Page Three
THE BENNETT BANNER
MARCH, 1942
Styl es And
Fashions
With the words “be thritty” as
their battle-cry, the girls of Bennett
have a campaign to make better
Spring fashions from articles which
they might have discarded before
December 8, 1941. Keeping this in
mind, we note with interest the new
er styles being created right here
on the campus.
RemembeT how we used to blow
soap bubbles thru those ole’ empty
spools? — well, a new' use has been
devised for them. Simply split the
spool in half, bore two holes in
each half, string a piece of leather
thru the holes. Result? A belt ... it
can be mighty effective, too, with
the ends of the leather strips slit in
to fringe and the spools painted a
bright color. See Mrs. Grigsby if
you wanna know w’hat I mean!
Might sound screwy to you, l)ut
ya’ know those cork-screws at Wool-
worth's 18 for a nickle? . . . they
sure look cute strung on a bright
colored wool. You can make two or
three roAvs of them to wear around
your neck at one time . . . one smart
gii'l we know painted her corks with
red fingernail polish and put them
on a piece of light blue wool. Nifty
as well as thrifty!
Of course, all of you have been
wearing the various “food” jewelry
—add to your list hard green peas
which the Spring season will surely
produce.- Also lima beans and dried
torn make colorful necklaces.
Have you seen the new paper-
clamp bracelets? One clever girl
bought a handful of green clamps
and snapped them onto an old silver
bracelet that she already had.
Went down town the other day
and saw the store windows full of
the new colored shoe strings. Cute,
eh what . . . wear them to match
your sweaters. When I remarked
alK>ut-them to a fren, she said she
could d'o one better — and did!
What with new dun-colored twine
lacing up her scuffed saddles — the
ends of said twine fringed like a
piano scarf.
Another alert miss has started
the fad of wearing “double socks”
—remember how mad we get when
we wanna get dressed up and can’t
find the matching socks?! Heire’s
the solution: .lust put on two pairs
of socks, the under pair to match
the sweater and the outer pair to
match the skirt, turn the top of the
bottom pair do’TO over the top of the
outer pair and what have you —
some combination! (Among the com
plications which might arise is an
occasional “hot-foot”).
In keeping with the patriotic
motif, a novel necklace has been
made of a wishbone painted red and
hanging from a blue and white rib
bon. Incidentally, the V shape of
the wish-bone stands for the owner’s
initial as well as for Victory.
Wonder what’ll take the Spring
lead in place of those little knitted
caps? All winter long the girls have
made them from bright wools . . .
now that Spring is here will they
use flowers or corn silk? Don’t be
surprised at any thing you see!
Winners In Poetry Contest
Judges in the recent poetry eon- Life's burning, passionate fire,
test sponsored by the BANNER have Let me' sing
selected the following poems as best A violently gay chorus
in current material and style.
LIFE AT BENNETT
What is a greater life than this?
Is there anything beyond this bliss?
It there is a life, please tell
There can be no other as well
For life at Bennett is swell.
Oh yes, at first, we were quite blue,
"Home sick” is the word, to be true;
The new rules and regulations were
quite absurd
To Freshmen—of such rules we’d
never heard—
But now we obey them, without a
word.
Now we've begun to find
That life, here, outwits any other
kind.
High school fun? I can’t compare
Of course, we’ll never forget the fun
there
But Bennett’s life is best, I wil de
clare.
We love every turn and twist
We love every whistle and hiss
That can be heard on Rennett s cam
pus.
We love the moments the teachers
fuss
For we realize it’s the best for us.
Yes, we are at an all girls’ school—
Surely, we have been called “fools”.
“No masculine' contact” is what girls
say,
But we have calling hours everday
In the good old Bennett college
way.
We are having fun—loads of it—
We’re remembering it all—there’s
none to foi'get —
From the time we first came on the
grounds—
To the many walks around
The campus, and the trips uptown.
So:
What’s a better life than this?
Is there anything beyond this bliss?
If there is, please tell—
There can be no other life as well—
With the life at Bennett—so swell.
Precious N. Copening—’4 5
Of “Ain’t Gonna Study War No Mo’.”
And “What A Friend We Have In
Jesus! ”
Let me laugh
When the rod smites bitter
And oft’ times
Craws me into hopelessly dark dun-
geon-corners.
Let my soul shout: Courage!
Let me laugh, sing!
Sing praises! Lord!
In the deep south.
Where the lazy, rhythmical blues
Sway my soul
And kindle within me
l^ife’s buj-ning, passionate fire.
—Bdilh Whiteman
IT’S RAINING LEAVES
TODAY
It’s laining leaves today—
Raining leaves of gold and brown,
Weaving a carpet on the ground.
Enriching earth’s dull array.
It’s raining leaves today—
And the weary world chants a dirge
Of departing splendor—feels the
surge
Of winter on its way.
It’s raining leaves today—
Trees’ quiet tears falling for anoth
er year’s end
Dowjiward, after an illimita'ble lull,
they slowly wend,
Nature’s gorgeous grief on autumn
al display.
—Edith Whiteman
Bennett College On The Air
Beginning April ninth and con
tinuing for eight weeks, programs
featuring the dormitories at Ben
nett will be heard over station
WBIG. Three general programs will
initiate these broadcasts as follows:
April 9—Miss Edwia Grahan and
Miss Thora Kelly, pianists
April IG — Bennett College Quar
tette.
April 23 — Choric Speech Group.
Five specific pirograms, highlight
ing the dormitories, will follow. The
microphone will be placed in the
dormitory &,nd the program will be I l^et me live
MY DREAM
If I could put in words the thoughts
that creep and crawl throughout
my brain
Until each minute cell is but a
wracking, wincing pain;
If words flowed freely as does a bub
bling brook on its clear sparkling
way through some shady nook;
If thoughts from my slothful pen
would fall with the ease and rap
idity of snowflakes on a winters
day.
And weave so intricate a pattern that
time would not make it fade away;
If all these things were true my
life would be—
A dream of sheer delight—a rhap
sody.
For I would use each newborn day
to weave a pattern more intrig
uing than the one before
And as the years flew past, I can
vouchsafe to say,
I would increase my store.
Many poems, novels, and essays I
would write to fill long winter
days
And! extend into the night.
And when my last word was but a
blur upon the page of life
I would have known complete happi
ness,
A world devoid of grief and strife.
Celeste P. Dennis
Events for Apt'U
The month of.. Ai^ril afforded an
unusual number of interesting and
novel features. Some of them Vvfere:
April 1, Mr. Mason gave a
program of violin music, Carrie
Barge Hall.
April 3, Week-end at Caibin,
Women’s Society of Christian Ser
vice.
April 4, Social in Barge Hall,
Junior Class.
April 6, Supper At The Rocks,
Bennett Banner.
April 10-12, N. I. D. A. Festival,
Little Theater Guild.
April 17, Annual Formal, City
Students.
April 18, University of N. C. Play
ers, JJttle Theater Guild.
April 18, Outing at Cabin, Kent
Hall.
April 18,
Class.
April 2 5
Matinee Dance, Junior
Entertainment for A.
& T. Sophomore Girls, Merner Hall.
April 2 5, Steak Fr>' at Dudley,
Senior Class; Outing at Cabin, Kent
tiall; Picnic at Cabin, Treble Clef
Club.
RUTH EVERETT, ’43.
THIS LIFE CAN BE A SONG
bi'oadcast directly from there.
Thelse programs will take the
place of the Thursday evening broad
casts, which concluded on April 2.
In the deep south
Where the lazy, rhythmical blues
Sway my soul
And kindle within me
Exchange
Department
Here is an unusual item from the
Xavier Exchange Department. It is
from the Newmanscope of Louisiana
State University.
IT’S HAKI)
to apoligize
to begin over
to admit error
to be unselfish
to take advice
to be considerate
to keep on trying
to think and then act
to profit by mistakes
to forgive and forget
to take a deserved blame.
But It Always Pays.
—“The Famcean”, Florida A. and M
The
Kaleidoscope
By The Plulosoplicr
Well, Spring is here and so Is
your old' Philosopher once more.
vVhat's new? Read on, McDuff,
read on!
Tlie Seniors have their privileges
. . . and with their privileges that
feeling of independence guided by
diiscriminating judgement that
makes Senior privileges so desirable.
The Senior privileges seem to be
one of the few traditions at Ben
nett that the lower classes strive
for and look forward! to. It seems
to set the Seniors off as a class
apart — more mature, more reliable.
Well, as your old Philosopher sees
it, there should De more traditions
established for the Seniors. After
all, you’re only a Senior once —
in most cases.
For instances, even though it isn’t
announced in Vespers each Sun
day the Seniors should be allowed
to march out first while the remain
der of audience is still seated. The
ro'bes the Seniors wear are very dig
nified raiment and are deserving of
such note. Then, there should be
some place on the campus reserved
e.xclusively for Seniors . . . some
walk, some' bench.
Senior traditions can be very
pleasant experiences. What do you
think about having more of them?
* * * *
With the Spring the campus has
burst forth into gay color once again.
We don’t mean that the grass is
greener or that the rosebush in
front of Jones Hall is in bud; —
these things are true, yes, but we
mean that the campus has once again
become the scene of calling hour
between four and five p. m. The fel
lows and girls in their bright Spring
togs make a rather attractive scene
with the sun-washed buildings as a
background. And Ma Mac, dear soul,
makes her daily five o’clock circuit
of the campus once more. Vagrant
couples with guilty consciences
rapidly melt into two divergent in
dividuals as Ma Mac solemnly jots
names down “in her little black
book”. But still Spring is the sea
son we love, tra la. Spring is the
season we love!
* * * *
The services held during Passion
Week were very well attended. It
would really seem that in a time of
stress such as this, the world really
turns to God. 6:30 a. m. Is an early
hour — even at Bennett — but the
girls were very eager to attend the
fifteen minute morning watches in
the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel.
Somehow it seemed to start the day
off better. Especially impressive was
the morning of silent meditation.
Each girl thought of her own prob
lems in relation to the topsy-turvy
world and sought from God courage
and wisdom to make the right de
cision.
* * * *
The Philosopher has noticed quite
a bit of undercurrent grumbling at
the recent Vesper services because
of a scarcity of programs. There’s
just one thing I’d like to say. Re
member, girls, there’s a little fracas
called a war going on these days . . .
and there’s a small matter of a short
age of white paper. So do you really
object to sharing a program with a
couple of your class mates. Off hand,
I just wonder ....
; Platter Patter .•
Latch on, swingsters, and let’s
get together for a session of groovey
chatter on disc dope. How goes it?
“I Don't Want To Walk Without
You, Baby” by Erskino Hawkins is
all right. It’s the nation's favorite
still and it's one of the campus fav
orites as S'Ung by Ida James who is
vaguely reminiscent of a not-too-re-
mote song bird. Wee Bonnie Baker.
“Tangerine” stands high on the
list as played by Duke or Bob Ches
ter. We believe “Little Willie” on
the radio each morning has had
much to do with the popularizing of
these records.
To the North Dorm fellows at
A. and T. we dedicate “Hello Babe”
by Lil Green and “Knock Me A
Kiss” by Louis Jordan. The lyrics
are strictly in keeping with the jar
gon used by the athletes! Then, too,
there’s that song that’s causing so
much confusion — “I Want a Root
Zoot”! I don’t know about that!
“Jereey Bounce” as recently re
corded by Benny Goodman has a bit
of fine contrapuntal mastery in it.
Likewise “When Johnny Comes
Marching Home Again” by the M'l-
ler man, Glenn.
A new release by Erskine Hawk
ins is “Wrap Your Troubles lu
Dreams” with “So Long, Shorty” on
the other side.
When you get a chance hear Sy
Oliver’s new arrangement of “What
Is This Thing Called Love?” as re
corded by Tommy Dors€'y. It is re-Tlly
fine. Gene Krupa’s “Pass the
Bounce” is another “must hear” the
next time you sojourn a while in the
record store.
Current campus favorites are “Aly
Old Flame” by Count Basie, “This
Is No Laughing Matter” by Charlie
Spivak, “I Don’t Want To Cry Any
More”, by the Charioteers_and sever--
al of the other last season favorites
like “liody and Soul” by Billy Holli
day, “You’re So Fine” by the Cats
and the Fiddle. There’s a good rea
son for the revival of these back
numbers — in fact a couple of good
ones! First, records are made of
hai'd rubliei', and — that’s right,
there’s a rubber shortage. Secondly
the orchestras themselves have de
pleted or changed personnels be
cause of the draft and they are not
making any records until their pre
sent personnel gets “booted”. Frank
ly speaking, it’s all right with us if
we do revive some of the fine songs
we have sung in the past few years
—for instance, “Have Mercy” by
Ella Fitzegerald, “All of Me” by
Jimmy Doi'sey — remember those
two . . . yes, I just BET you do!
Well, we’ll be traveling on now —
we’ll keep an ear to. the' ground to
discover any strange new rumblings
that come under the head of swing
—and we’ll keep you posted!
Tintyp es
This month, the Banner salutes
two individuals as intei'esting campus
personalities.
Name: Miss Lois Taylor.
Hometown: New London, Con
necticut.
Likes: Chocolate cookies, News
stories, Bennett, hot baths followed
by five-minute blitzkrieg naps, and
letters from Tuskegee.
Dislikes: “War Time”.
Pasttimes: Tracking down news
stories, snapping pictures of “Greens
boro Street Scenes”, pounding away
Bye now, students. Don’t let spring
fever get you down. I leave the typewriter.
Seniors to dream of Commencement,
the Juniors to dream of their Prom,
the Sophomores to agitate for going
to the Book Store between 8 and 9
on Sunday nights, and the Fresh
men to complete their plans for the
original play that’s to be the May
production of the Junior Theater
Guild. See . . . the Philosopher tags
you all! See ya next month!
Name: Betty Wade.
Hometown: Winston-Salem.
Likes: Books, historical moviee,
music and shrimps.
Dislikes: Peace-breakers, knee
socks.
Hoibby: Collecting China shoes.
Major Field of Interest: Photogra
phy and science.