THE CHOWANIAN, MARCH, 1960
Chowan Choir^s
Extensive Tour
Starts in April
The annual tour of the Cho
wan College Choir will be the
first week in April. The tour will
go south to Pittsboro, as far
west as Yadkinville and as
far north as Richmond. At this
time plans are not complete as
to all engagements.
The program will feature a
shortened version of a large
choral work by the 19th cen
tury French composer, Theo
dore Dubois. The title is The
Seven Last Woids of Christ. It
is considered to be one of the
most beautiful large works writ
ten on the Easter theme, and
employs the use of soprano,
tenor, and baritone solos, plus a
full mixed chorus. The program
will include other sacred music
as well as negro spirituals.
Students Hold
Revivals in Va.
Several Chowan College stu
dents participated in revival
services at the Oak Grove Bap
tist Church, Back Bay, Virginia,
and Great Bridge Baptist,
Church, Great Bridge, Virginia,
February 5-6-7.
Those who attended the Oak
Grove Baptist Church services
were Leonard Capps, Richard
Bunch, pastors; Delores Hill,
organist; Gordon Rutland, song
leader. The first Sunday night
service in the past two years
had an attendance of 150. There
was a record attendance of 162
for Sunday School. The pastor
of the church is Rev. Arrington.
On the weekend of February
26-27-28, the team of Leonard
Capps, Richard Bunch, pastors;
Delores Hill, organist; and
Audrey Marriner, devotionist;
ventured to Great Bridge Bap
tist Church, where they held
another record attendance ser
vice. There were four services,
Friday night, Saturday night,
Sunday morning and Sunday
night. The attendance was 300
for the early Sunday services,
and over 200 Sunday night.
There were five decisions dur
ing the visit at Great Bridge.
The pastor of the Great Bridge
Church is Rev. Richardson.
Dr. Bruce Busy
At AAJC Meet
Our president was a busy man
when he attended the annual
meeting of the American Asso
ciation of Junior Colleges in
Louisville, Ky., early this month.
“Dr. Bruce” led the opening
prayer at the third general ses
sion of the outstanding group of
American educators, and, in
addition to attending the other
general sessions, he was busy
with several committee
responsibilities.
As a member of the Student
Personnel Commission of the
A. A. J. C., he served as re
corder for an important group
discussion on “Student Person
nel Services.” Later in the
week, our prexy, as chairman of
the Student Personnel Commit
tee of the Southern Association
of Junior Colleges, presided over
a meeting of that committee.
We are proud of the national
recognition which Dr. Whitaker
continues to receive in the field
of higher education.
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CHOIR TO GO ON TOUR — Members of the Chowan College
choir, now planning an extensive tour, are, left to right, front
to back, Betty Matthews, Clinton; Sylvia Overby, Courtland, Va,;
Janelle Langley, Rocky Mount; Carolyn Byerly, High Point;
Barbara Byrd, Suffolk, Va.; Frances Evans, Nashville; Judy
White, Hampton, Va.; Fran Dicks, Richmond, Va.; Jeanette
Dowdy, Powells Point; Charlotte Elias, Weldon; Pat Hughes,
Seaboard; Delores Hill, Woodland; Juanita Hill, Woodland;
Brenda Willis, Davis; Carol Landon, Weldon; Elaine Earley,
Ahoskie; Linda Sheek, Yadkinville; Phillip Bates, Elizabeth City;
Bill Telliga, Roanoke Rapids; Dwight Compton, Cedar Grove;
Albert Gaylord, Belhaven; Gerald Duncan, Smithfield, Va.; Bill
Spivey, Jackson; Larry Glenn Jones, Goldsboro; McCoy Dilday,
Ahoskie; Lynn Motley, Richmond, Va.; Gordon Rutland,
Scottsville, Va.; Larry Dean Jones, Popular Branch; Gerald
Howell, Smithfield, Va.; David Woodson, Richmond, Va.; Thomas
W. Thomas, Norfolk, Va.; Darrell Hughes, Norfolk, Va.
The Choir is under the direction of Professor and Mrs.
James M. Chamblee. The Choir also gives frequent concerts at
local churches.
Chowan Players
Offer Comedy
By FRANK PITTARD
O n Thursday and Friday
nights, April 28 and 29, the Soph
omore class will present a
three-act play, “College Daze,”
in Chowan’s auditorium.
“College Daze” is a comedy
by John Rand, a noted play-
write. It is a joyous, hilarious,
story of modern life in a small
college. Its author has in the
oast won an enviable reputa
tion for his ability to portray
American youth, and “College
Daze” is one of the best of his
productions.
The Plol
The play concerns a typical
little college town, Hartdale,
and takes place at Ma Mitchell’s
Coffee Shoppe, the unoffical
off-the-campus club. The play
centers around a rich young
boy, Duke, played by Raymond
James, who must graduate
from Hartdale College or he
will not be eligible to inherit
his fathers vast fortunes.
He is disgusted with the pros-
spect of having to go to a small
college in a small town such as
Hartdale. He gets the idea of
changing places with a poor
farm boy, who also attends
Hartdale, and this, along with
some of his other hilarious ideas
and equally hilarious acting,
turns “College Daze” into a
most enjoyable comedy.
The play, which has a cast of
12, is directed by Larry Glenn
Jones, of Goldsboro. Larry is a
freshman and a graduate of
Goldsboro Senior High, He di
rected two other plays before
coming to Chowan, one of which
was a first place winner in the
North Carolina State Drama
Association, He received valu
able experience in the Goldmas-
quers, a play producing group
from Goldsboro High, directed
by Mr. Clifton Britton, present
director of the Lost Coloney in
Manteo.
CAST FOR PLAY - Taking a break during rehearsal is the cast for the sophomore class play "Col
lege Daze", to be presented in the college auditorium. Front, Willie Crowder and Rice Day
Seated are the main characters, Nancy Harrell, Colerain; Raymond James, Raleigh- Linda Sheek,
Yadkinville; and Beasley Jones, LaCrosse, Va. Back row. Bob Tugwell, Norfolk' Va- Audrey
Marriner, Hickory, Va., Hal Byrum, Colerain; Delores Hill, Woodland-'carl Wells Dewitt Va •
Anne Pearce, Edenton; George Ferguson, South Hill, Va.; Bonnie Tinkham, Alexandria, Va.'
The Cast
The play stars Raymond
James, Raleigh; Beasley Jones,
La Crosse, Va.; Nancy Harrell,
Colerain; and Linda Sheek,
Yadkinville.
Raymond James received his
training at Needham Broughton
High School, Raleigh, where he
was a member of the Little
Theater. He was also a mem
ber of the Goldenmasquers, a
honorary dramactics society, for
three years. He served, too, as
a member of the “Stage Crew”
under the direction of Mrs. Nan
Price. He has received much ex
perience in about 12 productions
in which he has worked.
Linda Sheek has had some
experience at Yadkinville where
she graduated. Nancy Harrell
and Beasley Jones are both
very promising actors, ac
cording to director Larry Jones.
This will be their first time in
a stage play.
In the important supporting
roles will be Bonnie Tinkham,
Alexandria, Va.; Ann Pearce,
Edenton; Carl Wells, Dewitt,
Va.; Audrey Marriner, Great
Bridge, Va.; George Furgerson,
South Hill, Va.; Delores Hill,
Woodland; Hal Byrum, Cole
rain; and Bob Tugwell, Ports
mouth, Va, All of these fine per
formers have had some experi
ence.
The stage crew are Richard
Hofler, Hobbsville; Gene Eason,
Rocky Mount; Rice Day, Frank
lin, Va,; and Blue Sharber,
Elizabeth City, Others who will
be lending a helping hand to
make the production a big suc
cess are Peggy Carr, Pine-
tops; and Roy Dilday, Colerain.
Admission will be fifty cents.