9
Heard In Chapel
THE GREERS AT HOME-Tommy and his wife, Anne, and eleven-months-old Thomas Dwayne, who
will be "another football player", according to his Dad.
Former Chowan Student Still Looks
Ahead In Fight Against Leukemia
AULANDER — As you drive
up to the service station in Aulan-
der a young, blond athletic nnan
hurries out to serve you. He is
friendly, with a ready smile a.s he
checks under your hood and cleans
your windows.
As you watch this energetic
young man on the threshold of
life, you would never suspect he
is a victim of one of the most
dreaded diseases known to man
kind, acute leukemia, or cancer
of the blood.
Tommy Greer, 22-year-old man
ager of the Aulander Texaco
station learned he was afflicted
with the disease three weeks ago.
The news would have broken the
spirit of most persons but Tom
my, a former high school and
college star athlete, is determined
it won’t break him, and deter
mined he will overcome it, despite
the odds. It takes a real man
to protect this determination and
talking to Tommy one is convinced
it can be done and that he will do
Set of Books
Donated To
Chowan Library
Mrs. Neva Campbell, Librarian
at Chowan College, has announced
a recent gift of a set five books
by the Rev. J. M. Duncan and Ola
A. Chitty families of Murfreesboro.
The books donated to the Chowan
College Library are the five vol
umes of the International Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. They are given
in memory of the late Lieutenant
Commander Jay Murphy Duncan
and Ola A. Chitty Duncan and their
three daughters who lost their lives
on their way to Murfreesboro from
California last August. They were
in the course of being transferred
from California to Puerto Rico.
Mrs. Campbell has announced
that the books are being placed on
the appropriate shelf and will be
properly designated with the
names of the donors and the name
of the late Lieutenant Commander
Duncan and his family.
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No man has ever hurt his eye
sight by looking on the bright side
of life.
it. Tommy is a native of W. Va. He
came to Chowan College in tafiO, in
tending to go on to North Carolina
State College, but settled down in
stead after meeting the former
Anne OuLlaw of Aulander. The
couple has one child, 11 months
old Thomas Dwayne, who Tommy
says is another football player.
At Rupert High School, Tom
my was All-State and All-South-
ern at the halfback slot he played.
He won four trophies as he ad
vanced through high school as
the best offensive player each
season and during his junior and
senior year captured additional
trophies as the best defensive
player on the team. He also made
all conference as a basketball and
baseball player.
While a senior at Rupert High
Tommy secured an athletic scholar
ship at Chowan College. He came
to the junior college campus in
1960 where he played football good
enough to earn himself a full
athletic scholarship to N. C. State.
It was during his first year
at Chowan that Tommy’s plans
took a sudden change. He was
introducted to attractive Anne Out
law of Aulander, and shortly there
after the couple were married.
Last spring Tommy developed
what he thought was bursitis in
his shoulders and hips. Medical
treatment on the local level failed
to relieve him of the constant
pain. He visited Roanoke-Chowan
Hospital in .^hoskie a n d a hos
pital in Norfolk but was still un
able to gain relief.
Tommy was sent to Chapel Hell
for further tests, which disclosed
he had acu‘e leukemia, a disease
which annually claims some 14,-
000 lives out of the 17,000 who
contrct it.
Leukemia is a cancerous con
dition of the blood-producing or
gans, and can be arrested with
drugs, however, until now recur
rence has always been inevitable.
A government announcement
last week reporting the first cure
of acute leukemia in experimen
tal animals by combined treat
ment with chemicals and radia
tion lifted Tommy's spirit con
siderably, and he intends to in
vestigate the report fully, es
pecially since it stated the new
treatment had been used on
a few human patients in recent
weeks with no undue ill effects.
Greer is planning for his future.
Listening to this determined,
strong-willed young man with a
purpose, there’s little doubt he
will make it come true.
Dr. Ernest Trice Thompson,
well-known Presbyterian minister
and Professor of Ecclesiastical
History at Union Theological
Seminary in Richmond, Virginia,
initiated the series of chapel-as-
sembly programs at Chowan Col
lege during the month of Novem
ber. Using the theme of “Reform
ation,” Dr. Thompson spoke en
couragingly of the progressive out
look of the current Vatican Coun
cil. However, he reminded us of
ceL'tain theological barriers which
will continue to obstruct any talk
of reunion between Roman Cath
olicism and Protestantism.
On November 6, 7, and 8 Mr.
Joseph E. Gibson, executive
Consultant for the Schlieder Ed
ucational Foundation, New Or
leans, Louisiana, was a campus
guest. In addition to his appear
ance! before smaller student
groups, Mr. Gibson spoke to the
student assembly on two occas
ions. While majoring upon opport
unities available in the educational
profession and challenging stud
ents to take full advantage of such,
Mr. Gibson also delighted his au
dience with an “inside” account
of Mardi Gras in old New Orleans.
The weeks of November 11-22
saw local Murfreesboro persons
in charge o' the chapel programs.
On Wednesday, November 13, the
Reverned R. Harry Jordan, Pas
tor of Murfreesboro Methodist
Chu'ch, was guest minister in the
chapel. Friday, November 15, saw
Coach James Garrison in charge
of the assembly program. The
Reve end John Davis, Pastor of
Meherrin Baptist Church, spoke
to the students on Monday, Nov.
18. “If I Sat Where You Sit” was
the subject chosen by Chaplain
Taylor on November 22.
The Reverend Michael Malone
Rector of St. Thomas’ Episcopal
Church, Ahoskie, led Chowan stu
dents and faculty in a memorial
service for our late President,
John F. Kennedy, on Monday,
November 25. Said Mr. Malone:
"In this time of national mourn
ing and deep sorrow, it is no time
for bitterness, for frenzy, for hate
. . .which created the kind of
atmosphere in our nation in which
such a tragic event could occur.
Rather . . . this is a time to
dedicate our lives, our fortunes,
and our sacred honor to the
causes and to the visions for
which John Fitzgerald Kennedy
nobly lived and died.”
A litany of thanksgiving, along
with a brief devitional message,
marked the chapel period on Wed
nesday, November 27, led by
President Bruce E. Whitaker. All
who participated were reminded
anew of the many things for
which we have cause to give
thanks. In unison we prayed: “We
beseech thee, O God, that our
whole life may be a sacrifice of
thanksgiving unto thee. May all
that is within us be stirred up
to praise thee forevermore. We
thank thee for blessings around
us and within: for all thou hast
granted, for what thou hast with
held, and for everything yet in
store for us. Most of all we bless
thee for everything through which
thou drawest us to thyself, and
by which thou makest us thine
own: Through Jesus Christ our
Lord. Amen.”
SAD NEWS—Students and faculty members alike stand before the
Associated Press printers in the Graphic Arts building reading the
account of the tragic death of President John F. Kennedy as if
was flashed across the country by the wire news service.
CHOWAN COLLEGE CHOIR—The 44-voice choir has appeared many times in chapel and has made trips to various places to give
recitals. Other trips are planned in the spring. Mr. Robert Brown is conductor.
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