YOU CAN ALWAYS
TELL A SOPHOMORE
SOPHOMORE SPECIAL!
The Chowanian
BUT YOU CAN’T
TELL HIM MUCH!
Vol 5.
Four Pages
Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, February 28, 1928
One Section
No. 10
PREACHES INTERESTING
SERMON ON MARRIAGE
Dr. W. R. Burrell, Baptist
Minister, Talks On Busi
ness of Marriage
Lindy Home Again
A very interesting sermon on
the “Business of Marriage” was
delivered by Rev. W. R. Burrell
at the Murfreesboro Baptist
Church Sunday, February 19, at
7:00 P. M.
Dr. Burrell read Mark 10:1-22,
taking for his text the sixth
verso. In discussing the text he
said, “There are three important
events in life; namely, birth, mar
riage, and death. The physical
and spiritual man are so connect
ed that each is useless without
the other. The Catholics made
marriage the fourth of their
seven sacraments. They disliked
marriage by state officials and
said the ceremony should be per
formed by church officials and
made very sacred. As a proof of
how important Christ considered
marriage, he chose a wedding fes
tival at which to perform his first
miracle. People should enter
marriage reverently, thoughtfully,
and with the fear of God.” Dr.
Burrell went on to say that there
are four important steps toward
marriage: first, preparation. One
should prepare for marriage as
he does to enter the church: by
prayer, repentance, and faith in
God for support. He should be
thoroughly convinced in his mind
that the person whom he is taking
as his life’s partner is the person
above all others God has designat
ed. Second, he should make sure
that he is worthy of the high es
tate he is about to enter, and that
both he and his partner have
made sufficient preparations to
meet the responsibilities of the
train of events that must follow.
Third, he should get in touch with
his Heavenly Father, and seek
wisdom and strength. Fourth,
he should have an eye toward
worldly things. A woman has a
right to demand a sane mind and
a sane body.
Through these stages one should
approach the ceremony, which Is,
or should be, the greatest hour of
his life. Light, hasty, thought
less marriages are the causes of
so many divorces. One’s soul, his
destiny and his children rest with
his partner; therefore, he should
"be well prepared to care for them
as a religious person should. Mar
riage without religion is like the
marriage of dumb animals for
the purpose of carrying on the
race. Evil is the result when one
marries the wrong person, and as
a result he is liable to end in tor
ment. One must, then, give his
soul to God and prepare his mind,
heart, and body in order to marry
properly.
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“THE FARMERETTE” TO
BE GIVEN MARCH 9TH
Junior Class Will Present A
Three-Act Play in Col
lege Auditorium
• Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, just after he landed at Lambe't—St.
Louis Field, after completing his non-stop flight from Havana anC'fom-
pleting his "Good Will” tour ® Colonel Lindbergh has covered 40,000 miles
in tli« plane he affectionately calls “We,”—or The Spirit of St. Louis.
Announces Candidacy.
STUDENT RECITAL IS
GIVEN FEBRUARY 17
Musical and Dramatic Entertain
ment Wa« Enjoyed by a Large
Number of Attendant!
.. OCAgTBI .. _
Secreii.y oi Commerce, Herbert
Hoover, who has stirred up the Re
publican Presidential situation bv an
nouncing his candidacy tor the presi
dency. Hotiver's declaration makes
five in the field for Republican nom-
biation.
Statistics Of Members Of
Sophomore Class
Are Given
BLOODY SOPHS CLASH
WITH GREEN FRESHMEN
Bloody Sextette Failed To
Warm Up In Time to
Ward Oflf A Defeat
FOUR BIG EVENTS MADE ANNUAL
SOCIETY DAY AN OUTSTANDING IN
ANNALS OF COLLEGE THIS YEAR
ORANGE PARTY GIVEN
AS AID CAMPUS FUND
Each One Present Eats Orange
and Then Gives Penny for
Each Seed Found In It
On Friday evening, February
17th, the students of Chowan Col
lege gave an excellent musical and
dramatic recital. The program
was as follows:
PART ONE
Romance — Raff, Maidie Lee
Wade; Thou Art Like a Flower—
Cradwick, Helen Walker; To
Spring—Grieg, Ruth Davenport;
De Gray Owl—Dudley Buck, Kate
Mackie; Song Without Words—
Tschaikowslay, Rustle of Spring
—Binding, Emma Gay Stephen
son; Goodnight, Goodnight—Ball,
Hilton Jones.
If I Were a Bird—Henselt,
Rosalie Liverman; Longing—An
na Case, Maidie Lee Wade; Sweet
Genevieve—Calvin Grooms, Mrs.
Camp Vann; Ave Marie—Schu
bert, Francis Flythe; Valse—
Chopin, Venitienne — Godard,
Bettie Walter Jenkins;.
PART TWO
“THE OBSTINATE FAMILY”
A Farce in One Act
^ Characters:
Mr. Harwood, Harford’s fath-
er-in-law—Inez Parker.
Mrs. Harwood, Harford’s moth
er-in-law—Maybelle Honeycutt.
Henry Harford—Miss Poe.
Jessy Harford, his wife—Dor
cas Lassiter.
James, Harford’s servant—
Hilton Jones.
Lucy, a servant—Rosalind
Horne.
There was a large number ol
people present and everybody en
joyed the program.
Hamlin’s Studio of Suffolk will
furnish you with beautiful photo
graphs for Christmas.
On Friday evening, February
10, many young people from the
town and neighboring communi
ties attended the Orange Party
given in the College Gymnasium
for the benefit of the Campus
Fund.
The guests were met at the en
trance by Misses Jessie Draper
and Edna Malpass. Misses Ann
Downey and Lucile Long welcom
ed them and received the orange
that they were asked to bring as
an admittance ticket.
When all of the guests had ar
rived, Miss Mildred Poe, director
of the party, divided the crowd
into two groups—Hearts and
Cupids. Several interesting and
exciting games and contests were
enjoyed. The Cupids, who scored
the most points, received an at
tractive fruit doll as a prize.
When the prize had been
awarded, the oranges were eaten,
and the seed counted. Each per
son paid a penny for every seed
in his orange.
The time passed all too quick
ly, and when the bell rang, it
seemed as if the party had only
begun.
A neat little sum was realized
for the Campus Fund; we have
not learned the exact amount.
WHO ARE WE?
WE are the Sophomores. We
generously assume responsibility
and tell the green Freshmen what
to do. And do they do it? We’ll
say they do!
Do we work? we do—not! We'
BOSS the job.
Frances Flythe, our soloist, is
the best high jazz singer in col
lege. Juanita Vick, our class
president, could manage the head
off any other girl in school. Nel
lie Sutton, the stenographer of
our class, has everybody beat
when she gets her fingers going on
the typewriter.
We won the baseball champion
ship last fall, and if you vnll no
tice the Honor Roll for the first
semester, you will see that we
just about have a monoply on it.
No, you needn’t offer us rub
ber bands for our heads; we
haven’t the swell head; we’re shy
and modest enough, and never
feel boastful, even if we are the
smartest class in school.
The following are the late
statistics of individual members
of the Sophomore class. In the
order of the quotation marks op
posite the names, the character
istics are as follows; nick-name,
hobby, expression, ambition.
Alice Swindell, “Peculiarity”,
“Hiking”, “Oh! Flitter”, “To live
’till the 7th of March”; Frances
Flythe, “Fly-the”, “Going home”,
“Oh! Pshaw”, “To sing”; Lala
Ashley, “Lila Rose”, “Hiking”
“My stars and garters”, “To live
’till the 7th of March”; Sophia
Faison, “Buggar”, “Riding”
“Wish it was Saturday”, “To get
‘Nosirrom’ ”; Julia Downs, “Sook
ie”, “Dictating”, “Who’d
thought it?”, “To do something
worthwhile”; Mildred Hinton
‘Miiiie’’, 'Reading Latin", “It
might be worse”, “To be a great
writer,,; Olivia Williams, “Bol
ivia”, “Reading”, “Well I de
clare”, “To be a great Mathe
matician”; Thelma Freeman, “Lit
tle Thelma”, “Reading”, “For
the Love of Mike”, “To travel
abroad”; Roxie Flythe, “Greater”,
“Writing to New York City”,
“Catfram”, “To get to New York
City”; Willia Parker, “Little Wil
lie”, “Writing to Wake Forest”,
“By Jingo Peter”, “To teach”;
Hilda Jones, “Feet-art”, “Work
ing Math”, “Oh! Dickens”, “To
travel from Murfreesboro to Mt.
Olive”; Nellie Sutton, “Nell”,
Horse-back riding”, “Mamma”,
“To pass College Algebra”; Juan
ita Vick, “Uneeda”, “Being
Hasty”, “Shoot a Monkey”, “To
live ’till the 7th of March and be
a Stenographer for N. C. High
way Commission”; Eva Hoggard,
Little Eva”, “Reading”, “I don’t
care”, “To be little”; Audrey
Parker, “Addry”, “Eating”, “Ain’t
it so?”, “To teach French”; Lu
cille Davis, “Cille”, “Reading”,
“Oh! Pshaw”, “To travel”; Jessie
H. Belch, “Jelly”, “Talking”,
“Gee”, “To be a B. Y. P. U.
Worker”; Montine Ward, “Monty”
“Reading Latin”, “That’s scar-
casm”, “Teach Latin”; Bertha
Clayton, “Hun”, “Horse-back rid
ing”, “Oh! Shoot”, “To be a
home-maker”; Katherine Mackie,
“Kate”, “Dishes”, “That’s all
right”, “To get back to summer
school”; Maybelle Honeycutt,
“Mable”, “Loving”, “I’ll Swar-
nee”, “To be loved”; Mary Brit
ton, “Turkey”, “Hiking”, “Oh!
Shoot”, “To live ’till the 7th of
March”; Pauline Simons, “Polly”,
“Hiking”, “I’ll Swan”, “To take
a Campus course at Carolina”;
Billie Temple, “Willie T.”, “Cry
ing”, “Max no difference”, “To
receive the M. R. S. degree.”
On Friday night, March 9, at
8:00 o’clock the Junior Class will
present a three-act play, “The
Farmerette”, by Evelyn Gray
Whiting, in the College auditor
ium.
This play is the story of how
five orphan girls struggle to keep
their old homestead. A neighbor
woman holds a mortgage on the
farm which the girls know was
paid off before their mother’s
death, but for which they are un
able to find the receipt. The de
termination of this w'oman to get
the farm, and the determination
of the girls to keep it from the
confict of the play.
The happy-go-luckiness of Joce
lyn, the youngest 6f the girls, the
sincerity if Nan, the eldest, and
the frivolity of Minnette, their
sister from the city with her end
less talk about “soulful eyes” and
“affinity” furnish an entertaining
contrast. Every appearance of
Gracious Ann Bean the colored
“pusson”, guarantees a laugh.
The cast of characters is as fol
lows:
Jane Wellington _ Rosalie Liver
man
Jocelyn Wellington _ Mary Whit
ley
Elnora Wellington _ Eva Kinlaw
Nan Wellington - Jean Craddock
Minnette Wellington Lawson—
Margaret Jeffreys
Mrs. Beckwith _ Wilma Ellington
Gracious Ann Bean Ruby
Daniels
Amission; 35 and 50 cents.
The Bloody Sophs lost a fast
game of basket ball to their dead
ly rivals, the Green Freshmen,
Wednesday night, February 15,
by the score of 9 to 6. The
Bloody sextette did not seem to
get warmed up as quickly as did
the “Greenies.”
During the first quarter, the
“Greenies” apparently had the
game going their way, as the
Sophs could not locate the bas
ket. When Refree Sewell blew
his whistle at the end of the first
quarter, the score stood 3-0 in
favor of the “Greenies”, Lassiter
having made one field shot and
one foul shot.
In the second quarter, however,
the Sophs came back at the
“Greenies”. When the whistle
blew for the half, the score stood
5 to 4 for the “Greenies”; Vick,
Freeman, and Lassiter had each
made a field goal.
In the second half, the Sophs
fought like Trojans but were not
able to overcome the FVeshmen.
Lassiter made one field shot and
Hobbs two foul shots. Freeman
made one field goal, leaving the
score at the close of the game 9
to 6 in favor of the “Greenies.”
It was impossible to keep a rec
ord of all the technical and per
sonal fouls during the game, but
Refree Sewell was on the alert
every second and did not miss a
chance to let off a little steam by
America s Richest Girl
Basketball Contest Between
Societies Was Won by
Lucalians
INTERESTING READING
CONTEST IN AFTERNOON
Celebration Winds Up At
Night With Reception
After The Debate
Treat ’em rolgh a:id make ’em
love you!
He who conquers, conquers
himself.
blowing his whistle.
Sophs.
Freshies
Flythe
C
Turner
Sutton
S. c.
Fleetwood
Vick
R. F.
Lassiter
Freeman
L. F.
Hobbs
Mackie
R. G.
White
Jones
L. G.
Cullipher
Miss Doris Duke, IB, daughter
of the late James B. Duke, tobac
co financier, who was just award
ed by the Supreme Court a $1,-
600,000 Fifth Avenue House
filled with the richest furnishings,
a private railroad car bearing her
name, four automobiles, a collec
tion of rare tapestries and other
luxuries worth a fair sized for
tune. She is the richest girl of
her age in America.
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND
ACTS OF PLAYMAKERS
Murfreesboro Community
Helps Swell The Atten
dance for Plays
THE SOPHOMORE CLASS
The Trials Tribulations That
Are Suffered By Dining-Room Girls
A class that works for something
more
Than pleasant praise or text-book
lore;
One that in zest and vim and pep
No other class can far outstep;
Keeps work and fun so close in
touch
That working does not grieve
them much.
Sometimes I wonder how we
dining-room girls keep such sweet
dispositions the way we start off
our days. This morning, for in
stance, oranges were to be served,
and I could not find a knife sharp
enough to cut hot butter, so I
sawed them with the bread knife.
Of course we dining-room girls
eat before the others come In,
and sometimes the food we had
counted on, is too underdone for
our consumption. For instance,
when we finish our cereal we find
the biscuits have just been put in
the stove, though it is only ten
minutes till breakfast bell. Only
by racing around like mad, do we
get the food on our tables by the
time the bell rings.
Then, when the people at the
table have already finished their
cereal, in strolls a late comer, and
we have to give her extra atten
tion. First, even though we know
there is no more oatmeal in the
kitchen, we walk back there at the
order of the late one, and then
we report to her and give her
some kind of cereal, if it is to be
had. Second, before we get the
coffee poured for everyone else,
the late one is urging us with
looks and sighs to remove her
cereal dish. Then after the others
have finished eating and left the
dining-room, the tardy one has to
stay to finish the meal. After she
has gone, we have to rush our
heads off to get the dishes wash
ed and the tables reset before the
class bell rings. We run up three
or four flights of stairs to our
rooms, grab book, pen, and paper,
and run down stairs to class, too
vexed and tired to get half the
teacher says.
Another perpetual worry is to
have the girls at their respective
tables asking why another table
has more food on it than the one
at which they eat, when all the
tables have the same amount to a
teaspoonful. Or one girl says,
“I can’t eat this cheese. Can’t
you get me preserves or some
thing?” The dining-room girl ad
dressed replies sweetly, “Honey,
this is all you are supposed to
have today; there are no pre
serves.”
Furthermore, the silver and
dishes have a mysterious way of
disappearing after the table has
been set, and the dining-room girl
must find some others, though
there are none! It would be a
good idea to have every knife,
fork, spoon, glass, and dish chain
ed to the table.
About the hardest thing to
bear, though, is to have someone
spill something on your perfectly
clean apron. Now aprons do not
stay stiff and white without an
effort, and it is vexing to have
zealously guarded an apron from
spot or stain only to have some
one spill coffee on its white sur
face, but almost every day the
dining-room girl has this exper
ience.
Speaking of spilling things—
there’s the matter of being run
into by somebody and having
your plate full of biscuits fly all
over the table, or worse, all over
the floor. And because there are
no others in the kitchen, and you
have to “take up a collection.”
Dining-room girls are always
getting burned. Often when they
are having dishes served with
food, a hot piece falls on their
hands and stubbornly sticks there
in spite of frantic efforts to dis
lodge it.
Accidents will happen, we are
told, but a dining-room girl feels
very embarrassed when she drops
a dish which strikes the floor so
loudly that everyone in the room
turns and looks at her, or when
she upsets a bowl of hot soup
down the back of someone she is
serving. Now it is bad enough
for the victim “poured upon,
but it’s bad for the dining-room
girl, too, you bet it is!
A large audience attended the
delightful program presented by
tnu i^iayinakets in thw
college auditorium on the evening
of December 22. The program
consisted of three folk plays of
wide range—Carolina, California,
and Old China.
The first play, “Lighted Cand
les”, was written by Margaret
Bland, of Charlotte, N. C. She
has portrayed in her play the
tragedy of a family in Micthell
County well known to her.
“Mountain Magic”, written by
Edith Daseking of San Francisco,
is also based on an actual inci
dent, and “The Marvelous Ro
mance of Wen Chun-Chin,” is an
authentic folk play of Old China,
written by Mr. Cheng-Chin
Hsiung, of Nan Chang, Kiangsi,
China.
The people of Murfreesboro
and surrounding communities
showed their appreciation of the
work done by the playmakers by
giving them a large audience and
an enthusiastic hearing.
CHOWAN STUDENTS ON
SEMESTER HONOR ROLL
Twenty-Nine Honor Students Dur
ing Semester; Only Three Sen
iors Conditioned on One Sub-
The Alathenian Literary So
ciety met Friday evening, Febru
ary 10, at 6:30, and rendered the
following program:
“The Life and Works of 0
Henry”—Thelma E. Freeman.
“Literary Criticism of 0’Hen
ry”—Elizabeth Chamblee.
“Post Scripts”—Josie Melvin.
The program was enjoyed by all
those present.
CLASSIFICATION:
Freshman Grassy
Sophomore Sassy
Junior Brassy
Senior Classy
Witty are the “Sophs” and wise
are their words,
For do they not try to manage
the college?
Surely even the wisest old birds,
Could not compete with them in
knowledge.
Gratitude is a fruit of great
cultivation; you do not find it
among gross people.”
LUCALIAN PROGRAM
The Lucalian Literary Society
met Friday evening, February 10,
at 6:30 and rendered a very in
teresting program. Mary Hog-
gard’s interpretation of the piano
solo, “Day Dreams” by Meyer-
Helmund was excellent. A very
interesting and comical reading,
“Little Mary’s Essay on ‘Hus
bands’,” was given by Bettie Wal
ter Jenkins. Following this, Mai
die Lee Wade sang “0, Dry Those
Tears” by Teresa Del Riego, in a
very charming manner. The last
number on the program was the
“Jokes” which were given by
Out of 155 students enrolled at
Chowan College during the first
semester 1927-28, there were 29
honor students and 43 condition
and failure students. There are
3 on the first honor roll whose
averages were 92 or over. Those
on the second honor roll made
averages from 86-92. The honor
rolls are made up of 14 seniors, 7
juniors, 3 sophomores, and 5
freshmen. Marjorie Bowles, Bea
trice Burrell, and Mrs. Maude
Newsome are on the first honor
roll. Those on the second honor
roll are: Susan Barnes, Ethel
Britt, Lois Cale, Alice Carter,
Vida Dunning, Rosabet Griffin,
Agnes Harrell, Mildred Hinton,
Mary Hoggard, Maybelle Honey
cutt, Mavis Lewter, Eva Kinlaw,
Rosalie Liverman, Elizabeth Mid
dleton, Mary Frances Mitchell,
Odessa Moss, Louise McDaniel,
Inez Parker, Mary Raynor, Mar
garet Richmond, Elizabeth Sew
ell, Emma Gay Stephenson, Mrs.
Camp Vann, Juanita Vick, Mary
Whitley, and Pauline Willis.
There were 43 condition and
failure students. The Senior
class had only 3 students who
conditioned one subject each. The
Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman
classes had 8, 12, and 20 respec
tively, who conditioned one or
more subjects.
Olivia Williams and Mildred Hin
ton. These were especially enjoy
ed by all those present.
“Lucalians, Lucalians, our own
dear Lucalians.” On the morning
of Society Day, February 23, the
Lucalian and Alathenian Societies
had a spirited game of basket-ball
in the College gymnasium. Every
player was every inch a good
sport. The members of the two
societies helped considerably by
yells and songs.
The line-ups were as follows:
Lucalians Alathenians
Elsie White Thelma Freeman
Left Guard
Hilda Jones Grace Stillman
Right Guard
Frances Flythe Mae Turner
Center
Nellie Sutton Frances Fleetwood
Second Center
Alice Cooke Maybelle Ward
Left Forward
Juanita Vick Agnes Lassiter
Right Forward
Substitutes
Mildred Hinton Margaret
Richmond
Ruby Daniel Mary Britton
Vida Dunning Bernice Benthall
The score was 25 to 14 in favor
of the Lucalians. Alice Cooke was
the star gold-thrower of the
game, and Hilda Jones and Garce
Stillman distinguished themselves
as guards.
Reading Contests
The Reading Contest held at
thrse o’r'c?’’ ‘■he follegp audi
torium was of geat interest both
to the members of the Societies
and to the visitors present.
The first reader was Miss Kate
Mackie, who represented the Lu
calian Society. She gave in a most
interesting and pleasing manner,
“His Japaneese Wife” by Grace
Griswold. Miss Mackie portrayed
the five characters in a very life
like manner.
Miss Susan Barnes, represent
ing the Alathenian Society, was
the second reader of the after
noon. Miss Barnes presented
“The Shake Up”, by Larry John
son. She is an excellent reader
and did justice to her selection.
The scene in the printing office
and the three characters were im
personated with skill and finish.
The judges for the contest
were: Miss Mildred Smith, Mrs.
Bob Britton, and Mrs. L. J. Bray.
They rendered their decisions im
mediately after the contest—
without consultation—two to one
in favor of Miss Kate Mackie, Lu
calian representative. The medal
is given anually for the best so
ciety reader by Dr. W. R. Bur
rell, of the Chowan faculty. The
Lucalians have won this medal for
two years.
Society Debate Held
The representatives of the Lu
calian and Alathenian Literary
Societies joined in debate at 7:30
P. M. The query was: Resolved,
“That the United States’ Policy of
Armed Intervention and Political
Interference in Latin American is
Justifiable.” The affirmative was
debated by the Alathenians who
were represented by Ann Downey
and Elizabeth Webb, with Janet
Benthall, Alternate. The Luca
lian representatives—Bettie Wal
ter Jenkins, and Mary Lou Jones,
with Wilma Ellington, Alternate
—debated the negative side of
the query. Pauline Willis, Luca
lian, acted as President of De
bate; Mary Raynor, Alathenian,
acted as Secretary. Honorable
W. H. S. Burgwyn, of Winton,
Honorable Alva Early, of Aho»-
kie, and Honorable Jennings
White, of Conway were the judg
es.
Each society sang its own and
college songs, and gave cheers to
their debaters before the contest
began. Bach member of the de
bate spoke well and made her so
ciety proud to have her as a mem
ber.
The decision was unanimously
in favor of the eNgative, or the
Lucalian Society. Miss Bettie
Walter Jenkins, Lucalian, was
voted the best individual speaker.
She will receive the medal which
President Edwards gives this
year for the best speaker.
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