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Vol. 3
Four Pages
Murfreesboro, N. C., Friday, November 6, 1925
One Section
No. 4
Aspiring Chowanian Reporters Go To No
Little Trouble In Getting Up Anthology
of Freshmen^s Diaries Sophomore Week
First Year Giris, Better
Known As Rats, Kept
Strict Diaries of What
Happened
ONE WRITES HER’S
IN POETICAL STYLE
They Were Subjected To All
Kinds of “Indignities” But
Came Out Unscatched and
Unharmed, Determined
That Next Year They’ll
Know How To Handle the
Other End of the Job
Freshmen Prepare List of**Ten
Best Books” For Sophomores
This Was One of Requisites of Upper-Classmen, In Order,
They Said, To Promote Cultivation of Taste for
Select Literature. Rates Make Up
Quite An Imposing List
I-
(By Feshie)
Monday, P. M., Oct. 19.—Fresh
man Band was put around my
head by sophomores, and my hair
was pulled behind my ears (which
I seldom washed before, for they
were never exposed). Also, I
■was required not to use any
cosmetics during the week. Oh!
well, I knew I was ruined th*n,
for I looked just like the missing
link between man and monkey. I
am sure some of the people
thought they had the chance to
win a fortune by finding this long-
sought-for link. I was repaired
to take my suitcase and go out
on the campus to pick grass with
eyebrow tweezers, plucking one
blade at the time until the suit
case was filled. To dinner that
night I wore my swellest evening
dress, and wore my best beau’s
picture around my neck, which
surely brought to me sweet memo
ries of the past.
Tuesday, Oct. 20.—All PYesh
men were asked to carry their
suitcases and umbrellas around
with them all day. Every time
one stood up she had to raise her
umbrella. That night they gave
us a pressing invitation to the
basement, requesting that we
wear bathing suits and high-heel-
ed slippers.
^ Oct. ■ 2i.—Accohi-
panying me all day were my pil
low and laundry bag containing
the following toilet articles: hair
brush and mirror. At dinner that
night just for fun I thought it
would be cute to pull off my little
green band. I was later reminded
of this act by my friends, the
sophomores. About 12:30 in the
night I was calmly led over to the
sophomore court and tried. Oh,
gee! how my knees did shake
Home, Sweet Home (It was the
weather that caused it). I got
some thrill when the street car
took me across from the East
Building to the Main Building.
Thursday, Oct. 22.—I had to
■wear my dress with the hind part
in front. Mismatched hose and
one high-heel slipper and a low-
heel one made my perfect ensem
ble. When night came on and my
enemies everyone of them had
promenaded off to church, I got
very lonely. Something desperat*
must be thought of to do to break
the deadly monotony. After pond
ering over many things, finally I
decided it would be great pleasure
to turn topsy-turvy the room of
one of my sister classmates. After
this thrilling deed I serenely crept
into my bed thinking I would get
in a good night’s rest, but lo and
behold about 4 o’clock the next
morning a flash light was beam
ing in my face, and the next thing
I knew I was promenading up and
down the hall making apologies.
Friday, Oct. 23.—This day I
was required to eat all day with
~-'z. spoon, and to wear a stiff leg
around all day. Pshaw! I thought
that would be easy, but when 1
started down the steps to one of
my classes my stiff leg gave away
and poor me tumbled to the bot
tom of the stairway. One of the
sophs appeared like a good Samari
tan telling me that rather than
break my bones up she would let
me relax my stiffened leg while
going up or down the steps.
A delightful feast was given us
by the sophomores Friday night,
which reinstated them in our favor
after terrorizing us all the week.
Cultivation in the taste for se
lect literature w^s one of 'the
courses given the freshmen during
the week that they were prodigees
of the sophomores. Each freshman
was requested by the dictatorial
upper-classmen one day to spend
a while in the library getting up
a list of 10 best books, according
to their judgment. Here are some
of the lists:
The Ten Books 1 Like Best and
Reasons Why
1. “Jack and the Bean Stalk”
—This sounds like my motto:
Climbing upward, upward, ever
climbing upward.
2. “Mother Goose” Rhymes—
I like all these little cute stories;
tells all about gooses.
3. “Uncle Remus”—My child
hood reverence to old age dictated
this.
4. “Merchant of Venice”—I
read this to get some tips on
prices and styles of fall clothes.
5. “Silence Marner” — My
mother always taught me that I
should be seen and not heard. This
word “silence” struck me imme
diately as in keeping with my
earlier precepts.
6. “Secret Places of the
Heart,” by H. G. Wells—I like
this author because his name
sounds deep, and the name of the
book is equally alluring. Secrets
I adore and thrive on, and think
if everyone could learn when and
how to keep secrets they would
have the key that gives access to
any heart in the world.
7. “The Boy Problems”—
That’s itL
words.
2. Harvard Classics—-Oh boy!
You learn all about Harvard and
the boys that go to school there,
too!
3. “Uncle Remus” — Well
this is a deep study of dumb ani
mals, and I adore them so, and
wanted to know more about them
4. “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”—I
believe fairies still exist, and I
want to get used to ’em so I
wouldn’t get scared if one should
ever approach me, thinking it were
something else.
5. “The Flirt,” by Booth Tark-
ington—I learned a little bit about
flirting, and I’m glad ’cause I ain’t
never been out much. You know
no girl is thoroughly educated if
she doesn’t understand something
about the gentle art of flirting.
6. “Little Stories of Married
Life”—I like to find out new
things, and I’ve never been mar
ried; so the only way to find out
is to read about it.
7. “The Chorus Girl”—I won
dered if those chorus girls ever
got frightened when in front of
all the people that stare at them.
This one didn’t, and now I be
lieve I wouldn’t either. Oh child!
I believe I’ll see if I can’t be such
a big success as she was. You
think I can?
8. “Operas Every Child Should
Know” — Just imagine it, every
child should know them, and look
at me, a freshman in college and
never read them yet. I got afraid
that folk might still think I was
a child, so I up and read them.
SENIORS COURTING
BUT LITTIE THIS
YEAR, REPDRT SAY^
The senior class does not
seem to be going in for courting
much this year, &omeone has
been heard to opi te. Even the
freshmen have mo^e dates than
the seniors as an average.
Now, of course, you must re
member that two of the seniors
are married. TViis accounts
partly for that 4 seeming de
linquency of Cupi Vs. Then, too,
the beaus of th se respective
girls live very far' away. Prob
ably two or three, of them are
nearby, but not irore than that.
One of them is a,post-graduate
student of law at Wake Forest;
another resides ia. the southern
part of the State, still another
in Raleigh, and one other that
has come to our l(;AOwledge lives
somewhere in Scuth Carolina.
One is a railroad r\an, and some
others are in various distant
parts. V
It is possible trat Cupid is a
believer in the ax^om that *‘Ab-
sence makes thf heart grow
fonder.*’ At least, be it known,
if you please, tlat the senior
class is not deficient in the art
of love, even th' tigh they show
lacking in dates.
APPEARS IN RECITAL AT
CHOWAN FRIDAY
Annual Meeting of West Chowan
Association At Woodland Closed
Wednesday After Two-Day Session
FRESHMAN MOLLIE CODDLE
GETS LETTER OF ADVICE
WEEKLY FROM PA |
CODDLE I
RECITAL AT CHOWAN
Dear Mollie:
1 like for you to take in all
the courses you kin, and l*m
glad you passed this sofficles
week, Or whatever you call it,
but your ma and me decided that
you better not take any more
of them sofficles weeks, because
it seems from your letter that
this here course teaches you to
know how green you air. Good
ness me, chile, me and your ma
thinks you orta already know
that.
Remember this, and try to be
I'earnin* something you don't
know, and be spendin* your pa’s
hard earned money for things
that’ll do you sum good, Mollie.
With love.
Your Pa Coddle.
Dr. HubertJ Poteat, of Wake
Forest College, will give a musical
recital at Chowan College next
Friday night, November 6. Lovers Tiicf
of music are expecting a real treat V^CXll L 1 Cll
through the skilful artistry of
Doctor Poteat. He has appeared
at the college in former years as
leader of the Wake Forest Glee
Club. Admission to the concert
will be seventy-five ce .ts.
“Cinematography”
Pro yides-Ajioth e r
^ordFor StudeSrgROWN LADY IS
Knotty faces thi.t indicated tor- AP'AIM A VIQlTfll?
tuous ruminations through brain AVjillil V lljl 1 UlV
patterns stored up by the students
followed the anmroucement made AT* TIIC I
by Dr. Williamson one morning at i\l 1 llLi vvLiIjLiULi
breakfast that all students who
enjoyed good cinoa:as would have
an opportunity to see “The Ten
Commandments” at the Murfrees
boro Theater Saturday afternoon,
October 24. “Wl’at did she say,
Cinema,” asked Mary of Sallie.
The addition of the new word
“cinematogr;iphy,'|^to their voca
bularies was onlt the beginning
of the edification (jtrived from this
moving picture. !
At the appoini d hour of de-!Usu«l
She Appears October 29
About One o’Clock In the
Morning and Abides
a While
SENIORS CALLED A
HURRIED CONFERENCE
V attention and time, hut Trr>ivo»*cQi
H ^rmy _^ush fo).
most ot my attention and time, but
I have come to no satisfactory
solution. Naturally this title was
grasping to me.
8. “Metaphysics,” by Browne
—I met a fisicks one day but did
not know what it was then. I am
glad I had the opportunity to read
this book and now I can better
understand all the different feath
ers and ribbons that went to make
up the costume of the fisicks.
9. “The Taste of Apples”—A
most elusive study for women,
considering the temptation that
once was put in her path by one
of these orchard articles. I learn
ed how to recognize evil and good
ones from this book. I heartily
recommend it to every woman in
the land who is interested in suc
cessfully combatting many of the
evil temptations that might at
tract her.
10. “Diagnostic Testing and
Remedial Teaching”—This is a
gigantic looking title for a book,
but there is nothing that chal
lenges me and brings out my best
mettle more than a big task wait
ing to be done. There is no thrill
in a lifetime that equals that felt
upon the completion of a once
seemingly impossible feat. Under
take big things, folk, and expect
great compensation.
The Ten Books I Like Best and
th« Reasons Why
1. Webster’s Dictionary—Be
cause I love to memorize all the
Universal’Knowledge”—Well, just
you read this and you have all
the knowledge in the whole uni
verse reduced to a nutshell. Hon
est, it’s so, because I know myself
now. I read it and can tell you
anything you want to know.
10. “Historian’s History of the
World”—Oh, when I get my Ph.
D. I’m going to teach history.
The Ten Books That Teach the
Best Lesson
Once Upon a Time.”
Alice Adams” curled up
1.
2.
oartUTj^ the’-
ir/e pencil any p’aper w',
had been left on the table in t
center hall for the convenience o.
the girls in signing up before leav
ing. “Sign my name, sign my
name, sign my name,” were the
many recurring requests made by
those who could not reach the
checking out book through the
stampede.
The 2 o’clock classes were the
only ones heard that afternoon
They met immediately after lunch
in order that it might be over by
2 :30 o’clock.
A very few minutes after the
students entered the theater and
got seated, the picture began.
Each one seemed to be drawn for
ward in an attitude of expectancy
^ony
Is Per-
WH:h
a
/. ed Feast
What Seniors Are
Plotting About
Fee! Fi! Fo! Fum! I feel that
something is going to be done.
When you see folk—especially
seniors—plotting and whispering
in corners you just know that
something is going to happen, but
what? That is the question. My
curiosity has reached its zenith
already. I know too much for my
good unless I am permitted to
know more P. Q.
It is hoped that the senior class
is not evolving into witches or any
other such elusive forms. There
is an all pervading air of mystery
and an impending something, but
no one can know what. The seniors
themselves are mysterious, mysti
cal. Oh, I am all befogged and
clouded in smoke and can’t under
stand it all. Look at them. Near
ly everyone of them has a fresh-
Large Crowds Attend All
Sessions of Association,
Christian Harbor
In 1926
SPIRITED DEBATE ON
CHOWAN RESOLUTIONS
Denominational Leaders
Speak, and Laymen As
sist In Discussions
Woodland, Oct. 29.—The West
Chowan Association met in Wood
land Tuesday and Wednesday. A
large crowd was in attendance—
all the churches being represented
and all the pastors but one being
there. The Woodland hospitality
and courtesy was generous and un
stinted. The officers of last year
wer-> re-elected: Moderator, Dr.
C. G. Powell; vice moderator, Dr.
W. Mitchell; clerk, R. B. Line-
berry; treasurer, W. A. Thomas,
and historian, M. P. Davis.
The closing session Wednesday
afternoon brought forth a spirited
debate over resolutions that were
offered just before adjournment
for dinner and postponed for ac
tion until the afternoon session.
The resolutions pledged the asso
ciation to turn back 25 per cent of
its financial budget for State con
vention objects for support of
Chowan as an “A” Standard Col
lege. That provision of the reso
lution provided the bone of con
tention, a spirited but friendly de
bate taking place between pastors
in the meeting.
Among those who spoke agains'
its adoption were the Reverends
E. Y. Poole, C. M. Billings, Oscar
Creeih and Fred Stimson. J. H. '
Maitthews, of Windsor, made a '
strong plea for adoption, and
was seconded by Reverends M. P.
Davis and D. P. Harris. Aftex no
less than five motiors were mad?;
without a vote upon t*.ther, thi. as
sociation voted unai*imously tc
raan for a crush, and they pay ab- hold the Resolutions
J^>iUieiy ijo aocetn^iuii to Uit, Qntii aTtHi- LrTP /».
3. ‘‘Grandfather’s Armchair”
and was soon wandering down.
4. “The Trail That Leads To
the Hearts of Men.” She just j , - •
knew that she was going to have 1^^ before the first reel was finish-
5. “A Six Cylinder Courtship’’!!'^ *he picture
and soon her heart leaped for joy ^- than they had even^ex
—just ahead she saw. ; ^cted. Jerful!
6. “The Man Himself.” , do that?”
7. “Seventeen” times she tried; remarks
to catch. punctuated the performance
8. The Gentleman From In-' ^^’^““Shout.
diana,” by each time in some mys- better^ understending of the
terious way he slipped by her. j ^PP^^cation to life,
After quite a while she heard a inevitable penalty of a
voice saying. ! transgressor of God^s laws were
9. “Tarry Thou Will I Come ” expressed opinions of some of
She wondered what it meant. O" “The
Presently the thought struck her; " Commandments” as portray-
—struck her so hard that it knock- fu- ignoring these
ed her clear back out of dream-'realized.
land. She said, “How foolish I
was, of course every girl had much SELECTIONS MADE
«w n T, W * CHOWANOKA
Won By Waiting. i
10.
CITIZENSHIP WEEK
WILL BE OBSERBED
(By Another Freshie)
Monday, Oct. 19.—About 10
minutes after we were seated to
a most delightful looking lunch,
the sophomores arose in a sudden
storm and crowned each freshman
with a green band to be worn all
the week. All cosmetics were
tabood. Hair had to be slicked
back behind our ears. We wore
dinner dresses to the dining room
that evening, and a picture of our
best sweetie around our necks.
The sophs called on us to stand
and tell why we liked the one
whose likeness we carried close to
our hearts.
(ContinucJ on Page 4)
Citizenship Week is to be ob
served in Chowan College during
the week of November 4-11. Sev
eral speakers will come to address
the students during the week.
Most of these speakers are law
yers. Subjects pertaining to citi
zenship, such as the following, will
be discussed:
1. The debt a citizen owes to
his government.
2. The debt the government
owes to its citizens.
3. The debt citizens owe to
each other.
4. The debt governments owe
to each other.
Citizenship Week is a new fea
ture in college life and will doubt
less prove of much interest as well
as instruction in governmental af
fairs and in the duties of a citizen
FOOTBALL COMING!
Prospects are bright for a real
honest-to-goodness football game
on Chowan College athletic field
Friday, November 20. Arrange
ments for the game are now in
progress. Definite plans will be
announced soon.
; A vote taken of the student
REVIVAL SERVICES ARE i body resulted in the election of
ATTENDED BY GIRLS the following students to occupy
feature sections in the 1925-26
The revival services held at
Murfreesboro Baptist Church, be
ginning Sunday, October 18 and
lasting through Wednesday, Octo
ber 28, were attended each night
by a number of the college stu
dents. Dr. Burrell, pastor of the
church, did the preaching. His
series of sermons were such that
furnished inspiration and thought
for a higher type of Christian
life. Several of the college girls
presented themselves to become
affiliated with the local church
during the revival meetings.
HOW WELL DOES
EDUCATION PAY?
?45,000-
-This is the amount
earned by the average
untrained man during
his life.
$78,000—This is the amount
earned by the average
high school graduate.
annual:
Prettiest—Lyndal Denny.
Jolliest—Jessie Marie Parker.
Most Attractive — Benthall
Twins.
Most Popular—Beryl Souter.
Most Original—Maude Buch
anan.
Most Studious—Virginia Mar
tin.
Most Intellectual—Hazel Grif
fin.
Most Lovable—Rosalie Tolar.
Best Typical: Senior, Freeman.
Most Typical: Senior, Edna Mills
Hedgepeth; Junior. Willie Blount;
Sophomore, Mary Raynor; Fresh
man, Catherine Hill.
Some definite work has already
been started on the annual. A
photographer is expected at an
early date. Faces are beginning
to try to acquire becoming poses,
and demands for becoming colors
of rouge and linstick are numer
ous, say the cosmetic dealers. The
.t Lady made her last
visit to earth October 29, about 1
o’clock in the morning. The moon
watched from above the trees, and
seemed to be sad because of h»r
going. A cock here and there gave
her a farewell crow!
There has been much discussion
among friends of the school, and
other people in this part of the
State, concerning the annual visits
of The College Ghost—or, in other
words, the Brown Lady. A meet
ing was called of the senior class
sometime ago, and the members
discussed the advisibility of doing
away with the dear Old Brown
Lady, not that they wanted to do'
so, because it had become a tradi-
jlion—but more on account of the
sentiment against this cherished
visitor. With grief and regret the
class decided to sacrifice the pres
ence of this beloved ghost.
On Amateur Night the senior
class gave a dramatized story of
the Brown Lady, giving the origin
of this tradition. After the pro
gram ghosts (that are sometimes
known as seniors) made ready to
escort the Brown Lady about in
the regions of her old haunts for
the last time. As they crept
around with her the old soul seem
ed to be very cheerful. They found
later that she was cheerful because
she believed that spirits cannot be
controlled; when they want to
visit on earth they do so.
After the Brown Lady had
thoroughly enjoyed her trip to the
rooms of the girls, the senior
ghosts caught the beloved spirit
and carried her to a nearby ravine.
There they made a bonfire, piled
ui,eiy lio a,_ei,i,ioii lu uil until alter Ltfe inSf.m? oj, ino
Can you grasp it. They show state convention in Charlotte next
absolutely no deference for our month. A committee of J. H
great wisdom. I Matthews, Dr. W. R. Burrell and
Chas. H. Jenkins was appointed to
Gee! How I wish I could find
out what they are going to do. It
won't be much though I am sure
without the sophomore advice
Whew! I’m glad I’m not a cat.
Curiosity wOUld Surely get another
one if I were.
Yours for better or worse,
A Seeking SophomOre.
ORIGINALCOMPOSITIONS
GIVEN AMATEUR NKHT
It Was Decidedly the Best
Performance Yet Given
At the College
Amateur night, held Thursday
night, October 29, was decidedly
the most successful one that
Chowan College has had since the
institution of this annual occasion.
Every student participating enter-|
ed with earnestness and whole
hearted interest. The event was
amateur by name and nature, that
is, every performance was purely
work of the students, without as
sistance or training from profes
sional hands. The entire program
showed reatty serious attempts to
ward somethTng worthwhile.
Differing from previous amateur
nights, stunts were discouraged
for entrance. In consequence,
there was no stunt enacted
Original compositions for the
most part were given. The three
one-act plays, written and directed
by students, were presented and
received by the audience in a man-
upon brush until a red flame was
leaping toward the trees. The
president of the class, Edna Mills
Hedgepeth, gave a funeralistic talk
and threw the Brown Lady in the
red flames. The ghosts who were
standing around wept loudly and
sent up many complaints for the
cremating of the faithful spirit of
the Brown Lady. They might
have saved their tears, for at the
very moment while they were
weeping, the spirit of the Brown
Lady flew up and up in little
sparks high into the trees and com
muned with the moon, then she
said: “Don’t cry, dear fellow
ghosts, I am not burned; spirits
cannot be cremated.”
After this sad and weird cere-
(Continued on page 4)
that was introduced last year. A
dummy hns begun to be set up. i new step that has been taken is
Varioii' clubs have been organized the obtaining of a copyright.
J . I and plans for their presentation The senior class, which is pro-
$150,000 This IS the amount; in the annual made. New scenes! ducing the annual, anticipates the
earned by the average, will be added to the book this year.I publication of a mo=t attractive
college graduate. The same cover will be emnloyed'edition of the annual Chowanoka.
ner that reflected encouraging
credit upon the authors, directors,
and actors. Also, the ability dis
played in the readings composed
by the students giving them was
satisfying. Several original mu-
‘pajapuaj suoi^isoduioa [bois
which manifested marked talent of
the composers.
Prizes were awarded to the fol
lowing:
Flora Mae Hood—Best reading
(original).
Flora Butler—Best reading (not
original composition).
Louise McDaniel—Best one-aet
play.
Maidie Wade—B>*t musical
composition.
Elizabeth Carleton^"—Best poster
advertising Amateur Night.
Maude Buchanan and Genevieve
Miller—Stunt.
Following is the program given;
Original Readings—
“Local Hearts” Flora Mae Hood
“The Mean Old Sophs”
Mary Lou Jones
(Continued on Page 4)
attend the convention and ask it
to provide the funds necessary,
and upon the outcome of that plea
will rest the final action by the
association. The moderator is em^
powered to call a special session of
the association, if the plea is not
granted by the convention.
It was quite generally conceded
that this was our best session.
Rev. D. P. Harris preached the
sermon on the work and need of
the Holy Spirit. There were three
great speeches on missions: Dr.
C. E. Maddry, on State missions;-
Dr. B. D. Gray, of Atlanta, on
home missions, and Dr. J. F- Love,
of Richmond, on foreign missions:
also an inspirational mission
speech Tuesday night by Dr. L. E.
Barton, of Norfolk. On education.
Dr. W. R. Cullom, of Wake Forest,
spoke on education in general, and
Dr. W. R. Burrell spoke for
Chowan College. Rev. E. N. Gard
ner, of Thomasville, spoke for the
orphanage. Nearly all the pas
tors and several laymen took part
in the different discussions.
Two forward looking steps were
taken. One was arranging an as-
sociational budget with plans for
a full time B. Y. P. U. and Sunday
school worker and the other
a committee to confer with the
Baptist State convention to secure
sufficient funds to continue
Chowan as a standard senior col
lege and a call session of the con
vention if necessary to complete
this.
There are now 14,438 church
members, 594 of these baptized
this year. The contributions to
benevolence this year were $57,-
855.49. The per capita contribu
tions to benevolence was $4.01,
four of the churches making a per
capita of over $10: Bethel, $15.51;
Woodland, $13.50; Winton, $12.81
and Severn, $10.20. Each of these
churches has a Sunday school and
five of them have more in Sunday
school than they have church
members; Winton, Conway, River
side, Rich Square and Severn.
Ahoskie and Seaboard each have
all the B. Y. P. U. and W. M. U.
organizations. Ahoskie has the
largest Sunday school and Con
way second. Bethany got the
Sunday school banner for the larg
est percentage increase in Sunday
school members, increasing from
73 last year to 169 this year.
Churches leading in other things
are; Baptisms, Ahoskie, 39; Oak
Grove, 28; Conway, 26. Total
membership; Ross, 685; Ahoskie,
603; Colerain, 553. Benevolence:
Ahoskie, $4,882.04; Cashie, $3,-
554.03, and Woodland, $2,796.16.