THE CHOWANIAN
Volume 6 — Numbei 2
Chowan College, Murfreesboro, N. C.
November 1957
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SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS—At a meeting of the sopho
more class, held Tuesday, October 11, class officers for the
1957-58 term were elcted. They are Philip Edward Collins,
president, Raleigh; Richard H. Kent, vice president, New Bern;
Audry Adams, secretary, Durham, Second from left is Professor
Lionel L. Bishop, class advisor.
Campus Evangelism Week Starts
Nov. 11; Rev. Knight Speaker
The Reverend Calvin S. Knight,
pas.or of the Weldon Baptist
cnurch will be the principal speak
er at Chowan College’s annual
Campjs Evangelism Week Novem
ber 11-1 j.
Fund Raising Campaign is
Progressing at This Stage
Turkey Day Holiday
The Asiatics started it all with
their flu epidemic!
Because of so many absences due
to the flu, classes were not held on
Friday afternoon and Saturday
morning, October 25-26. Continued
absences again became a factor in
class attendance and President
Whitaker closed the college from
Friday noon, November 1, to Wed
nesday morning, November 6.
In order to make up at least a
few classes. Thanksgiving holidays
will start after chapel on Wednes
day, November 27, instead of after
classes on the previous day. The
cafeteria will be open for lunch.
Classes will resume on Monday,
December 2.
Lions Club Votes
To Aid Campaign
! Murfreesboro. — The Murfrees-
j boro Lions Club agreed Tuesday
I night to cooperate with the $750,
! 000 enlargement campaign now
being launched by Chowan College.
' Bill McClennan, director of the
campaign, spoke to the club on the
drive and on the relation of the col
lege to the community.
Don Pinson, an assistant in the
campaign was also a guest of the
club.
Leaders of the College Devel- 1
opment Program are sounding j
encourageing notes in their re
ports of progress. A team of
more than 325 workers took to {
the field on Monday night No
vember 4th, for the intensive
solicitation which will bring in
still more encouraging results.
- Accordins to Dr. Bruce E.
Whitaker, the patterns of
pledges received to date are ex
cellent. However, he expressed
concern over getting the pace
of work stepped up to the cam
paign schedule The first big re
port of progress will be made
on Friday night, November 8th
when all members of the cam
paign schedule. The first big re-
the college cafeteria for dinner
at 6:30.
The special gifts committee
under direction of H. D. White
of Rocky Mount; John Dardin
of Branchville, Virginia; J. E.
Eagles of Macclesfield; George
Gibbs, Billy Hill and Craig Rev-
Johnson of Hamilton; J. C.
elle of Murfreesboro; H. S.
Leary of Edenton; R. V. Mas
sey of Ahoskie and Will Ste
phenson will soon be completing
its assignments and objective of
$400,000. This will prepare the
way for the Womens’ Commit
tee under the direction of Mrs.
Edwin P. Brown of Murfrees
boro; Mrs. J. C. Cherry of Ahos-
kie; Mrs. Herbert Jenkins, Jr.,
of Aulander; Mrs. R. F. Marks
(See FUND Page 8)
Printing Students
Burn Lights Late
Students and faculty of the Roy
Parker School of Printing burned
lights late many nights during.
September and most of Octolier to
turn out printed materials needed
for the Developement Program and
inauguration of Dr. Bruce E.
Whitaker.
Two-color brochures, programs,
letterheads, envelopes, posters,
bulletins, many different forms—
all added up to thousands of im
pressions on the presses, as well as
the typography and bindery work.
If this work had been done by a
commercial printer it would have
cost the college many hundreds of
dollars.
The great rush is over, classes
are normal and the graphic arts
students are busy working towards
good jobs when they graduate.
Much other printing for the college,
including the annual catalogue, is
ahead, but all that is class work
and the boys like it.
Cooperate, Please!
A very few students and facul
ty members are cooperating in
the publication of The Chowan-
ian. This should not be the case
in a college thriving to progress.
Heads of departments and
students are urged to give assis
tance to the staff.
President Speaks
At Gardner-Webb
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, president
of Chowan College, was one of the
featured speakers at Gardner-
Webb College on Friday. Ocotober
25, when the school put on a mam
moth Golden Anniversary Celebra
tion.
Around 4,000 people visited the
Gardner-Webb campus during the
Celebration which was held in the
college’s new physical education
building which was completed last
month.
Ur. Whitaker joined other promi
nent North Carolina educators,
such as Dr. Harold Tribble of Wake
r'orest and Dr. Carlyle Campbell of
Meredith, in giving G-W an assist
on this historic occasion.
Hundreds Attend Inauguration
—See Story on Page 5.
Mr. Knight did his undergraduate
work at Campbell College and
Wake Forest College. He received
a graduate degree in Theology
from Duke Divinity School in 1950.
Wniie a sludent at Diike, Mr.
Knight was pastor of Berea Baptist
Church near Durham. Following
his graduation he went to Provi
dence Baptist Church, Roxboro,
where he served until moving to
Weldon in June of this year.
The Campus Evangelism Week is
sponsored by the Baptist Student
Union of Chowan College, Miss
Frances White, advisor. This year’s
speaker was a prominent BSU
member during his student days,
having served as State BSU presi
dent in 1944-45. Mr. Knight will
speak to the Chowan student body
each morning during the week in
special chapel services. In the
afternoon, he wiU be available for
private conferences with the stu
dents. In the evening, he will lead
informal groups in a discussion of
vital social and religious questions.
Student Body
To Aid Drive
The student body of Chowan
, College is being given the oppor
tunity to participate in the Develop
ment Program which is now under
way to raise $750,000.
With Mike Johnson, of Hamiton,
as chairman of the student cam
paign, solicitation among the stu
dents will begin on Monday,
November 11, and end Friday
the 15th.
Other members of the student
committee are Janice Cranford,
Mooresville, who will contact on-
campus girls; Charlie Whitley,
I Murfreesboro, on-campus iDoys;
Bill Humphries, Norfolk, Va., off-
campus students.
The Chowanian has been advised
that a student or group of students
! may designate contributions to be
used towards any of the several
new buildings for which t h e
Development Program funds are
being raised.
It is the hope of the committee
that at the end of the campaign
every student will have signed a
pledge, no matter how small, and
d part in Chowan’s future.
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INAUGURAL ACADEMIC PROCESSION . . . Scholars gather as Chowan installs new president