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THE CHOWANIAN, CHOWAN COLLEGE, MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Friday, May 7, 1926.
The Chowanian
I still sober.
This word means to kick, re-
jfractory, obstinate, resisting, un-
A college newspaper published' yielding, any one of which
fortnightly by the
Chowan College, Murfreesboro
N. C.
students ofi synonyms are more convenient as
vehicles of thought than “recal
citrant.” The word “recalcitrant,”
however, may retain its place in
the dictionary, since a very pre
valent use has been found for it.
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STAFF
MARGARET AMAN
Editor-in-Chief
BUSINESS STAFF
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Business Manager
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Advertising Manager
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Circulation Manager
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ASSOCIATE EDITORS
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Intercollegiate Editor
WILLIE BLOUNT
Departmental Editor
LOUISE McDANIEL
Religious Editor
MARY RAYNOR
Sports Editor
ELSIE G. SEWELL
Local Editor
INEZ MATTHEWS
Alumnae Editor
DOROTHY LONG
Joke Editor
HAZEL GRIFFIN
Social Editor
VALUE OF DOLLAR
IS DEPRECIATING—
The depreciation of the dollar
as graphically shown by William
Lyon Phelps (Scribner’s, May) is
especially adaptable to the under
standing of present day college
students. He narrates a brief
episode in his college career:
“Hpro is a historical fgpt illus-
WHAT PRICE BEAUTY?
No matter what the price is,
who is there that is not willing to
pay the cost of possessing that
fairy-like power of enchanting all
about her. Victor Hugo says of a
beautiful woman, “Her presence
lights up the home; her approach
is like cheerful warmth; she passes
by, and we are content; she stays
awhile, and we are happy. Then
does not beauty confer a benefit
upon us even by the simple fact
of being beautiful?” Beauty, true
beauty, is its own excuse for
existence, but that is not answer
ing the question. What price
beauty?
If you ask the price of beauty,
the answer you get will depend
upon the person you ask. If you
ask the drug store proprietor, he
will give you the price of a sup
ply of cosmetics. If you ask your
family doctor, his answer will be
in accordance with the price of
his fee and the medicine prescrib
ed by him. The expert dietitian
would suggest a certain kind of
well regulated diet. The queen
Club Makes A Hit
the most gorgeous sunset. Man^\^ 1 l7^VQof
is essentially a lover of beauty. • * dlVC X Lll CoL VJICC
This inborn feeling is one of the
things that distinguishes him from
the beasts.
Our world is a world of beauty.
Nature might have fashioned an
equally serviceable and much less
beautiful world, but no—beauty is
a big factor in the earth’s make-up
and of woman the poet Milton
wrote:
“O fairest of Creation, last and
best
Of all God’s works, creature in
whom excelled
Whatever can to sight or thought
be formed
Holy, divine, good, amiable, or
sweet!”
RESPECT VARIETY,
UNITE IN SERVICE—
We do not seek tolerance. We
seek brotherhood, understanding,
co-operation. It is the best busi
ness of religion to unite, and not
to divide. Unity does not mean
uniformity. Minorities are the
means of growth. Let us en
courage differences so long as they
contribute to thS larger good.
Minorities are more often right
than majorities. Individuals are
far more often right than are
minorities, many of them moving
like blazing star.s, counter to the
direction of their times. No
civilization is worth while that
does not respect variety.
But while we respect variety,
of the beauty parlor would give
trating the depreciation of the
dollar. In the spring of 1887,
when I was a senior at Yale, my
classmate (now judge) John
Henry Kirkham, of New Britain,
and I financed an expedition to
New York. We left New Haven
at midnight on the boat; we had
a good breakfast in New York for
35c; a good dinner for 40c. In
the afternoon we went to the
Metropolitan Opera House, and
got seats in the gallery for 50c,
hearing Goldmark’s opera “Mer
lin,” sung by Lilli Lehmann, Max
Alvary and others. We obtained
a good supper for 30c, and in the
evening got seats for 50c at the
Casino, where we heard a per
formance of that delectable
“Erminie” with Francis Wilson,
God bless him! Then we took the
midnight boat back to New Haven.
Today there are no boats, no seats
for 50c, and no good meals for
30c. The entire expedition, trans
portation both ways, three meals,
grand opera and operetta, and in
cidental expenses, cost us in
round numbers about $2.61 apiece.
I ought to add that Kirkham was
an editor of the Yale Daily News,
so we dead-headed the steam
boat.”
WHAT IS MEANING OF
“RECALCITRANT?”
Language is the vehicle of
thought. We learned that way
back in about the fifth grade in
grammar school. It was the first
rule of grammar that we learned,
or rather memorized by rote
method, for we had not the slight
est comprehension of what it
meant then. Language the vehicle
of thought! Many of us hardly
assimilated the fact until far ad
vanced in high school or college.
From our youth up we have
heard it, that language is the
vehicle of thought. We have
learned and practiced it, and
manipulated our language to
transport our thoughts to the light
of others, and conversely have
manipulated our thought with
Janguage. Thus we have trained
ourself with the use of language,
but occasionally we find words for
which we can conceive no earthly
good. We can not possibly con
jure up any cargo of thought to
fit the vehicle. One of these words,
a terrible tongue-twister, a word
that constitutes a menace to any
one with weak jaws that may try
to say it, is “recalcitrant.” This
word has a great many synonyms
that are more meaningful and
easier to utter. The conference
by linguists over the word has
ended with the conclusion by one
member of the forum that the
chief value of the word “recal
citrant” is to determine whether
or not a man is drunk. If he can
frame to pronounce it right he ii
you another kind of reply. The
facial surgeon would tell you how
much it would cost you to
straighten your crooked nose or to
correct some other feature that
is not contributing its share to the
adornment of your face. Ask
the dress designer or merchant of
wearing apparel and he will con
vince you with his earnestness that
clothes make the man (or wom
an). To emphasize his declaration
he might utter some platitudes,
such as “Fine feathers make fine
birds,” and to enchance his state
ment and fortify it against all pos
sible doubt he could summon
Shakespere to speak for him:
“Costly thy habit as thy purse
can buy.
For the apparel oft proclaims the
man—”
which is some of the advice old
Polonius gave to his son who was
about to depart for Wittenburg
University.
The poet and philosopher would
tell you to cultivate beauty of per
sonality and soul by reading and
thinking beautiful and ennobling
th*ug-hts. Kelits says “Truth Is
beauty.” Everyone would have
you pay the price of the wares
that he himself deals in if you
would drink of the wells of
beauty.
There are as many ways thought
of that lead to beauty as there
are to happiness. To reach the
goal you must first find the right
road. The road that you choose
is determined by your ideal of
beauty. Then what comes in to
help form the ideal? Popular ap
proval is a potent force that forms
and strengthens ambitions and
ideals. The universal instinct of
love of approval is peculiarly
approval that appeals most to the
hearts of women, with rare excep
tions, is that of men. In dressing
and adorning herself woman most
often strives to attain the effect
that will win the admiration of
masculine eyes. If her particular
hero’s idea of beauty is an air af
fected by a galloping slouch, scant
clothing and cheeks of flaming red
that is the road she takes to
beauty. In contrast to this, if her
hero has a moderate and quiet
taste, she will dress to appeal to
that taste. If his taste requires
that she spend her days reading
biography, history, philosophy and
poetry, she will spare no pains for
that task, so that her face would
seem meditative and inspire
adoration, like portraits of the
Virgin.
If these facts are true, that the
approval of men constitutes such
a factor in the lives of women, is
it right for men to pronounce ac
cusations against girls for degrad
ing morals of the country by their
manner of dressing? Why don’t
those seeking to reform the
“younger generation” get at the
root of the trouble and weed out
the canker in people’s minds that
makes them admire anything that
is indecent? Proper motivation
is what people need to set them
on the road to true beauty, or any
thing else that is noble and good.
The limitless torture and pain
woman will endure for the sake
of beauty tells how great is her
persistence for the thing that her
heart most desires. She has a mo
tive, and why can not she also
have a motive that will impel her
to seek at the same time beauty
that will be everlasting, beauty
that will not fade like a rose with
the season, beauty that sometimes
may leave the hand empty, the
mind hungry, and the soul
shrivelled? Beauty that the
vicissitudes of age and fortune
do not wither is a pearl worth a
great price.
Life itself is a thing of beauty,
love, courage, kindness, sacrifice—
all the great virtues which make
it worth living—are in the true
sense beautifuL An act of
patriotism or a simple deed of
mercy may rightly be compared to
Let us leave our theological
weapons at the door and gather in
the temple of brotherhood to do
the things about which we agree;
take hold as one man of the thorny
problems of peace, industry, race
relations, in round-table discussion
groups and forums, where we can
sit, all kinds of us, elbow to el
bow. Let us put religion into the
schools—not creeds, but religion.
No one wants his child’s mind to
be the dumping-ground for 20
creeds; but surely Americans can
unite in these practical ways upon
the religion of the Fatherhood of
God and the brotherhood of man.
—Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, in The
Literary Digest.
SPRING
The bleakness of winter has yield
ed to spring
The time of the year that always
can bring
The dead things to live
Make peace out of strife—
Can you think of a lovelier thing?
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The robins, with mates, are heard
in the trees;
A sure sign of spring, if you
please.
They all build their nest
And do like the rest,
Praise God, and please all that
gees.
The rippling brook more speed
begins to show,
With waters of a brighter ,?low;
All life is gay.
Both night and day.
Please stay, clear brook—but you
must go!
Then out of the earth comes the
lovely spring flowers.
Accompanied by sunshine and
April’s chill showers.
They give all things joy,
They never annoy.
For they brighten this big world
, of ours.
In the meadow the plowboy is
heard—
He’s happy, you know from a
word.
He sings of God
As he turns up the sod.
Or at night as he drives up the
herd.
Then spring softly blends into
June;
It never does come too soon.
With its moonlight and you,
’Tis Heaven, it’s true—-
Oh, linger, “Ye Nights of June!”
'The Wataugan, R. E. Nance, ’27.
Indeed one of the most enjoy
able entertainments given at
Chowan College during the year
was the concert by the Wake
Forest Glee Club, on Saturday
night, May~i.
The personnel of the Glee Club
presented pleasing personalities,
and musicians of a high order.
They arrived Saturday afternoon
in time to become acclimated to
the atmosphere of the campus, and
incidentally to become acquainted
with some of the personages that
help to impart this atmosphere.
The large audience that was
fortunate enough to be present at
this concert were charmed with
the program given them. Every
number was followed by genial ap
plause that was certainly more
than perfunctory. The apprecia
tion of the members of the audi
ence was too evident to mistake
for the «#Iinary hand clapping
done for cpurtesy’s sake. Many
times were the performers called
back for e^ores.
The orcnestra selections were
especially enjoyed. Lively and
snappy are the words fitting to
this portion of the evening’s en
tertainment.
Among the choral renditions
most enjoyed were “The Lamp In
the West,” by Horatio Parker, and
‘On the Sea,” by Buck. The en
semble showed effectual training.
The voice of everyone was accom
plished an^' pleasing. The con
ductor of the choruses, D. S.
Taworth, deserves commendation
for the co-operation that his force
ful personality elicited from the
members of the chorus.
Everyone seemed delighted with
the vocal sflos rendered by H. E.
Copple. He displayed talent and
culture in the art of vocal music,
and sang with understanding.
H. L. Veughn is another in
dividual performer who is worthy
of especial mention. He is an
excellent violinist. His selections
were much enjoyed.
The quartette, consisting of
Messrs. Haworth, Skinner, Morton
and Gillespfe, added a feature that
took well with the audience. The
spice injected through the “wise
cracks” and jokes were also very
amusing.
The audience evinced a feeling
of regret when the last number
on the program was reached,
which was a Wake Forest medley.
The entire , program was ex-
premely interesting and attractive.
Professor Whelan, accompanist,
and director of the Glee Club
merits high praise for the effi
ciency of the organization, for the
perfection of training, and for
judgment in the selection of
popularly appealing numbers for
the program.
It would be a hazardous guess
to say which regretted more that
the Glee Club could not remain
over till later Sunday afternoon,
the Wake Forest boys or the
Chowan College girls. The visitors
seemed much pleased with the col
lege, its surroundings and per
sonnel, and as much as it went
against the wishes of each, in
obedience to the order of the com
mander-in-chief of the organiza
tion, this body of young men left
Chowan about 10 o’clock Sunday
morning, expecting to reach Wake
Forest by 4 o’clock that after
noon.
By A. B. CHAPIN
LEST WE FORGET
IL
Dell Students Will
Call For Reunion
Efforts Being Made To Have
Former Students At
White Lake
The students of Chowan Col
lege, who attended Dell School,
Sampson County, during their col
lege preparatory years, have pro
jected a plan of calling a reunion
of all the old students it is pos
sible to get together at White
Lake for about three days’ house
party, beginning Friday, June 11,
and lasting through Sunday, June
13, according to the wishes of the
party.
Dell Sehool, Delway, N. C., was
a boarding school maintained by
the Baptist denomination, giving
courses leading to college entrance
diplomas. Unfortunately the
school is no longer in existence.
Its doors have been closed for
three or four years. It was a
flourishing institution in its day,
and a boon to the Baptist denomi
nation and communities wherever
students went after studying with
in its portals. Those who received
their high school instruction at
Dell are scattered far and wide
now. Some are far across the seas
teaching the faith and hope of
be a welcome member of the
party. Bernice West, of Wake
Forest. College, Wake Forest,
N. C., is business manager of the
party. The cottages have already
been engaged, and the rates are
exceedingly low, owing to the fact
that the date is early in the sea
son. The rent on the cottages
will be only 50c a day for each
person, and added to the other ex
penses, it will amount to about
$1.00 per day. The two cottages
engaged are already furnished,
and nothing is required of the
guests except towels.
All who vdsh to join this party
should make reservation at once.
Reservation may be made by mail
ing deposit fee of $1.00 to Bernice
West, Wake Forest College. This
amount will be deducted from the
expenses. Each one expecting to
attend this house party should
send in this deposit fee and re
quest for reservation not later
than June 1.
The party will be chaperoned
by Mrs. C. W. Hood, of Yancey-
ville, mother of Miss Flora Mae
Hood, who is an eligible member
of the party.
Tell all your friends who are
Dellites, and have them write for
further details, if the plan is not
fully understood. Those who at
tend may expect to have a dream
of a time.
E. T, VINSON
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EXCITEMENT REIGNS
WHEN ANNUALS COME
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CHURCHWIDE TRAINING
SCHOOL
To Be Held In the
MURFREESBORO BAPTIST
CHURCH
Murfreesboro, N. C.
May 11th to the 16th
8 O’clock P. M.
You Are Cordially Invited To
Attend
The following courses will be
given:
Sunday School Manuel, by
Leslie Newman, Louisville, Ky.
B. Y. P. U., by R. P. Downey,
Wake Forest, N. C.
W M. S. “Cuba for Christ,” by
Miss Lois Miller, Kernersville,
N. C.
Y. W. A. “Ann of Ava” by Miss
Nannie Newsome, Ahoskie, N. C.
G. A. “Honorable Japanese
Fan,” by Miss Myrtle Zentmyer,
Roanoke, Va.
R. A. “Judson, The Pioneer,” by
Miss Mary Winborne, Como, N. C.
Sunbeams, “Going Somewhere,”
by Miss Grace Thomas, Murfrees
boro, N. C.
“How’s your cold, Donald?”
“Verra obstinate.”
“And how’s your wife?”
“About the same.”
Girls Eag:erly Crowd Around To
Find Their Places In the
Drama
are many who live close enough to
attend this reunion.
White Lake, the place for the
party, is a very popular summer
resort. The lake is one of the
prettiest spots in Eastern Caro
lina, and is a fine place for boat
ing and bathing. In every way the
place is ideal for a party such as
the one being planned by the
former Dell students.
Anyone who has ever attended
school there or taught there will
There was quite a bit of excite
ment on April 20, when it was an
nounced that the annuals had ar
rived. Then what a rush as the
girls turned in their receipts and
proudly carried away “My An
nual.” They opened them expect
ing to see an annual made up “in
the usual sort of way,” but they
were delightfully disappointed.
The foreword introduced them to
“Chowanoke,” a drama in five
acts. “Oh!” was the exclamation
of everyone, “a real drama.” And
then such a scramble to find—
“where I come in.” They paused
a moment at the turn of the next
page and every heart gave a beat
of sincere approval as they read
the dedication to Dean Edwards,
who, “when we forgot our lines he
was ever ready to prompt us.”
There are many special features
in the annual, one that claims
particular attention is the sponsor
section, which is an unusual
species of adornment in girls’ col
lege annuals. The entire drama
holds one’s interest from the rise
of the curtain to the fall. Never
once is found that sameness that
is characteristic of the majority
of annuals.
Everyone who has seen it agrees
with Benson Printing Company,
that “especially commendable is
the originality displayed in the
planning and treatment of subject
matter which bespeaks a good in
sight in the editorial work upon
the part of the editor-in-chief,
Miss Flora Mae Hood) and her
assistants.”
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