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THE CHOWANIAN
April, 1958
THE BLOCK "C"-The Block "C" Club has elected new members for the coming year. The new
members are as follows: left to right, first row, Sammy Cutler, Vanceboro; Sonny Davis,
Elkin- Kerry Carawan, Mesic; Carl Wimbish, Deep Creek, Va.; Jimmy Parker, secretary and
treasurer Morehead City; Dan Griffin president. Red Oak; Ed Norris, vice president, Alexan
dria Va.; Jessie Mansfield, Hertford. Second row, left to right, Rod Page, Middlesex; Law
rence Kearson, Henderson; John Hogan, New Bern; Bill Steele, Seaford, Delaware; Don Up
church Raleigh. Left to right, third row, Carlton Debman, Zebulon; Murphy Smith, Roberson-
ville- Richard Murray, Hampton, Va.; Norman Phillips, Sanford; Billy Perkins, Stokes; Jerry Bean,
High Point; Red Martin, Raleigh; Jerry Wrenn, Cedar Grove. Joe Bland, Williamston, social
chairman, not pictured.
Track Squad Second in Meet
Union Officers
Visits GA Class
The students of the Roy Parker
School of Printing were visited
by Mr. Donald McFee, the sec
retary of the Raleigh Typograph
ical Union, on Tuesday, April 22,
and talked to the assembled
class.
Mr. McFee gave some of the
history of the Union. He also
gave each student a complete
Union history book. He went
into the benefits of the Union
such as minimum wages, old
age benefits, homes for the sick,
hospitalization, etc. He told how
the Union protects the job of a
member after he gets up in age
or in case of a necessary reduc
tion of force by his employer.
Mr. McFee mentioned several
of the former graduates of the
printing school who work in
Raleigh and have bright futures
as printers. They are, Louis
Kearney, who is with Edwards
and Broughton; Mrs. Doris Whit
ley, also with Edwards and
Broughton, and Howard Hughes
with the News and Observer and
Times.
The Union has a membership
of 102,000 printers and it does
not selicit members.
After the talk by Mr. McFee
he lead in a discussion of the
Union and printing as a trade.
Discussed were the ratings and
the traveling card of the Union.
Of special interest was the dis
cussion of the new types of
linecasting machines now in use.
The students had many ques
tions about the Union cleared up
and found the discussion very
interesting. They extend many
thanks to Mr. Donald McFee.
—Joe Sumler.
Chowan Braves opened their
track season taking second place
in a triangular meet with Uni
versity of North Carolina Fresh
men and Cranbrook Prep School
of Bloomfield, Michigan.
The Tar Heel Frosh took top
honors with 77 points followed
by the Braves with 45 and Cran
brook with 37. The meet was held
on the University of North Caro
lina track.
The Braves took first and sec
ond in the 100 and 220 yard
dashes but, as was expected, fell
back in the distance running an
followed by Grikschirt (Cran
brook) with 10 points.
For the Braves, Jim Martin,
last year’s North Carolina scho
lastic discus champ, and Jackie
Pettitt had 8 points each, Ray
Clyburn 7, Ed Norris 6, and
Mike Hicks, 5.
The Braves’ performance in
this first meet of their first re
gular season of track was very
encouraging, especially consider
ing that they had not planned to
enter the hurdles as they have
no hurdles to practice with, and
their distance runners have had
limited practice due to weather
and track conditions.
Results of Events
100 yard dash—1. Hicks (Cho
wan), 2. Petitt (Chowan), 3.
White (UNC, 4. DeWitt (Cran
brook) Time 103.
220 yard dash—1. Petitt (Cho
wan). 2. Norris (Chowan), 3.Wal-
ser (UNC), 4. Seagle (UNC) Tim
23.6
440 yard dash-1. Seagle (UNC)
2. Norris Chowan 3. Noteware
(Cranbrook) 4. Stroud (UNC)
Time 52.5
2 mile—1. Miller (UNC) 2.Cos-
tello UNC) 3. Parker Chowan)
Time 11:00.
Hurdles— IGrikschirt (Cran
brook) 2. Lee (UNC) 3. Butzel
(Cranbrook) 4. Dansey (Chowan
Time 16.0.
High jump — 1. Noteware
(Cranbrook) 2. Tie, Hooks (Cho
wan) and Austin (UNC) 4. Tie,
Dansey i(Chowan) and Eskirdge
(UNC) 5 ft. 6 in.
Broad jump — 1. Eubanks
(UNC) 2. Wood (UNC)3. Cly
burn (Chowan) 4. DeWitt (cran-
brook( 21 ft. 5 in.
Pole vault—1. Clyburn (Cho
wan 2. Page (Chowan) n ft.
Shot put—1. White (UNC) 2.
Bryant (UNC) 3. Graham (Cran
brook) 4. Herman (Chowan) 42
“■jivelin-1. White (UNO 2.
Martin (Chowan) 3. Eskridge
Track Team
Has Rough
Day At Duke
Duke’s freshmen tracksters
ran away with honors in a
triangular track meet held on
Thursday, April 17, in Duke
stadium, with the Wake Forest
frosh and the Chowan Braves.
When the jumping and running
were over, the Baby Devils had
99 points, the Baby Deacons had
52 and 1^ie Braves had 12 Vz.
Houston of Wake Forest, and
Garda of Duke, were the leading
individual performers in the
meet, each copping two first
places. Ray Clyburn was Cho
wan’s top scorer with 4 Vi points-
2 coming for a third place in
the broad jump and 2 % for a
second place tie in the pole
vault.
Results of Events
100-yard dash: Houston WF,
Arrington D, Wilson D, Hicks C.
Time: 10.6
220-yard dash: Houston WF,
Smith D, Milne D, Norris C.
Time: 22.4
440 run: Rogers WF, Best D,
McCullough D, Merryman D.
Time: 52.0
880 run: Jones D, Taylor D,
Heitzenraterd D and Ebert D
(Tie for third). Time: 2:05
mile: Fagg WF, Honeycutt D.
Time: 4:47.6
2 mile: Nourse D, Wood WF,
Parker C. Bobbitt WF. Time:
9:52.4
110-yard hurdles: Garda D,
Bell D, Blum WF, Allen WF.
Time: 17.0
220-yard hurdles: Garda D,
Blum WF, Bell D, Dansey C.
Time: 27.3
High jump: Frank D, Skippon
WF, Bongard D, Brewer WF.
5’8”
Broad jump; Mclllwain D, Mc
Cullough D, Clyburn C, Bongard
D. 22’1”
Pole Vault: Yancy D, Clyburn
C and Keiger WF (Tie for se
cond) Bishop D. H’6”
Shot put: Moorman D, Marr
D, Bonecutter WF, Paoula WF.
41’5”
Javelin: Kemp D, Blum WF,
Bongard D, Rogers D. 175’9”
Discus: Moorman D, Martin
C, Leopold D, Bonecutter WF.
121’6”
(UNC) 4. Graham (Cranbrook)
151 ft. 2 in.
Discus—1. Martin (Chowan) 2.
Hartley( UNC) 127 ft. 7 in.
Mile relav—1. Cranbrook, 2.
UNC, 3. Chowan Time 3:36.4.
Braves Win Big One
From Pennbroke
By FLIP
Spraying base hits all over the
Chowan diamond, the Braves
baseball team captured their
first victory of the young cam
paign on March 21 by defeating
Pembroke State College, 13-2
Sparked by fine pitching by
Vance Pittman and the booming
bats of third baseman Jimmy
Parker and center fielder Har
old Smith, the Chowanians ex
ploded for fifteen hits, including
home runs by Parker and second
baseman Coy Tillett.
Pembroke tallied their first
run in the first inning, capitaliz
ing on the wildness of Chowan
starter Clyde “Jughead” Mor
gan. The Indians scored their
final run in the second inning
on a wild pitch by Pittman. Pitt
man was in control of the situa
tion for the remainder of the
game, as he pitched four-hit ball
and struck out eight batters.
Joe Bland, former All-Service
star, started the Chowan scoring
parade by doubling home two
runs in the bottom half of the
first inning. Bland scored the
third run of the inning on left
fielder Dick Murray’s solid sin
gle to center. Pittman started
the Braves’ scoring in the sec
ond by tripling down the left
field line. He scored on Smith’s
single. Parker followed with his
homer, a blast that chased the
Pembroke left fielder into the
pine trees bordering the field.
In the sixth inning Chowan tal
lied three more runs on singles
bv first sacker Bill Steel, Smith,
and Parker. In the eighth sin
gles by catcher John Hogan,
Pittman, and Bland and a tre
mendous homer by Tillett to left
center closed out the Chowan
scoring.
COLLEGE
(Continued from page 3.)
F. Gaddy presiding, there was a
panel discussion. 'The topic of
this discussion was “Our North
Carolina Baptist Colleges.”
Those taking part included the
seven mentioned above who di
rect the affairs of North Caro
lina’s Baptist Colleges.
The climax of this day was a
baseball game between Chowan
and Wilmington College, Wil
mington winning 6-2.
FIRST HOME RUN
Babe Ruth hit his first home
run in professional baseball dur
ing a game at Fayetteville,
N. C., in March 1914. An official
marker commemorates the
event there.
ECONOMY
(Continued from page 3.)
There were some 233 boys and
60 girls enrolled here for this
term. A new dormitory for girls
is expected to help some in in
creasing the number of co-eds
for 1958-59, Mr. Cadle thinks, but
he believes the new dorm will
not have its full effect until the
following year.
It will not be completed until
about the beginning of the new
term therefore it cannot be seen
by present prospects. However,
the director of admissions is
working very hard towards fill
ing the 100-capacity new dorm
with the fair sex.
North Carolina and other
states had a decline in number
of students admitted to college
this season, according to a re
port from the State Board of
Education. The causes attribut
ed include a tighter economy,
bad farm conditions (this would
have the greatest effect in east
ern North Carolina), and higher
standards of admission on the
part of some colleges.
NEA indicated the widespread
reports of much larger college
enrollments by 1960 appears to
have been premature.
A recent statement of the As
sociation of College Admission
Councellors summarized, “The
tidal wave hasn't started yet. In
fact, admissions were off this
year and there seems to be no
significant increase for next
year. If faculty men are getting
tougher—and they are—^because
they feel their schools can be
more selective, they’re jumping
the gun. What our colleges need
right now are freshmen.”
Thus it would appear Chowan
is doing better than holding its
own, while preparation is being
made for the larger influx of
students a few years hence.
1855 Graduate
Has Relative
Teaching Here
Editor's note: This item
about a graduate of 103 years
ago was written by a relatiye
who is a professor in the De
partment of English here.
By PROF. WM. I. MARABLE
Bettie Marable, who graduat
ed at Chowan College in 1855,
became the wife of the Rev.
Isaac B. Lake. She was born in
Sussex County, Virginia, in 1837.
Her parents were William Hart
well Marable and Elizabeth
Hunt. Among her direct ances
tors and collateral forebears
were George Marable, member
of the King’s Council at James
town; Colonel Henry Hartwell, a
co-founder of the College of
William and Mary and member
of its first Board of Visitors;
Rev. Robert Hunt, First Rector
of the Jamestown Episcopal
Church, through whose influence
Pocahontas became a Christian;
and Matthew Marable of “Fin-
neywood” near Chase City, Va.,
a member of the House of Bur
gesses at the outbreak of the A-
merican Revolution.
Bettie Marable was born at a
time when Southern civilization
was at its height. She lived the
typical life of a Southern girl
surrounded by luxury, and
adored by her parents, who
who placed no burdens on her
except to study books and music
and to master the social graces.
In Hampton. Va., Miss Marable
became acquainted with the Rev.
Isaac B. Lake, a Baptist Clergy
man of piety and learning, whom
she married later. Dr. Lake was
President of Danville College
(now Averette College) and it
was here that his young wife
began her real life work. She
exerted a wholesome influence
on the college campus. When Dr.
Lake decided to return to the
active ministry, he accepted a
call to the Baptist Church of
Upperville,Va. He held this pas
torate for fifty years. Mrs. Lake
established and gave her well-
trained powers to an infant de
partment in the Upperville Bap
tist Church. Her musical talent
made her useful also in directing
church choral work. She is said
to have inspired two youths to
enter the ministry who became
outstanding preachers.
After the passing of her hus
band, Mrs. Lake soent her last
days with her only child Dr.
James Lake, Professor of Phy
sics at Wake Forest College. She
departed this life in 1927. Among
her living grandchildren are the
Hon. Beverly Lake, prominent
attorney of Raleigh; and Colo
nel James Lake, U. S. Army.
Several months ago Dr. Beverly
Lake paid his kinsman Mr. Wm.
Irvine Marable of the Chowan
faculty a social call and enjoyed
visiting his worthy grandmother
Aimer Mater.
Braves Drop Two
To UNC Freshmen
The Baseball team has lost its
last two games to U. N. C.
freshmen. On Wednesday,
April 9, the Braves traveled to
Chapel Hill to meet the Carolina
team for the first time. The
score in that game was 6-5 in
favor of U.N.C.. ITien on Sat.
April 12, the same teams rnet
again on Chowan’s home dia
mond. This game also was taken
by an 8-1 mark.
In the first game Vance Pitt
man started for the Braves with
Wayne Allen on the hill for the
Carolina freshmen. At first the
game looked as if it would be a
pitchers’ duel, but the visiting
freshmen took advantage of
some costly errors and scored
three runs in the third inning.
They added another run in the
fourth and held this lead until the
sixth, when Norman Phillips and
Ray Rose drew walks. Harold
Smith then put down a perfect
bunt for a single and Joe Sum
ler drove home the first and sec
ond Chowan runs with a Texas
League single to left.