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RAT SPECIAL!
SOPHOMORES ADVERTISE MUSIC WEEK
The Chowanian
RAT SPECIAL!
Vol. 4
Four Pages
Murfreesboro, N. C., Friday, April 29, 1927
One Section
No. 13
COMING OF JERRY
SWINFORD BRINGS
A FINE PROGRAM
He Will Appear in College
Auditorium Wednes
day Evening
IS ONE OF GREATEST
AMERICAN BARITONES
He Entertained Many Ser
vice Men During The
World War
Jerome Swinford, baritone, a
■young artist of considerable note
will appear at Chowan College
Wednesday evening, May 4th with
Frederic Hart as pianist. This
concert will be the second of the
series comprising Music Week.
Mr. Swinford’s program is one
that carries an irresistable appeal
to all music lovers. He has chos
en songs which are the best of good
music, but which are also, as he
terms it, “immediate in their ap
peal”.
Jerome Swinford is an Ameri
can baritone whose rise has been
amazingly brilliant. Only ten
years ago, in 1915, he was a
youthful undergraduate at Prince
ton. Yet last season found him
making festival, orchestra, or-
atoria and concert appearances
in nearly every state in the Un
ion, and from every city in which
he sang have come newspaper re
ports of his unequivocal success,
and popular demands for his re
engagement.
During Mr. Swinford’s sojourn
at Princeton his connection with
the famous Triangle Club and
the Princeton Dramatic Associa
tion developed the strong dramatic
sense which makes his song inter
pretation so poignant and vital.
While the War could not aid
the artist’s progress upon the con
cert stage, sfill it offered an op-
' ■*poH,urii£^for"irexpressIon“6'fTm'
musical interest. Enlisted in the
Navy, he was put in charge of the
music at the Fifth Naval District
(Hampton Roads) and organized
mass singing for 35,000 men, af
terward forming and conducting
the first and only Navy Glee Club.
It is the year just closing which
saw this talented young singer’s
greatest triumphs, his appearances
in the Blackstone Musicales at
Chicago, in the Hotel Roosevelt
Artist’s Series at New York, with
the University Glee Club of New
York at the Metropolitan Opera
House, and with the Minneapolis
and New York Symphony Orches
tras. He undoubtedly has arriv
ed.
Mr. Swinford has set himself
remarkable record in the mat
ter of re-appearances. Eighty-
five percent of his audiences defi
nitely insist upon repetitions of
his concerts—book him for return
engagements.
Imitation, so the saying goes
is the sincerest flattery. Where
a concert singer is concerned,
however, “repetition” not “imi
tation” might be set as the crite
rion of appreciation. If an au
dience requests an encore, th»
artist is a success for that perfor
mance; and when the public de
mands a re-engagement, he may
be said to be a success for the sea
son. Repeated re-engagements
would seem to be evidence of per
manent success.
Mr. Swinford has been invited
to “come again” by women’s
clubs and schools, by festival com
mittees and oratorical societies,
by orchestras and glee clubs. Pro
vidence, R. I., has heard him in
six recitals in four seasons, Nor
folk, Va., has welcomed him three
times within her gates, and he has
been three times soloist at the
National Festival at Buffalo, N. Y.
Probably his most urgent and hos
pitable host is the Glee Club of
the University of North Carolina
which has engaged him as soloist
nine times within the past year
and which has booked him for
three blocks of dates in the 1925-
26 season.
May 4, 1927
8 O'clock
I
Adoration of Nature—Beethoven
Song of the Pilgrim—Tschaiko-
wsky
Serenade Wolf
The Two Gerenadiers—Schumann
II
Swiss Waltz d’Indy
Nocturne F Sharp -Major, Chopin
Rhapsody C Major Dohnanyi
Mr. Hart
III
La Procession Franck
Villanelle des Petits Canards
Chabrier
Berceuse Rene-Baton
Vision F’ugitive “Herodiade”____
Massenet
IV
Requiem Homer
Leetle Bateese O’Hara
No Candle Was Thebe _ Lehmann
The Next Market Day Ulster
Some Questions in Botany
Do potatoes ever get dirt in
their eyes?
Does the neck of squash need
collars and ties?
Are flower beds made up with
blankets and sheets?
And lady’s sJippers fit what
kind of feet?
NEVER THOUGHT OF TWELVE
“I say. Tailor, my bill should
be thirteen dollars, and you’ve
made it fourteen”.
“Well, I thought you might be
superstitious, sir!”
College Baritone
JEROIME SWINFORD
Former leader of Princeton
Glee Club has just completed his
third year as a concert baritone.
He is an especial favorite with
college audiences, before whom
he has made 200 recital appear
ances.
Sophomores Getting Friendly With Snakes;
Suggest They Be Set Apart From Students
Last fall, shortly after school
opened, the Zoology students were
seen scurrying through the woods,
kicking leaves, turning rocks,
searching tree trunks, and doing
many other things that looks just
as foolish. All th.is commotion
jest to find a bug or a worm!
One day one of these students-
a Sophomore at that, it is sup
posed that a Sophomore, of all
people, would have had more sense
was seen coming down the walk
(horrors!) holding a snake — a
wiggling squirming snake— by the
tail. Incidentally, it might be men
tioned that no one knows what
she did with it, for those who saw
her coming were quickly on their
way elsewhere. A few days later
another girl—and she was a
Sophomore, too—was seen play
ing with one of these tempters of
Eve. She was going toward the
science building, and it was sup
posed that she was taking him to
the laboratory to can him in al
cohol ; however, no one is sure that
that is what she did with him.
But soon the winder months
set in and then the students knew
that their peace would not be
perturbed by the appearance of
snakes, in fact, the above men
tioned incidents had been forgot
ten until recently when a third
Sophomore was seen crossing the
campus with a great big snake
wrapping around her arm. What
she did with it is not known, for
all those who saw her suddenly
realized that they had business on
another part of the campus.
A few days ago an article ap
peared in one of the newspapers
that fairly froze the blood in the
veins of everyone who read it
(except the Sophomores. It
didn’t seem to worry them at all.)
The article stated that a student
at the Universitj of Wisconsin
had six snakes which he kept as
pets. These snakes were given
free range in his room. And the
college authorities permitted it!
Wiggling wooly worms! Can
it be possible that the Sophomores
are taming snakes for pets? Do
they keep them in their rooms?
Do they even let them crawl all
over the rooms? Do the college
authorities permit this? No! Such
a thing is not to b3 imagined, and
well the canny Sophs know it
would not be permitted. Perhaps
that is why no one has been able
to find out what becomes of the
snakes. Let everyone keep away
from the closets in the Sopho
mores’ rooms, for perhaps there
is where the hideous reptiles are
concealed.
Now, if the Sophs desire to
keep company with such things
as lizards, alligators, snakes, etc.,
be it here nth r.esolved: That
the Sophomores be set apart—
far apart from the rest of th«
student body.
ONLY FEW REMAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT
PRIOR TO EASTER
Miss Knott to Rescue, Taking
Girls Down to
Stores
MEDITATION HOUR
FORGOTTEN SUNDAY
Rest of Time Spent In Var
ious Ways, Departing
From Routine
SWINFORD KNOWS HOW
TO USE THE LANGUAGE
One of His Greatest Hobbies
Is Use English Lan
guage
(dedicated to Mr. Swinford)
MUSIC WEEK FEATURE
IS RECITAL THURSDAY
Combined Orchestras of Col
lege and Towns Will
Perform May 5
An attractive feature of Music
Week will be the instrumental re
cital to be presented on Thursday
evening, May 5. The orchestras
of Chowan College, Winton,
Smithfield. Franklin, Va., Carys-
ville and Suffolk, Va., will com
bine for this program.
The program is well chosen. It
is the closing of the Music Week
series of musical entertainments.
Prof. Mark J. Benyunes, of Suf
folk, Va., who is director of the
college orchestra, instructor in
violin and other stringed instru
ments, is in charge of this portion
of Music Week entertainments.
Prof. Benyunes’ popularity with
Chowan audiences is already es
tablished. He has always receiv
ed ovations for his performances,
and the special numbers that he
will render in this recital are look
ed forward to with pleasure.
Various numbers will be play
ed by students of Prof. Benyunes
at Chowan and other places in the
surrounding territory.
Following is the order of the
instrumental recital;
March, “Home Town Bend”—A.
J. Weidt.
Violin Duet, “Tanhauser March”
—Greenwald, by Miss Ferguson
and Master Carl Shepherd, Cho
wan.
Violin Solo, “Spangola”—-Vogt,
by Miss Maude Buchanan, Chowan.
Mandolin Solo, “Souvenir De
Lembert”—Gre«nwald, by Miss
Scott, Carrsville.
Violin Duet, “Lullaby”—Voget,
by Mrs. Evans and Miss Harrell,
Powellsville.
Hawaiian Guitar Solo, “Juan
ita”—Smith, by Miss Daughtrie,
Carrsville.
Quartet, “Princeton Galop”—■
Brockmeyer, by Misses Lawrence,
Jeffrys, Ferguson, and Mrs. Vann,
Chowan.
Violin Solo, “Reverie”—Vogt,
by Miss Mildred Little, Carys-
ville.
Trio, “Morning Glpry”—Brock
meyer, Banjo, Mandolin, Hiwaiian
Guitar, by Misses Daughtrie and
Miss Scott, Carrsville.
Saxophone Solo, “Minuet in G”
—Beethoven, by Master Charles
Cross, Jr., Portsmouth.
Violin Duet, “Un’Pou D’Amour”
—Leo Silesc, by Mrs. Vann and
(Continued on Page 4)
FINAL CALL ISSUED
FOR THE ENDOWMENT
President Edwards and Co-
Workers Still Busily
At Work
The use of the English lan
guage is one of the hobbies of
Jerome Swinford, the American
baritone, who will sing at Chowan
1'm^_‘"SR'irCt5n 15oI!ege7 \V ednes3ay”night7 May'TT
In the face of this country’s adora
tion and glorification of foreign
things—its worship of all matters
European from Russie Grand
Duke to Paris hate—this young
singer states that he believes in
singing “in English” before Amer
ican audiences. The reason for
his belief is that the use of clear
diction in a known tongue reveals
with greater certainty the mean
ing and beauty of a song. The
business of concert-singing being
primarily to tell stories in song,
anything which contributes to the
clarity and understandableness of
the tale, makes for better singing,
in Swinford’s opinion.
The German lieder, the French
chansons, the Italian opera arias
in the originals are directly and
completely intelligible only to Ger
man, French, or Italian-speaking
people. The average American
audience, taken as a whole, the
baritone believes, has not a suffi
cient interest in European lan
guages to really comprehend their
songs. It will take infinite plea
sure in the music itself and may
even deduce from the melody and
the manner of interpretation
what the song is about and yet it
will not be able to absorb the
whole beauty and significance of
the work, unless it knows, for
certain, the exact shades of mean
ing of the words.
Mr. Swinford points out that
the song is the most perfect mus
ical form, since the text and the
music supplement each other and
unite to give an accurate and
definite expression of the idea.
Instrumental music is more ab
stract in its expressibility, usually
not attempting to tell a concrete
story. Even in songs the idea is
sometimes a simple abstraction
and can, as in Schubert’s Serenade,
be easily understood through
their mere luscious beauty of
melody.
For the majority of songs, how
ever, Mr. Swinford prefers to
sing English translations. In his
search for these he is tireless and
penetrating. The discovery of
one satisfactory interpretation
does not keep him free from hunt
ing for a still better, more nearly
perfect example. Knowing his
French and German and Italian,
he can judge the accuracy and
values of the translated texts and
he unhesitatingly discards those
which fail of the standard he sets.
“I am convinced” he says, “that
American audiences want the best.
But they want it in as easily un
derstood form as possible. They
will not be content with programs
of mediocre music; neither will
they be happy under the strain of
listening to half-intelligtble for
eign words, after they hear the
Just a few moiii' days and the
Chowan College (Ausade will be
ended. The manvl hundreds of
oTTi'gc have re-
sponded wonderfully to the call of
the Crusaders, an»J still are re
sponding, but have you done your
bit?
President Edwards and his
workers have been on the job both
day and night. There have been
so many places to go that they
haven’t been able to cover quite
all of them yet, and with only one
more week ahead of them, it is
Saturday night before Easter
Sunday found only about twenty-
five girls left at the College. They
were rather lonesome after they
had walked about the campus and
talked until they could find noth
ing else to talk about. Finally,
the idea occurred to some of them
that they might be allowed to go
to the drug store if they could
get a chaperon. Permission was
asked, and much to their delight,
it was granted provided they
might find a chaperon. Miss
Knott came to the rescue of the
standard party, and soon the pro
cession started on its way rejoic
ing. The hour spent down the
street Saturday night will be re
membered for a long time, say
those who went.
Sunday was spent reading and
thinking about the campus to
hearts content. The observance
of Meditation Hour in rooms as
usual was foregone, and the girls
took sofa pillows, stationery, pens,
books, and other such luggage to
the campus. A most enjoyable
afternoon, if you please, was
spent out with the budding spring
greens.
Monday brought another sur
prise, At breakfast. Miss Terry
announced that lunch would be
served at the spring. Everyone
was ready to leave at twelve
Ima Soph Writes Letter To LAST MINUTE CAU
FOR FUNDS IN THE
aiOWAN CRUSADE
o’clock, and they hiked to the
spring by way of Wise’s Grave
yard. At the graveyard the
crowd paused long enough to take
some pictures. Thence they hied
toward the spring, stopping occa
sionally to comment upon
thing found in the pathway in the
manner of nature lovers. Some
lagged along so slowly, taking
life leisurely, that they had to be
prodded a bit with a cry like
Dearest Pris; Honest, we had
the bestest time at the minstrel.
I just laughed and laughed until
I thought I’d die. I felt so sorry
/or those poor girls all trying to
court that one man in the show.
His name was Dick too. It made
me really angry when he told
them everyone in her time that
he loved her, and ended his pro
posal with, “But think it over, and
let me know later”. Believe me,
if any man ever proposes to me,
I’ll say “yes” before he can say
“think it over”.
The little black pickaninnies
were cute as could be. You’d
have thought the coons had sure
enough slipped inside our doors
when all of those black-faced
comedians, dressed like big negro
men, came prancing on the stage
too.
Law, how I did enjoy the sing
ing. Wish you could have heard
it, especially one of the negroes
singing “I Never See Maggie
Alone”. You know, come to think
of it, our Chowan girls are some
thing, and you would have thought
so too if you could have heard
Maidie Wade sing “Because I
Love You”. I believe I rould
have loved a hump-back crow, and
talk about pep, gee, Frances
Flythe had her share in singing
some kind of song like “Carolina”.
I don’t believe she can ever catch
the rheumatism. We enjoyed
Mrs. Charley Parker’s songs too,
and of course, I enjoyed the men
folks singing. The jokes were
rare, but I will have to write
about them later. My eyes are
drooping, about to close up on me
before I finish this.
Give the folk my respects.
IMA SOPH
P. S. I have just been out and
taken a look at the moon and now
I feel revived from my sleepiness.
There is one important thing that
I didn’t say about this minstrel.
ir
Fund Lacked About $7,000
At First of Cur
rent Week
PRESIDENT EDWARDS
HOPES TO FINISH UP
Last Minute Appeal For
Funds Made by Mrs.
White, Colerain
With a little more than $7,000
to go before the conditional gift
of $25,000 by Benj. F. Duke can
be claimed. President W. B. Ed
wards, head of the Endowment
Crusade for Chowan College, is
making a last minute intensive
drive to put the minimum over
before Saturday noon, twelve
hours before the offer expires.
Mr. Edwards is away from the
college this week lining up the
final donations to the Endowment
Fund, and, unless disappointment
comes to him from unexpected
sources, he believes the campaign
will wind up successfully, with
$50,000 in cash and pledges in
the possession of the college by
twelve o’clock Saturday.
He will leave Saturday after
noon for New York City, and will
go in conference with Mr. Duke
Monday, presenting to him the
results of the campaign.
The following additional sub
scriptions have been made to the
Endowment Fund;
$100. and Up
S. L. Griffith and wife
Hon. Wayland A. Cooke
W. C. Evans
Miss Mamie B. Jenkins
W. 0. Elliott
L. E. Griffin
C. C. Cox
Dr. John L. Pritchar.j
Kiwanians Mrs. ffiary L. Writloii' ' ~
quite probable that they will not “Hurry, or you’ll be left out”,
be able to get to as many places I After this warning let it be un
was given oy the
who are going to use the door
ceipts to educate four girls it
Chowan College. I tell you I
think the Kiwanis Club is some
thing worth taking notice of since
some- ^ found out that they take inter
est in such causes. Wouldn’t
you say their hearts are beating
in the right place We enjoyed
their minstrel, and we appreciate^
the purpose for which the money iC. A. Dunning
is going to be used, believe you Julian S. Myrick
T. L. Revelle
S. N. Parker
W. D. Barbee
H. R. Harris
Mrs. R. M. Maddrey
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Daniel
Willie M. Earner
Miss Meda Byrd
H. J. Vann
as they would like to. But don’t
derstood there was not much de
lay in reaching the Spring where I
the lunch was to be spread. |
stand back and wait for a person
al call, just pitch in and do your
part. By the time this paper Upon arriving at the spring
reaches you it will very likely be, hisses Terry, Arnold, and Mur-
too late for a letter to reach theip^j^^ Mrs. Terry were found
office before the crusade c^joses, j They had just finished
Signing off again,
IMA SOPH
Knows Her Onions In
Business of Kissing;
Miss Ruggles Comes
but for quick service there is al
ways the telephone or telegraph.
Just phone or wire “Here’s my
crusade pledge for ”
Your amount will be added in with
the totals and an official pledge
card will be sent you immediately.
Just think what would happen if
everybody stood back and said,|be hidden. After the hunt was
Oh, they 11 raise it all right -lover numbers were taken, and it
hiding the Easter eggs, so that thef
girls could begin the hunt imme-'
diately when the signal to start
was given. When the signal went
off the crowd scampered hither
and thither scratching in holes in
the ground and mounds of straw
where eggs might be supposed to
Where would Chowan Be? Sure
they are going to raise it, but it
may be just YOUR subscription
that is needed to send Chowan
over the top. After all is said
and done won’t it be a grand and
glorious feeling to know that
YOU had a part in making the
crusade a success.
Come on people, don’t wait a
minute! A wire reaching the of
fice before six o’clock Saturday,
April 30 will be just in time to
catch the last totals.
LET PUT IT OVER WITH A
BOOM!!!
MUSIC WEEK PROGRAM
CHOWAN, MAY 3,4 AND 5
Tuesday Evening, 8 P. M.
Operetta—The Miniature Lady
by Chowan Glee Club.
Wednesday Evening, 8 P. IW.
Concert by Jerome Swinford,
Baritone; Frederick Hart, Pianist.
Thursday Evening, 8 P. IVl.
Concert—Chowan College Or
chestra, direction of Prof. Mark
J. Benyunes.
Price of Admission, $2.00 sea
son tickets; 75c general admis
sion; $1.00 for Concert by Jerome
Swinford, Baritone.
was found that Margaret Aman
had found the largest number of
eggs, she having collected seven.
Then it was time for the feast.
Misses Knott and Caldwell, and
Mrs. Vaughan arrived on the
scene just at that time and assist
ed in serving. Cold fruit juice,
plenty of ham and pimento sand
wiches, olives, pickles, cookies,
and fruit salad were served. After
eating and enjoying the lunch,
each one got a drink from the
spring. Steps were then turned
homeward. This was a joyful
crowning to the delightfully spent
week-end for those who remained
at the college for Easter week-end.
Miss Byrd; “Look up the va
lence of Potassium”.
Alice Cooke: “What page. Miss
Byrd?”
Miss B.: “Turn to page three
in your appendix”.
—— i
pleasure of hearing well-trained
texts”.
QUEEN MOON
Last night in cloudless sky
The moon supremely shone;
She held her sceptered sway
Across the vaulted dome.
I watched her rise and rule,
This queen upon her throne.
Tonight in cloudless sky
A maid to me she seems.
A cloud of trouble now
Doth hide her smiling beams.
And now her trouble gone.
She doubly smiles, it seems.
In the clouded sky of life.
You’ve each a silver moon.
Something behind a cloud,
But then it’s gone and soon
You find you’re shining brighter
For having seen the gloom.
Irene Sykes ’29
Love is like a mushroom. You
are never sure it is the real thing
until too late.
Sakes alive, Lilyy w'hat’s
all dat commotion ’bout in de
dining hall? Jumpin’ cater
pillars! do run here. Say yo'
can’t leave dem rolls? But I
tell you, Lily, des sumptn’
gone wrong wid dem gals,
des jes gallerpin’ frum all
directions to the dinin’ room
do*. Dey got sumpin* I can’t
see what ’tis, but gracious me
I do believe some one am
faintin’. Dat’s what it am!
Who am it dat’s keeled over?
Law, nigger, I don’ no mo’
know who ’tis den I know
who de man in de moon am.
Mercy me, dey’s shoutin’
now. Don’t yo’ hear ’em?
Whar’s yo’ ears ? Why, 1
could hear dat yelpin’ in ar
air tight bottle. Me come
dar en watch dem rolls? Not
on yo* life—you mought
faint yo’self if you sees dis
. sight. Listen at ’em, des
soce chyin’ goin’ on now.
Des still rushin* up dar. It
can*t be no faintin’ cause
she’d be a dead un by now
if ’twas. De Law! It do be
kissin’ Jes hear dem smacks!
Ha, ha, ha. It must be de
Queen o’ Sheba dat’s step
down to Chowan. Maybe de
kind soul come to give some-
in’ to the ’dowment. Who am*
it? Why nigger, how should
I be knowin’? Sakes er alive,
I can’t fer de life o* me see
who is am. Why, 1 can*t even
see a spec o* her. She sho
must be made o* rubber fo’
de*s pullin’ her in every direc
tion. Hold on nigger; Well
III eat my wool if it ain*t dat
dear lady what was up here
last year! What lady am 1
*ferrin* to? Why dat Jim
teacher, Miss Ruggles, dat*s
who 'tis.
Well I knowed de Chowan
gals could do most any
thing, but when it comes to
kissin* dem gals sho* do
know der onions.
Miss Mattie Liverman
J. T. Benthall
Miss Lena C. Terry
Less than $100.00
H. C. Griffin
John J. Williams
D. M. Vick
Mamie Frances Tynes
C. L. L. Cobb
William Evans
J. E. Tyler
Mrs. Pattie Bowers Kimball
Mrs. Chas. C. Smith, Mrs. Mag
nolia Mitchell, Mrs. Nannie E.
Modlin, Windsor, N. C., J. E. Jor
dan, Mrs. W. S. Cowan, J. W.
Raynor, Henry Farber, S. E.
Shirley, Miss M. Theresa Cooke,
Mrs. L. A. Perry, Mrs. W. D.
White, Mrs. Martha Pettyjohn,
Mrs. L. D. Perry, C. W. Beasley,
Paul Harrell, Mrs. Mary L. Dan
iel, Mrs. W. B. Edwards, E. F.
Stephenson, R. H. Duncan, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt. Godfrey, W. B.
Barco, Thomas Whaley, Howard
Howell, T. J. Benthall, Mrs. R. J.
Taylor, Miss Lois V. Gorrell,
Cephus Futrell, Rawlinson Myers,
Rev. B. Townsend, Dan. P. Boy
ette, L. B. Jenkins, J. M. White,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Evans, B. R.
Harrell, W. G. Adams, Mrs. N. G.
Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Hughes,
M. T. Davis, W. J. Rountree, Ly-
curgus Hofler, Miss Emily Ar
nold, Sunday School Class No. 4,
Methodist Church, Murfreesboro,
N. C.
Student Body
Senior Class
Mildred Riggs, Dorothy Long.
Junior Class
Class of ’28
Freshman Class
Eva Hoggard, Lola Ashley, Wil
lie Parker, Jaunita Vick, Lucile
Davis, Catherine Phillips, May-
belle Honeycutt, Estelle Jones,
Olivia Williams, Jakie Rountree,
Montine Ward, Mildred Carter,
Thelma J. Freeman, Hilda Jones,
Daisy Inman, Eva Kinlaw, Kate
Mackie, Frances Flythe, Jessie
Helen Belch.
“I tell you, I won’t have that
room”, Louise McDaniel protest
ed to the bell hop who was con
ducting her to her room at the
Monticello. “I’m ,nolt going to
pay my good money for a measly
little—”
“Get in, Miss; this is the eleva
tor”.
-A