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THE CHOWANIAN
OCTOBER 1957
GO BRAVES GO! — These are the Chowan College cheerleaders who made their debut at the Chowan — E C C game
Thursday night in Ahoskie. Left to right: Wanda James, Chloe Ward, Jo Anne White, Jean Henry, Vivian Pugh, Agnes Under
wood and Bettye Jo Lassiter. (Photo courtesy The Herald, Ahoskie)
Daniel School of
Music af Chowan
College Expanding
i Auditions for the Chowan Col-
; lege A Cappella Choir of 1957-
j 58 have been completed and 20
voices have been cnosen for the
select group.
The Director, Mr. James Bnsson,
has announced the return of 6
voices from the successful choir
of last year and the addition of
new members. Following is a list
' of those accepted:
Sopranos: ‘Audrey Adams, Pa
tricia Ann High, Sherlby Jean
Crocker, Joanne White, Margaret
Anne Brown, Lillian Clair Carter.
Altos: Janet Glenn Harlow, Trina
Leigh Rountree, *Jean Long, Linda
I Carol Watson, ’'Patricia Kaye
Powell.
Tenors: Robert Carter Futrell,
“Robert Davis. ‘Robert Wain-
wright, Robert Earl Williamson.
Basses Louie May, William Lewis
Norvell, Jr., ‘John Askew, *Wayne
Davis, Sherwood Johnson.
! The Choir has accepted an in-
j vitation to sing before the Chowan
Baptist Association in Hertford on
; Wednesday October 23. Also, the
! Choir will sing before the North
I Carolina Baptist State Convention
in November at Raleigh.
‘Returning members.
Through The Brave's Eye
By A. C. Hall
Well, the gears of Chowan
College have finally meshed and
we are on our merry way. Most
of us have gotten our schedules
arranged as well as can be
hoped for. Those Saturday
classes do hurt when we want to
have a weekend at home, but
we must learn to take it in our
stride. It is all in the life of a
collegiate.
A recent tabulation shows that
there are 68 autos on the Cho
wan College Campus. As far as
popularity goes, they run in this
order. There are 25 Fords, 15
Chevrolets, 8 Plymouths, 4 Mer-
curys, 3 Oldsmobiles and 2 Pon-
tiacs. Lincoln. Cadillac, Chrys
ler, Buick, Hudson, Willis, Hen
ry J and C r o s 1 e y are repre
sented by one of each.
bout the 80 KC band, it is none
other than that of our Vice
President, Mr. Cadle. He has a
140 watt ham station in his home
and transmits frequently. The
reason he “breaks in” on your
favorite music program is the
nearness of his station and it’s
power. You will be able to pick
him up very well, but not so
with the one he is talking with
because the standard radio sim
ply will not do it. If anyone on
the campus has a short-wave re
ceiver and a good antenna, he
should have no trouble at all in
receiving both sides of the con
versation.
Let's all turn out to see our
men play Bullis Prep, on the
High School field on the night of
the 5th. We must all be there
and give our team a good
cheering section.
Fellow car owers, our vehicles I
are a privilege here at Chowan. |
Let’s keep them in their as
signed places and drive tliem |
like sane men. If we do this, we l
will have no trouble what-so- j
ever. A few can make it very
hard for all the rest if they are •
not careful. !
There are several excellent
movies coming to the Pastime [
Theater this month. On the 3rd j
and 4th, “Boy on a Dolphin”, j
starring the voluptuous Sophia
Laurin will hunt for a long lost
stature in the waters off the ;
coast of Greece. i
“The DI” will be here, and is
going to attempt to make a Ma- j
rine out of a young man who
wants a discharge from The
Corps.
“The Wayward Bus” will rat
tle into town on the 17th-18. This
story by John Steinbeck will be
well worth the time lost from
the bull-session.
Several nights ago some of us
may have been privileged to wit
ness the Northern lights (Aurora
Boroalis) for the first time in our
lives. At first, we saw the sky such
a brilliant color of red we thought
there was a huge fire somewhere.
But the light moved. Rays darted
this way and that and there was
a bluish-green hue mixed in with
the red.
It is reputed that hundreds of
miles inside the Arctic Circle, the
lights can be heard. They make a
buzzing, crackling sound. The
cause of this is cosmic particles
shot off from the sun. We do not
know exactly how this is, only what
it is. So if you want a real treat,
look for them in the starry skies,
and if you are lucky you will see
something of real beauty.
Chowan Library
Receives Gift
The library stacks and reading
room occupy the entire second
floor of the East Building. The
room is well-lighted with win
dows on three sides.
The library contains over 8,000
volumes and subscribes to 72
leading periodicals and one
periodical index Library of Con
gress and H. W. Wilson cards are
used in the card catalog and
books are classified by the Dew
ey Decimal System. Periodicals
are in the fields of literature, ^
music, art, history, science,
sports and general interests. The
reference collection is well-roun-
ded and standard and is being in
creased yearly to meet the needs
of the curriculm and approved
lists.
At this time about 200 vol-
umns, a gift from the family of
j the late J. Roy Parker, are being
: prepared for the shelves. In this
collection there are books in
I various classifications-many o f
.which will be interesting to
! young men.
It is the plan of the library
I this year to increase the collec-
! tions in each classification, pay
ing especial attention to biogra
phy and fiction by our best con
temporary writers.
The library is open daily and
in the evenings from Monday
through Friday and until noon
Saturday. It is closed on Sunday.
The library staff consists of the
librarians, an assistant librarian ,
and several student helpers. i
The librarians are your friends I
and are glad to help you with
your library problems at all
times. Pay a visit to your library
every day. There is always
something there for you.
NOTICE
There are a few of our clubs that
have not been organized completely
as of yet. These clubs will soon
get underway in all of their various
and interesting activities.
In next month’s paper there will
be a list of the clubs and what they
are. Be sure to watch for it; you
may want to become a member of
one or more of them.
The Daniel School of Music at
Chowan lists the largest class of
Music-Majors in the recent history
of the department.
Jean Long, piano student from
Hertford is in her second year.
Lillian Clair Carter is a voice stu
dent from Woodland. She was the
recipient of a Trustee Scholarship
and a Choir Scholarship.
Robert Earl Williamson, piano
student from Cerro Gordo, received
a Choir Scholarship and a Trustee
Scholarship.
Shelby Jean Crocker, a piano
student from Red Oak, was the
winner of a $250 Scholarship given
by Mrs. Lois Wynn of Murfrees
boro.
During the summer the Music
Building was given a badly needed
face-!ifting’;. The old stone build-
mg was painted on the inside and
outside including the floors. The
addition of new Venetian blinds also
has enhanced the appearance of the
building.
Women's Judiciary
The officers for the Women’s
Judiciary for the year of 1957—58
are as follows: Janice Cranford,
president; Jessica Vann, secretary
and treasurer.
Four freshmen will be elected
by a nominating committee to help
serve in various positions soon.
Methodists Constitute a Large
Number of Students at Chowan
Delmer Carter, better known
as “Sleep y” has a beautiful
model aircraft. This ship,
powered by a highly precision
English-made “Frogg-500” en
gine owned by Herb Burnette,
will soon be seen winging her
way around the campus green.
Good luck aeronauts!
If you have heard a familiar
voice over your AM radio on a-
DEVELOPMENT
(Continued from page 1)
our college. Chowan is fortu
nate to have two such outstand
ing leaders in this important
campaign.
Seven signs are placed on the
proposed building sites around
the campus, each giving the
amount budgeted for the par
ticular building scheduled in the
development program. They
are Graphic Arts building exten
sion, $20,000; business admin
istration building, $225,000; girls’
dormitory, $285,000; men’s dor
mitory, $200,000; administration
and classroom building, $225,000;
cafeteria, $125,000 and library
building, $125,000.
Members of the Methodist
Church are a very sizeable body
this year at Chowan College. Al
though naturally outnumbered
I by Baptists, the followers of
! John Wesley constitute a strong
minority group, totaling about
sixty.
On September 11th, the first
; day of registration for upper-
j classmen, the Woman’s Society
of Christian Service of the Mur
freesboro Methodist Church
were hostesses at the recreation
center, where they served
cookies and drinks to all who
came, gave them a cordial wel
come to Chowan and Murfrees
boro.
The new, youthful pastor of
the Methodists of Murfreesboro,
Rev. Frank Owen Fitzgerald, is
frequently seen on our campus.
He took part in the convocation
on the opening day of the col
lege year. Mrs. Fitzgerald
teaches a class in the Metho-
' dist Sunday-school for young
people of college age, and this
has been attracting a goodly
number of our students.
The part which Methodist
grown-ups and students are
playing this year on the campus
is fully appreciated by our facul
ty and trustees, as well as by
the students.
At Chowan there prevails a
fine spirit of cordiality toward
those of all religious affiliations
It may be of interest to state
here the denominations which
are represented this year in the
student body. There are, besides
Baptists and Methodists mem
bers of the following churches:
Church of Christ, Disciples of
Christ, Episcopal, Friends, Holi
ness, Lutheran, Moravian,
Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Ro
man Catholic, and Universalist.
“How good and how pleasant
it is, for brethren to dwell to
gether in unity”. May these
words from the Bible always be
illustrated on our beloved cam
pus.
Rooms Found
Due to the record breaking en-
rollment at Chowan this year, Dr.
Whitaker had to send out an appeal
rooms in the town for boys.
The response was very good,
^ome of the boys even are living
in the Woman’s Club building.
FRIDAY
(Continued from page 1)
given by Dr. Sydnor L. Stealey,
president, Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary, a long-
Ume friend of Dr. Whitaker
The speaker will be introduced
j by Dr. Bela Udvarnoki, chair-
m a n. Department of Social
; Science at Chowan College,
i The Alma Mater will be sung
by the entire audience, followed
i by the benediction by The Rev.
! Frank O. Fitzgerald, pastor,
' Murfreesboro Methodist Church.
Seats in the auditorium will
I be reserved for the student body
j of Chowan College.
At 4:00 o'ilock a reception
I will be held in the student cen
ter and at 6:00 o’clock a barbe
cue dinner will be given to about
400 invited guests in the college
gymnasium. This dinner will
inaugurate the $750,000 Chowan
College Development Program
campaign.
All-in-all, Friday, October 11,
will go down in the annals of
Chowan College as one of its
greatest days.
, If a man was dull as a youth,
I age seems to accentuate it.
The Old Girls who don’t try to
look young somehow manage to
look younger than those who do.