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I’liotograplier catches Miss Itctty I’oxvers, '47, Senate Pi'eshleiit,
chatting with Dr. Wang.
Chinese Educator Visits Campus
The recent visit ol' Dr. Lucy
Wang to our campus proved to l)e
both interesting and informative. Dr
Wang, one of China’s leading women
educators, was the vesper speaicer
Sunday, January 19. 1947 and also
•opoke to several student groups
wiiile here.
President of Hwa Nan College, Foo-
I how, China, since 1930, Dr. Wang,
during the war, supervised the col
lege’s activities in Nanping, a city
3 40 miles north o£ Foochow, where
s'udents and faculty fled when the
.tapanese army i nvaded. Although
me campus in Foochow was com
pletely wrecked, the college was re
established in Nanping in crowded
and temporary quarters and for eight
years a program of increasing use
fulness and strength was carried on.
Despite limiiations in equipment
and materials. Dr. Wang courageous.
'.y set to work to repair buildings
and collect equipment immediately
after V-J day. By March 19 4 6 classes
were started, and four months later
I he 19 46 class of twenty-five gradu-
ated.
Brought up in central China, Dr.
Wang at an early age was sent to a
mission School to learn English and
science. In 1913 she and her sister
entered the Preparatory Department
01 Hwa Nan College where Dr. Wang
remained until she completed her
‘iopliomore year. She came to the
I'niled States in 1919 for the first
time and l)ecame a student at Morn-
ingside College in Jowa, graduating
in 1921. In 1935 her alma mater
conferred on her the honorai-y de
degree of LL. D.
Dr. Wang continued her studies
'•y taking advan'.age of the Barbour
•Scholarship which she won and
graduated with a M.A. degree from
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Banner^^ Associate
Editor Oracluatcs
Gwendolyn Alexander, associate
editor of the Bennett Banner, signs
"30” as she graduates at the close
of this semester.
“Gwen” has been on the Banner
staff for three years during which
t.me she has proven to l)e a capable
and enjoyable worker.
The editor and members of the
staff take this opportunity to bid
her “God-speed” as she journeys out
into a life which we hope will be
t\/ice as full, ricli afl8*''^^t!?C?*5sfUl as
the one she hai^Jtiil. .aJii.o&ft„in;i4wi'e
at Bennett.
Report oil I lie Nat 1
StiiJent Conference
Hy (;\VKN ALKXA.NUKH
Student l)elef>a(e
.Meeting at the University of Clii-
ago, on December 28, 29, and 30,
more than .SOO studen'ts from col
leges and universilies throughout the
nation voiced a need for a national
ttiident nrgjnizatio’^ 'nd began plans
lor its formation.
Among the aims of tlie prospective
National Student Organization (NSOj
are the following;
1. To secure for all people the
equal right and possiljility of pri
niary, secondary, and higher educa
tion regardless of sex, economic cir
ciimstances. social standing, political
ronviction, religion, color or race.
2. To secure for students an ex
tensive system of governmental and
piivate s'cholarships and family a!
lowances, the provision of text bookL-,
raid school supplies free of charge,
and all other means of assuring ma
terial independence wherever neces
sary.
3. To secure free medical treat
ment for students through medical
iiisurance — the fees for whicli
;-’iould be Included in the tuition.
4. To work toward complete stu
dent government and faculty student
cooperation on all campuses.
5. To develop friendship and un-
ders'tandins among students.
After deciding upon these, tenta
live aims, the students suggested
activities through which these aims
might be achieved. These activities/
include a publicity program involving
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Re]:>resentalive I roni
Council I "or Social
Action ’ V isits 1 I ere
Rev. John 1!. Hanna, D. D., of New
York City, a member ot^ the Council
I'oi Social Action of the Congrega.
tional church visited Bennett College
the week ot .lanuary 6.
As church counsellor for the
ISocial Action Council, Dr. Hanna
visits local churches, assisting them
in the establishment of church com
mittees for study and action on social
l)roblenis. These groups seek to de
velop and express a Christian con
science on local, national, and Inter
national problems such as race re
lations and fair employment iirac^-
tices.
In speaking to several classes.
Dr. Hanna told of the Christian So
cial Techniques, as he named them,
which are proving to be quite effect
ive. First of all, there must be a
type of individual conversion that
leads eventually to color-blindness
in the sense of segregatory-discrim-
inatory practices because of race or
color. Secondly, Chi istian-Social Act.
ior. (U)inmittees should be employed.
Thirdly, the technique of iiolitical
action should be used — a good
hand written letter to your senator
or your representatives or to your
favorite or unfavorite newspaper
columnist. Fourth, the use of eye
catching posters and publications to
draw public attention. These ai i
interesting and well worth experi
menting ii! one is jiiteiesied in
championing for better social condi
tions.
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State Players
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resent v^juarcisman
Shakespeare once said, “All 'tiie
world’s a stage, and all the men and
women merely players; they have
their exits and their entrances; and
one man 'u his time plays many
parts . . .”
The quotation was dramatized on
Thursday and Friday nights, January
9 and 10, when The Bennett College
Thespians presented the Virginia
Slate College Players in The “Guards
man’' by Ferenc Molnar.
The theme of the play is based on
the disagreements (hat arise between
a jealous husband and v/ife whom
he thinks is fickle. The husband, a
famous stage actor disguises himself
Li a Russian guardsman and vvoos
his wife in the attempt to test hei-
love for him.
As the play progresses the husband
accuses the wife ol Ijeing untrue, the
usual argument lollows, but the play
takes a turn with an unusual end.
ing. The wife announces to lier hus-
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All was (iiiiet in the Senate when
■'The Man” liilbo made a hasty re.
treat to his native Mississippi for an
ruiergency jaw' operation. It’s liis
cancer liothering him again. Although
Ixaten down he has not given up
hope, for he has iiiomised that ha
shall return and continue his fight'
for his rightful seat in the Senate.
Thus llie new Congress is able to
breath easy and settle down to more
impoi'tant problems. The Republican
House starts off with a bang by
naming Representative Knutson as
its chairman. Knutson says the Re
publicans are out for conservatism,
and will strive to cut down on nation.
ai expenditures. He proposes a new
tax bill which will cut the per cent
income tax 20 per cent. He also sug
gests cutting taxes on luxuries.
The Republican House is also
launching full speed ahead on labor
issues. They |)lan 'to set up rigid
labor control withotit delay. Their
main points of attack will be the re-
vised Case Bill, changes in the Wag
ner Labor Act, and banning tlie closed
shop.
President Tinman in bis staite of
the Union message to the Klghtieth
(Congress promised cooperation with
'the Republicans. His message touch
ed on such domestic issues as fi
nance, labor, universal military
training, health Insurance ,and agri
culture. He requested that the pres
ent excise tax be extended for an
oilier vear. He agreed tba't soine-
tlnng must be done about the labor
situation, but warned against vindic.
live laws.
Further complicating an already
confusing situation is James
llyrnes’ resignation as Secretary of
State because of medical reasons
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I ioine \hc Cluk
l^egins l^rojectecl
Book C a nipaign
The Home lOconomics Club has
launched a program to raise .$300
with which to buy i)rojected read
ing inachineB. One is (o i)e for tlie
local hospital 1>. Richardson Me
morial and another for Tuskegee
Institute.
The projected reading machine
works on a similar process of a movie
machine and by the simple oijeratio.i
by the invalid enables him t(^ rear'^
all the current best sellers and edu
cational material. p:a( h machine Belli
lor $1.50 comple'e with a set of tne
latest literature.
The campaign will lie ex'ended
into the comniunity as well as on
the Bennett campus.
College Alumnae Anticipate Record Attendance
At A nnua 1 H ome-Comint^, Recital Is Hi^^UiVlit
Extensive plans are being made by
the Bennett College Graduate Af;-
Rociation for their annual home
coming to be held at the college the
week-end of March 7 9.
Highlighting this year’s events
will be the recital by Mrs. Jessie Lee
Dickson, who graduated in the class
of 1934. Mrs. Dickson, a lyric so
prano, will be presented by Ihe As
sociation Friday evening, March 7,
in the college chapel at 8:1.5 p. m.
The artist received her founda-
|tion training in music wni:e al
Bennett, and since that time has
studied with the late Dr. Rogerj
of Montreal, (Canada, and Dr.
George Harris, a former artist of
the Metropolitan Opera Company,
and is now Professor of Voice at
lie Professional Institute of .Muisc
in Richmond, Virginia.
Mrs. Dickson has given numer
ous recitals thi-oughout the north
and south for churches, high
schools and colleges. At present
she is an instructor at the Russel
Grove Higih School, Amelia, Vir
ginia.
The home coining schedule is a
full one with registraition begin
ning, Friday afternoon, March 7, in
hirst Negro I o
I I old Prcsiclciicv
o o
Pfeiffer Hall. Folowing (he recdta!
Friday evening, the annual alumnae
dance will be held in Thirkield
Gymnasium. Music will be furnished
by the Rhythm Vets. Co-chairman of
the affair are Misses: Daphne J>aw-
son and Geraldine Avery. Saturday’s
events include the alumnae lunch
eon, a business meeting in Holgate
Lounge; and an informal get-to-geth-
er in the college gym, presided over
by Mrs. Dorothy Smith, chairman
The session will conclude Sunday
afternoon at the regular college ves
per service with Bennett graduate,^/
officiating.
I'ltKSIDKNT l»AVII) I). JONKS
In special chapel services, 'I'luirs-
day morning, .lanuaiy 23, the Den
nett family paid due tribute to its
Iiresident, Dr. David I). Jones, honor
ing bis recent election as lh'5 first
Negro president of the Natloufcl As-
'Bociatlon of Schoolj and Colleges
of the Methodist .'Miiirch. ,
The association, of which Presi
dent Jones formerly served as vice-
presiden't, held its eighth annual
meeting, January 15-16, al the Hotel
Sitatler in Uoston, Mass. Dr. Jones
succeeds Dr. Charles H. Ketchiim.
president of Moiinl l^nion ('Uille.gt',
Alliance, Ohio, who presided over tl/e
two day session.
The organization is composcul of
more than 130 jiresidents of Metho
dist Colleges throughout the (h)1ui-
tiy. Its objec.t is lo raise the acadc.
mic s'tanding of tiie iiKUnber inbtit i-
tlons and lo he!]) obtain financi.i!
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Camden (jirl I elected
BcnneU May Qiieen
Miss Tena Levy, senior, from
Camden, South Carolina, was recent
ly elected May Queen by the student
body. Miss Levy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Levy, is a graduate
of Mather Academy and an elenumt.
ary education major. She is an a(^tive
member c)f Ihe Marshall Board and
the Student Senate Cabinet.
Her senior attendants will be
Misses: Barbara Sanford, Ports
mouth, Va.; Inez Cannon, Lenoir, N.
(!.; and .Mai’cheta Whitfield, liing-
haniton, N. Y,
Last year Miss Kllen McClester,
now Mrs. (lornell Kirkland, alsa
from Camden, ruled thecour'.
I3ennet (jracinates
I
wo, Seitiesler (Ji
oses
Bennfi'tt Colh^ge graduates two
f>tudenls at the end of the first se-
'mester. They are Misses: Gwendolyn
Alexander of Philadelphia, I’ennsyl-
vania and Sallie Leach of Raniseur,
iVortli Carolina.
Miss Al'xander, our “Student ol'
the Month” (see page 2) is now
teaching at the Second Ward Higii,
School, Charlotte, N. (!. She plans lo
fnter graduate school in Sejitember.
•Vliss Leach, a sociology major also
idans to work until September at
which time she will enter graduate
school. Miss Leach has lieen an active
member of Ihe Book Lover’s (;iub,
the Junior CJhoir, (he Y.W.C.A., and
the Little Theatre Guild.