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PaKe Two THE BENNETT BANNER FEBRUARY, 1953 THE BENNETT BANNER "Anything Worth Reading, We Write” The Exchange TEN CENTS A COPY Sl.OO PER SUBSCRIPTION EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ASSOCIATE EDITOR FEATURE EDITOR NEWS EDITORS LITERAKY EDITORS EXCHANGE EDITOR PICTURE EDITOR BUSINESS MANAGER FACULTY ASSOCIATE Marion Lxt Mahkl Hodceh Wiu.li: Gakton Hazci.ine McPhaul Rohchta McGuinn Lokbaine G. Simms, '53 Annetta Patton, '54 Chahlotte Alston, ’54 Thomaslna Mabtin, '53 WiixiE B. Cox, ’53 Lu-liz Stanbcak, ’53 Margaret Studevant, ’54 Eleana Purvis, '53 Lyvonne Mackel, '53 Annie Wright, '53 Barbara Hodges, '55 _ Rebecca DawsoN ■53 .53 '54 ■54 Flohence Simpson Jackie Singleton Noima Ai-len . . REPORTERS _ *53 Vn-LA Raspbeiwy . ’63 Berry Washington '56 BEfTTHA Brown . '53 Anita Clark .. ’63 Amanda Renwick ’55 Barbara Brown . ’56 TYPISTS ’53 Sue Simmons.. '55 _ ’64 Yvonne Steadman '55 '55 Eleanor Cooke '53 EDITORIALS WHAT TOMORROW? After examining several books on the race problem, I an> more con vinced that segregation and discrimi nation, along with color prejudice, race prejudice, and religious preju dice are evil. The people in the United States hav* forgotten, or might not know that there arc two schools of action in our country as to the time element in destroying segregation and discrimi nation. The Booker T. Washington philosophy holds that segregation and discrimination can be destroyed slow ly and must be done either by evolu tion or education. If a person is well educated he can readily see that if the races of this c 'untry and other countries will learn how to accept one another, there will be no segregation among any of the peoples of our world. Some people may say that they I would like to abolish this race hatred, i but are not trying to do anything al)out it. I say that it is impossible to abolish race prejudice if some of he people stay on one side of the fence and .con-e on the other. Why can't we break down this imaginary barrier and join together as one? Many people of the United States take it for granted that segregation— which is primarily one of Negro- white relations—is entirely different from race problems found in other countries, but it is not. We must un derstand and face the fact that sin is sin, regardless to what kind it is or whether it is committed by two Chin ese or two Negroes. We of today seem to be living in an age where veil appears to have great value, while much of the right goes without notice. One writer has said that there are only three ways to solve a problem— your way, my way, and the right way. It seems that somewhere between evolution or the FEPC, the question can be solved. There are other cases 'where a law is needed or a strong man needs to call on his heavenly Father. In some cases prayer and time will be needed. Without doubt, segregation and dis crimination is un-Christian. The best judgment of humonity is needed as the shortest time and the better meth ods to settle the question of segrega tion. Therefore, I conclude that if segre gation and discrimination are abol- ishd there will be no race hatred in our world today nor tomorrow. We “l^io believe this must find some way to educate these uncivilized people on this Vital problem which may drive th:'; evil aod cruel world to destruc- *ion. —AMANDA RENWICK. What The Classes Are Doing The second semester came in with a bang, and those of you who hap pened to stop in the library last week or who had to stop there must have marveled at the attendance. Really, there was standing room only. How ever, the attitude with which the students were working was indicative of a deep mterest in some forthcom ing project, or a deep interest in the i teacher. Mr. Randall and Dr. Farnas, of the English Department, are really get ting compliments from the students. The classes are interesting, intrigu ing, and inspiring. However, it seems that the students in Mr. Randall’s English 108 arc going to have to start carrying dictionaries around with them. Dr. Farnas has Shakespeare and his characters stepping right out of the pages oi the books onto the laps of the students. In another field of the Humanities the students in Music 125 are taking lessons in conducting under Mr. Whiteman. This is supposedly the first time that such a course has Dcen of fered. The seniors are conducting the senior choir as a project and the jun iors are specializing in the Music Ap preciation hour. The senior who con ducts the choir on Seniors’ Sunday is really going to be sharp. What do you think? The French classes are working hard on the Victor Hugo celebration. It’s quite proper that they should. They are going to form the French speech choir. Parley vous Francais? Leaving the Humanities, let’s go to the Social Sciences. This is where the happenings seem to be. The folk in this department are out for big stakes. You may hear one young lady in Mr Grandison’s psychology classes say, “He works me to death, but I love it.” She really means it, too. The classes are said to throw a challenge at every one of the students. In clinicai psy chology the six young ladies are studying psychological testing and they plan soon to try administering some of these tests to subjects on the campus. I would suggest that you start pulling your personalities to gether, huh? Occupational psychology is building a career library. Each of the nine girls has only written twen- ty-five apiece to organizations, cen ters, labor groups, etc., asking for pamphlets and other materials. That must be interesting. Statistics must be interesting, also, when one young lady rises and shines at eight o’clock on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridy just to sit in on the class with no credit included. The Criminology class plans to in terview criminals and juvenile delin quents, along with those individuals who have been delinquents. Here’s hoping your character is not at stake. Social Legislature plans to write (Continued on Page 4) Lyvonne Mackel The Lincoln University Band and ROTC units did not march in the in augural parade on January 12th be cause the Lincoln units did not have a designated position in the parade and were asked to assume one at the end of the parade, behind the machine gun and tank corps vehicles. Person nel units are never placed behind such vehicular units. The Missouri house agreed to apol ogize to Lincoln University for the insult of the inaugural parade by a vote of 109 to 10. The bill for the apology was introduced by three of the four Negro representatives in the House, who held that the action was disgraceful, and an insult to the Negro race. An rticle in The Collegian, publish ed by Greensboro College, giving a brief report of a visit to South Amer ica, states that there is a great paper scarcity in South America. In restau rants the napkins are quartered, and, of course, none of this valuable ma terial can be wasted on wrapping goods. So all foods are carried home from the store without any wrapping. The Meter, Tennesse State Univer sity paper, has an article entitled, “Column O’ Corn.” Taken from it are two ears of corn Frances: “Won’t you join me in a cup of tea?” Kell: “Well, you get in and I’ll see if there is any room left.” Dear Bennett sisters, please don’t make the following mistake: Purchaser: “I'd like to try that dress on in the window.” Clerk: “Sorry, Miss, but you will have to go in the dressing room.” Good Reading In Dorms The young ladies who live in Pfeiffer and Merner Halls now have access to some of the newest, and most talked about and read books today. Do you want to know why? Well, on Saturday, Jan. 24 and Sun day, Jan. 25th., immediately follow ing Vesper, Pfeiffer Hall and Merner Hall respectively had the opening of their Dormitory Collections. The residents of these Dormitories sent in request lists for recreational reading to Holgate Library. As a result of this request the members of Library Science Class 121, who are Beatrice Callaham, Anita Clark, Etta Corrj', Eugenia Duncan, Velma Farrington, Doris Jones, Montez j Galloway, Amanda Renwick and La- Mara Saunders catalogued the books and conducted the opening exercises, giving reviews of the books and ser ving tea as they demonstrated and explained how the collection was to be used. Some of the books which may be found in the collections are: Heming way’s -Across the River and into the Trees, Martha Foley’s Best .American Short Stories, Owen Dodson’s Boy at ihe Window, Noel Busch’s Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, Thomas Cos tain’s Silver Chalice, Amy Vander bilt’s Complete Book of Etiquette, Marjorie Rawling’s Sojourner, Edna Ferber’s Giant and a copy of the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible. There are some favorites of every one, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, Frank Yerby’s Saracen Blade, A Woman called Fancy and, The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway. The Dormitory Collection exercises got off to a good start, in that many books were withdrawn at the close of each meeting. We should all give the members of the class a big hand and thank them and the Library for the col lections now found in the dormitor ies. Also if you are not in one of these dorms, why not urge your House Pre.xy to get in a request to the Library, so that you too may have the privilege of a Dormitory Col lection? —Bernice Randall T*oet/y Corner THIS IS LIFE Death should be my best dear friend, But I send no invitation. I often wonder about the end Which has no limitation. When I lie down at night to sleep, My prayers I say with care; For I never know when it’s for keeps And whose great sorrow I share. I’m dead, at last, at last, at last! Education wasted . . . sin! Dead, dead, dead from the past. But a pleasant dream within. I attend a science class. Art, French, and my native tongue. I no longer ask, “Did 1 pass?” Of course! Criminals, even the dumb. Oh, this spell is over! My eyes are open to light. I see the White Cliffs of Dover, My Father, I know your might. —MARGARET C. STUDEVENT February 14, 1953 I’M NEGRO A dark face, a different race And the world turns away Becomes a whirlpool of dismay But who am I of tha dark face the different race Not a monster from the sea Not a great monstrosity Just a Negro That’s all I am Just a Negro. A different seat in which to eat And the eyes of the world All at once at me are hurled But why do I have a different seat in which to eat I’m a human with a soul I have qualities untold I’m a Negro It makes me proud I’m a Negro. —McPHAUL Just For Fun This is nothing new; it has probab ly happened to you also. It occurs in the life of every child. Yes, those fan tastic tales or some one minute dream worthwhile remembering, and some times worthwhile telling to others. Every child, during some stage in life, irr>agines himself with a rich uncle, aunt, or even a sister or broth er. In my case it was a rich uncle, whom I shall call Uncle Hugo. I’ll tell you the story, and then you can be the judge as to whether or not he was rich. It all began when I was but a small child. My so-called rich uncle came visiting one summer all the way from Vermont. This rich uncle was the el dest brother of my father, and I was his favorite niece. There were times when I would sit with him for hours listening to the fantastic tales he had to offer, and when he could talk no longer he would slip me twenty-five or fifty cents and shoo rR>3 off to the store. This happened every day, so I figured if he could give me twenty- five cents a day, he must be rich. So, I proceeded to round up all my friends in order to tell them about my rich uncle, for it isn’t every day a girl gets the chance to talk about a rich uncle. Uncle Hugo stayed with us two months and, during his visit, I had all the ice cream, candy, and pop that I could possibly hold. But there was one thing I always noticed about Uncle Hugo ... he never spoke of his fortune to mom and dad, and I never saw him with large sums of money. One day I saw my dad slip five dol lars to him, but perhaps it was some money my dad owed my uncle, be cause Uncle Hugo was rich. (Continued On Page Four) Dr. David D. Jones, President Bennett College Greensboro, North Carolina Dear President Jones: Have you ever thought of a Bennett girl as being the first to drive an opening wedge in the tightly closed labor market for Negro secretaries in the South? When we in Commercial Education see our department growing with such wonderful rapidity, we can have no doubt but that you are thinking ahead and steadily providing us with the necessary tools with which to make our learning experience at Bennett one that will prepare us for an effi cient life in the business world. How ever, our department is now not only one in which we learn typing and mimeographing skills; we are also able to experience the results of your appreciation of the beautiful, for ours is indeed a lovely place in which to work. The beauty which surrounds us is a constant reminder of how we can make our lives more beautiful by being appreciative and developing our own personalities to fit that beauty which is inherent not just in our Commercial Education Department, but all over our campus, and in the hearts and minds of our faculty per sonnel who devote so much of their time and effort to make all of our ex periences at Bennett meaningful and profitable. A recent speaker at the college who spoke on “Opportunities for Wom.3n In Business,” said, “Seventy-five per cent of the people who lose jobs do not lose them because of inefficiency, but because of inability to get along with others.” We feel that with the guidance we are receiving in our Commercial Edu cation Department, we shall benefit greatly by learning to approach men and women in a poised and calm man ner regardless of their status, as well as gain experience through the new equipment in our department, in be ing skillful at whatever position we choose for our life’s work. We take this opportunity, President Jones, to thank you sincerely for our new and beautiful department, and for providing us with new machinery with which to work. Look at her, President Jones, the future Bennett girl who has chosen the secretarial profession as her field. You may feel proud that you were able to mold her personality and scholarship to the point of being an indispensable secretary. “We can il lustrate it a thousand times,” because the Bennett girl has already achieved in many areas, but she won’t stop at this point, because there are new ho rizons that have not been explored. With your help we may begin now to put foundations under our dreams of the Bennett girl who is trained in the South and who remains here to build business opportunities for those who follow her. Sincerely yours, BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPT. The Business English Class Neophyte Letter-writers BEC:fs BENNETT COLLEGE SNACK BAR Serves Students
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