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Vol. 24—No. 3
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
December 18, 1945
Lecture Series To Present Thibault
Season's Vesper
Services End
On December 2 our Christmas
season was begun with our first De
cember Vesper program. Emphasis
was placed on the Messianic Proph
esies and the Annunciation. A prel
ude of Christmas carols W'as played
by Mary Jo White followed by the
assembly singing “Joy to the World”.
A most impressive shadow picture
was made of the Virgin Mary,
played by Mary Lynn Haigler, and
the angel, portrayed by Jackie Eng
lish, while Mary Katherine Alc-
Arthur read the scripture from the
background. Eleanor Johnson sang
‘Jesu Bambino”, after which Ruth
Ewart read “The Man Who Owned
the Stable”. Mary Katherine then
led the assembly in silent prayer
and meditation and pronounced the
benediction.
There was no Vesper service on
the campus on December 9. Instead,
everyone was encouraged to attend
“The Messiah” at the Second Pres
byterian church.
This past Sunday evening, De
cember 16, a program of special
Christmas music was put on by the
Choral Club under the direction of
Mr. Holiday.
Our thanks go to the program
committee, made up of Betty Mor
row, Vary Yandle, Joyce Clark,
Eleanor Huske, Peggy King, Libby
Andrews, and all the girls who
Worked with them in order to pre
sent these lovely programs and help
us to feel the real meaning of
Christmas.
faculty plans
for CHRISTMAS
Many have probably been won
dering how and where the fac-
^ty is planning to spend Christmas.
ere is a list that will give an idea
of where they are planning to enjoy
the holidays.
Several members of the faculty
Will be going out of the state to
spend Christmas. Mrs. Bryant plans
o spend her holidays in Troy Hills,
• J- Miss Hatcher plans to be in
^luchester, Va. Miss Hines in Cape
p rardeau. Mo. Mr. Holliday in St.
^ul, Minn. Miss Peck in Kalama
zoo, Mich. Dr. Shisler in Gibson-
Ohio. Miss Strickland in Con-
‘^ord, Ga., and Miss Taylor in John
son City, Tenn.
Several teachers will be in South
Carolina. Miss Harrison plans to be
Abbeville; Miss Langford in
^artanburg; Miss Stribling in
Westminster; while both Miss Dun-
I^P and Miss Huckle will be in
Rock Hill.
spite of so many members of
the faculty’s planning to be out of
the state during the holidays, a great
number of them will remain in North
Carolina. Miss Adams plans to spend
her Christmas in Winston-Salem;
^Fss Hawley in Goldsboro; Miss
Hodges in Grifton; Mrs. Mercer in
Clinton; Miss Mitchell in Aulander;
Mr. McCoy in Matthews; Miss Nooe
iT ^'■^tesville; and Miss West in
Mooresville. Miss Albright, Miss
Harrill, and Miss Tibet plan to be
Fu Greensboro Christmas, while both
An angle of our first dance as the figure forms—(Can you recognize the backs?)
Home Ec Deparlment
Entertains Children
On Thursday afternoon, Dec. 13,
the Home Economics Club gave their
traditional party for the children
of the Alexander Homes. The party
was held at 4:30 in the recreation
room.
The center of attraction in the
room was the huge Christmas tree
gaily decorated with strings of
pop - corn and paper chains
Stockings filled with Christmas
goodies were given the children.
Santa Claus himself was there, and
presented each of the thirty-seven
children with a gift from the tree.
The gifts were furnished by stu
dents who contributed to the party.
During the afternoon, the children
and members of the Home Econom
ics Honor Club and other students
participated in the singing of fa
miliar carols.
STUDENTS PLEDGE
TO WSS FUND
Queens has just completed its
drive to raise money for the World
Student Service Fund. The college
was fortunate in having a charm
ing lady. Miss Hugette Balzola,
tell its members of the great need
that students in Europe and Asia
have for money.
Miss Balzola especially told of the
need in Europe where practically all
the colleges and universities are
continuing their work, in spite of
the fact that the college buildings
have been damaged or destroyed.
She told of the need the students
have for equipment as well as food
and clothing.
Miss Balzola’s inspirational talk in
chapel on December 4 opened the
World Student Service Fund Drive.
This drive had as its goal $300 to be
raised from the 4th to the 13th.
There were several solicitors who
contacted the students to remind
them of their pledges and money.
Queons is truly proud to have
been able to take part in such a
worthy cause as that of helping
fellow-students in other parts of
the world.
Dr. Goldier and Mr. Pfohl will be in
Davidson.
The rest of the faculty will spend
their holidaj's here in Charlotte.
Traditional Dinner Oueens French Class
Held Last Night Adopts Orphan Girl
On Monday night, the 17th of De
cember, Queens held once again
the traditional Boar’s Head Din
ner in the dining room of the col
lege. This tradition is truly one of
the most impressive and eagerly
anticipated events of the year.
In many of the Schools and Uni
versities of England, the Boar’s
Head is still retained as the great
dish of the Christmas banquet.
Queens College, Oxford, is especi
ally famous for its retention of the
ancient ceremonial. There is first
a stately procession of the faculty
of the college, preceded by singers
who chant the “Caput arei defereo.”
This year the Boar’s head was
carried by Donnie Rhodes and the
reading was done by Florence Rob
inson. The Queens College Choral
Club assisted in the tradition with
their singing of the Boar’s head
song, with Mary Magill and Doris
Skirrow singing the solo parts.
To some of the seniors there was
a mixed feeling, both of excitement
of the oncoming holidays, and the
realization that this was to be their
fourth and final Boar’s Head Din
ner. We know that this Christmas
tradition will long be remembered
by those who are seniors and anx
iously awaited by those who are
freshmen.
The members of Miss Langford’s
French class have reached far across
the waters this year, and have
touched the heart of a certain little
French girl named Solande Laverge.
This eight year old orphan, who
comes from war-ravaged Mortain,
Manche in France has been
“adopted” by the students, and will
be sent packages of food or clothing
throughout the coming year.
Under the auspices of the Amer
ican Relief for France, “This ‘adop
tion’ program means that donors are
requested to send a child two pack
ages per month of food or clothing
for si.x months or a year. These
packages can be supplemented by
school supplies and various com
forts . . . Donors can eventually
be guided by needs as evidenced
in letters that will be received from
the child. Correspondence between
the latter and those in America car
ing for the child will help to make
the ‘adoption’ a living bond and
strengthen the link between our two
peoples.”
The Queens’ French students feel
that by this small, but generous
gesture, America’s gratitude to an
unbeatable Ally can best be shown.
T-BCHRISTMAS SEAL
DRIVE AT QUEENS
This year Queens had a ten-day
drive for the sale of Christmas seals
to help those with tuberculosis.
This drive, which was sponsored by
the Community Service Committee,
was opened by a chapel program
appropriate to Christmas seals.
Miss Harris of the City Health
Department told the student body
the great good this money does for
those who have the disease, and of
how they are cured because people
donate money to the cause by buy
ing Christmas seals. Ginner Neil
read a very interesting story of the
Christmas seal and the way its
sale started. She also told how the
sale of the T. B. seals has increased
through the years.
During the drive Queens students
bought $29.34 worth of seals. It is
hoped that the students will con
tinue buying the seals in spite of
the fact that the drive here at school
is over.
Noted Baritone To
Sing Here Jan. 10
MR. CONRAD THIBAULT
Conrad Thibault, one of the na
tion’s great baritones, will be pre
sented on January 10, at 8:15 P.M.,
under the auspices of the Concert
and Lecture Series. He will be the
second artist to appear on the
Queens’ campus.
The glorious music of this young
and attractive singer is most familiar
to those who hear his weekly broad
casts on the “Manhattan Merry-
Go-Round” and “American Melody
Hour”. Besides being radio’s dis
covery, Mr. Thibault bas made fre
quent concert appearances through
out the country.
A native of Massachusetts, he is
one of those fortunate few who
found his goal in life when only
a young child. He was a vocal
ist in the church attended
by President Coolidge, and at
this time received a scholarship
to the Curtis Institute. Then after
trying years of odd jobs, and tedious
hours of study, the radio found that
this unknown, but glorious, voice
had great potentialities. From then
on, it was a climb up the ladder of
success, and today Mr. Thibault
ranks high with his contemporaries.
Queens is proud to start off an
other year with such a fine artist,
and it is hoped that the students
will take advantage of this oppor
tunity. Admission for students is
only their chapel-seat number, and
single admission for outsiders is
ninety-two cents.
Also scheduled on the Lecture’s
1946 calendar, is Mr. Robert Molloy,
the well-known author and critic.
Though he was supposed to have
appeared about a month ago and
was unable to do so, Mr. Molloy
will definitely speak for the series
on February 13.
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MESSIAH" GIVEN
On Sunday, December 9 at 4:00
P.M. the Queens-Davidson choir,
under the direction of Mr. J. C.
Pfohl, presented the Christmas por
tion of “The Messiah” in the Sec
ond Presbyterian Church. The ac
companiment was furnished by the
Queens-Davidson Symphony Or
chestra, also under the direction of
Mr. Pfohl. The guqst soloists were
Miss Kathryn Oakes, soprano; Miss
Virginia Haver, contralto; Sgt. Jack
Sealy, tenor; and William Rogers,
bass.