May, 1958
THE BENNETT BANNER
Page Three
A Report of Two Weeks
At Skidmore
Collegt
Editor’s. Note: Reprinted below
are excerpts from a report given
by Nannie Poole, one of the six
Bennett girls who recently spent
two weeks on the campus of Skid
more College as exchange students.
On April 12 at 9:40 p.m., with
the able assistance of Mr. Scar-
lette, six excited Bennett students
boarded the train en route to Skid
more College in Saratoga Springs,
New York. Some 13 hours later we
found ourselves being carried to
the Skidmore College Police office
where we met the chairman of the
exchange program committee who
directed us to our respective dorm-
ortories, or in reality, houses. Be
fore retiring for the night we met
our big sisters who acted as special
hostesses to us during our two-week
stay.
During the next two weeks we
gained insight into the way of life
at Skidmore and had many varied
experiences that embodied the aca
demic, social, and religious activi
ties of the college.
Students there may select majors
both in the field of liberal arts and
specialized fields with direct em
phasis on pre-professional train
ing. One of the maor differences
we found was the absence of ele
mentary education in the curricu
lum.
Most instructors teaching history,
philosophy, and government em
ploy lecture method in the class
room. In contrast to this no lecture
hours are provided for some
science courses, and all emphasis
is placed on laboratory work with
one hour a week designated as a
reading period and period for in
dividual conferences with the in
structor.
A very extensive art program is
offered at Skidmore. Included in
this program is a course in weaving
in which the culminating activities
of the semester is the weaving of
material and the making of a gar
ment from it. The jewelry work
shop produces work of such per
fection that students have been
able to receive as much as $40 for
a single piece of jewelry.
The percentage of students en
tering the field of education is low.
ours ... It was quite evident that
even though students may strive
to pass their courses, little effort is
put forth to excell in their academ
ic work.
The college government associa
tion embodies all members of the
college, both faculty and students.
It has immediate responsibility for
the student life. Since 1926 the
foundation of the association has
been the honor system. Most of its
work directed by the honor system
is channelled through the Honors
Board, Legislative Council, Execu
tive Boardi and Judicial Board. The
student body is headed by the “Big
Four.” This term is applied to the
four young ladies who are chair
men of the aboved named branches
of the College Government Asso
ciation and preside at mass meet
ings of the student body.
All mass meetings as are regu
lar Sunday vespers are not compul
sory, but each student is' expected
to attend a certain number each
semeker.
One of the most important organ
izations on campus is the National
Student Association Board. This
board is responsible for planning
and directing a program of activi
ties for all other campus clubs and
organizations. In additional to this,
the board sponsors all foreign stu
dents enrolled at Skidmore, and
this year for the first time, it di
rected a student exchange program.
The social life at Skidmore is di
rected mostly off campus. There
are four big social weekends each
year sponsored by each of the four
class. We participated in the fin
al one for this year which was
called “Singspiration” weekend.
The big sister relationship at
Skidmore begins by any sophomore,
junior, and senior filing a request
for a freshman sister during the
coming school year. Before the close
of the school year she is assigned
one of the prospective freshmen
and during the summer they com
municate, acquainting themselves
with each other and Skidmore.
Each Bennett girl who went to
Skidmore feels that this was a most
enriching experience. We do hope
that from this two-week program,
an annual semester exchange will
The grading system is quite like! develop.
BENNETT “MOTHER OF YEAR”—Mrs. Dolly Turner, dance
instructor, chosen by the student body at Bennett College,
Greensboro, N. C., as “Mother of the Year,” has rose corsage
pinned on by Miss Nancy Kirby, of Haddonfield, N. J., at pro
gram Sunday in the David D. Jones Student Union. Mrs. Tur
ner, a native of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and in her first
year at the college, was chosen “because she best exemplifies
the characteristics and qualities of an ideal mother.”
Your
Inquinng Reporter
Question: “What is your opinion
concerning the recent recession?”
Dr. Rose Karfiol, instructor;
“I think it is temporary; and if
the consumer will keep up his op
timism, they will pick up the slack.
I believe government spending will
have "a vigorating effect; and that if
necessary, a tax reduction should
be granted, but caution should be
taken that this later method should
only be applied if employment does
not pick up during the next two
or three months. Tax reductions
have always an inflationary trend.”
Yvonne Redcross, ’61:
“At this point of the recession,
people are worrying over tax cuts,
their biggest fear being inflation.
Even big industrial areas are feel
ing the pinch of the surprise re
cession mood. Congress, as far as
I am concerned, needs to reorganize
their whole program. They need to
cut income and excise taxes. The
individual American is now more
aware of the “slump” our U. S. is
in. It is no longer a recession, but
a deep rooted depression in the
minds of the American people. How
ever, I do want an elevation in eco
nomics even to the point of increas
ing educational possibilities. The
recession, I feel, is an awakening
agent to let individuals know
whether their taxes are being
squandered or utilized effectively.
Gloria E. Brown, ’60:
“It has been called a “recession”
and a depression”. It has been
given set name phrases such as the
“saucer recession” and the “Polka-
dot recession.” However, the ques
tion still remains prevalent in our
thinking, in what kind of conditions
does business find itself? The gen
eral concensus of opinion seems to
be that the recession will not get
any worse. It could imply then,
from the lattter statement, that
the present economical difficulty
did and is going through a reces
sion.
“This new, somewhat optimistic
outlook, might be encouraging for
numerous business’ concerns, but
for those who have kept their eyes
Kurok Signs
Erroll Garner
s. Hurok, leading concert im-
pressario, has signed pianist Erroll
Garner for exclusive concert repre
sentations in North America. This
marks the first time that a jazz
artist has been booked under the
Hurok agency. Garner joins a roster
of Hurok artists which includes
Isaac Stern, Marian Anderson
Gregor Piategor&ky, Artur Rubin
stein, and the Moiseyev Dancers,
among others.
Regarded by critics throughout
the world as tihe most original and
widely-accepted contemporary pia
nist to emerge from the jazz genre.
Garner has won awards at home
and abroad for his activities as a
pianist and as a composer, includ
ing the Grand Prix du Disque from
the French Academy of Arts. Ear
lier his season, he iplayed to ca
pacity coincert crowds in Europe
and the United States. Henceforth,
Garner’s annual plans will be key-
stoned by his spring and fall con
cert tours, h6oked by Hurok. Re
maining time will be divided be
tween theaters, television and re
cording dates, and suipper club ap
pearances. Garner also plans an
annual leave to work on his com
positions, latest of which are in
cluded in his OTHER VOICES and
SOLILIQUY albums at Columbia
R.ecords.
Garners’ lunusual scope on rec
ords, including his best-selling Co
lumbia Ip, CONCERT BY THE SEA,
has won him tihe most cross-section
al audiences, ranging from jazz
fans to long-ihairs. In concerts.
Garner, accompanied by a bassist
and dnuimmer, will continue to play
improvisations based on some of his
best-known recorded works, as well
as treatments of works by other
writers, and some of his own origi
nal unrecorded works. He current
ly is woriking on an extended, com
position for piano and orchestra,
and is nearing a completion of a
iballet score.
The Hurok Agency currently is
setting concert dates for Garner’s
fall, ’58 appearances, including a
concert at Carnegie HaiU. In signing
Gamer, Hurok announced that
“ . . . Garner is a unique and crea
tive artist. It will be my pleasure
to present him on the concert staiges
of the world”.
Garner is the only jazz soloist
: scheduled to appear on the Ravinia,
I Illinois, summer Festival program,
iwith two concerts, on July 2nd and
14th.
on heavy durable goods, esepcially
steel and automobiles, hav'e found
the picture still depressing.
“It is my contention that more
intensive studies should be made
of the present economical problem.
Secondly, action should be taken
as a result of these investigations
to prevent futher injuir to busi
ness.”
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SOFT DRINKS
ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND—Traditional wrapping of the May Pole is performed
by Bennett College students at beginning of “A Wonderland fo Sports and Dance” presented
Saturday afternoon by the physical education department.
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