Student in 1956-58
Former SGA President, Father Establish Fund
A former president of the
Student Government Association
at Chowan College, Mike John
son, and his father, Henry S.
Johnson, have established an
endowed scholarship fund to
provide financial assistance for
needy students.
Mike attended Chowan from
1956-58. In addition to heading the
campus organization, he was a
charter member and president of
Phi Theta Kappa his sophomore
year. After graduation, he
transferred to Atlantic Christian
College. He received his degree
in business from Atlantic
Christian College in 1960 and
began work with his father in
Hamilton. Mr. Henry S. Johnson
is president of Johnson Mer
cantile Co.
The Johnson family has
other ties with Chowan.
Miie's wife, the former
Letha Irene Purvis of Bethel,
is a Chowan alumna. His
father assisted in the first
financial campaign under the
leadership of Or. Whitaker,
named president in 1957.
Mrs. Henry S. Johnson is a
Robersonville native, who
with her husband applaudes
the growth of services,
facilities and student body of
the college under the
dynamic leadership of Dr.
Whitaker.
The Johnson’s have a second
son, Samuel Warren, who is in his
second year of practicing law
I WONDER
“I Wonder,” the music-drama
by Ronald K. Wells (which was
high on the priority list for
“production” by BSU in the early
f^) appears now to have suc
cumbed to the pressures of other
college responsibilities and
(perhaps?) the refusal of msmy
who “started well” to “finish the
course.” A word of gratitude is
due those who attempted to
“make a go” of I WONDER, and
especially to Leeman Lamb, who
freely gave of his time to irect
the choral group in its efforts at
producing this piece of music-
drama.
I
after graduating from Duke
University.
The two Johnson couples are
members of Hamilton Baptist
Qiurch. Father and son are
members of the Lions Club.
In a special interview for “The
Chowanian,” the Johnsons
labeled Chowan’s growth during
Dr. Whitaker’s administration as
“fantastic.” They added that
Chowan enjoys a well-deserved,
outstanding reputation in
Hamilton and the area.
Mr. Johnson explained the
reason for establishing the
scholarship, known as the
Johnson Scholarship, was to
“help some students who are not
able to help themselves.” He
continued, “We have watched
Chowan’s progress over the
years and like the way it is run.”
The Johnsons established
the scholarship with a gift of
$2,000 and since then have
added an additional $2,000.
They a Iso provided the $300 to
fund the scholarship this
year.
Named recipient was a
Greensboro freshman, Richard
Lee Morton. He is a graduate of
Ragsdale High School and a pre
business major. He was selected
by the Scholarship Committee of
the college.
In expressing his appreciation
and gratitude for the generosity
of the Johnsons, Dr. Whitaker
praised their desire “to en
courage and to help meet the
needs of some worthy young
people” who are and will be
Cowan students.
He continued, “I per
sonally derive satisfaction
from the fact that they have
chosen to give expression to
their desires along this line at
this beloved institution of
Christian higher education."
Chowan’s president added, “I
am confident that both father and
son took into consideration,
among other things, that Chowan
was a help and provided the type
and quality of education which
was beneficial to member family
graduates who received a portion
of their educational experiences
and opportunity at Chowan.”
FORMER SGA PRESIDENT—Mike
Johnson's reminiscence of his days as
president of the Student Government
Association at Chowan draws the
laughter of his wife, Letha Irene, also a
former Chowan student, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S.
Johnson. All live in Hamilton.
Data Processing Course
Introduced At Chowan
By Professor H. RUSSELL
Data Processing 271 was in
troduced as part of the curricula
in the Department of Business in
the fall, 1970. The course is
designed as an introductory
course. All data processing
systems have certain common
fundamental concepts and
operational principles. This
course is not an introduction to
any specific machine, but,
rather, is intended to provide a
foundation for future detailed
study of specific systems.
Discussion centers around the
evolution of computer systems—
from manual methods to the
stored program. Lectures include
an introduction to the
organization of problems,
detailed coverage of various
storage media, fundamentals of
input and output media, such as
punched cards, paper tape,
magnetic tape, and printed
reports.
Elementary programming
techniques including machine-
language and symbolic
languages (Fortran, Cobal,
Report Program Generator,
PLl) are introduced.
Students prepare input for
the tabulating system and
electronic computer system
on an IBM 29, automatic
interpreting card-punch
machine. The machine is
equipped with two program
levels.
Field trips to installations of
tabulating and electronic
systems in colleges and in
dustries in the area prove to be
most informative as well as
entertaining.
The United States Department
of Labor predicts that the
operating of computers will
create the need for 8‘^ million
more workers in the coming
decade. In view of this prediction
and the acute need already ex
pressed by users of data
processing equipment, there is a
definite need of becoming
educated in the field of data
processing.
For those who have the ability
and who are willing to study and
work for the competence needed,
the future in the field of
automated data processing
appears to be unlimited.
St. Joan Presented Here
ESTABLISHES SCHOLARSHIP—
Bobby Cross, right, director of
development, discusses Chowan's
progress with two supporters, Henry S.
Johnson, left, and his son, Mike, who
have established an endowed
scholarship fund at Chowan. The scene
is the Johnson Mercantile Co. of
Hamilton, which Mr. Johnson serves
as president.
Was Joan of Arc truly a saint,
or was she a constant thorn in the
side of the state and the church,
both of whom finally were forced
to consign her to be burned at the
stake to regain their own
authority?
George Bernard Shaw fwn-
dered this question in his drama,
“Saint Joan,” which the Alpha-
Omega Players presented at
Chowan College March 15 in
McDowell Columns auditorium.
"Saint Joan" is the stirring
story of Joan of Arc's faith
and inspiration, and it vividly
depicts her multi-faceted
career from simple peasant
girl to great heights to her
final consummation in
Rouen.
The roles of the men in Joan’s
history provide added excitement
to this unusual evening
theater. They are the pompous
Spuire de Baudricout, forceful
and staunch Captain Dunois, the
sympathetic but militant chur
chman Ladvenue, the childlike
Dauphin and the sincere but
sinister Inquisitor.
The Alpha-Omega Players
have achieved a national
reputation for their project of
offering great drama in the
church, school and collegia
and last year their touring
companies presented over
600 performances in virtually
every state of the union.
Critics have lauded the Players
for an inspirational and com
pelling picture of the moving
episodes in the life of this young
woman who changed the histor>’
of France, staged with sincere
simplicity which is most fitting
for this soul-stirring enactment of
a woman’s faith
For March, 1971
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