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Student Publication tf Bennett College
\ OI>l ME XIV
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Queen Carol Carter
Reigns Over
May Day Festivals
Cai'iil ('ai'ter, tlx* May ()invii, sur-
rouiuled l>y lu'r cdurl, I’eisiiiHl (iver the
■May Day Fi'stivitU'S, a ^ala occasidii
(U'siiite the iiicleineiit weather. Denutiv
and ih'essed in white net with a full
train "La Kcint*" cai'ried a hdiuiuet cif
red and white j'(is(‘s and was crowned
hy Mrs. I>avid I). .lont'S. ]\laynie Harris
was maid nf honoi'.
'rii(> tiienie iiortrayed the history of
l)liysi'al ('ducation from th(> (Jrecian
au'(' to modern times. 'I’lu' (Ji'ecian
consisted of the Olymiiic festival
anil a (Ji’ecian dance. Vera Moori' rt‘-
ceived th(> laurel wri'atii as winner of
the Olympic games, raciu.n', wrestlin.u',
and throwins tiu“ Javelin.
Next in order was tlu‘ A,"(' of Chiv
alry (hu'ins which th(' i)arlicii>ants en-
.uaged in feucin.i;, arclun-y. handhall,
.juKiiliu.i;, and halancinn'. Several dances
wcM'e then ’prt'-sentiMl l)cl'or(“ the ()u(‘en
to show the K/Uropean influenc(» on the
trends in Physical Kducation-Swedish
folk dance, Serbian Kola, Spanish Cav-
aliero, and Indian club drill.
Uei)resentins the (!a,v Nineties were
children's games. l>ast jirestMited were
-Modern dances—Sports skills, waltz
routine, Virginia Keel rela.vs, pyrauiids,
and int(>rpretive primitive dances. The
('horal Club sang two ntunbers: “ISy
the Iteiid of ;he Uiver," and “Oh I’eter,
(io King 'J)e;u ]!ells.”
'I'lie Jlayjtoie Dance terminated the
festival. Cotirt was ad.iourned with the
r(>cession of the C^ueen and her Court,
Court attendant were: Anna McDan
iels, Jessal Holland, Nannie (ieary,
lneJ5 Camion, I'lelores Newsome, Lolita
Jlolden, Auldrey Iteid and Aluia Amos.
I.ittU' .lean, ,Morisey was crown bt‘a''-
M', and Joanne IJaiford flower girl.
1945 G raduating Class——Bennett College
Eig-hty Seniors To
Graduate On May 28
Eight.v Seniors will gi'adiuite from
7’ennett College on ilay 28 at Com-
luencement Exercises in Annie Merner
I’feiffer Chapel at 3(1 o'clock a.ui. The
commencement speaker will be Dr. Har
old C. Case, of Scranton, I’exin.
Commencement events begin on Fri
day, -May 25, when the Senior play
]iroduction "Sinister
act mystery will be
IJttle Theater.
On Saturday, -May 2(i, Senior Glass
Day Exercises will be held and on the
same night, the traditional (’anipus
Illumination ])rograin will be present
ed.
Itisho]) Uot>ert X. I’.rooks, of New
Oi-leans, La., will deliver the I’.acca-
lauri'ati' -\ddress on Siniday, -May 27.
House" a three
presented in the
Vesper Speakers
Stress Understanding
By N-ANCY PINKAHI), ’4fi
Uev. I‘. -\. Tayloi-, professor of re
ligious ('ducation at Canunon 'I'heologi-
cal Seminary, Atlanta, (ia.: Dr. ('ou-
stantine I’annunzio, professor at tlie
rniv(M'Sity of California and Dr. Lloyd
i;. 'Worle.v, pastor of the First Jleth-
odist church, Stanford, Conn.. were
the college vesper speakers in Annie
-Merner I’feiffer Chapel, April 22, 2i),
and -May (i, respectively.
Kev. Taylor.
In speaking of life's necessities, Kev.
'I'aylor ur,ged a greater miderstandiiig
of the world, cooperation with groups,
and the direction of strengtli to par
ticular problems. He stre.ssed the im
portance of these necessities if our
life is to be a worthwhile one. Thnmgh
world-wide tuulerstanding the speaker
intimated the eventual recognition of
all men that bi’otherhood should be the
leading force behind all world relations.
If pea'e is to come to man it will oid.v
come through the acceptance and ])rac-
tice of such action.
Dr. I'aiuuinzio.
Speaking in "I’raise of Little Things"
Dr. Kannun/-i) pointed out that nature
and the animal kingdom consist of lit
tle things and that man's entire exist
ence lei>ends upon these little things.
"-Man UKist highly prizes small (luan-
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Christening Highlights
Mother’s Day
Observance
'rhe ciiristening of Sandra EIUmi
Echols, ilaught(‘r of Sgt. and -Mrs. Ev-
ei-('tt Echols of this city and the rec
ognition of Mrs. -Mar.v (liluuM’ as "Hon
or Mother" highlight(‘(l the schedule of
events in observance of -Mothers Da.y
at the college.
The day's activities got underway at
8 a.m., with a .sp‘cial "whit(‘" br('ak-
fast honoring motlun'S of all students
on th** "!M!pn^ 'I'ho s-tndent s*‘i':ite
served as host for the occasion, with
Miss Koherta l^'avors, presidtMd, pre
siding. -V special reading was giv(‘n
by -Miss Dorothy Pearson, cabin('t ni(‘m-
ber, Sumter, S. C.
Dttring the Sunday School servici's at
9:80 a.m. Jlrs. (Jilmer, who has a
daughter and two granddaught(M'S who
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International Relations
Club Entertains At
Final Meeting of Year
The final meeting of the Interna
tional Kelations Club took the torm of
a social entertainment intersi)ersel
with short talks on the history of the
orgiUiization and Jilans for a fuller i)ro-
gram for tlit' next yt'ar. 'I'he meeting
was held in the "Play Koom" of Jones
Hall.
Lucille P.rown, the Clnb secretary,
gave a full report of the Club's activ
ities for the yejtr. This was followed
by suggestions for i)lans for the con
tinuation of the program for another
year. The plans fir next year includ
ed chapel programs, radio jirograms.
and int(M-club activities with oi'ganiza-
tions of a similar nature.
Officers for the year included Na
talie Lytm, president, Lucille Ilrown,
secretary, ilassie Scott and Viola Hol
land, librarians with Dr. Frederic
Ja'kson, as faculty alviser.
Otlier memb(‘rs of the Club include
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Banner
Columnists
Exposed
Choir To Be
Presented In
Concert
Community Project
Closes Successful Year
Student Participation
Hy (JOLDWYN A. FOSTKK, M5
Students from each d(']>artment of
th(' college partici|iated in the lu'w
connnunity project tills year. In closing
tlu' studi'iit work for this school term,
the stiKk'ut's in Kural Sociology gave a
radio ]irograni on .Vjiril 27 Io tt'll the
story of the community i)ro.ject,
Kecently the Nutrition students under
the dii'(“ction of -Miss ii. A, War(> gave
a "court scene" in which the jiatrons
of th(‘ community chose the pro]ier
foods foi' balanc(*d meals. This iii’ogram
was given as a follow ti]) of a pujipet
show given recerdly to illustrate the
valiK' of vitamins.
Hope for An Enduring
Peace Must Have
As a Base World
Economic Stability
I5y LaVEKNI'; KI TH, 17
We are living iii a great p(‘riod of
Instory. .\nd what got's on today, what
went on yt'sti'rda.v and what will go
on tomorrow mnsi stiridy liavi' a di’li-
nite ('t'f('ct upon onr liv(>s and the lives
of tlu' futnr> geiK'rations. 'I'he Confei'
ence at San l''rancisco shows this to
b(' an incont(‘stilile fact.
-\t th(> Conf(>r(“nce, it is iiropost'd that
the delegalts, through discussions and
agi'iH'tiKMds, will lay the fonndatioiis
tor a world of iKM'manent jieace and
si'curity. Once the fonndation is laid,
the striulnre itself must b(‘ built. 'I’lien
follows the eiiui]iin(‘nt wliich must sure
ly go into th(> structure if things are to
run smoothly for tlu' ikmijiU's of tlu*
world who must occupy 1 he st ructure.
Conc»>i'n(‘d as we ar(‘ about a jiiM'ma-
nent pi act' for the world, we can only
invite' disast('r by failure to rc'alize
that economic and linancial (h'cisions
in tlu' Ii('ld of iult'rnalional rt'latioiis
.are mort' ('.ssential to a ]ieac(' in our
IX'inoci'acit's than the mt're making of
a s('curity pact.
The abst'uce of economic stability in
a cotmtry can wr('ck tlu‘ security of
that country long iH'fort' the security
iiK'asuri's can taki' root. 'I'Ik* plight
of a beati'ii (Ic'rmany I'rinn 11)20 to 1!)2,‘!
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-Mr. Nathan Pitts,
U'ge for Negroes was
on (uir cain]ins. Jli.ss
of N. C. Col-
a recent visitor
Flossie Pai-kei',
'I'he Itanner is taking this opportunity
to extiose all those anon,vmous v\'riters
whose coltmms you have been reading
in the Hjinner for the year.
lii'gimiing with our second page, your
"ln(]uiring Keporter" was (iwen -Vlex-
andi'r. 'I'liora Kelly wrote up the month
ly book report in "Ut'ader's Ketreat"
and Carol CarK'r (‘diti'd “Exchange
Juil)S." “Kampuzzations” was com
piled by 'I'ht'lma 'riionias and incident
ally the nanit^ Kampuzzataions wliich
was given to tlie column formerly
known as “Orgaiuzation News” was
the bi'ainwork of .lean McCord.
Koherta f'avors philosophized for
"Kaleidoscope" and “With Malice 'I'o-
ward None" was scoopt'd by Mayme
Harris. Carolyn Kobert.son wrote up
tlu' latt'st rt'coi'ds in "Plattt'r Patter"
and Kos(^ Hogans gave us tips about
fashion in "iliss Itennett ileets J)amae
Fashion.”
Look for these columns in your liati-
ner next yeai'—same columns, differ
ent writers!
'L'he Senior Choir will sing during
(’omniencement wt''k in its -\nnual
Choir Concert to be held Saturday,
-May 2(), 104o.
'I'his will be the last ajiperance for
many senior members of the choir,
namely, lierthenia Stephens, second al
to and president (»f the organization,
Olga Singleton, fii’st soprano, treasur
er: Kosa (loodwin, st'cond soprano,
wartlrobe mistress.
OtlK'r senior nu'uilx'rs are: f'irst so
pranos ('arolyn Hookta', lta’hel ])ureii;
second sopranos -Mary Lou Carti'i', Ituth
'I'hompson, Clara Mae J!acot(;; lirst
altos (loldwyn Foster, ilaymt' Harris,
and (llendora Mcllwain.
director of the connnunity pro.ject:, took
•Ml'. Pitts to the Collins (!rove Commu
nity to discuss (he ])ossibility of co
operatives. -Mr. Pitts thought it advis-
abl(' to begin with the cooperative store
Itecausi', at pre.s('nt, most of the pwiple
walk thrt'f' mih'S to markt't. -Miss Pai'k-
er plans to us(' Hit' Economics students
in this iilias(? of the program with Di-.
F. -\. .lackson as consultant.
-Miss Lovall, Health lOdui’atoi' of the
Chapel Hill Health De]iartinent,
brought thret' students in the Healtli
lOducation I )epartni('iit from tlu; Uni-
versily of North Carolina to P.ennett.
Thi'y canu' in ord('r that -Miss ]’ark('i'
could tell them in ik'tail about Ihi' com
munity iii'ogram of Health lOdncatioii.
-Miss Parki'r, aided by iiiss 'I'hacker,
stiKk'iits of nnisic, and stndenfs of Itu-
ral Sociology conducted a v('ry impres-
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Student Recitals Mark
National Music
Week Celebration
In ct'lebration of National Music
Wi'i'k, -May I), to -May 12, th(> music
department prest'iitt'd ,s('veral of its,
mt'inhers in recitals.
On Monday, -May 7, (iwendolyn Bry
ant, mezzo-soprano and Hattie Dixon,,
sojirano were presented in r('cital .joii (
l.v. W('dnesda,y, -May !) at. 10 o'clock
Doi'otliy -Monson, mezzo-soprano, Editli
'I'aylor, soprano, H('rthenia St('phens„
organist, and -■\nni(' Ixai (!ist, saxo-
jihonist were prt'st'uli'd in a ri'cital.
Wednesday evening Olga SingU'ton, so-
[irano, Kosa (ioodwin, m'Zzo-,soprani,
and Carol.vti P>ook(*r, soprano, apiieared
tog('tlier in I'ecital.
'I'he regular music appreciation hour
on 'I'hursday was devot('d to grotip sing
ing wliich was led by -Mrs. Jackson
of th(' music faculty.
On Friday, Jlay 11, at 10 o'clock, n
recital ju-est'titing -Matti(! b'aiicelte, nu'z-
zo-soprano, P>erth('iiia St(']ihens, mezzo-
soprano, and .lam't Whit(*, soprano, wa.s
iK'ld. ilusic week was conclu(k'l Friday
('V('ning by a r('cital by the ClKU'al Club
under the direction of -Miss (it'raldint
Pattei'son.
Juniors and Seniors
Dance At Annual Prom
l''lowers, music and lights Irans-
formed 'riiirkield (iyinnasium into an
Hawaiian Island ou May -1th for the
.-\nnual .lunioi'-Senior Prom. P>y the
scintillating tunes of -Max WesU'rbaud
and his orchestra, a really line aggre
gation, they danc(^d from 8 o'clock
until three quarti'rs of the midnight
curfew hour, the last possible moment.
Caught under a det'p blui' sky were
murals of swaying palms at each end
of the island. The walls wer; covered
with foliage out of which grew flowers
of all kinds, orchids that grew higher
up, roses and lilacs from the lower
branches. Shadows from tall palms
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United Negro College
Fund Campaign
Organized In City
(ii'i'i'usboro has organiz('d a local
campaign commilte' of the United
Negro Colleg(' fund with -Mr. Vance
Chavis as chairinaii. Dr. F. A. .lackson,
of our faculty was I'h'cted to S('i'V(! as
tr('asui'('r of the oi’ganizatioii.
'I'lu' cani]iai,gn connnitt('(' has iido]it('d
a iirogram wln'reby it projiosi's to raise
a minininm amount of on' hundred
dollars for each colU'ge comu'clt'd wilh
till' driv(', a total of thirty-two hundred
dollars.
'I’ht' drive is wt'll underway and the
conniiittee plans to mak(' an announci
merit of its ]irogr('Ss at an early dali
Bennett Quartet Sings
In Chapel Program
'I'he lieiinett (juartet and .Joyce
Picot, having r('cently returiK'd from
a lour of the eastern states, wf'ri; ]ire-
sented in r(?cital during chaix'l p. riod
Friday morning, .May 4, l!)4ri, at lo
o'clock with Mrs. (iladys (loint'Z, direc
tin’ and accomiianist.
'File four melodious voices of tlu;
(iuai1(‘t were lOdith 'I'aylor, first so
prano, ()rial Hanks, st'cond soprano;
■Metliia Walk('r, first alto, and I5elly
.\im -\rtis, s('cond alio. 'I’he ]irogi'ani
made a most impri'ssive start wilh the
|uarlet singing "Holy, Holy." .loyce
Picot sang “'I'bi? Star," by i{og('rs, fcd-
low(*d by an ('iicoure of “.Morning.'' .V
well done seh'clion was Mrs. (!ome/,’s
composition, “Spring Is H(H-e,” sung iiy
lOdith 'I'aylor. liringing the program
to both a climax and a close, all five
voic('s blendi'd in singing “.Mary and
.Martha."
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