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Emphasis Week
Very Successful
There are a lot of students and
some of the administration that
do not know how much rehgious
emphasis has been made in this
semester.
The challenge has been great
but the members of the BSU-CCF
and the ministerial alliance rose
up and accepted the challenge
and met it head on. The results of
this challenge will never be
known because many people’s
lives have been affected by the
determination of a few.
The members of BSU-CCF
began semester with meetings on
Monday at 7 p.m. which lasted an
hour but sometimes turned into a
prayer meeting for another hour.
On Wednesday night one week
some of the members would go to
the rest home in Ahoskie for a
devotional service, the next
Wednesday night at 9:30 p.m.
was devoted to Bible study,
witnessing classes, and prayer on
Hiursday nights at 9:30 p.m., a
time of sharing a favorite
scripture or a prayer answered
and a period of singing and then
about an hour of prayer (on the
knees type.) On weekends nor
mally two revival teams go out
and present the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to churches not too far
from Chowan.
The ministerial alliance has
members that are involved in the
BSU-CCF activities. The alliance
is made up of sixteen members
mostly young men aspiring
toward God’s ministry. The
alliance has some ordained men
who are now serving churches
and going to school at the same
time. The alliance meets every
two weeks on Friday morning at
10 a.m. with outside speakers,
members of the faculty, or
members of the alliance in
charge. The alliance mans a rap
center located in the basement of
the library.
During the week of March 12-16
(which was designated as
Religious Emphasis Week) there
was a tremendous amount of
time, talent and effort by the
students to make the week a
success. It is to be noted here that
many professors joined in the
spirit of the week by allowing
classroom time for the study of
material pertaining to God. To
these we will always be grateful.
A new service was begun on
lliursday afternoon of that week
at 1:30 p.m. in the cafeteria and
that was a service for the em
ployees of the cafeteria. The best
part of the week so far is that this
service on Thursday afternoon in
the cafeteria is still going on.
Activities for the rest of this
semester: Many of our BSU-CCF
members will be going to Win
ston-Salem, N.C. to a youth
conference April 13-15. Then
there will be revival teams going
out every weekend from now
until the end of the semester. And
continued on page 8
student newspaper of CHOWAN COLLEGE
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Volume 4—Number 10
Wednesday, April 18, 1973
Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Statement Issued
On Use of Guns
Citizens of the college community frequently
voice concern about students associated with
William N. Graham, Chief Security Officer,
carrying weapons when on duty at night.
Recently Dean Clayton Lewis was asked why
Mr. Graham’s student associates were per
mitted to bear arms.
Using an example which occurred on the
evening of April 11, 1973, Dean Lewiy explained
that student assistants confront many non
students, those who have no connection with the
college, during their tours of duty.
At approximately 7:30 p. m. on the evening of
April 11,1973, a non-student attempted to remove
money from the cash register in the college
snack bar. Mr. Graham and his associates are
working with the Murfreesboro Police Depart
ment in this case. The suspect has been involved
with many such violations in Virginia.
Saturday night, April 7, 1973, two of Mr.
Graham’s associates apprehended a non-student
in one of the residence halls. The subject had
been sleeping in the lounge of the dormitory for
several nights.
Other cases could be related by Dean Lewis.
Some of these non-students confronted on
campus in the early morning hours are armed.
“The point I am trying to make,” said Dean
Lewis, ‘‘is that Mr. Graham’s associates per
form a real service in the college community and
are not often appreciated and properly respected
by some citizens in the college community which
is comparable to a cross section of society.”
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DiAnne Botven, 1973 Miss Ahoskie
Annual Spring Festival
Scheduled Next Weekend
By KAREN HUMBERSTONE
liie weekend of April 28 will
hold a big event for the students
of Chowan College—the Spring
Festival. This is a time we have
all been axiously awaiting for the
past few months, and now it is
just around the corner.
Outdoor Concert
This year’s Spring Festival
events will kick off with an
outdoor concert on Friday night
in the football stadium. The
concert will feature Livingstone
'Tame" Spanish Club
Called 'Tigers On Tour'
By PHIL ROYCE
The tame Spanish Club
are really “Tigers When On
Tour!”
To really enjoy the “Fiesta
Mexicana” production of the
Chowan College Sapnish Club,
one needs to view the program
off-campus.
This I did recently when the
^oup was on tour in Tidewater.
The program I saw was
presented at Catholic High School
of Portsmouth. The students
assembled in the gymnasium
which doubles for the auditorium,
he program started tamely
enouigh but I was soon in for a
surprise. The first several
numbers were greeted by polite
applause (well, most of it was
polite) and a few remarks that
were intended to be “funny”
from the crowd of some 300 boys
and girls, nuns who serve as
teachers and administrators, and
male coaches. Then the audience
got its first glimpse of the
Spanish Club’s answer to Elvis
Presley, Ben Liverman.
His performance was fleeting
as he shared the stage with
several other members but I
sensed the audience was
beginning to warm up to the
visitors from Murfreesboro.
Warm up, what an un-
dersatement! The crowd was
soon exploding with excitement.
While the chief architect was
none other than Ben, he had
plenty of help from the other
colorfully costumed members
who performed Mexican holiday
songs and dances. Dr. Morris
Carson, professor of Spanish and
director, turned Ben loose for
several solos and he had the
crowd standing and screaming.
He gave the students the little
touches associated with a real
showman. Like throwing his hand
mike in the air and catching it,
and best of all, jumpeing off the
stage (who needs steps) with
mike in hand.
There was only one disap
pointment. During one number,
Ben was on his way toward the
screaming crowd when it ended.
So there he was, close to his
adoring fans but not close enough
for them (and apparently Ben
too). Ben’s performance was
enjoyed by the other Spanish
C3ub members and it served to
spark them. When Ben started
dancing while singing he was
joined by Deryl Wall, and believe
me, he can really dance. After
the regular program ended, the
students demanded encores from
Ben and Richard Jackson, who
helps Dr. Carson as assistant
director, and the entire group.
(This is no fantasy, it really
happened—like I said you have to
seem them away from Qiowan to
believe it). With the permission
of Dr. Carson (the nod of his
head) the group stuck to the
current, popular selections and
sang them in English. It was sort
of a mini rock concert. The group
has the equipment (four guitars
including an electric guitar that
really puts out a mean sound).
When finally the principal
brought the curtain down, the
students mobbed the stage, many
getting autographs from Ben and
other members.
I remember saying to Dr.
Carson, “What a reception, this is
amazing.’’ And that’s a good
summary for the Spanish CGub’s
tour in Tidewater, The reception
of the audiences of the other high
schools visited were the same, I
understand.
And that’s show business for
Chowan College’s Spanish Club,
that "tame” group of Spanish
speaking students who turn into
"Tigers on tour."
Taylor, the very talented 19 year
old brother of the well-known and
popular singer James Taylor,
Tlie concert will begin at 8:00 and
admission will be by I.D. card.
Saturday will be the big day of
the Spring Festival weekend. The
first big event will be the
coronation of the Spring Festival
court and the crowning of
Chowan’s 1973 Spring Festival
Queen. Aso on Saturday af
ternoon will be an outdoor drama
production entitled “The History
of C^iowan College,”
Campus Carnival
The activities will continue
with the park carnival, beginning
at 3:00 and lasting until 5:00.
Many of the college organizations
will be preparing booths for the
carnival. Among these booths
will be hot dogs by Alpha Pi
Epsilon; “Bozo the Clown,” by
the Alumni Association; “For
tune Telling” by Belk Dorm;
“Drink Wagon” by Circle K
Club; “Marrying Booth” by
College Street Hall; and “Cake
Walk” by the Day Student
Association.
Also, “Candy Apples” by
Jenkins Hall; “Drop the Marble”
by Monogram Club; “Bean Bag
Toss” by Phi Theta Kappa;
“Flower Booth” by the Science
Club; “Mexican Taco Stand,” by
the Spanish Club; “Ball Toss” by
the Student National Educational
Association; “candy and
Ci)okies” by the Student Nursing
Association; “Baker’s Dozen” by
Women’s Council; “Country
Kitchen” by the Women and
Wives Club; and “Rope Ladder”
by the WRA. After the carnival,
dinner will be served outside in
the park.
Festival Dance
Then on Saturday night, the
event of the Spring Festival will
take place—the Spring Festival
Dance. This semi-formal dance
will feature “St. Elmo” as the
band. It will be held from 8:00
until 12:00 midnight in Thomas
Cafeteria.
Not only Chowan students, but
also parents, alumni and
prospective Chowan students,
will be on hand to participate in
the Spring Festival Acitivites.
Let’s make this Spring Festival
the best one yet—ya’U come out
and participate in all the ac
tivities.
George Gibbs Presents
Program on England
George Gibbs, local
businessman, was featured in a
recent classroom talk and visual
presentation of his Rotary-
sponsored group study exchange
trip to the Lake District of
England. As he explained, this
area includes Lanashire,
Cumberland, Westmoreland and
Yorkshire in northwest England.
Mr. Gibbs’ slides verified his
description of the district as a
barren mountainous area with
numerous waterfalls cascading
into the equally numerous lakes
below, while streams flow
through the green valleys and
moorlands.
Though he noted many scenes
DiAnne Bowen To Wear
Crown of 'Miss Ahoskie'
In what was described as one of
the most well-organized affiirs.
Miss Carrie Di Anne Bowen of
Windsor, a Chowan College
sophomore, was crowned “Miss
Ahoskie, 1973” March 24 in the
Ahoskie Middle School
auditorium.
First runner-up was Miss Mary
Edith Langston of Gates and
Freda Smith of Rocky Mount, a
student at Chowan College, was
second runner-up in addition to
receiving the “Miss
Congeniality” trophy.
Others among the five finalists
were Mitzi Dale Bond of Ahoskie
and Joni Allycyn Glover of
Seaboard.
Miss Bowen demonstrated her
talents with an original dance
incorporating gymnastics, ballet
and baton twirling to the tune of
“Alley Cat.” At one point she
twirled two batons and ended her
performance with a fire-lighted
baton.
A sophomore at Chowan, Miss
Bowen has spent a great deal of
her time involved in 4-H Club
work. She was one of six youths to
represent North Carolina at the
National I^eadership Conference
in Washington, D.C., as well as a
member of the Electric Youth
Tour to the nation’s Capitol.
She served as a member of
Governor Scott’s Committee on
Children and Youth and is the
only girl on the National 4-H
Electric Development Com
mittee representing the four-and-
a-half million 4-H’ers in the
nation.
While a student at Mars Hill
College, whe was a majorette,
member of the concert and
marching band. Little Sister to Pi
Kappa Phi fraternity, student
swimming instructor under her
college professor and studied and
traveled in Europe two months
under the college mini-mester
program.
At Chowan she is serving as
secretary to the Student
Government Association and
legislature, represented the
college at the Diamond Jubilee
Festivities in Roanoke Rapids
and is a work-study student in the
art curriculum.
In a telephone interview. Miss
Bowen said she was still excited
and “It is still hard for me to
believe I won. All the girls were
talented and any one of them
could have won,” she stated.
For the next year and perhaps
two, if she should win the Miss
North Carolina crown in
Charlotte June ll-16.marriage is
out of the picture. However, Miss
Bowen said she had no plans for
taking a husband.
She does have a steady
boyfriend, who is a cadet at the
Air Force Academy in Colorado,
who is terribly excited about her
winning. “He has always en
couraged me to do the things I
wanted to do but just hopes I
don’t meet anyone else,” she
remarked with a laugh.
Speculating on the contest for
“Miss America” Miss Bowen
said she would have to postpone
her education a little longer “if I
of interest such as the Carlisle
Clathedralwhere the ancestors of
George Washington worshipped
and which contains a wini)w
bearing the Washington family
coat of arms from which our
nation’s flag originated and the
remains of the Roman wall and
the Roman fort which border
Scotland, his main focal point
was directed to the home of
William and Dorothy Word
sworth in Cockermouth.
Mr. Gibbs’ presentation was
interlaced with personal reaction
to the hospitality and friendliness
of the English people coupled
with the beauty of the coun
tryside,
am fortunate enough to win. But
this is something I would love to
have.”
The new “Miss Ahoskie” is the
second eldest of five children
with the youngest being 12 years
old. “Her excitement was almost
as great as my own. She was
yelling and screaming for me all
the way, as well as the other
members of my family. They
have been behind me in every
respect,” she stated.
For her talent at the state
pageant, she plans to keep the
same routine with perhaps some
revision and a bit more polish.
Her immediate plans call for
continuing her education at
Clhowan and shopping for her
wardrobe.
No matter what the future may
hold for her, whe plans to com
plete her education in the field of
art and will use her scholarship
winnings for just that purpose
because “as you know, every
little bit helps,” she concluded.
As winner of the local crown,
she received $200 in savings
bonds from Roanoke-Chowan
Pageant advertisers, a $25 gift
certificate from the Ahoskie
Department Store, $20 cer
tificate, Garrett Shoes; $15,
Fashion Shoe Store; one from
Felds and a complete outfit of
sportswear from Belk Tyler.
The first-runner-up received a
$75 savings bond, second runner-
up, $25 savings bond and
engraved trophys from the
Ahoskie Jaycees, sponsors of the
event.
Each contestant will receive
sterling silver bracelets, a
personalized gift from Garrett’s
Jewelry, donated by the Jaycees.
Entertainment was furnished
by Bob Brown and his orchestra,
Elaine Mathias of Gates County,
winner of “Miss Congeniality”
award in the 1972 pageant; Julie
Marie Harrell, Miss Ahoskie,
1972; and Judy Matthews and
Marvin Edwards of Como.
Dick Lamb of WTAR-TV
Norfolk, served as master of
ceremonies.
Entertainment was furnished
by Bob Brown and his orchestra,
Elaine Mathias of Gates County,
winner of the “Miss
Congeniality” award in the 1972
pageant; Juhe Marie Harrell,
Miss Ahoskie, 1972, when she was
a Chowan student; and Judy
Matthews and Marvin Edwards
of Comn.
Dick Lamb of WTAR-TV
Norfolk, served as master of
ceremonies.
Program Series Underway
By Financial Experts
DAY CAMP HAS
OPENING FOR SUMMER
Camp Pioneer, the day camp of
the High Point YMCA has
openings for college age students
who live in the High Point area.
The camp offers general
recreational activities for boys
and girls, age 6 through 12, and a
leadership camp for boys 13 and
14 years of age. The counselors
being sought by the camp
directors should have some
experience in quatics (Red Cross
Ufe Saving or Water Safety
Instructor is preferred) and
enjoy working with young people.
Applications may be secured
from Mr. Clifton Collins,
Discussion of topics ranging
from taxes and tax shelters to
investment of stocks and bonds
by financial experts began at
Ciiowan College March 22 and
will last for six weeks. The two-
hour programs, designed for the
public are being held at 8 p.m. on
Thursdays in Marks Hall
Auditorium.
Sponsored by the department
of business at Chowan College,
the financial symposium is called
“Six Evenings With the Ex
perts,” explained Mrs. Rachel N.
Pittman, professor business and
government who is serving as
symposium coordinator.
She said the program is in
answer to “requests from various
individuals who voiced an in
terest in the college’s providing
assorted financial information
for the general public. The series
has been planned for the adult
community of our surrounding
area and promises to be both
relevant and informative,” Mrs.
Pittman noted.
She said the two-hour
programs will begin at 8 p.m. in
Marks Hall auditorium. Dates
are March 22, April 5, 12, 19, 26
and May 3. The second session
will be held April 5 with suc
ceeding programs each Thursday
through May 3.
The topics and speakers:
March 22—Taxes and Tax
Shelters, Dr. F. Weir, CPA and
partner in A.M. Pullen and Co,,
Raleigh; Arpil 5—Investing
Wisely (Stocks and Bonds),
Shepherd Booth, account
executive, Wheat, First
Securities, Inc., Rocky Mount;
April 12—The World of Govern
ment Securities and the Money
Market, Don J. Gribble, Bond &
Investment Department,
Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company; April 19—Insurance,
Dr. Joseph Johnson, president of
the N.C. Insurance Education
Foundation and assistant
professor of business and
economics. University of North
Carolina at Greensboro; April—
Funds for the Small Investor,
speaker from the commercial
loan department of North
Carolina Bank; May 3—Wills and
Tiusts, Dr, D, G, Harwood, Jr.
and Dr. R. C, Wells, extension
economists, N.C, State
University, Raleigh. Serving on a
panel for this session will be three
officials of Planters National
Bank, Sam P. Douglas, Jr., vice
president and senior trust officer,
Richard E. House, vice president
and trust officer, and Swain
Stephenson, vice president and
trust officer.
Mrs. Pittman said “through the
generosity of the co-sponsors,”
there will be no charge.
She added, “We at the college
think these six programs will
prove to be rather special. It is
with this thought in mind that we
extend this invitation to the
public. We look forward to many
being present to hear and ask
questions of the financial experts.
We all stand to gain in knowledge
that will be useful for application
on a personal level for our
families and in business.”
Applications
Filed For
Student Posts
As of 12:00 noon on Thursday,
April 12, the following persons
have filed applications with the
Dean of Students as candidates
for the student elections on
Thuisday, April 26:
E. Hunter Gish, Jr., President:
Mark Allen Morris, Vice-
President; Beechye l-ou Ward.
Secretary; Brenda Gale Mills.
Treasurer; and Bobble Jean
Rothenberg, Treasurer,
Also Karen Humberstone,
Women's Council; Deborah
Lynne Tucker, Women's council;
Stanley Dixon Brown, Men's
Council; Richard Stanley Choate.
Men's Council; and James Elliott
Moore. Men's Council.
CHOWAN COLLEGE
1973 Track Schedule
March 22—Guilford
College Greensboro
April 3—Wingate Murfreesboro
April 6—Fork Union Fork Union
April 9—Wingate Wingate
April 11—Fernun Murfreesboro
April 17—Ferrum Ferrum
April 20—Hargrave Murfreesboro
April 24—Region 10 Meet Brevard