Thanksgiving, Climax or Beginning
LEWIS DOMINICK ROMANO
This Month's Outstanding Student
We usually assum e th at T hanks­
giving comes a t the Climax of a
good season which has yielded
a good harvest. Cary N. Weisiger,
III, said “ The crisp freshness of
each new day, the smell of the
good earth nearly turned for win­
te r wheat, a golden carp et of
leaves in the woods, bulging bens
of fruit and grain, and tables
loaded for a feast excite our won­
der and gratitud e,” Upon re ad ­
ing this statem ent I looked across
the tree-studded Chowan College
campus. We’re in a new day!
In fact with the ringing of each
class bell we begin new experi­
ences. What about the h arv est?
Yes, there is a harvest. The new
buildings, the new d r i v e w a y ,
young m en and women with new
thoughts and new ideas, and a
whole fam ily of C h o w a n i a n s
dream ing of tomorrow. T h at’s
when
graduation
day
comes
around and the g raduates move
to a new sunset. Then th ere ’s
the fall sem ester. T h at’s when
the new crop comes in and life
takes on new meaning.
The 1963-64 session is off to a
good sta rt and prom ises to be
the g reatest y ear in Chowan’s
115 year history. With the coming
of Thanksgiving we become aw are
that the year is approxim ately
one-third over. Well then, we are
certainly not reaching the Climax.
Our Thanksgiving this year, and
hopefully for the years to come,
is a beginning. We have a begin­
ning because we a re thinking
about Thanksgiving. Paul was
talking about ungodly m en (Ro­
m ans 1:21, Williams translation).
‘‘So they are without excuse, be­
cause althought they once knew
God they did not honor him as God
or give him thanks, but becam e
silly in their senseless spectulations, and so their insensible
h earts have been shrouded in
darkness. Though claim ing to be
wise, they m ade fools of them ­
selves,and have transform ed the
splendor of the im m ortal God into
im ages in the form of m ortal
m an, birds, beasts, and rep tiles.”
God gave them up to sexual umpurity, in the evil trend oft heir
h earts desires, so that they de­
graded their own bodies with one
another, for they had utterly
transform ed the reality of God
into w hat was unreal and wor­
shiped the creatu re ra th e r than
the crea to r.”
This is a warning for one to
look for a beginning. A theolog­
ian has said th at gratitude is
being rendered the m om ent one
begins to think about rendering it.
I ’m glad to be here. I ’m glad
th at the Thanksgiving season has
come. With God’s help I want
to be thinking, thanking, and
beginning.
Duo Pianists
To Perform A t
Chowan In March
Ruth and Naomi Segal, identi­
cal twins grand duo pianists will
perform March 10, 1964, in the
auditorium of Chowan College as
the third of four scheduled p er­
form ances of the Mutual Concert
Association. The Segals began
their careers a t the age of five
and have perform ed extensively
throughout the eastern seaboard.
Virgil McBride, president of the
Mutual Concert Association, said
the current m em bership drive is
progressing satisfactorily and th at
there were a limited num ber of
m em berships still open for new
m em bers.
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‘‘Were you ever bothered by ath ­
lete’s foot?”
‘‘Once, when a football player
caught me out with his girl.”
Selected by the Editors o f THE C H O W A N IA N
Lewis Dominick “Ludy” Romano, a sophomore at Chowan College
has been selected as the OUTSTAJNDING STUDENT OF THE
MONTH.
Ludy is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Romano of Richmond, Va.
He attended Hermitage High School in Richmond. Ludy played
football and baseball in high school.
Ludy has been and is one of the most active boys on the Chowan
campus. During his freshman year, he played football, was a
member of the monogram club, was and still is the vice-president
of the Circle K, which requires a L7 academic average, and was
and still is the enlistment chairman of the BSU. This year, his
sophomore year at Chowan, he has added to his activities the vice­
presidency of the sophomore class.
Ludy is a member of the Ginter P ark Bapti.st Church in Rich­
mond. During his senior year in high school, he was Youth Day
pastor.
Following his graduation from Chowan, Ludy plans to attend
Randolph Macon College to pursue an English major.
Congratulations to one of the most active young men on the
Chowan campus.
Emergency Equipment
A very important problem arose at a recent dormi­
tory m eeting. It dealt with the use of the fire extin­
guishers in the dorm s as w ater guns.
In the first place, a dormitory is not the proper
place to hold a w ater battle. It took m any thousands
of dollars to build the four nice, fairly, if not new
dorms that w e have. And the floors are all tile. And
everyone knows what tile does when w ater gets under
it. Likew ise, in a battle such as this, the doors and
woodwork take a trem endous beating.
Secondly, the fire extinguishers are placed in the
halls as a protective m easure. They should only be
used in em ergencies. Think about this question: How
would you feel if som eone w ere killed in a dormitory
fire that could have been prevented if som eone, pos­
sibly even you, hadn’t squirted all the water from the
fire extinguisher? A hum an life is a very precious
thing. And no one should have the right to take the
chance of destroying one for a few m om ents of the
pleasure of seeing som eone flee from a stream of
water.
Lastly, if a dormitory should be destroyed by fire,
and investigation should reveal that the fire extin­
guishers in the building w ere not charged, the insur­
ance com pany would m ore than likely refuse to pay
the insurance. There is a lot of v ery valuable property
in the building-belonging both to the school and the
students personally. And if the insurance com pany
wouldn’t pay for the d a m a ges and losses, a good m any
people would lose a lot of valuable property.
So let’s all try to refrain from using the em ergency
equipment in the dorm itories to play with. And let’s
all m ake sure the em erg en cy equipm ent is alw ays in
working condition. And let’s all hope we never have to
use any of it.
FOR NOVEMBER,
1963
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SCHOLARSHIP W INNERS— Chowan students receiving academic scholarships are (from left to
right) Lydia Weeks, Betty Blaylock, Anna Hayes, Hazel Hunnings, Myrtle Hofler, Albert Glasgow,
Patsy Edwards, Dean Barnes, Mary Ann Crabbe and Allen Glasgow.
MORE WINNERS— Marjorie Richards, Jessie Washington, Delores Williams, Cliffie King, Ellen Mor­
ris, Bob Sevita, Richard W. Bell, Eric Moorefield and Rodger Jones each received academic scholar­
ships.