QUEENS
BLUES
Vol. XXVII4-N0. 12
Queens College. Charlolte. N. C.
May 25. 1950
DEDICATION
FOR JUNE 4
Music Department
Presents Three
In Recital
On Tuesday evening, May 9,
at 8:15, the department of music
presented Lillian Barber, Roberta
Jones, and June Faulk in a re
cital. Miss Barber and Miss Jones
are students of Miss Virginia
Smith, and Miss Faulk is a stu
dent of Mrs. Elsie Stokes Moseley.
Miss Barber, a senior from
Moultrie, Georgia, has studied
voice during her four years at
Queens. She is a member of the
Queens College Choir and the
Myers Park Presbyterian Church
Choir.
Miss Jones, a sophomore from
Columbia, South Carolina, has
studied voice for one year at
Queens. For the past three sum-
urers, she has attended the Tran
sylvania Music Camp at Brevard,
North Carolina. She has been a
soloist with the Queens College
Choir and a member of the Myers
Park Presbyterian Church Choir
this year.
Miss Faulk, a freshman from
Charlotte, has studied piano with
Mrs. Moseley for the past six
years. She attended Central High
School where she accompanied
all choral groups. During her sen
ior year she was soloist with the
Central band when they presented
Grieg’s “Concerto” in A minor.
In 1949 she won an award pre
sented by the music department
at Central. For three years she
was accompanist for the Char-
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i Calendar Of Events
FRIDAY, June 2
8:15 a.m.—Commencement
Concert by Music
Seniors
SATURDAY, June 3 HOMECOM
ING DAY
11:00 a.m.—Alumnae Baby
Show
4:00 p.m.—Reunion Class
Meetings
4:30 p.m.—Class Day, Ninniss
Auditorium
6:00 p.m.—Reunion Dinner,
Sara E. Morrison
Dining Hall, with
program in B e 1 k
Chapel
8:30 p.m.—President’s Recep
tion
SUNDAY, June 4
11:00 a.m.—Baccalaureate Ser
mon, Belk Chapel
The Rev. Julian
Lake, D. D., pastor
of the First Presby
terian Church
Winston-Salem, N.
C.
4:00 p.m.—Dedication of Belk
Chapel Sermon:
The Rev. J- Blan
ton Belk, D. D.,
Pastor of the St.
Giles Presbyterian
Church, Richmond,
Va.
8:00 p.m.—Sacred Concert,
Belk Chapel
MONDAY, June 5
10:30 a.m.—Graduating Exer
cises, Belk Chapel
Address: J. Roger
Carter, Officer of
Education, British
Embassy, Washing
ton, D. C.
Students Receive
Various Awards
On May 15, the annual awards
and prizes were presented in
a chapel program presided over
by Dr. Blakely, The ceremony
was opened by the traditional
college hymn. Greater Queens.
Following the introductory re
marks by Dr. Blakely the awards
were given.
As the college freshmen who
showed the most college spirit
measured in terms of service,
co-operation, and enthusiasm,
Sara McNair received a prize of
$10.00 from the local non-sorority
organization Alpha Eta Sigma.
Joyce Tucker received honorable
mention.
For the highest average in
points in leadership and student
activities. Phi-Mu received the
sorority leadership which has
been given by Mrs. W. H. Belk
to be held for a period of a year.
The sorority having distinguish
ed itself in scholarship received a
cup which has been provided_by
the Pan Hellenic Council. The
winning sorority this year was
Kappa Delta.
Commencement marshals were
announced. The honor is calcu-
Led on a basis of the students
entire college work. Chief Mar-
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Staff Holds
Annual Party
On Friday evening. May 12th,
Queens faculty and administra
tion had their annual party at
Rozzelle’s Ferry.
The menu was large and varied.
After the meal a silver tray
was presented to Mr. and Mrs.
J M. Goddard. Mr. Goddard was
Dean of the College last year.
Later in the evening the group
gathered around to sing some of
the old favorites. Miss Albright
accompanied on the piano.
Smith, Moseley
Music Students
Give Recital
The Queens College department
of music presented Jane Tipton,
Mary Jo Whisnant, and Joyce
Miller in a recital on Tuesday
evening. May 16, at 8:15. Miss
Tipton and Miss Whisnant are
voice students of Miss Virginia
Smith, and Miss Miller is a piano
student of Miss Elsie Stokes Mose
ley.
Miss Tipton, of Charlotte and
Young Harris, Georgia, is a fresh
man. She has been a soloist with
the Queens College Choir this
year. In 1948 she was chosen to
go to New York to appear on an
original amateur hour where she
won second place in a national
contest. In January of 1949, she
appeared on the Horace Heidt
show in Charlotte. During the
summers of 1947 and 1949, she
had a radio program in Galves
ton, Texas, and she has frequent
ly appeared on a Charlotte radio
program.
Miss Whisnant, of Maiden,
North Carolina, is a sophomore.
Before coming to Queens, she at
tended St. Marys Junior College
where she was president of the
glee club. She has sung for many
of Charlotte’s civic clubs. She is a
member of the Queens College
Choir, and has appeared on many
of the college chapel programs.
In Hickory and Raleigh, she has
appeared on radio programs
Miss Miller, a freshman from
Charlotte, has studied piano with
Mrs. Moseley for the past three
years. While in high school, she
appeared in the state piano con
test; and during her sophomore
year, she received a 1 rating. She
won the piano award from Char
lotte Music Club for her freshman
year at Queens, and it has been re
newed for her sophomore year.
The recital program follows:
Wohin? (Whither?) Schubert
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Sigma Mu Elects
Barron President
Margaret Barron is the newly
elected president of Sigma Mu,
an honorary scholastic fraternity.
The purpose of this organization
is to recognize and reward out
standing scholarship and to stimu
late scholarly research and crea
tive activity by both graduates
anc^ undergraduates. In order to
encourage this kind of work Sig
ma Mu has established two five-
dollar awards to be given each
year, but unfortunately no piece
worthy of such recognition was
submitted this year.
The membership of Sigma Mu
is composed of seniors who have
completed 105 semester hours of
work and whose scholarship is
in the highest tenth of their class
and of juniors who have com
pleted 74 semester hours of work
and whose scholarship is in the
highest fifteenth of their class
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Club Honors
Seniors
On April 12, 1950 the annua
Kiwanis luncheon for Queens
graduating class was given at the
Hotel Charlotte. The traditiona’
luncheon of many years standing
is in recognition of the outstand
ing contributions being made by
Queens College Alumnae in their
respective communities. A mos;
attractive cold-plate dinner was
served. During the luncheon S. D.
Sandridge, chairman of the pro
gram committee, gave a word o
welcome which was followed by
entertainment supplied by six
teen members of the Davidson
College Glee Club with Mr. Berg
as director. The program was
most entertaining and enlighten
ing as the selections ranged from
spirituals to popular songs. To
conclude the event the master of
ceremonies gave a word of cheer
and good luck to the graduating
girls.
Through The Years . . .
It’s here at last! The fifth of
June has finally come, and all is
ready for the long-awaited cere
mony. The chapel in all its splen
dor is fiUed with eager subjects
who anxiously await the appear
ance of the Queens. Suddenly,
the first stirring chords of the
organ set the long line of Queens
into motion, and the procession
begins.
As you watch the impressive
line of radiant, and indeed regal,
figures file slowly by, you might
well remember all that has con
tributed to this long-anticipated
moment. It really all began when
these Queens arrived at court as
inexperienced, frightened pages
who weren’t quite sure whether
or not they had made a mistake
in aspiring to become Queens.
Can you remember that FAR
back?
First, the pages were oriented
to their new surroundings in the
castle in a definitely bewildering
week of “getting acquainted;” and
wUh the first semester of page
classes immediately starting, there
was little time for idle thoughts
of home and self. Work, work,
work—but with a great deal of
fun, mischievous though some of
it was, spiced in between.
One memorable occasion of
the first period of training was
the initiation of the innocent,
young pages by the squires of the
court. They compelled the pages,
humiliating though it was, to
dress themselves as little flowers,
roses and violets no less. Then
the squires very obligingly added
the scent of the blooms by
thoroughly dousing the pages with
plasont perfume. But it was worth
it, because when the pages them
selves became squires, they, hav
ing learned their lesson well, em
phatically impressed their subor
dinates with proper respects.
During the third year a remark
able improvement could be ob
served in the group, for they
seemed to have learned their
lessons well—so poised, so in
tellectual! And who gets the
credit for this amazing trans
formation? It all goes to the
court mistress and her able coun
cil of knights and ladies-in-wait
ing. They were very gratified the
day of the dress rehearsal for to
day—class day—when the squires
began the last part of their trek
to the throne.
There were, of course, many
preliminary steps to this final
procession; and perhaps the most
outstanding was senior recogni
tion day when the class of squires
took part in its first academic
procession. When they went
proudly past the rows of wistful
pages, they probably realized
more than ever how great an
honor they had attained.
And today—the climax! From
page to queen. Is it any wonder
that the Queen’s Procession is the
most inspiring spectacle that oc
curs in court life? It is inspiring
because as each individual Queen
leaves the chapel, with scepter in
hand, she enters into a court of
her own where her queenly in
fluence will make the world a
better place in which to live.
Doctor Carson
Will Preside
At Ceremony
The dedication of the Belk
Chapel, which will be held Sun
day afternoon, June 4, at 4:30
P.M., will be preceded by the
laying of the cornerstone with the
Rev. Herbert V. Carson presiding.
Within this cornerstone will be
placed a statement of the chapel
gift, a biography of Mr. W. H.
Belk, along with photographs of
Mr. W. H. Belk and Mr. John M.
Belk, the names of business asso
ciates, information about Dr, John
M. Belk as furnished by his
daughters, the citation of a chap
el gift from Who’s Who in Ameri
ca 1949, a brief history of Queens
College, College literature—a
viewbook, catalogue, handbook,
etc., a current newspaper, and
programs of the 1950 commence
ment services.
Immediately following the cere
mony, the service of dedication
will be opened with the choir
processional singing “The
Church,” and a processional read
ing from Psalms 24, John 4: 23-24,
and Revelations 15: 3-4, followed
by the Gloria Patri and the Con
fession of Faith. The Rev. J. Cecil
Lawrence, assistant pastor of
Myers Park Presbyterian Church
will lead the congregation in the
prayer of invocation and the
Lord’s Prayer, and the scripture
will be read by the Rev. Richard
L. O w e n b y of Myers Park
Methodist Church and the Rev.
George A. Heaton, paster of the
Myers Park Baptist Church. Pre
ceding the dedication the chapel
keys will be presented by Mr. J.
Roger Dowdy, who will represent
the associates of Mr. Belk.
The dedication of the chapel and
the dedicatory prayer will be lead
by the president of Queens Col
lege, Dr. Hunter B. Blakely. Fol
lowing this dedication the sermon
will be delivered by the Rev. J-
Blanton Belk, pastor of the St.
Giles Presbyterian Church, Rich
mond, Virginia. The service will
be closed with the benediction,
lead by the Rev. Samuel M. In
man.
Gifts which have been made to
the chapel include urns, given
by the Queens’^Alumnae Associa
tion and offering plates presented
by Mrs. Faison Brown.
Queens College is proud that
within the past twenty-five years
four churches have been organized
on her campus, and most welcome
will be the representatives of
these churches, who will partici
pate in the dedication service
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Little Presents
Gift To Blakelys
Immediately following the
chapel service Friday, May 12 in
charge of Dr. Blakely, Sarah Clare
Little, president of Queens Stu
dent Government, presented to
Dr. and Mrs. Blakely a combined
faculty and student gift, a soup
tureen.
Miss Albright made the pres
entation talk in which she ex
pressed the sentiments of all who
have come in contact with Presi
dent and Mrs. Blakely in the past
eleven years on Queens College
campus.