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Standing ovations given bands Article on poetry . * 1 11 c printed in recent at special college perlormance teacher's joumai standing ovation given performances by outstanding marching musicians from the area surrounding the col lege’s campus who perforiped during half-time ceremonies at the Chowan- Frederick Military Aademy football game in Chowan College’s football stadium greeted what is planned as the predecessor for annual “Band Day " festivities at the college. Bands performing were those re presenting C. S. Brown High School at Winton and R. L. Vann High School at Ahoskie. A near-capacity crowd, in spite of rainy weather, filled the sta New book published by class "Southern Home Remedies, a book prepared by the Chowan College crea tive writing class, has just been pub lished by Johnson Publishing Com pany of Murfreesboro. The illustrations are by Bill Ballard, well-known Wake County artist. The book is among projects that are side lines to the objective of the class, although there are intimations of creative writing in some stories about remedies of an earlier day, according to Dr. Bernice Kelly Harris, class instructor and director for the compilation. She says of the contents. "In general these were recorded in respect to the ingenuity of people who had to resort to herbs and other materials at hand, especially for minor ills, because there were no doctors near and often no funds to pay for doctors visits. Members of the class collected home remedies from Virginia, Georgia. Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Mis souri. North and South Carolina and other southern states, extending to Wyoming and Oklahoma. Many cities and villages of North Carolina are represented, from Winston Salem and Raleigh to Pendleton and Severn. There are types of remedies called "bush medicine which border on ma#>ic and the seemingly absurd, but which used in faith ‘‘often strangely availed, according to Dr. Harris. Creative writing students collected the remedies from their own child hood memories of home remedies, from doctors, registered nurses, writers and editors. The book was planned so that any proceeds will be presented by the class to the Chowan development pro gram. The Niagara is one of the few rivers in the world to flow in a northerly direction. dium bleachers and applauded per formances by these bands. This “Band Day ” was the third event featuring marching musicians from the area at Chowan this year. Special band performances were sche duled for “See Chowan College Day ” when young boys who are members of Royal Ambassadors organizations in Baptist churches throughout North Carolina visited the campus for a program acquainting them with the college and were guests for the foot ball game between Chowan’s Braves and the nation’s top-ranked junior col lege football power, Ferrum College's Panthers. Selected leadership personnel from cities, churches, businesses and professions who were attending the college's third annual planning con ference were also guests of the col lege for these performances. Marching musicians coming to the campus for homecoming festivities, hampered by driving rainstorms thro ughout the day, included bands and drill teams from Princess Anne High School at Virginia Beach,;/a., Fike Senior High School at Wilson; South ampton High School at Courtland, Va., C. S. Brown High School and R. L. Vann High School. More enthusiasm was evident for Saturday night's performances than for all previous performances by march ing musicians, with appreciative ap plause ringing out long after each band concluded its performance. Further acclaim was accorded visit ing musicians by many spectators who personally met with them and accorded congratulations on the quality of their performances after the “Band Day" ceremonies concluded and in strumentalists marched off the college’s gridiron. Enthusiastic spectators, unwilling to wait for each performance to con clude to express hearty approval, applauded throughout many of the intricate marching maneuvers ex ecuted by bands and continued ap plauding until the second-half kickoff signalled that another type of event was then taking place on the gridiron. It was reported by many people who were not in attendance that the applause greeting these performances could be heard all over town, with others reporting that they heard this applause at their homes beyond Mur freesboro's town limits. All agreed that what is planned as the predecessor for annual ‘Band Day ” festivities at Chowan College was a tremendous success and those in attendance were happy for the opportunity to see and hear these outstanding marching musicians. A scholarly article written by Miss Rebeccah Ann Kinnamon, “Poetry Dur ing the In-Between Years,” was pub lished in a recent issue of “North Carolina English Teacher. ’ Miss Kinnamon, who won critical acclaim for her “experience, insights and contributions,” has been teaching at Chowan College since 1967. She was previously a nominee for “Teacher of the Year” at Winston- Salem where she taught in junior high schools for five years before becoming a professor in the English Department at Chowan College. A Forsyth county native listed in “Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities,” she has served on many school study committees and curriculum studies, often as chairman. The talented musician, public speaker and creative writer formerly served as yearbook editor, student govern ment president and officer of Chi Beta Women’s Society. She is an active member of five teachers’ or ganizations. She earned her undergraduate de gree at Maryville College and her graduate degree from Duke University, singing in the choir of both institutions, and has held numerous leadership positions. She has also completed fur ther graduate study at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Pastors convene on campus for business , tour The Chowan Baptist Association pastors con ference convened recently at Chowan College and Dr. B. Frank Lowe, dean of the college, gave a guided tour of campus facilities to some pastors and wives. Dean Lowe, left, is seen with some of the campus visitors who minister to churches in Gates, Chowan, Per quimans, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare and Hyde counties. PAGE TWO The Chowanian
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