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Page Two ^ fr the ETT ' B A N N E ft. ;-Fr JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1956 THE BENNETT BANNER Published Monthly By The Students of Bennett College (iUEENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA Ten Cents a Copy $1.00 Per Subscription Editor-in-Chief News Editor Picture Editor Fashion Editor Exchange Editor Business Managers Circulation Managers Cartoonist Typists Reporters Editorial Staff Adelia A. Hammond, ’56 Janie Graves, ’59 Emily Montgomery, ’58 Patricia Hopkins, ’58 Shirley Sinkler, ’58 Lorraine Marshall, '56 Veronica Shipley, '58 Frances Patterson, ’58 Naomi Hazel, ’58 _ Nannie Pinnix, ’5C> , Consuela Watkins, ’57 Henrietta Brevard, ’56 Marie Solomon, ’58 Barbara Elliott, ’57 Christine Oliver, ’56 Yvonne Wynne, ’58 Barbara Campbell, ’59 Cloria Morehead, ’59 Elizabeth Pope, ’59 Hannah Hightower, ’59 Anna Ferguson, ’58 William I. Gibson, Faculty Adviser Peter Kudrick, Photographer THE LATE PRESIDENT EMERITUS D. D. JONES The life lived by the late President Emeritus David D. Jones cannot be spoken of as anything other than a good and glorious one. In living such a life, he illustrated truths ot un measured breadth and of unsounded depth, yet the practical principles of living were as simple as learning to walk. In his work, immeasurable growth was wrought m thoughtful and conscientious work by the custom of settmg side by side, as they were equally important, the demands which the world made upon the young women at Bennett on the one hand, and on the other hand, the personal views of their attitudes and acts. To work with the education of young women to Dr. Jones was plain duty and priyilege. His faith prompted him to choose his side and proceed to work for it. Faith was not a special process whereby he pro duced intellectual convictions without employing intellectual standards. . , , . i. .c In respect to certainty and uncertainty his concept ot edu cation’s function was the practical adjustment of life where evidence alone was an inadequate guide. To him the future was never purely hypothetical as not to be able by any ration al considerations, pro or con, to be the determining factor in conduct. His faith was precisely identical with his hypothesis or hope which his life practically expressed- it was positive and religious. His influence and inspiration were far-reach- ing, and the world is a better place because he lived. —Emily Montgomery, 56 Within These Walls In almost every college there are a few students whose ex uberant spirits, after the completion of certain semester courses, may be compared to the relief of one who has received freedom after months of suffering in a gruesome dungeon. Then, ther are those who complete their courses satisfied with their accomplishments; and the subjects that appear difficult to those energetic students are always tackled with new zest. Therefore, the last days of such courses represent the end of many challenging sessions. Usually the grades issued in a course present a matter of interest either predominant or submerged in the thinking of instructors and students. Unfortunately, “mum” is the word for many concerning semester grades which have recently been mailed to the parents. This discussion reminds one of the imuerative advice of Dr. Benjamin Mays in his message at the beginning of the year, when he urged students not to strive for marks as the “summum bonum” of education. There is not point in denying the importance of grades and Dr. Mays was aware of this, but the true value in meeting requirements of the course, as the speaker clearly illustrated is to acquire knowledge of the material that will be useful many years after the final examination. Developing an excel lent memory capable of reprinting the text on the examina tion is not the goal of education, although this talent may prove to be impressing to the instructor, for the student such a foundation is only to be washed away with the coming tide. Since it is useless to construct false “pleasure domes,” most people will agree that the masses are not in the “A” cat egory. Being aware of this, many of us distort the facts and hastily announce such popular statements as, “After all, I realize I’m not a genius,” or “A genius is born, not made.” Such complacency toward alleged limitations often hampers the student’s growth. Everybody knows one does not have to be a genius to do good work; but most of us are not willing to put forth the effort that will bring success. Today there are opportunities before students that will establish the necessary foundation for a more challenging to morrow, yet each minute hastens away. Will we use these minutes to establish a monument for the future, or will they only ffide with the fleeting day? —Julia McClain, ’57 EDUCATORS, MINISTERS DISCUSS WORLD AFFAIRS Television viewers probably saw Dr. George Breathett and Rev. John Bryan taKe part in a stimulat ing panel discussions on two suc cessive Sundays. If these television viewers had heard the panel dis cussion which took place at Ben nett College in the Science Assem bly, they perhaps would have gar nered much. Although it was a rainy and dreary Saturday, there was a small but interested group from all over Greensboro includ ing college students. The theme of the discussion centered around The Moral and Spiritual Resources of the West. Rabbi Klein discussed our moral and spiritual resources from a historical standpoint, stat ing how our moral resources have been inherited from Judeo-Chris- tian thought and Greek thought. After this rather academic and scholarly analysis, the members of this interracial group, consist ing of an English professor, a group of ministers from Greens boro, including Rev. Bryan, dis cussed further our moral re sources. A sociologist, Dr. Love- joy, directed the discussion, with Dr. Breathett serving as host to the group. Although many worthwhile ideas were brought out in the dis cussion, a phase which was of in terest to the group was concerning what resource can be utilized to foster a more healthy veiw rather than an emotionally distorted view concerning race relations and Ne groes specifically. One of the group thought that it was merely the insecure economically white who wishes to oppress the Negro. The hen-pecking sequence was mentioned. As all students of so cial psychology know, hen-pecking follows a sequence v/ith one hen- pecking on another in a sort of pattern. Thus, they analyzed the behavior of the lower class white group toward the Negroes a reac tion set up by their circumstances with the Negro as scapegoat. This view came forth after Rev. Bryan’s timely observation that it was not merely one class of the Negro group that was looked upon with distaste by many, both the Negro group as a whole, irregardless of individual capabilities and general acceptability. Some group members thought that ministers could do much to stem the tide of public opinion by injecting in their sermons com ments to improve race relations. Other ideas which fell in the realm of moral problems were dis cussed, such as the laxity of moral value eristing at this time in this country. Although the discussion was not very controversial, all who at tended seemed to enjoy it im mensely. We would like to have more seminars of this nature on our campus. Ruby Grant, Reporter For Release from Tension Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose tnind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. —Isaiah 26:3., Father, we know it is not right for so much of hope, joy, and peace to be stolen from us every day. Yet sometimes there seems to be no escape for us from the treadmill of our daily lives. We ask Thee to help us, to guide us into a finer way of liv ing. Check our impulse to spread ourselves so thin that we are exposed to fear and doubt, to the weariness and impa tience that makes our tempers wear thin, that robs us of peace of mind, that makes skies gray when they should be blue, that stifles a song along the corridors of our hearts. May we have: The mercy of God to forgive us. The strength of God to make us resolute to do His will. The grace of God to be kind, tender, and affectionate one to another. The patience of God to believe in the ultimate tri umph of Thy kingdom on earth. This we ask in His name in whom all peace resides. Amen. —The Prayers of Peter Marshall Edited by Catherine Marshall LAUGHTER Small boy, showing teacher’s report card to his father: “They’re not paying her enough, for one thing!” Husband to wife: “What do you say we take this money we’ve been saving toward the new car and blow it on a movie?” One woman to another: “Well, I’m surely glad I got my children raised before there was any such thing as adolescence.” Riding in a radio cab, we heard the dispatcher tell another driver to go to an address and pick up a passenger in Apartment Q. “Apart ment Q,” the dispatcher repeated, “Q, like in cucumber.” One co-ed to another: “I’m majoring in English, minoring in Art, and specializing on a handsome professor in Social Science.” After his teacher told me that my fourth-grade son had saved one of his classmates from drowning at the school picnic, I asked him why he hadn’t said anything about it. “Ah, gee, Ma,” he stammered sheep ishly, “I had to save him; I pushed him in.” Don't' U ETTA KETT Don‘-b o.Kiy fe re'fi^tse "to o u» w ho da.MCe U) I ill They Aim to Please —The Covington (Ala.)Dispatch In case you find a mistake in this newspaper, please remember that it was put there for some body’s benefit. We try to please everybody, and some people are always looking for mistakes. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SAY . . . THE WAY YOU SAY IT We admire the courage of a recent vesper speaker who chose “Love or Lust?” as the topic for his address, but we wonder whether his presentation produced the desired result in the right places. It has been the aim of the vesper committee to bring to the campus persons who can inspire as well as teach and it has been traditional at least for such speakers to exercise ex treme care in their choice of vocabulary and subject matter to establish a certain quality of tone. There are some topics which we feel might be better dis cussed in a classroom or laboratory rather than in a chapel, but there may be those who will disagree with this view, say ing that anything that can be discussed in one place could just as well be discussed in another. The average student, we fear, gained little from the mes sage because of the vocabulary used and because of its seem ingly one-sided approach. The speaker’s courage in choosing to speak on such a topic to the college group is, however, much to be admired. PITTSBURGH, Pa. (I. P.) — The most important change in the basic curriculum at newly-named Chatham College, formerly Penn sylvania College for Women, af fects the freshman class. The science requirement, previously known under th course titles N. S. 1-2, and its alternate, N. S. 5-6, has been combined in a course known as Science B 1-2. The first semester of this course is divided into four units of practical (?) NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (I. P.) —Results from the poll on the honor system at Smith College re veal that out of the 2059 students, 64% answerd the questionnaire’s first question, “Do you approve of the entire honor system as it now stands?” Of these, 83% approved the entire system, 14i^% did •not approve, and 2%% could not de cide or felt unqualified to answer.
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