MARCH 29, 1994 • BENNETT BANNER • 5
Whatever happened to Zipphora Hines: Clark finds clue
By Tammi McCall
Banner Reporter
As Bruce Clark and a
local communication techni
cian were exploring possibili
ties of a fiberoptics system in
Merner seven months ago,
they noticed a pile of ragged
clothes and notebook, letters
and textbooks in a dark, de
serted crawl space. The ma
terials they foimd has shed
some light letter on the
coUege life of of Zipphora
Hines, a 1937 Bennett Belle.
The tattered, fragile,
rusty, brown-stained letter
laid atop ancient articles
datingtol937. Itsedgeswere
tom and its face was creased
from multiple folds over de
cades. The faded ink, wavy
alphabets and masses of mis
spelled words made the let
ter nearly impossible to read,
but one can read the place of
origin and the date at the far
right hand side of the letter:
“Dover, NC Jam 29th 1937.”
“This letter appeared to
be of historical value to the
college,” said Clark assis
tant professor of mass com
munications .
Clark reported the ar
ticles to Dr. Gloria Scott, and
submitted the booty to
Holgate Library’s archives.
Beverly Hicks, tech
nical services librarian,
helped to sort out what was of
historical value.
“Some things like materi
als of clothing were destroyed
because they seemed to serve
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no historical purpose,” Hicks
said.
Hines’ belongings include
examination booklets, career
survey manuals and text
books, made in the form of
workbooks, and letters from
her mother.
In several of the letters from
her mother, were accompa
nied by $3 checks.
The material clearly re
flects how much some things
have changed and how some
things have remained the
same.
“F^ve years from now, I
hope to be teaching and mar
ried,” Hines wrote in a sur
vey manual.
Hines also wrote that she
expected to earn at least
“$1,300 to $2,000” a year — a
substantial salary during the
late 1930s.
She was the only child of a
farmer and homemaker, and
her letters indicate that both
parents supported all her
college endeavors.
“My goal is to make my
parents proud of me,” Hines
wrote.
Hines’ goal to make her
parents proud was apparent
in her studies. Reports show
that she made no less than an
80 percent average.
Even her teachers con
firmed how capability as a
student. When she made less
than an 80 percent on a sci
ence lesson and her professor
seemed to be disappointed.
“This is not your work, “ the
professor wrote.
“Zipphora, you can do
much better than this.”
There is no additional
evidence of Hines’ status to
day.
Did she become that teacher,
wife or college graduate? Is
she still livine?
Hines’ belongings are
stored in Bennett’s archives.
The case may con
tinue to unfold.
Belle gains induction into
Medical Minority Registry
Chilee’ Hailes
Banner Reporter
The Spring semester
usually brings about many
emotions for graduating se
niors. As the months roll
along, they become increas
ingly aware that graduation
is fast approaching and that
preparations need to be made
for life after Bennett.
Potential graduates
are caught between the cross
roads of decisions. Will
it be graduate School, Law
School, Medical School, Pro
fessional Career, or will I take
a year off to explore other
avenues. Theses are sorne of
the questions that are plagu
ing the minds of seniors.
Kim Buck, a graduat
ing biology major is a gradu
ating senior ahead. She has
begun planning the next
phase of her life as a medical
student.
Buck scored a 7.3 on
the MCAT. The expected
medium for African Ameri
can scholars is a 6.0 and the
overall average is a 8.0. Asa
resxdt of her test performance
she has been inducted into
the Medical Minority Regis
try for having the highest
score of all minorities on the
Verbal Reasoning Area of the
MCAT.
She has also been in
vited by Harvard University,
and other schools to apply for
admission to medical school.
and most recently she has
been accepted to Howard
University.
Buck said, “I want to
be a pediatrician because I
want to be able to heal others
through God. I love children
and I have a natural gift for
biology and hopefully the two
will work together.”
Buck has applied to
several schools but has her
heart set on Meharry Medi
cal School, in Tennessee.
“Meharry is like Ben
nett,” she said. “The environ
ment and class size is small
and the teachers really
seemed interested in helping
the students. Buck went to
observe Meharry for her in
terview last month.
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