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New Students
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New Faculty
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
October 7, 1941
Collese Gets Large New Faeulty
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Five Sororities Pledge Eighty Girls
Highly Successful Rushing t Queens Fortunate In Adding
Season Closes With Pledging ^ Many Prominent Educators
Rush week is over at Queens Col
lege. After a week of unique rush
parties given by the five sororities at
Queens, tl^e following glirls were
pledged to the various sororities;
Kappa Delta, Margaret Harden,
Winnsboro, S. C. President: Jane
Allen Butler, Cherryville, N.C.; Betty
Bryan, Palm Beach, Florida; Patsy
Blue, Raeford, N.C.; Nadine Darby-
shire, Moultrie, Ga.; Louise Diggle,
Charlotte; Peggy Efird, Albemarle;
Sarah Grice, Charlotte; Ann Hatcher,
Winchester, Va.; Louise Leitzsey,
Florence, S.t.; Tootie Lael, Glen Al
pine, N.C.; Flora MacDonald, Dillon,
S.C.; Jane Norton, Mt. Hope, W.
Virginia; Marjorie Rogers, Dillon,
S.C.; Peggy Hamner, Petersburg, Va.;
Ratsy Scoggin, Conway, S.C.; Betty
Lou Spears, Kansas City, Mo.; Jane
Walton, Moorstown, N.J.; HenryEtta
Young, Clinton, S.C.; Phyllis Green,
Charlotte; Rose Jordon, Hamlet;
Virginia Falls, Shelby; Beth Mc-
Swain, Shelby.
Phi Mu, Billie Harmon, Concord,
N.C. President; Tootie Harvey, Betty
Keneyon, Eleanor Lazenby, Winsie
Noble, Louise Moore, Martha Perry,
Alberta Ballenger, Ann Whitmore,
Mary Frances Watt, Betty Barren-
Rne, Rita Ormand, Jane Boovey, M.
Florence Shelley, Frances Bryan,
Marie Sitton, Lib Heard, all of Char
lotte, N.C.; Betsy Hodges, Grifton,
N.C.; Polly Foglesong, Boston, Mass.;
Emily Seitter, Wilmington, N.C.; Tiny
Euckworth, Morganton, Ga.; Tommie
Scott, Matthews, N.C.
Alpha Delta Pi, Yvonne Williams,
Waynesboro, Ga., President; Edna
Adams, Asheville, N.C.;' Alicp Aiken,
Winnsboro, S.C.; Jane Auten, Albe
marle, N.C.; Katherine Baldwin,
Tabor City, N.C.; Mary Katherine
Burleson, Asheville, N.C.; Betty
Carter, Lumberton, N.C.; Pearl Cum-
bou, Spartanburg, S.C.; Imogine Har-
^■is, Lancaster, S.C.; Martha Murrey
Keller, Camden, S.C.; Dora Lybrand,
Greensboro, N.C.; Nancy Jane Lyles,
Forest City, N.C.; Marjorie Miller,
Clinton, S.C.; Mary B. Moore, Spar
tanburg, S.C.; Claudia Paschall,
Savannah, Georgia; Margaret Roland,
Sumter, S.C.; Edith Smitherman,
Troy, N.C.
Chi Omega, Winifred Shealy, Gas
tonia, N.C., President; Henrietta
Benefield, Beaufort, S.C.; Dot Maul
din, Betty Payne, Betty Ann Gravatt,
Russell Huback, Eloise Lemond, Pat
Stoyle, Harriette Wilcox, all of Char
lotte, N. C.; Ridley Williams, Sara
sota, Fla.; Betty Claywell, Morgan
ton, N.C.; Dot Crowley, Charlotte;
Betty Howard, Matthews, N.C.
Alpha Gamma Delta, Carolyn Wil
liams, Easley, S.C., President; Cora
Wayland; Phyllis Zeigler, Charlotte,
N.C.; Isabel McKeitjian, Cameron,
N.C.; Kathryn Thomas, Peachland,
N.C.; Frankie Colley, Reidsville, N.C.;
Mary Lib Holmes, Evelyn Powell, Lib
Nash, all of Charlotte; Lenore Mc
Call, Florence, S.C.; Annelle McCall,
Florence, S.C.; Anne Bruin.
S. C. A. Puts
On Inspiring
Chapel Play
The Chapel service Friday, Septem
ber 26, was sponsored by the Student
Christian Association for the purpose
of furthering the campaign for build
ing a new chapel.
Jane Montgomery, President of
S.C.A., announced the program. It
consisted of a Queens girl, Eloise
Pickard, and her dream of the won
derful new chapel. The dream was
in five phases; the present. Thanks
giving, Christmas, Easter, and gradu
ation.
After the playlet, Jane Montgom
ery distributed small boxes for the
students to drop their change into
with the building of a chapel in mind.
Those taking part in the program
were as follows; Mary Jean Mc-
Fadyen, Margaret Powell, Lib Lael,
Margaret Hardin, Irene Hardee, Mary
Martha Nixon, Lucy Hassell, Ruth
Edmiston, Jeon Rourke, and Jill
Webb. The organ selections were
played by Margaret Porter.
Improvements
AddToCoUege
Among the many improvements at
Queens College, perhaps the most
welcome is the remodeling of Morri
son Dining Hall. The floors are done
over and the walls are hung with
beautiful murals of outstanding col
leges in the United States and Eng
land Some of the colleges represent
ed are: Duke University, University
of North Carolina, Cambridge Uni
versity in England, and also Kings
College, Oxford, England, Davidson,
Princeton and University of Virginia.
Another remarkable change is the
chemistry and physics laboratories
which have been completely done over.
This is a great addition to the two
departments.
The new fireplace and carpet in the
center parlor of Burwell Hall add
greatly to the dignity of the college.
The recreation room has been more
comfortably furnished with new over-
stuffed leather chairs and sofas.
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New Coronet Staff
Ann Golden, editor-in-chief of the
1941-42 Coronet, Queens yearbook, has
just announced her new editorial
staff. The staff members include Lib
Isaaw, Associate Editor; Sarah Pre-
vatte second Associate Editor;
Idrienne Levy, Literary Editor; Ade
laide Henry, Photographic Editor;
Senior Editor, Mary Marshall Jones;
Junior Editor, Maurine Latta; Sopho
more Editor, Franz Rummel; Fresh
man Editor, Imogene Harris; Betty
McGill, Faculty Editor; Lucy Has
sell, Snapshot Editor; Margaret
Hawkins, Organization Editor; Tet
Moseley, Sorority Editor. The busi
ness staff has not yet been completed.
DEAN ALBRIGHT
College Gets
Early Catalog
The generosity and interest of Mrs.
Frank C. Smith, our neighbor of
Ratcliffe Avenue, has given us a
prized item in our collection about
the early history of the College. It
is an 1867 catalog (the date of our
Seal and the date of the coming of
the Burwells from Hillsboro, N. C.
to be Head of The Charlotte Female
Institute). Earlier than 1867 there
was a school for young women at
College and Ninth Streets. However,
institutes of those days did not do
systematic filing of publications and
the earliest catatlog we have previ
ously possessed is dated 1879. Mrs.
Smith’s donation is an acquisition of
first importance to us. Indeed, it is
a kind of “incunabula,” or cradle
book (real cradle books date before
1500).
The cover title, in a rectangular
filigree scroll, is Charlotte Female
Institute, Charlotte, N. C. The title
page reads:
Circular and Catalogue
of
Charlotte Female Institute
Charlotte, N. C.
For the Year Ending June 30, 1867
Course of Study, Regulations, Terms,
& C
New York.
Baker and Godwin, Printers
Printing-House Square
1867
On page two. College and Ninth
streets are spoken of as a retired and
pleasant portion of the town of
Charlotte. The building, of which
we own an authentic painting, is
spoken of as spacious and elegant,
unsurpassed by any in the Southern
country. Sleeping rooms were car
peted; were assigned to four stu
dents; and, visited twice daily (!)
by teachers. In winter it was, sur
prisingly, warmed by a furnace—
“heated air being introduced into all
the halls and passages and school
rooms.” “The institution is furnished
with a handsome and complete set of
MR. NUMBERS
apparatus for the illustration of
Natural Philosophy and Chemistry.”
Today, I am sure we are more modest
in our claims in regard to laboratory
equipment.
In the afternoon, each young lady
was required to change her dress
and engage in some needlework, use
ful or ornamental. “It is certainly
a very important part of an education
to know how to dress.” We agree.
There were “morning prayers” after
breakfast; school was opened with
Scripture reading and prayer; the
first recitation on Monday was from
the Bible; and, every Sabbath after
noon was spent studying Jacobus’
Notes 071 the Gospel. Spelling, Read
ing, Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography,
were reviewed once a week “even after
a class ceases to make these subjects
regular studies.” Parents are request
ed to pay attention to reports and
“make them a basis for admonition.”
Sessions began October 1st and
continued “with only a few days for
Christmas,” until the last of June
following. “By this arrangement
pupils will be at home during the hot
months” (was this a conscious desire
to achieve a state of good humor at
school?)
There were ninety-six students in
school for the year 1866—eighty-five
years ago. There were nine faculty
members, including Rev. Robert Bur-
well and his wife, Margaret Anna Bur-
well (see tablet in Entrance Hall)
who was “Superintendent of Social
Duties.” Professor Piquet, educated
in Geneva and Paris, taught Drawing,
Painting, and Modern Languages.
Someone taught “Embroidery on Silk
or Velvet at a cost of $7.60 per term.
Music on the piano, guitar, or melo-
dian, was $30.00.”
Baker and Godwin, the printers,
used excellent ink. The printing is
as fresh as if it were done yesterday,
though the pages are yellow and
stained. Queens College treasures
the little catatlog, and it becomes,
historically speaking, of state and
national interest, from the viewpoint
of the curriculum. There are prob
ably not many catalogs to be found
in North Carolina of as early date as
1867.
Several new faculty members have
been added to the teaching staff for
the 1941-42 school session.
Miss Thelma Albright, the new Dean
of Students, .comes to us from Agnes
Scott where she taught last year;
she is also on the staff of the English
department. Miss Albright was for
merly a member of the Queens faculty.
She recevied her A.B. at Greensboro
College, and her M.A. at Duke Uni
versity. She taught at Duke Summer
School this past summer.
Miss Doris M. Anderson is the new
instructor in Home Economics. She
graduated from Beaver CJollege, re
ceiving her B.S. in Home Economics;
she also has her M.A., from Teachers
College, Columbia University.
Miss Evelyn Baty is the new in
structor in modern languages. She
received her A.B. from Agnes Scott
College and has almost .completed
work on her M.A. from Emory Uni
versity. Last year she had a teaching
fellowship at Agnes Scott.
Miss Eleanor Jenkins, who is a
former Queens student, is assistant
mathematics and chemistry teacher.
'While at Queens, Miss Jenkins was
president of the day student body.
After getting her A.B. at Queens,
she secured her M.A. from the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Miss Hermione Hamlet is the new
head of the Art Department. She
is a native of Texas. She has been
staff artist for such publications as
Vogue, Woman’s World, and Pic
torial Review. She has studied at
Brussels, Belgium, and was on the
faculty of tlie Woman’s College of
the University of North Carolina. She
has both the degrees of B.A. and
M. A. Immediately before coming to
Queens, she was studying portrait
painting under Henryk McFee, in Cali
fornia.
Miss Cherry Dell Kelly, new in
structor in Secretarial Administra
tion, received her A.B. at the Uni
versity of South Carolina; a diploma
from Draughon’s Business College;
and her M.A. from the State Univer
sity of Iowa.
Mrs. I. W. Legett is part-time
psychology instructor. She has her
Master’s degree and is working on
her Ph.D. j
Mr. Frank E. Numbers is new on
the music faculty. He teaches piano,
voice, music education, the wind in
struments, and orchestration. He re
ceived his Bachelor’s degree in music
from Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Miss Nelle Scoggins is also one
of the new music-faculty members.
She is a graduate of Brenau College
and instructs in children’s music.
Miss Virginia Smith, new Alumnae
Secretary, is also a graduate of Queens
College. During her senior year. Miss
Smith was editor-in-chief of the
Queens yearbook, the Coronet.
Miss Mary Lee Taylor, new in
structor in Bible, got her A.B. at
Salem College, after attending Stone
wall Jackson College also. She re
ceived her. M.R.E. at The Biblical
Seminary in New York.
Miss Harriette Tines is the instruc
tor in Social Sciences. Before com
ing to Queens, she was Associate Di
rector of the State Department of
Public Welfare of the state of Vir
ginia, with headquarters in Richmond,
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