QUEENS BLUES
Vol. 23, No. 8
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
March 14, 1945
Nickles New Student Body President
Daltons Give
Scholarship
To College
The fact that two scholarships
totaling $10,500 have been estab
lished here at Queens by Charles
F. Dalton and Mr. and Mrs. Parks
H. Dalton in honor of the late
Mrs. Charles H. Dalton and the
late Miss Susan Nye Hutchinson
was recently announced by Dr.
Blakely. These scholarships are to
be known as the Selene Hutchin
son Dalton and Susan Nye Hutch
inson scholarships. The donors
stated that they preferred that the
beneficiaries come from Mecklen
burg County, but that they would
leave the final choice to the col
lege authorities.
These two gifts bring the total
number of scholarships to six since
1942, when it was announced that
a goal of one hundred $5,000 schol
arships by 1957 be set. Three of
these were given by Captain James
Parks Grey in honor of Jane
Parks Grey, Lula Jane Grey, and
Jane Rea Gray. The fourth was
established by William D. Robin
son in honor of Abbie Tuttle Rob
inson.
Mrs. Dalton attended Queens
when it was Charlotte Seminary for
Girls; and Miss Hutchinson, at
tended it when it was Presby
terian College for Women. Both
ladies were active members of Sec
ond Presbyterian Church.
BECKY NICKLES, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. G. A. Nickles of
Charleston, S. C., has been elected president of the Student Govern
ment Association for next year. Becky is president ^ of the junior
class. Last year she was treasurer of the Student Christian Associa
tion, chairman of the war service committee and a member of
Valkyrie. She will be installed at the annual installation service
within a few weeks.
Sororities Initiate 46 Students C. A. Project
Needs Your
Assistance
Hobson, Harrow, Jackson,
Anderson To Hold Offices
During the week from February 4-11 the Student Body officers of
Queens College were elected for the coming year. Becky Nickles of
Charleston, S. C., has been elected president of the student body. Becky is
president of the junior class and last year she was treasurer of Student
Christian Association, chairman of War Service Committee and a member
of Valkyrie.
Carolyn Hobson of Clinton, S. C., who has been serving as secretary
of the boarding student council has been elected president of the Board
ing Student Council. She was secretary-treasurer of the class during her
freshman year and is a former treasurer of the Athletic Association. In
addition, she is a member of Valkyrie and Alpha Kappa Gamma. Estelle
Darrow who is the newly elected president of the Day Student Body is
a member of Alpha Iota, is chairman of the War Service Committee and
former secretary of the Day Student Council. Elnora Anderson of Louis
ville, Ky., will be president of the Athletic Association next year. She
has been active in Student Christian Association and Athletic Association.
She was a member of Valkyrie and treasurer of the sophomore class. The
President of the Student Christian Association is Virginia Jackson of
Bluefield, West Virginia. She has been social service chairman and
secretary of the Student Christian Association.
The other officers of Student Government are as follows: Vice-
President, Doris Skirrow; Secretary, Shirley Warner and Treasurer,
Nancy Gordon.
The publications editors have also been elected. Kitty Crane of
Charleston, West Virginia, is editor of the CORONET. The BLUES
will be edited by Eva Martin Young of Charlotte, and Ann Perry, also
of Charlotte, will edit the QUILL.
Eleanor Huske and Suzanne Blackmon are the new representatives
to_Honor Council for a period of two years and Mary McGill has been
elected to serve for a one-year period.
The officers of Day Student Council are Elsie Blackburn, Vice-
President; Tonnie Ferguson, Secretary; and Eleanor Bates, Treasurer.
The four representatives to legislature are Eleanor Bell, Margaret Daven
port, Virginia Scott, and Mary Lee Todd.
When the BLUES went to press the other elections had not been
completed but they will be in the next issue. With the elections of
these new officers the students of Queens are looking forward to a new
school year.
The sororities on campus are
being increased by new initiates,
who, judging from their faces, are
really happy. To their respective
houses the pledges trooped and
exist as actives.
The Alpha Delta Pi’s new in-,
itiates are Florence Robinson,
Nancy. Chaffin, Bonnie Thrash,
Lyim Currie, Nancy Stitt, Betty
Simpson, Ann Tarrant, Ellen Jor
dan and Barbara Brimberry. Kappa
Delta initiates are Betty Barber,
Ruth Ewart, Wilma Latta, Carolyn
Porter, Helen Switzer, and Joy
Ann Beam. The new initiates of
Phi Mu are Jane Cantrell, Jean
Thompson, Margaret Davenport,
Peggy Burns, Peggy Mitchell, Elea
nor Huske, and Betty Sue Tru-
lock. Alpha Gamma Delta has as
its new initiates Ruth McGrath,
Mary Katherine Nye, Bettj^ Ann
Combs, Ella Jean Hardee, Sarah
Lee Cochran, Janie Mitchener,
Kitty Cooper, Ruth Lawhorn, Doris
Moore, Mannon Bryant, Winkie
WUliams, Neva Applewhite, and
Kat Barrier. Susan Blackmon, Alice
Nall, Alys Martin, Cecil Bowen,
Ann Emerson, Florence Hamilton,
Lois Wilson, Nolly Thompson,
Marcella Linares, and Charlotte
Plumlee are the initiates of Chi
Omega.
Alpha Delta Pi had its banquet
at the Barringer Hotel Saturday,
March 3rd following the initiation
on Saturday afternoon. Kappa
Delta’s had their initiation Fri
day, March 9, followed by a ban
quet the 17th. The Phi Mu’s in-
iation was held Saturday, March
10 and was followed by a series
of parties starting with a banquet
at the Charlotte Hotel Saturday
night, breakfast at the Tavern
Sunday morning, and a picnic
Sunday afternoon at Frances Bry
an’s house. Initiation by Alpha
Gamma Delta was also Saturday,
March 10 and was followed by a
banquet Saturday night. Chi
Omega’s initiation was held 'Thurs
day and Friday, March 1st and 2nd,
followed by their banquet Satur
day, March 3rd.
Congratulations to the new ini
tiates.
SAFER FLYING
Army Air Force fields now have
instrument landing systems at stra
tegic airports along their 100,000
miles of military airways which
make it possible to bring planes
down through low ceiling condi
tions to within 50 feet above the
center of an airport runway.
Samuel Inman Speaks Tonight
Samuel Guy Inman is going to
speak tonight in the Queens audi
torium at 8:00. Samuel Inman is
the advisor to the State Depart
ment on Latin American affairs
and a member of the United States
delegation to the Mexico City con
ference of the American Republics.
Immediately at the end of this con
ference, which has just been con
cluded, he took a plane to North
Carolina where he is giving a
series of addresses in 21 colleges
and universities during the two-
week period from March 8 to
March 22. 'These addresses are
being sponsored by the Southern
Council as a part of its program
of public information which was
inaugurated in North Carolina last
fall. This state will be the first
in the country to get from a State
Department official a first hand
analysis of the results of the Mex
ico City conference. So let’s all
take advantage of this wonderful
opportunity!
Would you like to help a poor,
helpless negro child? You can.
Furthermore, it will not tax you
greatly to do so.
A new negro nursery has been
started here in Charlotte at the
Mount Maria Baptist Church and
is in dire need of supplies. S. C. A.
here at Queens has asked 'Mrs.
Williams, who is head of the nur
sery, if the students cannot help
her in her efforts. Emphatically
she says we can by contributing
any or all of the following articles:
dishes, glassware, towels, wash
clothes, blankets, sheets, tooth
paste, tooth brushes, soap, chairs,
tables, blackboard or small slate,
rugs, cooking utensils, silverware,
sleeping garments or any chil
dren’s clothes, toys, dishtowels,
toilet tissue, paper napkins and
towels, and kleenex(*)
S. C. A. is positive that every
Queens girl has it in her power
to find one or more of these
articles, either by writing home for
them or by actually getting them
herself at home. An appeal is
made especially to the day stu
dents who will probably find these
supplies more easily obtained than
the boarding students. Bring these
things to school soon and place
them in the large cardboard box
in 'The Hut.
The nursery will not be able to
open and rvm effectively if these
commodities are not supplied soon.
Can you find it in your attic or
basement and gather cast-off
things your young brothers and
sister have used? We hope so.
POST WAR AIR TRAVEL
An average of 280,924 passengers
will travel annually via air to
Europe according to figures com
piled by the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
New Student Officers
Chosen At Queens
MISS CAROLYN HOBSON.
MISS ESTELLE DARROW.
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MISS VIRGINIA JACKSON.
MISS ELNORA ANDERSON.
'‘g^SIDENTS: They are, Carolyn Hob.on, daughter
of Mr and Mrs. Pat H. Hobson of Clinton, S. C.; Estelle Darrow,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Darrow of Charlotte; Virginia Jack-
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jackson of Bluefield, West
Virginia; and Elnora Anderson, daughter of Rev. and Mrs V A
Anderson of Louisville, Ky.