THE BENNETT BANNER
STUDENT PUBLICATION OF BENNETT COLLEGE
AND
Happy New Year
VOLUME XVI
GKEENSBORO, N. C., DECEMBER, 1946
NUMBER 1
WHO’S WHO” HONORS EIGHT STUDENTS
Noted Contralto
Sings Here
On Tuesday, December 3, 1946,
Miss Carol Brice, contralto, was pre
sented in recital in Annie Merner
Pfeiffer chapel. She was accompanied
by her brother, Mr. Jonathan Brice.
Miss Brice is the first Negro to
■win the coveted Naumberg Award.
As soloist, she appeared with the
New York Philharmonic, Pittsburgh,
Kansas City, and other great sym
phony orchestras. She also has her
own series of programs broadcast
weekly over CBS.
The press has highly praised Miss
Brice. The New York Sun said, “The
contralto’s voice is one of amplitude
and depth. Its auality has richness
and it is expressive.’’
The BeunetL college audience
recognized this depth and richness
■when Miss Brice presented to them a
very interesting program. Among her
most outstanding numbers were:
“Auflosung” by Schubert, “Las
Cigales” by Chabrier, “L’Intruse” by
Fervier, and ‘‘Seguidilla” by de
Falla. One of her most interesting
encores was “Ah! The Red Rose
Forever” by Foster.
Living Madonnas
Presented T)ec, 8
“The Living Madonnas,” a tra
ditional portrayal of famous paint
ings of the Madonna, was presented
in Anni’e Merner Pfeiffer Chapel on
December 8.
A capacity audience sat in silent
reverence as it beheld the heautiful
nativity scenes. Among the master
pieces most gloriously depicted were:
Mi'chelangelo’s “Madonna.” and
Raphael’s great works, “Madonna of
the Chair’’ and “Sistine Madonna.”
Other tableaux were “Madonna En
throned” by Giotto, “Madonna and
the Child’’ by Botticelli, “Holy Fami
ly with Rabbitt’ by Titian, ‘‘Madon
na of the Harpies” by del Sarto, and
“Holy Night” by Maratta.
Skillfully directed and beautifully
staged, “The Living Madonnas’’ were
presented with music by the Junior
Choir and narrations by the Speech
Choir. Vocal soloists Avere Misses:
Marie Holley, Hazel Anderson, Mar-
quita Goss, Edith Carter, and Doris
Marks. A clarinet solo was played by
Vivian Greenlee.
Produced under the direction of
Mrs. Sara E. Hardy, the program
was sponsored by the art, drama,
and music departments. The Cloth
ing and Maintenance departments
also assisted in the production.
Vesper Quotes
“There need be no other wars Tje-
cause we are living in the most fav
orable tim.e for the success of a liber
al world- In spite of their antagon
ism, Russia and the United States are
■fundamentally the same in principle.
They are both powerful nations that
came iTito being by revolutions
against tyranny with the purpose of
setting the common man free. Their
goal is the same but their means
of obtaining it are different. They
hoth have too much to want what
another nation has, and their very
antagoni'sm is more favorable than
the friendship of the United States
with the coalition of nations who
profess Christianity and do not
practice it.”
—DR. MORDECAI JOHNSON,
President, Howard University
Washington, D. C-
“The college must help all who
come to it to crack wide open the
shells of egotism of childhood. It
must teach about present day prob
lems. We must go back to our herit
age and pick out those things that
made these problems.”
—DR. CONSTANCE WARREN,
President Emeritus
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, New York.
“The true aim of education is not
merely the development of intellect,
73rd Found ers Day
Observed
Bennett College observed its sev
enty-third Founders Day on Novem
ber 8. The Founders Day address
was delivered by Governor Baldwin,
Senator-elect, of Connecticut. He
stressed the importance of education
to youth in the post-war period, stat
ing that it should teach them to live
as well as to earn a living- Not to be
overlooked is the statement by Gov
ernor Baldwin that we should recog-
inize the importance of citizenship-
“Since we are a peace-loving nation,”
stated Governor Baldwin, “willing
neither to be exterminated by a
future war or reduced to an almost
insignificant part of a world state, it
is our responsibility as citizens to
work out a plan for peace without
sacrificing any of our vital sover
eignty.”
Greetings from the Board of Trus
tees were brought by Dr. W. C. Jack
son, Board President and Chancellor
of Woman’s College, University of
North Carolina.
Contributions from the student
body, which amounted to $1,000,
were presented by Miss Joyce Edley,
senior, of Lynchburg, Va. Student en
thusiasm toward this affai'r was at its
maximum, and each student cooper
ated to see that the goal was attain
ed. Miss Barbara Ware, chairman of
the Home Economics division, re
ported $1,070 from the faculty and
staff. Mrs. Nelle Coley, class of 1931,
presented a graduate gift of $400.85
toward the Alumnae Loyalty Fund.
On the afternoon of Founder’s Day
the Harmon Unthank flag pole was
dedicated. The flag pole was present
ed by the daughter of Mr. Unthank,
Mrs. Alice Unthank Reynolds, of
Winston-Salem, N. C., and was ac
cepted on behalf of the trustees, fac
ulty, and students by Mrs. Julius
Cone, chairman of Buildings and
Grounds committee, Bennett College
Board of Trustees. Remarks were
given by Governor Raymond E-
Baldwin and Major General Kenneth
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Christmas
Story
A star in the East beamed
steadily to shepherds on the lone
ly hillside—its beams seemed to
be telling of true peace, of love,
and of life. They seemed to hold
the key to that “something” for
which all men were seeking.
The shepherds, because they
could no longer resist the mag
netic forces of the star, followed
it to a lowly manger where they
found that key to all their
troubles—they found the Prince
of Peace. After full realization
of what had happened to them,
they fell on their knees in thanks
to God and then went forth to
spread the news.
Again the star in the East is
beaming its message from on
high but now it is shining on us.
It can and will lead us to the so
lution of all our problems—to
Christ our Lord. We doubt —
yes, and probably the shepherds
did also. We falter—and maybe
they did too. But they did decide
to follow, and in their decision
they found peace. We, too, must
make that same decision, for only
through the brotherhood and
love which thev found can we
build a w'oiid '“'here all tlie to
morrows will be safe — a world
of peace and lo’-'C which insures
to every man the right to live.
—The Editor.
Bilbo At The
Crossroads
By Lucille Brown, ’47
The renomination, some months
ago, of Senator Theodore G. Bilbo
hy the Democratic party of Missis
sippi assured his re-election to a
third term in the United States Sen
ate. Today the senator, however,
better known as “The Man,” is on
shaky ground. It is no secret that
many of Bilbo’s colleagues in the
Upper House do not look forward to
six more years of his company.
His right to sit in the Senate is
now being challenged by a special
investigating committee. Bilbo ia
charged with having used intimi
dation and discrimination against Ne
groes at the polls. The committee
will also soon hear a testimony that
Bilbo received a $25,000-00 campaign
gift from a Mississippi firm. The
committee is weighted with north
erners and southerners of both par
ties who are fully conscious that
their conduct in the Bilbo affair is
being watched back home by Negro
as well as white voters.
A national committee to oust Bil
bo, sponsored by the Civil Rights
Congress, has been created to rally
national support for Senate action
against the seating of Bilbo. The
goal of this organization is to pre
sent to the Senate a petition signed
by one million persons who do not
wiBii to see Bilbo »eated in the upi/er
House.
Ousting Bilbo would remove an
outspoken member of the Ku Klux
Klan from the Senate. It would
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Frenc KCl uL Adopts
St udent Package Plan
The French Club, at its first meet
ing last month, elected the following
officers: president, Velma Hayes,
’48, Winston-Salem, N. C.; secretary,
Miriam Ricks, ’48, Elm City, N. C.;
treasurer, Wilma Vestal, ’50, Win
ston-Salem, N. C. Ollie Crews, ’47,
Winston-Salem, N. €., was named
chairman of the Budgeting commit-
itee.
The club has made plans to un
dertake a very constructive project,
the Student to Student Package Plan
sponsored by American Aid for
France, through packages contribut
ed by American students. This plan
establishes personal contact between
ithe French students and their donors
and also affords American students
an excellent opportunity to become
better acquainted with France—its
language and customs.
The package, containing food, will
weigh not more than eleven pounds
at a cost not more than a dollar and
seventy-five cents. If there are any
persons who are interested in adopt
ing a French student they may con-
itact Miss Selma Ingersoll, the club
advisor.
CALENBAB FOB DECE3VIBEB
December
December
December
December
December
13-
-Dormitory Christmas
Parties
-Movie in the Little
Theatre
Pfeiffer Hall Dance
-Annual Senior Choir
Christmas Concert
16—Christmas Party
Thirkield Gymnasium
18—Christmas holiday
begins at 10:00 p. m.
14-
15-
A4ad emoiselle Accepts
Nine Sludents
Every year, the fashion magazine,
MADEMOISELLE, offers an oppor
tunity to college girls throughout
the country to become members of
the College Board.
It is the function of the College
Board members, who are chosen on
a competitive basis, to act as re
porters on their particular campus.
Students on the Board must not only
maintain high scholastic averages
but must also participate in extra
curricular activities.
Fi’ve hundred students belong to
the College Board. If any of the five
hundred are fortunate enough to
have their articles accepted for pub-
ilication, they are paid twenty-five
dollars for each article.
Nine Bennett girls, in hopes of be
ing admitted into the five hundred,
sent in articles which were concerned
with different creative phases of our
college life. All of their articles
were accepted. The nine girls are
as follows: Jacqueline Young, Phila
delphia, Pa.; Rosalind N. Lynn, Sel
ma, Ala.; Rosamond Hogans, Char
lotte, N. C.; Elaine Mitchell, Fayette
ville, N. C.; Gwendolyn Alexander,
Philadelphia, Pa.; Eleanor Bishop,
Christianburg, Va.; Betty Powers,
Bloomfield, Conn.; Bernice Camp
bell, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lucille E.
Brown, Scranton, Pa.; and Jocelyn
P. Blanchet, New Orleans, La.
In the late spring twenty members
of the College Board will be chosen
as guest editors for MADEMOI
SELLE. They will go to New York
for the month of June to compose
the August edition of the magazine.
Hats off to these nine students!
aSaiiOO
URiqn
Juniors And
Seniors Selected
Eight Bennett College studentsi
have received word that their names
will be included in the 1946-47 edi
tion of “Who's Who Among Students
in American Universities and Col
leges.”
Selection for ‘‘Who’s Who’’ is
based on scholarship, character, and
leadership in extra-curricular activi
ties. Juniors, seniors and students in
advanced work are eligible for nom
ination. These students are elected
by the faculty and student body.
Bennett students who were se
lected included four seniors. Misses:
Betty Powers, Gwendolyn Alexander,
Joyce Edley, and Ivery Outterbridge;
and four juniors, Misses: Gwendo
lyn Gidney, Ruth Sydnor, Jocelyn
Blanchet, and Elinor Bishop.
Betty Powers, an English and,
French major, i-s chairman of the
Student Senate Cabinet. An active
person on the campus. Miss Powers
is a member of the Senior choir, copy
editor on the “Bennett Banner,”
member of the Southern Conference
for Human Welfare, and a member
of the French Club. She has been se
lected as representative of North
Carolinian students in the Conference
of Southern Students and holds a
icertificate of merit from Alpha Ep
silon Honor Society.
Gwendolyn Alexander, associate
editor o£ the “Re.inett Cdn -r,' hn..,
received a certificate of merit from
Alpha Epislon, She is president of
the senior class and vice-president
of the Intercollegiate Interracial
Committee. Miss Alexander, a form
er parliamentarian of the Student
Senate Cabinet, will graduate in
February, 1947; she is an English
major.
A science major, Joyce Edley is a
member of Alpha Epsilon Honor So-
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Student Conference
Xo Be Held In Cliicago
On December 29-30 a conference
of American college students will be
held at the University of Chicago.
This conference is being called by a
committee composed of representa
tives from the national student
organizations and universities which
aided in sending an American dele
gation to the World Student Con
gress at Prague.
The purpose of this meeting will
be to hear a report on the interna
tional student scene with special
eniphasis placed on the World Stu
dent Congress at Prague, and to
establish, if decided by the confer
ence, a national preparatory com
mittee to make specific plans for
such an organization.
Senior Ck oir Plans For
Ckristmas Concert
Czechoslovakian, Polish, French,
English, and American folk songs
will highlight the annual Christmas
Concert of the Senior Choir Sunday,
December 15, 1946. Mr. David W.
Holland, organist and director of mu
sic, has announced that two of the
soloists will be: Misses: Joyce Picot,
’47, of Ahoskie, N, C. and Allethia
Walker, ’47 of Pittsfield, Mass,
Accompanist for the choir is Miss
Marcheta Whitfield, ’47 of Bing
hamton, N, Y.