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1* Heritage Reason For Chowan “Braves Week” By MRS. ESTER A. WHITAKER Fortunate is Chowan College be cause of its heritage. Many a col lege must assume a fictitious and inappropriate name for the ath letic team, but the title “Chowan Braves” is a fitting one for the athletic teams at Chowan College. Behind the title lies tradition, but more important, North Carolina history. Gathering materials about In dians from several North Carolina history books, there is more fact than fiction. Particularly inter esting is the informtion furnished by John Lawson who resided for a decade as a neighbor of the Tuscarora Indians. The Indians lived on the banks of the Chowan River and were called “Chowanocs”. In 1584-85 the Chowanocs had four populous villages, one of which alone is said to have seven hundred warriors. The Chowanocs, which means “Southerners” were a strong tribe in 1650. In 1653 they entered into a treaty with the English and “submitted themselves to the Crown of England.” The treaty was ob'^e-veH for a decade, but the Susquehanna War broke out in Virginia. Thru incitement of the Indians from Virginia, the Cho wanocs violated the treaty. A year of war followed. Later the Chowanocs were forced to sur render all the land on the south side of the Meherrin River and were assigned a reservation on Bennett’s Creek. They struggled for a hundred years, then became allied with the Tuscaroras. and in 1723 a reservation of 53,000 acres was laid out for the Tuscaroras and the Chowanocs. The description of these Chowa nocs vividly revealed them to have a taw^iv b”n-vn s^in — a deen sun tan with a blush. It was made dark er because they anointed it with bear’s oil mixed with charcoal or powder of a scarlet root. They greased their hair with bear’s oil, too. supposedly for nourishing the scalp and for exterminating lice. They had rapidly growing hair, and never once was there a bald head among them. The hair of the body was plucked or burned away, with the exception of the scalp lock. The Chowanocs were well shaped, straight, muscular, slen der and agile, dexterous with their hands and feet and sure-footed. They were good runners. They were indefatigable—they could en gage in strenuous dances for sev eral nights straight. They wore the simpliest dress— a loincloth fastened with a girdle. The men wore, in addition, a cloak or coat of fur or feathers accord ing to the season. The women wore a short skirt or apron of deerskin or some woven material and a cloak similar to that of the men. Both men and women wore moccasins. The women wore their hair bound into a long roll and decorat ed with shell beads. The men, like wise decorated their scalp lock when the occasion seemed proper, using beads, feathers and the like. Shell beads were popular. They were used for necklaces, anklets, and headdress. Strings of beads were highly prized and used as a medium of exchange. Fire was procured by rubbing two sticks together! Their hunting season was late fall. Sometimes the women and girls went along. They had elaborate burial cus toms. There were long orations, by several people, feasting, and considerable lamentation. When they went to war they were a cruel tribe. Their prison ers were put to terrible torture. They wore war paint. They painted their faces all over re^ and commonly made a circle, whilst others bedawbed their faces with (obacco-pipe clay, lamp black, etc. They made frightful figiires and seemed more like devils than humans. Their medicine was mostly roots and herbs. There was the histor ical “Medicine Man.” His treat ments were many and varied; such as, boiling burrs to cure forget fulness, “for nothing will stick like a burr”; for worms a plant resembling a worm was prescrib ed. A yellow root was good when a patient vomited yellow bile, and the black root when there were dark circles around the eyes. When these remedies failed the medicine man scratched the patient with a comb made of rattlesnake fangs or lanced the body with a sharp stone. This fall, again, we turn back the pages of history as we cele brate “Braves Week”—a special time to help the freshmen be come steeped in the tradition, and culminating in the gala Home coming Festivities, when the theme this year will be appro priately titled, "RESERVATION RITUALS”. With these facts in mind, we feel a genuine sense of pride when our “Chowan Braves” of today go to “war” on the athletic field, and when we Chowanians join eagerly in the chant led by the cheer leaders . . .“GO BRAVES, GO." Va THE IVY LEAGUERS—"Boots" Horton, Gwen Foy, Beverly Waldrop, and Robbin Lynch model the latest In typical college attire. It is difficult to tell v^^hich looks the best—the clothes or the models. Ivy League in Vogue Among Chowan Coeds SYLVIA GEORGE SANDRA DAVIS Sylvia and Sandra both joined the Chowan-family this past sum mer. Sylvia works as as a secretary to Mr. Ben Sutton, business manager; Sandra works as a secretary to Mr. Ross Cadle, dean of admissions. FOR OCTOBER, 1962 SCHOLARSHIP - Eugene Hollo- m a n of Jackson has been awarded the North Carolina Press Associational Mechanical Conference scholarship for out standing ability as a freshman in the Chowan College School of Graphic Arts, Murfreesboro, N. C. He is a linotype-teletype- setter major, and was on the dean's list the first semester and on the honor roll the sec ond semester. Authors Chowan’s president, Dr. Bruce Whitaker and Dr. Bela Udvarnoki, chairman of the social science de partment, recently authored art icles that were published in three periodicals. Dr. Whitaker has contributed two major articles to the Junior College Journal in the past year. They are: “The Opportunity of the Indepen dent Junior College for Education Leadership” and “Helping Stu dents Achieve High Moral Values by Combining Discipline and Guid ance”. Dr. Bela Udvarnoki is the author of a major article, "Christianity Behind the Iron Curtain” which ap peared in “Christianity Today”. He also wrote “Conditioned for Christmas” which appeared in the “Watchman Examiner” and in the “Canadian Baptist.” Dr. Edgar V. McKnight, Chap lain at college, is also a contribu tor. Of special note is the fact that Dr. McKnight is the draftsman for the forthcoming history of Chowan College. The final chapters for the history have been presented by McKnight and have been approved by the History Committee. By CAROL MOODY Fashion Reporter Are you a Joe College or Jose phine College, as the case may be? These appropriate names are used to describe persons who are com pletely and without a doubt ivy- league. Webster defines fashionable as conforming to the custom, fashion or established ways. These days, to be fashionable merely involves being strictly ivy. Millions of new styles have popped into the ivy spotlight this year. They range from loafers to collars. “Hey, how do you like my navy Weejuns?” This is a familiar quo tation from a Joe or Josephine College. Weejuns, which are literally Bass Weejuns, are expensive-look- ing loafers that aren’t sold in just any shoe store as are most loafers. To buy a pair, one must journey to his or her hometown. Of course, they don’t mind because they are essential in the ivy wardrobe. Bermuda and wrap-around skirts have madly swept over the Cho wan campus. Seen any walking around? These wrap-around, ber- muda-lengtb skirts really keep the males’ heads turning. They can be worn with leatords or crew socks but are most often seen with no socks and Weejuns. Bermuda collars are another craze around Chowan. They go beautifully with circle pins and are considered pure ivy. Villager dresses and blouses are definitely what it takes to be a Josephine College. These can be idenifited by the miniature dress form worn on the collar. Another must on the ivy-league Next Month starting next month, THE CHOWANIAN will feature a letter to the editors column from the readers of THE C H OWANIAN. Students are invited to write on any topic they feel should be voiced to the readers. All letters should be sent to: Editor, THE CHOWAN IAN, Box 242, Chowan College. No letter will be printed unless it is signed. shoppers list is the crew neck cardigan. These may also be ob tained by cutting a plain ole crew neck down the front, adding but tons and grograin ribbon and, presto! one new sweater coming up! Beware! Fog! Fog! Naturally we mean the London Fog coats that are the ivy leaguers craze. These water-repellant coats are nothing but casual. Pleateds and plaids are really the thing in skirts. Many are both pleated and plaid. But to be ivy, the pleats must be sewn down. A typical Josephine College would wear a madras dress with Weejuns and a crew neck cardigan to complete this ivy outfit. That is the picture in today’s ivy-world of fashion. Pick and choose and become a typical Joe or Josephine today. Concerts to be Given Soon The volunteer workers of the Chowan College Mutual Concert Association have met and accepted a program for the 1962-63 concert season. Dr. Bela Udvarnoki has an nounced that the association ex pects to have four attractions. The first will be held on October 15 and will be “THREE IN CON CERT” featuring Douglas Wil- lians, on the Marimba, Sandra Volkert, a ballet star, and Gregory Colson, on the piano. The second wUl be “THE MERRY WIDOW” by Franz Lehar, a rendition by the National Opera Company, former ly called the Grass Roots Opera Foundation. This will be held on February 11. The dates for the last two concerts have not been set but the concerts will be: first, two singers of national fame, Irene Callaway and Peter Harrower in a joint recital; the last attraction will be the North Carolina Little Symphony under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Swalin. Workers are now making con tacts for ticket sales. Interested persons who wish to write for tick ets may contact Dr. Bela Udvar noki in Murfreesboro or Miss Ruby Moss, also in Murfreesboro. The prices for the season tickets are: adults, $6.00; students, $2.50. n 11 t rlfii ii ni 1 I'llll *11 WHW ill i I I t liV ii i'l iHj ijTI
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