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Elissa Landi
November
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BLUES
Stunt Night
November
26
Vol^, No. 5
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 1, 1940
Roosevelt Wins
Charter Members Of Mysterious New Organization
In Campus Poll
Students And
Faculty Vote
.presented the two speakers: Amelia
Bradham of Sumter, S. C., who cam
paigned for Roosevelt and Julia Ed
wards of Charlotte who spoke for
Willkie. The student body responded
In the student poll held this both speakers,
on Queens campus. President Frank- Statistics concerning the election
lin Roosevelt, the Democratic candi- proved interesting. The faculty cast
date, showed a great majority over twenty-five votes. Of these eighteen
Wendell Willkie, the Republican can- voted for Roosevelt, seven for Willkie.
didate. The total number of votes Among the classes, the freshmen cast
cast was two hundred and sixty-one the most votes, seventy-one in all.
(261) of which two hundred and »ix They also showed the most number
for Roosevelt, which was sixty-one.
For Willkie there were ten votes. The
Sophomore and Junior classes showed
I the greatest majority for Willkie
They cast thirteen votes respectively
for him. Roosevelt received fifty-
four votes from the Sophomores and
thirty-eight votes from the Juniors
Sixty-seven Sophomores voted and
fifty-one Juniors. From the Senior
class forty-seven votes were cast,
Thirty-five were for Roosevelt anc
[twelve were for Willkie.
Tliis student poll was conducted by
[the International Relations Club in
co-operation with the Queens Blues.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(206) were for Roosevelt and fifty-
five (65) were for Willkie.
Registration was held in Burwell
Hall, October 24 and October 25,
for faculty members and students
who wished to enter their names for
the voting. The final secret ballot
was cast on October 30.
\New Group To
\Be Sponsored
\By Students
On fhis same day at student chapel
preceding the voting a program was
presented in behalf of the two lead
ing presidential candidates. Jean Neu,
of Charlotte, president of I. R. C.
New Fashions
To Be Shown
By Students
The Home Economics Club is spon
soring anotlier one of their fashion
shows. It will be in the auditorium
Tuesday night, November 6, at eight
o’clock. The admission is only fifteen
cents.
The clothes to be modeled are from
Lucielle’s, and that alone says style
beauty, and originality. The latest
in fashions will be shown by our own
Queens girls, and costumes for every
occasion and every type will be dis
played.
A grand prize is to be given to
the person holding a lucky ticket and
all Home Economics student have
tickets to sell.
The brilliantly styled clothes are
to be modeled by Catherine Greene,
Doris Raley, Olive Meadows, Mar
garet Thompson, Lib Brammer, Jean
Ferguson, Elizabeth Roseman, Jean
Brown, Hilda Plarmon, Patsy Niven,
Anne Brannon, Mary Heilig McDow,
Marie Pons, Katherine Kittles,
Prances Lowrance, Lucille Blackburn,
Frances Mosely, Lorene Jones, Mary
Jane Goode, and Marion Miller,
Come on out, students, and you will
see why America has become the
fashion center of the world!
A new art club, sponsored by the
Paint and Polette Club, has been
formed for all those interested
learning how to paint. The club
meets every Tuesday afternoon at
one-thirty in the art laboratory. At
each meeting a member of the Paint
and Palette Club will be in the lab
oratory to criticize the work.
During the year the new club will
take up sketching, painting, figure
painting, designing, posing, and block
printing.
The members of the club are Dot
Herron, Katherine Greene, Mar
guerite Gillespie, Catherine Patter
son, Louisa McLean, Kitty Maner,
and Dot McNair.
Seen here are the seven charter members of the mystery organization at Queens. Refusing to reveal their
real identity, they gave their ceremonial names. They are, left to right: Mars, Uranus, Venus,^Jupiter, Saturn"
Photo by Jake Houston
and Mercury.
Robed Figures Conduct Weird
Ritual For Tapping Service
Identity of Members Not Known;
Warnings Given By Strange Signs
Alpha Eta Sigma
Members Discuss
Time At Meeting
As each member of Alpha Eta
Sigma came to the meeting October
24, she was given ribbons in the
sorority colors—blue and silver. The
group then joined in singing pep songs
ed by Jane Montgomery. The meet
ing was then called to order and the
business discussed. A list of the
committee chairmen was read and
explained, and the new members
chose one committee to serve on.
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Pamous Actress To Appear
On Lecture Series Here
Versatile Artist of Stage and Sereen
Will Present ’’Thumbnail Sketehes”
Queens College is happy to present
Miss Elissa Landi, noted stage and
screen actress, in a lecture engage
ment on Friday night, November 8,
in the college auditorium. Miss Landi
will present several of what she has
labeled “Thumbnail Sketches.” In
eluded in these sketches will be “A
Boatload of Refugees,” “My First
Day at The Studio,” “International
Broadcast, and “Mrs. Markofsky.”
Elissa Landi is of Austrian berth,
and her parents are of the nobil
ity. She studied in Europe until
the beginning of the first World War,
when she went to London. While there.
Miss Landi studied dancing under
Madame Serafina Astafiena, late of
the Imperial Russian Ballet. She
was also intensely interested in music,
and some years later began studying
voice. (
Miss Landi began her first novel
at the age of thirteen. Finally, after
rewriting it five times and changing
it completely, she submitted it to a
publisher, who immediately acceptec
it.
Miss Landi was quite surprised to
find herself an actress. Although she
was interested in the theater, it was
from the writer’s point of view. A
friend of her mother, however, de
cided that Miss Landi had the
makings of an actress, and had
her made a member of the Oxford
Players Repertory Company. While
appearing with this company, she re
ceived the invitation to appear in
“Storm,” a London production, which
was her first success. She then ap
peared in several British films, before
coming to America to make “The Sign
of The Cross,” and “The Count of
Monte Christo.” About three years
ago, after a successful British season,
she returned to make “After the
Thin Man,” and to appear on Broad
way in “The Lady Has A Heart.”
NEXT WEEK
THURSDAY, NOV. 7
Guest Night
Combined Choral Concert
at Queens
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 7-9
North Carolina Collegiate Press
Association, Durham, N. C.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8
Elissa Landi Lecture
FRESHMAN S.C.A.
GROUP FORMED
It has been announced by Frances
Brockington, leader of the group
that the members qf a Freshman
Cabinet for S. C. A; activities * have
been elected. This, for Queens,
new organization which has been
formed in order to stimulate interest
in the Student Christian Association.
In previous years it has been felt
that the freshmen, not having
representative to Cabinet, have been
rather excluded from the activities
of S. C. A. This year, in order to
remedy this situation, S. C. A. Cabinet
decided to form a Freshman Cabinet
Ten girls were chosen to form the
group. They are as follows: Judy
Scholl, chairman; Eleanor Lazenby,
secretary, Peggy Bell, Mildred Cook,
Nancy Isenhour, Marjorie Imbody,
Elnora Huneycutt, and Catherine
Patterson, all of Charlotte; Eloise
ickard of Durham; and Lucille Way-
and of Malden, West Virginia.
The freshman representative to
S. C. A. Cabinet will be selected
from this group in the spring.
A meeting of Freshman Cabinet
was held last Wednesday and a re
treat to Camp Rotary was planned
or the week-end of November 23.
Meetings will be held regularly every
Wednesday.
After this group had trailed through
a all the dormitories, they disappeared
as strangely as they had come, taking
witli them six girls who had been
tapped during the procession.
Queens was the scene last night of
one of the most unusual occurrences
ever to take place here. Approxi
mately at 10:50 a strange procession
of an undetermined origin began to
pass through the dormitories. This
procession was composed of seven
figures wearing scarlet robes and
black hoods. In order to further con
ceal their identity, all of the figures
wore black socks over their shoes,
and white gloves on their hands. It
was noted by several observers that
ad the members of the procession had
on glasses. It is not known, how
ever, if this was significant as to
their identity, or if it was simply a
part of the disguise.
The p»)>cession itself was most un
usual. The only light carried was
that of a flashlight shining through
a skull. Other objects carried in the
group were the skeletons of a cat and
rooster, and bones of v'aried sizes.
The identity of these people is a
mystery. The only names which they
used in the presence of onlookers were
those of the seven planets. Their
place of meeting is also unknown.
Ihere is however conclusive evidence
that the name of the group is the
Ancient Order of the Crimson Crown.
S.C.A. Plans For
Evening Service
las
Beginning this past week S. C. A.
planned to have a Candlemas
service every Wednesday night in
dace of the usual Morning Watch,
■t will be in the auditorium each week
at 6:40. Everyone is invited to come.
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