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■—SECTION TWO
THE HIGH-PRICED PORCH
By JOHN D. McCREADY
Editor's Note: This is one of a series
of articles written by John I). Mc-
Cready, head of the English Depart
ment nt Chowan College. Mr. Mc-
Creadv for 18 _ r ears was pastor of the
First Baptist Church at Morgan ton and
served as army chaplain in World War
II and was state chaplain for the Am
erican Legion. Since connected with
Chowan College, Mr. McCready has
preached at many churches in this area.
A famou s state, university had
just suffered a serious loss. Fire,
breaking out late at night in the
science building, had destroyed
that structure and all its valu
able equipment. The next day
an atmosphere of gloom hung over
the campus. The smoke that
arose from the ashes was a syin-j
bolos the dark dejection of the
faculty and many of the students, j
An exception to this general air.
of depression was found in.one of
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the fraternities. The Alpha Betas
were distinctly cheerful. One of
the brothers, whose first name
was Phil, had offered that day to
present the chapter with a hand
some new porch for their house.
This would not only be enjoyed
by the members, he felt, but
would give the Alpha Beta s new
prestige on the campus. In the
fierce competition each fall for the
choicest freshmen entering the
university, it would be a distinct
advantage to their group to have
such a fine addition to their home.
* PI.Ts offer, needless to say. was
accepted with enthusiasm, and he
was given many a pat on the
back by his mates for his liberali
ty. Some of them confided to
each other that they were sur-l
prised to find that Phil was able
to make such a generous gift; but
they were certainly glad. They
dubbed him “Phil the philanthro
pist”—a title he wore with much
pride.
Before the week was over plans
were being drawn for the new ad
dition to the house, and within a
matter of weeks carpenters were
busily at work. As the pofch took
shape day after day, many com
pliments were heard, some of
them half admiration, half envy.
Members of other fraternities
were duly impressed.
And then suddenly another sub
ject was once more the center of ;
attention—the science building!
fire. A new angle had developed.!
For some time the universities
had been carrying on a quiet in
vestigation. The building which
had been destroyed had contain
ed a box of platinum worth thous
| ands of dollars. After the fire a
1 diligent search had been made for
this. The ashes had been careful
|ly sifted. They contained no trace
lof the costly metal. Then the
thought occurred—Could the fire
have been started by some one
who wanted to steal the platinum
and conceal the theft?
On the day this new possibility
spread over the campus some of
the Alpha Betas were having an
animated discussion of the subject
as Phil came in to lunch. For
some reason he did not take part,
but quietly finished his meal and
left the room.
Phil was able to get away from I
his fraternity mates that day, but
he was not able to get away from
the investigation of the mysteri
ous fire. It caught up with him.
and he made a full confession.
From that day forward the i
porch, which had been the prid?
of the Alpria Betas, became their,
vear-around modification. Where!
they had once loved to talk about 1
Jit the subject was now strictly ta
! boo.
| The other fraternities, however,
! now alluded to it with a new zest.
They would point it out to fresh--
j men and visitors on the campus
as something of exceptional in-,
terest.
And in doing so they took es-!
1 (
pecial care, to give it the name
they thought suitable because of
its unusual history. They gaily
j referred to it as “the platinum
| porch.”
j
Too Much
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States?"
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j ’Tis the mind that makes the
I body rich. —Shakespeare.
THE CHOW AW HERALD, EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 30. 1051.
THE HIGH COST OF SURVIVAL I
How March of Dimes Funds Were Spent
for Polio Patients in 1957
es* we forget—Thousands of Americans have survived paralytic polio
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SERMONS
| By—
| FRED DODIiK
i TEXT; “I can live for two
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—Mark Twain
A famous actress, at the height
of her beauty and fame, met an
African king at a semi-royal din
[ ner. The gracious and lovely
| lady, seated beside the king, did !
her best to amuse and please him.
Her animation and beauty, appar
ent to everyone, were not lost
upon the king. As the dinner
ended, he turned to her and said,
“Ah, madam, if heaven had only
J made you black and fat, you
would be irresistible!”
Suppose no one ever compli
mented anyone. What a sorry
world this would be. Compli
ments are shining high-lights that
accent all of living. Yet many
of us do not offer compliments
unless we are forced into it.
To with-hold a few words of
praise because we “didn’t think”,
.is selfish. We bore our self-cen-
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Tuesday and Wednesday,
February 4-5
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which we must acknowledge, but,
for the most part, we don’t think
to compliment others.
Do you want to.have fun? Sim
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that you will try to make someone
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Consciousness of right-doing
brings its own reward; but not
amid the smoke of battle is'
merit seen and appreciated by
lookers-on. .
—Mary Baker Eddy.
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