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THE CHOWANIAN, CHOWAN COLLEGE, MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Thursday, December 6, 1923.
CHOWAN REPRESENTED
AT LIBRARY MEETING
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ting behind high school libraries;
third, the importance of preserving
North Carolina history in the way of
newspapers and publication files, and
magazines; and fourth; the prepara
tion on the part of North Carolina li
brarians to meet the demand for ref
erence work because of extension
program of various institutions. He
gave as the two fold purpose of the
univo.sity the training of men within
the doors and the scattering of its in
fluence throughout the state. He
said the libraries could no longer
look to the Carnegie millions but must
fall on their own resources.
The association met again Friday
at nine o’clock with Mr. J. Henry
Highsmith as speaker. He said that
there were 657 high schools in the
state; 466 of this number have an
average of 600 books each. If all the
schools had an average of 600 books
there would be 350,000 instead of
272.637 books in high school libraries.
He is revising a high school bulletin;
those in group lAA must have 1,000
books, group lA, 500 books, and in
groups A and B 300 before they can
be standard. The needs of high
school libraries, first more books
therefore more money, second trained
librarians, this training can be secur
ed at a summer school, and third suit
able equipment. Three hundred fifty
thousand books properly used would
be an increasingly potent factor in
raising intellect of people to a high
level.
Miss Falghum thsr. spokj^ on work
of traveling libraries. She was fol
lowed by Miss Koos who gave an ac-
coun'. of R. J. Reynolds library.
The association then met in groups
for departmental work; viz, trustees
of library, public libraries, and col
lege libraries. In the college depart
ment, Miss Petty of the Library Com
mission spoke on knowing the library.
Then Miss Ricks of Guilford sPoke on
selling the library to the students.
This was followed by an address by
Dr. Breedlow of Trinity on the
measuring stick in a teachers’s train
ing institution. The past and future
needs of professional training in
North Carolina were discussed.
The association was the luncheon
guest of the Home Economics depart
ment of R. J. Reynolds high school.
At the evening session officers for the
following year were elected and var
ious reports of committees were read.
Mr. Shaw of N. C. C. W. was elected
president.
At the close of this meeting the
Chamber of Commerce took the mem
bers of the association to Salem Col
lege and to other points of interest
in the city.
CHAUTAUQUA WAS A
DELIGHT AT COLLEGE
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an Illinois man who at that time was
professor of public speaking at
Swarthmore, when he interested a
number of wealthy friends in a plan
to start a Chautauqua association in
Pennsylvania.
He saw no reason why there
should not be a chautauqua in the
East as well as the West, or why
small towns should not share such
benefits and pleasures as the larger
towns. In the twelve brief years
since that time the Swarthmore Chau
tauqua has increased its circuit from
forty-one to one thousand towns. It
was incorporated under the laws of
the state of Pennsylvania as an edu
cational non profit making institution,
as far as money goes. If they so
chose, they might make millions of
dollars, but they prefer to make mil
lions of better citizens. They are
organized for a different kind of
profit—for the profit that counts
most since it does not flow into the
private, but becomes a part of the
common wealth of knowledge and
thinking power, upon which rests the
chief supporting pillars of good gov
ernment and human welfare.
The Swarthmore Chautauqua is
unique in many respects, but one of
the most notable features is the jun
ior work which is carried out in elab
orate details and is copied by nearly
every other system. At present the
work is under the direction of Miss
Mary L. Flynn, who is also the guid
ing spirit of the National Chautau
qua Association which has united all
chautauqua systems in an effort to
obtain the best results for children.
The chautauqua is a magnified edi
tion of the lyceum which, for so many
years, served to advance education
and diffuse knowledge. It is now
nearly an hundred years since Josiah
Halbrook of Millbury, Mass., founded
the first lyceum, which was organized
to answer a need for an open forum
where speakers would be free from
the limitations attached to sectarian
and partisan platforms.
Y. -W. A. MADE LIBERAL
THANKSGIVING OFFERING
A most beautiful spirit was shown
by the Y. W. A. girls when they met
for their Thanksgiving Sunrise Ser
vice Thursday morning. Each girl,
dressed in white, marched in the
chapel and put her Thanksgiving of
fering on the table. Fifty dollars was
given by the girls and faculty mem
bers. The chapel lighted with can
dles, was a scene of unusual beauty.
Miss Ruth Wilkins, vice-president
of the Auxiliary, conducted the de
votional. “Thanking the Creator,
not the Created” was read by Miss
Estelle Carleton. After sentence
prayers each girl was given an oppor
tunity to tell what she was most
thankful for.
R—R—R—RATS! !
SOPHMORES had a raiding week;
Their rules were bad, you know,
For every where the Freshman went
The SOPHS were sure to go!
Freshies proudly went to town
But had to wear green bows,
Not only did the bows abound
But also unmatched hose! ”
SOPHS followed them to town one
day
And called them “old green rats”.
In every street they went their way
Te census all the oats.
The week soon ended just the same;
The SOPHS were quite undone,
B’or all their tasks were just a game
To give the Freshies fun!
—Rat Clary.
Several girls were reading French
and they came to a puzzling verb.
One girl called it a compound verb,
but the other thought it was con
founded.
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