QUEENS BLUES Vol. XXVI-No. 6 QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. Students Complete Elections S. C. A. Project Nears Goal The annual S. C. A. project which was launched on March 2nd is now well under way. The goal first set’ was $1,000 and was later doubl ed by Dr. Jas. A. Jones. The purpose of this project is to raise money to bring a Chinese student to Queens next year. The student Christian Association Cabinet is now waiting for a letter from Dr. L. H. Lan- castor in China to tell the name of the girl and some facts about her. The student body will be informed of this as soon as the letter is re ceived. The drive to raise the money was divided into two groups — the boarding students with a goal of $575.00 and the day students with a goal of $425.00. As the paper went to press the boarders had in cash and pledges $937.50; the day stu dents in cash and pledges $418.25. The taculfy has also contributed I RgCeiveS Letter with a total of $226.00 in cash and pledges. The French classes at Queens In an effort to raise spending have received a very grateful let- money for the Chinese girl a show ter from Helene, the French girl was put on by Miss Tighe and her they have adopted. Two packages marionettes and by Bill Scruggs of food and clothing are sent t’o and McNeil Upchurch at the drums her each month, and piano. This show netted $27.45. She is a twenty-year-old stu Other shows will be given in the dent at the University of Paris, next few weeks for the same pur- where she is preparing her M. A. Ricci Appears On Concert Series On Tuesday, March 16, Ruggiero Ricci, violinist, appeared on the Queens College Concert and Lec ture Series. Mr. Ricci’s program in cluded the following: Sonata in G minor by Tartini- Kreisler; Concerto in D minor by Wieniawski; Sonata, Opus 31, No. 2 by Hindemith; Recitative and Scherzo Caprice by Kreisler; Vo calise by Rachmaninoff; Caprice No. 1 by Franz von Vecsey; Tsigane by Ravel. Queens was very fortunate in having Mr. Ricci on the series. He is one of the outstanding violinists of today. French Class pose. At the present time the total amounts in cash $1,023.14; in pledges $660.50; and in all $1,683.64. a grant of $750 which was given by the Foreign Missions Committee. degree in history. Her letters are extremely interesting although confusing as she writles half in English and half in French. Helen’s mother is a university professor and her brother, who was very active in the French re sistance during the war, died in a German concentration camp. The French classes with the aid of the dramatics department are planning to give a marionett'e show sometime in April in order have I funds to carry on this latlons Club to by worthwhile project of Internatlon. as Its guest speaker Miss Margaret friendship and annd will Newland, who is an English teacher I good win. at Central High School. Miss New land spent last year as an exchange teacher to England. In her very interesting talk, she gave some of her impressions of England, and also told about the educational facilities of England. Miss Newland taught in a girl’s school which was preparatory for college work. She found that the English girl is more Miss Newland Speaks At IRC On March lOth, International Re- Students Give Joint Recital On Tuesday evening, March 23 the Queens College Department of Music presented Ashley Jones, soprano, and Nancy Blanton, pianist, in a joint recital. The stu dents are pupils of Miss Robinson and Mrs. Moseley. Miss Jones san’g the following: O del niio amato ben by Donaudy. Voi lo sapete from Cavalleria Rus- tican by Mascagni. Am Sonntag Margen by Brahms. Wie Melodian Zientes mie by Brahms. Botschaft by Brahms. Zur Ruh, jur Ruh by Wolf. Rhine Legend by Mahler. Sing on there in the Swamp Hindemith. By a Lonely forest Pathway Origges. Dawn by Curran. Miss Blanton’s program included the following: Fantasia in C Major by Haydn. Impromtu in A flat by Chopin. Sacro Monte by Jurian. Leyenda by Albenis. Allegro for Concerto by Schumann. by by Social Engineers Evaluate Program A meeting of the Social Engi neers was held in the Science Building on Thursday, March 11. During the meeting Mrs. Dana F. Robinson gave a very enlightening account of the accomplishments of this organization since its begin ning early last fall. There are many Queens students who are members of the Social Engineers who are now representing the college at the Red Cross, Community Council, Alexander Home, Girl Scouts, Y. W. C. A. and many other civic (Continu?d on page 2) Miss Virginia Grey of Clinlon, S. C., who has been elected presi dent of the Student Government for the 1948-49 term. Sororities Rush Eight Girls 16, second On Tuesday March semester rushing was held. Open house was held by all sororities. These girls were pledged. Chi Omega—Betty Prosser. Phi Mu—Nina Claiborne, Peggy Lay, Ann Vann, Carolyn Kay, and Iva Jean Gordon. Alpha Gamma Delta — Mary Louise Salomon and Carolyn Futch. Insomnia Has A Cause By B. JEAN FANT All it takes is a little will power and the ability to concentrate. Others may have trouble sleeping mature intelligently for her age I in the day time but not you. You than the American girl, but she is are living in an apartment with a Tint as socially mature as the girls' ^ not as bui- j crowd of kind, considerate girls in the U. S. In England there are • none of the discipline problems that h®®’' “O""' '* themselves, we have in America. The English ^'cluctantly, of course) who will co students on the whole seem to take operate gladly if you ask them, their education more seriously than ^ou announce, just before you do the American students. Their for fourth period that after purriculum is also much harder. you are planning to take a 1-1- brief nap. This information is After telling ^ ^given at the top of your lungs schools. Miss Newland related some ^.^ile you try to drown out the of her many interesting experiences ^adio, a bridge game and a violent such as being lost in a London fog argument about the respective and visiting the grave of Shakes- merits of Dana Andrews and Greg- peare. Except for the cold weather oj.y Peck and cause as much ex- and the food. Miss Newland said citement as a telephone call from that her stay in England was per- an elderly lady, feet. She loved the English people Immediately following the two and if she did not live in the United bacon sandwiches, you rush to your Staes she would live in England, room, pull down the shades, dis- After Miss Newland spoke, plans robe and realize that your pj’s are were discussed for the State Con- in the backyard where they had ference which is to be held at Queens on April 17th. Delegate?] from all the colleges in North Caro-^ lina where there is an IRC wilf attend. The executive committee of the Queens IRC is working hard to make this one of the best state con ferences that has ever been held. been carefully thrown that morn ing during a playful session with your roomie. Aft'er throwing all her shoes into a bath tub filled with water you start for your clothing—and card-strewn bed—jusl as your lovable friends return. They make several witty remarks about your sleeping habits all of which are as funny as a tVip to the dentist (or Martha Todd’s latest joke) and plop down on your bed to discuss the real reason why Ann’s lipstick was smeared Satur day night. With your usual cleverness you perceive that it ig useless to ask them to leave and so you retreat to a back room whose inhabitants are taking in a show and Gibbon’s Decline and Fan respectively. Yo\i curl up in a bed and with the de termination of a Freshman who has four more hours of history to read by tomorrow and proceed to invoke Morpheus Some hygenic soul proceeds to run three basins full of water in rapid succession while humming (in a slightly fiat’ tone) a tune that reminds you for some reason of the boy who told you that you looked like a string bean with hair. Four people come into the room single file, murmur “Oh! excuse me’’ and retreat. Suddenly the ra dio in the next room blares forth with the absorbing t’rue-to-life story of a girl living in a seaport town in Switzerland who is being tor tured by a sailor from Tibet for a formula which she discovered for cooking fudge without sugar. Your chum takes the hint, however, w'hen you beat on the wall with a chair and proceed to quietly change the beds from one side of the room to the other. Your friends have finally decid ed about Ann and now engage in that age old custom of looking-for- coke - bottles - to-take-to-the-store. Naturally tliey find a host of them under your bed and retrieve them with all the silence of an audience during a book report by Miss Har rell. At this opportune moment you distinctly hear the entire Ap palachian mountain range fall against the house. You jump t'o your feet, fall flat on your face over your loafers and are stepped on by your three best friends as they strive to ascertain the causes of the disturbance. Coal is merely being dumped in to the basement, but this seems to be the signal for some sort of game in which you are it’’ or first base or something and from which you emerge looking like you had just had a date with an octopus. From here on out the details get grim. Let us merely say that you have signed up for one of the sin gle rooms and your mattress spent last night in Diana. Installation Address By Dr. Mauze On March 19, Dr. George Mauze, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, spoke at the installation service for the Student Govern ment. He challenged the newly elected officers and the entire student body and 'faculty to a year of more service and achievement on our campus and in our world community. Immediately following Dr. Mauze’s address the Big Five were installed by their predecessors. Virginia Gray of Clinton, S. C., was installed as President of the Stu dent government. Emily Kimrey of Sanford, N. C., received the gavel of the Boarding Student Council. Shirley Tison of Charlotte, N. C., assumed her duties as presi dent of Day Student Council. Lillian McCullouch of Elizabeth town, N. C., was installed as Presi dent of Student Christian Asso ciation. The installation of the new president of Recreation As sociation, Phyllis Johnson of Mocksville, N. C., completed the cex’emony. Other new officers included: Secretary of Student Government, Grace Marie Childs; Treasurer of Student Government, Ann Vann; Representatives to Honor Coun cil, for a two year term, Betty Norris and June Patterson; for a one year term, Joanne Macauley and Sara Little. Editor of the Coronet is Goldie Barron; editor of the Blues, Kath ryn Robinson; editor of the Quill, Mary MaePherson. The business managers for these publications have been announced as: Kate Ebert for Coronet; Ruth Porter for Blues; anc^ Lillian Barber for the Quill. The publication board consists of: Goldie Barron; Ruth Porter; Mary MaePherson; and Kate Ebert. The new Boarding Student Council will be: Sara Flowers, President of North Dormitory; Joanne Macauley, President of South Dormitory; Margaret Fow ler, President of Morrison Hall; Dot Floyd, president of Frazer Hall; and Kiff Knight, President of Carson Hall. Eleanor Godfrey is secretary; Ann Birmingham, treasurer; Betty Jane Booream, senior class representative; Jeanne Walker, junior class representa tive; and Eugenia Crow sopho more representative. The cabinet of the Student Christian Association will be in stalled in a chapel service soon. The members are: Boarding Stu dent Vice President, Tilda Gibbs; Day Student Vice President, Peggy Barrentine; Secretary, Lucy Boggs; Treasurer, Margaret Barron. The following will seiwe on the Recreation Council: Vice President, Eleanor Godfrey; Secretary, Faye Langston; Treasurer, Betty Lynn Davenpoit, Publicity Chairman, Clarence Abernethy; May Day Chairman Betty Jane Booream. :pf-

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