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VOLUME XX
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLII^A, NOVEMBER, 1951
NUMBER 2
★ ★ ★ WELCOME CLASS OF 1951
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Welcome to the members of the Freshman Class, who hail from 3(i states and two foreij?n countries
Notebook Snatcliers Gauglit
“Babs” Scales
Most of the students have heard
about the notebooks that have been
missing from the chapel steps whilei
the girls are in chapel. Few books
were missed at first and then on
Friday, October 12, 1951, five note
books v;er“ taken. The administra
tion, along \yith the student body, be
gan to take action and got results.
During the next weeks from October
15th through the 19th, three marsh
als were designated to patrol three
key points around the chapel. They
■>;or£ Minnie Walston,^who was
posted on the left side of t'le cnapei
near the Business Office, Argenia
Fleming at the Jones Hall, and “yours
truly,” whose post was at Steele
Hall. From these three points, we
could watch each entrance into and
out of the chapel and also the main
of the campus. All was quiet on Mon
day with few persons passing through
the campus. Tuesday brought our
f’rst warning signal. Miss Walston,
from her pest, could see the entrance
of a fellow who appeared to be be
tween the ages of 16 and 19 enter thc^
campus from Macon Street and pro
ceed toward the' chapel from behind
ihe Business Office. As he approached
the chapel, she appeared on the scene
and he immediately left the campus
only to return on Thursday with art
accomplicc who appeared to be a
little girl about 11 years of age^ They
appeared on the campus at 10:25 a.
rn., just ten minutes after the fellow
had made bis first appearance for
tliat morning. Then and there we
got enough evidence to clinch the casei
for we caught our would-be note
book snatchers in the act. However,
when we came from behind our post
to confront them, they ran off the
campus dropping one of the note-A
books as they ran. This we retrieved
and went off after our culprits. We
lost them in the chase, but were?
lucky in that we came across a class-
m&te of the little girl, who had seen
the chase and recognized her. This
little fellow took us to the child’s
home and there we found her and
the older fellow.
We commenced to question them
and found that we were still on tha
right track. Just before noon of tha
same day the missing notebooks were
returned on the campus and at the
momerft all is back to normal.
We are hoping that the apprehen
sion of these two have brought an
end to the episode of the disappear
ing notebooks. However, if you find
any of your diamonds or other valua
bles missing or if you want a MAN
tracked down, don’t hesitate to call
on us. I’m sure you’ve heard of the
F. B. I. and the S. B. I. They’re real
ly quite capable and thorough organi
zations in their very important work,
but for the best results don’t hesitate
to call on the fabulous B. B. I. We,
the agents of the Bennett Bureau of
Investigation, aie always at youi*
service.
Until another case comes our way,
we’ll be seeing yau.
tions; Miss Annabelle E. Spann, Di
rector of Field Studies, and Miss
Daisy Wallace, Physical Education.
Welcome to the 'iennett family!
Lyceum Features For 1951-
52 M Bennett Announced
Lj'ceum attractions at Bennett Col
lege for the 1951-52 season have been
announced as follows:
November 24—Concert, Morehouse
Co‘\eg^ Gli_c Club.
November 30—Julliard String Quartet
Co icert.
February 6—London Repertory Thea
tre presents “Volpone”
by Ben Jonson at
2:;-!0 and 8:00 p. m.
March 6—Touring Players present
“Trio,” three plays
with music, at
2:30 and 8:00 p. m.
March or April—Bill Goodman, bari
tone.
Season tickets may be secured at
Bennett College.
New Members of Bennett's
Faculty tnd Staff
One of the significant factors in
going to college is that of meeting
people from all walks of life. Especial
ly is this true of the students who are
fortunate in being on a campus where
this particular feature is extremely
prevalent. Certainly is it true as we
go to classes, to chapel, to the library,
and other co-curricula activities.
Here this year was a tremendous in-
i crease to the faculty and staff of Ben
nett College:
Miss Mary Anderson, Director of
i Reynolds Hall; Mr. Daniel W. Camp-
I bell, Psychology instructor; Miss Ada
K. Carmichael, Biology; Mr. William
B. Cooper, Music and organ; Miss
Muriel Dorsey, Music and Voice; Mrs.
Armanline D. Douglass, Physical Edu
cation; Miss Edith M. Fleming, Direc
tor of Pfeiffer Hall; Mr. David A.
French, Dramatics; Miss F. Rosetta
Grier, Director of Jones Hall; Miss
Ruby L. Hall, Commercial Education;
Miss Willie Haney, Secretary to the
president; Mrs. Sarah W. Herbin, as
sistant in Bookkeeping office; Miss
Lucille J. Hinnant, Stenographer; Dr.
W. C. Jackson, History; Mr. William
L. Kerr, English; Mr. Arnold Kieltsch,
Music and Piano; Mrs. Nina Kudrick,
Music and Piano; Mr. Peter Kudrick,
Receiving Clerk; Mr. McClure P. Mc
Combs, Sociology; Miss Marjorie E.
Daniel, Director of Merner Hall; Mrs.
Vera B. Quarles, English-Public Rela-
Alumna Promoted
In Army
Mitchell Air Fi-rce Base, N. Y.—
Miss Brooksie Lc Goins, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Goins, of
1107 West Fayette Street, Martins
ville, Va., has been appointed a second
lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve to
.serve with the (Women in the
Air Force), it hasAbeen anrlouiided by
Major General Willis H. Hale, Com
manding General o£ the Continental
Air Command with headquarters here.
Lieutenant Goins is scheduled to re
port soon to Lackland Air Force Base,
San Antonio, Te> as, to begin an eight-
week course at a special WAF officers’
indoctrination school. Upon comple
tion of this training, she will be as
signed to duty with the Air Force.
A graduate ol Henry County High
School, Lieutenant Goins received her
B. A. degree in liberal arts from Ben
nett College, Greensboro, N. C., in
1946. She took post-graduate work in
1947 at Hampton Institute, Hampton,
Va.
Since 1949 lieutenant Goins has
been an elementary and high school
teacher with Martinsville City School
System, Martinsville, Va.
Lieutenant Goins joins the Air
Force under a program which offers
direct commissions to women between
the ages of 24 and 32 who are college
graduates and who have had respon
sible business (>r professional experi
ence.
By June, 1952, the Air Force plans
to augment its WAF officer strength
with 2,800 carefully selected women
obtained through this direct commis
sion program.
Juilliard String Quartet
To Appear Itere
Members of the Bennett family
and music lovers m and around
Greensboro will have a treat in store
v.'ith the coming concert of the Juil
liard String Quartet of New York
City, Friday (evening at 8:00, Novem
ber 30, in tht Annie Merner Pfeiffei^
Chapel.
The quartet is affiliated with the
Juilliard Conservatory and gives
concerts under its auspices. Having
just finished a series of ten Mozart
quartets in Manhattan, the group
merited a feature article in Time
Magazine. The director of the New
York Philh.^rmonic, Dimitri Mitrou-
Founders’ Day Observed
Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam, resident
bishop of the New York Area of the
Methodist Church, was chief speaker
at the Seventy-eighth Annual Found
ers’ Day celebration, October 30, 1951,
in Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel.
The theme of his address was “The
Meaning of Culture.” He defined cul
ture as being “what is left after you
have forgotten everything you learned
academically.” Dr. Oxnam further
stated that a cultured person is one
whose understanding has been quick-
j ened and deepened; who has a breadth
I of outlook which lies at the heart of
culture, u catho'4'’ity of sympathies, a
i refinement of taste and simplicity, ap
preciation of beauty, a sense of meas
ure, and modesty of judgment. A man
may have all the.se and yet not be cul
tured unless he has love for all man
kind as exemplified in the spirit of
Jesus Christ.
Bishop Oxnarr is former president
of DePauw University. He now heads
the National Council of Churches in
America and is also distinguished as a
lecturer and author. Some of his
most recent publications are The So
cial Principles oj Jesus, By This Sign
Conquer, Preaching In A Revolution
ary Age, and Preaching And The So
cial Crisis.
Bishop Oxnam and Bishop Alexan
der P. Shaw, of 1he Baltimore Area of
the Methodist Church received honor
ary Doctor of Laws degrees.
Gifts for the endowment of the col
lege received on this occasion totaled
$2,306.50.
Dr. Thurman Visits Campus
Dr. Howard Thurman, who is pastor
of The Church of All Nations in San
Francisco, visited the college Novem
ber 7. Ha gave two sermons.
“What the Religion of Jesus Sug
gests to Us” was the theme of his
speech Wednesday night at the even
ing vesper. Dr, Thuman said that
Jesus was a poor Jew. He faced many
unpleasant things but rejected the al
ternatives of His day. The three ideas
which were stressed were fear, hy
pocrisy, and hate.
Fear becomes a degree of life in
surance. We are to fear God rather
than man. Hate provides a form of
self-validation and also becomes a
method by which morally sensitive
people protect themse’ves.
Bishop Shaw
Honored
SHAW TESTIMONIAL DINNER
By ELIZABETH HIGHT
An event which will long bo re
membered in the hearts and minds
of members of the Bennett family as
well as members of the North Carolina
Conference is the Testimonial Banciuet
which was held in the Student Union
Building October 30, 1951. The b:n-
quot concluded a day of celebration -it
Bonnett—celebration of our FounJ.i-j’
Day and honoring our retiring Bishop
Alexander Preston Shaw, of Balti
more, Md. Bishop and Mrs. Shaw are
retiring after forty-three years devot
ed to Methodism, with eleven of those
years being spent in the highest posi
tion offered by the Methodist Church.
Dignity marked the festive occasion
which was presided over by Bishop
Robert E. Jones (retired), of Wave-
land, Miss. Bishop Jones is the brother
of our own president and father of
Robert E. Jones, Jr., Manager of the
Union. Bishop Jones presided with all
the pomp and power that the evening
demanded.
After words of welcome were given
on behalf of the City of Greensboro,
the North Carolina Conference and
the Bennett family, the speaker of the
evening, Rrverend G. Bromley Ox
nam was introduced. In the pre
sentation it was brought out that he is
one of the greatest religionists in the
world, and if someone were to record
the really significant contributors to
the bringing about and the under^
standing of religion, the name of the
Reverend G. Bromley Oxnam would
have to be included. Mr. Oxnam is
the Resident Bishop of the New York
Area of t;ier MutViodist-C;’ni ( Jri, and, is
the author of many books in the field
of religion.
Bishop Oxnam, who for several
years has been very closely associated
with Bishop Shaw, compared him
with the compassionate Christ, having
compassion for multitudes, and ex
emplifying a really real religion,
showing every sign of vitality.
Speaking on the subject, “The Na
ture of the Contemporary Christ,”
Bishop Oxnam brought out that we
must make Christianity workable.
Those ideas and ideals which we form
daily must be worked upon, becom
ing more competent and extending
beyond the church into every walk of
lifie.
After greetings and felicitations
from members of the conference and
members of the Bennett family, the
honorees responded. Mrs. Shaw pre
ceded her husband, and thanked all
those persons who had had a hand in
the making of their eleven years,
eleven pleasant years of Christian ser
vice. Then the towering figure of the
bishop rose, and as he spoke an atten
tive silence engulfed the hall Very
touchingly and with deep humility,
Bishop Shaw wonderingly inquired,
“Is it I? As I sit here and listen and
recall my childhood—the son of pov
erty-stricken, ex-slave parents, and
now the recognition that I am raceiv-
ing, I can’t help but repeat. Is it 1?”
With tears in their eyes from listen
ing to the humbleness, simplicity and
gratefulness of a man who has achiev
ed tremendously, the Bennett Choir
led guests in singing the hymn, “Blest
Be the Tie that Binds,” and the bene
diction was pronounced.
polis, has called it the greatest quar
tet in the world.
The membens of the quartet arq
Robert Mann, first violin; Robert
Koff, second violin; Raphael Hillyer,
violist; and Arthur Winograd, cellist.
Flower in the Crannied Wall
Flower in the crannied wall,
I pluck you out of the crannies,
I hold you here, root and all, in my
hand.
Little flower—but if I could under
stand
What you are, root and all, and all
in all,
I should know what God and man is.