T
QUEENS BLUES
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W^XXIX—No.
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
December 13, 1950
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SENIORS CHOOSE SUPERLATIVES
^ho's Who Names
^Portant People
Queens Campus
Many People Enjoy
Christmas Dance
Wh '
fan' is an honorary or-
which was formed with
fjj,' creating a national basis
Coll ^ ^^‘^ognition of outstanding
^i'^^dcnts. The idea for Who’s
(g ° first conceived about six-
years ago, then, after two
research, correspondents,
int ^sny things you can find
jerviews with many college ad-
students, the first
Th„^ ^ ” ho publication was printed.
Am. publication. Who’s Who
in American Uni-
^jj. * Colleges, is the official
of distinguished students
sitie colleges and univer-
Pubp ^l^^oughout America. The
contains a personal
Up ^ of fhe student and a write-
^5 ° ^he college which that stu-
^ffonds. Who's Who offers its
^u helping the student
s^p j 5 employment and in
(q ying needed recommendations
1 ®»Uployers. The student mem-
Cm? ®f Who’s Who from Queens
®Se are:
Mart
^ —garet Barron, from Sene-
' South Carolina, who is this year
tia of the Student Chris
^U Association.
J^orth^r of Charlotte,
tjfByerly from Lake
Carolina, and this year
1 ent of Morrison Dormitory.
Crow from Chatta-
L). j’ f’ounessee, president of the
^^ding Student Body.
Camble from Hickory,
Carolina’ president of the
out Christian Association.
(Continued on Page Four)
Morrison was the scene of much
excitement, much glamour, and
much ado about a great deal on
Saturday, December the second.
There the annual Queen’s Christ
mas dance took place, and if rum
ors are true there is no doubt about
its success.
As the couples entered they were
met and graciously received by
Miss Albright, Dean and Mrs.
Sweet, Mr. and Mrs. McAllister
Carson, and Dr. and Mrs. H. V.
Carson. After they had removed
their wraps and spoken to several
of the other couples, the guests then
began to look about and admire the
decorations, which were exception
ally pretty this year.
Large wreath-like folliages o
silver covered with or rather touch
ed with ornaments of bright colors
set off to advantage the other dec
orations. Red and green, the tra
ditional Christmas colors, seeme
to make central points of color in
terest. For the figure there was a
huge square wreath made o
greens and tied with a hig fat
Yuletide bow. It was throug is
wreath that the seven «^®^h"rs of
the social committee marched with
their dates.
(Continued on Page Four)
Stude
nts Select
•’’nnan Project
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,'^*^111 this year the student body
pj,^.^ part in selecting the S. C. A.
Stillman College was chos-
y a large majority.
» f^Hinan, a co-educational college
^egro men and women, is lo-
^ on the western boundary of
^ity of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It
founded in 1876 by Dr. Charles
' .^fillman.
fillman
^'.''Uiman was begun as a place to
K young people for Christian
^^ice. At one time Stillman was
ip - year college, but later the
years of high school were
Plans are now underway to
‘® it a fully accredited four year
^ addition to courses in home
Cat* business education, edu-
liberal arts, and religious
5|...^^fion and ministerial training,
k-offers courses in various
^^es.
Hillman is seeking to develop
educated Christian character
^ Citizenship among the young
CTo men and women that they
their places as leaders
pS their own race.
^ recent letter Dr. Sam Bur-
Say, President of Stillman,
(f^ntinued on Page Four)
FRESHMEN ELECT
represenatives
TO COUNCILS
Freshmen elections were held re
cently at which time results were
as follows: Doris Searcy was
chosen to serve on Boarding Stu
dent Council while Caroline Up-
shur will work with the Student
Christian Association. Recreation
Association representative is Mary
Waters
TENTATIVE DATE
FOR MAGAZINE
APPEARANCE SET
SENIORS, JUNIORS
AGAIN TAKE
HONORS
December 15th is the tentative
date set for your literary maga
zine, The Quill, to appear in every
student’s mailbox. “Not very excit
ing news,” you mutter, and turn to
the gossip column. But it is excit
ing news to those of you who en
joy reading good poetry, short stor
ies, sketches, book reviews, plays,
and other creative work written by
people whom you actually know.
This fall’s issue is expected to
hold especial interest for the whole
student body. Included in the table
of contents is a special section de
voted to the winning works of a
creative writing contest held last
year—the best among a number of
short stories, plays, works in blank
verse, sonnets, and limericks. In
addition to these contest winners
are other contributions—editorials
(Continued on Page Two.)
BLUES BEGINS
NEW SERVICE
Through the courtesy of Madem
oiselle Magazine the.Blues is happy
to present a series of articles on
fashion. These articles are com
piled and edited by the editors of
Mademoiselle Magazine and sent di
rectly to the Queens Blues. With
each article is enclosed a picture
Four of these articles are to be
printed in the Blues throughout the
year. The first of this series ap
pears in this issue. Since this par
ticular accommodation to college
newspapers is new. Mademoiselle
editors are eager to get the stu
dents reactions and comments. This
is a service to the students—not to
the Blues staff; so any just criti
cism from the students would be
appreciated
Correlation Found
Between Leaders
And Superlatives
A new stahidard in class stunts
was set by the Class of 1951 Tues
day night, November 22, when they
presented the most original and
winning class stunt at the annual
stunt night performance. Under
the excellent leadership of Louise
White, Chairman, Wanda Oxner,
and Ann Bailey, assistants, this
class won the cup for the second
consecutive year.
With the theme of “Queens Now
and Then,” the stunt depicted
Queens life in three stages of de
velopment %vith a subtle under-cur-
rent of present life. First came the
“horse and buggy” days, then the
“jazz age of the twenties,” and
finally future life at Queens. Fac
ulty “take-offs” were brilliantly
done.
Especially significant were Mar-
that Harrison as Miss Harrill, Bun
ny Fowler as Mr. McNeill, Mickey
Butler as Mr. Thompson, Louise
White as Miss Albright and Bar
bara McAllister as Mrs. Thompson.
Wanda Oxner narrated and the
stunt was supported by an ingen
ious gallery that sang and nar
rated.
Also for the second consecutive
year, the Junior Class, Manon Wil
liams, Chairman, won the gallery
cup. This stunt “As the Juniors See
(Continued on Page Four)
A.A.O.C.P. HONORS
QUEENS STUDENT
It has been announced by Dennis
Hartman, Secretary for the Nation
al Poetry Association, that a son
net,, Twilight, written by Frances
MaePherson has been selected for
publication in the Annual Antholo
gy of College Poetry.
THANKS DUE MANY
With glittering memories of the
Queens Christmas Ball still in mind.
Miss Q. C. might do well to stop
and reflect a moment on the ques
tion—who’s responsible for such a
lovely evening as last Saturday
night? Oh, “the social committee”
is the off-hand answer. But just
how much time, effort, and ingen
uity is required on the part of the
members of that committee to give
us such a wonderful dance? Let’s
take a quick look.
First, there are the numerous
meetings required to get the plans
rolling, and which of us won’t ad
mit that meetings are VERY time-
consuming, to say the least? End
less details concerning the orches
tra, flowers, decorations, refresh
ments, invitations, and tickets have
to be taken into consideration.
The decorations alone are a
major problem because they have
to be borrowed from uptown mer
chants. While the Charlotte firms
are generous and helpfu, ®y>
nevertheless, cannot give e ini e
answers until the very las min
ute. This means that the commit
tee has to act at THEIR conven
ience no matter if Miss Faculty has
doubled the homework assignment
and announced a major test. On
the day of the dance and not be
fore, can the committee get into
the dining room to do the actual
decorating. They must see to the
removing of the furniture, helping
to fix box-lunches for the mid-day
meal, do the decorating, and last
but not least—clean up afterwards,
that very night.
For the two weeks before the
girls devoted their free periods to
the selling of tickets, most of which
were not sold until the last few
days. The committee also did all in
its power to prevent other social
functions from occurring on the
same evening of our dance, in order
that all of the girls might come.
Now, just a word about money.
Despite the moaning and groaning
about the $2.75 tickets, one might
remember that not only does the
committee make NO profit, but
that it also has to “pinch pennies
to get by on what funds it has. For
instance, the frame used in the
figure would have cost a great deal
to have made, so with typical fem
inine ingenuity of the co-chairman
and her fellows got out their ham
mers and nails and turned car
penters. When one remembers how
much everything has gone up and
how little $2.75 is in comparison
to what other colleges charge for a
similar occasion. Miss Q. C. ought
not complain too loudly.
Not all griping is bad—^but there
are times when it fans the fire and
gets things accomplished. So nat
urally Miss Q. C. bemoans the
fact that Queens had only one big
formal last year. But the question
is—did Miss Q. C. come to the dance
last Saturday or did she go away
for the week end or just sit in her
room? Without a vote of confidence
by the presence of the majority of
the Miss Q. C.’s at their first dance,
the social committee can hardly af
ford to attempt another.
The traditional election of “su
perlatives” was held recently by
the Senior class. The results are
as follows:
Mildred Butler was elected the
most popular in the class. Mickey
is from Laurinburg, North Caro
lina, where people must really talk
with a southern drawl! Mickey is
President of South Dormitory, a
member of Honor Council, ex-pres
ident of Alpha Gamma Delta fra
ternity and was recently tapped
into Alpha Kappa Gamma. She is
also a member of Legislature,
Boarding Student Council and the
Coronet Staff.
For “Most Likely To Succeed”
students chose Sara Clair Little.
Sara Clair is President of the Stu
dent Body, a member of May Court,
a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorori
ty. Sara Clair is from Danville,
Virginia.
Louise White was selected as the
most original girl in the class.
Louise is from Columbia, South
Carolina. She is editor of The Quill,
a member of Phi Mu Fraternity,
of Mu Phi Epsilon, Legislature,
and Co-Chairman of Stunt Night.
As most versatile the class elect
ed Rainey Gamble. Rainey is Pres
ident of S. C. A., a member of
Alpha Kappa Gamma, and is work
ing on the Coronet staff. Rainey
is from Hickory, North Carolina.
Alice Reynolds, from Charlotte,
North Carolina, is the most schol
arly girl in the class. Alice is Pres
ident of Kappa Delta Sorority and
a member of Sigma Mu.
The most athletic girl in the class
is Jane Blakely from Kingstree,
South Cax'olina. Jane is a member
of Alpha Delta Pi sorority, the
Home Economics Club. She is also
Vice-President of R. A. and a mem
ber of the Social Committee.
Betty Wayne Williams was chos
en the most attractive girl in the
class. Betty Wayne is from Laurin
burg, North Carolina, ^^e is ex
president of Alpha Delta Pi Soror
ity, a member of Legislature, May
Court, and Alpha Kappa Gamma.
For the Most Efficient the class
chose Betty Jean Byerly, from Lake
City, South Carolina. Betty Jean
is ex-president of Chi Omega, Pres
ident of Alpha Kappa Gamma,
President of Morrison Dormitory
and a member of Boarding Student
Council.
As most sincere the class selected
Lucy Dunn Guion from Charlotte,
North Carolina. Lucy Dunn is a
member of Alpha Delta Pi and R.
A. Council. She is President of Day
Student Council on Legislature and
a member of Alpha Kappa Gamma.
Betty Ann Pyron from Char
lotte, North Carolina, is the Best
Dressed girl in the Senior class.
Betty Ann is co-chairman of the
Social Committee, a member of
Legislature, the Home Economic
Club and Phi Mu Fraternity.
So with the thoughts of the gala
time we had at the Christmas Ball
in mind, let’s give a big, sincere
vote of thanks to our social com
mittee, we appreciate your efforts,
we really do!
Chapel Schedule
December 8—Co-ed chapel.
December 12—Madrigal Group.
December 15—White Gift Service.