Page 8—Smoke Signals, Wednesday, February 28, 1973
Business Professor
Reaches 'Life Goal'
MRS. PATRICIA EDWARDS
By STEPHEN BOWMAN
Mrs. Edwards, Business
Education teacher here at
Chowan, believes that she has
reached her life’s goal. She in
corporates her unique
phylosophy of life in her daily
teaching and credits most of her
success and advancement with
that phylosophy.
Mrs. Edwards was bom in 1939
at Laurinburg, N.C., the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Britt. She was raised in
Laurinburg along with three
brothers and one sister. Mrs.
Edwards graduated from
Laurinburg High School (now
Scotland County High) in 1957,
after which she went to work for
the summer as a stenographer at
Sears and Roebuck in Atlanta,
Georgia. Deciding on a more
secure career, she chose to
further her education.
College was the answer and she
began her study at Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone,
N. C., in the fall of 1957. Unlike
many students she had to work
her way through college with
scholarships, library work as a
graduate assistant, and typing
thesis papers for students during
the summer.
She attended ASTC year round
for four years and received a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in
Business Education in 1961. In the
fall and spring of the same year
Mrs. EMwards taught at Chowan
By STEPHEN BOWMAN
In the sixth chapter, the
twenty-third verse of Romans we
read “For the wa^es of sin is
death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.”
An account of the first sin is
given in the third chapter of
Genesis, when Adam and Eve ate
the fruit of the tree of knowledge,
God’s command was not obeyed,
but the serpent of sin was obeyed
instead. God set punishment upon
Adam and all man thereafter by
sending Adam and Eve out of the
Garden, into the world and
sentencing all sinners to death.
The Law or Ten Com
mandments and the Sermon On
the Mount are our best guidelines
to follow in learning right from
wrong and sin from
righteousness. It should be
perfection we desire, for the
Bible says in Matthew 6:48, “Be
ye therefore perfect, as your
Father which is in Heaven is
perfect.” The question of how we
can be perfect is answered in
Genesis 7:1 in which the Lord
syys, “Walk before Me and thou
be perfect.”
What is the result of sin? It is
plain and simple to see, as it is
written throughout the Bible that
the result of sin or “the wages of
sin” is death and exclusion from
Heaven.
We should learn as much about
the life of Christ as we can. The
things that Christ tells us in the
Bible and the answers to our
prayers are the most supreme
truth available. The Bible says,
“Awake to righteousness, and sin
nt)l."
and went back to ASTC in the
summer of 1962 to complete the
requirements for and to receive
her Masters degree in Business
Education. Looking back on her
college days Mrs. Edwards says,
“Even though it was hard, it was
well worth it.” After receiving
her masters degree she came
back to Chowan and has been
teaching here since that time.
In 1962 Mrs. Edwards (for
merly Miss Britt) married Mr.
Bill Edwards who is now a
prominent business man in town,
involved in several Murfreesboro
enteritises. Mr. and Mrs. Ed
wards have three children,
Susanne, eight; John, four; and
David, three and two French
Poodles, Michelle and Sally
Boppin. Mrs. Edwards enjoys
playing Bridge, cooking,
swimming, reading, singing, and
playing the piano. She is involved
in a good many organizations
including the Community Con
cert Association, Pi Omega Pi,
the North Carolina, Southern,
and National Business Education
Associations. Mrs. Edwards is a
sponsor for the Alpha Pi Chapter,
Alpha Pi Epsilon, currently
engaged in starting a Womans
Society on campus.
Mrs. Edwards has a completed
correspondence course from the
University of Nebraska. She has
served as treasurer to the faculty
for twelve years.
Her interest in the world of
business was, and is stimulated
There are ways to excape sins’
wage of death. We can be freed of
our sins and the result of sin by
God’s forgiveness through our
confession of sins, repentance,
and faith in Jesus Christ. Christ
says that He has the power to
forgive sin in Matthew 9:6 when
He is talking to the paralyzed
man, “But that ye may know that
the Son of man hath power on
earth to forgive sins, “Arise, take
up thy bed and go unto thy
house.” And he did. There is but
one unforgivable sin and in the
words of our Lord in Matthew
12:32 “but whoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in
this world, neither in the next
world to come.”
Even on the cross, as Jesus was
suffering, He forgave sin by
saying, “Forgive them; for they
know not what they do.” Before
Christ came, men died and
suffered for the sins they com
mitted. Christ came and died so
that the body of sin in us would
die and our souls would pass from
sin’s death to Christ’s life.
Here is a demonstration of
what happens to sin when Christ
comes into our life. When oil is
put into a cup and water poured
into it, the oil floats up to and over
the top of the cup, as it fills with
water. I relate the cup as being
life, the oil as the sin in our life,
and the water as Christ combined
with the Holy Spirit. So what
happens? When Christ comes into
our life, our sin is washed away,
we are filled with the Holy Spirit,
and our cup runneth over.
As Adam came and brought sin
to man, Christ came and took it
away. So, get the Adam out of
your life with Romans 6:11, “Be
dead to sin, alive to Christ.”
by the tact that the career op
portunities in business are
unlimited.
Speaking about Chowan, Mrs.
EMwards said, “Based on ob
servation’s as a teacher and
formerly a college student, I
think that we have the finest,
most dedicated faculty
anywhere.” Although she
believes Chowan to be weak in
certain areas, she is confident
that the college leaders realize
this and are striving to improve.
“It’s top notch.” One of the major
changes she says that she would
like to see is in the cafeteria. She
had this to say:
“A major complaint on campus
seems to be the cafeteria—
cafeteria-style service. Having
come from a school (ASTC)
where the College owned and
operated its own farms and
dairies, food was abundant and
well frepared under the super
vision of a dietician who worked
in conjunction with the School of
Home Economics. The Cafeteria
was one of the most highly
praised areas on ASTC’s campus.
I did not hear a single complaint
about the food during the years I
spent on campus. However, with
the price of food continuing to
rise, it will probably be a long
time before Chowan can afford
this service.”
Mrs. Edwards would also like
to see more attitude of study in
the students on campus and she
believes that the students should
take college more seriously,
“Education is such a vital part of
life.” She also said, “I would like
to see Chowan go on the quarter
system. I realize it would take a
tremendous amount of work to
make the transition, but I believe
it would be much better for the
students and faculty, as well.”
Speaking from a woman’s point
of view, Mrs. Edwards suggested
that students, planning to become
teachers, should finish their
Masters degree. To all students
she suggests acquiring four years
of college, “You have to plan for
the future. Think in terms of after
graduation—monetary and
psychological. Think positive.”
Mrs. Edwards has this special
comment to make about the most
influential person in her hfe:
“The single most influential
person in my life who influenced
my decision to make education
my life’s work was Mrs. Cecil
Sanford, mother of N. C.’s former
governor, Terry Sanford. She
taught for many years in Lbg.,
stayed in the teaching profession
tong enough that she taught my
mother, and all of my brothers
and sisters. Since she was a close
ONE HOUR FILMS
AT ART GALLERY
In cooperation with the
National Gallery of Art in
Washington, the Chowan Art
Gallery presents a series of one
hour films entitled “Pioneers of
Modern Painting.” The films are
written and narrated by Sir
Kenneth Clark who also narrated
the famed “Civilization” series.
Tliere are six films, each per
taining to the life and works of
one of the following artists:
Qaude Monet, Paul Cezanne,
Edouard Manet, Georges Seurat,
Henri Rousseau, and Edward
Munch. The films will be shown
on the follwoing evenints: Manet,
February 21 and 22; Cezanne,
April 4 and 5; Monet, April 11 and
12; Seurat, April 18 and 19;
Rousseau, AprU 25 and 26; and
Munch, May 2 and 3.
neighbor ot ours, as a child 1
spent many happy hours playing
in her back yard. As a result of
this close relationship with her, I
developed much of her
philosophy of life; that is “to
enjoy life, to accept life’s
challenges with a positive at
titude. She would say: ‘You will
be surprised at how much you
can do of what you thought you
couldn’t.’ ” And, she was right!
Words like these from her made
the going a little easier through
college.
“Every day, life offers a
challenge and we should accept
life’s challenge.”
Mrs. Edwards believes that she
has accepted the challenge and
has as a result is satisfied with
her past, present, and confident
of her future.
Finding that she has inspired
others is her most rewarding
experience as a teacher is
knowing that I might have in
spired some of my students, as
my teachers have inspired me. I
love teaching, especially college-
age young people, and I fully
believe that, as the title of a poem
I once read goes, ‘You Can’t
Grow Old In a College Town.’ ”
A Pleo to God
By HUNTER GISH
My freedom, an oddity - unknown; What is it?
Peace of mind. Serenity; Where have they gone?
Dear heaven, why am I being forbade these things?
My spirit is being dulled with the consideration of
humanity.
My mind, warped by the co-existence of your children;
Am I one?
What is my purpose here? I do not understand.
I feel alone, that I belong with some other than your
children.
Is it my fault? That I can not achieve unity with the
world I live in.
Or is it a fault? Am I being tested as if I were a piece of
defective machinery?
Why do you keep this knowledge from me?
Must I continue to suffer quietyly? Not being relieved of
this anxiety?
Will competing to belittle my fellow man accomplish
anything more than selfish satisfaction?
This restriction of my ability to comprehend truth,
greatness,
What will it accomplish?
Further restricting myself. I am dying, afraid only of
your judgement.
I feel contempt for the atrosties of the mass of
humanity.
My capacity to feel love is waning and yet you refuse me
knowledge.
Shall I never be rewarded with your guidance?
Will you only answer me while I am at your side?
To have the knowledge of faith and love, love for you and
your creations.
This is what I ask, what I need.
That I may have confidence in your power in my life.
To be aware of reality and not become obliterated by it.
To exude your spirit, to live my life in your greatness.
But how? Why must I go on this way? Am I being selfish
for wanting these things?
God, save me from myself.
'Dead to Sin;
Alive to Clirist'