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VOL. XXIX, NO. 7
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
MARCH, 1965
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Homemaking Institute
Week Features EOA
Students and their guests observe the Count Basie Band as they performed at the college party.
Others dance in the foreground. —
President Plans
Trip To Japan
Dr. Willa B. Player, the pre
sident of the college, an
nounced Monday, March 1,
that she would take a trip in
the early spring to Japan.
—said that this visit
would involve finding out
what women are doing in the
large universities there. She
will attend the flower festivals
in Hiroshima and converse
with studen(5 and faculty mem
bers.
Bennett Students
March For Selma
i>unday Morning, March 21,
approximately 4oO students
most ol them Bennett students,
lett the Student Union and
made a silent procession to the
downtown area to the federal
building parking lot, in sympa
thy with the march in Selma
Alabama.
At the parking lot where all
assembled, freedom songs were
•■iung and several persons from
Bennett expressed the purpose
of the march. These expres
sions included a statement
from the president of the Stud
ent Senate, Marilyn Mackel.
Other expressions brought out
the fact that this is not a new
thing that is being done, and
this effort is broadening into
other efforts such as the volun
teers, the Peace Corps, and
those organizations designed
with equality of men in mind.
A memorial to the most re
cent dead in the fight was in
cluded, and most prominent in
the phrases used was that of a
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Professor Holman
Explains Realism
Professor C. Hugh Holman,
dean oi tne Uraauaie sciiooi oi
uie University ot iNortn c.aro-
iiua in caiapei Hui, auaresscu
aie ilumaiiities jjivisioii iviaicn
ij. in tne science Assemuiy.
Jjr. Jtioiman is also a proiessor
ot ii-iigiisn at > U IN ci. Jcie spoKc
on Vviuencan jLiterary Keaiism
—An answer to Democratic
Problems”.
AccorUing to Dr. Holman,
the lytn century writer in
America was an empiricist who
was non-abstract. Keaiism, as
ne detined it, takes its meaning
irom environment and it»
taitnfulness to actuality. Some
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Mrs. D. D. Jones Is
Honored By Body
A surprise was in store lor
not only the person to be hon
ored but for everyone when the
Student Union began planning
for a surprise tribute to Mrs.
David D. Jones.
Mrs. Jones, wife of the late
president of Bennett, recently
resigned from her post as di
rector of admissions here.
Regina Carpenter, the vice
president of the Student Union,
presented Mrs. Jones with the
flowers of her work and the
person that she is,”—a bouquet
of yellow roses. Bertha Otey
expressed appreciation from
the students and presented a
plaque inscribed with the hon-
oree’s name.
Mrs. Jones recently returned
from a trip to the Carribbeans.
She related this experience in
her response to the tribute.
Words were also expressed
from the president of the col
lege.
“Since education for home
and family life is one of the
stated objectives of Bennett
College, it is the hope of the
1965 Homemaking Institute
Committee that the program
of this year shall acquaint the
college community with the
many aspects of the economic
opportunity act, the present
involvement of the Greensboro
community and the overall
possibilities for stabilizing fa
mily economics.” This state
ment taken from the Foreword
by Mrs. Louise G. Streat, ex
pressed the purpose of the
Homemaking Institute Week
which took place on campus
March 8-13.
Mrs. Streat, the chairman,
introduced the community to
the whole theme on Monday,
March 8. This theme was: Eco
nomic Stability And the Ame
rican Family.
Three formal addresses were
given on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday. The persons pre
senting these were: Miss. Fay
Bennett, executive secretary to
tlie National Advisory Com
Student Votes
Now Equalized
The student body of Bennett' mi“ee on Farm Labor,'of New
- • - ■ York, N. Y.; Paul M. Gezon,
executive director, Greensboro
Community Council; and Dr.
James L. White, Coordinator
of Economic Opportunity Pro
gram of the Stat'* of North
Carolina, Raleigh.
Following formal addresses
there were seminars centered
around different aspects of the
whole program especially as it
is being developed in Greens
College voted in February to
amend the Student Senate Con
stitution in order that each
member of the college commu
nity will have one vote in all
inajor elections. Heretofore,
only the juniors and seniors
possessed a whole vote whereas
the sophomores had 75% and
the freshmen had 50% of a
vote.
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Election Returns
Mittie White Senate President
Ernestine MitcheU Union President
Kay Thompson President of the Inter-Dormitory
Council
Bemadine Harris President of Recreational Council
Thelma Morgan Representative to Central Committee
boro. Such topics included re
development, health, welfare,
the tutorial program and oth
ers.
Featured in singing were
groups from J. C. Price School,
Lincoln Junior High School
of Greensboro and Palmer Me
morial Institute of Sedalia,
North Carolina.
Two field trips were inclu
ded in this program for the
week. These included an over
view of the general Greensboro
areas, especially those that will
be influenced by the act.
The week terminated on
Sunday with vespers in which
the chairman of the institute
gave a summary statement, fol
lowed by an address by Bishop
James 9. Thomas, Bishop of
the Iowa area of the Methodist
Church, Des Moines, Iowa.
This was the 39th annual
celebration of this affair. The
entire committee is composed
of faculty members, students,
and staff. Dr. George Breathett
was the program chairman.
Summer Humanities
Program “In Making”
A Humanities Summer
ocnooiyuue l^t- jmy Zi) lor a
sciccicu iiumoer oi uigu stuool
juniors ana scniois over a
uioaU gcograpnicai area will
ue lauiiLUca lor uie imt time
at Bennett College.
Ihe uirector of the school
will be Dr. Helen Trooian wno
joined the Bennett Family
mis semester. She says mat
such a program is “tremen-
aous” ana a "magnificent op
portunity for anyone who is
going to college.”
1 nis school will provide a
six-week session of courses, con-
terences, tield trips, laboratory
and extra-curricular activities
designed to broaden the stud
ents insight in literature and
fine arts, it is hoped that such
a program will encourage the
student going to college to con
tinue in one of the humanities.
The president of the college makes awards to honor students.
Assisting her is Miss Regina Carpenter, chief maxshaL
Margaret Hickey
Honors Speaker
The Third Annual Spring
Honors Convocation was held
in Pteiffer Chapel on Friday,
February 26.
The convocation address was
presented by Miss Margaret
Hickey of the Advisory Coun
cil, Status of Women, St. Lou
is, Missouri. Miss Hickey sta
ted, “Although everyone is not
dressed in white, we should not
feel that we have not accom
plished something because the
true value of education lies not
only in grades. She challenged
the students with these words,
“hunger not only for food but
for knowledge.” The speaker is
also the public affairs editor
of the Ladies Home Journal.
The awards given to some 60
students were presented by Drs.
Player and Winston. Senior
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