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THE CHOWANIAN
EOITORIAL STAFF
Gwendolyn Vann.
Journalism Class
Editor-in-Chief
...Associate Editors
Martha Seymour.
Helen Edwards,
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager
_ _ Advertising Manager
Lowell Sodeman Assistant Advertising Managei
Mattie Gray Hoggard — Circulation Manager
REPORTERS
Evelyn Whitley Alathenian Society
Wilma Woalard Lucalian Society
Edith Johnson Senior Class
Maxine Fillyaw...
..Junior Class
Pauline Byrum - Sophomore Class
Johnston Hale - - Freshman Class
Then, there were their friends.
Why, it was just the day to feel
romantic. You remember the old
proverb carries this thought—in
the spring a young man’s fancy
lightly turns to the thoughts of
love, but what’s the use. The
“would -be-daisies” were only in
mates because of an age old cus
tom that must not be broken even
for one short day.
Maybe this hour was necessary
for the girls in former days to get
their beauty sleep but our modern
girls see no need for sleep. So,
come what may and who ever may
they are, only shut ins longing
for a little bit of freedom.
SCIENCE NOTES
Ruby Edens...
,.,B. S. U.
COLLEGE DIRECTORY
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Dr. R. R. McCulloch._ - President
E. B. Lewis - Dean of the Faculty
Mrs. Mary Kennedv Dean of Women
R. F. Fehrman - Dean of Men
Miss Dorothy Evans - - — Librarian
STUDENT OFFICERS
Martha Seymour - Pres, of Student Government
Helen Edwards Pres, of Lucalian Society
Ruth Taylor - - Pres, of Alathenian Society
Ethel Jones — Pres, of Senior Class
Marion Holloman Pres, of Junior Class
Edith Evans...
...Pres, of Sophomore Class
Lila Ward Cooke - Pres, of Freshman Class
Madeline Modlin - _...Pres. of Baptist Student Union
Carmen Morgan Gen. Director of B. Y. P. U.
Ruby Caudle. - - - Pres, of Y. W. A.
Beatrice Martin Pi-es. of Student Life Service and Volunteer Band
PARAGRAPHICS
Spring is here and how do we
know?
The little birdies have told me so.
The winter has been so mild that
some of us could tiot realize that
spring is really here; so the birds,
trees and flowers are singing it all
around.
Society Day went off with a
bang. It was a real holiday, but j
every rose has its thorn. The next i
day’i classes were a colossal flop.
Speaking of beauties,, Chowan
really has them. After the recept
ion on Society Day it was remark
ed that all of Chowan’s girls
should have been sent to Boykins
to the Beauty show.
i there isn’t so much we can do
f now, but by our spirit we can
show others what we think of
I Chowan.
Come on, Students, in the time
of her need—let us stand behind
our Alma Mater. She needs us and
I we need her. She has done and
! will continue to do her part. Let us
; do ours.
The long looked for spring holi
days are almost here. Some of
our impatient students will soon
have no more days to check off
th« calendar. After the holidays,
then what? One more quarter and
it wiil all be over.
Since in the spring of the year
•the young man’s fancy turns to
love, if the beautiful weather con
tinues, classes will probably have
to be discontinued.
SCHOOL SPIRIT
Chowan is facing a critical time
in her history and what she needs,
as much as anything else, is the
wlKile hearted support of her stu
dent body.
Frc-m the time she was founded
in 1848, she has never closed her
dears. She has filled her place
well in this section of the state,
giving Northeastern North Caro
lina an educational center. By her
, presence here, she has given many
students a chance at a college edu
cation when otherwise they would
■ nevei’ have received one. She has
been a blessing to many and those
blessed love her for her service;
Through all tlie yeai's she has been
supported by the people in this
section of the ^tate and her stu
dents.
Chowan alwaj’s has been known
especially for the splendid spirit of
her student body. Visitors at the
collego have gone away comment
ing cn the unusual spirit of the
Chowan students. Those who have
come in contact with the student
body lor any purpose whatever
have been well pleased with their
spirit.
, We all know that none of us have
any desire to go anywhere else to
' schccl. We can not feature going
to any other place. Of course.
OLD FOR NEW^
Spring is a season of changes,
in nature and in the college world.
The old gives place to the new in
all phases of life.
In the country the decayed
plants of last year are being done
away with to make way for the
new ones of this year. The fields
are being prepared for the new
year’s crops.
In town and country alike the
trees are covering their bare limbs
with new foliage, The shrubs are
budding and blooming. The flow
ers are beginning to appear.
Everywhere new life is appearing
to take the place of dead winter.
Not only in nature do we find
changes. At Chowan there are
quite a few changes being made.
Spring is the time for old officers
to step out and give their places to
new ones. Fresh spirits are tak
ing the place of those who have
grown weary in the service.
As the old Student Government
officers give up their positions, we
extend to them our appreciation
for what thej’ have done. They
have done their best and we are
grateful for it.
As the new officers take over
their duties, we challenge them to
rise to new heights of service and
to do their very best. We pledge
our cooperation in the work they
are to do.
So, as the changes of Spring in
nature and in college life take
place, may they all lead to a big
ger a'nd better year for everyone.
QVIET HOUR
Jailed from the beautiful sun
shine, jailed from people, jailed
from everywhere—that’.3 what
Chowan students thought and felt
on Sunday afternoon, March 21.
Peeping from behind prison bars
sat the inmates of Chowan College
between the hours of 1:30 and 3:00
i o’clock. They were just longing
to get out from under the old roof,
just for one brief moment, to taste
■ the beautiful warm Sun. which for
' the lirst Sunday in quite a long
! while had .‘fhown upon the earth.
I Longing was all the.y could do. for
I tradition said quiet hour must be
’ observed.
As civilization continues to de
velop, we become more aware of
the importance of chemistrjj and
its relation to human progress. We
see chemistry in everything we
eat, drink, touch or wear. We are
more dependent upon chemistry
every day in the fields of medi
cine, agriculture, and industry.
The great impetus given to
chemistry in the field of industry
is caused by the depletion or near
ing depletion of natural resources,
whereby tlie arts of chemistry are
called upon to replace or supplant
these natural resources for the
manufactured products.
The textile and tobacco indus
tries are leading at present in the
South but a new industry has
arisen, which will perhaps give the
South a position in world leader
ship tor the manufacture of paper
from pine W'ood pulp, by making
use of the vast natural resources
of pine wood. The pioneer in
vestigator in the manufacture of
paper from pine wood pulp is Dr.
Charles H. Herty of Savannah.
Cellulo.se fibers from wood
are used mainly in two forms: (1)
aife ground wood, which is merely
finely divided wood without puri
fication; (2) in the form of chem
ical pulp, of which there are two
kinds: (a) the soda pulp made by
chipping thfiA'ood, freeing it from
the non-cellulose portion by boil
ing with a solution of cauptic soda;
(b) sulfite pulp, made by chipping
and treeing the wood from the
non-cellulose portion by boiling it
with a solution of calcium bisul
fite. The latter type of pulp we
shall consider.
The logs are first freed of the
bark and are then cliipped in
chipping machines into chips
about 1-2 inch thick and 1-4 inch
long. The chips are then loaded
into cylindrical steel digestors.
each digestor being about 15 feet
in diameter by 50 feet tall and
holding about 28 cords of wood
when loaded, the yield of pulp be-
, ing about 15 tons per digester. The
j sulfite luquid is run in and the
cooking process begun, which lasts
about 10 1-2 hours. After cooking
the pulp is blown out through the
bottom into a false bottom pit, and
reduced to small clusters by strik--
ing against a 'bronze target. The
sulfite liquor drains off through
the bottom of the pit, and the re
maining pulp is washed until free
of the sulfite liquid, screened, and
bleeched with calcium hypochlor
ite solution.
After washing free from the
chemical solution, the white pulp
is taken to the beaters where it is
freed from lumps, and where the
sizing material, the clay, and later
aluminum sulfate solution are ad
ded and the whole made homo
geneous.
Next, the pulp is taken to a
machine, called the conical re
finer, where the fibers are separ
ated and cut, and persisting fiber
clusters broken up.
From the conical refiner, the pulp
suspension is pumped to the top
• of the paper making machine,
I diluted with water from previous
; portions, and passed through a
; rctary shaking screen, by which
the fibers are meshed into each
other, thus giving strength to the
! paper. A.s tlie thin pufp sheet is
carried down the screen, the wa-
, ter is pressed out between couch
rollers. From the couch roller.;,
. the wet sheet is carried by felt
! over a great number of warm and
i hot drying cylinder.; to evaporate
: the rest ot the water. From the
i drying cylinders, the paper is giv
en a smooth surface by passing the
dried sheets over six rollers, three
of felt to carry the paper, and
three of smooth iron heated by
steam.
The paper is suitable for making
books.
Ti. S. U. COLUMN
Mr. M. T. Moye, principal of the
Murfreesboro High School, sang
and talked in Chapel Thursday
morning, March 4. He sang “Un
til”, and talked on “Teaching as
a Vocation” which the students en
joyed and appreciated very much.
During a short business session
of the program the recommenda
tion of the nominating committee
of the B. S. U. Council was pre
sented to the student body and the
report was adopted. The names of
the candidates for office will be
posted two weeks before the elec
tion, which is to take place in
April.
“Two Masters”, a one-act play
which was to be presented at the
regional B. T. U. Convention at
Elizabeth City by Chowan College
B. T. U. March 12, was substituted
by "A Soldier of the Cross”, a
two-act play which was coached
by Ruby Edens and presented at
the college Friday, February 26,
as a great success. Tiie B. T. U.
is making further plans to present
the same ’play at the Hertford
County W .M. U. meeting at Ahos-
kie Wednesday, March 24, and at
the regional B. T. U. Convention
at Lumberton Friday, March 26.
The theme of the play is, “He that
shall gain his life shall lose it, and
wliosoever shall lose his life for
my sake shall find it.”
EM EM ADVKE
Dear Senior:-
Ever since I have been in col
lege I have been going with the
same boy. He is just as fine as
he can be and I hope to marry
him when I finish school, but I
did want a gay romance before I
graduate and before I marry.
There's no hopes for any romance
with my regular friend of course,
because he is so very responsible
that he works like a clock to me.
I always know what to expect. If
I had a chance to date the most
perfect Romeo on the campus
should I risk my friendship with
my old lover in order to experi
ence this gay romance I have al
ways wanted?
BLONDETTA.
Dear Blondetta:-
It is better to dream of a gay
romance all your life than it is to
have the romance and dream of
marrying all your life. Even
clocks stop sometimes and never
work right again. Your lover
might be that kind. Who knows?
EM EM.
Norman L. Blythe won first
place in a oratorical contest at the
Regional B. T. U. Convention in
Elizabeth City. It was an original
talk, five-minutes long on “Faith
Produces Works.” The winners in
this contest receives a trip to the
B. T. U. session at Ridgecrest in
June. Norman L. entertained tHe
group attending B. T. U. Sunday
night, March 21, with this same
talk.
The B. S. U. Council at Wake
Forest College has volunteered to
become the center of work for a
Ridgecrest project for the state of
North Carolina. One plan is to
make a large map of Norht Caro
lina with every college represented
by an electric blub. They are also
proposing a six fool scrap book
made on a wooden slat frame of
which Chowan College B. S. U.
Council is approving.
Mi.ssion Study Week is being
held during the month of March.
The regular Mission study course
was held here in the fall but an
other book “Follow Me” by Una
Roberts Lawrence will be taught
through the evening watch ser
vices under the direction of Ruby
Caudle, Y. W. A. leader and Paul
ine Byrum, evening watch leader.
Dear Em Em:-
I am only a freshman, but I give
myself credit for being very prac
tical minded. One of the Chowan
boys has been going with me all
the year and I think he is woryder-
ful. My only objection to him is
that he insists on telling me that I
am beautiful when I have common
sense enough to know it is not
true. Do you think he is shooting
me a line?
SUSPICIOUS.
Dear Suspicious:-
I There is nothing wrong with
j your friend except that he is in
love with you and not poetic
enough to tell you about it in a
different way. His mechanical de
scription of you should fit in beau
tifully with your practical minded
ness. Just hold out at it until
your’re a senior—if you can.
Dear Em Em:-
Almost every man I see on Cho
wan campus I fall in love with,
but whenever I get a chance to
date one he loses his attraction for
me. I like to study a great deal,
but I like to date sometimes too.
And yet, I never enjoy dating like
the other girls do, and I seldom
have the second date with the
same one. Should I try to be
more friendly with the boys?
Co-ed.
Dear Co-ed :-
! No, Co-ed. I would not force
myself to like anyone. You re
member that the writer of “Enter
the Hero” said that it is not the
; man but the idea of the man that
I make some girls pretend to be in
love when they re not. You arc
evidentally a girl of this type. You
will always enjoy the idea more
than you will the man.
EM EM.
The regular Saturday night so
cial was sponsored by Ruby Cau
dle, the Y. W. A. leader, Saturday
night, March 20. The large group
of students who attended were
entertained by games conducted
by Ruby, after which a short Eas-
I ter egg hunt was held in the Ala
thenian Society hall. Johnny
• Willey won the prize for finding
■ the most eggs. A hot-chocolate
. course was served as refresh
ments.
Plans for student prayer meet
ings concerning the future of Cho
wan College were made in the B.
S. U. Council meeting, Thursday
\ March 18. Group prayer meet
ings will be held in the dormitory
^ under the direction of Mattie Gray
! Hoggard, devotional Chairman ot
the B. S. U. Council and Eleanor
Daniels, Morning watch leader.
Norman L. Blyth? will direct mass
prayer meetings of the students. It
was planned to have these meet
ings once a week until April 16
when Chowan Day will be held at
the college again in order to decide
on it.5 future. It is hoped that stu-
I dent cooperation will be encourag-
; ing to the people of the two Cho
wan A.'sociations.
Dear Em Em:-
When I came to Chowan I was
in love with two girls at home.
Since I have come here I have
met another girl w'hom I like very
much. I have always travelled a
great deal and have met many girls
that way. About two weeks ago I
went' to a nearby town and saw
three of my girl friends working
in the same store, so I came out
without buying anything. A week
later my friend at Chowan went
with me to another town and we
ran into a rather persistent girl
whom I used to like and she put
me in some embarrassing situa
tions. Please do not think me
conccited. I am only saying that
the affair is getting complicated
and it shows poor business man
agement on my part. Will you
please tell me what to do?
SOPH.
Dear Soph:-
When you go out to show
yourself, and you're look
ing fine and gay.
You'll have to take your dog
along, to keep the girls
away.
EM EM.