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Second Semester
Volume XI, Number 4.
Murfreesboro, N. C., February, 1935.
Four Pages
Chowanian Sends
Best Wishes To Its
Many Advertisers
Hope Is Expressed That
Each Firm Has Been
Amply Repaid
In this, the' first issue of the
Chowanian in 1935, we want to
say “Happy New Year” to our ad
vertisers and to thank them for
their part in making the Chowan
ian a success during the first term
of our school year.
We hope that each firm which
has advertised in the Chowanian
has been amply repaid for doing
so. If no definite financial bene
fit has been realized, we are sure
that thsre is no regret on their
part for having thus cooperated
with Chowan College in its at
tempt to operate a college paper.
Best wishes to our advertisers
for greater business success in
1935! These greetings are extend
ed ()o the following:
D. L. Myers, Ahoskie, N. C.; C.
N. Ricks, Ahoskie, N. C.; E. N.
Evans, Murfreesboro, N. C.; Mrs.
J. D. Babb, Murfreesboro, N. C.;
College Luncheonette, Murfrees
boro, N. C.; Rich Square Drug
Store, Rich Square, N. C.; Sani
tary Ideal Cleners, Rich Square,
N. C.; Miss Naomi Wiggins, Mur
freesboro, N. C.; J. N. Vann,
Ahoskie, N. C.; Cash Sales Store,
Ahoskie, N. C.; Ahoskie Dept.
Store, Ahoskie, N. C.; Smart
Shop, Ahoskie; Copeland’s Drug
Store, Ahoskie, N. C.; C. Greene,
Ahoskie, r?. C.; Barr’cs-Ss'»'yer
Grocery Co., Ahoskie, N. C.; Red
Apple, Murfreesboro, N. C.; Wynn
Bros., Murfreesboro, N. C.; Pen
der Grocery Co.; Norfolk, Va.; Dr.
J W. F. Britt, Mudfreesboro, N. C.;
Camp Mfg. Co., Fr^nkUn, Va.;
Garrett Hot'il, Ahoskie, N. C.;
Branch Shoe Shop, Murfreesboro.
Oldest Citizens Of
Murfreesboro Dies
Navigation Is
Chief Problem
Murfreesboro Streets Al
most Impassable Due
Work
' City streets, town streets, and
village streets—but the muddiest
of these are the streets of Mur
freesboro. If you have tried to
travel just a little way down town
lately you will see just how well
this title fits. How could you help
it, when you have to wear every
thing from galoshes to snowshoes
in order to walk? However, one
could hardly attatch to such at
tempts the good word walking—
it is more a mixture of running,
sliding, falling, and getting stuck.
The Last part applies especially
to cars. It is no unusual occur-
ance now to see a car or two
helplessly spinning its wheels in
a wilderness of red clay. The au
dience to aid the poor thing by
holding its breath when it seems
to move up an inch, and releasing
a sigh when it consequently slips
back three.
Oh, fo^ the. good old time of
horse and buggies. At least you
don’t have to put the horse into
high or low gear and rock its head
off to get it out of a mud puddle.
For that matter, good old Dobbin
would probably have more sense
than to try to get around in six
layers of mud. Have you ever
seen a horse sit down and slide?
This mud should help the town
in one way however. At least it
should cause more people to buy
vaccum cleaners and brooms. Af-
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Funeral Services Held In
the Baptist
Church
Mr. David Day, the oldest citi
zen of Murfreesboro, died Friday
morning at his home here. He had
been feeble for quite a while and
had been allowed to sit up only
two hours a day.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urady afternoon at the Baptist
Church, where at one time Mr.
Day was a member of the Board of
deacons. His body was carried to
the town cemetery for interment.
Mr. Day would have been eigh
ty years old on February twenty-
second if he had lived. At one
time he was Assistant Postmaster.
Surviving Mr. Day are his wi
dow, the former Ruth MacDowell,
a si^er of Miss Eunice MacDow
ell, who was for so long connected
with Chowan College, three sons,
David Day, of Murfreesboro, Ar
chie Day, of Edenton, and Wil
liam Day, of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and three daughters, Mrs.
W. A. McGlohon and a widowed
daughter of South Carolina.
Chowan Wins First
Came of the Season
Chowan 27, Roanoke
Rapids 17; To Play
Rocky Mount Y
Chowan’s first basketball game
of the season was played with
Roanoke Rapids in the College
gym, Friday night, January 25,
with a score of 27-17 in Chowan’s
favor.
Copeland capped the honors for
Chowan with 11 points, shading
Taylor with 10 points. Dickens
capped the honors for Roanoke
Rapids with 13 points.
The lineup:
Chowan Roanoke Rapids
Copeland (c) Dickens (f)
Cates (c) Nethercutt (f)
Taylor (f) Wood (f)
Forrest (f) Miller (c)
Dudley (g) Shell (c)
Lee (g) Byrd (g)
Jenkins (f) Acree (g)
Valentine (f) Bennett (g)
Worrick (g) Myrick (f)
Harrell (g) Vincent (g)
According to the schedule, the
following games will be played:
A doubleheader between Cho
wan and Gatesville, Wednesday
night, in the College gym; Cho_
wan vs. Roanoke Rapids, girls and
boys, Friday night, February 1, at
Roanoke Rapids; and Chowan and
Rocky Mount Y. M. C. A., Satur
day night, February 2, in the Col
lege gym.
ALUMNAE NEWS
Miss Virginia Martin, former
latin professor of Chowan, visited
friends in the college last Friday
Miss Martin is now teaching at
[Danville, Va.
I Misses Ethel Britt, who is
(teaching at Castalia, N. C., and
I Rosalie Liverman, a member of
'the Merry Hill faculty, visited in
Uhe Liverman home during the
week-end.
Mrs. Robert Britton, former ex
pression teacher of Chowan, vis
ited Mrs. J. L. Josey Monday.
Miss Katherine Martin, a mem
ber of the Hobbsville faculty,
visited Chowan recently.
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Heavener,
and daughter Charlotte, of Smith-
field, N. C., spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Janves Campbell.
Rev. McGregor
Dies Gatesville
Baptist Minister and a
Friend of Chowan
College
The Rev. S. S. McGregor, pro
minent Baptist minister of Gates
County, died at his home in
Gatesville, N. C., Tuesday at 12:15
following a cerebral hemorrhage
at 7:30 Tuesday morning. Funer
al services were conducted in the
Gatesville Baptist Church at 10:30
Wednesday morning and at Pisgah
Baptist Church in Johnson Coun
ty at 3:00 o’clock. Interment was
made in the Pisgah Church ceme
tery.
Mr. McGregor had been in ill
health for some time but was not
confined to hig bed until he was
stricken with a hemmorrhage at
7:30 Tuesday morning. He died
at noon without having regained
consciousness.
Mr. McGregor was a friend of
Chowan College and was con
stantly working for its benefit. He
visited Pres. Edwards the day be
fore he died and planned two
trips in the interest of the college.
Four years ago Mr. McGregor
became pastor of a field of Bap
tist Churches in Gates county. He
was a leader in Sunday School
work and had done special work
in the county and state in that ca
pacity. Besides his work as a
minister he played a great part in
the activities of his community,
county and state. He served as a
member of the executive commit
tee of the local chapter of the
American Red Cross and was a
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Chowan Opens
New Semester
Enrolls Four New Stu
dents; Few Changes
Are Made
Seniors Granted
More Privileges
May Chaperon All Under
classmen This
Year
The Senior Class of Chowan has
been given more honors this year
than before.
The seniors were not complain
ing or begging for more respon
sibility but just out of a clear sky
it was announced Tuesday in
chapel that the seniors could chap
eron all underclassmen beginning
with the new semester. Previous
to this time they could only chap
eron juniors for the first six weeks,
the second six weeks sophomores
were added, and the last six weeks
took in the freshmen. But this
year there is to be no distinction
between the underclassmen and
therefore making the responsi
bility greater at an earlier stage.
To the faculty, we, the seniors,
wish to express our appreciation
since it proves to us that you do
have confidence in us and are will
ing to trust our younger sisters in
our care.
Miss Rickett To
Visit Chowan
Will Teach Dual Study
Course; B. Y. P. U.
Works For 100 Pet.
After a week of final exams
Chowan began its second semes_
ter’s work, with no great change
in the courses but with four new
students.
Those who registered are: Pat
Taylor, the son of Mrs. Taylor, the
college dietition, is taking com
mercial work and is outstanding
in basketball; J. T. Johnson, of
Pendleton, who was a member of
the Chowan student body for one
semester during the term 1933-34,
has returned and is taking a regu
lar academic course; and M. C.
Matthews, Jr., of Murfreesboro,
who is studying to be a minister,
is taking special work in the
school. The old students feel that
each of these was needed to make
the school complete, that not only
will they improve from the in
structions of the professors but the
student body will be benefited by
knowing them.
Miss Schiable, the dean of facul
ty and registrar, said there were
no great changes in the courses as
all courses have been given in the
last year or two. But four girls
suddenly decided they would
rather take their degrees in home
economics than in some literary
field. Maybe the marriages in the
school influenced this, however,
they will not admit it. Neverthe
less, Edith Jones, Frances Jilcott,
Edith Johnson, and Margaret
Turner have entered the foods
class and therefore have begun
the long journey ahead of them.
The week of January 14-18
was given entirely to the final ex
ams and now everybody is anxi
ously waiting the results of that
week as it determines the grades
of the first semester.
ChiOwan College is looking for
ward with pleasure to the week of
March 18-22, when it will be hon
ored by a visit from Miss Winnie
Rickett, State secretary for the
Baptist Training Union of North
Carolina. Miss Rickett will come
for the purpose of teaching a two
fold study course to the inclusive
B. Y. P. U. organization. She re
ceived her A. B. degree from
Meredith, and is the only women
B. T. U. secretary in the South.
The study course wnich Miss
Rickett will direct will be divided
into two sections. The themes of
these divisions have not been de
finitely decided upon so far, but a
tentative plan has been expressed
by Miss Lou Wilson Evans, gener
al B. Y. P. U. director. According
to this plan one series of lectures
will be on “Soul Winning.” based
oil the book “The Plan of Salva
tion.” The other series will have
as its topic “Church Membership”,
with the book “Training for
Church Membership” ag its basis.
The entire student body is ea
gerly expecting Miss Rickett, as
her inspirational lectures and
work in the B. Y. P. U. fields are
well known. The B. Y. P. U. or
ganization as a whole will try to
duplicate last year’s record by
reaching a hundred per cent en
rollment in the study courses of
fered. t is also making plang for
Miss Rickett’s assistant, although
it has not been decided who she
will be.
B. S. U. Council
Takes Study Course
The college Baptist Student
Union offered for its members a
study course on B. S. U. methods
Thursday night, January 24. This
replace the regular meeting, and
was directed by Miss Ivey Grav-
ette, B. S. U. advisor.
The council members met at the
regular hour, and the course was
begun after reports were given.
This short period of method study
is a requirement of the Council
members, who are representations
of the various religious organizat-
I ions on the campus, and is taken
I annually.
Cupid’s Darts Hit
Chowan Resulting
Three Marriages
Number of Marriages
Elsewhere Indicate Pros
perity Is Here
Cupid has certainly been at
work at Chowan, for there are
three more marriages of Chowan
girls that occured during the
Christmas holidays to be added to
the already long list of ventures
into matrimony.
Someone really should be put
on guard against the little blind,
scantily-dressed person or else our
college will be sadly lacking in the
fairer sex. In other words Annie
Lois Futrell, Haster Henry, and
Ellen Howard were married dur
ing the holidays. All three have
discontinued their studies.
Ellen wag the first bride. She
became Mrs. Walter Jay Brown,
Jr., Thursday morning, December
20, at 10 o’clock in the Quaker
Church in Woodland. Immediate
ly after the wedding the bride and
groom left for a two weeks honey
moon in Florida. They are resid
ing in Murfreesboro where Mr.
Brown is associated with the Ri
verside Manufacturing Company.
The marriage of Hester was
something of a surprise to siome
of her college friends. She was
married to Mr. Lee Gatling of
Ahogkie, Saturday, December 22,
at Craddock, Va. She will live in
Ahoskie where Mr. Gatling holds
a position with The Hertford
Coxinty Herald office.,
Annie Lois became the wife of
Mr. Billy Hedspeth, a former stu
dent of Chowan, New Year’s Day,
in Courtland, Va. After the cere
mony they left on a wedding trip
to Staunton, Washington and
other points. They will live in
Conway where Mr. Hedspeth is a
salesman for a fertilizer company.
Evidently prosperity is here and
not just around the corner, if mar
riage is any indication. Not only
did Cupid hit Chowan but from
reports, he made a Merry Christ
mas of it for more than one cou
ple.
Truth Telling ^
Depends On Age
Professor Finds Girls Out-
Fib Boys in Grammar
School
Chicaga—(IP)—Who are the
biggest liars—boys are girlg?
Dr. Byrne J. Horton, professcw
of education at De Paul Univer
sity says it depends on the age.
He has made a study of the
truthfulness of 5,000 school stu
dents, ranging from pupils in the
third grade •ot grammar school to
the senior year at college.
Boys, he says, start out by be
ing more truthful than girls. In
the elementary school the girls
are more given to telling lies than
boys. But, before long the boys
catch up and sail ahead of the
girls.
The boys reach their full false-
hool telling power at high school
age. Then, when they get to col
lege they seem to have more re
gard for the truth.
Dr Horton doeg not see this de
sire to evade the truth as growing
from any sinister motive.
Three things dominate the de
sire to deceive, he said. The first
seems to be the altruistic motive—
a regard for the other person and
a desire not to hurt his feelings.
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