Am I missing something here?

I can resize the Chatbox to show just one latest shout . . . but this setting won't remain.

Next time I see the Chatbox it'll be back to its default(?) showing about 5 shouts, so I have to adjust it again (if I wish).

 

Actually is there any way to permanently minimise it, so I don't have to scroll down past it every time I open the Forum page ?

The chatbox is the free version so pretty limited on what you can and cannot do with it