Exams Begin
Januai’y 18
The Chowanian
?ve\v Semester
January 25
Volmne XIII, No. 5.
Murfreesboro. IN. C., January., 1937.
Four Page3
Girls’ Basketball
Team Plays ECTC
Greenville Team Hostess
for Night; Return Game
to Be February 18
The Chowan College girls’ bas
ketball team lost their first game
for this year to the East Carolina
Teacher’s College team on the
Greenville court on Tuesday Janu
ary 12, with a score of 50-8.
This was the first game that the
Chowan team has played away
from home for this season, so it
was quite exciting, especially to
the new members of the team, be
cause of the new place and the
trip.
The team composed of: Marion
Holloman, captain, Frances Jilcott,
Mildred Freeman, Eleanor Payne,
Katherine Matthews, Janice Jen
kins, and the substitutes: Vergie
Cowand, Margaret Adams, Mary
Long, Cornelia Hill and Shirley
Liverman accompanied by Miss
Sara Bruce, their coach, and Mar
tha Seymour, their business man
ager, left the college Tuesday af
ternoon arriving in Greenville in
time to get fixed in their rooms
and prepare for supper which, for
the players, consisted of poached
eggs, toast and hot tea.
After supper all the team was
invited over to the campus house
where a social hour was enjoyed.
This was cut short for the players
because they had to prepare for
the game.
The next part of the trip was
■iiaiki-U foi Clio wan by Ine ap
pearance of their team in new two
piece suits. The shorts were of
blue cloth and were made with
pleats on the sides and trimmed
with white buttons. With these
were worn white shirts. The team
displayed another new addition—
letters on this shirts. These were
of blue.
The good sportsmanship of the
East Carolina Teachers College
students was displayed by their
loyal support of each player, re
gardless of the side on which she
played, who was put in or taken
out of the game. During the half
the Greenville cheer leaders lead
in singing thir Alma Mater and in
giving college yells. There were
characterized by an unanimous
entrance of all in each yell.
No player from Chowan was
starred in the game, but Captain
Marion Holloman led, as in former
games, in the running up of the
score. Martin, for the E. C. T. C.
team, led in shooting the most
goals for them.
When the game was over the
Chowan girls were told not to go
and dress but to remain in the
gymnasium for a party to be given
by the Greenville team for the
Chowan girls. They were all giv
en all they could eat and the girls
were really allowed to eat a bana
na, even though that may be a
training rule. The party contin
ued until ten when all had to go
back to the dormitories.
After breakfast Wednesday
morning the Chowan team came
back to school. No team could
W’ish to have a better hostess than
E. C. T. C. team and the Chowan
team enjoyed their hospitality
fully.
Our team will be able to express
in some manner their apprecia
tion when the Greenville team
comes to play the game here
scheduled for Thursday, February
18. They will come and spend the
night just as our team’did.
The line up was as follows:
Chowan E. C. T. C.
F—Jilcott, F. Wilson
F—Freeman, M. Newby
F—Holloman, M. Blanton
G—Payne, E. Austin
G—Jenkins, J. Stephenson
G—Matthews, K. McMillian
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Schedule
Registration for new semester
begins January 13.
First semester examination
begins January 18.
Spring semester opens Janu
ary 25.
Events for New
Semester Seen
In the Offing
In spite of the wall of exams
that at the present blinds the stu
dents, the future holds much for
those who .can look beyond the
wall. The college calendar shows
a period of full and interesting
events for the beginning of the se
cond semester until spring holi
days.
After completing all examina
tions and finishing up the old
semester the main interest will be
the opening of the new semester.
When all the burdens of the old
year are disposed of, each student
can easily see through the clear
spaces open before him. He or she
can turn over a new leaf and be
gin anew. Students must be regis
tered, new schedules are to be
made, and new classes begun. It
is with eagerness that everyone
begins the new semester—the se
mester which will for some end the
college career and for others will
just begin.
Among the new courses offered
will be one of great interest to the
Seniors. There will be a methods
course given for those interested
in the teaching of physical educa
tion in high schools and the coach
ing of basketball and other sports.
Of great interest to everyone
will be the number of plays that
will be presented during the first
half of the second semester. Each
member of the play production
class will coach and present a one-
act play in the college auditorium
during the next quarter. There
will be eight plays in all.
The Senior class will also pre
sent a play. The cast will be chos
en from the members of the Sen
ior class. This play in three acts
will be scheduled some date be
fore spring holidays.
There are two important basket
ball games scheduled to be played
on the home court. The Chowan
team will play East Carolina
Teacher’s College team on Febru
ary 18 and the Wingate team on
February 3.
In March the student govern
ment officers are elected. They are
nominated and passed on by the
faculty. This list is posted on the
bulletin board for two weeks af
ter which they are elected by the
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Students Welcome
New Improvements
In College Street
Making improvemants must be
contagious is the impression of
people of the college and town to
day. For example, notice the new
ly tarred street leading to the col
lege gate, an improvement which
was much needed and very much
appreciated.
In September when Chowan
opened, much was said about the
many improvements that had been
made during the summer. The
college officials had been busy all
the summer to make Chowan a
better place in which to live and
work. Much appreciation has
been expressed by students and
faculty members for the improve
ments.
The town could not afford to lag
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Dr. Frank Lea veil
Will Be At College
On February 12
Has Made Recent Visit to
Orient; Well Known
Speaker
Dr. Frank H. Leavell, Executive
Secretary of the Baptist Student
Unions of the Southern Baptist
Convention, and pioneer promotor
of Baptist Student work is coming
to Chowan College, February 12.
He is making a brief tour of North
Carolina College campuses from
the 7-15.
“Dr. Xjcavell has made a recent
tour of China and Japan with the
conditions of colleges and univer
sities uppermost in his mind. Word
Qomes from the colleges eagerly
heard by the students of both
stata» and religious institutions.”
These are the words of Mr. W.
Perry Crouch, Secretary of Chdis-
tian Education in North Carolina,
in a letter to Dr. Roy R. McCul-
loch. President of Chowan College.
The North Carolina student bul
letin, the B. S. U. Reveille has an
item announcing the coming of Dr.
Leavell.
He will be on Chowan campus
Friday, February 12 and will be
given one hour for his message to
the students which will be the last
hour before lunch from 12:15 to
1:15 o’clock.
Since the return of Dr. Leavell
from China and Japan he has
been making !■,'.cial cfl'orii lo in
terest American students in for
eign students. He collected the
names of all foreign students from
the colleges in the South and sent
them to the local B. S. U. presi
dents and asked them to see that
every name which was received
should get a Christmas greeting
card from a native college student.
The January issue of the Baptist
Student contains excerpts from the
journal of the recent visit of the
Student Secretary to the Orient.
At the Baptist Student Union
Convention in Greensboro in Oc
tober. Dr. Leavell in a message to
students told something about the
existing conditions of China.
Dr. Leavell knows more about
Baptist student work than any
other person in the South. He was
appointed to his position in 1921,
At that time he was State B. Y,
P. U. Secretary of Georgia. His
work of the new appointment be
gan January 1, 1922 and he has
continued as the first and only Ex
ecutive Secretary of the Baptist
Student Organization.
He is not only the author of
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New Appointments
Made By President
Dr. A. G. Gillaspie. Dean;
Miss Margaret Higlit
Registrar
According to official announce
ment made Wednasday, January
6, 1937, Dr, A. (J, Gillaspie, head
of the science department, has
been appointed Dean and Mis.s
Margaret Hight, head of the his
tory department, Registrar to suc
ceed Miss Valerie M. Schaible who
died while at her home for the
Christmas holidays.
Dj'. Gillaspie and Miss Hight
have been busy in their ofl'ice, pre
paring for the beginning of the
new semester, January 25. The
schedule for first semester exams
was presented to the faculty by the
Dean, January 10, and is now post
ed for the student body. Regis-
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Memorial Service For Dean Schaible
Is Held In College .Auditorium
January 11th At 10:15 o’Clot-k
DIES SUDDENLY
t
MISS VALERIE SCHAIBLE
Miss Schaible
Dies At Home In
South Carolina
Death Follows Short Ill
ness; Shook to Her
Many Friends
Four Repres e n t a t i v e
S{)eakers Pay
Tribute I
DR. McCULLOCH IS
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Musical Selections for the
Hour Selected from
Dean’s. Favorites
Miss Valerie Maynard Schaible,
Dean of the faculty and professor
of Mathematics at Chowan Col
lege, died at the home of her par
ents in Hartsville, S. C., Monday,
December 28. The cause of her
death was a cerebral hemmor-
rhage which she suffered Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Schaible, the daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Schaible, was
born in Massachussetts on Febru
ary 22, 1902.
In 1922, she received the Degree
of Bachelor of Arts from Coke?
College. In 1925, she received the
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Boys’ Basketball
Team Schedule
The Boys basketball team will
swing into the final stages of the
season with games with formid
able opponents during January
and February. Undaunted by a
serious loss to the capable New
port News High the squad is look
ing forward to playing such strong
quintets as the Louisburg and
William and Mary Colleges, Rocky
Mount Y. M. C. A. and Hargrave
Military Institute.
The Rocky Mount game is to be
played there on January 13, and
they return here on February 12,
Louisburg College comes here for
a game on th night of January 26.
Th William and Mary game will
be skirmished at Norfolk on Feb
ruary 6th probably as part of a
double-header which will also in
volve the girl teams of both
schools.
A two day trip will be taken
which will include a return game
at Louisburg on Monday February
22, and a game with Hargrave
Military Institute the following
night.
The following bays make up the
present squad: G. C. Butler, Wal
ter Dudley, Clinton Piland, DeRoy
Bunch, Carey Harrell, D. A. Wil
ley, John Willey, C. J. Watson,
Frank Adams, and Homer Parker.
A memorial service for Dci;ii
Valeric M. Schaible was held jh
Chowan College auditorium Mcwi-
day morning, January 11, at 10:15
o’clock. Testimonies of her life
and service were given by Dr. Mc-
Culloch, the College President;
faculty members; and a student.
Dr. McCulloch spoke of Miis
Schaible as a co-worker; Miss Ivey
Gravette, as a friend; Miss Martha
Seymour, student government pre
sident, as a student; and Dr. J. H.
Bunn, as pastor of her church.
The hymn “Dear Lord and Fa
ther of Mankind” which was sung
at the beginning of the service and
the devotional, the 103 PsaliTi:
which was read by Dr. Bunn, were
favorites of Miss Schaible.
Dr. McCulloch, as co-workor,
spoke of her as one who was al
ways busy at her task and alwa.-y.^
ready to do it well. She acted ns
executive head of Chowan Collese
during the absence of a president
last year, then willingly did all
she could to assist the new presi
dent when he came in order to
make his work at Chowan more
familiar to him. He especially
complimented her ability to keep
official matters confidential, to
persevere, and to appreciate the
work of others.
“If With All Your Hearts” by
Mendelssohn, a special favorite of
Schaible’s, was sung by the Cho
wan College sextette. Misses For
rest DeLano, Martha Yates Sey
mour, Helen Edwards, Edith John
son, Bernice Ricks, and Lila Ward
Cooke.
Miss Ivey Gravette, as a repre-
,“Tentative faculty member and
friend of Miss Schaible, paid a
tribute to her in her private life.
She had been acquainted with var
ious members of the faculty for
seven years. They knew her in
more than her professional life.
She said that her professional life
was not the best part of her evv.n
though good. “She loved the love
ly things in life,” Miss Gravette
said. She a'nded that Miss Schaible
loved art, music, and literature as
well as mathematics which she
taught. She had studied music and
was the first one in the College to
purchase a radio in order that she
might hear her favorite music
which was symphony orchestra
and opera. Wagner was her fav
orite composer.
She spoke of her room in tlie
teachar's doiTnitory as evidence
of her love of good pictures. Slie
mentioned the one of John the
Baptist and a Venetian scene as
examples. Other good pictures in
her possession were not placed on
the wall.
Her tolerance with people and
her silence among criticism wa.s
attributed by Miss Gravette as-
very marked characteristic of
Miss Schaible. Her sympathetic
qualify and her ability to be con
fidential in friendship was the final
tribute paid by Miss Gravette.
Miss Martha Yates Seymour
spoke in behalf of the students.
She expressed their appreciation
of hte advice that she had gi\-en
students, her interest in studc!it
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