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DECEMBER 19, 1948 THE BENNETT BANNER Page Three KAUtUlSCOFE AS uiis Yuietide season approaches, me laea ot peace on earth is reem- piiasizea. When we think oX peace, vve inuncdiately think oi universal vcuce m connection with the cessa- ijoii 01 war. Jiiven Webster gives as ilia loremost aeXinitions oL peacc, necuom irom war. But this type oi mat 1 am concerned witn aow la pcace 01 mind, contentent oi me aoui. lo nave peace ol nund is to be iicu 01 irustration and agitation, to iiavc mental Uanquiiity, one lias peace ol mmd when he is icii-coiuident. He knows what lo uo 111 certam situations and does ii. ^iieie are no worries in his mind as lo wiiat should be done next. He laces piooiems with assurance, tnerelore iiuuing nimsell ol mental agony. wnen one reaches his goal, realize^ uiui ne nas done his job ana done i.. well, me result is peace ol mmd. ah me worries, fears, and irustraiiou iiiai were a part ol him duruig m.^ all uggies vanish as iiis mission is ac- Lumpiished. reace ol mind is mental relaxation, somethmg that too lew ol us nave uunng tnese times ol strile, prob lems, ana chaos. As the Christmas Holidays come nearer, let us enter imo me spirit o£ things Iree ol wor ries, irustration, and agitation. X^ei ine Idea ol “peace on earth” be in- lermmgicd with the idea ol “peace Ol mind.” Christmas Vacation Begins December 21st There is not a girl here at Bennett who is not eagerly awaiting Tuesday, December 21. The calendars in the rooms are being closely watched; the girls are saying, excitedly, “Oh, I can hardly wait for the twenty-first to come.” Plans, great plans, are be ing made for the way the time will be spent, and you might even see some girls practicing be-bop steps to show off proudly when they get home. No one dares to reproach them for their eagerness and excitement be cause going home for Christmas is a very important event in any college student’s life. Despite this, let us not forget that Christmas is a very significant time of the year. So, dear Bennett Sisters, when you leave Bennett’s campus December 21, after your last class, remember that the Yuietide season is very meaningful. Let your personal gaiety and excitement be bounded by the awareness of the sacredness and worshipfulness that should ac company each approaching Christ mas. So, while you celebrate do not fail to give thanks for all the blessings of this life and wish that peace on ecirth, good will toward men will soon reign over the world. Merry Christmas! CHKISXMAS SISXEK WEEK (jnristmas Sister Week, an annual event m the lives of the Uennett fam ily, will commence December la an« lasi until December 20. This annual feature begins with me choosing of names in the various uormitones. The idea is further car- riea out throughout the week as each gin docs some little thing for her • sister” that is in keeping with the Christmas spirit. Christmas Sister Week will be brought to a pleasant climax when me enure student body will convene m the gymnasium on the 2Uth ioi me Bennett Sister Party. At this time a Christmas program will be pre sented, and later gifts and fruit will be distributed. During this program me laminar “Night Before Christ mas” will be read by Mother Mac. THE “Y” IS ON XIIE MARCH The Bennett Y. W. C. A.’s motive is to become a useful and powerful Cumpus organization. Many studenta will realize that the “Y,” under the leadership of Eleanor Barnwell, is progressing in this area. There is aelmitely a close coordination of the various committees to work toward a powerful and useful Y. W. C. A. The force behind the “Y” is the cabinet consisting of Eleanor Barn well, president; Ernestine Jones, vice- president; Mary Duncan, secretary, Mary Debro, treasurer; chairman ol World Relations Committee, Vermetta Tresville; Personnel and Social Af- lairs, Marjorie Brooks; Social Re sponsibilities, Kosa McDaniels; Chris tian Heritage, Altamese Lester; Pub licity chairman, Doris Reeves, and Gwen Keith, corresponding secre tary. These committees stimulate in terest among their members. Each member has an active part in the "Y." During the month of October Miss Tresville was elected to the Execu tive Committee of a New Progressive Council—the Piedmont Inter-Collegi ate Council for Christian Action. Its aim is to eliminate racial prejudices and foster better relationships on college campuses. This month the “Y” sent two dele gates to Livingstone College to the P. L. C. C. A. We are looking forward with your help in coming various activities. Remember the “Y” is a relay of as suming one’s responsibility toward improving human relations. Bennett Sister What does a sister mean to me? If I had to make the world all over again . . . would I exclude the having and meaning of sisterhood? A world without sisterhood is a rugged old world. To know that you are my sis ter and I am your sister has a great warmth and significance that words cannot express. A sister that I can depend upon, a sister that can depend upon me, a sister that shares my joy, happiness, cheer and sorrow and I the same to share with her, gives tc me values that aU money or wealth could not buy. We cannot live alone, and a sister understands this. From the moment we breathed our first breath in this world we became dependent upon each other. We reached out to look tor a mother, a father, a brother, and a sister. Without sisterhood life is lacking and not complete in one of its greatest flavorings to make life won derful and beautiful and worth living. We can start a little nucleus of sisterhood here at Bennett and let this neucleus spread far and wide; as wide as it possibly can spread into the world. Let us join hands, dear sisters, and make this nucleus. Let us hold hands both right and left, strong and firm, so that nothing can take them apart. Let us cause all outside eyes to look to this example that we can demonstrate of sister hood, so that there may be more hands that we can add to spread sis terhood for and wide. Many will see us so happy in daily living because sisterhood carries with it patience, kindness, and, above all, “love.” This is where we can find happiness and, dear sisters, do not seek it elsewhere because you will never find it. Let us make our lives complete by sea soning it with sisterhood . . . that ever-loving sisterhood that can be so immanent and transcending. Life needs sisterhood. We Appreciate: Student attendance at the Buda pest String Quartet Concert last Sun day afternoon. I “THE NIGHT BEFORE XMAS” or “ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN IN BARGE HALL” ’Twas the night before Xmas And all through Barge Hall Not a creature was stirring Not even Miss Moore. The stockings were draped on the radiators with care In hope that some heat would soon be there. The girls were nestled aU snug in their beds While plans for the vacation ran through their heads. And Betty in her kerchief and I in my cap Had just settled down for a few hours of nap When out on the campus there arose such a clatter. We sprung from our beds to see what was the matter When what, to my bulging eyes should appear But Ma Mac on a sleigh with eight tiny reindeer A driver was with her, we could not see his face But we knew as soon as he turned with haste Took out his flash bulb, struck a pose Snapped a picture, wrinkled his nose Looked at his reindeer and as they all came Took a deep breath and called them by name. “Now Marty, now Claude, now Skeeter and Hennie On Pickles, on Blakely, on Porky and Kennie, To the top of the Chapel, to the top of Barge Hall, Now dash away, dash away, dash away all.” Then, all of a sudden we heard over head A rumbling that sounded like a ton of lead Then down the chimney he came with a bound Brushed off his clothes and paple- jacked around. When I looked at his outfit I had to stop For he had on a Tam and was wear ing “Bops” From then on I knew Santa was on the ball So I let the “Night Owl” be heard through the hall. As usual a request was sent in for “Corn Bread” And Santa did all but stand on his head And when he calmed down he turned his back And took some presents out of his sack. “Here’s a hat for Wanda Snow Because the one she wears has got to go. And here’s a pan’cake flour for Geraldine Hill Now she won’t have to run up Le- land’s bill. And for some certain young ladies, a private line So the Varsity House can get calls through sometime. But last of all, a mechanical jerk Which can do everybody’s duty work”. And before I could say “Oo Bop A Da” or “Ool Ya Coo” He turned and up the chimney he flew. Then drove away, and his eyes they did shine As he yelled, “Merry Xmas, Girls! And a Return on Time!” —VIRA KENNEDY. Poet’s Corner NEVER REPEAT IT AGAIN Speak of a man as you find him. Censure alone what you see; If a man be blamed, be reminded From faults none of us are free. If the veil from the mind could be tom. Thoughts wrtiten upon a brow; Many would be passed by in scorn, That are loaded with honors now. Many a good man is ruined, And many a good woman, too; By someone starting a rumor, And not one word of it true. So, when you hear someone knocking A man or woman’s good name. Bet it’s a lie . . . forget it. Never repeat it again. NOT FATE There are the beauties of the earth The hidden mysteries of man’s birth But there, too, is waiting fate Against which one struggles and all men hate. Yet even I know that it is wrong, To blame those to whom no shame belongs. But why should I who deserves no pain Be cast aside and given blame? They were the ones who recklessly failed Why should I be tortured in a living HeU? Yes, once I called these my friends But only in false eyes they have been. Waiting with jealous eyes and a burning tongue They wsdt in silence for my failure to come But I cannot fail in life as they did Unless this is a destiny fate has hid. O God, Who made the beauties of the earth Who knoweth the secret to man’s birth Let not failure be my fate So that I will look on men and curse and hate. —GERALDINE KIMBER, ’49. “A FRIEND” What is a friend—who is she? Can you be called one? Or even me? Is she a person you choose for looks? Outward appearances—no attention to crooks? Is she a person who’s always by your side. When you got in trouble—for you she lied? Is she always with you, through thick and thin? When others down you, does she grin? When you’re happy, does she rejoice, too? When you’re sad, what does she do? Try to comfort you, your sorrow she shares. Sure, she’s a friend — a person who cares. To do my best wouldn’t be quite enough To pay her for help when the going got tough, She’s a person who’s with you tiU the end. Yes, she’s a treasure — she’s your friend! —“SWEETHEART MOTLEY.” A. & X. MEN Bennett College, 4:15 P. M. Girls sit and wait for them Who? A. and T. men. Friday night, a dance; At the guest list take a glance: Who? A. and T. men. Seven o’clock Sunday night; In hall parlors left and right. Who? A. and T. men. Pheiffet, Barge, Jones, Kent, Merner Hall; Receive them short, medium, and tall. Who? A. and T. men. Girls’ castles they have built; Fall hard when they have been jilted By whom? A. and T. men. —LAWRENCE THOMPSON. Why not begin with Xmas Sister week, the week in which we each choose a sister and without her know ing do kind deeds for her. When you are slipping iittie presents under her pillow, making her bed, or secretly doing her “duty work,” have this eidea of sisterhood in mind. Don’t let it discontinue after Xmas sister i “Dost thou love life? Then do not week, but carry it on throughout the . squander time for that is the stuff year, i life is made of. SIX SXUDENXS RECOGNIZED IN “WHO’S WHO” (Continued from Page 1) City, Tennessee, is a junior who is majoring in Biology and minoring in Chemistry. While at Bennett she has participated in the following organi zations: Y. W. C. A., W. S. C. S., Lit tle Theatre, Choral Club, and Fresh man Choir. At this time, she is a member of the Science Seminar Club, a Junior Counsellor to freshmen, and a member of the Bennett Banner staff. She is the present president of the Science Seminar Club. Her am bition is to be a doctor or a research chemist. Miss Virmetta Tresville, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a jun ior whose major is Pre-Med. Miss Tresville has been a member of the Freshman Choir, Language Club, Science Seminar Club, Y. W. C. A., Senior Choir, Contemporary Affairs Planning Commitee, Guilford Coun ty Interracial Council, Piedmont In tercollegiate Council for Christian Action. She is former president of the Science Seminar Club and chair man of the World Relations Com mittee of the Y. W. C. A. Her am- “There is taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies . . “Facts are stubborn things.” BENNETT COLLEGE BOOK STORE SERVES STUDENT NEEDS bition: Doctor of Medicine. Future plans: To attend medical school and get married some day. Miss Lillie Mosby, senior, is a na tive of Lynchburg, Virginia. Miss Mosby received a scholarship to Ben nett prior to her freshman year. She has participated in the activities of the Senior Choir for three years, hav ing previously been a member of the Freshman Choir. For the past three years she has been a member of the Sociology Club, of which she is now president. She also belongs to the Y. W. C A., Sigma Rho Sigma, Inter national Relations Club and the Al pha Kappa Mu Honor Society. Miss Mosby is majoring in Sociology with a desire to combine her career as a social worker with marriage. Miss Patricia Watlington, junior, and a resident of Greensboro, North Carolina, is majoring in Elementary Education. At this time. Miss Wat lington is vice-presdent of the Non- Resident Students’ organization, counsellor to non-resident freshmen, and a member o fthe. Library staff. She is interested in teaching upon finishing college and also would like to combine her career with marriage. THE BENNETT BANNER STAFF WISHES YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS' AND A I HAPPY I NEW YEAR
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