1924=
SENIOR EDITION'
"A HEALTH TO OUR
FUTURE—”
The Chowcuiian
1928
“A SIGH FOR OUR
PAST.”
Vol 5.
FINALS BEGIN AT
COLLEGE, MAY 27
Baccalaureate Sermon Will
Be Preached By Dr. A.
Paul Bagby
The following is the commence
ment program:
Sunday, May 27
11 o’clock—Baccalaureate ser
mon, college auditorium, Dr. A
Paul Bagby, Wilson, N. C.
8 o’clock—Missionary sermon.
First Baptist Church, Dr. W. R.
Burrell.
Monday, May 28
11 o’clock—Annual meeting of
Board of Trustees.
3 o’clock — Annual Alumnae
meeting.
4:30 o’clock—^Class day exer
cises.
6:30 o’clock—Alumnae dinner,
college dining hall.
8 o’clock—Recital by Fine Arts
Department, college' auditorium.
Tuesday, May 29
11 o’clock—Invocation, Rev. D.
P. Harris; literary address. Dr. A.
C. Reid, Wake Forest, N. C.;
awarding of medals and honors;
presentation of Bibles; conferring
of degrees; benediction, Rev. J. L.
Price.
Four Pages
Mrs. Stanley Winborne
Is Hostess To Seniors
Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, May 15, 1928.
Number of Guests Invited,
Including Members of
Faculty
Miss Hilton Jones Appears
In Her Graduating Recital
Pupil of Miss Mildred Poe
Delights Audience With
Program
On Friday evening, April 27
at 8:15 o’clock in the college au
ditorium, Miss Hilton Jones, pupil
of Miss Mildred Poe, gave her
graduating recital in expression
The guests were ushered into
the auditorium by six of Miss
^fripnds: Misses
Jean Craddock, Susan Barnes
Rosalind Horne, Beatrice Burrell
Julia Downes and Frances Flythe.
Promptly at 8:15 o’clock a slight
little figure, beautifully dressed
in green satin trimmed with steel
beads and pearls, appeared on the
stage. Her auburn hair, which
was held in place by a band of
brilliants, was beautiful. From
the first there was a bond of sym
pathy between the reader and the
audience that is always needed for
a fine arts recital.
The program consisted of popu
lar numbers both humorous and
pathetic. Because of a slight dis
turbance, due to people entering,
those in the rear of the auditorium
failed to get into the spirit of the
first selection. With this excep
tion the program was rendered
beautifully, and the applause of
the audience testified to their en
joyment and appreciation.
The following is the program
Part I—“By Courier,” O’Henry
■“A Cullud Lady in Sassiety,’
Anonymous; “Laddie,” Anony
mous; “Now What Should a
Young Maid Do?” King and Eld-
ridge, musical reading; “I Don’t
Want Another Sister,” Scarlett
and Williams, musical reading;
“Deceitful Man,” Anonymous.
Part II—The Florist’s Shop, a
Harvard play. Characters: Maude,
sympathetic florist bookkeeper;
Henry, tough office boy; Slovsky,
Jewist proprietor; Miss Wells,
timid spinster; Mr. Jackson,
pompous lover.
Scene—A Florist’s Shop. Time—
Early morning of a brilliant April
day.
Miss Jones is the only daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. A. W. H. Jones,
of Severn, and is the youngest
member of the Senior Class. She
will receive the A. B. degree, and
the diploma in expression, at the
approaching commencement.
Just after the recital the col
lege held an informal reception in
the parlors in honor of Miss Jones,
The following were in the receiv
ing line; President Edwards, Mrs.
Edwards, Miss Caldwell, Miss Poe,
Miss Hilton Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
A. W. H. Jones, A. Wood Jones,
Mrs. A. B. Bowering, Dr. and Mrs.
Hodge, Mrs. Luther Joyner and
the marshals.
On Monday afternoon, May 7,
Mrs. Stanley Winborne was at
home from 4:30 to 6 o’clock to a
number of guests whom she de
lightfully entertained in honor of
the Senior Class.
The guests were met at the door
by Mrs. Thomas B. Wynn and
were introduced to the receiving
line by Mrs. p. D. Sewell. In the
receiving line were: Mesdames
Stanley Winborne, W. B. Edwards,
Starkey Jernigan, Jr., Roberts
Jernigan and Miss Louise Mc
Daniel, president of the Senior
Class.
Mrs. Lloyd Lawrence presided
at the punch bowl, and Misses
Sophie Faison, Elizabeth Sewell,
Meryl Britton, Mollie Winborne,
Mary Louise Dean, Linda Fer
guson, Marjorie and Mildred Pip
kin and Frances Lawrence, dress
ed in lovely evening dresses,
served ice cream, cake and mints,
which carried out the colors of
pink and white, the Senior Class
colors. Little Bettie Winborne,
mascot of the class, attractively
dressed in pink crepe de chine
with white slippers and socks, also
assisted in the serving.
The reception room, parlors
and dining room were attractive
ly decorated with pink and white
cut flowers.
Those enjoying Mrs. Winborne’s
hospitality included the college
faculty and seniors, the Mur-
fresboro school faculty and a
number of town and out-of-town
guests.
DRAMATIC CLUB ELECTS
OFFICERS FOR 1928-29
The Dramatic Club of Chowan
College, at its monthly business
meeting Tuesday afternoon. May
8, elected the following officers
for the year 1928-29:
Kate Mackie, president; Rosa
lind Horne, vice president; Flor
ence Benthall, secretary and
treasurer; Maybelle Honeycutt,
reporter.
Plans were discussed for better
and more extended work for the
coming year—a bigger and better
Drama Week, and more entertain
ment for Chowan.
CHOWANOKA STAFF
.MARY RAtNOR Q* ^LiZABETrt MiDDliTGN
,£WTOR IMCHIEF
ByaNESS MGR
ACyvtRTWiNG^ttSfe.
^ WOTOGRA
One Section
No. 25
West Chowan Pastors
Meet At The College
Mr. Carlyle Powell, Former
ly of Africa, Conducts
Chapel
IN AND AROUND THE
COLLEGE
At the Northampton County W.
M. U. meeting at Woodland, N.
C., May 10, Elizabeth Middleton,
’28, made a very inspirational
talk on “Prayer, the Key to God’s
Chest of Jewels.”
undertaking of the 1923 Seniors was the publication of the An
nual. This IS a. large task under any circum?t-'.nces, but is was especially so this
year because the class ime-rited a debt. W e ara grad to state that this CiioWAiNOK i
IS both a financial and an artistic success, thanks to the Staff. It will be here in a
few days and will speak for itself.
President Edwards delivered
the commencement address at
Speed High School, Tuesday night,
May 8.
Ann Downey, ’29, left Wednes
day morning, May 9, for Raleigh,
where she will attend a meeting of
the North Carolina Baptist Stu
dent Union Executive Committee,
of which she is a member.
Junior-Senior Banquet Again Is
Brilliant Social Event Of Year
Beautiful and enjoyable in ^ verse, she led up to the toasts
every detail, the Junior-Senior|which were as follows: Toast to
banquet at Chowan College, Sat-i the college, Jean Craddock; re-
urday evening, April 28, was by President Edwards; toast
far the biggest social occasion of ISeniors, Ann Downey; re-
1 sponse, Louise McDaniel; toast to
the school year. \uculty, Bettie fWalter Jenkins;
At 8:30 o’clock the guests be-;response. Miss Caldwell; toast to
gan to arrive. They were re- j future, Mary Whitley.
‘h® 1°°'' as follows: Fruit
Daniels and Ann Downey. The j cocktail, celery, olives, chicken
potatoes, rolls’
W P°“ed plants tomato salad, ice cream, cake,
and wild flowers, were indeed de- demitasse, nuts,
lightful; but when the guests were i.
finally coupled off, the procession ^ ^lass,
‘ ^ dressed as Spanish peasants, did
REV. MR. STIMPSON
CONDUCTS CHAPEL
Dr. Burrell delivered the bac
calaureate sermon to the gradu
ates of Vanceboro High School, at
Vanceboro, Sunday night, May 6.
He was accompanied by President
Edwards, Maidie Lee Wade,
Thelma J. Freeman and Pauline
Willis. Preceed'ing the sermon
Miss Wade sang “The Heavens
Declare the Glory of God,” by
Lehrer.
to the banquet hall, through a lane
of weeping willow, brought them
to a place of even greater en
chantment. Strains of orchestral
music were heard as they ap
proached the door which led into
a lovely Spanish patio. The mu
On Tuesday morning. May 1,
Rev. Fred Stimpson, of Aulander
conducted chapel. After having
-ead the account of the tempta
tions of Jesus, Mr. Stimpson made
an interesting talk. “In under
going this period of temptation,”
he said, “Jesus was doing that
which he preferred to do rather
than what was required of Him.”
Mr. Stimpson discussed some of
the things which Jesus, as a human
being, liked, and those which we
like. In closing he said, “In order
to be really happy, we must cul
tivate our tastes for the finer and
nobler things of life.”
the serving. Those assisting in
this capacity were: Corinna Mal-
pass, Elizabeth Fitchett, Elizabeth
Cullipher, Madeline Langston,
Elizabeth Chamblee, Mary Frances
Mitchell, Hazel Edwards, Flor-
lence Benthall, Maybelle Ward,
Susan Barnes, ’28, made a
heart-stirring talk on “The Spirit
of the Parents of Our Mission
aries,” at the Hertford County W.
M. U. meeting at Mt. Tabor Bap
tist Church, Tuesday, May 1.
Miss Imo Vinson sang “The
Holy City,” by Stephen Adams,
at Woodland Baptist Church, Sun
day, May 6. She was accom
panied by Miss Ruth Davenport.
Miss Gladys Coley, who has
been teaching near Rocky Mount
this past term, is visiting the col
lege this week.
LUCALIAN SOCIETY
HAS MOTHER’S PROGRAM
At the Lucalian Literary So
ciety Friday evening. May 4, a
very touching program was given
on Mother. The numbers were:
“Tribute to Mother,” by Pauline
Willis; “Origin of Mother’s Day,”
by Vida Dunning, and a musical
reading, “Mother o’ Mine,” by
Louise McDaniel.
HALF POPULATION IN
IRELAND ARE FARMERS
Dublin, Ireland — Fifty-three
per cent of the population of the
Irish Free State is engaged in
agricultural pursuits. However,
less than 13 per cent of the land
is cultivated and the industry is
mainly pastoral. The average an
nual import of wheat and flour is
522,783 tons. The country itself
produces only 30,000 tons of
wheat on an average in a year.
SIC continued until each guest had: t Maybelle Ward,
found his place at the table and,S • Johnson and Gladys
was seated. I Baines.
The table, which was arranged | Every moment was filled with
so as to form the letter C, stand- was all too good
ing for Chowan, was placed in thej''” without end. When the
midst of the Spanish court yard,' course had been served, Miss
in which palms, lilies, ferns[' guests a pleasant
mosses and other tropical plants i
flourished. Oh one side of thej With reluctance they departed,
court were balconies, and on the! expressing much appreciation to
other side a porch with moss cov-;the Junior Class for the social en-
ered lolumns. In the center ofiJoy™ent of the evening,
the patio stood a beautiful urn of. Among the guests were: The
ropical plants, and hanging from;Senior Class, consisting of Misses
• ^ -Fv “ canary chimed j Louise McDaniel, Elizabeth Mid-
inwth the joyous crowd. jdleton, Ethel Britt, Lois Cale,
Ihe color scheme of red, yel-;Alma Baker, Marjorie Bowles
Willis, Hilton Jones, Neva
panish eff’ect. The table, beauti-^ Futrell, Beatrice Burrell, Inez
fully decorated with wild yellow Parker, Mary Raynor, Janet Ben-
owers, colored baskets and hand-: thall, Bernice Benthall, Janie
painted programs’ was lighted by Vick, Margaret Richmond, Mary
red and yellow candles. Frosted Hoggard, Susan Barnes, Thelma
glass owls were given as favors. , E. Freeman, Julia Grady, Vida
T ^ faculty included
S Helen Winborne, Ethel
to the Spanish court yard, | Crew, Alice Collins, Mildred Poe,
^ich, at that time, was visited by:Minnie Caldwell, Liccie Payne,
^0 Spanish dancers. Misses Ruth; Newell Mason, Dr. W. R. Burrell,
Matthews and Hilda Holmes, who, Mrs. A. W. H. Jones, President
tn ‘=.o»tumes, added much and Mrs. Edwards, Mesdames W.
n^ed bv thp""' Winborne,'
^ , college orchestra John Sewell, Murfreesboro, N. C.;|
Frl.ic Newsome, Winton, N. C.;|
Frances Flythe and Kate Mackie, J. M. Mason, Macon, Ga.; Misses'
Soan^r^ r Craddock, Cluster Springs,'
bpanish costumes added much to^Va.; Miriam Goodwin, Morganton
ocLsi'on C-’ 'ittle Bettie Winborne,’
ivr;»= J , I mascot Senior Class, Murfrees-
toast mistr^« “ charming, boro, N. C.; Messrs. Elwood Ford,
toast-mistress with clever bits of Reese Bullock, Emmett Matthews,
ALUMNAE NOTICE!
Chowan College Alumnae As
sociation will meet on Monday
afternoon. May 28, at 3 o’clock.
All graduates and former students
are urged to be present at that
session. Important discussions
are to be held at that time which
none can afford to miss. Class
Day exercises will be at 4:30
o’clock the same afternoon.
The Alumnae and former stu
dents will be the guests at a sup-
'’er given by their Alma Mater.
Come, let’s all be girls again!
Eunice McDowell.
The pastors of the West
Chowan Baptist Association held
their regular monthly meeting at
the college on Tuesday, May 8,
at which time Mr. Carlyle Powell,
a returned missionary from
Africa, conducted chapel.
In an interesting talk, Mr.
Powell told of some of the ob
stacles and triumphs met with as
a missionary in the foreign fields.
He discussed two mistaken ideas
concerning this work. (1) There
is a mistaken idea that when a
heathen hears a sermon preached
he immediately rushes into the
Kingdom. “It is necessary that
they do more than just hear. One
must go deeper than that,” said
Mr. Powell. (2) “There is also a
mistaken idea,” he continued,
“that when the devil sees a mis
sionary coming he just folds his
hands. The devil has never fold
ed his hands in a fight yet, and
he never will.” Mr. Powell went
on to say that the struggle with
the devil is great, but the reward
is greater. And God is always
ready to help those who are en
deavoring to serve Him. “And,”
said Mr. Powell in closing, “God
calls no man or woman to an ef
fortless or fruitless task”
Because of the inclemency of
the weather, the attendance of this
meeting was small. Those pres
ent were: Messrs. R. B. Line-
berry, J. L. Price, A. W. H. Jones,
C. M. Billings, E- Y- Poole and
Jack Lowder.
T. K. LEW, JAPAN,
COLLEGE VISITOR
Superior Air of Americans
Causes Unfriendly Feel,
ing. He Says
DR. OSCAR HAYWOOD
NOW AT WINTON CHURCH
Dr. Oscar Haywood, of Mount
Gilead, who so delighted the peo
ple of Murfreesboro and the sur
rounding communities by his pow
erful preaching here in March, is
now assisting t'libirrr -V.;.'. c ;f
the Winton Baptist Churtfh, in a
series of services. The meetings
begin May 13, and will probably
continue until May 23.
Mr. T. K. Lew, from Japan, now
of Columbia University, visited
Chowan College May 7, and at the
chapel hour, told the students
what, in his opinion, was neces
sary for universal peace, and
what the Japanese thought of
American people. For peace to
be possible, he said that each na
tion must look upon every other
nation as an equal. Christ must
reign supreme. One nation can
not look down upon another and
e»pect to be friendly with her.
“Americans say America is the
best nation, and Japanese say
Japan is the best nation. A nation
must not feel superior, but equal
to every other nation.”
Mr. Lew said that all Japanese,
like himself before he came to
America, thought that every
American was a Christian. He
said that he was badly disappoint
ed to find this not true. Ameri
cans are after the dollar. The
Japanese believe that the Ameri
cans regard themselves as far su
perior to them. This condition
keeps the Japanese from feeling
friendly toward Americans.
Mr. Le\^ is doing graduate work
at Columbia. He is traveling over
the South in order to study the
home life, the political life and
the international ideals of the
South. In order to defray his ex
penses, he is selling Japanese
handwork and curios. Mr. Lew is
planning to go back to Japan as
one of her statesmen. He has
been in America for four years
and speaks English very well.
Miss Pajrlfpr 0\\
IV
SOCIETY PROGRAM
At the Alathenian Literary So
ciety meeting Friday evening.
May 4, a very good program was
rendered. Ann Downey told in a
very interesting manner the life
of Mark Twain. “The Jumping
Frog,” one of Mark Twain’s best
sketches, was given by Grace Still
man. Ruth Davenport made an
interesting talk on Mark Twain’s
ambition. The last number on the
program was a piano solo, very
well rendered by Emma Gay
Stephenson. The program was
enjoyed by all who were present.
Her Graduating Recital
Program Consisting of Topu-
lar Numbers, Humorous
and Pathetic
Chicago! Chicago!
Chicago, 111.—Don Jose Brown
ing set out on February 21 to
bicycle around the world. He has
reached Chicago, but his bicycle
was stolen five minutes after his
arrival.
AT CHOWAN
Mack Long, Emmett Matthews,
Seaboard, N. C.; Wade Baker,
Charles Baker, Clyde Williford,
Harrellsville, N. C.; John Parker,
D. W. King, Horace Thompson,
Lee Thomas, Chapel Hill, N. C.;
Byrd Vaughn, Cluster Springs,
Va.; Furman Sourel, Durham, N.
C.; Walter Wiley, Herman Brooks,
Joe Buffalo, E. T. Parham, Dr.
Roy Bridgers, Wake Forest, N. C.;
Thomas Bowles, Edward Railey’
Como, N. C.; Garland Russell,
Dan Begos, Cape Charles, Va.;
Ernest Newsome, Levy Overton,
G. C. Britton, Robert Hoggard,
Ahoskie, N. C.: Tommie Gay, Suf
folk, Va.; Hailey Bridgers, J. T.
Ricks, Conway, N. C.; Robert
Brown, Winton, N. C.; Zeph
Davis, Walter Faison, Norfolk,
Va.; Robert Beale, Potecasi, N. C.;
Philips Hathaway, Raleigh, N. C.;
J. W. M. Holland, Jr., Robert
Vaughan, Franklin, Va.; Stanley
Winborne, John Sewell, Emmett
Evans, J. H. Vinson, Edward
Brown, Livingston White, Jack
Holloman, David Day, Elwood
Parker, Murfreesboro, N. C.
Among the trees at dear Chowan
As Freshmen here we met one
fall;
In spirit timid; numbers strong.
For we were forty-three in all.
Perhaps you know just what it
meant,
When Sophs began to make us
feel
That they were rulers of us all ;
And to their orders we mustj
kneel. |
The next year slowly came along;
Then we were Sophs both wise
and gay;
And what a life those Freshmen
led
When we, the Sophomores, held
sway!
We tried them in our royal court
At night when all was dark and
still.
We ruled the Freshies all the week
And helped to break their stub
born will.
At last the Crusade year came on
And found us Juniors strong
and true.
We did our best for dear Chowan
Though gold was scare, and we
were few.
And now our work is almost done.
The time for graduation nears;
We soon shall leave our friends
for good,
Thoughts fill our eyes with sud
den tears.
LOIS CALE, ’28.
On Friday evening. May 4, at
8:15 o’clock, Chowan College pre
sented Miss Inez Parker, reader,
pupil of Miss Mildred Poe, in a
graduating recital in the college •
auditorium. Comments heard from
the audience justify the opinion
that Miss Parker’s recital was far
above the average of its kind.
Miss Parker appeared on the
stage attractively dressed in pink
taffeta, and the audience was de
lighted with the ease and grace
with which she presented the play,
“The Mollusc,” a comedy in three
acts, by Hubert Henry Davies.
The characters of the play were
as follows:
Mr. Baxter, a business man;
Mrs. Baxter, his wife; Tom’
Kemp, her brother; Miss Roberts,
their governess.
The scene of the play was laid
jin the living room of Mrs. Bax-
[ter’s house, some twenty or thirty
miles from London.
Miss Parker’s program contain
ed fine realism and careful study
was displayed in the rapidly
changing actions and spirit re
quired in the play. Every char
acter was made to stand out as a
[distinct personality.
Miss Parker was able to change
her tones quickly from the heavy
voice of a man to the whine of a
(complaining woman,
j The audience was very atten-
jtive throughout the play. Not a
I tiresome moment was spent dur-
|ing the program.
I The marshals were: Misses
Bettie Walter Jenkins, Laura
Ruth Parker, Bertha Chitty, Julia
Vinson and Rosalie Liverman, all
town girls and special friends of
Miss Parker.
Miss Parker is the attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. C.
Parker, of Murfreesboro. She is
a Junior in literary work and will
receive her A. B. degree in ’29.
Immediately after the recital
an informal reception was given
in the college parlors in honor of
Miss Parker. A number of her
friends, the members of the
faculty and the members of the
Senior Class were invited. Those
in the receiving line were: Presi
dent and Mrs. Edwards, Miss Cald
well, Miss Poe, Miss Inez Parker,
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Parker, Mr.
and Mrs. Johnnie Watson and the
marshals.