WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1968
BENNETT BANNER
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What’s New In Literature?
Soul On Ice
Eldridge Cleaver
By ANGELENE JOHNSON
Call it “soul on ice,” “pre
servation of the soul,” “res
ervation of the soul,” but be sure
to call it pure “black” soul.
That’s beautiful, I am sure you
have heard about Eldridge Clea
ver, the young black militant,
who has recently been permitted
to give one class lecture at the
University of California on Berk
eley’s campus. But Cleaver’s
ability to lecture on racial dis
orders is just one of his talents.
Another talent is his writing
ability vrtiich presents itself in
his book, SOUL ON ICE.
Eldridge Cleaver wrote SOUL
ON ICE Mrtiile he was in prison
in California. This book involves
Cleaver’s coming to terms with
experience. He is not lying to
himself and he is not lying to the
reader. As the reader learns
that sometimes solitude is the
deepest kind of participation.
Cleaver expands out of isolation
towards communion, and he dis
cusses this in the essay, “On
Becoming.”
SOUL ON ICE is a collection
of letters and essays with an
unbelievable creativity, genius,
honesty, and controlled emotion.
As Maxwell Geismar states it,
his essays “On Becoming,” and
“The Allegory of the Black Eu
nuchs” “have the expression of
a terrifying lucidity of a calm
before the storm.” One of the
fundamental develq>ments of the
book is a development in Cleav
er. SOUL ON ICE is new, new,
new! It is the “real” expression
of pure “black” souL
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Mrs. Ouida Scarborough “cultivates” her relationship with the students. A visit to the Ben
nett Bell brings back fond memories.
New Residence Life Director
Makes Hit With Students
By MARY DAVIS
As the new school year begins,
many new faculty and staff mem
bers have come to the campus.
Included among the new addi
tions to the Bennett family is
Mrs. Ouida Scarborough, Direc
tor of Residence Life and Per
missions.
Mrs. Scarborou^, mother of
three children, Sheila, 16; Billy,
12; and Ouida, 11; now lives in
Winston-Salem. She receivedher
B.S. Degree in Clothing and Art
from Bennett College, When
asked al»ut her decision to come
back to Bennett, Mrs, Scarbor
ough responded by saying that it
was something she’d thought
about for a long time because
she liked going to school here
when she was a student thou^
the atmosphere is quite differ
ent now.
Mrs. Scarborough said that
she has found her work fascinat
ing. She also said that she loved
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Mrs. Effie E. Miller
New First Lady Revealed
As Versatile Individual
AU of the Bennett community
knows Mrs. Issac H. Miller as
a young, attractice, and relative
ly new first lady. Yet, many do
not know Effie Elliot Miller as
the versatile individual she has
revealed herself to be.
Although she hasn't lived
there for quite a number of
years, Mrs. Miller is originally
from nearby Fayetteville, and is
a graduate of what is now North
Carolina Agriculture and Tech
nical State University, where she
majored in elementary educa
tion. She did further study on
early childhood education at Fisk
University and at Tennessee A&
I, She has taught all levels of
elementary school in the Nash
ville City School system.
Even thou^ Mrs. Miller isn’t
teaching now, she keeps busy as
a member of the Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority, and the National
Teacher’s Orpmization. She is
also a board member of the Uni
ted Day Care Service for which
she prepares a bulletin board,
every month, and is on the Adult
Committee of the YWCA. In the
Interest of their children, both
she and her husband are mem
bers of Jack and Jill, Inc. They
are affiliated with St. Matthews
Methodist Church here in Greens
boro. Last year Mrs. Miller
served as a volunteer to the
Washington Street School’s Head-
start Program.
Personal interests and hob
bies include music (she is an avid
fan of all ty^s), swimming, an
occasional bicycle ride, cross
word puzzles, and bri^e. She
also enjoys reading and cooking,
and insists on preparing at least
one meal, usually breakfast, ev
eryday.
When asked what a typical day
in the president’s house is like,
Mrs. Miller laughed and replied,
“hectic.” It is the home of five
children, four of which are boys
and there is the preparation of
getting them off to school. This
is a rush time in any household.
After getting her husband off to
the office, any time left before
her dangler’s appearance is de
voted to the newspaper. Mrs.
Miller enjoys gettingKay dressed
herself. A day’s activities mi^t
include shopping, meetings, den
tal appointments for the chil
dren; and they must be gotten
home from school. She becomes
a tutor when problems in home
work arise.
Mrs. Miller considers the fam
ily’s presence here as quite an
experience. She likes Greens
boro, but misses the close re
lationships that had been formed
in Nashville,
her work and the students. She
gets along well with teenagers
and young adults.
When asked about changes to
be made, she said that she would
“review situations and then de
cide on changes to be made.”
She also said she plans to con
fer with students by using a
“give and take attitude.”
Her philosophy of life is “Age
is relative to the mind.” She
considers herself “not so antique
that she can not identify with our
age group.”
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The signs tell the tale. Pretty Marylyn Williams of Raleigh,
and Nellie Taylor of Durham grace the campus soaking up
the sunshine during freshman orientation.