MERRY
HAPPY
CHRISTMAS
—J
1 ne i^nowanian
mw YEAR
Volume XI, Number 3.
Dr. Koch
Dr. Frederick H. Koch, Kenan
professor of dramatic literature at
the University of North Carolina
^ and director of the Carolina Play-
" makers, delighted a large audience
in the Chowan College auditorium
Sunday evening, December 2, by
his presentation of Dickens’ “A
Christmas Carol.”
Dr. Koch, who came under the
auspices of the Chowan Alumnae
Association, was introduced by
President W. B. Edwards after the
singing of “Joy to the World” by
the college choir from the organ
alcove. Dr. Edwards, in giving a
background for the reading, told
the incident which inspired Dr
Koch to begin his public reading
of the “Carol”, and a few of the
. —experiapces which the noted pro
fessor had on nis TcaSSis
Dr. Koch entered the stsge,
which was appropriately decorSt-
ed with the dressed Christmas
trees and cathedral candles, seat
ed himself at a single table; and
there by candle light read for the
one hundred and sixth time the
immortal Christmas story.
The “Carol” is divided into four
staves, and between each stave
the choir sang Christmas Carols,
namely—“Little Town of Bethle
hem,” “Hark the Herald Angels
Sing”, and “Silent Night.”
Dr. Koch's skill in the charac
terization and personification of
the im.mortal personalities in the
story made them live before the
audience. He portrayed Bob
Cratchett and his wife with a
pleasing freshness, showing them
in a way which perhaps many
people had not pictured. Espec
ially, however, did he hold the au
dience with his interpetation of
Scrooge, and the lesson taught by
the old man’s adventures. The
underlying truths of the reading
and Dr. Kock’s skill in presenting
them combined to spread for
everyone an irrestible spirit of
• Christmas time, and the heart of
the audience joined with him in
saying with Tiny Tim, “God bless
us everyone.”
Murfreesboro, N. C., December 19, 1934.
Four Pages
Boys’ Basketball
The Columns ■— Chowan
im
Peanut Week
Vesper Service
Since our football season is over
our attention is drawn to basket
ball. Everyone is questioning us
as to just what kind of team we
expect to put out. We have quite
a variety of all stars to pick from.
Practically everyone going out for
basketball has had-previous ex
perience either in high school or
college. Since the admittance of
boys into the college this, we
might say, is the first year that
Chowan College has had such well
trained material to build from.
This year we expect to broaden
our adventures of basketball to a
number of games against fresh
men teams from Wake Forest,
State, Duke and a number of oth
ers. For practice, our drills will
be chiefly with high school teams
and our own second team, coached
by our football coach Johnnie i
Daniels. The positions played
The college choir under the dir
ection of Miss Forrest DeLano,
gave its annual candle-light Ves
per Services in the College audi
torium Sunday December 16, at
5 o’clock.
The auditorium and stage were
dimly lighted by white cathedral
candles which added to the sa
credness of the well selected num
bers. A Christmas tree, decorat
ed with Christmas tinsel was plac
ed in the organ alcove.
The following program was giv
en:
Processional; invocatiicn; an
them, “While Shepherds Watched
Their Flocks by Night”, Ruger,
choir; piano solo, “Romance”, La
Forge, Miss Cora Felton Bass;
solo, “In Old Judea”, Geibel, Miss
Mary Beale Liverman; anthem,
“Holy Night”, Prehel, choir; sex
tette, “There Were Shepherds”,
Foster, incidental solo. Miss Eli
zabeth Shaw; solo, “The Gift”,
Behrend. Miss DeLano; piano
solos, “Minute Waltz”, Chopin,
“Sublime, Sweet Evening Star”,
Wagner, Miss L-ouise Lassiter; an-
Peace and Good Will”
are: j
Baugham, Pennington and j
Cates, centers; Coppedge, Dudley,
Lee, Edwards, HarreU, Worrock
and Benthal, play guard; Jenkins,
Piland, Valentine, Forest and
Miller play forward.
Risher, choir; benediction; Reces
sional.
GUESTS OF PARENTS
The following teachers spent
the holidays with their parents
here: Misses Mary Whitley of
Aulander, Fannie Brown Harrell
of Conway; Betty Walter Jenkins,
of Seaboard; Ruth Matthews of
Oak City; Alta Chitty of Buie's
Creek; Rosalie Liverman of Merry
Hill.
PICTURES
Excitement! Thrills! Laughter!
Chowan went through all of these
when Mr. Hamblin came to make
the pictures for the “Chowanoka”.
The night before he came some
girls were ironing out “kinks” and
some were pushing in. Some were
pulling eyebrows, some painting
more on. Some were practicing
on the art of smiling, and some
■trying to make dimples. What a
change and what excitement!
(Continued on page 3)
From the President
Christmas Greetings:
The time has come for the
cessation of strenuous studies
and other collegiate activities.
We sincerely hope that you
may enjoy and profit by the
much-deserved rest which you
have so richly earned. May
Nature with her balm of heal
ing completely restore any de
pleted strength which you
may have lost.
With this too—we trust that
Old Santa will be as good to
each of you as you desire.
With best wishes for a ver
satile vacation, a cheery
Christmas, and nifty New
Year, I am
Cordially yours,
W. B. EDWARDS, President.
Volley Ball
The first volly ball game of the
series between the two societies
was played Wednesday, Decembr
12, and won by the Alathenians,
22-12.
Both societies did some hard
playing but the Lucalians lost be
cause of their inability to return
the ball. Ajf; servers on both
sides were good, but the returns
were weak. In serving for the
Alathenians, Jennie V. Hoggard
and Edna Porter were stars, with
Marion HoLcman as the star re
turner to keey them going. The
Lucalians had no outstanding
player, but all cooperated and
good team work was shown among
the girls.
Everyone is looking forward to
the next game which should be
more interesting since the first
one was a mere practice game to
show to the players tho’r '‘"ong
and weak points.
White Christmas
White Christmas, an event held
cach year under the auspices of
the B. Y. P. U. organization, was
observed by the student body and
faculty of Chowan College Wed
nesday night, December 12;
The Whit" Christmas was held
in the ocllegc auditorium at the
regular general assembly, and the
atmosphere of the season was
furnished by the low lights and a
tinsel-trimmed tree, beneath
which were piled all sorts of
packages. Each package contain
ed a gift brought by members of
the individual B. Y. P. U. unions,
and consisted for the most part of
various kinds of foods. The gifts
were later collected and distribut
ed to the needy of the community
by President W. B. Edwards.
After the B. Y. P. U. business
was concluded, an impressive pro
gram with the Christmas theme
was given. This pPDgram was
composed of several readings by
students, a Christmas Carol, and
musings on the meaning of the
season. Dr. Edwards gave a short
talk on the greatest of all gifts to
us, God’s unselfish sacrifice of his
only Son for the sins of the
world. “We should also be grate
ful”, he said, “to Christ for His fine
example of life and the many
blessings which He has bestowed
on us even before we were able to
realize them.”
The program combined with the
Christmas spirit to make each stu
dent happy with the thought that
she had done her bit to make this
Christmas merrier for someone.
“Listen, my children, and you
I shall hear”—^no not about the mid
night ride of Paul Revere, but
about an annual event at Chowan
College—Peanut Week.
Every year just before the
Christmas holidays, the college
family observes several days
which it has set aside for its own
hobby—“Peanutting”. Each mem
ber of the student body and fac
ulty chooses a peanut, inside of
which he finds a name. The name
is a deep dark secret, but for con
venience he calls the person to
whom the name belongs his
“peanut”. From then on it is a
contest of seeing who can do the
nicest .things for ihjs “peanut”,
and who can keep a secret best.
At some convenient spot, usual
ly the table in the main hall, the
gifts are placed, with anote on
which is written “To peanut so
and so.” What painstaking ef
forts are taken to conceal the
identity, of the “peanutter”, and
what wild guesses are made as to
who each one is. Some of the
notes are printed, some typed, or
written in a disguised handwrit
ing. The clever “Peanutters”
write their sentiments in poetry,
and how expressive are the notes
of appreciation left by the “pea
nutters.”
However, the enjoyable time
of give and take must end, and in
order to finish it up in good style
and end the suspension, the night
before the beginning of the lioli-
days a big family Christmas tree
ceremony is held in thegymnas-
ium. But before the presents are
distributed, a short talk is made
by President W. B. Edwards, after
which the person who has been
peanutting him gets up and stands
behind Dr. Edwards. That is the
cue for that person’s “peanutter”
to follow him, and so on. Each
person’s curiosity is satisfied when
he beholds his “peanutter,” some
one whom he could never have
guessed walk up behind him.
When each giver of gifts has
been accounted for, the last pre
sent jctf the “peanutter” to ihis
“peanut” is delivered from the
tree, and peanut week ends with
happy shouts of “Merry Christ
mas, Everybody.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee have
returned from their honeymoon
and are at Mrs. E. Britts for the
present.
Christmas Play
“Eager Heart”, a Christmas
mystery play by A. M. Buckton,
was presented by the The^pJan,
Dramatic Club under jJirectio:
of Miss Irene U’lmer Thursda:
night, December 13, at eight o’
clock in the oollege auditorium.
The play concerned the search
on Christmas night of Eager
Heart, her two sisters. Eager
Sense and Eager Fame,, the She
pherds, and the Kngs for the
Christ Child, flow Eager ritSit
finally found the Christ Child with
Mary and Joseph, within her own
humble home was revealed in an
interesting manner, teaching a
lesson that all could understand.
The music for the play was dir
ected by Louise Lassiter and
Carols were sung between the
scenes of the play by the members
of the College Glee Club.
No admission was charged but a
silver offering was taken at the
door to defray the expenses of the
play.
The cast of characters were:
Eager Heart, Lucy Freeman;
Eager Sense, Evelyn Blanchard;
Eager Fame, Lois Cartwright;
Mary, Beadie Helms; Joseph, Cora
Felton Bass; Kings, Melton Val
entine, J. P. Freeman, Herman
Pennington; Shepherds, Sarah
Brickhouse, Linda I^ee Fergu.'ion,
Marie Riddick, Virginia Gardner;
Angels, Lois Jenkins, Carmen
Morgan, Jennie V. Haggard; Pro
logue, Virginia Gardner.