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QUEENS BLUES
— QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C January 26, 1951
Vol. XXIX—No. 4
CHOIR ANNOUNCES ITINERARY
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SURVEY REVEALS
fRESHMAN FROM
Various states
From a recent survey of the
freshman class, it was noted that
members included representa
tives from ten states and one for-
country. Although a wide va-
•'isty of states is represented,
^orth Carolina stands at the top
’’f the list as it supplies sixty-three
'’f the ninety-nine members; how-
thirty-three of these sixty-
%ee North Carolinians are resi-
of Charlotte. Ten of the
linty-nine freshmen are natives of
^6uth Carolina; thus this state
’^^Hks second in membership. Statis
tics for other states are listed as
follows: Florida, six; Virginia,
^ive; West Virginia, five; Georgia,
^6ui'; Alabama, two; Illinois, one;
^6nnessee, one; and Maryland, one.
ninty-ninth freshman comes
fvom Panama.
Pictured on page one are four
tveshmen on the steps of South
l^ormitory. They are left to right:
*^ary Emma Mintz, Margaret
^OfmyDuval, Sara Evans, and
Barbara Carr. Mary Mintz is from
^hallotte. North Carolina, and she
is studying business at Queens.
Margaret FormyDuval and Sara
Evans are from Wilmington, North
Carolina. Margaret is a candidate
W a Bachelor of Arts degree, and
■M:a is planning to go into Nurses
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Gaining following her sophomore
1^6ar. Barbara Carr is from Bur-
Saw, North Carolina, and she like-
^ise is working for a Bachelor of
'cience degree in nursing.
In future issues other group pic-
featuring various members of
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e freshman class will appear.
Mpha Gamma
^elta Holds
I Sunday Vespers
losing the theme “I Will Be
Courageous,” Alpha Gamma Delta
sorority presented the vesper ser-
'*^oe on January 14. The service was
opened with a call to worship fol-
Wed by the singing of “Just As I
The responsive reading of the
^'^ening was taken from Joshua and
^^nlms. This was followed by the
^^hiiliar solo, “Come Unto Him,”
hy Martha Holleman. The
^'Shlight of the service was a
^tory of “Wauwassa,” a brave
^^ian lad. After the singing of
Take Thou Our Minds” the ser-
Was concluded with a prayer.
Those taking part in the pro-
am were Joan Baucom, presi-
of Alpha Gamma Delta, Mar-
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Holleman, Glenna Rae Chris
Kathryn Hickman, Mildred
^'^Her, and Barbara Carr.
Honor Council
Urges Students
Observe Rules
Students and faculty are urged
to remember to observe the regu
lations and courtesies set forth by
the Honor Council for the exam
ination period. The proposal fol
lowed last year will be used again.
If any student thinks she sees
signs of dishonesty or carelessness
on the part of another student dur
ing an examination, she is to tap
several times on her desk with her
pencil. These taps should serve as
a warning to any student who may
be conducting herself in a suspic
ious manner. Any obvious viola
tions are to be reported to the
Honor Council. Other regulations
are as follows:
We shall respect our fellow stu
dents by absolute quiet while tak
ing an examination.
Insofar as possible every effort
should be made to keep a vacant
seat between two students; also we
shall avoid any appearances of
violating the Honor System. It is
courteous, if you place written
sheets of work on the desk beside
you, to lay those papers face down.
All examinations will be taken
in the specified classroom.
We shall limit ourselves to only
one absence during an examination
at which time we shall go to the
“Y” Store or Lounge but not off-
campus. We shall avoid any con
versation about the examination.
We are at liberty to study by
any old tests or examinations that
were given at another examina
tion period. New examinations giv
en at this period are not to be dis
cussed until all sections have com
pleted their examinations.
We shall consider other students
by observing quiet in the library
and in the dormitories throughout
the examination period; and we,
both Boarding and Day Students,
shall respect a “Busy” sign at all
times.
Flora MacDonald
Installs President
Dr. Marshall Scott Woodson was
installed on January 13, 1951, at
Flora MacDonald as the third pres
ident of the college, during a day
of ceremonies in keeping with the
Scottish traditions of the institu
tion. Girl marshals wore Scottish
tartans; the switchboard operator
had on a Scottish stole; and Dr
Charles G. Vardell, 91, who found
ed the college in 1896 and served
as its first president for thirty-
four years, wore a Scottish plaic
necktie.
Dr. Woodson viewed the func
tion of a Christian college as the
two-fold task of providing leader
ship for local churches and the
equipping of individuals to solve
“their personal and domestic prob
lems.”
In the other major address of
the day. Dr. James R. McCain,
president of Agnes Scott College,
said that historians of the future
will devote much more space to the
“rise of woman” during the first
half of this century than they wil
to either of the two world wars or
to the great inventions..
The inauguration of Dr. Wood-
son in the college auditorium was
preceded by an academic proces
sion in which marched the boarc
of trustees, the faculty, and repre
sentatives of educational boards
and accrediting associations, in
eluding Dr. Hunter B. Blakely,
Queens former president and now
secretary of higher education for
the Southern Presbyterian church
Dr. Henry G. Bedinger, presi
dent of Flora MacDonald from 1930
to 1948, pronounced the invocation.
Selections were sung by the col
lege’s choral club, and Dr. Vardel
gave the prayer of consecration.
Governor W. Kerr Scott brought
the college official greetings from
the state of North Carolina.
Following the inauguration a re-
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Spring Tour
Includes West
Virginia Cities
Plans for the annual spring tour
of the college choir are nearing
completion. According to Mr. Hol
iday, director, the choral group
will leave on Tuesday, March 6,
and return on March 11. This
year’s itinerary will be made up
of cities in West Virginia. Mrs.
Mildred Helms, secretary in the
music department, will serve as
chaperone on the tour. Tentative
dates have been set in Bluefield,
South Charleston, Beckley, and
Welch.
In the choir’s performance of
Britten’s “A Ceremony of Carols”
E. Lindsey Merrill will play the
violin interlude. Mr. Merrill will
also play the offertory solo for the
evening concerts. June Faulk will
be the choir’s accompanist; Jane
Tipton, Catherine Edgerton, and
Roberta Jones will be heard as
soloists.
The program will be as follows:
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Jesu dulcis memoria... -Vittoria
A soils ortus cardine Binchois
0, Lord, Increase my Faith
Gibbons
Temperance Group
Announces Annual
Essay Contest
Over eighty per cent of the peo
ple in insane asylums are there
because of alcohol! Many thou
sands of people go to prison each
year because of the effects of alco
hol! Raymond McCarthy, director
of the Yale Alcoholic Clinic, says
that between fifty to seventy per
cent of the inmates of municipal
and county jails are sentenced on
drunkenness and associated
charges. What do these startling
statistics mean to you as a Chris
tian, as a Queens student, and as a
member of the community?
“Drinking: A Personal or Social
Responsibility”; you will help to
decide the issue. You will help build
a better community through your
efforts of entering the Morrison
Temperance essay contest. Alco
holic beverages are the root of
many personal, social, and family
problems. Is an essay too much to
ask? For the price of only five
hundred to eight hundred words
you may win $25, $15, or $10 in
prizes, and your gain will be a gain
for the whole community. Your pa
pers are sent to the Intercollegiate
Association in Ohio. If twenty
essays are sent. Queens is assured
of a chance to win the awards.
Anyone may enter the contest, and
any paper dealing with a phase of
the topic, “Drinking: A Pei-sonal
or Social Responsibility” will be
accepted. Entries are to be type
written (double-spaced) or written
in ink and handed to your English
instructor or to Miss Harrell by
March the tenth.
Avail yourself of this opportuni
ty—take your stand against alco
holism I
’ueri Hebraeorum Palestrina
II
A Ceremony of Carols Britten
III
Lord, What Thou Sendest
Me Rein
Suscepit Israel Bach
Cherubim Song Tschaikowsky
To Us Salvation Now is
Come Brahms
Choir members are:
First Sopranos: Sara Nell Coop
er, Conway, South Carolina; Mary
Virginia Crisler, Roanoke, Alaba
ma; Monteen Bethune, Bunnlevel,
North Carolina; Sylvia Farris,
Charlotte; Martha Holleman,
Seneca, South Carolina; Mary Lib
Lemmons, Charlotte; Frances Mac-
Pherson, Fayetteville, North Caro
lina; Nora Parker, Lumberton,
North Carolina; Jane Tipton,
Young Harris, Georgia; Carol Ray
Stockner, Welch, West Virginia.
Second sopranos: Nancy Irwin,
Eureka, North Carolina; Roberta
Jones, Orangeburg, South Caro
lina; Betty Bell, Pineville, North
Carolina; Ann Holton, Charlotte,
North Carolina; Peggy Phillips,
Charlotte, North Carolina; Nancy
Huddleston, Charlotte, North Caro
lina; Beatrice Richardson, May-
bur y, West Virginia.
First Altos: Dorothy Chambers,
Charlotte; Joyce Chambless, Jack
sonville, Florida; Glenna Rae
Christian, Welch, West Virginia;
Katherine Edgerton, Concord,
North Carolina; Kathryn Hickman,
Malden, West Virginia; Shirley
Johnson, Dunn, North Carolina;
Joyce Miller, Charlotte; Jacqueline
Stafford, Greensboro, North Caro
lina.
Second Altos: Bonnie Blue, Rae-
ford. North Carolina; Eleanor Col-
lard, Rock Hill, South Carolina;
Nancy Duncan, Spindale, North
Carolina; Georgianna Gettinger,
Charlotte; Joan Hines, Washing
ton, Georgia; Virginia Jarman,
Charlotte; Barbara Tillson, High
Point, North Carolina.
Funci Available >
For Stu(ient Aid.
The Mrs. John Irwin Student
Loan Fund was established by Mrs.
W. H. Belk through the Mecklen
burg chapter of the Daughters of
American Revolution in the amount
of one thousand dollars.
The income per year of six per
cent is to be loaned to a Senior
at Queens by the administration.
The note matures in one year and
bears interest at the rate of six
per cent from the date it is signed.
The note is signed by the student
and one other responsible person,
usually her parent or guardian.
The principle of the account is
to be increased each year by repaid
loans and by any interest income
not used for loan purposes. To the
date of October 31, the amount has
increased to the sum of thirteen
thousand five hundred and forty-
four dollars.
Consult Mr. Thompson if you de
sire information about the loan.