Chowan College - Chowanoka Yearbook (Murfreesboro, NC)

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T h e C Ih o w a n o k a 1 § 3 5 PROPHECY Sf])tciiilnT 15. 19t8 Elizabeth Citv, N. C. My dear MmIk-I: It is quite lucky for us. the class of ' 35. that you ha|)))eu to be secretary of the .•ihnunae association just at the time Chowan is to celebrate its hundredth anniversary. 1 .-ilso he.-ird th.at you were .Science te;icher there now. Of course. I knew that you would be connected with the collcfic in some way. because it became such a part of -oii when you were there that you would never forijct it. I was quite surprised when I got your letter asking uie to act as secretary to the class of ' 35 and find out what the members of the class are now doing. I have heard from .ill the class either directly or through some other jierson. After quite a bit of work I ha e the information you wanted. Some of our members will be there for the Celebration but a few are so far aw.-iy tli.at it will be impossible for theui to eoiiu ' . I lieard from Nora Mae Ward. Her .iddress is now Hobbsville, North Carolin.i. ■She h;is been teaching the ])ublii ' school tiu-rc since her graduation and has made |iiitt ' :i successful teacher. Thriuigh Nora Mae I heard about Inez Willoughby. Do you remember when Inez was president of our class. ' ' I always knew she would one day be famous. Nora Mae said just at the present time Inez was in China doing some scientific research work. She h.as gone quite a long way from dear old Chowan, hasn ' t she? If you by t ' hauce turn on your radio on .Saturday afternoon you would he.-ir another member of (Uir class, in person — none other than Cora Felt(Ui Hass. She is now a great singer in tlie Metropolitan Opera Company. I received a litter from Kdith .Smith last week. .She is another ime of our class th.-it is a teacher. Do you reuu-mber her ambiti(Hi to te;ieh in a citv dei)artuiental system. ' She is now teaching iu Norfolk. A ' irgini.-i. Not all of our class turned (Hit to be old maids either. Lucy Boone Freenum is now Mrs. Korie Co])eland. Of course, we till knew tli.it would hai)pen sooner ov later when we were .at Chow.-in. .She lives in her natixe town Couw.ay. North Carolina. Not by . ' iiiy mc;ins must wt ' forget our boys, (iilbcrt D.avis is ruiiiiiug a division of Pcuiler ' s Ciiain stores. His liead(|u;irters ;ire in Richmond. ' irgiuia. You remember that two of our class did not wait until after gr.-iduation to get married. C.itberiue .lud Wilson. Wilson is now ninuing .i .Soa]) F.-ictory. Through some ehemie;il ex|ieriiiieiit lie fouuii .-i new w;iy to lu.-ike soap. The only time T-UCIllil fa,ll-

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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,,-

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19 3 5 T Ih e C h o w a n o k a C ' .-itlicrinr uses licr TracluT ' s C ' ci-tiHcatr is when she is tfaciiiiii;- Wilson Jr. aiHl littl. ' CatluriiK- tluir A 15 ( s. Lili I ' ai-krr is now studyini; at tlic L ' ln ' viTsity of California. She li.as been teaching since slic left C ' liowan lint is now nsinjj, ' some of hard e.irneil nionev in her graduate work. I don ' t think I.ih will stndy nuich nnn-e. Her nncle died a few weeks ago and left her as his heir. Linda I,ee { ' ' erguson realized her anihition .and t.aught school sever.al years after gr.adn.ation. hut left te.ai ' hing Jirofession to heconie .Mrs. Ilor.aee .lohnson two vears ago. The last of our class Maggie Price is coaching .a girl ' s IJaskethall Team. She has made a very successful coach, her team li;ning won first |)l. ' U ' e in tile st.-ite last year. I h.ave enjoyed doing this work for ycui .and ,am looking forw.ard to see you at Cliowan in the near future. Love, Lois CARTwnifiiiT. m Twenty-five