Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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There was a Chowan Senior of 1920, who had a Dream. In this dream, behold she stood before the old gate of Chowan College, even as it was in the Early Days, as early as 1867. And lo before the gate she saw three Flaming Figures. Who are you? said the Senior. We are, they replied, the Pioneer Virtues which have made Chowan possible. And the one who had a calm brow and the Eye of a Seer said, I am Vision. And the second, who was Full-Armed and of Heroic Mien, said I am Courage. And the third, who was of a Tender and Noble countenance, said I am Loyalty. Then said the Senior in Great Admiration. I realize that you have made Chowan possible. But even as she spoke the figures seemed to cloud into a mist before her eyes. And in a twinkling there stood in their place three Young Girls, dressed in the fashion of Olden Times, even as far back as 1867. And they smiled upon the Senior of 1930, and then turned to enter the Old Gate by the Swinging Door in the middle. But the Senior said, Please stop. I feel that you could tell me much about the first days of Our College, for I feel that you possess the three Pioneer Virtues which made it possible, and that you could give me a new understanding and a better love for Old ChoAvan, since you knew and loved it long before I did. And they smiled again, and one of them said, Ask us about it. And lo the Senior awoke from the Dream. But she did ask them about it. She found that the three young girls were now three dear Old Ladies. And it was more than a pleasure to talk to them of their College Days, and to glimpse the Intellect and the Spirit that was theirs. It was like being once more in a Dream. And from this Inspiration it was decided that —

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With reverence and affection we dedicate this 1930 edition of the Chowanoka to the three oldest living graduates of Chowan College — MRS. T. G. WOOD who was Dora Askew, of the class of 1867 MRS. T. J. VANN who was Betty Mitchell, of the class of 1869 MRS. C. W. MITCHELL who was Pauline Mitchell, of the class of 1869 I May we, and those who follow after us, be worthy to follow after them, and may our lives and our influence not fall too far short of theirs in gentleness, and strength, and cheer, in Vision, and Courage, and Loyalty.