Volume 7-Numhor in
\/Vedensday, April 14, 1976
Candidates Announced For
Deborah Amanda Brett
Miss Day Student
Lisa Gene Dabney
Miss West Hall
Lyn Francis Griggs
Miss East Hall
Tracey Anne Jenkins
Miss East Hall
Katherine C. Williams
Miss Jenkins Hall
Melanie Dawn Deitscb
Miss West Hall
Deborah Lvnn Washburn
Miss Jenkins Hall
Betl\ l^ouise Moore
Miss l^arker Hall
1976
SPRING
COURT
Ruth Chantell Hollomon
Miss Mixon Hall
Judy Gail Lynch
Miss Belk Hall
Christina Poll
Miss Parker Hall
Ann Oppernian
Miss Belk Hall
Sherr\ Kay Phel[)s
Miss Day Student
Greene Produces Bicentennial Etching
To commemorate the Bicen
tennial, an etching of McDowell
Columns, Chowan College’s
administration building, has been
completed by a Chowan art
professor.
Craig Greene, director of
Chowan’s division of art, said he
selected McDowell Columns
because “it seemed to be the
most obvious historical
monument in the area.”
Greene said to his knowledge
this is the first etching of the 125-
year-old building. He said he
decided to “render the building
as it was when it was built in
1851.” He began his research by
studying old pictures in annuals
and other publications. The
earliest he could find was taken
in 1870. The only rendering he
uncovered was an obsolete ar
chitectural drawing picturing
the building with ten
instead of the existing eight
coltunns. Greene also studied and
toured the historic building.
His research completed,
Greene made an original per
spective drawing in pencil on
graph paper to get a scale ren
dering of the details. True to the
original building, Greene pic
tured shutters on all the windows
and a balustrade (railing) all the
way around the roof. “The
balustrade was like a crown on
the head of a queen,” commented
Greene. The landscaping is also
the closest to the original as
possible.
■ Greene said he “tried to add
life to the work by including
several figures and a little dog
lying in the shade of a magnolia
tree.”
' When he finished the drawing,
he entered the critical stage of
scratching the drawing onto a
zinc plate with an etching needle.
To do this, he had to use a
magnifying glass, in many in
stances, to achieve exact detail.
“Etching demands meticulous
work to distinguish light from
dark lines,” he stated. The lines
were then bitten into the plate
with a nitric acid solution. This
oitire stage of preparing the
plate took about two months.
Greene rubbed ink into the
lines by hand to prepare the plate
for printing. He wiped the surface
clean and then pressed high
quality paper into the lines by
means of an etching press.
Greene said this process is
repeated for each print.
Greene noted etching “gives a
quality that can’t be achieved in
any other media, even pen and
ink drawing.” He explained “you /\/\00tS
get such an intensity of line and
tone that the surface of the work
is alive.”
division of art has shown an
annual enrollment increase. The
division of art offers training in
four fields: creative studio work,
art history, art education, and
commercial art.
Chowan is a two-year, church-
related, coeducational, liberal
arts college. Its enrollment,
numbering about 1,000 students,
comes from 20 states and 13
foreign countries.
Faculty-Student
Relations
Committee
Greene is preparing an edition
of 100 prints. The first print is on
exhibit through April 9 in a show
featuring works of Greene and
Byron Corcoran, also of the
Chowan art faculty, in the Daniel
Hall Art Gallery.
Greene will present the first
print to the college as a gift. The
other prints may be purchased
from Greene.
Greene came to Chowan during
the summer of 1970 as the first
director of the division of art. He
was reared and attended public
schools in Marion. He is a
graduate of Mars Hill College
with a major in painting and
design, and the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro,
where he received his masters in
studio art and art history.
Since its establishment, the
The Faculty-Student Relations
Committee met on February 18,
1976. The function of the com
mittee is to provide a forum for
grievances from students and to
make recommendations through
appropriate channels. The
committee met in Camp HaU 210.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved. Mrs.
Jackson arranged to have the
minutes published in Smoke
Signals.
It was noted that the light
situation in front of the gym has
been improved.
Mr. Dale noted the the SGA is
working on the “hot plate”
situtation. Students may be given
the OK to use appliances in their
rooms provided the appliances
draw more than 10 amps.
The next meeting will be held
on AprU 14,1976, in Camp Hall 210
at 7:00.
Mrs. Bela Udvamoki of Murfrees
boro poses beside Ihe portrait of
Miss Eunice McDowell who ser
ved as Chowan College's dean of
women when Mrs. Udvamoki was
a Chowan student Mrs. Udvar-
noki is the dass chairman for the
Class of 1929 which has donated
$200 for two chairs for the reno
vated McDowell Columns audit
orium in memory of Miss McDo
well and Dr W. B. Edwards, who
served as president from 1926-
1935. She holds a copy of the 19-
29 Chowan annual.
Rotary Exchange Student Returns
To Germany After 1 V2 Semesters
1870 McDowell Columns
Chowan College art professor, Craig Greene, looks at his
etching of McDowell Columns, Chowan’s 125-year-old
administration building. To commemorate the Bicen
tennial, Greene has prepared a series of 100 prints of the
historic building.
On March 27 ChowEui College
bid a fond farewell to one of her
nicest students. She is Ulrike
Wittel. a Rotary Exchange
student from Germany. Ulrike,
who arrived in August, was
originally to stay a year. She is
leaving early to accept an
opening at Munster University in
Germany at their School of
Pharmacy. In talking to Ulrike
we learned that there are fewer
schools in Germany there than
here in America and that
openings are even rarer,
^though the Chowan community
is sad to see her leave early,
under those conditions we can
hardly blame her.
Ulrike said she has enjoyed her
stay here very much. During her
visit she has been able to do some
traveling having toured North
Carolina, Pennsylvania and
Virginia.
Ulrike had completed nine
years of English prior to coming
to America and so encountered
few problems involving com
munication during her travels.
Ulrike stated that she was very
impressed by the “friendliness
and hospitality of the American
people as well as its wide coun
tryside.
In closing her interview Ulrike
expressed her “thanks to
everyone for being as friendly as
they were and making her feel at
home.”
9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Registration of Guests (Students and their
Parents, Prospective Students and their
Parents); Pine Walk. (In case of rain. East
Hall Lounge); Mrs. Doreatha Thompson,
Head Resident of Jenkins Hall.
10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Reception for Guests, Lawn of the
President's Home. (In case of rain, West
Hall Lounge.)
10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Baseball Game, CHOWAN COLLEGE
vs. FERRUM COLLEGE Coach Jerry
Hawkins.
10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. Art Exhibit, Daniel Hall Art Gallery.
Professor Craig Greene, Chairman, Divis
ion of Art.
Spring Festival Schedule of Events
April 24. 1976
10:00 a.m. -11:45 a.m. Alumni Registration and Reception, Marks
Hall Auditorium, Mr. Bobby Gross, Di
rector of Development.
11:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. Lunch, Thomas Cafeteria, $2.00 per
person, Chowan College Stage Band,
Professor Bob Brown, Director.
11:30 a.m.- 1:45 p.m.
12:30 p.m
Dormitory Visitations.
1:45 p.m. Program for Prospective Women Students
and their Parents, Marks Hall Auditorium,
Gloria J. Yount, Associate Dean of Stud
ents.
12:30 pm.- 1:45 p.m.
Program for Prospective Men Students
and their Parents, Tyler Auditorium, Camp
Hall, Roy G. Winslow, Associate Dean of
Students.
2:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. Talent Competition, Spring Festival Court,
Squirrel Park, Mrs. Janet Collins,Pro
fessor of Physical Education.
3:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Campus Carnival, Squirrel Park, Mrs.
Janet Collins, Professor Physical Educa
tion.
4:00 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. Coronation
(In case of rain, gymnasium.)
4:30 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. Dinner-on-the-Green, $1.50 per per
son, Mr, Danny Deskins, Director of Food
Service.
6:30 p.m.
Banquet for Spring Festival Court, their
escorts and Parents, President's Dining
Room, Thomas Cafeteria, Gloria Yount,
Associate Dean of Students.
9:00 p.m.- 1:00 a m Spring Festival Dance, Thomas Cafeteria,
SGA sponsored
For information concerning the scheduled events during Spring
Festival Weekend, please contact those persons listed below:
Mrs. Collins Spnng Festival
Dean Lewis Parents' Day
Mr. Cross Alumni Program
Dr. Parker or Student Government Association
Mr. Mulder
Dean Yount or Program for Prospective Students
Dean Winslow and their Parents
Mr. Greene Art Exhibition