Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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As I walked all alone, my thoughts drifted slowly back to my dear Alma Mater and my classmates. Suddenly I noticed a bent old form sittmg under a shade tree. At once I recognized her as the same old woman I had nursed so faithfully just a year ago. Then the association of her four-weeks ' stay in the hospital brought back her promise to me. I came near where she sat, and stood silent for a minute. She looked at me very closely, and then I saw her face grow bright, and she said, My dear child, where did you come from? I told her. Then, after some minutes she said, Oh yes; and I promised to tell you the fate of your classmates. Then she proceeded: Why, Elizabeth L. is now going to Emerson. She gets another diploma in Expression next spring. She will soon be a full-fledged society woman, until she meets a man that she knows is ' the man ' ; then her happy career will end. And Stella is going to Vassar now. She is a very ambitious girl, but she will surely marry a ankee, to get out of taking her final examinations. Annie, the flirt of your Class, has been in love with five different boys in the past six months, and if things go on at that rate she will be married Christmas. Perhaps you already know that Miss Wynn is married. No one could take her Education II Class except Jessie. She has been leaching Education II for the past two years at her Alma Mater. To be a member of the Chowan Faculty is a great honor. Retta, you know, always was a suffragette. After an excting campaign, last fall, she was elected mayor of New York. Now there is Lucile, who is a girl of many capabilities. Her great talent for Expression has led her to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century. Her latest poem — ' When the Day Is Done. ' Now may a long and prosperous life be yours, and may you always merit the praise of your Alma Mater. As the approaching shades of night awakened in me the realization that I was far from my patients, who would be growing weary for attention, I expressed my gratitude to the old woman, and turned my steps homeward, meditating over the glorious tidings that had come to me concerning my old companions. Hence to work after my stroll, and to wish that happ.ness pursue each member of the 1915 Class always. — Prophet Twenty-Two

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(1920) FTER the dreadful effects of the European war had been felt throughout all Europe, the less powerful nations felt most severely the backward step in civilization; and it was those upon whom the horrors of war fell most terribly. In addition to the destruction of the most glorious and powerful nations of Europe, a plague of the most terrible sort, which often follows war, when the strictest sanitary conditions are not maintained, came upon the little country of Roumania, destroying many thousands of the inhabitants. The call came to America for aid, and I was sent by the Red Cross Associa- tion to the little country of Roumania as a Red Cross nurse. In the hospital, there lay very ill an old woman, who attracted my attention from the very first. She was my patient, and as she began to improve I would read aloud to her each day. Finally, one day she said to me, Stop reading, and tell me about yourself. I had already told her that I was an American, so I gave her a short sketch of my life, mentioning only the important events. One of these events I told her was that I was graduated from Chowan College, in 1915. There were only seven in my Class. For some length of time I knew of the whereabouts of my classmates ; but years have passed now, and I have lost trace of all of them. How I wish I knew where they were, and what they were doing at the present time! In the midst of my conversation, my patient interrupted me, and said, My dear child, I ' m a fortune teller; and as soon as I recover, I will tell you of your classmates. A few days passed, and the old woman improved rapidly. Soon she was able to leave her ward. Time passed. I was kept busy with my work, each day becom ng interested in some new patient. The promise of my former patient had passed entirely from my mind. Late one afternoon of the following summer, I was tired from my week ' s work, and decided to walk out in the country, where I would be free from the noise of the city, and enjoy Nature ' s beauty.

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3o(uor CA ' .m Will Ft J vI E, the Senior Class of Chowan College, of the year of Our Lord Nineteen }, w ' N ' ' : Hundred and Fifteen, having passed through our Freshman year boasting ra fe that we passed our Mathematics examinations, passed mto Sophomore- ' ' dom, bearing with dignity all the honor of the regal splendor, and with- stood the homage paid us by our less fortunate sisters, the Freshmen and Preps. As Juniors, we rejoiced to see another step advanced towards the temple of fame, yet enduring stoically the taunts of our more favored sisters, the Seniors; having survived the torture of Psychology, Ethics, and Logic, and vanquished our eternal foe. Educa- tion n. Still remaining of sane mind, and realizing that we are about to be called from hence, we do hereby make our last Will and Testament. First — We order our Class Historian to make a record of our achievements; our unbroken record as a model Class; for the wise use of that inestimable constituent of the human brain, gray matter; our record of model decorum for the past four years; and that a copy of the same be donated to the College Library, for the benefit of posterity. Second — We give and bequeath to the Junior Class the privilege of being called Seniors, of editing the Magazine, getting out the Annual, serving at recitals, being on speaking terms with the Faculty, sitting at Miss Wynn ' s table, and the super- fluous amount of dignity possessed by our Class. Third — We bequeath the Sophomores all of the good advice concerning their lonely walk in life that we have been able to gather along the way, and recommend to them, as an antidote for false pride, one flunk in Trigonometry taken before meals as a Spring tonic. Fourth — Whereas the Freshman Class is too ignorant to know its needs, and too young to manage its affairs, we appoint the special teachers their guardians; and whereas they have found a place in the tender heart of the president, we declare it henceforth our desire that the Freshman Class have the privilege of taking a nap during study-hour, and compose the members of the Student CouncJ. Fifth — To the Preps, we extend the hand of comradeship. We know how you feel — but Be hearty, and endure ; and we bequeath to you the entire service of Dr. Campbell, to furnish teeth whenever they are needed. Twenty-Three