ARCHIVES
Bennett Colleg
FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS
Editorially Speaking, Pg. 2
Alumnae Drive Well Under
way Pg. 3
THE BENNETT BANNER
Student Publication of Bennett Ctollege
“Y” Launches Protest
Campaign Against
Peacetime Conscription
VOLUME XV
GREEXSBORO, N. ( ., N()VH)M15EK, 1!>45
XriMBEH a
STUDENTS GIVE $750.00 TO ENDOWMENT
Are We Awake?
liy Edith Bishop, ’4i
In 1940, shortly after the beginning of world war II, the need for an
organization such as the World Student Service Fund became appaient.
People the world ovei‘ began to realize that Hitlei’ and hi’s machine' weie
bent on gaining world-power, regardless of thei methods they had to use.
As a result of the awful destruction whi'ch followed, houses were laid to
waste, cities blown ui) . . . and universities and schools totally destioyed. iNot
being satisfied with merely impioverishing the people and reducing theii edu
cational tools to nothingness, the Germans caused the student of Europe to
become a hunted animal; an individual who realized that capture meant
either of two things ... a concentration camp, or death.
In view of these facts. In 1940, a
group of well-thinki'ng people start
ed, in Geneva, Switzerland, what isj
now known as the World Student
Service Fund. Their effort expresses!
the belief in students who are united!
in all areas of Christian service and j
shows that student solidarity is some
thing broader than the narrow circl'd
of a compass. It came at the time of
greatest need. The students had be
come isolated and despair was get
ting into the hearts of the people.
Through this organization, student
prisoners of war were provided study
books, had letters of encouragement
written to them and they were en
abled to resume their intellectual
work. Student refugees scattered
throughout Europe were aided in
their attempts to escape to neutral
countries. These students broke the
wall of isolation which separated
them and the rest of the world.
An example of tne work of the
Noted Artist
1 lirills Lyceum
A udience
By ORIAL BANKS
The recent appearance of Aubrey
Pankey, famous concert baritone in
Annie Merner Pfeiffer chapel brought
appreciative response from a capacity
audience which sat enthralled by the
artist’s beautiful voice.
With all the grandeur of eary Ital
ian music, Mr. Pankey began with
the song “Star Vincino A1 Bell’
Idolo" by Salvatore Rosa. This selec
tion was nicely complimented by
“Love in Thy Youth” by Howard.
‘‘Amarilli, my fair one, dost thou
Qouljt my love?” — how nice to rec
ognize these lines from the transla
tion of the first part of “Amarilli”
W.5SF can be seen hi ,uir aid Ccicciui. The i'irsL group conclud-
1 lieaterGui UP resents
'’Little Foxes”
Dr. Ko.v A. IJiii'kliart, i)as(or, First
(’oiuiminity Cluti'ch, Ooluiiibiis, Ohio,
who (l(‘liv('i-ed the l ouiuler’s Day ad-
(!k‘ns, Nov. 1>, in Annie Jlcrner
I’feiil'ev Cliapel as the college ob
served its 72nd anniversary.
Responsibility In
NH^orlcl Alfairs Is
Conference Tkeme
to students of the University of Po
land. This university had been closed
since 19 39, and just recently opened
its doors in October of this year.
Students were forced into manual la
bor—60 0 entered Switzerland, con
tacted the WSSF, who, in turn, set
up university camps and enabled
them to get their degrees.
Now^ that the war is over, help is
needed as much — if not more than
before. Many of these students do
not have the slightest idea what has
l)ecome of their families or their
homes. They are poor. They do not
have even a fraction of the facilities
which we enjoy and accept as a mat
ter of course. Money must be raised
to help them readjust themselves to
the situations which they must face.
(Continued On Page Four)
ed with “Gia 11 Sole Dal Gange” by
Scalatti.
The second group was composed
entirely of music from the pen of
the immortal Schuliert.
He has an extremely fine command
of German, Italian, Spanish and
French, and always, regardless of
the language, his diction was flaw
less. Each selection was well inter
preted, and different, because of the
special attention paid to contrasts in
dynamics, the unusual use of the
pianissimo, and the apparent serious
ness of purpose. This was well exem
plified in the rendition of “The House
I Live In”, which was one of his
three encores.
Mr. Rudolph Schaar, Austrian
pianist did an excellent job of ac-
companing the singer.
Notking But G oo d-Will c an
Save America—Mayes Proclaims
“Perhaps the atomic bomb may frighten man to his senses, rid races of
their arrogance and false pride, and develop integrity among nations doing
for humanity what the gospel of Jesus Christ has not done for nineteen
hundred years,” was the startling statement made by Dr. Benjamin Mayes,
president of Morehouse College, speaking here recently.
Continuing he said, “Man today*
stands on the precedent of ruin and
destruction. The atomic bomb has
terrorized the world. And now that it
has been created, it can’t be destroy
ed. There are some things that even
God can not do. President Truman is
indeed stupid ii he, by the remotest
chance, thinks he can withhold the
bomb’s secret from other nations.
If twelve nations have the secret of
the bomb, notliiii”' can protect Amer
ica but God at the will of justice and
mercy.”
Using as a subject theme, ‘‘Man’s
Intelligence vs. Man’s Stupidity,” the
speaker said, “If man is the most
intelligent creature on earth today,
the converse is likewise true, he is
also the most stupid. In every man
there is the element of the animal.
After all these years man still thinks
he can do wrong and get l)y. But the
facts are you can’t get away from
yourself or others, and neither can
you get away from God.”
“Every once in a while,” he said
“some men rise up and try to be
God, only to be beaten down. Men
like Hitler, Mussolini, Napoleon,
and Caesar. Eventually retribution
comes and sometimes, as in theirs, in
our own lifetime.”
In concluding, he admonished,
“The time for fumbling preachers Is
past. The gospel needs to be preached
and put into action; men need to be
changed and rejuvenated. The hope
of the world lies in man’s intelli
gence to realize that good-will alone
can save humanity.”
The necessity of student respons
ibility in world affairs was the chief
emphasis of tlv> conference on An-
plied Christianity held in Durham,
N. C., November 2-4. The theme of
the conference, “The Time Is Now,”
was carried out by all of the speak
ers and played a significant part in
the workshop discussion periods.
Student representatives were Misses:
Jo Ina Ellis, Ethel Johnson, Gwen
Alexander, Rosalee Payne, Janet
White, and Ivery Outterbridge.
Two of the fundamental conclu
sions drawn were that the time is
at hand for steady thinking, real
istic vision, and decisive action, and
if we are to establish perman
ent peace it must be done now. Said
Dr. H. Shelton Smith, professor of
Christian Ethics, Duke University,
“The United States holds a strategic
place in the world and if we are to
strive for world peace, she must re
frain from using compulsory mili
tary conscription. As for the atomic
bomb, it is far too dangerous for
any nation to keep,, even the United
States. I am ashamed that we even
resorted to it in view of the fact
that we were so near the end of the
war.”
The conference delegates did not
favor peacetime conscription and
urged widespread action against it,
through letters to Congressmen, ra
dio commentators, and newspapers.
Among the speakers w'as our own
president who spoke on “Christian
Students Go Forward.” Mr. Thaddeus
Malinowski, also of our faculty, was
one of the workshop leaders on “Our
International Task.”
*College To Spen d $350,000 For 13iiilclingS5
Burkliart I delivers Foiinclers Day Address
A new dormitory costing $125,000 and a student union at a cost of $225,-
000 will be constructed as soon as building conditions permit, it was an
nounced by President David Jones at the Founder’s Day exercises, Nov.
16, as the college celebrated its seventy-second anniversary and its twentieth
year as a college for women.
Itemizing the gifts of the past year
-totaling $520,083. President Jones
also announced an additional gift of
$112,500 from Mrs. Pfeiffer which
is half the cost of the student union.
The other half to l)e secured from
other sources.
In mentioning these gifts he stated,
‘‘These gifts are a constant reminder
of the deep and abiding love men
and women all over the country,
north and south, white and black,
have for you and this college.”
The spiritual and emotional aloof
ness existing in the world today was
suggested as a prol)able basis for
many of our problems, racial and
otherwise, Ijy Dr. Roy a Burkhart,
delivering the principal address.
“All the talk today is of the atom
ic liomb,” said the speaker, “and
w'hat to do with it, but all our prob
lems aren't atomic, there are many
non-atomic ones. For example the
uprising in foreign countries by peo
ple w'ho have grown weary of being
enslaved, the unrest of the Germans,
the civil war in China, and in Amer
ica, our own restriction laws, un
employment, housing problems, and
the ever growing racial and religious
teiisinn ”
“If we are to ever find the truth,”
he concluded, “and learn to know'
and understand the love of God so
that it can be manifested in all our
relations, we must grow into a sense
of common humanity by prayer. Hu
man Ijeings must find, through a
love of Jesus Christ, the things that
will raise them up above the pangs
of fear. It will only be through build
ing invisible links between estrang
ed hearts and bridges over chasms
that separate us, that America can
fulfill her destiny.”
Miss Betty Ann Artis, of Colum
bus, Ohio, vice-chairman of the stu
dent senate, reported the student
(Continued On Page Four)
The dramatic story of the prosper
ous Hubbard family and their vicious
greed for power w'as brought to life
againg when the Bennett thespians
presented Lillian Heilman’s outstand
ing stage success, “The Little Foxes”,
Friday 'and Saturday evenings, Nov.
16 and 17.
Under the direction of Miss Con
stance Johnson, instructor in dra
matics, the play, which had a double
cast, held the audience in continued
anticipation and afforded moments
of unexpected humor. The players’
ingenuity and commendable interp
retation of the author’s lines gave
all evidence of the fascinating inter
play of the characters’ scheming
minds and brought appreciative re
sponse from capacity houses.
Members of the cast and the roles
played were: Constance Collier, Re
gina Giddens; Elaine Mitchell and
Queen E. Barl)er, Birdie Hubbard;
MaChere Tresville and Edna Gam-
l)le, Alexandra Giddens; Lucille
Brown and Inez Cannon, Addie, the
housekeeper; Walter Lewis, Horace
Giddens; Wilbur Eggleston, Cal;
John W'illiams, Leo Hulibard; Daniel
W'ray, William Marshall; Lonnie
Burton, Benjamin Hubbard; and
Frank Cuthbertson, Oscar Hubbard.
The male roles were played by dra
matic students from A. and T. Col
lege.
Following the close of the play,
Saturday evening, members of the
cast and visiting guests were tended
a reception in Merner Hall parlor by
the Freshmen and Senior Theatre
Guilds.
Y,
D,
L
ili;
ergan denounces imperialism
One of the most noted authorities in America today on the continent of
Africa is Dr. Max Yergan, executive director of the Council of African
Affairs, and winner of the Spingarn Medal.
Quoting from General Smutts, dur-’’-
Ml SIC ( lA 1$ TO PRESKNT
I() L l -1 ).\ X ( K It E IT A1J
Mr. Thaddeus Malinowski, dance
instructor at the college, and stu
dents of his folk dancing class will
demonstrate the dances of foreign
countries in a recital, Friday even
ing. Novemlier 30, in the Little The
atre it has been announced by the
Music Club.
Films on the art of folk dancing
and a lecture )>y Mr. Malinowski will
highlight the eevning’s program.
ing his recent visit here, the speaker
said, “Mankind has struck its tents
and is on the march.” Just as the
people of Andonesia are tired of
Dutch domination after more than
two centuries, the people of Africa
and the rest of the colonial world
are restless, refusing to continue to
Hccept circumstances imposed upon
them.”
“Despite all the wealth that the
continent of Africa possesses be
cause of the military strength of
such countries as Great B r i t a i n,
I'l’ance, Belgium, and Italy, which
have invaded that country for the
sole purpose of imperialism, the
15 0,000,000 Id habitants of Africa ac
tually occupy only 13.5 per cent of
all the land. In the union of South
Africa, the people have practically
no control over their country.”
Dr, Yergan cited three factors ac
counting for the fact that the conti
nent of Africa is a colony. These
were, (1) the aljility of powerful
groups within imperialist Europe to
use their governmental machinery
and armed forces for the selfish pur
pose of controlling vast areas; (2)
the power of European countries to
acquire the continent in order to ex
ploit, for themselves, the rich raw
materials that the continent possess
es, and (3) Africa’s potetial wealth
as a valuable source of lal)or — she
has the “hands” necessary to develop
and exploit.
He pointed out the fact that Africa
holds three-fifths of all the gold
mined in the world; one-half of all
the world’s copper; has an aljundance
of rubber which is of great commer
cial significance; is plentiful in cot
ton supply and is potentially rich
in many of the world’s most useful
minerals and raw materials.
“Human Ijeings are not satisfied
with that which degrades them,”
concluded Dr. Yergan, “and they will
not accept slavery. The same forces
that swept Churchill and the Tories
from power, that defeated the 200
families who betrayed France, is al
so the force that is inspiring the peo
ple of Africa.”
S3AIH0HV
f ■> ii 11 fiiiifi »»•—