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Vol. 24—No. 4
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
January, 1946
Dramatics Group Presents Comedy
Yoke And Piano
Recital Given
A joint recital of the voice pupils
of Mrs. Dana Robinson, and the
piano pupils of Mrs. Elise Mosely
was given Wednesday night, Jan
uary 16, in the Queens College
Auditorium. The following pro
gram was presented.
Voi che sapete from “Le Nozze
di Figaro” Mozart
My Sweet Repose Schubert
Betty Barber
Allegro Sonata Op.
2 No. 1 Beethoven
Beth Deaton
Villanelle Del ’Acqua
Eleanor Johnson
I Chide Thee Not Schumann
Doris Turner
Impromptu Op. 142
No. 2 Schubert
Katherine Knight
The Silver Ring Chaminade
Jacquelyn Wilkinson
Ah! lo so from “Magic
Flute” Mozart
Meredith Bland
Gavotte Prokofieff
Virginia Brosius
Dedication Schumann
Ashley Jones
Intermezzo Op. 116
No. 4
Betty McMurray
Alleluia
Coleen Cole
Ballade in G Minor
Nancy Blanton
A Swan
Oh, Thou Waving Field of
Golden Grain Rachmaninoff
Madeline Dunn
Sleeping Time - P^uto
Hobby Horse -
Travis Wylie
II pleure dans mon
coeur Debussy
Marietta’s Song from “The
Dead City” Korngold
Mary McGill
Valse in A flat
Kitty Cooper
Brahms
Mozart
Brahms
Grieg
Students Urged To
Join New Club
Celebrities on our campus brave chilly January winds to pose for photographer, v/hile young lady of the
press gets her first interview. From left to right, Mr. Mowbray, Eleanor, Grace, and Mr. Thibault.
Chopin
Club
IRC To SPONSOR .
Membership Drive
The International Relations
iielcl its regular meeting at 3 •
P-M. on January 9 in the Day
dents Building. A very interesting
talk on Russia was presented )y
Greene.
The president. Mary L'b Mat tin,
announced that they were to a\e
a membership drive as soon as
exams are over. So all smdents
interested in keeping up with the
World are urged to watch for further
notices.
Joseph Hrmodka Speaks to Club
Joseph L. Hrmodka, a very c is-
tinguished Czechoslovakian, ^
to the International Relations lu ),
on January 22.
He recently entered the United
•‘States as a refugee from war-torn
Europe, and is quite an authority
on foreign affairs.
Immediately after his talk at
E.M. in Burvvell Hall. Mr. Hrmodka
was entertained at a reception o
the faculty and students.
An Interview With
Conrad Thibault
By GRACE LYONS
It was the young reporter’s first
assignment to interview a celeb
rity, and she was visibly nervous
over the prospect. Conrad Thibault,
“celebrated concert and radio sing
er” according to the papers, was
coming to Queens College for
lunch following his concert at the
college aditorium the evening be
fore, and she was to sit beside
him! “I’ll probably sit there, stare
him in the face, and ask him what
color his eyes are,” she moaned,
“when all the time I can plainly
see that they are dark brown,
that he has black hair, dimples,
and a wonderful smile! And I
just know I’ll knock my water
over, or something dreadful like
But the editor had said,
so get it
VAGABOND
I^ypsy hearts keep traipsing oft to
places far away.
vV’here sea-gulls circle stately ships,
oil roads to Mandalay;
* o camels leading caravans that plod
through dust and sand;
To gaudy oriental shops; to distant
Samarcand;
To liquid streets, where gondolier
with perfect rhythm swings
His oars and stills the turbulence
of lovers, as he sings.
It matters not where they may go
to Torrid Zones or Nome
Someone can fetter gypsy hearts
and turn their footsteps home
—Bv Eniv
interview
that.”
‘Get that
she must.
Classes dragged on eternally that
morning, and the reporter found
It even more difficult than usual
to lose herself in the sonnets of
Spenser or to fathom the mysteries
of the conjugation of “suponer”.
When at last her watch showed
12:40, she stumbled out of her
fourth period class, dashed to her
room, glanced despairingly at the
mirror, actually remembered her
pencil and pad, and arrived m
Lrwell Hall just as the 12.45
bell rang. Her mind was m a tur
moil- but thank goodness, room
mate “Huskie” was along and
was going to act as hostess at
the table. One could always count
on her to talk.
And then he came. It was as
simple as that. The big door m
Burwell opened, two men walked
in and were met by the President
and Dean of the college, and then
came introductions: “Mr. Thibault,
Mr. Mowbray—Miss Huske and Miss
Lyons. They are to entertain you
at lunch.” They were on their own,
3ut the reporter promptly forgot
all about interviews and formal
questions stored away for lagging
conversation as Mr. Thibault im
mediately understood the situation
and smilingly began to talk about
southern weather, which was a
3it on the chilly side, and to ask
questions himself.
As they were walking through
Burwell toward the dining hall,
Mr. Thibault stopped, slightly
cocked his head to one side, and
stood listening. From a room came
sounds of operatic music, and the
reporter heard Mr. Thibault mur
mur something to his accompanist
about “The ‘Serenade’, Mephist-
opheles, from ‘Faust’. That’s Ca
ruso singing. Wonder where they
got those old records? They’re
invaluable!” The reporter grabbed
the opportunity, “Would you like
to listen to the records after
lunch?” she asked, and everything
went along fine from there.
Lunch was fun. Conversation
flowed easily around Mr. Thibault
and Mr. Mowbray, and the report
er forgot all about taking notes.
It was such a relief to find that
famous people like to talk about
the same things that college soph
omores do. Without actually rea
lizing it she discovered that Con
rad Thibault was from North
Hampton, Massachusetts, which
talking about his three-year-old
son, and confessing how he had
met Mrs. Thibault at a party
given for Alec Templeton when he
stood behind her, tapped her on
the shoulder, and said “Shhhh”
when she was talking while Mr.
Templeton was playing. Although
Mrs. Thibault is American, she
was born in Havana, Cuba and
learned to speak Spanish before
English. Mr. Thibault had done
opera work and admitted that he
liked “some opera—not all of it”.
It was nice of him to say that
he found no difference between
Northern and Southern audiences
and used the same type of pro
gram for both. And so the conver
sation went from food to the
murals on the dining room wall,
from opera to swing, from college
schedules to concert tours, until
lunch was very suddenly over.
When the swarm of autograph
seekers had finally dispersed, one
of the nicest times of all came
during the half hour spent lis
tening to the old “Faust” records
while Mr. Thibault talked infor
mally, whistled along with the rec
ords, and teased some of the girls
delightfully. “Why, it was foolish
to have been so concerned”, mused
the reporter. “One couldn’t pos
sibly be ill at ease around Mr.
Thibault—he has such a natural
friendliness and interest in other
people and seems to forget himself
so completely.”
The peak of the reporter’s ca
reer was reached when she and
“Huskie” were photographed in
Diana court with Mr. Thibault
and Mr. Mowbray! She felt like a
celebrity herself when Mr.
I Thibault would take her arm and
No, it wasn’t Broadway or Holly
wood! Just the college auditorium
last Thursday morning, when the
dramatic classes combined to pre
sent the one-act play “Be Seated”
by Marcelline H. Sanford. It was
directed by Miss Helen Strickland,
head of the Dramatic Department
of Queens.
The play is a timely musical farce
on sitdown strikes. The cast for
the play was as follows; Mrs. H.
Q. Finance, the wealthy matron
who finds her living room in a
turmoil, played by Troyanne Free
land.
Mrs. Younglove, Mrs. Painter,
and Mrs. Banks are her bridge
guests and were played by Flora
Ann Nowell, Martha Venning, and
Janie Mitchener, respectively.
Mathilde, the maid who is leader
of the strikes was played by Ed-
wina McDill, Bridget, the Irish
cook played by Barbara Seigel;
Helga, the dumb Swedish laun
dress, Betty Morrow; Irene, the
gum popping maid, was Grace Pen-
i dleton; and the messenger from
j Mr. Lewis was Elizabeth Beall.
I Miss Hawley planned the dances
j done with: “The Protest Song” and
“Every Thursday Out,” which were
sung by the maids, and “The Days
of the Twenties,” sung by the ladies.
Travis Wiley played for the dances.
This play is one of several which
the Dramatic Department plans to
present this year. Miss Strickland
hopes that the play has awakened
an interest in the student body to
ward a Dramatic Club at Queens.
However, there must be a response
from the students first. You are
eligible to join if you have a sin
cere interest. If you can draw,
sew, or help in anyway, you are
welcome.
In a few months the Queens dra
matic group is hoping to combine
with Davidson to present “Pride
and Prejudice.” It can be fun if
you do your part, so let Miss Strick
land hear from you.
Miss Harrell
Reviews Book
Thf King’s General by Daphne
du Maurier, was reviewed by Miss
Harrell, on Tuesday evening, Janu
ary 8. Both students and teachers
crowded the north parlor of Bur
well Hall to hear Miss Harrell tell
of the heroine, and the adventures
that she had in her love affairs.
From the enjoyable and interest
ing account that Miss Harrell gave
of the book, it sounds as if it is
one that each person at Queens
would enjoy reading.
explained his reported love of New
England. He didn’t mind at all ] they would walk laughingly to
ward the camera—and then go
back and do it all over again.
But all good things and times
must come to an end, and after
the last picture was snapped, Mr.
Thibault had to leave. The report
er found it difficult to express
her gratitude and the pleasure
that had been hers in attending
the concert and in getting to meet
Conrad Thibault; and as he shook
hands with her, thanked her warm
ly for a nice time, and got into
the car, the reporter sighed. It
was not a sigh of relief, but of re
gret that the end had come to
her interview with Conrad
Thibault.