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Dec, 7—7 p. m.
THE BENNETT BANNER
“Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy’’
Christmas
VOL. XXVI, NO. Ill
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
NOVEMBER, 1958
Morehouse Sives
Itnnual Concert
Highlighting the annual More
house College Glee Club visit
was the combined singing of the
Morehouse Glee Club and the Ben
nett Choir in three musical com
positions.
The selections were “In the
Year That King Uzziah Died,” ar
ranged by David McK. Williams;
“Rejoice In the Lamb,” a festival
cantata, with music by Benjamin
Britten; and “Alleluia,” by Randall
Thompson.
These outstanding works were
sung first on Friday, November
28, during the chapel period. The
concert was held Friday night
at 8 o’clock in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel.
The combined singing of the two
choral groups, as well as the con
certs (Bennett appears at More
house in the spring), have become
annual events.
Last year the combined groups
sang “The Peaceable Kingdom,”
by Randall Thompson.
Wendell Whalum is director of
the Morehouse Glee Club. Mrs.
Mary J. Crawford is director of
the Bennett group; Diaimia Croslin
is rehearsal director.
Student leaders of the Bennett
choir are: Lady Ann Shivers, pres
ident; Rosalind Goodson, vice-
president; Carolyn Lowery, secre
tary; Doris Wyche, Librarian; Lou
ise Pone, treasurer; and Ruby
parliamentarian.
Exchange Papers
Thf Btnnett Banner exehanses
newspapers with several colleees.
£xcerpts from these papers have
^ been reprinted in the Banner.
\
But because many studeiits have
\ asked tu read these newspapers
In their entirety, they are being'
^^aced in a rack in the Banner
Ojffice (second floor, Student Un
ion) to make them available for
reading for everyone,
(lipase replace the papers in
the rack whsn you have finished
reading them.?
Some of the schools from which
the Banner receives papers are’
Lincoln University, Jefferson
City, Missouri; Woman’s College
of the University of North Caro
lina, Greensboro, North Carolina;
Morristown College, Morristown,
Tennessee; Piedmont College,
Demorest. Georgia; Morgan State
College, Baltimore, Maryland;
High Point College, High Point,
North Carolina;
Morris-Brown College. Atlanta,
Georgia; Talladega College, Tal
ladega, Alabama; Morehouse Col
lege, Atlanta, Georgia; lAlcorn
A&M College, Lorman, Mississip-
pii Stillman College, Tuscaloosa,
Alabama; A&T College, Greens
boro, North Carolina,
Southern University, Baton
Rouge, Louisiana; Texas Southern
University, Houston, Texas; and
National Student News, Philadel
phia, Pennsylvania.
New Treasurer
Edith Tucker, junior home ec
onomics major and Junior Coun
sellor, has been elected as treas
urer of the Student Senate. She
resides in Kent Hall, room 14.
She is now available for persons
wishing to pay Student Senate,
UNCF, or Endowment fees. Fees
may also be paid to her between
the hours of 5:30-6:00 p.m. in the
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Shown is the Morehouse CAee Club which iy(n>e a concert at Bennett on November sSth at
S p. rn. The group, tchich annually spends the Thnnksgit/ing holidays on the campus, were
guests at the Harvest Ball ijnmediately following the concert.
Students Teach In
Secondary Schools
Sixty-two Bennett College ed
ucation majors are now gaining
experience teaching in secondary
schools throughout North Carolina.
The girls and the Greensboro
schools in which tht(y are doing
their studenti teaching are:
Dudley High School
Jamesena Chalmers, Fayette
ville; Diamia Croslin Charlotte,
Veronica Dean, Miami, Florida;
Arnetta Fagan, Plymouth; Anece
Faison, Dudley; Nannie Hughes,
Cheraw, South Carolina; Edna
Jackson, Camden, South Carolina;
Burdell Knight, Greensboro; Caro
lyn Martin, Durham; Queen Mur
phy, Fayetteville; Nannie Poole,
Baltimore, Maryland; Laura Rowe,
Goldsboro; Mary Spivey, Windsor;
and Mary Jane Williams, Winston-
Salem.
Lincoln Junior High School
Millie Adams, Princeton, West
Virginia; Honora Glover, Greens
boro; Kay Hudson, St. George,
South Carolina; Dequincey John
son, Lenoir; and Doris Wyche, New
Canaan, Connecticut.
J. C. Price School
Ruby Ferguson, Easley, South
Carolina; and Laverne H. Green,
Chatham, Virginia.
Rena Bullock School
Helen McEachern, Rowland;
Joan Pritchard, Jefferson City,
Tennessee.
Several girls were assigned to
practice tieach in schools in other
cities. They are:
Shirley Haith of Greensboro,
Sedalia High School, Sedalia;
Sarah Lawrence of Evanston, Illi^
nois. Palmer Memorial Institute,
Sedalia; Ann Smith of Greensboro,
William Penn High School, High
Point; Lady Ann Shivers of Aber^
deen, Mississippi, Carver School,
Winston-Salem; Robina Whitted fo
Hillsboro, Graham High School,
Graham; Gladys Jeffries of Guil
ford College, Booker T. Washing
ton High School, Reidsville; Rich-
etta Bell of Reidsville, Douglas
High School, Leaksville.
Mildred Hamlei of Seniora and
Essie Smith of Timberlakv.-, Per
son County High School, Rox-
boro; Barbara Moyer of White
Plains New York and Hosenell
Spears of Winston-Salem, Dun
bar High School, Lexington; De
metric Cf rstarphen of Oak Hill,
Alabama, and Barbara Partee of
Salisbury, Price High School,
Salisbury; Geraldine McDade of
Efland, Central High School,
Hillsboro; and Wilhe’ma Gate
wood, Gary, West Virginia, and
Ruby Starks of Troutman, Unity
High School, Statesville.
WAA Sponsors
Sports Day
The first sports day, sponsored
by the Woman’s Sports Djiy As
sociation, to take place at Bennett
College was held November 22-23.
Hockey, bowling, ping pong, and
speed ball were some of the sports
played.
i'he Woman’s iS^iorte Day ^ i^5-
sociation is composed of six mem
ber colleges; A. & T., Greensboro,
North Carolina; North Carolina
College, Durham, North Carolina;
Livingstone College, Salisbury,
North Carolina; Virginia State CoL
lege, Petersburg, Virginia; Hamp
ton Institute, Hampton, Virginia,
and Bennett College.
Guest speakers for the banquet
held by the sports group were Dr.
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Ten Girls Elected
To College
Who's Who
Ten Bennett students—nine sen
iors and one junior—have been
selected to “Who’s Who Among
Students in American Colleges and
Universities” for the academic
year 1958-59.
These seniors so honored are:
Hudene Abney of Norristown,
Pennsylvania, a pre-law student
who is spending her senior year
tudying at the American Univer
sity, Washington, D. C., under one
of Bennett’s cooperative programs.
Barbara Campbell of Greens
boro, North Carolina, English
major, editor of the Bennett Ban
ner, and a member of Alpha Kap
pa Mu Honor Siciety.
Jamesena Chalmers of Fayette
ville, North Carolina, English
major, president of the Student
Senate, member of Alpha Kappa
Mu Honor Society and the Senior
Choir.
Veronica Dean of Miami, Florida,
physical education major, presi
dent of Pfeiffer Hall, and of the
Woman’s Athletic Association.
Inez Jones of Lenoir, North
Carolina, biology major, student
representative to the Central Com
mittee, member of Alpha Kappa
Mu and Beta Kappa Chi.
Queen Esther Murphy, of Fay
etteville, North Carolina, English
major, president of the David D.
jJones Student Union, member of
Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society.
Nannie Poole of Baltimore.
Maryland, biology major, president
of the senior class, member of the
Woman’s Athletic Association.
Lady Ann Shivers of Aberdeen,
Mississippi, music major, presid
ent of the senior Choir and Rey
nolds Hall.
Mary Jane Williams of Winston-
Salem, North Carolina, chemistry
major, vice-president of the S>tu-
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Stanley Smith To Conduct
Social Science Seminars
In an attempt to enrich and
broaden the instruction in the
roclal sciences for freshmen, the
social science corc group has in
vited Dr. Stanley Smith, chair
man of the Sociology Department
at Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee,
Alabama, to appear here at Ben
nett December 5.
In addition to conducting two
.seminars, Dr. Smith will speak
at formal chapel Friday morning
at 10 o’clock.
“Community Organization and
Leadership” will be discussed at
the first seminar^ scheduled for
Friday from 10:40 a. m. to 12:30
p. m. The second seminar at '7:30
p. m. will be concerned with
regional problems and social ac
tion.
Guests from the neighboring
colleges and all Bennett students
are invited to the seminars which
will be held in the Scicnct As
sembly.
A meeting of Dr. Smita with
prospective social science teach
ers is tentatively scheduled for
Saturday morning, Deceniber 6.
Fisk University Graduate
A graduate of Fisk University,
Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Smith
received the Ph. D. degree in soci
ology from Washington State Uni
versity, Pullman, Washington.
He is a member of several
honorary and professional organi
zations including Phi Beta Kappa,
is editor of the Journal of Social
Science Teachers, author of “Free
dom to Work” and a number of
professional articles.
Active in the Tuskegee Civic
Association which is working on
consumer education and political
participation in Macon County,
Alabama, Dr. Smith is a consul
tant at the Veterans .Administra
tion Hospital in Tuskegee, and
presently has a grant from the
Phelps-Stokes Fund to conduct a
project aimed at the improve
ment of instruction in the Macon
County Training School.
The program has been planned
by the Social Science Core, head
ed by Dr. George Breathett, and
the Freshman Studies Commit-
Dr. Stanley Smith
tee, headed by Mrs. Susie W.
Jones.
Another outstanding speaker
who will be concerned with civic
participation and voting will be
invited next semester.
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