BLUES
Vol. 19, No. 4^5^/7
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 3, 1940
Brooksie Folger and Margie Poole •walk axoay
‘ivith the May Day honors
Press Meet
Held Here
Queens and Davidson Are
Hosts to College Publi
cation Heads
Queens and Davidson acted as liost-
ess and liost to the annual North
Carolina Collegiate Press Associa
tion Conv'ention, held at Hotel Char
lotte, April 25, 26 and 27.
Attending the convention for an
nual, magazine, and paper represen
tatives were delegates from Queens,
Davidson, N. C. State, Duke, Wake
Forest, University of North Carolina,
Flora Macdonald, Peace, St. Mary’s,
Meredith, East Carolina Teacher’s
College, Salem, Lenoir-Rhyne, Greens
boro College, High Point, and Elon
At the final meeting Saturday, Fabe
Clements of Greensboro from North
Carolina State was chosen for next
^year’s president. Other new officers
are: first vice-president. Gene Vereen,
Moultrie, Ga., Davidson College; sec
ond vice-president, Polly Goforth,
Kings Mountain, Flora Macdonald
College; secretary, Frances Staton,
Reidsville, Greensboro College; and
treasurer, Norvelle Ashburn, Atlanta,
Ga., Wake Forest College.
The invitation extended by Frank
(Jreathousc, Jr., of Duke University,
was accepted, thereby making Dur
ham the convention city for the next
meeting of the association.
Action on a resolution to unite
North and South Carolina schools in a
single body to be known as the Caro
lina Collegiate Press Association was
delayed until the November meeting
in order that the South Carolina col
leges may vote on the suggestion. This
resolution was jiroposed by Stephen
Sailer, executive secretary of the
N.C.C.P.A.
Official delegates from Queens were
Virginia Smith, Judith Killian, Ann
Mauldin, Georgia Hurt, and Eliza
beth Imbody, all of Charlotte, and
Ann Peyton of Davidson.
Senior Week
Celebrated
Graduating Class Enjoys The
Annual Week of
Entertainments
Alpha Kappa
Gamma Honors
The spring tapping services ol‘
Olympian Circle of Alpha Kapp
Gamma, national honorary leadershi
fraternity, were held at Queens Co
lege, Wednesday morning, May
at the student government chapel ex
ercises.
Tlirec students, Elizabeth Harmes
from Charlotte, Virginia Cothran
from Timmonsvllle, S. C., and Scotti^e
McNulty of Pocahontas, Va., were
ta])ped. Members are selected on
the basis of leadership, character,
scholarshij) and special talents.
The services were opened by Vir
ginia Smith, president of the chapter
M iss Slaton, Dean of Women, read
the Scripture. An explanation of the
purpose of Alpha Kappa Gamma
the requirements for membership anc
the history of the national and loca
organization was given. The officers
are as follows: Virginia Smith, presi
dent; Georgia Hurt, vice-president
Lucielle Gwaltney, secretary; am
Anne Fuller, treasurer. Other mem
bers of the chapter are: Dr. Delano
Mi.ss Robinson, Miss Slaton, Alice
Rarron, Elizabeth Brammer, Caroline
E d w a r (1 s , Dorothy Longenecker
Maujer Moseley, Frances Riddle.
Martha Stoner and Ermine Waddill
This fraternity was founded at
Farmville State Teachers’ College on
May 12, 1928. There are now four
chapters, located at Farmville State
Teacher’s College, the University of
North Carolina, the University of
South Carolina and Queens College.
There are two tap])ing services—
one in the spring and one in the fall
The annual Senior Week has been
recently observed at Queens College
The week began Sunday, April 21
when all the Seniors attended the
morning services at the Myers Park
Presbyterian Church.
Dr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Blakely
honored the class Tuesday at J
luncheon at their home on the campus
Wednesday the entire class had a
day free of classes. They spent the
day at Rozzellc’s Ferry, where they
divided into groups for discussions
on Queens College and formulation
of ideas for improvements to be of
fered to othe administration. Wednes
day evening, the college feted the class
at a formal banquet held in the
college dining room. Ihc program
consisted of the reading of the last
will and testament by Lucille Gwalt-
__ y of Charlotte, class lawyer; the
class prophecy by Elaine Suber of
Whitmire, S. C., prophet; the class
history by Billie Thomas of Char-
otte, historian; and the class poem
by Henrietta Mclver of Gulf, poet.
Anne Fuller of Five Points, Ala., and
Elizabeth Greene of Charlotte were
in charge of the banquet.
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Juniors Fete
Senior Class
NEXT WEEK
Saturday
Spectator Party.
Monday
Blues meeting, 2:30.
Movie: “Middleton Fam
ily at World’s Fair.’
Tuesday
Mexican travelogue, 8:00.
Thursday
Pan-Hellenic, 7:30.
Friday
Miss Dolan, 5:00-6:00.
Sigma Mu, 8:00.
Tlie Senior class of (Queens College
was honored by tlie Junior class at
a bampiet Saturday evening at the
Charlotte Hotel. Jean Ferguson,
chairman of the banquet committee,
acted as toastmistress.
Heeeiving the guests as they ar
rived were .lean Ferguson and the
officers of the Junior class: Eliza
beth Brammer of Cliristiansburg, Va.,
])resident; Caroline Edwards of Char
lotte, vice-president; and Dorothy
Raymond of I.akeland, Fla., .secretary
and treasurer.
A cabaret theme was carried out.
Tlie jirograms, done in light and dark
blue, the college colors, were entitled
“Pot of Gold.” Adding to the at
mosphere of the cabaret idea was a
chorus of dancers from the Hender
son school of dance who presented a
floor show. Tehee Hawkins and his
Clemson Jungaleers furnished the
music.
Frances Riddle of Columbia, S. C.,
sang a solo, “I Wonder Who’s Kiss
ing Her Now,” and a trio composed
of Frances Stough of Cornelius,
Mary Payne, and Maujer Moseley,
both of Charlotte, sang “Last Night,”
“Does Your Heart Beat For Me,” and
a proposed new (Queens Alma Mater.
During the evening, Elizabeth
Brammer, jiresident of the Junior
class, made the announcement of the
election of Jean Ferguson to be presi
dent of the Senior Class for next year.
Invited guests to the banquet which
is an annual spring function, included
Dr. and Mrs. Hunter B. Blakely,
Miss Clara B. Slaton, Miss Shirley
Black, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Go
dard, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mac
Gregor, Mrs. Estelle Rawls Porter,
and Miss Elizabeth Williams.
Annual May Day Exercises To
Be Observed On Campus Today
Statue Given
To College
Dr. Hunter B. Blakely announced
today that Mrs. Anna Hyatt Hunt
ington, noted American sculptress,
has ])resented the college with a
rejilica of one of her statues, the
Young Diana. The statue will be sent
to the school as soon as arrangements
can he made to move it from Mrs.
Huntington’s country place at Haver-
straw, N. Y.
(Queens feels very fortunate m
owning one of Mrs. Huntington’s
works, said Dr. Blakely. The Young
Diana is in several other places
thorughout the country: New Orleans
La.; Austin, Texas; Cambridge,
Mass.; Brookgreen, S. C.; San Diego
Calif.; and in Europe at Blois, France
Mrs. Huntingdon is one of Amer
ica’s leading sculptresses. A native
of Cambridge, Mass., she attended the
\rt Student’s League in New York
and was a jmjiil of H. A. McNeil am
Gutzen Borglum; she was also a stu
dent 'at Syracuse University.
Joan of Arc is one of the most
famous of the artist’s works, being
located in New York City; San
Francisco; Blois, France; Seville
Spain: and Buenos Aires, Argentina
Many of her smaller bronzes are at the
Metropolitan, Carnegie, Cleveland,
San Francisco, San Diego, Luxem
bourg, and Edinburgh museums.
Among her many honors are hon
orable mention at the Paris Salon,
1910; a silver medal at the San Fran
cisco Exposition, 1915; purple rosette
from the French government, 1915;
Chevalier Legion of Honor of France,
1922; the Grand Cross of Alphonse
XH of Spain, 1929, and others. Mrs
Huntington is now living in New
York City. In jirivate life she is Mrs.
\rcher M. Huntington.
Tea Is Given For
Central Hi Girls
Members of the faculty and stu
dents of (Queens College entertained
the Central High School senior girls
at a tea Wednesday afternoon from
1 to 5::10 o’clock in Burwell Hall.
Each year the college is hostess to
the high school girls for an afternoon
in order that they may have an oppor
tunity to look over the grounds,
buildings, and some of the college life.
Receiving were Miss Clara B. Slaton,
can of women; Miss Shirley Black,
assistant dean of women; Dr. James
M. Godard, dean of education and
members of the (,Jueens executive
committee, Caroline Edwards of
Charlotte, Virginia Cothran of Tim-
monsville, S. C., Elizabeth Brammer
of Cliristiansburg, Va., Mildred Tay
lor of Stanley, and Dorothy Longer-
necker of Belgian Congo, Africa.
Serving and directing the high
school girls over the campus were
members of both the day student and
boarding councils. Day student coun
cil members are Miss Edwards, presi
dent; Mary Payne, vice-president;
N^ancy Jane Dandridge, secretary;
Mary Jane Hart, treasurer; Tera
Bailey, senior representative; Nancy
Query, junior representative; and
Gail Griffith, sophomore representa
tive.
Members of the boarding council
are Ellen Hardee of Graham, first
vice-president; Boots Bowen of
Tazewell, Va,, second vice-president;
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Brooksie Folger Is To Be
Crowned May Queen
At Festival
The annual May Day festival of
Queens College will be held this after
noon at LOO when the queen, Mary
Brocks Folger of Charlotte will be
crowned by her maid of honor, Mar
jorie Poole of Mullins, S. C. The
{)rogram is sponsored by the Depart
ment of Physical Education under
the direction of Miss Cordelia Hen
derson.
The traditional march, “Pomp and
Circumtance,” will he used for the
maids of the court to assemble. Two
little pages, Jerry Godard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Godard of
Wellesley Avenue, and Milton Barber,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Barber
of Hopedale Avenue, will vie for the
favor of the little flower girl, Sally
MacGregor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Howard MacGregor, of Welleslej'
Avenue. Those furnishing the music in
the (Queens stringed ensemble are:
Margaret Springer, Jean Love, Mary
Elva Smith, Ruth Kilgo, all of Char
lotte, Anne Barrier of Concord, and
Frances Pierce of Mount Holly. Af
ter the assembling of the court, a
number of little piccaninnies. Old
Uncle Ned, and a Mammy will fur
nish gaiety to the tune of Stephen
Foster’s “Old Suzanna” and similar
plantation music.
Marie Roseman of Charlotte as the
hostess of the garden fete presides,
as the southern girls in hoopskirts and
ruffles waltz to Strauss’s “Blue
Damdie.’’ Margaret Flowe of Derita
plays the part of a little colored boy
who entertains with stunts and tumb
ling. 'I'he winding of the May Pole
climaxes the Pageant which is ended
by the recessional of the Queen and
her court.
Those taking parts of, men are:
Marion Miller of Charlotte, Peggy
Thompson of Highlands, Renette
Israel of Lumherton, and Billie Har
mon of Concord.
Martha Erwin of Charlotte is chair
man of the property committee and
Maud McClain of Scranton, S. C.,
heads the sewing committee. In con
nection with the sewing. Miss Hender
son is offering a prize for the most
attractive costume rejiresenting the
period of 1860. The judges will be
Mrs. Hunter Blakely, Mrs. Frank
Brandon Snijith, and Mrs. E. McA.
Currire.
Maids in the court will be Elizabeth
Brammer of Christiansburg, Va.; Sue
McNulty of Pocahontas, Va.; Mildred
Wagoner o^ Shelby; Cornelia Trues-
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Dramatic Doings
Miss Ethel M. King is conducting
a class in Diction for the Little The
atre group. 'I'his class meets each
Monday night from 7:30 to 9 P. M.
Many Little Theatre members are
taking advantage of the opportunity
in sjieech training—actors, teachers,
and even those who hav'e a foreign
accent.
A recent recital given by the dra
matic students included this program:
From “'I’be Flight of the Herons” by
Anne Pease, “A Nortlvern Girl’s
Idea of a Southern Girl,” by Peggj'
Sadler, “First Wife to Second Wife,”
by Anne Harris, from “Comedy and
Tragedy” by Claire Wishart, a group
of songs sung by Sarah Holman,
“Prodigy—Monologue” by Anne Har-.
rls, “Dairy,” by Martha Irwin,
“Maria Rosa” by Mary Katherine
Martin, “Rosaline” bv Elaine Suber.
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