SOCIETY DAY POSTPONED TO MARCH 7TH
Rah-rah-rah, Alathenian!
The Chowanian
Rah-rah-rah, Lucalian!
Vol. VI
Four Pages
Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, February 12, 1929
One Section
Number 9
NUMERICAL STRENGTH
OF COLLEGE GROWING
Numbers Still Increase; Four
Girls Occupying One
Room
Chowan College has been ex
ceedingly fortunate this year in
its enrollment. In September, we
were forced to transform our home
economics sewing room into
dormitory rooms in order to house
four homeless girls. Even with
that, throughout the entire first
semester, we had four girls in one
room.
Beginning with the second
semester, other students were at
tracted to our halls, and we now
find ourselves with one room hous
ing four girls, and three roms ir
which there are three girls each.
All these rooms, save one, are
two-girl rooms.
Again, several improvements
have been made in the library;
but with these improvements we
have numbers of books still to be
accessed for which we have in
sufficient space.
What is the significance of these
crowded conditions? Simply this
that Chowan College has out
grown its buildings and can ex
pand no more until we can ge
other buildings.
We do not aspire to be a large
college, but we believe we could
easily reach the two hundred and
fifty mark in enrollment if we
had room—additional buildings—
for students and equipment.
We sincerely hope ways and
means may be provided whereby
%ve can get these much-needed
buildings.
W. B. EDWARDS,
President.
CUT DOWN CURRICULA,
EDUCATOR ADVISES
Daytona Beach, Fla., Jan. 12.—
Education, like legislation, nia>
become too highly detailed for
general use and efficient opera
tion, in the opinion of Dr. John J.
Tigert, president of the University
ofof Florida.
Curtailment of the curricula of
educational institutions is ad
vocated by the educator as one of
the ways to eliminate wasted ex
penditure. He further recom
mends earlier entrance and gradu
ation of students and the opera
tion of educational machinery on
a business basis. American stu
dents, he says, are graduated two
years later in life than those of
Europe.
Democratization of junior edu
cation is another feature pointed
to by Dr. Tigert as wasteful.
“We have as many as 60 or 70
courses in our high schools, and
our system now is artificiated with
industrial order,” he asserts.
DO NAMES CARRY MEANING?
Superintendent Allen, of Roch-
ingham County, in writing to a
prospective high school teacher
concluded his letter by saying;
“If not interested in Matrimony,
try Intelligence,” referring to two
schools in the county.
The applicant was so insulted
that he wrote Mr. Allen a hot
letter and came to Eastern Caro
lina to teach.
SHE KNEW TOO MUCH
A high school English teacher
in the northeastern corner of the
State was recently testing the
ability of her students to read.
She wrote on the blackboard
Landor’s lines:
“I strove with none; for none was
worth my strife.
Nature I loved, and next to Na
ture, Art;
I warmed my hands before the
fire of life.
It sinks, and I am ready to de
part.”
and requested the students to read
them several times and then tell
her their meaning. Presently,
seeing a gleam of self-respect on
timid little Mary’s face, the teach
er said, “All right, Mary, tell us
what the lines mean.”
Mary murmured, “I strove with
none; ” and ventured: “Let’s
see; that means he wasn’t married
doesn’t it?”
FLU’
HAS FLOWN;
NNBODY IS WEEPING
One of Chowan*s inmates
flew, last week, to parts un
known. Its going: was as
silent and stealthy as its ap
pearance. No one knew from
whence it came, and no one
knows whither it has gone.
And, strange to say, every
one seems happy because of
its departure.
A number of the girls be
came intimately acquainted
with this mysterious being
during its brief stay at
Chowan, and the effect it had
upon them was of a weaken
ing nature. Indeed, some
found it necessary to spend a
few days in the infirmary.
All of the girls are out of
the infirmary now, however,
and are happy that the “flu*’
has taken its flight.
SOCIETY DAY NOW
SCHEDULED MARCH 7
Contestants Are I^usy Preparing
Material and Making Ready
For Big Day
The date for Society Day has
been changed from February 21
to March 7. The contestants are
tiard at work and the day promises
to be a very interesting one.
The query to be debated is: Re
solved, that the McNary-Hauger
Karm Relief Bill 'wlll be a bene
ficial measure to the United
States. The affirmative will bf
■ipheld by the Alathenian Society
■epresented by Mary Whitley anc
Margaret Lawrence, with Isla
?oole as alternate. The negative
will be upheld by the Lucalian So
’iety, represent by Wilma Kllir
ton and Mary Lou Jones, wit
Mary Lou Martin as alternate.
The debate will be a hard-fough
battle, for the teams are evenl:
matched.
Inez Parker, the Alathenian
reader, will read “A Wedding,”
and Bettie Walter Jenkins, the
Lucalian reader, will read “So s
Your Old Antique.”
The basketball teams are prac
ticing every day, so it is expected
that the game will be a good on
***** * •
THE VERY LATEST IN *
SCIENCE *
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The parts of the alimentary
canal are the lungs, heart, and
kidneys.
DEAN CALDWELL
VALENTINE CARNIVAL
COMING FEBRUARY 14
Come one, come all, to
Chowan Thursday, February
14, at 8 p. m. There will be
a Valentine Carnival with
plenty of fun for everybody.
The junior class, under whose
auspices this will be given,
extends a cordial invitation to
the public. Don’t forget the
important date, February 14.
CHOWANOKA PROOFS
IN HANDS EDITORS
Work on the CHOWANOKA is
progressing rapidly now. All of
the material is in the hands of the
publishers, and some of the proof
has been received. Mr. Beck,
representative of Edwards &-
Broughton Publishing House, was
at the College January 29 and
discussed with the editor-in-chief
further plans for the annual.
A “Boost Our Town” campaign,
which is supported by the follow
ing business firms: Miss N. T
Wiggins, Nicholson’s Drug Co.,
The Ne^ Market, Wynn Bros.
Store, and Story’s Barber Shop,
has been started in Murfreesboro.
In return for the purchases
made by the College girls at the
stores, the firms have agreed tc
pay the annual staff two per cent
of everything bought from them.
BEETHOVEN THEME OF
LUCALIAN’S PROGRAM
ALATHENIANS TALK
SOCIETY DAY PLANS
The endoderm forms the lining
of the elementary canal.
In a balanced microscopic ac-
quarium made by putting hay in
water, the bacteria are fed in
some way by the hay, while the
hay is somehow fed by the bac
teria.
One of the chief differences be
tween plants and animals is that
animals reproduce themselves and
plants do not.
Migration is that animals migrate.
The phylum cordata is of very
little economic importance. (Come
down off your perch, Mr. Verte
brate).
The Alathenian Literary Society
held its regular meeting in the
North Hall, Thursday evening,
January 24. Plans were discussed
for Society Day and various com
mittees were appointed. Robert
Browning and his literary con
tributions were the subjects for
the evening. The life of Brown
ing was discussed by Jessie Helen
Belch, and Margaret Lawrence
gave a discussion of one of Brown
ing’s poems, “La Saisaiz.” Ruth
Davenport rendered a very artistic
piano solo. Another one of Brown
ing’s famous poems, “Epilogue,”
was discussed by Billie Temple
and the program was concluded
with the singing of the Alathenian
Song.
Animals are stronger than
plants.
The first horse was known to
have seven legs; the next genera
tion had five; and now the genera
tion is composed of only four.
Valence is measured by equili
brium.
One reason for the overthrow
of the caloric theory was because
heat was inertia and not a ma
terial.
Carbon dioxide snow is made
from frozen air.
Clouds are sometimes caused
from tornadoes or cyclones.
NEED A RAILROAD?
Denver, Colo., Feb. 6.—The
Colorado & Southern Railroad an
nounced it was ready to make a
yift of a $3,000,000 branch line,
together with sufficient rolling
stock for adequate operation, to
any person or persons who would
take it and run it. The unwanted
“baby” is the 18g-mile line from
Denver to Leadville.
HIS GUNNYMOON
Los Angeles, Feb. 6.—^Norman
M. Britton, teacher of applied
psychology, filed suit for divorce
and asked for police protection
from his wife, Mrs. Myra Britton.
Describing his honeymoon as a
“gunnymoon,” Britton said his
wife had a way of emphasizing
her side of “psychological discus
sions” by pointing a pistol at him.
Figuratively speaking, Britton
said, his wife kept a gun in the
small of his back all the time.
“Psychology is no match for a six-
shooter,” said Britton.
LOCALS *
Miss Ida Laura Boddie is ill at
her home in Nashville, N. C., and
Miss Bertha Chitty is supplying
for her over at the high school.
There have been quite a number
of cases of influenza in town, but
the situation is very much im
proved.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Worrell have
toured through to Florida and will
spend the next few months visit
ing the resorts.
Miss Norene Quern spent Janu
ary 26 and 27 in Elizabeth City,
N. C.
Misses Mary Parham, Inez Mat
thews, and Blanche Banta were
shoppers in Franklin, Va., Janu
ary 26.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Gary
Parker a daughter, Thelma Re
becca.
Mr. W. E. Jenkins happened to
have the misfortune recently of
breaking his arm. He is getting
along very nicely.
MRS. BRIDGER GIVES
A CHARMING SHOW
“An Evening In Old Vir
ginia” Delight Soldier
Audience
FINED TWO KISSES
The old girls are always wel
come at Chowan. They receive
as warm a wclcome as do the new
girls.
New York, Feb. 6.—Louis Ore-
fice, hailed to court for beating
his wife, was allowed to go by the
judge after obeying a command
to kiss his wife an dhi smother-in-
law to show his gratitude to them
for deciding to drop the charge of
assault.
Miss Willeford: Yes, a few
lettuce leaves, without oil, and a
glass of orange juice. There,
Kate, that completes your daily
diet.
Kate Mackie: Thank you, so
much, but do I take this before
or after meals?
Mrs. Ruby Vaughan Bigger,
widely known and popular writer,
will appear in the College au
ditorium March 20th. The College
people are looking forward to her
coming with a great deal of in
terest, because of her success at
other points, and the favorable
comment that has been made
wherever she has appeared. The
following is taken from the New
port News, Virginia, newspaper:
“In ‘An Evening in Old Vir
ginia,’ Mrs. Ruby Vaughan Bif-
ger, of Richmond, the widely
known writer, last night charmed
one of the largest audiences that
ever assembled in the National
Soldiers’ Home Theater. Mrs.
Bigger in a charming manner told
the story of ‘My Miss Nancy,’ deal
ing with the early life of Lady
Nancy Astor, and her old colored
mammy, in a way that thoroughly
delighted those in the big audi-
nce. She was natural in her stage
appearance and her charming per
sonality made the entertainment
thoroughly pleasing.
Mrs. Bigger was assisted by
the sextette and the chorus of the
Hampton Woman’s Club, as well
as a number of local people. This
feature of the program was of a
high order and the various mu
sical numbers were splendidly giv
en. In fact the entire program
was charming and pleasing. The
participants wore costumes of the
Colonial days, which with the stage
settings, presented a most pleasing
scene.
“Mrs. Bigger was brought here
by the dramatic committee of the
Hampton Woman’s Club, of which
Mrs. Arthur Machen Lewis is the
chairman, during her stay in this
section, Mrs. Bigger is the guest
of Major and Mrs. A. S. Miller, at
the Home.
“Mrs. Bigger has mastered the
quaint expression of the old-time
darky and her story of ‘My Miss
Nancy,’ in an ‘Evening in Old Vir
ginia,’ is such as to deserve the
ligh praise she received during and
following her excellent perform
ance.”—Newport Neiws, Virginia
NEW COURSES ADDED
IN EDUCATION WORK
Several new courses in educa
tion have been added to the cur
riculum this semester, thus en
abling every senior to take a
course in the teaching of either
her major or her minor subject.
Miss Carroll is offering the teach
ing of English; Miss Whitney, the
teaching of French; Miss Halsell,
the teaching of history; Miss Cald
well, the teaching of math; and
Miss Payne, the teaching of home
economics. Mrs. Jones will give
a course in penmanship, which has
been put in on account of the new
requirement imposed by the State
Department of Education that ele
mentary teachers shall be able to
write legibly.
• BRILLIANTS; WHAT ELSE? *
Woe betide the teacher who has
no sense of humor. The following
flashes of originality have been
clipped from recent English ex
amination papers:
Miracle plays were the life of
the saints.
Miracle plays were given by the
saints.
Miracle plays were something
like a May-pole dance. The peo
ple were dressed up in curious cos
tumes and these were given in
houses.
One condition that led to pro
fessional writing in England was
the extinction of learning. (May
be that explains much present-day
trash).
English sonnet-writers found
their models in the Italians. (Dived
for pearls, maybe).
When popular ballards first ap
peared it is believed that persons
had not originated.
In the sonnets you find the sub
jects of love, crime, roguery, re
ligion, jests, tampoons, tobacco,
pick-pockets, and many others
taken up. (We are glad the pick
pockets were taken up).
The sonnet-writers seemed to
have no feeling, because they
could express the most awful
things in their writings. (That’s
not peculiar to sonneteers).
The sonnet cycle had a connect
ing thread and an autographic
plot running through it.
lago is an egoist and devilish
to us.
Wyclif is noted for his religious
tracks.
This writer was very tackfull.
(Standing room was enough for
him anywhere).
Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote poetry
and sonnets.
The Lucalian Literary Society
met Jaunary 24. The feature of
the program was Beethoven.
“Beethoven’s Life,” by Rosalie
Liverman; “Minuet in G,” piano
solo, by Frances Flythe, and selec
tions by Maidie Lee Wade made up
the program. Oneness of thought
and purpose made the program
especially interesting. The num
bers showed the great musician as
a human being and as an inspired
Man. In closing the society saos
“Lucalian,” the society anthem
The president has asked that
those with a talent for composing,
write songs and yells for the so
ciety.
* CAMPUS NEWS •
Chowan folk are glad to have
Mr. Edwards back in his office
again. He has been sick with the
flu for some time, but he has en
tirely recovered now.
The baby grand piano (Miss
Matthew’s pride) has been re
strung. We’re all agog to hear
some of our artists perform upon
it.
Margaret Lawrence slipped and
hurt herself over the bath tub two
Friday evenings ago. She is re
covering but is still sore and
bruised from her fall. We ar
sorry for Margaret, but if she will
be an inconoclast, it isn’t our
fault. She insisted upon breaking
the age-old Saturday-night-is-bath-
night tradition by taking hers one
night early.
We are looking forward to sev
eral graduation recitals in the
spring. Kate Mackie and Jean
Craddock will give recitals in ex
pression. Maidie Wade will give
a voice recital, and Bettie Walter
Jenkins, a piano recital.
On the last Sunday in January,
Miss McDowell wandered around
through the rooms when all the
girls should have been at church,
and found several in their rooms.
One, who explained that she had
remained at home on account of a
headache, was promptly given an
extra-size dose of castor oil. On
Monday night. Miss McDowell let
all of the girls who attended
church Sunday go to the movies
to see, “Wanted: A Coward.” The
Sunday stay-at-homes were Mon
day night stay-at-homes, too.
Miss Mildred Poe went to Suf
folk Tuesday night to read at the
Elks’ Club banquet at the Hotel
Eliot.
NEW STUDENTS COME
TO SECOND SEMESTER
Chowan’s enrollment for the
second semester shows an increase
in students over that of the firs'
semester.
Several former students have
registered for work during the
spring term, and some freshmen,
who have taken work in colleges
other than Choiwan. Only one
student has found it necessary to
discontinue her work this semes
ter.
All available rooms in the
dormitories have been taken, and
in some cases it has been neces
sary for more than two girls tc
occupy a room.
WRITER’S CLUB HAS
ITS REGULAR MEETING
Program Showed More
Originality and Proficiency
Than Usual
The Writers’ Club held its regu
lar meeting in the English class
room Friday evening, January 11,
at 7 o’clock. The autobiographies,
short stories and poems, showed
more originality and completeness
than usual.
Those who attended the club
meeting and contributed to the
success of the program are: Miss
Carroll, who read a poem, “The
Stream;” Addie Mae Cook, who
read “Autobiography of a Dia
mond Ring;” Wilma Ellington,
who read a short story, “The
Son;” Isla Poole, who read a poem,
“Idle Hours;” Ruth Davenport,
who read an article written for
journalism, “An Interview on
Studying at Peabody Conserva
tory;” and Mildred Hinton, who
read a humorous short story, “The
Poet’s Pickle.”
The club met again Friday eve
ning, January 25. Those who
were present and took part on the
program are: Miss Carroll, who
read a poem, “Your Star, Yet
Mine;” Mildred Hinton, who read
a poem, “An Idle Thought;”
Wilma Ellington, who read an
essay entitled, “Handshakes;”
Mary Lou Jones, who read a bal
lad on “Stealing Busy Signs;” and
Isla Poole, who read a poem on
Conventions.”
The Writers’ Club will meet
again on February 8.
STUDENTS HELPING IN
WILMINGTON PROGRAM
Ann Downey, Virginia Martin,
and Ruby Daniel left Friday, Jan-
joary 25, for Wilmington, North
Carolina, to help in the teaching
of B. Y. P. U. study courses in
the Wilmington associational cam
paign. They returned February
4th.
In all, there were about 20 State
workers helping in the campaign,
and Chowan is proud that her girls
were among them.
Each girl taught “General B.
Y. P. U. Organization” and di
rected some church B. Y. P. U.
work in the Wilmington associa
tion. The girls report the B. Y.
P. U. revival a great success.
MRS. BIGGER SCHEDULED
TO APPEAR AT CHOWAN
On March 29, 1929, Mrs. Ruby
Vaughan Bigger, well known au
thor and reader, of Richmond, Vir
ginia, will present in the College
auditorium here “An Evening in
Old Virginia.” Mrs. Bigger is in
great demand, not only in Vir
ginia, but in the southern states;
and Chowan is indeed fortunate
in obtaining a date from her.
Without doubt it will be the great
est attraction offered by the Col
lege for years, possibly in all its
history. More bauot the wonder
ful presentation can be learned
from the clippings copied else
where in this issue.
Each number of the Chowanian
between now and March 29 will
give added information about this
program and how it will be pre
sented. Don’t miss one word of it.
This program is sponsored by
the wide-awake Chowan sopho
mores, who are working for im
provements on the Main Hall and
parlors.
SENIOR CLASS RINGS
DAZZLING TO OPTICS
The new rings of the senior
class dazzle all eyes with their
beauty. They are massive circlets
of old gold, set with a glowing
ruby. The words, “Chowan Col
lege, 1848,” form a circle around
the ruby. On one side of the ring
are the College seal and the letters
of the degree. On the other side
are a picture of the Columns and
the numerals “29”. Daintily traced
flowers around the seal and the
Columns enhance the beauty of
the “loveliest class rings ever.”
Y. W. A. STUDY COURSE
Fifteen rahs for the Y. W. A.
study course, which is in progress
at Chowan this week. Miss Dorothy
Kellam, State Y. W. A. leader, is
teaching “Yoruba Life,” a study
of Nigeria. It is hoped that the
per cent completing the course
will be like that of the B. Y. P.
U.’s in the study courses in De
cember—one hundred per cent.