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VOL. XXV NO. 6
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
FEBRUARY, 1958
Dr. Martin L
Addresses Bennett Stndents
HonorStudentsRecognized
For Scholarship
Dr. H. S. Jarrett, in his Student
Recognition Day Address, stated
that everyone can be proud of
those who achieve for they are
a part if us, they represent us,
and they afford us a sense of
challenge.
To guarantee excellence, Dr.
Jarrett, chairman of the Human
ities Division at Bennett, said:
“We must examine more thor
oughly, think more critically.”
“We need to take our intellect
ual luggage with us whether on a
long trip or a short trip,” the
speaker continued, as he urged
the students to relate their skills,
knowledge, and techniques learned
in one area to new areas.
“She who wishes to attain aca
demic excellence must be honest
with hersaif,” Dr. Jarrett said,
citing the remedial clinics, coun-
selloring program, and the library
as areas Where student may find
aid.
“There is no better moment for
ini,reasing our efforts than the
present,” he stated.
Certificates Awarded
During the program 126 stu
dents were awarded certificates of
merit for their academic achieve
ment
The 15 students who made “A”
in all courses were: Peggy Coe-
field, Jimmie English, Barbara
Hickman, Bettye 4. McLean, Shir-
:e;':vjT;^xc,-«ii*.^chTiioncf. Veron
ica Shipley, Gertrude Smith,
Frances Thurston, Mable Waters,
Addie Watson, Sonja Weldon,
Queen Murphy, Johnsie Adams,
and Linda Brown.
Recognition was given to the
new members of the Alpha Kappa
Mu honor Society.
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UNCF Alumni Council
Meets In Chicago
"The Role and Responsibility of
UNCF Alumni in Today’s Educa
tional Crisis” was the theme of
the Twelfth Annual Conference of
the National Council of UNCF
Alumni which was attended by
'resident Willa B. Player and
udene Abney.
Held in Chicago, Illinois, Feb
ruary 8 and 9, the Conference
studied methods of raising money
to support the 31-college organi
zation.
President Player spoke at the
opening session on the topic
“Where There is Vision, the Peo
ple Triumph.”
“Campus Interest in the Fund:
How to Stimulate It” was the topic
of the Saturday afternoon work
shop session in which Miss Abney
participated. The group agreed
that the lack of students’ under
standing of the purpose of the
UNCF was a major reason for their
poor support.
The Conference program in
cluded informal discussion ses
sions and a banquet.
The 1959 Conference will be
held February 7 and 8 here at
Bennett.
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Monfgomery Pastor Emphasizes Additronal
Responsibilities Of "New Order"
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THE ADVICE FROM A STAR—Two Bennett College voice
majors—Misses Bernice Green of Anderson, S. C. (left) and
Diamia Croslin, of Charlotte, N. C., both of whom plan sing-
::^recrs, go.t first hand adv’ce-f?xcm ML"e *M?44w43da Oobbs ^ ' Uie new age wlrti good
following her concert Tuesday night.
Bennek Collese Plays
Hostess To Star
All the loud voices accompany-
school fintegration, interposition
nullification, violence, outlawing
the NAACP were described as the
death groans of an old order, by
the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Baptist minister of Montgomery,
Alabama in an address at Bennett
College. -
“I see a new heaven and a new
earth descending out of heaven”
stated the leader of the Montgom-
ry bus boycott explaining that
rather than being signs of retro
gression, these protests represent
the usual pains that accompany
birth of growth.
“Growth comes from struggle”
he reiterated.
To face the new age means add
ed responsibility and new chal
lenges, Rev. King pointed out.
“You "must rise above the narrow
confines of individualism to the
broader challenge of all humani
ty”, he stated admonishing the
audience that survival depends
upon the spiritual brotherhood of
all the world.
The speaker’s second chaUenge
was that of achevlng excellence
ii all fields of endeavor. Go out
to do a good job, and do it well;
be ready to compete with all peo
ple. “Be the best of whatever you
are,” he said.
Rev. King urged the audience
will and ixnderstanding in their
hearts, “or the new age”, he ex-
Student Roster
Raised By 11
Seven girls have been added to
the 1957-58 freshman roster bring-
The 1957-58 Lyceum series was formance.
brought to a close on Tuesday i During the second half of the
evening, February 4, when Matti- j program emphasis was placed on j ing the total number of students
wilda Dobbs, noted colatura so- | French melodies of composers j in the freshman class to 166.
prano of the Metropolitan Opera rainging from Reynaldo Hahn,) They are; Merrllyn Eunice
company was heard in concert, and Chausson, to the Creole Songs Blatch, Nassau, Bahamas; Dorothy
Miss Dobb’s appearance attracted' of Louisiana Plantation life. The Marie Linney, Hiddenite, North
many to the Annie Merner Pfeif- recital was concluded with James’
fer Chapel,
heard.
where the recital was
“To A Dark Child”, and Price’s
“Ma Soul’s Been Anchored in de
Among the composers represent- Lord”,
ed on the program was Rodrigo, j As her encore, at the end of the
This group of Spanish love songs, i first half, the Atlanta bom so-
sung in the original language, was j prano sang Brahm’s "Cradle
entitled “Cuatro Madrigales Ama- | Song”. The final encore was
torios”. Three German selections ' George Gershwin’s “Summertime’
by Richard Strauss - Morgen, from the folk opera “Porgy and
Standchen, and Amor—were heard , Bess”.
as the second group on the pro- I Miss Dobbs was assisted at the
gram. Later, “Regnava nel Silen- Piano by Mr. Paul Bert, who coach
zio”, from the Italian opera Lu
cia di Lammermoor by Donizetti,
es the opera workshops of the
Mannes School of Music, New
Closed the first half of the per-1 York City.
Carolina; Johanna Harriette Pola-
nen, Surinam, South America;
Juanita Wheeler, Thomahville,
Georgia ;and Geneva Estelle C.
McLendon, Mary Frances Reese,
and Carolyn Russell, Greensboro.
Transferring from Morristown
College, Beatrice Marie Gregory of
Princeton. New Jersey is now a
member of the sophomore class.
Mrs. Rhinelander W. Blackburn,
a senior from Greenwood, Missis
sippi, Mrs. Betty Robinson, senior,
and Beulah Brodie, sophomore,
both of Greensboro, rejoined the
student body in February.
PRESS CONFERENCE—Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., of Montgomery, Alabama, was
nterviewed by members of the Bennett Banner Staff during his recent visit to the School.
plained, "will be a duplication oi
the old.”
“We must love men, not because
we like them, but because God
loves them. Christ died even for
the segregationists,” he continued.
A challenge to be maladjusted
to the injustices of the social or
der was est up before the audience
by the Baptist minister. “Life has
been no crystal stair, but keep
moving,” he said.
“I have great faith in the future
because I have faith in God, for
there is something in the universe
which justifies this faith and be
lief”, Dr. King concluded.
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King Gives Views
On Pointed Issues
With the new head that tops
the integration versygB segregation
situation, many new
arise; some which are never an
swered. and others are answered
vaguely or inadeqi’ately. The non-
professional citizenship, the
church goer, and tl'‘? parent want
to know what really goes on in
the fast moving quest for the
Negro first class citizenship. It is
for this reason that Dr. Martin
L. King’s view on pertinent areas
of the segregation issue are valu
able.
Since religion has seemipgly
played sucii an iiuporlant part u:
the life of the Negi'o, one would
think that religion wpuld get the
Negro to the^ point of first class
citizenship and help him
this transitional period.
Dr. King expresses his views on
this matter, thus:
Negroes are not inherently more
religious than any other humans.
Oppression, however, has made
them more conscious of religious
values. This can serve as a power
ful force and for this reason must
be used to make the transition
complete. “Religion can and will
be a powerful force in making a
smooth transition."
In connection with schools and
the prevailing situation in other
sections outside the South, the
Montgomery pastor answered the
question. What effect doea the
present “school crisis” have on
the present condition of race re
lations?
The school crisis won’t set the
Negro back. There is no section
of the country that can boast of
having clean hands in the area of
human relations. Moreover, the
South should not use incidents
that occur elsewhere to justify its
segregational acts.
Various efforts have been made
to k6ep the Negro from attain
ing his rights. Many persons have
suffered economic and physical re
prisals.
Dr. King commented that the
ballot is one of the major instru
ments the Negro must use to at
tain his rights.
The head of the crusade spon
sored by the Southern Leadership
Conference to stimulte registering
and voting stated that since the
ballot is secret, persons need not
fear reprisals for this form of
action.
Mass meetings were held in 21
cities throughout the South to ac
quaint the public with the pro
gram of the voting group.
The Situation in Alabama
We have read and heard a lot
about the present day situation
in the city of Montgomery, Ala-
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