Thursday, January 17, 1924.
COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
WAS RE-ORGANIZED
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It Has Been Made One of the Most
Attractive Features of the
Music Department
The college orchestra, under the
direction of Miss Caroline Lane, was
reorganized on January 8, and plans
were discussed for making the or
chestra one of the most attractive
features of the musical department.
Miss Inez Matthews, formerly a
student of Peabody University, now
one of the members of the Musical
Faculty, is assisting Miss Lane with
the work.
It is the aim of the director to pro
mote interest in ensemble playing and
to add enthusiasm to the musical de-
’’artment as well. She is also eager
to add other instruments, especially
Wood wends Cello and bass viol.
She will be glad to communicate with
anyone interested in orchestral work,
especially performers on these needed
instruments. The orchestra will
practice every Friday evening at
7:30.
The personnel of the orchestra is:
Pianist—Miss Matthews.
1st Violins—Misses Lane, Manson,
and Weaver.
2nd Violin.s—Miss Benthall, Mrs.
Nicholson, Mr. McGlohon.
1st Cornet—Mr. Lawrence.
2nd Cornet—Mrs. Larkins.
Trombone—Mr. Larkins.
Drums—Miss Holt.
CHOWANIAN, CHOWAN COLLEGE, MURFREESBORO, N. C.
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PAY COLLEGE A VISIT
BETTER SPEECH WEEK
CREATES ENTHUSIASM
Girls Have Planned Method of Mak
ing It of Practical Value by Learn
ing New Word Meanings
The students of Chowan are very
enthusiastic over the plans for Better
Speech Week, which will be observed
from January 29 to February 2.
Better Speech Week has a great pur
pose. This purpose is to eliminate
slang, to correct the errors of speech,
and to add new words to each partici
pant’s vocabulary.
Fifty or more attractive and sug
gestive posters, illustrating the most
common errors in English, and the
corrections to these errors, will be
placed in conspicuous places in the
College.
Keen interest is being manifested
in the following plan of obtaining a
larger vocabulary. Each morning
during the week, a strip of paper will
be placed by each girl’s plate in the
dining room. On these strips of
paper vrill be written one word. Each
girl will find out all that she can
about her word. Before the day is
over she should use her word at least
three times and tell others of it.
The chapel period of each day will
be used to emphasize the value of
good English. There will be discus
sions of correctness and care in pro
nunciation and enunciation, a discus
sion of the cultured value of good
English, and a play “The Downfall of
Poor Speech.”
Older and Wiser
“When I was a young man, I
worked twelve hours a day.”
Son—“I admire your youthful
energy, dad, but I admire still more
the mature wisdom which led you to
stop it.”—The Continent.
On Friday night, January 5, 1923,
the students and faculty of Chowan
College felt that it was either Christ
mas or New Year’s again, for prompt
ly at 10:30 as the light bell rang, a
most enthusiastic group of boys and
girls from town began to serenade the
“inmates” of the College.
Every song from “Home, Sweet
Home” to the popular hit of “Cut
Yourself a Piece of Cake, and Make
Yourself at Home” was sung.
This serenading removed those
Home Again Blues” from the girls
by the tons. The students were con
vinced that the serenaders knew well
the art of making them feel at home.
After the serenading was over light t
refreshments consisting of fruit, cake I
and candy, were served by Mrs.
Weaver and Miss Robinson. Peppy
yells were given to them as they pro
ceeded to their homes.
GOOD ENGLISH WEEK
GO TO
U. Vaughan’s
for
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Clothing, Hats, Hardware,
Crockery, Etc.
U. VAUGHAN
Murfreesboro, - - N. C.
ENGLISH
Let’s do our bit
By bettering it!
Mother Tongue—She serves you
all your life.
You are due her one week’s effort.
American Speech for American
Read more good books.
Good speech will light our way
Into the best of company
Aemrican Spech for American
People.
Good English is largely a matter of
habit. Get the habit!
Better American Speech Week
A drive that asks for no money but
urges you to increase your own capi
tal. How! Improve your speech.
Good English Week January 28
through February 2.
Plans are well under way for
Good English Week which is to be
held the week beginning January 28.
During that week we can not call our
tongues our own. We must be mind
ful not only of our P’s and Q’s, but
also our final G’s, I’s and even R’s.
In .short, during Good English Week
silence is golden.
This year the aim of faculty and
students is to make the observance of
the week full of such practical sug
gestions that it will be of lasting ben
efit to all those taking part in it; for
there is no one whose English can not
be bettered. Each of us has his or 1
her own peculiarities of speech, many
of which are not accepted in good
usage. It behooves us to be on our
guard, to lie in wait for the appear
ance of any such phrases, to pounce
upon them, and to imprison them for
ever.
The programs planned are varied
and entertaining, as well as instruc
tive. The capsule method of select
ing someone’s English to comment on
—without the knowledge of that per
son—will probably be put into use.
The chapel periods are to be used to
discuss some phase of the subject.
The whole atmosphere will reek with
grammatical construction. It will be
one’s own fault if he fails to derive
much benefit from the observance of
Good English Week.
E. N. EVANS
“THE CASH STORE”
Murfreesboro, N. C.
Is the best place to buy your Dry Goods, Notions,
Shoes, Hats, Etc. Cash Buyers Can save
money by making their purchases here
It pays to pay cash—try it
E. N. EVANS
MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Wynn Bros.
“MURFREESBORO’S GREATEST STORE”
Extends a cordial invitation to all
students and friends of Cohwan
to make this
The Shopping Center
Your headquarters, where will be
found just the things to make the
wardrobe complete.
Your Patronage Appreciated
Wynn Bros.
Murfreesboro, N. C.