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Founders’ Day
October 22
VOL. XXVII, NO. I
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
OCTOBER, 1961
Enrollment Largest In Bennett's History
Freshman Class Leads College Wilh
211 Members; Sephomores Total 164
Faculty, St{iff and Students Hold
Pre-SchI)ol Conferences on Campus
Dormitory To
Be Dedicated
The Bennett College Board of
Trustees will hold their annual
meeting during the week-end of
October 20th. At this time, the
new dormitory which will be dedi
cated on Sunday, October 22, will
be named.
This two-story structure of
Georgian Colonial design houses
106 young women. In addition to
its 53 rooms for students, it con
tains a suite of three rooms for
the personnel director, a smaller
suit for the assistant director, an
office, and a guest room. Corridor
telephones will be provided on
both floors. An intercom system
will service all floors.
The interior color scheme is
centered around beige, green,
brown, and blue. The basement
contains, in addition to a large
trunk storage area, a laundry
room, hairdressing parlor, snack
bar, and recreation area which
has a large flteplace.
NEW COURSES
ANNOUNCED
This semester Bennett College
is making four additions to her
curriculum, and Commercial Edu
cation is now known as Business
Education.
The new course offerings are
Modern T.V. Biology, History of
Social Thought, Modern Algebra,
and Modern African Culture.
Two of these offerings, Modern
T. V. Biology and Modren Alge
bra, are television courses made
possible by the Continental Class
room series. Science majors are
invited to take advantage of these
new courses.
History of Social Thought is a
study of the development of social
thought from the ancient times to
the rise of systematic sociology.
Modern African Culture is the
discipline dealing with the cul
ture of modern African societies.
It is hoped that those persons who
are interested in the social scien-
cies will avail themselves of the
opportunity of takipg these
courses.
The Student Leadership Con
ference held September 11-14 ex
plored the theme “Good Leader
ship Makes for More Democratic
Living.” The faculty fall confer
ence was in session from Septem
ber 7-14. The theme was “The
Faculty-Staff Addresses itself to
Matters of Current Concern.”
Attention at the Faculty-Stafl
Conference was focused on mat
ters of current concern in the edu
cation of young women in a
changing society. The purpose of
the meeting was to provide an
opportunity for those concerned
with administering and teaching
students: to share experiences,
make plans for the new year, and
to discuss trends in education
Recommendations were made
concerning the advisory system,
communication skills, academic
standards, and utilization of li
brary resources.
An understanding of the theme,
“Good Leadership Makes for
More Democratic Living,” was
made clearer as the Student
Leadership Conference progressed,
through the employment of work-
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NEWS IN BRIEF
19 Added To
Facully-Staff
Appointment of 19 persons to
the faculty and staff at Bennett
College for the academic year
1961-62 and the return of four
others from leaves of absence
were announced by President
Willa B. Player this week.
Returning from leaves are
Francis L. Grandison, psychology;
Edward Lowe, music education;
James C. McMillan, art; and Mrs.
Dorothea Wright, English.
From Vienna, Austria, comes
Dr. Elizabeth B. Laziner, to teach
French and German. She earned
her Ph.D. degree at Vierma Uni
versity. Dr. Alphonse Vick, of
Winston-Salem, wiU etach biol
ogy. Following his ngraduatio
from Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity, he earned the M.S. from
North Carolina College at Durham
and after the Ph.D. from Syracuse
University. His wife, Mrs. Marian
Vick, with the M.A. from the Uni
versity of Michigan and with
further study at Syracuse, will Ise
in charge of the coUege reading
center.
Rev. Cleo McCoy, director of
the chapel, North Carolina Agri
cultural and Technical College,
was the vesper speaker on Sun
day, October 1.
Rev. McCoy described the times
in which we live as being “grand
and awful.” He directed our at
tention to the challenges of our
day which we, as members of this
student generation, should take
-advantage of when opportunities
present themselves.
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Misses Mattilyn Talford, Patsy
Gilreath, and Dorothy Bacon re
ported in chapel on Monday, Oc
tober 2, on the National Method
ist Student Movement meetings
which they attended during the
summer.
Miss Talford attended the Na
tional Methodist Student Move
ment Conference at Southwestern
College, Winfield, Kansas, June
18-24, 1961. The purpose of the
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TWO IN ENGLISH
Miss Josephine B. Asbury, bi
Coi'icoidj a giciduiite of j::..iiXer'
Scotia College, with a M.A. from
Indiana University, joins the Eng
lish faculty as does Miss Dorot^iy
D. Boone, of Enfield, a gradu.J'e
of the Agricultural and Technical
College with a M.A. from North
Carolina College. She has taught
in high school and college.
Returning to her alma mater to
teach elementary education is
Miss Mary Ann Rogers, of Greens
boro, who holds the M.A. degree
from Cornell University and has
taught in the Charlotte public
school system. Two graduates of
the class of ’61 are also returning,
namely Mrs. Barbara Raleigh, ol
Guilford, who will assist in the
records office, and Miss LaRita
Waters, of Jacksonville, Florida,
who will serve as a residence hall
personnel director and also assisi
in home economics.
Coming from Lagos, Nigeria,
will be Adebisi Otudeko, who will
teach in the social sciences. In
addition to having the M.A. de
gree from Boston University, he
has done pre-doctoral study at the
University of Cliicago. Mr., Otu
deko is the husband of a former
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The Records Office revealed, at-
the conclusion of registration, the
largest enrollment in the history
of Bennett College.
The distribution according to
classes is as follows: 211 fresh
men; 164 sophomores; 108 juniors;
108 seniors, bringing the total of
those who matriculated to 591.
There are 574 students represent
ing 25 states and the District of
Columbia; 17 students from nine
foreign countries.
The unique class of this group
is the Freshmen (with an enroll
ment of 211). 206 represent 21
states and the District of Columbia
with North Carolina leading with
90 representatives. There are five
students from three foreign coun
tries. Among the freshmen, there
are eight valedictorians, 11 saluta-
torians, and several students who
were members of honor societies.
There are daughters of young
women who were graduated from
Bennett since it became a wom
an’s college in 1926. In this year’s
group are: Misses Princess Miller,
Winston-Salem, N. C., daughter
of Mrs': Sade Peay; Barbara
Smith, Summerfield, N. C., daugh
ter of Mrs. Carrie J. Smith;
Wilma Brown, St. Louis, Mo.,
daughter of Mrs. Mirian W.
Brown; Essie L. Long, Laurel Hill,
N. C., daughter of Mrs. Naomi
N. Long; and Sandra E. Echols,
Greensboro, N. C., daughter of
Mrs. Ethel E. Echols.
In addition, this year’s fresh
man class has in it a number of
young women who are sisters of
graduates or of upperclassmen.
This list includes:
Misses Mae Jeffries, of Guil
ford, N. C., sister of Mrs. Gladys
J. Jessup, ’59 of Greensboro;
Barbara Smith, of Greensboro,
sister of Mrs. Gwendolyn S. Elder-
idge, ’52 of Greensboro; Olissa F
Coefield of Kinston, N. C., sister
cf Mrs. Peggy C. Moore, ’58 of
Kinston; Diane Poindexter of Lex
ington, Va., sister of Miss Frances
Poindexter, ’61; Anthonette L.
Thomas of Greensboro, sister of
Mrs. Yvonne T. Bynum, ’58 of
Greensboro; Oza B. Hawkins of
Louisburg, N. C., sister of Mrs.
Geraldine H. Hall, ’51, Mrs. Marie
H. Rae, ’56, and Miss Ruth B‘.
Hawkins, ’59; Marilyn Mackel of
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Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Memorial Day Observed
Dr. James S. Thomas from the
Division of Educational Institu
tions, the Methodist Church, Nash
ville, Tennessee, paid tribute to
Mrs. Pfeiffer in the annual me
morial service on Simday, Sep*
tember 24, held in the Annie Mer
ner Pfeiffer Chapel.
Through the use of examples in
the life of a great Christian
woman “who happened to be
rich,” Dr. Thomas reflected Mrs.
Pfeiffer’s graciousness.
Dr. Thomas admonished us, the
Bennett Family, who have re
ceived many of her bounteous
gifts, “to never let institutional
pride overshadow memorial, to
keep alive our distinguished bene
factor . . . the quality of not liv
ing in the past, but living by in
spiration received from our Chris
tian founders and to remember
that creative love, let loose in the
world, redeems it from terror.”
He cited Mrs. Pfeiffer as an ex
ample of what we might do with
our lives, .pennett College is what
it is today because o’i~tHe’*^ne-
factions of this lovely lady. Ben
nett and others who were recipi
ents of Mrs. Pfeiffer’s gifts agree
that they were “a tonic to many
less privileged people.”
Through examples and illustra
tion, Annie Merner Pfeiffer's
qualities as a gracious individual
were brought out. Some of these
qualities were: goodness, grati
tude to God, a willingness to meet
the opportunity to share her
wealth, a persistence to perform
good deeds, and a creative power
for good. In ending his setmon.
Dr. Thomas quoted these words
“We shall be richer because she
dwelt among us.”
Saturday School
Commences Here
The initiation of a Saturday
School at Bennett College for
selected high school juniors arid
seniors in Greensboro and sur
rounding communities has been
made possible by a grant of $75,-
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