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Morehouse
VOLUME XVIII
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA^NOVEMBER 12^ 1948
NUMBER 2
NOVEMBER 25-28 FORECAST: THANKSGIVING - HOMECOMING
In the mind of the masses as we
approach the Thanksgiving holiday
is a feeling of joy and gratitude.
Thanksgiving day is looked upon as
a day of reverence, at which time
our humble prayers of thanks for the
many blessings received throughout
the year and hopes for the future are
expressed.
Thanksgiving day for the Bennett
family will begin with an early hike
out to the County Home. The girls
making the visit will carry packages
and gifts for the aged and sick of
the home given by the faculty, staff
and students. Through the visit the
patients realize that someone is
thinking of them at Thanksgiving
and always.
The annual beautiful but simple
White Breakfast will be held in the
Wilbur F. Steele Dining Hall at which
time guests will include the More
house Choir of Atlanta, Georgia, and
alumnae returning to the campus for
Homecoming events.
Everyone looks forward to the
dances given for each class by the
Student Senate. The Freshmen will
begin on Wednesday night with their
dance followed by Seniors on
Thanksgiving night, the Juniors will
be in full swing on Friday night and
the Sophomores will end the dances
in their own way on Saturday night
at twelve o’clock.
Last year Bennett’s campus was
honored by the presence of the dis
tinguished Morehouse Choir of More
house College, Atlanta, Georgia. Dur
ing the young gentlemen’s stay much
was added to tie atmosphere of the
campus. On Friday evening the choir
was presented formally to the Ben
nett family in a very entertaining re
cital in the Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Chapel. On Friday evening November
26, 1948 a repeat performance by the
Morehouse Choir is scheduled. The
young men will be on the campus
November 24th through the 27th.
Homecoming for graduates of Ben
nett College will be held November
25-28, 1948. It is expected that the
campus will be filled with graduates
who from the training received at
this institution have been successful
in many walks of life.
Previously the Seniors have been
guest of graduates during Home
coming, but the order has reversed
this year and it gives the Seniors a
great pleasure to have the Alumnae
as their guest for the Thanksgiving
dance on November 25, 1948. To the
Seniors the Alumnae of Bennett Col
lege wish to express their sincere
thanks and appreciation for this in
vitation.
The Chapel hour on Friday morn
ing and the Sunday Vespers will be
under the complete supervision of
the alumnae. The Marshals, mem
bers of the choir and all participants
will come for various graduating
classes. Vespers speaker for Sunday
will be announced at a later date.
On Sunday an Alumnae Dinner
will be served in the Wilbert F. Steele
Dining Hall at which time the gradu
ating class with the largest number
of graduates present will receive a
gold cup. This will be the first time
such a contest has been staged and
an unusually large number are ex
pected to return.
A special movie will be shown by
the Alumni Association. Name, place
and hour of the movie will be an
nounced or posted at a later date.
Bennett College has always been
the center of attraction during the
Thanksgiving holidays and this year
is no exception. A joyful and thank-
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Morehouse
Choir Concert
During the Thanksgiving season
of 1947, the most interesting event of
the year took place. The Morehouse
choir of Atlanta, Georgia appeared
in concert here at Bennett and were
our guests for the entire week-end.
As the result of the unanimous vote
of the Bennett girls and the More
house men to repeat the event for
the following years, we will again
be honored by the presence of the
Morehouse men this Thanksgiving
season.
The gentlemen will honor us with
a concert during the week-end and
will be our guests the week-end of
Thanksgiving. Their presence is wel
come to our dances and any other
campus activities that may be in
process then.
As students of Bennett College, we
welcome the Morehouse Choir with
the sincere wish that this year’s
event will be even bigger and better
than the initial event of 1947.
ANNIE MERNER PFEIFFER CHAPEL
Beloved^ now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that when he
shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth
himself, even as he is pure.—1 John 3:2, 3. The Lord hath been mindful of us, he will bless us.
Dr. Drukker Is Speaker i Student Senate
Plans Dances
Dr. Raymond B. Drukker, one of
the foremost religious leaders of
America, delivered the Vesper ad
dress November 7, 1948.
Dr. Drukker is the president of
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. He
has an A. B. degree from Mushingum
College, Th. B. and Th. M. degrees
from Pittsbury Theological Semi
nary, and the D. D. degree from Cen
tral University of Iowa. He was or
dained United Presbyterian Minister
in 1925 and is very active in church
affairs.
He has served as secretary of Life
and Work, Young People’s Work, Re
formed Church in America since
1939. He is also author of “One Mo
ment, Please.”
Intellectuals of the
World Unite
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Chancellor
Robert M. Hutchins of the University
of Chicago calls upon the intellectuals
of the world to unite in laying the
foundations of “one good world.”
Writing in the November issue of
Motive^ the magazine of the Method
ist Student Movement, he says, “The
world is now one. When professors
to the University of Chicago can
leave New York one morning and
arrive in Frankfurt the next, we
know the world is one. But if the
world is one geographically, it is not
one politically, morally or intellec
tually. Since the world is one geo
graphically, it will become one politi
cally. We shall have unification, im
posed by force, or unity based on the
consent of the governed. One world
can be worse than many, for in many
worlds there is at least the chance of
escape from one to another. Whether
we have one good world or one bad
one will depend in large part on the
leadership that the intellectuals of
the world are prepared to exert.”
Hutchins also says that the only
hope for mankind lies in a World
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As the Thanksgiving season draws
near we look forward with great an
ticipation to the annual Thanksgiving
dances. As has been the tradition,
these dances are sponsored by the
Student Senate. Music will be render
ed by the Rhythm Vets of A. & T.
College.
Student support and cooperation
must be at a maximum height if the
dances are to be a success. If you have
not paid your student government
fee, please do so at once. Also, if you
are asked to assist in putting up the
decoration, cleaning up the gymna
sium the morning after, or any deed
is asked of you, please cooperate and
do your share.
Let us get our guests names clear
in our minds in order to have a com
plete guest list. Also, let us cooperate
100% in each class.
pus were gathered by a nationwide
survey of the student editorial board
of the magazine. This board consists
of twenty-eight students in Method
ist colleges, other church-related col
leges and state universities. The con
cerns as they ought to be were gath
ered from leading student workers
across the nation.
The survey, which occupies five
pages of the magazine, gives one of
the most interesting pictures of life
on the campus at the present time. It
also presents for the student a pic
ture of the situation as it ought to be,
or the ideal toward which the Chris
tian student should be working.
This feature will be of interest to
all church colleges, educational socie
ties and organizations relating to
campus life.
MOTIVE VIEWS
CAMPUS LIFE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — According
to Harold Ehrensperger, editor of
Motive (the magazine of the Method
ist Student Movement), the outstand
ing feature of the November issue is
a survey of the concerns of the con
temporary college student as one
finds them on the campus at the
present time and as they should be if
the campus were the Christian living
environment that it ought to be.
The concerns listed as the interests
of college students are: sports, social
life, relations between the sexes, par
ents, faculty, vocation, studies, eco
nomic status group and organiza
tion relations, the church, politics,
world government, peace, democracy,
communism, socialism, capitalism,
and race relations. The prevailing at
titude of these cgncems on the cam
NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Acting Palestine Mediator, Ralph
Bunche, asked the United Nations
Security Council to order Jews and
Arabs to conclude an Armistice to
replace the shaky Holy Land truce.
There is a suspicious story here
abouts that Arkansas-born Leslie
Biffle’s “barnyard poll” is one of
the keys to the secret of President
Truman’s success as a “political
dopes ter.”
Foster Dulles accused the Soviet
Bloc of trying: to frustrate the
United Nations assembly with a
filibuster in the Greek case.
Discovery of a new type of cancer
in mice is reported by Japanese.
Thirty-first Anniversary of the
Russian Revolution was marked by
Communists in many parts of the
world.
Liberal Republicans in the Sentae
were said to be preparing: a revolt
for the Old Guard when the New
Congress convenes.
A colorful, noisy reception greet
ed President Truman when he ar
rived in Key West for a two-week
holiday.
Soviet morale deteriorates in Ger
many, U. S. Aides say.
Freshmen Win
Endowment
Monday evening, November first,
was highlighted by the close of the
student campaign for endow men I.
Out of the spirit manifested through
out the student body arose the Fresh
man class to claim the highest honors
in the drive. The Freshmen reported
a sum total of four hundred and fifty-
nine dollars and twenty-seven cents.
With a genteel air, the Freshmen
happily accepted the silver cup from
the class of fifty-one, winners of the
1947-48 endowment drive.
Second in the rank for per capita
contributions was the Senior class,
reporting a sum total of one hundred
forty-nine dollars and seventy cents.
The Junior class, ranking third, re
ported one hundred sixteen dollars
and ninety-eight cents. The winners
of the cup in the 1947 endowment
drive, the present Sophomore class,
reported a sum total of seventy-five
dollars and five cents.
At the end of the Freshman class
presentation. Miss Melvine Deviney,
having raised thirty-five dollars, was
crowned ‘Miss Freshman’ for the
year 1948-49. Ranking second and
third were Misses Margaret Adams,
reporting twenty-three dollars, and
Barbara Scales, reporting thirteen
dollars.
On November second, during
Founder’s Day exercises, the student
body presented a sum total of eight
hundred one dollars. The Alumnae
Association pledged one thousand
dollars. The total contribution from
the faculty and staff amounted to
one thousand and five dollars.
Kirkpatrick Appears
In Recital At Bennett
John Kirkpatrick, noted American
pianist, appears in recital Friday
evening, November 12, at eight p. m.
in Annie Merner Pfeiffer chapel.
This recital marks the second of such
performances in the series of lyceum
programs planned for the year.
Mr. Kirkpatrick specialized in
modem American music. He is fabu
lously known for many recordings,
of which his most recent is the “Con
cord Sonata” by Ives.
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