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ONE DAY’S INCOME FOR OUR ORPHAN CHILDREN. “Bless The Lord, 0 My Soul, and Forget Not All His Benefits” The Chowanian BRING AN OFFERING AND COME INTO HIS HOUSE. Vol. VI Four Pages Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, November 27, 1928 One Section Number 6 TWO )F FACULTY ATTEND MEETING STATE EDUCATORS President Edwards and Miss Caldwell Represent Chowan BANQUET IS GIVEN AS MEETING STARTER EXPERIENCE THRILLS DURING SENIOR PLAY SCENE FROM PLAY BY PLAYMAKERS Senior Class Play Given In Auditorium Friday Night Receive Much Helpful In formation As Result of Attendance President Edwards and Dean Caldwell, accompanied by Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Vaughan, attended the Edu- c a t i 0 n a 1 Conference at Chapel Hill, November 15- 17. The conference was the first of a series of annual conferences on education in the South. The first session opened with a banquet at the Carolina Inn. This was given by the University of North Carolina to the mem bers of the conference. At this banquet addresses were given by President Harry W. Chase, of the University of North Carolina, on “The Southern States and Nation al Standards of Education,” and by Dr. Douglas Free man, editor of the Richmond (Virginia) News-leader, on "Public Education and the Public Press.” The 185 delegates registered and present at this banquet, rep resented South Carolina, Maine, Virginia, New York, Alabama, Tennessee, Ken tucky, Georgia, and Min nesota. After the banquet the guests were entertained by the Carolina Playmakers. The Friday morning session opened with an address by Presi dent Lotus D. Coffman, of the University of Minnesota, on “The Relation of Higher Education to the System of Public Instruction.” Dr. Coffman discussed the prob lem of who should go to college. From his study of the situation and his experience, Dr. Coffman said he was yet undecided, but “skeptical of writing to a student that he was incapable of doing college work.” He also said, “Col leges are not resting places, eleemosynary places, or parking places.” This address was followed by an address by Dr. PYank D. Boyn ton, superintendent of schools, Ithaca, New York, on “The Re sponsibilities and Opportunities of the American College.” Dr. Poynton gave statistics of results of work done in Sing Sing Prison. Gf the 20,000 prisoners in Sing Sing, 66 2-3 per cent had no schooling, and a negligible num ber had a small amount of school ing, showing that education is not conductive of crime. Dr. Poyn ton discussed how money is being spent. He said 8^4 per cent is spent on crime and 1% per cent on education. Three and one- half per cent of the total popu lation matriculate high school, 1-3 of these survive, and 7-12 of 1 per cent seek a college education. He a'so said we should get over laughing at professional training for teachers. “All that seems to be required for college teachers is a Ph. D. degree and a Charlie Chaplin mustache,” he said. He concluded that to be educated is 0 sufficient reason for any youth’s going to college. This address was followed by discussions of the addresses, >ed by the superintendent of schools of High Point. One strikini; state ment made by this superintendent was “Colleg&i education rids a man of the handicap that he thinks he has because he did not attend col lege.” The afternoon session was filled with further discussions: Presi dent Anderson, of Randolph- «Continued*on Page 4) Thrills, mystery, surprises, laughs! Those who saw “Oh! Kay,” the senior class play, which was given in the college auditor ium Friday night, November 23, [experienced all these feelings and i many more besides. The play was I a howling success. Those who lare familiar with the plays of Adam Applebud and the talent of ! the senior class can readily under- j stand why. The play is a detec- tive story with all that the name I implies. I The cast included many j actresses who are well-known for their dramatic ability and there fore need no introduction. They are as follows: Edith Whitman, an author, very attractive, but with a vivid imagination and an emotional nature—Bettie Walter Jenkins; Arthur Whitman, who considers his thoughts and opin ions as the last word in wisdom, but has a hard time getting others to agree with him—Jean Crad dock; Evelyn Whitman, the moth er of Edith and Arthur—£uby Daniel; Captain Whitman, the rather—Bettie Spencer; “Gram” Pembroke, a fussy old lady with a sharp tongue and a mania for trying every patent medicine on market—Mary Lou Jones; the “Gramp” Pembroke, a wide awake, lovable old man who re fuses to grow old himself or to admit that his pet flivver has done so—Inez Parker; Alice Borden, a friend of Edith, who consents to be drawn into a dark plot—Mary Whitley; the Black Terror, the cause of all the trouble—Ann Downey; Kay Willis, the lady de tective, dominant and positive, but very lovable, as Art will ad mit—Kate Mackie; Fred Alden, a friend of Arthur — Elizabeth Webb; Jim Hayes, “Gramp’s” friend, another accomplice to the dark plot—Wilma Ellington. CHOWAN HAS WON PRIZE TWO YEARS Collegfe, Murfreesboro, and Sur* roundinsf Section To See Playmakers In Action CHOWAN TRUSTEES ISTUNT NIGHT IS ! NAMED AT MEETING! I F„„ CC. Session The crucial scene from Loretto Carroll Bailey’s tragedy of mill people, showing Mrs. Bailey as Kizzie, the old grandmother in her play; Lois Warden as Katharine, the young granddaughter; Miss Stroebach as Kate, the mother of Katharine, and T. P. Harrison as Carl, the brutal old roomer up stairs, to whom the mother has just married the daughter in order to keep her out of the clutches of the welfare workers. This play won unanimous acclaim from the critics on the Playmakers’ last tour of North Carolina and Ten nessee. The Playmakers are play ing it on November 30 at Chowan College. CAROLINA PLAYMAKERS BEGAN THEIR WORK IN SIMPLE SURROUNDINGS AT CHAPEL HILL GRADED SCHOOL; NOW IN OWN THEATRE University Players Come to Chowan College No vember 30 NEW LIGHTING AND SCENERY THIS TIME Samuel Selden, New Tech nical Director, Will Also Be Here The Carolina Playmakers will visit Chowan College for the fourth time on November 30. For the last two years Chowan has won the prize given by the Playmakers, for the largest audi ence in the eastern part of the State. The people in and around Murfreesboro, who always want to see the Playmakers in action, fill the auditorium when they are performing. In their former visits, the Play-1 makers have given at the college: “Quare Medicine,” a comedy by Paul Green; “Gaius and Gaius, Jr.,” a comedy; “Fixin's, a tragedy of the hills, by Paul Green; “She Stoops to Conquer,” a comedy by Goldsmith; “Lighted Candles,” a tragedy of the Carolina highlands, by Margaret Bland; “Mountain Magic,” a California folk play, by Edith Daseking; “The Marvelous Romance of Chun-Chin,” a Chinese folk comedy, by Cheng-Chin Hsiung. The talent of North Carolina playwrights is well represented by the Playmakers, who sway their audience from laughter to tears throughout the programs. The ladies of the Baptist Church will hold their week of prayer for Foreign Missions, De cember 3-7. All the ladies of the church are requested to attend. SUNRISE THANKSGIVING SERVICE AT CHOWAN The annual Thanksgiving service will be held in the College auditorium before breakfast on Thanksgiving Day, November 29. All the girls are asked to wear white and bring an of fering of thanks. The program has not^ been made at this writing, but the service is always one of the most devout and impressive of the year. Everyone is urged to at tend, the college girls espe cially, since it is a service for tSeir benefit. For seven years the Caro lina Playmakers pioneered on the simple platform-stage of the Chapel Hill graded school, the only available au ditorium when Frederick H. Koch came to Carolina. In this small school auditorium they laid the foundatiors for and established their suc cess, producing their plays under the most adverse con ditions. Now, however, the Playmakers have a theater and equipment all their own and unexcelled in Little Theater circles. Smith Hall, occupied by the College of Law, has been reconstructed inside and turned over to the Playmakers for a theater and workshop. The build ing was dedicated on Novem ber 27th, 1925, as the Play makers Theater. Here in their new home the Play makers now hold their re hearsals, build their scenery and equipment, conduct their courses, and produce their shows. The building is a classic Greek Temple in its outv.^ard lines. In side it has been reconstructed as a model community theater in every detail of arrangement and equipment. The auditorium has a seating capacity of 345. There is ample stage room with storage space for scenery and lighting equipment. Just below the stage there are dressing rooms equipped with make-up lights, mirrors, and individual make-up ta'bles. A stock room filled with all kinds of theatrical hardware, canvas, paint, lumber, ropes, tools, etc., is con veniently located to the stage on which the Playmakers build all their scenery. Pevear lighting equipment—the same kind as that used by the Theater Guild of New York—has been installed and has been the means of many fine light (Continued on Page 4) THE BURRELL Y. W A. TAKES CHARf j- PROGRAM The Burrell Circle •'pen ev>^. A. had charge of the progrram Sunday night, November 18. They gave a playlet entitled “Blessed Are All They Who Hunger and fhirst After Righteousness, for They Shall Be Filled.” The girls taking part in this were: Colon Brewer, Ruth Davenport, Bessie Baucom, Mary Stanley, Myrtle Jenkins, Edna Earle Harrell, i.ie playlet represented the lost con dition of the Chinese people be fore Christ becomes known to them; then the light and joy whi -‘i comes into their lives after they know Him. Christine Stillman sang “The Great Physician” at Intervals throughout the playlet. This playlet vividly portrayed the healing power of Christ in the souls of men everywhere. TWO HELPFUL CHAPEL TALKS GIVEN LATELY One of the most valuable and enjoyable chapel services of the year was conducted by Miss Mary Whitney, on Thursday morning November 15. Miss Whitney gave very artis tically some fundamental differ ences between materialism and Christianity. She discussed how one spends this life and what one expects in the next. To illustrate the differences between the two points of view, she quoted from the Ruibaiyat of Omar Khayyam and from the Bible. Mrs. A. W. H. Jones’ chapel talk on Tuesday morning, November 13, was interesting and helpful. Mrs. Jones admonished students not to become discouraged be cause they can never judge what they are really doing. Those who were discouraged must have found much comfort in listening to Mrs. Jones. The Ladies’ Aid Siciety of the Baptist Church served a turkey I supper in the basement of the church on the evening of Novem ber 27. Weldon Takes Game Off Franklin Highs Chowan Students Enjoy the Football Game On Campus The ninety-eighth annual ses sion of the Baptist State Conven tion, which met at High Point, November 12-15, was attended by four Chowan representatives; President and Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Vaughan, and Miss Carroll. They report an unusually business-like and amicable series of sessions and brave plans for the work of the convention during the coming year. The report on W. M. U. work is of especial interest to Chowan folk. It revealed two things: First, steady growth in North Carolina W. M. U. work; second, per capita gifts of W. M. U. workers to bene volent objects to be far in ex cess of gifts coming from people who are not members of the W. M. U. The Chowan trustees who wire elected at the convention are Lav'- yer Scott Privott, Edenton; the Rev. Oscar Creech, Ahoskie; and W. F. Cale, Tyner. Those who served as trustees last year and were re-elected are: J. G. Gre gory, Elizabeth City; Mrs. R. P. Morehead, Weldon; the Rev. D. P. Harris, Seaboard; P. J. Long, Jackson; Charles H. Jenkins, Au- lander; J. G. Stancil, Margaretts- ville; John E. Vann, Winton, and B. H. Ward, Bosley. Statistical reports of the va rious departments of our work may be had from convention head quarters, Recorder Building, Ra leigh. Those who desira them should send Dr. Charles E. Mai dry twenty-five cents for a ccpy of the minutes, which will be pub lished early in 1929. The next Baptist State Conven tion will be held at Shelby, N. C. With crisp, cold weather and a dry field, the football teams of Franklin and Weldon high schools fought a lively game last Friday afternoon, on the Chowan Col lege athletic field. During the first quarter, Frank lin took the lead. Weldon seem ed unable exactly to get control of their faculties. Stanley, Frank lin’s fullback made a touchdown the first thing; Smith made a brilliant 25-yard lun. Stanley made a second touchdown and later kicked a goal, making the score at the end of the first quar ter 13-0 in favor of Franklin. In the beginning of the second quarter, Weldon made the first gain, breaking the opposing line and advancing 15 yards. Weldon seemed to be gradually gaining when penalized for a man’s being in motion before the signal was given. But again Weldon gained when Johnson made a touch down, and soon a goal and an other touchdown were scored by Weldon. Franklin held her line fairly well, however, in this quar ter, and Stanley made several brilliant plays. At the end of the second quarter the score was 13-13. During the third quarter, Wel don got the ball and advanced, making one touchdown. The rest of the quarter Franklin fought hard to hold the line, but to little avail. At the end of the third quarter the score was 19-13 in favor of Weldon. During the fourth quarter Wel don made a touchdown. Franklin intercepted Weldon’s next pass. Partin made a touchdown with a second pass for; Weldon. Toward the end of the game, especially in this quarter, the pluck and per- (Continued on Page 4) The faculty and students of Chowan extend their sincerest sympathy to Addie Mae Cooke at the death of her father, and to every member of the bereaved family. Miss Cooke is the president of the Chowan freshman class and is circulation manager of the Chowanian. Originality of Chowan Folk Was Manifest During Event CLASS STUNTS ARE FIRST ON SCHEDULE The Faculty Playlet, Last On Program, Greatly Enjoyed STUDENT RECITAL IS FIRST OF YEAR Program, Given On Thursday Eve ning, November 15, Was \s^ell Rendered The first student recital of the year was given in the college au ditorium on Thursday evening, November 15, at 6:30 o’clock. The program consisted of both instru mental and vooal solos, and, con sidering the fact that some of the performers were appearing for the first time, was well rendered. The program follows: p^rst Movement of Sonata.Haydn Maidie Lee Wade 0 Love That Will Not Let Me Go Harker Ethel Taylor Second Mazurka Godard Emma Gay Stephenson Were I a Star Howley Bettie Walter Jenkins In the Time of Roses Riechart Rosalie Liverman First Movement of Sonata Beethoven Bettie Walter Jenkins LEADERSHIP SUBJECT OF LUCALIAN PROGRAM Leadership was the topic of the Lucalian Literary Society’s pro gram at its last meeting on No vember 9. After the roll call an business were finished, the follow ing program was given: Talk, “The Qualities of Lead ership” Eva Hoggard Talk, “What Makes Herbert Hoover a Leader”.Juanita Vick Talk, “What Made Woodrow Wilson a Leader..Ruby Danie' Poem, “My Creed” Maybelle Honeycutt Programs of this type are bene ficial both to those giving the talkf and to the society as a whole. This program was given interestingly and well. VISITORS TO TEACH B. Y. P. U. STUDY COURSES Three B. Y. P. U. study courses ■vill be given at Chowan, Decem ber 9-14. The classes will be he'.ii at night. Mr. James A. Ivey. State B. Y. P. U. secretary, will teach “General B. Y. P. U. Or- tjanization;” Miss Marguerite Har rison, Eastern B. Y. P. U. field worker, will teach “Jun'or-Inter- mediate Leader’s Manual;” Mis'- Cleo Mitchell. Student secretary at N. C. C. W., will teach •'Seni''- B. Y. P. U. ManuaL” The originality of the Chowan folk was much in evidence on Stunt Night, No- i^ember 9. The program, which was given in the au ditorium, contained many spicy numbers as well as more serious ones. The pro gram was divided into four groups, one winner being selected from each group. The first group was made up of class stunts. The freshman class gave two scenes typical of the recent presidential campaign. There were two speeches for A1 Smith and two for Her bert Hoover; these were re ceived with yells and ap plause by the audience, which was made up of fresh men dressed to represent all classes of people. The sophomores presented a church scene. The songs were the A B C’s; the sermon was the A B C’s; in fact everything was A B C’s in one form or another. The juniors, wVo won the prize in this group, introduced Miss Frances Flythe, who played “Old Black Joe” on the marvelous new muaical instrument, the human piano. The keys of this instru ment were the heads of the juniors. We might mention here that Miss Flythe’s instrument is badly in need of tuning. The senior class very beauti fully sang a Chowan song, the words of which were written by President Edwards. The second group of stunts was presented by several of the school clubs. The stunt given by the French Club was judged the best in this group. It was a scene from a French classroom during an English lesson, and showed that French pupils experience as much difficulty in learning English as English students do in learning French. The Spanish Club gave a repre sentation of a bull fight in Spain. It was very enlightening to the audience. Following this Miss Kate Mackie, representing the Blonde Club, gave a humorous reading. The stunt entered by the Severn Club was one of the most original on the program. It was based on the experiences of four girls from Severn who started to hike from Chowan home one Sat urday and were taken up by a Conway Ford, thereby incurring the displeasure of the Student Council. The Northampton County Club, with a membership of 31, dressed in gingham dresses and overalls, sang “How Are You Going to Keep Northampton Down,” and four members gave an original dance. The Math-and-Science Club presented a playlet in two acts. Act one showed the Ford as it used to be. Act two, “Henry’s Made a Lady Out of Lizzie,” show ed the Ford as it is now. The Dramatics Club gave a very dramatic playlet, “Ah.” The society stunts made up the third group. The Alathenian So ciety gave an original play in ap preciation of Stephen Collins Fos ter’s songs. The Lucalian Society gave a lullaby, sung bv a negro mammy rocking her babe to sleep in a small cabin. Of these two, the Alathenian won first honor. The fourth group vas made up nf individual numbers. Maidie Wa'^e cnrried off th'' honors in this group by her or’ir'^ial mu- OP P»r» 4)