April 14, 1945
QUEENS BLUES
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New Student Officers Tal
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Oath
Queens’ Girls
Better Named
Sun Goddesses
Strolling around the campus here
at Queens has certainly been an en
joyable past-time lately. The weather
has been heavenly (except for this
most recent cold snap). Already,
flushed-looking complexions sug
gest beginnings of what by mid
summer will have been developed
into devastating gypsy-like tans. I
say “developed” because there are
many intricate processes and meth
ods by which a gal arrives at her
goal of exhibiting a glamorous south
sea island epidermis.
Some of the methods used to
achieve this well-cooked effect are
worthy of special mention since they
seem at times a little “unusual.”
First there is the sure-fire way to
get good’n burned—a week-end trip
to the beach (though that’s almost
impossible now). This is the fastest,
surest method and your friends will
exclaim over your overnight altered
appearance.
Then there is the old standb}^ the
“home method” — either on the
scorching tennis courts here on cam
pus, or, day-students may use their
own back-yards. One of the major
differences between the “beach
method” and the “home method” is
that at the beach a girl must man
age while sunning herself and sweat
in’ it out to stay beautiful. At home,
however, it is a far-cry from the
bathing-suited beauties who stroll
the strands at Myrtle, Carolina, or
Wilmington beaches. A girl, while
she slowly bakes on a back lawn
or a tennis court of Queens, is little
less than camouflaged and unrecog
nizable.
Surrounding these sun goddesses
are invariably a dozen or so bottles,
tubes, and lotions of nationally ad
vertised names; greases (ordinarily
recommended for chest colds, mus
cular aches and pains, or third de
gree burns) and other substances,
among which may be motor and
lubrication oils, vinegar, peroxide,
baby oil, onion juice, washing or
sewing machine oil, vaseline, and
anything else which may be consid
ered conductive to heat.
The bundle of glamour in the
making, who may be Mary, Susie,
or Peg, lies on a blanket, in what
is calculated the hottest, sunniest
available spot. She may wear dark
glasses or more generally two huge
cotton patches will cover the eyes.
Hair is usually protected by its be
ing wrapped in several yards of
Turkish towel.
At the bnd of several hours of
suffering and profuse perspiring, the
victorious heroine struggles to her
feet, gathers all her paraphernalia
into her arms and staggers toward
shelter dragging blankets behind her
and dropping bottles as she travels.
Such is the preliminary process
which preceeds the debut of a dark-
skinned Queen in a white dress “for
accent.”
But though it may seem foolish
and self-inflicted torture, sun bath
ing is a favorite occupation every
where. It's fun and we love itl
Meet Your
Friends at
Queens
Grill
shown above are those who were the principal figures in the installation service. Reading from left
to right, they are: Dr. Blakely, Edna Adams, Rebecca Nickles, and Dr. E. C. Morgan.
Miss Jane Crecraft, Asst. Music
Director, To Give Cello Recital
On Wednesdaj' April 18th at 8:15
P.M.. a Cello recital will be given
by Miss Jane Crecraft. Her pro
gram will consist of the following
numbers :
I
Adagio Corelli
Tocatta Frescobaldi
II
Sonata-F Major Brahms
III
Melodie —- Gluck
Maid With The Flaxen Hair
—Debussey
Gavotte Popper
Hungarian Rhapsodie Popper
Aliss Crecraft began her study of
Cello at the age of twelve. She
played in the family string quartet
with her two brothers who both
played the violin, and her father who
played the viola. She attended Akron
University, Akron, Ohio, for two
years and was a member of Delta
Gamma social sorority there. She
received her A. B. degree in Theory
at Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, Ohio. There she con
tinued in graduate work and was
graduate assistant. At the Universi
ty of Michigan she received a mas
ters degree in Music History and
became a member of ]Mu Phi hono
rary music sorority.
Later Miss Crecraft received a
scholarship to Longy School of
Music in Cambridge to study cello
under D’Archambeau, and counter
point under Nadia Boulanger. From
there she came to Queens and has
been with us for two and a half
years. She teaches Theory, Music
History, Music Appreciation, Cello,
Piano, and is Assistant Director of
the Music Department.
BIRD-IMPACT WINDSHIEI4DS
Washington—Small manufactur
ers have listed collision-resistant
windshields as third in importance
among matters to which special re
search should be given. In an ef
fort to solve this problem, one
aircraft manufacturers has sub
mitted his second windshield de
sign within seven months to the
ATA. In this newest windshield,
the designers have assumed the
impact to be overcome would be
that of an 8-pound bird at maxi
mum level flight speed.
FLY 100,000 WOUNDED
Washington — Ambulance planes
of the U. S. Troop Carrier Com
mand between D-day and the
middle of January flew more than
100,000 wounded Allied soldiers
from the Continent to England
without loss of a patient.
Compliments of
DUKE
PHOTO CO.
PAUL & CRYMES
SPORTING CENTER
Compliments 0/
KimbrelFs, lec.
dependable furniture Cor. Trade and College
Junior Class
Fashion Show
A Fashion Show will be sponsored
by the Junior Class on Friday, April
20, at 8 o’clock in the auditorium.
Admission will be twent3"-five cents,
and well worth it.
Eighteen of Queens potential John
Power’s models will wear the very
latest in milady’s wardrobe—from
bathing suits to a wedding dress.
These outfits are kindly furnished
by Ivey, E fird, Belk, Ed Mellon,
Tate Brown, and Lucielles — and
from this group only the best will be
modeled.
Due to unfortunate circumstances
the last day scheduled for the Fash
ion Show had to be put off—but this
time it is definite. So don’t miss
this grand opportunity to see what
is new in clothes.
future airplane orders
Washington — Orders for 235
planes to cost approximately $170,-
000,000 calling for deliveries when
ever war restraints are removed
have been placed within recent
months by major airlines.
"Dr. Morgan Was
Guest Speaker
The traditional Queens Installa
tion ceremony was held April 4, at
twelve o’clock in the college audi
torium. Dr. Elford C. Morgan, dean
of faculty at Converse College was
guest speaker.
The Program began with the Aca
demic Processional, and the proces
sion of the student government of
ficers. The welcome was given by
Edna Adams, president of the stu
dent body for this year, and she ex
changed her cap, robe, and gavel
with Rebecca Nickles, the newly-
elected president of the students for
next year. Follow'ing this Betsy
Hodges followed the same proce
dure, and gave her robe to Carolyn
Elobson, new president of the board
ing students ; Marie Sitton, retiring
president of the day students ex
changed robes with Estelle Darrow;
Emily Wood, outgoing president of
S.C.A. ])resented her robe and gavel
to Virginia Jackson; and Ruth King,
president of the Athletic Association,
turned her robe over to Elnora An
derson, who is also to serve next
year.
Dr. Blakeley offered a prayer
for the incoming officers, and Mar
jorie Bates sang The Lord’s Prayer.
Following this, the guest speaker
was presented bj'^ Edna Adams. Dr.
Morgan spoke on the new era of
American women, and stressed the
fact that the young college woman
of today is much better equipped
to face the responsibilities of the
world. Her intelligence and under
standing will all be deciding factors
in the paving of the future.
The student body was dismissed
with the singing of the college Alma
Mater, followed by the recessional.
After the program, the day stu
dents were guests of the college for
dinner.
Later in the afternoon the new
members of the student legislature
were installed. The}' were Doris
Skirrow, chairman of the new leg
islature, Rebecca Nickles, Carolyn
Hobson, Helen Davis, Shirley Mc
Mullen, Doris Turner, Betty Mc-
Murray, Mary Lee Flowers, Virginia
Graham, Eleanor Huske, Betty Sue
Truelock, Elsie Blackburn, Martha
Thaxton, Barbara Snyder, Margaret
Davenport, Virginia Scott, Elinor
Bell, and Mary Lee Todd.
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