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Reminiscing With Phi Theta Kappa Official U.S. Navy Photograph CHOIR IS FED ABOARD SHIP By JERRY JOYNER “Incredible!” we kept saying to ourselves. The fact that we were getting out of school a whole week was unbelievable in itself, but go ing to Florida! That one sounded like a dream. But our dream was realized on Saturday, March 30. Chauffeured and chaperoned by Professor Rob ert Williams ("Columbus”), we turned the college station wagon southward, and our "Southern Sa fari” began. Saturday night found us in At lanta. After finding a motel and having dinner, we decided to tour the city. We saw the State Capi tol, visited the campus of Georgia State, and, of course, saw what the people do on Saturday night in At lanta. Back at our motel, we re laxed (oh, were we tired!) and made our plans for Sunday. By the time we finished making plans, it was Sunday! We arose early Sunday morning but had a little trouble getting organized. Nevertheless, we were sitting in the balcony of the famed Peachtree Street First Baptist Church at 11:00 a. m. After church, we headed for Gremt Park where we saw the inimitable Cyclorama. We meandered around the park area (and pavillion) awhile, then went to Stone Mountain. It was now mid-afternoon, so we decided to stop sightseeing and start trav eling again. Panama City was our destination for the day. Mr. Williams had warned us about the condition of Georgia’s roads but we had not found them to be so bad. Until Sunday night, that is! There we were—bouncing along on the roughest of rough roads. At first, nobody said Jiny- thing; but then, the bouncing got worse and the road got narrower. Bill politely asked, “Mr. Williams, are you sure we’re on the right road?” He got a positive answer. Bob and David, not esisily con vinced, began looking for road signs. Katherine and I sat there and bounced! Suddenly the pave ment ended and we went soaring down a dirt road. (Bob and David wert now convinced, so quit look ing for signs!) It was here that we got the chance to see the industrial side of Georgia: “Colum bus” had made a new discovery! After being directed by a Negro man who lived in the brickyard, the explorer cruised off for Pana ma City! In Panama City we stayed at a most impressive motel, the Es- caoe. In fact, everything there was most impressive! The beach look ed too clean to be walked on. The bright green water made a beauti ful contrast against the snowy white sand. Mr. Williams had promised us a “trig lesson in the SEnd”, but we decided it would be cruel to mar the beauty of the beach! The only sad thing about Panama City was that we had to leave it! And we almost had to leave David, too! Monday, in Tallahassee, we saw the Florida State Capital and vis ited Florida State University (think I’ll transfer there!) We spent the afternoon sightseeing. In glass-bottomed boats, we were amazed at the clearness of the water at Silver Springs. We were just in time for the Army-Navy football game—played underwater by two different kinds of fish. In the Ross Allen Reptile Jungle, we wa'ched one of the workers bleed the venom from a rattlesnake. We stayed in Ocala (in one of her 103 motels) Monday night. Tuesday, and on the road again. The riding really was not so bad, just tiring. But we usually man aged to find some pastime—like sleeping, maybe? Or thinking of new names for Katherine (ones such as Irma, Emma, Emmy Lou, Emmy Mae). Of course. Bob could have helped “the Reverend” with some trig problems, but de- JERRY JOYNER clined the invitation (and lost his A in trig)! Tuesday afternoon we stopped at the Citrus Tower and toured the elegant Cypress Gar dens. The boys enjoy^ the ski show (especially the water ballet!) but were not too interested in the flowers. After touring the Gardens, Mr. Williams wanted to see Back Tower because, as he said, “It’s just off the road. And I’ve heard about it all my life.” He was really disappointed to find that it was closed! We drove on to Lake Placid, where we decided to stop for the night. We found a nice motel that had all the prerequi sites, but the rates were too high. However, after a short debate, we decided to take it, and proceeded with the financial matters. Much to the annoyance of the recep tionist, each of us paid his bill seperately! She later revenged by accusing us of making too much noise out by the pool. (“You’re disturbing the other guests, and I must ask you to go to your rooms.”) So, naturally we went to our rooms—and waited until morning for retalitation! We as sured ourselves that the maids would work for their next day’s salary! It probably took them all day to dean those two rooms!! Wednesday’s destination was Miami Beach and the Phi Theta Kappa Convention. We reached Miami about noon and found the Deaville Hotel, where we would be staying. Registration was a problem (Right, Bill?) and it was 5:30 when we got our rooms! That first day, Mr. Williams re-named the hotel "Lateville.” Wednesday afternoon was really a frustrating one—for me anyway! As Katherine and and I had been traveling in bermudas, we arrived at the hotel in that same wrinkled attire. And, in case you ever won dered, sitting in a hotel lobby in wrinkled bermudas is quite em barrassing—and quite bad for cam paign purposes. We finally decided to walk out on the beach since we were dressed for that. ’Then came the biggest disappointment of all. ’The beach was about five feet wide! And a big sign which read: No swimming! Disgusted, we went back to the lobby. (We learned later that the beach was wider in some places.) ’The first general session was held at 1:00 that afternoon. After a bit of per suasion from the others, I went to the meeting—on the condition that we sit near the back. I just didn’t want to be parading around in bermudas! After we got our rooms, we began dressing for din ner. Or, maybe I should say “the others” dressed for dinner. I dressed for nothing! It seemed as if my shoes had been left in the car and no one knew where the bellboy had parked the car! So, while the others dined, I sat in the room and admired the Miami skyline. Wednesday night, David and Bill wrote my campaign speech (at the last minute). But, that’s not all they did! Concentrated thinking made them thirsty, so they called room service for two cokes. The bellboy brought them up, and Bill handed him a dollar since neither he nor David had any change. And they didn’t have any afterwards either because the beU boy kept the whole dollar (made an eighty-cents tip)! The joke of it was the fact that Mr. Williams had loaned them the dollar I I had planned to rise early Thursday morning as that was the day for campaign speeches and I had a lot to do. Nevertheless, I somehow managed to sleep until 10:00 a.m. I jumped out of bed, slipped on a dress, and dashed off to the beauty shop (I had an appointment at 9:30!) I re-wrote my speech under the dryer! I got out at 12:30, dashed upstairs to dress, then dashed back down to be at the meeting at 1:00. While the other candidates were giving their speeches, I was writing mine on note cards! After Bill intro duced me, I walked up to the rostrum and began my speech by saying, “Hello.” Everybody laughed! And they laughed at my entire speech! I was guite puzzled until I learned that they were laughing at my Southern drawl! I was glad that the campaign speeches were over, but I was sad that my oponent was so well qualified for the office of first vice-president! I had known that the officers usually came from the midwest and that boys were usu ally elected to the top two offices. Well, besides being well-qualified, my opponent was a boy from Kansas! Thursday night after dinner, we went to a floor show. As quests of the hotel, we saw “the rocking” Tommy Sands. Back in our rooms by 12:00, Katherine and I ordered some ice. If only you could have seen the bell boy’s face when he brought it up! He had expected to see a “liquor party,” but was stunned to find two innocent col lege girls and a bottle of Ginger Ale! The bill said seventy five cents; but he charged us only twenty-five! Friday was election day. The meeting began at 9:00 a.m. After committee reports, more campaign speeches, and two caucuses, the delegates were ready to vote. At the last minute suspense turned into agony! But I kept telling my self that Heinz had won. I had even prepared a little “congratu lations” speech for him! When the new officers were announced, I was stupified to hear my name! I just sat there a minute, telling myself he actually had said “Jerry Joyner.” (I was afraid to get up because I knew I’d feel like a fool if I went onto the stage and he had called the wrong name!) After signing the oath, I floated back to the room and flaked-out in a daze! We left Miami Beach at 3:00 Friday afternoon and drove to Daytona Beach for the night. The beach at Daytona made up for the lack of one at Miami! There was a mob of college students there that week-end (supposedly 50,000). And quite a few beach parties. Saturday morning we toured the ancient city of St. Augustine. We saw a famous fort and visited the Fountain of Youth. David, Bob, and I didn’t want to pay the ad mission fee at the Fountain of Youth, so the others went in while we walked around on the outside. On the outside, that is, untU we found an unlocked gate! Then we were on the Inside! But, as luck would have it, one of the guides saw us. Then we were on the outside again. But, we didn’t give up that easily! We went into the gift shop (it had a door which opened to the outside of the gar den). There we spotted another door; but, this opened into the inside of the garden. Just as we were going out the door (and into the garden), we met “our guide.” We decided to buy some gifts. Mr. Williams decided we had better leave St. Augustine while the city officials would let us. So we left for Charleston, South Carolina. Here we had a little difficulty finding motel vacancies. We fin ally got settled about midnight. Sunday, and back in the Tar Heel State. We had lunch in Wil mington and then turned the col lege wagon—if not our thoughts— toward Murfreesboro and Chowan. We were home at 7:30 p.m. As the saying goes: All good things must come to an end. And this one had. But our homecoming was not as dreary as we had ex pected. The girls had decorated the dorm for us and had planned a surprise “congratulations” par ty. Mrs. Grimes brightened our feelings by sending some beautiful red roses. It had been quite a week! A report of our “southern sa fari” would be incomplete without a “thank-you” to all the Chowan students, especially the Phi Theta Kappa members, and faculty. And a big “thank-you” goes to Bill Slate, my nomination speaker; and to all the Phi Theta Kappa mem bers who worked on my cam paign committees. Without them, victory would have been impossible! Sandifer Attends Professor C. L. Sandifer, chair man of the department of English at Chowan College, recently at tended the Institute on Language, Linguistics and School Programs held at the Sheraton Hotel in Lou isville, Ky. Approximately 75 college repre sentatives participated in the in stitute which was sponsored pri marily by the National Council of Teachers of English aided by directors of the various projects in linguistics as aids to the correction of errors in language instruction elementary and college levels. The participants were a cross - section of elementary, high school and col lege teachers, administrators, and textbook publishers. The group will hold another simi lar institute April 21-27 at Atlantic City, N. J. Union Drive The back entrance to the college has been paved with a thick layer of asphalt. Previous to this paving, the back entrance had been a dirt road which was very rough and bumpy. The Chowanian had recently editorialized on this condition. The road is approximately one- fourth of a mile in length. The road furnishes an entrance for the day- student parking area, the athletic fields, and the gymnasium. The asphalt was put down by the Rose Brothers Paving Com pany at a cost of approximately $2,000. Debate Team Outstanding The Chowan College Debate Team finished eighth out of 23 col leges in debate competition at the Morgan State Debate Tournament in Baltimore, Md. last week. City College of New York won the tour nament with a perfect record. Two Chowan sophomores. Bill Slate and Harvey Sutton, both of Richmond, Va., tallied the great est number of points to date by taking three of the four rounds of debate in Baltimore. Professor Calvin Dickinson, debate coach, ac companied the Chowan team. In the first round Chowan faced the University of Delaware and picked up a split decision, debating the negative side. In the second round, Chowan went affirmative and lost their only round of the day against American University which finished second in the tourn- ment with both of their team members receiving s p e a k e r’s awards. Chowan went negative again the third round against Howard University and won an other split decision. Princeton University was nega tive against Chowan’s affirmative in the fourth and final round and Chowan came out ahead with an other split decision. Chowan had 77 points against Princeton’s 76. The Chowanians tallied a total of 276 points for the entire tourna ment. Circle K Attends Professor Calvin Dickinson, facul ty advisor for the Circle K CJlub at Chowan College, recently accom panied four Chowan College stu dents on a trip to the Carolina Con vention of the Circle K. The Con vention, held at The Citadel, was the first district convention to be attended by the Chowan Circle K. Students accompanying Profes sor Dickinson were Harvey Sutton, Richmond, Va.; Mickey Spencer, Roanoke, Va.; Jim Lee, Washing ton; and Gene Anderson, Enfield. One of the students, Mickey Spen cer, ran for a district office. He was defeated by a candidate from East Carolina College for the office of Lieutenant Governor. The Circle K Club is an organi zation which offers both service and social opportunities to the stu dents. Mem^rship in the Circle K is open to all male students who have completed one semester of work at Chowan and have main tained an average of 1.7 or better. The applicant must also be a stu dent in good standing with the col lege. The Chowan Circle K Club is sponsored by the Ahoskie Kiwanis Club. If all the cars in America were lined up in a row, someone would pull out and try to pass them. FOR APRIL-MAY, 1963
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