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Sports Day
On Saturday, May 8, Bennett’.-
campus was the scene o/ a coni- j
bined sports day and ma ■; cales- j
thenic exhibition \vh' 'h took th i
place of the annual Miiy Par. ihi:’.', I
o'irls from A. and T. arid a sin'.i
number from Bennett mad. a da,
of tennis, softball, badminton, arch
ery, horse shoes, and relays.
At 1 :30 the calestho'ii? demo;:
stration took place. Every student i
Bennett took part in the nui s t:.
ercises. Coming lo thc-ir position?
on the centre g'reen after nuicl'. 'r; r.
fare and marchina; about th? ear.;
pus to the music of the orchest:':
the girls made a colorful pi^'ti.r;' i/:
their royal blue g’ym unii;’or;.i'> i;
perfectly straight I'ows. Dram
jors led the marching: Marie iiil
Edwina Schnyder, Maxine ijawson,
and Valena Minor. Miss Stanfield
called off the exercise; Rosa Loma:; |
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and Boots Randolph, both of tlie
class of ’43, demonstrated; the en
tire group performed,
Bennett girls who won the act.vi-
ties in which they participated were;
Blanche Nelson, archery; Boots
Randolph and Wilhelmina iJoyle,
horseshoes; Elaine Smothers ancl
Valena Minor both badminton and
. tennis doubles. 1 he yellow team
(color was the basis of competition)
was victorious with 28 points; green
followed with 22; red was third with
20 points; blue last with 12,
The sports day was under the di
rection of Miss Everett, Miss Stan
field and the W. A. A. of which
Boots Randolph is president.
Graduating Class ’43 Bennett College
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The class of ’43 will be addressed at its Baccalaureate Service
May 2.JV at 1:00 p. m„ by Tir. .Tack«on Davis, Associate Director
Commercial Department
Publishes Paper
There comes on the campus an
other tabloid besides the already
established Bennett Banner—THE
BUSINESS ECHO — brain-child of
the Typing 104 class. The Business
Echo was a class project designed to
put into practice some of the funda
mentals and techniques the class
learned during their study in the
various branches of stenography.
The making of this paper involved
the practice of stencil cutting, op
erating the mimeographing machine,
composing at the typewriter, and the
setting up of the “dummy” in
newspaper form.
The Business Echo will not be a
monthly paper because of the limited
meetings of the class and the fact
that the class is restricted to purely
theory work during the first part of
the year. However, each year as a
final class project the Echo will ap
pear on the campus.
The Echo gave the entire class a
new insight as to what was going on
in the rapidly growing commercial
department. The staff is as follows:
Editor, Jean Walker; Assistant Edi
tor, Jean Kennedy; Campus Chat
ter, Annabel! Knight; Shorthand
Page, Dorothy Forte; Mimeograph
ing, Ida Lou Jenkins; Adviser, Miss
Lenore Barry.
of the General Education Board. The speaker for the Comnt^nce-
ment exercises is to be Dr. .J. VV. Seabrook, p’^esident Fayetteville
State Teachers Collegp. ^ ^
Annual Meeting of
Trustee Board Takes
Place During April
The trustees of Bennett College
met for their yearly meeting on the
campus April 27-May 1 to hear the
annual report given by President
Jones.
The first outstanding event of the
meeting was the chapel hour on
Api'il 27 when the members of the
j board were introduced to the student
I body.
j During the chapel hour on April
^ 27, a picture of the late Miss Carrie
Barge for whom Barge Hall is
named, was presented by Mrs. W. H.
[ C. Goode, of Sidney, Ohio, in behalf
of the Women’s Missionary Society.
Miss Helen McLure, ’43, accepted the
I picture and expressed the apprecia
tion of the girls resident in Batigie
Hall.
The student activities of the year
were visually summarized in a re
view in the Little Theatre at which
the trustees were guests. The pro
gram included a reproduction of a
radio program presented by the
library staff, dances by the Modern
Dance Group, music by the Senior
Choir and Orchestra, and a modelling
of world-wide costumes by members
of the Little Theatre Guild. The
costumes were recently given to the
Guild by Mrs. Garfield D. Merner,
' of San Mateo, Calif., and this was
I their first showing.
I The trustees attending the meet
ing were Dr. W. C. Jackson, chair
man, Greensboro; Mrs. Julius W.
Cone, Greensboro; Dr. Thomas F.
Holgate, treasurer, Evanston, 111,:
Mrs. Henry Pfeiffer, New York
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Orchestra Makes
Successful State
wide Appearance
The Bennett College all girls or
chestra under the able direction of
Mr. F. N. Gatlin has been doing
things this past year but it seemed
to have reached its zenith this pa.st
semester.
On April 5 the orchestra went to
High Point and played there at the
William Penn High School. Everyone
was so cordial and friendly that each
and every girl felt as if she were in
her own home town. To top the en
tire affair off, Miss Inez Lawhon,
president of the organization, had
the entire orchestra to come to her
home and enjoy a most delightful
buffet supper which had been so
gra’ciously prepared for the girls by
her parents.
On Sunday, April 11, off they
went again; this time to Winston-
Salem to render a successful pro
gram at Winston-Salem Teachers
College. Everyone seemed to have
enjoyed it immensely. The girls had
the pleasure of seeing Dr. and Mrs.
James T. Morton. From college they
were driven out to the home of Miss
Betty Wade and once again enjoyed
a delightful buffet supper. No won
der the orchestra members are gain
ing weight!
On April 16, the orchestra and
Modern Dance Group under the di
rection of Mr. Gatlin and Miss
Thacker, respectively, presented a
joint recital. Some of the numbers
received very enthusisatically by the
audience were Wagner’s “March of
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Chinese Field
Representative Grants
Interview Daring Visit
Recently Miss Kung Pu Sheng, of
Shanghai, China, paid an extended
visit to Bennett. She spoke in chapel
and in several classes and to indi
viduals—but she was one of those
interesting people you can’t let slip
away without getting something
down in black and white. So we
asked Miss Kung Pu Sheng several
questions:
How, specifically, did you get the
opportunity to some to America?
“I obtained a fellowship to Union
Theological Seminary and I can'.e
over in October, 1941. I received my
A. B. later at Columbia University.
When I finished, the Y. W. C. A.
in China wanted a representative to
visit the different student groups in
America and to get first-hand in-
foiTnation about them. I was cho.s-
en.”
What do you plan to do when you
return to China?
“I intend to do Y. W. C. A. work
among students.”
“What is the chief difference be
tween Chinese and American
youth?
“There are more similarities than
differences between the two groups.
However, the Chinese students are
more politically and socially con
scious than the American youth. I
might add here that I find the
Negro students more serious than
the white students here in Amei'-
ica.”
Are the Y. W. C. A. and the Y.
M. C. A. as strong in China as they
are here?
j “Numerically they are not as
strong but they are very vital to
Special Service
Feature Of
Mother's Day
On Mothers’ Day the regular Sun
day School hour was devoted to a
service honoring Mother. The serv
ice was held in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel and was vei'y effec
tive with everyone dressed in white.
The Scripture, “A Virtous Woman’,’
Proverbs 31:10-31, was very appro-
j priate for such an occasion. Orial
I Banks gave a very effective rendi-
' tion of “Mother Machi’ee” and ])oems
paying homage (to Mother were
read by Edith Whiteman and Olivia
Wright. Schubert’s “Ave Maria” was
sung by Priscilla Browne.
Our Honored Mother for 1943
was Mrs. David D. Jones. Gloria Dix
presented to her $50 as Bennett’s
contribution to the Chinese Scholar
ship Fund of the Women’s Society
of Christian Sei’vice of the Method
ist Church. Laura Alston, express
ing words of appreciation to Mrs.
Jones for her help and encourage
ment to all of us, presented to her
an orchid corsage as a symbol of
love from the student body. Mrs.
Jones responded, expressing the
love and heartache of mothers all
over the world today. The service
was brought to a close by the con
gregation joining in the singimg of
the hymn, “Faith of Our Mothei’s”.
the social life of the young people
' there.”
“What do you think of Mme.
Chaing-Kai-Shek?
“I think she is a very nice per-
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