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FEBRUARY, 1963
THE BENNETT BANNER
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FORMER PRESIDENT GAINS
POSITION WITH ORGANIZATION
Members of the dance production class perfo rm to the tune of “Be Strong.” The class is under the
instruction of Mrs. Chivers. The group presented a ve sper service on Jan. 16. Favorite hymns and pieces of
religious music were choreographed by students, wh ile others performed. The class is composed of physical
education majors and minors, primarily. This was the group’s first public appearance.
TRIBUTE PAID TO DAVID D.
JONES IN VESPER SERVICE
The David Dallas Jones Service
of Remernbirance was held on Sun
day, January 13, at four p.m. witih
Dr. Chauncey Winston presiding,
nhe OM Testament Lesson was
read by a senior. Miss Alice Air-
alL The service was enhanced by
the lovely music of the Bennett
College Choir. The Rev. John G.
Conry said a pirayer in which he
gave special thanks for the life o4
Dr. Jones, what Bennett College
meant to him and most important
what he meant to Bennett College.
A wish was expressed for the pres
ent aidministrator anid Divine bless
ings were impdiored for her con
tinued strength and success,
Mrs. Geraldine A. Totten, of the
class of 1937, paid special tniibute
to Dr. David Jones as she related
her memoiries oi him during her
college days. Througihout her mes
sage were found evidences of the
great influence that Dr. Jones had
an the life of every Bennett Girl.
A bit of Dr. Jones’ philosophy
was expressed in the thought that
“it is not what an experience os
that matters but how you face it
that is important”. She left the
audience with thoughts of a stair
way and a cross as symbols of the
spiritual immortality of David
Dallas Jones.
The message was delivered by
Dr. Howard Thurman, Dean of
Marsh Chapel, Boston University;
noted orator and theologian who
has been a friend of the Jones
family for years and enjoyed a
close relationship with our late
president. Dr. Thurman began his
very eloquent message with a pas
sage expressing the human need
lor a firm grip on something, the
desire to have moorings and to be
accountable to someone. Dr. Jones’
life was anchored in and dedicat
ed to Bennett College. His name
meant something in the “streets
of minds”.
Dr. Thurman posed three very
pertinent questions which life
raises for everyone. They were:
who are you? what do you want?
and how do you propose to get it?
We must become who we think we
are, be sure of what we want and
attempt to get what we want m
such a maimer as not to use any
one for our own selfish giains. Dr.
Thurman said that the significance
of one’s life can be summarized
in the manner these questions ate
answered.
I The entire spirit of the service
made those of us who did not have
the opportunity of knowing Dr.
'Jones feed that we had truly miss
ed a great experience.
Recital Given
By Wliiteman
An organ recital. “Contemporary
Organ Literature from the Church”
was given by Clarence E. White
man, Bennett College organist,
Sunday, January 20, at 4 p.m. in
Pfeiffer Chapel.
Hhis piTogram wlhich replaced
the usual vesper service included
five numbers which were perform
ed for the first time in Greensboro.
Nona of the music dated back
further than 1934 and three of the
numibers were composed only last
year.
I The organist opened with "Dithy-
iramb,” a 1960 composition by Alec
jWyton and each of the nine num
bers that followed was by a dif
ferent composer. Among them was
I “Fastasie over het lied ‘heUig,
' heiUg, heilig’ ” by Piet Post; “On
I An Ancient Alleluia” by Robert
Bifegood; “Partita over een Liigden-
sikoraal,” by Piet Rippen and
•‘Partita over Psalm 106,” by Gor
|Kee, aU being performed here for
the first time.
STAFF OPENS
Menoibership on the Banner staff
is open to all students who wish
to join. We are interested in per
sons wiJing to work in any of the
six dep'axtments, advertising, cir
culation, reporting, business, typ
ing, anid exchanges.
interested persons should see
Barbar Whitfield or Sheila Brink
ley, editors, in person or a note
may also be dropped in the cam
pus mail for these persons. They
will contact and interview per
sons.
We know that much talent is
lying dormant on Bennett’s cam
pus. Join with us in using your
talent in a manner beneficial to
all the community.
FANCIES FOLLOW
FADS AT B. C.
Introducing folks, the latest in
fashions, fads, and dances around
B.C. The B.C. girls, this year,
] through correspondence with col
lege students throughout the coun
try, have come up with some
pretty exciting new ideas.
Have you heard of the new
dance, “The Dirive”? It’s really
spireading fast (It doesn’t require a
license either). I’m sure we’ve all
hit some “wobble” line by now.
jThie Reynolds Hall gang is just
dying for you to meet their “Uncle
Willie” (a new dance craze that
really swings). Everyone is going
■Monikey” lately. (You’d better
stop it. You might get sent to
Mars on the next space vehicle.)
What’s new in your wardrobe
this year? Do you have the semi-
flared skirt? If not, get one at
your nearest convenience. Tney’re
really great when you don’t ex
actly want to wear a flared skirt
nor a straight one. Tne wrap-
airoiUMl is especially popular. Tney
save the boiner of “puilixig over”
or stepping in.”
Tnepaucnea sweaters and blouses
that dome floating on our cam
pus with the returnees Irom the
Imolidays are ready spreading, giv
ing that “mendea” but ‘'unmenid-
ed” look at tne elbows, has i>r.
Ben Casey lost his populai’iuy in
blouse or is he just resung for a
while?
I What’s this, girls? One look re-
j veals another semi-flared skirt,
then — look again — and they’re
culottes!
Couxd. this be a wild west show?
It looks that way from the sight
of those high-style boots.
Fads and Fasitiions will always
be with us. They’re all a part of
everyday camipus life. Before we’ve
seen one — there’s another.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Miss Ros-
lyn V. Cheagle of Lynchburg, Vir
ginia, has been named Youth Or
ganizer for the National Council
of Negro Women. The appointment
was announced by Miss Dorothy I.
Height, National President, follow-
irug the Council’s annual meeting
held recently at the Statler-Hilton
Hotel.
Miss Cheagle, a former field
secretary for the NAACP, is a
graduate of Bennett College,
where she majored in history.
Elected to “Who’s Who in Ameri
can Colleges,” she was active in
sit-in and movie demonstrations
and plans to pursue further educa
tion in the field of law. While at
Bennett, Miss Cheagle was an ex
change student to Mt. Holyoke
College in South Hadley, Mas
sachusetts, a member of Sigma
Rho Sigma (Social Science Honor
Society), president of the Student
government and the Young Wo
men’s Christian Association.
As a student representative to
the Hoimemaking Institute Com
mittee, she was among those who
initiated a successful voter regis
tration campaign in Greensboro,
North Carolina. Miss Cheagle rep
resented Bennett College at the
Regional and National Meetings of
the NCNW and served as State
President of the youth councUa
and coUege chapters of the
NAACP.
Working from the national
headquarters in this newly created
position, Miss Oheagle will spear-
nead the Council’s new and in
tensive approach to strengthening
community services and develop
ing young adult leadership. Since
its founding in 1935 by Mary Mc
Leod Bethune, NCNW has been
actively concerned with the in-
creasdnig opportunities with and
for youth.
UNION LETfER
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dining area at the dinner hour.
The noise problem was also men
tioned.
The Board expressed sorrow for
having to take this action, “but a
lack of maturity on our part and
failure to respect one cUiother
seems to have made it necessary.”
A hope that this number system
will not be in operation long was
expressed.
ALABAMA COURT UPHOLDS RIGHT
TO PARTICIPATE IN SIT-INS
A little over a year ago, the
United States Fifth Circuit Cooirt
of Aj>peals announced its opnnion
in the case of Alabama State Board
of Education, et al., versus St.
John Dixon, et al. This decision
appears to be a major mile-stone
in an extended effort to protect
manimad student rights with the
power of our courts. This decision
shattered a good many legal pre
cedents and a greater amoimt of
administrative complacency.
Briefly, the court held in his
case that nine students at Alabama
State College ootild not be expelled
from that school for participating
in a sit-in demonstration tmless
first provided a formal disciplin
ary hearing and unless their rights
to due process were observed. The
opinion of the court even provid
ed an outline definition of wnat
due process means within an aca
demic institution.
The state of Alabama appealed
this decision to the U. S. Supreme
Court, but that court denied cer
tiorari, and so the Dixon decision
holds. It should be understood that
by refusing to grant certiorari, the
Supreme Ourt did not thereby en-
douise the Dixon decdsdon; it miere-
ly refused to review it. However,
there appears to be no danger that
the Dixon precedent will be re
versed.
This decision has been frequent
ly referred to wiahin the p-asit year
and has been the subject of a good
deal of student discussion. How
ever, it is not likely that very
many students have had an op
portunity to familiarize them
selves with the contents of this
decision.
INSTITUTE PLANS
ANNOUNCED
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chapel program. The theme tor
this year’s Hamemaking Institute
was annotmced. It is “The Individ
ual’s Search for Identity.” The
Institute wUl take place during the
second week in March.
Dtiring the program, Mr. Charles
Garth reviewed some of the ref-
lerence books which will be avail
able in Holgate Library. A list at
these was passed to students fol
lowing the program.
Mrs. Streat noted that some pre-
institute activities have already
taken place. They include the pre
sentation of speakers on the theme.
She noted that during Institute
week, various culminating activi
ties will take place. The subject
will be pin-pointed by experts in
the field.
BENNETT, TOO?
THINGS I REMEMBER: I re
member the time when it was al
most a sin for a young man to
sponsor a girl. . . . Now it is an
everyday practice. . . . The time
when students went to the movies
to watch the movies. . . . Now it is
a lover’s lane, which is o.’k. in
my book for the simple reason
that the lovers on campus do not
have any other place to express
their feelings for each other.
—A&T Register
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