THE BENNETT BANNER
'‘Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy** '
Saturday, October 17, 1970
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N.C.
VOL. XXXIV
Pres. Miller^ Your Own Thing
Dr. Isaac H. Miller, President
Dr. Issac H. Miller, Jr., Pre
sident of Bennett College, out
lined goals for the College in
the Fall Convocation in the Ben
nett College Chapel. "I pray and
work for a situation here that
will be so exciting, exacting, sti
mulating and cliallenging that
every student, every graduate
who moves from this place will
be a turned-on individual profes-
sionally, spiritually, socially and
politically. This college must be
an instrument of your becoming
a part of what’s happening.”
lii plain language. President
Miller urged the 559 Bennett
Belles to get involved in the de-
cision-making of the College.
Speaking directly to the issue
of the importance of Student
Government, Dr. Miller said,
“the Student Senate represents
the cornerstone of effective and
responsible involvement of stu
dents in decision-making”. The
President challenged all students
to involve themselves in the de
cisions of the college by parti
cipation in the Student Govern
ment. “To the extent that you
fail to do so, Student Govern
ment ceases to be representa
tive and responsive toyourneeds
and to the needs of the institu
tion,”
Expanding on the theme of
Student involvement, Dr. Miller
defines Bennett College as a
place for constructive but not
unreasoned change. President
Miller said, “I urge you to do
your own thing, but while you
are doing your ow thing, be
sure that it is yours. You are
going to be a trend setter. What
sort of trend do you plan to set?
Do uou plan to look around at
what evei7one else is doing and
then be thus guided? Do your o\vn
thing, but remember that there
is somebody next to you doing
her own thing too,”
Institutional goals must not be
viewed in the ligjit of the wants
and dislikes, the whims and fan
cies of 559 individuals. An in
stitution’s goals are a totality of
responses to needs and demands
of our society. Dr. Miller hinted
that college 12 njt a winter re.
sort but is the place for diligent
application to the e x a c t i n §«nd
continuing task of personal im
provement and option expansion.
Top Zambian Educator Visits Bennett
“I’m here to see the best of
the American education and Ben
nett is one of the best”, said Mr.
Dancewell Dowa, Permanent Sec
retary of the Ministry of Educa
tion of Lusaka, Zambia, Africa
at a news conference held at
Bennett last week.
Bennett was the third stop and
the longest stay on a Black
campus of Mr, Bowa’s North
American tour that will include
visits to some 11 university
campuses. Secretary Bowa ex
plains the purpose of his tour
as, “mainly to observe what is
being done in institutions, in cur-
ruculum development, teacher
education, and matters related.
It’s a general interest in educa
tional developments and advan
ced teaching.”
Bennett was chosen because
there was “somethng unique
about Bennett”, says Mr. Bowa.
He indicated a special interest in
the 13 - college curriculum pro
gram at Bennett. This Program
is aimed at improving the attain
ments of the underpriviledged.
“It’s an all Black girls’ in
stitution. Bennett is one of the
oldest all girls’ schools and do
ing an outstanding job in the
training of young ladies”, added
Mr. John H. Large, contract Es
cort - Interpreter for the De
partment of State selected to
travel with Mr. Bowa.
A civil service worker. Sec
retary Bowa was appointed to
his position by the President of
Zambia, Kenneth Kaunda andim-
Secretary Dancewell Bowa and Pres. Isaac Miller discuss
educational matters.
plements decisions of the gover
nment in education, Mr. Large
explained that Mr. Bowa’s tour
is sponsored by the Department
of ^te under a program which
has been operating since the
1950’s, He also comments that
“Mr, Bowa is undoubtedly a lead
er in his field,”
Mr, Bowa said the Zambian
institutions of higher learning are
similar to those of the U. S. in
that they’ve got some of the same
basic things but, “we are in a
state of development. Things are
changing from what we’ve always
had to something new; generally
BELINDA ROBINSON, senior English major from Petersburg, Va,,
was crowned 1970 Greensboro Rose Festival Queen.
The croTTOing of Belinda, October 2, came near the end of the
Rose Restival week officially proclaimed by the Mayor as S^tember
28 - October 4, The fifth Annual Rose Show was held at the Friendly
Center auditorium over which the newly crowned queen, belinda,
reigned,
Belinda explained that 10 finalists were chosen from the 40
applicants on the basis of written applications and pictures. Then
final decision were made after the 10 finalists modeled outfits
and were interviewed by a panel of judges. Belinda’s first and sec
ond runners-i^) were UNC-G students.
Now Belinda has been offered the opportunity to bt ’ the Miss
Greensboro pageant and the Miss GGO (Greater Greensboro Open)
pageant.
The Banner Welcomes
New Faculty And Staif
to improve the content of educa-
tion.”
He says of the U.S. “Thereare
a lot of ideas going on in the
states - - a lot of things. Every
one seems very concerned for
education in this country. Nice
country. Very lively; very ad
vanced.”
Other scheduled stops include
the University of California at
Berkley, Sanford in Colorado,
U.C.L.A., Univ. of Arizona in
Phoenix, Univ. of New Mexico,
Univ. of Peurto Rico, Univ. of
Virgin Islands, Columbia and
N.Y.U.
Each year the Bennett family
welcomes new and returning fac
ulty and staff members as well as
those serving in new positions.
The year 1970-71 brings to us
the following,
Bennett has added a new of
fice this year, the Dean of Stu
dent Affairs, This office is being
filled by Mr. Harold Bragg who
was previously President of Pal.
mer Memorial Institute for four
years.
Mr. Marvin Watkins, assistant
comes to us from the Piedmont
University Center in Winston-
Salem, North Carolina, Mr. Wat
kins lias previous experience as
an administrative intern and in
the area of academic adminis
tration.
One of our own Bennett gra
duates from the class of “55
is the new Placement Director.
Mrs. Zapplyn Humphrey, mother
of a Bennett graduate, was an
employee in the Department of
of Social Services of Guilford
County for thirteen years.
From Liberia comes Mr. Ed
win P. Nguma, instructor in the
Audio-Visual Department. Dur
ing six years in the states, Mr.
Nguma has become and authority
in the communications media.
Our Sociology Department adds
Mr. Harry J. Bunch to its fac
ulty. Mr. Bunch has done exten
sive study in the field of soc
iology and sociological field stu.
dies.
The Mathematics Department
welcomes Dr. James Alonza, As-
sistant Professor of Mathematics
from Spain. Unisex teaching is not
unfamiliar to Dr, Alonza. He was
instructor in mathematics at
Louola College for in Bal
timore, Maryland,
Also in the mathematics de
partment is Mr, John Wesley
James who comes to us from
Washington, North Carolina. Mr.
James had some further study
toward his doctorate at the Un
iversity of Nortti Carolina.
-MR. EDWARD GREENAWALD
has recently completed his mas
ters degree in Mathematics from
New York State University and
joins the Bennett family as an
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