Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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Senior ClasiS ong Tune, Amkuica Hail ill the Senior hand ! Fresh, Soph, and Junior land Now nil are past. Only one aim had we — Seniors so grand to be, And tho ' but few you see We ' re here at last. Sixiu we had reached the goal Anil found that we, behold ! Had just begun. Latin and, Normal Two Too oft have made us blue, Yet we ' ve been firm and true And ninv we ' ve ivon. ' Faithful in all things we Our motto chose to be. And we always Have tried with soul and mind To do the work assigned Faithfully and loyally Thro ' all the day- . Now that our work is o ' er Seniors we ' ll be no more; ' Tis sad to tell. Now all our schoolmates near. And all our teachers here, And Alma Mater dear, To thee fareicell. — E. L. E.. -11.

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was trilling the high soprano notes and, unconscious of earthly existence, was caught up in a comet ' s tail and carried out of sight. There she continues to trill the merry notes in a Celestial conservatory of music. Who do you suppose is the next I see? Why, Jennie Sewell, so attractive and charming that she is attended by more satellites than Jupiter. But, alas, these satellites will retire, feeling them.selves eclipsed by a zealous Gardner. One night a message comes to me that there is a new star in the heavens. At once I turn my telescope in the way directed and observe a red planet with vapor arising from its surface. Oh! that is Daught Carter, who taught old red back Normal Two to a class of weeping Seniors, but after a few years decided that she would be hiipiMcr grinding at Mills than teaching Normal Two to girls in tears. Do I see a star gliding swiftly by? I do, and Claudine Joyner I s])y. She must have been asleep when the breakfast bell rang or absent trying to woj ' k out the date of Judgment Day, for this problem always gave her more trouble than the dates already known. But she is never left, and comes skipping in behind the others with a happy smile on her face. She was equally lucky at Chowan when, although sleeping until the breakfast bell, she would get up thinking she heard the rising bell, antl yet skip in to breakfast smiling. I look around for Bashie Sykes, but at first fail to find her. At last, down in the horizon, I find she has .stopped to spend a few years teaching Latin. Plenty of time and thorough work are her special characteristics, you know. She will come after a while, don ' t fear. Then I heard a roaring in the skies, gradually vanishing away in sweet strains of music which startle me. I need not tell you my surprise when I find Annie Howell in a conservatory of music, teaching the favorite harmonies of Chopin, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven. I can not delay longer as I have found all but three classmates; surely I shall find these. Yes, here is Clara Edwards, dignified and stately, just home from her trip abroad. She has cast her lot with those in the hospital, nursing the sufferers injured by falling stars. In the Milky Way I chance to glance, wuudcring what can be the cause of this white luminous band in the heavens. I find Lizzie Stephenson, a charming bride, with licr train glittering across the skies. The last on my list, but by no means the least, is Eunice Evans, who is a brilliant .star shot over from 1910 to take the A.B. degree. Oft she came to us in her gentle, sweet way and helped us over the difficult jjroblems with which we struggled at Chowan. We then thought her a star on earth, but it is now my privi- lege to gaze at her as a star in heaven, still coiKiuering every difficulty. Now in an instant the Class of ' 11 and ' 12, minus one, comes togetlu ' r around one common point, which is the Chowan of the skies, and from which each must radiate. All with one voice are praising the worthy Dr. Bruner who so fearlessly piloted them through their stormy voyage, and they are heralding the fair name of their Alma Mater through the heavens. The missing one, on whom falls the thank- less task, joins in praisi- from below. L. E. B.

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enior ' si ieiu of €xaminationsi IN examining diseases phj ' sicians alwaj ' s try tu find some means by wliicli the cause may be discovered. After that has been done, they then give prescrip- tions that ill remove the cause. Now that we have had the disease of exami- nations several times during tlie past four years, we are competent to prescril e a cure for it. The comljined wisdom of the Class of 1911 offers the following reconnnen- dations to the Faculty of Chowan College for future years: First, That all tears before, on or after examinations Iw forljidden. Second, That the three hours of examinations be divided by three. Third, That the teachers tell the i upils exactly what questions will be asked. Fourth, On Latin and Mathematics examinations all jionies and keys be freel.y allowed. Fifth, That alarm clocks be allowed to wake up the girls in Normal Two, any time during the night, in order that they ma ' jjass on Dr. Bruner ' s examinations. Sixth, Tliat the teacher of Geometry accept a jilane figure to re])resent a solid. Seventh, We recommentl a new text book in Geometry and Trigonomet ry in which all spherical triangles lie lucidly explained. Eighth, That ciuadratic equations, radicals and the binominal theorem be relegated to the observatorj-. Ninth, That all dates in history be confined to the Founding of Rome, Discoverj ' of America, Norman Conquest, and Declaration of Indepen- dence. Tenth, That only the formulie of water and sulphuric acid be required to be memorized in Chemistry, antl that all gases with taste and odor never be allowed to be made in the laboratory of Chowan College. Eleventh, We recommend to the trustees telescopes sufficient to reveal the discovery of new stars. 24