BROTHERHOOD
THE BENNETT BANNER
THE HOPES OF
AND LOVE
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OUR WORLD
STUDENT PUBLICATION OF BENNETT CX)1JjEJE
VOLUME XVIII
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH, 1949
NUMBER 6
HOMEMAKING INSTITUTE '49
FEATURES CAREER ANU HUME
On April 3, 1949 in Pleiffer Chapel
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Rohde, former Con
gresswoman and ambassador to Den
mark will officilaly open the Home-
making Institute of Bennett College
for the year 1949. The Homemaking
Institute has been an annual affair
of Bennett College for twenty-three
years. It was instigated to help the
Bennett young women and those in
the community of Greensboro to un
derstand and take their place in to
day’s world. The theme for this year
is TODAY’S WOMAN; HOMEMAK
ER AND CAREERIST.
This year the planning committee
felt that emphasis should be placed
on the problem that has plagued th(j
minds of so many of the young col
lege women of today . . . whether it
is most important to have a happy
home or a successful career ... or
whether one can combine the two.
The women of today are trying in
increasing numbers to combine an
outside career with the task of mak
ing a home. The committee felt that
in order to have better families in
the future the present problem must
be faced. This year they will try to
present to the student body those
women who have faced the problem
and solved it successfully and who
thus are capable of suggesting con
crete ways the problem may be solv
ed.
In view of the over-all problem
that will be covered during this com
ing week the planning committee has
drafted certain objectives which they
will wish to carry out. As students
v/ho will receive the benefit of all
that is offered, you shoxild become
aware of what you should receive,
therefore the BENNETT BANNER is
reprinting here the objectives for
the coming Institute.
1. To explore a career with home-
making on the woman, the home
and society.
2. To achieve an understanding of
the economic and social forces
that cause woman to seek careers
outside the home.
3. To provide opportunities for stu
dent participation in the discus
sion of this important issue.
4. To point up the responsibility of
the individual, the government,
and industry in keeping the price
of consumer goods within the
range of people whose income
is low.
5. To explore, to some degree, the
job opportunities that are open
to women.
6. "tof implement our adult educa
tion activities in the community.
7. To afford an opportunity for
Inter-division cooperation.
8. To point up the responsibility
of the homemaker in the field
of national security and world
peace.
The objectives are not all that
should help bring this week alive to
the student body. Such well known
speakers as Mrs. Adelaide C. Hill,
Professor of Sociology at Smith Col
lege; Dr. Ruth G. Sloan, Chief of the
Near East and African Branch of
Public Affairs Overseas Program in
Washington; Mr. Clarence Pickett,
Executive Secretary of American
Friends’ Service Committee of Phila
delphia; Dr. Marynia F. Farnham of
New York, and Miss Bess Furman,
Washington Correspondent for N. Y.
Times in Washington, D. C., will be
with us during the week. There will
be morning, afternoon, and evening
sessions.
This year the Homemaking Insti
tute will also spend a great deal of
effort to bring to the students films
on the current phase of the theme.
Pan»l discussions and general dis
cussion periods will be provided in
order that the week may be a time
of exchanging ideas as well as re
ceiving of information. The music
will be provided by various choirs as
has been the custom during the past
years.
In the past there has been some
discussion of the advisability of can
celing afternoon classes during this
week that the students might be free
to attend the afternoon sessions.
While this idea has not been accept
ed in its entirety there has been some
provision msde for the afternoons.
Several sheets advising the theme
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BENNETT COLLEGE CHOIR MAKES NEWS
The Bennett College Choir, under
the direction of Miss Carrie W. Kel
logg, has had quite an eventful year
headlined with an exchange trip to
Atlanta, Ga., in which they gave
two concerts, one at Wheat Street
Baptist Church and one at Morehouse
College.
Recently the choir gave an “AU-
Jewish” program at Temple Eman
uel here in Greensboro. This program
was the first of its kind to have ever
been attempted by the choir. The se
lections rendered were “M’y ya ma
lei,” a Hebrew folk song, and “Eilil
Eili!,” a Yiddish lament (both of
which were sung in Hebrew) and
“Hymn To Toil” by Reznuk, and
“The Song of the Ten Command
ments,” traditional, which were done
in English. After the program those
at the Temple treated the choir mem-!
bers to a delightful repast in the rec
reation room. I
The choir is not stopping at the
wonderful record that has been set j
so far. At present there are many new |
projects and plans on the agenda.
A few of the more definite plans!
are, concerts in Lexington, Concord,
and Wilson, N. C., and probably i
Camden and Sumter, S. C.
The Johnson C. Smith choir, which
came on March 25, 1949, began a se
ries of choir exchanges which will
continue, it is hoped, through the
years. Our choir will return the trip
sometime this spring.
On April 12, 1949, the choir will
sing at Woman’s College. Following
this all effort will be centered on the
Easter program to be presented on
Palm Sunday. Music for this concert
will be taken from such noted com
posers as Palestrina, Handel, and
Kapolyff.
The final program of the year will
be the Spring Concert given during
Commencement week-end in collab
oration with the orchestra and the
Music Department.
The BANNER staff feels that spe
cial thanks and expressions of ap
preciation should go to Miss Kellogg
who has put so much sincere effort
into making our choir one worth lis
tening to. Not only has the choir
under her direction improved from
one of amateur status to almost pro
fessional proportions, but the general
attitude of the girls toward the choir
has become one of pride and embodies
a feeling of honor in being a mem
ber .
Since there are many of us who
are faithful “Night Owl” listeners
and many of us who have included
Red Monroe among our campus “pin
up” boys, it might be interesting to
know something about him and his
life.
He was born in New York City
May 21, 1923. He received his gram
mar school education at P. S. 16 and
103, finishing at St. Frances of Rome
in the Bronx. He attended Mt. St.
Michael High School and worked
during his free hours at Station
WNRW with Martin Block, where he
gained his first experience. After
graduation from high school he en
tered the American Theatre of Dra
matic Arts.
When the war broke out in 1942,
he went in the naval submarine ser-
vise, serving IVz years in the South
Pacific and two years out of the
States. He was stationed at Pearl
Harbor for a while where he work
ed with Claude Thornhill’s Navy
Band. During his service in the navy
he worked with such stars as Jackie
Cooper, Dennis Day, and Billy De-
Wolfe. He received a medical dis
charge in 1945.
After his discharge he was audi
tioned by the American Broadcasting
Company and was sent to Rocky
Mount, N. C., where he stayed for
three months, leaving to travel with
the King Cole Trio, doing advanced
press relation work.
Leaving the trio, he worked for
seven or eight months with Stan
Kenton’s orchestra, and then went to
Universal attractions. It was there
that the Ravens were discovered, and
in that office that their name was
chosen. As you probably know the
Ravens first got their start on the
“Arthur Godfrey Talent Scouts” pro
gram. Red worked with them for a
while and then left for Texas, where
he worked in El Paso and Odessa
on the Southwest Network which is
affiliated with the Columbia Broad
casting System.
Red” Monroe of the ‘Night Owl’ Show
Food Carnival a Success
Alpha Kappa Mu Day
The Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Al
pha Kappa Mu sponsored its fifth
annual Alpha Kappa Mu Day on
March fourth this year. This day is
set aside each year in order that
those who received high scholastic j
achievement may be given some sort
of recognition. ;
The speaker was Mr. Caesar R.
Blake, a former English instructor at;
Bennett, who is now head of the Eng
lish Department at Johnson C. Smith I
University in Charlotte, N. C. !
He later transferred to Burlington,
N. C., and after eight months went
back to Columbia University and
took an eight months’ course in ra
dio. He has been at Station WCOB
since May 14, 1948, and is doing a
wonderful job.
His favorite male vocalists are Nat
King Cole, Frankie Lane, and Billy
Eckstine. His favorite female vocal
ists are Fran Warren, Sarah Vaughn
and Toni Harper whom he believes
has a very successful future in store.
He believes also that Lisa Kirk, who
is playing in “Kiss Me Kate” is a very
outstanding stage singer and shall
become increasingly popular.
His favorite small combinations
are the King Cole Trio, Art Van Da
man Quintet, and Charlie Ventura.
When it comes to the racial prob
lem, Red is very sensitive. Having
come from New York and lived in
various sections of the country, he
feels the problem very deeply and is
able to speak through experience. He
feels that through music much is
being done to broaden racial concep
tions. He wishes to get across to the
Banner readers his reason for play
ing so many “race” records. He does
not cater to any college . . . Bennett,
A, & T., Woman’s College, or Luth
eran.
Red has received many calls con
cerning his playing so many of the
Negro artists’ recordings and his
answer is that he plays what the peo
ple request and a record cannot be
judged by the color, but by what it
produces. Radio must be democratic.
A person cannot be judged by his
color, race or creed in radio, but by
what he has to offer. The sooner we
learn to accept people for themselves
alone, the sooner we will end all of
our minority problems. He feels that
the state of North Carolina is gradu
ally becoming aware of this and also
that a lot of credit should be given
WCOG for its wonderful work along
these lines.
To those of you who are interested
in disc jockeying. Red says the first
qualifijcation is that you have to be
“crazy,” have an extensive knowl
edge of records, follow all the record
columns and magazines; metronome,
downbeat, etc. Too, know all types
of recordings, classicals, ballads, and
popular. Incidentally, he first learn
ed to appreciate and love music
through the ballads of Josh White
whom he still admires. He advises
also that you major in English or take
as many English courses as possible.
The annual Foods Carnival of Ben
nett College, sponsored by Omicron
Eta Chi, the Home Economics Club
was a great success this year. Inspired
by the food of last year’s carnival,
people from not only Bennett Col
lege but the city of Greensboro at
large were present on Saturday,
March 19, 1949, to buy their meals
for 60 cents.
The meals were of four kinds, two
American dishes, one featuring Fried
Oysters and one Roast Beef, a Chin
ese dish featuring Chow Mein, and
an Italian dish with real Italian Spa
ghetti.
In order to sell more tickets the
club sponsored a contest in which
the member who sold the most tick
ets was the recipient of a new port
able radio. The grand winner of first
prize was Miss Lawrence Thompson.
Runner-up was Miss Mary Hender
son.
The International Foods Carnival
is something to which we all look
forward each year. Keep up the good
work, girls. You’re doing fine!
Theater News
The Bennett Players were honor
ed and happy to play host on March
5, 1949 to the Johnson C. Smith
Players of Charlotte, N. C. It is
hoped that this will become an an
nual affair as it was an occasion of
much enjoyment by all.
Members of the Theater Guild
were honored to play hostess to young
ladies of Talladega College while en
route to New York City. The young
ladies were going to New York to
tour the theatrical highlights of the
big coty. They are in the field of
English at Talladega. The Bennett
Theater Guild salutes the Talladega
young ladies and wishes them much
luck on their tour. Perhaps we too
can make such a trip some day.
Plans for the annual Commence
ment Greek tragedy have begun and
specific information will soon be re
leased from the Little Theater. The
play this year will be The Trojan
Women by Euripides.
Keep your eyes peeled for further
Little Theater developments and for
the spring Dramatic attractions.