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QUEENS BLUES
Vol. XXIX No. 10
QUEENS COLLEGE, CHARLOTTE, N. C.
May 4,1951
MAY DAY BIG SUCCESS
Mother Goose Theme
for Colorful Program
This afternoon Alice in Wonder
land, weary from reading her
leather Goose book, lay down in the
^ay Dell and fell asleep after the
Sandman and his elves sprinkled
^laeping sand in her eyes. She had
Wondrous dreams of Mother
f^oose stepping from her great
ihyme book, followed by Mistress
l^ary, the blackbirds, the Old
^oman and her multitude of chil-
^I’en who lived in the shoe, Little
^oy Blue, the Three Blind Mice,
^nd Jack and Jill. Each one came
1-0 life as they emerged from the
Pages of the book; then at the last
l-Le Sandman and his elves danced
j l-he Maypole Dance before they
i awakened Alice from her refresh
rest and dream.
The performers were as follows
Alice in Wonderland — Gwenda
Ewell.
The Sandman and Elves—Billie
I Mancin, Ann Bailey, Georgianne
Gettinger, Martha Holleman. Jean
Moorefield, Jacquie Otey, Mar
garet Potts, Shirley Siddall, Jay
Hall, Bunny Fowler, Ellanor Fet
ner, Bettye Sue Wright, and Jane
Blakely.
Mistress Mary—Elise Davenport
The Flowers—Gordon Faucette,
^nn Noell, Betty Farrabow,
'feanne Harrison, Martha Rhyne,
Sylvia Turner, June DeLamar, Dot
Wilson, Jane Robinson, Pou Har
ris, Ann Shiflet, Margaret Smith.
Blackbirds—Doris Searcy, Jane
Mobley, Beth Dobbins, Bonnie Blue,
Jackie Davis, Margaret Allen, Jean
Grosland, and Dot Folger.
The Old Woman and Her Chil
dren—Martha Harrison, Nancy
^^ady, Joan Hovis, Ginny Camp-
Jo Pat Cooke, Charlotte Hon,
Haney Irwin, Ruby Peede, Peggy
Phillips, Bea Richardson, Dottie
Saunders, Joyce Wallace, Ann
^oods, Glenna Rae Christian,
Jackie Johnson, Nancy Duncan,
^aritza DeObarrio, Patsy Black,
^^tty Lipe, Mary Virginia Crisler,
A. Coleman, Judy Frierson,
Harilyn Martin, Vickie Copses,
ary Hirste Carson, Anne Stuart,
Garol Stockner, Margaret McLeod,
Eouise White, Mary Emma Mintz,
^®fty Hunter, Betty Neale, and
^ats Powell.
Little Boy Blue—Dot Chambers,
®yce Chambless, Harriet Meinnes,
^arbara Jane Martin, Elizabeth
fillips, Carolyn Purcell, Jane
^Piith, Madaline Johnson.
The Three Blind Mice—Jackie
Henley, Murphy Alexander, and
^Pne Clark.
The Farmers Wife — Louise
liH'
ietty Lynn Horn
deigns As
May Queen
Seven students and one faculty member were tapped into Alpha Kappa Gamma, national honorary
leadershin fraternity for women, on Wednesday, April 18. They are, left to right, Jane Blakely of Khigs-
tree S C * Jane Smith of Wytheville, Va.; Ann Hunter of Charlotte; Dot Spencer of Gastonia; Bonnie
Blue of Raeford; Murphy Alexander of Burlington; Helen Drennan of Spartanburg, S. C., and Mrs.
Carolyn Good, assistant to the Dean of the College.
Today the Dell was the scene of
a May Day program exhibiting
much beauty and charm in which
gay dances were performed in
honor of the May Queen and her
attendants.
Betty Lynn Horn of Charlotte
was crowned May Queen by her
Maid of Honor, Deanie Berryhill,
also of Charlotte. The Queen was
radiant in a beautiful white nylon
dress which was her wedding dress
last fall. Little Miss Linda Meeks
was the flower girl, and her part
ner, Griggs McKinnon, carried the
crown. Courtney Fitts was the
train bearer. The Maid of Honor
looked beautiful in the dress she
wore as an attendant at the Azalea
Festival.
The attendants were lovely in
taffeta and net dresses of pastel
blue, pink, yellow, and green. Those
girls in the court were: Elizabeth
Abernathy of Lincolnton; Sallie
Hood Buie of Asheville; Kitty Sue
Davidson Male
Chorus Will Present
Program Saturday
Tack and Jill—(Jills) Doris Par-
Lorraine Murphy, Jackie
^^'tlett, and Jane McLaurin;
jJacks) Trudy Jennings, Peggy
'•eeves, Eugenia McCray, and Joan
^I'^abow.
Queens College students, faculty,
and guests of the Queens Fine Arts
Week-end will be privileged on Sat
urday, May 5, in hearing the Dav
idson College Male Chorus. The
chorus, under the direction of Earl
F. Berg, will sing in Ninniss Audi
torium at 8:15 P. M.
When the thirty-five members
of the Davidson choral group made
their recent spring tour, they were
accorded national recognition when
they sang on a nation-wide broad
cast. During this tour the choir
sang in Virginia, Pennsylvania,
and New York City.
The director, Mr. Berg, is well-
known in Charlotte and through
out the Carolines. He is recognized
not only as a choral director but
also as a violinist and as a leading
baritone soloist. Queens students
will remember him from last year’s
ISCM concert when he was heard
in both of these capacities. He is
an associate professor of music at
Davidson College and also directs
the choir at the First Presbyterian
Church in Charlotte.
William Whitesides, tenor, will
be heard as soloist with the chorus
Mr. Whitesides, a senior at David
son, is from Glenwood, North Caro
lina. He also has appeared before
Queens audiences. This year he
took part in one of the Sunday
evening vesper services and sang
with the Davidson-Queens Madri
gal group here on one occasion
(Continued On Page Four)
The spring Alpha Kappa Gamma
tapping service was held on Wed
nesday, April 18, in Ninniss Audi
torium. Betty Jean Byerly presid
ed over the service which was open
ed with the singing of “I Would
Be True,” and was followed by a
scripture reading by Florence Ash
craft. The history, purpose, and
qualifications of Alpha Kappa Gam
ma were presented to the student
body by Betty Wayne Williams,
Dot MacLeod, and Corny Dick. The
basis of judgment is effective lead
ership, unquestionable service, pos
session of the spirit of the institu
tion, and above all, character. To be
eligible, one must excel in campus
leadership, scholarship, social ac
tivities, or athletics.
Music To Highlight
Queens Annual
Fine Arts Festival
(Continued On Page Four.)
Support Your S. C. A.
Stocking Project
Calendar of Events
Friday, May 4, 4:00 P. M.—May
Day Program.
Friday, May 4, 8:15—Student Re
cital, June Faulk and Gwenda
Ewell.
Saturday, May 5, 8:15 P. M.-
Davidson Male Chorus Concei't.
Sunday, May 6, 4:30 P. M.
Concert of Contemporary Music.
Thursday and Friday, May 10-11.
-Graduate Record Exams.
Tuesday, May 15—Awards Day.
One of the main events of the
Sixth Annual Fine Arts Festival,
which is to be held on May 4-6,
1951, will be the programs present
ed by the Queens College Depart
ment of Music. On Friday evening
at 8:15 P. M., in Ninniss Auditor
iums, a student recital will be given
by June Faulk, a piano pupil of
Mrs. Elsie Stokes Moseley and
Gwenda Ewell, a voice student of
Mrs. Virginia Smith Sinclair. A
concert given by the Davidson Male
Chorus will be the highlight on Sat
urday evening at 8:15 P. M. in
Ninniss Auditorium. Sponsored by
the Queens College Chapter of the
International Society for Contem
porary Music, a concert of con
temporary music will be given on
Sunday afternoon at 4:00 P. M. in
Ninniss Auditorium. Included in
this program the Queens College
Choir, directed by John A. Holli
day, will sing Half-Moon Moun
tain, a contemporary piece written
by Edwin Gerschefski, head of the
Converse Music Department. Mr.
Earl Berg will be the guest soloist.
A Sonata for Violin and Piano will
be given by Mr. and Mrs. E. Lind
sey Merrill. Also on this program
a Sonta For Four Hands will be
presented by Mrs. Elsie Stokes
Moseley and Miss Nancy Eagle.
The project for collecting used
stockings to be sent to the Chris
tians in Japan began April 13th
and will continue through May 7th.
This unique project was intro
duced first to the Student Christian
Association by way of a letter from
Isabel Ross, a student at Princeton.
She wrote about a lovely Japanese
girl, Yoshiko Yamamuro, there at
Princeton, who is working on this
project. Her father wa| the founder
and head of the Salvation Army of
Japan. Recently one of General
MacArthur’s top military advisers
and his wife came by to see
Yoshiko. This, perhaps, will give
you an idea how outstanding she is
in Japan.
The project is to collect discard
ed stockings to be sent to Christians
in Japan. They mend them and are
able to sell them. Since many of
them are very needy, it is a real
help to these Christians. Yoshiko
says they are very clever at mend
ing even those stockings which
Americans think are hopeless.
Isabel says she is writing to several
girl’s colleges and churches whom
she thinks would be interested in
helping Yoshiko with this little
project. As you have probably
looked in the ‘‘Stocking” boxes on
the dormitory bulletin boards and
in the Day Student Building, you
know there has been a very good
response so far. Keep bringing in
the stockings so there will be a
large box to send over. Remember,
you are a member of S. C. A., and
this is your project!