:!•' J i li Vol 24—No. 13 QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. May 31, 1946 Top Honors Are Announced Mu Phi Epsilon Sorority Installed On Campus Mu Phi Epsilon, national music sorority, was installed on the Queens College campus recently, with ten persons, one faculty mem ber, and nine students being in itiated by Mrs. Lee O. Case, na tional president, and Dr. Char lotte Klein, national second vice- president and music advisor of the sorority. The new members at Queens are Miss Emma Neal Black, faculty member, and Miss Doris Skirrow, East Orange, N. J., Miss Travis Wylie, Charlotte, Miss Charlotte Maffit, Charlotte, Miss Laura San ford, Hendersonville, Miss Kitty Cooper, Blackey, Ky., Miss Beth Deaton, Statesville, Miss Martha Venning, Mount Holly, and Miss Doris Turner, Raleigh and Miss Janie Mitchener, Edenton, students. The officers who have worked to have Mu Phi Epsilon installed at Queens are president Doris Skft- row, and secretary Doris Turner. They were instrumental in having the chapter become national. Miss work in piano in Italy and in New York, with Artur Schnabel, and concertizes extensively throughout the middle-west as soloist and ac companist. Dr. Klein, music adviser of Mu Phi Epsilon since 1942, is at present a member of the faculty of the Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia at Fred ericksburg, Va. She is a graduate of Peabody Conservatory in Balti more, is a concert organist and a member of the American Guild of Organists. Mu Phi Epsilon is a National Music Sorority which promotes musicianship and friendship among women students and graduates of American Colleges and Schools of Music throughout the coimtry. For a new chapter to be established the school must meet the require ments of the National Association of Schools of Music. Membership elections are based ilpon scholar ship, musicianship, character and personality, with faculty recom- Grace Robinson is faculty adviser' mendation in the major subject, and initiations take place from the sophomore through the grad uate classes. for the group. The new chapter. Epsilon Beta, which was installed at 3:30 Satur day, will have as officers for the coming year, president, Travis Wy lie; vice-president, Laura Sanford; secretary, Doris Turner; arid treas urer, Kitty Cooper, and warden, Charlotte Maffitt. On Saturday evening at eight o’ clock a musicale and reception was held to which the music faculty of MISS HOLDER Valedictorian MISS DARROW Salutatorian Valedictorian Salutatorian Miss June Holder of Charlotte will deliver the valedictory address and Miss Estelle Darrow is to de liver the salutatory address at the Class Recognition exercises in the amphitheater at 7:30 on Thursday evening, May 30. At these exercises the juniors will receive the senior caps and gowns from the graduating seniors, and will present to the honor class the daisy chain. Another feature of the exercises will be the exchanging of class colors. June is a member of Sigma Mu, honorary scholarship fraternity on the campus and has been on the And dean’s list every semester since her freshman year. This year she has been president of Sigma Mu. She plans to go to graduate school next year and do work in English. Estelle is a member of Alpha Iota, Sigma Mu, Alpha Kappa Gamma, and has been president of the day student council this year. She was selected for Who’s Who Ajnong College and University Students. For two years she has been the recipient of the sociology award presented by Chi Omega. Both Estelle and Jime read for honors this year. National projects include the Mu Phi Epsilon School of Music at Gad’s Hill Settlement in Chicago, biennial composition contests and annual research awards, contribu tion to the Yoimg Artists’ Con tests and the Edgar Stillman Kelley Junior Scholarships sponsored by the National Federation of Music Clubs, and also to the MacDowell Queens and Davidson and others colony at Peterborough, N. & interested in music were invited, j Mu Phi EpsUon holds _ , . *• nrM- ships in the Music Teachers JN Mrs. Case has been national pres The Music Edu- ident of the sorority since 1942, National Conference, the and is assistant professor of piano National Federation of Music Clubs, CALENDAR OF EVENTS Commencemeni' Sunday—May 26 4:30 P.M.—Concert by Queens Choir — Ninniss Audi torium 8:00 P.M.—Baccalaureate Sermon __ Myers Park Meth odist Church Thursday—May 30 3:30 P.M.—Alumnae Board Meeting 4:00 P.M.—Alumnae Baby Show 5:00 P.M.—Association Meeting 6:00 P.M.—Alumnae Dinner 7:30 P.M.—Class Night Exercises—May Day Dell 8:30 P.M.—President and Mrs. Blakely’s Reception Informal m the School of Music at the Uni- the National Music Council and j 4.' TTYoi'n' -nt’ • A /l • vertlty ot her alma the Professional PanheUenic Asso-. 10.30 A.M.—Graduation Exercises — Ninniss Audi- mater. She has done post-graduate elation torium Plans For Comnentontenl On Sunday afternoon the com mencement activities for the class of 1946 will begin. At 4:30 P. M. on , Sunday after noon the Queens College Choir un der the direction of Mr. Holliday will present a program of sacred music in the Ninniss Auditorium. On the program with the choir will be Robert Noehren of the Dav idson music faculty who will play a group of selections on the organ. In the evening at the Myers Park Methodist Church, Rev. Paul Tudor Jones, Jr., pastor of the First Pres byterian Church of High Point will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon at 8 P. M. Thursday is to be homecoming day, with many activities planned. After the alumnae dinner the class recognition exercises will be in the May Day dell. At this time the juniors will give the daisy chain to the seniors, who in turn will present the caps and gowns to the rising seniors. The rising seniors will receive the school colors. The valedictory and salutatory will be given by June Holder and Estelle Darrow. Following these exercises Dr. and Mrs. Blakely will honor the seniors and their families at a reception at their home on the campus. The commencement address on Friday morning will be delivered by Dean C. Clement French, of Ran- dolph-Macon Woman’s College, of Lynchburg, Va. The class officers for the senior class are President, Mary McGill; vice-president, Elinor Bell; secre tary, Sarah Virginia Nell; and treasurer, Betty Starr. / PL AN OF FUTURE QUEENS Summer School Wheh. you go home for vacation and crawl into your hammock do not lie there with your apple and a book and picture the campus here at Queens as one dead place with only a squirrel or a chipmunk as a sjgn of life. You may sit up and wish you had remained a few weeks longer when you learn that the laughter of handsome G.I.’s and the smiles of summer at Queens will keep the place lively. Digni fied professors will continue to thread through the chatter of friendly groups in the halls as classes change during morning hours. Through open doors in summer time the classes in Algebra and Trig, Biology, Chemistry and Span ish will give the Science Building its familiar hum. Burwell Hall will resound with phrases of English and History and answers to ques tions on how to teach. All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy — to say nothing for what it does for a girl. Maybe you would like to stay with us for the first half of your summer;

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