THE CHOWANIAN
Volume 6 — Number 1
Chowan College, MuTfxeesboro, N. C.
Oclobei, 1957
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Development Program
To Raise $750,000
DR. BRUCE EZELL WHITAKER
To be inaugurated as twentieth Chowan president
Friday, October 11, Greatest
Day in the History of Chowan
On Friday, October 11, Dr.
Bruce Ezell Whitaker will be
inaugurated as the twentieth
president of Chowan College. On
the same date, which is Foun
der's Dav, the Chowan College
■\lumni Association is holding
its annual meeting.
Fifty-six colleges and univer
sities will send representatives
for inaugural ceremonies. Many
dignitaries from newspapers
and other professional fields are
also expected. Alumni and other
guest will add to the crowd ex
pected for the day’s events.
Four Chowan professors will
represent their alma maters for
the inauguration. They are Mrs.
F. O. Mixon, Winthrop College;
Miss Frances White, General
Assembl.y Training School; W.
I. Marable, William and Mary;
Mrs. Bruce E. Whitaker, George
Peabody College for Teachers.
Professor Eugene Williams will
represent the faculty, and Mich
ael H. Johnson the student body.
Registration of guest will be
gin at 10:00 o’clock, followed
by the alumni meeting in the
auditorium. Mrs. Grady Brid-
gers, alumni president, will pre
side at this meeting. Founders’
Day will be observed in connec
tion with the alumni meeting.
Due to lack of facilities only
specially invited guests will at
tend the inaugural luncheon to
be held in the college cafeteria
at 12:45 The Rev. Oscar Creech,
associate to the president, will
preside at the luncheon, with
The Rev. Ross A. Cadle, vice
president, giving the invocation.
Schedule of Events
REGISTRATION
Ten o’clock
Administration Building
ALUMNI MEETING
Ten-Thirty o’Clock
College Auditorium
LUNCHEON FOR OFFICIAL
DELEGATES
Twelve-Forty-Five o’Clock
College Dining Hall
INAUGURAL PROGRAM
Two-Thirty o’Clock
College Auditorium
INAUGURAL RECEPTION
Four o’clock
Student Center
Greetings will be extended the
luncheon guest by Richard T.
Vann, mayor of Murfreesboro;
Mrs. Grady Bridgers, president
of the Alumni Association;
Michael H. Johnson, president
of the Student Body; M. Eugene
W'illiams, representing the fac
ulty and administration; Claude
F. Gaddy, executive secretary.
Council on Christian Education.
Response will be made by Presi
dent Whitaker. The benediction
will be given by The Rev. John
C. Gill, Jr., administrative as
sistant.
The inauguration program
will start at 2:30 o’clock, with
faculty and representatives from
colleges and universities, attired
in academic garb, entering the
auditorium to “Pomp and Cir
cumstance”, with Professor
James Brisson, as organist.
The inauguration invocation
will be given by The Rev. Row
land S. Pruette, pastor of the
Murfreesboro Baptist Church.
Recognition of delegates and
guests by J. Irving Brooks, dean
cf instruction.
Greetings will be offered by
Honorable Thad Eure, secretary
of state, representing Governor
Luther H. Hodges; Malloy A.
Huggins, general secretary,
Baptist State Convention o f
North Carolina; Dr. J. P. Free
man, associate director. Depart
ment of Teacher Certification,
N. C. Department of Public In
struction; Dr. Harold W. Trib
ble, president, Wake Forest Col
lege, representing Southern As
sociation of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools; Dr. Budd E.
Smith, president, Wingate Col
lege, for American Association
of Junior Colleges; Dr. Edgar
W. Hirshberg. professor. East
Carolina College, for American
Association of University Pro
fessors; Dr. Arthur D. Wenger
president. Atlantic Christian Col
lege, for N. C. Foundation of
Church-Related Colleges.
President Whitaker will be in
ducted into office by Dr. Raleigh
Parker, chairman. Board of
Trustees. The President will
then deliver his acceptance.
The inaugural address will be
(See FRIDAY page 8)
Memorial To
J. Roy Parker
The proposed new wing of the
Roy Parker School of Printing at
the college will be built as a me
morial to the late J. Roy Parker of
Ahoskie for whom the school was
named. Memorial funds are being
presented by friends and news
papers, and as soon as a sufficient
amount is received, construction
will begin.
It was through the efforts of
Mr. Parker who inspired the co
operation of others, that the Gra
phic Arts work at Chowan was
started in 1952. With only seven
students and one linotype, the
school had its beginning. Today,
housed in a modem new building
with the most up-to-date equipment
available, it is attracting scores of
students annually. The enrollment
this semester is 40.
John McSweeney has been head
of the school since it started. Assist
ing him in instruction are WiUiam
SoweU and Harold Brown.
Mr. Parker, who died on May 8,
was president of Parker Brothers,
Inc., of Ahoskie, publishers of four
weekly newspapers serving that
number of counties. He gave his
talents to posterity in numerous
ways. Besides being an editor and
publisher, he had practiced law,
served as professor of journalism ■
at the University of North Carolina
and Chowan, and at his death was |
representative of Hertford County ^
in the Legislature.
Mr. Parker throughout his public
life took a keen interest in helping
young people develop their talents
and use them for the good of man
kind. As a newspaper man, he held
deep convictions of honesty, cour
age. fairness and accuracy. His
faith in Jesus Christ was expressed
through service in the church, his
writing and personal living. Though
there were times when illness kept I
him flat of his back for months, he
never quit work. Rarely did he miss i
an issue of the papers with his'
regular column. (Chowan Col
lege Magazine)
This is “Campaign Time” and
everyone devoted to Chowan Col
lege is rallying to the campaign
for seven buildings on our cam
pus. A minimum of $750,000 is
needed. Trustees have approved
a Plan of Campaign which wiU
be announced at a Citizen’s Din
ner in the college gymnasium
on October 11th. An organization
of at least 500 is being recruited
to lead the campaign. Dr. W.
Raleigh Parker, chairman of the
Board of Trustees and Dr. Bruce
E. Whitaker, president, an
nounce the selection of two im
portant committee chairman,
Mr. H. D. White of Rocky Mount,
to direct the Special Gifts Com
mittee and Mrs. Edwin P. Brown
of Murfreesboro to direct the Wo
men’s Committee. An intensive-
solicitation will begin on Novem
ber 4th and finish with a “Vic
tory Dinner” on Monday nighty
November 18th.
Mr. White is a Trustee of Cho
wan. He is manager of Belk-Ty-
MR. H. D. W'HITE
ler store in Rocky Mount and
very active in the work of the
First Baptist Church. He is an
alumni of Wake Forest College.
Mrs. Brown is an alumnae of
Three Students
Get Scholarships
Gwendolyn Eure of Gatesville,
Betty Jane Rhodes of Columbia,
and Philip Sanderlin of Belcross,
were granted $500. scholarships to
attend Chowan College.
In announcing the selection of
these recent high school graduates
to receive the awards. Dr. Bruce
E Whitaker, president of Chowan
College, stated that the scholar
ships were made possible by an'
anonymous donor.
Dr. Whitaker further said that
under the terms of the scholarship
gift, the Superintendents of Schools
in seven northeastern North Caro
lina counties — Gates, Camden,
Perquimans, Currituck, Dare,
Hyde, and Tyrell — recommended
one student from his county to a
Selection Board which made the
final decision on the awards.
Miss Eure, Miss Rhodes, and
Mr. Sanderlin were selected on
the basis of scholastic ability, need,
and purposefulness in life.
MRS. EDWIN P. BROWN
Chowan, who has been most
outstanding in women’s affairs
throughout the State. She has
been active in the work of fur
nishing and decorating the Stu
dent Center on Campus and the
new president’s home. With Mr,
Brown she has assisted in rais
ing funds for several of the re
cently constructed buildings at
(See DEVELOPMENT page 8)