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Volume'XI, Number 1
Murfreesboro, N. C., October 31, 1934
Four Pages
THE BROWN LADY
APPEARED OCT. 11
Rumored to Visit College Dur
ing Month, She Appeared
_ _ . Unexpectedly
Chowan’s annual visitor, the
Brown Lady, appeared with her
ghosts October 11, and pledged
all the new students to a lasting
loyalty to Chowan College.
Although it had been rumored
that she would make her visit
during the month of October, it
was not dreamed that she would
appear so soon. Perhaps it was
because of the spirit of loyalty to
Alma Mater, brought about by the
celebration of Founder’s Day, that
she came that night.
About 12 o’clock the old stu
dents as well as the new students
experienced an immistakable
thrill when they heard the rust
ling skirts and wailing cries of the
lady in brown. The freshmen
were disturbed from their sleep
and with the aid of many ghosts,
were taken to the spot, where ex
cept for her annual visit, the
Brown Lady rests.
The moments spent at this
tomb provided for the students a
never-to-be-forgotten thrill. It
v-as there that the BiuTvH- Tjidy,
silhouetted in a single shaft of
dim light, required each of them
to sign, witli blood, a pledge of
loyalty to the college which she
loved.
Every college student knows
about the Brown Lady biit does
FOUNDER’S DAY
ADDRESS BY HON.
J. W. CREW, JR.
Says
Small College is Place
Find True Purpose of
Education
to
“Let not our efforts be made to
accumulate wealth, but to develop
personality.” This was the theme
of the enjoyable address given on
Founder’s Day by Hon. J. Win
field Crew, Jr., of Roanoke Rapids.
A search for truth and a desire
for spiritual and mental growth
should be the dominent purposes
in college life, for the true aims of
education are the development of
character. A greater happiness
through service, and love for our
fellow man, which develops a new
idea of social justice. Th.ese prin-
.ciples, when applied to the indiv
idual, will bring to him a new and
broader outlook on life and a
greater sympathy toward his
neighbor.
The best place for getting the
correct amount of emphasi.s on the
true purpose ot education is to be
found in the small college, Mr.
Crew believes, for there are de
finite personal and social contacts
betw^pn stuUeHts and^prpfessors.
This closer relationship is tite-fas
ter needed to turn the minds of
students from the wrong attitude
of preparing themselves only to
accumulate wealth to the correct
aim of fi’tting themselves for life.
To further substantuate his
everyone know the kory upon]statement, Mr. Crew cited the in-
wliich tlie tradition is based? Dur-1 stance of his two Alma Maters,
I c:
ing the 1850’s
Northampton County entered
Chowan. Her first year was suc
cessful, but the following summer
she visited in New York, where
she- met and fell in love with a
young man. She refused to mar
ry him then because of her par
ent’s desire for her to complete
her college career. She returned
to Chowan the next fall and died
on Hallowe’en night in her bed
room in the old dormitory, cloth
ed in her favorite dress of brown
taffeta.
Shortly after her death, she was
reerj by members of -the faculty
and others who were connected
with the college. She first ap
peared to Dr. Archibald Mc
Dowell, the first president of the
college, who noticed the eager,
seeking expression on her face.
Dr. Delk, one of the first profes
sors lof the college, thought that
he saw her at the college on Sun
day afternoon and he, too, noticed
the anxious expression on her
face.
The fact that she, so filled with
the spirit of the icollege, should
return, was so extraordinary that
it became a tradition. Therefore,
each year, the Brown Lady comes
to each student with a request
that she pledge herself faithfully
to the ideals of the school.
The name of the Brown Lady
and the details of her death are
unknown, but she ebodies the
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student frorrJC’-^'apel HMl and Yale, that hrvc-
divided their respective student
bodies into groups of a hundred
and fifty or two hundred, putting
over each well-informed, experi
enced professors. The student
profits by the association of per
sonalities found there, and learns
to pattern his own life after the
principles of education based on
worthy lives.
This new emphasis on the per
sonal element in education which
is becoming more popular with
practice, is bringing to the minds
of the people a new conception
also of social justice.
The value of the new nation of
social justice may be shown in the
modern trend of affairs. As hiS'
tory shows, after a war there is
generally a depression, a moral
slump. Such is true of our own
age. However, under the leader
ship of our capable President,
Franklin D. Roosevelt, we have
a great hope of overcoming this
grave danger which is threaten
ing us. If we succeed, we may
truly say that our recent idea of
social justice, based on the genu
ine fundamentals of education, is
more useful as well as more de
sirable.
DRAMATIC CLUB WAS
ORGANIZED OCT. 6TH
A dramatic Club was organized
October 6, at a call meeting, at
which time the officers were elect
ed, and the time of meeting was
decided upon.
Evelyn Blanchard will head the
organization with the following
officers: Lucy Boone Freeman,
vice-president; Lois Cartwright,
secretary and treasurer; and Sarah
Brickhouse repoi-ter, Cora Felton
Bass will be chairman of the pro
gram icommittee for the month of
October.
The club is to consist of the
Expression Students and members
of the Play Production Class.
Plans are being made for the first
regular meeting on October 29.
SOPHOMORE DAY
WAS GALA OCCASION
Freshmen Dragged From Beds at
6:30 and Rushel to Fool
for Cold Plunge
WEST CHOWAN ASSN.
MET POWELLSYILLE
“Our Churches Meeting Their
Responsibility” was the theme of
West Chowan Associational meet
ing at Powellsville’s Baptist
Church Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 30 and 31.
Results fo the past year’s work
were discussed and plans were
made for the following year. A
varied and interesting program
was arranged carrying out the
theme of the convention.
Those who attended the meet
ing from the college are: Dr. W.
B. Edwards and Misses Forrest De
Lano, Martha Seymour, Cora Fel
ton Bass and Louise Lassiter who
furnished special music.
LUCALIAN PARTY
ENJOYABLE EVENT
Treasure Chests, Rugs, Pillows,
and Spooky Music Made At
mosphere Realistic
“What ho my merry friends
Meet the ghosts of the jolly men
The presence of blackbeard lends
Our gyms the air of pirate’s den.
Meet us there in spirits gay
And help us pass the hours away.”
This was the setting for the Lu-
calian party given in honor of the
new girls, Thursday evening, Sep
tember 13. Cross-bones, skull
lamps and fiickering candles ad
ded the proper shadows to the
den. Treasure chests, rugs, pil
lows, and spooky music made the
atmosphere more realistic.
The evening’s entertainment
was begun with music by Helen
Edwards. Among the games,
which were led by Edyth Pearce
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Tuesday, September 25, the
freshmen of Chowan College un
derwent the annual tortures of the
sophomones.
The freshmen were dragged
^rom their beds at 6:30 and rush-
to the pool where they were
forced to take a plunge in their
pajamas. Immediately after the
morning dip i:hey were dressed in
a comical fashion, carrying out the
idea of a ciycus. They paraded
the campus Mnging “How Green
£ am” then ^re carried t® the
jJiinSrg the frc-J.mpr.
were made to sii with the sopho
mores. During the meals of the
day the freshmen had to eat with
a knife only and furnish enter
tainment for upperclassmen with
songs, speeches, and recitations.
The freshmen were forced or
ordered to carry their books
wrapped in a newspaper or hat
bo and had to recognize the
sophomores wherever they met.
Iniormation such as number of
chairs , stair steps, and books
which the college possessed could
be obtained from the freshies.
Late in the afternoon the fresh
men were marched up town sing
ing “How Green I Am” and were
made to perform for the towns
people.
In the evening the sophomores
relented and invited the fresh
men to an A. B, C. Party which
was enjoyed by all. The day end
ed well.
CHOWAN’S ELEVEN
LOSES 3; WINS 1
Elizabeth City, Edenton and
Franklin Defeat Gaels; College
Boys Lick Rich Square
Chowan’s football team has
shown a great deal of progress
since the opening of the season.
This is shown by the series of
games which the college eleven
has played. The last of these was
with Elizabeth City on their grid
iron.
Two teams representing the
Elizabeth City High School and
Chowan College equipped with
Bone Crushing Offenses and Tea
Party Defenses squarred off be
fore several hundred frenzied
fans at Elizabeth City last Friday,
pushing one another across chalk
lines for one hour of hectic foot
ball before the Elizabeth City Yel
low Jackets finally won out 34 to
19.
The Chowan line was smashed
to bits by the charging Yellow
Jackets. In return the Yellow
Jacket line, also was torn apart
time after time by the Chowan
Forwards. Monk Henson, Charles
Copperdge and Meredith Lee did
some nice ground gaining with
Gay Jones and Rives Worrock
clearing the way. Henson scored
the first touchdown with Meredith
Lee counting two more. One of
these was good for 90 yards. Af
ter he had speared a jacket pass
on his own ten yard line.
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B. Y. P. U.’S WIN
MANY HONORS
Organization Has Done Remark
able Work and is Classed
A-1 hy the State
That Chowan College students
have not neglected religious or
ganizations Iwas proved by the
recognition given them in the an
nual State B. Y. P. U. Convention
at Ridgecrest. The general or
ganization was A-1 and three of
the individual unions won first, se
cond, and third places for the
State in the annual State B. Y. P.
U. report.
This recognition at Ridgecrest
is not a sudden fiareup, but it is
the culmination of months of ear
nest effort on the part of the of
ficers and members of the B. Y.
P. U. Every girl can feel that she
had a part in the honor because
every girl in college last year was
enrolled in B. Y. P. U. Not only
was there a hundred per cent
membership in the B. Y. P. U., but
there was also a hundred per cent
membership in the training school
held last fall by Miss Mabel Star
nes, State B. Y. P. U. Worker; and
Mr. Lonnie Reavis. These facts
contributed to the goal that was
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^ illTE NIGII^ HAWKS
CALL ON FRESHMEN
FOUNDER’S DAY
CELEBRATED BY
FACULTY-STUDENTS
Tennis Matches, Address and Re
cital Are Features of Day;
Many Attend
Call Unexpectedly On Freshmen
Boys for Purpose of Giving
Them Enjoyable Evening
On the dark and stormy night
of September the Royal Order of
the White Night Hawks called un
expectedly on the freshmen boys
for the puropse of giving them a
very enjoyable evening.
These startled “freshies” were
lined up in the streets of Mur
freesboro. The boys were order
ed to roll their trousers above the
knees, and then a large bendana
was given to each to serve later
as a blind-fold.
After these fellows sang sever
al stanzas of “How Green I Am”
for the amusement of the towns
people, they were marched blind
folded to the college.
Several large pipes and Jogs
were placed across the paths
where where the boys had to
walk, and before they reached the
college every freshman was step
ping high for fear he might hit
another pipe or log.
When they arrived at the col-
Jiege speeches, solos, duets, and
love scenes were given for the
benefit of the collge girls.
After this part of the evening
was over the boys were taken to
Red Apple and were forced to
perform there.
The sophomores decided that
the poor freshmen had had en
ough for one night, so the former
decided they would take the latter
to ride in order that they could
cool off before retiring. All the
boys piled into the cars and off
they went. They had riden three
miles when the Night Hawks de
cided that they wanted the
“freshies” to perform once more.
The tired “green horns” were re
quired to lie flat on the ground
and to sing their theme song “How
Green I Am.” During the latter
part of the song the Night Hawks
drove off and left the freshmen to
get home the best way that they
could. The last thing that the
Night Hawks were heard to say as
they drove off was:: “Boys be
back by 8:30 in, the morning for
class.”
Founders Day was celebrated
Thursday, October 11, by the fac
ulty and students of Chowan Col
lege with tennis matches at 10:00
a. m an address at 2:30 p m., by
the Hon. J. Winfield Crew, Jr.,
of Roanoke Rapids, N. C., and
a recital at 8:15 that even
ing by the faculty of the Fine
Arts Department.
The tennis matches were the
main feature in the morning. The
freshmen, represented by Marjorie
Mitchell and Marion Fleetwood
lost to the sophomores, represent
ed by Mary Lou Piland and Ma
bel Pittman; and the juniors, re
presented by Merlee Asbell and
Virginia Fleetwood, lost to the
seniors, represented by Julia Ed
wards and Mabel Carroll. The
sophomores are to play to deter
mine the winrier.
In the afternoon Mr. Crew gave
an interesting informal address
stressing the part small colleges
play in educating men and wo
men to search for the truth and
thereby gain the good life, iie de
clared that social justice is neces
sary or else we must give a new
definition t o individualism.
Throughout his talk, Mr. Crew
repeated in various ways his de
sire for an understanding between
capital and labor. He concluded
by urging his listeners not to sell
themsel''ps for thirty piec^ of sil
ver as Judas did bj^ rather to
follow the examp^ set by the
humble Jew of Nj[?areth.
Preceedirig address Mabel
Carr0ll’'ahd Inez Willoughby gave
short talks on “What Chowan
College Means To Me.” Miss Car
roll spoke on the subject from a
spiritual and social standpoint,
and Miss Willoughby, from an in
tellectual standpoint.
A formal recital in the College
auditorium by Miss Inez Matthews
of the piano department, Miss
Forest De Lano of the voice de
partment, Miss Irene Tilmer of
the Speech Arts Department
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ALATHENIAN PARTY
HELD SEPT. 18TH
Society Played a Large Part in
Entertaining New Students
At Opening of School
The Alathenian Literary Socit-
ty, as well as the other college or
ganizations, played a large part in
the entertainment of the new stu
dents at the beginning of school.
The new girls and b&ys we#
everything but blue when
gathered in the gym Wednisd
evening, September 19, at f .v,!!
for a blue party given ter
Alathenians. The guesl
“blue riddles” was the fii
lure of the evening’s er
ment,, and furnished m)
for the old students as 'wd
new ones. The boys w^
given paper and pencils^
ed to write letters to
of the Daily Blues
Coduirtn.-,,
These letters were answered and,
read by the girls. Great and curi
ous were their problems. Pict
ures without names were given to
each couple. The game was, to
give the pictures names in which
the word blue was used. After
much deep thinking on the part
of all present, the pictures were
handed in and first prize was giv
en to Carmen Morgan and Mar
jorie Mitchell, the second to Miss
Liggett. After refreshments, con
sisting of “blue ice cream and
cakes, were served, the party was
concluded with the singing ol
Alathenian songs.