THE CHOWANIAN, OCTOBER 1959
Large Crowd On Hand For Chowan Homecoming
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FIRST AWARD - GRAPHIC ARTS DEPARTMENT FLOAT
It was a day such as to be
remembered in the years when
memories bring back happy
events. It was Saturday, Octo
ber 3, 1959 . . . Homecoming
Day for Chowan College.
There were lovely prancing
majorettes, and band music . . .
a parade in which gayly deco
rated floats carried attractive
co-eds from the more than 100
on Chowan’s campus; and there
were queens (everyone of them)
in beautiful gowns waving from
convertibles to the several thou
sand spectators who lined Mur
freesboro’s main street to watch
the passing parade.
Of course there were alu
mni . . . some from long dis
tances . . . who came to see
the many changes . the
growing alma mater . . . and
to talk excitedly with old class
mates. So much to talk about . . .
even children ... of course
(new or old) boy or girl friends
. . and the days at Chowan . . .
“remember when—”.
The crowd at the football
game between Frederick and
Chowan was the greatest . . .
nearly 600 paid admissions . . .
of course there were a couple
of hundred free-loaders also in
the mass that almost encircled
the high school field. It was a
merry kind of crowd even when
Frederick was pouring on the
touchdowns . . . (thought while
scribling notes: if the Braves
had fought as hard in the first
three quarters as they did in
the last, perhaps the score
would not have been Frederick
27, Braves 14.
The Floats
There was a parade prior to
the football game ... a police
car . the Ahoskie High
School band . . . cars with Dr.
and Mrs. Whitaker, Dean and
Mrs. Brooks being recognized
by the people along the way . . .
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SECOND AWARD - BSU FLOAT
HOMECOMING QUEEN JACKIE ANDERSON
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THIRD AWARD - SOPHOMORE CLASS
STUDENT N. E. A. FLOAT
FRESHMAN CLASS FLOAT
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS FLOAT
and several attractive floats
which were decorated by stud
ents . . . Graphic Arts de
partment (first award). Baptist
Student Union (second award).
Sophomore class (third award),
student N. E. A. float. Fresh
men class. Department of Busi
ness, and the float carrying
Queen Jackie Anderson. With
the exception of one or two
floats the students not only did
the decorating but paid for the
materials used.
Campus DecoTations
Some campus decorations
were attractive . . . some sug
gestive of what would happen
(but didn’t) to Frederick’s foot
ball team ... all of them re
presented planning and much
work by the students occupying
the various dorms.
The “Big House” had a blue
and white Chowan emblem . . .
made of white napkins and blue
paper . . . hanging on the
secord floor between the big
columns ... 15 by 15 feet in
size . . . lettering—made of blue
paper—was set on a white back
ground. This won an award
from the judges.
The girls’s dorm had a trac
tor and mower . . . with a
dummy standing on the
mower . . . and a sign saying
“Mow them down, Chowan.”
The men in the “old presi
dents home” had a simulated
football field . . . with dummies
dressed in Chowan uniforms . . .
one carrying an ugly stick to
push Fredrick off the field.
Also a plow on the field with a
sign that read, “We’re going to
plow Fredrick under.” Over the
steps of the house a white design
with blue letters spelled out
Chowan. This dorm tied with
the “Big House” as the best.
The men’s dorm had a minia
ture graveyard . . . with 11
graves . . . each representing
one of the Frederick players . . .
and a sign reading, “Here lies
Fredrick.”
Pie-Game Clowning
Prior to the start of the foot
ball game between Frederick
and Chowan, Dr. Bruce E. Whit
aker, president of Chowan, plac
ed the crown on Queen Jackie
Anderson who was surrounded
by her court members and their
escorts. (It should be reported
that the Queen received a del
icate kiss on the cheek from
Dr. Bruce . . . after he had
placed the crowd on her pretty
head.)
The Queen’s court and their
escorts . . . Audrey Marriner,
Hickory, Va., with Harry D.
Sell, Southport; Lois “Bunny”
Jones, Red Oak, with John Bra
ke, Rocky Mount; Geneva Con-
gleton, Washington, N. C., with
John Bryant, Rescue, Va.; Bon
nie Tinkham, Alexandria, Va.,
with Lawrence Swain, Manteo;
Linda Bradshaw, Franklin, Va.,
with Rice Day, also of Frank
lin; Vivian Burgess, Conway,
with Herman Moore, Hampton,
Va.; Queen Jackie Anderson, of
Severn, was escorted by “Bunk”
Roberson. Washington, N. C.
A Special Homecoming
All to soon there'll be another
Homecoming Day at
Chowan . but somehow
this one . . . the 1959 Home
coming Day . . . was all filled
with brightness for a great
future for the old college ... it
kind of seperated the struggling
days of being reborn from evi
dent advancement in material as
well as educational growth.
Yes, Saturday, October 3,
1959 , . . Homecoming Day . . .
will linger with the several hun
dred who enjoyed its moments.