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The Chowanian
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Volume XI, Number 5.
Murfreesboro, N. C., March, 1935,
Four Pages
White Phantoms
Win Five of Six
Games Played
Hold 201 Points Against
146 For Their
Opponents
Chowan’s White Phantoms have
played good basketball this sea
son, winning five of the six games
played, and having scored 201
points to 'iheir opponents 146,
Opening Game
The season was opened by play
ing the Roanoke Rapids High
School’s Yellow Jackets, at Cho
wan College. The game was fast
from beginning to end and very
uncertain until the last half of the
fourth quarter. It was then that
the White Phantoms played too
fast a game for the visitors and
finally subducted them, the score
being 27 to 17.
Phantoms Defeat Gatesville
About a week later the Gates-
\ ille High School team came to
Chowan to try their luck with the
White Phantoms. This team was
fast, but the boys were very small
and unexperienced players. The
game had a slow beginning and
not until the game was nearly half
over did the White Phantoms get
together. After the half, how
ever, Chowan’s team, having been
given a talk by Coach Johnny
Daniels, came back into the game
-■Mt. “we.iU te- tnw-n’!, -as. they ex-
'jress it at Chowan. The second
team finished the game which end
ed as another victory for the
Phantoms, 38-21.
Phantoms Lose a Game
The first trip from home was to
Roanoke Rapids wliere the Yel-j
lows Jackets met the White Phan- I
toms on their own court. This,
game was so fast the spectators
could hardly keep an eye on the
baJi. Both teams fought hard, but
neither could get more than a goal
or two ahead. TliC final whistle
blew and tlie boys started to give
their final yell but were told that
the score was a tie 22-22. A few
minutes rest was given and an
extra five-minute period was tak
en to break the tie. The Yellow
Jackets scung harder than ever and
the White Phantoms played faster
and harder than before. In a few
minutes the strain was over and
Chowan’s team was defeated for
the first time, by only three points,
23-26. The game was hard fought
from beginning to end, both teams
having played their best.
Phantoms vs. Amocos
On February 3, the Rocky
Mount Y. M. C. A. basketball
quint came to Chowan and were
defeated by the White Phantoms
47 to 43. Chowan jumped into the
lead early and led 27 to 19 at the
half. Rocky Mount pulled up
within one point of the Phantoms
but could not make further head
way. Taylor and Forrest featur
ed for the Phantoms with 31 and
, points respectively. Eason was
Rocky Mount’s high scorer with
13 points.
Undefeated High Beaten
The local high school having
won all their games this season
decided to play the Phantoms. This
conlest was a head liner for fans
in this section. It was the talk of
the town. No one was certain of
the outcome. However the high
school was defeated 35-19 before
the largest crowd of spectators that
have attended a game at Chowan
this season. Taylor with 13 points
led Coach Johnny Daniel’s quint
to victory with Copeland coming
next with 19 points.
An Easy Victory
The Mars Hill High quint coach-
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THE VIORANTECLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The boys of Chowan College
had a meeting Tuesday, February
12, for the purpose of organizing
a society.
Mr. Edwards presided over the
meeting. The nomination of of
ficers was the first i.hing to be done.
The candidates were voted on and
the following elected: J. P. Free
man, president; Walter Dudley,
vice president; J. W. Castelloe,
secretary; H. C. Penington, report
er. The name chosen for the so
ciety is Viorante, meaning
strength through speech.
The names will be read alpha
betically and the odds will belong
to the Whites and the even num
bers to the Blues. A critic for
each of the sections will be chosen
soon. A meeting will be held
every first and third Tuesday of
each month.
Faculty Passes On
Nominees For
Student Officers
Student Government Of-
fivers Will Be Elected
Wed., ]\Iarch 6
The nominating committee met
Monday afternoon, February 11,
and nominated Student Govern
ment officers for next year.
The nominating committee con
sisted of the presidents of all the
organizations together with the of
ficers of the Student Council. The
names of those nominated by the
committee were presented to the i
student body Tuesday, February
12, at chapel period. The student
body voted on two nominees for
each office. The names of the
nominees were submitted to the
faculty and received their approv
al. The students will elect the
officers Wednesday, March 6, for
the coming year.
The nominees submitted to the
faculty for the Student Govern
ment officers are: President, Ruth
Stephenson and Kate Lawrence
from the junior class; house presi
dent, Merelee Asbell and Gene
vieve Brown from the present
junior class; secretary, Mary
Smith and Nellie Ricks from the
present sophomore class; and
treasurer, Florence Ward and
Thelma Bryan from the present
freshman class.
Lucy B. Freeman Is
Chosen May Queen
Festival To Be Held In
Amphitheater At
Chowan
With Miss Lucy Boone Free
man as May Queen, the annual
May Day pageant which this year,
according to Miss Ruggles, direc
tor of the girls’ athletics, will l>e
“The Spirit of the Carolina Trail”,
is to be held, as last year, in the
college amphitheater the first of
May.
Miss Freeman is a member of
the senior class, president of the
Alatlienian Literary Society, edi
tor-in-chief of the Chowanian, and
general secretary of the College
B. Y. P. U. Since entering school
here, she has been one of the most
popular girls on the campus. In
her sophomore year slie was an
attendant in the May "Queen’s
court and last year in the May
Day pageant she was the princess
who won the much sought after
prince.
Each year the May Queen is
elected by the student body. This
year in a call meeting of the Ath
letic Association, January 31, Miss
Freeman was elected by a large
majority of votes.
Tlie May Day program is pre
sented annually about the first of
May on the Chowan College cam
pus. Last year the ravine, one of
ihe prettiest spots on the campus,
was turned into '^in amphithe.iter
which made an ideal place for the
May Day festival. This year it
will again be held there.
Miss Freeman has already se
lected the members of the Queen’s
Court who are: Maid of honor,
Catherine Fleetwood; ladies in
waiting, Winfield Carter, Mary
Lou Piland, Inez Willoughby, Ma-
jorie Mitchell, Jeannette Stallings,
Lou Wilson Evans, Katie Law
rence, and Elizabeth Parker.
Other parts of the pageant have
not been assigned and final plans
have not been definitely made.
FINE ARTS DEPT.
PRESENTS RECITAL
The Fine Arts Department of
Chowan College presented seven
of its students in the second stu
dent recital Monday night, Feb
ruary 11, in the college auditor
ium. The following program was
given:
“Two-Part Invention’’, Bach;
“Etude”, Ravina—Louise Lassiter.
“The Princess of Make-Believe,”
Donnell—Helen Louise Brown.
“The Ninety-First Psalm”, Mc-
Dernied—Nellie Ricks.
An arrangement from “The Mas
ter’s Violin”, Reede—Lois Cart
wright.
“Butterflies”, Concone—Sarah E.
Whisnant.
“The Benediction”, Hamblen—
Bernice Ricks.
“The Canyon Flower”, an ar
rangement from “The Sky Pilot”,
Cornor—Virginia Gardner.
Chowan’s Sextet
Wins 3; Loses 1
Chowan Defeats Gates-
ville, Roanoke Rapids
and Murfreesboro
To Entertain
Northampton
Seniors Here
March 15 Has Been Set
By W, M, U. for En
tertaining Seniors
SPOKE RECENTLY
In a speech recently. Dr. James
B. Conant, president of Harvard
University, assailed the criticism
of colleges and universities as focal
joints for free inquiry and named
Germany as one country' where
the scholar's faith in the human
mind was being attracted “with
every conceivable weapon”.—
“Hip-Po”.
SOME LOSE BUT OTHERS GAIN
AS STREET WO RK PROGRESSES
“My business is going from bad
to worse,” “Our busines is about
the same,” “ Business is picking
up every day.” Such remarks are
made every day in Murfreesboro
by various merchants. What is all
this talk about? Why don't you
know? Murfreesboro is getting a
new sewer and water line. As a
result of the construction work,
rain, a little snow and freezing
weather, the main street as well
as others have become eery muddy
and almost impassable at times. Of
course this conditicn has affected
business.
For those businesses depending
on tourist trade, the effect has
been a great decrease in sales.
Many firms report having lost
from fifty to over two hundred
dollars weekly. Such places are:
Cafes, filling stations, garages, hc-
tels, tourist homes, and some gro
cery stores.
For other merchants business
has increased. This fact seamed
startling at first so I asked, “how
can this be true?” The answer was
that a great ijumber of men are
engaged in working on this pro
ject. Many are frcm out of town,
but living here while the work is
being done. These men and their
families have to live. Many
of the foremen make good
salaries and spend much of
their earnings here. Local
trade has remained about the
same. The fai’msrs do not hesi
tate to come to tjwn because of
the muddy streets. They are used
to mud. It makes them feel at
home while in town. Drug stores
sell more medicine because of
colds caught by wading around in
the mud and water. The do:tor
has more to do, not only because
of sickness but some of our citizens
slip on the streets, fall and injure
themselves. As a whole, business
is about normal, our gain making
up for a loss.
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Chowan’s sextet is up and go
ing for they have won three games
out of the tour that they have
played this season. The college
j team has made 89 of the 172 points
I that have been made. Chowan
I sextet has defeated G:itesville,
I Roanoke Rapids, and Murfrees-
! boro, but was defeated by the E.
j C. T. C. team.
A great deal of progress has
I been shown since the beginning of
the season. Both forwards and
guards have cooperated splendid
ly, thus making it possible to get
a team that can “roll up the
scores”.
Chowan 38—Gatesville 31
Chowan’s first game and vic
tory was played with the Gates-
ville High School, in the Chowan
gym with a score of 38-21.
Price, with 10 points, shading
Holloman with 8 points, featui’ed
for Chowan, while Umphlett led
the scoring for Gatesville. Those
playing for Chowan were: Mitch
ell, Jilcott, Price, Fleetwood, Tay
lor, Holloman, forwards; Edwards,
Porter, Piland, Hoggard, Mat
thews, Holloman and Bunch,
guards. Those playing for Gates
ville, were: Umphlett, center;
Deans, £ure, forwards; Felton,
Hobbs, Lilly and Parker, guards.
Chowan 14—Roanoke Rapids 10
Chowan met and defeated the
Roanoke Rapids High School,
Wednesday, January 30, with a
score of 14-10.
The Roanoke Rapids team gave
the Chowan team a close race dur
ing the entire game, and at the
end of the third quarter the score
was 10-10. Holloman, with the
splendid passwork of the team,
was able to make two last-minute
goals running up the score four
points.
Holloman and Mitchell featured
for Chowan. Those playing for
Chowan w(^re: Jilcott, Mitchell,
Price, forwards; Holloman, center;
Edwards, Matthews, Hoggard, Hol
loman and Piland, guards.
Chowan 30—Murfreesboro 14
One of the most interesting and
most exciting games of the sea
son was played Thursday evening,
February 7, in the college gym,
with the Murfreesboro High
School. The score was 30-14 in
Chowan’s favor.
The game had been the talk of
the town, college and school for
awhile, and was of interest to all.
The Chowan girls kept the lead
during the entire game, and with
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The Northampton County W. M.
U. will entertain the high school
seniors of Northampton County all
Chowan College on Friday night,
March 15. This entertainment
will be slightly different from that
of last year. Last year the senioi .,*
were given a banquet; this year
the entertainment will be in the
form of a reception.
There are seven high schools iii,
Northampton County, and the W.
M. U., with Mrs. A. W. H. Jones oJ
Severn, as president, are expect
ing to entertain a hundred and
thirty-four seniors at that time.
Chowan College is chosen for
the place of entertainment becauso
of its nearness to the schools oi!
Northampton County, the interest
of the Northampton County peo
ple in Chowan, and the hope thail
the seniors will thus be drawn t'>
Chowan the following year.
Chowan welcomes these .senior >
and is glad that the reception is to
be held here at the college. The
students hope that the visit of the
seniors to Chowan will be so fa
vorable that they will return Z:>
freshmen next September.
In conclusion, we wish to recog
nize the seniors that are to be en
tertained and the schools from
which they come.
Conway — Howard Bridger;,
Marvin Davis, Wilkins Davis, Ar
cher Lassiter, C. J, Watson, Luth
er Vinson, Lorraine Askew, Eliz
abeth Allen, Irma Barrett, Clarico
Brittle, Betty Brittle, Alma Davis,
Doris Davis, Evelyn Davis, Flor
ence Davis, Nellie Edwards, Janio
Flythe, Corrye Hedspeth, Jessio
O’Neal Hedspeth, Rockie La.ssiter,
Iris Martin, Vera King Maniii,
Bernice Vann, Margaret Jenkinf,
Margaret Lassiter, Musesette Mc-
Kaskey.
Gaston—Thelma Burnette, Mil
dred Grant, Antoinette Hodges',
Grace Moody, Constance Joyner,
Lillian Pate, Martha .Seal, Mar
garet Hargrove, Elsie Crew, Agnej
Parker, Catherine Rowell, Ivan
Gay, Marvin Harris, Clarent'^
Rose.
Jackson—Milton Adler, Scott
Bowers, Gurney Grant, Bennett
Hughes, Archie Martin, Randolph
Smith, Ellen Boone, Naomi Duke,
Rachel Ehrhai't, Margaret Grant,
Virginia Holloman, Mary Jessie-
Howell, Rennie Lassiter, Rennie-
Long, Mildred Liverman, Elizabetii
Parker, Evelyn Spivey.
Rich Square—Leah Askew, Ruth
Baker, Judith Brown, Louise Bry
ant, Ruth Belche, Louise Copeland,
Courtney Connor, Mazie ConwelJ,
Imogene Davis, Flossie G. Har
rell, Agnes Harrell, Mae Lassiter,
Grey Lassiter, Esther Leake, Gal
lic Leake, Marguerite Storey, Fan
nie Smith, Irene Weston, Virgin/,\
Wheeler, Stafford Bolton, .Jami..j
Brown, Edgar Chappell, FrcT!
Davis, Bob Elliott, Joseph Futrelle,
Robert Grant, Frank Holloman,
Bertram Joyner, Edward Outland,
Hubert Rose, Donald Traylor, Wil
son Warrenn, Edward S. Womb’'".
Seaboard—Baxter Bottoms, Ir
vin Coleman, William Norvi'l,
William Pruden, J. P. Spencer, Jr.,
Eloise Barrett, Frances Edwards:,
Louise Kee, Elvin Little, Virginia
Maddrey, Gertrude Parker, Fran
ces Ramsey, Lucille Spencer.
Severn — Viola Britt, Sac:?
Clarke, Grace Gallaway, Miidveil-
O’Neal, 1. V. Pope, Alvin Bridg-
ers, Wilton DeBerry, Sam Jones',
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