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yolume XI, Number 6.
Murfreesboro, N. C., April, 1935.
Lucalians Winners
Of Literary Events
AnnualSocietyDay
Alathenians Capture Bas
ketball Game and Ten
nis Match
The Annual Society Day, cele
brated by the Alathenian and Lu-
calian Literary Societies on Fri
day, March 8, featured debating
readings, a basketball game and a
tennis match. The Lucalians were
the winners in the debating and
the reading contest, while the
Alathenians were the winners in
the basketball game and tennis
match.
The entire morning program
featured athletic events. At 10
o’clock basketball was played in
the College gymnasium with the
Alathenians who were fortunate
enough to have on their side all
the regular players on the college
teams with one exception, win
ning 27-7. However, the game
was interesting because it was the
beginning of Society Day and gave
the two societies on the side lines
a chance to get the society spirit
aroused and a friendly rivalry
started by means of society songs
and yells, which they sang and
yelled so lustily.
The Alathenians as a whole
played well and had good team
work but no one player starred.
The Lucalian star player was
Helen Edwards, who made all the
points. As the Lucalians had only
one old player the rest of the
team needs to be mentioned for
their biravery in entering their
first game.
Those playing for the Alathen
ians were; Mary Lou Piland, Jen
nie V. Hoggard, Marion Holloman,
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Old Girls Return
On Society Day
Each year one of the most pleas
ant things about our annual So
ciety Day is the visits from our
old students and fellow society
members. This year was no ex
ception. Quite a number of the
old girls both Alathenians and Lu
calians were here to enjoy the im
portant day with us.
The Alathenian visitors were:
Mrs. Horact Britton of Seaboard;
Mrs. Julian Porter, Severn; Mrs.
Mary Herman McCoy, Severn;
Mrs. Edwin Brown, Murfreesboro;
Mrs. Mary Angely, Ahoskie; Miss
es Curtis Lee Jones, Lawrence-
ville, Va.; Myrtle Ange, Winter-
ville; Janice Saunders, Lewiston;
Margaret Peele, Greenville; and
Mattie Spence, Seaboard.
The Lucalian visitors were;
Mrs. Lee Gatling Ahoskie; Misses
Maggie Boone, Jackson; Lucy Pat
Meade, Greenville; Nell Sample,
Elizabeth City; Kathryn Martin,
Hobbsville, and Elizabeth Forbes,
Jackson.
Reception Given
H. S. Seniors Of
Northampton Co.
The Northampton County W. M.
U. entertained the high school
seniors of Northampton County at
Chowan College Saturday, March
23. The entertainment this year
year was in form of a reception.
The seniors were met at the
door by Miss Reba Long, of Jack
son, who escorted them to the col
lege parlor. Here she introduced
each of them to the receiving
line. At the end of the receiving
line the seniors were served
punch. Then they were directed
to the Lucalian Hall where ice
cream and cake, served by Mrs.
R. J. White of Conway and Mrs.
Will Stephenson of Pendleton
awaited them.
After the guests had enjoyed
the refreshments in the Lucalian
Hall, they proceded. to the Ala
thenian Hall. A good deal of fun
and a taste of college life prevail
ed there. An interesting program
had been prepared by three col
lege girls. Misses Ruth Stephen
son, Lucy Boone Freeman, and
Louise Lassiter, all of Northamp
ton County.
The program consisted of: read
ing, Frances Jones; tap-dancing,
Mabel Pittman; reading, Maxine
Fillyaw; vocal solo, Cora Felton
Bass; reading Barbara Bunch.
Miss Helen Edwards of Seaboard,
also a college student, furnished
popular music continuously dur
ing the reception.
The seven High Schools in
Northampton County, Conway,
Gaston, Rich Square. Jackson,
Woodland, Seaboard, and Severn,
were represented at the reception.
Meherrin River
Important Factor
In Development
“By Meherrin’s rippling waters”
sing the Chowan College students,
little realizing what an important
factor the old historic river was in
the founding and development of
the town of Murfreesboro.
Murfreesboro owes its very be
ing to the Meherrin since the
natural drains and pure water of
the river prompted its founders
in 1787 to select this spot as an
ideal situation for a town.
In those first years the foun
ders had high hopes of Murfrees
boro becoming the leading busi
ness center in this section with
the Meherrin as its chief promo
ter; and for many years, it looked
as if their hopes were to be real
ized.
During the first hundred years
of the town’s existence the Me
herrin served as the only means
of communication with the out
side world, so far as transportat
ion and commerce were concern
ed. It was the means of trans
porting both freight and passen
gers to and from Murfreesboro
and the surrounding country. Not
only did the Meherrin connect
Murfreesboro with towns in our
own state, but it enabled her to
reach out and join hands with
outstanding ports of the neighbor
ing states. In the study of “Hert
ford County History” we find that
a large steamship, christened
“Southern Star,” was built to
make 'regular trips from Mur
freesboro to New York carrying
both freight and passengers. But,
also, this dream was never realiz
ed. The ship, because of lack of
funds, was sold before it was ever
finished.
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THESPIAN DRAMATIC
CLUB HOLDS MEETING
The Thespian Dramatic Club
met, February 25, for a program
on Shakespeare.
Sarah Brickhouse gave the Kfe
of Shakespeare, and Evelyn Blan
chard gave quotations from
Shakespeare. Linda Lee Fergu
son made a talk on the Shake
speare Memorial. Cora Felton
Bass gave the “Venetian Love
Song” by Nevin as a piano solo.
Carmen Morgan and Marie Rid
dick, expression students, have re
cently been accepted as members
of the club.
B. T. U. Conference
At Washington Was
Attended By Six
A group of Chowan College B.
Y. P. U. members, with Miss For
rest DeLano, head of the voice de
partment, as chaperon, attended
the Eastern Regional Baptist
Training Union Convention' held
at Washington, N. C., March 15-16.
The convention opened at 2
o’clock, Friday afternoon, with the
preliminary better speakers con
test. The Chowan group, however,
did not arrive in time for any of
the afternoon program except the
conferences at 4:10 o’clock.
At 6 o’clock the convention dele
gates assembled at the Episcopal
Parish House for the banquet. Af
ter the blessing was asked by Rev.
Woodall, of Belhaven, the crowd
was seated and enjoyed the de
lightful two-course supper. An
entertaining radio program, con
sisting of readings and son^s from
members of the local B. Y. P. U.
furnished the entertainment of the
evening.
The delegates gathered again at
at the Baptist Church at 7:30,
Friday evening, to begin the eve
ning services. The most out
standing feature of the program
was a missionary address at 8:30
by Dr. Charles Leonard. By giv
ing his own personal experiences
in China and especially in Man
churia, displaying Chinese ban
ners, posters, maps and pictures.
Dr. Leonard very vividly pictured
to his audience the condition over
in China and the desperate needs
of the Chinese people for the gos
pel of Christ. In one week Dr.
Leonard and his wife will return
to Manchuria, and take up their
work there.
Saturday morning, after the
song service, devotions, and con
ference period. Miss Winnie Ric-
kett. State B. T. U. secretary,
made an inspirational talk on “His
Church the Herald of Salvation”.
In the Saturday afternoon serv
ice, which was the last service of
the convention, O. Jack Murph.y,
president, talked briefly but forci
bly on “I Dare You to Do Things”.
Following his talk Miss Rickett
gave the program for the sum
mer. The installation of officers
for the coming term brought the
session to a close.
The Eastern Regional Baptist
Training Union includes the fol
lowing associations: Chowan, West
Chowan, Neuse, Atlantic, Pamlico
and Roanoke.
The convention will meet with
the Goldsboro Baptist Church next
year.
Those attending the convention
from Chowan were: Mabel Car
roll, Evelyn Blanchard, Martha
Yates Seymour, Mary Smith, Sal
ly Riddick, Genevieve Brown, and
Miss Forrest DeLano.
Four Pages
Chowan Quartet
Sings At Ahoskie
A quartet composed of members
of the Chowan College Glee Club
furnished special music at the re
gular church service of the Ahos
kie Baptist Church Sunday morn
ing, March 3.
The quartet, accompanied by
Miss Forrest De Lano, head of the
voice department, sang two sel
ections at the church service. The
selections were: Mendlessohn’s
“The Sa'bbath Morn” and Brahm’s
“If With All Your Hearts,” from
“Elijah.”
The quartet was composed of
Cora Felton Bass and Kate Law
rence, first soprano; Louise Lassi
ter, second soprano; and Martha
Seymour, alto.
B. Y. P. U.’s Choose
Their New Leaders
Madeline Modlin was unani
mously elected director of t’ne
general B. Y. P. U. organization
■by the student body March 13 and
the piesidents of the four individ
ual unions were elected March 14.
These elections took place early
in order that those elected might
have the opportunity to attend
the regional convention at Wash
ington, N. C., March 15-16.
Madeline has been a member of
the Mattie Macon Norman Union
for the last two years. She serv
ed as group captain in the union
last year and as Bible Readers’
leader this year.
The presidents who were elect
ed for the individual unions are:
Sarah Brickhouse, Eunice McD Dw
ell Union; Genevieve Brown, Mat
tie Macon Norman Union; Martha
Seymour, Nell Lawrence Union;
Mary Smith, Edwards Union.
Annual Hi School
Tournament Held
At Chowan College
The annual High School basket
ball tournament was held at Cho
wan College, February 28, March
12, with thirteen teams entering.
Each year Chowan , opens its
doors and makes provision for a
tournament that closes the basket
ball season. In addition to pro
viding a convenient place for the
tournament, Chowan further seeks
to promote the interest in athletics
by awarding to the best individual
player, both girl and boy) a
scholarship; and to the winning
teams, ('boys and girls), a loving
cup.
The teams that entered were:
girls—Pollocksville, Gates, Con
way, Harrellsville, Roxobel-Kel-
ford, Murfreesboro; boys—Pol
locksville, Gates, Conway, Cole-
rain. Mars Hill, Roxobel-Kelford,
Murfreesboro. All high school
teams within a radius of seventy-
five miles were invited to enter.
The Pollocksville teams, however,
came one hundred and fifty miles.
They came to the college Thurs
day afternoon and spent the en
tire week-end here. Both teams
played their first games Thursday
night.
The Meams competing in the
final games Saturday night were:
girls—Roxobel-Kelford vs. Con
way, and boys—.Colerain vs. Mur
freesboro.
At the close of the Colerain-
Murfreesboro game Coach John
nie Daniels announced the Roxo
bel-Kelford girls team as being
the winner of the girl’s trophy,
and the Murfreesboro boys team
as being the wirmer of the boy’s
trophy. The scholarships, which
were to go to the best individual
players that entered the tourna
ment, were then awarded. Miss
Penny Burkett of the Roxobel-
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SENIOR RECITALS TO
BE GIVEN IN APRIL
Two graduation recitals in the
Fine Arts Department will be giv
en in the college auditorium dur
ing the month of April.
Cora Felton Bass, a member of
the senior class, will graduate in
voice on Friday, April 19.
Evelyn Blanchard, also a mem
ber of the senior class, will grad
uate in expression on Friday, April
26. She will read “The Barretts
of Wimpole Street”.
Demonstration ,
Clubs Will Meet '
Chowan College
Federation For 16th Dis
trict to Be Held
In April ^
The Federation of the Home
Demonstration Clubs in the 16th
district will be held at Chowan
College, Monday, April 11.
The Woman’s Home Demonstra
tion Clubs of nine counties in the
Northeastern section of the State
will send delegates to the conven
tion. The Home Demonstration,
Clubs in Hertford County under
1iie supervision of Miss Florenca
Cox, the County Home Demon
stration Agent, will be hostess.
The speakers for the day are:
Dean J. W. Harrelson of State
College, Dr. W. B. Wells of the
Botany Department at State Col
lege, President W. B. Edwards, of
Chowan College, Mrs. H. J. Hol
loman, president of the County
Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, and Mrs. R. B. Line-
berry, president of the District
Federation of the Home Demon
stration Clubs.
About three hundred club mem
bers are expected to be present.
Student Council
Officers Elected
Ruth Stephenson Elected
President of Student
Government ^
student Government officers for
next year were elected Tuesday,
March 5, during chapel period,
from the nominees which were
submitted to the Student Body
Tuesday, February 12.
Those nominated for Student
Government officers were: Presi
dent, Ruth Stephenson and Kate
Lawrence; house president, Merlee
Asbell and Genevieve Brown; sec
retary, Mary Smith and Nellie
Ricks; and treasurer, Florence
Ward and Thelma Bryan.
From these nominees the fol
lowing officers were elected: Pres
ident, Ruth Stephenson; vice pres
ident, Kate Lawrence; house pres
ident, Merlee Asbell; secretary,
Nellie Ricks; and treasurer, Flor
ence Ward.
The race for the honor of Stu
dent Government president was
very close between Ruth Stephen
son and Kate Lawrence; however,
Ruth was victorious by seven
votes. Since no majority is' re
quired, Ruth was announced to be
the new president of the Student
Council. It was almost inevitable
that the honor of being president
of the Student Council would go
to Ruth. She has been on the
Council every year except her
freshman year and she is familiar
with its problems. Ruth is already-
acquainted with the duties that
she will have to undertake. She
has been treasurer, secretary, and
now she is president. As presi
dent she rather thinks she will
have one advantage over the sec
retary—she will not have to write
all the call downs, although she
will have to sign them.
Merlee Asbell is on the Student
Council for the first time but the
students feel that she will not be
long in learning how to “keep us
quiet”, when she starts out as
house president.
Nellie Ricks should feel perfect
ly at home on the Council. When
she "was a freshman here in 1931-
32, she was representative for the
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