A CHIVES
Youth Days
THE BENNETT BANNER
Homemaking
Institute
Mardh 23-24
BENNETT COLLEGE
APril 23-29
VOL. XXIII, NO. 4 & 5
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1956
Nine Selected To Who’s Who
Israelian Pianist
Performs
On January 12, at 8:00 p.m. the
Bennett College Lyceum Commit
tee presented David Bar-IIlan in
the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel, i
The Israel-born piansit presented
a program of varied works, which
included Sonata in C sharp minor
’Moonlight Sonata) by Beethiven,
a Nocturne, an Etude, and a
Scherzo by Chopin; also Intermez
zo, Op. 117 No. 2, and Ballade, Op.
118, No. 4, by Brahms, as well as
Liszt’s famous Hungarian Rhap
sody No. 2. Among the modern
works presented were Fireworks
by Debussy, and Canzonetta Toc
cata by Paul Ben-Hayim.
Mr. Bar-Illan is a native of
Haifa, Israel, and a graduate of
the Julliard School of Music in
New York City, wher he was an
invitation student. In 1950 he re
ceived another scholarship enabl
ing him to study at the Mannes
College of Music, also in New
York City. During the Coronation
of Elizabeth II, Mr. Bar-Illan was
awarded the coveted Coronation
Year Medal in England, and was
named the year’s most outstanding
pianist. His abilities as an artist
are known throughout Israel, Eng
land, the United States, and Can
ada.
'1 OPS ,\'l’ UENNET'l—.S'/.x: seniors and three juniors at Hennetl College, (jreensboro, N. C., have
been named to Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Left to right
Doris Lanier, senior, Bath, C.; Charlie Harvey, senior, Columbus, (',a.: Della Thomas, senior,
Baltimore, Md., Mayme Kllerbe, junior, Cheraw, S. C.: Barbara Brown, senior, Akron, Ohio; Ann
Stewart, junior, Heidst’ille: Doris Llumphrey, senior, Dallas, X. C. and Adelni Lfammond. senior,
Baltimore. Md. Not shown is Mildred Broicn, senior, of Petersburg, Va.
Invigorating Spring Activities Planned
Theatre Guild Present
“The Crucible”
The next presentation of the
Freshman and Senior Theater
Guilds of Bennett College will be
Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” a
drama. The play has a cast in
cluding nine men which made it
necessary to go into the city to
find them. We were very fortunate
in finding these men at Dudley
High School and A. and T. College.
The story of the play revolves
around a few mischievous girls
who for want of excitement, bring
about the death of many of the
town’s most respected citizens be
cause of their lies in accusation of
witch craft. These girls find them
selves deeply involved and rather
than confess it was all a prank,
send half of the citizens lo the
gallows to be hanged.
The audience will long remem
ber such names and characters as;
Elizabeth Proctor-Barbara Brown
Akron, Ohio; John Proctor-Wil-
liam Tootle, Scotland Neck; Rev
erend -John Hale-Harold Hairston,
Greensboro; Rebecca Nurse-Sonja
Weldon, Chicago, Illinois; Tituba-
Nancy Haith, Leaksville; and
many others.
Others among our own family
are such personalities as Marjorie
Smith, Asheville; Anece Faison,
Dudley; Delores Tonkins, Greens
boro; Nannie Poole, Baltimore,
Maryland; Hannah Hightower,
Jamaica, New York; Marion Bow
man, Baltmiore, Maryland and
Wilhelmina Gatewood, Gary, West
Virginia.
From A. and T. College come
Lloyd Dillard, Reidsville; Willism
Tootle, Scotland Neck; William
Chapman, Greenville, South Caro
lina and Willy LeGette, Brooklyn,
New York.
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As the old saying goes, in the
springtime the fancy of a yoimg
man (or young woman, as the
case may be) turns lightly to
thoughts ot love. This populav
adage is, r.j doubt, as true-of th.c
Bennett girl as it is true of any
other typical college lass. How
ever, come Spring, the B.C. girl
will have several other more in
teresting (or perhaps it would be
safer to say just as interesting)
things towards which to direct her
attention, for the months of Mai'ch,
April, and May, have in store
many attractive offerings for tlie
members of this college family.
According to an announcement
by President Player, several activ
ities which are so designed as to
afford entertainment, educational
opportunities, and relaxation, for
both the faculty and student body
have been planned for the soring
months. Aside from including af
fairs which will take place on the
campus, this list of possible hap
penings also provides and excel
lent opportunity for travel since
two of the proposed events will
take Dlace in out-of-town areas.
The evening of March 9, will
mark the beginning of these activi
ties. On that night members of
the Bennett family and their
guests will don formal attire and
head towards the ‘transformed
ballroom’ of the David D. Jones
Student Union where a St. Pat
rick’s Day dance will be under
way. This event will be given by
the president of the college as a
substitute affair for the annual
college party which was post
poned earlier this year.
On the sixteenth day of the
March, members of the graduat
ing class will be robed in academic
caps and gowns by their sopho
more sisters in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer chapel at four o’clock.
This tradition always highlights
the exercises of annual Senior
Day.
Exactly one week after the Sen
iors have recevied their caps and
gowns, the Freshman class will
play host to the high school sen
iors who will be visiting the col-
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lege for the yearly Youth Day
events. Youth Day will be held
this ' year on the 23 and 24 ot
March. The purpose of this ac
tivity is to acquaint prospective
collcgc students with college; and
campus life. Approximately one
hundred ‘high-schoolers’ are ex
pected from surrounding states
this year.
While the Freshmen are busy
entertaining their guests, mem
bers of the senior choir will be
busy putting on the final touches
their packing — sheets of music
will be neatly packed among the
clothing, and excitement will be
in the air. This hustle and bustle
will the indicative of the, fact that
the choir will be ready to begin
its much anticipated tour. The
first appearance of the group will
be at Morehouse College in At
lanta, Georgia. The, choir will
make subsequent appearances in
Tennessee, in New York, and in
Pennsylvania.
Another exciting event to take
place in the month of March is
the second Little Theater produc
tion of the year. The play, en
titled The Crucible, will be pres
ented on March L'5 and 17 at 8
o’clock p.m.
The month of April will issue
in the last in a series of four
lyceum programs for the school
year 1955-56. On the 20 of that
month Lucius Hoving and Lavinia
Neilsen, Dancers, will render two
performances in the Little The
ater, the first of which will take
place at three o’clock in the after
noon. At eight o’clock, the dancers
will make their final appearance
in the theater.
May will bring forth such activi
ties as Ihe annual May Day ex
ercises which are given the firsi
Saturday of the month. This
year’s May Day events are, des
tined to fall on May 6.
Another events besides the
regular exercises of the graduat
ing class, is Honors Day, which
falls on the 18 of the month. On
this day, those students who have
excelled academically are recog
nized.
Calendar of Events
March 15, 1956
John Mil ion Mr. J. Crawford
.April 16. 1956
Rilke Miss Roth
May 17, 1956
Nonsense Verses Staff and
Studento
Wednesday Evening Vesper
Programs
Senior Choir March 7
Freshman Theater Guild March 1 5
Photograph Club March 22
Commercial Education March 29
Omicron Eta Chi April 4
Freshman Class April 11
International Relations Apnril 18
Science Seminar April 25
Music Club May 2
Acade.mic abilities, leadership,
and good citizenship are the
qualifications which the nine stu
dents of Bennett College had
when they were chosen to repre
sent the college in the recent
nomination of candidates to Who’s
Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.
The nine students consist of
three juniors and six seniors.
Those chosen were: Misses Doris
Lanier, junior, of Bath, N. C.,
president of the Y. W. C. A. and
junior counselor in Jones Hall;
May me Ellerbe, junior, of Che
raw, S. C., assistant dormitory di
rector of Barge Hall; Ann Stewart,
junior, of Reidsville, N. C. assist
ant superintendent of the College
Sunday School; Doris Humphrey,
senior, Dallas, N. C., president of
Beta Kappa Chi scientific honor
ary society; Della Thomas, sen
ior, of Baltimore, Md., president
of Pfeiffer Hall and student rep
resentative to th;,' Central Com
mittee; Barbara Brown, senior, of
Akron, Ohio, member of Alpha
Kappa Mu honorary society, presi
dent of Little Theater Guilds, edi
tor of Nascence (literaiy maga
zine); Charlie Harvey, senior, Co
lumbus, Ga., member of Alpha
Kappa Mu honorary society, pres
ident of the Senior Class; Mildred
Brown, senior, of Petersburg, Va.,
president of Sigma Rho Sigma
social science honorary society;
and Adelia Hammond, senior, of
Baltimore, Md. secretary of Sigma
Rho Sigma, editor of Bennett Ban
ner and member of the Union As
sociates.
Congratulations, girls, and best
of luck in your future endeavors!
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Shown is Dr. Benjamin Mays as he holds conversation with three
juniors during his recent visit to the campus. Left lo right are,
Misses Ann Stewart, Reidsville; Judith Artis, Srnithfield; Dr.
Benjamin Mays, President of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga.;
and Miss Doris Lanier, Bath.