THE TOP O’ THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON TO YOU!
AS TINY TIM SAYS, “GOD BLESS US EVERY ONE”
The Chowanian
AND THE CREAM O’ THE
NEW YEAR!
Vol. VI
Four Pages
Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, December, 11 1928
One Section
Number 7
CAMPUS COMMITTEE
PLANS IMPROVEMENTS
Much Work Has Been Done
Improving Rooms In
Dormitory
The Buildings and Grounds
Committee has been very active
this year, and as a result of their
work there have been remarkable
improvements in the way of re
modeling and refurnishing of
dormitory rooms in the Adminis
tration Building, of smoothing
out some of the wrinkles in the
driveways, and of dressing up the
buildings and campus in general.
This committee has great plans
for the year. They are expecting
to put out shrubs around the
President’s home, the Jolly Junior
Tea Room, the Voice Studio, and
the Faculty Cottage. They are
also planning to continue the
abelia and Japanese barberry
around the Administration Build
ing. Within a very short time a
landscape gardener will be on
hand to perfect plans for an ideal
approach and other developments.
The student body, faculty, and
friends of the college have been
very liberal in their contributions
to the Campus Fund. The com
mittee is very grateful for their
interest. Later in the spring a
complete list of all the donors to
this fund will be published in this
paper. The committee hopes that
interest in this great work will
continue to grow, and that others
will respond in the way of con
tributions.
Greetings Extended
Paper’s Advertisers
Supporters of College Paper
Have Enjoyed a Good
__ Year
GIFTS
Now that the old year is
drawing to a close and the
new year is just around the
corner, we want to say
“Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year” to our advertisers.
We feel sure that the banks
have done bigger business because
they have been in the CHOWAN
IAN, and the merchants have sold
more goods, the cafes and hotels
more food, the filling stations
more gas, and so on all along the
line. We haven’t the nerve to
say that we hope the undertaking
establishments may prosper, but
we are thankful for such estab
lishments; they put a lot of the
world’s mistakes out of sight.
And so to you, one and all, our
Advertisers, we say, “A Merry
Christmas and a Prosperous New
Year,” and we address the follow
ing: (We hope nobody who ought
to be on the list has been left
out.) New Market, People’s Bank,
Farmers-Atlantic Bank, Under
wood Bros., Miss Naomi Wiggin’s
Hat Shop, E. N. Nicholson Drug
Store, Wynn Bros. Dept. Store,
Home Cafe, Murfreesboro Bargain
House, Harrell & Holloman Drug
Store, Harry Hill’s Garage, J. R.
Evans Cash Store, P. D. Sewell’s
Grocery Store, Barrett Shoe Shop,
U. Vaughan’s Dept. Store, Mur
freesboro, N. C.; Barnes-Sawyer
Wholesale Grocery Co., Sawyer,
Darden & Nowell, Wholesale
Druggists; Richard Theater, Cope
land Drug Store, Young’s Chain
Store, Ahoskie, N. C.; W. J. Hol
land & Son, L. D. Norfleet Music
Shop, Franklin Cafe, “The Vir
ginian,” Camp Manufacturing Co.,
Franklin Theater, Powell Bros.
Jewelry Store, Franklin, Va.;
Brown’s Service Station, Sanitary
Cleaners and Dyers, Rich Square,
N. C.; Young’s Chain Store, Dixie
Theater, Halifax County Motor
Co., Smith’s Beauty Shop, Scot
land Neck, N. C.; Pierce-White-
head Furniture Co., Weldon, N.
C.; Bertie Cotton Oil Co., J. M.
Burden, Aulander, N. C.
CHOWANOKA PROGRESSES
Work on the CHOWANOKA
is progressing rapidly now.
The proofs have come from the
photographer, and some of the
senior and group pictures have
been sent to the printers.
Mr. Beck was here a few
days ago to discuss with the
staff further plans for the An
nual. Margaret Lawrence, the
advertising manager, is can
vassing for ads and expects to
secure a goodly number before
Christmas.
(By Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Gifts of one who loved me,
’Twas high time they came;
When he ceased to love me.
Time they stopped for shame.
It is said that the world is in a
state of bankruptcy, that the
world owes the world more than
the world can pay, and ought to
go into chancery, and be sold. I
do not think this general insol
vency, which involves in some sort
all the population, to be the rea
son of the difficulty experienced
at Christmas and New Year, and
other times, in bestowing gifts;
since it is always so pleasant to be
generous though very vexatious
to pay debts. But the impedi
ment lies in the choosing. If, at
any time, it comes into my head
that a present is due from me to
somebody, I am puzzled what to
give, until the opportunity is gone.
Flowers and fruits are always fit
presents; flowers, because they
are a proud assertion that a ray
of beauty oot-values all the utili
ties of the world. These gay na
tures contrast with the somewhat
stern countenance of ordinary na
ture: they are like music heard
out of a workhouse. Nature does
not cocker us; we are children,
not pets; she is not fond; every
thing is dealt to us without fear
or favor, after severe universal
laws. Yet these delicate flowers
look like the frolic and interfer
ence of love and beauty. Men
use to tell us that we love flat
tery, even though we are not de
ceived by it, because it shows that
we are of importance enough to
be courted. Something like that
pleasure, the flowers give us:
what am I to whom these sweet
hints are addressed? Fruits are ac
ceptable gifts, because they are
the flowers of commodities, and
admit of fantastic values being
attached to them. If a man should
send to me to come a hundred
miles to visit him, 'jnd shoii’H sit
before me a basket of fine sum-
mer-fruit, I should think there
was some proportion between the
labor and the reward.
For common gifts, necessity
makes pertinences and beauty
every day, and one is glad when
an imperative leaves him no op
tion, since if the man at the door
has no shoes, you have not to
consider whether you could pro
cure him a paint-box. And as it
is always pleasing to see a man
eat bread, or drink water, in the
house or out of doors, so it is al
ways a great satisfaction to sup
ply these first wants. Necessity
does everything well. In our con
dition of universal dependence, it
seems heroic to let the petitioner
be the judge of his necessity, and
to give all that is asked, though
at great inconvenience. If it be
a fantastic desire, it is better to
leave to others the office of pun
ishing him. I can think of many
parts I should prefer playing to
that of the Furies. Next to things
of necessity, the rule for a gift,
which one of my friends prescrib
ed, is that we might convey to
some person that whict properly
belonged to his character, and
was easily associated with him in
thought. But our tokens of com
pliment and love are for the most
part barbarous. Rings and other
jewels are not gifts, but apologies
for gifts. The only fift is a por
tion of thyself. Thou must bleed
for me. Therefore the poet brings
but a goldsmith’s. This is fit
lamb; the farmer, corn; the min
er, a gem; the sailor, coral and
shells; the painter, his picture;
the girl, a handkerchief of her
own sewing. This is right and
pleasing, for it restores society in
so far to the primary basis, when
a man’s wealth is an index of his
merit. But it is a cold, lifeless
business when you go to the shops
to buy me something, which does
not represent your life and talent,
with a goldsmith’s. This is fit
for kings, and rich men who rep
resent kings, and a false state of
property, to make presents of gold
and silver stuffs, as a kind of
symbolical sin-offering, of pay
ment of blackmail.
The law of benefits is a difficult
channel, which requires careful
sailing, of rude boats. It is not
the office of man to receive gifts.
How dare you give them? We
wish to be self-sustained. We dc
not quite forgive a giver. The
hand that feeds us is in some
danger of being bitten. We can
receive anything from love, for
that is a way of receiving it from
ourselves; but not from any one
who assumes to bestow. We some
times hate the meat which we eat,
because there seems something of
degrading dependence in living
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THE BEECHES IN WINTER
Last Meeting Of
B.Y.P^^s Held
Playlet, “The Color Line.”
Given At Program
Conclusion
“INTRICATE BARE BOUGHS AGAINST A SKY OF GRAY.”
SUNRISE SERVICE AT
CHOWAN THANKSGIVING
Girls Wore White, Making
Services Unusually
Impressive
The sunrise service on Thanks
giving morning was held in the
college chapel. The girls wore
white, a fact which added to the
hoiy impression of ihe service.
The opening song, “He Is So
Precious to Me,” was followed
by the devotional service conduct
ed by Odessa Moss. She read the
hundredth psalm and commented
upon it. Then Hilma Ward read
a poem, “Thanksgiving.” Wilma
Ellington talked on “The Mean
ing of Thanksgiving.” Ann
Downey told “What Thanksgiving
Should Mean to Us.” Frances
Flythe and Ruby Daniel sang “We
Thank Thee,” after wTiich Mr.
Edwards made a talk on “Oppor
tunity.” He brought out the fact
that we should make the best of
our opportunities, especially, un
selfish ones, for we are prone to
look out for ourselves first. Eva-
Kinlaw, president of the Y. W. A.,
made some pertinent remarks
about the day and its significance.
After the closing song, “Nearer
Still Nearer,” Miss McDowell pro
nounced the benediction. .
The girls then passed to the
front of the chapel and placed
their offerings in a box there. The
complete offering for the orphan
age was $19.15.
Carolina Playmakers Delighted
Large Number Attendants 30th
Three One-Act Plays, Come
dies and Tragedy, Are
Given
GIRLS ATTEND MOVIE
SHOW AT MURFREESBORO
The Chowan girls and faculty
who were at the college for
Thanksgiving attended the movies
at Howell’s' Theater in Murfrees
boro, Thursday night. ,The movie
was “Wheels of Chance,” starring
Richard Barthlemess. It is re
ported that the show was very
good. The theater was crowded
to the point of overflowing.
The Carolina Playmakers pre
sented three one-r.ct plays, two
comedies and a tragedy, in the
college auditoriurr* FViday eve
ning, November 30. The come
dies, “The Man Who Died at
Twelve o’Clock,” and “Quare
Medicine,” were written by Paul
Green, a young playwright of the
University of North Carolina.
“Job’s Kinfolks,” a play of the
mill people in Winston-Salem, was
written by Loretto Carroll Bailey,
of Winston-Salem.
The negro comedy, “The Man
Who Died at Twelve o’Clock,” af
fords an accurate insight into the
character of the negro that few
playwrights have been able to
achieve. This play is an exag
gerated study of the negro’s
superstitious mind. The players
succeeded admirably in presenting
the AtoTiy, . Mr.. HufFner, who im
personated the superstitious old
darkey, did the' pai;t, to perfection.
In “Job’s Kinfolks,” Loretto
Carroll Bailey has made a search
ing study of a group of mill peo
ple in Winston-Salem. She has
put before the public an example
of the lives of these people, hav
ing made use of a crisis in the
lives, of - three generations in the
Meadows family. Mrs. Bailey,
besides writing the play, enacted
the chief character, Kizzie, the
grandmother, with exceptional
skill. ■ She was well supported by
the ^our other members of the
cast.
“Quare Medicine,” Paul Green’s
first comedy, was written for the
dedication of the Playmakers’
Theater in 1925. The loud-mouth
ed. quack doctor pictured in the
play was not uncommon in North
Carolina a few years ago. The
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HOW TO SPOIL THE
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
1. Spend more money than
you can afford.
2. Worry because you got a
present from someone you
didn’t give one to, or vice
(rersa.
J. tat too much or one
morsel less than you can ac
commodate.
4. Go to bed before 1 a. m.
5. Get up before 10 a. m.
6. Hate the. girl who sports
the beau you had when you
left home last fall.
7. Try to reform the
family.
8. Refuse to let the family
reform you.
9. Entertain all the family
relations.
10. Let your kid brother
help entertain your beau.
11. Act high-brow when
you’re with the old gang.
12. Think about the ap
proaching mid-term exams.
ASSOCIATION PASTORS
HAVE THEIR CONFERENCE
Miss Evelyn White Pleases Large
Audience In Graduation Recital
Miss Evelyn White, soprano,
delighted a large and appreciative
audience when she appeared in
her graduation recital on Tuesday
evening, November 27, in the col
lege auditorium. Each number on
the program was received with
hearty applause and comments of
enjoyment and admiration.
Miss White was a member of
the class of ’27, and would have
graduated with her class, but on
account of a serious and prolonged
illness was unable to complete her
work at that time. Since her re
covery, she has spent some time
studying in New York. Her re
turn to Chowan to give her recital
and receive a voice diploma, which
was presented to her at the close
of the prog^ram by President Ed
wards, was an event of great in
terest to her many friends.
Miss White had as her marshalls
Misses Willie Maddrey, Rockie
Lou Fleetwood, Susan Barnes, and
Maidie Lee Wade. She was ac
companied by Miss Inez Matthews,
head of the department of music
at the college.
The entire program follows;
“0 Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave
Me?” Handel
“The Mermaid” Haydn
“The Kiss” Beethoven
“A Bird-Note is Calling”__Spross
“There’s a Lark in My Heart”
Spross
Ario: “Know’st Thou the
Land” (Mignon) Thomas
“An Open Secret” ___ Woodman
“I Sing in My Heart At the
Weaving” Lieurance
“Dawn” Curran
“II Bacio” Arditi
Immediately after the recital,
the college gave an informal re
ception in Miss White’s honor, in
the college parlor. Those present
were: the family and special
friends of Miss White, the facul
ty, and the marshals.
The Baptist pre.achers of the
West Chowan Association met at
day morning. He talked on the five
for their regular monthly meet
ing. This month there was a new
pastor in the group, the Rev. Mr.
W. R. Stevens, of Colerain, N. C.,
who has come from Norlina.
The Rev. Mr. B. Townsend con
ducted the chapel exercises Tues
day morning. He talk on the five
flowers that should adorn a per
son’s character: Humility, obedi
ence, human respect, discernment,
and love. He used as his text the
compliment which Christj paid the
centurion when he said, “I have
not found so great faith, no, not
in all Israel,” Liike 7:9.
Pastor^ as a rule are a conform
ing class of people, but it has been
noticed that a few arrive early
and others stay late.
MARY LOU JONES IS
GIVEN A SURPRISE
Her Birthday Is Celebrated
By Students and
Visitors
On Friday evening, November
27, an element of mystery pervad
ed the halls whenever
JUNIORS WILL HOLD
BAZAAR ON SATURDAY,
15TH OF DECEMBER
Now is the time to buy gifts
for your “Peanut!’’ The
junior class is holding a bazaar
on Saturday afternoon, Decem
ber 15, at the Junior Tea Room.
Articles of all kinds—small and
large, dolls, pillow-tops, scarfs,
pin-cushlons, decorative orna
ments, shoe trees, etc. Come
and buy! We’re sure to suit
your fancy.
The juniors arc askiyg for
gifts from students and teach
ers to help make the bazaar a
success. If you are handy with
the needle, or clever with the
fingers, just use them in mak
ing something pretty for the
bazaar. Bring or send all con
tributions to Billie Temple.
a senior
appeared. Questions of “What^ is
It all about?” were answered with
mysterious nods and gestures to
ward the Alathenian Society hall.
Whenever a head not reposing on
senior shoulders appeared in the
doorway it was unceremoniously
hissed out of sight by the seniors
in the room. At exactly 7:30
o’clock a message was sent up to
Miss Mary Lou Jones requesting
that she present herself immedi
ately in Miss McDowell’s office.
With a hasty thought to her
blackesS and most recent sins,
Mary Lou hurried downstairs. Miss
McDowell very sternly command
ed her to go at once to the Ala
thenian Hall. Mary Lou, with a
quaking heart, opened the door
and was greeted with shouts of
“Happy birthday.” Several seniors
assisted our amazed president to
the seat of honor and while she
was getting her bearings Miss Jes
sie Draper read a poem on “Mary
Lou’s Birthday.” After playing
several games they were asked to
tax their brains with a Turkey
contest. Miss Mary Lou Jones was
awarded first prize and Miss Bet-
tie Walter Jenkins was awarded
the consolation prize. After the
contest the seniors and faculty
members present went over to the
tea room where they were served
delicious hot chocolate and wafers.
Just before leaving the tea room
Mary Lou was presented with a
number of attractive and dainty
gifts.
The visitors were: Mrs. W. B.
Edwards, class adviser; Mrs. W.
V. Whitehurst, Miss Ann White
hurst, Miss Newell Mason, and Mr.
W. B. Edwards.
On Wednesday evening, Decem
ber 4, the B. Y. P. U.s held their
last regular meeting before the
holidays.
Ruby Daniel, president, called
the meeting to order by asking
the congregation to sing, “How
Firm a Foundation.” Agnes Har
rell led in prayer, and the mem
bers of the B. Y. P. U. were
again reminded of the study
courses beginning December 9,
and going through the 14. Then
Frances Flythe and Ruby Daniel
sang a duet, “Lead Me Gently
Home.” After this the Volunteer
Band to k charge of the program.
They gave a playlet entitled
“The Color Line,” the story of
a Chinese boy in an American
school. The characters in the play
let and their roles were: Ann
Downey, Dr. Henry Lawson, presi
dent of a Western college; Wilma
Ellington, Fu Chun, the Chinese
student in this college; Ruth Dav
enport, Barbara McKean, daugh
ter of missionaries in China. Bar
bara’s father taught Fu Chun
Christianity in China. Grace Still
man, Stanley Preston, a senior in
college, who is in love with Bar
bara; Lois Walls, IWanda Wil
liams, a good-hearted college flap
per, and Ruby Daniel, Miss King,
Dr. Lawson’s secretary.
This play showed that only the
spirit of love which Christ exhibit
ed for all people regardless of
race or color will convince the
world that Christianity means any
thing. It is impossible to expect
them to accept Christianity when
so-called Christians do not mani
fest, «,_spir't qf benevolence t.Q-
wards them.
Main street of Murfreesboro
has recently been tarred. We are
glad the job is almost completed.
The merchants are once again rid
of the dust that has been so bad
for the past few months.
KEEP A-WORKIN’!
“Christmas comes but once
a year” is a fact we all know
well! It enters our very bones
and makes us dizzy with joy
and anticipation. It makes
us forget everything except
getting home, making others
happy, and incidentally mak
ing ourselves happy.
However, there are other
days coming—and these are
examination days! Yes, it is
a sad fact, but true. So let
a wise old bird whisper a
word of advice: Study, and
study hard, until 12:30
o’clock Thursday, December
20, 1928.
Classes will be the usual
length and will come in their
regular order, but they will
be moved up a half-hour so
that students will be able to
get o0 on the first bus.
Miss Mason Giving
Series Chapel Talks
‘Judging Human Character’
Theme of Interesting
Lectures
Miss Newell Mason, professor
of education and psychology, is
giving a series of lectures on
“Judging Human Character,”
which are proving to be both in
teresting and helpful. The sum
mary of her talks thus far is as
follows:
I. Why it is D’^'ficult to Judge
Others:
A. Judges, even experienced
ones, disagree among themselves.
B. One’s estimate of himself
differs from that of another. We
tend to rate ourselves high in de
sirable traits and low in undesir
able.
C. In judging others, we tend
to judge toward the average, un
der-estimating the superior
through jealousy and over-esti
mating the inferior through sym
pathy.
II. What it Takes to Judge
Others Correctly:
A. It takes intelligence.
(1) It is not easy for even in
telligent people to agree as to the
definition of such words as com
mon sense, tact, etc.
(2) It takes intelligence to
put first things first. The aver
age person tends to judge by non-
essentials :
(a) To judge by physical ap
pearance, clothes, manners, etc.
(b) "To judge by such concrete
extraverted traits as friendliness,
etc.
(c) To judge according to cer
tain conventionalized patterns—
cardinal virtues, honesty, loyalty,
etc.
(d) To look askance at any
thing that departs from the aver
age.
(3). It takes intelligence as
well as experience to look behind
the surface which a person pre
sents to others and judge the real
man.
Miss Mason will continue her
discussion of this interesting topic
some time in the near future, and
then the CHOWANIAN will pub
lish the remainder of her out
line.
The senior class of Chowan has
been holding the Sunday School
Banner for the senior department
for the past two months and in
tends to hold it for the remainder
of the year. This shows what
Chowan stands for, Christian
loyalty.