Apiil, 1958
THE CHOWANIAN
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You Are Invited To Particioate In The Celebration
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QUEEN AND HER COURT—At left is Her Royal Highness, Queen of the
May, Sara Burrus, with her court of attendants to the right. They are,
Barbara Russell, Hertford; Chloe Ward, Durham; Audrey Adams, Durham;
Lillian Carter, Woodland; Billie Harris, Elizabeth City; Patsy Edwards,
Murfreesboro; Queen Burrus of Hatteras; and Pat Moore of Durham. They
will appear in full regalia during the May Day program (May 3 at 3 P. M.).
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS-Wednesday, April 23, was "Come and See Day" at Chowan. Among
the visitors were six college executives who are shown on the veranda of the main build
ing with Dr, Bruce E. Whitaker, Chowan's president (second from right); Bert Johnson, presi
dent of Student Council (fourth from right), and Joe Sumler, editor-in-chief of The Chowanian
(third from left). Others are Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president Meredith; Dr. Hoyt Blackwell,
president Mars Hill; Dr. Phil Elliott, president Gardner-Webb; Dr. Budd Smith, president Wingate;
Dr. Sylvester Green, vice president Wake Forest; Dr. Leslie Campbell, president Campbell College.
College Presidents At Chowan
A group of North Carolina’s
leading educators were at Cho
wan College, Wednesday, April
23, when the college held open
house for its friends in Eastern
North Carolina and Virginia.
Along with Chowan’s presi
dent, Dr. Bruce E. Whitaker,
were the six men who hold ex
ecutive offices in the other Bap
tist colleges of North Carolina:
Dr. Sylvester Green, vice presi
dent, Wake Forest; Budd Smith,
Wingate; Carle Campbell, Mere
dith; Hoyt Blackwell, Mars Hill;
Leslie Campbell, Campbell Col
lege, and Pml Elliott, Gardner-
Webb. (Each of the latter five is
president of his college). Also on
hand was Claude Gaddy, execu
tive secretary of the Baptist
State Convention’s Council on
Christian Education, which was
co-sponsoring the occasion with
Chowan.
Other program personalities
for the campus visitation day
were Rev. B. M. White-Hurst,
Chowan trustee from Roanoke
Rapids, Mrs. F. O. Mixon, chair
man of the Chowan College De
partment of Religion, and
Willard Humphries, an o u t-
standing Chowan student from
Norfolk, Va.
The program for the day be
gan with registration at 9:30,
followed by an assembly in the
college auditorium with John C.
Gill, Jr., presiding. Greetings
were extended from Dr. Whita
ker, with music by the college
choir. The devotion worship was
brought by John D. McCready,
chairman of the Department of
English. Refreshments followed
the symposium. “A Look at
Christian Education,” which
consisted of The Rev. Rowland
Pruette, The Rev. B. M. White-
Hurst, Mrs. F. O. Mixon, and
Willard Humphries.
Upon re-assemble, with Claude
(Se« COLLEGE Page 4.)
DR. EDWARD A. McDOWELL
Great-nephew of Chowan's first
president, whose picture is re
produced on page one of this
issue. Dr. McDowell will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon Sun
day morning at 10:30, May 25.
Class of 1908
To Be Honored
At Annual Meet
Receiving special recognition
and honor at the Alumni meet
ing, May 3, will be the mem
bers of the class of 1908—the
Fifty Year Class. It is expect
ed that at least 50 per cent of
the class will attend. They will
have a special class reunion as
well as attend the other events of
the day.
The Fiity-Year Clasi
Mrs. Robert Phelps (Maude
Evans) Ahoskie; Mrs. A. L.
Lassiter (Josie Parker) Poteca-
si; Mrs. L. C. Copeland, Sr.
(Nora Benthall) Woodland; Mrs.
C. W. Johnson (Mattie Stephen
son) Fayetteville; Miss Ruth
Davenport, Raleigh; Mrs.
Mamye Murphy (Mamye Pow
ell) Boston, Mass.; Miss Eu
genia Brett, Union; Mrs. Archie
Johnson (Clara Stephenson)
Norfolk, Va.; Miss Oleita Whit
ley (Deceased) Pollocks-
ville; Mrs. Annie M. Neal
(Annie Maddrey) Durham; Mrs.
Bessie Lassiter Jackson (Bessie
Lassiter) Elizabeth City; Mrs.
Susie Pope Powers (Susie Pope)
Enfield; Mrs. Wingate Forbes
(Verlie Duke) Union; Miss Mary
Louise Elliott (Deceased) Eden-
ton; Miss Claude Allen Parker
(Deceased) Windsor; Mrs. Roy
Woodard (Mary Johnson) Sev
ern; Miss Grover White (De
ceased) Windsor; Mrs. Herman
Sutton (Beulah Hoggard) Ral
eigh; Miss Amanda Ethridge
(Deceased) Manteo.
I Mrs. Herman Sutton (Beulah
Hoggard) is housekeeper at the
Raleigh Hotel in Raleigh.
Miss Ruth Davenport has re
cently retired as a legal secre
tary in Raleigh.
Grateful thanks go to Mrs.
L, C. Copeland, Mrs. A. L. Las
siter, Mrs. Roy Woodard, Mrs.
Robert Phelps and Miss Ruth
I Davenport who assembled this
information.
Mrs. Copeland, Mrs. Lassiter,
Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Woodard
are fine mothers and proud
grandmothers.
It is felt that where ever these
women have lived and worked,
they have exemplified the ideals
of Chowan in many wonderful
ways.
Mrs. Woodard said of the
class.
“The class of 1908 must not
1 have distinguished itself in any
spectacular way, since it can’t
claim anv such record; however, j
I do hope the ideals and stand- I
ards set before us at Chowan
have in a measure made some |
contribution to a better way of |
life in the little circle in which j
we have moved. If we can’t
claim this, then as wives and
mothers we have failed.”
DR. R. OWIN CORNETT
One of the Southern Baptists'
most prominent educators. Dr.
Cornett will be the principal
speaker at graduation exercises
on Monday, May 26, at 10:30
A.M. He is now executive secre
tary of the Education Commis
sion of the Southern Baptist
Convention.
Area Economy
To Play Part
In Enrollment
After visiting some 110 high
schools and talking to approxi
mately 2500 students. Rev. Ross
Cadle, director of admissions,
estimates Chowan will have
about the same number of stu
dents in 1958-59 as enrolled here
this term—299.
“There is a possibility of a 10
per cent increase in enrollment
if economic conditions improve
or the outlook for improvement
is better by September,” Mr.
Cadle told a Chowanian reporter.
He said poor farm crops—a bad
economic year all-round would
effect all colleges.
As an indication of the econo
mic condition today, Mr. Cadle
stated students applying for ad
mission next term are request
ing work grants or some finan
cial help toward tuition to a
larger degree than ever before.
(See ECONOMY Page 4.)