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.
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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
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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
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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.