Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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BASHIE CORNELIA SYKES Conway, N. C. Up! III)! my friend, and quit your books, Or surely you ' ll groiv double. Up! up! my friend and clear your looks. Why all Ihh foil and trouble? Certainl} ' tliiit look is one of u student. Yes, she is truly the most studious of the Class. Could we dissect her brain we should find there lines, angles, and circles, chemistry formula; and laws, and problems in physics, but above them all would be page after page of Cicero ' s Orations, since Latin is her favor- ite study. BEULAH MAE •AUGHA ■ POWELLSVILLE, N. C. With a heart fur any fate. Beulah is without a doubt our tyjiii-al college girl. Not only is she (luick and apt in her studies but in cvi-rythiufj else at which she tries her hand. Slic is ixtpular with all the girls from the dignified Seniors to the )ioor little Freshmen, who find in her a com- forter. From the band of Freshmen she has chosen one to love and protect. The bonds of friendship between Achilles and Patroclus were not closer than those between Heulah and Bruce.

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ELIZABETH E. .STEPHENSON Pkm)Let(i . . ( . .t jH ' rffCl iPiiiiiiui, iiohli jildniivil, Til iriirn, to ciiiiifoii. iiiiil ciiiiiiiiaiiil . (iriitlc and amiable in lis|)(jsiliun, jilic cari ' ies herself with all the statelincss and dignity of a queen. She is greatly admired for her sweet voice, and since she won the Voice Medal in ' 10, she is always singing of the trees, the brooks, the flowers, and birds, especially martins. We can ' t quite account for the great interest she takes in all that goes on at W. F. C, since she has no brother there. LENNIE (iOODWIN STEPHENSON Pendleton, X. ( ' . The most manifest niyii of ii ' isdoin in con- tinued cheerfulness. If Lennie could be characterized by one word, it would be cheerfulness, for no matter liow cloudy the day or how hard the lessons she always has a bright smile and a pleasant word for everybody. Her sweet voice has been heard in many recitals and her leaving means a great loss to the Music Department.

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5 JPropijecp of Clagg of 19 U INCE I have been allowed to assume the foreknowledge of a superhuman being and to look into the future of these brave heroines before me, I will say with the superhuman in Macbeth: When sliall we twelve meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurly-burly ' s done, When the battle ' s lost and won — That will be ere the set of sun. We realize that the sun has almost set on our schooldays and we nuist soon go into a wider life. As a prophetess, though the most rejected of people, it is my privilege to look into the future of these my classmates and tell Avhat each must face. If I remember rightly, although I am not so sure of the past as of the future, I believe Dr. Bruner has advised us to hitch our wagons to stars. When we became fright- ened at the heroes of the JEneid and the lines and angles of Geometry, these words rang in our ears. When, too, we were weary of struggling with the ideas of Pesta- lozzi, or with the investigations of Froebel and of Herbart, we took new courage and pressed to our stars. To reach the greatest star became the aim of my class- mates, but soon they were weary of their struggle and disappeared, leaving Dr. Bruner sitting on the edge of the firmament reaching for his star, while I am standing near in amazement, gazing at the great height to be attained. A soft voiced Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, speaks to me, saying, Turn your telescope on the heavens and take a general sweep. There I behold a light which dazzles my eyes, brighter by far than any star of the first magnitude. The second peep reveals to me our President, Beulah Vaughan, who has out- stripped us in her journey just as she always did in our college days. You will surely like to know why she is so luminous; this is because at Chowan College she began her dramatic work and has continued to advance on the road of ora- tory, until at last she has become a star and is shining in the theatrical band of the Celestial sphere. Mary Parker, the athlete of our Class, comes whirling in from the far- extending space. She moves with such rapidity in a parabolic orbit that I believe she was in a tennis tournament and herself instead of the ball was accidentally struck. Perhaps she may be attracted by some great sun and will change her orbit to an ellipse which will hold her among the invisible stars. Turning the telescope in another direction, I behold a faint point of light twinkling in the distance; for the first time since we left old Chowan I see Lennie Stephenson. We all can easily understand how she reached such a height, for she