Alumni Edition
Editorial Page . .
Hello Alumni!
Some 2,100 of you former Chowanians will
receive this issue of THE CHOWANIAN. We
have tried to include much that has happened
during the past year at your Alma Mater to
bring you up to date.
It is no doubt impossible for some of you to
get away from work, home and family to come
to Murfreesboro even to attend the Annual
Alumni Association Meeting. So we are glad
that through the pages of THE CHOWANIAN
you can learn through words and pictures of
the tremendous advances being made at
Chowan.
It is the hope and desire of the administra
tion, faculty, and staff at Chowan that the
1964 Annual Meeting of the Chowan College
Alumni Association will be the best attended
in many years. There are so many reasons
why, you as an alumnus, will want to attend.
Elsewhere in this edition you will read about
the new buildings, driveway, parking areas
and other improvements that have been made.
Certainly you will want to inspect the dormi
tories, the magnificent new classroom build
ing, and see all of the NEW Chowan.
So, why not start planning now so that your
vacation will fall around Saturday, May 2,
1964? Plan to bring others with you — wife,
children, girl friend or boy friend, parents,
and others.
You will be glad that you did.
The Coming Year
Webster says that a YEAR is a length of 365
days and that NEW means “the beginning or
appearing as the reacurrence, resumption, or
repetition of some previous act or thing.” Al
though these are the general meanings of the
words, a new meaning seems to appear when
they are linked together.
A NEW YEAR usually means many differ
ent things to each individual. To the small
child, it may mean another birthday and may
be even a new toy. To the teenager, it may
mean another year of school has passed and
they are nearing the point of maturity. To the
young married couple, the NEW YEAR may
mean a son or daughter in which to share their
love. To the older generation, it may mean the
passing of a loved one and maybe the year in
which they can rest and watch the rest of the
world go by.
At the beginning of this NEW YEAR, one
should look back over the past year and try to
improve himself as best he can. No matter
how well one projects himself, an improve
ment can be made. As many cartoons show
the NEW YEAR as a small child, one should
also start a NEW YEAR as a child: Eager to
give up bad habits and even more eager to
learn good ones.
We, as college students, should look upon the
NEW YEAR with anticipation and enthusi
asm, for it promises to hold many new experi
ences for us. As young adults, we should adapt
ourselves to the events we will surely encoun
ter.
We should consider the NEW YEAR as
another chance to improve ourselves mentally,
physically, and spiritually as well.
At this point in our lives, our school and its
subjects and activities seem to be our major
concern. This is as it should be. However, let
us not forget our lives in general. We should
feel as close to God as we do our favorite
teacher and be able to talk to him as easily.
Yes, this is a NEW YEAR we have entered
and it promises to be an exciting one. We shall
miss old friends, but meet new ones. For
many, this year will mean their final year
here at Chowan, and this brings a thought of
regret. But for many more it means a start at
something completely new; of experiences
they will never forget, and of acquaintances
they will remember for the rest of their lives.
Here at Chowan, a NEW YEAR is a happy
beginning, and this year should be the happi
est. —Gloria Dean Barnes
MISS SUSIE HARPOLD
Chowanian of the Month /
Selected by the Editors of The Chowanian
Miss Susie Harpold of Virginia Beach, Vir
ginia has been elected the most outstanding
student of the month at Chowan College.
She attended Princess Anne High School
where she was president of the Theta-Tri-Hi-Y.
She was voted most outstanding Tri-Hi-Y
member in Norfolk for 1962. She was also vice
president of the Keyette Club.
At Chowan College Susie was State Student
Legislature delegate her freshman year. Dur
ing her sophomore year she is editor of the
CHOWANOKA. As a freshman, she was the
Lusiness Manager.
Susie is Secretary-Treasurer of the Student
Government this year. She was also elected as
Sweetheart of Dorm “B”. She is a member of
Cxix Memorial Methodist Church in Philippi,
West Virginia.
As for her future, she plans to work for a
plastic surgeon or obstetrician.
The staff and students congratulate Susie as
being the Chowanian of the Month!
I AM PRINTING
From Johann Gutenljerg, I have come,
Through the ages of trouble, through times
of toil,
To this tlie present age, these times of
Generalizations, Automations, Complications.
Luljricater of the wheels of modern living,
I am the hallmark of advanced civilization.
A permanent contrii)ution to society,
1 am communicator, advertizer, educator.
Leaving behind the age of darkness.
Enlightening the world today.
1 teach the baby his first letters;
Tlie schoolboy his first lesson.
“Last Supper” of da Vinci;
Oratory of Churchill;
The Bible, E-MC'—
I am the art of preservation.
The thrill of creation.
I am informer of all nations,
Educator of all races.
I hold history in my hands forever;
I am evangelists for all religions.
What debt of gratitude shall I receive?
I am printing!
—Charles Stevens
Gift Bespeaks Broad Need
“I hope, also, that this gift will encourage
other potential donors to help meet the needs
of this growing institution of Christian higher
education.”
So concluded Mrs. Texie Camp Marks’ state
ment released with the announcment of her
gift of over $200,000 to Chowan College. If Mrs.
Marks, a Boykins, Virginia, resident had won
dered whether her gift would be an inspiration
to others, she ought to cease this wondering.
There ought not to be doubt in any minds
about the inspirational qualities of this and
other gifts Mrs. Marks and her late husband
have made to the Roanoke-Chowan’s home-
born college, Chowan.
When referring to Chowan it used to be pos
sible to say “home grown.” Home born it was,
but home grown it is no longer. Chowan has in
its influence, in its needs, in its respect out
grown the bounds of the Roanoke-Chowan
which earlier was almost its sole sustenance.
This further gift by Mrs. Marks is but another
indication of the fact of Chowan’s growth. Mrs.
Marks lives outside the bounds of the R-C
in fact outside the state as does a large per
centage of Chowan’s student body. Chowan
must be nurtured by sources outside our area
if it is to continue to grow just as it must draw
students from outside if its intellectual atmos
phere is not to be stifling from lack of variety.
This need for outside support, such as that
of the Marks family, will grow as Chowan con
tinues to grow. And grow it will. The recent
Baptist State Convention authorized Chowan to
borrow up to a million dollars for new con
struction. Plans are already going ahead on
how this new financing will be used. Included
are a new 200-woman dormitory, an addition
to double the present cafeteria with student
store facilities in the addition’s basement and
nearly a quarter million dollars toward a new
library. Another 200 women students will put
the school’s enrollment well over 1,000.
A growing college needs support such as
Mrs. Marks’ gift. It follows equally that sup
port such as this and such as having a sizeable
student population from across the state line
needs some recognition beyond that of praise.
Specifically it would seem justifiable to have
this support represented on the college board
of trustees.
In putting off the squabble over new repre
sentation on the Wake Forest College board of
trustees, the Baptist convention appointed a
committee to study the matter for a year. The
committee was also instructed to look into
trustee selection policy at other Baptist insti
tutions in the state, Chowan being mentioned
specifically. I would be well for this group to
look into representation from Virginia on the
Chowan board.
Mrs. Marks says she hopes others will be
inspired to give to Chowan by her action. We
hope so too. We think it would further encour
age gifts, particularly from institutions and
organizations, if the board of the R-C’s home
born college is broadened to recognize the fact
ihat it is no longer entirely home grown.
—Windsor Ledger-Advance
I The Chowanian Staff
S Student Editors
I ELBERT ARLEDGE, JR. DEAN BEANES
Associate Editors
I JANET FLINN JEFF SULLIVAN
i Sports Editors
I BILL ROLLINS HAROLD LANDIS
News Reporters
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CHARLES STEVENS ELLIOTT SWINDELL |
Photographers
BOBBY HAYES ALLEN BASNIGHT
PAT SHUFFLER JAMES BOUGHAN
Circulation Managers
JOE MARETT, JR. RICHARD MORRIS
Faculty Editors
JOHN McSWEENEY WILLIAM B. SOWELL
HERMAN W. GATEWOOD
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VOLUME 12 . JANUARY, 1964 . NUMBER 4
THE CHOWANIAN