DECEMBER, 1946 THE BENNETT BANNER
ALUMNI NOTES
The alumni buzz-bug has been
around, but definitely, and here is
a report he just buzzed off!
Thanksgiving holidays brought
some familiar faces back to the
campus—the notes—Hattie Greene,
Biooksve Goins, and Marjorie Mc
Daniels. Don’t know whether th“'
“ .urkey-bird'’ brought Katherine
Jenkins Gunn here or not but that
fine bouncing boy slie has (four
months old) is quite the lick!
Now for more news past and a little
present. We have a lot of grads now
sentenced for life—they tied the
wedding-knot ... of course it’s no
news to anyone that Ellen McClester
and Cornell are now Mr. and Mrs-
Kirkland residing in sunny California
but it is news that they “leaped”
September 9 instead of some day in
December. Edith Ike is now the
better half of Lreut. Arthur Hicksi
(as of Aug. 8). Blanche Graves estab
lished residence in Kansas with her
one and only. Thora Kelly “dood it’’
—she married Knocky. Blondie
Martin and Walter Hooper, Jr., are
now the “two which God hath join
ed.” William Hall won over the onei
and only Matti’e Faucett just ten
plus nine days after Ruth Nesbittl
said “I do’’ to Winston Hart on Aug
ust 10. Martha Branch is now Mrs.
Earlie E. Thorpe and Frances Wal
cott is none other than Mrs. Andrew
A. McCoy, Jr. Mrs. Lakie Reamey
Moon is helping her husband in re
ligious activities in Gary, W. Va.
Mitti'e Sellers succumbed to the ora
tory of James D. Single.ary on June
19 (her hubby is now teaching at
Bennett). Alice Holloway comesi
back into the buzz-light by saying
‘‘I will” to James Young. Mildred
Ann “Judge” Burrts is now Mrs-
Hardy A. Dudley. Annie Louis Belle
became the June bride of John
Hudgens. Nora Belle Callicut made
May 11 a red letter day when she
^larried Clyde Howard Davis. Sylvia
Pauline Wallace got her M.R.S. de
gree April 26 when she walked down
the aisle to B. D. Higgins. DelphiTie
Geddes substituted her May Queen
white for a bridal veil and said “I
do” to Maurice Curtis. Mrs. Sydney
L. Des Vignes, Jr., (Edna Gray
Taylor, to you) says June 12 is “D-
day’’ around her home. Dorothea
Taylor isn’t a Taylor anymore be
cause S. Allen Moore was more con
vincing than she thought. Ruth Mc-
Cottry and Archie O. Wiley is one job
that cupid scored as well done on
April 4. Anne Wood said she would
be,Mrs. Charles Stokes (and she has
been since June of ’46). Dorothy
Jordan and Douglas J- Faison stared
at the preacher on July 21, 1946.
Helen Cobb and George Williams are
qui'te happy being Mr. and Mrs.
Dorothy Jackson is now Mrs. Earl
Benny Lee and Helen Brown is Mrs.
William A. Simmons. Whether she
be east, south, or north the buzz-
bug doesn't know but Naomi Payne
is now Mrs. Alphonso West.
Singles and doubles, no matter
which they are still babies. Mrs.
Mabel Joyner of Tarboro, N. C. bids,
■two wrth twin girls born November
DRESSES - COATS - HOSE
SPORTSWEAR - LINGERIE
BAGS - FURS
STANLEY’S
229 SOUTH ELM STREET
Greensboro, N. C.
1, 19 46. Oh, but we have a higher bid
of five from Mesdames: Sarah Scott
Wiley, Hattie Taylor South, Helen
Horton Holley, Marie Hill Gibbs, and
Alta Wade Smith who have a daught
er each. Boys — not scarce by any
means — Mr. and Mrs. Wm. S-
Alston have a bouncing son and Mrs.
Co/rine Humphrey Harris proudly
i eveals two sons. (621 Duff St., Pttts-
burgh. Pa. is the address for those
who like to Script), and Mrs. Nettie
Houston Thigpen has a baby boy.
Some say ‘and did you know!”
but we say “well, how ’boot it” —
.hings are in the footlights — Maidie
Ru.h Gamble scored a leading role
in “The Bat’’ at the Musart Theatre
in California; Edith Whiteman went
West to ole California with the Anna
Lucasta cast. Sarali Harris is in a
nrtely show at the Zanzibar in New
York City; Virginia Simmons Nya-
bongo has been to France and is back
home again. Doris Newland is punch
ing a time check at the O.P.A. Office
I'n Omaha, Neb. Edwina and Gwendo
lyn Scavellar are employed at Gilbert
Academy. Carolyn Booker is a “Y”
worker in Dayton, Ohio and Texie
Willis is working in Newark, N. J.
—more script ... 87 S. 13th St.
Rosa Withers Catchings who was
piesident of the Southern Negro
Youth Congress is now filling the
office of vice-president. Some never
get enough of school or so it seems
with Mrs. Vina Webb who received
her M. A. from N. C. State this sum
mer and Madeline Bridges who re
ceived her M. A. from Columbia. Dr-
Frances Jones Bonner received the
Helen Putman Fellowship at Rad-
cliffe. Third finger left hand holds
a diamond for Rosa Everette and
Dorothy Saunders.
Well, the buzz-bug is buzzing out
with a “you do’s very well” and until
the next time, I’ll be buzzing you.
THE BUZZ-BUG.
p. S. Know any news?? Well, pen
us!!
WLo’s Who H onors
Eigkt St uJents
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ciety. Miss Edley has been on the
Student Senate Cabinet four years
and holds the office of vice-chair-
man.
Ivery Outterbridge a home eco
nomics major is president of Barge
Hall and of the Sunday School. She
is a member of the Y.W.C.A.
Gwendolyn Gidney, a music major,
sings mezzo-soprano with the College
Quartette. She is a member of the
senior choir, W.S.C.S., YWCA, and
is serving as a Junior Counselor to
Freshmen.
President of the junior class, Ruth
Sydnor is also a member of the senior
choir. She has received a certificate
of merit from Alpha Epsilon Honor
Society. Miss Sydnor has been a stu
dent assistant in the Records Office
for three years.
Secretary of the Student Senate
Cabinet, Jocelyn Blanchet was a
former president of the freshman
class. She is also a Junior Counselor
to Freshmen.
A sociology major, Elinor Bishop
is a Junior Counselor to Freshmen
and a member of the Little Theatre
Guild.
Compliments of
COMMUNITY
CLEANERS DEPOT
L. R. RUSSELL, Mgr.
MRS. L. B. TILLMAN, Asst.
711 E Market St. Phone 6729
Kampuzzations
Umm, but they were poddies—and
wivh oodles of thanks to the Student
Senate, they were tops!! The deco
rations were solidly on the beam
and the girls only added the icing to
the cake. Toles and his boys really
sent that rhythm for a lightening
streak to help the Bennettites reap a
bumper crop of fun, gaiety, and
pleasure.
The Society of Rattling Brains —
sophomores to those who “ain’t hep
ped” jet—made a round round ball
ihe first week in December that real-
■ y rolled! What are we spieling
about?—Why the Sophomore Dance,
natch. Was it soleed—just ash the
sophs!
The Sociology Club is tryin’ to
note this year, and if you don’t mind,
they’re doing a very good job of it,
00—that is, if their party was any
thing to judge their actions by! They
'must be trying to play a game of
hockey or the sech with that balling
ball the Society of R. B. made.
Cru.ches, bandages, groans, and
pains — all these could easily be the
highmarks of the W. A. A. tourna
ments that are going on. There’s
hockey, soccer, basketball, and what
have jou — plus a mess of soleed
games to draw a crowd from any
where. Incidentally, who gave a
poddy and had men galore—a little
louder, W. A. A.
That noise you hear over in the
corner is just the Junior class want
ing a little note—so let's give it to
them so they can hush. The Juniors
gave a dance that not only brought
out all the maidens’ personality plus,
but recorded history that put the
atomic bomb on the ancient history
list! Want to know what the trick
was? — Well, just ask the Juniors!
Merner Hall not only sports a
playroom to-be but turned all the
spotlights on their dance. It was
good, good, good to the last second—
music, girls, and MEN!
Congrats to Mrs. Jones on her vice
presidency. Weren’t those some
“much fine” flowers the religious
organizations gave — beauty for
beauty! Look who’s blushing!
Well, sis, that’s all for now, but
we’ll be around again next month.
Until then, I am
“THE' DRIP.”
Bel oved
Dead
Beloved dead, my heart is torn with
sorrow.
My eyes are worn with weeping.
I mourn your death with the damp
ened crystals of my tears;
I weep for you who are no more.
Beloved dead, do you wonder why I
weep
Why I deplore your blessed sleep
After the crushing humiliation of
life’s reich?
I weep for what was once and i's no
more.
Beloved dead, I weep for your famil
iar smile
And every well-known phrase used
by you that now is bu ta memory.
I weep for what we’ve been one to
the other
I weep for what we were, but will be
no more.
Beloved dead, your flesh is nothing
more than dust
Our life together is now but in my
heart.
I weep because I’m lost without your
voice
I’m starved without the food from
your fertile mind.
I weep because I loved you more
than life
But death has won you from me,
Beloved Dead.
—-By SYLVIA ROCK.
A Day Of
Op en D oors
For the first time in several years,
open house was held at tiie practice
house Sunday, November 17, after
Vespers, to allow many students and
filends to see the very beautifully
managed house. The occupants of
the practice house, Home Economics
seniors, telt that a large number of
girls on the campus had never visit
ed the practice house and that many
cf them did not know that it was
open at all times to visitors.
Occupants of the practice house at
present are Misses: Freida Smith,
Louise Armstrong, Rosetta Hand,
Jean McCord, and the advisor, Miss
Gwendolyn Jones. These girls who
-ive here may be envied by others
on the campus, because, aside from
the usual pleasures common to col
lege girls, there is the added ele
ment of keeping iiouse. All home
economics girls live in the practice
house for a period of six weeks.
Open house was also held at Pfeif
fer Hall Sunday, November 24, from
6 to 7 p. m. Hostesses for the occa
sion were officers of the dormitory.
Many friends visited the dormitory
and inspected the rooms.
You may plan on another tour of
inspection in the near future. Merner
Hall has a very attractive play room
which is now being equipped and will
be open in several weeks.
A LETTER
From Home
150 N. 53rd Street
Philadelphia 39, Pennsylvania
December 10, 1946
Miss Betty Morris
Bennett College
Greensboro, North Carolina
Dear Miss Morris:
Please advise by return mail con
cerning the following questions:
1. Do you contemplate spending
the Christmas holdiays at 150 N.
5 3rd St., Philadelphia, Pa.? Answer
yes or no
2. If so, why? Give reasons and
date of arrival.
3. Do you expect Santa Claus to
visit you there? Answer yes or no
4. If so, why? Please give reasons.
5. If answer to No. 3 is yes, please
make suggestions in order of im
portance to you (not Santa).
6. If answer to No. 1 is yes, please
state when you would like carfare
and why.
7. Do you expect to return to
school? Answer yes or no
8. If so, for what reasons. Plea.se
explain in detail.
9. If answer to No. 7 is yes, please
state whether you would like reser
vations on the “Southern” and, if so,
for what date?
Please fill in the above and re
turn promptly with the other infor
mation requested to the home office
of the Morris Co., 150 N. 53rd St.,
Philadelphia 39, Pa.
Your truly,
HOWARD S. MORRIS,
President
CARRIE J. MORRIS,
Secretary.
DRESSMAKING — COATS —
SUITS — SHIRTS
—Alterations—
MRS. BERTHA J.
JOHNSON
711 K. Market St- IMione 6729
Kaleidoscope
Life is a paradox of sweet and
slime. Much is given to life and much
is taken away. Men are born, live
their brief span and then are gone.
Why were they given the chance at
life? Did they prove themselves wor
thy? How did they die and why?
The answers to these questions
should give us an insight into life
and its complexities. Yet, we cannot
find these answers collectively, as
one, for each is a separate and indi
vidual problem. However, when we
do find the answers we shall have
discovered a lifetime creed — a creed
by which we will live.
It is exceedingly important that we
have a lifetime creed. Human beings
by their very nature must have some
reason for living, some code by which
to measure thei"!- contributions to the
world. Many people never arrive at
a creed for themselves. They blame
their shortcomings and maladjust-
Tnents on the world, not realizing
that an honor has been bestowed up
on them when they were given the
power to breathe and to reason. The
usual comment giTen by such indi
viduals is, ‘‘The world owes me
something.”
Fortunately, all people are not of
this class of misfits. There are those
who are filled with a burning pas
sion to contribute in some way, how
ever minute, to the unscrambling of
the complexities and paradoxims of
• ife. In the imaginations of these
people are created certain definite
clean-cut goals toward which they
will strive-
Even though goals vary with the
individual, it is very easy for one
individual's goal to overlap another,
and as we are able to balance ours
with others we are able to measure
how successfully we have lived our
lives.
We must stand staunchly for what,
we know to be right, never entirely
subordinating our personal goals to
another’s, nor accepting a weak com
promise.
We, fellow students, are in the
best environment conducive to cre
ative thinking — the kind of think
ing which will help us to create a
goal or life creed. Surrounding u3
are people who are using the medium
of the world to good advantage—
people whose examples we will do
well to follow. We must not, how
ever, merely copy their example, but
profit by it, and improve upon it,
constantly endeavoring to make the
world a bit better because of our
contriljutions.
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