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Volume XIII, No. 2
Murfreesboro, N. C., October, 1936.
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MISS MATHER CONDUCTS Y. W. A.
STUDY COURSES AT CHOWAN
MISS CURRIN ASSISTS
IN THE STUDY WORK
“Basil Lee Lockett” is the
Book for
Study
Miss Juliet Mather, southwide
Young People’s leader, and Miss
Mary Currin, state Young People’s
leader for the W. M. U., conducted
the annual missionary study
course for the college Y. W. A.
during the week-end of October
9. The text used for the course
was “Basil Lee Lockett” by his
wife, Elkin Lightfoot Lockett,
published within this year.
Using this book as a basis for
the study of mission work in
Africa, Miss Mather centered her
class discussion around the follow
ing topics; (1) Lockett’s early life
in America, '(2) The Africa that
Lockett found as a young medical
missionary, (3) The value of such
missionaries to Africa.
Miss Mather arrived Friday eve
ning in time to meet the study
group for the first class period.
She delightfully introduced the
character of Dr. Lockett and the
field of his missionary activities,
and thus prepared the way for the
following study.
Following the first class period
the guests were given the oppor
tunity of meeting the students in
a very informal dormitory party
from to 10:15. The students,
dressed in pajamas and negligees,
gathered into one of the dormitory
rooms which had been comfortably
and attractively furnished with
Japanese^ lanterns and numerous
floor piTlows. While tea was
served Miss Mather entertained
them by relating many of her ex
periences on her recent trip
through Europe and Africa, and
showing them various souvenirs
from these countries.
The study course was resumed
on Saturday and completed before
the day closed. The examination
for those taking the course will be
held at a later date.
Some of the points emprasized
by Miss Mather, as she directed
the study, were as follows:
While Basil Lockett was yet a
very young man, Africa called to
him through the book “David Liv
ingston”. At seventeen years of
age while on a wagon load of wood
going across the open prairies,
Basil felt God’s call to preach. He
looked upon life as a great ad
venture to be of service to man
kind. At Baylor University, Basil
fell desperately in love with Josie
Still. This was the cause of his
saying after Dr. R. J. Willingham’s
sermon in 1900, “The Lord is call
ing me to Africa, and I cannot
go”. After a midnight struggle
with God in the tabernacle, Basil
started preparing to go to Africa.
As he was interested in the Negro
question, he started the Negro Mis
sion in Louisville. He received his
degree in medicine.
Tlie Africa Lockett found was
indeed dark and without the light
of Jesus Christ. These were
“medicine men” attempting to cure
the diseases. Medical care was un
heard of in the parts of Africa
Lockett traveled through. The
women did all the house work,
cared for the children,! and pro
vided for the family by farming.
The plows used were sticks. The
homes were in a deplorable condi
tion of filth. Leprosy and fevers
were incurable. The natives cher
ished the footprints of a man and
a goat as the last sign of the god
who had left them. They wor
shipped little beaded gods. Miss
Mather displayed many of the toys,
musical instruments, cosmetics,
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Home Economics
Club Reorganized
Steps Taken to Join State
and National Home
Associations
The home economics majors met
Saturday morning, October 3, in
the clothing laboratory to reor
ganize their club and to plan the
work for the coming year.
Ethel Jones, the president of last
year’s club, presided until she
turned over her duties to the new
president Edith Johnson.
Definite steps were taken to join
the State and National Home
Economics Association, immediate
ly, enabling the club to keep in
touch with the work being done
in other home economics depart
ments. ,
The plans for this year’s work
are centered around the purpose
to develop and increase interest
in the Home Economics depart
ment. The programs will include
every phase of work being carried
on in the department. Indoor as
well as outdoor programs will be
featured.
A committee was appointed by
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Sophomore Day
Is Observed Here
Virginia Pastors
Pledge Support
Chowan Program
DR. J. L. PEACOCK
ADDRESSES PASTORS
Former Relations Renew
ed and Gift
Made
Was Trying Day for the
Freshmen; Ends With
a Party
Sophomore Day, “little hell for
freshmen”, was held Tuesday, Oc
tober 6. It was a day .jf fun, a
grand parade for the freshmen and
sophomores, ridiculous stunts,
practical and humorous jokes, and
general torture for the freshmen.
The day’s fun began about six
o’clock when the youngest mem
bers of our institution were rudely
awakened, dragged from their
beds, and given orders for the day
by the sophomore captains. When
the rest of the students and the
faculty members came down for
breakfast, they were met in the
dining hall by a receiving line
composed of thirty-six freshmen
girls. All were in evening
dresses, elaborate make-up, and
tennis Shoes. All kinds of hair
styles were in fashion. The girls
presented an amusing picture of
“what the well-dressed college girl
shouldn’t wear”.
The freshmen conformed to a
unique code of dining room eti
quette throughout the day. Before
sitting in their chairs, they dusted
them very carefully wit i large
chicken feathers. They were r ot
allowed to have sugar and cream
in their cereals and coffee, and
were required to eat with tlieir
left hands. For lunch they were
given onion sandwiches while oth
ers in the dining room enjoved
banana pudding for dessert.
Throughout these meals different
students obeyed the requests of the
sophomores and entertained for the
amusement of those present.
The sophomores had charge of
the chapel program on this day.
The main feature of the program
was a beauty contest in which
Emma Alice Sumner won first
place, and Thelma Atkins ran a
close second. Ebb Sawyer, Ernest
Pettway, and Hunter Eure sang
with great inharmony a trio, “I
Ain’t Gwine Study War No More”.
Margaret Blythe gave an inter-
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Over forty Baptists pastors of
the Portsmouth and Blackwater
associations of Virginia and of the
Chowan and West Chowan associa
tions of North Carolina met at the
college on Monday, October 19, for
the purpose of renewing Southern
Virginia’s interest in the college.
The pastors were here to make
plans to return to the support that
Southern Virginia gave Chowan
when she was founded by Baptists
in the old Portsmouth Association
of Virginia and the old Chowan
Association of North Carolina. The
old Portsmouth Association con
sisted of southside Virginia, ex
tending as far north as Petersburg.
The old Chowan Association was
made up of what is now the Cho
wan, West Chowan and Pamlico
associations of Eastern North Car
olina. The North Carolina asso
ciations have kept up their sup
port of the college, but the Vir-
inia associations have allowed their
support to cease. The pastors of
Virginia, however, met ready to
put their support behind the col
lege.
In the afternoon session Dr, Roy
R. McCulloch presented the blue
print of the future Chowan to the
pastors and explained the plans
that have been made. The pastors
accepted the plan and voted to
support it. As a substantial fore
taste of what they intend to do in
the way of supporting the plan, the
ministers pledged a personal gift
of $400. A considerable sum of
that amount was given Monday'
afternoon before the conference
closed.
The afternoon session grew out
of the morning conference in
which Dr. J. L. Peacock, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Tar-
boro and president-emeritus of
Shaw University, addressed the
pastors on the subject of “Christ
ian Education”. “Christian educa
tion is education plus,” announced
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W. M. U. to Give
$300 for House
Definite steps were taken and
plans made by the executive com
mittee of the Woman’s Missionary
Union of the West Chowan Asso
ciation on Monday, October 5, to
aid the home economics depart
ment in their project on the Prac
tice House by voting to give the
sum of $300.
The executive committee which
consists of various W. M. U. presi
dents in the association, in their
regular monthly meeting, heard
Miss Lottie Simmons, head of the
home economics department, pre
sent the plans for the new project.
The general plan is to remodel
the Stone Cottage for a Practice
House. On the first floor will be
the living room, the dining room
and the kitchen, which will also
serve as the foods laboratory for
the home economics department.
The second floor will be used for
bedrooms. In addition to the old
furniture and equipment now in
the foods laboratory, the plan of
the kitchen calls for a new electric
range, a new sink and new cabinet
work, and plumbing. New furni
ture for the dining room will have
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DR. A. J. SMITH ADDRESSES
STUDENTS ON FOUNDER’S DAY
College B. T. U.
Merges With Local
The Chowan B. T. U., under the
direction of Miss Carmen Morgan,
gener.d director of th( college or
ganization, joined with the church
B. T. U. Sunday evening, October
11, for the purpose of making a
stronger union of the college and
the church. The 'prospects seem
to be encouraging.
Lowell Sodeman, music director
of the Baptist Student Council, led
the song service during the open
ing assembly, after which the va
rious unions went to their respec
tive rooms for their programs.
The three remaining college
unions are the Eunice McDowell
with Walter Dudley as president,
•and Miss Caroline Gay, sponsor;
Nell Lawrence with Beatrice Mar
tin, president, and Miss Dorothy
Evans, sponsor; Mattie Macon Nor
man with Florence Ward, presi
dent, and Miss Grace Parker,
sponsor.
The intermediate union, under
the leadership of Miss Grace Par
ker, had its program at the same
hour and joined with the other
unions in the general assembly.
Following the union meetings a
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address “CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION” GIVEN
Point System is
Begun in Athletics
Loving Cup and Letters to
Be Given for Most Points
Made During Year
Under the leadership of Miss
Bruce, physical education direc
tor, a well-rounded program of
wholesome athletics has been
adopted by the Athletic Associa
tion. Leaders for the various ac
tivities on the campus are as fol
lows: student association president,
Frances Jilcott; baseball, Margaret
Adams; soccer, Mary Long; tennis,
Janice Jenkins; track, G. C. Butler;
swimming, Martha Seymour; bas
ketball manager, Martha Sey
mour; volley ball, Emma Alice
Sumner; hiking, Ann Frances
Jones; and horseshoe manager,
Walter Dudley.
A tentative point system has
been worked out by Miss Bruce
which has been accepted as a
standard to work for. Individuals
will work for college athletic let
ters and numerals. Classes will
work for the loving cup award.
Tentative Point System
Loving cup given to the class
winning the most points for one
year.
Individuals scoring 1500 points
will be a Block C; 1000 points, a
Gothic C, and 500 points. Numer
als.
Volley ball—Winner of tourna
ment (class only), 100 points; sec
ond (class only), 50 points; every
class practice attended, 3 points;
playing all of game, 15 points;
playing half of game, 7 points;
playing 5-7 minutes of game, 5
points.
Tennis—Classes same as in vol
ley ball—First place in class, 25
points; second place in class, 15
points; each game played in, 5
points.
Soccer—Classes receive points
as above as above; individuals re
ceive points in volley ball.
Song contest—Classes only—
First place, 100 points; second in
song contest, 50 points.
President of Athletic Associa
tion—100 points; any other officer
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Reception Given in Honor
of Speaker and New
Faculty Members
Founder’s Day at Chowan Ciimc-
to a close Thursday night, Octo
ber 15, at 8 o’clock, with an ad
dress in the college auditorium 'ey
Dr. A, J. Smith, pastor of the Fiirfc
Baptist Church of Goldsboro, who
spoke on Christian education, us
ing as his theme “Unless educaticn
and Christianity plus that dynamic
force in our hearts pushes us out
to conquer the unconquerable,
we haven’t attained Christian edu
cation”. A reception for tHfe speak
er and the new faculty members
followed the address.
According to the custom, the
student body marched into thp
auditorium and the audience stooi*
while they sang “Hail, Alma Ma
ter”. After the invocation, Miia
Forrest DeLano, head of the voict*
department, accompanied by Misa
Inez Matthews, sang two number>■,
“Take Joy Home” and “Morn'ng”.
“I am glad to be here,” sail*
Dr. Smith in the beginning, “be
cause I have the opportunity to
speak to young people. Youn^
people have an important influ
ence on the world today.’’
“There is no subject more vUsI-
ly important than a clear mdor-
standing of Christian education,”
said Dr. Snijth. “It is 'doi. sui-'
prising that Christianity and edu
cation go hand in hand. We can
not think of education at its high
est and best unless it is at heart
Christian.”
Dr. Smith continued by pointint'
out what Christian education is
not and then what it is. “Some
think,” he said, "that Christian
education is education undcp
Christian auspices. That is ono
of the fundamentals but it is not
all. Otherse would be satisfied with
the proper curriculum while still
others would be satisfied with the
proper faculty. Christian educa
tion does not depend altogether on
these fundamentals. Many have
received Christian education with
out going to a so-called Christian
college. Also many have been
educated at a Christian College
without attaining a Christian edu
cation.
“Christian education is the at
tainment of an attitude in this
life that puts us in the school o(
the fellowship of Jesus,” stated
the speaker. “The straightest path,
to this attitude is through a Christ
ian school.
“Christian education has all the
fundamentals of education plus a
Christ-given objective, fellowship,
and challenge,” continued Dr.
Smith. “The objective is ‘Seek
ye first the kingdom of God’. No
matter what you are doing, pu’t
the search for the kingdom of God
first.
“Jesus said, ‘Ye are my friends'.
The world is a friendly place with
3od as its center. We must leam.
to see it as it is and love it. Love
that is sufficientty powerful is th*
only solution to world problemi’.
When you sell life as it is,” said
Dr. Smith, “bring to it the warmth
of Christian love. That will give
you a Christian education.”
The address was followed by a
reception in the college parlors in.
honor of the speaker and new
members of the faculty. Miss
Schaible, dean of the faculty, in
troduced the guests to the recevi-
ing line which was formed in the
front parlor. The line was com
posed of Dr. and Mrs. McCulloch,
Dr. and Mrs. Smith, Mr. and Mrs,
Sanders, Dr. and Mrs. Gillaspie,
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