True Tales
This poem is about my folks
And days that used to be,
And stories of dear ole Chowan
Which were instilled in me!
And Murfreesboro’s special, too!
Of her I feel a part.
’Twas here in nineteen twenty one
These true tales had their start!
My Mom was the Dramatics Prof
At Chowan in those days.
And people came from miles around
To watch “Miss King’s fine plays”!
Her Romeo and Juliet
Was always a delight.
For she commanded everyone:
“It must be done just right!'’
She laughed about her scant pay check-
Said she could hardly live!
The trustees begged it all right back,
And she did freely give!
Mom used to say that all her skirts
Had two set lengths, you see!
For Murfreesboro — extra long.
And elsewhere — to her knee!
Now Daddy ran the town’s small bank
Located on Main Street
And he looked over all the girls
To see whom he should meet!
Then courting Mom was quite a task
In this strict Baptist school,
For even teachers had to go
By Miss McDowell’s rule!
And when in Chowan’s “Parlor Room”,
Proposing Dad began.
Who should appear around the door
But Doctor Preston Vann!
Well anyway, the knot got tied
In nineteen twenty three!
And nine years later the whole town
Turned out to welcome me!
Both of my parents now do live
With the dear Lord above.
And I'm so glad they gave to me
These true tales — with their love!
—Betty King Britton
THE CHOWANIAN
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PAGE 2—The Chowanian, May-June, 1986
Area revival speakers hosted
&
Chowan supported the
Southern Baptist Simultaneous
"Good News America"
Revivals held in area churches
in April in a number of ways.
Speakers and pastors were
hosted to a buffet breakfast,
as pictured above. Dr. John
Bunn, Murfreesboro Baptist
Church revival speaker, spoke
at two chapel programs on
campus and several
evangelists spoke to college
groups, according to Dr.
Hargus Taylor, chaplain, who
coordinated the campus par
ticipation. At right—The Rev.
Thomas Caulkins, pastor, and
Dr. Bunn, speaker, Mur
freesboro Baptist Church, chat
with Eugene Puckette, editor
of THE BIBLICAL RECORDER
who spoke at Cashie Church,
Windsor.
Taylor gets seminary scholarship
Marcia Ellen Taylor, of Mur
freesboro, has been chosen to
receive a Raymond Brown
Memorial Scholarship at
Southeastern Baptist Thelological
Seminary for 1986-87.
Taylor, a 1984 graduate of
Chowan College and a 1986
graduate of Meredith College, is
the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R.
Hargus Taylor, of Murfreesboro.
At Meredith, she was one of the two
students with the highest academic
averages among the graduating
seniors.
Named for the late professor of
New Testament at Southeastern,
the Brown scholarships are award
ed to a select group of incoming
students each year who have
demonstrated a high degree of
achivement and potential in both
academic and ministry areas.
Many Honors
Taylor received many honors
while a Chowan student. As a
freshman, she was the chief mar
shal and won the Highest
Scholarstic Average for a
Freshman at Honors Day.
As a sophomore, she received
three honors: Highest Scholastic
Average for a Sophomore, Best All
Around Student, and Order of the
Silver Feather. She also was nam
ed to the National Junior College
Athletic Association Women’s
Academic All-American Team.