Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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seen ill the glory of her new raiment. The wonderful improvements effected in building and equipment, under the supervision of our beloved new President will greatly supplement our memory of our Alma Mater. In accordance with the new atmosphere of the place, we have borne ourselves with all the dignity at our command. As a side-line, our class has ( ' (intributed toward the finances of the Annual by presenting at the College and three neighboring towns two amateur plays. For a graduating present to ourselves, we are planning a trip to Washington, D. C, to be made after commencement, under the chaperonage of President and ' Sim. Vann. As the Senior Class of l!t21, we go forth from this institution with a fond farewell to the Past, and a hearty greeting to the future. We feel that any failure on our part to cope with the world will be due to a lacking in our original outtit, and not to any fault in our training. The brightest of hopes accompany us all as we cross the threshold to full and responsible womanhood. — Historian. 14

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Senior Class History Our class has readied its goal after liaviiig been repealeilly added t(i and subtraeted from. Of its nine |ireseiit nieiubers (inly 1 v(i were Freshmen together four years ago. Eaeli of us, iiowever, lias been through the mill, and we are all ou a sutfieient level of sympathy to reeount with united hearts tlie ups anil downs of our college career. From the Ijeginning we have striven each year to live up to the principles eml)odied in our name. No Freshmen could have I ii fresher than we. When the mighty Sojjhs put us to l)ed, soon after our ai-rival at Chowan, we little ones abl.v retaliated by giving them the paddling which they .justly deserved. Throughout this year of our infancy we were a constant source of embarrass- ment, if not terror, to the Sophomores and Seniors. Such indignities as leaving them no alternative but to wear their every day shoes to. church, or, securing them behind locked dooi-s while we ate a double share of breakfast, were eonnnonly inflicted ujion these worthies. And, as for their liohling a class meeting undisturbed — it was simply out of tiie ipiestion! We came back the second year with a wise determination to show our successors their jilace as newcomers in college. Puffed up with imjiortanee, we assured them that certain procedures were dangerous to the health of youngsters so unskilled in the wa.vs of college life. lany were the trials of the Freshmen that year. If they planned a picnic, it was known to us before the guest-of-honor even dreamed of it. Once when they were making cakes for the purpose of entertaining the Juniors, somehow or other, an overmeasure of salt got into the batter. To their credit, however, we must sa.y that the.v bravely ate it all and quenched their wrath with an extra supply of water. On another occasion, we Sophomores en.ioyed a stolen delight, some cheese straws ])repared by tlie Juniors for the palates of the Freshmen. As faithful allies of our sister class we frequentl.y guarded the crow ' s nest while the Seniors held their councils there, thereby preventing our escapach-s of the pre- ceding year from being repeated by the new Freshmen. During our Junior year we, as jirospective Sen ' ors, conducted oui ' selves with budding dignity. The credit foi- our remarkable cahnness, I fear, how- ever, must be shared by IMiss Esther Wynn, who was in charge of the College last year. Her all-seeing eye had a peculiarly soothing effect upon our mis- chievous natures. The one big event of the year was the Juiiior-Senior reception to which every college stiulent looks forw ard longingly. Vain Illusion, liow like a shadow: sought, chased and grasped, it vanished into nothing 1 After weeks of thought and worry, then da.vs of labor and more worry, the final catastrophe came in the comjilete failure of our attempt to show-off when we entertained the Senior Class. All seven members of the Junior Class returned this year for the final bout. Besides these, we had two additions to our band. We are proud of our last year. Chowan will mean more to us in the future for our having 13

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CI ass r oem A NEW PERFECT DAY We have conie to the end of our journey here, And we look Imek over tlie way ; All the tests and exams we stood in fear While exempts made our spirits gay. Do you think what the end of tiiese perfeet years Can mean to vis Seniors, nine? We tlien thought it only a vale of tears, But bright it s joys now shine. We ' ve reached on this, our Comineneement Day, Tlie top of the ladder stee]). And we take the vow this day in May We ' ll all our ideals keep. Our dear Alma Mater ' s memory true Will never in fond hearts faxle. And through our lives with pride we ' ll view Tlic |)atli to the goal we ' ve made. —Poet 35