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March 1958 THE CHOWANIAN Page Thie« i Athletic Association For Co-eds Organized at Chowan GIRLS' DORM GROUNDBREAKING—Top officials of the State Baptist Convention were present as ground was broken at Chowan College for a $285,000 girls' dormitory. Taking part in the traditional ceremony were, left to right: L. H. Hollingsworth, president of the general board of the State Baptist Convention; Mrs. Grady Bridgers of Jackson, president of the alumnae asso ciation; Dr. Bruce Whitaker, president of Chowan; Dr. Raleigh Parker of Woodland, chairman of the board of trustees, and Thomas P. Pruitt of Kinston, chairman of the Convention's Committee of 25. Pruitt and Hollingsworth were making a visit to the Chowan campus in their official capa cities. Construction is now underway on the new facility, which will house 100 coeds. Work On Girls' Dorm Begins By BILL NORVELL The contract for the new girls’ dormitory has been awarded to DuBose Construction Company of Kinston, for a total contract price of $279,400. It is expected the building will be ready for occupancy in September. Grovind Breaking Wednesday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m. was an important time in tne lives of all those connected with Chowan College. The facul ty, administrative staff, students and many friends of Chowan from Murfreesboro and the sur rounding areas gathered on the site of the girls’ dormitory for the official ground breaking cer emony. Dr. Bruce E Whitaker, presi dent of the college officiated as master of cermonies and spoke on "Why We Are Here Today.” In his speech Dr. Whitaker said, “We are gathered here today for several different reasons. One of the reasons is to break the ground for a new building. Many interested neople are gathered to see Chowan grow to be a larg er and greater institution for the advancement of Christian high er education. Finally we are gathered to witness the begin ning of the erection of a new girls’ dormitory which will house the .young ladies who will come to this institution to pre pare themselves, so that in the future they can rear their child ren in a home where a warm, friendly, Christian atmosphere prevails.” The Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth, president of the General Board of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention and pastor of the First Baptist Church in Boone, offered the invocation. Mr. James Brisson, head of the Daniel School of Music at Chowan, led the group in sing ing. "Faith of Our Fathers”. Dr. Raleigh Parker, chairman of the Cnowan College Board of Trustees, spoke on “A Backward Look.” In his talk he told of the closing of Chowan College in 19t3. In 1945, under the leader ship of Rev. Lonnie Sassor, the West Chowan Association was granted permission to try to raise the necessary funds for the reopening of Chowan College. During the vears. 1945 and 1946, a sum of $200,000 was raised with which to reopen the college. In 1949 the college reopened with Mr. B. D, Bunn of Oxford, serving as president. For twc years Mr. Bunn served as presi dent of Chowan College, aftei which he resigned. During the mi d d 1 e of the summer the Board of Trustees were worried, not knowing whom they would hnd to supoly the school with a president. The name of the late Dr. F. O. Mixon was mentioned. He was contacted and in July of 1951 Dr. Mixon accepted to serve the college as president. He re mained president of Chowan College untill his death in Octo ber in 1956. After his death he was replaced by Rev. Oscar Creech, as acting president, be ing succeeded in 1957 by Dr. Whitaker. In the last of the three talks, we were honored to hear Mr. Thomas P. Pruitt, chairman of the Committee of 25, of the Bap tist State Convention and an at torney of Hickory. He spoke on “A Forward Look.” In his talk he said, ‘‘Our schools in south eastern North Carolina are growing at a rapid rate, and Chowan is among them. This building and the others which will be built on our campus in the near future will represent the Baptist schools of southeast ern North Carolina. It is a step forward to make better citizens of our youth and a better democ racy The people of this area will continually build Chowan and supply its institutional needs.” Mrs. Grady Bridgers, Presi dent of the Alumni Assoication, also participated in the breaking of ground. The prayer of dedication was offered by the Rev. Oscar Creech, who is director of the development program and strong arm of Chowan College. This event stirred the hearts of all those present, and we know that Chowan is going forth to offer opportunity to all those who knock at her door. ANGLES (Continued from page SL) ge. She is still singing, in the city of her adoption and else where. A friend of bygone days met her at a huge church convention where her voice had just in spired thousands. In the course of the conversation he asked a question. "Do you ever think of Mr. Sax?” She did not answer the ques tion. She did more. “Oh,” she exclaimed, “what an angel!” So her story is not the story of one angel, but of two. And it might be debated which of the two derived more happi ness from that incident of other days - the one who sang, or the one who, making a girl’s bright dream come true, brought angel ic joy to her heart. COMMITTEE (Continued from page 1.) Carolina College, chairman; Committee on Social Services, Professor Garland Hendricks of Southeastern Baptist Theologi cal Seminary, chairman; and Committee on Finance, Attor ney Thomas P. Pruitt oit Hicko ry, chairman. Mr. Pruitt serves as Cnairman of the Committee of 25. iwo members of the Commit tee of 25, Thomas P. Pruitt and Rev. L. H. Hollingsworth, visit ed the campus of Chowan Col lege on Tuesday evening and Wednesday, March 11 and 12, for purposes of becoming more intimately acquainted with the services and needs of the college. Both Mr. Pruitt and Rev. Mr. Hollingsworth participated i n the chapel services and in the afternoon participated in the ground-breaking exercises for our new lUO-unit girls’ dormitory, contract for which has been awarded to DuBose Construction Company of Kinston and which conirac: calls for the dormitory to be ready for use by Septem ber 1, 195d. Chairman Pruitt, speaking at the groundbreaking exercises, emphasized that he was speak ing only as an individual Bap tist and not as chairman or even as a member of the Committee of 25, stated that in his opinion North Carolina Baptists would not disappoint the hopes, aspira tions and plans of Chowan Col lege. The Committee of 25 will make its report to the Baptist State Convention which will meet at First Baptist Church, Durham, in November of this year. Chowan's president. Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker, has attended several meetings of the Com mittee of 25, especially of the Committee on Christian Educa tion, and he is willing to say that in his opinion Chowan Col lege will not only be continued as a member of the family of educational institutions of the Baptist State Convention, but that it will be greatly strength ened. It is his opinion, however, that the Committee of 25 will likely recommend to the Conven tion that the Convention center is financial support to the col leges, primarily toward the op eration of the institutions, and that the members of the local Baptist churches, and other friends of the individual institu tion, shall assume primary re sponsibility for the erection oi new and needed buildings. This leads me to say, in conclusion, that Chowan College has as bright future as the alumni and friends of the insti tution wish it to have. This can mean that when we have suffi cient buildings and strength of curriculum and faculty, Chowan College may definitely look for ward to the day when it will become a four-year degree granting institution. And all of this is but another way of saying that the Development Program of the institution, which is now in its first phases with the erec tion of a new girls’ dormitory, should be supported and enlarg ed. This calls for redoubling of efforts by students, faculty, ad ministration, alumni and friends of the institution. The Committee of 25 is for the strengthening and growth of Cho wan College in Murfreesboro. The degree of enthusiasm and support of the institution by all of its friends will determine the future of Chowan College. This year a Woman s Athletic Association was formed at Cho wan College. This organization, functioning on the same prin ciple as the Boy’s Monogram Club, has as a nucleus fifteen girls. These girls are “charter members” because of their par ticipation in basketball and cheerleading. Each of these girls have earn ed the school monogram. Other girls will, by their participation in intermural athletics and the meeting of certain requirements set by the club, become eligible and obtain membership in the Woman’s Athletic Association. On Monday. March 10, these fifteen girls-Reba Hale, Joanne White, Ruby Webb, Vivian Pugh, Jessica Vann, Margaret Strick land, Sandra Liverman, Hilda Melton, Loueen Bryant, Betty Jo Lassitor, Anges Underwood, Wanda James, Chloe Ward and Janet Harlow, along with Mrs. Whitaker, their advisor-official- Iv launched this woman’s or ganization. O'! Wednesday of the same week, the club held its first meeting to elect club officers for the year. Reba Hale from Conway, was elected oresident; Joanne White of Stokes, vice nresident; and Jessica Vann of Conway, as secretarv-treasurer. The functions of this club is to promote a more friendly and harmonious relationship among all women students. STUDENT MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE—All the students pictured here are taking their pre-ministerial courses at Chowan and hope to better the spiritual growth of the school. They are; left to right, first row: John Whitley, Murfreesboro; Ed Worley, Whiteville; Charles Thompson, Colerain. Second row: Julian Mills, Roanoke Rapids; James Layton, Gatesville; Jessie Mansfield, Hertford; Bill Byrum, V\i[infall. Block "C" Club The Block “C”' Club has pur chased new jackets for each of the sophomores in the club. The jackets were bought with money raised by the club, through such sponsored activities as the Varie ty Show and by setting up a re freshment stand at all football and basketball games. The entire cost of the jackets could not be met by the club, so each person receiving a jack et loaned the club part of the cost of his jacket. (Continued from page 1.) have to use a certain per cent for the pulp for paper, but they do not waste any of the tree that is not used for this. They use some of the wood for lumber and the bark and waste of the pulp for fuel to furnish one half of the power for the plant. After the film the class was split up into groups of eight and given a tour of the factory. This lasted until 12 o’clock and then everyone went to the Stonewall Hotel for a delightful meal given them by the compan.y . After dinner the entire group returned to the plant for a gen eral discussion of all that had been seen. Dr. Yundt went through the entire cycle orally and then answered any ques tions asked him. Some of the more notable facts brought out in the discussion were the amount of paper pro duced and the amount of water used. The plant produces 650 tons of paper daily and uses around 250,000 gallons of water an hour. The sewage problem was also discussed. Many have the idea that the company is polluting surrounding streams. This is not the case, however, as the company has dispossal fields to age their waste products before they empty them into the river. The Camp company occupies roughly 150 acres at the plant and has over a million acres in forest lands. The company is in the process of doubling the size of the plant at an estimated cost of sixty million dollars. The trip proved very interest ing, and the company expressed their desire to let all printers know what went into making paper, and having better rela tions with the people who used their product. The Camp paper mills have only recently begun the manu facture of offset paper used in printing. The students were most interested in learning about its processes, and Dr. bfundt was most patient in an swering many questions. On top of all this a station wagon drove up to the Josh L. Horne building, which houses the graphic arts department, a few days after our Camp visit and unloaded several cartons of offset paper. This issue of The Chowanian is printed on Camp paper, the trade name for which is “Wil liamsburg Offset.” The trip was very interesting and the students certainly are grateful to Dr. Yundt for his many kindnesses during the vis it.
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