QUEENS BLUES Vol. XXVI-No. 7 QUEENS COILEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. March 4, 1949 LECISIATURE REVISES ELEaiON SCHEDULE Concert-Lecture Series Presents Artists In March Ella Goldstein The Concert and Lecture series wi present both a concert and a lecture in March. Ella Gold- s ein, pianist, will be presented m Ninniss Auditorium on Tues day, March 15; and Robert P. Tristram Coffin will give a lec- ure cm Friday, March 25. When Miss Goldstein gave her Ameri- T 1 Hall. March ’ Hew York Times wro e of her: “One of the most y endowed young pianists • • • a virtuoso performance.” Her unprecedented triumph with the ^oston Symphony Orchestra un- Rprv Koussevitsky in the Berkshire Music Festival led P M to write: “Sure fingered, force- an musically convincing” dynamically exi e and always controlled, e audience gave her a long and nf ^°^ation, with ... members • , ^ ochestra joining heartily in the applause.” vwi ^°Hin has been called the Mn' ^ ° Maine. This is because in presented so well latp ^°oks and poems. In his he s^ys for a nno 1, ^ 1° 1^® you get Mr Cnf. l^°rse.” well-deserv?d^ro''®''“™^ the Pulitzer Prizrfr’-D Viac tor Poetry. He has been a Phi Beta Kappa poet at many colleges. In July, 1948, OofT “2 had a Robert ot which the author 3 rom his poems. More than two hundred American colleges sve heard Mr. Coffin read his own poems and talk about poetry. Robert P. Tristram Coffin Seven Students Enroll For Term Seven new students have en rolled at Queens for the second semester of this year. These students are: Betsy Crommer from Charlotte—Betsy is a trans fer from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, a boarder, and a junior* with a major in English; Averill Law- son of Charlotte, who is a senior transfer from Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and an English major; Archie Mc- Gall of Charlotte, a junior, major- mg in Science, and a transfer (Continued on page 3) Queens office. Records will be kept also in the Graduate Records office in New York and will be graduate school. Seniors Take GRE In Spring All members of the senior class will be required to take a Gradu ate Record Examination this spring; it has been announced by Dean J. M. Godard. This exam ination is now required for en trance into nearly all graduate schools and most of the better colleges are giving it to all gradu ates. There are two parts to the examination. The first is a test ing of one’s general cultural knowledge and will sample nearly all fields of information; the second division is designed to test one’s knowledge of her major field of study. Dean Godard points out the advantage of tak ing this examination at the time of graduation rather than wait ing until one may decide to enter graduate school several years later; one’s score is likely to be much higher now than after a few years away from school. Dr. Ethel Abernathy will be in charge of the Graduate Record Examination. Scoring reports will Filmer; Phi Mu, Lois Mann, Eu be sent to each senior and to the genia Crow, Rosalyn Hardin, June Five Seniors Graduate To many students at Queens, the end of the first semester only marked so much work that had been done and so many courses that had been completed. To five girls, however, the finish ing of first semester meant the close of their Queens College days and the beginning of many new adventures. These. girls graduated from Queens on Feb ruary the seventh. One of those who finished was a day student, Evangeline Car penter, a major in the division of religion and philosophy. Evangeline plans to be married within a few months. Jean Torrence from Gastonia majored in the division of lang uage and literature. Torry plans to travel and play until Septem ber; then she intends to settle down with a newspaper job in Decatur, Georgia. The other tar heel to graduate was Phyllis Dorwood from Lake Waccamaw. Phyllis majored in business and secretarial adminis tration. Louise Johnson of Charleston, South Carolina majored in the division of religion and philoso phy. Louise is planning to be a director of religious education. Margaret Gallant from Ander son, South Carolina, completed her work in the field of human relations and intends to do social work after a short visit at home. For these five girls each stu dent wishes the best of every thing. Queens congratulates them on a job well done. Sororities Pledge Eight Students Second semester rushing was held on February 28. Each soror ity held open house and the rushees remained fifteen minutes at each house. Bids were issued as follows: Alpha Delta Pi; Bet sy Cromer; Kappa Delta, Lois De Lamarr, Wanda Oxner. These houses were open from 10:00 omce in INCW aim VV..X PM to 10:45 P.M. to welcome availagle upon apphcation to any lo them. Queens Students Aid Heart Drive Queens students played an active part in the Mecklenburg County Drive for the American Heart Association by participating in the Queens College junior divi sion of the organization. Under the capable leadership of Ida Hardin and Manon Williams, Queens students and co-chairmen of the Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte heart drive volunteer students from Queens solicited several hundred dollars on the downtown streets of Char lotte and in the stores. George K. Cutter, chairman of the Charlotte Drive, publicly commended the girls for their effort and the unselfish giving of their time for this project. The girls did not know that their help was needed until about a week of the drive had elapsed, but immediately pitched in to give their services wherever needed. For ten days Queens students, carrying red, plastic hearts, approached people in downtown Charlotte, asking them to contribute. Miss Hardin and Miss Williams stated that the help of Queens students was very much appreci ated and that they had indeed rendered a valuable service to the community and the nation. Those who were active as solicitors were: Sarah McMahan, Martha Cockrell, Gloria Snell- ing, Judy Kinney, Barbara Burk- hardt, Peggy Rast, Barbara Schweizer, Gwenda Ewell, Mar jorie Holder, Marty Morrison, Barbara Chiperfield, Ann Staf ford, Katie Chapman, Lois Mann, Aliena Doggett, Betty Lynn Davenport, Dot Wilson, Nancy Hill, Florence Davis, Dot Brink- ley, Julia Upchurch, Rachel Stevens, Mary McRee, Doris Lawing, Jean Rue, Doris Pons, Jay Hall, Nina Senn, Jane Blake ly, Margaret Barron, Jane Ed monds, Sallie Hood Buie, and Didid Creighton. SPRING IS SPRUNG By Ida B. and Manon B. Inluve Once upon a time there was a day and then it stopped being one on account it gave out of hours and such. So there was another day took its place and it was of a Thursday and was today. So I will now tell you all about it. Love came on this day which we will now call Thursday. Now, Love is represented by a little Cupid who takes up all lis time shooting bows and arrows at folks’ hearts. He is a cute little fellow and has two tiny cubic feet. The youngster isn’t very tall— I should say he would measure about two cubits from the tips of his cubic feet to his head and then about two cubit feet from his cubical shaped head to his feet, making a grand to-tal of four cubic feet and six if you count the two he started with on him. He enjoys a complete lack of mal-nutrition because he eats cube-roots and ice cubes. This guy makes his first ap pearance on New Year’s Day when he ushers m, and takes over, the infant year. If it ain’t him, why it’s his first cousin on account of both of them are practically un-dressed kids. By the fourteenth of February, except in Leap Years when it has twenty-nine days for some reason best known to itself, he has learned to wear his diapers with a certain swagger. This is no mean feat—^he is not naturally mean to anything, especially feats—because the average pair of diapers—now quit asking me why just one cloth, used for various and sundry purposes, is called a “pair”—because (gosh! I just said “Because” right up there above and pretty soon folks will think I’m chief soloist in a wedding), well, anyway, because the average pair of diapers seem to be suffering at all times from a chronic case of droopsey. Then too, changes are taking place, or should be at least, from time to time as occasion arises. I near ’bout forgot to tell you that Cupid’s first name is Daniel, or rather was Daniel. You see, when he arrived in this world— it was ’way back yonder even before the Democrats started electing a Permanent President (Continued on page 3) At the January meeting of the legislature, the motion was passed to try out a new system of voting in the forthcoming elec tions. The date set for the begin ning of elections is Wednesday, March sixteenth, with Installation on Friday, March twenty-fifth. This new system of voting will function as follows: On the first day of elections, Wednesday, March sixteenth, a poll will be taken of the students as to whom they would like to see in each office to be filled. The data gathered from this poll will serve as a basis for the nominations that will be made by the Ballot Committee. Then on the following day the actual voting will begin. Every one will receive an official bal lot on which he will vote. On the ballot will be printed the nomina tions submitted by the Ballott Committee for the offices to be voted on that day. Also there will be a blank space for the nominations from the floor. Nominations from the floor will run against those nominations made by the Ballott Committee. The nominee receiving a majority of the votes will be elected. As usual each student’s ballot must be signed and must be handed in before he leaves the assembly. The votes will then be recorded on a tally sheet and the results will be posted as soon as possible. It is hopped that this new sys tem will prove successful and will result in fairer, more accurate voting. The order of elections will be as follows: Wednesday, March sixteenth— Student Poll. Thursday, March seventeenth— President of Student Body; Sec retary of Student Body; Treasur er of Student Body; Advisory Committee. Friday, March eighteenth— Boarding Student President; Day Student President; Editor of Cor onet; Editor of Blues; Editor of Quill. Monday, March twenty-fourth —S. C. A. President; R. A. Pres ident; Honor Council; Publica tion^ Board. Tuesday, Mcirch twenty-second —Day. Student Council; Boarding Student Council. Wednesday, March twenty- third—S. C. A. Council; R. A. Council. Thursday, March twenty-fourth —Class Officers and Representa tives. Friday, March twenty-fifth— Installation. CHAPEL SCHEDULE Friday March 4 Dr. Dan Cald well from Greensboro Tuesday March 8 Mr. Crandall— St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Friday March 11 Mrs. Godard Tuesday March 15 Dr. Blakley March 16-23 Student Government Elections Friday March 25 Installation of Student Government Officers Tuesday March 29 Miss Rachel Wiley from the Assembly’s Train ing School in Richmond, Va.

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