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‘Silver’ Winner
THE PENXETT PAiVNEH
May 27, 1969
Reed & Barton Silversmiths of
Taunton, Mass., have just an
nounced that Linda Faye Gerald
class of 1971 has been awarded
one of the 100 “Starter Set"
prizes for her entry in the silver
firm's 1969 Silver Opinion Com
petition from nearly 30,000 uni-
versity women who entered the
contest this spring. Linda has
already received her starter set
in sterling and will receive ap
proximately $75 in fine china
and crystal. Her pattern selec-
tions were as follows: Reed &
Barton's “Renaissance Scroll"
sterling silver. Royal Boulton's
“Baronet" china and Minton's
“Marquis" crystal,
Carla Friend, also a sopho
more, is student representative
here for Reed & Barton Scholar
ship Competition, Because astu-
dent from her school won, Carla
has too received a starter set in
sterling of her own choice.
Retiring Professor
POLL. . Senior Gripes
Since the seniors have been
here longer than anyone else, they
have had more chances to ob
serve the conditions at Bennett
and are best able to offer sug
gestions for the improvement of
them. With this in mind, the sen-
iors were accosted with this ques
tion:
“I am conducting a poll of
Senior Gripes; do you have any to
contribute?"
Following are some of the re-
sponses, some of which preferred
to remain anonymous.
..There is nothing to do.
- - Condemn Jones Hall.
--Get a new faculty.
--Bennett should be less ex
pensive.
--We have a ridiculous curfew.
--Bennett should be a co-ed
school,
--Teachers; We need more
Ph,D,'s
--We need a new library,
--More instructors in one field,
--The whole school!
--There are too many gradua
tion activities; we just want to
graduate and leave.
--Partiality is an ailment; get
rid of it!
- - Food!
--I'd like to see a little more
conservativeness among the stu
dents.
--Food and library! We need
books that will help!
--Too much chapel-- it should
be abolished.
--There is a question of‘graft’
in high places (referring to din
ing hall),
--Bennett needs to redefine
goals in terms of educational pur
poses; whether it is to extend an
opportunity of religious or aca-
demic education. Which is more
important?
--There are too many unwrit-
ten laws that are too flexible.
-•There is too much personal
discrimination.
--There is a lack of faculty
unity.
--There is a lack of student
unity.
--The idea that the college can
inning Poem
Emily Jackson, a Bennett sen.
ior from Teaneck, N.J. was notl-
fied that her poetry entry, “Cha
racter Assassination" had been
received honorable mention in the
Reader’s Digest-UNCF Creative
writing contest. The judge was
Mr, Frank G. Jennings, Editor-
at-Large of Saturday Review. The
announcement was made by James
R. Smothers Jr., director, Edu
cational Services Division.
Following is the honor winning
poem by Emily:
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION
I got
turned
on,
and the world
interrupted.
add credit hours for chapel cuts
is “questionable,”
--Dorm;3 need cleaning before
the students return.
--Elimination of insignificant
classes like Senior Seminar,
--Chapel cuts keeping one from
graduating doesn’t make sense,
-CHAPEL!
--Compulsory classes,
-.We don’t want or need in
structors who read in class; we
can do that.
.-Seniors no longer havepriv.
ileges. It’s nothing to be a senior
anymore; we don’t have any dif
ferent curfew from anyone else,
except 2 a.m. 3 times a month;
we don’t even have the privilege
of taking finals early anymore.
..Mandatory class attendance
for classes that don’t meet reg
ularly is not right.
--Rules are not enforced upon
everyone.
--Curfew, food, heat and tea
chers,
- - Hot water all night is needed.
--Bennett needs a broader so
cial life.
--I have too many to tell you
all of them so I won’t get started.
- - There is no evidence of where
our money goes.
- - Bennett should only offer ma
jors in which it had adequate
facilities.
--Bennett should screen stu
dents better,
--We need heat in winter,
--Get rid of Mrs. Jones,
--Mrs, Lynn!
--We need more permission as
to places to go--clubs, etc.
--There is nothing to do here
tor entertainment.
..Why not early senior exams?
--Dorm matron should not
check sign-out sheet as to where
you went and then question you of
your whereabouts.
--More male “specimen" and
social life.
--If a student has a 2-point
average it is still a “B"; nobody
recognizes you for it though.
- - Teachers should be required
to return all work passed in--
graded!
- - The Dean’s List’s point value
should not increase each year.
- - Gripes? Bennett College.
--Elimination of irrevelevant
courses.
--ChapeL
--Compulsory classes!
--It would take days to tell
them!
TWO BILLION
REASONS TO GIVE
When a child suffers from
severe malnutrition, he be
comes too weak to cry out. . .
even to beg for help. Eventu
ally, his brain becomes irrepa
rably damaged so that he can
never again function as a
normal human being. Today in i
Biafra, the hundreds of
thousands of children facing
this fate still could be rescued
if sufficient help were provided
in time.
And, although world atten
tion has been focused on
Biafra, intense human suffering
is spread around the world . . .
throughout South America,
Africa, Asia where two billion
“have-nots” go to bed hungry
and hopeless.
The American Catholic
Overseas Aid Fund appeal,
March 9—16, is seeking the
help of every concerned
American. Now in its 23rd year,
the Fund provides the main
support for Catholic Relief
Services, which serves the
needy, regardless of race, creed
or color in 70 underdeveloped
countries.
This year an absolute mini
mum of $10 million is required
to maintain this vital lifeline to
the impoverished peoples
throughout the world. To help,
send your donation to the
nearest Catholic church or to
Catholic Overseas Aid Fund,
Empire State Building, New
York, N.Y. 10001.
ATTENTION!!!
What does it take to get Ben
nett students to join the Bennett
Banner? All one hears is com
plaints, complaints. Yet noboby,
particularly those majoring in
English and Journalism, wiU join
the staff--nobody will even offer
assistance. The Banner is mainly
composed of science majors, for
example, the editor is a biology
major, the managing editor is a
dietetics major, the business
manager is a chemistry-biology
major, and the advertising
Manager is a pre-med major.
And of the seven members of
the staff, only three do the actual
management of the paper.
THE BANNER IS FOR YOU!!!
Need we say more?
(We'd like to see you in Sept,
or, if you just can't wait until
then, would you contact Dimples
Armstron, editor-in-chief of the
Banner, or, any member of the
staff, and leave your address for
next year).
Contact: Dimples Armstrong,
editor-in-chief, box 534; Hattie
Carwell, Business Manager, box
419; Winona Griffin, Managing
Editor, box 539.
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It is unlikely that any of the
students at Bennett are unfamil
iar with Dr. Shang-LingFu, Pro
fessor of Sociology and Non-Wes
tern Studies. But, it is likely that
some do not know that recently
he has received the honors be
stowed upon him by the CHINA
ACADEMY as a Fellow and by the
Chinese Sociological Society's re-
election of him as a member of its
Executive Committee as well as
by inviting him to l>e one of the
Chinese scholars living abroad
to read a paper at the Second In
ternational Sinological Confer,
ence in August. In the academic
field, he is quite an international
figure, being consultant to the U-
niversity Commission, World
Student Christian Federation; ad
vising member of the Academy of
Human Rights on the same roster
with Pearl Buck and Albert Schei-
tzer; just to mention a few. His
sketches appear in many Who's
Who, of which the recent addi
tions are in the Dictionary of In.
ternational Biography, Persona
lities of the South, and Who's Who
in American Education. No won
der he, as an international edu-
cator, was impressed with Ben
nett College with an international
faculty and student body upon his
first arrival here.
Having worked in several lead
ing universities in China and Hong
Kong, he came to the States in the
hope that he might contribute his
share toward the promotion of bet
ter international relationships
through East-West understanding
and Occident-Orient cultural ap
preciation.
In response to the question a-
bout what he thinks of Bennett to
day, Dr. Fu refers to the prog
ress made during the last decade
in the addition of new buildings,
such as the new gym, new Sci
ence Hall, and two new dormi-
tories as well ^ some increase
in enrollment. As to the profes
sor-undergraduate relationships.
Dr. Fu expresses his delight in
teaching and learning with the
young people at Bennett and his
enjoyment of the fellowship here
in an international atmosphere.
Of, course. Dr. Fu has a closer
contact with his majors, but he is
interested in and concerned with
the whole student body.
Dr. Fu's interest is genuine,
for the graduates of his major
field of study even keep him close
touch with their lives and works.
He speaks with pride of their
achievements which make him
feel that his labor of love is not
in vain. That is why he has re
mained with us for over a decade
already.
His hobbies are travels, lec
tures and music. He has travel
led extensively around the world,
attending international confer
ences, lecturing under the aus
pices of the Piedmont University
Center (recently at Guilford Col
lege, High Point College and Wake
Forest University) and many a
club during his sojourn in Greens
boro.
He prefers “better be a dove
than a hawk." He would recom
pense injury with kindness, even
turn the other cheek.
“What you don't want done to
yourself, don't do to others!"
This is why he pays such a high
respect to both Gandhi and Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. in his
academic teachings and social
action.
A Devoted Senior
A senior who has really had a
busy year is Stephanie Jackson
from Atlanta, Ga., the youngest
of a family of three girls.
Stephanie's two main tasks for
this year have developed from the
positions that she holds: Editor
of the yearbook and chairman of
the Decoration and Renovation
Committee for the Student Union.
The project for the latter or
ganization was to “re-do" the
Coffee House and to try to make
the whole room a place of inter
est for all students. Stephanie,
with the aid of Beverly Walker,
took measurements of the room,
and drew up plans for the Coffee
House, The purpose of the Coffee
House, Stephanie says, is to have
a special place opened ni^tly,
especially doing visiting hours,
for the students.
Equally as time consuming is
Stephanie’s job as editor of the
yearbook.
Both positions Coffee House and
yearbook were very challenging
and only because of Stephanie’s
developed interest and urge to
serve the school before her de-
parture was she motivated to
continue over the rushed and
sometimes pushed plans to a hap.
py and satisfied en^ng.
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