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QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C
October 18,1940
Leadership Society Convenes Here;
Gardner Conducts Fall Services
Atlanta Pastor
Speaks Inspiringly
Dr. William Gardner, pastor of
the First Presbyterian Church in At
lanta, Georgia, was the speaker for
the fall services on Queens campus
He has attended many young people’
conferences, and has gained a wide
spread reputation for for his wor
with young people. The fall services
which took place Oct. 15th and 16th
were sponsored by the student Chris
tian Association on the campus.
Dr. Gardner spoke at the morning
chapel hour, which was prece|ed by
an early morning watch, a discussion
in the afternoon, and an evening serv
ice. He also had private conferences
every afternoon.
In his first talk, Tuesday, in chape
Dr. Gardner spoke on “God is not far
from everyone of us,” Acts 17. He
said that in this age of darkness peo
pie are asking where is God? There
are no proofs, he said, for the exist
ences of God, but to see Him a
about us. Even as love cannot be ex
plained by atoms and molecules, so
God also, cannot be. He said that at
night when we turn our lights ou1;
and open the window, if we look, we
will see Jesus trudging about the
campus with bent shoulders and al
we have to do is to raise the window
and throw our burdens on his shoul
ders for he is only one step from us
—One Step—of sentence, of com
mutiment, of venture. He closed with
the quotation of King George of Eng
land where he said, put your hand in
the hand of God and it will be unto
you better than any light and safer
than any known way.
In the discussion groups Tuesday
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'New Society
Names Heads
Alpha Eta Sigma is a new club
that has just taken its place on the
Queens campus. It was formed for
the one-year business students, the
scholarship girls, and other non
sorority students.
One of the chief purposes of the
club is to develop the personality ol
the incoming girls. The meetings will
be held in the hut every Thursday at
4:30 o’clock.
Tlie officers for 1940-41 are: Clelia
Abernathy, president; Mary Elva
Smith, vice-president; Lenore Me
.Call, secretary; and Maude McClam,
treasurer.
Chairmen for the year were elected,
and new members will work under
them. The leaders are as follows
Scholarship, Ida Mae Walkup; pub
licity, Rachel West and Harriette
McDowell; music, Dorothy Robinson
and Jo Johnson; etiquette, Ruth
Edminston; invitation, Frances
Brockington, Nancy Jane Dandridge,
Louise Hall and Dorothy Longeneck
er; initiation, Jean Rourk, Nancy
Houston; motto and pledge. Dot Ray
mond; cheerleader, Jane Montgom
ery ; literary, Tera Bailey; business,
Marjorie Vernon.
Refreshments, Margaret Kornegay,
and Marie Leonard; house, Drucilla
Ballentine; ’ program. Miss Elva
Smith. Training advisers for new
members are Mary Jean McFayden
and Louise Griffin; social. Flora Mac
Donald and Mary Meador; chaplain,
Cora Wayland; program, Dorothy
Ballard and Frances Prater.
The group will have Miss Helen
Craig as faculty adviser.
MRS. OSA JOHNSON
Osa Johnson Opens
Lecture Series Tonight
When Osa Johnson appears in the Queens College auditorium tonight,
her audience will find it hard to believe that this woman—one of the
world’s ten best dressed—has behind her 25 years of a life of such ad
venture as fgw.men ever live.
I MARRIED ADVENTURE, her*
new book, which has attained wide Dcpartmeilt
notice and will soon be playing at
the local theaters is a record of the
years spent in jungles where she
was the first white woman ever to
penetrate. She and Martin Johnson
for 25 years led a wandering exist
ence from one continent to another—
six times around the world in twelve
expeditions—in an effort to present
to posterity a true picture of jungle
ife.
Since Mr. Johnson’s death three
years ago, she, having first to recover
from an injury in the same acci
(lent in which he was killed, has con
tinned the work alone. After her
excursions she lectures and writes for
children as well as adults.
She was born in Chanute, Kansas.
Jer father was a railroad brake-
man and introduced her to her hus
band when he was sixteen and she
was six by giving her a dime to have
ler brother’s picture taken. Martin
Johnson was the photographer.
Sometime after, Mr. Johnson went
back to Independence, his home
town, and after making a trip with
Jack London, opened three movie
louses there. Mrs. Johnson had a
friend who sang in one of the the
aters when lantern slides were thrown
onto the screen to accompany songs.
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Offers Courses
Three courses are being offered to
the public by the Extension Depart
ment of Queens College. These courses
are: Conversational Spanish, Chris
tianity and the Fine ArtSy and Con
temporary Trends in Modern Philos
ophy.
Conversational Spanish is taught
by Dr. Lucille Delano, head of the
Modern Language Department. This
course carries no college credit and
requires no background in the Span
ish language. The class, composed
entirely of town people, meets on
Wednesday night.
Christianity and the Fine Arts is
offered by Dr. Joe Gettys, head of
the Bible Department. The course
is offered to both college students
and to\vn people and carries one
semester hour of college credit.
Contemporary Trends in Modern
Philosophy is taught by Dr. Con
stance Burwell. The class is opened
only to tow’n people and meets on
Monday morning at 10:00 for one
hour. It carries no college credit.
Wilsqn College, Chambersburg, Pa.,
recently awarded honor scholarships
to eleven students.
Alpha Iota Plans
Program For
Founders^ Day
The Delta Psi chapter of Alpha
Iota, international honorary business
sorority, will celebrate Founder’s Day
and will honor other business stu
dents at a Special program on Mon
day night, October 21, at 8:00.
After an anniversary ceremony
which will be held in the auditorium
there will be an informal social hour
for members and guests in Bur
well Hall. Invitations have been sent
to girls at the college who are tak
ing business courses and to members
of the Beta Alpha commercial club
at Winthrop College.
Alpha Iota was founded at the
American Institute of Business in
Des Moines, Iowa, on October 21
1925. Its purpose is to promote
higher standards in the business work
and to assist its members in attaining
such standards. Superior scholar
ship, leadership, character, and per
sonality are requirements for mem
bership.
Carolyn Miller of Charlotte is pres
ident of the Delta Psi chapter which
was organized on Queens campus in
May, 1939. Other officers include
Helen Cochrane of Charlotte, vice-
president ; Elizabeth Imbody, of Char
lotte, recording secretary; Mary Alice
Petteway of Charlotte, corresponding
secretary; Jane Montgomery of Reids-
ville, treasurer; Annette Mclver of
Charlotte, chaplain; Miss Ann Vann
of Ahoskie, historian; Naomi Rouse of
Charlotte, marshal; and Ann Mauldin
of Charlotte, social secretary. Miss
Mary H. Inglis and Mrs. Nancy
Alexander Stott are co-sponsors for
the organization.
On October 18-20 there will be a
mid-Atlantic States Conclave in
Washington, D. C. Headquarters for
the convention will be the Mayflower
Hotel. In addition to the business
meetings to be held, a program of
varied entertainment has been
planned. The Delta Psi chapter of
Alpha Iota will be represented at
the conclave by Miss Mary H. Inglis.
^ Sue Mauldin, National
President, Presides
Today, tomorrow, and Sunday
Queens College will be hostess to the
eleventh annual convention of Alpha
Kappa Gamma, leadership sorority.
The theme of this meeting will be:
“The Spirit of Leadership.”
From Syracuse University, where
she has a fellowship as assistant dean.
Sue Mauldin arrived today. Sue is
an outstanding alumna of the class
of ’39 and now serving as President
of Alpha Kappa Gamma.
Alpha Kappa Gamma consists of
five circles or chapters: Olympian
Circle of Queens College, Athenian
Circle at the University of North
Carolina, Joan Circle at State Teachr
ers College, in Farmville, Virginia,
The Florence Nightingale Circle at
the University of South Carolina, and
a newly formed circle at Columbia
College, Columbia, S. C, Three dele
gates from each circle have been in
vited to attend the conference as
well as representatives from Win
throp College, Meredith College, and
Greenville Woman’s College.
The executive officers of Alpha
Kappa Gamma are: Sue Mauldin,
president; Margaret Evans, vice-
president ; Jane Royall Philgar, sec
retary and treasurer; Martha Meade
Hardaway, secretary and historian;
and Leola Garety, editor of The
Torch Bearer.
The officers of the Olympian circle
here at Queens are: Alice Barron,
president; Maujer Moseley, vice-pnes-
ident; Carolyn Edwards, treasurer;
Frances Riddle, secretary; and Doro
thy Longenecker, historian. Other
members are Dr. Lucille Delano, Miss
Grace Robinson, Miss Clara Slaton,
Virginia Cothran, and Elizabeth
Brammer.
Today registration takes place in
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Linnean Club
Plans Year’s Work
The Linnean Club had a called
meeting Thursday, October 10. Only
the members who were in the club last
year were asked to attend. Miss
Sarah Nooe, the adviser, took charge
of an informal discussion of plans for
the year. It was suggested that the
club organize several interest groups
for the students pursuing different
studies about nature and science.
Many girls have expressed their in
terest in the club. Sue McNulty, the
president, has made plans for some
of the next meetings.
Next Week
Wednesday, October 23:
Rat Day
Thursday, October 24:
Guest Night
Friday, October 25:
Combined Choral Concert
at Davidson
Symphony Opens
Concert Series
Tonight the Charlotte Symphony
Orchestra presents its first concert
of this season. The guest artist is
the gifted virtuoso of the bass viol,
Anton Toyllo.
Mr. Torello is the concert meister
of the bass section of the Philadelphia
Philharmonic Symphony and has been
with that organization for about
twenty years. He now teaches at the
Curtis Institute of Music in Phila
delphia and has recently returned
from South America where he acted
as coach for the string bass section
of Leopold Stokowski’s Youth Or
chestra. Not only does Mr. Torello
lold the undisputed position of being
the finest performer on his instru
ment in the world, but' he is. also
mown as a composer. He has played
lis own compositions in recitals in
S^ew York City and Philadelphia.
He has two sons, one in the Phila
delphia Orchestra and the other with
the National Broadcasting Company
Symphony. Mr. Torello writes that
le has been looking forward to being
in Charlotte.
The second concert of the series is
to be presented on December 6. The
lird is February 14, 1941. It fea
tures Robert Nicholson, baeitone.
Guest artist of the fourth concert is
to be Powell Everhart who appeared
with the orchestra last season. This
concert is on April 4. The last of
the series is to be presented May 16.