THE CHOWANIAN, FEBRUARY 1960
Construction of Men's Dorm May Begin Soon
Monroe Builder
Gets Contract;
118-Bed Unit
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Floor Plan Of New Dormitory For Men
Construction on the new 118-
bed men’s dormitory may begin
as early as March 1, according
to Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, Cho
wan’s progressive and hard
working president. Completion
is hoped for by the beginning of
the new term in September.
A modem steel and concrete
three-story structure has been
designed by Architect W. D.
Boone, Jr., of Charlotte, who is a
son of Judge W. D. Boone of
Winton. It will cost, with furn
ishing, well over $300,000. The
college has secured a long term,
low interest loan of $265,000 but
must raise some $65,000 from
contributions between now and
the time the building is com
pleted.
Award Contiact
The Executive Committee of
the Chowan College Board of
Trustees, in session on Tuesday
night, February 9, awarded to
Dickerson, Inc. of Monroe, the
building contract for the con
struction of the new men’s dorm
itory.
Committee Chairman George
Gibbs of Murfreesboro, who
made the announcement, stated
that Dickerson’s base bid was
$246,575.
Other bids were: J. T. Hard
ison & Son of Washington, $247,-
800; Piedmont Housing & Con
struction Co. of Durham, $248,-
700; George W. Kane of Hender
son, $249,600; DuBose Construc
tion Co. of Kinston, $253,000;
East Carolina Construction Co.
of Dunn, $253,175; Kellogg-Cu-
threll, Inc. of Manteo, $255,800;
L. P. Cox Co. of Sanford, $257,
400; and Dunn Building Supply
Co., $258,400.
Third Addition
The new residence hall will
be the third building addition
to the Chowan campus under the
enlargement-development p r o-
gram initiated by the college
trustees in 1957. The first—a
$310,000 residence hall for
women—was erected in 1958;
the second—a $165,000 cafeteria
—was completed in 1959.
Other buildings proposed un
der the current Chowan expan
sion program are a new class-
r o o m-administration building,
library, business administration
building, and an addition to the
present graphic arts building.
Annual Visitation Day March 7
By BUDDY OWENS
The annual Campus Visitation
Day at Chowan College will be
held on Monday, March 7. This
event is held once a year to
give the residents of Roanoke-
Chowan and surrounding areas
an opportunity to visit the col
lege campus and become better
acquainted with the work Cho
wan is doing for higher Chris
tian Education. They also will
tell of the building and endow
ment fund of the college, and a
program to meet these needs,
will be outlined to the campus
visitors.
Presidents from seven col
leges will attend this meeting.
They are, Dr. Leslie H. Camp
bell, Campbell College; Dr.
Bruce E. Whitaker, Chowan Col
lege; Dr. Philip L. Elliot, Gard-
ner-Webb; Dr. Hoyt Blackwell,
Mars Hill College; Dr. Caryle
Campbell, Meredith; Dr. Harold
W. 'Tribble, Wake Forest; and
Dr. Budd E. Smith, Wingate Col
lege. Claude E. Gaddy, Secre
tary of the Council on Christian
Education, will preside.
There will be a report from
the Convention Committee on
Advance Program for the Col
leges.
Following the Convention
Committees report there will be
a report on Chowan College.
L. L. Bishop, Jr., professor of
mathematics, will give a report
on the Academic Life; William
C. Young, college chaplain, will
give a report on the Religious
Life of the Students at Chowan;
Gordon Rutland, Scottsville,
Va., will give the students view
point, and Dr. Bruce E. Whit
aker will give a report on the
Development Program of the
College.
other highlights of the day’s
events will be several selections
It Was An Error, Mabel!
It was a mistake, incorrect,
typographical error, the
proofreader was asleep, it just
isn't so, Mabel, that the new
$300,000 men’s dormitory, now
being planned for construc
tion, will have only 11 beds.
There will be 118 . . . that
is one hundred and eighteen.
Linotype operator . . . and
it will be a jimdandy of a dorm
when completed ... by next
September, is the hope.
Those nasty little errors are
as slippery as your boy friend’s
crew cut, Mabel.
from the coUege choir under the
direction of Professor James
Chamblee.
After the meeting the visi
tors will be the guests of the col
lege in the cafeteria for lunch.
These annual meetings are
sponsored by the Council on
Christian Education in conjunc
tion with the individual colleges.
Faculty and Staff Pay Increase
Voted By Board of Trustees
By action of the Chowan Col
lege Board of Trustees, begin
ning the next fiscal year, July 1,
1960, an across-the-board salary
increase of ten percent will be
made over the base pay the
faculty and staff are now
getting.
In addition to the pay hikes,
fringe benefits of approximately
five percent have been voted for
term life insurance and hospita
lization benefits.
The recent pay increases have
been made possible by an in
crease in student tuitions, and
by increased resources from the
North Carolina Foundation of
Church Related Colleges, and
the Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina.
The increase in student en
rollment of 150 percent in three
years at Chowan College, and
the fact that in 1956 Chowan be
came accredited by the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Secondary Schools, are other
factors in the pay increases, it
was pointed out by college
officials.
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, presi
dent of the college, said, “There
is an effort to increase salary
schedules in order to hold good
faculty members, and to attract
others, which is in line with the
policy to up-grade and
strengthen the college on every
level so as to provide Chowan
College students with as good
as the best available in the field
of higher education.”
The pay increase for faculty
has moved to 35 percent over
a three year period.