SEPTEMBER, 1958
THE BENNETT BANNER
Page Three
So You Want
To Brighten
Your Room
If you yearn to do •'something”
to make your room prettier but
just don’t know where to begin,
here’s a bit of advice for you;
A smart girl plans her room ac
cording to her personality for she
knows she’ll be happier in a room
which best expresses hei-self.
What! ‘‘Low on dough?” Cheer
up, “Chick.” Here are a few ideas
to fit your budget. Besides, your
biggest asset is one which has no
price at all because it’s priceless —
your ingenuity.
Did you say end tables are a
must for your room? Make them
from orange crates. Cover with
fancy wallpaper or paint a solid
color. When throughly dry, wax to
keep them clean.
To get rid of that unwanted
steam pipe along the wall, plant
ivy in a couple of painted flower
pots. Twine the ivy up the pipe
to the ceiling. Buy ivy at the dime
store or make your own v/ith un
twisted wire coat hangers wrapp
ed in green crepe paper. Use
green construction paper for
leaves; shellac, if you want, for
a glossy look. Make stems out of
pipe cleaners dipped in green ink
or a fabric tint. Glue leaves to one
end, twist the other end to the
wire.
A modern bulletin board can
be made out of a square such as
pigboard. Use colorful waxed golf
tees to hold your memos in place.
Decorate with school initials form
ed with pipe cleaners thunibed-
tacked down. Tint them with fab
ric dye.
Decorate your study area with
sn old bread box, enameled v.'hite
and trimmed with stencils —
useful for paper, pencils, and
. other supplies for homework.
Keep some signs handy and put
them around when you .study
QUIET . . . WOMEN AT WORK
. . . SILENCE ... DO iVOT DIS
TURB . . .KEEP OUT. . STUDY
ZONE.
Need space for “what nots,”
books, albums? Gather a number
of bricks; paint them white to
bring out their texture; and wax
to keep clean. Stack a few bricks
in two columns about one foot
from the floor and place a board
across the bricks. Add another
stack on top of the board which
will serve as a larger shelf, and
top with a second board. Continue
until the shelves are as high as
you want them. Be sure to paint
and wax the boards. Use match
ing bricks for bookends.
For a modern bookcase and
magazine stand, scour around for
The World Scene
The IVIicldle East
By Blanche Tobo Ku-Metzger
The Middle East has been a
sore spot in international affairs
for the past ten years; and about
two months ago, the Middle East
crisis made headline:^ in ii:\ost
newspapers.
There are a lot of conflicting
opinions as to what is really at the
roots of these unrests in the mid
east. An appreciable number of
people feel that searching for oil
has created all the problems. To
a grocery store display rack made
of wire -- very smart when enam
eled black for that wrought-iron
look!
For sit-on-the-floor pillows, look
in your second-hand stores for
old sofa or couch cushions. Slip
cover with bright felt, denim, or
burlap.
Of course, these are only a few
hints. With your bright ideas, in
genuity, and knowledge of room-
grooming your room is bound to
be the most striking and cheer
ful room on the campus.
Girl To Audition
For Scholarship
Diamia Croslin, a senior voice
major from Charlotte, North
Carolina, has been accepted for
the 1958 auditions of the Marion
Anderson Scholarship Fund,
which will be held October 1 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Miss Croslin studied this sum
mer at the Manhatten School of
Music in New York City wlie;e
yhe was a special studeni in voice.
She describes her experience as a
very profitable one.
While studying at the Manhat
tan School of Music, Miss Croslin
also auditioned at the Riverside
C'hurcli in New York City and was
accepted among the sixty voice
choir as a first soprano. The Choir
is under the direction- of W. Rich
ard Weagley and Virgii Fox, or
ganist.
Upon completion of her studies
at the Manhattan School of Music,
Miss Croslin auditioned for Cole
ridge Taylor Perkinson who in
troduced her to Miss Claire Gelda.
The Bennett College senior spenf
the subsequent weeks studying
'•oice with Miss Gelda.
Miss Croslin expresses a great
desire to become a concern artisi
and plans to resume her studies
next June with Miss Claire Gelda
in New York.
FACULTY-STAFF CONFERENCE—Mr. James McMillan, a
member of the Danforth Foundation Team, is pictured address
ing the members of the Faculty-Staff’s annual fall Conference.
a certain degree, oil is one of the
causes, but it is not the sole cause
lor this crisis. The rise of nation
alism set fire to the oil. It is but
natural that at some time or an
other, some people become na
tionalistic. After all, the rise of
nationalism means history repeat
ing itself. History' also teaches us
that there is always a period of
levolution.
Rebellion in Iraq, as well as
Lebanon, is the result of internal
conflicts which in turn are the
outcome of a desire for internal
reform and freedom from western
donaination. The aim of the Leb
anese rebels was to prevent pro
western President Chamoun from
running for a second term.
Though the rebellion reached a
stalemate, the rebels acliieved
their aim without outright vic
tory. They prevented Chamoun,
whom they charged with corrup
tion, from running for a second
term.
A second popular opinion is
that Communists are backstage
mstigators of the unrest. Well, re
cently people seem to attribute
every political unrest to the com
munists. I must point out, how
ever, that no area is immune to
communist intrigue and influ
ence; but on the other hand, nei
ther are they immune to demo
cratic ideas and power. A cold
war has been going on between
the communist block and the
democratic nations; so these two
parties use any and everything to
get at each other’s throat. In the
actual sense of the word, the mid
east is neither democratic nor
communistic; consequently, the
West is afraid that it will adopt
the communist’s philosophy, and
the communists are worried over
(he fact that democratit; nations
might win the communist-dem
ocratic battle in the area.
Because of these hidden fears,
the two political blocks will not
give the Arabs a chance to take
care of their own affairs; but
they will persist in intervention.
As a result of western interven
tion, the Arabs have become
united under President Gamal
Abdel Nasser of Egypt and the
United Arab Republic. It must
be noted, however, that the Arabs
also have a selfish motive for
uniting—the Arab-Israeh conflict.
They do not want the stale of Is
rael, but crave to get the territory
for themselves.
Some people feel that western
intervention has also driven Nas
ser under the wings of Khrush
chev, as Khruschchev was given
jin opportunity to pretend to be
defender of Arab nationalism and
world peace.
I hold a contrary view to this.
Although the western action com
pelled the Arabs to choose be
tween democracy and commu
nism, I do not for a moment think
that Nasser intends to or will
ever embrace communism.
President Nasser is just play
ing diplomatic politics in order to
achieve his aims. He needs money
to develop his country, particu
larly to build the Aswan Dam;
therefore, he is ready to play the
best game that will help him get
the money, but at the sam-; time
keep his trump card up his
sleeves. He realizes that through
fear of his turning communistic,
the West might furnish financial
assistance.
Khrushchev, I think, feels that
if the Middle East is neutral, com
munist force from within can
take over. I do not agree with
this because if the West gives fi
nancial aid witli no strings at
tached, democracy will overcome
communism without bloodshed
and confusion.
LEADERSHIP FROM A LEADER—Eight of the Bennett College
students who attended Ibe annual student leadershin conferenr.e are
shown in informal discussion with Miss Dorothy ilcight. President
of the National Council of Negro Women who served as conference
consultant. Left to right: Missra Nannie Poole, Baltimore, Md.;
Queen Murphy, Fayetteville; Gwendolyn Mackel, Chicago, III.; Janics-
ena Chalmers, Fayetteville; Miss Height. Withelinina Bundy Johnson
City. Tenn.; DeQuincy Johnson, Lenoir, Seated on floor Jane Williams,
Winston-Salem; Inez Jones, Lenoir.
An Acquaintance
With Greensboro
For the many members of the
College community who have
come to Greensboro for the first
time this September, here is some
pertinent information about the
town in 'w hich you will be spend
ing the next nine months.
Greensboro, following a recent
expansion of its corporate limits
has a population of 120.000 and
is now the second largest city in
the State.
Geographically located ’in the
Piedmont section of North Caro
lina, it is an important distribu-'
tion center in wholesale and retail
trade.
The county seat of Guilford
County, Greensboro is in a tf m-
perate zone climate: mild winters
and warm summer months. The
greatest amount of rainfall occurs
during the growing season.
Industry
The textile industry is the larg
est employer in the city and ac
counts for nearly half the manu
facturing employment.
Cone Mills was established in
1891 and has since become the
world’s largest denim producer.
The pharmaceutical products of
Vick Chemical Company, the clay
products of Pomona Terra Cotta
Company and Lindley nursery
plants (the City’s oldest firm)
have made a reputation for them
selves as well as helping in the
growth of Greensboro.
In 1904, Blue Bell, Inc. was or
ganized, and it is now recognized
as the world’s leading producer
of work and play clothes. Burling
ton Industries, largest textile firm
in the world, moved its head
quarters to Greensboro in the
early 1930’3.
The manufacture of ci.garettes in
the City by P. Lorillard Company
was started in 1956. The modern
factory occupies 12 acres under
one roof.
The largest elevator manufac
turer in the South — Monarch
Elevator Company — is in
Greensboro; also the State’s larg
est coffee importer — Fleetwood
Coffee Company. George C.
Brown and Company, Inc. are
jjrocessors of aromatic red cedar.
Education
With its seven colleges that
have an enrollment of 8,000,
Greensboro is an educational cen
ter.
Woman’s College of the 1,’’niver-
sity of North Carolina, largest res
ident girls school in the area, was
established in 1891.
The Agricultural and Technical
College has the largest number of
students of any school in the city.
It was established in 1893 and is
co-educational.
Greensboro College, now co
educational, but until recently a
girls school, was chartered in !S3S'
by the Methodist Church and had
the first woman president of 'a
southern college.
Guilford College, foimded in
1837, is the only Quaker college
ill the south.
Bennett College, a private
church-related liberal arts college
tor women was founded in 1873
as a mission school of the Me
thodist.
Immanuel Lutheran College
College dates from 1903 and has
three accredited departments:
high school, junior college, and
T.heological seminary.
Known as the “Insurance Cen
ter of the South” Greensboro ac
quired this title through giants as
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance
Company, Pilot Life Insurance
Company, Southern Life Insur
ance Company, the nine North
Carolina State insurance organiza
tions, and approximately 40 other
life insurance concerns.
Two daily newspapers and three
v/eeklies are published in the city.
The city also has five radio sta
tions and two television stations,
one commercial and one educa
tional station that is operated by
the University of North Carolina.
Near Greensboro is the Guil-
lord Courthouse National Mili
tary Park. The well-groomed
battlefield, with its museum, was
the site in 1781 where Lord Corn
wallis overtook the American
Commander General N^ithaneal
Greene. The city takes its name
from the American commander.
Dolly Payne, later the wife of
President James Madison was
born where Guilford College is
now located. A marker on U. S.
421 West designates the “Dolly
Ivladison Well” on the farm where
she Uved.
Greensboro’s most famous citi
zen was William Sidney Porter,
better known as O. Henry, the
short-story writer. A collection of
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