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QUEENS BLUES
PATRICIA KEESLING Editor
JUDITH KINNEY Managing Editor
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Vol. XXVII November 8, 1949 No. 2
QUEENS BLUES
Sororities On A
Christian Campus
In this issue we offer congratulations to two groups of
students: to those who have been pledged to sororities on the
Queens campus and to those who have not. Students in both
groups have recently made decisions, and the making of any
decision is cause for congratulations.
We would say to those who have been pledged: “You
have recently selected the girls who will be your closest com
panions and friends during your college career, and we hope
that you and they will be happy. Your sorority has responsi
bilities to you, and you have responsibilities to the sorority.
Possibly the greatest danger confronting you will be the
temptation to limit your friendships to the members of the
group. If you do this you will seal yourself off from many fine
people who might otherwise provide you with some of the
richest companionships you could ever enjoy. There will also
be the temptation to devote yourself to group activities in
such a way as to preclude your service to the entire student
body. Remember that sororities are really nothing more than
one of many extracurricular activities. They are a part of
college life for those who want them, but they are not college
itself.”
To those who have not chosen to join sororities we would
say: “Your decision is not a negative one; it i s just as positive
as that made by those who have pledged sororities. You have
decided to remain a unit in a group larger than that of any
sorority. You have a freedom which is forever denied those
who voluntarily affiliate themselves with a small social or
ganization. You are in a position to give your undivided at
tention to study and student body activities. Furthermore,
you will assuredly find yourself one of a small circle of spe
cial friends, which, although it is unorganized and does not
bear a Greek name, will mean just as much to you as a sorori
ty and possibly more. And last of all, you will never be faced
with the realization, which sometimes comes to sorority mem
bers, that you have not affiliated yourself with the girls most
congenial to yourself.”
Student Gov't.
Explains Penalties
Boarding Student Government
announced at the beginning of
the present school year a re-or
ganization of its judiciary poli
cies. Of particular importance is
the method of giving penalties
for infractions of rules. Hereto
fore, cases for accumulation of
call-downs have been brought
before Council on Monday nights.
But since a system of automatic
penalties has been set up to cover
most of the infractions incurring
call-downs, the new policy is to
?ive the cirl the nenaltv through
her mail box Tuesday morning.
This penalty is given on the
Tuesday following the receipt of
the second call-down and gives
the girl one week’s notice. The
automatic penalties are:
For accumulation of two call-
downs for:
Failure to sign Mealbook—3
days restricted to taking all
meals in the dining hall.
Failure to sign in—3-day
campus.
Failure to sign Church Book—
One church cut and a cut for each
time thereafter.
Failure to leave note on door
Monday night — 2-day campus
Other automatic penalties not in
volving call-downs are:
Taking extra social privileges
—2 social privileges revoked dur
ing the next week for each social
privilege taken in excess of allot
ted weekly number.
Breaking closed campus Mon
day Night—4-day campus
Failure to attend Compulsory
Dinners—3-day campus.
Late Returns—First offense, a
Warning
Second offense. Weekend Campus
(Council may set aside the auto
matic penalty for late returns, if
the case warrants such action.)
The House Councils are also
employing automatic penalties,
such as. Breaking absolute quiet
from 7:00 p.m.-7:15 a.m.
a) Privilege of unlimited lights
revoked from entire house the
following two nights after infrac
tion
b) Excessive noise during pe
riod of penalty—Penalty extended
for two additional nights
c) Failure to turn lights out
during penalty period — Imme
diate three-day campus.
To all students, upperclassmen and freshmen, we would
say: “Always remember that sororities are a part of the Chris
tian college campus. They are not the center of it; they are not
the focal point. Leaders and officers in the Student Govern
ment and in other student organizations have always come
from both sorority and non-sorority groups. We should see to
it that they continue to do so. All of us have one thing in com
mon—we are first and last members of the student body of
Queens College.”
Finally, there is nothing particularly mystic or magic
about Greek letter societies. The names probably seem more
alluring to those who do not know what they mean than to
those who do. Like all names they merely serve the primary
purpose of designating an organization. Students who have
not belonged to any sorority have filled important offices
and had as many and as good friends as have sorority girls.
And, to tell the truth, there have been sorority members who
have been as obscure in campus activities and have had as
much trouble with their class work as anyone else. Any col
lege and any student body are much bigger than any of their
component parts.
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Excess noise during day—First
offense. Call down; Second of
fense, Immediate three-day camp
us
Failure to keep phone duty—
two extra hours of phone duty
a) Lateness up to 30 minutes—
1 extra hour
b) Lateness after 30 minutes—
2 extra hours
November 8, 1949
Dick Chosen
The Presbyterian students in
the colleges and universities of
North Carolina held their annual
Fall Conference at the First Pres
byterian Church, Winston-Salem
October 14-16, and elected Cor
nelia Dick of Queens President
of the Synod Westminster Fellow
ship Council for the next two
years. Cornelia, in that capacity
will officially represent the Pres
byterian students at Queens at
all meetings of the Westminster
Fellowship Council and Confer
ences. By virtue of her office she
automatically is a member of
the North Carolina Synod Pres
byterian Youth Fellowship Coun
cil and the Assembly’s Presby
terian youth Fellowship Coun
cil, the highest Council of it*^
type in the Southern Presby
terian Church.
The program of the Conference
was centered about an emphasi
on Bible Study, using the Book o'
Ephesians, and discussion group
on Worship, Human Relations
The Ecumenical Movement, Poli
tics, and Student Work.
Hut Activities
On back campus along soror
ity row there is a little, white
house devoid of Greek letters.
It is labeled simply—The Hut;
and is the scene of many interest
ing and pleasant events at
Queens.
Every Tuesday afternoon at
4:30 the SC A Cabinet meets in
the parlor of the Hut to make
plans for the many phases of our
religious life on campus. This is
the only scheduled meeting held
in the Hut every week. Once a
month the committee on fellow
ship plans a program for all
students. For the convenience of
the day students, these fellowship
programs are at 3:30 on Wednes
day afternoon. This is a con-
vient time for the day students
and boarders to play, worship, and
have discussions or lectures to
gether.
Other Queens’ delegates at
tending the Conference were June
Patterson, Madeline Johnson, Pete
Peterson, Mickey Butler, Raine\
Gamble, N. A. MacMillan, Belvc
Morse, Dot Folger, Miss June
Hollzendorf, Dot Spencer, and
Eleanor Godfrey, retiring Vice-
President of the Westminster
ellowship Council.
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sketches, this covers a wide varie
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The Quill uses pen and ink
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The Quill is eager to secure
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Breaking Closed Study—First
offense. Call down; Second of
fense, Closed Study Friday Night
Out-of-room after hours—First
offense. Call down; Second of
fense, Immediate, in room early
for next three nights, with hour
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There seems to be some mis
understanding about the use of
this building. Just as the soror
ity houses are open to the use of
both sorority and non sorority
girls, the Hut is open to all stu
dents. By making arrangements
with the office of the Dean of
Students the Hut may be used
for parties or dates under the
regular chaperonage regulations
The kitchen is equipped for cook
ing, and the piano, or an im
ported record player will furnish
an evening’s recreation. Students
using the house for any purpose
are, of course, responsible for
leaving the Hut clean and check
ing the inventory of equipment
to see that all utensils have been
replaced.
Sunday evenings are the most
pleasant ones for non sorority
girls and their guests. A roaring
fire, music, fellowship, and buf
fet suppers are the order of the
day. Those of our student body
that have been here a year or
more, regard these Sunday eve
nings as a sure cure for those
spells of homesickness that in
vade the dorms over a weekend.
A few faculty members are invit
ed each Sunday to join the fel
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Boarding Student Council has
explained the difference between
“call-down” and a “warning” in
order to clarify the confusion be
tween the two in the minds of
many students.
A “call-down,” if not followed
by a second “call-down” within
a specified period of time, may
be removed.
A warning on the other hand,
remains on the student’s record
to the end of the year.
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