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QUEENS BLUES
Vol. 25—No. 1
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
October 3, 1946
Queens Superlatives Elected
Concert And
Lecture Series
Each year Queens presents to you
the Queens Concerts and Lectures
Series for your pleasure and bene
fit. The pi’ice of the series has
been included in your activity fee
so it is open to you and you are in
vited. This series is compounded
by a committee representative of
the factulty and student body. The
faculty committee is selected and
appointed by Dr. Blakely.
The faculty members this year
are:
Mr. Gordon Sweet—Chairman
Dr. Lucille Delano
Miss Laura Tillet
Dr. Lorene Shisler
Miss Elizabeth Huckle
Mr. John Norman
And our student members are ap
pointed by Legislature. They are:
Kitty Cooper
Marilyn Sailers
Virginia Graham
Laura Stroupe
Virginia Gray
The committee has planned a
varied and interesting program
this year. It is what you requested
it to be.
The program is being published
So that you can look forward and
plan toward attending as many of
them as you can. Mark the date
on your calendar so that you can
study your lessons in advance.
With your lessons already prepared
you can relax and enjoy the pi’o-
gram without worrying about to
morrow.
The series will be comprised of
the following artists:
October 11—Marisa Regules
One of South America’s out
standing pianists. Miss Regules
Was brought to the United States
under the cultural exchange policy
initiated by Columbia Concerts,
Inc. with Latin American coun
tries.
December 3—National Classic The
atre
The National Classic Theatre will
present Shakespeare’s “The Mer
chant of Venice.” This company is
tlevoted specifically to the seivice
ct colleges and high schools
throughout the country.
February 24—John Mason Brown
Dramatic critic and author.
March 28 Griller String Quartet
This quartet is a favorite in Eng
lish music circles.
Many Additions To
Qneeens Faculty
The freshmen and transfers are
not the only new people on campus.
The faculty and staff also have new
members.
Miss Muretta Myer, a native of
Ohio, is the new instructor of harp
and children’s piano. She graduated
from the Conservatory of Music at
Oberlin College with a Bachelor of
Music degree with a major in harp.
Another new member of the mu
sic department is Miss Charlotte
Williams as assistant professor of
music. She received her Bachelor
of Music degree at American Con
servatory in Chicago, and her Mas
ter of Music degree from North
western University. She has taught
music in high school, instructed one
semester at Woman’s College, and
was a member of the music de
partment at West Liberty State
College in West Virginia.
Mrs. Mary Rnth Cornwell of Ohio
has come to Queens to assist in the
Home Economics department. She
studied at Asbury, Wilmore, Ken
tucky, and Ohio State University,
and received degrees from Winthrop
College and the Woman s College
of the University of North Cai’olina.
She has taught in high school and
during the war was with the Ohio
State Department of Vocational
Education.
A new member of our English de
partment is Miss Edith Kelso
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of
Big Year
Contemplated
The new staff of this year’s
BLUES has several plans in mind
for the BLUES that are to be pub
lished in the coming months.
Several new columns ^are being
considered at this time and will be
added in the coming issues as time
and conditions permit. These col-
ums include news, general features,
special features, and articles of
general interest to students and ad
ministration.
In addition to changes in subject
matter, the new staff tentatively
plans to issue six pages from now
on instead of the usual four, thus
affording more space for advertis
ing and the covering of a greater
number of news events. The BLUES
will be issued every two weeks with
the help and cooperation of all con
cerned.
The organization of the executive
makeup of the BLUBS has been
shuffled to include the following
positions:
Editor: Suzanne Blackmon
Managing Editor: Jean Torrence
Makeup Editor: Kathryn Robin
son
Feature Editor: Dickey Ennis
Sports Editor: Geneva Apple-
white
Circulation Manager: Jean Pant
Business Manager: Helen Switzer
Advertising Manager: Jane Davis
These executives are assisted by
an able and excellently qualified
staff of reporters and typists.
Student Government
Sponsored Dance
Last Saturday night, September
28, the Student Government of
Queens College sponsored a square
dance for the new students, mem
bers of the Orientation Committee,
and for the freshmen of Davidson.
The purpose of the dance was to al
low the new students of both col
leges to become acquainted.
Everyone met in Burwell Hall at
7:45 at which time dates were as
signed. The couples were divided
into two groups, one being present
ed with yellow tickets and the other
with blue tickets. After signing out
those with blue tickets went to
dance in the gymnasium while
those with yellow tickets proceeded
to the rec room, remained in Bur-
well Hall, or watched the others
dance.
After one round of dancing the
couples who were actively partici
pating went to Blaire Union, where
refreshments were served. The cou
ples who had not danced then took
their places in the gymnasium for
the next round of dancing, after
which they were served refresh
ments.
After all dancing was completed,
some couples went to the Rec Room
for ping-pong, while others returned
to Burwell Hall.
Dates were dismissed in Burwell
Hall at eleven-fifteen p.m. Every
one enjoyed the square dance im
mensely.
'Ten Leaders
Are Chosen
How The Freshmen Orientated
The Orientation Committee
by Jane Davis
“Just write the whys, wheres,
whens,” rattled off by Jean Tor
rence to my utter dismay—'01^’
it just couldn’t be. Not me to have
to write up Orientation Week! Bu
there was the assignment staling
up at me as I staggered out o
Blues meeting supported by frien s
administering gentle doses o a
vice on how one writes a fea ure
story. ,
Why — Sometimes I wonder,
the Queens dining
__ on September 6,
in
where
room; when;
I guess, when all of us would be
orientators canie
onto
that
The Queens
Lookout
Truth can never be contained in
any one creed or system — ^at it
it.
takes great power to possess
Truth can never be soiled, never
yet died — but it has been fought
ayer, died for, praised, belittled,
elevated, ridiculed, and still is the
highest thing—precious and divine.
It is simple, yet noble and eternal.
In seeking after truth, what a prom
ise we have — “and ye shall know
the truth,, and the truth shall make
you free.”—Genie Shive,
shrieking
campus. Honestly, though,
week when the Orientation Week
itself was planned was one grand
time. The days - they were filled
with parliamentary law classes, ex
cited gatherings afterward on
Goldie’s unpacked trunk, trying to
decide whether to lay a motion on
the table or just let it hop there
by itself; plans for parties, com
mittee meetings, and more meet
ings. The nights — well they were
pretty full too. What with late per
missions, Cornelia Ditto’s blowing
soap bubbles, Suzanne Blackmons
telephone calls, long discussions
that were still going strong at four
in the morning — yep, it was all
"luT Tuesday was "The" long
awaited day when the freshmen
were to come. And Tuesday came;
did the Freshmen — mil-
Short freshmen
freshmen.
in all packages. ‘But somehow'n
other they didn’t look at all scared
like most freshmen are supposed
to look. At the depot early in the
cold, grey dawn, three “supposedly
scared” freshmen tripped gaily off
the train with huge grand looking
men knocking themselves out to
lend a little aid; and it wfs then I
decided for the first time that this
was to be a very unique and inter
esting class.
Before we were all back at school
I was convinced — with frantic
signals and excited gibberish, I
was trying to attract a Yellow Cab,
when with a smile and nod from
one of the newcomers, up rolled a
beautiful Yellow Cab, driver, and
all the other little details.
and so
lions of freshmen
—tall freshmen, little
big freshmen - Freshmen, well
I’m just convinced that they come
Anyway, back at school we would-
be Ester Williams were hopping
around carrying suitcases and help
ing new girls unpack — Unpack,
that is, if the keys to the trunk
weren’t at home, and if coat hang
ers were to be borrowed from poor
unsuspecting rooms that hadn’t
been claimed. Anyway we Orienta-
ters finally succeeded in getting a
few freshmen homesick, or maybe
it was because they were sympa
thizing with us day-students as we
bemoaned the fact that we hadn’t
seen our families in a whole week.
Then I saw one freshman heave a
sigh as mother and father waved
goodbye. — Or maybe it was be
cause we were scrambling around
in their trunks, yanking at things
to hang up — before long however,
they had managed to get everything
straight in spite of us, and we went
wearily down to oil our creaking
joints.
All but Emily Kimrey, that is.
Taking her position as Treasurer
of Boarding Student Council very
seriously, 'Emily decided that a)
radiator fee of 50 cents was just
the thing to swell the treasury and
off she went to freshman rooms.
But did they bite? Not very many
of this freshman class did and fi
nally Emily was forced to collect
her fees from freshmen of years
gone by — sophomores, juniors,
and Alice Martin. The only reason
I didn’t pay was cuz’ I was out pay
ing a freshman for a hymnbook.
Tuesday night the parties began
with a bang of pajamas, and hair
curlers, gay freshmen, and tired
orientators whose one thought was
to sing Goo’ Nite Ladies and go
flop in bed.
Wednesday morning the only
difference between freshmen and
upper classmen was that the fresh
men came prancing into the dining
room on time looking all ready and
raring; and the would-be orienta
tors came dragging in fifteen min
utes late.
Wednesday night we all scram
bled into buses and went rolling
out to the Willamette Skating
Rink. The songs, the ride, the jolly
drivers were all so nice we decided
to pile in and do it again—so back
to school for ice cream and Travis’s
rendition of Rum and Coco-Cola.
Thursday was S.C.A. party. The
plan was to get all the freshmen
so tired doing folk dances that they
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In an important meeting of the
.senior class held Thursday morn
ing, September 26, senior superla
tives were elected. This year ten
girls were selected by their fellow
classmates as representative of the
very best in their class.
The following girls were select
ed:
Most popular—Yary Yandle
Most efficient—Shirley Warner
Most versatile—Travis Wylie
Most original—Ann Perry
Most likely to succeed — Donnie
Rhoedes
Most scholarly—Aline Jones
Best dressed—Lucy Pate
Most attractive—Mary Jane Love
Most sincere—Tonnie Ferguson
Most athletic—Lois Wilson
The above girls are representa
tive, not only of the senior class,
but of other Queens students as
well. They are the antheses of
everything that is the best in the
way of a member of the student
body.
All of these girls have many re
sponsibilities, duties, and abilities
that merit them these honors. Yary
Yandle is Vice President of the stu
dent body in charge of the day stu
dents; Shirley Warner is boarding
student Vice President; Travis Wy
lie the president of the Music fra
ternity ;Ann Perry is the editor
of the Coronet; the president of
the Student Body is Donnie
Rhoedes; Aline Jones can always
be found plugging away at any
thing worthwhile. Lucy Pate is
making an efficient house president
in North; Mary Jane Love is in
charge of chapel artists; Tonnie
Ferguson is president of S.C.A.;
and Lois Wilson is president of
A.A.
Tenth Anniversary
Mint Museum
The tenth anniversary of the
Mint Museum of Art was celebrated
by an exhibition which opened its
1946-47 season Sunday aftemoon,
September 29. The exhibition con
tained canvasses by leading con
temporary artists, as well as a num-
be^ by the masters, including Ben
jamin West, Monet, and others. The
Samjiel H. Krauss Foundation pre
sented a gift, “Portrait of Man”,
by Salviati.
The exhibition will I’emain on dis
play through October 28. The mu
seum is open each day from 10
a. ni. to 5 p. m. except on Mondays.
On Sundays the hours are from 3
p. m. to 5 p. m.
Calendar of Events
October 5—Joint party of Phi Mu
and Chi Omega at Barbara Han
son’s cottage on the River with
dates. From five until midnight
and Betsy Hodges is to be chap
erone.
Octobei 11 Maria Regules gives
concert in auditorium with for
mal reception in Burwell Hall
immediately following the con
cert. To be at 8:15 p.m.
October 12—Alpha Gamma Delta
function on campus.
October 16—Rat Day to start
auditorium.
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