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.'¥)^4 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