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The Chowanian
Society Halls Put
In Good Condition
Preparations for Society Day
this year took the form of a gen
eral clean-up and repair week for
the two society halls.
The Lucalian Society started the
l)all rolling by havitig their cur
tains taken down, cleaned, and
Innovated. One thing led to an
other until finally a number of
the members went to work with
water, cleaning fluid, and willing
ttifearts, and gave the walls a thor
ough cleaning. After this work
bad been finished, and the floors
had been waxed and polished, the
society, for a finishing touch, add
ed a new shade for the floor lamp.
The Lucalian Hall then stood in
lining radiance for the days of
days.
■ Owing to its location and to the
fact that it is not often used, the
!A.lathenian Hall was in better con
dition than the Lucalian, and
^erefore did not require so much
riepair. However, the necessary
•leaning and polishing was done
t6 make it stand in favorable com
parison with the hall of the sister
society.
Winnie Rickett
r Conducts Course
The annual B. Y. P. U. study
course for Chowan College, di
rected by Miss Winnie Rickett,
State B. T. U. secretary, was con
ducted March 18-21. The Tues-
tiay night discussion was followed
by a social in honor of Miss Ric-
k'ett.
The talks given by Miss Rickett
were enjoyable as well as profit
able. Her explanations showed
that she was well acquainted with
the material. Her own personality
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The attendance was good during
the entire study course. A larger
majority of the students attended
each lecture and took the final
examination. The greater part of
those who do not attend were not
enrolled in either of the B. Y. P.
U. groups.
As a rule, two study courses are
offered each year, and the stu
dents have a choice as to which
they will take, but only one course
was given this year. There was
also a reduction in the usual num
ber of visiting workers who con
duct the course, as Miss Rickett
was the only director during the
entire week.
The social following the Tues
day night discussion; was carried
out in an appropriate Saint Pat
rick idea with Martha Yates Sey
mour as head of the entertain
ment. After games, such as a
“Pat Contest” and an “Irish Gath
ering”, were played, refreshments
were served and readings were
given by Maxine Fillyaw and
Miss Rickett.
(“Monk”) Henson of the Mur
freesboro team and a member of
the Murfreesboro Senior Class
was chosen as the winner of the
boys’ scholarship.
This year a slight change was
made in regard to the winners of
the scholarship. Instead of the
winners coming from the seniors
who entered the tournament as
was the former custom has been,
the best individual player enter
ing, regardless of class distinction,
was to be chosen. If this player
was not a senior then a second
player, coming from the senior
class, was chosen and the schol
arship was given to him.
Thanks to the ideal weather,
which was in keen contrast to the
snowy blizzard accompaning the
ball players last year, the tourna
ment was one of the most success
ful that has been held in the col
lege gym.
CHOWAN STUDENTS
GO TO SEABOARD
Four students of the Fine Arts
Department of Chowan College
took part in a program given at
the Seaboard High School Febru
ary 27, for the benefit of the Sea
board Parent-Teachers Associat
ion.
The program was under the dir
ection of Miss Betty Walter Jen
kins, a member of the Seaboard
faculty. Miss Jenkins is a grad
uate of Chowan College of the
class of 1929.
ANNUAL TOURNAMENT
(Continued from page 1)
Kelford team was chosen as the
winner of the girls’ scholarship.
Since Miss Burkett is not a senior
and could not use the scholarship
next year Miss Alien Holloman of
the Harrellsville team and a mem
ber of the Harrellsville Senior
Class was chosen as second win
ner of the scholarship. La Mar
STUDENT COUNCIL
(Continued from front page)
freshman class.
Florence Ward is one ot our
freshmen, so she may feel a 'it-
tie new in her position at first.
Remember, Florence, treasurer is
the first step up.
The installation service, after
which these new officers will take
up their duties, will be held in
March.
They will succeed the following
Council members: President, Ma
bel Carroll; vice president, Evelyn
Blanchard; secretary, Ruth Steph
enson; treasurer, Mary Smith; and
house president, Nora Mae Ward.
The classes will elect their own
representatives soon for the in
coming year.
LUCALIANS WINNERS
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Frances Jilcott, Frances Jones,
Edna Porter. Those playing for
the Lucalians were: Helen Ed
wards, Myra Sample, Bernice
Ricks, Sallie Riddick, Martha Sey
mour, E'izabeth Parker.
The tennis match between the
Alathenians and Lucalians was
played at 11:30 o’clock instead of
4 as planned because the weather
looked as if it would be unfavora
ble for afternoon tennis. The Ala
thenians won the first two sets on
12 out of 21 games.
Mary Lou Piland and Virginia
Fleetwood played for the Alath
enians. Mabel Pittman and Mer-
lee Asbell played for the Lucal
ians. The players were well-mat-
ched and the game was a close
game |for both societies. ,Hard
playing had to come from each in
dividual but at a disadvantage to
all* as some had just played bas
ketball and some had practiced
for over an hour.
The Alathenians won the first
set with 6-5 games and the second
set with 6-4 games.
The reading contest between the
two literary societies, which was
the feature of the afternoon pro
gram of Society Day, was held in
the college auditorium at 2:30
o’clock.
Evelyn Blanchard, a member of
the senior class and also a senior
in expression, represented the Lu
calian and read a one-act play en
titled “The Siege” by Calin Cle
ments. Marjorie Mitchell, a
freshman, represented the Ala
thenians with a one-act play en
titled “The Valiant” by Holworty
Hall and Robert Middlemass.
A response from the audience
proved that each had done an ex
cellent piece of work with her
play. However, the decision of
the judges was 2-1 in favor of
Evelyn Blanchard, Lucalian.
The audience was a representa
tive one, including out of town
visitors, former students, and
town people, and fhe students and
faculty members.
Those acting as marshals were:
Alathenians—Mabel Carroll, chief,
Sarah Story, and Madeline Mod-
Un; Lucalians—^Nora Mae Ward,
chief, Helen Edwards, and Mer-
lee Asbell.
The series of events of Society
Day were brought to a close by
the debate between the two socie
ties in the college auditorium at
8 o’clock, after which the societies
gave a reception in the parlor,
honoring the readers, debaters,
and the judges of the two contests.
The query for the debate was,
“Resolved that the nations should
agree to prevent the international
shipment of arms and munitions.”
The affirmative side of the
question was upheld by the Ala-
thenian society represented by
Lucy Boone Freeman and Frances
Jilcott with Ruth Taylor as alter
nate. The negative side was up
held by the Lucalian society which
was represented by Inez Willou
ghby and Mary Smith and Ada-
lene McGregor, alternate. The
judges decided in favor of the ne
gative side.
Immediately after the debate
the two societies gave a reception
in the college parlor honoring the
readers of the afternoon reading
contest, Evelyn Blanchard and
Marjorie Mitchell, the debaters of
the evening, and the judges of the
two contests. The guests were in
troduced to Dr. Edwards at the
head of the receiving line by Eli
zabeth Parker, Lucalian, and Lou
Wilson Evans, Alathenian. Cora
Felton Bass, Lucalian, and Ruth
Stephenson, Alathenian, introduc
ed the guests to the punch bowl,
at which Winfield Carter, and
Mary Beale Liverman, Alathen^
ians, and Helen Edwards and
Bernice Ricks, Lucalians, presid
ed.
MEHERRIN RIVER
(Continued from page 1)
During the first years the Me-
herrin river also served as an
avenue of travel, expecially for
the student attending boarding
school in Murfreesboro. No won
der the students of Chowan today
sing of its “rippling waters” when
it was due to these same rippling
waters the first incorporated
school in Hertford county was es
tablished in this town. In later
years, Murfreesboro became more
and more an educational center
and the old river served its pur
pose as a means of transportation
for the students. Later, the stage
coach, and then the automobile
robbed the river of this part of its
usefulness.
If the Meherrin failed to meet
the expectations of its founders
commercially speaking it surpass
ed their fondest liopes, socially
speaking. For many years, the
coming of the annual show boat
was the one big social event of the
year in the lives of the Hertford
County people. Year after year
crowds of men, women and chil
dren gathered on the banks of the
Meherrin to enjoy this grand oc
casion.
The show boat was indeed a
gala event. Usually it came about
the first of May and stayed a
week. Each night regular pro
grams of varied types were
put on. The cast consisted of
about a dozen nice, quiet, refined,
friendly people. It was a beauti
ful thing—^this boat—always
freshly painted and decorated.
And how comfortable was the
modem theater! It was on'' the
lower deck of the boat and seated
about five hundred people. Night
after night these five hundred
seats were filled with people,
young and old, who enjoyed the
plays of romance and excitement.
After the main program a concert
for the masses was sometime put
on. The show alone drew hund
reds of people into Murfreesboro
who never came except on this
occasion.
Today, the river seems to bo
serving the original purpose of
the early founders of the town.
The Smith-Dougiass Fertilizer
Company, the largest plant of its
kind in Hertford County and the
surrounding counties, is situated
on its banks.
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