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)THE BENNETT BANNER
JANUARY, 1943
With Malice Toward None
Midd flenneit
MEETS IPAME FASHION
Just who is it, Vivian Ayers? Joe
or Cliff. You looked rather troubled
at the College Party.
Not everyone can listen to her big
moment's name over a nationwida
hook-up every Sunday morning,
Vermelle Kelly can! Her happiest
moment of the entire week seems to
come after the Sunday “Wings Over
Jordan " broadcast v.'hen the announc
er says “. . . choral ensemble . . •
under the direction of Joseph Powe”.
Right in there, eh?
A study in somber colors seems to
be the gray, brown, brown mix-up.
Details? Priscilla Brown, Wads
worth Cray, and Edith lirown. Is it
straight yet?
It was nice seeing Sgt. Smith
down here on his furlough following
our rest period. And Inez Lawhorn.
we don’t believe we’ve ever seen
you quite so ecstatic.
Sidelight: By the way of almost
tradition, Dr. Jackson seldom wears
any color but maroon ties. Notice
it and see if it isn’t so, girls.
Lincoln these days doesn't neces
sarily mean the good man Abra
ham to Kat Jenkins. That institu
tion seems to be the focal point of
most of her interest these days . . .
and not because of her brother,
(U)unie, either!
Bill Jones, now at Tuskegee in
the Air Corps, is “the ’’ man in Edith
Ike’s life these days. Hmmm . . .
seems a pretty mutual affair too.
“And we glory in the title of United
States Marines" . . ■ the
HIM dedicated to Sara Lou Harris,
Miss Reaves, Thadamalee Nelson,
et al.
Can't tell who has the upper hand
these days after their respe,ctive
visits — Brother Collins, Cecil Carey,
or Ray Washington. Non-committal,
eh Skip?
Though Maxine’s Ben is gone —
Betty Joyce, you’d better clamp
down on that rover, Scottl Friday, if
you want him knocking on Jones
Hall’s door. Seems he’s alw'ays on
the go.
Teena, when you went through
that chair at the gym the night of
the Junior-Senior l)asketball game
you looked as if you could have gone
the memory lingers on. Thence the ' thiough the floor too!
frantic phone call from Penn State j Anldrey Reid, what do you mean
—thence the fai-away look in Max- Ijy falling on your way into the “Y"
ine's eyes when she sang “My Wish” 1 Bazaar'’ We said we were going to
at the Bazaar. keep you out of the infirmary after
Why can't Bennett girls get any-! that Tumbling incident! and we
thing but Kappa and Omega pins-
meant it!
don’t the Alphas rate?
hang on to their pins?
I Clark Gable has gone to war, eh,
Betty Cooke? . . . well, with your
current heart throli around you won't
or do they i Jerry Duffield, has that Sterling
I lovo sort of tarnished in the chemi
cal reaction with Mary Taylor?
The choir almost choked to death
in vespers, Februray 7. Seems the
miss the movie star too much, will ' collai's were a BIT stiff! Hence the
you? But, on the side, do tell him [ execellent posture.
that the dark glasses aren’t neces
sary at night. We w'on’t mob him!
Say Morris Tynes — where’s your
individuality? That name of the
“■male Gayle” they’ve tagged on
you really fits.
Candis Johnson had a preview
of what will happen “When the
Lights Come On Again” — her
brother who's been stationed in
Alaska paid her a visit a couple of
weeks back.
Miss Stanfield's new hobby is de
veloping her own pictures. She does
a right nice job of it, too. By the
w'ay. the pinochle game isn't bad
either it you ever need some one to
marine I sit in with you.
attention to the Holliday vocal gym
nastics — or is that too much to
ask? Ml'. Ba.nner quite often makes
jest of^tAie total oblivion we seem
to -t)^come enveloped in on such
pieces — but remember the days of
thy youth, O sage!
A-lodee there’s ol Jersey Boucin’
Jethro and the disc? “It's a Lovf
Down Dirty Shame” by Buddy John
son. That was sharp — except that
I feel like a malted milk.
Last dance? “I’ll Pray For Y’ou’’
by the Andrews sisters — ready,
man. But who on earth ever heard
of a dance without “Star Dust?” —
a bit of coercion on the player of
the records . . ..there it is ... so
. to the tunes of T. D.’s arrangement
we t. the 1. f. (trip the light fan
tastic in case the abbreviation got
you down) for the last time this
issue.
designed to remind you of yonr PAR- After all that dancin’ I'm hungry.
not aren't you — away to the Book
Platter, Patter
Greetings and felicitations . . . .
Nice of you to peep in on this little
jam session. Shall we sti’oU or shal!
w'e jump? Oh. so you want to stroll
first, eh. O. K., O. K. you win! so
we'll stroll. A change of the record
sets the mood — ima,s;ination changes
the setting.
The lights are low — THAT man
of all men has asked you tor the
dance, the music begins and it's —
it's — ahhhh-h-h “There'll Never
Be Another You” the T. Dorsey
way. Now. Aha! a medley of those
war songs — and look, there's that
sergeant looking your way — sure
enough he's asking you to dance
both numbers coming up by T. D.
again “Just as Though You Were
Ileie” and “That Soldier of Mine”
-oh! oh! those two, I believe were
TICULAR fellow in kahki
the whole army. AND golly gum-
drops, here is “When the Lights
Come on Again” — they've got it
by Lucky Millinder with Trevor
Bacon on the vocal.
The tempo changes and here
comes that ole jumpin’, jivin'. rug-
cuttin'. sandin', partner (some
man!). The record “I Like to Riff’
(Charlie Barnet) and follow'ing it
up a sharp new one by Lopez “Too
M'lch" which is just that — too
much! By now, you’re huffin' and
puffin' but who wouldn't give the
last bit of breath In the old corpse
for a bit of jump to “Boogie Woogie
Cocktail” by Andy Kirk.
Your tongue is bangin' out so
you sit this one out and sing —
“Heil, Heil Right in the
Face " — good idea that!
Oh, here’s “the” man agin ask
ing you for the next gionp of dances
- and lucky you — he must have
bribed the person whose playing the
Store we shall hie ourselves for a
bite of hamburgher and a sip of
R ('. — ahhh — Heaven!
—MAXINE LAWSON
'43.
IN MEMORIAM
“Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime
And departing leave behind us
Footpi'ints in the sands of time .
Dr. George W. Carver, member of
the United States Department of
Agriculture's Research Administra
tion, and one of the world's most
diligent and proflific scientists, is
dead.
The loss the nation suffers can
not be denied — his conti'ibutions
to the science of agriculture will live
Fuhrer's ' on as a symbol of his untiring efforts
; to aid humanity.
'Tis basketball season — and with
the basketball season the basket
ball boys at A. and T. take on a
new glamour. We saw you Frances
F. with Gaskins at the party. Won’t
he ever learn?
Elestae Merrick, we understand
you almost broke choir practice up
with your latest creation in rain
headgear! Couldn’t be as bad as
some of the hats the Freshmen walk
in Chapel with declaring they’re
putting something over (and that’s
serious!).
Mr. Banner, don't you remember
your grammar school Ilnglish? Why
the plural of “foot” is “feet” not
“foots”.
rilKSIDKNT .VXD .MRS. JO.VKS
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Jacobs with “Pete” Booth; a Smith
entourage of “Skeeter” Tyson, Bill
Hawz, Raymond Washington, Ster
ling Hogans, and several others was
quite the centei' of festivities during
the evening.
Outstanding at the Freshman-
Sophomore dance were; Edith
Chandler and John Kay from Raleigh,
N. C.; Ellen McClester and Eugene
Kirkland of Camden, S. C.; Annie
Long and Orrie Gore; Carolyn
Robertson and James Clark of Nor
folk, Va.; Gloria Foster and Arthur
Wilson of Charlotte, N. C.; Lakie
Reamy and Pvt. Maurice Keene of
Fort Houston; Gloria McCottry and
Norman Johnson.
Thank you. President and Mrs.
Jones for two such lovely affairs —•
from the receipt of our invitations
till the last dance it was really en
joyable. And Dean Brett, you and
your committee made the gym a
veritable fairyland — thank you
for the long hours of planning and
actual work it took.
KALEIDOSCOPE
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zation yet. She’ll need youi' entire
records. Look here — “Don’t Get | support.
Around Much Anymore” (Ink Spots),
■'Prisoner of Love” (Andy Kirk),
“Embraceable Y^ou” (J. Dorsey) and
“Without the One You Love” (Buddy
Johnson) . . . and listen to this in
tro — sounds like a Billie Holliday.
IT IS! it's her new “Travellin’ Light”.
With that I -rt-ill take a flying
leap under the covers — I'm shoooo
shreepy . . . good night . . . your
philosopher (too tired even to make
capital letters).
She was only a printers’ daughter,
While you’re dancin’, do pay strict but I sure liked her type.
ALUMNAE DOINGS
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for anything my experiences either
THEN or NOW.
V. E. Morrison, January, ’43.
Ed.’s note — Congratulations in
your new position, Vicky—er, rather
MISS Morrison . . . it’s been fun
teasing you but you know we’ve
wished you the best of luck even
when we probaly were unbearably
sophomoric. I suppose you will always
lemember, too, our singing “Con-
giatulations to you” the first day
you sat at the teachers’ table in the
Dining Hall — forgive us . . • but
after all “a local girl had made
Good!”
WKDDIXt; BEJ>liKS
On Decembei' 22, Miss Juanita
Wells class of ’37, became Mrs.
Frank Adams — he of Philadelphia,
Pa.
On February — Miss Burt Gomez
'42. became the bride of Raymond
Davis. Her wedding was held at the
By Carnieii Wilette, '45
Well, here's Dame Fashion back
again — this time with needle and
scissors in hand — you've guessed
it! — We’re going to talk about
sewing. Y'es, I know what you’re
saying ... “I won’t bother to read
this thing ’cause I can’t even run
up a straight seam.” Well, don’t
let that trouble you too much, Per
haps you can find a friend who will
help you out a bit. What’s that? you
say you don’t have time to sew? Aha,
but don't I see you gaily cavorting
to the show conies Friday night?
Now where's that alibi about not
havin.g time? So, Miss Bennett, no
arguing out of it . . . let's spend a
bit of that spare time seeing what
can be done to those clothes you’ve
given the l>ack seat (or rather the
bottom of the drawers) for various
uiul sundry reasons.
It is not always a NEW dress or
a NEW suit that makes a girl look
well in her clothes. It may be that
she has simply made a few changes
in an old dress or suit, yet when
she steps out vi it you've just got
to step back with “Oh, how' kee—
utc! When did you get it?” BUT you
never realize that you can do the
self same thing your self with equal-
,y good results.
So let’s see a few of the simple
things that can be done to that dress
you’ve let droop in the back of the
closet, the jacket you were thinking
of giving up as a bad bargain —
or the hat you were just waiting to
wear out in the next heavy rain.
You can always work wonders
with a plain black dress, but per
haps you are just tired of black.
Oh no! Don't drag it down to the
trunk room to stow away — how
about adding an entirely new top of
the same type of'niateri«l in a ..qolqr
becoming to you, or add a new fiont
to the waist of the dress. Bright
colors or stripes give very striking
effects on a black dress. Or, you
could (for the spring time which
is sure to come) add organdy collars
and cuffs.
You i*\iy also have a dress you've
about given up because of ugly per
spiration stains — yet you just love
the way the dress is made or per
haps you feel sentimental about it
because “Joe said you looked sooooo
sweet in it the day you saw him off
to camp.” Well you could still keep
the dress if you cut off the top and
added a new yoke and sleeves of
contrasting material. Of course, you'll
have to use a waist pattern for this
but you will be mighty amazed at
foithcoming results ... if you choose
your colors carefully.
— and pinafores couie out
of outmoded dresses awfully well.
Cut down the neck, rip out the
sleeves, bind the both of them
and presto! you’ve got what you saw
in this month’s Mademoiselle.
A jacket can be changed by add
ing something new to it. the edges
for instance or around the pockets
or by adding contrasting lapels.
Hats aie easier to work with than
some of our other clothes for, with
a bit of ribbon we can make an old
hat look like the latest of New York
creations. Using, of course, a bit of
imagination.
Evening dresses do not offer much
of a problem. If you are tired of
stepping out in the same blue or
gieen, try changing the dress by
using the skirt with an entirely new
top. Many charming examples of
this could be seen at the college
party. It takes very little material
yet gives your gown a fresh look.
An example of an effective ribbon
treament was V. Minor’s blue moire
formal which she renovated and
))0und the bodice and hemline of
in black grosgrain ribbon. Com
plete change, wasn’t it?
So many little things can be done
with those clothes w'e now have by
merely adding an extra something
to an outfit. Economy i.? 'he by
word in clothes more than ever now
and it is much to a girl's crcdit if
she can still make use of tho.se
clothes she has given up as hopeless.
It's quite a challenge.
I can’t leave without putting in
a few words about those dresses
seen at the College Party. Who could
have missed the simple charm of A
Atkins' lavendar tulle and taffeta
studded with sparkling sequins —
yes, though you would have never
have guessed it, she “made it her-
self” . . . then there was M. Pitts
light green and black tulle . . . Ruth
McNeil in a tiered lavendar taffeta
gown — simple but striking — each
successive tier was of a deeper shade
of lavendar . . . G. Pollard’s long
waisted bodice of black taffeta witli
a dainty pink net skirt . . . not for
getting E. Whiteman at the dance
in dramatic black velveteen and rose
taffeta . . . and Rosa Lomax in an
gelic white. All of these lovely cre
ations show w'hat may come
from just a bit of imagination and
I few sewing utensils.
So, sew. Miss Bennett — let’s get
l)usy and see just exactly how clothes
conscious we can be!
Valentine Doings
Valentine celebrations begin
today!
From two iintil si.\ p. ni. the
Jruior class will hold forth at a
matinee dance in ThirkieUl gym-
na.siiini.
From eifjht until eleveu-thiity
p. in. the Senior class will s*'’*'
a dance for tlieir Soplioniore sis
ters. 'I’liis isn’t to be an ordinary
(lance — by any means! It’s the
gingham dress-anklet type of af
fair at whicli everyone lets down
her hair and has a .junipin’ good
time
So although Valentine’s Day
really isn’t until tomorrow Bennett
is in the spirit . . . and may you
all have a very good time.
POLLOCK’S SHOES
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GLOVES
home of Laurie Johnson, ’42, in
Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Davis is at pres
ent enrolled in the Atlanta School
of Case Work.
CONGRATULATIONS!
CAROLINA
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