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L % Final Examinations Begin May 20 The Chowanian Commencement Exercises, May 26-28 Vol VI Four Pages Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, April 30, 1929 One Section Number 12 Baptist Students Gather Again This Summer In Retreat For the Fourth Year They Will Meet At Ridgecrest DELEGATES COMING FROM MANY STATES Fine Program of Work and Play Has Been Ar ranged For the fourth year Bap tist students will gather this summer in their annual Stu dent Retreat at Ridgecrest, North Carolina, seventeen miles east of Asheville. The attendance has exactly dou bled each successive year at this meeting. The goal this year is four hundred. The slogan is “Meet the Four Hundred at Ridgecrest in the Land of the Sky.” Dele gations are expected from Maryland to New Mexico— from Missouri to Florida. The dates are June 28 to July 5—eight great days. The Program Intensive classes and discus sion groups under leaders who are real specialists will cover the fol lowing sluibjects, vital to student life on the campus: Methods in Baptist Student Union Activity, Up-to-Date Missions, Vocational Guidance, Christian Student Prob lems, Poster Making and Recrea tion. Some of the South’s great est inspirational speakers will sup port the programs. Some of them are Dr. Lincoln Hulley, president of Stetson University, DeLand, -iHtjritfa, one of the oi.tstanding men of the nation; Dr. Henry A1 ford Porter, of Charlottesville, Virginia, one of the most popu lar of all speakers for students; Dr. John L. Hill, of Nashville, Tennessee, who knows students and their life as do few men of America; Mr. William Hall Pres ton and Miss Ethel McConnel, stu dent secretaries of southwide ac quaintance and popularity. Oth ers to be announced later. A spe cial feature will be “Officers Training Hour” for officers of the B. S. U. and exclusive confer ences for student secretaries and prospective secretaries. A spe cialist will have direction of out ing, bathing, boating, hiking, camp-fire conferences, fishing, golf and games of various kinds. How They Will Come For those who are so sedate as to ride on trains a special rate has been offered. Leaving home on the 24th and 25th of June a round trip of one fare plus $2.00 is possible. Regular tourist sum mer rates at all dates. A Ford caravan will come from some States. A truck will bring a doz en from Texas. The two unique fellows who “hitch-hiked” for fif teen hundred miles, from Abilene, Texas, last year have served no tice that they will hike the same way this year. A “covered wagon” (Ford) came from Mississippi last summer. It’s still on four wheels. Oklahoma is planning an overland trip in a caravan of cars. A num ber of “campus wreck” cars will be on the highway, san covers, sans fenders, sans tires and start ers if necessary. Wheat fields of Kansas? Daily papers and porch swings at home? Sleeping late, a ride down Main street, a slow movie show in a hot house, hanging around the drug store of the home village, work ing in a store, just hanging around eternally in the heat? Not so! Not for modern students this summer! Study for geography! See Asheville! Clim'b Mt. Mitchell, the highest point in America east of the Rockies! Look down on the world from Old Craggy and have an experience of a life time. Come up, on the heights in the “Land of the Sky,” and enjoy Christian jtudent feljowship of the rarest kind. Meet fellow stu dents from all sections. Get a new conception of the Christian ity of the campus. Get a broad er horizon for the rest of life. Find your highest self. Learn to know God more intimately up high in his own mountains. Where They Will Meet Ridgecrest is the South Baptist Assembly Grounds, on the South ern Railway and on the main high way of North Carolina. Pritchell Hall, a modern summer resort hotel, will house and feed you for (Continued on Page 4) SENIORS DEFEATED JUNIORS IN EASY BASKETBALL GAME First Quarter Period of Sparring, Followed By Three Quarters of Scoring The junior and senior basket ball teams of the College played a lively game of basketball in the gymnasium Wednesday evening, April 24. The score at the end of the game was 26-14 in favor of the senior team. Both teams were encouraged throughout the game by yells from the freshman and junior and sophomore and senior classes, which were eagerly watching the game from the side lines. During the first quarter both teams seemed to be trying to ac custom themselves to the situation and get into the game whole heartedly. The score at the end of the quarter was 4-2 in favor of the seniors. During the second quarter the score was pulled up 10-2 in favor of the senior team, Cooke having thrown three field goals. Good passing by the senior guards and center aided Cooke in scoring the points. The junior team began the third quarter with the determination to roll up the score in their favor. Although Vick and Freeman scor ed eight points for their team, Cooke and Jeffreys did as much for their side, and the third quar ter ended with the score 18-10 in the seniors’ favor. The fighting spirit increased in boh teams during the last quarter. Cooke increased the senior score eight points and the juniors scor ed four. The game ended with the score 26-14 in favor of the seniors. The line-up was as follows: JUNIOR SENIOR Frances Flythe Ann Downey C. Nellie Sutton Agnes Harrell S. 0. Juanita Vick Alice Cooke L. F. Thelma Fr’m’n. Margaret Jeffreys R. F. Mary Britton Lucille Long L. G. Billie Temple Ruth Davenport R. G. Timekeeper: Robert Whitley. Scorekeeper: Vesta Willis. Referee: Robert Sewell. THE CROW'S NEST RENDERED GOOD PROGRAM The Alathenian Society render ed a most interesting program in chapel Friday morning. Since the subject for th-e English essay con test is Eugene O’Neill, it was de cided that this would be an in teresting subject to discuss. Isla Poole gave an account of G’Neill’s life and works. She delivered it in such a way that no one could lose interest. Inez Parker read “He," one of O^Neill’s one-act plays. She portrayed the unusual characters in a vivid manner. The program was fully enjoyed by everyone present. COMING RECITALS At 8:15 o’clock on Friday evening, May 3, Kate Mackie will give her graduating re cital in expression. She will read a three-act play, ^Peg O’ My Heart,” by J. Hartley Manners. On May 10, Bettie Walter Jenkins will give her graduat- ing recital in piano. Both of these young ladies are talented and will give splendid recitals. The public is cordially in vited. Music And Drama Week Observance Developes Four Features, Visit Of Glee Club Proving The High Light High School Week End Participated In By Five Schools Weldon, Aulander, WInton, Rich Square and Sea board Schools MUCH INTEREST IN FEATURE CONTESTS Athletic and Reading Con tests Create Much Rivalry The days when happy Seniors visited the old oak are gone, but we hope they are not gone forever. Surely some good fairy will rebuild the Crow’s Nest. COLLEGE GIRLS AT MEET IN AULANDER Attend Final Session of Sunday School Works In Baptist Association Twenty-five or thirty Chowan girls attended the Sund?.y school convention in Aulander on Sun day afternoon, April 21. The Sun day session was the climax of a week of meetings. Mr. Perry Morgan presided over this meeting at which the Sunday schools of the Roanoke-Chowan section were represented. The pastors of the two associations were present and gave the reports from their churches, which show ed that the total enrollment had increased two or three thousand during the preceding week. The devotional service was led by Mr. Coy Muckle, of Wingate Baptist Church. The choir of Chowan College sang “It Pays To Serve Jesus,” after which Mr. Morgan talked on the work that is being done in Sunday schools and the work that can be done in Sunday school conventions. The Aulander Baptist Church was filled; there was barely stand ing room. The College girls even had to sit around the pulpit. This fact was a very gratifying one to all those interested in the success of the convention. Freshmen Win Loving Cup In Field Day Held At College Last Friday LUCALIANS LEAD CHAPEL The Lucalian Literary Society had charge of the chapel exercises Friday morning. They rendered the following program: Song, Hail Pioneer,” by the school; vocal solo, “Smiling Through,” by Frances Flythe; vocal solo by Martha B|ishop; land a musical, reading, “Saucy Sue,” by Annie Ballard Herring. LAST FACULTY TEA OF SESSION GIVEN LAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON Cn Thursday afternoon, April 25, from 4 till 6 o’clock. Misses Whitney, Mason, Payne, and Ban- ta, and Mrs. Jones were hostesses at the last faculty tea of the sea son. The guests were met at the door by Mrs. Fleetwood and Mrs. Jen nings White, of Conway, and Myra Glover, who ushered them into the parlor where Mrs. W. B. Edwards introduced them to the receiving line. The hall and parlors were deco rated *with brass vases and bowls of yellow and lavendar flowers and brass candlesticks holding lavendar candles. In the center of the parlor was a table covered with a lace cloth, where Mrs. Maude Newsome and Mrs. A. W. H. Jones poured tea from brass service. In the center of this table was a brass candelabra holding five lavendar candles. Around the candelabra were several brass dishes holding salted nuts and lavendar mints. Isla Poole, Catherine Turner, Grace Stillman, Madeline Langs ton, and Mary Whitfield served dainty little egg sandwiches, la vendar and yellow cheese sand wiches, and lavendar and yellow marquerites. The guests at the tea w^ere; The juniors and seniors of Chowan, Messrs. Oakes, Fountain, and Draper, of Weldon; Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. David Parker, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bridger, and Miss Broughton, of Winton; Miss Lily Askew and Mr. John Askew, of Harrellsville; Mr. and Mrs. Mc- Iver, and daughter, of Tarboro; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Stephenson, of Franklin; Mesdames C. A. Rose and Clarence Perry, of Ahoskie; Mr. C. M. Billings, of Woodland; Mr. D. P. Harris, of Seaboard; Mesdames Elmer Parker, Richard Watson, Edgar Brett, W. R. Bur rell, W. C. Merritt, Robert Brit ton, Harry Hill, W. N. Brown, C. M. Forehand, Thomas Wynn, E. N. Brown, Lloyd Lawrence, Mor gan Babb, C. W. Gardner, M. J. Benyunes, Virginia Wynn; Misses Mary Parham, Maude Vinson, Helen Brett, Malry Quern, and Grace Parker, and Mr. E. N. Whit ley, of Murfreesboro. Field Day, Friday, April 26, be gan with the freshman-senior bas ketball game, which was one of +he his tory. The score at the end of the game was 89-2 in favor of the freshmen. The line-up was as follows: FRESHMEN SENIORS Alease Leonard Bettie Spencer J. C. L. J. Brooks V. Martin R C L. Walls A. Cooke L. F. C. Turner M. Jeffreys R. F. M. Turner L. Long L. G. M. Huff M. Lawrence R. G. During the first quarter, the freshmen walked all over the seniors and scored 25 points while the seniors scored none. Turner made 22 of these points and Walls 3. Benton went in for Walls at the end of the quarter. She scor ed 10 points and Turner 14, mak ing the score at the end of the half 49-0. The second half followed the same course as the first. The seniors changed their line-up at the end of each quarter, hoping to change their score, but to no avail. In the last half. Turner made 26 points and Benton 14 for the freshmen. Just before the JUNIORS PRESENT TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS On Friday evening, April 26, the junior class piVsented two one-act plays. The first was “Pink and Patches,” by Margaret Bland. The cast of characters was: Ma Colon Brewer Texie Pauline Simons Rexie Nellie Sutton Mrs. Allen Thelma Freeman This pathetic little playlet of mountain folk was well inter preted. The second number on the pro gram was a violin recital by Prof. M. J. Benyunes. He gave beauti ful and well-received renderings of the following: Walter in A Major Kreisler La Paloma Yradier At Dawning Cadman Sextette from Lucia Dazzettie Un Peu D’Amour Silesi Battle of the Nation Lampe Light Calvary Overture Suppe It’s a Precious Little Thing Call ed Love.” “Carolina Moon,” waltz. Sweetheart of All My Dreams.” Mr. Benyunes is a genuine mu sician, and so is Miss Rosalie Liv- erman, who played his accom paniments. “Suppressed Desires” was then presented. It is a humorous satire on the psychologists and their be- end of the game, Cooke shot one lief that dreams are suppressed de- goal for the seniors, leaving the I sires. The characters w«re: score 89-2 in favor of the fresh- Henrietta Brewster, Mary Lou men. Martin; Stephen, her husband. The next events were the fifty-1 Juanita Vick; Mabel, her sister, yard and hundred-yard dashes. IniFrances Flythe. both the seniors, by Alice Cooke, won first place; the freshmen, by SENIORS GUESTS AT Mae Turner, won second; the sophomores, by Grace Stillman, won third. In the javelin throw Mae Turn er, freshman, won first place; Wilma Ellington, senior, second place; Grace Stillman, sophomore, third. In baseball distance throw Mae Turner and Alease Leonard, fresh men, won first and third, and Wilma Ellington, senior, second place. Alease Leonard, freshman, won first place in basketball dis tance throw, and Colon Brewer and Roxie Flythe won sceond and third places respectively. Frances Flythe, junior, won first place in running broad jump, and Mae and Catherine Turner, freshmen, second and third places. Grace Stillman, sophomore, came first in standing broad jump; Frances Flythe, junior, second, and Alice Cooke, senior, third. In the shot put, first place was won by a freshman, Alease Leon ard; second by a senior, Wilma Ellington, and third by a sopho more, Grace Stillman. Frances Flythe, junior, won the high jump at fifty inches. Mae Turner, freshman, and Alice Cooke, senior, won second and third places re spectively. The first place in the relay race (Continued on Page 4) RECEPTIION APRIL 17 Mrs. W. B. Edwards, advisor of the class of ’29, entertained the members of the class at an ela borate six o’clock dinner on Wed nesday evening, April 17, in the College dining hall. The tables, arranged through the center of the hall, were deco rated with sprays of ivy and bowls of pink roses. Tall silver candle sticks, placed at intervals along the tables, held white candles which threw a soft light over the room, lighting the faces of the happy guests. President Edwards gave a toast to the Seniors to which Mary Lou Jones, president of the class, re sponded. Mr. Edwards then pre sented to each senior a miniature diploma—a “diploma of good wishes.” The menu, which was served in five courses, consisted of fruit cocktail, a chicken course, aspara gus salad, ice cream, and demi- tasse. Those present besides the mem bers of the senior class were; Lit tle Miss Jane Brown, mascot of the class; Mrs. W. N. Brown, Mrs. P. D. Sewell, Misses Eunice Mc Dowell, Minnie Caldwell, Sarah Craddock, and Willie Halsell. High School Week-End, which was observed at the College April 20-21, was at tended by representatives from Weldon, Aulander, Winton, Kich Square, and Seaboard high schools. Interest was shown in the two features of High School Week-End, an athletic con test and a reading contest. The girl winning the most points in the athletic contest was awarded a scholarship for next year in the literary department of Chowan Col lege, and the winner in the reading contest was award ed a scholarship in the dra matic department of the Col lege. The athletic contest which was held oti the athle+ic field Saturday afternoon was participated in by representatives from the Weldon and Aulander schools. Friendly rivalry and sportsmanship were evident in the dashes, the broad and high jumps, the shotput, base ball, basketball, and javelin throws, and the relay race. The contest ended with sixty and one-half points to Weldon’s credit and twenty-eight and one- half to Aulander’s. Georgia Mae Partin, from Weldon, winner of thirty-eight points, was awarded the literary scholarship for next year. Winton, Aulander, and Weldon were represented in the reading contest, which was held in the College auditorium Saturday eve ning, by Misses Mary Lee Clark, who read “Ole Misstis,” Daisy Mae Parker, who read “At the Soda Fountain,” and Dot Campbell, who read “The Highwayman.” Mary Lee Clark, Winton, won first place, and Daisy Mae Parker, Aulander, won second place. The three girls displayed dramatic ability and held the attention of their audience as they read. Wake Forest Boys’ Visit Brings Usual Flurry of Excitement CELEBRATION WAS FOR 2-DAY PERIOD Dramatic Club Presents Play Under Direction of Miss Poe CHOWAN STUDENTS GO TO WILLIAMSTON They Attend Reg^ional Convention of B. Y. P. U. There On April 19 and 20 The Eastern Regional B. Y. P. U. convention, which was held at Williamston, April 19-20, was at tended both days by delegates from Chowan. The convention was well attend ed, and the B. Y. P. U. spirit in this section of the State was strengthened. Plans for the State convention at Meredith College, Raleigh, were discussed. Ruby Daniel, former director of the College B. Y. P. U., discussed “The Importance of Special Fea tures in the General Assembly’.’ on Friday afternoon. Special mu sic was rendered on Saturday by the Chowan trio composed of Maidie Lee Wade, Ruby Daniel, and Frances Flythe. Ann Downey made a talk Sat urday afternoon on “The B. Y. P. U. Magazine;” Bettie Walter Jenkins on “The Biblical Re corder,” and Wilma Ellington on “How to Plan B. Y. P. U. Socials.” Mr. James A. Ivey, the B. Y. P. U. secretary, sounded the key note of the convention Saturday morning in his talk, “The Finest of Arts.” “The finest of the fine arts,” he said, “is soulJwinning.” Hilda Jones is back with us after being at the Park View Hos pital in Rocky Mount for two weeks. Hilda was operated on for appendicitis and is getting on nicely. Music and Drama Week at Chowan, April 17-19, was a success. There were four features, the most important in the minds of Chowan girls being the fourth feature. On Wednesday evening, April 17, there was a well rendered con cert by the piano and voice de partments of Chowan. As a whole, the program showed fine prep aration and talent. The program was as follows: “The Old Road,” J. P. Scott; “Mah Lindy Lou,” Strickland. Glee Clu'b. “Venitienne,” Godard. Emma Gay Stephenson. “A Japanese Sunset,” Deppen; “She Was But Seven,” Hawley. Frances Flythe, Maidie Wade, Ruby Daniel. “0, for the Wings of a Dove,” Mendelssohn. Frances Flythe. “Valse Brillante,” Chopin. Rosa lie Liverman. “Shadow March,” Protheroe; “Requiem,” Homer. Frances Flythe, Maidie Wade, Ruby Daniel. “Valse,” Chopin; “Soirees De Vienne,” Schubert-Listz. Ruth Davenport. “Swing Along,” Cook. Glee Club. The two particularly excellent numbers on the program were Frances Flythe’s vocal solo, “0, for the WingK of a Dove.” and Rosalie Liverman’s piano solo, “Valse Brillante.” Both were pre sented with exceptionally fine finish. The fact that the program was not well attended proves that peo ple often neglect the opportunities to hear something really gooi. On Thursday evening, April 18, the Chowan Dramatic Club, di rected by Miss Mildred Poe, pre sented “The Importance of Being Earnest,” a three-act comedy, by Oscar Wilde. The play was good, but the fact that the characters did not know quite what they were supposed to do or say amused the audience more than the play did. The audience was extremely good- natured and supported the players admirably. Fred Ricks, as Alger non Moncrieff, starred. The characters were as follows: John Worthing, Cary Reece; Al gernon Moncrieff, his friend, Fred Ricks; Rev. Canon Chasuble, Ed ward Lee; Merriman, butler to Mr. Worthing, George Campbell; Lane, Mr. Moncrieff’s man-ser vant, Hugh White; Lady Brack nell, Inez Parker; Gwendoline Fairfax, her daughter, Corinna Malpass; Cecily Cardew, John Worthing’s ward, Margaret Jef freys; Miss Msm, Maybelle Honeycutt. The excitement on Friday start ed late in the afternoon when a Dodge roadster, followed by a big blue and white bus, drove up to the front steps. Out poured thirty or thirty-five men and out of the doors of Chowan poured a hun dred and fifty girls to welcome “the boys.” Those who were so fortunate nabbed men and made off with them to the dining room where they found a meal of more than unusual quality and quantity. The boys and girls soon did honor to their evening repast and retired to a more favorable location for tete-a-tetes until time for the con cert to begin. By way of something different, the girls were down ahead of time, and very much dressed up. Miss McDowell didn’t have her usual trouble of making them sit near the front, either. On the contrary, she had to settle several rather heated discussions as to who would sit on the front row. The combined Glee Club and Orchestra rendered the following program under the direction of Professor K. T. Raynor, affection ately dubbed by the boys, “Katy:” Part I 1. a. “Alma Mater,” words by G, W. Paschal, ’92; b. “Thou Art Repose,” Schubert; c. “Soldiers’ Chorus” (Faust), Gounod. Glee Club. 2. a. “March of the Three Musketeers,” Friml; b. “Japanese Moonlight,” Friml. Orchestra. (Continued on Page 4)
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