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BOAR'S HEAD PROCESSION
CHAPTER
CHATTER
DEAR MOM:
Things have really been going
With a bang at the Alpha Gam-
Delta house—^bang—that is.
will soon be sporting a re-
faired, remodeled and newly paint-
house. Those Friday night get-
'gethers with a blazing fire, hot
^Wolate, and marshmallows, and
^anday night feeds keep them busy,
^hat fun and what grand food
^ere had at the Christmas feed
I’^fore the dance. Here’s to every
who made it possible with tur-
Itey and cranberries, a Christ-
tt^as tree and a happy crowd of
^Ipha Gams and their dates! Then
the pledges had a wonderful “big
^nd “little sister” party about the
Christmas tree on Sunday night.
The Alpha Delta Pis and their
dates enjoyed a formal Christmas
Wnquet at Kuesters before the an
'‘^al Christmas Dance. The Christ-
% spirit was carried out by at-
‘^^ctive menues and the singing of
''^1‘ols.
The members of Kappa Delta
^>id their dates had a grand time
their hayride to the farm of
and Mrs. Archie S. Reynolds
the Huntersville-Mount Holly
^°ad. After the hayride the Kappa
deltas were guests of Nancy Hud-
"^leston. Recently Mrs. Genevieve
^’orbes Morrse, President of Alpha
South Providence of Kappa Delta,
the guest of Alpha Omicron
Chapter. She attended an informal
*beeting and after-dinner coffee
Monday and a formal meeting
^^d a pledge meeting on Tuesday.
also had a conference with
®^ch officer. Plans are well on the
^ay to give the children of the
spastic center a Christmas party
'‘h December 14th
The Phi Mus brought in the
Christmas spirit with a bright and
^ay buffet supper before the tradi
tional Christmas dance. Colorful
*iocorations and bright glowing
'handles made everyone realize that
Christmas was just around the cor-
Even Rudolph, the red-nosed
^oindeer was there, led by the jolly
^^d lovable Santa Claus. One of the
social events of the year was
the “Big Sister-Little Sister” ban-
^^Oet with the clever gifts and
"Moppy” Harrison with her pil-
and Santa Claus suit.
Even with all the tests .and term
papers there are at Queens, there
has been time to remember that we
are approaching the Christmas Sea
son. Not just holly and red candles
to prod our memory; but rather,
there has been a series of Christ
mas services throughout all of De
cember. The first Sunday night of
December we had a deputation of
five students and one faculty mem
ber from Converse College in Spart
anburg in charge of the vesper
service. They used as their theme
“The Meaning of the Christmas
Star.” The second Christmas vesp
ers was a one-act-play presented
by the Queens Players based on
Mary, the Mother. But that one
great traditional vespers, which we
all looked forward to, was the one
of Christmas music given by the
Queens choir on December the 17th.
You have often heard of the “old
ladies’ sewing circle”! Well, this
year at Queens it was a group of
“Christmas knitters” enjoying an
other Student Christian Association
Fellowship meeting in the Hut at
3:30 P. M. on the 13th of Decem
ber.
I heard, too, of the Christmas
Services which Queens students
presented at Clemson College on
December the 10th. The group that
went down to Clemson included
Rainey Gamble, Martha Holleman,
Gwenda Ewell, Jane Tipton, Joyce
Miller, Florence Ashcraft, Gorden
Faucette, Deannie Berryhill, Mar
garet Barron, and Miss June Holt-
zendorff. They went down on Sat
urday fo ran informal meeting and
fellowship with the “Y” cabinet
at Clemson. Sunday morning they
had soloist from Queens in three
of the community churches, and
then the group conducted two ves
per services on the campus.
Christmas is really a joyful sea
son. Not just because we get a few
days at home; but because we can’t
help but remember that first
Christmas day and what a wonder
ful meaning it had for us.
See you the 19th of December.
Much love,
SUE.
(Special to the Queens Blues From
the Editors of MADEMOISELLE)
Home for Christmas is the
campus cry these days, and coed
chatter is likely to center on a full
schedule of holiday parties_ and
clothes for THE dance or cocktail
party.
This particular Christmas, ac
cording to MADE MOISELLE
magazine, is likely to be whiter
than Bing ever dreamed. Sheer off-
white pleated wools or white wools
edged in pearls are guests of honor
at afternoon parties. The white
worsted jersey shirtdress fastened
with chunks of I'hinestones and the
stiff white rayon and cotton ben-
galine suit, rhinestone-fastened
too, for an ice-and-snow effect, are
going to be holiday sparklers.
There’s word on white for the
sports enthusiast too. You’ll see
black ski pants topped with a bright
white jacket, or an al-black outfit,
sharp shadow on the snow.
There’ll be a dash of color too—a
polka-dotted ascot and sash or a
brilliant silk scarf—to set off snow
white and black.
At night white really comes into
its own. One dance-floor favorite
is the short sheath topped by a
frothy lace overskirt with tiny
black velvet straps and sash. An
other is a billowy gold-dotted white
net, made for waltzing with its
rayon taffeta underskirt and
matching stole. And still another,
a short white rayon bengaline
spangled with topaz glass—a white
evening dress that looks like Christ
mas. Look for white in the Decem
ber Home for Christmas issue of
MADEMOISELLE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS VS.
PRE-HOLIDAY FATIGUE
MERRILLS PRESENT
DUO-CONCERT
E. Lindsey Merrill, violinist, and
Martha Rowe Merrill, pianist, pre
sented a duo concert in the first of
the Queens College Faculty Recital
Series, Friday, December 1, 1950,
at 8:15 P. M., in Ninniss Auditor
ium. This is Mr. Merrill’s first year
as a member of the Queens College
faculty. Mrs. Merrill teaches pri
vate piano lessons.
The program was as follows:
Bach—Sonata in A for Violin and
Piano
Andante
Allegro Assai
Andante un poco
Presto
Stravinsky - Duo Concertant
Cantilene
Eglogue I
Eglogue II
Gigue
Dithyrambe
Franck—Sonata in A for Violin
and Piano
Allegretton ben Moderate
Allegro
Recitative—Fantassia
Allegretto Poco Mosso
Even as you wander through
Burwell, admiring the dark holly
and fat red candles, you are aware
of Queens’ pre-Christmas philoso
phy: attend to those “errands”
early so you can fully appreciate
Christmas. You stop a moment to
admire the bells and evergreen on
the main door; they sway as the
door swings to admit a lowly fresh
man, a very low freshman. Bowed
by the learning of centuries she
stands. Omnibus in hand, her soul
ful eyes wandering in abstraction
over the -“holiday scene”. Feeling
a bit cheerful over life in general
and diminishing “day dolls” in par
ticular, you amble over to speak.
“Say, pal, realize where we’ll be
in less than a week?”
She stares at you (or through
you- it seems). “A week? VTas it
indeed a week?’’ A pensive smile
brings a pallied cast. “Only a week
between the connection of the three
Estates and the Tennis Court Oath?
Let us hope that Thermidor will
be unscathed by the wind that
blows against Mazarin.”
Startled, you mutter, “Fresh
man,” and beat a hasty retreat to
the Y store. Alas! A learned senior
is expounding relativity to a pro
fessor of education—all this and
tuberculosis seals, too. The profes
sor puffs speculatively on his pipe,
generating atmosphere for his com
ing discourse and a smoke screen
for your flight to a more concrete
realm. Your trip, however, has not
been in vain for you gain a dynamic
touch of the Christmas spirit as
you bark a shin against a mam-
mouth package—someone elses.
A classmate joins you at the door,
hastily setting a coke bottle in an
empty crate. As you hold the door
for her she queries, “Going to the
Phi Kappa Tau Christmas func
tion?”
Infected with the spirit of the
season, you smile cheerily. “Func
tion? Will there be a lecture or a
seminar? Hope it’s not forty-eight
hours before or after the holiday!”
Your friend, whom you loved for
her level-headiness, gives you a
hearty clap on the shoulder. “Pul
yourself together, old girl.” (Any
nut should have seen you’re pull
ing the strategic retreat. Men are
only half the world anyway.)
“Sure, sure. Try handing me a
cup with only the top half full of
coffee.” You reply as you and she
walk up the science building steps.
The professor smiling expansive
ly as the second bell heralds your
arrival. “Come in, come in.” You
and friend flounder to a halt as he
announces cheerily, “The instruc
tors in the Department of Niebil-
ungenlied Neologisms have decided
that it would be quite nice to have
a Christmas party, a costume par
ty in the dress of the Nibelungs.
Would Saturday night suit every
one?” The sweet young things look
at each other appealingly. Several
wave their eyelashes to you in des
peration, and your gentle voice ad
dresses him.
“Sir. I believe Monday morning
at four o’clock is our best bet.”
All the curly coiffures except one
nod their assent enthusiastically.
This lady timidly says that she has
an appointment at 4:30 that morn
ing, but icy stares inform her that
no change can be made. She has
simply overcrowded her schedule.
There follows an exciting, fifty-
minute discussion on the question ^
Did Siegfried really think the ring
was twenty-two carat gold?” The
professor then with his genial
smile dismisses the ladies for their
half-hour break, during which they
may eat and/or attend any number
of called meetings.
With a wistful glance in the di
rection of the dining hall, you head
for your private cell—er—room,
where you hunch over a type-writ
er, muttering to yourself, “Who
has not known depths cannot know
heights” as you pad with fiend
ish glee your sixth research paper.
As an ironic afterthought you ap
pend a twenty-fifth footnote to the
thirty-first page: Merry Christ
mas!
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