THE BENNETT BANNER
OCTOBER, 1942
FRESHMAN FRIVOLITY
It all seems long ago to you now,
but it was really just a month ago
that you Pieshmen came here, l>e-
wildered, but brave little homesick
fashion-plates. You didn’t know
where Jones Hall or Kent Hall was.
You wondered when you could get
your trunk so you could change
those travelling clothes tor a cool
dress ’cause remember it was hot
as blazes! If you were like “Petey”
Daniels, you wondered about your
trunk a long time. You didn’t know
anybody but, before dinner time your
first day here you and your room
mate were probably talking like
you’d known each other forever and
ever. That first day here, Septem
ber 10th, you grumbled about hav
ing to go to bed at ten. After all
this was college and you were a
grown-up young lady — you didn’t
need to go to bed at any body’s ten
o’clock. But you did . . . and less
than five minutes after Mrs. Richie
or Mrs. Hamilton had peeped in your
room you were fast asleep.And you
had thought that ycm and your room
mate would spend the entire night
crying for your respective homes!
Well, such is life!
11
The next day you managed to make
lireakfast but it was to early in the
morning to even think about being
out of bed. Then you had your first
academic meeting at Bennett in the
Science Building w'ith Dr. Petioni
and Dr. Morton. You had remem-
bei’ed to bring two nice long shiny
pencils with you ’cause you know
you were scheduled to take Academic
Tests a good part of the day. (That’s
probably the la.st time you’ll remem
ber to bring pencils to tests, too! )
After lunch your matron told you
it was rest hour but you were far
too excited to think of sleeping or
even lying down. Back you went to
the Science Bld’g at 2:15 — more
tests. At 7:30 there was a twilight
musicale — you were sort of sleepy,
and home-sick too, iDut you wouldn’t
admit it. ’Cause already you were a
Bennett girl — in a big way. And
so to bed — probably BEFORE the
ten o’clock you had scoffed at!
September 12
The routine of college was getting
a bit more familiar. You made break
fast and you took your tests and the
day went speedily what, with the
conferences with Miss Player and all.
You had a Picnic Supper on the
lawn instead of the more convention
al meal and then you had a ball in
the gym at what was called a “Get
Acquainted Hour”, You thought you
were a bit too grown to play some
of the games — but, you can admit
it now — you did have fun, didn’t
you? Then you saw some movies of
Bennett, It was all very fascinating
and you wanted to meet some more
of the upperclassmen to talk about
it. Your Junior counsellors were
sweet as could be to you — but you
wanted all the rest of the classes to
come falling in. But another day
was ended — you wrote a letter home
and fell into bed.
Heptonilx'r 13
Your first Sunday at Bennett! And
they let you sleep late cause break
fast wasn’t until eight o’clock. At
11 o’clock you attended your first
campus worship service’. Mr. Ban
ner spoke — and didn’t you decide
right then and there you liked him
a lot? After ‘church’ there w'as din
ner and rest period and from then
until supper time you browsed about
Derhaps in the lil)rary, perhaps in
your room. You’d made lots of
friends by this time and you all
stuck together. President and Mrs.
Jones were at home to you that
evening. Gee, you looked good!
Septeinbei' 14
You had your Physical Examina
tions that day — remember how
scared you \vere. But didn’t Dr.
Petioni dispel all your fears right
away. You registered. And you sat
around in quiet little groups watch
ing the upperclassmen coming in
. , , , didn’t they look good in their
suits. And you wondered if you'd
ever be poised and confident as they
were. You all sang songs together
that evening in an All-College sing.
Sept‘iiil>oi’ 15
Mr. Dutton took your picture . . .
you met loads of upperclassmen and
lots of officious Sophomores. You
realized classes started the next day
and you got little butterflies in your
stomach. But you came to Bennett
for an education, kid.
SM>teinber 10
Classes started . . . and there was
so much talk about in between classes
you were almost late there a couple
of times. You didn’t like Mr. So and
So — but wasn’t Miss Blank sweet?
You started eating on shifts. You
were put on the first shift so you
would get an unbroken rest hour
—and for the first time you ad
mitted you needed it. That evening
the Freshman dinnei- was held. Every
one was in formal attire. Pretty as
a picture! Helene Jacobs, ’43, and
Bettye Wade, ’44, greeted you in
behalf of the student body. Dean
Morton welcomed you for the faculty.
And President Jone’s speech hit
right home w’ith you. Catherine
Baxter, the girl who later became
your temporary president, made the
response' to all. From the dinner you
w'ent to the Mid-Week Vesper Ser
vice held in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer chapel.
September 19
This was the next significant date
on your calendar. The sophomores
had been treating you mighty rough
but the day you dreaded was Satur
day and that hike out to the rocks.
Evetyone had told you awful things
about what the sophomores did.
But after you got out to the rocks
(in your freshman regalia, plaits,
and un-made-up faces) things went
along all right. It could have been
worse. After a few activities, you
ate . . . then you were marched
back through A and T. to Bennett
on to the gym where ytur talent
program was held. It -was a GOOD
program too, and right then you
won the admii'ation of the whole
student body for your comparative
willingness to cooperate' and for
your unspoiled attitudes. That was
the end of Freshmen Week, The next
day was Sunday and you rolled into
Vespers in your best bib and tucker.
You, too, were- an accepted part of
Bennett now. Good luck, ’4 6’ei's,
FOR A BENNETT TOMORROW
ENDOW TODAY!
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joyed, don’t we? Faculty, you would
like to see the work of this educa
tional institution continued, wouldn’t
you? Friends, you look on objective
ly and see Bennett. Don’t you want
to help perpetuate a worthy cause?
Of course, each of you wants to help.
You can do your part today by giving
and urging others to give. Defense
stamp books, bonds, cash, pledges
—all ai'e means of helping. Will you
heipi to keep the spark alive by do
ing your best bit before November
16?
THEATER GUILD
STARTS PROGRAM
(Continued From Page One)
chaiacterizes the Little Theatre’s
productions.
Miss Forde already has announced
plans for the production of the plaj'
“Icebound” ... a three-act play
centered on Northeastern life, Tiy-
outs were scheduled to have begun
September 30th, Students other than
members of the Guild may take part
in most producions. Watch the bulle
tin board for notices pei'tinent to
the producion of “Iceoound”,
PRESIDENT AND MRS. JONES AT HOME TO FRESHMEN
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Three student.s g'oiiiK down the receiving line at the reception s'i'en Sei)tember 13. I/et't to risiit
Faculty members in picture are Mr,s. Morton, Dr. Marton, Mrs. .lone.s, ;iiid President Jone.s. I,eft to riglu
Students in picture, Marguerite Shaw, E.stelle AVatson, Dolly Wilson.
Miss Bennett Meets
Dame Fashion
Bows, bows evei'ywhere! Gros-
grain, taffeta, satin, velveteen! Red,
blue, yellow, green — any color, A
bow' to match every sweater seems
to be the aim of all the Bennett
,s;irls. Perched on top of pompadours
planted in the back curls — tied
on the end of the' collegiate pigtails!
Bows are the thing!
Ci-avenettes seem to oe almost a
uniform. The light tan ones come
out on the backs of three out of
every five girls when the weather's
waiDiei- or when it’s raining. The
most po])ular style is the zip.per
fly fiont with the mannish slit in
the back.
The perennial shoe favorites, sad
dles, seem to have reached a new low
this year. Maybe it’s because the
synthetic rubber wears so fast and
the girls are turning to those sturdy
leather soled brogues in dark brown.
Last year we watched the innovation
of red into the school shoe — this
year we’ll be seeing plenty of dark
green in all types of shoes. But
if you’re like me and most of your
school clothes tend' to be blue oi*
related colors, DON’T get green
shoes. '1 he effect -won’t be as chic
as you think!
In the line of dress shoes we
find lower heels as a rule. Remem
ber we’re walking for VICTORY!
One of the cutest styles in shoes are
the ballerinas. Dig Vicky M.’s high
heeled one and “Cappy” D. low heel
ed ones. What ever the heel height
they are rather good sty!e — if you
are not ulti-a-conservative.
Just as “beanie” used to be the
bj^-word in hats — so now is the
“jeep hat”. Stolen from our broth
ers in the aimy this hat is gainin;?
favor in gabardine, suede, and velve
teen. It’s good for sport or dress—
it's all in the way you flick the
brim.
The fall fashions in dressy dresses
tends towards tiers, friges, insets,
“pegged” skirts, and graceful drap
ing. The colors are luscious — but
there are two that take the lead over
all the rest. Purple — sometimes
advertised as sugar plum, royal wine,
or any of a number of names — is
the cat’s meow FOR THOSE WHO
CAN WEAR IT! It blends very -well
with lilac or cyclamen but in my
estimation is most svelte when un
relieved except perhaps with a bit
of gold jewelry. Black, the other out
standing fall color, is even more
popular than ever. You’ve always
heard that you should have one good
black dress — well, now' it’s not
uncommon to have two or three.
Nothing beats a hlack outfit —
nothing, girls. Ask the main fellow
in your life what he thinks of it.
In sports wear the new color
cinnamon is taking a foothold. Can’t
describe the coloi- — you just have
to see it. Bettye Wade has a sw'eater
[ that color — it blends with such a
number of other colors . . . brown,
blue, green, plaids, ad infinitum.
The Bennett girls really looked
nice Saturday night at the football
game . . . quite a colorful crowd.
Saw some mighty sharp top coats
there. For instance H. Jacobs’ Har
ris tweed and Etta Hogans red
Uttle boy’s coat. Oh. and there were
suits and suits galore under those
toppe.'s! Striped suits, checked suits,
covert cloth — tweeds — solid
colors. My compliments. Miss Ben
nett.
And now we must write an epitaph
for one suit we saw in Vespers. Why?
The accessories killed it. The suit
was a SHARP brown affair bound
in crear.i. The girl w'are a red hat,
red pocketbook, red gloves, red shivi,
j and red shoes. Effect? Bizarre when
dark brown accessories and a white
I shirt would have made it look like
one million dollars,
I A bit of taboo on the ear-rings,
girls. The inconspicuous ones aren’t
inquiring Reporter
With pad and pencil firmly
grasped in liand I descended upon
the class of ’46, With what results?
—read on!
The first victim was Geraldine
Duffield. You’ll remember her for
her sax rendition of “Star Dust” and
“Blues in the Night” , , . and how
could you forget her pegged brown
slacks ?
Qiic.stlon: What do you think of
the Bennett Sisters?
Answer: “I think tlie Bennett
Sister is nice because in most schools
the upper classmen do not asso
ciate with the Freshman — but at
Bennett they are very sociable with
the Freshmen, I really like the idea
of the Freshmen’s having Junior
sisters to advise them in whatever
peisoiral problems they might have,”
Question: Since you seem so
intereseted in music what is your
favorite orchestra?
.-\nswfi-: “My favorite orcliestra
was Glenn Miller — with special at
tention to Tex Beneke, With the sepia
bands my money goes to Jimmy
Lunceford and Coleman H-awkins.”
Next we pounced upon little Helen
Hodges of Fayetteville, N. C.
Question: What has been your
most exciting expei’ience here on tlie
campus?
Answer: “Tlie most exciting ex-
pei'ience I have liad while at Ben
nett was the' Sophomore initiation
of the Freshmen. They were neither
too severe nor too easy, but they
definitely gave us something to re
member all our days to come!”
Question: What are your hobbies
and aspii'ations, Helen?
Answer: “I like basketball and
l)icycle riding best of all. My in
tended vocation is that of librarian.
I plan to attend graduate school at
Atlanta U.”
Then we espied Eveleyn “Pete”
Dai-iiels of Wilmington Delaware.
She’s the one who had the syirHIUjlR'
of the w'hole student body when her
trunk got lost in transit. But the
trunk’s been found and all is tranquil
once again.
Qiiestion: What’s your opinion of
Bennett, Petey?
Answer: “Bennett is a VERY fine
place. I think that Jones Hall is the
best doi-m on the campus. So far,
I enjoy my classes and the teachers
who teach them.”
Question: Other than a life of
dancing (we saw you!) and sports
what does the future hold for you?
Answer: “My main aspiration is
to be a physical ed teacher.”
And more power to you, Petey.
Maybe you, dear innocent reader,
will be the next whose sayings are
recorded in the -little book . . . “en
guai'de”!
OUTSTANDING VESPER
SPEAKERS ADDRESS
BENNETT AUDIENCES
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tute, Sedialia, N. C., is slated to be
the speaker for the Vesper services
of Sunday, October 11.
In each of these se'rvices the
Senior Choir under the direction of
Orrin Clayton Suthern, II, and the
I Marshalls add to the impressiveness
of the occasion.
so bad but the pendants and hoops
ought to bottle up and go!
A nice nev\' jew'elry style we see
more ana moi'e of here at Bennett
is the sterling silver friendship
bracelets and I'ings. Simple, tasteful,
and sentimental. All a jewelry style
should be!
Saw some ricli-looking lapel do-
jiggers made of leather at one of
the smaller ten-cent stores down
town. Quite clever and colorful. Just
the thing tor your jacket lapel.
Well, Miss Bennett, pull up your
knee socks, plop your “jeep hat” on
your head and keep warm until Dame
Fashion holds her next monthly
tete-a-tete with you!