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JANUARY, 1943 THE BENNETT BANNER Page Three ALUMNAE DOINGS V. Morrison’s Reminisences .... and now we are going to lieav from one of our very, very new alumnae, who is also, we ai'e proud to add, a new meml)er of the Ben nett College staff — VICTORIA MORRISON. THK\ AM) XOW (A Reminiscence) Do all of you (members of the class of ’43) rememl)er when . . . we were Freshmen in Jones Hall? . . . the noise we delighted in mak ing? . . . our Oiientation pei'iod which included step-singing under the leadership of Miss Jetton? . . . our initation? . . . the hike to the Rocks with greasy faces and w^earing all of the green available? But wait, do you remember when the tables turn ed and \ve l)urued the effigy of the Sophomores? . . . Their faces seemed to l)urn too! Remember? How fright ened most of us were after the Hike and before the actual initiation! We .iust didn’t go until the Dean (Miss Kittrell) assured us that nothing tragic would happen to her “little deal’s” . . . Remember our difficul ties in ad.1ustment such as signing out for various places? . . . doing duty woik? . . . .going to bed at 10:00 p. m.? (hmmm! did we ever! ) . . periods of home-s.;',kness for a few and some just couldn’t make it? . . . over-eating from those huge boxes of food? (we ate food from approxi mately 21 different states —- I be lieve that was the number of .states represeiito'l at Bennett THEN . . . and yo'. know T'/e always wondei'cd why everyone i-ut iheir waste iii.i.i'" baskets out into the halls at night. Do you know girls or do you re mem her? Bet you can’t remember our first "At Home” wlio'i tlie A. it 'f l!el- lows so anxiously and hurriedly ran through the dormitories ard rambled through our leoms! do you? . . . uUi •fti'.st fcn^m^ar'iii'i roductioTT to some A. & T.’s finest at a Tea on the lawn? . . .our first exanis when we had to plod through the j'mvv knee deep behinl Decn Klugh iu a line formation? . . . Dean Kkigh's chemis- tiy class? . . . the introduction to preliminary footl)al! — hocirey! . Miss Jjurris? . . . how we feared tak ing Modern Dance? . . . our Jjeap Year “Li’l Abner and Daisy Mae” Matinee? . . . Watching the mail list? •. . . our first formal dance? . . . our first Clod Hop and N. F. A. dance, too? . . . calling night, on Sunday? . . watching tennis games behind Jones Hall? . . . the nights Ijefore a vacation when we stayed up all night, washing, ironing, pack ing, sewing buttons oi:. etc.. . . so that mothers would be surprised! and, of course, w'e did our duty w’ork that night, too. I am sure everyone remembers those Tuesday and Thursday morn ings when w^e spent tw'o hours dress ing before going to Home Economics class (Art of Living) where w'e were daily checked on grooming, cloth ing. colors, hair style, ad infinitum. Remember when we came back as SOPHOMORES — seeing first, of course, the very ones who w^ere not supposed to come back? . . . our fun in Merner . . . the pinochle games until the wee wee hours (there was no conversation of electricity, heat, etc, for defense then)? . . . the complete changes of all boy friends? ... it seems that there was very little “carry over value” (Education. JONES!) but a faithful few' lingered on for awhile ... our initation of the Freshmen when one girl (Sophomore!) almost lost a toother . . . the newcomers to our class who adjusted so easily and are still very popular? , , , the systematized methods of sharing box es? .. . our social life was more ex pansive that year — or was it? We made several W. A. A. trips . . . . Howard . . . Hampton ... A. & T. Remember how we watched the re moval of the old Carrie Barge Chapel? . . . cars parked in front of Merner then! . . . the building of Carrie Barge Dormitory? . . . the program for Mrs. Pfeiffer? (and I met her that year. too). Won't you ever forget our em- l)arrassment when the average grade points were read in iharel for each dormitory and ours was the lowest? . . . BUT within six weeks, after exams had come and gone, we were at the TOP of the list — Note of thanks to Mr. Leslie Collins — he helped too. Merner girls were proud that day . . . that was an example of the Bennett CLASS spirt that you hear so much about. When we returned the following year to occupy the lovely ne\v Carrie Barge, we were minus a few' of our class mates. But we w'ere essential ly a progressive and sophistocated class —.so thought WE! Remember how we were afraid of Miss Bowe (Mrs. Green) at first — and then how sad our party was the night before she left? . . . Mrs. Donnell? . . . . our monthly parties? . . . how' we felt al)out l)eing able to go down town offically in groups of two? . . . the new comers to our class? Re- memljer the numerous activities of the Little Theatre Guild that year, the N. I. D. A. Conference, and es pecially the thi'ee original one-act plays by Miss Colee (We took them to Fort Bragg and Dudley — re member? ) NOW a w'ar has been declared but Bennett carries on . . . Remem- lier our continuation of the Endow ment Drive in this, our Senior year . . . pep meetings . . . the inter class quartet singing “There’ll Al ways Be a Bennett” , . . our ela tion when we reached and surpassed our goal. For the few of us w'ho were fortu nate enough to graduate in January of this year, there are a few' differ ent reminiscences including our Senior Piiveleges. But I won’t rub > it in since the rest of the class has i a few more w'eeks to wait ... I must say they w'ere fine, thanks to ^ Dean Brett. All of us will carry with us an intimate l)ond — that of sister hood — because of the many experi ences we have shared. Now I wonder if the others felt as I did when I -went to my last few classes—Philosophy under the instruction of Mr. Banner, was “Ma Derniere Classe (It’s lieen a L-O-N- G time since Freshmen French — is that expression right?) in spite of syllogisms such as: “No cat has 9 tails. All cats have 1 tail more than no cat. Therefore all cats have 10 tails.” Valid or invalid? Can you imagine my feeling of regret w'hen I visited my classes for the last time? My daily ritual of marking the days off of the calen dar somehow seemed futile. All through and ready for ??? But wait! ! ! an offer of a job! . . . where? . . . BENNETT . . . Really!! Well, was I surprised? But in spite of all a brief trip to New York w'as absolutely necessary beforehand. Why???well . . . However. January 20 rolled aiound. I started to work as a ste nographer to the Administrative offices and I have been undergoing a period of adjustment until tihs time. A member of the faculty mention ed recently that someone should get out the goat in order to complette my initiation. But teasing because of my transition has been sufficient for my initiation (I think! and that’s a hint!!) In spite of minor difficulties AND exams through the 3% years, I have enjoyed it all and I wouldn’t trade (Continued On Page Four) Senior Class Plans For ''Senior Day'' The Senior Class has cluirge of entire week March 1-7. This week is the traditional Senior Week dur ing which time the candidates for the May A. B. and B. S. degrees receive their caps and gow'ns in a ceremony and during which time the Seniors receive their priveleges. An outline of the plans for the week are as follows: Monday March 1, Chapel sei'vices will be handled by the class officers. Tuesday, March 2, A Quiz Pro gram on contemporary events in alt phases of life w'ill be ai'ranged un der the leadership of Miss Lucillle I^e'wi-i, w'hose committee is com posed of the Misses Cobb, Candis Johnson, Merrick, Brooks, and Hattie Williamson. Wednesday, March 3, the Senior members of the Senior choir w'ill, under the direction of Edith White man, sing during the chapel period. Prayer service that evening will )>e conducted by Miss Frances Fonvielle and Miss Helen Brown. Thursday, March 4, a skit will be presented. Friday, March 5, is the day of the traditional robe ceremony and is known as Senior Day. The Seniors’ rol)es are put on them by the Sopho more sisters of their choice. Sunday school March 7, will also l)e conducted by Seniors. Little Theatre Guild Gives Two Programs On January 8 and 9 the Little Theatre Guild under the direction of Miss Gladys Forde presented three one-act plays. “The Painter”, a racial problem play W'rUten by John Ross, director of dramatics at Fisk University, was rather unconvincingly cast. There were moment? in the characteriza tion though when the ill-casting could be forgotten in the ability and earnestness of the actors. In the play were Misses Rachel Manley, ’41: Edwina Schnyder, '45; Fannie Belle Lea. '4 5: and from A. and T. two young men — Henry Smith and William Skelton. “Before Breakfast” a racy Eugene O’Neill monologue contained per haps the best bit of acting on the program. This one act. one character scene was an excerpt from unhappy married life and was skillfully por trayed by Edith Whitman, '43. Gertrude Mitchell’s “A Gift From Heaven” w'as enacted by mem1)ers of the Freshman Theater Guild un der the direction of Miss Ruth Acty. This melodrama starred the follov/- ing meiul)ers of the class of ’4G: iVancy Pinkard, Grade Pollard. Orial Banks. Amelia Addison, Laurita Ashmore, and Mary Foster. The second program was a pres entation of “Icebound”, Owen Davis’s play, in High Point February 2 at the invitation of the Alpha Art Club. “Icebound” opened the drama season for the Guild at Bennett earlier in the year was such a success with the student body and community pati'ons that it merited out-of-tow'n repetition. Members of the cast ware: Mary Pitts, Fannie Belle Lea, Gloria McCottry, Australia Hines. Obera Dawson, Vivian Ayers, Morris Tynes, Norman Johnson, Ed win Horne, Waddell Hinnant, and William Skelton (the young men of A. and T. college). The accompany ing technical staff consisted of the Misses Rosa Lomax, Muriel Gayle, and Mildred Glymph. The play was under the direction of Miss Gladys Forde. Outstanding Authority On Personal Adjustment Visits Campus Dr. Gladys Hoagland Groves of the Bureau of Marriage Counseling. Depaitmeut of Sociology at the Uni versity of North Carolina was guest at Bennett on February 2-3 and 10- 11. when she conducted lecture and discussion groups on various phases of marriage and sex. giving special emphasis to the problem of war marriages and the position of w'omen in a world at w'ai'. “College girls should help make soldiers feel that there is somebody who is interested in them”, said Dr. tlroves when she was asked wliat she considered the lole of the col lege girl to be in bolstering soldier moi’ale. She qualified the statement by, adding that relationships with soldiers should not reach a point of frustration and in such cases the relationship should be l>roken off. Then there should be a clean break and as Dr. Groves said “the sooner this occurs — the better for l)ot)i parties concerned”. After all in social relationships in peacetime oi' war time discretion should be used. Dr. Groves stated also that in the present war situation college girls are quite thoughtful in their con duct accordin,g to our social mores “College girls realize”, said Dr. Groves, “that they are making mores of the future and must w'ork for an equalitorian social culture in which the girl has as much responsibilty as the boy. By not merely repeating what has gone on before and by planning out the management of the futr.re, a girl may keep peace w'ithin herself and live a happy and suc cessful life.” Getting closfjr to home, Dr. Groves was asked if^*she thought that any new courjies in marriage, sex or fami ly life s^hould be added to the-.;ur- ii..ulum?at Bennett in order to better advise Bennett girls on pei'sonal prolilems. Dr. Groves answered by saying that the courses now offered in marriage and family life in ad dition to the courses in personal hygiene, were probably sufficient. She Itased this answer on the fact that the main purpose of such a course is to find, out just what the students want and need to know. Such courses are for the students in general and for a large part are the flexilile courses needed in the curriculum. She belonged to the mining school of questioning — when her pick failed, she took to blasting. —Chiistonher Hale. The Old Order Changeth Yes. the old order has definitely changed — ti'adition has )jeen shat tered. mirabili dictu--Ma Mac has Ijeen transferred from Pfeiffer! The possibility of such a thing’s happen ing was about as likely as the sun’s lising in the west one morning — but happen it did! Now Anything Goes . . . Mrs. Dorothy Hamilton, who had applied for overseas service w'ith the recreational department of the Red Cross, was accepted, thus leaving a vacancy in the matron’s i)osition at Jones Hall. Rather than put some one entirely new' over the Freshmen it was decided that IVIrs. McLaurin would be the temporary Jones Hall matron while Mrs. Emma Wallace, new' relief matron, would assume Ma Mac’s duties as regular matron of Pfeiffer Hall over the upperclass men. Although the change has brought about such teasing as: Freshmen, freshmen, don’t you cry You’ll be clean as Pfeiffer by and by. . . ” it's really HARD to imagine Ma Mac’s not being in Pfeiffer. The legend that always precedes Ma Mac naturally had all the Jones Hall girls scared to death! Why Ma Mac was AWFUL — she made you do New Campus Officers Elected With the giaduation of Helene Jacobs, in January, the presidenc,y of the Student Senate was left vacant. Nominations for the office were made and submitted to the student body. The two girls nominated were Virginia Holder. ’43, and Bettie Wade, '44. Both girls plan to gradu ate on the accelerated 3% year plan —one in May 1943, the other in January. 1944. By a similar token Ruth Everette’s graduating in January left the po sition of treasurer open. Annie Valentine and Wilma Gorham, botlv '43. were nominated to take Iter place. On January 20 the elections were held. Miss Brett presided at a chapel period. She counselled the group to be wise in its choice of officers for there was still much to be done by the Senate. Three of the four candidates for election were seat ed on the sta.ge and gave brief com ments. Vote W'as by ballot. The returns w'ere posted that even ing on all bulletin boards. Bettie Wade is the new' president of the Senate and Annie Valentine is its treasurer. The best of luck to you both; you have the cooperation of the entire stvdont body! May the Senate be as vi.gorous and tmictiou- al body as it has been durlr.i; (h.' first semester of the school term. Another vacancy was made be- (anse of mid-year gradualion on the campii.'. Victoria Morrison upon graduation necessitated the election of a new' president of the I'.ook Lovers’ Club. In her stead Carol Carter, ’45, has been chosen to serve. Under her leadership the Book Lov ers’ Club has already taken charge of a birthday dinner which was, w’e must say, a success Cai'Ol. “Y” SPONSORS ANNUAL BAZAAR AND TALENT PROGRAM (Continued From Page One) a three-ring circus. There was a novelty game run by Naida Willette and Gra'’e Pollard, both ’4 6. There was a dance floor admittance to which cost the stupendous fee of ?.02. Music was furnished by Feolia Martin, piano, and Katherine Jenk ins, bass, both ’44. There was a “proti” kiss booth — which created much laughter because of the sales talks given by Priscilla Brown, Issa- belle Collier, and Gwendolyn Gayle —all Kent Hallers and all class of ’46. The kisses w'ere candy! Delicious hamburgers and lemon pies were sold and soft drinks quenched the thirst of the happy throng. Hats off to Hilda Amaker, president of the “Y” for the best bazaar’ we’ve seen at the gym for a long time. duty w'ork just so — you couldn't talk above a whisper when she was aiound — you had to walk tip-toe in the halls. Horrible! Now all the Jones Hall girls are just as devoted to Ma Mac as have been all the other girls in years gone by. Why yes, she does make you act like little ladies —but after all — what are you? Mrs. Wallaie as acting director in Pfeiffei’ feels quite at home on Ben nett's campus. Her desire is really to be a Bennett mother to the girls. You know, literally, she is just that. Tw'o of her children attended lien- nett. She enjoys the religious meet ings on the campus, vespers, mid week vespers, Sunday School and the like. She finds being with the girls new' and pleasant experi ence and being with the faculty is remniscent of her days of teaching in the city public schools. Her hobby is working with flowers — so al though Ma Mac may not be with Pfeiffer gii’ls when the buds begin to appear, Pfeiffer will still be the background foi’ many lovely flower arrangements.
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