Mattiwilda
Dobbs Concert
February 4
THE BENNETT BANNER
“Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy**
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CHIVES
February 11
VOL. XXV NO. 5
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
JANUARY 1958
Memorial Services Held For Dr. David Jones
Howard U. President Pays
Tribute To Late Educator
VISITOR FROM HOME—Among the persons to greet Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, president
of Ho-ward University, Washington, following his address at Bennett College on Sunday
were these three freshmen—all graduates of Spingam High School in the nation’s capital.
Left to right Misses Sandra Boozer, Judith Gordon and Lois Johnson.
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AiphaKappa Mu Inducts12
College Fiction
Contest Announced
Mademoiselle Magazine is now
accepting stories for competition
in its 1958 College Fiction Con
test. Deadline for all entries is
March 15.
The two most outstanding con
test stories will each receive a
prize of $500, plus publication in
Mademoiselle.
Honorable mentions will be
awarded to other stories of high
quality, and Mademoiselle reserves
the right to purchase the stories
at their regular rates. The winners
and honorable mentions will be
announced in August College issue.
Any woman undergraduate un
der twenty-six who is regularly
enrolled in an accredited college
or Junior college is eligible. Stories
that have appeared in undergrad
uate publications are acceptable if
they have not been published else
where. Stories must be original
and characters fictitious.
Stories should run from approx
imately 2,500 to 5,000 words. A
contestant may submit more than
one story. Use regulation-size
typing i>aper. Entries should be
typewritten, double-spaced, on one
side of the page only. Mark work
clearly with name, age, home ad
dress and school year. Enclose a
9” by 12” Manila envelope, self-
addressed and stamped, or stories
received will not be returned.
Mademoiselle assumes no respon
sibility for manuscripts.
Entries should be submitted to
College Fiction Contest, Mademoi
selle, 575 Madison Avenue, New
York 22.
The white crew caps and the
white gloves that we saw being
worn last week belonged to the
Alpha Kappa Mu probates.
Veronica Shipley, president of
the Bennett Chapter of the na
tional honor society, states that
“Alpha Kappa Mu aims to encour
age and emphasize studies, original
investigations, research, creative
work and publications.”
The purpose of Alpha Kappa
Mu has been stated as: “promo
tion of high scholarship, encour
agement of sincere endeavor in all
fields of knowledge, cultivation of
a high order of personal living
and development of an apprecia
tion for scholarship work in oth
ers.”
Students who have acquired an
accumulative average of 2.5 or
better after six .semesters may be
admitted according to their all
over behavior.
Those students who were induct
ed were—^Fannie Miles, senior,
English major, of Brooklyn, New
York.
Prances Thurston, senior, Com
mercial Education major, of Mi
ami, Florida.
Eleanor Bell, senior, Music Edu
cation major, of Wilmington,
North Carolina; Nannie Poole,
junior. Physical Education major,
of Baltimore, Maryland; Wilhel-
mlna Bundy, junior, Pre-Med ma
jor, of Johnson City, Tennessee;
Joanne Raiford, junior. Chemis
try major of Greensboro; Eleanor
Fields, junior. Chemistry major,
of Richmond, Virtjinia; Barbara
Campbell, junior, English major,
of Greensboro; Thecvia Houston,
junior, Pre-Med major of Miami,
Florida, and Mary Jane Williams,
junior. Biology major, of Winston-
Salem, North Carolina.
Linda Brown, ’61
Eiglit Seniors
Complete Studies
At the end of this semester,
eight seniors completed require
ments for graduation. ,
Candidates for the Bachelor of
Arts degree are:
Barbara Hickman, Freeport, Ill
inois, modern languages major;
BetW Alexander, formerly of Mi
ami, Florida and presently of New
York, English major and modern
languages minor; Edith Kemodle,
Elon College, N. C., elementary
education major; Cozetta Berger,
Reidsville, N. C., social science
Continued on Page Four
On Sunday, January 9, the reg
ular vesper service at Bennett
College was replaced by a remem
brance service in honor of the
late Dr. David D. Jones, president
of the college from 1926 to 1955,
and president emeritus from 1955-
’56.
The speaker for the four o’clock
service, held in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel, was Dr. Mordecai
Johnson, of Washington, D. C. Dr.
Johnson traced the growth of
Beruiett College from 1926 when
Dr. Jones was selected by the
Board of Education of the Metho
dist Church, to be the president
of a new Bennett College for
women.
As he spoke of the many ac
complishments made by David
Jones—including bringing Bennett
College from a system of educa
tion with eight overworked teach
ers who were greatly underpaid
to an accredited college for Negro
women—^Dr. Johnson referred to
his friend as having been a man
with a vision and a single hearted
dream who instilled his dream
into the hearts of others so that
they gave funds to further this
project.
'The fact that Dr. Jones raisecl'
the school’s budget tenfold of what
it was when he began work as
president was also an important
point in the afternoon’s message.
Tribute was paid, also to Mrs.
Susie W. Jones for having be
lieved in her husband and his
dream as president — burdens
which Dr. Johnson said were
greater than those of most hu
mans. The point of Dr. Jones’
affinity for, and belief in beauty
was brought out as the Howard
University president stated how
beautiful thoughts were instilled
into the Bennett students through
words, and through Dr. Jones’
never-ending efforts to build and
keep a beautiful campus.
Dr. Johnson brought his mes
sage to an end with the thought
that David Jones is not dead, but
will live eternally, spiritually, in
the hearts of the 1500 young wom
en that he sent forth from Ben
nett College.
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David D. Jones, Jr.
Speaks Of Ghana
Attorney David D. Jones, Jr.,
recently returned from Ghana,
spoke at a regular bi-monthly
contemporary affairs session here
at Bennett.
Commenting on the opportuni
ties in Ghana, the son of the
college’s former president cited the
groat need for skilled technicians,
teachers, and nutrition and diet
personnel.
Attorney Jones, working since
1956 in Ghana, is connected with
the Ghana Insurance Company.
Until the establishment of this
company, there was little or no
life insurance for the Negi'oes of
Ghana. British companies would
not cater to them.
One of the greatest problems
Attorney Jones sees facing this
young country, which received its
independence on March 6, 1957, is
that of getting the individual
tribes to submerge their differ
ences to form a strong nation.
The government wants the peo
ple to look to them as the real
authority rather than to the tribal
chiefs.
The speaker did not believe that
the country was giving way to
dictatorship. The leaders, he stat
ed, understand and know the im
portance of parliamentary pro
cedure.
ALPHA KAPPA MU PROBATES on Une. These twelve Bennett Students are seen as they
make their last walk as probates for the National Honor Society—^Alpha Kappa Mu.