QUEENS BLUES War Bonds? March 3, 1944 Phi Mu Sorority Wins Scholarship Cup Alpha Gams Are Second Sororities Initiating 51 Pledges The five national sororities on the campus will have initiated fifty- one pledges by March 11. These girls, the majority of whom pledged in November, have passed school and sorority requirements for mem bership. A banquet will be held by each sorority in honor of the new initiates, and the best pledge of each sorority will be announced at that time. Alpha Delta Pi sorority will in itiate on March 2, 3 the following girls: Nancy Lee Brown, Decatur, Ga.; Jane Carter, Lumber ton, N. C.; Prancela Craven, Mooresville, N. C.; Charlotte Hamor, Charlotte; Betty Helfrich, Washington, D. C.; Joy Long, Florence, Ala.; Rebecca Lyer- ly, Granite Quarry, N. C.; Laura Martin, Marion, S. C.; Mary Eliza beth Martin, Forest City, N. C.; Doris Nunn, Greer, S. C.; Lucy Pate, Gibson, N. C.; Blanche Stevens, Council, N. C.; Jeanne Throckmor ton, Reidsville, N. C.; Mary Louise Whitmire, Asheville, N. C.; Jane Williams, Waynesboro, Ga.; and Elizabeth Young, Decatur, Ga. The initiation banquet will be given on Saturday evening, March 4, in the Gold room of the Barrin ger Hotel. Dean J. M. Godard will be the guest speaker. The following girls will be in itiated into the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority March 11: Sue Anderson, Rome, Ga.; Helen Davis, Signal Mountain, Tenn.; Ellen Freeman, Charlotte; Margaret Nell Harrill, Bostic, N. C.; Emily Horton, Char lotte; Virginia Jackson, Bluefield, West Va.; Carol Kerchner, Greens boro, N. C.; Mary Ella Klutz, New ton, N. C.; Peggy Kimrey, Sanford, N. c.; Peggy Jean Miller, Jefferson, 5. C.; Flora Ann Nowell, Wendell, N. C.; Ann Perry, Charlotte; Au gusta Pharr, Grover, N. C.; and Nancy Womack, Charlotte. The banquet for the new initiates will be given on March 11, in the Gold room of the Barringer Hotel. The new initiates will present the program. The Chi Omega sorority will in itiate Meredith Bridges and Vii- ginia Kale, both of Charlotte, on March 11. The initiation banquet will be given the evening of March 11 at the Charlotte Hotel. The following girls will be iniat- ed into the Kappa Delta sorority Feb. 25: Ruth Ann Barber, Char lotte; Mary Brown Craig, Ches ter, S. C.; Beth Deaton, States ville, N. C.; Louise Johnson, Pa- latka, Fla.; Virginia Latham, Char lotte; Betty Lutz, Shelby; Dorothy Rambo, Mountain City, Tenn., Gwendolyn Shiflet, Marion; and Ann Youmans, Metter Ga. The initiation banquet wil be given on March 3 at the Hotel Charlotte. Miss Elizabeth Taylor, an alumna from Mount Holly, wi be the guest speaker. . . • * The Phi Mu sorority will initiate the following pledges on February 26: Betty Jane Byars, Charlotte, Frances Duckworth, Morgan ton, Jean Dunbar, Nancy Gardner, Car olyn Keasler, Mary Jane King, a of Charlotte; Billie Luck, ® ’ Agnes Mason, Bassett, Va., ar Scarborough, Mount Gilead; Vn- ginia Scott, Charlotte; Betty Lou Spears, Kansas City. o., Shirley Warner, Greenville. The initiation banquet will be given in the Gold Room of the Barringer Hotel. Betsy Hodges is in charge of the program. In Averages After a lapse of one year. Phi Mu sorority will again receive the Pan-Hellenic scholarship cup, ac cording to the sorority averages posted by the dean’s office. In sec ond place is Alpha Gamma Delta sorority, which won the cup in 1943, thereby transferring the cup from the Phi Mu’s, who had won it in 1942, to the Alpha Gamma Delta house. The total averages for the five national sororities are as follows: Phi Mu—1.625. Alpha Gamma Delta—1.549. Alpha Delta Pi—1.402. Chi Omega—1.277. Kappa Delta—1.222. The scholarship cup, which was purchased several years ago by Pan-Hellenic Council, is awarded each year to the sorority having the highest scholastic average for two consecutive semesters. The cup will be presented to Phi Mu sor ority at a special chapel service on May 16, at which time the leader ship cup will also be awarded. CIV OUEENS IN 1944 DECK—The class of 1944 at Queens College actually produced seven queens, but ^ . Droving that she was the most intelligent in the lot. The other superlatives in the senior one was E ^ Anne Hatcher of Winchester, Va., most popular; Mabel Beach of Lenoir, most class are G > • Diggers of Charlotte, most attractive; (back row, 1. to r.): Adelaide Henry versatile; most original; Virginia Falls ol Shelby, best dressed; and Marjorie Imbody of Char- Germon , to succeed. Virginia Prunty, who was voted most intelligent by her classmates, was at Hardi^°High School telling the high school students the things she has learned during the past four rt^rchoil. (News staff photo). Senior Class Superlatives Are Chosen At Class Meeting meeting last week sorority. She was st At their class meeting last week the seniors chose their superlatives to be featured in the annual. The girls chosen were: Virginia Prunty, most intelligent; Marjorie Imbody, most likely to succeed; Anne Hatcher, most popular; Virginia Falls, best dressed; Adelaide Henry Germon, most original; Eleanor Riggers, most attractive; Mabel Beach, most versatile. Virginia Prunty has been active in many of Queens musical organi zations. She has been a member of the orchestra and the Little Sym- nhony. During her sophomore year she was treasurer of the orchestra and in her junior year she became vice-president. Virginia is a mem ber of Sigma Mu, Alpha Kappa Gamma, and S. C. A. Cabinet. She is listed in Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges. Virginia Falls is a member of the chapel choir and the Queens choral club She was treasurer of Kappa Delta sorority and a member of Alpha lota. She was chosen to be in the May court this spring. Eleanor Biggers has been active in all forms of student government. She was junior representative for the Day Student Council, president of the junior class, vice-president of day students, and president of the senior class. She is a member of Sigma Mu and of the May court and is listed in Who’s Who. Mabel Beach has held numerous offices in the Boarding Student council. Among these are: repre sentative during her freshman year, treasurer, secretary, and president. She was a member of the Valkyrie and is listed in Who’s Who. Adelaide Henry Germon was a member of the Queens Players and in her freshman year had the lead in their play. She is a member of the Dikean Society and Chi Omega sorority. She was stunt night chair man and is editor of the Coronet. Anne Hatcher is a member of Alpha Iota, I. R. C., Alpha Kappa Gamma, and the Valkyrie. She was president of the S. C. A. Cab inet and of Kappa Delta sorority. She is now President of the Student Government and is listed in Who’s Who. Marjorie Imbody is on the busi ness staff of the Blues and the Coronet. She is a member of Alpha Iota, Valkyrie, Sigma Mu, and the International Relations Club. She was secretary for the Day Student Council and chairman for the senior banquet. She is now vice-president of Student Gov ernment and is listed in Who’s Who. Junior Class To Sponsor Sorority Sing Sorority sing, sponsored by the junior class, will be held in the col lege auditorium on Wednesday, April 5, at 8 o’clock. Each soror ity will present two sorority songs. A cup will be awarded to the sor ority which presents the best songs. The selection will be made by three impartial judges chosen by the Dean’s office. Each sorority must also sing an original school song, written by one of its members. Miss Thel ma Albright will give an award to the girl who composes the best song. Contestants will include the five national sororities. Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Gamma Deta, Chi Ome ga, Kappa Delta, and Phi Mu and Alpha Eta Sigma, local sorority. Faculty Stunt Will Be Given On March 25 On March 25, members of the Queens faculty will present their second annual stunt night in the college auditorium for the benefit of the Alumnae Gymnasium Fund. The stunt is sponsored by the Faculty Contacts Committee. The general committee for the event is composed of Miss Thelma Albright, chairman: Mr. Merle Kesler, Mr. A. C. Lovelace, Miss Laura Tillett, and Miss Virginia Smith. The com mittee has met twice and tentative plans have been made. The faculty has been divided into four groups, each of which will present a skit. The chairmen of the four groups are: Mr. Wilson McCutchan, Miss Jane Mil ler, Miss Laura Tillett, and Miss Jane Crecraft. The skits will in part be hu morous take-offs of the activities of Queens. A small admission charge will be made and proceeds will be given to the Alumnae Gymnasium Fund. Seniors Plan Class Dinner On Thursday morning, February 24, at their regular class meeting, the seniors elected officers to pre side at the annual class dinner to be given on Monday, May 1. Elect ed at this time were Jean Hester, •prophet; Marjorie Imbody, histor ian: Virginia Prunty, poet; and Portia Vinson, lawyer. 'The senior dinner always opens senior week on the campus, during which time the seniors are honored at numerous parties. The prophet reveals the future, the historian traces the past, the poet presents the ideal, and the lawyer reads the last will and testament of the class as the seniors gather at their fare well class dinner. Mady Christians Coming Here On March 15 On March 15 Queens College will present Mady Christians on the third program of its Concert and Lecture series. Miss Christians is the star who played the part of Sarah Mueller in the Broadway play, “Watch On The Rhine.” Though Mady Christians was born in Vienna, she has spent much of her time in America and is today “proud of having earned the right to be called an American actress.” She comes from an ar tistic family. Her father was Ru dolph Christians, a great Euro pean star, and her mother was an opera singer. Many Americans know Miss Christians for the role of the Queen in “Hamlet” with Maurice Evans. She has appeared in such movies as “Heidi”, in which she played the part of the aunt of Shirley Temple; and also appeared in “A Wicked Woman,” with Rob ert Taylor. Tickets may be purchased at the door at 8:15 P. M. Student tickets are the regular tickets they bought at the first of the year. The last program of the year will be “ThI Marriage of Figaro” which will be presented on March twenty-eighth., Freshman Class To Sponsor Square Dance The second square dance of the year on our campus will be spon sored by the Freshmen class in the very near future. It will be held in the gym, and the David son cadets will be invited as guests. The Freshmen plan to have a real hillbilly orchestra, a caller, and all the trimmings. The rec room will be used as refreshment headquarters. The Committees for the dances are: Decorations—Mary Helen Car- , penter, chairman, Dorothy Burton, Catherine Prizer, Betsy Barnum, Betty Jean Cochran, and Betty Helfrich; Music — Sue Anderson, chairman, Jane Carter, Ardis ! Childs, Jane McDowell, and Jea- { nette Smith; Refreshments—^Ann ] Yeoman, chairman, Kitty Cooper, ! Betty Jean Boyd, Sarah Coble, and Katherine Davis.

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