THE CHOWANIAN
Volume 1
Number 1
Murfreesboro, N. C., November 1953
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SHE LIKES PRINTING—Julia (Judy) English, of Aulander, is a student in the Graphic Arts Department.
She’ll ao anything in the printing plant, from washing up X’^^i'ses to helping erect a Linotype, as she is
picUired aoing above.
GRAPHIC ARTS APPROVED RY PRESS
By CHARLES R. FULCHER
At the annual meeting of the
North Carolina Press Association,
held in New Bern, July 10-11, reso
lutions endorsing the Graphic Arts
Department of Chowan College and
pledging the Association s support
aid and students for the department
were unanimously passed.
Among the items in the reso
lutions was the following paragraph:
“Chowan College of Murfreesboro,
N. C., an accredited co-educationai
Junior College, controllec. and sub
sidized by the Baptist State Con
vention of North Carolina, set up
a year ago and now has in operation
a department of Graphic Arts which
is designed for the purpose of giving
technical training for the printers
in the use and operation of type
setting machines, teletypesetters,
hand composition, makeup and
press work.”
The interest of this Association,
PREPARING PLANT SLOWS
CHOWANIAN PRESS DATE
Since the opening of college
in September the students in
the new Graphic Arts classes
have been busy helping to erect
and repair machinery for the
printing plant.
The plant in its new building
on the campus is not yet in
good production order, but the
students are proud to have pro
duced this issue of The Chowan-
ian, both mechanically and edi
torially, even though it comes
out late.
Future issues are expected
to meet deadlines, it is hoped.
newspaper publishers and commer-
icial printers throughout the state
of North Carolina, has been demon
strated by valuable donations of
machinery, equipment and in many
College Glee Club Officers For
Year Elected; Programs Held
By PAT HOLT
A promising group of new mem
bers attended the first meeting of
the Chowan College Glee Club on
September 17. Election of officers
for the new year was the principal
action taken at the meeting.
Officers were elected, as follows:
Bobby Alligood, president; Keith
Roberts, vice-president; Polly Con-
drey, secretary; and Mariyln Joyner
treasure.
The singers have spent the ma
jority of their time thus far for
Founder's Day exercises, when they
sang: "Praise to the Lord ,The
Almighty,” an old German melody;
"Chowan, Mother Dear," by Mary
McCullers, a music teacher of
Chowan in 1914; and “Faith of our
Fathers” by the Men’s Chorus.
The Glee Club membe s gave a
chapel program October d. During
October the club had several pro
grams scheduled. On the 18th. they
were at the First Baptist Church of
Winton, on the 23th. at First Baptist
Church of Seaboard. Their last
scheduled program for the month
was the 29th., when they sang at
the West Chowan Association meet
ing, to be held at the College.
The Glee Club is under the
direction of Mrs. Rose Goodwin
Pool, and Miss Virginia McQueen
pianist. The members of the club
are: Sopranos; Betty Ruth Boyd,
(See GLEE CLUB, Page 4)
instances by presenting cash for
purchasing materials.
At the meeting in New Bern the
publishers appointed a committee
of five for the purpose of contacting
manufacturers of printing machin
ery to secure equipment for the col
lege, and also to discover young
men and women with proper apti
tudes for this type of training. The
n.';mbers of the committee are J.
3oy Parker, Ahoskie, chairman;
Mrs. Elizeblh Gold Swindell, Wilson;
3. Arp Lowrance, Charlotte; John
E, Jones, Asheville, and Josh L.
Horne of Rocky Mount
ine Graphic Aits Department
claxes started last year in a small
v.i.r. During the summer a new 40
X 70 foot modern building was
erected next to the old president’s
home. The building was constructed
at a cost of approximately $15,000.
There is a large classroom for tha
use of the journalism department,
one private office, a separate tele
type perfarator room and a 40 x 50
foot shop for the printing labora
tory.
At the present the shop contains
a limited amount of machinery, in-
chiding two Linotye machines, two
job presses, a flatbed cylinder press,
and type cabinets. Sometime dur
ing the month of October the de
partment will be coripletely equip
ped and ready for operation.
The instructer of the department
I’rofessor John McSweeney, is an
experienced printer and newspaper
man. He served as head of a Phila-
diilphia school of printing for
eleven years.
The Graphic Arts School is the
only one in the entire Southeast
set up in a liberal arts college
where young men and women can
b instructed in how to live and to
learn a living. Dr. F O. Mixon,
president of the college, stated that
it is the purpose of the college to
(See GRAPHIC ARTS. Page 4)
New Dorm For Men Planned
For Occupancy In September
To take care of its expanding en-
rcllment, 105-year-old Chowan Col
lege will shortly begin construction
of a men’s dormitory at a cost be
tween $75,000 and $100,000, according
to Dr- F. Orion Mixon, president of
the junior college.
With a present eniollment of
more than 250 students and provis
ions on the campus for bousing only
75 men, many of the students ar©
being forced to seek rooms through
out this town in private homes, Dr.
Mixon stated.
“With an increase of about 40 per
cent in the student bodj each year
College Finances
Old Indebtedness
By order of the trustees at a
meeting in May, Chowan College has
completed refinancing of its in
debtedness.
The $t)U,Q00 borrowed from the
Planters National Bank and Trust
Company of Rocky Mount was the
first loan made by the bank in the
to Archie W. McLean, president
of the bank. Mr. McLean mention
ed the first loan at a speech to the
Ahoskie Kiwanis Club several
weeks ago.
Under a deed of trust filed in the
office of Register of Deeds pledging
54 acres of college property as col
lateral, repayment is scheduled in
semiannual installments in the
amount of $3,200 with a last pay
ment in 1963 of $2,400.
Presently the college is conduct
ing a $200,000 drive to pay off all
depts made in 1949 in remodeling
buildings and erecting four cot
tages for the boys and the presi
dent’s home; add $10,000 worth of
equipment for better teaching;
build a dormitory for 120 boys; pay
for 54-acre farm recently bought
and to build and equip a farm shop
and vocational building; provide a
Jiving endowment for 1952-53; con
struct a Graphic Arts building,
and add an endowment of the col
lege.
The $200,000 sought this year will
put Chowan College on a firm
footing and make possible much
advancement by 1960 with the
greatly increased aid from the
Baptist State Convention.
Business Department
Is December Feature
The December issue of The Cho-
wanian will feature the Business
Department of the college.
This department, under the direc
tion of Professor Robert O. Boston,
now occupies the old president’s
home, which was remodeled and
painted during the summer.
tnere is simpley no room for further
expansion without additional build
ings,” according to the college presi
dent.
The Board of Trustees recently
approved the building of the men’s
dormitory to accomodate lOO stu
dents, which )s expected to be ready
fui occupancy by September 1, 1954.
The long range building program
of the college calls for other build
ings, Dr. Mixon said, including a
dormitory for women, classroom
building, a gymnasium and various
utility building.
A new graphic arts building was
completed, in August to be used for
the instruction of printing and
journalism; also a new agricultural
building is nearing completion. The
latter will be used in connection
with the college’s farm program
and the instruction of fa''m mach
inery mechanics.
Present housing accomodations
fof men includes a dormitory in
the main building, which was built
in 1851 and takes care of 3." students,
and several cottages on the campus
which house about 40 men.
The Board of Trustees asker Rev.
Oscar Creech, the associate to the
president, to continue the campaign
to raise $200,(X)0 which was begun
the first of this year. President
Mixon was requested to give atten
tion to seeking gifts of $1,000 or
more to apply on the bu‘ ding pro
gram.
“It is evident beyond doubt that
the people of Eastern North Carolina
now have the opportunity to build
in their midst a great Christian Col
lege, and there is no doubt in my
mind about their liberal coop»"'»**''"i
in effort and money," Dr
said in his report.
First Concert Held in
College Auditorium
Robert Hopkins of Suffolk, Va.,
gave the first Chowan College con
cert of the year Tuesday night, Sep
tember 15, in the college auditorium.
Mr. Hopkins, a master at the piano,
is a graduate of the Eastman School
of Music in Rochester, New York.
He is the son of Rev. Julian Hopkins
of Suffolk and nephew of Mrs. Bela
Udvarnoki of Murfreesboro.
Mrs. Frank Poole, director of the
college music department, introduc
ed Mr. Hopkins who received a
warm ovation from the audiance.
His program consisted of Fantasy
and Fugue in G minor, by Bach—
Liszt; Sonato inF minor, Op. 57, in
three movements by Beethoven;
Fantaisis Impromptu Barcarolle,
Op. 60 by Chopin; Clair De Lune
by Debussy and Rhapsodv, Op. 119,
No. 4 by Brahms.
Eugene Herring is President
Of Zeta Alpha Sigma Society
Eugene Herring
Eugene Herring (above) was
elected president of Zeta Alpha
Sigma at a reorganization meeting
held in the society room, October
5. The Zeta Alpha Sigma is a liter-
ery society aimed at developing
the individual in public speaking.
Other officers elected were: Billy
Finch, vice-president and program
chairman; Charles Fulcher, chair
man of the constitution committee;
and Charles and Wesley Goodrich,
Chaplins. Treasurer and secretary
will be elected later.
It was agreed that the members
present at the first meeting would
be the organizers and that they
set up the by-laws and other rules
for the organization. The club de
cided before a new member could
be invited and admitted he must
pass a qualification test.
The members present for the
first meeting were Eugene Herring.
Billy Finch, Charles Fulcher, Gene
Ferguson, Charles Goodrich, Bobby
Vann, Wesley CJoodrich, and Nick
Theadorakis.
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