BLUES
October 22, 1948
Vol. XXYII-No. 1
Se
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Prsents Skinner
Amy Ching
At Queens
Amy Ching
“When did you come to Ameri
ca? When did you learn to speak
English? How do you like
Queens?” These are only a few of
the questions that greet Amy
Ching on every hand. •
Amy’s home is in Chin-Kiang,
China. Her father is the business
manager of the Goldby King Me
morial Hospital there. This is a
Presbyterian hospital and the
largest in the city. Amy has foiir
younger brothers.
Two years ago Amy was grad
uated from the National Chen Chi
(Political Science) University in
Nanking, where she majored in
economics. Shu worked last year
in the Central Cooperative Bank
in Shanghai.
During the war Amy went west
to complete high school. She fin
ished high school and three years
of college in West China. During
these four and one-half years, she
did not see her family and many
times communication was so bad
that she did not hear from them
tor long periods of time. When
the war was over the University
^oved back to Nanking. The
school assumed all responsibility
for moving the students, bag and
baggage. Since she had not seen
her family for so long, Amy de
cided to fly home and see them
while the other students were
coming by car and boat.
There were hundreds of stu
dents at Chen Chi before the war
and thousands after the war. The
dormitories were so crowded that
ten girls would stay in a room the
size of a Queen’s dormitory room
They slept in double deckers,
hept their clothes in boxes imder
the beds, and would study at
desks in the classrooms.
The government pays all ex
penses of education including uni
forms and bed linen. Mission and
other foreign schools are very ex
pensive and are attended onl5' by
the Wealthy. More courses are
offered than at Queens, the
classes are larger, and there are
fewer assignments.
No “boarding student council”
rules govern the students at Chen
Chi, but a system of student gov
ernment exists. There are also
national sororities and fraterni
ties on the campus. Amy was a
member of the Student Christian
Association.
Amy likes American food bet
ter than Chinese food. She has
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Sororties Install
New luota Syster
Queens Students
Brot cast Weekly
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This ye: Pan-Hellenic Council
is instalig the quota system
which wi be introduced during
Rush W«k, which begins No
vember ^All ;_ irL'> who are to be
rushed vU sign ap in Miss Al
bright’s (fice by 12 o’clock Sat
urday, bvem^r 6. This total
number kll be divided by five,
the numer of National Pan-Hel
lenic Qincil groups on this
campus.Each sorority can pledge
only ontfifth of the total number
of girls ^ing rushed.
Simd^ night, November 7, Pan
Helleni( Coimcil will issue uni
form initations to all rushees for
the te? on Monday afternoon.
Each gi will visit the five sorori
ties foneriods of fifteen minutes
each.
Invittions for the Tuesday and
Wedneiay parties will be in
form, lit issued by each sorority.
There uU be two parties on Tues
day ad two on Wednesday 4.30
to SilStor the first party and 5:15
to 6:0(for the second party. In-
vitatids will be placed on each
girl’s dor by 10:00 Monday night.
The rshees then go to BurweU
Hall btween 10:00 and 11:00 and
sign i{) for the four parties she
wantsto attend. If the rushee has
invitalons from the five sorori
ties sle must eliminate one. In
Burwll there will be one repre-
sentalve from each sorority with
a listand the rushee will check
the dy, Tuesday or Wednesday
and tie time she will come to
each larty. Day students will sign
up frm 8:00 A. M. to 11:00 A.M
Mondy, Thursday, and Friday
mornngs. A file will be in Bur
well v-ith invitations and the rep-
resenatives will be there also.
On Wednesday night after at-
tendiig the four parties of her
choie, the rushee receives invita
tions to the parties on Thursday.
Then will be three parties: 4:30
to 530; 5:00 to 5:30; 5:30 to 6:00.
Agaii each girl goes to BurweU,
but Lhis time she chooses only
threi sororities and the time she
wans to go to each house.
Tlursday night each sorority is
sues its own individual invita
tion for Friday, Big Day. There
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Que iw fortunate in having
again this year the radio program,
. “Queens on the Air.” This pro
gram may be heard over WSOC
every Thursday night at six
o’clock. Although this time may
not be convenient for boarding
students a better time could not
DC secured for other members of
the community. A recording is
made of each broadcast and can
be heard by students upon re
quest.
“Queens on the Air” has not
been designed to portray any one
certain area of coUege life; it is
written to bring in aU phases oE
campus activities. A marionette
show presented by Miss Kather
ine Tighe of the French depart
ment was given on October the
fourteenth. Miss Virginia Smith
rendered a musical program on
October the twenty-first. The
dramatic department, upon the
request of the Plaza Presbyterian
FeUowship, plans to present a
series of programs showing the
activities of a well-rounded col
lege life.
The Public Relations Office is
sponsoring “Queens on the Air’
And each student is asked to tell
her family and friends about the
programs in order that they might
be enjoyed by all.
Miss Cornelia Otis
appear on Queens
Skinner, who will
Lecture Series
Mu Phi Epsilon
Taps Eight Girls
Mu Phi Epsilon, the national
professional musical fraternity for
women on Queens’ campus, t p
ped eight new members durmg
MU PHI EP TAPS ng-
chapel on October thirteenth.
Pledging was held the same eve
ning at six forty-five o’clock
Those tapped were: Suzanne
Sheer, Sarah Pharr and Mrs. Elsie
Stokes Mosley all of Charlotte;
Louise White of Columbia, South
Carolina; Joanne Field of Mar
ion. North Carolina; Miss Vir
ginia M. Smith of Greensboro,
North Carolina; Miss Mary Ann
Brezsny of Detroit, Michigan; and
Miss Virginia McQueen of Gall
ivants’ Ferry, South Carolina.
Blakely Announces
Scholarship
Winners
The recipients of the competi
tive scholarships offered by
Queens College to students who
have entered this fall have been
announced by Dr. Hunter B.
Blakely, President.
The scholarships awarded to
boarding students will be given
as follows: One of five hundred
dollars to Miss Cornelia A.nne
Dick, daughter of Reverend and
Mrs. A. W. Dick of Memphis, x’en-
nessee; second, three ^ndred dol
lars to Miss Bette ..•iae Woods,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Woods of Coral Ga ’es, Florida;
third, two hundred iollars
to Miss Dorothy Eliz hores,
daughter of Mr. an ■■ Carl
Shores of Spartanl South
Carolina.
Two scholarships have been
awarded to non-boarding stu
dents: First, two hundred dollars
to Miss Florence Mae Ashcraft,
daughter of Mr. John C. Ashcraft,
2229 Chambwood Drive, Char
lotte, North Carolina; and second,
one hundred fifty dollars to Miss
Mae Julia McClure, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. McClure,
Route 6, Charlotte, North Caro-
ina.
Freshman Adjusts To College
Ida Hardin
Eesitantly, my hand upon the
kncb, I paused before the mas
sive doors of Queens College. I
fraitically pondered upon last
miiute iT'.cans of escape. Into my
corfused mind came such excuses
as, “Mama, I simply couldn’t go
thiough with it . . . going off and
leaving you without me for four
long years. I shall be brave and
gi>e up college!” A sly sneer
trmsversed my features and I
started back down the steps only
to be confronted by a tall, domi
neering figure of womanhood
who, hands upon hips, said, “And
whero are you going, little girl?”
A cold damp hand clutched my
heart and beads of perspiration
dotted my forehead.
“Er. . . ah . . • ” said I, retreat
ing step by step.
Back . . . back, I fled until the
chill metalic touch of the door
handle was within my searching
fingers. I leaned on the door and
fell into the front hall of Queens
College. Still my aggressor ap
proached. I stumbled backwards
until I found myself standing by
a small table at which two girls
were seated.
My mysterious pursuer turn
ed toward the table and said,
“Haw! Caught another one!”
“Thanks, Emily,” said the girl
who was obviously in charge,
“keep up the good work. Bring
’em back alive!”
The one addressed as Emily de
parted; I exhaled once more.
When my powers of speech re
turned, I managed to stammer
forth my name, address, tooth
paste preference, and grandmoth
er’s corset size.
From this first table I proceed
ed to another from which I re
ceived a Queens’ nametag, an ob
scure little ball and chain and an
upperclassman ... all my very
own. As I had lots and lots of lug
gage, the upperclassman came in
very handy . . . “nacherly.”
I was a little disappointed to
learn that my room was on the
second floor. After all, one doesn’t
like to ask a stranger to carry
baggage up two flights of stairs,
but, for me, there was really no
alternative. Poor girl, she was
so eager to help and she did look
as though she needed the exer
cise.
Three hours later my new
found friend set down the last
hat box and stood in the middle
of the room, heroically trying to
smile.
Understanding her hesitation, I
reached for my purse and pressed
a dime into her hand.
“There,” said I patronizingly,
“you were fine... you reaUy were.
Run and tell Miss Albright I was
very pleased.”
Next came the terrifying task
of meeting one’s roommate. A
roommate is, as you all know, the
source of hideous nightmares for
weeks before college begins. I
was thoroughly convinced that my
roommate would be the mostest-
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As the first attraction in the
_948-1949 Concert and Lecture
Series at Queens, CJomelia Otis
Skinner, monologist, will be pre
sented in Ninniss Auditorium on
Tuesday evening, October 26 at
.15 p.m. Miss Skinner, who has
been called “the greatest single
attraction in the American The
ater,” has attained great promi
nence in the theatrical world-
She is noted for her programs
of monologues, which are not
merely recitations, but complete
dramatic productions written by
lerself. She has also been suc
cessful in her presentations of his
torical costume dramas for a sin
gle actress, and when she later
wished a wider medium, she put
on whole plays by hersell In the
latter field “Mansion on the Hud
son” and “Edna His Wife” were
brilliant successes on Broadway
for a season followed by a tour to
the West Coast
Miss Skinner, born in Chicago
and educated at the Baldwin
School and Bryn Mawr, left col
lege to study abroad. She made
her professional debut with her
father. Plays she has starred in
include George Bernard Shaw’s
“Candida,” W. Somerset Maug
ham’s “Theatre,” Lillian Hell-
man’s “The Searching Wind,” and
“Lady Windemere’s Fan,” in
which she has just completed a
two-year run.
Miss Skinner has attained
prominence in other fields as
cahe is the author of several
.. .tilling books, including “Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay” and
“We Followed Our Hearts to
Hollywood” written in collabora
tion with Emily Kimbrough; four
volumes of humorous pieces
which are soon to be published in
a collection; and her latest, “Fam
ily Circle,” the story of the pro
fessional and family life of her
famous parents, Otis and Maud
Durbin Skinner. She is heard on
the radio in frequent guest ap
pearances on network shows, in
cluding “Information Please;” in
her own programs; and, co-star
ring with Roland Young, in the
William and Mary” series. She
is a contributor to magazines,
with her humorous pieces on the
foibles of our modem life appear
ing frequently in the “New York
er.” She has also recently acted in
a movie, “The Uninvited.”
Miss Skinner will be presented
in a program of monologues on
October 26. She has not devoted a
season to solo performances since
1942-43, except for shows in
camps, hospitals, and canteens
during the war.
The Concert and Lecture Series
committee, headed by Gordon
Sweet, faculty chairman and Ash
ley Jones, student chairman, has
arranged an outstanding series for
the year. In addition to Miss
Skinner, it will include the Bud
apest String Quartet to appear
on December 7; Ella Goldstein,
Palestinian pianist, on March 15;
and Edward Weeks, editor of the
Atlantic Monthly, on April 6. A
fifth attraction will be announc
ed later.
Calendar Of Events
Oct. 23—Freshman Party at
Davidson.
Oct. 23—S. C. A. Coimcil retreat.
Oct. .26—Lecture by Cornelia
Otis Skinner.
Oct. 27—Delta Kappa Gamma
dinner for seniors planning to
practice teach.