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THE BENNETT BANNER
MAY, 1953
THE BENNETT BANNER
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EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lorraini; G. Simms, ’53
ASSOCIATE EDITOR Annetia Patton, '54
»t-ATURE EDITOR CHABLorre Alston, ’54
NEWS EDITORS Thomasina Majwin, ’53
Wiu-iE B. Cox. ’53
LITERARY EDITORS Liu-i* Stanbcak, '53
MABGAim Studbvant, '54
Eleana Pubvis, '53
EXCHANGE EDITOR Lyvonne Mackcl, '63
PICTURE EDITOR . Annie Wriohi, '53
BUSINESS MANAGER . - Barbara Hodges, '55
FACULTY ASSOCIATE - Rebbcca DawsoN
REPORTERS
Marion Lei ’63 Viixa Raspberry '53
Mabel Hoocia ’63 Betty Washington .53
Willie Gaston '56 Bertha Brown M
Hazklinc McI^iaul —«— '53 Anita Clark 54
Roberta MoGuinn '63 Amanda Renwick ,55
Barbara Brown 5o
TYPISTS
Florence Simpson .. '53 Sue Simmons ;55
Jackie Singlcton 'M Yvonne Steadman
Norma Allen ’55 Eleanor Cooke 83
Seniors’ Adieu
To Bennett
Here is a kaleidoscope of scenes
in the memory of many seniors. The
ringing of the bell, the birthday
dinners, vespers, waiting in line in
the dining hall, runnig to the mail
box, step singing, the Hermett Ban
ner, social hour, student union, fun
night, Junior-Senior Prom, Prexy’s
I could illustrate it a thousand times”,
senior recitals, final examinations
and having breakfast with President
and Mrs. Jones. These are only a
few of the many memories we a3
seniors have.
All of these wonderful experiences
we will greatly miss, but the time
has come when we must say goodby
to all this we have so happily shared
with one another.
These experiences have helped us
to appreciate the beautiful, and in
Juniors’ ' Farewell To
The Seniors
What a coincidence! Exactly one
year before I too made the same
choice, somewhere in the world you
had made up your mind to come to
Bennett College. By virtue of that
coincidence, it is you of all the curious
combinations of individuals in God’s
creation that I, in these four years,
have come to know and to love. It
seems sadly strange that in a few
days you will be returning to thosq
various corners of the earth, perhaps
never to see me again. The memories
of the experience, however, must
necessarily overshadow its termina
tion. And wherever you go, you do
not take with you the part of you
which through association, love, and
fellowship has become a part of me.
For whether my joy in knowing you
came through hearing you read
Scripture in Sunday Vespers, or
many instances have served in our . ,
, , j f sharing a hymnal with you in Mid
development as good citizens of the l ... . ...
world.
We will implement these ideas fu
Iher in the various fields we hava I ^
chosen whether it is social work.
teaching, law or medicine. With thesa
thoughts in mind, we leave you deai;
Alma Mater, hoping to make you
proud of us and striving to be worthy
of you. May God’s blessings alwaysj
rest upon you, and may you continue
to impart knowledge for useful liv
ing. Farewell, dear Alrna Mater,—
farewell.
—Minnye Littlejohn
Sunday School News
The Sunday School began early
an September, 1952, with the follow
ing officers. ChairmanDorothy Dixon,
Assistant Chairman — Mary Head,
Secretary—Sue Simmons, and Treas
urer—Juanita Wright. These officerg
met in the Spring before school clos
ed and decided upon some definite!
things that they would like to sea
accomplished during the year. They
discussed means of getting the stu
dents to attend Sunday School. A few
of the suggestions which have been,
very effective are as following:
1. To offer recognition to the clasa
with the largest attendance rei
cord at the close of the school
term.
2. To plan inspiring lessons and
worship programs.
3 To have a special program be
fore each holiday.
These suggestions were carried out
and every Sunday there was stronfj
competition between the class of
“55” and the class of “56.” In spite
of the effort put forth, the class of
“56” lost with the honor going to the
class of “55.” Don’t give up, class of
“56”; you’ll have another chance!
The Mother’s Day program wa.s
an example of the special program
given before holidays. On each
Mother’s Day a faculty member i^
selected to represent the Mother of
the girls who are unable to be with
their own Moters. This year the
Sunday School chose Dr. Steinberger*
Week Vespers, seeing you in the
group making its way to the County
Home one cold Thanksgiving morn
ing or seeing you march down the
aisle with the choir, in seeing you
call a meeting to order or in watch
ing you dance gracefully and beau
tifully, in hearing you explain some
thing in a classroom or in remember
ing a kind word you said to me at
the Post Office, or, as in many cases,
through a close and intimate friend
ship, our relationship has been in
delible.
Our sorrow in seeing you leave
is the sorrow which accompanies
all adieus which means the separa
tion of groups and of individuals who
have shared such experiences as we
have shared with you. Sadly, we bid
farewell. But we know that we ard
giving you up to a world which needa
you.
May the bonds of Bennett Sister
hood tie us ever close and may thg
spirit of love which we have known
here ever enshroud us and seepl
out into other places where humar\
hearts are in need
Take with you a faith in the beliet
that life is beautiful, and you will
see beauty, that life is good, and
you will know goodness- The nature
of the world upon whose threshhold
you now stand depends largely uporv
what you are willing and able to
see. There are f>otentialities for the
development of many different kinda
of “you’s”. May the best “you” ba
you.
as the Mother.
The members of the Sunday School
also thank Eva Williams, a fresh
man, who has been a faithful pian
ist for us. At the beginning of the
school term our pianist did not re
turn; and Eva has filled her position
wonderfully.
With such capable leaders as Bar
bara Patterson, Sue Simmons, Ruby
Thomas, and Thelma Butler, the
Sunday School is anticipating
great year during the 1953-54 school
term. Please give the girls your
support.
What’s Going On j
In Classes
Everyone is excited now. that
school is coming to a close. All wa
can hear in classes, “I’m going to
New York this summer to work,
■where are you going?” Address oooka
are going around in class so that
students can keep in contact with
their friends-
I over-heard a conversation the
other day just before the instructor
came to class. Five or six seniors
were discussing their future plans.
One girl said, “I am going to get
married and then my husband can
support me.” Another one said, “well,
it’s nice to get married but I want
to work first and give my parents
something for making it possible for
me to get an education.” A little girl
in a far corner came up and said,
“mama said that I could get married
the day of graduation if I wanted
to, and believe me I will do just
that if John ask me to.”
A group of juniors were in a class
and one girl asked a senior how
much money she would need to dd
her cadet teaching next year. The|
senior said, “well, it depends; that is,
where you do your teaching. I didj
mine in Greensboro and I had to
pay for teachingl had no other bills
to pay. Another junior said, “I am
going to make me some sharp clothesl
for next year this summer. One)
bright and thoughtful girl in the(
room came up and said, “clothes are
important, but I am looking forward
to getting an education and then I
will get the necessary clothes I need.
Many of us have discussed in classl
just what we are going to do thid
summer and the seniors have a ten-
tative outline in mind of just what
they are going to do. It is a good]
idea to have some kind of outline
for a guide because a lot of people
cannot go on in life without a guide.
Converse with your friends in class)
and see what they have to offer
you in the lines of summer jobs- I
was just talking to a girl a few dayS
go and she told me that she was
wondering what she was going to
do this summer and when she went
to class she asked the girl next to
her about summer jobs and whal;
(She was going to do and the girl told
her that she had planned to work
in New York for a private family
but now she had turned it down and
the lady had asked her to get some
one for her. This girl who had turned
the job down recommended the other
girl and now she can begin her sum
mer job the first week in June and
her fare will be paid from Greens
boro to New York.
Be sure to wish your friends a
happy summer and the faculty mem
bers too. Good luck to all of you
and may God bless you!
—Inez F. Geralds
Qampus Poets
SONNETT
Yesterday, there are many yester
days.
There are yesterdays filled with hap
piness, peace, fame, and fortune.
Yesterdays that brought with them
hope, courage, inspiration and
love.
Many of my yesterdays were filled
with friends. Large friends, small
friends, tall friends, and short
friends.
But today, I am without happiness,
peace, fame, or fortune, courage,
inspiration, or love.
I know not one friend.
Despite all of this, there is a tomor
row, which shall bring back all
that is lost.
Happiness, fame, fortune, love, cour
age, and friend.
—MINNYE LITTLEJOHN.
This I Believe
What's Going On In Glasses
These last few days before thei
end of school there is much hustle
and bustle to bring the classes to a
fitting finish on a fine year. It doeg
seem that we might have a slighi;
breather before exams begin. But
“we shall not give up the ship” (oi*
the classes either), say the teachers
as we battle to the end. In biology
101, Mr. Allen’s class has covered
a chapter a day. Pretty fast readers
he has, but I hope they don't get
the protozoa mixed up with the
metazoa when that crucial time comed
around next week. In contrast, Mr.
Le Flore’s class is confidently tak
ing its time looking forward to his
usual four questions, that count
twenty-five points each—minus ona
answer, mins one grade. English 104
had an interesting discussion on the
evils of McCarthyism and how not
to be convicted. Resulting conclus
ion: when facing communism do aa
the communists do: see nothing, hear
nothing, say nothing. French 126 ia
plodding along to the end of the year
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A LOST LOVE
My life is not filled with happiness as
The love I knew and treasured
Is gone from me,
Nevermore to return,
My life is not filled with happiness
as it was then.
This love took with it a part that
made my life complete,
I feel as though life for me has been
crippled,
I won’t let myself face reality
To understand that this really wa3
not love,
3ut instead I look on life with fate
And cease to care.
At last I grew strong
And faced reality, as I was wrong.
My life is now filled with a song,
I am willing to remain strong,
And believe that my true love will
someday come along
May Day Held On
Bennett Campus
On Saturday, May 2, 1953, the An-i
nual May Day Exercises were held
at 3:00 o’clock P.M. in front of thd
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel. Mis3
Rose White of Beaumont, Texas,
was crowned the May Queen. At-t
tending Miss White were Misse^
Janel Corry and Ann Wright of th(^
Senior Class, Misses Louemma Davig
and Andrena Sims of the Junior
Class, Misses Barbara Hodges anc^
Mary Jane Horton of the Sophomore
Class, and Misses Beatrice Sanders
and Shirley. Spencer of the Fresh
man Class. Miss Villa Raspberry of
Kansas City, Mo., was the “Maid of
Honor.”
The May Day Program, which,
was entitled “A Process of Learning”
was directed by Mrs. Armantine)
Douglass and the original music wasi
by Miss Charlotte Alston.
The program was divided into four
parts. The first part was the “Back
ground”; the second, “Introductior^
To School Life”; the third part, “A
Time For Choice”; and the last part,
“Commencement”-
The entire program was very good
and was thoroughly enjoyed by all
present. May we congratulate Mrs.
Douglass, Charlotte Alston, and the
participants for a splendid job.
—L. Elizabeth Saunders
GOD WAS THERE
Today I walked a sunlit path
Where branches interlace
I felt His presence in the woods
As soft winds touched my face.
I heard Him in an autumn storm
Too far away to see
But in the stillness of the air
His voice came back to me.
I saw Him in the crags and cliffs
And where the swallow dips
I heard Him in the laughter
And the songs on children’s lips.
—Anna Morrow
Excerpts from Student Statements
of Belief
Among the thoughts and dreams
in our individual psyches may be!
found those beliefs which constitute!
' our philosophies of life. Some time
I ago several of us stole a few mom
ents from our busy lives to sit down
in quiet seclusion and organize our
creeds. While we might have thought
at first that we should not have taken
the time to write down our beliefs,
after having done so we experienced
an inner feeling of peace and secur
ity. We now had something tangible,
which stipulated the ideas that wa
were striving to reach and made their
attainment more possible- The fol
lowing excerpts were taken from
the students’ philosophies entitled,.
This I Believe.
“I believe that the secret of our
success lies not in what the future
will bring, but rather, it lies in the
way we face the present.”
“First of all we must believe that
God has not destined the world to
an unhappy ending. It is inconceiva
ble to me that a Creator who has
blessed the world with so much of
beauty would destroy that beauty*
and replace it with ugliness, hatred.
We are instruments of God, placed,
here for the purpose of doing His
work. The world has been entrusted
to our (the present ' generation’s)
care. The condition that it is in now
and will be in the future depends
on the way that we accept our God-
given responsibilities.”
“To me one of the fundamentals
of living and enjoying it, is hap
piness.”
“Understanding others is the key
to much of my hapiness, and thisi
understanding is developed throughl
love.”
“In dealing with people I realize
that every person is important and
possesses some fine qualities whether
it is concealed or we are aware of
it. Reality must be faced, idiosyn-
cracies are prevalent with this speci
men —the human being, but they
must be analyzed carefully. The ex
periences that I have had with in
dividuals thrilled me and caused me
to generalize on this point— peopld
whom you have not come in close
proximity with the judged from a
distance may appear to be very
apthetic or indifferent persons; how
ever, when you become more fami
liar with them, they radiate soma
fine and beautiful quality.”
“We can never live alone; we must
share with others in order to enjoy
the whole of life.”
“I believe that troubles seem
much easier to forget, anger more
easily overcome, and worry fades
from view, when we once learn to
forget ourselves and think more ofl
others.”
“It is my belief that every indivi-r
dual is an integral part of this vast
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