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QUEENS BLUES
Vol. 25—No. 2
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
OCTOBER 18, 1946
LOVE SELECTED MAY QUEEN
Mighty Sophs
Hold Rat Day
The sophomores reigned supreme
yesterday in the traditional Rat Day
ending with the Rat Court held in
the auditorium. All day long the
campus was dotted with gay colors
in the form of roses and violets.
The theme for this Rat Day was
“Roses are red and violets are
blue,’’ the verse being completed by
each freshman in praise of the
sophomore class. The tall roommate
was dressed as a rose and the short
one as a violet, each well sprayed
with perfume and an accompanying
bottle of perfume around the neck.
The mighty Sophomores were dis
tinguished by a package of seeds
worn on the lapel. They arose early
to start the Freshmen on their
long, expected day.
The day came to an end with the
Rat Court holding all Freshmen in
awe. Jackie English, as Jack Frost,
reigned as king. The other members
of Rat Court were dressed as ene
mies of the flowers (bugs, insects,
etc.). Individuals were put on trial
and each paid for their sins.
Rat Day was planned and carried
out by the Rat Day committee with
Bee Jay Booream serving as chair
man, Rat Court committee repre
sented by Jane Davis and Jean
Douglas, the theme committee by
Goldie Barron and Bee Jay Boor
eam, the song committee by Jean
Fant and Margaret Braswell, the
stunt committee by Pete Thomas
and Alice Grey Tharp, and the
business was attended to by Sue
Young.
Coronet Staff
Needs Pictures
Mary Katherine Nye wants all of
the classes to be sure and turn in
all their snapshots for the annual.
It is very important that they be
turned in as soon as possible. All
of the classes want to have as many
pictures as possible; so please turn
in your snapshots now.
Girls have been appointed in each
dorm and among the day students
to collect the pictures. These girls
are as follows:
South Dorm—
Robin Wardlaw
Katy Arrowsmith
North Dorm—
Neva Applewhite
M. K. Nye
Rrazier Hall-
Flora Ann Nowell
Garson Hall—
Gay Campbell
Morrison—
Mildred Hollingsworth
^^ay Students—
Rarbara Snyder
Pat Watson
•^nn Perry
Renieml)er to get your pictures m
these girls now. Represent your
•^lass with the cutest snapshots.
Dean Godard
Makes Trip
FIRST FORMAL SCHEDULED FOR NOV. 16
Billy KnaufF and his orchestra, one of the south s most outstanding
bands, have been scheduled to play for Quins’ first formal, the
Autumn Nocturne. Plans are now underway for the big formal of
the year which will be held November 16, 1946.
Blues Begins
Exehange Poliey
The Queens
Lookout
f'AlTH ...
**By faith I drink the uster m
cup; I breathe the air and
^•■ust that it is pureEvery part
our lives is founded on faith
"faith in God—faith in our
fellowmen — faith in ourselves.
Raith to us is security—faith is
Peace—faith is comfort—faith is
happiness. “God help me keep
faith undimmed by tears, anc^
^ncorroded by the rust of
a/tphtmTA GRAHAM
In order to acquaint the student
body of Queens with the activities
on other campuses throughout the
country, the staff of the BLUES
has created a department to ex
change papers with several other
colleges and universities. It is hoped
that by this means Queens can not
only become more aware of the
activities and plans of other carn-
pus groups, but that they will real
ize to a fuller extent what Queens
is and what she stands for.
Tentative plans include exchanges
with the following schools: Furrnan,
Wake Forest, Salem, Convei^e, g-
ness Scott, Greensboro Co ege,
Mary Baldwin; Stratford, and Le
noir-Rhyne. As soon as the ex
change is started, there wi c a
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Pan-Hellenic
Announces Rules
The Pan-Hellenic Council of
Queens College under the leadership
of Peggy Burns, president, is mak
ing big plans for the year. Pan-
Hel wishes to make itself a more
vital part of campus life. It is urg
ing, especially at this time, inter
fraternity co-operation.
1 he Pan-Hellenic Council is com
posed of two representatives* from
each sorority. The officers of the
Council are:
Peggy Burns—President.
Mary Lib Martin—Vice-President.
Joanne Macaulay—Secretary.
Alys Martin—Treasurer.
Council meetings are held the
second week in each month.
The purpose of Pan-Hellenic
Council is :
1. To maintain on a high plane
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Dean Godard recently made a
trip to his alma mater. Park Col
lege, Kansas City, Missouri. His
trip west was about a week’s dura
tion. Dean Godard traveled by air,
arriving in Kansas City after about
twelve hours flying. His voyage has
convinced him that there is really
no other mode of transportation.
Park college is a Presbyterian
college of the northern conference.
At'the present time the school is
going through a transitional period
due to the fact that the administra
tion was recently changed. The prin
cipal change consisted of the in
stallation of a new president. This
change naturally presetjted many
problems, and in the chaos that fol
lowed a number of the faculty was
dismissed, and many students left
in protestation against the policies
of the new president.
Due to these difficulties^ the alum
ni of Park College became dis
turbed and consequently a meeting
was called which Dean Godard was
asked to attend. His presence was
desired for two reasons: first, the
fact that Park is geographically
distant from him lent him objectiv
ity ; second, he has had a great deal
of educational administrative ex
perience that would prove valuable
in such problems as this situation
presented.
After having spent two days on
the campus of the college. Dean
Godard met first with the alumni
and then with the trustees. During
the course of these meetings the
President of the college resigned.
Also present at these conferences
was Dr. Fay Campbell, well known
to many Queens students and fac
ulty members. Dr. Campbell was
one of the advisors at the Work
shop held at Montreat this sum
mer. During the meetings future
plans for Park College were dis
cussed.
Carter Chosen
Maid Of Honor
THE STUDENT BODY
expresses sympathy
The student body of Queens
wishes to express their sym
pathy to Mrs. J. M. Godard,
whose mother died last week.
Mrs. Holton was eighty years
old, and left four other chil
dren besides Mrs. Godard.
Nothing Happens To Her
By JEAN FANT
.•Ot,r school was in the French
section of Shanghai and every
St the shells would come ov r
US while the Japs Chinese
fought for possession of ^e c ty^
I got so accustomed to Jt that
usually didn’t even wake up.
With a past that ^
part of an adventure novel to the
average Queens student, Anna
Worth calmly states that "O^hing
exciting ever happens to her. Born
of Presbyterian missionary parents
in Kiangyiu, China, she had a
front row seat at the outbreak of
hostilities between the Japs ai
Chinese.
“I remember sitting around listen
ing to our radio in the evenings. It
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afterward it was deemed advis
able to move all the missionaries
and their families to the compara
tive safety of that metropolis. The
Wortli family journeyed to the sea
coast where they were placed on
board a British steamer and con
voyed up the coast by an American
warship. There Anna entered the
Shanghai-Arnerican School, which
was attended by most of th? foreign
children of the city and many Chi
nese who were preparing to enter
American colleges.
After the fighting began in Shang
hai itself, the students were care
fully restricted as to, the parts
of the city they could enter. This
restraint seemed to have caused
more loss of sleep than the occa
sional explosion of bombs to twelve
year old Anna, who thought it
would have been great fun to have
slipped into the International sec
tion of the city without the neces
sary chaperone. She recalls with
pride the defiant attitude of her
fellow countrymen who continued
a free press and radio even after
the Japs had completely conquered
the city.
The courageous reaction of the
Chinese people to the Iiorrors of
war and their eagerness to better
their whole nation have commanded
much respect from Anna.
“They want to know as much
as they possibly can and are re
markably quick to understand an
explanation. Even when their own
homes were blasted into heaps of
rubble, they were looking to the
future and the betterment of them
selves and their children.”
In 1940 all American citizens were
requested to return to this coun
try and the Worths came back to
North Carolina. Anna finished high
school at Peace College and then
entered Queens. Few girls know
of her background, but those who
do cannot agree with her that,
“Nothing ever happens to Anna
Worth.”
On Wednesday, October 9, the
May Day nominations were held
for the Queen. The results of the
nomination were: Mary Jane Love
and Jane Carter.
On Wednesday, October 16, the
run-off election was held. The re
sults of this election were Mary
Jane Love for May Queen and Jane
Carter whom Aliss Love chose as
Maid of Honor.
Mary Jane Love is from Charlotte,
and is the daughter of W. E. Love.
She transferred from Agnes Scott
the second semester of last year.
While at Agnes Scott she was an
outstanding leader in campus activi
ties. Here at Queens she is serving
as vice-president of Day Student
Council. She was recently elected
one of the senior superlatives, hav
ing lieen chosen as the most attrac
tive member of the senior class. She
is on the Dean’s List for superior
scholarship during the past semes
ter. She is a psychology major.
Miss Love chose as her Maid of
Honor the runner-up in the May
Queen election. Miss Jane Carter
of Lumberton, North Carolina. Jane
is the daughter of Mrs. Marie
Carter. As a freshman Jane was
the president of the Alpha Delta
Pi sorority pledges. She was also
a member of the May Court her
freshman and junior years here at
Queens. During her junior year she
was chairman of the Social Com
mittee. Home Economics is her
major.
The May Court itself will be
chosen in the very near future. It
will consist of twenty-four of the
most attractive members of the stu
dent body, chosen by the students
themselves from nominees selected
by a designated committee.
May Day activities will be held
in the early spring at a date ap
pointed by the Athletic Council.
The festivities are generally held
during the first week in May. May
Day at Queens is a gala event and
is well attended by Charlotteans as
well as many from out of town and
is considered one of the highlights
of the school year.
May Day will be sponsored by the
Athletic Association in cooperation
with the Physical Education De
partment.
Practical Course
Is Offered
Miss Dunlap, of the Home Eco-
nomics^department, announces some
interesting projects that are being
carried out in her Home Planning
class.
At this time the class is taking
up the problem of the national
housing shortage. They are study
ing the situation as it concerns the
nation, each section of the country,
and the local situation. One of the
main projects is to visit places
where houses are now being con^-
structed and to see“ what the city
of Charlotte is doing to meet the
shortage.
The class is also studying the his
tory of shelter and the types of
architecture that have come down
through the ages. Into this study
comes the viewing of families and
homes that will meet their needs.
Community planning is a great part
of family homes. There are two
types of community planning which
have to be considered: (1) grid
iron which is developed by definite
lines and (2) cul-de-sac which deals
with individual plans. For all of;
these groups have to be considered
the amount of income and the type
of home needed. i
Later on Miss Dunlap will an-,
nounce the plans her students ard
going to chose to study throughout.
Each one will decide upon her in
dividual house plan and develop it
along its own special lines.
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