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QUEENS BLUES
Vol. IX — No. 12
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May, 8 1947
WARNER, SANFORD WIN HONORS
Programs Meet
Present Needs
This year a series of chapel pro
grams have been conducted for
the freshmen during the Monday
and Thursday chapel periods.
These chapel programs have been
very well planned, quite interest
ing, and well fitted to the needs
of a freshman class.
The chapel programs have been
organized under four main divi
sions: academic, better student
health, social attitudes, and voca
tional guidance. From now until
the end of the year the emphasis
will be placed on occupations and
the opportunities they offer to the
student interested in them as a
means of livelihood.
All during the year our faculty
members and citizens of Charlotte
have assisted in carrying out the
orientation' and training programs
based on the four main divisions
for the freshmen. Some of those
who helped in the organization
and presentation were: Miss Til-
lett and a group of freshman and
sophomore faculty advisors, Mrs
Porter, who dealt with remedial
reading; and Miss Hatcher and
Miss Strickland, who gave a pro
gram dealing with travel etiquette.
Miss Nooe, as chairman of the
health committee, received the
help from people in town, Dr. Ven
ning and the American Red Cross,
in carrying out her work. Dean
Godard and Dean Albright assisted
in the presentation of the adjust-
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Flying Rumors H int
Faculty's Hey-Day
Rumors are flying that a Fac
ulty Hey-Day is soon approaching.
New students, in case you haven’t
heard this in the long anticipated
day when the members of the fac
ulty rid themselves of their inhi
bitions and give way to a gala per
formance in their reactions to the
students. Last year the students
spent a hilarious evening while see
ing the other side of the faculty.
Many funny stories are now in the
air of this oncoming event. The
long awaited for date will be an
nounced later — without warning
and without mercy. All Queens stu
dents are expected to do their duty
and turn out one hundred percent
for the great event. And faculty,
don’t let us down, let these rumors
be true!
Church Concert
Presents Choirs
On Sunday night, April 27, at the
First Presbyterian Church the
Queens College Choir and the Da
vidson Male Chorus gave a joint
program. The Queens Choir is di
rected by John A. Holliday, and
The Davidson Chorus is directed
by Earl F. Berg. The program was
as follows:
Processional Hymn — “All Hail
The Power of Jesus’ Name’’
Invocation — Rev. C. E. S. Kraemer
I
O My Soul, Be Glad and Joyful
—J. S. Bach
O Sing Unto The Lord — Hassler
The Heavens and the Earth Are
Full of Thy Glory — des Pres
Praise The Father — Byrd
Queens College Choir
II
Adoramus Te, Christe — Giovanni
Palestrina
Miserere Mei Deus — Gregorio
Allegri
How Brightly Beams the Morning
Star — Philipp Nicolai
Vere Languores Nostros — Anto
nio Lotti
Davidson College Male Chorus
III
From Heaven Above To Earth I
Come — J. S. Bach
Slumber Of the Infant Jesus —
Gevaert
O Lord, Increase My Faith — Gib
bons
The Creation — Richter
Queens College Choir
rv
Long Hast Thou Stood, O Church
Of God — Ludvig Lindeman
Lord, for Thy Tender Mercies’
Sake — Richard Farrant
Salvation Belongeth to Our God—
Paul Tchesnokov
Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee
— J. S. Bach
Davidson Male Chorus
Benediction
Choral Amen
Recessional Hymn — “Now Thank
We All Our God”
I.R.C. Elections
Name Officers
The International Relations Club
at the last meeting elected the
following officers for 1947-48.
President—Jean Henninger
Vice President—Nancy Chaffin
Secretary—Helen clithrie
Treasurer — Katherine Dowd
Reporter—Florence Robinson
Twelve of our members attended
the State International Relations
Club Convention in Raleigh, North
Carolina. The theme of the confer
ence was “Peace Through Under
standing.” A very educational pro
gram was given and there were
several discussion groups on va
rious countries. The Queens group
was very proud of the fact that
one of our own group, Jean Hen
ninger, was elected State Presi
dent of the Club. The convention
will meet next year at Chapel Hill.
We have had a good year under
the leadership of Ellen Jordan, our
retiring president, but we are mak
ing even bigger plans for next year.
In a time when the world is full
of chaos, students should become
a part of a group that tries to help
one another better understand and
'solve the problems of the world.
Presbyterians To
Speak At Services
The ceremonies of commence
ment week at Queens will have two
very prominent Presbyterian min
isters as speakers. On May 25 Dr.
Sidney A. Gates, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Salisbury,
will deliver the baccalaureate ser
mon. This service will be at 8:00
p. m. at the Myers Park Presby
terian Church.
Dr. Patrick Henry Carmichael,
who is the director of leadership
■education of the Presbyterian
church, will deliver the commence
ment address in the Ninnis Audi
torium on May 30.
Bryant Lectures
On Modern Art
On Saturday afternoon. May 3,
Mrs. Rebecca Bryant gave a lecture
entitled “Significant Moderns
Mrs. Bryant said, “Let us forget
time ras chronological, and think
of moderns as all artists who have
shown us how to look at the world
around us with new eyes, with a
fresh outlook. Have you ever watch
ed a painter put blue or purple
in his shadows, and exclaim, '
never saw those colors!” But you
look again and exclaim, “But I do
now.”
Giotto was one of the first men
who showed us how to see things
in simple real forms. In the Re
naissance the great artists reached
the highest technical facility the
world has ever seen. When the
camera was invented the last word
in pure objectivity had been reach
ed. The artist could do no more
What was left for them? There be
gan a leaving out process beginning
with the Realists of 1840. Art was
thought of as being for the aris
tocracy. Courbet left out subject
matter. He said an apple was as
good a subject as an angel. He
shocked the citizens by painting
a funeral of a common man. Manet
left out chiaroscuro. He used con
temporary scenes. Like many art
ists of today he was inspired by
artists of the past. He shocked the
Parisians by painting a picture of
a picnic using two nude women and
two dressed men. His pictures of
Spanish pictures were inspired by
Goza. Manet’s contribution to art
was his leading the way in placing
colors side by side, called color
tasche.
The Impressionists like Renoir
were still objective. They painted
realistically what they saw. Today
there is still quite a school of fol
lowers of Renoir. Many modern
artists like Robert Philipp are in
debted to the exurberance and color
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THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED AND WON
Queens Send Delegates
To N. C. Press Convention
Six delegates from Queens will
attend the North Carolina Pres^
Association meeting which is being
held in Raleigh on May 9 and 10.
The purpose of the meeting is to
rivise the North Carolina Colle
giate Press. All editors and busi
ness managers of college pub
lications in North Carolina have
been Invited.
During the two day convention,
there will be panel discussions for
newspapers, annuals, and year
books. A special panel is being
presented for the business mana
gers.
Governor Cherry is to open the
meeting and Mr. Drew Pearson will
speak at the banquet on Friday
night.
The six representatives are:
Goldie Barron, Lillian McCulloch,
Mary K. Nye, Kathryn Robinson,
Jean M. Torrence, and Shirley Ti-
son.
By EDWINA McDILL
Love is a very sacred thing, and
everyone of us here at Queens
realizes that fully. This column is
not intended to be a gossip column:
it is a personal interest story. Each
of us is different, and we live life
in so many different ways; if this
were not true, would life be worth
living?
What many of do not apparently
realize is that other people are in
terested in us too, not curious —
hut genuinely interested.
Love is the most frequently dis
cussed, written about, and mis
used subject in this old world, but
these stories are factual — they are
not figments of our over-wrought
imaginations. These are the stories
of love as it has found its way
to our campus, and no matter how
funny, strange, or unusual, it may
some day be your story too.
We are proud to present these
to you:
Just call Yary Yandle “Cupid”
from now on because she can be
given the credit for bringing that
grand couple together, Ruth Ewart
and Bobby Byrum.
Last August 23rd while Ruth
was working at the Presbyterian
hospital, Yary called Ruth at the
practice house — which has been
converted into Carson Hall — and
asked her to double date with her
that night. There was a real turn
over in Ruth’s heart that night
when Bob walked into her life.
After that they dated every night
—as a matter of fact they have
only missed approximately twenty
nights in the last eight months.
It took Bobby three weeks to pro
pose after he met Ruth, but their
engagement was not announced
until the Saturday night before
Easter at an announcement party
in Ruth s home ■— that was the
night that Ruth got her ring.
Barbara Snyder fell for a fellow
four long years ago who was a
football player at Central, and he
did not care anything about girls
that is until he met Barbara, of
course. She met him while she
was dating his cousin. He took
them home from a dance one night
in his car, and he has been taking
her around ever since, only now
his cousin does not go along. He
put that ring on her finger May
12, and they are planning to be
married in July and live in Wil
mington, N. C. Barbara will then be
Mrs. John Craig, John is from
Charlotte and Wilmington.
Have you seen Doris’s “Angel
. . . well, he really is. We are re
ferring to our junior colleagues
Doris Moore and her Charlie Max
well.
When Doris was broached on this
subject she pushed her feet down
further under the cover, wrinkled
her nose and said, i“Oh, you know
dharlie’s charms
off. You say when and I’ll tell you
what you want to know.”
Charlie and Doris’s romance had
a very studious beginning. It all
s arted in the Davidson library last
August when “Susie” Gaston was
going to school there. Doris was
visiting her one night, and “Susie”
drug Doris off to the library with
her.
“Charlie was standing on the
steps and “Susie” introduced us,
and he had the most charming
smile that made him one boy out
of the hundreds that I had seen at
Davidson.” (Doris’s brown eyes
twinkled when she thought of how
he had stood there smiling down at
her.)
About half an hour later, he came
into the library and asked “Susie”
if he and “Pinkie” might walk the
girls home about ten o’clock that
night — and — they did.
That was Wednesday, the next
Friday “Susie” and her date came
strolling into Doris’ home in
Mooresville and Charlie was with
them.
Best Four Year
Averages Give
Senior Honors
The Senior Class honors have
been announced for this year. Miss
Shirley Warner is the class vale
dictorian and Miss Laura Sanford
is the class salutatorian. The aver
age for Miss Warner’s four years
is 2.595 while Miss Sanford’s is
2.495.
Shirley Warner hails from Green-
vill, N. C. and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Warner. She
attended the local high school
prior to entering Queens. In her
four years here at Queens college,
Shirley has held the following
offices: first year — treasurer of
Athletic Association; second year
— Dean’s List, President of Soph
omore class, and a Queens Scholar-
Marshal; third year — Secretary of
Student Government, Publicity
chairman of Athletic Association,
first junior marshal. Alpha Kappa
Gamma, and Dean’s List; fourth
year — Boarding Student Vice-
President of Student Government,
Who’s Who, and Dean’s List.
Laura Sanford is from Hender
sonville, N. C., and is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Sanford. She
attended the Hendersonville high
school. During her four years at
Queens, Laura has held the follow
ing honors: first year—Representa
tive of Boarding Student Govern
ment; third year — President of
Junior class. Dean’s list, second
junior marshal; fourth year —
President of Frazer dorm.
Alpha Kappa Gamma
Taps New Members
Doris said that she does not
know when it “happened.” There
just was no beginning; she just
loved him from the first. But she
didn’t realize it until Charlie went
home to Wilmington between sum
mer and winter semesters.
Until Charlie got his “frat” pin
for her she wore his pledge pin
carefully concealed, but close, to
her heart always.
Incidentally, Charlie has an un
defeated record in Sigma Phi Epsi
lon for having worn his “frat” pin
for a shorter time than any other
fraternity brother at Davidson.
We wanted “Hatch” to let down
her dignity and give us the for-
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On Wednesday morning, April
ao. Alpha Kappa Gamma tapped
new members. This organization is
for the purpose of recognizing the
leaders upon the campus, both stu
dents and faculty, who have caught
the spirit of the college and who
have been outstanding in their
work toward the betterment of
the college.
In an impressive ceremony, the
following students were chosen:
Betty Barber, Elanor Huske, Cath
ey Deeper, Rusty McMurray,
Ruth MaGrath, Mary Katherine
Nye, Flora Ann I^well, Martha
Scarborough, Betty Sue Trulock,
and Doris Turner.
Miss Mary Lee Taylor, who last
year had been chosen to fulfill Miss
Jo Langford’s term, was tapped
for a two year term.
Committee Submits Forms
For Social Activities
A questionnaire was presented in
chapel May 30 by the social com
mittee. This questionnaire was one
on which students check forms of
social activities they would like
for next year. The questionnaire
consists of eight divisions taking
in every kind of entertainment.
Some of the questions were about
having entertainments such as
Queens-Davidson day with other
colleges, having bridge games in
the dormitories, dances, picnics,
hikes, and all kinds of parties. In
this way every student had an op
portunity to designate which type
of entertainment she would like
to have.
On the questionnaire there was a
blank section in wh^ih the student
might write any other preferences
or suggestions she might have.
A poll will be made from the
questionnaire and posted on the
bulletin board.
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