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THE CHOWANIAN, JANUARY 1960 MOVING DAY — With three of the men's cottages already moved, the one on the right is on skids for rolling into position. The cottages, formerly along "Pine Drive", have been moved to make way for the new men's dorm. Cottages Moved For New Dorm WOMAN'S JUDICIARY— Last month an election was held to select members of the Women's Judiciary for the term of 1959-60. The Judiciary has a very important job and the mem bers will need the cooperation of all students. Elected were, standing, Elaine Early, Ahoskie; Alice Williams, Emporia, Va.; Mattie Beale, Woodland; and Catherine Leicester, Windsor. Seated, Jean Dixon, Murfreesboro; Pat Watson, Franklinton; Francis Evans, Nashville, and Reba Tillman, Belwood. Summer School June 13-July 22 Speakers for Commencement are Two Prominent N. C. Baptists The 1960 Summer School ses sion at Chowan College will be held from June 13 through July 22. According to Director oi Ad mission Ross Cadle who made the announcement, course work wiU be offered on three levels: high school, college, and grad uate. For college students, Chowan will offer classes in English, mathematics, biology, history, business administration, and graphic arts (printing), as well as other courses for which the demand is sufficient. The col lege will also offer certain cours es for high school students. East Carolina College will op erate an extension center on the Chowan campus and offer, dur ing the same dates, course work which may be used for the re newal of teaching certificates and for advanced degree credit. Cadle also stated that a sec ond six-weeks term would fol low the June 1.1-July 21 session provided there is sufficient de mand for it. The four student cottages on Chowan’s campus have been moved back to make way for the new men’s dormitory, which is expected to be ready for oc cupancy by the fall term begin ning in September, weather per mitting. In a recent interview with The Rev. Oscar Creech, director of Chowan College’s development program, he said the four cot tages had an interesting begin ning. They were built in the spring of 1949. This was the year that Chowan reopened after having been closed in 1943. Rev. Creech went on to say, the cot tages were built to offer addi tional accommodations for boys. People of Murfreesboro fur nished the money to build the four cottages. The cottages have five rooms with two students to a room. Two cabins have been moved behind the Mixon dormitory the other two will be behind the new dormitory. Mr George Rogister from Scotland Neck is the house- moving contractor. Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker said the new dormitory will have 11 beds. Each room will have built- in furniture similar to that in the girls dorm. Each boy will have his own wardrobe, desk, and study light. There will be no lavoratory facilities in the rooms. The new dormitory wiU be equipped with an automatic washer and a dryer. There will be a combination recreation-lounge area, and the dorm will have an effenciency apartment for the Dean of Men or a house-mother, as the case may be. There will also be a guest room with private bath. An inter-com system will also be installed. Accepts TTS Job Harold Jones recently dropped out of the School of Printing to accept a job with The Henderson Daily Dispatch in Henderson. Harold is from Louisburg. His position at the Daily Dis patch is that of teletypesetter operator. Incidentally, Harold replaces a former School of Printing graduate who has ad vanced to another job. BY CHARLES HERRING Two distinguished North Car olina Baptists will be speakers at commencement exercises, according to Mr. John C. Gill, Jr., director of public relations. Baccalaureate Sermon This year’s Baccalaureate Ser mon will be held Sunday, May 29 at 8:00 P. M. The guest speaker wiU be Dr. Douglas M. Branch, who is the general secretary-treasurer of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Dr. Branch was elected to his office within the Committee On Endowment Has Planning Meet A luncheon meeting of the Chowan College Endowment Committee was held in the blue room of the College cafeteria, Tuesday, January 5. The meeting was presided over by Dr. Gilbert Stephenson of Pendleton, one of the nations top authorities on wills and trusts. A discussion was held on pre paring a mailing list composed of people who are interested in helping to build the college. The college wiU also send out, quarterly, to those on the mail ing list, a series of leaflets con cerning the endowment pro gram. It was decided that the chair man of the Endowment Com mittee will appear before the Chowan Board of Trustees in March to inform them of the actions of the committee. The committee approved the term, “Builders of Chowan College Endowment”, to apply to each person who makes gifts by will to the college for its endowment. The long-range plan is to se cure an endowment of two mil lion dollars. IF YOU THINK of a good line, and then somebody else writes it and gets paid for it, you get mad at yourself. SOME FACES ought not to be taken in broad daylight. past year. Prior to that time, he had been pastor of several outstanding Baptist churches in North Carolina, one of these being the First Baptist Church of Rocky Moimt. Commencement Commencement will be held the following day at 10:30 A. M. The guest speaker for Com mencement will be the Honor able Charles B. Deane. For a number of years Mr. Deane served North Carolina as a Con gressman in Washington, D. C. Mr. Deane is an attorney at law in Rockingham. He was elected in November of 1959 at the annual Baptist State Con vention as the new president of the Convention. Both Dr. Branch and Mr. Deane are well known and high ly respected throughout the South for their interest and work in Baptist affairs. VERY MUCH MISSED — Miss Patsy Delaney, for three years assistant to Miss Arelia Ad ams, college bursar, resigned in December. She is now sec retary to her father at the Woodland Casket Co. Every one on the college campus— student, faculty and staff— wishes for Patsy everything that is good. This attractive and efficient young lady is al ready missed by her many friends at Chowan. NW A^JSTANT TO BURSAR - For several years Miss Arelia if X? ^efficient bursar at Chowan. In her office all financial rwords are kept up to date, with much detail in handling the affairs of the college, such as student payments, other incomes, paying bills, inventories, and so on. nlunlt A**® n replacing recently resigned Miss Patsy the 1® recently appointed by Brurt *^® '^‘^® Highway Patrolman Bank* Sioskie’’^*'^'°“ employed at the Planters National
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