May Day-Alumni Meeting Scheduled May 2nd
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ALUMNI PRESIDENT C. BAILEY JONES AT THE GATE OF HIS CHURCH
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His Church
A Message from Your
Alumni President . . .
The Reverend C. Bailey Jones,
now serving his second year as
president of Chowan College Alum
ni Association, is pastor of the
West End Baptist Church, Suffolk,
Virginia.
President Jones graduated from
Chowan College in 1939 as a bus
iness administration major. He
received his B. A. degree from
the University of Virginia,. A. B.
S. from Croza Theological Sem-
nary, Chester, Pennsylvania. He
did graduate work at Temple Uni
versity, Phildadelphia, and South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He is a Rotarian, Master Maso,n
and the President of the Suffolk-
Nansemond Ministerial Associa
tion. He has served on the Southern
Baptist Foreign Mission Board,
two years as vice-president.
President Jones has recived
many honors including appointment
as a Kentucky Colonel. His activ
ities in religious and civic affairs
are too numerous to mention.
The West End Baptist Church
has a membership of 650. The
church itself is a beautiful colonial
sanctuary, with a wall around the
church yard and brick walls
through the beautifully landscaped
lawn. The church spire points 137
feet into the sky.
Why not visit The Rev. Mr.
Jones; and if you do he will proud
ly show you through and around
hi smagnificent church.
For anyone who may desire to
write the Alumni President his
address is: 1020 Pennsylvania Av
enue, Suffolk, Virginia.
Happy New Year fellow alumni
of Chowan College. During these
dawning days of this new year,
1964, it gives me, a great deal of
pleasure to greet you as your
alumni president.
Historic Chowan College is grow
ing rapidly and progress and
growth always call for change.
How grateful and pleased we are,
as sons and daughters of the Cho
wan College Alumni Fellowship,
to see our beloved Alma Mater
increasing in service and prestige.
The many visible changes, such
as the new dormitories, classroom
building, new driveway, and other
improvements, add new beauty,
dignity, and strength of character
and purpose to the fine traditon
of Chowan. Obviously, these chan
ges will enhance the service of
this beloved institution.
How grateful we are to Presi
dent Bruce E, Whitaker and his
able faculty and administrative
staff for their able and dedicated
leadership! But they need our
support and we must give it to
them.
I believe that we want to make
Chowan College one of the finest
junior colleges in our nation. In
order to accomplish this high goal,
the loyal support EVERY son and
daughter of this institution must
be mustered. As we become chal
lenged we must respond. How
long has it been since you visited
the campus? Time moves so rapid
ly and changes comes so quickly
that we are prone to forget what
the campus is like. You owe it
to yourself to return at the ear
liest possible dale. In this connec
tion, I an please to tell you that
we have an active Alumni organi
zation. We are cooperating with
Dr. Whitaker and his staff for an
even better Chowan. Now, we need
you! Plan now to attend your an
nual Alumni Day, Saturday, May
2nd. We will meet in the college
cafeteria for lunch and a brief
program. Then, in the afternoon,
we will assemble on the beautiful
Campus for the May Day Pro
gram. Mark this date on your
calendar now I am confident that
you will enjoy this occasion and,
certainly, you will be proud of
Chowan.
And now another important
thing. Get out your check book
and send the college a worthy
donation. More of our alumni are
needed in order to give Chowan
the necessary financial support.
Send in your check for the Alumni
Loyalty Fund today. H possible,
send another contribution to the
Chowan Development Fund.
If you are a recent graduate
of Chowan, we especially want to
see you. Your ties are closer to
the college than many others for
you are not too far removed from
the activity here. I believe tha
you will enjoy sharing your suc
cess with your Alma Mater.
I am looking forward to seeing
many of ,you at the college on
Saturday, May 2 for the annual
Alumni Meeting and May Day
P’rogram. Also, please render your
suggestions for our alumni work
and for the development of a
stronger alumni association.
Please know of my personal
interest in you, your family and
your work during this year, 19B4.
—C. Bailey Jones
The 1964 May Day celebration at
Chowan College is scheduled for
Saturday, May 2. Mrs. Jill Barr,
of the Department of Physical
Education, will direct the program.
Plans are now underway for the
annual meeting of the Annual
Alumni Association Meeting and
the May Day program. Both of
these May 2 meetings will take on
a new look this year. The May
Day program, which is always
held in the center of the Chowan
campus, will have a more beauti
ful setting as a result of the new
driveway and parking areas, as
well as additional landscping which
compliments the beauty of the
campus.
Perhaps not this year, but in a
very short while, 186 dogwoods
now planted will begin to show
their beauty around the entire
drive.
Mr. Jack Hassell, superinten
dent of buildings and grounds, has
initiated a program of continuous
improvement on the campus. The
first step has been the preparation
of the lawn for grass. A good coat
of winter grass blankets the entire
front of the campus now, and by
the time of the May Day season,
the campus will be in full beauty.
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Tentative Program For The
Annual Meeting Of The Chowan
College Alumni Association And
May Day Program On Saturday,
May 2, 1964
Registration and informal coffee
hour - 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Annual Alumni luncheon and
business session - 12:00 noon.
Invocation - 12:00 noon.
Lunch - 12:45.
Welcome from Alumni Presi
dent and President of the college.
Special entertainment.
Guest speaker or special pro
gram Alumni Association busi
ness meeting (including the
election of officers).
Adjourn - 2:00 p.m.
Immediately following the
luncheon and alumni meeting,
everyone will have the opportunity
to look over the campus then, at
3:00 p.m.. the college will pre
sent its annual May Day Pro-
grrm. The Program will be under
the direction of Mrs. Jill Barr,
Instructor in the Department of
Physical Educaion for women at
Chowan.
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Explanation
This issue of THE CHO-
WANi.\N carries re-runs of
pictu.es, features and stories
from earlier editions for the
bene.'it of some 2500 alumni
who do not receive THE
CHOWANIAN regularly.
To the alumni who would
like to subscribe, send $1 to
THE CHOWANIAN, P. 0.
Box 277, Murfreesboro.
MRS. JILL BARR
, , , May Day Chairman
Night Class
Registration
January 29
Registration for Chowan Col
lege’s on-campus evening classes
will be held on Wednesday, Jan
uary 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Science
Building.
W. C. Morrisette, Dean of the
College, has announced that classes
will be held Monday through Thurs
day evenings. On Monday and Wed
nesday evenings. English Litera
ture 202, Elementary French 102.
and World Geography 151 will be
offered. On Tuesday and Thursday
evenings. Biology (Zoology) 102,
Shorthand 112, and Typewriting 99
and 102 will be offered. Regular
students at Chowan will register
for these classes at the regular re
gistration period on Tuesday, Jan
uary 28. Other persons who wish
to take the evening courses on a
commuting basis will register on
January 29 at 7:00 p.m.
The tuition will be $15.00 per
semester hour for credit and $10.00
per semester hour for audit (for
persons who desire to sit in on
the course without receiving credit
and without taking required tests.)
Creative Writing Cour.se will
also be offered during the spring
semester. This class, which will be
taught by Dr. Bernice Kelly Har
ris of Seaboard, will be offered
on Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to
8:30 p.m. in the Science Building
Room 9. The regustration for this
course will be held at its first
meeting on February 4 at 7:00 p.m.
Dean Morrisette has announced
that additional courses will be of
fered during the evening sessions
upon sufficient demand. Con
versely classes may also be re
moved from the curriculum if a
sufficent number is not enrolled
to validate the teaching of the
course.
New Women s Dorm
Building Expected Soon
Chowan College officials are expected to receive bids
for two construction projects on January 30, 1964. Plans
for a new dormitory for women and an addition to the
cafeteria are virtually complete.
The dormitory for women will have 200 beds and an
area of approximately 40,000 square feet. The facility
will be located adjacent to the existing dormitory for wo
men, between J. Henry Jones Drive and Union Drive.
The three-floor structure will be fully air-conditioned and
be similar in appearance to the recently completed dor
mitory for men.
The addition to the college cafeteria will approximate
ly double the cafeteria space. A student store and
related facilities will be located underneath the new
addition.
W. D. Boone, Jr. of Charlotte, North Carolina is the
architect. It is anticipated that both structures will be
ready for use in Sepember of this year.
rOR JANUARY, 1964