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THE CHOWANIAN
Volume III No. 1 October 30, 1951
Chowan College, Murfreesboro, N. C.
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DR. MIXON OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED
Dr. Mixon Delivers Inaugural
Address Before Students,
Alumni And Friends
DK. F. ORION MIXON
Others have laboured and we
enter into their labours. It was
on this day, 103 years ago, when
the Baptists of South Eastern
Virginia and North Eastern Nortli
Carolina, came together and op
ened Chowan Baptist Female in
stitute. The original plant, now
the Woman’s Club, building of
Murfreesboro, was purchased for
the sum of $1,225.00, The first
student body niiabfilli: eleven,
and Dr. Archit^ ^i^McDowell
was the first prest)Sett6,;We pause
to express our gralitiiae' to God
for MctWwell, Forey. Hooper,
Brewer, petty, Scarborough, Line-
berry, Vann. Weaver, Burrell;
Edwards McCulloch. Carrick, r ,
Dudley, and Bunn, who have la- > 1^'
boured, and into whose labours
we now enter. Without them
and what they did we could not
go forward.
Greetings Brought To
Dr. Mixon And College
At ten thirty o’clock on Octo
ber 11. 1951 Miss Dorothy Ballin
ger began to play the prelude.
The members of the college glee
club filed into their places and
the Academic Procession started.
down to the cafeteria
lunch was spread. '
Many of Chowan’s oldest
alumni attended the inauguration
of Dr. Mixon. Among them was
Mrs. Pattie Bowers li'mball of
Henderson, North Carolina. Mrs.
The results of the training re
ceived. and the character built
on this campus, have blessed our
world, and especially that part
of it where our graduates have
gone to live. In the words of a
Virginia pastor. W'ho recently
visited our campus, this can be
expressed. He said, “Wherever a
Chowan graduate is, one finds
I a woman of culture, character, !
; and deevotion to the Lord, busily
I engaged in her church, seeking'
j to bring in the Kingdom of God.” ■
I Our college today has no greater : ^
asset, than the loyalty and co-
I operation of those who have stu- , -
I died with us in other days. [ |
where ' have found true the state-
j ment of a North Carolina pastor,
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Miss Marjorie Perry headed this eighty-nine years old,
procession. Next cafe Dr. Mixon,
honored guests, members of the
board of trustees, and the facul
ty and staff of Chowan. It was
the beginning minutes of the In- j
augural Program to install Dr,
P. O. Mixon as official president
of Ohowan College.
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Dr. Winston Pierce of Durham,
who said, "There is -no college
more in the hearts of the peo
ple who love it than Chowan.” i
This is a tremendous asset that
the college has today, and we
pause to expres o'.’.r apprecia
tion for it, and earnestly to sol
icit your continued devotion and
cooperation. Thus we express our
gratitude for the past.
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Warren F. Taylor pastor, oi |
the Murfree'boro Baptist Church
and the college chaplin gave the
invocation.
The present is filled with as-
I The Alathenian Literary So-; ‘^e
Pf ' iety began the year by
' party for the freshmen. The party i
was given in th Alathenian So- I
ciety Hall on Friday night, Sep-
Above is a campus scene of the pines as you walk down PineDrive
Anne Kasseitiite Y.W.A.
Organized Again
The first Y._W. A. meeting was
held on October 2, 1951, with
Then there were greetings
from; Hoyt Blackwell, President
of Mars Hill College; Ben Fisher,
Associate to the President of
Gardner-Webb College; C. C.
Burrus, President of Wingate
College; Leslie H. Campbell,
President of'Campbell College, W.
K. McGee, Head of the DePar-
ment of Religion, Nurses School
of Baptist Hospital; H. W. Trib
ble, President of Wake Forest
College; Carlyle Campbell, Pres
ident of Meredith; S. L. Staley,
President of South Eastern Bap
tist Seminary; Jesse P. Bogue,
Executive Secretary of the Am
erican Association of Junior Col
leges; Curtis B. Bishop, President
of Averett College, and repre-
senting the Virginia Baptist As
sociation, J. G. Hammett, Associ
ate to the Executive Secretary of
.r.vino a I immediate past, friends of Cho- i „ . ^ . . . , „
a I Chowan and ; Barbara Guyton m charge of the
West Chowan Associations, al- I ,, ,,
though many outside the bord- ( t
■ PI'S of these a-wnciatinnQ narti 1 on October 23, 19d1. At this meet-
tember 14. The program featured , ^ in th^ ries to .pp ' -Miss Hilda Mayo, State
Josephine Futrell and John Long j ^ desire to see Younp people’s Secretary sDoke
drama-It?." ‘he servant of the |
Kingdom of God again, to repair
soloists, James Gillikin
tist, Rex Gardner pianist, group
singing and games.
Following “Rush Week” we had
16 students to join on Sept«nber
25 making a total of 24 Alathen-
ian members. A short business
meeting was held that niglit. The
new meanbers were welcomed
ani given requirements for inia-
tions to be October 1. There were
special dress :(;quirments with a
parade up town in the afternoon.
All new members had to show
grat respect for the old
and 'Put in shape these buildings,
more than a quarter million dol
lars. In addition to this, they
have come again and again to
the rescue of the college in sup
plementing its operational bud
get. Thus we have, today, a lov
ely campus, and buildings, in
adequate, though in good repair.
As we look at the present, it
is with a sense of pride that W'e
belong to a family. We pause to
, , , say that the word ‘family’ is
members and perform ser- richest words in our
language. It expre'sses for us the
vices for them. Each new
member had a special and un
usual task to perform sometime
during the day.
With Miss Jo Keeter as advisor
and Maybelle Bryant, president.
to the group after the regular
program. After the meeting. Miss
Mayo held individual conferences
with each officer and committee
chairman.
Last year the Anne Hasseltine
Y. W. A. of Chowan College was
one of three A-1 college YWA
organizations in North Carolina.
We hope to maintain that record
this year.
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most meaningful of our relation- ,
ships. Our family is composed of
eight, and what a family it is—
Wake Forest. Meredith. Mars Hill,
,, -- I . , , . I Campbell, Gardner - Webb, Win-
the ^uth Carolina Baptist Con-' *he^Alathenians are liking for-j rpj,g school of Nursing, and
vention; and C. G. Maddrey,\^ successful year.
Second Vice President of the
North Carolina Baptist Conven--
tion.
Robert H. Woodland of the
Faculty of Chowan College and
Claude Gaddy, Executive Secre
tary of the council on Christian
Education of the North Carolina
Baptist Convention also brought
greetings to Chowan and to Dr.
Alixon.
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Association to
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Chowan. This family is rich in
heritage and assets. It has friends
in more than 2800 churches, and
about 700.000 individuals in the
churches who are doing a re
markable work in praying for it,
and supporting it With nearly
$400,000,00 annually, and send-
The Lucalian Society began its
year by giving the Freshman a
party in their society hall. Games
were played and special music
was rendered by Lottie Ross.
President Brinson Paul called
the first meeting of the year to
discuss plans for “Rush Week”
and initiations. Also the commit
tees fOr the year were appointed.
We have twenty new members
who experienced a vfry fantastic
but enjoyable initiatioh.
Officrs for the year are: Brin
son Paul, President; Hobson
to become leaders among us. The
The Hertford County Historical I Baptist State Convention of
Association will meet in the aud- North Carolina is discovering the
T’v.o /-.I 1, * of Chowan College at ineaning of this familv of schools.
The Glee Club of Chowan then 7:30 on October 31, 1951. Dr. one of the laws of family life
T. E. Brown, chairman of the is that the child in the family
association will be in charge of _ who is the weakest receives the
the program. Mr. Richard Walier ' help and constant support of the
ing their young people to study , Turner, Vice-President; Nephie
CroE'S, Secretary; ponald Rose,
Treasurer; and Erls Eure, Repor-
eave its first public appearance
for this year. They sang a modern
work. Jubilate Deo. The glee
club is under the direction of
Miss Ballinger again this year.
H. W. Tribble, president of
Wake Forest Collese, gave the
address of the morning. He spoke
on "Christian Education in A
World Crisis."
The induction of the President
■was performed by Walter Evans,
head chairman of the board of
trustees, followed by the inaugu
ral prayer which was given by
Mr. Creech.
Dr. Mixon delivered his speech
to an almost fuU auditorium. He
spoke on the history of the in
stitution and his hopes and plans
for the next f"itr years at Cho-
wan.
All who attendci then moved
wUl be the speaker
Mr. Waller is Head of the Eng
lish Department at North Caro
lina State College. He has writ
ten several books about North
Carolina among them is “North
Carolina Poems.”
Dr. Brown, a resident of Mur
freesboro, lives on the Murfrees-
boro-Ahoskie highway. His home
is called The Cedars.
Mrs. Dare Boone who is the
wife of Judge Boone of Winton
will also be on hand for the oc
casion. Mrs. Boone is secretary
fr the association. Mrs. H H.
Babb of Murfreesboro is histor
ian
All students, staff, and faculty
are invited to attend the meeting.
stronger members of the family.
Recently there came under my
observation an interesting bit of
American History. One of the
substantial families of an adjoin
ing state — the mother, father,
and six children, happy in their
family life, and blessed with a
sufficient amount of wealth, was
exceedingly saddened when one
of the most lovely of the girls
was stricken with polio. But that
family. In their devotion and loy
alty to each other, immediately
set out to help the weakened
child. The devotion of that fam
ily to that girl is rich in Christ
ian heritage. The children sac-
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Meetings are held every second
and fourth Tuesdays at 4:15 p.m.
in the Lucalian Society Hall. Any
girl day sti’dent who would like
to join this organization is exten
ded an invitation.
The Anne Hasieltine Y. W. A.
is off to a fine start this year
with every dormitory girl a mem
ber.
Officers for this year are as fol
lows: Betty Keen, president; Eris
Eure, vice-president; Marjorie
Perry, secretary and treasurer;
Lib Slate, pianist; and Ms. Thig
pen, counselor, with Mrs. Keeler
assistant counselor.
The Y. W. A. Council is com
posed of the officers and the
committee chaiixnen. The com
mittee chairmen are; Enlistment
Chairman, Eris Eure; Program
Chairman, Barbara Guyton;
Stewardship Chaiman, Sue Perry;
Publicity chairman, Lottie Ross;
Mission Study Chairman, Jose
phine Futrell; Community Miss
ions Chairman, Rogeania Hugh
es, Music Chairman, Lib Slate
and Social Chairman, Nephie
Cross.
Girls Look
Forward to Brown
Lady's Visit
The freshmen girls are looking
forward to the annual return of
the Brown Lady. They have
heard that it is a somewhat ter
rifying experience for it is usual
ly on Halloween. When she finds
you, she gives some frig'hlful
commands to do horrible deeds
that scare even the boldest
freshmen.
The Brown Lady was once a
student at Chowan. She was very
much In love with one of the
professors, but he would hardly
notice her. In her delirium she
jumped from her window on
HaUoween Night. Wearing the
same brown dress, she returns
each year in search of her lover.
Her approach is announced by
the rattling of chains and weird
noises. She is usually first seen
coming from the direction of her
room which is on the top floor
over the president’s office.
Now that Halloween is just
No schedule has been arranged 1 around the corner, we know that
for the remainder of the year. i the Brcwn Lady is preparing for
ter.
Chapel Services
Chapel services are being held
twice a week this year. The ser
vices are at 10:30 on Tuesday and
Thui-sday. The Rev. Warren Tay
lor, Pastor of the Murfreesboo
Baptist Church is our chaplain.
So far this year we have had
the following speakers:
Dr. Mixon, President of Cho
wan.
Mr. Robert Woodland, Aca
demic Dean and Professor of
English.
Mr. Henry Reeves. Dean of
Men, and Professor of Matha-
matics.
Rev. Warren Taylor, Chaplain.
Rev. Oscar Creech. Associate to
the President.