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Holiday
November 28
OUEENS BLUES
Stunt Night
November
26
Vol.^, No. 7
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 15, 1940
Dean Announces Large Number High
Grades For First Report Of Semester
Cotton Stockings Are Here To Stay
[Freshman Is Leader With
Five Distinction Marks
Trustees Set
Goal For New
Improvements
Climaxing a day of discussions and
ins])ection, the Board of Trustees of
Queens College on Tuesday, No
vember 12, decided to continue the
program for the advancement of the
college which was begun last year
Within several weeks a complete
program of the intended improve-
I merits will be published by tbe com
rnittee of advancement. The plans
call for three million dollars to be
spent over a period of sixteen am
I a half years.
Dr. Roswell Long is chairman for
the advancement committee. Other
I members are Dr. .T. H. Marion anc
Mrs. R. O. Everett of Durham; Rev
erend J. A. Jones and Hunter Mar-
I shall of Charlotte; Dr. Hunter Blake
ly, president of Queens; and Miss
I Alma Edwards, Miss Clara B. Sla-
I ton, Miss Jo I.angford, Mr. R. V
Kennedy, Dean James M. Godarc
i and Dr. J. M. Gettys.
^— I The twenty-four members of the
Three Queens College students start the ball rolling as they sign a pledge to help the Chinese. Ihe first Board of Trustees who were enter
to sign the paper are Marjorie Imhody of Charlotte (signing), Franz Rummel of Charlotte (standing) and tained at luncheon and were shown
\ around the school are: Mrs. R. O
Everett and the Reverend J. H
[Marion, Jr., of Durham, Rev. R. T
Baker and Rev. W. M. Currie of
Belmont, Rev. A. B. MacClure of
Lincolnton, R. L. Douglas of Ches-
[ ter, S. C., Rev. G. A. Nickles of
Charleston, S. C., Rev. F. Ray Rid
die and Dr. J, A. Stoddard of Co
lumbia, S. C., W. Ben Smith of
Greenville, S. C., Rev. J. B. Mack
I of Georgetown, S. C., Rev. H. Tucker
Graham of Florence, S. C., Rev. C. A
Calcote of Newberry, S. C., Rev. R
C. Long of Greenwood, S. C., Earle
Rowland of Sumter, S. C., and Mc
Alister Carson, E. E. Jones, Mrs. R
Horace Johnston, Dr. Oscar L. Miller
Rev. J. A. Jones, Hunter Marshall
Rev. J. M. Walker, .and Ivey Stew
art, all of Charlotte. Mr. Stewart
I and Mr. Rowland are new members
of the board.
to sign the paper are Marjorie Imhody of Charlotte (signing;,
Elizabeth Brammer of Christianshurg, Va. (News staff photo.)
Student Body Adopts
Special Pledg es
Majority Demand
Five Point Plan
At a special meeting of the student
body, Tuesday, November 12, a
pledge was formulated in regard to
our nation’s policy in the war now
raging between China and Japan.
This movement was a direct result
of Dr. Walter Judd’s talk in Chapel,
Monday, November 11.
The pledge, which is to be signed
by all students, is as follows:
“In view of the unthinking part the
American people are taking in the
conquest of China, I register my
protest in the following manner:
1. I pledge for a period of three
months (Nov. 12-Feb. 12) not to
purchase any silk hose.
2. As far as possible, I will avoid
the purchase of articles manufactured
in Japan.
3. The Boarding Students agree
to contribute tlie cost of two desserts
each week to the maintenance of
Gingling University.
•L The Day Students and Boarding
Students agree to contribute le for
each 5c purchase in the Y Store to
the cause of Chinese relief.
5. I will write a personal letter of
protest to President Roosevelt.”
This jiledge is to go into effect
immediately.
Various Views Find
Expression On Campus
Leila Warren of Washington, D. C.,
outhor of Foundntion Stone, a cur
rent best seller, was the guest speak
er in chapel today.
“What do you think of the move
ment to abolish silk hose and institute
cotton ones on our campus?” The
opinions of the following people rep
resent the consensus of the feeling of
both faculty and students towards
this move.
EmzABETir Br^vmmer: “I think
there is much more to the idea than
just boycotting Japan. We should
all relish the chance to prove to the
rest of the country that we young
people are really interested in the
affairs of our country. We ought
to be able to influence other colleges
in the nation.”
Axx Golden: “I have seldom
heard such a stir about any one thing
as there was after chapel Monday.
To prove that the feeling was really
sincere, I would certainly he glad to
doff silk hose aild put on cotton ones.”
can
Miss Ixgt.is: “I am heartily in
favor of such a move, no matter how
drastic it is. If every one will
co-operate, we may be able to start
a ball rolling that will have national
influence. You know colleges
do that.”
Miss Jean Orr: “A small jiehble
thrown into a lake will cause ripples
to spread over a large area. Dr.
Judd threw out a thought that has
fired our student body into action
Who knovv's but that our answer to
this great call may spread to other
schools and colleges.”
Mary Jane Hart: “I think it’s a
fine thing, hut one that demands the
active support of every one. Anv-
how, if Elissa I.andi can wear black
hose and be ‘continental,’ I guess we
can wear cotton ones and be klnda
cute, too.”
Prominent Trnstee
From South Carolina Addresses
Students of Peace and Fear
Dr. Roswell Long, of Greenwood,
S. C., spoke in Cbapel, Tuesday, No
vember 12. Mr. Long is a member
of the Board of Trustees, and was
liere for the meeting of trustees of
the college.
His address followed inspirational
lines, and he said: “Peace is the ab
sence of fear; it doesn’t come by
hostilities, wars, embargos, or get
ting even with someone. Only God
can chase all clouds of fear away,
and friendships cannot come in the
presence of fear.”
Sigma Mu Has
Initiations
Last Wednesday night in the Hut
Sigma Mu held its initiation of four
new members. They were: Mary
Thompson, Helen Cochran, Annette
Maciver, all of Charlotte, and Ame
lia Bradham of Sumter, S. C.
The Alpha chapter of Sigma Mu
was organized in 1936 on the campus
of Emory and Henry in Emory, Vir
ginia. That same year a chapter was
organized here at Queens. The pur
pose of the fraternity is to recognize
outstanding leadership and scholar
ship among the students and faculty.
The other members of the local
chapter are: Tera Bailey, president;
Irene Davis, vice-president, Dr.
Howe, secretary and treasurer. Dr.
Abernathy, Mr. Godard, Mr. Ken
nedy, Caroline Edwards, Maujer
Moseley, and Jean Neu. Dr. Hunter
Blakely is an honorary member.
* One hundred and thirty-five stu
dents have been credited with marks
of distinction for the fall quarter
according to Dean of Government
J. M. Godard. Mildred Pearson of
the freshman class heads the list with
five distinctions.
Those having four distinction.s are
Marguerite Gillespie, Sue Howe, and
Ruth Kilgo. Sara Bailey, Joy Fitz
simmons, Gail Griffith, Margaret
Hawkins, Mary Marshall Jones, Mar
guerite Mason, and Mary Kate
Kornegay have three distinctions.
Nancy Claire Allen, Kitty Beckett,
Helen Blair, Dorothy Dixon, Caro
line Edwards, Inez Fulbright, Eouise
Griffin, Virginia Jennings, - Annie
Louise Lambert, Lalla Marshall,
Lenore McCall, Sarah Frances Mcr
Laurln, Elsie Moseley, Eugenia Neu,
Virginia Prunty, Dorothy Summer
ville, Alice Young, Mabel Borers,
Clara Carpenter, Cynthia Leach,
Julia McMurry, Emma Newell, Mil
dred Robinson, Mary Ward, and
Annette Mclver have two distinction
marks.
Those having one distinction mark
are as follows: Margaret Aldred,
Mrs. Grant Ashley, Tera Baily, Anne
Barrier, Winifred Bean, Peggy Bell,
Lucille Blackburn, I.ouise Blue,
Nellie Bookout, Anne Branan, Mil
dred Breeden, Frances Brockington,
Louise Brumley, Elsbeth Burnham,
Ruth Carter, Margaret Chandler,
June Childs, Helen Cochrane, Mar
garet Cochrane, Gloria Coppola,
Vashti Cox, Nancy ,Iane Dandridge,
Irene Davis, Martha Elliot, Betty
Jane Furay, Laura Griffith, Catherine
Heigler, Mary Jane Hart, Lucy Has
sell, Annie Fred Henderson, Harriet
Henderson, Dorothy Herron, Jean
Hester, Mrs. Lucy Hogan, Elnora
Honeycutt, Geneivc Hosmer, Sue
Howe, Elizabeth Imhody, Marjorie
Imbody, Nancy Isenhour, Josephine
Johnson, Mary Mercer Johnson, Mary
Lorene Jones, Elise Kennedy, Eliza
beth Killough, Maureen Latta, Mrs.
Dorothy Lawson, Marie Leonard,
Dorothy Link, Aileen Long, Dorothy
Longenecker, Blanche Medbery, Ann
Mauldin,^^Betty McClintock, Vivian
McCorkle, Katherine McCorkle, Har
riet McDowell, Ollle Meadows, Caro-
yn Miller, • Frances Moseley, Terry
Mosteller, Louisa Mcl.ean, Elizabeth
Myers, Peggy Par.sley, Catherine
Patterson, Alice Payne, Martha Pen-
and, Eloise Pickard, Margaret Por
ter, Nancy Query, Frances Riddle,
{Continued on page three)
Association
Met Tuesday
Dr. W. E. Caldwell
Spoke To Group
The American Association of Uni
versity Women held its regular
monthly meeting Tuesday afternoon
in the Queens College auditorium.
”’he speaker was Dr. Wallace E.
Caldwell, of the history department
of the University of North Caro-
ina. His topic was “Greek and
Roman Contributions to tbe Back
ground of American Democracy.”
Mrs. R. M. McKey is president of
le local organization. Dr. Dorisse
Jowe is chairman of the program
committee.