“THE CLASS OF ’29”
18 2 9
ONCE IN A HUNDRED
YEARS
The Chowanian
19 2 9
THERE’S A GREAT
CLASS
Vol 5.
Four Pages
Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, May 1, 1928.
One Section
No.24
GREAT SUCCESS ATTENDS COMBINED
CELEBRATION OF MUSIC-DRAMA WEEK
AT COLLEGE ON APRIL ISth AND 20th
Combination of Two Events
This Year Goes Over
Big
NUMBER INTERESTING
PROGRAMS GIVEN
Wake Forest Music Aggre
gation Delights Large
Crowd
The third annual Music-
Drama Week at Chowan
College, beginning on the
18th of April and lasting
through the 20th, was a
great success. Heretofore,
a week has been set aside as
Music Week and one as
Drama Week, but this year
the two were combined un
der the direction of Miss
Inez Matthews, director of
music; Miss Mildred Poe, di
rector of dramatics, and
Mrs. Elizabeth Yavorski,
head of the voice idepart-
ment and director of the
Glee Club. This combina
tion proved to be a good one
in that it furnished variety
by alternating musical and
dramatic programs.
On the first afternoon of Mu-
sic-Drama Week, Wednesday,
April 18, at 4 o’clock, the drama
tic department presented two one-
act plays, “Tha Rescue,” by Rita
Creighton Smith, and “The Heart
a Clown,’■ by Constance Pnwcll
Anderson.
“The Rescue” is the story of a
girl, who, believing her people to
have been mentally weak, feels
herself becoming insane, but is
rescued from the idea by the maid,
who tells her that she is not one
of that family at al’. The char
acters for this p’.ay were lemprk-
ably successful in creating an at
mosphere of depression. This
play was indeed one of dramatic
finish.
The cast of cha^-a.?ter? was as
follows: Kate, Julia Grady;
Aunt Alvira, Maybelle Honeycutt;
Anna, Bettie Walter Jenkins.
“The Heart of a Clown” was
also well presented. This play
showed that under the i’i:d nose
of the clown there is a heart that
craves love. Dorcas Lassiter act
ed the part of the Clown well, and
Hilma Ward, with her light, airy
step, was well suited to the part
of Columbine, the girl whom the
clown loved.
The cast of characters was as
follows: Harlequin, Rosalind
Horne; Columbine, Hilma Ward;
Clown, Dorcas Lassiter; Gypsy,
Florence Benthall.
Wednesday night at 8 o’clock
the Chowan College Glee Club,
accompanied by Miss Bettie Wal
ter Jenkins, presented “The Torea
dors,” a light opera in two acts,
by Otis Covington. Senor Die-
torio, a wealthy Spanish farmer,
is a great admirer of Toreadors
and desires that his beautiful
twin daughters, who are in love
•with Juan and Pablo, sons of a
Tieighboring farmer, marry Senor
Swateo and Senor Whackeo, who
turn out to be beggars masquerad
ing as Toreadors. Roxie Flythe
and Rousseau Parker, who took
the parts of the Toreadors, fur
nished the comic element which
predominated throughout the
operetta. The elaborate costumes,
dancing and singing were indeed
Spanish in effect. As a whole
the operetta was well gotten up,
though some parts lacked finish.
The characters were as follows:
Senor Dictorio, wealthy farm
er, great admirer of Todeadors,
Imo Vinson; his twin daughters,
Benita and Juanita, Frances
Flythe and Kate Mackie; Juan and
Pablo, sons of neighboring farm
ers, admirers of the twins, Maidie
Wade and Ruby Daniel; Senor
Swateo and Senor Whackeo, beg
gars, masquerading as Toreadors,
Rousseau Parker and Roxie
Flythe; Dolores and Maria, friends
of Benita and Juanita, Ethel Tay
lor and Agnes Lassiter; chorus
of girls, chorus of men and
dancers.
(Continued on Page 4)
DR. BURRELL MAKING
NUMBER OF SPEECHES
His Church Gives Him Re
lease From His Ap
pointments
Dr. W. R. Burrell, professor of
Bible at the college, and pastor
of the local Baptist Church, has
been engaged to preach the bac
calaureate sermons and deliver
the commencement addresses in
several of the neighboring high
schools. In order that he may
comply with these requests, the
Murfreesboro church has released
him from his regular appoint
ments.
On Friday morning, April 27,
Dr. Burrell delivered the com
mencement address at the Hobbs-
ville High School. On Sunday,
April 29, he preached the bac
calaureate sermons at both Sea
board and Powellsville, and that
evening he conducted an ordina
tion service at Seaboard. Dr.
Burrell will fill appointments at
Winton and Vanceboro on May 6,
and at Harrellsville on May 13.
In Dr. Burrell’s absence, the
services at the local church were
conducted on Sunday morning.
April 29, by Miss Miriam F. Good
win, a returned missionary, from
Korea, and in the evening by
Carlyle Powell, a returned mis
sionary from Africa, and an
alumnus of Wake Forest College.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
HAVE REGULAR MEETS
Sonii* of Wake Foreai Cluu
Boy» Were Guests At
Society Programs
PRESIDENT EDWARDS IS
BUSY TRAVELING ABOUT
He has Visited a Number of
High Schools In Two
States
Within the past few weeks,
President Edwards had engaged
a great part of his time in travel
ing. In interest of the college, he
has visited a number of high
schools in Eastern North Caro
lina and schools in two Virginia
cities—Portsmouth and Franklin.
Two junior colleges, Campbell and
Pineland, have been included in
his visits, and he has interviewed
prospective students from Clin
ton High School and elsewhere.
President Edwards reports that
prospects are bright for filling
Chowan College to its utmost
capacity in the coming school
year. The number of reservations
made last year by this time has
already been exceeded by 35.
On the evening of April 23,
President Edwards delivered the
commencement address at Gates
High School, and on May 8, he
will deliver the address at Speed
High School.
President Edwards recently
went to Raleigh to attend the
Chamber of Commerce banquet,
at which Dr. Glenn Frank, presi
dent of Wisconsin University,
spoke, and on April 25, he attend
ed the inauguration exercises of
Dr. R. R. Gaines, president of
Wake Forest College.
He leads a busy life!
The Lucalian and Alathenian
Literary Societies held their regu
lar meetings in their respective
halls Friday evening, April 20, at
7 o’clock.
The societies were glad to have
as their guests some of the Wake
Forest Glee' Club boys, who were
to present a program later in the
evening.
After the roll was called and
the minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved, the
Alathenians turned their meeting
into a social hour.
The following program was ren
dered in the Lucalian Society:
Society song; “Naughty Zell,”
Phelps, Julia Grady; vocal duet,
Wanderer’s Night Song,” Rubin
stein, Frances Flythe and Maidie
Lee Wade; poem, “A Spring
Journey,” Heber, Rosabet Griffin.
IN AND ABOUT THE
COLLEGE
Athletic Day will be observed
Saturday, May 5. The contests
will consist of a baseball game
and track meet, which includes
the 50-yard dash, 100-yard dash,
200-yard relay, running broad
jump, standing broad jump, high
jump, javelin throw and shot put.
Classes will be dispensed with,
and many contestants will take
part in these events. The class
winning the most points will be
aw'arded a prize.
Mrs. Dora P. Harris has come
to us from Branchville, Va., to
assist Miss Payne, who is head of
the Home Economics Department.
Mrs. Harris is in charge of the
work done in the dining room,
serving room and kitchen. We
are glad to have her with us.
Miss Caldwell, professor of
Mathematics at Chowan, attended
the meeting of the Southeastern
Section of the Mathematical So
ciety at Duke University, Dur
ham, April 13 and 14.
Professor Evans, of Rice In
stitute, was the principal speak
er. Among the North Carolina
speakers were: Professors Las-
ley and Windsor, of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, and Miss
Mary Day, of Salem College. Pro
fessor Stephens, of the University
of Georgia, said that there are 50
scientists in the South for every
million of the entire population.
The average for the nation is 129
scientists per 1,000,000 people.
RELIGIOUS NOTES •
Miss Miriam F. Goodwin, of Ra
leigh, a returned missionary from
Korea, and former traveling sec
retary for the Student Volunteer
Movement, arrived at the college
Saturday, April 28, for a several
■lays visit.
On Sunday evening Miss Good
win talked to the college Y. W. A
and the Student Volunteer Band
on “Missions.” Her message wa
highly inspirational as well as in
formative. The girls have greatly
enjoyed her stay at the college
Miss Goo'^win was secured through
‘he efforts of the college Volun
teer Band, of which Helen Walkei
is president.
Rev. J. C. Draper, pastor of the
'ocal Methodist Church, made an
interesting talk on “Mother and
the Home,” during the chapel
hour on Tuesday morning, Apri
24.
Mr. Draper based his remarks
on Proverbs 31: 29: “Many daugh
ters have done well, but thou ex-
cellest them all.” “The pronoun
thou refers to the wife and moth
er,” said Mr. Draper. In the home,
the mother reigns supreme. “There
ire only two institutions,” he said,
“which can claim divine sanction
—the home and the church. Homr
was the first of these, which shows
■ts importance in the mind of
Jesus. The home,” continued Mr.
Draper, “is the best interpreter
of God, and it is here that a child
gets its first idea of God. A girl
of beautiful Christian character,
once asked where she first saw
Christ, replied, ‘In my mother’s
eyes’.”
“THE WISTERIA VINE”
o the cpdars
I sauntered gaily
made
Against the bitter East a
ricade.
And, guided by a delicate
fume,
I found the sweet wisteria
bloom.
bar-
per-
Rich clusters trailing, swaying: in
the breeze.
From bough to bough they clam
ored o’er the trees;
The purple vines displayed their
glad surprise
Against the azure April of the
skies.
As long I lingered where the blos
soms lent,
A little grateful winged prayer I
sent
To Him who made wisteria blooms
so fair
And that sweet fragrance which
had drawn me there.
—Jessie Draper, ’29.
CHOWAN HOSTESS
TO HIGH SCHOOL
GIRI5 THIS YEAR
Commencements and Bad
Weather Keep Down the
Attendance
MUCH BEING DONE
TO PROMOTE AFFAIR
Programs Enjoyed; Number
of Visiting Teachers
Present
IN APPRECIATION OF
MISS TERRY
Number Chowan
Regional B,
MRS.
NEWELL MASON
SPEAKS ON LOVE
An inspiring and efiFective talk
on “Love” was given the students
And faculty of Chowan College by
Mrs. Mason at the chapel hour on
Tuesday, April 17. Mrs. Mason is
from Macon, Ga., and is the moth
er of Miss Newell Mason, profes
sor of education and psychology
at the college.
“Love is the greatest thing in
"he world,” said Mrs. Mason.
“God is love. His love for us
made him send his son to die to
save us. The least we can do in
return is to love Him and to love
each other.” Mrs. Mason told of
John’s love for Christ and then
urged those present to love one
another. Love brings happiness.
There is nothing which gives more
pleasure than love and service to
one’s fellowmen. “You can not
really love unless you have the
ove of God in your heart. Tiie
best way to conquer your onemies
is to love them. You are the
gainer, if you give your life in
loving service.”
Mrs. Mason has won the love of
the college community and every
one who heard her speak is grate
ful to her for bringing such a
beautiful message.
Greatly distressed to learn of
the illness of their esteemed friend
ind colleague. Miss Lena C. Terry,
the faculty of Chowan College de
sires to express to her their pro
found sympathy and assure her of
the continuance of their prayers
for her speedy recovery and re
storation to complete health. In
the meantime they wish for her
all the blessings and comforts of
life that a kindly Providence can
bestow.
They also desire to place on
-ecord their appreciation of her as
1 gentlewoman of irreproachable
character, a charming companion,
a teacher of ability and ripe
scholarship, and a sincere and de
voted Christian whose presence
has ever been a constant inspira
tion and benediction to us all.
May the blessings of heaven
'est upon her and hers.
On behalf of the faculty:
(Signed)
MINNIE W. CALDWELL,
W. R. BURRELL,
EUNICE McDOWELL,
BERTHA L. CARROLL,
J. A. CLARKE,
Committee on Resolutions.
April 25, 1928.
Girls Attend
Y. P. U. Meeting
FRESHMEN ARE STILL
WORKING MAIN HALL
There was quite a bit of excite
ment in the Main Hall Friday aft
ernoon, April 13. Students came
from every direction to see what
it was all about. The Freshmen
were found in the hall, giving a
veil for their class with all their
might. They were rolling up the
rugs to send them away where
they will be woven into new ones
with the rags which the Freshmen
have accumulated through the
vear. The Main Hall looks rather
cold and bare now, but by the
time the new rugs are returned,
ind the Freshmen have finished
their work, it will hardly be recog
nized as the same place.
Rev. and Mrs. N. H. Shepherd
are visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Revelle.
The Chowan girls attending the
Eastern Regional B. Y. P. U. con
vention held at Scotland Neck,
N. C., April 13-15, were: Misses
Elizabeth Middleton, Louise Mc
Daniel, Ann Downey, Janie Vick,
Ida Matthews, Ruby Daniel, Rosa
lie Liverman, Bettie W. Jenkins
ind Billie Temple.
The girls who took part on the
program were: Misses Louise
McDaniel, Elizabeth Middleton
and Janie Vick. On Saturday
afternoon. Miss McDaniel made a
short talk, introducing in a very
unique manner. Miss Maggie Zene.
Then, this young lady, who proved
to be Miss Elizabeth Middleton,
walked out dressed in a paper
■^ostume decorated with the B. Y.
?. U. Magazine covers. In a few
words Miss Maggie Zene told the
audience of the great work she
had tried to do for the B. Y. P. U.
during the past year or two. She
told how she had helped in socials;
how she had helped the Bible qu.
leader; the president and all his
officers, and in fact, every mem
ber of the B. Y. P. U. After she
finished her talk. Miss McDaniel
told the people briefly how the
could get this splendid B. Y. P. U.
Magazine for only a dollar.
On Saturday afternoon, from
3 to 4 o’clock. Miss Janie Vick
conducted a conference with the
Junior B. Y. P. U.’s. In this
conference plans for carrying on
the B. Y. P. U. work in a more
successful manner were discussed.
Then questions were raised by the
J'uniors and answered by Miss
Vick.
Each of the girls brought iback
splendid reports of this B. Y. P.
U. meeting. James Ivey, general
State secretary, was well pleased
at the success and attendance of
the First Regional Conference of
the year.
FRESHMEN SHOW THEIR
GRATITUDE TO JUNIORS
The Juniors have been very
faithful to the Freshmen, and had
it not been for their love and sym
pathy during Sophomore Week,
the poor little “greenies” might
have passed out. They have
gained a foothold now, and can
stand alone more easily.
At last a time has arrived when
the Freshmen can show their
gratitude to their beloved sisters,
by serving at the Junior-Senior
Banquet on April 28. The fol
lowing have been chosen from the
class: Elizabeth Chamblee, Eliza
beth Cullipher, Florence Benthall,
Mary Frances Mitchell, Elizabeth
Fitchett, Maybelle Ward, Hazel
Edwards, Kathleen Johnson,
Corinna Malpass, Elsie White and
Gladys Baines.
The Juniors of the Murfrees
boro High School entertained the
Seniors and faculty at a recep
tion on the evening of April 21.
OLD Y. W.A. CABINET
ENTERTAINS NEW ONE
On Saturday evening, April 21,
at 7:30 o’clock, the members of
the old Y. W. A. Cabinet of
Chowan College, delightfully en
tertained the new Cabinet.
All the old and new members
were present. Several interesting
and exciting games and contests
were enjoyed, after which refresh
ments were served. The mem
bers were glad to have their coun
selor, Mrs. W. R. Burrell, with
them. The little party disbanded
at 9 o’clock.
HAIL JUNIORS
Hail to the Junior Class!
That is our name.
We fight for victory.
We fight for fame.
In every kind of sport,
We mount to skies and shine;
All tip their hats to us;
Class ’29.
High School Week-End
was observed at Chowan
College from Friday, April
20, to Sunday, April 22.
This was the third anniver
sary of High School Week-
End. Athletic and reading
contests were participated in
by the seniors from the
schools represented. This
year there were only a few
girls present on account of
the commencement exer
cises which are being held
in most schools in Hertford,
and on account of the bad
weather. Much is being
done to promote interest in
High School Week-End and
to make it as great a suc
cess as it is at Wake Forest.
The following girls were htre
during the week-end: Misses Edna
Earle Harrell, of Republican; An
nie Ballard Herring, of Winton;
Edna Earle Cowan, Sarah Jen
nings Cowan and Inez Mitchell,
seniors, of Aulander; Sarah Lee
Bazemore and Rose Miller, juniors','
of Aulander; Melba Rice, fresh
man, and Mavis Mitchell, seventh
grade, of Aulander, and Margaret
Peele, sophomore, of Lewston.
In the athletic contest, in which
ill the Aulander girls took part,
Inpz Mitchell scored the most
points, and she will be given a
scholarship to Chowan next year.
Sarnh Lee Bazemore won the
scholarship for the best reading.
On Saturday evening at 7:30
o’clock, a miscellaneous program
was rendered in the college au
ditorium. The program was as
follows:
“Little Mary Attends Movies,”
'arah Lee Bazemore; vocal solo,
Sing Me To Sleep,” Imo Vinson;
‘The Terrible Ten,” Maybelle
'loneycutt; “Impromptu,” by
Schubert, Jewell Creech; “The
Vampire,” Dorcas Lassiter;
‘Moining Mood,” by Grieg, Ruth
Davenport; “Little Boy and His
Stomach,” Pauline Willis, vocal
solo, “Sleepy Hollow Tune,”
Maidie Lee Wade.
The program was thoroughly
enjoyed by all. We were very
glad to have as other visitors:
Mr. and Mrs. Vann Bazemore, Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. Pollock, Misses
Nichols, Early and Cobb and the
Rev. J. Fred Stimpson, all of Au
lander.
MISS PARKER WILL
GIVE RECITAL, 4TH
Graduation Recital In Expre**ion
Will Be Given By Mi»»
Inez Parker
On Friday evening. May 4, at
8:15 o’clock, Chowan College will
present Miss Inez Parker in her
graduation recital in expression.
Miss Parker will read “The
Molluse,” a comedy in three acts,
by Herbert Henry Davis. The
characters are: Tom Kemp, Mr.
Baxter, Mrs. Baxter, Miss Roberts.
The scene is laid in Mrs. Bax
ter’s sitting room at a house some
20 or 30 miles from London.
The Misses Bettie Walter Jen
kins, Rosalie Liverman, Laura
Ruth Parker, Bertha Chitty and
Julia Vinson will serve as mer-
shalls.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this recital.
Mrs. Dan Storey has been called
to her home in Burgaw, N. C., on
account of the illness and death
of her aunt and uncle. Their
deaths occurred on succeeding
days. They leave three children.
We extend sympathy to Mrs.
Storey.