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THE BENNETT BANNER
May, 1958
Student Organi2,ation
Cited As Representative
Three national associations of
deaas and student personnel admin
istrators have passed a joint state
ment regarding the U. S, National
Student Association which charac
terizes that group as “the most
representative of such (student) or
ganizations on the American Scene.”
The statement included an eval
uation of USNSA and a detailed
description prepared by a commit
tee of deans and student personnel
workers from the AmericaTi College
Personnel Association (ACPA), Na
tional Association of Student Per
sonnel Administrators (NASPA),
and National Association cf Women
Deans and Counselors (NAWDC).
Their impartial committee made
the following evaluation which was
accepted by their organizations at
their recent national meetings:
“The United States National Stu
dent Association, a 'national orga
nization of students rcipresenting
their respective student govern- j
ments on hundreds of American
college caimp'uses throughout the
United States, is a repre^ntative,
democratic, national student orga
nization. In the opinion of your
committee it is the most represent
ative of such organizations on the
American scene.
“The United States National Stu
dent Association is not now, nor
does it lappear to be in danger of
becoming comimunist or left-domi-
whioh must come largely through
growth in membership and support
■from private and foundation sources.
It is the hope of the cooperating
committees that this growth and
support will be forthcoming.”
The statement, copies of which
are available from the three na
tional organizations or from USNSA,
concluded:
“It is the opinion of your com
mittee, after careful review, that
the purriose and programs of the
USNSA are in accord with the stu
dent personnel point oif view, and
therefore, deserve the support and
counsel of student personnel work
ers and universities of this coun
try.”
Mrs. Hattie Raines Staton,
a long-time employee of Ben
nett College. Memorial ser
vices were held in the Annie
Merner Pfeiffer Chapel Friday
May 16.
nor even from member schools at
all. Those who are delegates or al-
iiated. On the contrary, the USNSA |ternates to the Congress will procede
has spearheaded and led the mobili-1 from COFSA to the International
Conference On Student
AJJairs To Be Held
The Fourth Conference on Foreign idences wiU be assigned upon reg-
Student Affairs will be held at Ohio
Wesleyan University, Delaware,
Ohio, during the Eleventh National
Student Congress, August 21-24.
Participants in COFSA need not
be delegates to the National Stu-
istration. Room and board fees will
be $6 per day. Delegates will share
eating facilities with other Congress
participants.
Registration cards may be ob
tained from: COFSA Registration,
U. S. National Student Association,
dent Congress from member schools 1234 Gimbel Building, Philadelphia
7, Pennsylvania.
Theme
zations of the unions of students of
the free world in combatting the
partisan propaganda and distortion
of truth fostered by the Communist
International Union of Students. The
USNSA strives to symbolize the
youth of the “free world” to the
students in those critical areas
whore the battle of ideas has not
yet been resolved. The USNSA,
Commission of the Congress.
The registration fee will be $10.
Persons also accredited as Congress
delegates will pay an additional $5
fee. Alternates will pay no added
fee.
Persons who are not delegates or
alternates to the Congress but who
wish to remain as observers after
COFSA ends must then register as
a.m. at the Congress site. .
Accommodations in university res-
by its actions, has demonstrated lofjfcial observers at the Congress,
that experience in democracy aids I pjnal registration wiU take place
students in combatting influences 'phursday, August 21, 9:00-10:30
that would undermine or desitory
it.
“Although a yo.ung and growing
organization, the USNSA has achiev
ed, in its ten years of existence,
moderate financial stability. It has
worked diligently to promote sound
financial control through lawfully
constituted bodies of the Associa
tion. However, its expanding pro
gram calls for increased resources
International Understanding: A
Look Behind the Common place is
the theme of the conference.
The topics for discussion on the
agenda are: Information Media in
International Understanding”, “Cur
riculum and International Under-
Student Congress Will
Meet In Ohio This Year
The largest representatives non-1 for them by the students from Au-
partisan intercollegiate meeting in gust 20-23. This is the only national
the United States this year wiH be j meeting of educators arranged by
held at Ohio Wesleyan University students.
August 20-29 when, the eleventh Na
tional Student Congress bring to
gether delegates from more than
200 colleges and universities for
the annual ipolicy-making meeting
of the U. S. National Student As
sociation.
The iten-day meeting will bring
together approximately 1,000 student
leaders, educators, and foreign stu
dent guests to discuss “Student Re
sponsibility in an Age of Challenge.”
The major issues are expected to
be:
—size of the Federal scholarship
program;
—desegregation;
—impact of education on Ameri
can student values;
—quality of academic standards;
—interco'legiate athletics:
—religion on campus;
—freedom o.f the camipus press;
—expanded scope of exchange
with Iron Curtain countries,
with the Soviet Union in par
ticular.
Special meetings will be held
for ithree days prior to the Congress.
These will include the eighth an
nual Student Body Presidents’ Con
ference, which is the only national
meeting of heads of student govern
ing bodies. Some 250 coEeges and
universities are expected to be rep
resented at this meeting, which is
attended by non^members as well
as members of USNSA.
Over 100 editors and writers from
campus newspapers are expected to
attend the Student Editorial Affairs
Conference (SEAC) which will be
standing,” “Everyday Fallacies in
International Programiming,” “Poli- chaired by Ed Kahn of the COLO-
tics and Administration of Pro
grams,” “Three Program Exam-
RADO DAILY. This conference is
scheduled for Au^st 19 through 21
pies” (UNESCO Major Project on ; and will allow the student editors
East-West Understanding, Program j to meet the principal speakers at
of World University Service, and ^ the 'Congress in special news con-
“Training in Foreign Languages), jferences.
and “Forms of a World Student i Deans and faculty members will
Community.” [attend sipecial sessions arranged
PRIZES AND HONORS
Continued from Ps^e Two
trice Murray, Sarah F. Mullens,
Barbara Philson,
Counselors—Sylvania Black, Em
ma Burns, Marilyn Frazier, Helen
Houston, Faye McAlister, Wdla
Pullins, Minnie Stone, Edna Thim-
as, Alma Washington, Shirley De-
graffenreidt, Barbara Mitchell, An
nie Pittman,
Residence Hall Assistants Es
telle Davis, Delores Estwick, Mary
Musgrave, Marilyn Neal, Agatha
Ricks, Ethel Riggsbee, Edith Tuck
er.
Chaperons—Millie Adams, Ruth
Anderson, Jacqueline Ball, Edwina
Bratcher Gloria E. Brown, LaVon-
ne Barbour. Nancy Choi, Veronica
Dean, Estelle Davis, Marilyn Fraz
ier, Anece Faison, Hiawatha Fos
ter, Gloria Greene, Rosalyn Good-
son. Pearl Gibbs, Norma Hampton,
Helen Houston, Mildred Hamlett,
Nannie Hughes, Inez Jones, Mil
dred Johnson, Rivers Millner, Em
ma Martin.
ATTEND THE
MEETING OF THE
National Council
of BENNETT
PARENTS
Sunday, 9:30 A. M.
p
The Ohio Wesleyan campus is lo
cated 30 imiles northwest of Colum
bus, Ohio, on principal rail and air
routes. Complete information is
available from tse Student Body
President at each USNSA member
college and at aU other accredited’
colleges and universities in the U.S.,
or from USNSA, 1234 Gimbel Bldg.,
Philadelphia 7, Pa.
o
Student Educational
Project Announced
A new project in International
education under Christian auspices
has been announced by the Depart
ment of Student Work of the Board
of Missions of the Methodist
Church.
The plan will enable Methodist
college students in America to
spend their junior or senior year
in universities or colleges over
seas, Miss Dorothy Nyland and the
Rev. R. C. Singleton of the Student
Department said.
“This new progrom provides a
way for Christian students to share
fheir faith across national bound
aries.” they said. “It will allow an
American student to leam about
another culture through personal
experience and to make his Christ
ian witness in an academic com
munity overseas.
“Students are sought who have
mature Christian fsath, unusual
scholastic ability, .skills in living
and working with people, and a sin
cere desire to understand persons of
different races and cultures.”
The program will be administered
by the Department of Student
Work, which has office at 150 Fifth
Avenue, New York 11, N. Y. Miss
Nyland and Mr. Singleton hope to
begin receiving applications in
September. The first group of stu
dents is expected to be approved
in January, 1959, and to begin their
study abroad in the late summer or
fall of 1959.
The plan will provide for the
transfer of college credits earned
abroad to the student’s school in
the United States so that he can be
graduated on schedule Miss Nyland
and Mr. Singleton said. Each stu
dent will be expected to pay for
his travel, education and mainte
nance while in school dverseas.
The universities overseas in
which the program will operate
during the first year include the
International Christian University,
Tokyo, Japan; Philippines Christ
ian College, Manila; University of
Hawaii, Honolulu; University of
Mexico, Mexico City, and a college
yet to be selected in India.
Interested students may write to
Miss Nyland or Mr. Singleton at
the New York address for further
information.
BENNETT COLLEGE’S “U. N.”—Some of the foreign students at Bennett College in Greens
boro, N. C.. pose for the photographer with four foreign-born members of the faculty: 1st
row’ Misses Blanche-Tuboku-Metzger, Sierra Leone, West Africa; Lillian Walker, Nassau, Ba
hamas; Danlette Brooks, Monrovia, Liberia; Linelle Walker^ Nassau, Bahamas; second row;
Misses Delores Estwick, Jamaica, B. W. L; Nancy Choi. Seoul Korea; Hie Sook Hong, Seoul,
Joan Didier, Jamaica, B. W. L; and Johanna Polanen, Surinam, South America. Faculty mem
bers standing are: Dr. Rose Karfiol, Germany, economics; Mrs. Marta Zalitis, Latvia, lan
guages; Edward Lowe, Panama, music education; and Mrs. Nina Kudrik, ilussia. piano. Five
students and two other foreign-born faculty members were not present when photo was made. | student.
VESPER SERVICE
Continued From Page One
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Bell, of
Reidsville and Joseph, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Warner H. Bell, of
Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Chavis is the former Luve-
nia Turner, of the class of 1959;
Mrs. Arthur Bell is the former
Queen E. Hester, of the class of
1934; and Mrs. Warner Bell is the
former Marojrie Smith, a former