PAGE —2— Smoke Signals, Wednesday, April 2, 1975
Fellow Chowanian
Steps on Toes
By Gene D'Arville
In my two years of Chowan
College I have heard people
complain and bitch more than
anywhere. I am the R. A. for 6th
floor Parker who firmly believes
that the students here are the
most ungrateful, selfish, crude,
rude and unattractive people in
the manners in which they try to
get things changed. They are not
just unfriendly with fellow
students but with there teachers
alike. Well it is about time that
some toes got steeped on. Many
students are asking for a change
and expect everyone ot jump at
their demands. It seems to me
that these students are the same
ones that do not go to any of the
meetings held by the different
deans, where many of these
matters are handled.
Students here gripe about open
dorms, curfews, and better food.
Well if these people would be
constructive instead of
destructive for once you might
notice a change. In my going to
these meetings I have made new
friends and found out for myself
'Dear Abby"
what changes are occuring. Also
after coming back from these
meetings to play “babysitter” or
R.A. I have found that my fellow
Chowanians or people that live on
the same haU as myself would try
to see just how much they could
do until I broke. It always seems
that when you b'y to do someone a
favor that they feel obligated to
take advantage of you.
Why don’t the people of Chowan
College get together and help the
deans by using a little brains
before they use their mouths. I
think this is one of the greater
institutions I have ever seen or
been to lets keep it that way. You
have to live here for now make it
as good as you can.
Revival Team
Visits Camp Leach
One must also take into con
sideration that all students are
not on the Student-Faculty-Staff
Committees. Students are chosen
by election or self voliuiteer.
Unfortunately these represen
tatives do not always do their
jobs. One must also note the even
thought students may attend
some of these committee
meetings, the date time and place
of such meetings are not known
by the student body. Lack of
communication needs to cease at
this educational institution.
Publicize your meetings!
Editor
This article was taken from
The Wilson Daily Times,, Dear
Abby, Saturday, March 22, 1975.
“Truly, the life style of a school
teacher has changed radically in
the last fifty or sixty years. For
example, a 1915 teachers’
magazine listed the following
rules of conduct for teachers of
that day;
1. You will not marry during
the term of your contract.
2. You are not to keep company
with men.
3. You must be home between
the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m.
unless attending a school func
tion.
4. You may not loiter downtown
in ice cream stores.
5. You may not travel l)eyond
the city limits unless you have the
permission of the chairman of the
board.
6. You may not ride in a
carriage or automobile with any
man unless he is your father or
brother.
7. You may not smoke
cigarettes.
8. You may not dress in bright
colors.
9. You may under no cir
cumstances dye your hair.
10. You must wear at least two
petticoats.
11. Your dresses must not be
any shorter than two inches
above the ankle.
12. To keep the school room
neat and clean, you must: sweep
the floor at least once daily;
scrub the floor at least once a
week with hot, soapy water;
clean the blackboards at least
once a day; and start the fire at 7
a.m. so the room will be warm by
8 a.m.”
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Lois Jean Forbes
On the weekend of February 21-
23, a revival team led by Chuck
Ferebee and consisting of four
other young people, Lois Jean
Forbes, Terrie Morris, Sue Wells,
and Dean Foster, went to Camp
Leach to be with the young
people of First Baptist Church,
Plymouth, North Carolina. Tlie
Lord blessed s with beautiful
sunny weather. We joined in the
fun of playing volleyball,
basketball, baseball, and even
building sandcastles. We viewed
two films, “Oh Happy Day” and
“Same But Different,” after
which we had rap sessions. The
young people were very
responsive. The team was
privileged to hear the choir of
First Baptist Church present a
musical under the direction of
Mr. Leroy Bland. Saturday night,
we had a campfire and several
rededicated their lives. The
young people were and in
spiration to be around. It was a
privilege to be able to share the
word of God with them. Truly, it
was a weekend of fun, friends,
and fellowship
Unyielding Spirit
I asked God for strength, that I might acheive,
I was made weak, that I might learn humble to obey
I asked for health, that I might do great things,
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy,
I was given poverty, that might be wise.
I asked for power that I might have the praise for men,
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life,
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for-but everything I had hoped for,
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am among all men most richly blessed.
Author unknown, poem is said to have been written by a
Confederate soldier. Poem was sumbmitted by David Hudson.
Interesting quote. “An unyielding Christian has a saved
soul but a lost life.“
The Trouble in the World
By DENISE CATOE
I think of all the trouble in this world.
And wonder what has happened to us all.
The hatred and the sin that has unfurled.
We must not let our world crumble and fall.
While wars and strikes abound us everyday,
We fight and disagree on trivial things.
And lives can’t linger on in this sad way.
We must remember we are human beings.
We should unite together to make peace.
We cannot stop this problem on our own.
The fighting and the war, these must all cease,
But it’s too late to stop it when we’re gone.
This trouble in the world can all be stopped,
If we just thank the Lord for what we’ve got.
Words of Appreciation
Some words of appreciation
and honor are certainly due to
two students who in my opinion
did a wonderful job of
stimulatining good spirit at the
football games during the past
season. The students are Ray
Davis and Ken Anderson.
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Lee Evans
Pianist Lee Evans
‘Best in Pops'
Featured April 9
He continued, “A musician of
the highest achievement, he now
enters upon a broader plain with
the organization of a stunning
new group attraction that can
only be called brilliant. Lee
Evans, his orchestra and voices
brings the Lee Evans genius in a
new, larger, more exciting, more
colorful form than ever before.
With an orchestra of 10 and 4
vocal soloists, plus the “master
touch” of Lee Evans himself, you
have a totally new musical ex
perience, not soon to be forgotten.
“Lee Evans is an accomplished
pianist whose performance at
times rivaled, if not surpassed,
concert pianists who have ap
peared in past series. His
mastery of the instrument most
certainly dispelled the notion, if it
existed, that this type of music is
a rather undisciplined field. It
pointed up instead that in order to
interpret properly, one starts as a
concert pianist and then
specializes.”
As the critic for “The Post” in
Frederick, Md., wrote, “If there
is one thing more than another
which delights this reviewer in
respect to Lee Evans, it is the
admirable way in which he
proves a favorite argument on
the merits — indeed, upon the
crying need — of a strict and
painstaking background of
classical study for anyone who
wants to achieve anything lasting
Oh, God is your Father-
Whom you must respect
honor.
If you put God in your heart,
Then He will never depart.
From my one experience with
grease paint I know that they
must have spent hours preparing
to appear at the games in their
Indian regalia. After the game
game, all of that paint to
be removed would consume
much more time.
I am a football fan and enjoy
yelling for the team. I have at
tended most of the home games
in the five years that I have been
at Chowan College. The spirit this
season was the best that I have
observed in all these years. Much
of the credit for that is due to the
efforts of Ray and Ken. Some
other people have expressed the
same feelings as mine about the
excellent spirit at the games. My
sincere thanks go to Ray and Ken
for helping to create an at
mosphere that increased my
enjoyment of our good football
season.
Marie S. Elliott
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and truly worthwhile in the
popular field.”
Evans established himself
firmly in the minds of American
concertgoers, as well as with the
patrons of the nation’s top night
spots, as one of the most brilliant
and dazzling pianists of his
generation, according to a
Columbia Artists spokesman.
Lee Evans, known from coast
to coast for “the best in pops”,
will present the final concert of
the Chowan Community Concert
Association 1974-75 season
Wednesday, April 9, at 8 p.m. in
the Murfreesboro Middle School
auditorium.
Peace of Mind
Susan E. Spruill
Place in God your hope.
Do not turn to dope.
Place in God your trust-
For you feel you must.
You must respect and honor-
For God is your Father.
You must love and obey-
Your heavenly Father each day.
Because of the extensive voice
range, groups of musicians across the
country are trying to change our
National Anthem. While they probably
won’t be successful in the near future,
there are supporters every day who join
this camp.
I like “The Star-Spangled Banner”
myself and never cease to feel a tingle
when it’s played at football games,
special programs, and even when our
WWDR signs off in the evening.
However, there is one song that I think
should be censored, carefully altered, or
otherwise junk-piled. This lovely ditty
has probably lulled more infants to
dream-land through the years than any
other as downright frightening and
horrifying as it may be. I refer, now
watch it, to that innocent National
Anthem of babyhood, “Rock-a-Bye,
Baby.”
The thought hit me recently as I
watched a pioneer woman on one of the
new television series send her already
Indian-proofed little one to sleep on the
words: “Rock-a-Bye, Baby, in the tree
top-When the wind blows, the cradle will
rock.” So far - so good, but she had to
finish the soothing lyrics; “When the
bough breaks, the cradle will fall-Down
will come baby cradle and all.”
What a disgusting ditty to be singing
to a child. While Dr. Spock hasn’t told us
exactly at what age a baby recognizes
fright, we may be sure that many a child
had heard these innocent words and
later, perhaps alone in his sleep, jumped
three feet off the crib floor thinking that
the darn bough had broken and he was
on the way down.
Why the words I heard in a nightclub
once are far superior: “Rock-a-Bye,
Baby, iri the tree top- Hang in there,
baby, it’s ah- (expletive delated) of a
drop.” At least there are some
redeeming features in these words. The
dependent baby just might be saved if
he hangs on - just a chance - but here
he isn’t told that the wind will shake the
bough, may possibly break it, and the
whole package will be cast to the earth.
No wonder there are so many
psychopathic personalities around
today. Look at the first songs some
children cut their teeth upon.
When Our Presidents Were Boys
Using his acquired knowledge and a
great deal of imaginative insight, Enos
J. Perry has made a valuable con
tribution to American history with this
book. The Boyhood Days of Our
Presidents (New Jersey; Private
Printing, 1971, 315, pp., $6.50).
Reading this collection of stories is an
enriching and enjoyable experience.
For adults it may become a relaxing
pleasure, for historians and op-
portimity to pick facts and match wits,
and for youth a sincere challenge to
apply their efforts in climbing the
height of achievement.
Many of the well known tales about
presidents are retold here plus an
assortment of less familiar stories.
Each American president is
represented in this volume from George
Washington through Richard Nixon
who is quoted to say as a boy: “When I
get big, I’ll be a lawyer; they can’t bribe
me.”). A resume of singificant ac
complishments concludes each per
sonality.
Mr. Perry’s very personal approcach
will endear the book to its young readers
particularly. His first-name style in
relating the accounts make the reader
live again the experiences in the lives of
the Chief Executives in a very Personal
way
Andy Jackson probably saved the
lives of his mother and himself by
killing a British soldier. James Garfield
thrashed a bully on a canal boat and won
the respect of his fellow workers. Teddy
Roosevelt climbed the Matterhorn,
though doctors had warned him againist
walking upstairs because of a weak
heart.
These and other complete stories may
be experiences in the pages of The
Boyhood Days of Our Presidents.
Survival Depends on
Changing with Times
A few days ago as I sat on my front
porch at home, I watched two boys walk
by. As I watched I saw the effort of the
smaller of the two striving to keep up
with the larger. Seeing them I thought of
Chowan. Chowan, being a small and
struggling college, seems to be falling
behind the larger schools; and the
larger schools are surely going to walk
away from Chowan. Chowan pretends to
have the same destination as the others
but they are going to be a late arrival.
any
and
Soon it will be a privilege for
institution to fill their dorms
classes, but history and hertiage will
do little to fill Chowan. I believe that the
survival of this school depends on
changing with the times. Other schools
are doing it and Chowan must too; or
there will be another story to add to
the History Book of Murfreesboro.
M. Drew Rivenbark
and
Chowan College's women's basketball team
has ended the season with an 8-6 record,
including seven victories over senior
college clubs. Five of the eight members are
freshmen. Kneeling: co-captains Cindy
Ward of Tyner, left, and Lisa Dabney of
Staunton, Va. Back row: manager Donna
Ashley of Suffolk, Va.; Terry Jennette of
Buxton: Sue Hubbard of Richmond, Va.
Annette Guyton of Oxford; Linda Anderson
of Greenville; Aleph Woodard of Enfield;
Libby Kanipe of Lincolnton; and Mrs. Janet
Collins, coach. Miss Woodard was the team's
leading scorer and rebounder with 14.S and
9.6 averages respectively while Miss Guyton
was runnerup with 13.9.and 9.0 scoring and
rebounding averages.
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