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THE CHOWANIAN, CHOWAN COLLEGE, MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Tuesday, October 2, 1928.
The Chowanian
A college newspaper published fortnightly by the Alathenian and
Lucalian Literary Societies, supervised by the English Department
of Chowan College, Murfreesboro, N. C.
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SOUTHERN EDUCATION DOES
NOOT KEEP IN STEP WITH
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIALISM
Southern colleges are doing lit
tle to prepare their students to
cope with the growing industrial
ism of the South, according to an
article by Prof. Howard Mumford
Jones, in the October issues of
THE NEW STUDENT. “No
where in the South,” he says,
“has the study of economics pro
ceeded so far as to oflFer notable
opportunities for advanced train
ing. One goes North for his
graduate work in this field. Only
belatedly has the study of so-
clalogy come to be an effective
force in Southern university life,
and at that, only in a few schools.
Yet it is evident that the South
needs now as it needed a hundred
years ago, an effective examina
tion of the foundations uport
which the industrial system is to
be built.”
. . Such college men as are
now in control of Southern busi
ness were grraduated (if they are
alumni of Southern colleges) at
a time when modern departments
of economics and sociology were
almost unknown, and necessarily
they believe in, and operate under
a laissezfaire system of economic
life which make the Harvard or
Columbia student rub his eyes in
wonder. But I doubt whether
there is any sinister control by
Southern business of Southern
universities which prevents the
growth of economic thought in
that region. The situation is far
subtler.
“One truth — one profound
truth—in the general situation is
that the Southern undergraduate
is blankly indifferent alike to
economic theory and to the in
cipient and baffling problems of
the new order in the South. It is
only natural that he should be so
Typically the product of a small
community, typically also the
product of a small community,
typically also the product of an
upper middle-class family, he
does not know, because he has
never seen, such industrial areas
as the coal fields of Pennsylvania,
the mills of New Jersey, the
manufacturing region around the
Great Lakes. He cannot envision,
for he has neither experience nor
data to go on, the possibility that
in the future there may be
Southern industrial areas of the
same hideous ugliness, the same
raw and gigantic energy. Even
if his teachers tell him so, the
fact can mean little to him.
“It is out of this dilemma that
Southern colleges must somehow
find their way. As yet it would
seem they have not on the whole
found any solution. What is even
more depressing there are a good
many Southern institutions of
learning in which the need for
awakening an interest in social
problems is not even felt. Shel
tered behind the liberal arts cur
riculum, these colleges continue
to educate gentlemen and gentle
women. They frown on Mencken
but they do not substitute any
body half as interesting in his
place. And in those schools which
are beginning to survey the ac
tualities of life around them,
most of the battle for academic
freedom is yet to be fought—that
is, the right and necessity for
universities to investigate eco
nomic and social phenomena has
in most cases yet to be estab
lished. The campaign, when it is
fought, will be an absorbing one,
but the present collegiate attitude
does not seem likely to furnish
many recruits. It is possible that
a change of literary diet might
awaken the old flame of enthus
iasm for Southern things and
themes. It is a hopeful sign that
the negro literature of the pres
ent awakens a wide interest among
Southern undergraduates — here
at least is one situation in which
they are very alert. But until
the hold of Menchenism among
the undergraduates is broken, or
until it wanes, we cannot look for
much forward-going interest i
the new South and its problems.
—The New Student.
I thank God for sunshine and
bird-song, for the sweet morning
light upon the hill-tops, and the
tender eyes of my loved ones. The
great world is awake and a-throb
with life. J, too, am awake and
life is pulsing through my veins.
I have a part in the great world,
in its work, its joy and its sor
row. Today I can be a little
center from which shall radiate
peace, kindliness and good-will.
I thank God for opportunity. A
beautiful golden sunbeam has en
tered through my chamber win
dow, and awakened me to the
gladness and beauty of the morn
ing. May my spirit be wakened
and kindled by the Divine Spirit,
so that all this day it may warm
and gladden the hearts it touches.
—Stevenson.
God grant us wisdom in these
coming days.
And eyes unsealed, that we clear
visions see
Of that new world that He would
have us build,
To Life’s ennoblement and His
high ministry.
God give us sense—-God-sense of
Life’s new needs.
And souls aflame with new-born
chivalries—
To cope with those black growths
that foul the ways—
To cleanse our poisoned founts
with God-born energies.
To pledge our souls to nobler,
loftier life.
To win the world to His fair sanc
tities.
To bind the nations in a Pact of
Peace,
And free the Soul of Life for
finer loyalties.
—John Oxenham.
• ‘‘JUST IN FUN” *
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“I was just in fun!” says the
friend who has offended you and
instantly you forgive him. “It is
the soft answer that turneth away
wrath.”
It doesn’t do for people to be
come too grim. That is just as
bad as becoming too frivolous.
We have a name for such people
—blue-noses—blue I suppose be
cause we think of them as being
starved and pinched and frozen
for lack of the joys of life.
It never occurred to us that we
may be biue-noses ourselves in a
small way, does it?
The other day a little actress
sporting a pair of hand-painted
stockings, got her picture in the
paper. A heavy dowager sniffed,
“Ridiculous! Why do they allow
such things?”
Why, she was only in fun—the
little actress was.
A young fellow caught the cast
off family car in his arms as it
descended, did a war dance, and
shot off to the paint shop. Re
sult! Something beyond descrip
tion—every color of the rainbow!
His mother and father laughed,
but the neighbors were horrified.
“How silly!” said they.
But it was all in fun.
If we did everything in life
with the deadly earnestness some
people affect, we’d soon be a na
tion of lunatics. There isn’t any
thing that drives people crazy
so quickly as a lack of the capacity
for fun.
A sense of humor is a saving
grace indeed a safety valve, a bal
ance wheel, name it whatever you
like.
There doesn’t need to be a rea
son for everything. If w3 old
sters would join hands and play
ringaround-the-rosy once in a
while, it would do us good. Don’t
worry! The troubles won’t run
away. They’ll stand still and wait
for us! But in the meantime, let’s
do some things “just in fun!”
—Olive Robert Barton.
Who was the straightest man on
earth? the teacher asked with
glances grim.
Oh, Joseph was, the girl replied.
They made a ruler out of him.—
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By Albert T. Btid
PAUL IN EPHESUS
Acts 19:8-10, 18-20; Ephesians
4:11-16
By Rev Samuel D. Price, D. D.
Closing his work at Corinth,
Paul took Aquila and Priscilla,
who had been his helpful friends
there, and left them at Ephesus
while he went forward to Antioch
in Syria. Thus the second mis
sionary journey was concluded.
Soon the third journey was un
dertaken and Paul found that
Aquila and Priscilla had been
making good use of their time
during the interim in Ephesus.
The nucleus of another strong
church had been brought together
there.
The theory that it does not
make any difference what you be
lieve if only you are sincere had
its refutal in two similar incidents
in Ephesus. Appolos, an Alex
andria Jew, had attracted much
attention by his eloquent teaching
along Christian lines. But when
careful attention was given to his
messages it was noted _that es
sential truths were lacking. On
inquiry it developed that he knew
only the baptism of John, which
was typical of repentance from
sin. He believed in Jesus, and
proclaimed him, but had no knowl
edge of the Holy Spirit. Aquila
became his special teacher: be
lief followed and in baptism he
entered upon the larger spiritual
life. When Paul arrived he found
12 who only knew about John.
They were asked “Did ye receive
the Holy Spirit when ye believ
ed?” They, too, were apt pupils
and were blessed in their greater
understanding of spiritual things.
Paul found''-an indifferent au
dience in the synagogue and
changed his audience room to the
school of Tyrannus. Then things
began to happen. The central
shrine of Diana was the colossal
temple in Ephesus. Idol makers
grew rich by carving images of
this goddess. Others worked on
the superstition of the people and
sold “writings” that were supposed
to be a charm that would offset
any evil influence. Naturally
Paul’s success cut into the shrine
and charm business. The people
were told that Diana was only a
myth and the idols were absolute
ly worthless. They were instruct
ed in the Jesus way and many be
lieved in Him as their Saviour
from sin. Tl^people were called
upon to evidence their new faith
in a living cArist, whom Paul had
actually seen when near Damas
cus, by destroying these Diana
idols and the costly charms that
each one had purchased. The
people showed that they were sin
cere and relics of great value were
brought for burning in the public
square. The fire was thus kept
up for days. The value of the
things thus destroyed was the
equivalent of the ordinary pay for
50,000 days of labor, say $260,000
in the reckoning of today.
The second Scripture portion is
from Ephesians, the letter which
Paul wrote to those Christians
during the first Roman imprison
ment. That entire letter should
be read with tare. Coleridge call
ed it “one of the divinest com
positions of man.” That Paul did
a truly great work in Ephesus is
evidenced by the fact that such
a profound epistle could be writ
ten to the brethren in that city.
In our lesson test Paul indicates
the goal before each individual,
even “a full-grown man, unto the
measure of the stature of the full
ness of Christ.” The unity of the
Kingdom is also set forth with
Christ, who is the head. There is
an essential place for every one
in this Kingdom building. Unity
and love can have their fullest ex
pression as all become “his work
manship, created in Christ Jesus
for good works,” Eph., 2:10.
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More than 1,000 foreign stu
dents are attending higher edu
cational institutions in Chicago.
Will Rogers
Says—
You can’t hardly get a man to
do anything for you these days in
politics without offering him a
Cabinet position. I been giving a
mighty lot of thought to my Cab
inet and I find that every rich
man now pictures himself as an
other Mellon. The rich man used
to think that he would be slum
ming if he mixed himself up with
any of those Pumpkin Seed jobs,
like a Cabinet officers, but Mellon
stepped out and got so much pub
licity that all the rest began to
think, “How long has this been
going on?”
I have made a lot of promises,
but they were only political prom
ises, and I have no idea of keep
ing any of them, I can promise
the best Cabinet of any of them,
Henry Ford would be my secre
tary of the Treasury, he would
make us forget that illuminum
pays as well as shines, and as for
General Motors and Raskob and
that gang, we would cut our pro
fit to $300.00 a car and put them
right out of business. Say, Ford
could take our little dab of money,
that our Treasury has, and let him
handle it a little while and he
would have us out of the Red by
Christmas. And as for my Secre
tary of State, what’s the matter
with using Coolidge? He knows
everything that a Secretary of
State does and I believe if a man
could get him he’d be worth the
money.
So with Calvin and Henry in
there I got the neuclus of a pret
ty snorty Cabinet. You see I am
in a position to get the best talent
available. I have no Campaign
Manager to take care of. And
there are no “President makers”
in our Anti-Bunk Party that has
to be rewarded. I’m self-made.
There is some fellow named
“Vox Poppuli” or something like
that, I don’t know who he is, but
I want him for Postmaster Gen
eral, he writes more letters than
anybody.
—WILL ROGERS.
Cookies for the School Lunch
Heat % cup of molasses to boil
ing point, add % cup butter, then
slowly add 1 cup prepared cake
flour, 2-3 cup ■ sugar, % teaspoon
salt and 1 teaspoon ginger sifted
together. Drop half-teaspoons of
batter three inches apart on an
inverted pan. Bake in a slow
oven until medium brown.
Asparagus and Egg Salad
A nice way to combine canned
white asparagus and hard-boiled
eggs in salad is to mold them in
alternate layers in lemon gelatin.
Strips of pimiento may be added
if desired. Mold in square loaf
pan, slice and serve on lettuce
with mayonnaise.
Decaffeinized Coffe At Its Best
Although decaffeinized coffee
may be made as you would na
tural coffee—either boiled, per
colated or by the drip method—it
is best when brewed in a drip pot.
Heat fresh water to boiling, pour
over ground coffee and one for
pot. Place pot over low flame to
keep it hot, but do not boil.
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