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.
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