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The Chowanian
The Chowanian
' EDITORIAL STAFF
Lucy Boone Freeman Editor-in-Chief
Linda Lee Ferguson Managing Editor
Kats Lawrence
Genevieve Brown...
Elizabeth Parker
Edyth Pearce
Associate Editors
BUSINESS STAFF
Evelyn Blanchard — Business Manager
Lou Wilson Evans Advertising Manager
Martha Seymour Circulation Manager
Ethel Jones i
■Mary Smith _ /Asst. Circulation Managers
Lou Wilson Evans
Martha Seymour.,
REPORTERS
Alathenian Society
Lucalian Society
Lucy Boone Freeman Senior Class
Ellen Howard Junior Class
Edith Johnson — Sophomore Class
Marjorie MitchelL Freshman Class
Edyth Pearce Religious Activities
Linda Lee Ferguson Town News
Elizabeth Parker.... )
Edyth Pearce |^eatures
Kate Lawrence - — Exchange
EXCHANGES
The University of California re
ports the largest undergraduate
registration in its history, 9,379,
passing the 1932 mark of 8,990.
Admission at Penn, are said to be
at least 10 percent above the 1933
mark. Massachusetts State has
already filled its freshman quota
and has established a waiting list.
The University of Michigan is 9
percent above last year, and the
University of Wisconsin is said to
have made the startling jump of
20 percent is registrations.—“The
American Campus.”
When asked his opinion of the
American girl, Arch McMillian, of
Shanghai, China, who is attend
ing Wake Forest College, said,
“Upon superficial observation, the
American girls are wonderful to
behold, but beyond that I know
nothing.” Would a “Campus
Course” at Chowan be good for
him?—“Old Gold and Black.”
COLLEGE DIRECTORY
COLLEGE OFFICERS
W. B. Edwards - President
Valerie Schaible ..Dean of Faculty
Mrs, J. L. Josey.— Dean of Women
STUDENT OFFICERS
Mabel CarrolL Pres, of Student Government
Ine£ Vv ilIoughby._ Pres, of Lucalian Society
Lucy Boone Freeman Pres, of Alathenian Society
Inez Willoughby .Pres, of Senior Class
Ethel Jones— — ..Pres, of Junior Class
Florence Ward— Pres, of Freshman Class
Maggie Price— — Pres. of Athletic Assn.
Inez Willoughby _.Pres. of B. S. U.
Lou Wilson Evans Gen. Director B. Y. P. U.
Mabel Carroll Pres, of Y. W. A.
- —Pres. Volunteer arijd Life Service Band
Editorial
The students of Chowan Col
lege are overjoyed to know that
the rules making Church Attend
ance compulsory have been re
moved from the handbook this
year.
Because they were heretofore
forced to go to church on Sunday
morning, the dormitory students
of Chowan had almost learned to
loathe the practice that had be
longed to most of them all their
lives. Psychology teaches us that
one always likes to do most the
thing he is told he cannot do. The
fact that Chowan girls were forced
to go to church or take the con
sequence made Sunday morning
leisure in bed seem much more
desuable than it would have oth-
-erwi.e. Psychology also teaches
tha. a request is often times more
^ective than a command or rule
By merely being requested to go'
each student will feel a veiled
trust in her by those in charge
" she will go with the pride of
? 'SQrnething because she
Im s to anrf uot because she has
lOne may draw illustrations
t>m history as well as psycho-
’,y- Our forefathers came to
nenca that they might worship
their own way; in other words
order that they might have
■^om of religion. Freedom is
«rn in the American people
rree^lom is the thing we h^e
ought for. This same freedom
shoujd be allowed Chowan girls
they will at-
church on Sunday or not
supposed to be vol-
^ntaiy thing. Christ taught that
J Should be. The college futhori.
ir * J*'? '•«^ognized this and
granted to the students freedom
choice in this matter, jvfow the
Chowan
measure up to what is ex
isted of them or will it be said
they cannot uphold tile trust
P t in them? Time and actions of
studfnts will tell.
Editorial
The students of of Chowan Col
lege have once more pledged their
loyalty to this institution. Wheth
er they have taken into consider
ation just what this pledge means
is another question.
Each year it is customary for
both old and new students to
pledge their allegiance to the Stu
dent Government Association
This pledge is not a jumble of
meaningless words to be recited in
a mechanical way. It is an oath of
allegiance to further the best in
terests of the Student Body. Each
student pledges herself to be loyal,
honest, and mindful of her in
dividual responsibility—responsi
bility not only for her own con
duct but for that of her fellow-
students.
Both old and new students
should be impressed with the ser
iousness of the pledge. Especial
ly should the old students feel
this, for by the time they have
been here a year, they consider
the pledge a custom that does not
mean a thing. Each student should
realize that the strength of the
Student Council depends on each
individual. She should feel it her
duty to go in and recite the pledge
with feeling and with a firm re
solve to uphold its features, real
izing to the fullest extent the
phrase “individual responsibility.”
Then no fingers will be crossed as
the pladge is haltingly taken, no
one will laugh when the words
fail to come to mind, and no one
will leave without giving some
thought to the seriousness of those
words.
When this takes place the ab
stract term “college spirit” will
become concrete. One will be
able to point out tangible things
that testify to Chowan’s spirit of
loyalty, not only in Athletics, re-
ligioi^^ acti\dties, and literary
activities, but in everyday social
intercourse.
More than 13 million dollars
will be dispensed among needy
college men and women starting
this fall by the federal emergency
relief administration by paying for
part-time jobs.—“The American
Campus.”
College poetry classes may ex
perience a boom this year as a re
sult of a discovery made by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.,
that, contrary to an old super-
stitution, poets do not necessarily
die young. Neither do musicians.
The idea that mathematicians live
to a ripe old age is just as un
founded, according to the discov
ery.—“The Hi-Po.”
College students today should be
thinking less about financial ad
vantages of an education and be
consdiering in what 'way an edu
cation can be of valije if a revo
lution overtakes th*m, says Dr.
W. E; —Wickendaiij^Jkyesident of
Case School of Applied Science.
“If education means to you a
better chance to work that will
absorb your interest, rouse your
enthusiasm, and give you a high
sense of usefulness, no revolution
that is likely to happen can rob
you of your gains.”—“The Hi-Po.”
At the University of Minnesota,
a fine of ten dollars, or a jail
sentence of six days is imposed on
any co-ed wearing a fraternity
pin.—“The Mercer Cluster.”
GONE BUT NOT
FORGOTTEN
Miss Velva Howard, who is
teaching at Gatesville, has not for
gotten her Alma Mater, She has
proved this by several visits this
semester.
Miss Frances Massey, now a dig
nified profesor at Corinth, spent
a week-end here.
i|: « «
Miss Mary Lee Clarke, of ’32,
and Mr. S. L. Clement, county
agent of Hertford County, were
married Friday, September 21, at
the Winton Baptist Church. Best
wishes, Mary Lee!
♦ * «
We congratulate Mr. W. B. By
num, of Colerain. Miss Retha As
kew deserted us for him last June.
* » »
We have been honored by sev
eral visits from Miss Arra Snipes,
who is teaching near Fayetteville’
but still has interest down here.
* * *
Ruth Green, of Aulander, was
married Sept. 25, in Raleigh, to
Mr. C. Worth Bridgers, of Jack
son.
• • •
Mrs. Hinton White, of Severn,
visited her sister, Jennie V. Hog-
gard, on her birthday, October 2.
We were glad to see Billy and her
young son, Nathan.
* * •
.Miss Alta Chitty, of Murfrees
boro, has returned to Blue’s
Creek, where she teaches.
• * •
Bob Turner, of '32, and Miss
Anne S. Pennick, of Richmond,
Va., were married Monday at 4
o’clock in Virginia.
* * »
The wedding of Miss Julia
Downs, of Winton, and Harry
Ward, of Gatesville, was solem
nized at 6:30 o’clock on Saturday,
September 22, in the Suffolk Bap
tist Church. Julia graduated from
Chowan, and has taught in Hobbs-
ville for the past few years.
« « «
The much anticipated visit of
Dr. F. H. Koch, who is to give
Dicken's “Christmas Carols” on
December 2, is being made possi
ble by the Alumnae Association.
* *
Rhodes Holder, a graduate of the
class of ’33, is now teaching at
Mars Hill High School.
« * «
The Chowan Library is grate
ful to Miss Frances Massey, grad
uate of ’34, for the donation of a
subscription to the “Colliers” ma
gazine.
^ t
Chowan was honored recently
by a visit from a lady who at
tended the college thirty-three
years ago. She was Mrs. A. L.
Holmes, nee Jessie Litchfield, of
Creswell, N. C.
• » •
Elizabeth Forbes, who is teach
ing in Jackson, spent a week-end
at Chowan recently.
* * *
Another member of the class of
’34, Miss Cornelia Grissom, who is
teaching in Spring Hope, has re
visited the school.
* * •
The Alumnae Association has
made another valuable gift in the
form of a jausxaja JCife sofa and
chair (fr the college parlor.
♦
During the summer Miss Fran
ces Flythft, of Conway, was mar
ried to Mr. Perry T. Bryant, of
Lasker, N. C.
*
Congratulations are in order for
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Finch, of Mer
ry Hill, upon the announcement of
their daughter, Imogene. Mrs.
Finch was the former Fanny Sim
mons Miller, of Colerain.
9fc «
Mr. and Mrs. Ola A. Chitty an
nounce the birth of a son. Mrs.
Chitty is a former student of Cho
wan.
« « «
Misses IVtildred Boone and De
borah Mitchell, who are teaching
at Conway, visited friends at the
College Thursday, October 25.
« *
Miss Bobbie Stanley, of Law-
renceville, Va., visited Dr. and
Mrs. W. B. Edwards a few days
m the beginning of the school ses
sion.
But when she thinks she has a
pain,
She goes to a lady known by
fame
None but our own dear Mary Jane.
Who deserves the best we’ve got?
If she’s ever sick we know it not.
Yet never have I heard her once
complain
When, she, herself, was racked
with pain—
Who but our own dear Mary Jane?
So come, girls, give a cheer
To the person we think is a dear.
To a friend all girls admire;
Prize her and love her idealsTugP^'
None but our own dear Mary Jane.
—Barbara Bunch, ’38.
4,
TOWN NEWS
MARY JANE
Who nurses us with uttermost
skill.
Tenderly watches when we’re ill
Does for us what she knows is
best.
When she herself needs a rest?
Who but our own dear Mary Jane
There’s many' a person in Chowan
College
Who thinks she has much more
knowledge.
MJisstes ,Bettie .Walter Jenjdns
and Fannie Brown Harrell spent
last week with their parents. Their
schools were closed for the harvest
season.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parker and
Mrs. Walter Clarke attended the
State Fair at Raleigh.
Alwyn Folk, of Washington, D.
C., was a recent visitor of Miss
Linda Lee Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Brown at
tended the game at Durham on
Saturday, October 13.
Mrs. Maggie Hill and daughter,
Nancy, Herman Pennington, and
High White spent Sunday in Suf
folk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Storey,
Misses Sarah Storey, and Evelyn
Parker spent Wednesday and
Thursday in Norfolk, Va.
Miss Sarah Griffith, of Norfolk,
Va., spent the week-eiid with' hei-
parents.
J. J. Parker, Jr., of Wake Forest
College, and Smut Smith were
visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Parker during the week
end.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Ward, of
Norfolk, Va., visited the latter’s
mother, Mrs. Pattie Watson, this
week-end.
Rev. J. B. Hurley has returned
home after assisting Rev. E. W.
Downum in a meeting at Pantego.
Twenty members of the Inter
mediate and Junior Epworth
Leagues attended the union meet
ing held at Zion Methodist Church
on Friday, October 12.
Dr. Fleetwood Britt, dentist, has
located on the second floor of the
post office building here. He is
a recent graduate of the Medical
College of Virginia.
Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Hurley were
at home to a few friends on Fri
day evening, October 12. Mrs.
Hurley, assisted by Mrs. C. L. Re-
velle, served a salad plate and
coffee.
Those present were: Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Henson, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Josey, Mr. and Mrs. E. N.
Evans, Mrs. J. M. Duncan, and
Mrs. C. L. Revelle.
BROWN LADY
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true spirit of Chowan. Her visit,
though dreaded, is recognized as
an expression of the love which
every Chowan girl should have
for her Alma Mater.
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