ANNIKA KRITC
One of the new students at
Chowan College is a 19-year-old
freshman from Stockholm, Swe
den, who is looking upon her
year at Chowan and in America
as “an adventure.”
Annika Kritc, a Rotary ex
change student, will take 16
hours during the winter semes
ter. Her courses include P'rench,
English, mathematics. Western
Civilization, religion and physi
cal education. She will remain
for the spring semester before
returning home.
The Swedish beauty reports
she is not homesick “because
I know I'll be returning home
before too long.” She credits
the Chowan students and espec
ially the girls in her residence
hall, Jenkins, with making her
feel welcome.
“Everyone is very friendly in
Jenkins,” Annika, who has stud
ied English nine years, said.
"Many of the girls have come
to my room to see the girl from
Sweden. Sometimes five or six
have come at a time."
Annika. although she has stud
ied English nine years, says
she is having a little difficulty
understanding people, especially
when they speak fast, but this
is not noticeable to those who
speak with her. She is relaxed
and friendly.
The blonde-haired beauty is
anxious to travel and “see how
the people live.” She names New
York City as the place she would
like to visit first and is also
looking forward to visiting Wash
ington, D. C., as well as other
cities and other attractions.
Annika attended high school in
Stockholm where she was born
and has lived all her life. She is
not sure what vocation she will
enter but is considering posi
tions as a librarian or teacher.
After her one year's study at
Chowan, she will complete her
education at the University of
Stockholm.
About coming to Chowan and
the United States, she said:
“It's an adventure. There are so
many things to see. It will take
a long time to see everything.”
Considering her energy and
outgoing ways, she appears de
termined to try
Chowan faculty increases
Thirteen new faculty members
began the new year at Chowan
College. The number includes
seven additional members,
Steve Brannon, English; Welle
sley T. Corbett Jr.. sociology;
Mrs. Andrea T. Eason, business;
Mrs Wanda Edwards, nursing;
-C. Jefferson Ishee, music; Dr.
Earl H. Parker, religion; and
Dr Richard Warren, mathe
matics.
The others are replacements
for members who have resigned
or retired They are Mrs. Gil-
tx-rt Krancis, business; P. Doug
las McCullers, mathematics;
Mrs. Clair B. Scott, chemistry;
.Mrs. Ijnda E. Tripp, biology;
Barry M. Cohen, history; and
James Eugene Gibbs, biology.
Ten new faces are among the
staff including two with newly
created positions, James Earl
Dilday, associate dean of stu
dents for men, and Billy Gra
ham, security guard. The others
are replacements: Mrs, Virginia
B. Curl, LPN; James T. Cooke,
director of student financial aid;
Jimmy Swain, director of alumni
affairs; Phil Royce, director of
college relations; Mrs. Sarah
G. Wright; college nurse; Larry
Hale and W. D. Futrell, head
residents for West Hall;
and David A Rich, head re
sident for Mixon Hall.
At Honors Day
Joe Bradford named
Best All Around
adventure^ for
Swedish student
The Best All Around Student
award at Chowan College was
presented to Joe Bradford of
Reidsville during the Honors Day
program in May.
The Superior Citizenship
Award went to Emmit Totty of
Chesapeake. Honored for the
Highest Scholastic Average for
a sophomore was Mary Ann
Barnack, Murfreesboro, who
also received the Science and
Math Award.
The Highest Scholastic Aver
age for a freshman award re
sulted in a three-way tie with
Pauline Robinson, Ahoskie, rece
iving top honors by virtue of
having carried more hours than
the other two recipients, June
Carolyn Dunn, Murfreesboro,
and George Whittmore. Union
Level, Va.
Another double winner was
Linda Frances Jenkins, Court-
land, Va., who received the
Department of Business Academ
ic Honor and Alpha Pi Epsilon
Academic Award. Other depart
ment of business awards were
One Year Academic Award for
highest average to Mary Taylor
Crowder, South Hill, Va., and
Alpha Pi Epsilon Award, a
scholarship of $50 in the field
of secretarial science to Caro
lyn Faye Brinkley of Norfolk,
Va.
Winner of the Most Outstand
ing Athlete Award was William
Brown of Mt. Vernon, N. Y.,
who was high scorer with a 24
point average of the basketball
team that compiled a 16-9 re
cord. Named Miss Women's
Recreation Association was Pat
ricia Francis of Capron, Va.
Other winners of awards, pre
sented by Chowan's president,
Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, were:
Cash Award to Outstanding
Sophomore in Graphic Arts;
Clarence Preston Hunter, Eliz
abeth City, and Billy L. Taylor,
Raleigh, tie; North Carolina
Press Association Mechanical
Conference Award to Outstand
ing Freshman in Graphic Arts
($100) - William Franklin Gran
ger, Elizabeth City; Joseph Lee
Parker Memorial Scholarship -
James M. Newcomb, Williams-
ton; Mary Pierce Music Schol
arship - Jenny Catherine Jones,
Durham; Nursing Department
Honor - Mildred Anne Carter,
Roanoke Rapids; English Dep
artment honor - Thomas Camp
bell, Luray, Va.; Delta Psi
Omega Drama Award - Harry
Greenlaw, Fredericksbury, Va.;
Student Contributing Most to Re
ligious Life of Campus and Com
munity - Johnny Ralph Ed
wards, Belhaven.
Named to the Order of the
Silver Feather for outstanding
loyalty and service to the col
lege were Rose Drake, Como;
Sydney Lewis, Hampton, Va.;
Emmitt Totty, Chesapeake; Bill
Ransom, Irvington, N. J.; and
Andy Ward, Mebane.
r
SCA head
Lee Dunn, president of
the Student Government
presides at one of the orien
tation programs held in Mc
Dowell Columns. Dunn is a
sophomore from High
Point.
Former chaplain
authors book
GREENVILLE-Fortess Press
has released “What is Form
Criticism?” by Dr. Edgar A.
McKnight, associate professor
of religion at Furman Univer
sity, who served as chaplain of
Chowan College from Sept. 1960-
Jan. 1963.
The book is one of a new ser
ies dealing with the methods
and message of contemporary
biblical scholars. “Twentieth
century scholarship has opened
up new vistas for understand
ing the meaning and signific
ance of the biblical record,”
McKnight said, “and it is the
purpose of this series to portray
this new scholarship for laymen
and students"
The author describes form
criticism as “a 20th century
development enabling scholars
to get behind the Gospels and
describe what was happening as
the tradition about Jesus was
handed on orally from person to
person and from one early Chri
stian community to another,”
McKnight begins his analysis
of form criticism with a brief
historical survey of the devel
opment of critical New Testa
ment scholarship from the 18th
century.
McKnight, a native of Wilson,
S. C., has been a member of
Furman's religion department
since 1963. He served previous
ly as chaplain to Chowan Col
lege, and was a fellow in the
New Testament Department of
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
StiuhMit reeeplioii
A reception for freshmen and new students was held Sunday. August 31 at tlie l^resi-
dent's home. Above, Dale Willard, sophomore from Frederick, Md.. who is vice president
of the Women's Council, serves punch. Standing next to Dale is llarvev Tavlor.
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