BEAUTY
QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXVIII No. 10
QUEENS IS SCENE OF FESTIVITIES
S.C.A. Announces
New Committees
The Student Christian Asso-
has selected its commit-
to carry on the Christian
^*^hvities at Queens throughout
year 1950-51. These commit-
f®6s have been carefully selected
in order that our spiritual life
at Queens might be enriched by
their work. They are as follows:
The Hut Committee: Co-chair-
naen, Joyce Crosland and Dot
Spenser, Dot Folger, Marjorie
Smith, Ann Noell, Catherine
Edgerton.
The Fellowship Committee:
hairman, Helen Drennan, Mary
Jo Graham, Ann Clark.
The Publicity Committee:
Chairman, Joyce Miller, Edith
Young, Ann McCall.
The Works Committee: Chair-
nian, Betty Sue Wright, Willa
Dean Smith, Clarible Moles,
Eugenia Harris.
The Prayer Meeting Commit
tee: Chairman, Kathryn Hickman,
Joyce Crosland, Lucy Walkup,
Joyce Tucker, Jay Hall, Bobbie
J ones.
The Vespers Committee: Co
chairman, Margaret Barron and
Florence Ashcraft.
The S.C.A. Cabinet solicits the
co-operation and the prayers of
the student body that the work
^ ts year may be greatly blessed
of bring a deeper spirit
Qoeen^^^^^^^ fellowship to the
^ ^snipus.
'•S.C.M. Sponsors
^usic Concert
A concert sponsored by the
Queens College chapter of the
nternational Society for Con
temporary Music will be present
ed in Ninniss Auditorium on
April 30 at 4:00 p.m. The Queens
College Chapter is the only chap
ter of this organization in the
Southeastern states.
The program will be as fol
lows:
Sonata for Violin and Piano
—Milhaud
Earl Berg violin
John Holliday piano
Sonata for Piano. John Holliday
Sonata for Viola and Piano
—Mary Anne Ashe
First Movement
Mary Anne Ashe viola
Mary Ann Brezsny... piano
INTERMISSION
Folk Ballad “Hay-Moon
Mountain”
—Edwin Gerschefski
Earl Berg baritone
Queens College Singers
Thomas Hibbard....first violin
Doris Lefler second violin
Mary Anne Ashe viola
James Hesser cello
Joseph Little flute
June Faulk piano
John Holliday director
Mr. Gerschefski. who wrot#'
. music for the “Folk Ballad,”
dean of the music school, Con-
S^^^+u Spartanburg,
outh Carolina. The ballad is
^3sed upon an article from
me magazine about actual
People and events.
Walker Presents
Senior Recital
May 2,1950
Miss Jeanne Walker, senior
piano major, will present her
senior recital in Ninniss Audi
torium on May 2 at 8:15 P.M.
Since she has been at Queens,
Jeanne, whose home is in Spen
cer, West Virginia, has studied
piano with Mrs. Elsie Stokes
Moseley. For the past two years
she has won the Ninniss award,
presented each year to a junior
or senior piano major. During
her junior year she was guest
soloist with the Queens-David-
son Symphony, and is now ac
companist for the Queens Col-
leg Choir.
Her program follows:
I
2 Add Queens College Ken ....
Sonata in E minor Scarlotti
Tocatto and Fuge in D minor
_Bach-Kelberine
II
Etude op. 10, no. 7 Chopin
Etude Tableaux op. 33, no. 8
Rachmaninoff
Impromptu op. 31, no. 2 Fauri
Rhapsodic in E major op. 119
no 4 Drahms
III
Soudades do Brazil Milhaud
Sorocoleo
Botofogo
Ipanema
The Tides of Manaumaun
Henry Cowell
Balakereu
Islamey
IV
Concerto no. 1 in E major....Liszt
Allegro maestoso
Quasi adagio
Allegretto vivace
Allegro marziable animato
Girls Receive
Recognition
Once again those girls who
have made outstanding scholas
tic records have been recognized.
June Patterson of Greensboro,
who has the highest average of
anyone in her class for her four
years at Queens, was named
valedictorian. Margaret W i k 1 e
from Charlotte, salutatorian, has
been a marshall for the past two
years. The chief Junior marshall
is Deanie Berryhill, a day stu
dent, who has been recognized
for her scholastic achievements
each year. Margaret Barron of
Seneca, South Carolina was
named first Junior marshall, and
Alice Reynolds, another day stu
dent, is the second Junior marsh
all. The first Sophomore marsh
all is Mary Jo Graham from Bir
mingham who was also a marsh
all last year, and Helen Drennen
from Spartanburg is the second
Sophomore marshall. Frances
MaePherson of Fayetteville made
the highest scholastic avdrage
of her class and thus is first
marshall for the Freshmen. The
second Freshman marshall
is Jeanne West, a Charlotte girl.
These girls have done excellent
work and deserve the praise of
all.
Dorothy Thomas is May Queen.
Betty Norris is her attendant.
Other members of the court are:
Peggy Barrentine, Clara Barnes,
Sallie Hood Buie, Grace Marie
Childs, Kitty Sue Carter, Helen
Drennan, Doris Anne Dixon, Jean
Cruse, Betty Lynn Davenport,
Betty Wayne Williams, Dorothy
Guy, Doris Pons, Nora Parker,
Jan Purvis, Nancy Timberlake,
Dorothy McLeod. Flower girls.
Alice Harrell of Kingstree, Gail
Magher of Charlotte, Stella Alex
ander of Charlotte, Martha Hasel-
don of Florence; and the crown
bearer, Roscoe Nesmith, are the
junior members of the court.
Play Features
New Talent
Two new finds—Dr. J. W. Mc-
Cutchan and Dean Gordon W.
Sweet—will be featured in the
Queens Players’ production of
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
which will be presented on April
twenty-eighth and twenty-
^inth in Ninnis Auditorium at
8:15.
Written by Joseph Kesselring,
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, has
been performed successfully all
over the country, as well as in
London, and other foreign capi
tals, and was the fourth longest
running hit in stage history when
it closed in New York after 1,-
444 performances. The paradoxi
cal title of ARSENIC AND OLD
LACE refers to the attire and the
activities of the Brewster sisters,
Abby and Martha, two of the
most charming and most lovable
old ladies who ever filled a cellar
full of cadavers. These two bat
ty but lovable old Brewster sis
ters, dispensers of cheer and
good will to all—to say nothing
of elderberry wine laced with
arsenic will be played by Bon
nie Blue as Abby, and Gwenda
Ewell as Martha. Their oldest
nephew, Jonathan, whose pride
suffers a severe blow when he
discovers that his record of
twelve murders has been match
ed by the twelve graves in the
cellar, will be played by Dr. Mc-
Cutchan. It is nephew Jonathan’s
disconcerting resemblance to
movie villian Boris Karloff that
eventually causes him to give
himself away, thus losing his
title of America’s most prolific
murderer to his aunts. In the
role of Doctor Einstein, plastic
surgeon for the underworld, Carl
McRorie, a newcomer to the
Queens stage, will be seen. The
role of Mortimer, the drama citic
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‘Spring is sprung; the grass is
riz.
I wonder where the birdies is?”
So goes the little poem, I use
the term loosely, which heralds
the season of all season s—
SPRING! Now if you’re one of
those hard-to-convince individu
als who simply won’t concede
that spring is actually here, take
a quick look around Queens
campus and note carefully the
various symptoms which prove
the springing of spring.
Where shall we start—in the
dorms, the Y-store, the grounds?
Anyplace suits me, but the clos
er the better so let’s look in
North. Goodness me! Did you
ever see so many closets full of
cotton clothes? Indeed, King Cot
ton reigns supreme among us
daughters of the old South.
’Course, one should mention in
all fairness that that some of the
eager-beavers tried to pubh
spring a tinsy bit two weeks ago
during the cold (burr! burr!)
spell. These hale and hearty
Queens left all their woolens
and longies at home during the
spring holidays so there was
quite a bit of teeth-chattering
and oversized goose-pimples here
and there-abouts. But neverthe
less spring has sprung in North.
Say, look over there! What on
earth are they doing? Do you
mean to tell me that there are
girls in this institute of learning
that have time to sit in the mid
dle of a clover patch and do
nothing? Oh! So they’re biology
students completing an assign
ment. Well what do you know
about that! How would you his
tory “stoodents” who ponder long
hours over your dusty books
like to have a nice springy assign
ment like observing workin’ bees
in a clover patch to see what
color pollen they’re carrying.
Frankly, if I could count on a
lot of assignments which would
bring me closer to nature, par-
ticuarly in the vicinity of the
athletic field, I’d change my ma
jor AGAIN.
Whew! I’m so tired and hot;
a coke would definitely hit the
spot. Will you join me in the
Y-store, my friend? Say this is
m o s t ' refreshin’, isn’t it? Not
meaning to be an evesdropper.
you understand, but does it strike
you that there’s an undeversified
conversational topic in here?
“Spring Frolics at Davidson were
divine!” “. . . a divine forward
at State.” “Carolina (and she
doesn’t mean one of the forty-
eight) in spring, what could be
more romantical?” You know,
they say a young man’s fancy
turns to love in spring, and I
can assure you that a young
Queens’ fancy doesn’t turn to
the Roman Empire or a horrid
old term paper at this invigorat
ing time of year.
Yes indeed, you don’t have
to look far on Queens campus to
see the handiwork of spring—
it’s everywhere! In fact you
might add these lines to the ditty
at the beginning:
Spring is sprung, the leaves
is out;
But study hard before you
shout:
“Spring is sprung; the bat
tle’s won.
Exams are passed, school is
done!”
Friday, April 28
Begins Annual
Fine Arts Week
According to plans made by
student committees and the De
partment of Physical Education,
Queens College traditional May
Day celebrations are to be held
Friday afternoon, April 28,
weather permitting. This year’s
festivities and dances honoring
the May Queen and her court
are built around the theme of
Geoffrey Chaucer’s famous Can
terbury Tales.
Chivalry, commerce, the
church, all the English way
faring life of the Middle Ages
is relived in the parade of pil
grims. In this procession the fol
lowing students appear: Janet
Brunsen as Chaucer; Sadie Buie
as the Merchant; Barbara Mc
Cormick, the Pardoner; Claribel
Moles, the Prioress; Emily Shipp,
the Knight; Lou Ellen Thomp
son, the Summoner; Mary Dare
Hedrick, the Yeoman; Rosilyn
Hardin, the Miller; Betty Mae
Woods, the Squire; Margaret
Blue, the Parson.
According to Chaucer’s story,
the pilgrims were on their way
to the Shrine of St. Thomas a
Becket in Canterbury. To amuse
themselves and pass the time
they agreed to tell stories as they
walked or rode together. Seven
of these tales provide the set
tings for the dances.
In the first dance appear the
Seven Deadly Sins as described
by the Parson. The seven trans
gressors are: Wrath dressed in
red; Envy in green; Pride in
purple; Sloth in yellow; Glut
tony in multicolors; Avarice in
blue; and Leachery in orange.
The dancer are: Martha Holla-
man, Betty Sue Wright, Jackie
Henley, Mayree Kay Ledford,
Betsy Cromer, Shirley Siddall,
and Jacquie Otey.
Next is the dance from the
Cook’s tale, which tells of a
young apprentice who has no
ambition. He likes to spend his
time dancing with the people in
the streets when he should be
working. Taking part in this
dance are: Joyce Crosland, Alen-
na Doggett, ^etty Farabow, Mar
tha Rhyne, Julia Upchurch, Nan
cy Blue, Ruth Davis, Kitty
Moore, Henrietta Copeland, and
Anne Hunter.
The Nun's Priesls' Tale pro
vides the theme for the third
dance. In it Chanticleer, a pom
pous rooster, dances with seven
hens. Among them is his favorite
of the lot, Pertelote: Virginia
Love is Chanticleer, with Ann
Bailey, Dorothy Wilson, Eugenia
Harris, Marianne Martin, Holly
Lambden, and Anne Smith as
attending hens.
In the fourth dance the Pardon-
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Calendar Of Events
April 28—May Day, Dramatic
Club Play
April 29—Dramatic Club Play
May 2—Jeanne Walker’s recital
May 3—Orchestra concert
May 5—Junior Piano Recital
May 7—Davidson Band Concert
May 9—Voice Recital of College
Students
May 12—Faculty Party