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THE CHOWAN IAN, CHOWAN COL LEGE, MURFREESBORO, N. C.
Tuesday, October 16, 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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EDITORS
Mildred Hinton, '30 Editor-in-Chief
Ruth Davenport, ’29 Associate Editor
BUSINESS STAFF
Kate Mackie, ’29 Business Manager
Addie Mae Cook, ’32 Circulation Manager
REPORTERS
Emma Gay Stephenson Alathenian Society
Virginia Martin Lucalian Society
Bettie Walter Jenkins Senior Class
Maybelle Honeycutt Junior Class
Helen Rountree Sophomore Class
Virginia Stanley Freshman Class
Isla Poole Religious Activities
Hilma Ward Jokes
Elizabeth Sewell Murfreesboro News
IS THEIR DREAM REALIZED?
Do we realize the full signifi
cance of Founder’s Day? Do we
realize that our beautiful Chowan,
with the opportunities it affords
us as students and all it will mean
to future womanhood, was once
the ideal of 12 men who wished
to benefit humanity through the
education of women? Out of that
ideal, Chowan College has ma
terialized because those 12 men
worked out their dream. They
conceived of it as a place where
young womanhood might grow
broad-minded and doubly happy;
they secured the land, had the
building erected, and set for
Chowan the standard “Lux et
Veritas.”
There is one to whom we prob
ably owe more than to any other,
howeveiL. b^'’'"' V^ “’V-
colfeger ®V:'« am
genuine interest in our college,
as we would in our homes. Let
us be courteous and hospitable to
visitors. When visitors come to
chapel, let us see that they are
provided with song books. And
above all, let us keep quiet when
announcements are being made—
especially in the dining hall.
Chowan has much in store for
a girl who will live up to these
ideals, and her doors are open to
receive them joyfully.
sorely. Her kind, loving and sym
pathetic disposition has won
friends for her not only in this
community but throughout this
county and other counties as woli.
Miss Swindell always came to
our club meetings with a smile,
and she was ever ready to speak
a word of cheer and encourage
ment to all of those who seemed
to be burdened with care of any
kind. How then can we help but
feel lonely when we know we shall
see her smiling face no more nor
hear her cheerful words?
We grieve because her going is
a loss to so many, and as mem
bers of the Ray of Hope Club
especially do we miss her. There
fore, be it resolved:
(1) That we have lost a faith
ful leader and friend, one whose
life because of its correctness will
always be an inspiration.
(2) That though we shall con
tinue to miss her we will try to
be submissive to God’s will, and
we are grateful that ile let us
have her for a number of years.
(3) That we extend to the
bereaved family our heartfelt
sympathy during this great sor
row, trusting they may feel the
Guiding Hand.
(4) That we request a copy
of these resolutions to be sent to
the county paper and to the
family, and that a copy be record
ed in our minutes.
MRS. WALTER UNDERWOOD,
MRS. T. C. REVELLE,
MISS MAGGIE WARREN,
Committee.
THE POOR ARE LUCKY
SEVEN CANDLES TO LIGHT
YOU TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE
CHOWANIAN
he watched it lovingly and tender
ly, he gave it his personality, his
human touch, and his soul. He
loved the girls each one; he was
interested in each individual fu
ture. He is responsible for the
fine spirit of democracy for
which Chowan girls are famous.
Chowan College was Dr. Mc
Dowell’s joy and hope; he believed
in it heart and soul—in its mis
sion in the world; in the iprls
who should go out from its walls,
noble and fine throughout the fu
ture generations. His spirit still
hovers over us and we trust will
continue to dominate our institu
tion. He was president, friend,
father for many years.
Founder’s Day should mean a
new beginning—a reckoning day
to each Chowan girl. Each should
stop short, solemnly and soberly,
and ask herself if she as an in
dividual is following the high
ideals of him who will forever live
in our hearts. Are we indeed
dedicating our four years here to
the attainment of culture, to prep
aration for a high degree of serv
ice to our fellowmen, and to the
development of a Christian char
acter which will weather the
storms of life? Are we in reality
heralds of light and truth?
OUR CHOWAN HOME
Just what is our attitude toward
the life we live here at Chowan?
Do we realize that this is our
home for nine months of the year
and care for it as such? Well, we
should.
Ranking as it does in age, third
among the Baptist colleges of the
South, Chowan College has, since
1848, held as its highest aim, the
production of that type of Chris
tian womanhood which has ever
tended to lift mankind spiritually,
morally, and intellectually in an
altruistic sense. The world has
always a particular place for wom
en of their type. In order to at
tain to these high ideals there are
certain things that every true
Chowan girl must do. She must
be courteous, kind, and conside
rate of others at all times. She
must take an interest in the clean
liness and orderliness of her col
lege buildings and campus. If
she does not throw paper, grape
hulls, ice cream containers, and
parts of eaten apples and pears
around in her home or on her
lawn, she should not do this in
her college home, for her conduct
and manners in her home are
judged by the way in which she
deports herself when away from
home.
Let us remember these things.
Sister Chowanians, and show a
This article is addressed to th
people of Murfreesboro and the
surrounding community, the alum
nae of Chowan College, its friends,
faculty and students.
^The CHOWANIAN is
■ ttrer Wver-ne-ws wti-
re of interest in this com
munity and elsewhere.
2. It is optimistic. It tends
to build up rather than to tear
down. One reads the CHOWAN
IAN and gains new hope.
3. It contains alumnae news.
Many old-time schoolmates have
been reunited through the
CHOWANIAN’S effort to keep in
touch with former students and
alumnae.
4. It is “peppy.” It publis'.ics
good, wholesome jokes and anec
dotes. Those who read “Under
the Greenwood Tree” enjoy hearty
laughter.
5. It carries advertisements.
Through its advertising section,
one finds out which of the busi
ness establishments are first and
foremost in this section.
6. It is a true representative
of our college life. Citizens of
this community, friends, alumnae,
faculty, and students of Chcwan.
College should be interested in
the CHOWANIAN.
7. The Lucalian and Alathen
ian Literary Societies finance the
paper because they believe in its
value to the college. If it does
not make expenses, they pay its
debt. They give away at least
350 copies of the paper every time
it is published, in order to keep
Chowan in the minds of people
whose patronage we want and
need, and whose former connec
tion with the college we still re
member with gratitude. It be
hooves us of the college commu
nity to see to it that the societies
do not lose by their effort to help
Chowan. Are we not, also, in
terested in the bigger and better
college now in the making?
Send your subscription to Miss
Addie Mae Cooke, circulation
manager.
APPRECIATION OF MISS
MYRTLE SWINDELL
Whereas, on October 5, 1928,
our beloved friend and home dem
onstration agent, Miss Myrtle
Swindell, was called from her life
of usefulness and activity into the
life more abundant, we desire to
make the following record of our
esteem, for her and her work.
Miss Swindell has been in this
county for 10 years, and the Ray
of Hope community was one of
the first to organize a club under
her leadership. It has continued
to do active work throughout the
entire time, as a result of Miss
Swindell’s untiring efforts, and
this community has been greatly
benefitted socially, economically
and physically by it. Our leader
has been a great inspiration to
this club, and we shall miss her
It may be bad to be poor but
it is worse to be rich according
to Lady Houston, who is worth
$32,000,000.
Lady Robert Houston is the
widow of Sir Robert Houston, the
late well-known shipping magnate,
who formerly lived on the Island of
Jersey. At his death, Lady Hous
ton inherited £7,000,000. She
turned over £1,500,000 to the
British Treasury for death duties.
Now Lady Houston receives up
to 600 letters a day asking her to
help the poor. The worry of it
is injuring her health. A fe\s
weeks ago she sought relief from
the leters of the poor by going up
in the Grampian Hills in Scotland.
“Blessed are the poor,” says
Lady Houston. “They learn the
joy of giving and receiving. The
rich woman’s gift fails to bring
the gratitude that a shilling from
yre poT>T woman "biinga. The vfery'
poor are usually wonderful. They
find endless ways of helping each
other.”
According to Lady Houston, the
poorer poor are silent people.
They never make themselves
known, and they have to be hunt
ed out. The poor from whom she
is receiving letters are not the
ones who really need her help.
There are letters appealing to
her for an introduction to the so
cial whirl. There are others ask
ing her for loans on furs and ex
pensive clothing.
“The most charitable thing I
can do,” she says, “is to tell peo
ple of small means and little ex
perience not to start small busi
nesses.”
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We also get the MAROON
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the splendid work they are doing
on their papers.
I ^For Men Must FigTu and Worneh Must Weep ...By
Albert T, Reid
THE JOURNNALIST’S CREED
TO LIZZIE
We wandered today down the
road, Lizzie,
Just out for a little spin;
The countrymen laughed at us,
Lizzie;
They know you are only tin.
The polish is gone from your
sides, Lizzie;
Your top has all caved in.
And when we ascend the hill,
Lizzie,
You make an awful din.
Roadsters pass with a whir,
Lizzie.
I know your axle’s sprung.
But we were as speedy as they,
Lizzie,
When you and I were young.
Your fenders are covered with
mud, Lizzie;
Your tires are weak and thin.
But you look young and fresh,
Lizzie,
Considering where you’ve been.
You have crawled through the
stickest mud, Lizzie;
You have jerked through the
deepest sand;
You have traveled the narrowest
by-ways.
Obeying my guiding hand.
And now we are trembling and
weak, Lizzie;
Our trials of travel are done;
We can only recall our speed,
Lizzie,
When you and I were young.
—MILDRED HINTON, ’30.
I believe in the profession of
journalism.
I believe that the public journ
al is a public trust; that all con
nected with it are, to the pull
measure of their responsibility,
trustees for the public; that ac
ceptance of lesser service than
the public service is betrayal of
this trust.
I believe that clear thinking
and clear statement, accuracy and
fairness, are fundamental to good
journalism.
I believe that a journalist
should write only what he holds
in his heart to be true.
I believe that suppression of
the news, for any consideration
other than the welfare of society,
is indefensible.
I believe that no one should
write as a journalist what he
would not say as a gentleman;
that bribery by one’s own pocket-
book is as much to be avoided as
bribery by the pocketbook of an
other; that individual responsi
bility may not be escaped by
pleading another’s instructions or
another’s dividends.
I believe that advertising, news
and editorial columns should al'ke
serve the best interests of read
ers; that a single standard of help
ful truth and cleanness should
prevail for all; that the supreme
test of good journalism is the
I believe^ that the journalism
which succeeds best—and best de
serves success—fears God and
honors man; is stoutly independ
ent, unmoved by pride of opinion
or greed of power, constructive,
tolerant but never careless, self
controlled, patient, always re
spectful of its readers but always
unafraid; is quickly indignant at
injustice; is unswayed by the ap
peal of privilege or the clamor of
the mob; seeks to give every man
a chance, and, as far as law and
honest wage and recognition of
human brotherhood can make it
so, an equal chance; is profound
ly patriotic while sincerely pro
moting international good-will
and cementing world-comrade-
ship; is a journalism of humanity,
of and for today’s world.
—Bulletin, University of Mo.
"DIP MOTHEa’S PiLEaous Haveanic£
6AME ? "
•« OH, 1-r WAS A PI P. I those, two
teeth KKIOCICED OUT"
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DURHAM COP PAID
$5.00 FOR VIOLIN
VALUED AT $5,000
EXCHANGE NEWS •
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We enjoy papers from other
colleges very much, for we like to
know what other students are do
ing. We get new ideas from them,
and we hope that they may be
William E. Burgess, night
desk sergeant, at Durham, N.
C., wanted a cheap violin on
which to learn to play. He
bought one from J. C. Smith
for $5, which is now valued
at $5,000.
^Vhile on his way to a mu
sic house to buy string for
his old violin. Smith stopped
in the police station to show
it to some policemen. He
drew the violin from the flour
sack in which he was carrying
it, and rubbed it with a yarn
cloth to show the quality of
the instrument; then he drew
wonderful tones from it.
Burgess was willing to buy
the violin for $5, and Smith
was glad to sell it so he would
not have to buy strings.
The owner of the music
house, to which Burgess sent
his violin to be restrung,
wanted to buy it. He offered
a good deal more than $5,
but Burgess suspected it was
an unusual violin and refused
to sell. He found the name
of the Italian master, Stradi-
varius, engraved on the in
side.
Burgess started investiga
tions. The United States
Customs House has the re
cord of every violin of that
kind in the United States.
This one had been made in
Cremola, Italy, by Antonie
Stradivarius. It was made of
maple and the maker’s name
inlaid with gold.
Burgess* violin has been
played by many masters, who
love it, and in many orches
tras. It is noted for its sweet
ness of tone.
• MURFREESBORO NEWS *
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Mrs. W. A. McGlohon and little
daughter, Rebecca, of Morehead
City, are visiting their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Day.
Dr. Burrell, with several of the
Chowan girls, motored to Wake
Forest October 6, to visit his
daughter, Miss Beatrice Burrell.
The Woodland Fair was very
largely attended by the people of
Murfreesboro. The pageant which
was given on Friday evening by
the schools of Hertford and North-
ampon counties, was quite a suc
cess.
The Hertford County W. M. U.,
which convened at Christian Har-
boro Church on October 2, was
not very well attended, but the
spirit of the meeting was fine.
Some unusually good talks and
■w«re given.
Miss Alta Chitty has recently
been to St. Vincent’s Hospital for
a tonsil operation.
Dr. G. N. Harrell remains quite
sick at the home of his father-in-
law, Mr. U. Vaughan.
Mrs. J. R. Parker, who has been
in St. Vincent’s Hospital for the
past week or so, is very much im
proved and will be at home in a
few days.
Miss Ida Body spent the week
end at her home in Nashville,
N. C.
Mr. John Wynn and Eva Law
rence attended the Richmond Fair
on Wednesday, October 4.
The death of Miss Myrtle
Swindell came as a great shock to
the Murfreesboro community. For
a number of years Miss Swindell
had been in charge of demonstra
tion work for women in Hertford
County. She meant a great deal
to this county and will certainly
be greatly missed.
Dr. and Mrs. John Smith, of
Branchville, Va., spent Sunday,
October 7, with their daughter.
Miss Mildred Smith.
Mr. Goldstein has returned
from Philadelphia, where he has
been to purchase his fall and
winter stock of goods.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Day, Sr.,
daughter, Mrs. W. A. McGlohon,
will in a few days go with their
to Morehead City for a .^hort
visit.
Mrs. J. C. Chitty still remairs
confined to her room. Mrs. Chit
ty underwent a slight operation
several weeks ago, and has not
entirely recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Parker, Miss
Kate Storey, Mrs. J. A. Storey and
Misses Bernice Leigh and Evelyn
Parker attended the funeral serv
ices of Miss Swindell at Belhaven,
N. C., Sunday, October 7.
Miss DeLano, voice teacher of
Chowan College, is working hard
to organize a large choir at the.
Baptist Church that she may be
able to put on some real worth
while music. We hope the peo
ple will rally to her support; and
also avail themselves of the op
portunity of the training.
Mrs. Alfred Ellington and little
son, and Mrs. Norman Holloway
are visiting their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Draper, here.
PROGRAM WAS GIVEN
BY THE LUCALIANS
The Lucalian Society met in
the hall on Friday, September 28,
at 8 o’clock. The program con
sisted of impromptu numbers as
Debate — Resolved, that Al
Smith would make a better Presi
dent than Herbert Hoover.
Affirmative: Maidie Wade and
Bettie Walter Jenkins.
Negative: Odessa Moss and
Mary Lou Jones.
The decision, made by open
forum, was in favor of the nega
tive.
Campus jokes: Audrey Parker
and Kathleen Johnson.
My Opinion of Chowan Girls:
Maggie Boone.
Maggie is one of our freshmen,
and she made a splendid im
promptu speech on this subject.
Duet; Frances Flythe and Eva
Hoggard, with Maidie Wade as
accompanist.
Questions and Answers on Mis
cellaneous Subjects: Agnes Har
rell and Mildred Hinton.
“Brethern and sistern, when the
last day arrives there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
“Oh, Lord Gawd!”
“Sister Mandy, what ails you?”
“I ain’t got no teeth.”
“Teeth will be furnished,” said
the parson.
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