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December, ID.H9 “Merry Christmas to AH” III/ .IlIV IIOMKU (CliiiU'st' si u tl (' n t s jiltliouii'li b,\' iiuiliu’ia iiiiil otliev diseases and iDived to leave theiv eampiises many limes heeause of destruetion of build- iii;;s and ('(iiiiimient by .Ia]iaiiese hi'intiiufr iilanes slill look fcu'ward 111 a merry ('liristinas. ’I'ln' tullow- iUf^ story is aitoul siudeuts at llie Ifwa ('luins Collejie wiiieh was t'ir(,*ed to iea\’e ils eaniptis near Hankow in .lnl\. It lias Ijeen forced to mo\'e sev('ral times sin'e tin’n and is now loeated in tiie far west. l)(‘sjntt' all rlu'ir snfteriii'-T I lie spirit ot 11u*se \'ouni; ])t‘oi»le is remarkable as the following story will prov(‘. 'I'lie story is l)e- ing re-jirinted at the recpiesf ot the Far Eastern Student Service Fund in tlie ho)ie tliat yoii^ will rt'alize that although tiit're is n> l>eace on eartli this yi-ar there is still iu the hearts of s(mu' people the desirt^ for j;’ooI will towards men.) THE BENNETT BANNER Page Three tiled out. These faces told uothinf;. 'I'he teacher from Anu-rica need not. have w(U'ried about Ilwa (’luui.u stud(>nts and their aliility |o absorb [HUilshnK'nt. 'I'lie tlu^mes that she read that nifi'ht. un^ranunatical and smudsy , as Ihiw were, .liave a si ran,ir('ly lionest j picture of •'('hristmas iu Kweilin''] tlu'on.n'h the eyes of sojihisticated | ym, dc'iils who had known only securily and sheltered lives. Oni' boy with a sense of humor had \A'ritl'n ids theme in the torni of a I letter: -'Uear it ran. -ilerry Christ mas I As you pi'onnsed to prt'sent me a very delicious jjilf for Christmas li\- ])ost. I haVI' not received yet. 1 hoiH'd The teaclier from America hesi tated for .just an instant before she >l>oke to her class of Chinese students. "Today,” she said, -instead ot an oral recitation. I want you to write (mt a short theme of one or two pages en titled, ‘Christmas in Kweilin.'” Hard to know what tlu'.v rt* writinji. she thought. Hard ev('n to -uess. "I'liey had such violent things to tell and so much to coni])lain of. I’>ut the class was already at work, their faces in tent. It was ml.v three' montns since llwa Cliuntc t,V)llcge had ('vacuated trom u- chang and settled in Kweilin and al- i-('a.dy the air raids were threatening til wijx^ (Uit the cit.\' and the college with it. That on(> of the oldest and most honored Christian institutions in China should b(' a refuge, in danger of swift destruction, seemed some- ho wrather incongruous, 'i'he worst raid bad come ,iust a wc('k liefore, on the afternoon before Christmas. It had been a da.\' of iiK^iscriminate bombing, ^i’he students and factilt.\ had emerged from th('ir dugouts to hnd part of the city in flames and the two lK>ys’ dormitories, some dis- Students could rescue more than a fraction of their belongings, the lire had crept U[i and clainu'd their wreck- ;ige. The boys sh'iit that night in a mat shed. 'I'lu'y had iio supper, for rhe cooks had fi('d : they had no bed ding because what they once ownied had been burned. 'I'he few articles of clothing .-yihaged from the lire they piled in one conglomerate heaii on the niiit shed floor and r('distrihuted on a community basis. Xo student was willing to own more' than the rest. And ,\'et the.se hoys had nc\('r known hard ship or evi'ii incoiiNcnii'nce in their lives. ('dd. thought the teacher. th;it the girls, their living quarters still intact, should have slKUddered so much work. Throughout the ••ifternooii and lati' into ('hristmas Kve the.v trav('led back and forth across the long mile between their dorniitor.\’ and the maf shed, carrying rice and bedding and warm clothes to the r('fug('C ho.\ s. The teach er remembered with a little awe two girl students who madi' that trip live or six times, swinging heavy lo.ads coolie-fashion from their shoidders; she reuiemberi'd tio t,h;it both girls had come from w('allh.\’, aristocratic I'amilie^. .Most startling jf all, that ;ift('rnoon, had lii'i'ii the sight of ('ight swi'ating Itwa ('hung hoys moving I heir rescw'd belongings through the crowdiil. smoky str{>('ts; soniewher:' they had found a fort.v-foot bamboo ciirrying pole, and with bundles and students stining at intc'rvals along its flimsy length, were weaving snake like through the trallic, l.-uighing and sin.LTng bits of coolie songs. Fortunately, slu' thought, the col lege had had a liaiKpiet of sorts on Christmas day. Jt had seemed prc'lty dismal to lu'r, comjiared to the shining celebration ;il Wuchang the year be- for‘. 'I'ht' food was t.A])ical war ra- lions, the dining room far too small, r.ut the students, she remembered, had eaten hard and sung harder. I’er- hajis it h.adn't been such a h:id Christ mas. . . . Slie watchwl the faces of the boys as thev handed in their themes and your gift w(nild arrive beside m.v ]iillow snddenl.v when T .iust opened m,\- eyes after a very sweet yawn; but I was hopeless, howe\'t'r. I hoped the ('hristmas Saint would cany yolU' gilt to me on Christmas morn. Don’t yon think I am stupid to make such day dreams '•I am very glad to tell you that I am still alive, because yesterday J \A';is in a ver.\' dangerous conditim. At noon when I was eating my titlin the siren blew, but I was still e.ating con tinuously. The urgent alarm broke out after about ten minutes, but I was waiting for your gift: therefore I still remained at tlu' tablt' in our dining room although many schoolmates ran awa,\' from our hostel. About a quar ter past one, there came nine .Tapanese plaiu's up in the sky: nu':in\\hih* I went to our dugout. X stood at the entrance of the dugout and looked at th(' nine iron-birds. 1 thought that the nine i>lanes were nine post-planes, and in them there were many (-'hrist mas gifts from ever.v cit.v back home, and perhaps ,\'onr gift was on one of them. I!om! I knew a bomb tir(Ml at the back of our dugout: therefore I was going to hid me in the cave, but at thi> meantime, I .jumped into it and was fainted by another bomb which bomled in front of th(? dugout. When 1 av.'.iked, I was all right but covered with dirt. Oh. I rec(>ived .slLch_JI_M2]l: Listen. :\liss ()rbina il..^ you can't do to us. Hold .\'our .ji\' with Ver non: so the rest ot the .girls can pio- ct'i'd lo do soim'lhing. .\sk ■•Dot" 11. -who is lu'i- com]ieli- tioii with Karl )'■' Surpris('d were •■Dot'".' .Miss Fannie 11. is always hollering •Kobi'rt": I wondi'r why she can't holler ■•Ji'ff" sometinu's. Jfiss \'irginia II.. do you not seem to mind .any competition on Ibis cam- ])us. As long as you have .Mr. Thomas \’. wh.v should you worry'.' AVhat about r>ill too'? .Miss Fvelyn 1.. seems to b.ave stayed o\'er-tinK' in Charlotte. Was it hccaust^ of Mr. i:. II.'.' We wonder. Say. Miss f.ouise (J., what has hap- p('iied to Kobbin'? Well, ;siiss 1C. .Johnson, you and •Tohnnie cannot seem to click. Can you'? iliss Cxloria 1’-., what has happ('ned to your dear friend "Kirk”? You were so much in love with him once. 'I’hings can hapiien when the.v are least ex- pi'cted—or can they'? "lliinny" to ilay Tyson doesn’t mean lOaster rabbit I Miss C. Kobblns, what’s wrong? You don't seem to be coming on as you anticipated. There ma.v b(' other inter ests at I’ennett for Mr. Flood . . . not found in Annie ilerner either. IMaybe Thanksgiving had something to do with it I I hop(' that Mr. T.anner gets to Fhillipiii safely, don’t you, .girls? It is really pitiful wlu'ii a friend is kept awake every night, simply be cause her roommate is oh. so in fatuated over the fact that a :\Ir. J. \V., -Ir. of A. & T. College has talk('d to her over the telephone. What .Jones Hall girl rec('ntly had a blind dat»‘ with ('. ilcNair? Can .\’ou imagine Miss F. F. >1 Winston-Salem receiving a letter Iroin word to tlu' wist' is sullicii'ul . . . or do we Inn'e lo make ourselvc's iilaini'r.' \\'h,\- is il :\lar.\- C. insists she do('sn't like I'. K.. but talks about him all thi' I inie. What h.'iiiiii'ued lo Helen I', and l„a wrence? .Miunii' K. w.as loo much with lu'r iK'W llame (irillin. (Jwen 1'.. why can't you and F.. M. ('t along'.' Old lov(' lu'ver dii'S. Isn't lhal right Dorothea 'I'. ( W. K. O.). Miriam 11. (.1. T. S.). and IClizabelh A. (1/. I’>. F.l. Some girls in I’feiffc'r Hall think mor(' of their slomachs th.aii they do of tlu'ir boy-frii'iids- or maybe llu'y don't have any boy-friends? WiUu'Imena J. .seems lo have com- pc'tilion with a ct'rtain ci(.^' lr('shnian ever.vwhi're she turns. Monte \'. and (’. I>. have I’feitfer’s vote for the "ideal" campus coujile. Xo matti'r what Clarice K('y says aliout X. I!., her roommate knows how she reallT f(\els. Fdwia (i.. who do y(ni go witii - X. Met;, or .r. I’.? (both of Fla. and both of Smith). Susit' .Tones. ar(' .\'ou losing A'our swing? What hapii'n‘d to King? .X.apoliMin Howard seems to be going iround the canii)us as w('ll as around ri'eifl'er Hall. Ya dig? Why w.as ICdwina S. in a daze the la.v of th(' danc('? Dorothea 'I'. nev('r seems lo gf't ('iKuigh to eat. but slu' n('\’t'r st'('nis to leave anything for her tahU'inates. Vera C. is said to "conn' on" with the “(''onie on." Honors to (U'raldine D. for intro ducing her guest at the dance befon' being reminded to do so. If you'r(‘ interesti'd in h'arning lo ".Tilterbug” see Dorothea 'P. and .1. H., Jlonte ^■. and C. D.. :\Iiriam TI. and T. S.. ilinnie II. and (irillin. Clarice C. .and (1. I-. Mr. ilorton wlu'ii are- you going lo start your h'ssons? Also to Clementine Smith Xoah doesn't bring in an ark ! Music as played by one of S; ow Whafs NEW in the NEWS Mm derful gift from our enemy instead of yours! (!ood heaven, I was still alivi'!" Kver yours. (Signed). .Vnollu'r wrote: "\\'(' came back from lh(' dugout. Our room was i)artly goiu'. Over oin- head was the sky. and lie- iK'.alh our feet was the crumbled stiles, stone and mud. It was the Sant:i Cliius of t'vil. sures.\'. who gave' us such a gift on the afti'rnoon of (.'hrislmas vvv. . . . The next day I woke iu :i shed. The da.v was d.awning up to be a tine one. IOverybod.\’ in the room was still resting. ■Christmas' was the word in my mind. Itut that was too much with a blank wall iu front of you. 'M('rry Christmas 1’ someone called, .My clouds of dest>air dis.ai)peared when I calh'd back. A\'hy not be nu'rry? On the stri'et I met schoolmates yelling. ’.Mt'rry Christmas I’ all the w.ay. Ueall.\’. I was merry I" ■V third wrote: ".\s tin' chilling win ter wind began to blow, it nsu:ill,v r('- minded one'.s thought back to the hap))y Christmas season that had hap- IK'iied a .\ear ago. lint in Kwc'ilin, Chrislmas seemed no longer familiar lo us. lOverywherc^ showed no sign of the season. 'I'lu' shop windows had nothing of Christm.as color and taste to put (jn. 'I'lu're were no holidays for schools. Christmas for .a forgotten ('hristmas. . . . I.uckii.v a Christmas dinner was held in the college. I!olh faculties and students were )iresc'iif and the simple dinner was e.scorted willi lovel.\’ deccn'ation and music and made us recall the hajipiiu'ss of Christ mas in llu' i)ast and forgot the ler- ribh' air raid that had hapiK'iied lh(' da.\' before and we were refugees.” . . . 'I'he World War II is enh'ring uim)11 its fourth month of combat wilh an enl.arged arena lhal inclmU's l'’inland and Kussi.a and lhal threatens still lo siiri'.ad in :in ev(>r-\\ ilening circh'. Whih' the rnil('l Stall's htis lo dale mainl.alni'd strici neui r;i lit .V—llu' wars im])act has hc('n k('enl.\' felt iu this country, for in almost iill the lields of American life Ihert' have be'ii re- p('raissions from I In' lOuroiK'an con- llict. Here bri('lly are .some of these t'Ifi'cl s: Lives—2S American lives were lost on the st('anu'r Athena. Itusiness—rneniploynu'iit h:is de creased and optimistic exi»'rls fore cast a husiness boom to the l!V2i> level. iNrililary—The armed fen ces of I he r. s. have be('n increasiHl by 1.">(),(HM) nu'u and the coni))lele molorizalion of the army has bei'ii pushed. 'I'lu^ I’an- ama Canal Zone is undt'r the complete military control of the army. l)(‘f('nsi‘ ap|)roi)ri!ilions havi* bei'ii raised b.v four billions »f (Utllars. 'I'lu' nav.\' has orderi'd I hi' recommissioning of 111! (lest royers. Diploinanc — liusso American ri'la- tions have become strained over the Finnish question. Anii-Xazi sentiment is sironger in this country, while the ties bi'Iweeii IjHtin America and the I'. S. have bei'ii gri'ally strengthened. I’ricps—After monnliiig rapidl.v at the outbreak of the war. prices on fiHxl stuffs have become si'ttled. though at a higher i>r('-war level. I’olitics—'riie Communist ))art.v iu this I'onnlry has spent many I'lnbar- rassin,g moments Ir.ving to explain iiway the Sovii't rnion's new imi)eri- alistic ambitions. The lOnropean cri sis temiiorarii.v smoothed over the rifi in the ranks of the Di'uiocrats althoi -Mr. iinnner (to class) : "If someone offered .von a chance lo go back to Africa, how man,\- of you would be interested in accepting thi> offer?" Dot I’.rown : "I would be interested bectiuse of the chances for business enlerprise." Kleanor .Tohnson: "Wh.al enter prise?'' Dot I’rown : "'The hair strai.ghtenlng enteriu'ise, stupid I" iiicoiu ing to use Webster’s dictionary to get the correct me.-ining of ils conti'iits? r.i'iini'tt has become iioimlaried to such a gri'.at extent that it has b('('u rumori'd that oiu' would oni.v h.ave to rub her heail against the r.ennelt walls to become highly educ.aled. (^not ing .Mr. C. W. "Well All liiglit::” .AI. C. Williams is ri'ally coming on. Wears one dress lo the So(ihoniore d.ance. decides th.at she can't Jilli'r-bug in it adeiiuatel.x’. di'liberalel.\’ w.alk’s out of tlu' d.ance. returns in a few minutes wearing an entirely diffi'ri'iit gown. 'I'hen slii' reall,\' "goes to town"! Who is the young so])histicated scphomore that jiossesses so much l)oise .and dignii.v?:--bul wait; she doesn't en.joy euterlaining comi).any in .Vnnie Merner ]iarlor—why I.. ('.? We have noticed the midnight can dle const.anlly burning in I he Kodger's home. Xow. we wonder if the .Mr. .1. T. M., .Ir. is rehe.arsing smarl ri'in.arks lo cast uiion his apiireciali\e studeiUs. (Jirls, are you awari' of the fact th.at Iteniu'tt iiossesses a moiU'rn ps,\- chologist who c( nslanll.x’ refers to lu'r many abnormal frii lids and ri'lalives? 'riiis is to verif.\’ Or, Koherl S. Woods- worlh, i)rofessor of j)s.\'cholog.\' at 'o- liimbia rniversity. Herinilials? .M. F. .Miss 10. Floyd, don't get iieeved be- c.aiise a certain freslim.an is steiii)ing oul wilh ,\’our boy-friend. Take il on I he chin ! lloii't the homii s .anuiml here g('l along wi'll together? F(}r iuslanci'. taki' IK te of l.ihhy S. .and .1. I’almer. 'I'he tilace .just doesn'l si'cni right wilh Iris \\’ade gone. N'ickers isn'l I hi' onl\' OIK' who misses h('r. W'e wondi'r wh.\’ so nian.\' ])eo])l(' lind room .\o. -- in .lones llall such a con- vcnii'ut iilace to meet? TIk'.n' call if the "IJIIle Savoy" tlu'se days!! 'I'Ik' host- esse^^r I’.-it \'. and II. .racobs holh have I 111' .ium|iing .ji^•e in I'-M r.a doses. Siieaking of .liaies llall how oflen its occupants wish a jirivate lelephone booth out of e.'irshot of L. (i.-iskins. Till' Kallu'riiie Cornell of .loiu's Hall who hails from \'irginla had belter gi't "h('|»p('d" to herself. They say .-i . iianu'i.s iTofH-y” a ci'rtain chubby Vt lluv S 1 M> il 1 I: has lost its savor fin' freshimin miss! On 'rnes(la,\’ night .lones IT,’ill desk is taken care ol' b.\’ two tieoiile instead of oni'. I’erhatis music docs have it charms . . . or ma,\b(' it isn't music. What say .sinipi'S? •Mice jiatlerson seems to think that llie Inlirinar.\’ is th(> ideal jilace for the staff lo meet from now on sinci' she had to work just the same I'veu though she was ill. AX’h.al do you think. Staff members? The Soi)honiore class doesn't seem to he doing much this ye:ir: what's the ni:it ter? Yiiipee! Mary K. .1. has lost her tiockelbook. rii'.-ise don't lind it. sonie- bod,\'. ■lohnson ('. .Smith is a line jilace as far as IJi'tty S.. ISruci' D., and N'irgini.a .•s. are concerned. Why Can't; Clarice be Less inste.'id of .Moore? .Mamie he Cra.v inslc'ad of 'I'anii? Sar.a be an 1‘aiemy instead ol' a Frlende? Iris Swim instead of W'.adi'? .loset)liiu(' be a I’alli inste.'id of a l.a ne? Uiilh he Old instead of ^■oung? .Vniie he Tin instead of Wood? Fdith be ;i Slop insti'ad of a I'ass? I.ucille be ;i Koom insti'ad of a lliill? Lucille be Hot inste.ad of ('ole? Oorolliy he lied instead of lirowii? ■■■BLjtJariki Uoosevelt's the pros and cons of Mr. altitude toward a third t(>rm in the White House are being discussed again wilhin pari.v circles. Shi|)|>iiig—I’.y the provisions of the new Xeiitralily Act, American shijiping has been hard hit by having (o leave the sea lanes of the Xorthern Atlantic. It is esiiimiled that there are .some ()()(».0(l(l tons of American shipping ly- g idle. Kspioiiage—'I’he Dies Committee has taken a new lease on life in pu.shing ils investigation of un-American ac tivities heri( in the I'nited Slates. The threat of large scale operations lias led lo the assignment of 1.5) additional (1-nien to handle the situation. Coiiinieiits Leslie Ha re-I’.i'lisha. the llritish min ister of war. is quoted as having .said lhal lirilain is "comfortably winning the war." yet Sir .lohn Simon reports that the war is costing Kngl.'ind .".SO.dOd tier day. What price comfort! .\iiolher "fin'gotten man" — Ceneral Francisco l'’ranco. What can he be doing? What this world needs is more and wider oceans. The Xoliel I'eace I’rize was not awarded Ibis year—for obvious rea sons. I'KKLI DI': TO S\MN(; IS I'KKSKNTED 15V (iKOl I* (Co)iliiiiicd I'roin 0)ic) bi' Ft I a I'e Fnnabe Ta.\lor? (',a rol.\ n llobhin? .Mr. I’.a liner I !a liner? .Miss I’layi'r of a Flayer? Miss F.owe Ik l!ow? .Miss 1‘ortcj- a I'orter? .Mrs. '!'a.\lor a Taylor? •Miss Carter a Carter? I be (Jrant inslcad of I.ee a F.utcher instead of .a a Sp.arrow instead of a be a Flag insle.'id of a ■ be a Workers instead in .\rrow instead of a be a Wailor instead of be a I’arber instead of be a Carrier instead of .Miss (iwi'iidoly .Misses \'era Sugg kin were at I he grou|i under the sang two solos; and .Margarel l!o\- jii.ano. The choral direclion of Aliss Texie Willis, consisted of Ihe Missis l'!!oise .\nderson. l!i'\('lla .\nderson, Slella Flelchei', FveI.x n I'’loyd, Itlirl (b niez. Wilm.-i Corh;im. (Jueen Hi'ster. •Margarel Ilnnler. Dolly Hind, .Ma.\ine L.-iwson, Iteatrice .Moore. C.arrie Mc- Fvel.xii .Mc.Xeil. r>lanchi' Kob- .Maggie Shi'iiherd. X'irginia I'.i'ttye Slanard. Fdna (!ray I’orlia 'I’aylor. .\nnie \’alen- Warreii. and Kalhleen I )oii.a Id. inson. Siii])es. 'I'a.\ lor, tine. Illeanor Weaver. Stag!' setting w;is done h,v f.iiwrence Itogers and Harry \'incent; costumes b.\- the Dance I'nit Work Shop.
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