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Mat!, 1939 THE BENNETT BANNER Page Three SENIOR PAGE Staff for Senior Page ieneral ('hainnaii, Maxine Davis. Class Gifts, Maeeeon Bemery, Bertha Joyner, Lisbeth Echvards, .Tulia Wilson, Senior Superlatives. Sanliie Everette, Julia Ross, Elsie Ijeacli, Ruth Jackson, Senior Gossip, Bettye Crtinip, Samel- la Brown, Phyllis Shelton, Suggested Reforms. Frances Jones, Gwendolyn Watson, Dorothy Moore. Class Prophecy, Bertha Joyner. Class History, Maxine Davis. Typist, Helen Wiggins. A LIGHT HISTORY OF THE CL.ASS OF ’39 Tlie class of '.SO matriculated at Ben nett College on a very ominous date in September of 10.35—Friddil the IStli. Entering a school on such a tradition ally unlucky day, we have perhaps been fortunate to have had so little unpleasant history. However, those lirst days following the i:^th seemed anything but lucky to we one hundred new students. Homesickness reigned and on the first Sunday of our college days the roast was salted with Fresh man tears. Among the outstandingly tearful were I’hylliss Shelton, Florence I.igon, JIaylor Oakley, and Ruth Jack son, However, by the second week of school lessons had become so ditlicult, thoughts of home wore forgotten and all tlie tears shed must be over those awful sub,jects termed English 301, and liiology lol, Onl,y one who has been a Fi'eslnnan can appreciate our feelings wlien we who had been those pointed to by high school teachers with pride, pointed to by several of our college professors in derision at our lack of knowledge. But ‘'Trouble Don't Last Always" we soon found: for there was a school across the way where young men at tended and it was rumored that there would be a tea at which we would meet some of these young men. For once a rumor was true, and the day of the tea arrived. The campus was literally covered with boys and thoughts of that “Rewrite" on the back of the last English composition vanished during that lovely afternoon. All the girls met boy-friends it seems. However, I still remember two of the ,Aoung ladies kept their boy-friends for •a little longer than that one day, Clarice (ianihle and Josephine Lewis, All of our troubles weren't caused by English and Biology those days, but iilso by an orientation course known as Home Economics Education. Xow the course itself wasn't hard: but oh how neatly one must go dressed for that class. For a long time it seemed that only Dorothy Moore ever met Dr. Kittrell's approval, but finally we “Wisened up" and kept one dress containing the correct number of snaps in preparation for that class. The months iiar^sed (luickly our Freshman year and soon holidays were u])on us. Certain members of the class pacl;ed their clothes and bought their tickets weeks ahead of time; InU though all ready it seemed that that last morning of school would never pass. C(>rtain Freshies tried to bribe the bell-ring('r to hasten vaca tion a few minutes, but all in vain. .Xevertlieless the suspence made vaca tion all the happier and a group of girls fairly bubbling over with Christ mas e.xperiences returned on Janu ary ]!ut Christmas reminiscences had to be cut short, for exams were upon us. For once everyone began study ing. Even such proverbial non-studiers as Doris Deiniis and I’h.ylUs Shelton were found up during the wee houi's learning the parts of the lowl.v par- mecium. I’y the time the exam pe riod arrived we were all so nervous that it seemed we had forgotten wdiat little we knew. But our guardian angels were with us, and we breathed a sigh of relief as the exam period ended and most of us successfully passed. Immediately following the exam pe riod it seemed that each morning the sugar bowls in the dining room were mysteriously emptied. Simultaneously it seemed that Freshmen always seem to have a pocket full of sugary fudge or were always inviting people to their rooms for snow ice cream. Draw ,vour own conclusions on the matter, but do not report them to Mr. Taylor as she might assess the class of '30 before graduation. As everybody had become used to school life by April the Freshmen began craving excitement. And ex citement was provided in the form of a tornado I Of course Dame Riunore flew too fast with too little of the truth and the day following the tor nado many very alarmed parents of the Freshmen came to view the re mains of their little daughters only to lind the remains very much alive and wondering if the tornado was going to return. June arrived, and with it we lost our place as the Bennett Babies, Also with .rune we lost one of our most brilliant members through marriage the former Mildred Bright. September again and three additions to the class the mischievous Maeceon liemery. the athletic ilerevelle Han non, and the flirtatous Louise Wilson. 'I’he class of '.'50, always easy-going, didn't botlier with much initiation for the Freshmen; but instead concen trated their time iu seemingly tr.ving to unnerve the matron in Jones Hall with their noise. An influx of new radios and a required course iii tap- dancing were partially the reasons for tlie noise. However, every move ment has its pominent figures and in this some outstanding names were Frances Lucas, Bettye Crump, and Maxine Davis—for clow’uing and noise making in general; and “Skippy" Wil son, "Billy" Ross, and “Joe" Lewis for noisy dancing sessions in particular. However, the Sophomore year was devoted to more than hilarity. Spon soring a weekend party, cabaret party, and passing such subjects as Music Appreciation, World Literature, and I’sychology are proof of that. Also this year marked the completion of I’feitt'er Science Hall, and we indeed felt old for now we could say to the newer students: ‘‘Why, I can remem ber back in the time when I took Biology in the 'Gingerbread House.'" The Sophomore year end, and again matrimony robbed us of two of our classmates. This time, Medessa Tann and Arietta Smallwood. When we returned as Juniors, the campus faced the problem of housing until Annie Merner Dormitory w'ould be completed. The Juniors solved the problem by agreeing to be class split. But a bigger problem than I he housing problem faced every Junior. That was ‘‘The Constitution." For a solid semester Juniors talked about, dreamt about, cried about that Con stitution : in fact I suppose the in structor thought we did everything l)Ut "read" the constitution. However, even tlie Constitution did not consti tute the full Junior burden. There was that second burden of Mr. Kelley's religion course. A Junior could be identilied l>y the fact that she could always be found either carrying a Bil)le or Political Science liook. While llie Class of ’">0 will always remember Mr. Kelley, certainly he can't forget oiu’ many antics—and especially the time that many meml)ers of the class including such sedate young ladies as Irene liege and Bertha Joyner marched to Mr. Kelley's residence and demand ed that vast sum of two cents back which he owed some members of the class for mimeographing material. .VI- though the Jiniior year was a dilli- cult one in regards to lessons, socially (he class ended up "tops" as a result of Iheir Junior-Senior Prom “under a blanket of blue." Came the Senior year; but not a Senior d(nnied the conventional “Ball" to give them dignit.v, and even some of the more c(mventional menil)crs of the class as Martha Matthewson and Ei'uestine Roberts began wearing anklets. “Mom Mac" declared that she had never seen such children in her life—nonchalant over duty work and scholarship cups. But beneath the nonchalance of the Seniors was deep worry ocassional by two sub.jects, •Vmerican History and Practice Teach ing. Througluuit the year these two ha ve been our bug-a boos : and now a thud—finding a .job presents itself, ilay we pass all these successfully. The Class of '.'iO is about to gradu ate. We will not sentimentalize by sa,\’ing we are sorry to leave ou,.- school days behind. For the Class of '30 is a progressive and adventursome class and we are eager to see what the life just ahead offers. • ♦ . CLASS PROPHECY Smoke rises before my eyes, but as it clears away I seem to have great ability to see the events of the future. As the smoke first clears away from my vision I lind myself at the Yankee Stadinm about to be enter tained by a game between the world's best soft ball teams. The teams are getting ready to play ball and Cap tain Omesa Dunston of the Davis Red Sox, a team named for that great home run (lueen, Maxine Davis, and Captain Virginia Harris of the Fear- rington Lightning team (named for that star pitcher, Celeste Fearrington who found man.v fans in Ihe ole Ben nett days), come forth to Hip a coin to begin the game. But before I settle down to see the game the smoke blows southward and 1 am taken to another section of Xew York where I'm about to be enter tained at a night club. That curtain rises and—will you look?—the master of ceremonies announces the world wide torch-singer, Madame Pearlee Tate and her accompanist, Made- moiseele (ieorgee Ililarj'. Again the scene shifts to a place of entertain ment and I hear the music of the steam piano of the Lucas and Scales Circus. Miss Shelton plays the steam piano, Miss Lucas furnishes the laughs, and Miss Scales furnishes the cash. The crowd now rushes to another part of the grounds and behold I hear shouts of ‘■Bra\'” as Louise Wilson ste])s forward to do her tight rope walking stunt, and below her wait Frances Jones and Dorothy Dula who have become world known in medical (iuarters for piecing together the Hu man frame when broken. I must see the finish of this act. But no fate is not so kind for the smoke blows northward and 1 am taken to a section of the Xavahoo In dian Reservation and I see Maeceon Bemery in one of the hogans minister ing to Ihe little Indian children and— no, ,ves, her assistant is none other than—Elvah \\'aters who is making recipes—now world famous—for In dian Meals. The door opens and look folks in comes Ernestine Roberts who is matron of the Indian school founded and named for her. 'fhe smoke lowers and I hnd myself iU Washington, D. C. wheri^ Dean Wiggins is head d(‘tective of the new llomocide Sipiad founded and financed b.v G. Women Julia Ross and Julia Wilson. It is well fo note Iktc tlial the new bureau were fortunate in finding (he missing boy-friends of those super-romantics, Sankie flverett aiul (;w('u Watson. Innnediatc'iy after finding (hem the couples w(‘i'c mar ried. 'i'he former .Misses I'h’ei'elt and Watson, however, wish to heli> Iheir less fortunate classmates so they have set uj) “.V Port for ]-onely Hearts" (husbands assured alf('r a down-pay- nient of •Inst as I was al)out to congratulate the two ou their worthy enteri)ris(‘. the smok(> d(‘scended. and when it cleared I was at that famous insti tution of The l'niv(‘i'sity of Hard Ku(;cks head('d by Dr. JIatthewson Lucas (I hope .von recogni/4' the nameh Among (he other illustrous faculty members is Miss Betuiye Young, rectnt reci)ii(‘nt of th(> Ph.D. d('gree in Ph.vsical Education with a speciality in choreo])hography, and .\iiss Itettye Crunn>, part time teach er of Religion and head of fhe new ■\ursery School. Dr. Jiatthew'son Lucas inf(U’ms me that Miss ('rumji's first luu'sery .school puiiils w'ere the three little daughters of the former Miss Maxine David (avowed career wonnin in 1030), and (he little sons of the f(u-mer Misses Mary Johnson and Juanita Kirkpatrick. The liead nurse at the nurser.v school is ;\Iiss Evelyn Stewart who pursues modern dancing as an advocation. Speaking of the arts 1 heard some Hue mu.sic at (he opera house near the school. They were none other than Mi.ss Samella Brown and Mrs. Ruth Di.Kon Some thing or other. By this time the smoke had chahged again and I was transported to the slum area of New' York where I found Jliss Elsie Leach lifting “fallen Hu manity." ■\gain the smoke changed and I found myself in the law oHices of Han non, Hannon, and Hannon. There sat Miss, pardon me, Attorne.v Merevelle llaniuin int('rpreting the constitution and the f'anu)us new Hannon Jlemoran- d(un to the Monroe Doctrine to none other than our ex-history teacher, Jliss Tate. Just as I was enjoying this scene \'cry much 1 was transported to the business section of town, where I found a very strange businc'ss c(nn- bination. Jliss Doris Dennis running a drug store in partnership with Miss Fannie Lon Xeal's undertaking estab lishment. .Vlso in the business .sec tion of town I \isited the newly es tablished Jac-Bill Fi\e and 'I’en Cent Store under llu' joint management of Ruth Jackson ;ind lOthylle Williams. Then swe(>t odors came to m.v nose and I foiuul myself in the Randall Restaurant. For special patrons we hear Miss Rand.-ill will add for dessert a song or two. From the business section of the town I was carried into the model residence section of the community where pioneer home makers in the persons of the former Misses Ruth Dixon, Sarah Hawkins, and Minnie Gilmer lived. Also Mrs. \'ivian Chris tian lives here. Mrs. Christian is now world famous since her little girl has become the “Se|)ia Shirley Temple.” At one ot tfie finest churches iu the neigh borhood I hear that Dorothy Moore, the famous travelling evangelist is speaking today. However just as I start into the church the smoke dies aw’ay and I am not privileged to hear one of Rev. Moore's choice sermons. At pre.sent, however, I am becoming curious to .see what the future holds for me. But just then I hear a rush ing of winds, I am falling down-down- down. I .scream and finally I hit the ground. Ah, yes, you have guess it— I fell out of bed. What my fate is 1 sfilt don't know, but don't you like yours'! THE (I.ASS WILL We, the class of lO.'iO of Bennett College, make and execute this our last will and testament, on Monda.v, the 2!)th of May, lO.'lO: To Dean Klugli a can of Purol Pep. To All-. Pd.'ind a lOO'/o vote for the next i)i’esidenc.v. To Jlr. Banner a scholarship to I!('r- nard McFaddeu Physic.al Culture Col lege. To Aleec(> Knox, .(ulia Ross‘ voice. 'l'(j li'is Wad(‘. Omesa I)unstou‘s lady like (lualilies. To Bessie P>ullock, Helen Wiggin's energy. Tiv Jliriam Higgins, fhe Senior class' boyfriends. To Du Donna Tate, (he ability to create the Ijiughs of Bertha Joyner. To ;('n(‘vieve Abel, a iiortable jiot f>f coffee so that she may ke(>p awake. To Evelyn AVashington, .luanita Kirkpatrick's ability to mind her own business. To the Class of '40, a ball and chain for the ]irivil('ges next year. To to So])homor(' class all (he ideas that (he Seniors have ti’ied to set up. To Dorothi'a Tayloi-, Sankye Ever ett e's conscientiousness. To Jliss Kittrell, Ella Fitzgernld's abilit.v to sing swing tunes (any kind of tunes, in fact). To Mom Mac. a pair of skates so that she may be able to get the mail on time. To everyone on the campus, a lovely 1030-1040 term. SKMOlt NOTES Jliss .1. K. simply reverses the order of (he initials when slie changes bo.v- friends. Formerl,v it was Mr. II., but now it is Mr. H. ('. Have you noticed how freiiuentl.v Mr. 1). I), calls for Miss B. JI. Y.‘> Me- thinks, it has the symptoms of a real romance. Do you really believe that Mias P. A. S. did not know who her gardenias came from"' It soinids lish,v to me, as we all know she knows one “George.” Things are certainly "tutti" between Miss L. E. and Jlr. C. B. I would be willing to have a l)trtli- da.v every day if my l)o,vfriend would send nu‘ an inunense box of confec tions like Miss E. R.'s boyfriend did her. “Lover (\)me Back to Me" was ver.v appropriatei.v sung to Jliss B. C. re- centl.v when Air. S. il. appeared on the campus. Aliss S. AI. E. has had a recent occa sion to become suddenly interested in fhe field of home economics. Think you would liki' it. Miss E.',' Jliss F. E. J. seems fo be having a jii'oblem as to choosing the best cit.v— Charlotte, X. ('., or Richmond, \'a. The home stat(^ is always the best. Miss J. I wonder if JIi'. 11. AV. will stage a comeback with Miss E. S.? Histor.v studi'ids, remember when Cae.sar, Crassus, and Pompe,v triparti tioned the world; rem('mlii'r when An- thon.v, Lepidus, and Octavius did the same thing? All (his to I’emind ,vou great ])eople accomplish nuicb in threes. All to sa.v that the famous three cou ples of Pfeiffer hall are all friends: .Air. II. II. and Miss J. L., Mr. E. G. and Aliss E. I>., and Mr. P. S. and Miss J. R. JIuch luck! ^lost surprised look of the month: Jliss F. L. heai'ing the news that Mr. AA'. .1. was in town just one week after (he prom. SUPERLATIVES Quietest Virginia Harris Piggest agitator . Ernestine Roberta-* Most sophisticated ... I>oroth,y Moore Best dancer Julia Ross Most babyish Gwendol.vn AVatson Most po])ular Evelyn Stewart Sleei)iest Helen Wiggiris Best sport Vivian AVright Most athletic Doris Dennis Jlost nuisical I'h.yllis Shelton Alost dramatic l!er(ha Joyner Jlost literar.y Helen Hinton Sweetest disj^osition . , Sarah Hawkins Most flirtatious Louise AV'ilson X'eatest Dorothy Dula Most mischievous'i Julia Wilson Jlost dependable . . JIartha Matfhew'son Funniest Frances Lucas Most res(>rved Ruth Dixon Most pessimistic .... Mervelle Hannon Jlost t(‘mperamental Elsi> Leach Alost romantic Sanki(‘ Everette Most likeable Lisbedi l']dwards Jlost conscientious I’earl Tate Prettiest Minnie Gilm('r Smallest Eflu'l AVilliams All round Franc('s Jou(>s Alost feminine Uutb .lackson Mos( unassiuning . . P.cnni(> Ma(‘ Young Bes( bridge jilayer ... Saiuella P.rown Alost aii'ish J\u\nita Kirlqiatrick Alost dutiful (;(‘orgia Hilar.v Most graceful Frances Kandall Most cle\’er HeKye Crump —f- May 2~>. 10.',0. Dear Sister Class : We I'ejoicc' with .von now that the end of ,vour four years' work has conu'. II has b('en a long struggle but a very fruitful one. As .vou step out into fhe world to niak{' your contril)uti(ni to humanit.v, don't feel disco\irag('d if you do not find the road ('ufirel.v smooth, Tliei-e will be many rough ])laces, but after spendii\g four years a( Bennett Col lege you have learned to take def(‘at as W('ll as success. Have courag(‘ and don't give up when the road is rough. Your sist(‘r class back at Bennett will be i)raying for you and ho])iiig for you much success iind hajipiness. Jlay (!od's bh'ssings fall upon you as ,vou start out on your life's work. Lovingl.y .votirs, SOPHO.MORES.
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