QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXVI - No. 11
QUEENS COLLEGE CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 12, 1949
FRASER LEADS CLASS
Ashley Jones
Gives Senior
Voice Recital
Miss Ashley Jones, soprano, of
Savannah, Georgia, was presentee
^ her senior voice recital on
Friday evening. May 6th in Nin-
^ ich Was presented as one o
^6 events in the annual Fine
Arts Festival, was given in par-
tial fulfillment of the require
rnents of the degree of Bachelor
of Science in Music. Miss Jones
IS a pupil of Miss Virginia Smith,
assistant professor of voice at
Queens.
The program was opened with
two Bach numbers, “Now The
Sheep Secure Are Grazing”
“Quia Respexit” from the Mag
nificat. Next were heard two old
English songs, “My Lovely Celia”
by Monro and "The Forsaken
Maid by Smart.
Miss Jones’ Italian group
eluded “Amarilli” by Caccini,
uanza, danza, fancuilla” by
Durante, “Se tu m’ami, se sos-
piri by Pergolesi, and “Gia ’il
by Scarlatti. She
Vante” f m’epou-
mem” Bizet’s opera “Car
Next on the r,
German groun f T ^
hab ’in Tr ‘"eluding “Ich
Schumann T
’ D wusst ich doch
and by Brahms,
Strauss Richard
group consisted of
^ampbelLTipton’s “A Spirit
arr^ -a ’ ^^oibers by Rich-
u Hageman-“Christ Went Up
Into The Hills" and “Charity’’
U Rachmaninoff’s “Floods of
Spring.”
faculty, was at the piano.
RA Plans
Activities
On Friday evening, April 8,
c and new R. A. Councils,
+u faculty adviser, met
^n e Alpha Gam house to dis
cuss problems of recreation and
se up a spring program for the
^b® year. Fay Langston,
e incoming president of R. A.,
presided at the meeting. Plans
''vere made for a volley ball
tournament with competition be
tween classes; soft ball games
''^ere planned, including a stu-
^®ut-facuity game; Tuesday af-
®^Poon at 4:30 was set as the
*uie for archery; and the courts
be open for tennis every day,
Counselors
Are Named
Congratulations to forty-five
Queenies who have been chosen
as Student Counselors for the
1949-1950 session. The girls have
been selected as counselors to
next year’s freshmen and trans
fers.
Plans are being made by Dot
Folger, chairman of the Boarding
Student Counselors, and Ruth
Mitchell, chairman of the Day
Student Counselors, with their
groups for an outstanding orien
tation program. Emphasis is to
be placed upon a closer associa
tion between day students and
boarding students.
The Boarding Student Coun
selors for the year are: Ann Bai
ley, Janet Brunson, Nancy Blue,
Jane Edmonds, Joyce Crosland,
Helen Drennan, Mildred Han
cock, Smoky Henry, Virginia
Love, Ola Matlock, Maritza Lin-
j ares, June Matthews, Betty Nor-
^ ris, Barbara Schweizer, Ann Staf
ford, Rachel Stevens, Nina Senn,
Dot Spencer, Lou Ellen Thomp
son, Nancy Weaver, Betty Mae
Woods, Mildred Ann Wilson and
Dot Folger.
The Day Student Counselors
are: Florence Ashcraft, Carolyn
Davis, Shirley Driscoll, Lucy
Dunn Guion, Maybeth Hunter,
Carolyn Kay, Barbara Lindsay,
Colleen Lynn, Eleanor Miller,
Claribel Moles, Lorraine Murphy,
Wanda Oxner, Marjorie Perry,
Sarah Pharr, Jeanne Seale, Su
zanne Scheer, Julia Upchurch,
IHary J- V^ilson, and Ruth Mitch
ell.
Music Society
Gives Concert
On Sunday afternoon, May 1,
the Queens College chapter of
the International Society for
Contemporary Music presented
a concert of music by contempo
rary composers. This concert is
presented annually as part of the
Fine Arts Festival.
To open the program a sonqta
for oboe and piano by Paul Hin
demith was played by John Hal
dane and Robert Noehren, both
members of the Davidson Col
lege faculty.
Next was heard a group of
three songs by Paul Nordoff:
“Music I Heard With You”, “Ser
enade”, and “There Shall Be
More Joy”. Miss Virginia Smith
of the Queens College faculty
was soloist, with Miss Mary Ann
Brezsny, also of the Queens fac
ulty, at the piano.
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Calendar Df Events
Friday
May 13
Memorial Hospital Gradua
tion in Auditorium.
Tuesday
May 17
Faculty Party at Rozzell’s
Ferry.
Friday
May 20
Awards Day in Chapel.
Thursday
May 26
Reading Day.
Home Ec Club
Announces Plans
The Home Economics Club is
now making plans for a suc
cessful year in 1949-50. The new
officers are: President, Margaret
Barron; Vice-President, Barbara
Shaw; Secretary, Judith Kin
ney; Treasurer, Jane Blakely:
Historian, Virginia Easter.
The committees are being or
ganized, and much thought is
being given as to what will be
the goals of the club next year.
An interesting report was giv
en by Judith Kinney and Mary
Nowell in the May meeting.
These two attended the Home
Economics Workshop at Camp
bell College and, as you know,
we are proud of Judy’s election
as state president.
May Day was late this year
but that day saw the Home Eco
nomics Club well-represented.
Our members in the court were:
Clara Barnes, Jean Chaplin, and
Dorothy Thomas. Congratula
tions to Helen Alexander for her
grand work as chairman of the
costume committee and to her
committee of Home Economics
girls.
Queens Receives
Antique Furniture
Queens has recently been the
recipient of some beautiful an
tique furniture which was loaned
to the college by Mrs. B. W.
Cramer of Charlotte. The furni
ture which consists of a large
side board and a smaller match
ing service table, two china clos
ets, a banquet table, an old fash
ioned card table, and a wall
mirror, came from the home of
Mrs. Cramer’s parents, the late
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Scott.
The mirror, which may be
seen hanging over the mantel in
Burwell Hall, is over one-hun
dred years old and came from
the Old Springs Mansion.
The old fashioned card table
is placed in the South parlor of
Burwell under the portrait of
Mrs. Burwell. The lovely piece,
of Victorian furniture has elab
orate carvings on the pedestal
and massive legs.
The remaining pieces have been
placed in our dining room. They
are made from heavy Honduras
ma'hogany with hand-carved
fruits of the Pineapple Carving
pattern. The brass on the side
boards is of a very elaborate and
unusual pattern. The magnifi
cent banquet table seats eighteen
people.
We are indeed grateful to Mrs.
Cramer for her contribution to
making Queens a prettier place.
Woodson Names
IRC President
The International Relations
Club has been on the wane this
past year, but plans are being
made to make the club an in
tegral part of each student’s ac
tivities in the fall. Ann Woodson,
president, has announced that
Colleen Lynn will be president
of the club next year.
It has been suggested that the
International Relations Club
have charge of one chapel pro
gram each month. The programs
are already being planned and
will include panel discussions,
debates, and guest speakers who
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Evans Named
Salutatorian
The Senior Class honors were
announced by Cornelia Ditto on
Wednesday, May 4, during chapel.
Miss Hazel Anne Fraser is the
class valedictorian and Miss Eliz
abeth Evans is the class salu
tatorian. Miss Fraser’s scholastic
average is 2.964 while Miss Ev
ans’ is 2.576.
Hazel Anne hails from Atlanta,
Georgia, and is the daughter of
Mr. S. A. Fraser. Prior to enter
ing Queens she attended Girls’
High School in Atlanta, from
which she graduated Cum Laude.
In her four years at Queens,
she has been on the Dean’s List
every semester, was 1st Fresh
man Marshal, won the Sigma
Mu Award for research her
Freshman year, was 1st Sopho
more Marshal, was elected presi
dent of the Junior Class, is a
member of Sigma Mu, and is
Chief Marshal this year. Hazel
Anne is laboratory assistant in
the Psychology department; in
June she will receive her B. A.
in Psychology.
Elizabeth Evans is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Evans
of Wilmington, N. C. She at
tended New Hanover High School
there, and was president of the
National Honor Society. Lib is
finishing her college education in
three years. In June she will re
ceive her B.A. degree and teach
er’s certificate in Bible and
French; in addition to graduat
ing with a major in two fields,
she also has a minor in Psy
chology. She is on the Dean’s
List, is a member of Sigma Mu
and Kappa Delta, social sorority.
Comprenez-Vous ? ?!!
With
a tournament coming up
®oon. At the conclusion of the
discussion there was a short
®°cial hour with refreshments
^*^iisisting of iced coca-colas and
hornets”.
Dn Saturday morning, April 9,
new R. A. Council set out
a Week-end of fun and fellow
ship at Windy Hill Beach. The
Weather was perfect, the cottage
3s ideal, the beach was fine,
nd everyone had a wonderful
for ^ grand beginning
what promises to be a good
year for R.
By B. J. Fant
They revived you within ten
minutes and the first thing you
saw was your roommate bend
ing over you and murmuring,
“You don’t have to pass it to
graduate.”
That was a month ago and
each day groups of seniors have
gathered in little groups and
talked rather feverishly. Ulti
mately “The Topic” would be
approached, skirted, surrounded
and finally some brave soul
would dive in head first. With
all the gaiety and light hearted
ness of Napoleon on his way to
St. Helena you discuss the sub
ject. Opinion and conversation
differs but one comment is
unanimous—Ugh!
Naturally, you are nonchalant
when discussing the affair with
the little underclassmen.
“The comprehensive? Ha!
(Can this be your own voice you
hear?) “Well, some people will
have trouble, natch. I, perchance
might encounter momentary dif
ficulty with a few paltry queries.”
(You will probably feel the light
ning any second.)
Since you have nothing to oc
cupy your time but play rehear
sal, practice teaching, two book
reports, six weeks outside read
ing for history, a theme on the
relative value of the second
clause of the Peace of Westphalia
as compared with the ninth
clause of the Treaty of Versailles
and two French tests, time creeps
like jet propulsion.
The Day dawns cold and clear.
Your roommate, who would prob
ably have gone into the arena
with the lions laughing at her
own jokes, is obnoxiously cheer
ful. You find it as easy to go to
the Student Union Building as
to walk up a down escalator, but
ours is not to reason why, as the
poet said (if anybody asks you
which poet you’ll scream).
There are rows of chairs in the
room. You check the one you’ve
picked to be sure you’re near
someone who’ll revive you if you
faint and in shushing distance
of anyone who might pop gum.
The little pile of material on
your desk is all sealed and
stacked just so. Quickly you are
counted and arranged, quietly
the door is locked, immediately
you glance around the chair to
be sure it’s not wired for execu
tion. Later, you wish it had been.
The directions are brief and
simple. Every student is finger
printed and has a blood test and
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Movie Tells
Hose Story
Queens has a make of hosiery
and a hosiery mill all .her own.
Sigma Mu is sponsoring the tech
nicolor film “Story Of A Stock
ing” which shows how these
hose are made. The Mary Grey
Hosiery Company of Bristol, Vir
ginia give^ ten per cent of its in
come each year as an endowment
to Queens. This share amounts
to from forty dollars to seventy-
five dollars per year for each
student. In addition there are
three scholarships of one hun
dred and fifty dollars given an
nually.
Captain James Grey, owner of
the hosiery mill, left a good part
of his estate to benevolences
with Queens and Davidson as
chief beneficiaries. Captain Grey
was especially interested in Dav
idson and he built the college
library. Davidson also has a
share in the Mary Grey Hosiery
Company. The film “Story Of
A Stocking,” which Sigma Mu
is sponsoring, will picture the
actual process of hosiery making
in the Mary Grey mill itself.
CHAPEL SCHEDULE
May 13—Bishop Harrell.
May 17—Dr. Robert Boyd
May 20—Awards Day.
May 24—Dr. Blakely.