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November 11-12
November 25
“Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy’^
VOL. XXVI, NO. II
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
NOVEMBER, 1960
CHEAGLE, BROWN NAMED TO STATE OFFICES
Bennett Juniors
Get Two NAACP
State Positions
Misses Roslyn Cheagle and
Joenelle Brown, juniors at
Bennett, were electcd to state
officers of the college chapters of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
at a three day state meeting of
the NAACP held in Greensboro
on October 14, 15, and 16. Roslyn,
a history major and vice-presi-
dent of the Student Senate, was
elects to the office of president
and Joenelle, a sociology major,
was elected secretary.
Bennett College received a
plaque in recognition of its voter
re^istratiooi dri^, “Operation
Door Knock,” conducted during
the annual Homemsiking Insti
tute vreeic. in April 1960. Mr.
Charles McLean, field secretary
of the North Carolina State Con
ference of Branches, presented
; the plaque at the Freedom Fund
Dinner held at th« Hayes-Taylor
YMCA on October 15.
At the culminating civil rights
mass meeting, Dr. Hobart S. Jar-
rett, of the Bennett faculty, intro-
^ced the main speaker of the
occasioa Mr. Jackie Robinson, a
member of tiie Board of Direc
tors of the NAACP. Mr. Robin
son cofnmended student leaders
for their git-in activities and stat
ed that his lot as the Negro pio
neer in major league baseball was
"comparatlTely easy to the lot of
the leaders of the sit-ins.” He
also stated that the youth dis
played «mar-lng strength and ma
turity in withstanding tradition,
social, and even parental pressure
in some oases.
TThe three-day meet drew lead
ers from all parts of the state and
such prominent civil rights figures
as Roy WtUdns, Herbert Hill and
othcfs.
NEWS IN BRIEF
FIRST LYCEUM PRESENTED
June McMechen, soprano, was
presented in recital on Friday,
October 21 in Pfeiffer Chapel as
the first lyceum attraction for the
year.
Accompanied by Kelly Wyatt,
Miss McMechen included num
bers by Haydn, Handel, Brahms
and Poulenc on her program
with a group of Negro spirituals
as her closing selections.
1]RUSTEES MEET ON CAMPUS
The Bennett College board of
trustees held its annual meeting
on campus during the weekend of
October 21. Besides attending
scheduled meetings, the trustees
dined with the student body at
the dinner hour on October 23.
FOUNDERS DAY
The annual Founders Day ser
vice is scheduled for Sunday,
November 6 and will be held in
the Annie Memer Pfeiffer Chapel.
Speaker for the occasion will
be Dr. R. O’Hara Lanier, who is
in charge of African Affairs, for
the Phelps-Stokes Fimd of New
York.
19 Elementary Education
Majors Begin Teaching
On October 14, nineteen ele
mentary «lucation majors in the
senior da^ began observing
classroom instruction in the city
schools. After about two weeks
of observation, in their assigned
classrooms, some class periods
were relinquished to the student
teachers imder the supervision of
the critic teachers.
The elementary education ma
jors and ttieir assigned schools
are; Misses Annie Belle Wright,
Marva Lucas, and Mrs. Libbie
Lofton, Jonesboro School; Misses
Gloria Adams and Yvonne Lyons
J. C. Price School; Misses Merry
Jean Sparrow, Alice Bowen, Kay
Frances Henry, Sylvia Smith,
Minnie Sims, Maryland Baker,
Ann Brown, and Jean G«rst,
Washington Street School; Misses
Mary Tonkins, Icelean Davis, and
Doris Neeiy, Charles Moore
School; Misses Idajeanne Robin
son, MiUicent Allen, and Jacque
line Dove, Bluford School.
Dr. Berry Speaks
At Vesper Service
Dr. Evelyn Berry, executive
secretary of the Woman’s Division
of Christian Service of the Meth
odist Church, was the featured
speaker at the Sunday vesper ser
vice held on October 23.
Dr. Berry, a Bennett College
trustee, urged the Bennett fam
ily to face today’s world of con
fusion with the ‘courage to be’.
“This courage to be ourselves and
to face today’s confusing world
can be found through communion
with God. There are three ways
to commune with God and they
are through freedom, honesty, and
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Shown above are Roslyn Cheagle and Joenelle Brown,
newly elected state NAACP officers.
Deadlines For Feiiowsliips
Awards Are Announced
Seven Pillsbury Awards have
been announced for home eco
nomics majors. These awards in
clude The Pillsbury Award for
1961. The award winner will re
ceive a imique “on-the-job” train
ing fellowship. For one year, be
ginning July 1, 1961, she will be
associate director of the Pillsbury
Junior Home Service Center. In
addition to her salary of $4000,
she will receive a grant of $1000.
Application forms are available
from the Department of Home
Economics and must be received
by the Pillsbury Awards Pro
gram no later than November, 28,
1960, post-marked no later than
November 23, 1960.
The Graduate Record Examina
tions, required of applicants for
admission to a number of gradu
ate schools and by an increasing
number of donors of graduate
fellowships, will be offered in
the National Program for Gradu-
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Endowment Drive
Launciied For
t$60'6t Term
What does endowment mean to
us? Just a fee to be paid annually
along with all the other obliga
tions that meet us at the opening
of school? The word endowment
is really a vital organ in the life
of every college and university.
As, students we give only a small
part of the yearly contributions.
Foundations such as the United
Negro College Fund, Methodist
Church Boards, and faithful
friends of the college help to re
plenish our endownnDent assets
regularly.
Endowment functions as inter
est in a bank. It is, as it were in
surance for the college. Bennett
has at present about $2,000,000 dol
lars in endowment, and this money
pays part of the 1,200 dollars it
costs to keep each student at Ben
nett. We can easily see that the
more endowment there is on hand,
the less pressing the necessity for
raising tuition. Two million dol
lars is only a small beginning for
endowment funds. According to
the college president we could
easily use 5,000,000 or more.
If we had a larger endowment,
it would b-i' easier to ipisJie fnaST
needed improvements a reality.
Inasmuch as we draw each year
upon our endowment for help
with our tuition and receive ad
vantages in the form of general
maintenance and ongoing of the
college, there is an important part
that we can play in helping our
selves and our Bennett sisters ot
future years. Let us reach our
goal of 1,000 dollars this year!
ENDOWMENT DRIVE—Students gather around bonfire with that “Old Endowment
Spirit.”
Dormitory Officers
Are Announced
Here at Bennett, one important
aspect of our growth is centered
aroimd our dormitory life. Agedn
this year the young ladies have
cast their votes and elected officers
who, in our opinions will be inspir
ing and willing workers in helping
us to create an atmosphere of gra
cious, wholesome, and refined liv
ing.
Heading Barge Hall are: Misses
Brenda Richey, president Merced
es Davis, vice president; Linda Al
ston, secretary; Alice Airall, treas
urer; Pathia Stewart, parliamen
tarian; and Carolyn Walker, chap
lain,
Jones Hall is under the leader
ship of Misses Joyce Phelps,
president; Rosalind Linder, sec
retary; Vica Bailey, assistant
secretary; Shirley Goldston, treas
urer; Joan Thompson and Fred-
rika Smith, parliamentarians.
Misses Ellen Moore, chairman,
Patsy Gilreath, Gloria Williams,
Jonell Brown, and JoJean Low-
rance, counselors, head Kent Hall.
Jean Hubbard raps the-gavel in
Memer Hall. Other officers in
Merner are: Misses Joyce Young,
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