Prayer Held Useless
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YWA'S AND THEIR OFFICERS—The YWA's and their officers are as follows; Mrs. George, adviser;
Katherine Ellington, vice-president; Jerry Ballad, president; and Lorene Holloman, secretary and
treasurer. Standing are: Rose Ann Anderson, Joan Morris, Donnie Neatery, Linda White, Mar
garet Stem, Nan Murray, Ann Holt, Linda Cowan, and Barbara Morrison.
YWA’s Begin Membership Drive
YWA’s is an organization for all
the young women of Chowan Col
lege. We strive to promote a better
relationship between God and man.
The YWA’ have various projects
during the school term. This year
the group plans to visit the rest
homes at Potecasi and Rich
Square.
At the beginning of this year we
had a cookout to welcome our new
members.
The first regular meeting was
held October 1, at which. Mrs. Ber
nice Smith, the associational di
rector, from Seaboard, spoke to us
about the purposes of YWA’s. We
also elected the officers for the
coming year and appointed the ex-
Thtf, speaker at Founders’ Day
this ypar emphasized that Chowan
has Abdern as well as ancient
founders. Rev. Lonnie Sasser was
menj^ned as one of the outstand
ing leaders in the reopening of
Chowan College in 1949.
Mr. Sasser has long been a
friend of Chowan, at least since
he came into this area over one-
third of century ago. In the late
1930's, for example, he was per
sistent in his demands that
Chowan remain open and con
tinue to serve as a senior college.
The school, however, was forced
to move to junior college status
and, with the coming of World
War II and the lack of students.
In 1943 it suspended operations.
When a committee in 1944 sug
gested the possibility of eventually
beginning to operate the college
again, Mr. Sasser quickly made
a motion at a meeting of the West
Chowan Association that a com
mittee be formed to approach the
churches in the area for the nec
essary money. A year later he was
elected leader of a three year
campaign to raise the money to
open the school.
The drive bogged down almost
before it t>egan, however, and lead
ers in northeastern North Carolina
decided that it was best to give the
property to the Baptist State Con
vention and wash their hands of the
responsibility for the college. Mr.
Sasser remained determined. He
declared, "There has never been
a greater need for colleges in
North Carolina.”
Mr. Pat Banks invited BAr.
Sasser to talk with meml>ers of the
ecutive council which is made up of
the various committee chairmen.
Officers for the coming vea- are;
Gerry Ballad, president; Katherine
Ellington, vice-president; Lorene
Holloman, secretary-treasurer.
Our executive council members
■are as follows; Linda Cowan, Bar
bara Morrison, program commit
tee; Donnie Neatherly, mission
study; Joan Morris, prayer com
mittee; Nan Murray, community
missions; Rose Ann Anderson,
stewardship committee; Margaret
Stem, social committee; Lianne
Wilson , publications committee;
Ann Holt, publicity committee,
Linda White, music committee;
Katherine Ellington, enlistment
Murfreesboro Exchange Club about
the possibilities of reopening the
school. Then, one week before the
representatives of Baptist churches
in the area were to meet at
Edenton to ratify the decision of
Baptist leaders to give the property
to the convention, the “Hertford
County Herald” declared that a
way remained to open the college.
The credit for this plan was given
to a “drive that originated in the
Exchange Club of Murfreesboro,
swept on into the Rotary Club, the
Woman’s Club, the Board of
Trade, and every church in
town.”
At the Edenton meeting in
March of 1947 the desire was ex
pressed that Chowan reopen. Money
was still lacking, however; and
finally the point was reached that
$100,000 had to be raised or the
hopes of beginning work at Chowan
again would be dead. At that peri
od Mr. Sasser served as general
chairman of a campaign to raise
the necessary money. The drive
was conduct^ from November of
1947 to March of 1948. On March
19, 1948 a “Chowan College Victory
Night” was held at the Fist Baptist
Church of Ahoskie, and the an
nouncement was made that the
goal had been reached.
In many ways Rev. Lonnie Sasser
has manifest^ his concern for
Chowan College. The feeling of
many in this area was expressed
by a Murfreesboro businessman
when he told Congressman Herbert
C. Boner of Mr. Sasser (during the
dedication of the new cafeteria in
1959), "Had it not been for this
man there would have been no
Chowan College.”
committee; and Mrs. A. 0. George,
advisor.
The YWA’s would like to urge
the other young women to join
us. We will be very glad to have
you with us.
BSU Fall
Convention
At Durham
Temple Baptist Church, Durham,
will be the scene of the annual fall
B.S.U. convention to be held the
weekend of November 2-4. “God’s
Redemptive Love” has been se
lected as the theme by the con"en-
tion committee led by Carroll
Stegai of Wake Forest. The pur
pose of this theme is to explore the
concept of missions today and to
make an attempt to determine its
importance in our modern world.
Andy Blane, presently a grad
uate student at Harvard, heads
the list of program personalities.
Having recently returned from
a year's study in Russia, Mr.
Blane's insight into "missions”
should have greatly expanded.
He will speak on Friday evening
and on Sunday morning during
the convention.
The worship part of the program
will be led by Bill Lawson, who
was the BSU director at Texas
Southern University in Houston,
Texas, for several years. Bill is a
well-known figure among student
groups throughout the south.
Also participating in the pro
gram will be Bill Moyers, who is
the associate director of public af
fairs for the Peace Corps. He will
give the message on Saturday
evening.
Other participants include Ho
ward Hovde, pastor of the Madison
Baptist Church in Madison, New
Jersey, and Bill Dyal, an associate
in the department of missionary
personnel of the Foreign Mission
Board.
At the faculty dinner on Saturday
evening, Dr. Kyle Haselden, man
aging editor of THE CHRISTIAN
CENTURY will speak.
Registration for the convention
will begin on Friday afternoon,
and the evening session start*
at 7:30. The convention will close
at around 10:30 Sunday morning
after the worship service.
Housing will l)e provided by the
churches in Durham and transpor
tation will be provided by the
Chowan BSU. All students planning
to attend are urged to give the
$1.50 registration fee to Dr. Edgar
McKnight, College Chaplain, as
quickly as possible.
By JIMMY LEE
This is the parable.
“Before we leave, let us bow our
heads for a moment of prayer,”
says the "minister” of a big de
nominational church. Little Joey
bows his head as does his mother
and father when the minister be
gins to pray a well versed, im
pressive sounding prayer. “Our
Father. . .” Joey begins to tliink
about lunch. What will be served?
Mother wonders how she can pos
sibly get dinner cooked and be
ready for the table by one o’clock.
Father begins to think who will
win the game on TV today.
“Amen,” What? Is the prayer
over? Oh, well.
Joey gets up feeling a little
sleepier than before. “Mother,
let’s get a drink on the way home,”
pleads little Joey. Joey shakes the
“minister’s” hand as he receives
a pat on the head.
“Nice sermon today, John,” says
Father as he receives a hearty
thank-you for his gesture.
At lunch all are around the table
but Mother. She is slow cooking
the biscuits. Little Joey starts to
snitch a bit of crust from his
chicken when Father’s word quick
ly brings things to the dreaded
halt. “Stop Joey! Wait until the
blessing has been said.” Joey’s
mouth begins to water; Father’s
does too.
At last! Mother!
“Father, return the blessing,
please,” says Mother. Father, who
by now, is foaming at the mouth
quickly recites a prayer he has
known since childhood. It takes
only a second or two. Even as
he recites, he smells the sweet
savor of mashed potatoes and
gravy. He can nardly wait to end
his prayer and begin on his pota
toes. Finally, the prayer is over.
Quickly Joey follows Father’s ex
ample and dives into his food.
Mother, a little on the reserve
side, gives a chuckle at her two
hungry boys. It’s the same thing
three times a day.
Chowan College observed Cam
pus Evangelism Week Oct. 15-19.
Dr. Richard Archie Ellis, pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Columbia, South Carolina, was the
featured speaker. He spoke on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
mornings at 10:00 a.m. Dr. Ellis
is a native of South Carolina. He
attended Dunbarton High School
from which he graduated in 1933,
and attended Furman University
from which he received his B.A.
Degree in 1937. He attended South
ern Seminary in Louisville, Ken
tucky. His Alma Mater conferred
upon him the honorary degree of
Doctor of Divinity in 1953. He has
’The day drags on. Bedtime. . .
Little Joey is cleaned by Mother.
Then he jumps into bed and is jJ-
most in another world when
Mother’s sweet voice breaks the
silence. “Now, Joey, l)e a good
little boy and say your prayer be
fore you go to bed.” Reluctantly,
Joey crawls out of l>ed jmd recites
the 'Now I lay me down to
sleep. .” bit as he thinks of the
cowboy he is going to grow up to
be. Later Mother and Father go
to bed. No prayer is given. Just
another day has gone by.
This is the meaning.
We were created by God, not
evolution. In repayment God re
quests our life. God loves us. He
talks to us through His Holy Word.
He wants us to talk to Him. Did
God appreciate the above prayers?
No! As a matter of fact. He did
not even hear them! The “preach
er” recited an elaborate prayer
that impressed everyone but God.
The family had heard the . same
blessing so many times that they
did not even realize what they
were saying. They were also dis
obeying Jesus who commanded
when we pray “use not vain re
petitions, as the heathen do: for
they think that they shall be heard
tor their much speaking.” (Mat
thew 6:7)
We cannot truly know God and
say the same prayer twice! We
will put our whole being into each
prayer realizing that we are trying
to tiiank the Supreme Power of the
universe for gifts we do not even
deserve. This Being loves us. He
has the Power to destroy us. A
Christian respects this and prays
accordingly. A Christian says a
different prayer with each meal
and spends almost two hours or
more in daily prayer and non-
compulsory Bible study. This is
the person who gets answers to his
prayers. He does not try to force
his prayer on anyone nor does he
try to let anyone see or hear him
pray. He tries to and does win
God’s Favor.
served as president of the North
Carolina Baptist Convention.
Mr. Adrian Littlejohn, Minister
of Music and Director of Youth
Activities at the First Baptist
Church of Ahoskie, led the singing
for the three services and gave
solo renditions during the services.
Mr. Littlejohn is a recent graduate
of Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
In addition to the three chapel
services, three discussions were
conducted during the week on the
theme of the book. The Gospel on
Campus, by McCoy and McCarter.
Professor Calvin Dickinson, of the
Chowan history department, led
these discussions.
CAMPUS EVANGELISM WEEK LEADERS TALK WITH STUDENTS-
Dr. Richard Ellis, of the First Baptist Church in Columbia, South
Carolina, was the speaker. Mr. Adrian Littlejohn, minister of Mu
sic and director of youth activities at the First Baptist Church of
Ahoskie, led the singing. Libba Daughtry talks to Mr. Littlejohn
and Jack Norvell speaks with Dr. Ellis.
Rev. Lonnie Sasser Speaks To
St|ident Body on Founder's Day
Campus Evangelism Week is Observed
THE CHOWAN IAN