Welcome
Alumni
THE CHOWANIAN
Volume II, Number 2, October 31, 1950
Chowan College, Murfreesboro N, C.
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Homecoming Plans Made For November 4
Midtern Tests, Closed
Weekend Dates Set
Above Is a vierw of the Columns
built in 1848 and tlie adjoining
East building.
Carnival Tonight
Chowan students have been in-
I vited to a Halloween carnival to
At its regular meeting, Octo- ; lication by thfe beginning of the be held tonight at the high school
ber 24, the faculty discussed ’
homecofning day plans, set the
dates for mid-term tests, and
President B. D. Bunn apipointed
two faculty committees.
iEugenfe Williams, chairman of
the Homecoming Day activities,
announced the plans for the day.
Mrs. E^Ile Thigpen is serving
with Chairman Williams on the
co«nmitte«.
Novemlber 6-10 are the dates
for mfd term tests, and grades
■will be turned' into the office No
vember 13. The weekend of No
vember 4, as wll as the weekend
of November 18 (prior to Thanks
giving lioHidays beginning at the
Ttie college ^111 have Thanks
giving holidays Heginning ^t the
end of the last class recitation,
Wednesday, November 22, and
ending Sfunday, Noviember 26, at
10:30 pjm.
Miss Hazel GriEfin, C. V. Wil
liams, Jr., and Ben Martindale
were aipipointed to prepare the
second semester. (gymna.sium from 7 to 10:30 o’-
Another committee apipointed ■ clock. Some of the Chowan stu-
was one to report at the next
meeting the scholastic require
ments for students to represent
the college. Miss Hazel Griffin
was named chairman, with assis
tants C. V. Williams, Jr., and
Ernest Connelly.
dents have engaged to provide
entertainment for the guests. It
is promised that witches and
goblins and black cats will be
on the march, and fun in for
tune telling, boblbing for apples,
and games is planned.
interested' in nursing and those
who wish to know more about the
profession should atttend. The
talks are provided to help stu-
1951-52 college catalog for pub- ‘ dents undecided about their voca-
Mrs. Evans To Speak
On Nursing Tonight
Ms. Ned E^'ans, a graduate of 1 tions.
DePaul hospital, will speak to- Miss Jean Lois McGhee of the
night at 7 o'clock in the next ser- i Hertford County Welfare depart
ies of vocational talks. All girls j ment spoke Tuesday night on the
advantages and disadvantagfes of
,^ngaging in welfare work. She
stated that if a person couldn’t
Nineteen BSU Members
To Attend Convention
Nineteen Chowan students will
■attend the State B. S. U. fall
convention to be held at Pullfen
'Memorial Church, Raleigh, No
vember 3-5.
Hiree Chowan students, Mar
vin Giibison, Maibel Johnson, and
Anne Ctol^, will serve on the
no*ninating committee to select
officers fox the 1950-51 year.
Attending the convention from
here ■will be, in addition to the
nominating conimittee, Shirley
Daivis, Xxtiw Nell Worrell, Mar
jorie Per#, Jack Peele, Gtene
Proctor, Rex Gardener, Sherald
Ward, Ens Eure, Betty Harriss,
Mary Elizateth Spivey, Betty Vi
olet Keer^, Colon Jackson, John
Ixjng, Ra^nond Meiggs, and
Joyce Soo^Tden.
Austin Staples, adviser to the
B. S. U-, will a5cctn(pany the
group. Some of the del^ates will
return lo the campus Sa.tiu'day
for the hcmecoimin«t celebration.
Halloween
Special
Tonight an indoor Halloween
■picnic supper will bte served in
stead Of the accustomed cafeteria
meal. Mrs. Branscome is planning
decorations in the traditional
Halloween style. To t'op the meal,
entertainment will be furnished
by the two societies. The pro
gram will not bfe announced until
the hour, but the Lucalians will
present Rex Gardner, John Long,
Elizabeth Slate, Ellen Downs,
Margaret Putrell, and Fannie M.
Leary. The Alathenians will fea
ture Kyria Bunn and James Gil-
likin. The idea is to coriie dressed
infoitnally, have a good. time, and
wait to see what the stars will
do and whether the goblins will
be out.
get along with people or couldn’t
stand filth to forget the idfea of
becoming a welfare worker. The
advantages which she enumerat
ed were the salary ranging from
$1500 to Se.OOO, protection by the
merit system, and short working
hours.
The fourth speaker in the series
was R. E. Lee superintendent of
the Riverside Manufacturing Com
pany. Mr. Lee spoke on the in
dustrial opportunities of the
South today. He stated that the
Souh is swiftly Ijeccming an in
dustrial section because of Its
nearness to raw materials, favor
able freight rates, and the abun
dance of native. He also pointed
out that the educated man ad
vances more rapidly in his Work
than the illiterate one and that
the attitude, iniative, dependabil
ity. and knowing how to get along
with the i-est of his fellow men
are the most desireable qualities
of a worker.
Lawyer J. William Copeland in
speaking to a group on law stat
ed that the requirements for ob
taining a law license are becom
ing more strict every year and
that only students with a great
deal of perserverance and will
ingness to study will be able to
succeed In the already crowded
field but there is always room at
iJie top.
Tonight Is
the Night
by MARY JENNINGS
Yes, it's true, that tonight
is thfe night that Death will
walk the halls of Chowan
College once more.
The famous “Brown Lady”
will on this very night cieep
from her grave to return to
the scene of her fate to get
revenge. She will arrive with
a band of witches and bats
to visit the poor, unfortun
ate frefhmen girls '
Her first sign will be her
blood-curdling cry of agony
for her bewildered lover who
has long ago passed away.
She will tap mysteriously
upon your door and plead
with you to share the re
morse and pain she once
knew. Her hair-tearing wail
to help her be at rest will
make your heart cease its
beating.
The rustle of her aged
broiwn taffetta dress is a
symbol that evil lurks in her
antagoniezd heart. She is out
for blood—and she will give
some in return.
She will shake your dainty
hand with her cold, clammy,
boney, wrinkled, old hand
until you feel as though you
aie shak,ins hands with
death itself.
After she has persuaded
you to follow her (end it
will take very little persuas
ion), you will journey to her
grave. There in the ink
black of midnight she will
give one match and one
match only ■witli which to
read the Inscription on her
grave. As she asks you to
bend and kiss her grave,
your ill. frightened' body will
give a plteading cry to hea
ven above to have pity. But,
hesitating makes the Brown
Lady very angry and she
will say, “Kiss it quickly so
I may return for the rest of
my victims.” After this per
formance, yoiu: blood circu
lation is at a standstill.
She now ocmmands you
to rise and she leads you
back to your room. After to
night, you will never see her
again but you will long rte-
memiber her haunting cry
and these memories will lin
ger in your mind for many,
many years.
P. S. Or was it last night?
Mrs. E. P. Brown of Murfrees
boro, President of the Chowan
Alumni Association.
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Former faculty member Elberf
O'Connell visited the campus re
cently. Mr. OXJonnell is aow tea-
chint biology at N. C. State.
Saturday, November 4—^Home
coming! Yes, Homecoming Week
end will be a haippy time for the
new and old students of Chowan
(College. Old friends and students
of the (College will come back to
live once again their happy me
mories of the Chowan College
campus. Mrs. Thigpen and Mi-.
Eu'geme Williams have outlined a
homecoming weekend progra'nx
that should prove very success
ful.
From 4 to 5 o'clock on Satur
day afternoon the alumni and
visitors will register. A special
section of the cafeteria will be
set aside for the alumni at the
supper hour and some special en
tertainment will be held for them
immediiately . aif./er ^su(pper^ Hie
entire student body and guests
are expected to attend the pep
rally which is to be held in front
Of the main building following
the supper hour.
The ball game begins promptly
at eight o’clock on the gridiron
of the local high school, and
Chowan (College wishes for its
Braves the best of luck in winn
ing o\’'er the Pres'oy'terian Junior
College. At present plans are in
definite concrenui'g any land of
entertainment following tti'e
game.
Thursday, November 2, has
been designated as '‘cleanup day."
The different organizations on.
the aam^pus will be called upon
to clean certain areas about the
school. It will also be “ciiean-up
day" for the girls’ dormitory and
.the boys’ cottages. A prize will be
given Lo tiie girl or girls having
the neatest, best cleaned room in
the dormitory and to the boys
having the neatest, best-cleaned
cottage. The use of the school
colors may be used in decorating
tlie doi-mitory and cottages. Each
student is expected to cooperate
to the fullest in his clean-up
and may the best room or cot
tage win!
Homecoming weekend Is a
closed weekend for the studenst,
therefore, each sutdest will bfe
expected to help make this one
of the greatest homecomings of
Chowan College.
Y. W. A. News
The Y. W. A.’s presented a
play, “Holding the Light High”,
at the Murfreesboro Baptist
Church Sunday night. The even
ing service was sponsored by the
young people’s organizations of
the church.
On Thursday night, November
2. at 7:30 Mrs. Ruby Daniel Ud-
varnoki of Gatesville will teach au
mission study book on Africa.
Mrs. Uuvai-noki is a Cliowaii
alumna and a former missionary
to Bucharest.
Chapel Speakers
Chowan College’s chapel speak
ers for the week of Novemiber 1-6.
will be as follows:
Nov. 1—Mr. B. D. Bunn, Pre
sident Chowan (3olloge, Murfrees
boro, N. C.
Nov. 3—Rev. W. P. Milne, Au-
lander, N. C.
Nov. 6—^Mabel Johnson, Pre
sident Of the Ann Hasseltine Y.
W. A. of Chowan Oillege.
Radio Program
Appearing on the.radio program
heard weekly over WRCS at 9:15
each Sunday were Mae Winslow,
Kyria Anne Bunn, and Ann
Campbell on the §uday, October
29 broadcast. Mae was master of
ceremonies. Kj-ria Anne gave the
campus news and Ann Camplbeil
played several piano selections.
On the program the Sunday
prior were EUen Downs as
master of deremonies. Rex Gard
ner, pianist, Elialbeth Slate and
John Long, vocalists, Bliazlbethj
also gave the school news and
Ellen, talked on the forthcoming
football game. j