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QUEENS BLUES
Vol. 25—No. 3
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
November 14, 1946
RUSHEES ARE PLEDGED
Carson Is Now
Vice-President
autumn nocturne
PLANS COMPLETED
Concert Ass’n.
Presents Opera
Rev. H. V. Carson, D.D., has ac
cepted a call from the executive
committee of the board of trus
tees to become vice president of
Queens College. In this position his
duties will be in public relations
and fund raising in connection with
the advancement program at
Queens. Dr. Carson will head the
advance drive of the school.
Dr. Carson is resigning the pas
torate of First Presbyterian Church
in Sanford in order to assume his
new position. Dr. Carson is con
sidered well qualified for the vice
presidency, and Dr. Blakely has
expressed great pleasure in this
selection. He is expected to begin
his work here within the next few
weeks.
Dr. Carson, a native of Virginia,
received his B.A. degree from
Washington and Lee University;
his B.D. degree from Union Theo
logical Seminary, and the honorary
degree of Doctor of Divinity was
conferred on him by Southwestern
College, Memphis, Tennessee. He
served as minister first in the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Knoxville, Tennessee from 1917 to
1921. At that time he accepted a
call from First Presbyterian
Church, Ashland, Ky. From Ash
land Dr. Carson went to Montgom
ery, Ala., where he was pastor of
Trinity Presbyterian Church from
1924 to 1942. The pastorate was
distinguished as being quite sue-
CGSSf ul.
Dr. Carson is a former modera
tor of the Synod of Alabariia also.
In August, 1942, Dr. Carson was
commissioned a major in the
United States Army. He was as
signed to the headquarters of the
Army Air Forces Technical Train
ing command, and served on the
staff of General Walter R. Weaver
until the consolidation of the Tech
nical Training Command. At that
time he was transferred to ’
quarters. Central Flying Coninian ,
Randolph Field, Texas, Later le
was officer in charge of Hous on
City section. Army Emergency 6
lief. Upon his release from nii i ^
duty Dr. Carson went to Sanford as
pastor of First Presbyteii
Church, a position in which
served very effectively.
Mrs. Carson, Dr. Carson s wi .
talented in music. She has a °
Voice. The Carsons have two
Di\ and Mrs. Carson
an apartment provided by
lege on Selwyn avenue
On November 16 we are having
our first dance and it is really go
ing to be extra-special. The com
mittee in charge has worked real
hard in making this event a suc-
opss and from the sound of the
S plans it’s going to be the
high spot of the school year! Mary
Lib Martin and Lillian De Armon
are working together as co-chair
men with Eloise Hardin, Pat Pat
ton Travis Wylie, Arlene Palmer,
Suzanne Small, and Ashley Jones
their committee.
The dance cards are lovely this
year In gnW 'r’an
on the (rent and a black cord silk
t'e The theme of the dance is to
be’Autumn Nocturne and will be
cMTled out through the decora-
Lns. There will be a large silver
through which the gir s in the
figure and their dates will walk.
Those participating In the figure
re the dance committee and Don
nie Modes, Shirley Warner. Yary
Yandle, Lois Wilson, F”;
guson, Martha Scarborough Maude
Dickson, and Jackie English. These
girls will carry arm bouquets of
red roses.
The plans sound truly wonderful
and we are all looking forward to
the big event no end!!
The Queens
Lookout
By Dickey Ennis
^PURITY ^ IS more than absence
f stain - more than conventional
3frain from immorality or con
nual abidance in '
Purity is as an unblemishe c
»ter, who has arrived throng
inch chance of blemish hut
onstantly risen above ,
urity belongs to angel win^s
ave been rubbed in the diit a
ave still retained their angelic
ature. .
Purity is not an outward sign ot
oodness, it is a sterling viitue
diose seat is in the hearts desire
ar it, in the" Divine’s love for i ,
1 the human’s value for it, in
rent’s exemplification of it-
“The robe of punty white as
Davidson
Homecoming
Nov. 1, 2, 3
FOUNDER'S DAY IS
Nat. Soi^orities
OBSERVED BY QUEENS
The Charlotte Community Con
cert Association brought to the
city of Charlotte the Charles L.
Wagner Opera Company on Octo
ber 31, 1946. The Opera Company
arreared in the opera “IL Trova-
tore’’, an Italian Opera written in
four acts and eight scenes. The
music for this work was written by
Giuseppe Verdi and the libreth by
Salvatose Commanaro. The music
director was Fritz Mahlve, and the
artistic director Desire Defrere.
The scene of the story was Bis
cay and Aragon in Southwestern
France and the time was the mid
dle of the fifteenth century. The
story of the opera was one typical
of that time of gypsies and nobles
—a story that is complicated, very
dramatic, and tragic; that involves
the eternal triangle idea developed
in an interesting but none too orig
inal way.
“IL Trovatore’’ is supposedly one
of the most lyrical of the operas.
Miss Doris Doree, who had the
feminine lead as Leonora, did a
magnificent .Jperformance as did^
Rafael Tagares, opposite Miss Do
ree as Manrico. But the adudience
received most heartily Miss Mar
tha Larrimore in her role of Azu-
cena, a wandering Biscay gypsy.
Miss Larrimore’s interpretation
and vocal ability were superb. Her
performance added a certain at
mospheric quality and emotion that
was needed. All in all the vocal
renditions and orchestral accom
panist were enjoyed greatly by the
audience
The long looked-forward to
Homecoming of Davidson College
was held the week-end of Novem
ber 1, 2, and 3. The week-end start-
od with banquets held by the dif
ferent fraternities on Friday even
ing. Following the banquets was
the big formal dance held in
Charlotte Armory Auditorium. c
music was furnished by Billy Bu -
terfield and his orchestra.
The homecoming game was play
ed in the Davidson stadium on a
urday afternoon with the-Wi ^
battling against the lads loi
Washington and Lee. In the
r;f mud and rain the Wildcats were
overrun at a score of 25 to •
The last dance was held m t e
Charlotte Armory -jj^al
Saturday nigkt. TWbJ-
and came to an end
“f large number of
attended the Davidson s
Ing, and gave reports ot a gala
week-end.
Marisa Regules
Presents Concert
The brilliant piano concert by
Marisa Regules opened the Queens
College Concert and Lecture series
on Friday night, November 1. This
was her first concert of her second
series in this country after spend
ing the past five months in Argen
tina.
The interpretations Miss Regules
gave the numbers exhibited an ex
cellent control and technique. The
first part of the program consisted
of “Fantasy in D Minor” by Mozart,
“Rondo in C Major” by Beethoven,
“Sonata in D Minor, Opus 58”, by
Chopin. Following intermission she
played three sonatas by Scarlatti,
an Argentine cance, “Malambo” by
Ginastrra”, “El Albairin” by Al-
beniz, and “Spanish Dance” from
“La Vita Birze” by De Falla.
For encores Miss Regules played
“Polonaise in A Flat” by Chopin
and a nocturne for the left hand by
Scriabine
Founders’ Day was observed at
Queens College on November 8.
Miss Jane Pratt, former Queens
student and now North Carolina’s
first congress-woman, was the
guest speaker.
A dinner was held in Miss Pratt’s
honor in the Sara Morrison dining
hall. Following her address which
came after dinner she was enter
tained at a reception in Burwell
Hall.
As has been the custom since
1929, the Queens Alumnae associa
tion sponsored the Founder’s Day
program. The college was founded
in 1857. Mrs. W. D. Flinton is pres
ident of the association at the
present time.
Miss Pratt went to Washington
in 1942 as secretary to Representa
tive W. C. Hammer. After his
death, she was secretary to Repre
sentative Hinton James of Laurin-
burg who filled Mr. Hammer’s un
expired term. During the eight
years the eighth district was rep
resented by Representative J. Wal
ter Lambeth of Thomasville, she
continued as secretary, and also
held this office with William O.
Burgin of Lexington, who went to
congress in January, 1939. At his
death in April, she was nominated
by the Eighth District Congres
sional Committee to fill his unex
pired term, and was elected to the
79th Congress in a special election
held on May 25.
She is serving on the pensions,
territories, and flood control com
mittees in the House of Represen
tatives.
Pledge Girls
After a week of rushing, Nov.
4 through Nov. 9, the five national ■
sororities on campus have pledged
the following new, members:
Alpha Delta Pi: Sara Adele
Adams, Greenville, S. C., Sara Vir
ginia Blythe, Charlotte, Mary Berry,
Mooresburg, Tenn., Frances Balsley,
Reidsville, Marilyn Biggers, Char
lotte, Betty Cansler, Charlotte.,
Margaret Cloer, Lenoir, Sara Clark,
Charlotte, Mary Blanche • Corry,
Bennettsville, S. C., Jane Cole, San
ford, Barbara DeMar, . Charlotte.,
Margaret Gallant, Anderson, S. C.,
Jean Henninger, Charlotte, Susan,
Inman, York, S. C.; Barbara Ann
Jobe, Forest City, Margaret Jones,
Toccoa, Ga., Elizabeth McCorkle,
York, S. C., Mary Jean Martin,
Easley, S. C., Katherine Marlowe,
Wilmington, Frances Scarratt, At
lanta, Ga., Rachel Stevens, Coun
cil, Doris Thomas, High Point, '
Anne Tarleton, Union, S. C., Shir- ,
ley Tison, Charlotte, LaRosa
Vaughn, West Palm Beach, Fla.,'
Ann Vann, Dunn, Eleanor White-
head, Norfolk, Va., and Lucy White-
head, Charlotte.
Alpha Gamma Delta: Katherine
Arrowsmith, Jacksonville, Fla.,
Helen Alexander, Seneca, S. C.,
Joanna Ford, Sylacuaga, Ala., Mary
Nowell, We dell, Meta Paulling^
'mi
y. ■i’
and Sara Lavgston, Darlington, S.
C., Elizabeth' Evans, Wilmington,
I. R. C. Group
Holds Discussion
The meeting of the Charlotte
Council on International Relations
was held on November 13th in
Ninniss Auditorium. There were
two sessions of the meeting. Dis
cussions on the atomic bomb were
headed by scientists from Oak
Ridge.
Calendar Of Events
November 16—Autumn Nocturne
November 18—International Rela
tions at 8:00 P.M. in auditorium.
Margaret Peters, Florence,' S. C.,
Ruth Smith, McBee, S. C., Jane
Davis, and Anne Davis, Lake Vil
lage, Ark., Marilyn Sailers, Char
lotte and Bettina Marable, Wil
mington.
Chi Omega:'Grace Marie Childs,--
Charlotte, Pat Watson, Charlotte,
Buford Bobbitt, Charlotte, Maritza
Linares, Panama City, Panama,
Ann Morehouse, Louise Davis,.Car
ter Taylor, Julia Montgomery,
Katherine Stewart, Adelaide Foil,
Barbara Snyder, Louise Moore,
Winn if red Goff, Ruth Anderson,
and Helen Mallonee, all of Char
lotte, Marjorie Woods, Richmond,
Va., Zayde Cardena, Puerto Rico,
Betty Johnston, Southern Pines,
Robin Wardlow, Richmond, Va.,
Shirley Byerly, and Sara Flowers,
Lake City, S. C., Mary K Ledford,
West Lawn, Pa., Anita Mackenzie,
Charlottesville, Va., Judith Kinney,
Malden, Mass., and Annalou Todd,
Fanwood, N. J.
Kappa Delta: Frances Mims, Le-
nora Faye, Norman, Julia Provence,
Kitt:^ Godfrey, and Catherine
'Hi. i.;;
November 26—Stunt Night
AAUW
November 28-^Thanksgiving holi
day.
ALWAYS
By Dicky Ennis
When I war livin’ in de quite and
bills—that is, it war quite
‘’f/qaeaWe simetlmea-when the
and P‘1 . -nines whern t
MeOennlses
that whar h.os al de
t°m Anyhow, in than. woods_,.-ound
the place whar I uate ^,_^^
or never borred terridickley
' „ ( never went nowhar. Lawsy
“ ® It war plum good to set
nd the homestead and red them
round tne i what my riche
interesslng hooks what y
„„sin to, she
"Sts it thataway on the covers ot
r,? dem party heef “p^Ln
“'snide who war a Me-
IDce, ehen S ^
Gennis ^ ding-busted
TBut f dorn’t car a whit. I
J^d au'bout Honiest Abe an I got
pasperation to get out in the world
and make my own way, too. I, also,
ould attaint !!
It war hard to take leave ot my
ole man and ma ole woman but
they told me “Never fret — thars
fourteen more liar lik ye, reckon
we kin get along without ye wont
never no the difernce noway.
So with flamin’ inthuism spurtin
from my tandar yung vains, like
water one o’ them red thangs what
sets, on the street corner, I lef Pa
and Ma and all their stringy-haird
strong brots, and after a looooong
time, and many thangs haz hap
pened, or as pa would say, after a
lotta good corn liquor run under the
still
Well, Here I am — a senior at
QUEENS—and I’m still confronted
w th the same situation, that I
faced back in the Ozarks. My heart
still beats with what I fancy is
enthusiasm, even though in my ad
vanced stage, I accept the fact when
I am trying to be realistic, that it is
sometime entirely different, some
thing biologists call red and white
corpulses; and my spirit (and I
don’t think philosophers can tell
me exactly what that is), still
urges me to adventure. With my
passions put forward, I am still
confined.
For not signing the meal book at
three different times — five days
campus! My same old pastime still
goes. The only difference is that
whereas I read Abe Lincoln by od
lamp light, I now read Real Ro
mances by fluorescent.
There’s a succinct implication
there—do you get it?
P.S.—This is true, every word of
it—if you want to believe! How
ever — anything goes when the
deadlines past!
Lewis, Greenville, S. C., Martha
Ross Meadows, Opelika, Ala., Ruth
Porter, Jeanette Vogler, of Char
lotte, Margaret Rolston, New Hope,
Va., Refayette Snider, Chattanooga,.
Tenn., Charlotte Terhune, Harrods-
burg, Ky., Marilyn Vaughn, Ope
lika, Ala., Mildred Best, Stantons-
burg, Jo Ann Brown, El Dorado,
Ark., Dorothy Floyd, Newberry, S.
C., Mary Jane Gardner, Gastonia,
Catherine Haywood, Mt. Gilead,
Ruth Henthorn, Gilliam, W. Va.,
Margaret Holt, Savannah, Ga., Ann
Johnson, Winston-Salem.
Phi Mu: Clara Barnes, Margaret
Barrentine, Betty Lou Collins,
Martha Jane Davis, Doris Gene
Lawing, Betty Jane Lawing, Peggy
McNeil, and Sylvia Lyda, Rose,
Charlotte, Leola Baker, West Palm
Beach, Fla., Virginia Cauthen, Rock
Hill, S. C., Shirley Corbett, Jack
sonville, Fla., Phyllis Johnson,
Mocksville, Patricia Murphy, Blue-
field, W. Va., Kellah Murray, Aiken,
S. C., Dare Masters, Richmond, Va.,
Marianne Permentor, Jacksonville,
Fla., and Barbara Wylie, Winns-
boro, S. C.
■!j‘ V
We begin by trying to alter the
faults of those about us, we go on
to make the best of them, and per
haps end by loving them.—Fi’ancis
Bradley.