' THECHOWANIAN
Published Monthly by the Students of
Chowan College
EDITOR JAMES GILLIKIN'
BUSINESS MAXAGER WILLIAM BRYANT
Religious Editor Marvin Gibson, Jr.
Copy Editor Richard Balier, Jr.
News Editor Bill Br»ti
Sports Editor Brinson Paul
Circulation Manager Donald Rose
Advisor R. H. Woodland
Reporters Marjorie Perry, Peggy Wiggins,
Pearl Edwards, Marjorie Jenkins, Betty Violet
Keen, James Gillikin, Richard Baker Jr..
Marvin Gibson. Bill Britt. Frinson Paul, Donald
Rose, Jackie Barnes, Lorene Bennett, John
Long.
Christ is The Answer
Christ can do for us what we cannot do
for ourselves. We can make our bodies clean
but only Christ can make our hearts clean.
■We may discipline our minds but only Christ
can deal with the problems of attitudes. By
resolutions and rules we may seek the good
life, but the secret of goodness is the Spirit of
Christ dwelling within us, purifying the
springs of thought, imagination and feeling.
We do not know ouselves as Christ knows
us. He is able to control our moods, Paul,
therefore, prays that we might know in our
inner life the wonderous power of Christ’s
Spirit; even to the point of being “filled with
all the fullness of God”.
Do not be deceived. God is not to be
sneered at. A man will reap just what he
sows. The man who sows to gratify his phy
sical cravings will reap destruction from them,
and the man who sows to the benefit will reap
eternal life from the Spirit. If vve confess our
sons, he is so faithful and just that he for
gives us our sins and cleanses us from all
unrighteousness.
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Reflection On
Chowan College
The whisp’ring pines praise God and tell
Of years gone by. The columns stand erect
• And mark the spot where countless youth
Fortell Our nations course. The bell still calls
to check the laughter of the halls, and w^lls
resound with wisdome, love, an dtruth. Small
squirrels play Among magnolias tall. Green
shrubs abound and flowers brightly bloom.
The great White Way Shines forth, a symbol
of God’s light as found Always! In diapei
talks and walks each day. In years gone by
and days to come, we sound Her praise and
name her deeds. All know and say Her past
is great. Her present sure. Each year To
come will see yet greater works appear!
Robert H. Woodland
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I will accept Christ, who alone can make
and keep me pure within.
—Marvin L. Gihson Jr.
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The Future
Chowan College opened her doors this
year for the one hundred and third year to
the students of northeastern North Carolii;-!.
fThis year brought about many changes: some
good, some not so good, and sti’l others
which have to be tried.
V As we watch the autumn weather turn the
leaves of the trees on our campus to bright
colors of red, yeilow, and orange, we are re
minded of life and how quickly it passes. Just
a few weeks ago thesesame leaves were a
fcright shining green. Now they turn to the
i)right colors of autumn. In a few more wcek>-
they will be a dull brown and then as the fir.s:
lingers of Old Man Winter touch them they
will fall and be covered with a blanket ot
.snow.
■| And so is life — today we are here;
young, strong, happy, m the prime of life, and
then we before realize just what is takin;^
f)lace autumn is here aagain. Our hair turns
Jo silver and our skin wrinkles with age nd
then slowly but surely winter comes again and
M’e are placed beneath the snows of time.
Bit waiters
come and go, and still after one hundred and
three years she stands a shining light to the
young men and women of North Carolina. As
we begin this new year we wish to say but
one thing, "Longlive Chowan and all the ideas
of Christian living for which she stands.”
In the past Chowan has been somewhat
like a child who has been sick for a long per
iod of time. All the strength has been draii.ed
from the child by this terrible disease. Al-
through the winter the child has lain dormant
and fevered, but with the coming of spring a
new drug is discovered and the child begins
to throw off the disease which has been tak
ing the very life from him. By the summer
the child is completely well and is able to run
and play with the other children his age once
again.
We can look back and think of Chowan
during the war when funds and students
were so low that Chowan had to close its
doors. That, we think of as the winter when
the child was at its worst point. Then came
the discovery of the new drug. Some People
ask, “Will it work?’’ Many say it won’t. They
say there is not a chance for the child, that
surely it will die. But the drug is given and
what happens—the child recovers. We would
like to think of Dr. Mixon as the new drug
and Chowan as the child.Today many stand
at a distance and ask again, “Will it work?”
Even today manv standnd and say that it
surely thatwill not wor. They say that Cho
wan will close again and never again will it
open its doors to the students of this aiea.
But the drug has been given. Will it work?
We think it will.
Best of luck to you. Dr. Mixon and to
your fine staff and faculty. As to yon, the
students of Chowan, who for the first ti.r.e are
away from home and the things which are
dear to you, we wish to you luck and a very
happy stay at Dear Old Chowan.
EDITOR
All of my teachers were so willing to help
that I created a great admiration and respect
for each one of them.
Now, I find myself eager to come to
school each morning and hating to leave in
the afternoon. The friendships I have made
mean more to me than any others I have ever
known. It seems so easy to try to do your
very best, when you think that each profes
sor has an interest in you and wants to try to
help you.
In my opinion, we have the finest stud
ent body and the most kind, understanding,
and sympathetic professors that coui-i be
found in any school. Chowan has a co-opera
ting faculty an an excellent president. The
student body, as a whole, has a wonderful
school spirit.
Chowan has meant more td me than I
could ever express in words, I would never
think of going to any other school next year.
The faculty and student body have helped me
to appreciate my privilege of being able to
attend such a first-class school, Chowan shall
always hold first place in my heart. Here I
learned the true value of friendship.
—Jacqueline Barnes
Chowan's Carden
The college has started a garden this'year
with Mr. Ernest Connely in charge.
For the winter garden they have plant
ed cabbage, carrots, kale, turnip salad, spin
ach and radish. The spinach and radish were
planted last Friday and have already come up.
Mr. Connely said, “we do not expect to
get much out of the garden because the
ground hasn’t been cultivated in ten years, but
we are expecting a first-class garden this
spring.
The football boys are working the garden
and two of the boys are from the city and
have never had any previous experience with
gardening. The plowing labor was donated
by the Lions Club.
The football boys who work the garden
are Russell Gayle, KirbyEverett, Clifton Ray
King and Worth Croon.
What Chowan Has
Meant To Me
Last year I never thought that I ivould
continue my education at Chowan College, lor
in my opinion that was the last place to go. I
had set. my heart on going to Radford Col
lege, and I thought that nothing could be
finer than to be in the mountains in the fall
and winter. I was completely heartbroken
when I learned that my cousin was goi ig cc
drive to Murfreesboro every day and that I
would have to enroll as a day student at Cho
wan College.
The day for school to open came near-,
er and nearer and I dreaded each day moie
and more. When school finally opened, I
dreaded to get up each morning and wished
that there was some way I could get out of
coming over that day.
I came to school two weeks before I star ed
liking to come at all. Then I began to like
the students better and the more I associated
with them the easier I found it to like tiiem
Glee Club Off To Good Start
The Chowan College glee club for the
school year 1951-52, with Miss Dorothy Bal
linger as director, has been organized with a
membership of thirty-three. There are nine
of last years members back with the glee club
and the remaining ones are new memberes.
The glee club this year contains more male
rhembers than last year.
The glee club will present two concerts
during the school year. The first is a con
cert of Christmas music, for which the glee
club will soon begin preparation; the second
is the spring concert. No dates have been ar
ranged for these concerts.
The following constitute the glee club;
Alice Hedgpeth, Fannie Marie Leary, Sue
Perry, Doris Wilkins, Barbara Guyton, Fran
ces Wilkins, Bois Bobbitt, Nephie Cross, Eris
Eure, Josephine Futrell, Betty Keen. Janet
Liverman, Marjorie Perry, Margaret Pruden,
Lottie Ross, Elizabeth Slate, Jean Spruiil'
Irene Turner, Peggins Wiggins, Richard
Baker, Bill Britt, Rex Gardner, James Giiii-
ken, Clifton King, Gene Cook. Lonnie Phelps.
John Long, C. J. Belch, Thomas Umphlett,
Jay Wilcox, Howard Williams, Gerald Bon-
ney, and Mrs. Robert H. Woodland.
An S. A. B. (soprano, alto, and base), and
a double quartet have been organized with
members .of the glee club. The S. A. B„ com
posed of Betty Keen, Lottie Ross, Bois Bob
bitt, Josephine Futrell, Jay Wilcox, and Jolm
Long, made its first appearance at Roberson-
ville Baptist Church on October 17, al the
Annual Roanoke Associational meeting. This
group also sang oi the evening of October
24 at the Franklin Baptist Church. The dor.ble
quartet, composed of Howard Williams, Ger
ald Bonney and the S. A. B., made its fiist ap
pearance on Thursday. October 25, when the
group went to the Bear Swamp Church for
the Annual Tar River Baptist Association^J
meetmg.
The Glee Club made its first appearance on
October 11 during the Inauguration of Dr. F.
Orion Mixon as President of Chowan College
Guest Speaker
After dinner on October 11, the Founder’s
Day Exercises were held in the college a:,fd-
torium. Mrs. Sallie Parker, a former member
of the Chowan Board of Trustees, addressed
the group attending on the subject, Christian
Education. Gilbert Stephenson, a resident of
Pendleton, addressed the group on the time
ly subject of. The Place of Chowan in the
Educational System.
After the Founder’s Day Exercises, a
reception was held in the college parlor so
that the visitors, friends, and alumni migiit
meet the president an I '"culty.