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THE CHOWANIAN
THE CHOWANIAN
EDITORIAL STAFF
Wilma Woolard
Gwendolyn Vann...
Editor-in-Chief
..Associate Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
...Business Manager
Martha Seymour
...Advertising Manager
Mattie Gray Hoggard...
...Circulation Manager
REPORTERS
Alathenian Society
Lucalian Society
Senior Class
Maxine Fillyaw IIIZIZZZIIIII Junior Class
Pauline Byrum -
Johnston Hale- -
Ruby Edens
Evelyn Whitley...
Wilma Woolard...
Edith Johnson
...Freshman Class
,..B. S. U.
I
...President
COLLEGE DIRECTORY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Dr. R. R. ^ i+
Miss Valerie M. Schaible - D^an of the Faculty
Mrs. Mary Kennedy
Dr. A. G. Gillaspie..,.
Miss Dorothy Evans...
Dean of Women
Dean of Men
Librarian
STUDENT OFFICERS
Martha Seymour Pres, of Student ^ver^ent
Helen Edwards Pres of Lucahan ^le y
Ruth Taylor - Pres. o£_Alathenian ^Society
Ethel jones.
thought they are all working for
one thing—that of attaining the
step placed in front of them, what
ever this may be.
Government Aid To
Denominational School
.Pres, of Senior Class
of Junior Class
Marion Holloman - . r-i
Lillian Waldo - Pres, of Sophomore C ass
Lila Ward Cooke f^s. of Freshman^Class
Madeline Modlin.
Carmen Morgan....
Ruby Caudle,
Pres, of Baptist Student Union
Gen. Director of B. Y. P. U.
Pres, of Y. W. A.
Beatrice Martin..- Pres, of Student Life Service and Volunteer Band
PARAGRAPHICS
Rip Rahl Rah! Rah! Watch
those Chowan College teams go.
They can't compare with other
colleges in numbers; but don’t for
get that “they’ve got what other
teams ain’t got”—loyalty, pluck,
bravery,spirit, and they’re fighters
every one. Chowan is proud of
^ou, noble sons and daughters.
Girls! It isn’t April Fool, nor are
you dreaming, but it is the very
nicest of Christmas gifts to the
College—a gravelled street leading
to the entrance of Chowan Col
lege. It was quite a pleasant sur
prise for the students as they re
turned after tne nolidays.
The fire department of Mur
freesboro has recently enlarged its
equipment. Fire drills have been
ordered to be held at regular inter
vals. The College has also been
offered the service of the Are de
partment at any time. This will
prove to be a definite asset to the
town and College.
May be everybody wasn’t
to be back at Chowan after the
holidays, but if they were not,
then there is something wrong
with the theory that the face ex
presses the feeling of the inner
man.
B. S. U. COLUMN
You must be truthful and honest
—you must know what is true in
order to do what is right. You
must tell the truth without fear.
You must be honest in all your
thoughts. Urftess you are honest
you cannot have self respect.
LOOKING FORWARD
A new semester in a new year
■with opportunities is offered to
each of us. What will we make of
it? What will it bring to us? Our
attitude and work will to a large
extent answer these questions for
each of us. It will bring sorrow
to us with the departure of our
fellow students; while it offers us
joy in w?lcoming new faces. This
new semester also determines and
seals the last chapter in the happy
life at Chowan for the seniors be
fore they tread the new trails in
life. So we look forward to new
adventures.
If your luck isn’t what it should
be and you fail your exams, put
“P ’ before it and CONTINUE TO
TRY.
Those who try to do some thing
and fail are bigger than those who
try to do notking and succeed.
If you are looking for faults, use
a mirror instead of a microscope.
Men and Women are divided in
to two classes: “lifters” and “lean-
ers.”
There is only about one lifter to
every twenty-five learners. The
students of Chowan College are di
vided into the same two classes.
In what class are you? And if you
are a '‘leaner" are you one of
those critical ones?
Character is a diamond which
scratches every other stone.—Sel
ected.
As the Christmas vacation end
ed each person came back to
school looking forward to the end
of the school term. However, in
each person’s mind there was quite
a different thought—a different
goal loomed up toward which they
were working.
The freshmen came in with the
thought that there would be only
one more semester of being classed
as “little greenies”, one more
■ emester of having to study hard
freshmen subjects (for, of course,
sophomore subjects are lots easier).
One more semester until they
would have the chance to do unto
other freshmen what the sophs
did to them.
The sophs may have a slightly
different viewpoint. They are
thinking of only the joys which
accompany their ascension into
juniordom. Everything ahead in
junior land looks rosy. There is
the choice of some subjects, the
choice of what definite course to
take, the junior-senior banquet
and getting “little sisters”.
The juniors have not yet had
time to look any further into the
future to view their joys. They are
still so encompassed by junior
duties that they are quite satisfied.
During the year they have been
forded at times to think of the
seniors, though, and some of their
privileges. There is the banquet
that we will get to enjoy. Next
year light permission and maybe
chaperone once in a while.
However, the seniors have al
ready looked into the future
numerous times to see what it
holds for them. They see ahead
the broad fields of life which some
times is not quite so filled with
pleasures as college life. They see
the dawning of a new period in
their lives when they go forth as
independent men and women. No
lortger cah they think of another
carefree year but they must now
face things dependent only on
themselves.
All have their goals—each of
them different but in the final
In the past year we have heard
various cricticisms concerning the
N. Y. A. and other efforts of our
government to give aid to denomi
national schools. A few have spok
en their convictions which are to
this effect: A denominational
school is a relative of the church
and is fostered by the church,
therefore the aid given by the gov
ernment is a breach of the dos-
trine of separation of church and
state. This has been the focal
point of the controversy. But
thoughtful individuals cannot but
ask: What does this church doc
trine really mean? Is it really
wrong for denominational colleges
to accept aid from the govern
ment?
The Master made the proper
distinction. He said, “Render unto
Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
(the government), and unto God
the things that are God’s” the
church). For ever it must be re
membered that the two are neces
sary and useful, but useful only
as they cooperate, not unite. De
moralization, decay, and ineffect
iveness mark the sad plight of the
government - controlled church.
Certainly, in its true sense, the
doctrine of separation of church
and state is logical.
But we cannot see where the
government aid to denominational
schools is a breach of this doc
trine. The writer knows of no
denominational college which does
not receive some considerable sup
port outside of its denomination.
He does know, however, of a num
ber that receive the greater part
of their support from outside
sources. Many colleges have been
permitted to make good use of
government money by beautifying
and improving their campuses.
Students have been able to secure
a college education because of go'’-
ernment aid. After all, whose
money is it? Is it not money tax
payers have given, coming back
through the government agencies?
We believe the government has
done a commendable thing in in
stituting a program whereby the
college youth of the land has been
given an opportunity to earn hon
estly an education,—an opportunity
to equip themselves for life, and
whereby our educational ins'titu-
tions, denominational or otherwise,
can be improved.
The new year opened with the
issuing of the B. S. U. Reveille, a
bulletin published by State head
quarters and distributed among
local B. S. U. Councils. The first
issue begins by summoning North
Carolina Baptists to wake up to
Christ. Contributing editors will
be the local B. S. U. reporters who
will write about the work of their
campus B. S. U’s
In January inventory is taken
of all the B. S. U. work of the past
year. Definite improvements have
been found, but higher standards
may be still reached.
A. B. S. U. Planning Conference
is to be held Saturday, January
30,, at Meredith College, Raleigh,
N. C. Approximately 20 students
of North Carolina, along with stu
dent leaders, will be present at this
meeting. Lowell Sodeman, State
Stewardship Chairman, and Made
line Modlin, local B. S. U. presi
dent from Chowan College are ex
pecting to attend.
Miss Ruih Taylor, first vice pre
sident of the B. S. U. Council, pre
sided at the general meeting of the
B. S. U. in Chapel Thursday morn
ing, January 7. Martha Yates
Seymour conducted the devotion
al after which a short business ses
sion was held. Due to the resigna
tion of Helen Edwards as evening
watch leader, Pauline Byrum was
elected to fill her place. Frances
Edwards made a talk to the stu
dents explaining the plan, the
purpose, and the history of B. S.
U. She also explained the exist
ence and duties of the present lo
cal B. S. U.
the Y. W. A. did at Christmas
time. She also announced plans
for more personal service during
the New Year.
There will be no more B. S. U.
Saturday night socials until after
examinations.
BOOKWORM
The Studefit Life Service and
Volunteer Band held its first meet
ing for the year 1937 Wednesday
night, January 6. The program
was the study of “The Model
Prayer” in four versions of the
Bible. Bible Study programs
have proved to be the most inter
esting type of program to .students
in the Volunteer Band.
OPEN FORUM
(Editor’s Note: Such sarcasm as
this, is wha tthe students would
like’to place in their Open Forum,
this, is what the students would
it is from a senior.)
The moon and the sun had a
quarrel about which should shine
on Chowan College the longer. The
working students followed the ex
ample of Joshua and commanded
the sun to stand still. Then the
courting students commanded the
moon to stand still. So the moon
and the sun began to quarrel. They
had a tie and had to settle it by
a compromise. So day came halt
the time and night the other half.
But some working people whose
sympathy was with the working
students mastered electricity and
made the night as light as day so
that students could work all night
if they needed to. But there was
one more obstacle in the way. Stu
dents have to sleep sometimes,
whetheer Mrs. Kennedy makes
them do it or not. In fact, they
ought to sleep at least one-third of
their life. So .the student began to
investigate. He went to see a
farmer who had broken his mule
from eating to see if he knew how
to break man from sleeping.
The farmer said yes, he did
break his mule from eating, but
about the time he got him broke
the mule died.
This is just a warning to seniors
who think they need to sit up all
night and other Chowan students
who have more work than they
can do in one day.
“Now” is an ideal time to sub
scribe to the Baptist-Student. You
mav get 6 issues, froiin January to
June, for 50c. In the January
number Dr. John L. Hill says,
“The sorriest sight that encumbers
a college campus is a purposeless
student.” In the same number is
an article on public speaking that
every student will want to read.
It was written by Miss Dee Wil
liams, English and Speech Instruc
tor of Stetson University.
Ovie Liverman and Elizabeth
Howard participated in a Student
service at their church in Ahoskie
during the holidays.
Volunteer Service week was ob
served from January 10-17 in B.
T. U., and in morning and Evening
Watch. A volunteer “Who am I?”
program was given in general as
sembly in B. T. U. Sunday night,
January 10. Various students took
charge of the morning and even
ing devotional service using “Vol
unteer Service” as the (heme of
their talks.
We’re not suggesting that you
have leisure time on your hands,
but did you ever take a few min
utes off just to wander about the
library shelves to see what you
could find? If so, you have un
doubtedly seen many books which
did not interest you at all, and
perhaps a few that did.
The book-worm decided the
other day that it was time for him
to see what was abroad; so he
crawled from his usual corner and
took a turn about the library.
Creeping from one place to anoth
er, he found a number of things
to interest him. Some made him
laugh, some made him cry, and
some almost scared him to death.
For instance, those two books
containing the San Francisco
earthquake and fire are all that
the most confirmed excitement
hunter could wish for. Fascinat
ing are the accounts of the terrify
ing incident, accompanied by lurid
illustrations of destruction and
liorror-stricken people. The book
worm gazed and read until he
quaked with fear, then hurried on
to the next shelf.
Are you, by chance, planning an
ocean voyage for next summer?
If so, the library offers you com
plete travel instructions', which the
bookworm found in the “Hand
book for European and Oriental
Travelers”, published by the
United States Express Company in
1896. Of course the ladies will be
wondering what to wear, and here
it is: “A dress of dark blue flann?l,
serge or waterproof cloth, with a
jacket of the same material will^
be found serviceable and appro
priate. A little lead or shot in the
hem of the dress is desirable on
account of the wind at sea, while
thick veils and close fitting hats
are necessary for the same rea
son.” We are sure that alert
Chowanians will take note of this
fashion hint and act accordingly.
If you go in for romance and
sentiment, we have the very book
for- you—one with a particularly
touching title, “Wanted—A Chape
ron”, by Paul Leicester Ford. Here,
you will be delighte dnot only by
the story, but by the many illus
trations by Howard . Chandler
Christy, with which it is enhanced.
Along with this book, the book
worm recommends the close per
usal of some poems entitled “Our
Girl”, also fully illustrated by
Howard Chandler Christy. You
shouldn’t miss these pictures,
which in the gay nineties were at
the height of popularity, and
which represented the “typical
American girl”.
The B. T. U. study course is
scheduled for the first week in
February. Mr. John Link, pastor
of Cashie Baptist Church at Wind
sor, N. C., will tsach the seniors
at the college. More definite ar
rangements will be announced la
ter.
The Y. W. A. under the leader
ship of Ruby Caudle, gave a very
interesting “New Year's program,”
Monday night, January 11. The
program was conducted by Flor
ence Ward, who led the devotional
also. Ruby Caudle made a talk
on “Overcoming Disappointment
Develops Character.” A poem
“Courage is Red; Faith Is Gold”
was read by Mary Alice Williams.
Edith Evans gave a talk, “God
Leads at Both Sides.” Ruby Edens
told a story, “A Girl Found During
His Will,” which was written by
Mrs. Una Roberts Lawrence.
After the program, Edith Evans,
personal service chairman report
ed on the personal service which
COLLEGE LIFE
CoUege life, ain’t it a pain?
Everything to give and nothing to
gain
Tis too much work and too little
play.
But I guess while the sun shines
we better make hay.
It’s carry these books, ’t'A I’m
right sore
If twan’t for a pity I’d tell you
some more
I’ve always desired to make an A
And the highest I get is a C any
way.
Study real hard and go to class,
Forget it all ’cause it just won't
last
Until I spill it out in a sensible
way.
Yes, there's entirely too much to
learn in one day.
When I get to be a teacher and
getting big pay,
I'll stand before the pupils and
then I'll say
“I didn’t like lessons when I was
young.
So you’re excused kids, since the
bell has rung.”
—Frances Edwards, '39.