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THE BENNETT BANNER
April 1958
THE BENNETT BANNER
Published Monthly By The Students of Bennett College
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
Ten Cents a Copy
$1.00 Per Subscription
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 Shipleiy. ’58
CIRCULATION MANAGERS Barbara Hammond, ’58
WiJhemina Bundy, ’59
, . Emma Jean Blackstock, ’58
Joan Didier, ’60
REPORTING STAFF Nancy Kirby, ’60
Juanita Spear, ’60; Gloria Brown, ’60; Jean Sparrow, ’61;
Linda Brown. ’61; Margaret Bailey, ’61.
MISS DEMO AND
HER ULCERS
As a college newspaper staff, we
seek to bring forth news and in
formation which confront us as
a whole. If we, the student body,
intend to make Bennett, our Alma
Mater. Fairest, then, why should
we sit tight and let oiu: troubles
slip into the sands of time 'and
never do any thing about them?
It is with this in mind that we
feature such articles as Miss
Demo and the Inquiring Reporter.
Bennett Sisters, if we do not
ask ourselves important and unim
portant questions and become dis-
tiirbed over matters, then how will
the administration know what we
are thinking, because we do not
take advantage of our facilities of
speaking out and voicing our
opinions?
On the first appearance of Miss
Demo, there were several rumors
spread around, the campus about
petitions against the paper, being
drawn up in Jones Hall, tout we
have yet to see them. We have
asked in each issue of the Banner
to have your complaints, grudges,
and kicks, but do you ever bring
them to be published? NO.
In the last issue of the Banner
we carried only one side of the
story, you may say; yet you have
not bothered to get up and bring
your side of it to us. So from
now on out, If you do not agree
with what is said in any of the
articles just say to yourself, “Well
I can't complain. I’m just tooooo
lazy to express my opinions. I’m
not at all a good campus citizen.”
If you say tihls, then you don’t
have to bother about rolling your
eyes at the Banner Staff when
you' see them.
Congratulatioiui
Congratulations to the dining
hall staff for the wonderful Job
they are doing In preparing our
The Lenten Season
The Lenten Season is upon us, and as the month of April
enters, we find ourselves discussing our various sacrifices.
Some of us gave up sodas, candy, desserts and many other
petty “things”. For forty days we will not touch our sacrifices.
But are these really sacrifices? Let us turn to the life of Jesus.
His life was a sacrifice and what are we that we only yield
petty offerings for such a season as is upon us now?
For forty days and nights, Jesus fasted and prayed, yielding
not to the temptation offered by Satan, a faUen angel. What
is it to sacrifice candy, sodas and the like from which we re
ceive satisfaction? Why can we not sacrifice some if not all
of our vices for this Lenten period? PerhapS; if we would yield
our vices during this period, we would be in a position to be
free of them. This, then, would be a sacrifice.
And as this Lenten Season comes to a c’ose, we may hear a
voice say, “Father forgive them, for they know not what they
do”, and we slip back into the time before the period of Lent
began and we are through with our sacrifices.
This year, let us not make, this crucial error again. If forty
days are not enough, then let us try to sacrifice our vices and
substitute some new virtues the year round.
Effective Student Government
How effective is our Student Senate? Is it merely a theoreti
cal organization or does it in reality serve the needs of the
student body? How can it become the government of which
we aU can be proud?
Recently several colleges in this area met at North Carolina
College at Durham to discuss questions of this nature.
The conference was called by the student government of
N. C. C. because they felt that an exchange of ideas on stu-
■‘dent government problems and procedures would be mutually
■ beneficial.
, The representatives at this conference upon examination,
noted that most of the cshools have well-structured govern
ments but that too often the constitution and by-laws of these
groups are not put into practice.
It was agreed that interested, respected leaders cannot do
the job alone; an interested, co-operative, and informed stu
dent body is a necessity for effective student goverament.
"This is a point we here at Bennett need to examine carefully.
Too often we do not realize how much we can accomplish if
we will work together. It is useless to blame the Student Senate
for what it does not do. It is we, each individual, who com
poses the Student Senate who must accomplish the task.
' Ot/i many campuses the student government organizations
are strong, effective groups; they have the respect of th^ ad-
niinistration and the student body, a respect gained as the re- ■
suit of the willingness to work co-operatively. Just as there is
no “safe stand” for leaders who must “stick their necks out on
crucial issues, these leaders must know and see the support of
the entire student body who are willing to “stand up and be
counted.” . v. *1.
At the evaluation period of the conference in Durham, the
delegates suggested that the conference had been beneficial
and voted to continue to meet annually (subject to approval ^ hut
from their respective governing bodies). It was further ^g- food- You may not realize i bu
’ ii--i frtf o+iirlont onvpminP hodies some of us leave the dinuig hall
as empty as we were when we en
tered it.
We do not have money to run'
to the comer store after each'
meal for a supplement to our diets,
so those people serving the food,
please Stop Being Stingy With
Our Food. After all. . . .
Voting Power
Why it is that freshmen have
only one fourth per cent voting
Ijower? I should think that the
voting system would be revamped,
after all and its’ a matter of
opinion at that, but the elected
officers will be calling on the
freshmen, who will be sophomores
next year, and who had only one
fourth per cent voting power this
year, to assist them in next year’s
projects.
Safe or Not, False Alarms,
Be Prepared
It seems that tragedy must show
its horrible face before we move
into action. Neglect is in itself
Literally Tours:"
This month the Banner Staff is proud to present our Bennett sister,
Nancy SeyngM Choi, as our guest for Literally Yours.
Our Nancy, it seems, has been
to the Pierian Springs and has
had more than h©r share of these
poetic waters. As you read “The
Sea”, “Hell”, and “The Lightning
Bug’, you will find that we have
not only many volumes of the
Bards, but a real live ‘Bardess’ In
our midst.
Nancy is from Seoul, Korea, and
is majoring in English and minor-
ing in Modem Languages.
HELL
This was the H^—toorlng days
Of reasons and excuses!
But today, as God’s sweet rain
Palls upon my dried heart,
Vivid is my life again in. the Joy
of Spring.
1955
St. Paul, Minnesota
But . . .
A great majority of us are get
ting weak and faint from not
getting enoug:h to eat. The girls
that are on the counter for the
respetotive meals are acting as If
they bought and prepared the
food for us, when WE bought the
’ gested that it might be helpful for student governing bodies
to present in concert hoped-for proposals to their collective
•administrations. ,• *
This suggestion in modified form could be applicable to
our situation here at Bennett. A co-operative presentation of
proposals to the administraion would probably bring more
satisfactory results. , ^ ^ o * ->
What support are YOU wiUing to give to the Student Senate?
Are you willing to justify YOUR membership in the organiza-
tion? , . ,
We have just elected our leaders for the next school year.
They are all energetic, capable, and well-qualified girls. Let s
give them our support. Remember we cannot wait for someone
else to do the job. The efforts of each girl are essential to
reach our goal. If we begin now to work co-operatively with
our leaders, 1958-59 can be a banner year for student govern
ment on our campus.
In Defense Of Higher Education
“The woman’s cause is man’s; they rise or sink
together, dwarfed or godlike, bound or free:
If she be small, slight natured, miserable.
How shall men grow?”
The Pnncess
Tennys,on
Woman is the keeper of the hearth and the home. This I! a tragedy. We have fallen into
readily acknowledge, but does an educated woman, wife, moth-. this dangerous nit. ’This stems
er deny in any way the sacred trust placed in her hands by | from the ‘events’ that have oc-
' God because of her acquisition of increased knowledge? I curred in the past month, in case
think not. , ^ v
A civilization signs its death warrant when it fails to realize
the importance of encouraging the quality of intelligence in
its women A college education is an asset not a liabihty. Edu-,answer them
lited women have made their mark in the world. I do notj where are the,fire extinguishers
advocate that education for women is necessary in order to' in the dorms located? Have they
maintain eaual or superior status over men, but rather it wiU been checked recently as the law
aid men and insure the well being of their children. requires? Where is our fire alarm
The moral soundness of the worid depends upon women, box on campus? whom would you ^
for the auaUty of the whole worid social system is determined call in case of any emergency on,
lui iiic 4 j campus? Certainly not the mght!
by what sne . Gloria E. Brown 1 watchmen in the evenings, they 1
LIGHTNING BUG
Out of a lady’s rosy lips
Rolled down a handful of milky
pearls.
Beaded on a golden thread.
And now framed a tiny book:
“Lightning Bug” was it called.
I’ve beeai with you three years,
Still you are a part of my heart,
Sitting on thfe boc* shelf today.
1957
St Pajul, Minnesota
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A Little Thought for Us
“Freedom is not worth having
if it does not include the freedom
to m^e mistakes.”
Gandhi.
THE SEA
The waves strike me, destroy me.
And tear my filthiness into pieces.
The waves run to me as an arrow.
And cleanse me of all my dirti
ness.
Thfe waves come to me with amger
Over the mountains of the sea,
and beat me.
The waves shoot high into the sky
With a habtoiing white spray,
andi cJetose me. ' . _ •
O, sea, a friend of my recollec
tions,
Stroke my heart in the wavy sea.
Calm sea, you comfort me from
my sorrows;
Angry sea, you destroy me and
reform me;
Bright sea, you lead me, my path
into moonlight.
1953
Pusan, Korea
are-too busy, but it is their duty
to answer every call, even if they
receive 50 an evening. What kind
of first aid would one give a per
son who has fainted? One with a
sprained ankle? or one in a state
of shock?
Our ignorance to the answers
of these questions is more than
obvious.
Announcements
If I remember correctly, a new
bulletin board was made at the
beginning of the year for the din
ing room. Why, then, does each
dinner hour have to be plagued,
and cluttered up with announce-
any of the past events should oc
citr again, we should ask our
selves the following questions and
ments of meetings and the like?
Is there some kind of competition
going on to see who can have the
most announcements to make, or
who can shout the loudest? With
so much bulletin board space go
ing to waste, it hardly seems
necessary to have any bulletin
boards, anywhere.
We should at least be able to
relax at meals, if at no other
time. But, who can relax when
constant reminders of meetings
are being made while we try to
eat? I dare say, if this practice
continues, I won’t be the only
one with a case of ulcers!
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