(iu^^na WluBS
VOL. 24—-NO. 10
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May iO, 1946
MacArthur Crowned May Queen
Musk Departmenl
To Be Reorganized
i^ext year, Queens College will
enter upon the divisional organiza
tion of the College. This will bring
about some changes in the Music
Department.
For a number of years the Music
tiepartment of Queens has made
niarked progress under the direc
torship of Mr. James Christian
Pfohl, Director of the Music De
partments of Davidson and Queens.
The College has made such advance
in music that the Music Depart-
nient is now recognized as one of
the outstanding Music Departments
of any Liberal Arts College in the
South.
Under the new organization
Queens will still have a close re
lationship with Davidson. The du
ties of Mr. Pfohl at Davidson have
been increased so much with the
return of the service men and the
development of the Davidson pro
gram of music that he finds it will
no longer be possible for him to
give as much time to Queens as is
necessary for the director. How
ever, the advantages of a close
relationship with Davidson in music
e^re so great and the opportunities
So large for development in the
future that both the Administra
tions and Boards of Trustees of
f^avidson and Queens Colleges, wish
to maintain a close relationship in
^usic. A joint plan by which this
happy relationship in music may
be continued has been worked out
by President Cunningham and
f*resident Blakely. Mr. Pfohl iu
the future will be co-ordinator of
the Music Departments of the two
schools. This means that he will
have charge of the planning for the
united efforts of the two music
Schools in orchestras, choral groups,
etc.
Under the new organization
Gordon W. Sweet becomes Chair
man of the Fine Arts Division. He
^tll have direct supervision of the
^usic Department of Queens Col
tsse and will serve as Chairman
m the music faculty. Mr. Sweet is
back at Queens from his service
fu the Army. Through his
lienee at Queens College an is
close relationship in the pas m
developing the Queens music pro
gram with Davidson, be is
cially well qualified to P an o
future cooperation between e v o
Schools.
The united effort of Davidson
and Queens has met with a^eat
deal Of national recognition. Those
interested in music believe tha
bsual opportunity is presented ere
With a college for men and a c
iege for women cooperating in
field of music. It provides a facul y
ef music in the two schools larpr
than would be possible otherwise.
In the years that lie ahead oppor
tunities for the development m
music are almost unlimited. Queens
iooks forward with unusual inter
est to the leadership of Mr. Pfoh
as Director of Music at Davidson
and Mr. Sweet as Director of Music
at Queens and the joint leaders P
af the two schools with Mr. P o
as Co-ordinator.
Queens' Queen For A Day
, r"' '■*' 1'-''
Mary Katherine MacArthur
Volunteers Find Work Ranges
From Flower Arranging To Scouts
All these jobs have been chosen
by the girls themselves an
have had interviews
of the departments tnat * ^
worfeing in. Most of the gi
been wirking for six weeks J
longer, and many of them are plan
ning to continue their wort m
definitely since it ^“,5
very interesting. One of the g rls
I!id ' Not only IS it instructive
and'b-o-.dening. but it leaves one
wi+h the sense of
nii^hsd rertethin- worthwhile. Its
good to know that you have helped
people even though it is m a ve y
small way.”
Fun’ I’ll say! Exciting? Yes.
indeed! Instructive? ^b. but d^-
initely! Just
that get around town.
vthing from rounding up juveni e
Suuents to arranging flowers for
f®' lit we are in charge of al-
1st every kind of volunteer work
most eve „ ^, u all originated
imaginable a >' . j problems
in Mrs. Robinsons social p
"'Any afternoon in the week one
nrav find them scattered at various
points throughout the town: at m-
formation desks at hospitals, sur
rounded by small children, plant
ing points on maps, or even plac
ing problem boys into boy scout
groups.
Yes, they do all this and more.
Down at the Bethlehem Center
Alice Nall has charge of ten year
old girls who are “amazingly like
little Indians, especially on rainy
days.” She has been teaching them
games, dancing, and songs. It is
astounding what ten year olds can
think of to do: knocking, dragging,
slapping, kicking, screaming, and
“resting” their chewing gum on
someone’s crowning glory are com
mon occurrences.
It isn’t all nerve-wracking, how
ever, and there are compensations.
Florence Robinson is working
with her group down at the com
munity center under the guidance
of Mrs. Goodwin. Flo is one of
those girls who has made sure
the juvenile delinquents have been
placed in boy scout troops.
Also working under Mrs. Godwin
is Jean Quinn’s group. These girls
have just completed the job of
placing pins on a huge table size
map of the residences of the boys
who are members of the Charlotte
Y. M. C. A. Each pin is placed in
the section of the city block where
the member’s house or apartment
is located.
S. C. A. Annual
Relreal Held
S. C. A. Cabinet held its annual
retreat on Saturday, April 27, from
two P. M. until eight P. M. The
meeting was held at Yandle’s cabin
on the Catawba river, an ideal spot
for such a meeting.
Virginia Jackson, retiring presi
dent. opened the retreat with the
devotional and she presented a
summary of the year’s work and a
challenge to both old and new
cabinet members. The business
meeting was conducted by Tonnie
Ferguson, the new president. 'The
William Lydgate
Visits Queens
One of the most interesting vis
itors Queens has had in quite some
time, Mr. William Lydgate, chose
‘"The Home Front” as the topic
for his talk on Thursday night,
April 25.
Mr. Lydgate, editor of the Gallup
Poll, covered several important
point.s in his talk, stressing especi
ally the facts that he had discov
ered in his studies of the American
mind: how it thinks and works.
/i.ccording to Mr. Lydgate, the
biggest problems in the mind of
the American people is the atomic
bomb. Opinions show that prob
ably because of the atomic bomb)
there is no tendency whatever at
the present time toward a return
to isolationism.
Mr. Lydgate also discussed Rus
sia: the labor-management prob
lem: and how public opinion is
measured by the Gallup Poll, and
he also included a very interest
ing discussion of the “blind spots”
in the mind of the public.
According to studies made by the
Gallup Poll, the majority of the
American people disapprove of Rus
sia’s policy in the Iranian dispute
—and there is an overwhelming
sentiment on the part of the Amer
ican people to be firm with Rus
sia, and not in any case to resort
to appeasement.
Mr. Lydgfite not only explained
the labor-management situation,
but also why it is going its present
course. First of all, labor is a mi
nority group and when a minority
group irritates a majority the way
labor has irritated the American
people, sooner or later it loses its
original power. The American pub
lic, almost unanimously, has very
little respect for Mr. John L. Lewis.
That was quite reassuring.
In his work with the Gallup Poll,
Mr. Lydgate and his co-workers
have discovered several “blind
spots” ^ the minds of the Ameri
can people. These areas are im
portant because they signify two
things: they show a need for in
tellectual curiosity and a need for
expressing ideas in simple language.
'These blind spots geography, the
workings of government, and fa
mous people.
Mr. Lydgate ended his talk on a
highly reassuring note, expressing
his confidence in the never-failing
“common sense” of the American
people. 'The faith and stable think
ing of the citizens of the United
States, said Mr. Lydgate, will enable
us to settle the problems of this
generation.
group discussed ways of improving
the work of S. C. A. and of making
S. C. A. an integral part of the
life of each girl on campus.
The group enjoyed a delicious
picnic supper and after supper Miss
Mary Lee Taylor, the new advisor
presented an inspiring message.
After her talk the group adjourned.
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