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Buying
QUEENS BLUES
Rebecca Nickles Elected Bond Queen
who
see
Juiz Kids
Give Students
Many Laughs
Those patriotic studente
turned out that
Quiz Kids quizzed
being patriotic and
go hand in hand. Those famou
personages whose (^nd
we have heard so much about (ana
recently witnessed ^ nel-
Dr. (Whiz) Gettys, Dr. (Z^^le) De
ano, Miss (Dizzy) VsS)
(Quiz) Albright, and (Siz^e)
Mitchell. Mr. (Keep-um-going) Mc
Cutchan was master of cerem .
and believe me. he really kept
them on the beam all
30 minutes he shot
them until it was decided
they deserved a short rest ^
a short one. mind yo^>„
intermission the “jury’
for once in Queens’ h^Jfy) bought
more stamps to ogts
dents and teaohers do certain acts
of their choosing. It was ^ca y
worth the ten dcjlars
see Dr. Gettys and Miss Mitchell
jitterbug-and the cracker-eatmg
contest was a scream. Congratu
^^^Th? latte?' part of the program
consisted of another battery of
questions fired at those geniuses.
They all came out close m rne
final results, however, and we want
to take this opportunity to teu
them that we think they were
fine sports. ,
When it was discovered that tne
War Service Committee lacked oiuy
a few dollars of having sold one
hundred dollars in war stamps,
the students and faculty
ly responded and finished out
hundred. , ,
The committee was pleased witn
the results and also with
Morris Field Band receipts, uia
each and everyone of you go.
rr^T V WAP rivals This quartet of Queens girls were candidates from the four classes at Queens
friendly WAR RIVALS ^ wa. condueled at the school
College for the t.tle of Committee. On the left arm of the cha.r .. Dora Lyhraod,
under Virginia Scott, freshman candidate. Edna Adams, the junior bid, is in the center
testant, and on the ^ Nickles, the girl whom the sophomores hoped would wear the crown at ceremonies
Fr‘ida^y V^tes were cast by buying war stamps. (News staff photo).
Soldier Band
Gives Concert
For Students
Friday night marked the ^se
of Queens College Fourth War
Loan Drive, when the boys of
Morris Field Band presented a
concert in the auditorium,
admission for each person
cents worth of defense stamps, p
chased at the door, and by
o’clock, the auditorium was wen-
^^St’elle Darrow introduced the
Master of Ceremonies, and
“boys in the band” got
with one of the most entertaining
programs that has been giv
Queens this year. The concert w^
divided into two parts wttb a
minute intermission markmg
half. The first part of the pru
gram consisted of selections
the band members chose, and
whole audience was dehgltted
the results. During this hal ,
beginning of two numbers
played, and until patrons
bought more defense stamps,
pieces were not finished.
When the band returned to the
stage after intermission, the S
finale of the evening w^ ^ aii-
nounced. The Queen and ber cour ,
heretofore unknown, was . ’
and the Master of Ceremomes
crowned the Queen of ^be
Loan Drive. The Court remained
on the stage throughout the
of the program, which,
light of all present, was dedicated
solely to requests. Th^e ^
people who had purchased bon^
during the campaign had
choice in requesting special seiec
tions to be played. nnppns
After the concert, the Queens
students on the +v,e
mittee served nd
members of the Morris Field
Customs Of Valentine’s Day
Began In Rome Centuries Ago
^ ^ _ j. 1 ^ -F^efiTrol
Postman arrived at ly developed from the festival, be-
When Mr. ^ Po cause it was believed that birds
chose their mates on this day; and
Queens Monday morning with an
sack of mail flung over his
extra sacK o
SJthw’^reiSer'ihat it was Peb-
turtncL Valentine’s Day.
MX was lull of lacy
Everyones X tender verses
hope) as the old-fashioned
custom took sway.
Tt’s a custom that began cen-
h.ries ago in Borne. During the
tunes ag „ ^^ry the pagans
a huge celebration of the
?uDerilia which honored Pan and
this time the names of
S the young women were placed
^ riT Sie-TounT-- "wro
clawed .the girl as a partner in
^^ye^riattr ’wben the Christians
attempted to change the old
ifSions to Christian ones, they
‘'"pSaed th? names of the girls
those of saints. Each of the
voung people then drew the name
S r saint whose purposefulness of
iffe he or she was supposed to
^m,ai The Christians named this
equal. honor of Saint Val-
ceremony me honor^oman
Sd'lielebrated it on February 14th
the day on which he was executed
Joi’ his faith during the persecu-
Hnn under Claudius II.
^ ^pcause St. Valentine’s Day
remesented an observance that
had long been popular among the
Snn^tn people, the old plan con-
fS to exist. Marriage frequent-
the people fancied that such an
influence made the chance draw
ing of partners somewhat binding.
For instance, it was supposed
that the first unmarried person of
the opposite sex whom one met on
St. Valentine’s morning was a des
ignated husband or wife.
Another way of determining one’s
“permanent valentine” was to pin
a bay leaf to each corner of the
pillow and a fifth in the middle.
If the sleeper dreamed of her
sweetheart, she expected to marry
him within the year.
Then there was the practice of
rolling the names of one’s lovers in
separate pieces of clay and putting
them in a pan of water. The first
bit of clay to rise to the surface
contained the name of the des
tined Valentine.
In England and Scotland on the
eve of St. Valentine’s, it became
a custom for an equal number of
girls and boys to draw names.
Each person then had two Valen
tines, but the boy remained with
the Valentine who chose him. The
couple paired in this way ex
changed gifts and wrote notes
which the receiver wore for sev
eral days upon his sleeve. Later
only the boys gave gifts to their
Valentines.
The custom of mailing paper
Valentines grew up with the post
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THE FACULTY AND STUDENT
body
OF
queens college
extend their sincere
SYMPATHY
TO
MISS MARY LEE TAYLOR
IN HER RECENT BEREAVE
MENT
New Students
Find Ways
To Classes
rrhp second semester started
February 4th with the new stu-
j fc Vnirrving here and there,
ev'es glSS to schedule slips, and
ZlriSg worried frowns.
“Where did you say the Bible
room was?” “Golly. I’m going
e?ound in circles!” “Do we have
Sh now?” were a few of the
manv queries from the new stu
dents overheard by the old hands,
who smiled knowingly as they di
rected this one to the Y-store or
that one to chapel.
“I can remember when we were
like that” one of the freshmen
said. “Boy, were we funny, scram
bling around from class to class
trying not to be late.”
It’s interesting to note, however,
how well the new girls have fallen
into line after only a few days.
By this time they seem as if
they’d been here since September.
Those who transferred from other
colleges were not at such a loss
as to the methods of college life
and adapted themselves very quick
ly to the scheme of things. 'The
others who entered college this
semester for the first time had
just a little more trouble but now
are “on the beam” just like every
one else.
We’re glad you’re here, and we
hope you grow to like Queens as
much as we do. We want you to
ask for help at any time because
it wasn’t so long ago that we
were in the same place. Here’s
luck to the new members of
Queens student body!
Dean’s List
Announced
Each semester a selected group
of students comprise what is
known as the Dean’s List. These
students are selected because of
consistently superior work during
the past semester and because they
have given evidence of sufficient
maturity to be granted the priv
ileges which go with membership
on the Dean’s List. In addition
to the recognition of scholarship
these students are placed on their
own responsibility for class at
tendance and are not subject to
the customary regulations.
Dolly Adams, Betty Baker, Peggy
Benoit, India Boozer, Jean Brown,
Frances Bryan, Joyce Carpenter,
Mary J. Clark, Mildred Dobson,
Elizabeth Henry, Grace Herndon,
Jean Hester, Betsy Hodges, June
Holder, Betty Howard, Marjorie
Imbody, Mary Kate Kornegay, An-
nelle McCall, Betty McGill, Mary
McGill, Scottie Nisbet, Ann Perry,
Virginia Prunty, Laura Sanford,
Marie Sitton, Laura Smith, Vir
ginia Nell Smith, Dorothy Sum
merville, Mary Lee Todd, Bettye
Welch, Virginia Jackson, Charlotte
Kay, Jane King.
Visit Queens
On Week-Ends
Four girls were guests of the
college during the week-end of
Jan. 28-29-30. They were Mary
Katherine Nye, Florence Robin
son, Ruth McGrath and Mary
Green from Conway, South Caro
lina. They arrived Friday night
in time to attend the Menuhin
Concert. Saturday morning they
toured the campus, visited soror
ity row and met members of the
faculty. That afternoon they
went into town and shopped.
Movies were enjoyed Saturday
night by the group of girls; then,
on Sunday after-dinner coffee was
served at the Blakely’s for our
guests.
Week-end visitors to the cam
pus the week-end of Feb. 4, 5, 6,
were Margaret Alexander from
WCUNC who visited Lib Porter;
Virginia Preatwood, guest of Fletch
er McNeill and Frances Vance
who visited Lib Young.
Three other visitors to our cam
pus that week-end were Irene and
Kathleen Hardee and Julia Keys,
guests of Betty Howard. All three
of the girls are 1943 graduates of
Queens.
Marcella Linares had as her
guest Ricando Aleman of the Lay-
ola University of New Orleans.
Final Totals
Given Group
On Bond Sales
Friday night, February 11, at a
concert given by the Morris Field.
Band, in the auditorium, Becky
Nickles was crowned War Bond
Queen. Becky was representing the
sophomore class. The other con
testants were: Virginia Scott,
Charlotte, freshman representa
tive; Edna Adams, Winston-Salem,
;unior representative; and Dora
Lybrand, Greensboro, senior rep
resentative. Dora, who came in
second in the contest, was maid-
of-honor to the queen.
The goal of the drive on the
campus was set at $5,200, which
would purchase an X-ray Deep
Therapy machine. The total
amount bought by the students
was $10,560.35, which is enough
to purchase two machines. $70,-
000 was invested in bonds by the
Queens College Development Pro
gram through the War Service
Committee. Therefore this amount
was counted in the Queens Col
lege sales. This amount is enough
to equip a four-hundred bed evac
uation hospital. It has been re
quested that the money be used
for that purpose. All bonds and
stamps sold during the month of
February will be counted in the
Fourth War Loan Drive which was
to end February 15.
The program given by the Mor
ris Field Band was the last spe
cial event of the campaign here
on the campus. Admission to the
.concert was the purchase of one
25 cent war stamp. During the
first part of the program, re
quests were played for girls who
had purchased a war bond during
the week. After the concert the
War Service Committee entertain
ed the band in the Day Student
Building. Refreshments were serv
ed.
Nobel Cain,
Choir Leader
Conducts Clinic
Nobel Cain, noted Chicago
choral leader, was in Charlotte
February eleventh and twelfth to
conduct a musical clinic for the
junior and senior high schools.
The clinic was under the auspices
of the Charlotte Choral Associa
tion and the music department of
the city schools. A demonstration
for senior high school singers was
held at 2:30 P. M. on Friday;
the clinic for junior high schools,
at 10:30 A. M. on Saturday. On
Friday night at 7:30, Mr. Cain di
rected a mass rehearsal of all the
church choirs in the city.
Nobel Cain, outstanding in the
musical world for his famous Chi
cago a capella choir and his ar
rangements of choral music, is
particularly popular with high
school singers. He is a dynamic
person ^as well as a dynamic di
rector. Twice in recent years he
has been director of the North
Carolina High School Music Fes
tival in Greensboro.
During the last war, Mr. Cain
was an aviator and he still flies
his own plane. He is a rather
short, youthful, attractive man
with a winning personality and
a way of irrisistably drawing
music from any group of singers.
His arrangements of Negro spir
ituals are becoming increasingly
popular, and a copy of his book.
Choral Singing and Its Practice,
may be found in the library of
our own music department.
Those Queens students who had
the opportunity of observing Nobel
Cain at work or singing under his
direction agree that it was an in
valuable experience to them as
choral singers.
Committee Plans
For May Day
The Athletic Council has now
begun work on the program to be
presented on May Day. At a
recent meeting of the (Council on
Tuesday night, February 8, a sug
gested plan for the program was
presented by Betty McGill, Chair
man of May Day, and discussed
by the Council members. No defi
nite plans have been concluded
however —