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THE ALATHENIAN AND LUCALIAN LITERARY SOCIETIES Four Great Contests March 7th The Chowanian WILL CONTEND IN ATH LETICS, DRAMATICS, MUSIC AND DEBATE Vol. IV \\ Four Pages Murfreesboro, N. C., Tuesday, February 19, 1929 One Section NOMINEES NAMED FOR GOVERNMENT OF STUDENT BODY Presidents of Organizations Select and Faculty Approves STUDENTS TO ELECT FIRST MONDAY MARCH Lucille Davis and Eva Hog- gard Will Contest for President The nominating committee, composed of the presidents of the leading organizations in the Col lege, has nominated the Student Government officers for the year 1929-1930, as follows: President Lucile Davis Eva Hoggard House President Julia Downs Mildred Hinton Secretary_Emma Gay Stephenson Elizabeth Cullipher Treasurer Maggie Boone Addie Mae Cooke The nominating committee meets the first Monday in Feb ruary every year for the nomina tion of officers, and the nominees are submitted to the faculty for their approval in the first meeting following the nomination. A meeting of the Student Body is held the first Monday in March for the election of officers. An other meeting is held the first Tuesday in April for the installa tion of officers. The nominating' committee is composed of: President of Student Govern ment Ann Downey House President_Ruth Davenport Director of B. Y. P. U. Ruby Daniel President of Y. W. A Eva Kinlaw President of Volunteer Band-- Helen Walker President of Alathenian Society Jean Craddock President of Lucalian Society Agnes Harrell President of Dramatic Club Kate Mackle President of Athletic Associa tion Alice Cooke Presid^t of Senior Class Mary Lou Jones President of Junior Class Eva Hoggard President of Sophomore Class Elizabeth Cullipher President of Freshman Class. - Addie Mae Cooke CHOPIN PROGRAM GIVEN BY TREBLE CLEF GIRLS The Treble Clef Society held its regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon, February 7, at five o’clock. A very interest ing program was given on Chopin, and several of his piano composi tions were rendered. Mary Whit field told of Chopin’s early life and of his many hardships. Frances Flythe told about his com positions, and gave an insight in to the real workings of a genius. Ruth Davenport played one of his preludes; Rosalie Liverman ren dered his “Waltz in C Sharp Minor;” and his “Polonaise” was interpreted by Bettie Walter Jen kins. Roxie Flythe gave an in teresting account of the greatest news items in the musical world of today. THE PINES COLLECTING BOOKS SHOWING PURCHASES Senior Class Also Sells Cards With Which to Help Pay for Chowanoka The business manager of the CHOWANOKA is collecting the little books which are being used to record the purchases made a the stores that are co-operating in the “Boost Our Town” Cam paign. The following business firms ii town are co-operating in the cam paign: Miss N. T. Wiggins, the New Market, Wynn Brothers, Nicholson’s Drug Store, and Story’s Barber Shop. The Senior Class has on sale birthday, Easter, and congratula tion cards which are hand-painted. The small profit made on these cards will be added CHOWANOKA funds. to the A Number Of Students Make Rolls Of Honor All Those Who Made Eigh- ty-Six or More Are On the Lists Number 9 LOOKING FORWARD WITH MEREST TO A BIG SOCIETY DAY March 7 Is Day Scheduled and Invitation Given To All BASKETBALL GAME STARTS IN MORNING Song Contest and Debate Other Big Features of Program Students of Chowan who car ried twelve or more hours of lit erary work during the first semes ter of 1928-29 and whose aver ages in their subjects were eight- six or over have their names on one of the two honor rolls. Those who have averaged nine- ty-two or more have been placed on the first honor roll. The sec ond honor roll is composed of those whose averages were be- twenty eighty-six and ninety-two. The names of the honor students are as follows: First Honor Maggie Boone, Mildred Hinton, Virginia Martin, Mrs. Maude Newsome, Mrs. E. B. Vaughan. Second Honor Jemmie Benton, Colon Brewer, Ruby Britton, Alice Carter, Bertha Chitty, Alice Cook, Addie Mae Cooke, Lucille Davis, Ann Downey, Wilma Ellington, Frances Ferguson, Agnes Harrell, Eva Hoggard, Maybelle Honeycutt, Bettie Walter Jenkins, Eva Kin law, Margaret Lawrence, Rosalie Liverman, Mary Lou Martin, Inez Parker, Callie Patrick, Alice Ri dick, Elizabeth Sewell, Mary Stan ley, Virginia Stanley, Emma Gay Stephenson, Christine Stillman, Mary Whitley. Society Day is scheduled for March 7. Everybody is invited to be present for the contests in the morning and afternoon, and for the debate in the evening. The basketball game will be played at 10 in the morning. Both teams are practicing every day, and each is confident of victory. The song contest will begin at 3:30 in the afternoon. It will be followed by the readers’ con test between Inez Parker, the Alathenian reader, who will read “A Wedding,” and Bettie Walter Jenkins, the Lucalian reader, who will read “So’s Your Old Antique.” The debate will begin at 8:30 p. m. The teams are evenly matched, and a hard-fought battle is expected. The auery to be debated is: Re solved, that the McNary-Hauger Farm Relief Bill will be a bene ficial measure to the United States. The affirmative will be upheld by the Alathenian Society, represented by Mary Whitley and Margaret Lawrence, with Isla Poole as alternate. The negative side will be upheld by the Lucalian Society, represented by Wilma El lington and Mary Lou Jones, with Mary Lou Martin as alternate. The contestants are hard at work, and the day promises to be an interesting one. The cheer leaders, with some helpers, are busy working up songs and yells with which to support their repre sentatives. WRITER’S CLUB MEETS FEBRUARY ELEVENTH Beautiful All The Year Round VALENTINE CALNIVAL DELIGHTL BIG CROWD Solemnize Marriage of My Own Sweetheart and Saint Valentine ALATHENIANS DISCUSS WORK SOF POET RILEY The Ala)thenian Literary So ciety held its regular meeting in the North Hall on Friday evening, February 8, at 6:40. After the business had been discussed, £. very good program was rendered on James Whitcomb Riley, who is a great children’s poet and who is said to be the most widely read and best known of all American poets. Riley’s life was discussed by Agnes Lassiter, and his works, by Florence Benthall. Mavis Lewter read “My Conscience.” An in stumental solo, “Tam O’Shanter,” by Warren, was rendered very nicely by Margaret Lawrence. STUDENT’S RECITAL The students of the fine arts department will give a recital in the College au ditorium Friday evening, Feb ruary 22, at 8 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. The program will consist of vocal, piano, and dramatic numbers. A large crowd gathered in the College auditorium on the eve ning of February 14 to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. Cupid seem ed to be at work for there were many young men present. The crowd was entertained by several Valentine stunts present ed by Norine Baker, Hilda Jones, Nellie Sutton, Montine Ward, Lois Walls, Mary Britton, Lala Ashley and Lyda Jane Brooks. The marriage of My Own Sweetheart to Saint Valentine was then announced. Prior to the cere mony, Frances Flythe, accom panied by Maidie Lee Wade at the piano, sang “Indian Love. Call.” As the first notes of Lohengrin’s Wedding March sounded, the bridesmaids, Norine Baker and Nellie Sutton; the maid of honor, Montine Ward; the flower girls, Lala Ashley and Pauline Simons, and the ring bearer, Isla Poole, marched up the aisle and took their places before an improvised altar,, where Colon Brewer, the preacher, met them. Thelma Freeman, the bride, entered on the arm of her father, Mildred Hinton. They were met at the chancel by Billie Temple, the groom, and the best man, Hilda Jones. The ring ceremony was effectively used, after which the bridal party left the church to the strains of Mendlesson’s Wedding March. After the wedding, refresh- (CoBtinued on Page 4) SHE WILL APPEAR AT THE COLLEGE HRS. BIGGER’S STORY OF‘HAMMY’POPULAR French Army Officer Want ed 25 Copies for Eng lish Friends MRS. RUBY V. BIGGEB, MRS. BIGGER COMES TO COLLEGE THIS SPRING The date set for the appear ance of Mrs. Ruby Vaughan Big ger, well known author and read er, of Richmond, Virginia, in the Chowan College auditorium has been postponed indefinitely, on account of the change in the date of the spring holidays. Announce ments as to the date will appear later, however. Mrs. Bigger is in great demand in the southern states. She will be introduced to her audience at Chowan by Mrs. Henry S. Eley, president of the Federation of Woman’s Clubs, Suffolk, Virginia. Mrs. Thomas H. Bigger, author of “My Miss Nancy,” has just re ceived an interesting letter from Lieutenant-Colonel John Baker White, of Charleston, W. Va., who was formerly Judge Advocate of the United States troops in the United Kingdom. Colonel White asks permission to have her pub lisher, E. W. Burke, of Macon, Ga., make twenty-five copies of her delightful story, in a special binding of leather, to be sent as gifts to some of his friends in England. He plans to have the name of the recipient of each stamped in gold leaf on the leath er. He has selected this little story as a particularly Southern gift for the people whom he met during his stay in England. In his letter to Mrs. Bigger, Colonel White says; “You have drawn a vivid and accurate pic ture of the Old Virginia Negro ‘mammy,’ the rapidly vanishing type of former slave, so adored by the passing generation of Vir ginia. The worb is a charming little brochure.” Using her story as a basis, Mrs. Bigger has arranged “An Evening in Old Virginia,” which she has given with marked success throughout Virginia and in other places. She will open her season this winter in Winston-Salem, N. C. Her next engagement will be in Martinsville, Va., where she will give a benefit for the crip pled children, and she will then begin a Southern tour. BAILEY MEDAL BASED ON STUDY OF O’NEAL Contest Will Be Held In Late April; All Eligible to Try Contestants for the Annie S. Bailey Medal will study Eugene O’Neill this spring. The contest will take place late in April. Those ompeting will assemble at an ap pointed time and write their es says at a sitting. The general subject assigned is “Eugene O’Neill and His Contributions to Literature.” A limited subject will be announced at the hour of the contest. All students are eligible to com pete except those who have al ready won the medal. In 1926 Mrs. John Sewell, sec retary to President Edwards, won in the contest. Wilma Ellington was the victor in her sophomore year, 1927. In 1928 Marjorie Bowles, a senior, was awarded the medal. Honorable J o s i a h William Bailey, of Raleigh, gives the Bailey medals in honor of his mother, Annie S. Bailey, who was a Cho wan girl. Eugene O’Neill, the best-known American dramatist of today, won the Pulitzer prize in 1928 for his drama “Strange Interlude.” Oth ers of his works are: “Thirst,” and “Other One-Act Plays” (1914), “Before Breakfast” (1916, “The Moon of the Carib- bees” and “Six Other Plays of the Sea” (1919), “Beyond the Hori zon” (1920), “Gold” (1921), “The Emperor Jones” (1921), “Diff’rent” (1921), “The Straw” (1921), “Anna Christie” (1922), (Continued on Page 4) The Writer’s Club held its bi monthly meeting in the English classroom Monday evening, Feb ruary 11, at 7 o’clock. The first one-act play which has been presented to the Club was presented at this meeting by Isla Poole. Her play, “In Five Min utes,” is carried by this number of the Chowanian. Wilma El lington read an essay, “The Travelling Salesman,” and its sequel, “As I See Him Now.” An essay, “Knocking the Powers That Be,” was read by Mildred Hinton. Ruth Davenport read a news arti cle entitled “The Y. W. A. Meets.” RUBY DANIEL ELECTED LUCALIAN CHEER LEADER The Lucalian Society met in the hall on Friday, February 8. Colon Brewer led the devotional. The program was as follows: Reading, Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar” Lois Walls The Life of Robert Browning Addie Mae Cooke Reaiding, Browning’s “Pros pice” Maybelle Honeycutt Reading, Browning’s “Epilogue to Asalando” Jessie Draper Vocal Solo Maidie Lee Wade Ruby Daniel was elected che leader for the Lucalian Society. Enthusiasm in the society is i creasing as Society Day draws nearer. Songs and yells are being practiced and new ones are being written. Basketball is quite popu lar now since there is to be a bas ketball game between the two so cieties on the morning of Society Day. SOCIETY DAY FEATURE TO BE SONG CONTEST Prize Will Be Awarded to Society That Produces the Best College Song The Societies in conference on Tuesday evening, February 10, decided to include a college song feature in the Society Day con tests. A prize is offered to the society which presents the best college song. These songs are to be poetic and dignified. If pos sible the music is to be original. It is understood that the socie ties may accept any aid or con tributions which they can secure outside their membership. Any alumna or friend who can be per suaded to do so may make a con tribution of poem, air, or both, to the society of her choice. It is hoped that many will volunteer their services. All songs will be censored be fore the day of the contest, and only those deemed appropriate for formal college functions will be presented. The song contest will be held in the afternoon of Society Day just prior to the reader’s contest. DR. ROLIX HARLON IS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Dr. Rolix Harlon, of the Depart ment of Social Sciences at the University of Virginia, will de liver the baccalaureate address at Chowan on Tuesday morning of the approaching commencement. May 29. Chowan congratulates herself upon securing so able a speaker. REGULAR HEETING B. Y. U. HELD FEBRUARY 6TH The B. Y. P. U. held its regular weekly meeting Wednesday eve ning, February 6. As a special feature of the general assmbly Miss Dorothy Kellam told the story of “The Boy and the King.” Miss Kellam was at the College last week teaching a Y. W. A. study course. SOPHS TO PRESENT COMEDY Come one! Come all! to Cho wan College, on February 26, 1929, to see the brave and daring Sophomores present “The New Co-Ed,” an original comedy in four acts. Everybody come and bring your friends and enjoy an evening of good, hearty laughs. The admis sion will be 35 and 50 cents. Come! FACULTY TEA, FEBRUARY 21 The third faculty tea of the year will be given on the after noon of February 21, Thursday, from four to six o’clock. The hostesses are Misses Webster, Poe, Halsell, and DeLano. Friends of the College are cordially invited.
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