Are You 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 (Continued on Page 4) 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 —

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