann Mauldin, I.ena Garinger, F r a n c e .s Marion O’llair, Becky Patton, Er mine Waddill, Clara Wishart, and others. Claire Wishart opened and closed the jirogram by playing the Queens- Ch.icora Radio Hymn’' on the elect^'lc organ. . 1 'I ' A ’X i ll
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