Good
Luck
QUEENS BLUES
VoLi^No. 2
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
January 25, 1944
Warner Elected Freshman Class President
Queens Gets
Flag of Merit
For Services
Queens was presented a “Schools
At War” flas: and a citation of merit
fiom the United States Treasury
Department at the first chapel after
the holidays. Miss Mary Inglis made
the award which was accepted by
Becky Nickles as chairman of tlie
War Service Program.
Requirements for the flag
reached when ninety per cent of the
students bought at least one war
stamp during the month of December.
The flag will continue to fly for each
preceding month that this per cent is
m.ade. Stamps will be on sale in the
war stamp booth Monday and Thurs
day during third and fourth periods.
In appreciation for the purchase of
a “Grasshopper Jeep”, the goal set
up by the War Service Cornmittee be
fore Christmas, Miss Inglis received
a citation commending the fine spirit
of cooperation the students have
shown from Henry Morgenthau, Jr-,
secretary of the treasury. This^ cita
tion is to be framed and hung in the
college library.
Miss Baty
Is Married
On January 8
In a quiet ceremony of beauty and
charm. Miss Evelyn Baty became the
bride of Major Frederic Stanley La-
bovitz on Saturday, Jan. 8. at 8:30
(■’clock at the home of Mrs. Richard
A. Myers on Radcliffe Avenue.
Dr. Hunter B. Blakely, president of
Queens College, performed the cere
mony before a background of green
ery with white chrysanthemums and
cathedral tapers gracing the mantle-
piece.
Prior to the ceremony Miss Claire
Purcell, pianist, played “I Love Thee ’
by Grieg, and “Because” by d’Har-
delot; the wedding march from “Lo
hengrin” was played for the pro
cessional. During the ceremony “My
Heart At Thy Sweet Voice” by
Saint-Saens and “O Perfect Love”
were played.
There were no attendants. 1 he
bride and bridegroom entered to
gether. The bride wore a wedding
gown of ivory satin, fashioned along
princess lines with shirred, fitted bo
dice and sweetheart neckline out
lined with heirloom lace sewn with
seed pearls. The long sleeves ended
in calla points over the wrists and
the fidl skirt ended in a long train.
She wore a Juliet lace cap, over one
hundred years old, and carried a
white satin ])rayer book showered
with narcissi and satin ribbon, cen
tered with a white orchid. Her only
ornament was a strand of pearls.
After the ceremony an informal re
ception was held for the wedding
guests. The dining room table was
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Banquet Held
In Honor Of
Queens Drive
Announcement of the pledging of
,$141,065.55 in the first phase of the
Greater Queens College campaign
was made Friday night, January 14,
at a banquet and meeting held on
the campus.
Henry Allison, campaign chairman,
presided and expressed appreciation
to all the workers. Dr. H. B. Blakely,
of the college, likewise expressed
his appreciation and said tliat he
felt certain that the building pro
gram mav be fully recognized before
the 100th anniversary of the college
in 1957.
The goal set for the first phase
of the campaign was .$150,000, and
they felt certain the remainder could
be * brought in from certain calls
which had then to be made.
A number of plans were discussed
for the continuation of the campaign
until the ultimate goal of .$1,250,000
has been reached. Mr. Allison said
that no other immediate meetings of
workers were planned, but that each
man was expected to call on friends
of the college.
Dr. Blakely said that plans are
made for ta'king the advancement
juogram out into the state and also
to certain foundations. He also ex
pressed the belief that by 1957, a
substantial endowment will have been
added to maintain Queens as an effi
cient educational institution.
Charles W. Tillett, Chairman of
the Bequest Committee, suggested
that citizens will find a worthy cause
for their wills in Queens College.
The members of the campaign com
mittee were the guests of the College
at a dinner before the business meCl-
iiig. Students served as hostesses and
ushers. Several songs were given by
'I group of the students which has
sung at several college functions this
year. In between courses, the guests
‘ioined the students in the singing of
popular and college songs.
Dr. Blakely Is Moderator
Mecklenburg Presbytery
Dr. Hunter B. Blakely, president
of Queens College, has been elected
moderator of the Mecklenburg Pres
bytery succeeding the Rev. M. R.
Gibson of Mar.shville, who opened
the 163rd stated session in the Com
monwealth Presbyterian Church this
morning at 10 o’clock.
Other officers elected were the Rev.
,1. Walton Stewart, who was elected
stated clerk and treasurer of Meck
lenburg Presbytery; Dr. W. A. Alex-
aTider, who was elected on the com
mittee of examinations; and W. A.
Henderson, of Monroe, who was elec
ted a mehiber of the Home Missions
Committee.
Mr. Gibson preached the opening
sermon using as his text “We Walked
bv Faith and Xot by Sight”, after
which he gave a short report on
“Home and Foreign Missions.”
Miss Savage Tells Students
Facts About Nurse Cadet Corps
Miss Pauline Savage, member of
the Navy Nurse Corps, .spoke at
Queens College, on Friday, .Tanuar_
7.
Miss Savage represents the
tional Nursing Council for
Service and the United States Cadet
Nurse Corps—the new
plan, which, under the U. S. Pu i
Health Service, offers a free profes
sional education to qualified .students.
Her visit is part of a nation-wide
endeavor to recruit 65,000 student
nurses this year for wartime re
placements, caused by acute s
of the Army, Navy, and civilian
health agencies, and also to mteres
college women in preparation for
post-war careers. i + f
Miss Savage presented the latest
information on the United Sta es
Cadet Nurse Corps. Recruits in the
Corps receive free tuition, free main
tenance, distinctive gray ami scarlet
street uniforms, and a monthly ®tip
end during their entire period of
training in accredited schools of nurs
ing. In return they promise to remain
active in essential military or civilian
nursing for the duration of the w’ar.
Miss Savage, who received her ap
pointment to the Navy Nurse Corps
in September, has been granted a
postponement of her assignment to
active duty, in order that she might
take part* in the government pro
gram for the recruitment of nurse.s.
She is a recent graduate of the Uni
versity of California, where she ma-
iorecrin political science and nursing.
After her graduation from the Uni
versity of California School of Nur.s-
ing in San Francisco, in May of this
year she took service as operating
‘room nurse in the University Hos
pital, before enlisting in the Navy
Nurse Corps.
Nursing, Mi.ss Savage believes, is
war w’ork with a future. The first
wamien to go overseas with the armed
forces were the Army and Navy
nurses. Even before she graduates,
the student nurse is now' recognized
as being in a service as essential as
that undertaken by the WACS, the
WAVES, the SPARS, and the Ma
rines. Student nurses release grad
uate nurses for service overseas,
or in military or naval ho.spitals at
home.
As a post-w’ar profession, nursing
offers opportunities which have been
greatly expanded by the war. Nurses
w’ill be called upon to take part in
post-w’ar reconstruction programs
abroad and at home.
Bond Drive Has Goal Of $5,200;
Chapel Program Presented
The Fourth War Loan Drive which
began Tuesday, January 18, got off
tc a good start on the campus. The
War Service Committee, which is
sponsoring the drive, presented plans
for the drive Tuesday morning in a
cluqiel program which began as the
student body stood and sang the
“Star Spangled Banner.”
The jirogram was divided into two
parts. The first part consisted of
poems and songs from the last \Yar;
in the second part, poems w'ere read
and songs sung that have been writ
ten in this war. After that the stu
dents enjoyed singing some old fa
vorites from the last war. The fa
vorites included “Pack Up Your
Troubles”, “My Buddy”, “Over
There”, and “Keep the Home Fires
Burning”. La Rue Allison read “In
Flanders Fields” and the answer to
it tliat w'as also written in 1914.
Rebecca Nickles, chairman of the
War Service Committee, presented
the plans for the drive. She announc
ed that the goal for both the students
and faeulty combined will be .$5200,
w hich wdll cover the cost of an X-Ray,
and therapy apparatus. She also said
that each w'eek there will be some
special event to help win the sale
of bonds and stamps. The first and
second weeks will feature nomina
tions for War Bond Queen on the
campus. Plans for the last two weeks
of the campaign are to be kept se
cret. “T’here will be a si)ecial event
each week,” said Rebecca.
Edna Adams then explained the
jfians for the election of a War Bond
Queen. She said that nominations
would be made the first week. Girls
may nominate W'ith the jnirchase of
war .stamps. At the end of the first
week, the girl w'ith the highest num
ber of nominations from each class
V/ill represent her class in the elec
tion. Students may then vote on these
girls with the ])urchase of stamps
and bonds. Voting will continue
throughout the drive. The (lueen will
be crowned at a special event the
last week. Edna said ])lans have been
made for the event but w’ould not be
announced until later.
In the second part of the program,
Estelle Harrow read “High Flight,”
and “Prelude to Invasion”, both ])oems
written during this year. Songs from
this w'ar, “Praise the Lord and Pass
the Ammunition”, “Coming in on a
Wing and a Prayer”, and “When the
Lights Go On Again”, were sung by
the students. The program closed w'ith
a solo by Doris Skirrow, “Say A
Prayer.” Mary I.,ee Flowers pre
sided over the program.
In the Third War Loan Drive last
year, the total juirchases of stamps
and bonds amounted to .$6300. Plans
are made by the students to sell
bonds to their friends in town as
w'ell as to their own families.
New Courses
To Be Offered
To Students
The courses of instruction that are
(ffered for the spring semester are
as follows:
Art 12b. Fundamental principles
of drawing. Parallel and angular per
spective. Outdoor sketching. Pictorial
composition.
Art 22. Figure drawdng and con
struction. Drawing in various media
from life models. Details of the figure
are studied, and the figure as a wdiole
is considered in line and in .s])ace
composition.
Art 32b. Art Education. Tlie ])ro-
gre.ssive method of teaehing art to
children.
Art 41b. Oil painting. Portrait and
figure painting.
Art 42. Advance color and design.
Problems in designing for magazines
and new'spaper advertisements, and
all types of commercial art in va
rious techniques.
Bible lb. The life of Christ. A
study of the Synoptic Gospels by
books, their sej)arate and combined
interpretation of the life of Christ.
Bible 22b. Christian Faith and IJfe.
A study of the Christian doctrine and
way of life as presented in .lohn.
Acts, and selected Epistles.
Bible 3b. P.sychologj' of the Chris
tian Religion. A study of the p.sy-
chological forces available in Chrfs-
t;anity and their effective use in
Christian education.
Biology 10b. Hygiene. A course
designed to acquaint the student wdth
the fundamental structure of the
body and sensible rules for healthful
living.
Biology 3.3b. General Bacteriology.
A study of the common, pathogenic
and non-pathogenic bacteria.
Chemistry 30b. Food chemistry and
household chemistry. A study of the
chemical composition of foods and
the chemistry of nutrition. Intro
duction to physiological chemistry'.
Chemistry 32b. Quantitatiy'e analy'-
sis. Gravimetric and valumetric meth
ods of analysis.
Educational psychology 3b. Appli
cation of psychological 'principles to
educational activities.
Home Economics Education 33b. A
study of the aims and principles ap
plied to Home Economics.
Business Education 35b. Principles
and practices. A survey of the ob
jectives, organization, curriculum and
trends of business education, includ
ing measurements in business edu
cation.
English 4b. The Romantic poets
The work of the great Romantic
figures, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shel
ley, Bryon and Keats, is studied
against the background of a brief
survey of their predecessors and con
temporaries.
English 20b. Writing for Publica-
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Alumnae Give
Program For
Founders’ Day
One of the most successful Found
er’s Day programs that has yet been
presented was given to the student
body, faculty, and visiting alumnae,
on Saturday, January 14, in the
Ninnlss Au(litorium. After the aca
demic procession, the program was
opened by the president. Dr. Hunter
B. Blakely and was followed by the
singing of the hymn, “God of Our
Fathers”. Mi.ss Sara imeke Blythe,
the new president of the Queens Al
umnae Association, made a sjieech
oi yy'elcome, after yvhich Mrs. W. D.
Hampton, Chairman of the Alumnae
Gymnasium Fund Committee re
ported. The donation of stamps and
lionds amounted to $1,475.
Then came the most informative
and entertaining part of the program
w'hen various alumnae members, reji-
resenting the class in which they
graduated, enlightened tlie audience
with the ])ast life of Queens College.
'I'his was an interesting showing the
vast jirogress that Queens has made
through the years. Those alumnae
members taking part on this phase
ol the program yvere Miss Mary
Ow'en Graham, graduate of the class
of ’90, Mrs. J. M. Renfroyv ’02, Mrs.
S. M. Marshall, ’08, Mrs. Cornelia
Wearn Henderson, ’24, Miss ,Tanet
Robinson ’.34, Miss Sara Hunter ’43.
Miss Virginia Smith ’40, Alumnae
Secretary yvas Cbairman of this in
formative program.
yVfter the college hymn, “We Would
Be Building”, Dr. Gettys closed the
program yvith invocation.
Sanford To
Council; McGill
May Chairman
Wednesday morning in the regular
chapel service, elections were held,
for jiresident of the freshman class,
freshmen r(‘presentative to Boarding
Student Council, and chairman of
May Day.
Shirley Warner yvas elected jiresi-
d(nt for the freshmen. The nominees
for president were: Anne Perry,
Charlotte; Betty Barber, Savannab,
Georgia; Betty' Helfrich, Washing
ton, D. C.; and Shirley Warner,
Greenville, North Carolina.
Shirley is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Warner. She yvas grad
uated from Greenville High School
and yvas very active in student gov
ernment activities there all four
years. She served as president of the
Beta Club, marshall, vice-president
of the class her junior year, president
of her senior class, and president of
COGA (Council of Outstanding Girl
Athletes). She also played in the
band, on the tennis team and basket
ball team. Fler senior year she yvas
voted to be the most ])opular, most
versatile, best leader, most intellec
tual, and most ideal girl. She yvas
yery active in church yvork, being a
member of the Young People’s Lea
gue of the Presbyterian Churcb. She
served as secretary and later pres
ident of this group. Here on campus
she has served as chairman of the
freshman class. In November she
yy'as pledged to Phi Mu sorority.
The Boarding Student Council
nominated Laura Sanford and Shir
ley for representative to council.
Laura Sanford yvas elected.
Laura is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. T. F. Sanford of Henderson
ville. While in high school she yvas
a very outstanding student. She yvas
a member of tbe bonor society, stu
dent council, glee elub and the band.
She yvorked on the school paper, and
yvas valedictorian of her class. She
yvas also very active in the Young
People’s League in her church. Here
at Queens she is a member of the
Choral club, and very interested in
athletics.
For chairman of May Daj', Ath
letic Council presented the names of
I.a Rue Allison, Charlotte; and Betty
McGill, Greer, South Carolina. Bet
ty McGill was elected.
Betty is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. T. McGill, of Greer, South
Carolina. 'I'liis is her third year at
Queens and she has been a y'ery out
standing student here her three years.
Since slie has been here she has been
on the Dean’s list, editorial staff of
the annual. Student Christian Asso
ciation Cabinet, and the staff of the
Queens’ Quill. She has done very
(utstanding yvork in tlie Dramatics
Department. She is also a member
of this year’s Mav Court.
TRUSTEE MEETING
Members of the Board of Trustees
of Queens yvill hold their annual
meeting iry Buryvell Hall on Tuesday,
January 25. The Executive Commit
tee has been asked to meet yvith the
board. Mr. McAllister Carson, pres
ident of the board, yvill preside at
the meeting yvhich yvill begin at clevvm
o’clock and continue through the
a fternoon.
The men yvill be the guests of the
college at lunch, and students yvill
act as hostesses.
EXAM SCHEDULE
Examinations yvill begin Wed
nesday morning, .lanuary 26, at
9:00 o’clock and last until Tues
day afternoon, February 1, at
4:00 o’clock.
The examination schedule is as
folloyvs:
Wednesday 9:00 A. M. to 11:00
A. M.—Tuesday, Thursday, and
fourth period classes.
AVednesday 2:00 P. M. to 4:00
P. M.—Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday fourth period classes.
Thursday 9:00 A. M. to 11:00
A. M.—Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday first period classes.
Thursday 2:00 P. M. to 4:00
P. M.—Tuesday, Thursday, and
Saturday first period classes.
Friday 9:00 A. M. to 11:00 A.
M.—Monday, W’ednesday, and
Friday fifth ])criod elasses.
Friday 2:00 P. M. to 4:00 P. M.
—Tuesday. Thursday, and Satur
day second period classes.
Saturday 9:00 A. M. to 11:00
A. M.—Monday, Wednesday, and
Frida}' second period classes.
Saturday 2:00 P. M. to 4:00 P.
M.—Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat
urday third period classes.
Monday, 9:00 A. M. to 11:00 A.
M.—Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday third period classes.
Monday 2:00 P. M. to 4:00 P.
M. Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat
urday fifth period classes.
Tuesday 9:00 A. M. to 11:00
A. M.—All sixth period classes.
Tuesday 2:00 P. M. to 4:00 P.
M.—All conflicts.
Second semester classes will be
gin at 8:30 A. M., Thursday, Feb
ruary 3.
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