March, 1946
THE BENNETT BANNER
Page Three
RECORD NUMBER OF
GRADUATES RECEIVE
COLLEGE EXPERIENCES
(Continued From Page One)
the traditional l)iTthday dinner iu
Wilbur F. Steele Dining Hall: Mrs.
MsLaurin served as chairman of the
dinner. Following a group picture at
thi’ee, the alumnae gathered in Hol-
gate Lounge i'or their annual associ
ation meeting, with Mrs. Gates, pre
siding. Reports were made t)y Miss
Daphne Lawson, the executive secre
tary; Mrs. McLaurin. the treasurer;
and Mi'ss Peggy Toatley. Chairman
of the Loyalty Fund. This fund is
to he used as a scholarship source
for high school graduates who de
sire to attend Bennett l)Ut are not
financially al)le to meet all the school
expenses. At present the alumnae
have contributed |631.00 toward the
stipulated goal of $1800.
The result iu the election of offi
cers for the following year were as
follows: Mrs. Juanita Pope Morisey,
president; Miss Daphne Lawson,
vice-president; Miss Rolierta Favors,
recording secretary: Mi’ss DuDonna
Tate, corresponding secretary: Mrs.
M. B. McLaurin, treasurer: Mrs.
Dorothy Sizemore Smith, Chairman
of the Constitution committee: Miss
Peggy Toatley, Chairman of the
Loyalty Fund; and Miss Edna Gray
Taylor, Chairman of the Home-com-
ing committee.
At 8 that night, the graduates re
newed old friendships and reminisced
a l)it at an informal get-together i'n
the gym.
The week-end of activities came
to a close with the regular vesper
service at 4 p. m. in Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel. The evident success
of the event has inspired the group
to schedule next year's home-coming
for February and to meet again at
commencement in May.
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ONE of the most striking symbols
of Bennett College life is the great
bell which tops a scaffold standing
between the Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Chapel and the dining hall. It is rung
for meals and classes, twice for each,
every day in term life by the Ben
nett liell ringer, who is a student
chosen (or her reliability. She must
bo a girl who needs no supervision—
a girl who is so well organized with
in herself that her punctuality
twenty-three times a day (come
wintei’ or rough weather! ) is the
proof of her character quality.
THE temperamental chapel clock
high up in the tower may be fast
or slow, as it often is. Not so our
sophomore bell I'inger. You can ab
solutely )jank on her. When Virginia
Dare Scales rings tor 6:45 in the
dark of a winter morning or ,5:45 on
a sunny afternoon, that’s the time it
is. You can set your watch by her
first stroke for she has not only a
master watch on her left wrist but
a watchful mind, and eye, and strong
right hand that synchronizes on the
dot. I have wickedly tried once or
twice to divert her attention at bell-
ringing time but always as I watch
her sensitive face I see the inner
w-arning I'eflect itself in her with-
di-awing smile. “Please sir, will you
excuse me? I have to ring the bell.”
VIRGINIA earns part of her ex
penses at Bennett l)y ringing the bell.
Strangely enough, it may seem to
you, she has grown to love it; not
only, we suspect, for what it does to
her and in her, but more perhaps,
for what it helps her do for all her
fi lends, students and faculty alike,
getting them up and out to meals
and classes.
Slug a bed!
Slug a bed!
Rub your fuzzy head
Hustle up to breakfast.
That’s what I said
(That’s what I said)
Mister Professor
You'd lietter hustle too.
You've got to meet your class
I’m speaking to you.
(I'm Hpeaking to you),
VIRGINIA Scales is “a very im
portant person” as President David
Jones often says about every one of
us here. Virginia i's especially so
because she is symbolic — symbolic
of Bennett's personal interest in
every one of her students and of her
reliance upon them — symbolic of
student relial)ility too.
ONE day when Virginia was try
ing to scare up a term paper topic
over in the library, hunting around
among cold academic subjects, we
got to thinking about her real experi
ences. We visited with her about her
job and other things. Then it seem
ed suddenly to dawn on her that
HELLS would make just the right
subject for her term papei'.
NOW that she has eagerly run
down every clue she can find any
where, the result is a highly credit-
al)le product under the caption:
liellw And Tli-ii- Spiritual Significance
I. How bells are made:
a. materials
1). forms and sizes
c. chimes and carillons
II. Various uses of ))ells
III. Famous l)ells
IV. Famous bell ringers and fam
ous ringings
V. The spiritual significance of
bells revealed in poems, cuuj-
tations and songs about bells.
VI. What bells mean to me
WHEN President Jones read her
paper, he exclaimed, “Why, this illus
trates exactly what we mean at Ben
nett by individualizing education in
relation to life experiences and per
sonal interests.”
ANNA CAMP
RICHARD HENRY EDWARDS.
STUDENTS TOUR 13
SOUTHERN COLLEGES
By HENRIETTA SCALES
An eight day tour of thirteen
southern collegevs was the highly edu
cative experience enjoyed by Misses
Lleanor Barnwell, freshman; Joce
lyn lilanchet, sophomore; Joyce
i-dley. junior j and Henrietta Scales,
senior. These young ladies elected by
the Student Senate Cabinet, repre
sented the four classes and were ac
companied by Mrs. Grace C. Gates,
(hairman of campus services and A.
A. Morisey, director of publicity.
Four phases of campus life were
studied, namely: student govern-
jiunt, co-curricular activities, post
war programs and student regula
tions. The studies were thorough
and the findings numerous, which
findings differed widely from those
existing here at Bennett.
Acquiring new ideas which could
i;e incorporated into our program
i) improve the life in our college
■ omiiiunity constituted the purpose
1 t!.e tour. Colleges visited included
Ltneciict ('ollege, Allen University,
I laflin College, South Carolina State
College, Paine College, Clark (;ollege,
Spelman College, Morehouse College,
Atlanta University, Morris Brown
College, Gammon Theological Sem
inary. Agnes Scott College, and John
son C. Smith University.
The privilege enjoyed by these
.voung ladies is one seldom experi-
I r.. ed by others. No vicarious learn-
lig could exceed the tour in merit,
value, information acquired and edu-
atiou. It was a rare opportunity and
I worthwhile endeavor. The trip
. .ovecl both iirofitable and interest-
iS and the colleges visited were en_
,,oyed.
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-T.\KK ASSISTANT
Cla: ice M. Key, daughter of Mrs.
Mary E .Key, Baltimore, Maryland,
and a graduate of the class of ’4 2 is
now serving in the Pacific Ocean Area
as an American Red (!ross staff as
sistant. News of Clarice’s Red (^ross
appointment was recently received
tbi-ough a report fi-om the Red Cross
National Headquarters in Washing
ton, D. C.
One of the 270 Negroes serving
overseas with the Red Cross, Clarice
was formerly a unit leader at the
Girl Scouts Summer Center, New
York City and a group worker at the
Harlem Boys Club, also in New York.
A girl turned up a work wearing
two officer’s silver bars pinned to her
sweater. One of her office mates
asked, “Is your boy friend a cap
tain?” “Goodness no,” she .sai'd.
“Two lieutenants.”
JOHNSON WRITES FOR
CAMPUS LIFE
The current issue of Campus Lite,
which came oft tlie presses February
28, carried an article by Miss Con
stance Johnson, instructor in speech
and dramatics here at Bennett.
In her article, “From College to
’•he Theatre” in which she tells of
the plight of young Negro dramatic
as]>ii'ants into the American theatre,
Miss .lohnson writes, “The usual
roadway role that the Negro has
been invited to play is that of the
zoot suiter', whose mother sings on
ly haunting spirituals and whose
father is called 'Hey, boy' or ‘George'
on |)ull-man cars. However, since
(lie hot evening in June, 1944, when
the American Negro Theatre invited
a few well-known and interested pa.
;ion,-; of the theatre to the basement
..1 the lH;ith Street Public Library
111 New York City, to see its product
ion of “Anna Lucasta”, a very great
(liaiige seein.s to have taken place in
ihe theatre.”
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111 rccogni’tion of American Broth-
,‘ihood Week wliich was observed
ihroughout the country, February
lS-23, three students were awarded
certificates for their efforts to cre
ate better race relations. Thes*
students were Misses: Lucille Brown,
.,iinior. Scranton. Pa.- Blanch(-
Craves, senior, Portland, Oregon;
and Theoiihra Harris, sophomore,
Wilkeslioro, N. C. The awards, bear-
in.g the signature of former governor,
llai’old Stassen and President Harry
Ti uinan, were presented in a formal
chapel service by Rev. R. D. Crock
ett, director of religious activities
at the college.
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