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Two THE BENNETT BANNER January, 1945 THE BENNETT BANNER •‘Anytliiiif;’ Worth llfadin^. We W rite” TKN CKM’S A ( Ol'Y .*>.75 I*EH SUIiSCRIl'TION EDITORIAL BOARD MYRTLE L. CKOWN, '45 Feature Editor GLORIA DIX, '45 Business Manager THORA E. KELLY, '45 CAROLYN L. ROBERTSON, ’45 STAFF ASSISTANTS „ MAYME HARRIS, '45 Assistant ^us^ne^s^ M^anager^^^^^^^ Circulation Manager Exchange i^ditor nancy PINKARD, 46 TYPISTS Chairman News Editor - Secretary Thelma Thomas, '4'i Gwen Alexander, '47 Edith Bishop, 46 Margaret Caldwell, '46 Willie Ruth Coles, '4'i Precious Copening, '45 PROOF READERS Miriam McTeer, ’47 REPORTERS Helen Davis, '47 Roberta E. Favors, '45 Goldwyn a. Foster, '45 Ruth Hyatt, '46 CAROL E. CARTER, ’45 Eleanor Chippey, ’45 Rose Hogans, ’47 Jean McCord, ’47 Betty L. Powers, '47 Mary Wacstaff, '45 M. Eugenia Sims, '48 1 O US ^ r *• I—• T ADVISER FREDERIC A. JACKSON EDITORIALLY SPEAKING In Retrospect Here we are at the end of another semester. Exams, term papers, book reports, midnight cramming are still too fresh on our minds to be forgotten easily. But there are other events of this semester that will remain as vivid as when they occurred. It was a memorable semester . . . memorable because there were new, different programs and experiences. Beginning under a new system without faculty advisors, the campus organizations kept up their work and proved without doubt that the student body is capable of accepting responsibility. How could we forget the Endowment Drive, when we set a new goal for the following drives by raising nearly twice as much as w^e had the year befoie' And remember the Student Senate Thanksgiving Parties, '^^hey were lovely as ever—with a refreshingly new type of decorations. Along the line of art, the Living Madonnas were brilliantly por trayed and highlighting the realm of music were the Juni r and Senior Choir Concerts and Mr. Suthern’s monthly organ recitals. Something new in religious activities on the campus was the Sunday School’s return to the system of classes, replacing ihe general assembly type of progra'm. Certainly we can^ never for get the rich experience of hearing the Don Cossack Chorus, oui first Lyceum program of the year. Not to be forgotten either was the Junior Class presentation of one of its members, Thelma Smith, in a unique dance recital, the Marshall’s birthday dinner, and the “Y” breakfast. A little more recent were the first group meetings of the War-Peace Committee which were held after extensive plans were made by the central committee on the pro gram for the remainder of the year. These are only a few things that we will remember as a group. There are many other experiences that w'e will remember mingled with gratitude and pride. Let’s use these experiences for an in centive for better work next semester. We still look forwa«l to a higher scholastic standard, increased “war consciousness’ and in general, more alertness on our campus. It’s left up to us to make these things the basis for our aims for the next semestei. Inquiring Reporter... Sliould i)iU'ents iiitei'fere or intervene ill the seleclion of the male friends of a youiis wdiiuin after she reaches eol- leue a^e (And actually goes to col- le^'e) ? I believe that younj; women should he allowed to pick their friends unless parents feel that their choice is lefi- iiitely undesirable, then they should be tactful and ofler any suK.wstions that they think will help their children. .MAR.IORIE E. McDANJEL. I’ai'ents should not interfere with tlieir daufiliters' selection of male as sociates aftei- they have entered col- h'Ke, unless they have failed to train them to use discretion in situations of almost equal importance. DELORES NEWSOME. \o, in uiy opinion the parents have no rii;ht to interfere because a sirl of college af,v and attending collese should have enons'h coiiinion sense to guide her in the picking out of her male as sociates. lUIODA COSNELL. No, liy the time a girl has reached this age she should be able to tise her own discretion about liei' friends. How ever, I do feel that it is perfectly in place for tlie parent to point ont some qualities for the girl to look for in the choosing of her friends, AR.VKELL.V GOODW'IN. 'I'he (luestion of parents interfering in the .selection of a young woman's male friends should depend not upon age but upon her maturity. Some wliose lives have lieen more or less sheltered, do not, at college age, know enough about judging character to choose tlieir friends without aid from their jiarents. Others may be relatively matured and able to cnoose wisely. LOIS Vtn'NC. No, their jirevious teachings and ad vice sliould have made their daughters capable of selecting desiraiile friends in an intelligent manner. However, when she does enter college, her par ents should be ready to assist her or give lu'r advice on any problem that might confront her. Many young wom en who have entered cillege know very little aliout selecting male friends. 'I'hey have made unhappy marriages. On the otliiM- hand, many parents do not feel that their daughters are not old enough to be taught the necessity of sekH'ting desirable male friends nntil they have entered college. Under such conditii>ns the parents' duty is to hell) their daughters as much as iiossible. SERENA HALE. Reader's Retreat TOMORROW IS FOREVER— u.v gwkn bkistow On Beginning a New Semester The approach of another semester brings to our minds the fact that we shall again have an opportunity to put into practice all the good intentions which are in the backs of our minds. Since we shall be starting in new classes we can make our resolutions to keep up with our work from day to day, to get our reading done ahead of time, to finish our term papers early, to do some inde pendent thinking and research. And we can do it! It is im portant, however, that we take stock of ourselves and decide just why we have failed to do the things we should have done. Was it trying to do too many things? Was it having too many social activities? Or was it just sheer laziness and carelessness? Hav ing found out the cause, it will then be a matter of putting oui will power to work to effect a solution. On the other hand, a wise person will look over the work accomplished and analyze the rea sons for the various small successes which have come to him. Having found the reasons for these, he will try the same thing again. Many people make resolutions at the beginning of a new semester—many never make them at all, saying that resolutions are made to be broken. If that were true, then there would be no need to make them. A good intention plus strong will power must bring results. At the commencement of this new semester we would all benefit from a little introspection. Mary Wagstaff, 45. .\o, ev(‘ry person should bi^ allowed to choose her own frieiuls. The friends that the parents may choose may not be of the temperament that the daugiUer would desire. Therefore I think that the choice of friends should be left eiUirely to the girl herself. FANNIE liELLE LEA. No, after a girl gets in college, no matter wiiat her age is, she should hav' enough intellectual ability as well as good choice so as to choose her own associates. ('HARI.(rrTE RANDOIJI. When girls I'eacli college age, they should be able to choose the kind of frieinls who are best suited to them. If she doesn't have experience in ciioosing friends, how can she choose a husband'. 'J’HOR.V KELLY. W . .\. .\. Sl’OXSOKS TOrK\.\-ME\TS The annual spoi'ts tournaments basketball and ping-pong Elizabeth Herlong had had the bit terest experience vihich war can bring to a woman. Her young husband, Ar thur Kittredge, had been killed in World War I. Tiiey had had such wonderful times together and had made such wonderful plans tliat now it seemed as though life had lost its mearung, that there was no longer a reason to go on living. Elizabeth finally pulled herself together, howevei', de cided that the only way to achieve coiu- parative peace of mind was to go to entirely new sttrroundings and leave behind those things which brought hack so many painful memoi-ies. Elizabeth went to Hollywood where she found ;i job as secretary and biKik- keeper in one of the large producing companies. 'Fhere she met Sjiratt ller- long, an ambitious young man who wanted .some day to produce pictures. Elizabeth and Spratt became very close friends and found in each other com mon interests and sympathies. They were married though Spratt under- stiod that Elizabeth could not give him the rapturous and adoring love which she had showered upon Arthur. Yet with their many expt'riences to gether S]>ratt aiHi Elizabeth built a very happy and satisfactory life. They had three children—Dick, Cherry, and lirian, a beautiful liom*^ and Eliz.-i- beth was pei'fectly happy. Once in a great wliile, however, she would be at tacked by a renewal of the gi'ief which she had felt at .Vrthur's death. These periods of depression disappeared as quickly as they had come so that Elizabeth never told Spratt of them. One afternoon Siiratt called Eliza beth from the studios and asked pei'- mission to bring Ericli Kessler home for dinner the following evening. Kess ler was a (ierman refugee newiy come to the Herlong Sttidios as a st(U'y re write man. Elizabeth, of course, assent ed and proinisel to get Dick's help in entertaining Kessler’s daughter only to learn, much to Dick's relief that the little girl, JIargaret, was only eight years ild. Kessler himself was a cripple: he had only one arm and liad to walk with a cane. He was a veteran of World War I and had been greatly disfigured in an explosion at Chateti- Thierry. He had been maimed ;ind in jured to such a degree that one would never have recognized him as Arthur Kittredge wlio had been so strong and stalwart. He would have died from his injuries had it not been for the efforts of a (ierman doctor, .lacoby. At tirst Arthur did not want to live but since he could not persaude .lacohy to let liini die, he had .lacoby sign his death jiapers and took the name of Erich Kessler. He did not want to return to Elizabeth a wreck of a man. He stiffered immeasurably but kept him self active by helping .lacoby witli his exiierinients and by doing some writing. Later, because they were .lews, .lacoby and his young wife suffered numerous atrocities at the hands of the nazis. Umible to bear tl'.eni the couple com mitted suicide and Kessler came to .America, bringing their young daugli- ter, Margaret. He had come to Holly wood to retouch stories for Spratt Her- long's studio. And now he was about to see Elizabeth and dine at her lumie! He only wanted to be sure that she w!is haiipy, that she had been able to rebuild her life after his supreme sac rifice. The moment Elizabeth saw Kessler she sensed a strong re.seniblance in him to someone she had known at some time. As the eveii'ug wore on, she felt this even more strongly. The children as well as Spratt liked Kessler im mensely. He seemed to take a great deal of interest in each of them. Kess ler soon became an intimate friend of the family and was an invaluable help to all of them. Dick was seventeen, one year less than draft age. Elizabeth was dis turbed at Dick's pessimistic attittide to ward the war. He poked fun at the un attained ideals of World War I and the jieople who had believed in them so wholeheartedly. Kessler helped Dick realize that there were worthwhile ideals behind World War II ; that these ideals could not be accomplished in one generation. They must he attaiiUHl step by step. He helped Elizabeth by making her see that she could not af ford to bi-eak down at the possibility of Dick going to the ju'iiiy. She was the center of her hous(>hold : everyone depeiKled upon her and she cottld not fail them. EIIz:dieth had bei'ii tormented by Kessler's resemblance to someone she had known. She \\as finally convinced that he was Artliui- and told him so. With an almost superhuman effort Ke.ssler denied it emphaitic.illy and managed to show Elizabeth that she was endangering her happiness by imagining him to be her fcu'iuer hus band. She resolved to put thoughts of her fornier marriage from her mind for she saw in it an attempt to escape from tlie things which W(U'ried her. Kessler, happy and satisfied that he had helpt^l Elizabt^h and her family to make their lives more complete and meaningful, ciuietly died in his little bungalow. Elizabeth had promi.sed to ado]it -Margaret and so she and Spratt did. They found ipiite a problem in the child's fears and shyness as a re sult of her experietu'es in (!('rmany. The best I'emedy for them was to make ilargai'et feel wanted and this they all succeeded in doing. The story ends on a note of hope. Discoveries in melicine and science hal made it so that Dick's fate would not have to be that of Arthur's, There is too much constructive work to be done to take time for unnecessary wor ry and feai'. In ave started this year, spon.sored by the W. A. A. The tirst basketball game of the sea son was played by the Sophomores and the Ereshnien. The second, be tween the .luniors and the Seniors. All of us are wondering which class will get the cup, so come out and sup port your clit.ss I MUSIC of the week-end l?y >I.\RGARET HEXDEKSOX, ’4(i Fortunately enough for the (xreens- Ik)!'o opei’a lovers the local station is now broadcasting the opera each Satui'day aftei'iioon. The operas that have been given in the p;ist four weeks have been excwMlingly enjoyable. Among them were Wagner's "Tristan and Isolde" in which Helen Traubel and Lauritz Jlelchoir sitng leading roles. liotli singers were really mag nificent. Norman (iordcm, singing the role of King Marke, did an excellent job of keeping alive the quarter hour of music that some time goes dead. The entire performance was great. Donizetti's "Lucia de Lammermoor" brought to the attention of opera lovers I’atricia .Munsel, nineteen year old col- orattn-a sojirano, singing the leading role, supported by Leonard Warren. Miss .Munsel niiule her debut in this well-loved opera and really “did her self proud." In addition to the Stifurday after noon of opera, there are three presen tations of two of the country's major orchestras on Stmday afternoon. The New York I’hilharmonic gave the first performance of Lukas I'iss’s "The I'rairie," .ranuai'y 20 with Dorothy Kirsten, Nan Merrinian, 'i'idd Duncati and William Hain. 'I'he N. 1!. C. Sym phony's last four concerts featured Eu gene Ormandy and these fmr will be followed by four conducted l)y Tos canini.
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