1988 Homecoming Queeny Princess crowned
Christi Lynn King of Cary, was selected
Chowan’s 1988 Homecoming Queen and
received her crown during halftime of the
Braves’ football game against Potomac
State on October 15.
The Braves took command of the game
offensively and defensively, whipping the
Catamounts 25-0 before a large crowd that
included many alumni.
The alumni participated in receptions
before and after the game and a luncheon
was held in the President’s Dining Room
for alumni and other guests.
1988 Homecoming Princess
Christi King was Chowan’s homecoming
princess last year. A graduate of Apex
Senior High School, where she was
selected queen of Homecoming, she is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Patrick King,
and a commercial art major.
King also is manager of the Braves
wrestling team, and a member of the Art
Club and Phi Theta Kappa for academic
excellence.
Jennifer'Ruth Shepard of Williamsburg,
Va., a Lafayette High School graduate,
was named 1988 Homecoming Princess.
She is a nursing major and the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shepard.
Homecoming activities began on
Thursday with a pep rally and parade,
sponsored by the Student Government
Association.
Members of the Court
Other members of the Homecoming
Court include sophomores Beth Daven
port, of Hampton, Va.; Jennifer Grooters,
of Virginia Beach, Va.; and Donna Jo
Phillips of Murfreesboro.
Other freshman princess candidates were
Julie Brooks of Kinston; Celeste Keller, of
Tabb, Va.; and Susan Thompson of
Durham.
President Bruce E. Whitaker presented
the crown to King and a bouquet of flowers
to Shepard to begin their reigns at
Homecoming.
Mark Brown
art works
exhibited
Contemporary works of art by Mark
Brown of Kinston were featured in the
Chowan Art Gallery in Green Hall in
October. Brown, visual arts director of the
Community Council for the Arts in
Kinston, is a MFA graduate of East
Carolina University.
He has exhibited recently in St. Louis,
Mo.; Elk Grove, 111.; and Rochester and
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Professor of Art Doug Eubank com
mented, “The artist’s work consists of
some small oil paintings on paper and low-
fire earthenware ceramics sculpture.”
He said Brown’s work “reflects the
latest and most contemporary small scale
sculptural pieces being done in the art
world today.”
Eubank said in the artist’s own view his
works gave the viewer ‘ ‘a sense of whimsy
in order to make them fun to look at as well
as thought-provoking. ’ ’
Christi Lynn King smiles proudly as she begins her reign as 1988 Jennifer Ruth Shepard, of Williamsburg, Va., was selected as
Homecoming Queen. Miss King was escorted in the annual Chowan’s Freshman Princess for 1988. A nursing major, Jen-
activities by Todd Smallwood. nifer was escorted by Chris Williams.
Catalog carries work of new poets
Nine poems by men and women from six
states are being distributed in all 50 states
and overseas in publication. The poems
appear in a seven-page literary supplement
within the Chowan College 1989-90
catalog.
Dr. Ken Wolfskill, Chairman of the
Department of Language and Literature,
and Darrell Nicholson, Registrar, began
“New Poets Review” in 1975 and the
works of nine or ten unknown poets have
appeared in each succeeding catalog to the
applause of the literary and educational
worlds.
The poets win the honor through a poetry
contest conducted by Wolfskill and
Nicholson.
Each fall, contest rules are sent to over
500 colleges and universities across the
nation. “We get around 400 entries a year,
most from college students and
professors,” stated Nicholson.
Keen Competition
Commented Wolfskill, “The com
petition is real stiff. Opportunities to be
published are not real broad. We have
received some really good poetry.
Generally we come up with 10 poems that
we think are outstanding. We don’t publish
anything that isn’t publishable. One year
we published only nine poems. ’ ’
“Every serious poet likes to be
published,” noted Nicholson. “This
provides an avenue for the new and mosdy
unknown poets to express themselves. This
is a start. This gives poets a chance to have
an audience.”
Nicholson is himself a published poet.
His poems have appeared in a number of
regional and national literary publications.
Wolfskin’s writings have been published in
professional and literary journals.
Nicholson expressed the opinion “this is
an activity the liberal arts college should
support. It’s good that the college is willing
to commit some of its resources to this
activity.”
Wolfskill pointed out that entries come
from all over and some from “name”
poets. He and Nicholson said the latter
include well known North Carolina poets
Shelby Stephenson and Anthony Abbott,
whose poems have appeared in “New
Poets Review.”
Nicholson said “New Poets Review’”
has boosted the careers of a number of
poets. He said they have gone on to have
poems published in other publications. He
said several have even had books of their
poetry published.
He said the circulation is the number of
catalogs printed each year. The 1988-89
edition which is currently in use had a
printing of 16,000.
“The catalog has a universal cir
culation,” Nicholson explained. “An
employee of the Nigerian embassy in
Washington, D.C. sent word that she was
impressed with it.”
The “New Poets Review” is taken
seriously by the literary conununity,
Wolfskill and Nicholson said. “Sam Ragan
of Southern Pines has mentioned our New
Poets Review in his column several
times,” stated Wolfskill.
Nicholson said the late Guy Owens of
Raleigh also made positive comments
about the poetry section. Nicholson noted,
“It’s a pleasant respite for persons who
think a catalog is dull. It’s nice to have a
section that is manifesting inner beauty. ’ ’
"Good Idea”
“Parents attending orientation comment
that it’s a nice idea. One time in my office I
overheard two parents arguing over a
poem. The wife told me she didn’t know
that her husband was interested in poetry,”
Nicholson said.
The nine poems in the 1989-90 catalog
are from California, Illinois, Michigan,
New York, North Carolina and Texas. The
contest deadline for the following catalog
is March 2, 1989.
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