Mrs. Eason
Native of Kansas
Teaching Business
Mrs. Andrea Eason, a member
of the Business Department
faculty of Chowan College, was
born in Topeka, Kansas on June
9, 1942. She considers her
hometown, however, to be In
dependence, Kansas. After
graduating from high school, Mrs.
E^son attended independence
Conununity College, a junior
college in her hometown, where
She received an Associate of Arts
degree. She then continued her
education at Kansas State
College of Pittsburg, receiving
her Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Education in 1966. She
received her Masters in
Education at VPI in Virginia.
After receiving her Masters,
Mrs. Eason taught at Richard
Bland College in Petersburg,
Virginia, for two years before
coming to Chowan, where she has
been an asset to the faculty for
the past four years.
The interests and activities of
Mrs. Eason include sewing,
{daying the piano, playing bridge,
and gardening. Every summer
she plants a vegetable garden
which she explains takes up most
of her time during her summer
break from teaching. She con
tinues to explain that, although
the gardening gives her
something to do, it also allows her
to be at home with her children
during these months. Mrs. Eason
has two daughters—Lisa, age
nine, and Suzanne, age two.
Mrs. Eason’s home is in the
country in Sunberry, North
Carolina. She must travel 36
miles to and from Chowan every
day.
The organizations to which
Mrs. Eason belong include—
Delta Pi Epsilon, a graduate
honorary fraternity of business
education; the National Business
Education Association; and the
North Carolina Business
Education Association.
Mrs. Eason explains that her
reason for choosing the field of
business education was because
she was always good in that field,
although she also had a great
interest in journalism during her
college years. At first, she wasn’t
sure she would have the patience
that must accompany a teaching
position, but she realizes that
teaching has many advantages
for a woman who wishes to
Former POW
Had N) Time
For Protests
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) —
Former prisoner of war James
Padgett recalls that when he
went to college he didn’t have
time to join in any demonstra
tions.
The Air Force major made
the remark after sitting grimly
while about 100 protestors,
some carrying signs and a Viet
Cong flag, heckled him during
a University of Florida welcom
ing ceremony Wednesday.
As about 1,000 persons turned
out to greet Padgett, 40, of
Mattydale, N.Y., protestors
jeered and booed.
Tim Condon, editor of the stu
dent-controlled newspaper
“Florida Alligator,” apologized
to Padgett for the demonstra
tion by “the unmitigated asses
in front here.”
Padgett, who graduated from
the university in 1956 with a
civil engineering degree, re
turned to the campus to be hon
ored with various citations and
awards.
If: '
Mrs. Eason
combine a career with being a
mother and a wife. Her working
hours will coincide with the hours
of her children in school; and she
will also have the summers free
to spend with her children.
When asked her opinion of
Chowan, Mrs. Eason explained
that “it’s a nice place to work and
go to school; the campus is
beautiful; the students are all
friends, as are the faculty and
staff administration.” Mrs.
Eason feels that the size of
Chowan is one of its best “plus”
factors. It’s small enough for one
to become acquainted with
students and faculty members,
and she admits that this was the
reason for attending a junior
college her first two years.
Although students at Chowan
are always complaining about
nothing to do, Mrs. Eason feels
that life is what you make it. She
believes that “a person can ac
complish in life whatever he
wants if he only wants to bad
enough. In other words, desire is
very important. If we want to
make things better and work to
make things better, then they will
be better. But if we are content to
sit around and complain and be
lazy, then things will not become
better.”
Fess Parker
Faces Suit
STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
i^Of(£ OIMAIS
Volume 4—Number 11
Wednesday, May 2, 1973
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
A Ministerial Student Looks Back
My Three Semesters at Chowan College
As the homestretch of this
semester comes into view all of
us will have plans on what will
transpire when the last class bell
has sounded. Many of us will be
heading for the beaches, some
will go to work, some will con
tinue school and some will not
have anything to do except go
home. As I look toward the close
of classes it brings to mind many
lives that I have had an op
portunity and a pleasure to
become involved with. I have, in
the short span of a year and a
half, met some of the best that
any country could offer. Included
in the best are hundreds of
students and many staff and
faculty members.
I had, before coming to
Chowan, a correspondence going
with one of the most charming
and encouraging ladies that any
student could have for any course
especially religion. She knows the
work in which she has been called
to do and she does a tremendous
job. Two other professors of
Religion have been of great help
to me and I will always be
grateful to them. Going from
religion to English there are two
ladies and a gentleman that had
much to do with the construction
and develoi»nent of me in the
proper usage of the English
language. I owe them so much
that I will never be able to repay
them. Some other professors in
the English department have
been a great source of strength.
A lady of math that is no longer
here did a great job in moulding
the foundation of my two
semester’s of math. TTien a
capable gentleman took the task
and finished the course in an
outstanding manner. In history a
lady that is not here began with a,
not too swift in the head, student
but she encouraged and coun
selled me until I made the grade.
Hien the task of history in
struction fell into the hands of
“Doc” who held the reigns tight
for which he is greatly ap
preciated. A lady of Biology who
has done a tremendous job with
the caliber of student wi^ whom
she had to work. The head of the
Science Department has been a
good listener and a man of
wisdom in his counseling. A lady
of Psychology, who has earnestly
tried to enli^ten me in matters
that are needed in my tasks that
lie ahead. She has done a good
job.
It would be an error to leave out
the language department from
which I have gained a great deal
of knowledge about Spanish.
Tliere were two ladies in the first
semester that had a struggle with
me but it was not a complete loss.
A gentleman came in for two
semesters and he is still
struggling to get Spanish into the
mass between my ears. A French
professor has been a source of
inspiration. I can only say I love
and appreciate each of you. The
bouse mothers, the secretaries,
clerks, typists, librarians,
janitors, cafeteria employees.
and grounds-keepers are owed a
great deal of thanks, not only for
job services but for the little
extra of themselves that was so
often displayed to me and I say
thank you and I love you.
The greatest assets to me are
the hundreds of students I have
come to love as my own. I can not
begin to say the names of the
many students I call my own
because there would not be
enough space to write them all. I
would not want to offend any of
my family by leaving their
names out. I can say honestly
that it has been my joy to have
been associated with this great
and I repeat great group of young
men and women. There will
never be a group just like you.
To all those that have taken a
place in my heart I am truly
grateful and I love you and this
includes all and a special thanks
to “The Coach,” may God watch
over all of you.
Ed Pittm an
Nurse Finds Infirmary Position Most 'Interesting, Rewarding' Job
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A
deliveryman has filed a suit
against actor Fess Parker for
$50,000, contending Parker’s
dogs attacked him while he
tried to deliver groceries.
Marvin Lee Martin, 47, said
in the Superior Court suit filed
Wednesday that Parker’s dogs
attacked him last March 29 as
he was delivering items from
Jurgensen’s Market to the ac
tor’s Hope Ranch property near
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Rocl Music
Schedule For
White House
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pres
ident Nixon will entertain West
German chancellor Willy
Brandt with the “soft rock”
music of the Carpenters next
Tuesday at a White House state
dinner.
Richard Carpenter, a 27-year-
old pianist, and his vocalist sis
ter, 23-year-old Karen will per
form in the East Room follow
ing the dinner in Brandt’s hon
or.
MRS. MARIE ELLIOTT
College Nurse
Students Helped Save Chowan In 1920
By JAMES ELLIOTT MOORE
Throughout the years Chowan
has faced numerous challenges
and often has depended upon the
efforts of devoted students to
survive. One of the most striking
examples of the deep love
students bore Chowan College
was exhibited in 1920 by the
graduating class when the school
faced a great crisis.
During the previous year
President John B. Brewer had
found it increasingly difficult to
keep the school’s doors open
because of financial difficulties.
■On several occasions, the ad
ministration was forced to
borrow money to pay the ciffrent
operating expenses. Even the
endowment fund was exhausted
while the campus deteriorated
badly.
It was suggested that Chowan
be moved to a new location and
this immediately developed into
a bitter controversy. The two
most-favored sites for relocation
were Rocky Mount and Ehzabeth
City. Proponents of moving
faction pointed out that both
towns were located on railroads
and blessed with ample water
supply.
After numerous meetings, the
Board of Trustees decided to
move the school if a satisfactory
site could be found and named a^
committee to receive bids for the
property and applications for
new locations.
It seemed as if Chowan’s days
in Murfreesboro were nimibered
as May arrived and the Class of
Twenty prepared for graduation.
It was traditional for the girls to
deliver a Class Day program on
Saturday, attend the Bac
calaureate Sermon on Sunday
and graduate Monday.
As it happened, the Board of
Trustees met at Chowan on the
same day as these Class Day
exercises took place. There were
only six girls in that class—
Elizabeth Brinkley, Amy Haight,
Louise Holland, Mary lineberry,
Irene Mitchell and Gladiola
Parker. Nevertheless, they were
determined to do what they could
to save their alma mater.
Therefore as they prepared for
their Class Day play, they let it be
known throu^out Murfreesboro
that their program would deal
with the issue of relocation. Thus,
it was with a packed house that
the exercises began. First a
debate took place between two of
the girls citing the pros and cons
of Rocky Mount and Elizabeth
City. Earlier they had paid Mr.
W. E. Deanes of Murfreesboro
twenty-five dollars to construct a
replica of the Columns Building
and this was pushed on the stage
at the height of the argument.
Finally, Gladiola Parker of Gates
County announced that she had
the perfect solution. They would
move the school to Roduco as it
was on a railroad and blessed
with plenty of water. Im
mediately, the tense audience
collapsed into hysterical laughter
as Roduco was a small railroad
siding in the next county where
trains hardly bothered to stop. It
was merely a handful of houses
beside a pond. Thereupon, the
girls joined together in rolling the
miniature Columns Building
across stage. Reaching the edge
of the platform, they declared
themselves to be at Roduco and
the program ended. The effect
of these Class Day exercises was
felt inmiediately as they shocked
not only the college ad
ministration, but local Baptists
and Murfreesboro citizens into
action. As a result, a successful
campaign was carried out to pay
the school debts. In addition,
many renovations were made
and the next year the wing
containing the auditorium and
swimming pool was constructed.
Meanwhile, a new president
Preston S. Vann arrived and the
school progressed rapidly.
Thus, it is largely due to the
efforts of these six alumni of the
Class of 1920 that we have
Chowan today. In their departure
from this campus, they left us
with the finest gift they could
give—a living legacy of a school
dedicated to Christian higher
education.
By James Moore
One of the most interesting and
rewarding jobs on the Chowan
College campus is that of night
nurse which is held by Mrs.
Marie Spivey Elliott. Her duties
require that she be on call or on
duty at Penny Infirmary from
four o’clock in the afternoon until
7:30 in the next morning. Not
only does Mrs. Elliott sign ex
cuses and examine students but
answers accident calls and cares
for people confined to the in
firmary.
Born on September 6, 1913 at
Tabor City in Columbus County,
N. C., Marie Spivey was the
daughter of D. Spivey and Hattie
Gore. Her father was a carpenter
and her mother not only ran the
household but distributed
newspapers. Mrs. Elliott recalls
her first twelve years in
Whiteville. Then the family
moved to Hertford where she has
lived since and which she still
calls home.
She attended the public schools
in Whiteville and Hertford until
Christmas of 1929 when she
dropped out of high school in the
middle of her senior year to
marry Norman Elliott of Hert
ford. Her husband occasionally
operated a taxi. However,
logging and the timber business
were his first love and he made it
his trade for many years. They
were the parents of two
daughters, Frances and Anne.
Both are married and Mrs.
Elliott has seven grandchildren.
Her oldest daughter lives in
Portsmouth, Va. and the younger
in Hertford.
Following the death of her
husband in 1960, Mrs. Elliott
decided to resume her education
and become a nurse. She says
she was always interested in
medicine and feels it was only
logical that she went into nursing.
After entering the Elizabeth City
Leader Faces
Drug Charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Syl
vester “Sly” Stewart, leader of
the rock musical group Sly and
the Family Stone, must stand
trial on charges of possession
of marijuana and possession of
cocaine, says Municipal Court
Judge Max B. Zimmerman.
In ordering Stewart to appear
in Superior Court May 9, the
judge Wednesdey dismissed two
other counts, possession of a
drug known as PCP and posses
sion for sale of an allegedly
hypnotic drug known as placi-
dyl.
Hospital nursing program, she
attended the learning lab of the
CoUegeofthe Albermarle and took
the GED test to gain the
equivalent of a high school
diploma. As soon as studies at
Albemarle were completed, Mrs.
Elliott became a licensed
practical nurse and received her
first assignment which was
private duty nursing. Later, Mrs.
Elliott worked in an Elizabeth
City physicians’s office for five
years and entered public health
for an additional three years. She
came to Chowan in the fall of 1970
and has continued her studies
here.
Mrs. Elliott feels she has been
extremely fortunate in that all of
her jobs have been offered to her
and each position has been an
improvement over the one before
it. She has never had to seek
employment.
Among her many interests,
Mrs. Elliott includes painting,
sewing, and reading. In addition,
she admires “all sorts of old
things especially antique china
and glass” and has collected
several items of this type.
However, her greatest pleasure
is simply talking to other people.
Therefore, it is not surprising
to learn that Mrs. Elliott has been
a member of numerous civic and
religious organizations including
the Business and Professional
Women’s Club. Also, she is a
member of Hertford Baptist
Church and teaches Sunday
School when her schedule allows
her to be at home on weekends.
Some of her fondest memories
center around the time she
served as chairman of the
Perquimans County Democratic
Executive Committee. This post
enabled her to meet and toiow
many people in government
including two North Carolina
govenors, Sanford and Moore.
Of course, Mrs. Elliott’s
primary interest is Chowan
College and her work here. She
feels that Chowan is a “fine
school for the purpose of pre
paring students to enter a good
senior institution.” When asked
if there were any changes she
would like to see carried out at
Chowan, she replied “no” and
stated she did not feel qualified to
make any “constructive
suggestions” about the
school. However, she
remarked that she likes
Chowan’s students and finds
them to be a “nice group of young
people . . .some of whom I con
sider outstanding.”
Mrs. Elliott has had many
unforgettable experiences since
coming to work on a college
campus, but one of the most
memorable occurred when the
infirmary was being used tem
porarily as as a boys’ dormitory.
One ni^t there was a water fight
and she opened her apartment
door to find the hall floor sub
merged beneath two inches of-
water. Without saying a word,
she unlocked the work closet and
silently handed each of the boys a
mop. She reports she returned
sometime later to find all of them
quite busy—but neither she nor
them ever uttered a word.
Also, she gets an ocassional
laugh from the sjwlling students
use of their call slips. &me even
change their complaint because
they don’t know how to spell it!
However, such events do not
discourage Mrs Marie Elliott in
the least. They only serve to
deepen the love she has for her
profession and the people and
institution of Chowan College.
THE QUEEN IS CROWNED—Dr.
Bruce E. Whitaker, President of the
College, places the crown upon Miss
Carol Henderson of Hopewell, Va., to
officially begin her reign as Chowan
College’s 1973 Queen of Spring. The
crowning took place Saturday and was
followed by an outdoor drama
production and the annual Campus
Carnival. See more photographs on
Page 3.