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THE BENNETT BANNER
September, 1957'
THE BENNETT BANNER
Published Monthly By The Students of Bennett College
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
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EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR Carolyn Brown. '58
CO-EDITOR Yvonne Wynne, ’58
NEWS EDITOR Barbara Campbell, ’59
FEATURE EDITOR Delores Tonkins. ’58
EXCHANGE EDITOR Gladys M. Fortune, ’58
SOCIETY EDITOR Sonia Louden, ’58
PERSPECTIVE EDITOR Veronica Shipley, ’58
CIRCULATION MANAGERS Barbara Hammond, ’58
WiChemina Bundy, ’59
art Emma Jean Blacksitock, ’58
Joan Didler, '60
REPORTING STAFF Nancy Kirby, ’60
Juanita Spear, ’60; Hilda Harris, ’60; Gloria Bro^, ’6*;
Jean Sparrow, ’61; Linda: Brown, ’61; Margaret Bailey, ’61.
The Big Challenge--
As the 1957-1958 academic year unfolds, we should es
tablish our purposes, our philosophy and our aims for once
and for all. If these are established at the beginning of the
year, then the remaining portion of the year will reap for
us a bountiful harvest of good grades and wholesome
living.
We have chosen as one of the milestones in our lives, an
education; a college education. In order to obtain the es
sence of an education, it is important that we establish a
philosophy, our purposes in Ufe and our aspirations for
a guide to better living.
The college curriculum provides for us one phase of our
educaition. The curriculum has been examined and set
forth by the administration as being the best for us, there
fore, it is up to us, the student body, to help ourselves in
preparation for our future.
Gibbon, the historian, has stated that—
“Every person has two educations one which
he receives from others, and one, more im
portant, which he gives himself.”
How true this is, that phase of our education provided
by the college is one, what we see and hear provides still
yet another. Take an interest in what class and school
mates are doing, take an interest in what they are saying.
Observation, itself, is an education.
Our greatest achievements are made only by the efforts
put forth by ourselves. Achievements are made only by
careful preparation.
Bennett Sisters, we live in the Atomic Age, the Jet Era,
where time does not wait, an age of technicalities, and prep
aration is essential. Preparation invokes education; we
have chosen Bennett College as the core of our academic
preparation, let us make use of our tuition fees, the college
curriculum, our valuable time and our keen observation.
Carolyn Rhea Brown, ’58
NEW VOICES
We. The Class Of '61
“Why did you choose Bennett
College as the center of your
learning” and “What is your pro
posed major?” were two very im
portant questions asked of the
freshman class at a “Get Ac
quainted Hour” upon our arrival
here at Bennett College.
The reasons as to why we chose
Bennett are too numerous to name.
However, the chief reason for
choosing Bennett is that at one
time or another we have had rela
tives, teachers and friends, who
have attended Bennett and told us
of the Bennett way of life and in
the long run, we decided to make
Bannett our Alma Mater.
Upon approaching the Bennett
campus, one notices that there are
paths leading toward points of
knowledge, to the Science Build
ing. Holgate Library, The Chapel,
Little Theatre, The Administra
tion Building, Steele Hall and to
the Dormitories. We, the freshman
class, are desirious of doing as
these paths do, reach our point
of knowledge, our destination. We
want to start out to reach the
path of success with our best foot
forward.
We, the class of ’61, feel that
it is necessary to examine our
selves and to plan our academic
programs and to keep our goals
in plain sight. We have chosen
Bennett and we aspire to live up
to its expectations and find our
path to success by so doing.
Jean Sparrow. ’61
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WELCOME TO BENNEn
THE FRESHMAN
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To aU the returning students, welccwne back to dear old
B. C. To the new members of the Bennett family, I am
very happy that you chose our way of life here at Bennett.
I hope all of you had very rewardnig summer experiences
and now you are ready to begin a year which we hope to
be most profitable and enjoyable.
I hope aU of you had very rewarding summer experiences
tion. It is hoped that everyone has given some serious
thought to our responsibilities as Bennett young women
and now we are anxious to do something in all areas of
campus life, especitlly in areas where we have not come
up to par.
On behalf of aU the members of the Senate Cabinet, I
wish to commend all the sit.udent leaders who contributed
so much to make the Student Leadership Conference a
success. I commend the student body for having selected
such an interested and cooperative group of leaders with
whom I have to work. I think I am safe in saying that our
leaders are ready to begin a very active year. We need the
co-operation of every member of the student body in order
to achieve the goals which were set forth at the Leadership
Conference.
Jimmie English
President of Student Senate
Student Leadership Conference
Continued fr«in Pa«e One
at this time. Mary Jane Williams,
secretary of the Student Senate
said, “I think it might be of in
terest to you and well to mention
how pleased the members of the
Student Senate Cabinet are as a
result of the large attendance at
our conference and all its sessions
this year.”
“Check-up and Sum-Up,” the
closing session, purported to gath
er suggestions for consideration
and action in later meetings dur
ing the regular school year. The
list included: campus wide repre
sentation, mass meetings of entire
student body to discuss programs
and responsibilities, setting up of
master schedule of all actiTrlties
and meeting periods, review of
programs of clubs and organiza
tions, promotion of full attendance
at campus events, and the services
of U.S.N.SA.
Th£ Endowment Drive and the
XJNCF were often cited as part of
student responsibility.
Recreation was planned nightly
by Rosemary Wright, president of
the Student Union, with emphases
on making the fullest use of the
facilities and services of the Union.
Memorial Services For Mrs. Pfeiffer
“I want to become a perfect
lady and that is why I came to
Bennett” . . .
“I’ve heard that Bennett girls
are always beautiful, that’s why
I came here” . . .
“I know a Bennett graduate
who is a wonderful person and I
want to be just like her” . . .
These were just a few of the
remarks heard at the “Get Ac
quainted Hour” in the Student
Union, Thursday night, as this
year’s freshmen gave their reasons
for coming to Bennett College.
Freshmen are slowly getting ac
quainted with the Bennett way of
life as the administration does its
best to make up feel at home in
the Bennett family.
Dorm life, a new experience for
most freshmen, was at first a
little bewildering. There were do’s
and don’ts to be learned and a
new room mate to get adjusted to.
Registration was the most orga
nized confusion we freshmen had
ever seen and “things can’t be
getting any worse so they must be
getting better” expressed the
feelings of most freshmen, when
they finally knew what they were
taking, and under whom.
All in all the week has been
interesting and inspiring, and the
freshmen will do their best to be
come active, useful members of
the Bennett family.
Linda Brown, ’61
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Editor: “You didn’t spell this
word correctly.”
Young Reporter: “Sorry, sir, I
spell by ear and sometimes I don’t
ehar so good.”
If one does not give when he has
little, he is not likely to when he
has much, Mrs. John M. Pearson,
of New York City, said Sunday
at Bennett College during memor
ial services for Mrs. Annie Mer-
ner Pfeiffer.
Mrs. Pearson, who is chairman
of the Department of Work in
Foreign Fields of the Woman’s
Division of Christian Service of
the Methodist Church, spoke on
“Build Not For One Brief Day.”
It was her first visit in 20 years
to Bennett College where five
structures bear the Pfeiffer name.
ATTENTION; POETS
The National Poetry Association
announces that its eleventh an
nual Competition will close on No
vember 5.
Any student attending either
junior or senior college is eligible
to submit verse. There is no limi
tation as to form or theme. Shorter
works are preferred by the Board
of Judges, because pf space limi
tations.
Each poem must be typed or
printed on a separate sheet, and
must bear the name and home ad
dress of the student, as well as
the name of the college attended.
Teachers Anthology
Teachers and librarians are in
vited to submit poetry manuscripts
for consideration for possible in
clusion in the tenth annual Na
tional Teachers Anthology.
The closing date for them is
January 1.
There are no fees or charge for
either acceptance or submission of
verse. All work will be judged on
merit alone.
Manuscripts should be sent to the
National Poetry Association, 3210
Selby Avenue, Los Angeles 34,
California.
In eulogizing Mrs. Pfeiffer, the
her husband, Henry Pfeiffer, thfr
speaker related that, despite their
great wealth, they lived frugally
and humbly.
She told of their benefactions
both here and in foreign lands—
to churches, hospitals, schools,
YMCA’s and children’s home in
such far-away places - as Brazil,
India and Korea. “Mr. and Mrs.
Pfeiffer,” she said, “believed that
their great wealth was a trust
from God and their gifts wert
made without thought of race,
color or creed.”
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