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BLUES October 22, 1948 Vol. XXYII-No. 1 Se r 1 e s 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 (Continued on page 6) Sororties Install New luota Syster Queens Students Brot cast Weekly s s ^ jWjV .-''U 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 (Continued on page 5) 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- (Continued on page 6) 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.