Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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T h e C h o ' H ' a M o k a 1 § 3 5 CLASS HISTORY ON Septenihev 7, 1931, in the midst of the depression whieh was swcejiing over the coniitry, forty new students found tlieir way to Chowan. Tliis ehiss has been faced with the depression thronjrh all of its four years, so it may triil - he called the dejjression class. In s})ite of this, we feel tiiat the cl.iss has achie e(l niiieli. Our Freshman class was composed of both boys and girls. Do I say hoys. ' ' Why, yes, indeed; this was the first year that boys were admitted to Chowan. Out of the eigllt youiig men who .ittendcd (liow.ni tli.it year, six of them were members of our class .and were we proud of them I We considered it (]uite a distim-tiou to be the first freshm.-in class to have young- uuii enrolled. Along with us in 1931 came Miss Margaret Hight. of Henderson, North Carolina. our Professor of History. We chose her as our s])onsor, and she has gone on through the four years with us. She has been a real stand-by and has worked with us f.aitli- fully. We are proud to haxe li.ad her for .ill our years at Chowan. When the first issue of the college paper, the Chuicanian came out, tlierc ajipearcd in the Who ' s Who Column the names of ten Freshmen who were valedictorians of tlieir higli school graduating classes. We were very jiroud of this distinction. and it caused some people to open their eyes to us as a class. During our Freshman year everything that happened was very important to us. We were introduced throughout the year to the many traditions and customs of Chowan. During the early fall we were entertained a number of tiuus. The B. S. U., the two Literary Societies, and our Big Sisters, the .Inuiors, gave us ])arties. The first year we learned tlu ' signiiieanee of the usu.-il events that occur each year at Chowan. Among these are the annual picnii ' for the college family. Soj)homore Day with all its fun, Founders ' Day, The Brown Lady ' s yearly visit to Chowan, P-Nutting at the Christmas season, and Society Day. the first of March. With Old Man Depression still with his head high, many of us managed some way or other to get back to Chowan again in the fall of 1932. However, our ninuber had decreased considerably. That was a rather quiet year for some of us. Of tourse we did have to take some time off in the fall to tame down tiie Freshmen and let them have some experiences similar to wh.it we as Freshmen had Iiad the year before. When we finished with them. I think they re;ili d how green, and insignificant they were. During our Sophomore ye.ir we had to be quiet and stand aside while the nation elected a new jiresident and started the New Deal. Our class was very proud to have a ch.uuc to help Roosevelt a little. The History Department, (uir class in- cluded, jiut on .1 mock nominating convention, and nominated Roosevelt by .111 over- whelming vote. Mr. Roosixilt cirtainly had our whole hc.-irted supjiort. J

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Flhe Cho vainolka f JUM- M o-t JUji. - iU X(JIIA Mae; WAiiri. A.I!. .Merry Hill, X. f. LuCALIAX Vii-H President Class ' 33; Student Council ' 33 3.); Y. W. A. Circle Leader ' 33; Manu ' er Tea Room ' 34; B. Y. P. U. ' 34; B. S U Council ' 34- Society Critic ' 34; Societ.v Chaplain ■34- Cla.SK Secretary and Treasurer ' 3.5; Mornina Watch Leader ' 3. ' i ; Y. W , A. Vice President ' 3, .. Takiiui Nora . f, (, ' .■ iiiithil.-: ice fin, I gome inferesfiii! K ' r .v . xiihxliliitr for lirr iiiinic- N Nvul U ' ]Vi„„il,!, ll ' r ,, )V7, ;:r ,„ ,,ni Mm Is ,ni„lli,r tl:u, cnniiiilr „f Ihi „hl sai iin Ilia Hi, laxl ,l,i,„h ,;,ii„ u-rapiiiil ill siiiall juu-ka, ,, ' . Il ' , xcll iiat fariiit her zc ' illliif iirsx la liilii „r Ihi ' tiiii,.-- Iiir arfi.itic ahilili, hai, h,,ii „ in-iat aid la IIS. I.vrz Vii.i,(ii(i!iiiv, B.S. Alid.skic, X. C. I.UCAI.IAN Class President ' 32, ' 33. ' 34, ' 35; Alternate De- hater ' 32; Y. W. A. Circle Leader ' 32: President Edward ' s B. Y. P. U. ' 32; B. S, U. Council ' 33; Sunday School President ' 33 ; Secretary Society |34; Society Dehater ' 34, ' 35; B. Y. P. U. Director ' 34; Vice President Athletic Association ' 34; Vice President State B. S. U. ' 34; President Society 3.-); B. S. U. President ' 35; Business Mana -er CHOWANCIKA ' 35. rrr is aiir mil slaiiil l.ii. I),ar liirz is a ir.rliin af f riillilli iiiss . ami iiauil -,cill. 1,1 hi r ' icr fiiiil niaiiji Irails llial xcr all ih-sirc, iiiihislriaiisnrss. fail lif iihiiss . siiiririlii. de- priidaliilil,,. Old iial. Kv aliiiasi riivii i,au too af i aiir iiilellirliial ahilili . and icr haiie that il mail hriiiii to i aii Ihc licst thai this ic ' arld affirs. Also u ' , ' xcoiild iial fariirl j oirr slight liiidi ' iiri la talk aiin In a ichilr—we do hope that .nan will ahcai s , ahir la do this. Your fricndshij, m,-ans iinirli la iis and iiinii it last Ihraiiiili llir i iars. Our lavr and hisl xc ' ishis , n 7cilh ii ' an from Chawan. Twenty-one

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J c) 3 5 T In e C Ih o ' a n o k a The I ' mII iif Ii);i;i liniii.ulit us h.-ick au ' .-iiu for a vtrv iin|i(iitaiit year oi (lui- colli ' u.c carter. U ' c wire truly upixrclassuuu tliiii. Wc liail suildiuly iliauucil Irciiii Little Sisters to Bii;- Sisters. Vi- had eliarne of the Tea Room that year, and it pro ed to he quite a sueeess. The most iuiiiortaul e eiit of the yiar for us was the Junior-Senior banquet whieh was j;iven April - ' 1 . l!t;!f. In spite of the many obstacles we had to face, the depression class, through e.ireful manaiiemeut of the tea room and otiier efforts, accumulated funds enoufih to |)ut on .i xcry nice liaM |iiet. Tin S])auish i lea was used througlmut. Two of our .luuiors were numbered auioni;- the Siiiiors last year. One reeii -ed a ])ublic school music (lii loma. and the other, an expression diploma. We were xery proud of them. Our class has been very susceptible to the so-called marrying fever. Three of our members are married two beina ' married to each other. Certainly this has never been the case iu any other class ;it Chowan. At the beginning of this our Senior year we had fifteen in our class, one of whom came from another school to join us. And even one of the members of last year ' s graduation class came back to be w itli us. We are glad to count him in our number. This year had in store for us much work. res|)(nisibility, and pleasure. The most important officers of the various organiza- tions had to come from the Senior Class. These included four members of the Student Government Council, B. S. U. President, the two Society presidents, and the Athletic association president. There is quite a great deal of responsibility that goes with each of these offices. In thinking of our Senior year we would not forget the nice banquet that the Juniors gave us in April. It will always be remembered. This year we have had more social privileges granted. We were allowed to chaperone all underclassmen the second semester. We appreciate the confidence that was placed in us. We feel that we have made one great aecomi)lishment this year; that is, getting (Uit an annual, the Chowanoka. It took a great amount of coin-age and effort to undertake this task. This is the first year that Chowan has h.-ul .-in annual for several years. We are very proud that we the deiM ' ession class, c ' ould do this nuieh for our college this year. And now we the class of ' ' ■io are about to come to the end of our jcun-uey tluauigh college. We leave our best wishes to Chow.iu. .and trust th.it e.ach of us no in.itti ' r where we go, or what we do, will ever riiii;iiii loyal and true to our dear Aliu.a M.iter. Mabel Cahuoi,!., C fl.v.v llisldr ' niii. Tu ' iiihi-ll,,-