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THE BE N N E T T BANNER
February 22, 1955
THE BENNETT BANNER
Published Monthly By The Students of Bennett College
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Kkatl/re Editor
Literary Editor
Fashion Editor
Social Columnist
Klisiness Managers
Exchange Editor
Picture Editor
Cartoonists
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Faculty Associate
Reporters
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Bettye Alexander,
Yvonne Ireland
Barbara Williams
Belt) Nicholson
Mildred Mallettee
Barbara Brown
Juliette Walker
Clara Hall
Emily Montgomery
Loretta Free, Anethyl Melvin,
Clara Brooks, Reida Dykes
Reida Dykes
Gloria Mitchell
Grace Ellison, Connie Vance
Annye Marlin, Jackie Carter
J. R. Randall
Grace Dunyee, Delores Casemere
Marie Solomon
Milred Inman Whittington
QUANTITY OR QUALITY!
Which is best suited for turning out college graduates?
Is mass education profitable for students? These questions are
debatable, they have their pros and cons. One educator, Mr.
Douglas Bush states in his article, “Education for All is Edu
cation for None,” which appeared in the magazine section of
the New York Times, January 9, 1955 that “the multitude
of students often taught by uneducated teachers have been
illiterate, uninformed and thoroughly immature.” This has
happened because of over-crowded conditions and instead
of colleges turning out quality, it has been quantity. This
happens occassionally in state-supported schools because they
are state-supported and have to accept the students.
Mr, Bush states also “that the function is primarily social
and political rather than intellectual.” Yes, college campuses
are swaying to social and political functions more. The trend
now is this question, which social club is going to dominate
the campus elections or give the finest formal of the year?
Many of them do not stop to think what qualities their candi
dates possess, it is quantity they want. Here aga'n illiteracy
breeds. What has happened to the intellectual part of the
college curricula? Has it been pushed aside? No, it may not be
completely pushed aside but emphasis on this important in
tegral of the college program has been shifted from its form
er standing. Too many students are just satisfied to “get by”
on their subjects and these are the ones that are unprepared
to educate the youth of today.
Again, one may view the situation like this, colleges are
releasing a mass of graduates to teach the masses of pupils
in the crowded scholls. However, this does not solve the prob
lem.
What are you in favor of? Colleges turning out Quantity or
Quality in their graduates.
(Note—If you would like to express your opinion
on this matter, please address your letters to The
Bonnet Banner, Bennett College).
Barbara J. Williams
Associate Editor
SHALL I BECQME A TEACHER!
After completing six weeks of student teaching in a public
high school, I have become more convinced than ever that
there is a great need for teachers who profess a sincere inter
est in the progress and welfare of the students. The adolescent
period is often a time of uncertainty for a youth and it is dur
ing this phase that they need more nurture and guidance than
ever. You may then say to yourself, “That’s h’s parents’ job.
Some children are fortunate enough to have parents who can
spend adequate time with them discussing their needs
and problems while there are some parents who work hard all
day and when thay come home from work all they want to do
is sleep. They have no time for their children.
W'^hen a teacher has contact with a child like this and is
really serous about “teaching as a profession” he must be
oarent, teacher, minister and everything for this child. The
teacher who is not only interested in the pupils’ accumulation
of knowledge, but is also interested in the child’s spiritual
development is the ideal teacher. When I say spiritual life
I do not mean his religious development, but when I say
spiritual I mean does the child feel clean and free within? Is
he free of emotional problems such as unsatisfactory adjust
ment in school or an unstable homelife? If a student is bur
dened with such problems it is the duty of the teacher to dis
cover them and then help the pupil solve them. If the teacher
does not dc this the child becomes a discipline problem as
well as a failing student usually. These are the duties of a
?ood teacher and the oerson who feels that he cannot shoulder
such responsibilities should not go into the teac’iing profession.
The public school system is already overloaded with people
who are teaching just to earn a living.
Each pupil is an individual which means that no two ar°
9like. Naturally you will not be able to meet the needs of
every student because everyone can’t be reached, but you can
certainly try so that you will have the inner satisfaction of
knowing that you made an attempt.
I sincerely urge each graduating senior who will receive
a teaching certificate to not teach if you feel that you cannot
or will not attempt to meet the aforementioned aualifications.
If you do, knowong that you are just doing something to earn
a living you will be cheating students because vou will not
give your best to them and you will also be filling a vacancy
wh’ch a person should have who really wants to teach, guide,
and nuture pupils into a well-developed maturity.
Yvonne Ireland
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CLUB NEWS
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IlapppnlnKS of The |
Women’s Athletic Association
The W.A.A., under the guidance
of Miss Thelma Tull, is success
fully carrying out its well-planned
1954-55 Intramural Program. The '
organization has been sponsoring
frequent imports games between |
dormitories and classes since the j
opening of the .school year. The
]olnt participation of the dormi
tories and classes as well as the
large attendance of student spec
tators at the games, evinces the
students' increasing favoritism for
sports. This is one of the principal
aims of the W.A.A. and having be^
gun it, the group’s courage should
be greatly intensified.
On January 14, thirteen W,A,A.
members, accompanied by Miss
Tull, attended the Annual Winter
Sports Day at North Carolina Col
lege in Durham, The theme of the
occasion encompassed fellowship,
sportsmanship, and womanhood.
Those attending were: Gwendolyn
Freeman, president; Dorothy Rob-
JUNTA NEWS
The Fort-Nightly Club, English
Club at A,&T. College, was enter
tained by the Junta Club in the
Student Union Building at 7:00 p.
m. Monday, January 17.
The group was entertained with
a delightful program of singing,
poetry reading, and recorded mu
sic. The gay evening was ended
with games and refreshments.
Junta membership has been in
creased with the addition of many
freshmen who have proved to be
very cooperative and interested in
the progress of the club.
Officers of Junta are: President
Yvonne Ireland; Vice-President,
Juliette Walker; Secretary, Grace
THE BEST SELLERS
(From the Greensboro Daily News)
FICTION
BENTON'S KOW by Frank Yer-
by.
NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS by
Mac Hyman.
I THE VIEW FROM POMPEY’S
HEAD by Hamilton Basso.
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER by
Marcia Davenport.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE by Er
nest K. Gann.
KATHERINE by Anya Seton.
'Z LOVE IS ETERNAL by Irving
Stone.
y GOOD MORNING. MISS DOVE
by Frances Gray Patton.
/ NOT AS A STRANGER by Mor
ton Thompson,
NON-FICTION
THE TUMULT AND THE
SHOUTING by Grantland Rice,
k THE POWER OF POSITIVE
THINKING by Norman Vincent
Peale,
I ABRAHAM LINCOLN by Carl
Sandburg,
1 THE SATURDAY
POST TREASURY ed,
Butterfield.
I’LL CRY TOMORROW by Lil
lian Roth and ofhers.
l>tMY SEVERAL WORLDS by
Pearl S. Buck.
I TNT by Claude M. Bristol and
WIT AND HUMOR
Professor: Didn’t you have a
brother in this course last?
Student: No sir. It was I. I’m taking
the course over again.
Professor: Extraordinary resemb
lance, though . . extraordinary.
■—Maryland Old Line
1. Who is the author of
Thursday?”
2. Was this novel reviewed
the BENNETT BANNER?
3. Charles Dickens wrote many
kinds of novels, t?ut he wrote
only one “novel of charac
ter.” Name his novel of char
acter.
4. Name the novel and author
of the book that describes life
in South Africa, which was
reviewed in the BENNETT
BANNER.
5. What is the name of Richard
Wright’s latest book?
6. Who was the writer of these
lines:
“Yet each man kills the
things he loves . . .”
7. Name three of Jane Austen’s
novels.
8. Tell in whose work this quo
tation is found:
“How do I love thee?
Let me count the
ways.
I love thee to the
depth and breadth
and height
My soul can reach
when feeling out of
sight
For the ends of Being
and ideal of Grace,”
A prize will be given to the
person who sends in the correct
answers to all the questions. Rela
tives or roommate.s of any BAN
NER members are not eligible.
Mail answer to: Literary Editor,
BENNETT BAJNNER, Box 219,
The winners’ names and answers
will be published in the March
issue of the BENNETT BANNER.
Mmmmmmmm, I guess I’ve lost
another pupil, said the professor
as his glass eye rolled down the
sink.
—Mississippi Rebel
Professor: A fool can ask more
questions than a wise man can
answer.
Student: No wonder so many of us
are always flunking our exami
nations.
—Notre Dame Scholastic
‘ Did you take chloroform?”
“I don’t know. Who teaches it?”
—Pennsylvania Pennpix
EVENING
by Roger
She: I’ve changed my mind
He: Does it work any better than
the old one?
—Maryland Old Line
Coleman; and Treasurer, Betty Harold Sherman.
Nicholson. Mr. James
is faculty associate.
R. Randall ' ^N ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MOD
ERN AMERICAN HUMOR ed.
The club meets every second and Bennett Cerf.
fourth Tuesday night in the month. ' RSVP by Elsa Maxwell.
0
by
My lady, be wary of Cupid
I And heed to the lines of this verse
To let a fool kiss you is stupid;
To let a kiss fool you is worse. -
—Annapolis Log
I THIS I BELIEVE. Vol. 2 ed, by
Edward R, Morrow.
5,000 “Pennies From Heaven”,
taped to invitations were dropped
from an airplane flying over
Greenville, South Carolina, in a
church effort to stimulate Sunday
inson, vice-president; Lila Barber, I School attendance,
secretary; Marie Hawkins, treas- |
urer; Ruby Wright, chairman of ney, and Emily Montgomery.
Intramural Program; Henrietta i The girls enjoyed the brief
Brevard, Tiny Gaddy. Mildred Bat- I change in atmosphere and garner-
tlste, Sarah George, Audrey Meade. | ed profitable hints by sharing their
Bernice Lowe. Clementine Kear- Interests with others.
About 3,000,000 copies of the Re
vised Standard Version of the Bible
have been sold since its publication
in September, 1952.
All-American football star Donn
Moomaw turned down sky-high
bids to enter pro football ranks in
order to devote his life to evange
lism.
Student’s prayer:
Onward, move onward,
O time in thy flight.
Make the bell ring
Before I recite.
—Purdue Rivet
K 0 REPORTS
On December 18, 1954, the
Kappa Phi Probates vividly por
trayed an original interpretation
of the traditional story of the
Birth of Jesus. The event was
presented in the Student Union
Building and was attended by the
older members of the organization.
Full participation was achieved
through the singing of appropriate
songs and meditating upon orally
read scriptural passages. The beau
tiful rendition which was graci
ously received by all who witness
ed it. gave evidence of the per
sistent work that the members
had put into it. Persons represent
ing each of the classes are among
the probates for the chapter and
participated in the event.
Grace Heyward, chairman of ini
tiation, has said that initiation will
take place the third through the
fifth of February, at which time
some “crazy but interesting” ac
tions will be seen. In celebrating
the probates’ admission to the
group, a formal initiation service,
a banquet and a party will be
given during each of which the old
members and the new ones '-vill
seek intimate acquaintance.
The old Kappa Phi girls are
eagerly inticipating the full recep
tion of the seventeen candidates
into the Alpha Nu Chapter of Kap
pa Phi, and planning many novel
and interesting affairs for them.
Kappi Phi officers are: Mary
Ensley, president; Grace Heyward,
vice-president; Doris Humphrey,
secretary; and Mary Head, treasur
er.
EVOLUTION
Freshman: I don’t know.
Sophomore: I am not prepared.
Junior: I do not remember.
Senior: I don’t believe I can add
anything to what has been said.
—Texas Ranger
Ah, b"t a man’s reach should
exceed his grasp—
Or what’s a heaven for?
—Robert Browning
Mexico finally became free cf
Spanish Dominion in 1822, with the
crowing of Au«u'!tine de Iturbid.;
IS emperor of Mexico. i