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STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CHOWAN COLLEGE
Volume 3 — Number 3
Murfreesboro, N.C.
Wednesday, October 14, 1970
Homecoming Activities Planned
Professor Cohen introduced guest speaker Tran Van Dihn wlio
spoke in Chapel on the Vietnamese point of view about
American involvement in Vietnam.
Dihn Speaks In Chapel
Tran Van Dinh, Vietnamese
journalist, deplomat and guerilla
fighter was the chapel speaker at
Chowan Oct. 6.
A free-lance writer who was a
senior member of the South
Vietnamese foreign service until
he resigned in 1964, Dinh was
educated at Quoc Hoc College
and Hanoi University.
He spoke on the current scene
in Vietnam.
During World War II, Dinh
fought with the Viet Minh
Liberation Army as a guerilla
fighter against the French and
Japanese forces.
During World War II, Dinh
fought with the Viet Minh
Liberation Army as a guerilla
fighter against the French and
Japanese forces.
Having served as Minister to
Burma, Director General of
Information and Charge d’Af-
faires to the United States, he
was acting Ambassador to the
United States when he resigned to
pursue a full-time journalism
career.
Dinh has contributed articles to
leading newspapers and
magazines throughout the United
States and has published one
novel.
Sponsored by the SGA, Dinh
was on campus from ap
proximately 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
After addressing students here,
he left for a speaking
engagement at the University of
Richmond.
He was born in Hue, Vietnam,
and is currently writing a book on
the American political and
cultural scene.
By RONALD G. DUNN
One of the year’s most im
portant events. Homecoming,
wth its colorful parades and
election of Homecoming Queen
and Princess is almost upon us.
Through the years, I am told by
many, this is the event that
triggers the most thoughts of the
“Good Ole Days” at Chowan. Not
only from alumni do we get these
reports but from the Mur
freesboro townspeople and
faculty on the campus. Said one
upstanding townsman, “It makes
us (townspeople) feel proud at
Homecoming when visitors from
all sections of the United States
come to our small community.
They leave memories we of
Murfreesboro will cherish for
years to come.”
Preparations are already being
made with precise planning and
determination to ensure a timely
and successful chain of events
Saturday, October 24. All offices
of the administration, faculty,
and Student Government
Association are working
furiously and with conmiendable
dedication to bring together all
facets of the day’s events.
Election of Homecoming Court
One integral part of our
Homecoming program, the
election of the Homecoming
Court, was accomplished
Thursday, Oct. 1. Each Dor
mitory elected one sophomore
girl and one freshman girl to
represent their residence hall.
During the time of the residence
hall elections, many students
gained much campaign ex
perience as the competition was
keen. The girls were nominated
on the basis of form and quality of
personality.
After the dormitory elections
were completed, the student body
was treated with the pleasure of
viewing the twenty candidates on
stage at the October 1 Chapel
Program. This preview was for
the purpose of voting for the two
candidates who, in the students’
opinion, was the best qualified to
represent Chowan College as
Homecoming Queen and
Homecoming Princess for the
academic year 1970-71. This was
by no means an easy decision as
evidence by all the candidates’
attributes. From these twenty
young female students, ten would
be selected by the students in an
election to be Chowan’s
Homecoming Court.
Thursday afternoon was spent
in making one’s decision and
voting in the Student Union.
Excitement was heavy among
the candidates and their sponsors
as the final results were given by
the Student Government
Association. Those results were
as follows: Sophomore can
didates for Homecoming Queen
were Debbie Pickett, Faye
Overstreet, Linda Moyer, Sheryl
Floyd, and Linda Woodard.
Freshmen candidates for
Homecoming Princess were
Patti Fordham, Nancy Suhre,
Chris Lobi, Doris Smith, and
Debbie Matzen. As one can see,
only five sophomores and five
freshmen were elected out of the
original twnety to be on the
"Three By Chekhov” To Be Presented
The drama “Three By
Chekhov” will be presented
October 29 in McDowell Columns
Auditorium by the professional
cast from the South Carolina
Theatre Company.
Admission is free for Chowan
College students. Admission for
visitors is $1.
The plays being presented are
“On the Harmfulness of
Tobacco,” “Swan Song,” and “A
Tragedian in Spite of Himself.”
The Company
The South Carolina Theatre
Company is currently in its sixth
year as the only professional
repertory theatre company in the
state of South Carolina, and is
also one of the few entirely self-
supporting professional threatres
in the United States. Founded six
years ago, the company is now
composed of eleven professional
actors and actresses, with
several of the company having
appeared on the Broadway stage
in New York, as well as off-
Broadway, summer arid winter
stock, and touring road com
panies, such as the South
Carolina Theatre Company. The
company has toured such states
as South Carolina, Georgia,
North Carolina, Kentucky,
Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, and Florida, with
such productions as
“Shakespeare Revisited,” “The
Taming of the Shrew,” “King
Richard III,” “Three by
Chekhov,” “Uncle Vanya,” “The
White House,” “Don Juan in
Hell,” among others. The SCTC
plays approximately 130 colleges
each season, as well as 500 high
schools.
The producer-director and
founder of the South Carolina
Theatre Company is Milton
Dickson, who is now the highest
paid theatre personage in the
Southeast and one that ranks
among the top 5 per cent salary-
wise of the stage actors in the
United States. Mr. Dickson has
just opened another theatre
company with offices in New
York-the East Coast Repertory
Theatre, which will tour colleges
and high schools in the Northern
states with the same five or six
productions available through
the SCTC in the South and
Southeast.
The 1970-71 season opens at
October Plans
October will present the
Chowan student with numerous
opportunities to be exposed to the
best in culture, in addition to
other activities.
The calendar, which must be
groaning under the weight of the
number of campus attractions
scheduled, includes concerts,
lectures, drama, and art as
cultural offerings.
Oct. 14—NORTH CAROLINA
STRING QUARTET, 8:15 p.m.,
McDowell Columns, free. This
quartet, known throughout the
shoutheast, has appeared on
numerous community and
college concert series as well as
on educational television.
Oct. 15—Visiting Scholar,
Charles Weiss, UNC-CH.
Oct. 16— Mid-term Grading
Period (we just slipped that one
in on you)
Oct. 17— It may be quiet here,
but the BRAVES travel to Banner
Elk, N.C. (check you maps) to
play Lees-McRae. Pity Lees-
McHae.
Oct. 21- KENNY ROGERS
AND THE FIRST EDITION.
Like W0W11 SGA Concert. 8
p.m.. Columns
Oct. 23— Casual Dance
featuring ROYALP' VII. S(iA
sponsored, Thomas Cafeteria
Oct. 24 - II0ME('()MIN(;.
(,'howan plays Harlord m a
Coastal CoiitcicMce tiaini- iii Hie
afternoon. Parade at 10 a.m.
Semi-formal dance, SGA,
cafeteria, with THE EMBERS.
Oct. 24- DORMITORY
DEDICATION— The tall
residence hall with the steep
steps leading all the way to the
top floor will be dedicated.
Congressman Walter B. Jones of
the United States House of
Representatives will give the
address. 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 26— COMMUNITY
CONCERT— “Music of Don
Shirley” in Columns. You’ll like
this! 8:15 p.m.
Oct. 28—SENIOR COLLEGE
DAY, Whitaker Library, 1-4 p.m.
Select your next college, com
plete your work heEe, graduate,
transfer (repeat as you take your
shower).
Oct. 29— DRAMA, “Three by
Checkhov” in Columns,
presented by the South Carolina
Theatre Company (pros). The
titles are: On the Harmfulness of
Tobacco, Swan Song, A
Trage.dian in Spite of Himself.
Oct. 31—Now, if you've made it
this far, you're ready for
HALLOWEEN However, if you
prefer to relehrate this back
home, why no one is going to
force you to stay on campus The
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Wood Junior College in
Mathiston, Mississippi, and the
season will last through mid-
May, 1971. Productions on the
road during the current season
include “Shakespeare
Revisited” (now in its 6th year),
“Three by Chekhov” (3rd year),
“Hamlet” (3rd year), “King
Richard III (1st season), “Two
by Shaw” (1st season.) “The
House of Atreus” (2nd year).
Milton Dickson, Sherry Bruck,
and Walter Hicklin head the cast
this season. Among the most
celebrated to work with the SCTC
was Elizabeth Malloch Davis,
who starred in many Boradway
productions during the 1930’s.
Miss Davis was the first actress
to join the SCTC and for four
seasons toured in such roles as
Medea in “Medea,” Dona Ana in
George Bernard Shaw’s “Don
Jaun in Hell,” as well as
memorable performances in
“Shakespeare Revisited” and
“The White House.” Sherry
Bruck is the headline female
lead, at present, coming from the
Hedgerow Repertory Theatre in
Philadelphia. Mr. Dickson stars
in most of the productions and
directs most of the plays, with an
occasional guest-director coming
in at the first of the season from
one of the Shakespeare festivals
to direct “Hamlet,” or one of the
other productions. Renthy
Dickson designs costumes for
most of the productions and
scenery and lighting effects are
executed by Alexander
Productions.
Three By Chekhov
All of Anton Chekhov’s one-act
plays were conceived within a
space of six years, 1885-1891,
from Chekhov’s twenty-fifth to
his thirty-first year. Although
some of them were rewritten and
considerably altered, his short
plays belong to the period in his
output when he was a comic
caricaturist. Most of the plays
are well known among the
universities and in professional
acting classes. For the most part,
they are highly stylized and
many are as complex as comedy
can become. Chekhov’s plays
contain perhaps the largest
number of character types ever
conceived for the stage. To find
characters as richly endowed,
one would have to search the
pages of Dickens, Balzac, and
Proust. There are many one-act
plays by Anton Chekhov and the
South Carolina Theatre Company
is pleased to present three. These
thiec one-act plays comprise a
theatrical production entitled
‘Three By Chekhov” and the
production has been in the
repertory of the company for
three years.
“On the Harmfulness of
Tobacco” is probably the shor
test one-acter Chekhov wrote.
The play is a delicious harangue
recited by a henpecked husband,
Nyachin, who hates his wife but
cannot bring himself to admit
how much he cannot abide her.
The author wrote six different
versions of the play and David
Magershack in his study of
(Uiekhov’s plays (“Chekhov the
Dramatist”), uses this play to
illustrate his belief that Chekhov
changed slowly from the play of
dramatically effective action to
the play of indirect action, in
which active intricacies of plot
are subordinated to character
development. With each
rewriting by Chekhov, the play
becaome less farcical and more
psychologically accurate.
Whereas the poor henpecked
husband suffered in the first
version from asthma, his com
plaint in the last version is only a
tic - the blinking of an eye. The
SCTC uses the last version
written by Chekhov. “On the
Harmfulness of Tobacco” is an
actor’s paradise in any of its
versions. Actually, the last
version we use is more stylized
and less “real”: without
digressions, the character
reveals himslef as he actually is
in real life. He confesses as he
would never do at such a time and
place. What Chekhov leai;ned was
that a “stylized” reaUty which
simulates reality is more ef
fective than reality itself. Every
artist works toward his own
stylized reahty. This is a lesson
which would have benefited the
realistic development of “On the
Highroad,” another one-act by
Chekhov. In the theatre, fidelity
to reality is subservient to the
creation of a mood which holds
the audience moree strongly than
crude, realistic detail. Whereas
most of the monologue is funny
and reveals the intense hatred
Nyuchin holds for his wife, the
farce is forgotten as Nyuchin
describes his yearning to escape
his lot and stand in a field gaping
up at the wide sky line like a
scarecrow. Yearning is the key to
Chekhov’s characters; that is
their eternal pose, a desire for
another and better existance
which they cannot have and
cannot fathom.
(Continued on Page 3)
Homecoming Court. From these
ten, a Homecoming Queen and
Homecoming Princess will be
picked by our Football Team.
The election of the Homecoming
Queen and Princess will take
place during half-time at the
football game Saturday, October
24.
Parade
Homecoming day, Saturday,
October 24 will start off with a
bang as various bands, floats,
and other entertainment will roll
down our scenic Jones Drive
(Squirrel Park Circle to us
Chowanians) promptly at 10:00.
Speculation tells us we will have
bands from several high schools
playing a wide variety of mar
ching music. Floats will come
from dormitories, clubs, and
other organizations.
The Homecoming theme for
this year is the “Age of
Aquarius.” The Student
Government Association is of
fering $15 to any dormitory or
organization wishing to build a
float. The administration and the
Student Government Association
urges everyone to be present on
the sidelines to support the
parade Saturday morning in
preparation for the football game
that afternoon and to join in the
celebration of annual
Homecoming Day.
Dedication of South Hall
and Lake
Next on the agenda for
Homecoming day is the
dedication program for South
Hall and the Lake beginning at
1:30 p.m. with Charles L.
Revelle, St., Chairman of the
Board of Trustees, presiding.
Invocation will be administered
by the Reverend Thomas H.
Caulkins of the -Murfreesboro
Baptist Church. Next will come
the welcome and introductions by
Charles L. Revelle St., Reginald
H. Jones, Vice President of Kane
Construction Company who were
contracted to build South Hall,
Dr. B. Franklin Lowe Jr., Dean of
Chowan College, and the
Presidnet of South Hall. After the
introductions musical en
tertainment will be provided (not
decided at the time of this
writing.)
The highlight of the Dedication
ceremony, guest speaker United
States Congressman Walter B.
Jones, will be introduced by Dr.
Bruce E. Whitaker, President of
Chowan College. Congressman
Jones is a Democratic
Representative of the First
District of North Carolina and a
resident of Farmville. He is a
former trustee of the University
of North Carolina and serves ont
the following committees:
Agriculture- Subcommittees on
Tobacco, Conservation and
Credit, and Family Farms;
Merchant Marine and Fisheries-
Subcommittees on Coast Guard,
Oceanography, and the Panama
Canal. Congressman Jones will
give his address for the
dedication of South Hall and the
Lake. South Hall contains 280
men and is nine stories high
covering 58,000 square feet. Total
expense of the dormitory and
related, inprovements is
$1,243,955.23. Each room is fully
carpeted and individually air
conditioned and heated. The high
dormitory’s facilities include a
spacious lounge, dormitory post
office, head resident apartment,
and recreation area. The lake
which will greatly improve
campus appearance covers an
area of eight acres.
The Benediction will be con
ducted by Leon P. Spencer,
Comptroller, Baptist State
Convention of North Carolina.
Open House for South Hall will be
from 12:00 to 1:30. The lounge
will be open for the remainder of
the afternoon.
Football Game
The most awaited for event of
the day comes after the
dedication of South Hall and t^e
Lake. That’s when we see our
football team in action. This year
our opponents are the team from
Harford Junior College of Bel
Air, Maryland. Reports hold that
it will be an exciting game. The-
game begins with the Bravettes
representing our school spirit
with one of their great dance
numbers that our football games
couldn’t do without. On the field
with the Bravettes will be the
Robersonville High School
Marching Band who will keep the
spectators well entertained
during intermission and time
outs.
The half-time will be devoted to
the selection and crowning of our
Homecoming Queen and Prin
cess. This will be accomplished
by the football team.
That about wraps up this
preview of the big day, Saturday,
October 24, and a full, well-
rounded day it will be. Let’s hope
everyone stays to help celebrate
the event and make good the
boast that this is the best year yet
at Chowan.
Mrs. Larson
Directs
Saturday evening, fitting right
in with the Chowan style of en
ding a good day will be a semi-
formal dance featuring “The
Embers.” The dance will take
place in the Thomas Cafeteria
from 8:00 until 12:00.
0
SGA President Ronaldo A. Karunungan is presented the
Exchange Club's Student of the Month Award by Professor
Hazelton. Ronnie is the first student to be honored with the
award this year.
Ronnie Named
Student of Month
Evangellstn Week
Canceled
Chowan’s Evangelism Week,
scheduled for Oct. 19-23 with
speaker Grady Nutt, has been
cancelled.
Grady Nutt will speak on
March for Religious Emphasis
Week.
The Murfreesboro Exchange
Club awarded Ronaldo A.
Karunungan the Student of the
Month Award at the regularly
scheduled meeting on Oct. 5.
The award is given monthly to
a deserving student of Chowan
College or Murfreesboro High
School. Qualifications are based
on leadership, performance,
scholastic ability, community
contributions and future
potential.
He was presented a plaque by
Mr. George Hazelton, chairman
of the Student of the Month
Committee (also acting chair
man of the Science and Math
Departments of Chowan
CloUege).
Ronnie is the first student to be
selected this academic year.
Language Teachers
Meet at Chowan
Mrs. Edith Larson, director of
the drama program at Chowan
College, directed an outdoor
drama which was presented at
Kennedy Home, the Kinston
campus of the Baptist Children’s
Homes of North Carolina.
The drama, which depicts the
founding of the Kennedy Home,
was presented Oct. 9,10, and 11 at
7:30 p.m. The author is Mrs.
Roger Crook of Raleigh.
The setting is Cedar Dell,
mansion of William and Emily
Kennedy who donated their 1,200-
acre plantation for a children’s
home. The first part of this
building was opened in 1832 and is
considered the focal point of the
Kennedy Home campus.
J. Eugene White, editor of
CHARITY AND CHILDREN,
official paper for the Baptist
Children’s Home, explained the
meaning of the play’s title,
“Diamonds and Deeds.”
“It is so named because of the
deed to the property given by
Capt. Kennedy and because Mrs.
Kennedy sold her diamonds to
raise money for one of the early
cottages at Kennedy Home.
Money from the diamonds built
Hardee Cottage, named in honor
of Mrs. Kehnedy’s fatHfef,
Pinkney Hardee,” White said.
Mrs. Larson, professor of
English, directs the Chowan
Players, college drama group,
and also has extensive ex
perience in directing children’s
theatre. Each year a drama,
which includes college students
and children in the cast, is
presented in schools in neigh
boring communities in North
Carolina and Virginia.
Roger Williams, superintendentof
Kennedy Home, stated “we are
delighted to have Mrs. Larson as
director. ” He added, “We deeply
appreciate Chowan College’s
sharing Mrs. Larson’s time and
services with us.”
Flu Vaccine
Now Available
Influenza vaccine is now
available in the Infirmary at 50
cents per dose. Those who have
not been innocculated previously
will need two doses with an in
terval of two months between
doses.
Persons previously given
vaccine containing the A2 Hong
Kong variant need only one dose.
Annual routine influenza im
munization is not recommended
for healthy adults, infants or
children.
This vaccine should not be
administered to individuals who
have a history of hypersensitivity
to egg, chicken, or chicken
feathers.
Suit Filed
To Stop Game
Beat Lees-McRae!
The Lees-McRae game
will be played at the Avery
High School Football Field
of Newland on Oct. 17.
Lees-McRae beat
Chowan last year 21-13, and
now holds a 3-1 record for
the 1970 season.
Foreign language teachers
from the state's seven Baptist
colleges met at Chowan College
Oct. 9and 10. The president of ihe
group, M. Eugene Williams,
chairman of Chowan’s language
department, planned for 35 to be
present.
Activities ' Friday included
registration at 4 p.m. in the
faculty lounge of McDowell
Columns and dinner at 6:30 p.m.
in the President's Room of
Thomas Cafeteria The first
session was held al 8 p.m. in
Marks Hall auditorium and
featured an address by Dr.
Douglas William Alden,
professor of French Literature
and chairman of the department
of modern languages at the
University of Virgin!,n A
reception followed at the home of
Williams.
Two general sessions were
planned for Saturday morning in
Marks Hall. At 9 o’clock
problems peculiar to language
departments were discussed in
open forum. Following 30-minute
discussion groups, a second
session was held at 11 with
participants grouped according
to subject matter: French,
Spanish, Latin, German and
Russian.
Lunch and an optional tour of
the campus at 12:30 p.m. com
pleted the program. Other
Chowan professors serving- as
officers in addition to Williams
were Dr. Morris Carson, vice-
president, professor of Spanish;
and Mrs. Betty Batchelor,
secretary. English
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ^
A court suit has been filed,
seeking to block the Michigan
State-Michigan football game
here Oct. 17, alleging it is a nui
sance because alcohol and
drugs are in use in the stadium.
Don Koster of Ypsilanti,
Mich., an attorney active in civ
il rights eases, filed the case in
Washtenaw County Circuit
Court Thursday in behalf of Joel
Block, 22, a University of Michi
gan janitor and union steward
who was sports editor of the
campus newspaper during the
last academic year.
"I am not against football, but
1 am for equal law enforcement.
If the law applies to rock festi
vals, then it should also apply to
football games." Block said.