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'^Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy”
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1973
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL. XXXVI, NO. 4
HOME ECONOMICS SCHOLARSHIP ESTABLISHED AT BENNETT COLLEGE
Left to right — Mrs. Marie C. Moffitt is shown with Bennett College seniors Madelyn
MeBane of Graham, N. C.; Valerie Hill of Greenville, N. C.; Mrs. Moffitt; and Bennie Totten of
Reidsville, N. C. who is the President of the Bennett College Chapter of the American Home Eco
nomics Association.
Bessie Tarpley and Denise Johnson
MATH MAJORS PRESENT PAPERS
AT ANNUAL MAA MEETING
Two senior mathematics
majors presented problem
solutions at the Fifty Second
Annual Southeastern Section
Meeting of the Mathematical
Association of America held
at North Carolina State Uni
versity in Raleigh.
The presentations of Denise
Johnson and Bessie Tarpley,
two senior honor students,
represent the second consecu
tive year that Bennett has
had students in this capacity
at the Annual Meeting.
Denise Johnson answered
‘no’ to the following problem
and justified her answer with
a proof: If three chords di
vide a circular region in at
most seven pieces, can the
seven pieces all have the
same area? She used a proof
by ccntradiction.
The problems presented by
Bessie Tarpley was: Let A
be an n X n matrix with
entries zero and one, such
that each row and each col
umn contain precisely k ones.
A generalized diagonal of A
is a set of n elements of A
such that no two elements
appear in the same row or
the same column. Show that
A has at least k pairwise
disjoint generalized diagonals,
each of which consists en
tirely of ones.
I The course, Senior Seminar,
provides the opportunity for
trying problems and study
ing articles in the journals,
checking research currently
being conducted in the area,
experimenting with the APL
language in a conversational
programming approach with
the computer, listening to
lectures of men prominent in
the field of mathematics, etc.
Also attending the annual
meeting was senior mathe
matics major, Jean Caroline
Roberson and faculty mem
bers, J. Alonso and Nellouise
Watkins.
What Students Eat
This semester. ISP stu
dents are involved in com
pleting a duplicate meal
analysis project. This is a
project in which the students
are embarking upon an at
tempt to become acquainted
with an important aspect of
our daily lives which few of
us know anything about in
depth or detail. They will in
fact try to gain some insight
into what we eat, how much
we eat, and try later to see
■ whether and how our food in
take varies in quantity and
comparison in the course of
time.
Can we identify the simi
larities and differences of the
foods we consume, what the
major and some of the minor
chemical components in our
foods are, and say anything
about the nutritive value of
our diets? These are some
of the questions to which we
would like to find the ans
wers.
In the duplicate meal ana
lysis we are attempting to ob
tain two kinds of data. First,
to collect duplicates of every
thing that each of us con
sumes in the course of one
day, and try to analyze this
material in the laboratory for
some of the major compon
ents the food contains. Sec
ond, to record the quantities
and kinds of foods we eat in
the course of a longer period
cf time in order to conduct
a pencil and paper or com
puter analysis of this data
with the help of food com
position tables.
This project is directed by
Miss Dorothy Harris, a fac
ulty institute member of the
Interdisciplinary Studies Pro
gram.
HUMANITIES
FESTIVAL
The Humanities Division of
Bennett College cordially in
vites you to participate in its
Centennial Festival on Satur
day, April 14, 1973, from 10:00
a.m.-6:00 p.m. in the College
Quadrangle. The theme for
the festival is “Spiraling
Dreams from the Heart’s
Deep Core — 100 Years of
Cultural Affirmation.”
We hope that the activities
for this centennial festival
will reflect in some way the
unfolding of the philosophy
of the college as it became
manifest in any given de
cade, or in more than one.
For that reason we are con
sidering an organizational
format centered around the
ten decades 1873-1973. Very
generally, then, this might
assume the following out
line:
1873-1883 1923-1933
1883-1893 1933-1943
1893-1903 1943-1953
1903-1913 1953-1963
1913-i923 1963-1973
This year, as last, we will
have continuous activity
which wilt be performed
simultaneously in three areas:
(1) under the geodesic dome,
(2) in the gymnasium, and
(3) on the grounds within
the quadrangle. The follow
ing is a list under broad
categories of suggested ac
tivities for the day’s festivi
ties:
A. Activities under the
dome—Dance; Drama: plays
recitations; Music: glee clubs,
choirs, ensembles; lExcerpts
fro|n creative and exciting
classroom activities.
B. Activities in Gymnasium
— Water ballet; Gymnastics:
swimming, calistenies.
C. Activities on the grounds
surrounding dome — Art:
collage and/or montage con
struction; crafts, demonstra
tions, murals; Dance; Multi-
media: movies, slides; Photo
graphy: contest for best
photographic essay; Foods
Fair: food sculpturing; Mar
kets of the world (education
al markets in which Bennett
graduates are now selling
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OUTSTANDING
EDUCATOR
DR. J. HENRY SAYLES
Dr. J. Henry Sayles, chair
man of the Science Division
at Bennett College, was re
cently selected as one of the
Outstanding Educators of
America for 1973. He was se
lected on the basis of his
teaching ability in the class
room, contributions to re
search, administrative abili
ties, civic service, and pro
fessional recognition.
Each year those chosen are
featured in the national
awards volume — OUT
STANDING EDUCATORS
OF AMERICA. Nominations
for the annual awards are
made by officials of colleges
and universities including
presidents, deans, and depart
ment heads.
Dr. Sayles received his
education at Arkansas State
College, Michigan State Uni
versity, the University of
Michigan, and Ohio State Uni
versity. A portion of his
postdoctorate study was done
on a fellowship from the
Southern Fellowship Fund.
He is a member of several
professional scientific organi
zations which include Beta
Kappa Chi Honorary Scien
tific Society. His publications
have appeared in the Bulletin
of the Beta Kappa Chi Scien
tific Society and the Southern
Fellowship Fund Bulletin.
During the past 15 sum
mers, he has directed five
National Science Foundation
Summer Institutes at Ben
nett College for talented
young high school students.
Dr. Sayles is married to
Frederica Potts Sayles, a
graduate of Bennett College.
Mrs. Alma Adams, Instructor of Art, presented an exhibit
of serigraphs on the campus. The beautiful slik-screen pictures
were priced for sale.