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student Publication of Bennett College
VOLUME VIII
GREENSBORO, N. C., OCTOBER, 1937
NUMBER 1
1937 GRADUATES OF
BENNETT COLLEGE
BECOME TEACHERS
More Than Three-Fourths of
Last Year’s Graduates Have
Positions; Majority Teach.
Accoi'dins to inroriiiation rt'centl.v ro-
oeivod fi'oiii tin' ollico of tlie Dean of
Instruction, the majority of the class
of have lioen a)iiJoiiit(>il to posi
tions for the cvirrent year. While niosl
of the cla.ss are aflilia'.cd witli s;'hools,
one. Jliss Annie Mae JIartiii. saluta-
torian of tlie class, is doins i:r;i(lu:i1c
work at Atlanta I'uivei.sity. Atlanta,
Ga,:
Ophelia Itowe, Ueniiett ('cillege;
Bertha Hrown, Aberdeen. X. ('. : I>er-
niee Cooper, Henderson Ins;itnte, Hen
derson, X. C. ; Horten'-e C'ornelitJ.s,
Oiitawha Connt.y Schools. (Jastonia.
X'. ; Johnsie ('rawford. (lastonia,
X. C.; Xannie Erwin, Scranton, X. ;
Edna Everette, Xorwood, X. ('. ; Co-
zotte Friend. Ueidsville, X. C. ; Knth
Glover, Currituck County 'rrainin;^
School ; Onah K. Hawkins. P>!)ylan-
Ilaven Home, .Tacksonville, Fhi. ; Al
mira Henr.v, Boylan-IIaven irome, .Jack
sonville, Fla.: Coriune Iluniplnw,
Chapel Hill, X. C.; Lois Hunter. P>1-
lerhe, X. C.; Jlrs. Dorothy ilcXair.
Greensboro I’ublic Schools; Carrie
Mebane, Goshen Scliool, (ireensboro;
Ollie Mendenhall, Itoanoke Uapids,
X. C.; Frances Murray, Hurgaw High
.School ; Dorothy I’heli)S, Mocksville,
N. C,; Cozelle liaiford, Badin, X. C.;
Kathleen I’owelK Cliatlbourn, X. C. ;
Margaret Koberson, Itocky Mount,
X. Cl; I’or'tia Si-arlette, Gret'usboro
Public Schools; ICvelyn Sherrill, Ben
nett College; Dorothy Sizemore, Scot
land Xeck, X. C. ; Irene Simpson,
(Jroensboro I’ublic S-hool.s; Fannie
Sizemore, 'J’roy, X, C.; Dorothy Smith,
Cherryville. X. C.; Annie Mae Martin.
Studying at Atlanta School, Social
Work; Alsie Trammell, Privately eni-
Iiloyed, Xew Itochelle. X. Y. ; Mary
Alice Thrift, Keidsville, X. C.; Frances
Wallace, Wilkesboro, X. C. ; >lary Wal
lace, (iibsonville, X, ; Juanita AVelis,
Brown Summitt, X, C.; and Ida
Westry, Selma, X. C.
STUDENT GOVERNMENT CABINET
M
HEAD OF STUDENT
GOVERNMENT
ATTENDS CONGRESS
Miss Hattie Bailey Represents
Bennett Student Group at
National Negro Congress.
Front row, left to right: Jtianita .Murray, Aniey Hall, Hattie Bailey, president of tlie asso-
ciatioii. Dorothy Williams, and Eleanor .lohn:-( n. Back row, left to riglit: Bettj'e Chntntp, Anne
Kelly, Thouiasina Atkinson, .Jac(|ueline -Myles, Dorotliy ^I’oore, and Jjiieille Hargrave.
INTERESTING CHAPEL
PROGRAMS GIVEN
HOUSING SITUATION IS
SOLVED BY JUNIORS
Pfeiffer Hall is Chosen by Senior Class
as Permanent Senior
Dwelling.
Dr, F. P. Kittrell. Dean of Students,
and Dr. David I). .Tones, president of
Bennett College, called a meeting of
all resident upi)erclassmen on Monday,
September 21. in Henry I’feiffer Science
hall to discu-ss the hoiising situation
on the campus. The meeting was of
much interest to everyone as it was
held to decide the question concerning
who should live in Annie Merner hall,
the dormitory now being erected, and
which class should be split among the
three other residence halls.
Finally, after much discus-sion. Miss
Clarice Gamble, speaking on behalf of
the Class of 1039. suggested that the
Class of ’31). the present junior class,
be split. This arrangement, she pointed
out, would allow the freshmen and
sophomore classes to remain intact dur
ing the formative years of college life.
By the time of the .iunior year, the
class would be cohesive enough to stand
the strain of being divided among va
rious dormitories. Still by this ar
rangement the Senior Class might en
joy their last year living together. The
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Various Members of Faculty
Have Charge in the Absence
of President Jones.
In tlie absence of President .1. ncs,
various members of th.‘ facidty have
been takiu'.; c’.iarge of the chapel pi'o-
grams during tile la.-t few weeks.
On I'riday nioiiiing. October
the morning exerci-es were in charge
of Miss Merze Tae of tli:> Social
Studies d;iiartment. She introduced as
the guest s]icaker, Mr. W. It. .Tolnson
of the State Department of Public Wel
fare. Italcigh. X. C. He spoke on th(‘
topic, "Social Security.” After tel ing
what iiart the Xegro was jilaying in ;he
social security program carried on in
Xorth Carolina, be spoke briefly on tb?
education of the Xegro. Mr. .Johnson
advocated training in the trades so
that the Xegro too may have a middle
class instead cf a vast group of un
skilled laborers on one band and a
poor professional group made up of
too many lur, rained, uneflicient, and
poorly paid school teachers and white
collared woikers on the other.
On Monday morning. October T,
1037, the program was under the direc
tion of Jlr. James T. Morton, of the
Psychology department. JIuch to the
surprise and delight of the student
body, Mr. Morvon gave a short program
of r(^adings by Xegro authors. He re
cited pieces by Dr. DuBois, Frau Horne.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and .James
Weldon .Johnson. Especially well-done
was his interpretation of .Johnson's
“Creation."
The following .Monday morning, Oc
tober n, l!).’i7, Dr. Donald S. Klaiss.
of the Dejiartment of Iteligion, gave a
very interesting talk concerning his pet
peeves. The first he called the "Aca-
Banner Plea
Hello, everybody. This is the first
iszuo of the BENNETT BANNER for
the current school year. We hope
you Kke this one. This year the
BANNER is inviting the criticisms
end rujfffestlons of the student body.
As you will notice, there are several
new co’umns beginninff in this pa
per. Dc you like them? If not,
please tell us. This is every Bennett
student’s paper, and the staff wants
to print what you like. Would you
like a story-writingr contest, a con
tinued story, more gossip, more room
to discuss candid opinions of the
student body, a more ccnservative,
or a more radical paper? Whatever
you want, if you let us know, 'wv
will try to have it for you. Be a
contributor of either ideas or arti
cles to the BENNETT BANNER this
year. Remember, this is your paper.
SIMPLE SERVICES MARK
Y.W.C.A. CONSECRATION
More Than One Hundred Students Are
Accepted Into the Association;
Mrs. Maxwell Speaks.
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At a beautiful and impressive cere
mony held at Saint JIatthews' church
over 100 students were accepted in the
Bennett Chapter of the Y. W. C. A.
October At o'clock in the
evening Dr. K. Xa'haniel Dett took his
•seat at the organ and began playing
the prelude. After the prelude he softly
played the "Y" song “L’ollow the
Gleam.” The song was u.sed for the
[irocessional at which time all of the
pr'S])ective "Y" members dressed in
white c.arrying unliglited candles tiled
into the church. After ;liese girls were
seated, Miss Anne Wood, ser-retary of
the Y. W. C. A., read the 13th chapter
of First Corinthians as the Scripture
Lesson. Miss Almeda Clavon, vice-
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When the students of Kennett Col
lege r -turned from the summer vaca-
ticn. they found in addition to nearly
all-of las', year's instrui'tors, peveral
new facidty additi(jns. Here are a few
facts about each of our new additions.
Jlr. 'I'iniothy Wells, who is instructor
in chcmistr.v, was born in Xorfolk, Va.
He received his training at Virgina
I'n’on. Meharry. and Columbia Univer
sity. At present he i'^ working toward
his dactorate at Columbia. He is a
member of the Omega Psi I’hi fra-
;ein;ty. Before coming to B'unett, h(^
taught at St. Augustine College, Ka-
leigli, X. .Jacksnn College, .Jackson,
Mi.ss., and Texas College, Tyler, Tex.
Mr. W*‘lls had visited Bennett before
coining here as a faculty member. He
says that he likes Bennett very much.
IMiss Jeanette I>arden, who is the
resident nurse of the Collge, comes to
us from Tu.skegee, Ala. Slie graduated
from the nursing school of Tuskegee.
She says she has never before been in
a .scho'-'l like Bennett.
Miss Ilhoda .Jones, our dietitian, was,
b;'lore coming to Bennett, a resident of
Plainfield, X. .J. She is a graduate of
Pratt Institute of the class of '35. For
merly she worked at Iturrow Memorial
liospital in \’irginia.
.Mrs. Mos.solena Simmons, the cam
pus hoiisekfeper, is a former resident
of Detroit, Mich. Although she has
never been south before, she enjoys liv
ing at Bennett.
I.ittle need be told the student body
concei'iiing Jli.ss Evelyn Sherrill, Miss
Ophelia Bowe, and Miss I’erne Wood,
all new additions to the faculty, for
EIGHT ADDITIONS
MADE TO FACULTY
—
Returning Students Find Sev
eral Important Additions to
Group of Instructors.
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'I’he stuiU'iils of Iteiinett College were
represented at the .Xational Xegro Con
gress wbi'h met in Philadelphia. Pa.,
October l.'"i-17. by Miss Hattii' Bailey,
jiresideiit of tlu* Student Government
association.
In an inlerview concei’uing the Con
gress, Miss Bailc'y told of the .several
groups into whii-h the sessions of the
Ihi'ee-day meeting was divdt'd. and of
the interest that was manifested in all
of thi'in by those present. The theme
of the conferen-e, sIk' said, ceuteird in
the id'a that "It is the genius of unity
alone th.'it can save the race."
Of especial interest, according to
Miss I!ail(\v. was the Y’outh Ses.sion of
the meeting, 'i’be jirincipal topic for
(lisc)ission at this s(>ssion, she said, was
“How (o Develop Youth Movements in
the I'nited States." 'I’he princijial
speaker at this session was Mr. Edward
Sti'ong, Xational Chairman of the
Xegro Youth Movement in America.
The group decided that not only south
ern Xegro youtli but also northern
Xegro ,\'outh should organi/.e into youth
movements.
On Saturday afternoon, October 10
the delegates to the conference had flu;
privilege of hearing a discu'-'sion on
"War and Fascism," b,v Captain Harry
Heyward, captain of the Lincoln Bri
gade, I'bis brigade, composed wholly
of Xegroes, is now fighting in Spain.
-\t the final meeting of the cmgress
it was announced. Miss P>aile,v said,
that the next conferenc(* of this kind
will be held in February, llt.'lS, at which
time the Southern Xegro Congi'ess will
meet in Atlanta, (Ja.
PROFESSOR HENNINBERG
ADDRESSES STUDENTS
New President of the American Teach
ers’ Association Speaks on “Living
Above One’s Income.”
Professoi- Alphonse Ilc'nningberg,,
administrative assi.stant and professor
of French at Xorth Carolina State Col
lege, Durham, addressed the students
and faculty of Bennett Ojllege on Tues
day morning, October lit, at the regular
assembly hour.
The greater part of I’rofessor Ileir-
ningberg's adlress was in cri', icism ot
the habit which he called "Keeping Up
With the .Joneses,” and which he-said
has unfortunately become an integral
part of the cidtural pattern by which
we are surrounded. After touching
upon the danger of buying labels rather
than jiroducts, the speaker emphasized
the necessity of our living within our
means. Our (‘ducation, he ob.served,
should be such as to teach us to do this.
Professor Henningberg came to the
college as the first speaker on the lec
ture and l.yceum program for the school
yeai- 1!).'i7-.'i8. T'ntil last year he was
a member of the faculty of T'uskegee
Institute. He wa.s elected jiresident of
the American Teachers’ association at
its annual meeting which was held iu
I’hiladelphia, I‘a., last .luly. Ho is tlu^
first prc'sident of this organization to
serve under its new name. Until last
.lul.v it was known as the Xational
Association of Teacher.s in Colored
Schools.