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Worship. Study. Action
Chowan Baptist Student Union
By DR. R. HAHGtIf? Tavt nc _.x ■ ■w ■ ■
By PR. R. HARGUS TAYLOR
Chaplain to the College
Chowan College
Integral to any fully adequate
philosophy of higher education Is
the concept that development of
man’s spirit Is Just as significant
as the development of his mind.
Indeed, mind and spirit are so
closely associated in the life of
any person that It Is virtually
Impossible to deal with the one
apart from the other. To assume
that one ever really deals In
‘t>urely Intellectual” or ‘^jurely
spiritual" matters Is, on the
one hand, to miss the range of
both Intellect and spirit and, on
the other hand, to harbor a false
notion of the structure of human
personality.
This Is the Justification for
such an organization as the Bap
tist Student Union on the campus
of Chowan College. It serves as
an avenue throu^ which the hu
man spirit may approach God In
worship; througSi which the Indi
vidual may broaden Ms Intel
lectual understanding of faith and
life through study; and through
which one may ejcpress his per
sonal commitment through wit
ness and action. The following
paragraphs record something of
the way In which Chowanlans
‘*'1® three-fold
ministry through BSU.
Through the work of the devo
tional co-chairmen, the Baptist
Student Union provides two peri
ods of worship on campus week
ly. These are held In the Askew
Student Union on Monday and
Thursday evenings, 6:30 p.m.
Such periods are usually led by
the students themselves. They
generally Include hymns, a period
of prayer, and a brief devotional
message. Students are also en
couraged to engage In private
meditation at those times most
convenient to their dally sched
ules.
Worship on campus, however.
Is not to be thought of as a sub
stitute for worship In the local
churches, a good percentage of
those students remaining on cam
pus over a given weekend will be
found In the regular worship
services of the churches In both
Murfreesboro and Ahoskle. It Is
assumed that the same holds true
for those who return home week-
by-week.
A second aspect of tte work of
Chowan’s BSU Is study Into the
nature of the Christian faith and
of one’s commitment to that faith.
Study sessions are conducted
each semester, dealing with
toemes relevant to the life and
Interests of college*afe stu-
dents.
The churches of the area also
afford opportunities for study.
to which many participants in
BSU respond. A core of students
participates weekly In Sunday
school classes for college youth
at Murfreesboro Baptist Church
and Murfreesboro Methodist
Church. The same Is true of Bap
tist Training Union, to which
Murfreesboro Baptist Church
tries to give particular attention
with regard to college young peo
ple.
Worship and study are com
bined In special student assem
blies and conventions attended
by Chowan BSU’ers. Some 20-30
students are expected to partici
pate In the North Carolina Bap
tist Student Union Convention,
scheduled for Wake Forest Col
lege campus on the weekend of
November 4-6. Smaller groups
will participate In the annual
BSU Spring Leadership Confer
ence, to be held In Greensboro,
April 14-16. A small contingent
of students will attend the Mis
sions Conference at Southeast
ern Baptist Theological Seminary
In early spring.
But worship and study are
meant to Issue In action. That
which a student discovers about
himself, about God, and about his
fellows, he wants to-share with
others. The one structured way In
which this Is being attempted at
JEAN NEWSOME, above,
speaks forcefully and mean
ingfully about the ministry
of Baptist Student Union on
the Chowan College cam
pus.
CAMPUS
(Continued from Page 14j
Ph.D. degree, has returned to
assume his responsibilities.
New additions to the adminis
tration and faculty of Chowan
College for this year are Pro
fessor Ernest L. Badgett, De
partment of English; Professor
Morris E. Carson, Department
of Languages (Spanish); Gen Sen
Chu, assistant librarian; Miss
Phyllis Dudley, Department of
Science and Mathematics; Miss
Roberta Sue Eagles, Department
of English; Mrs. J. p. Harris,
Chowan is through weekend 'Ex
tension” or ‘deputation” trips
to local churches. Teams of three
to six students engage In weekend
revivals or special youth meet
ings, upon Invitation from
churches in the area. In 196S-66
such teams conducted weekend
services at Blackwell Memorial
Baptist Church, EUzabeth City-
Merry Hill Baptist Church, Mer
ry Hill; Lawrence Baptist
Church, Lawrence; and West End
Baptist Church, Willlamston.
Since February of 1966 the BSU
has been conducting services for
the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
Creswell.
Chowan’s Baptist Student Un
ion is committed to world mis
sion through the work of the
LISTEN program of the North
Carolina Baptist Student Union.
In addition to the financial con
tribution which Chowan BSU’ers
will make to the 1966 LISTEN
projects In Durham and Chero
kee, five Chowan students took an
active part in summer mission
work through the Home Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, the Baptist Youth
Corps, and through local spon
sorship.
Many individuals teach Sunday
school classes in their home
churches or hold other positions
of responsibility. Ministerial
students get occasional opportu
nities for pastoral supply preach
ing, either in their home church
es or In churches near the col-
lege. Individuals respond or re-
Page IS, September 9, 1966
Chowan College Section
The Herald, Ahotkie, N. C.
act in difficult situations in ways
in which they might not have
responded were it not for contact
with Baptist Student Union at
Chowan.
While it is always a difficult
matter to attempt an evaluation of
religious structures or organi
zations, those who participate in
BSU at Chowan all testi^ to one
fact: they often discover a new
depth of faith and understanding
as they focus attention on wor
ship, study, and action through
the motivation of the campus
Baptist Student Union.
MUSIC
(Continued from Page 4)
Professor James Chambl^e,
chairman of the Department of
Music at Chowan College. During
recent tours of the Chowan Col
lege Touring choir and other
musical programs, while Pro
fessor Chamblee has been away
from campus completing re
quirements for his Ph.D. degree
at the University of North Caro
lina at Chapel Hill, the music
ministry of Chowan College has
been under the direction and su
pervision ofProfessorTrellesG.
Case, who served as acting chair
man of Chowan College’s Depart
ment of Music.
WELCOME
CHOWAN
COLLEGE
STUDENTS
assistant to the librarian; Pro
fessor George L. Hazelton, De
partment of Science and Mathe
matics; Miss Mary Annette Jor
dan, Department of Science and
Mathematics; Professor J. l.
Walter Moose, Department of
Social Science; Mrs. Rachel N.
Pittman, economics and history"
Miss Shirley WllUams, Depart
ment of Science and Mathemat
ics; Mr. and Mrs. Frank w.
Barrett, Mixon Dormitory ad
visors; Frank Henwood, cam
paign director; Mrs. Katherine
Davis Moore, Dean of Women,
succeeding Mrs. Sybil Grimes,
who recently retired after 12
Professor Robert W. Brown
directs Chowan College’s band.
Other professors assisting In the
music ministry at Chowan during
recent years include Mrs. Mary
Rose Lawrence and Miss Anna
Belle Crouch.
Professor Chamblee instructs
voice classes for Chowanlans and
Professor Case is Instructor for
Instrumentalists on piano and
organ.
years of service to the college-
E. Frank Stephenson Jr., direc
tor of admissions; Mrs.Derethe?
D. Thomas, dormitory advisor
and post office supervisor; and
Frank Whitaker, maintenance.
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