BLUES Vol. XXVI - No. 9 QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C. March 31, 1949 SCA SPONSORS DRIVE New Officers Elected One might gather from the quality and quantity of the newly-elected student govern ment officers that Queens has an abundance of capable leaders. Such is the case. The new meth od of election inaugurated this year proved successful and pro ceed a bumper-crop of officers. With June Patterson as presi dent, Marion Christopher as sec retary, and Cornelia Dick as trea surer at the helm of Her Majes ty s Ship, we may be assured of a successful year. Other mem bers of the new crew are: board- student vice - president, leanor Godfrey; day student vice president, Grace Marie 1 s. The boarding student counci has as its secretary Sara aire Little and as its treasurer onme Blue. Other members of oar ing student council are the five dormitory presidents: North, ConnaUy Smith; South, Helen exan er, Morrison, Mayree W Frazer, Jeanne porson, Ann Woodson, ice chairman of day student ounci is Doris Lawing; secre- ary, Deannie Berryhill; an treasurer, Anne Hunter. denf Xlf Boggs, boarSn? sZent S ent- K»th Porter, day stu- Kabrich, treasurek These girls wore chosen to Mion °r Recreation Associ- ation Council: president, Fay Lynf n"’ '''“-P'^^sWent, Betty Lynn Davenport; secretary, Jane Ma"^' -“"rch^n! on^’w!!'"’ ‘"'“-year term Berrvhni^'^ Council are Deannie ed fcr ' McLeod; elect- CIS Harris^^r^^^^ Fran- f^uth Porter Smith, and dred Butler Pn''® .Blakely, Mil- Lillian Ba’rbw®™“ boarding student to Legi^ature; andTeggTB"! rentine, Ruth Porter T ,, c and Harriet Bangl ' oay student Girls Usher For Duke Glee Club On Saturday night, March 19, the Men’s Glee Club and the Girls’ Triple Quartet of Duke University presented a concert at the Charlotte Armory Audi torium. This concert was spon sored by the Charlotte Lodge of the Order of Elks. The program was composed of exceptionally good selections, many of which are well-known and popular with every audience. Among these were “Soldiers Chorus” from Faust, “On Wings Of Song”. “On The Road To Manda lay”, and “A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody”. A number of Queens girls ushered, and the Elks’ club pre sented them with lovely cor sages. After the concert the mem bers of the Glee Club were hon ored at a party in the Gold Room of the Barringer Hotel. Sandwiches, hors-d’oeuvres, and coffee were served. After re freshments were served, every one enjoyed informal singing and fellowship together. From all reports it seems that everyone .had a splendid time, and it was certainly an event that will be remembered by all. Vespers Given By Davidson Students Last Sunday, March 20, Ves per Services were conducted by four visitors from Davidson. The guests. Jack Payne, John Lyles, Art Lindsay, and Bill Plank, talked on different phases of Christian leadership. The services, with a devotion by Bill Plank, followed with a talk by John Lyles on “Christian Leadership In The Home.” Art Lindsay spoke on “Christian Leadership In The Church” and Jack Payne discussed “Christian Leadership In Professions.” Bill Plank closed with a prayer. After this the guests were taken to the Hut for supper and remained to take part in the singing. Jrs. Entertain Srs. At YWCA All jump up and never come down Swing that girl 'round and 'round. That was the spirit of the oc casion at the Junior-Senior party held at the YWCA on March 19. Chaperones Miss Mitchell, Miss Albright, and Mrs. Davis beat time to the music from the side lines and refused to Ibse their dignity in the Shh Fly Swing, but Mrs. Davis confided later, “I surely was tempted to try the double shuffle just once around the hall.” Lib Evans and Gloria Snelling tried to maintain airs of great innocence, but their obvious skill with the cue stick was quite evi dent to all. While some of the girls tried their luck with the ping pong ball—when the table could be persuaded to maintain an upright position, others who had naturally curly hair and un duly athletic dates followed the example of Clementine and “fell into the foaming brine.” Never was one party preceded by so much stress, strain and last minute inspirations, but when all was said, done, or eaten and both hostesses and guests joined in the ceremony of pulling down the St. Patrick’s Day decorations the consensus of opinion about the whole party seemed to be, “ ’Sho was fun.” Pinky Kibler was in charge of the program and decorations, and from all the comments, she did a fine job. From what they say the YWCA will be a mighty popular place for parties from now on. Happy Spring Vacation Fantasy Given By Students Defying all rumors and advice, the Queens Players presented a childs fantasy, “Many Moons” by James Thurber on the 22nd of March in the Ninniss Audi torium. It had been said that Queens girls were too learned, and too sedate, but judging from the applause rendered, Queenies really have vivid imaginations and avid senses of humor. The theme of the play was based on a secret desire of a Princess, and through the wit and tact of the jester the difficulty is final ly discovered, putting to shame the wise counsellors of the king and their wives. The leads were played by Dorothy Ann Kibler, Romeo Da vis, and James Hancock. The supporting cast were Edith Crowley, Colleen Lynn, Wanda Oxner, Aliena Doggett, Mary Mc- Ree, Louise Peterson, Mayree Kay Ledford. Those who helped on the pro duction staff were Murphy Alex ander, Mary Rose Bostick, Libby Bell, Gwen Ewell, Sara Flowers, James Hancock, Meredith Hen ry, Judith Kinney, Ola Matlock, Mrs. Ruth Mitchell, Kellar Mur ray, Pat Murphy, and Lou Ellen Thompson. Snelling Gives Recital Gloria Snelling presented her senior organ recital on Monday, March 21, at the First Methodist Church. The program began with “We All Believe in One God” and “Come, Savior of the Gentiles” by Bach. The next selection was the “Concerto in B Flat” by Felton. The second half of the program consisted of “Rhosymedre“ by Vaughn Williams, “Donkey Dance” by Robert Elmore, “Sym phony No. 1” by Verne, and the major work of the evening which was “Prelude and Fugue on B. A. C. H.” by Liszt—Dupre. le were chosen representatives. Poserf Publication Board, com and K ° editors un rnanagers, is made Marty Morrison, Bettina Mary Nowell, and Lil Barber. co-operation wishes are and good extended to each ^®w officers. We hope heir offices will benefit them as Well as the rest of the student body. Hardin's Story Used In "Log" Ida Hardin, well-known fresh- at Queens, was the recipi- ®bt of a literary honor when The Fog, a magazine publication of Ihe United States Naval Acade- accepted and published her short story entitled “I’d Walk A Mile For A Camid.” On The State Of The Union Magnon Amos Carefully neglecting my studies for a rather lengthy period of time, I sat on the floor on a com fortable loose board and began to take inventory of my college life up to date. I asked myself numer ous questions and attempted to answer them as truthfully as I could. The answers to those profound and well-thought-out questions that are contained in these words that follow might well be classi fied as a DECLARATION OF COMPLETE INNOCENCE OF THE PROCUREMENT OF LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE, AND DISCIPLINE. Since entering college last Sep tember I, the declarer, have at tained the highest pinnacle of knowledge—of the many rules and regulations and ways of get ting around them. To this par ticular part of the curriculum, I have devoted unselfishly a great deal of my time, carefully plan ning new approaches and ex cuses. I find that when I use a pink SP instead of a white SP which I should have used, it is much easier to plead innocence on the account that I am color blind than live through a “cam pus”. That is only one of many instances in my colorful college life. College has many purposes. It teaches one to get along with others, take care of her own room and possessions, and budget her money. Above‘all college life af fords social development. And too, one gains book knowledge and sometimes common sense. My inventory shows that I have made great progress in every phase of college life. My folks should be very proud. I have learned to get along well with my fellow inmates. I don’t know whether this has been brought about by my constant supply of between meal snacks, which I am forced to share generously; the fact that I own a station wagon: or it could be that they know who writes one of the gossip columns for the Blues. I, like everybody else, have made friends and in tend to keep them. So throwing my History notes out the window before every test, I invite the entire upstairs in (not leaving out council members and other such necessary guests) to have pea nut butter and crackers. As it is part of my life in the higher halls of learning, I pains takingly care for my room with the careful hand of an exper ienced domestic. Every two weeks I sweep the floor, dust, change the linens, and put out fresh tow els. If time permits I take up the dust in the dustpan and put the trash in the waste basket, if it isn’t too full. Usually I don’t have this trouble because Mary Lillie, the maid, empties it. If I don’t have the time I sweep it near the door, open the windows and wait for a gust of wind to blow the trash out the door (it’s against the rules to sweep trash into the hall). Then the room is all right for an other .two weeks. As for allowance—I thrive on $20 a month. This I spend only (Continued on Page 4) Plans Made To Bring DP Here Next fall a student from Cen tral Europe will register at Queens College as she begins her new life in America. The campus of Queens College will be the first home this girl will have known for many years. She will attempt to find in her sur roundings here, not only the edu cation she has waited for so long, but also the sense of physical and emotional security that Dis placed Persons of Europe have lacked ever since they were herded into the D.P. camps short ly after the war was over. The Student Christian Associ ation has initiated as its yearly project, the collecting of at least one thousand dollars to provide a complete one year’s scholar ship for a deserving D. P. stu dent. This student will be se lected by the Geneva Office of The World Student Service Fund after careful intellectual, psycho logical, political and physical screening. The project was intro duced to the students in a cha pel talk by Dr. George Heaton, pastor of the Myers Park Bap tist Church. Dr. Heaton spoke, from the background of his own experience, of the conditions of Europe, and assured his audi ence that no more worth-while service could be rendered than that of giving one girl a chance to begin life again in a demo cratic atmosphere. Pledges were made by the stu dents at the close of the Chapel program. The pledges totaled al most eight hundred dollars. A special committee of girls from the S.C.A. Cabinet and other interested students, are collect ing the contributions in the dormitories and from the day students and faculty members. All persons who pledged are requested to pay their pledges as soon as possible so that defi nite arrangements for a D.P. student can be completed. June Patterson is chairman of the project committee. Belva Morse, Til Gibbs, Lillian Barber, and Margaret Barron are col lecting in North. Mary Jo Gra ham, Manon Williams, Ida Har din, and Dot Fergeson are col lecting in South. Girls from Mor rison may give their money to Birdie Crow or June Patterson; those in Frazer to Lucy Boggs and Dot Spencer. Carolyn Col lins is collecting in Carson. Day Student Committee members are Ryre Chezick, Barbara Lindsy, Anne Hunter, Kate Ebert, and Doris Lawing. Calendar Of Events March 31: Spring Vacation Begins. April 6: Classes Begin. Lecture—Edmond Weeks. April 8: Boarding Student Council. Retreat Begins. S. C. A. Retreat at Montreat Begins. April 12: Nancy Blanton’s Graduation. Recital.

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