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GREENSBORO. NORTH CAROLINA
Students Hear
Demecrafic
And GOP Views
As the month of November
draws nearer the candidates for
the various offices intensify their
campaigning. The students of
Bennett College were fortunate
to hear representatives from the
Democratic and Republican par
ties. The representatives were Ed.
Kemp, a Democratic candidate
for State Senator and Phil Lacey,
a Republican candidate for the
Guilford County Board of Com
missioners.
Ed Kemp stated that Johnson
is the only one of the candidates
qualified to be the president of
the United States. He referred to
the efficient way in which John
son was able to fill the seat of
President upon the death of Ken
nedy, without a lapse in the state
oi affairs. “Goldwater,” Mr.
Kemp said, “has not been a good
senator and if this is any criterion,
how can the people expect him.
to be a good president?” Gold
water, it was stated has vetoed
every issue of importance to the
American people.”
Phil Lacey, stated because he
felt we were on the road to a
dictatorship and socialism in gov
ernment, he became affiliated
with the Republican Party hoping
they would be successful in get
ting into power and thus setting
things right again.
Mr. Lacey stated that power
had been taken away from the
Congress and was now concen
trated in the executive or in the
quasi-legislative and quasi-legal
agencies which have been set up.
The states are supposedly void of
any rights which they should
have.
When asked about his state
ment that Goldwater would exe
cute the Civil Rights BiU or any
of the other bills he was voted
against, Mr. Lacey said Gold
water would be forced to uphold
the laws which have been en
acted. Forced to uphold ihe laws
by whom? Congress?, who has
supposedly been drained of its
strength?
This campaign which 1 had
thought would be a definite hit
ting of the issues of importance
to us now, has in many ways turn
ed out to be a rebuttal or attack
ing session with Goldwater and
Miller in the lead. Many state
ments made by the Senator frorn
Arizona have been continuously
contradictory. In his book Con
scious of the Conservative he
seemed to have been sure of what
he was saying. Fhat has happen
ed now? If Goldwater was to be
elected (catastrophic) he could
not possibly execute all of the
promises he has made in his cam
paign. Perhaps we would survive
Goldwater. But Miller??? It
really seems Miller is worse than
Goldwater and Humphrey is
better than Johnson.
Come November 3rd, the na
tion will know that the voting
public is thinking. Will they be
for LBJ all the way? Or will they
follow their “hearts” and vote
for Barry?
—Dorothy Wilkerson
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Phot-^ taksn at th^ faculty, student, trustee bu fet supper, shows Dr. Frederick Patterson. Frances
Campbell, I'eresa Hall, and Joyce Oimn in discussion.
VOTE!!
An Experiment
in Ondersfandino
From the moment I boarded
the Argentina Airlines jet flight
No. 351 on June 27, 1964, until
the moment I decended from the
Argentina Airlines jet flight No.
3501 my summer was one of ex-
ctiement and new adventures.
From the moment I touched Bra
zilian soil, until the moment I
caught my last glimpse of the
I Southern Cross twinkling down
on Rio de Janerio, my days were
filled with new learning experi
ences.
Yet, it is difficult to put a fin
ger on exactly what these learn
ing experiences were. Yes, I
learned how people outside of the
United States live; I loarned to
understand and get along with
people of another culture; I learn
ed what it means to be a foreign
er in a strange la id with different
customs, and all of the conven
tional answers given to the con
ventional question, “What, did
ycoi gain from your experience?"
There is, however, more to it than
that. I suppose it is a knowledge
gained from travelling, a wisdom
acquired from meeting, seeing,
and experiencing that which you
had previously only heard and
read about. It is a combination
of all the above and more.
Our reception as Americans
was a heart warming experience
Tlie Latin American is not as
used to tourists as ar,e Europeans,
and we were showered with gifts
and well wishes.
I would urge as many of cur
students to apply for such a
travel program as possible; but
in doing so, I would like to offer
a bit of advice. The purpose of
the Experiment in International
Living is not to sponsor a pleasure
trip for American tourists. While
it is not a study tour, nor a work
program, it involves hard labor
... the labor of human love and
understanding. The requirements
for the Experiment are a desire
to promote goodwill, leadership
ability, common sense, fortitude,
patience,/and a sincere under
standing ;bf other people.
Any interested students may The entire article only expresses
write to the Experiment in In- a well known sociological truth:
ternational Living, Putney, Ver- That truth being that the oppress-
mont for applications. ! ed often develop hostile attitudes
Cleo A. Walker toward the oppressor.
OCTOBER, 1964
Bennett Trustees
In Annual Meeting
The trustees of Bennett Col
lege met on campus, October 16
through the 18. Besides formal
meetings there were informal oc
currences. One of such was a buf
fet dinner given at the president’s
home on Saturday evening. Stu
dents as well as faculty members
attended this informal meeting
with the trustees. The evening
was spent meeting and talking as
well as eating together.
Earlier in the evening the cam
pus guests had been invited to
the different dorms which were
having “open-house”. “Open
house” had been especially plan
ned to concur with the visitation
of the trustees so that they might
see the rooms of the girls. Many
other new things on campus were
seen such as the new booths
which had been set up in the
Union, the lights in the library,
the Health and Physical Educa
tion building.
One formal meeting which took
place during the week-end was of
the self-study committee, tills in
volved the presidents of the donns
as well as the trustees and pres
ident and other faculty members.
Student Gives |
ViewotM'ilcoimX
Malcolm X, the once high cardi-
I nal of the much talked about
I Black Muslims, in an autobio-!
graphy in The Saturday Evening |
I Post talks to the “White Man”, j
When looking at the article at
first, one is led to believe that
the “X” is about to tell the world
the much needed truth, but ihe
reader is very hurt to find that
he is faced only with the depress-!
ing story of an obviously ill man. I
He entitled his article rather
inappropriately, “I’m talking to
you. White Man.” In all actuality
he is speaking specifically to no
particular race of people, but
rather pouring out his indignation
for the world. The article sounds
more like a plea for sympathy
for what a rotten world has made
of one man.
The problem that we should
face as Negroes, and the problem
that all people should face wheth
er oppressed because of race, re
ligion, economics, or any other
oppressive force, is that although
, the world has definite bearings
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Bennett Observes
Founders'Day and
Dedicates Gym
Bennett College observed its
Founders’ Day on Sunday, Oc
tober 18. The speaker for the oc
casion was Dr. Myron F. Wicke,
a trustee of Bennett and the As-
:jociate General Secretary to the
Division of Higher Education, of
the Board of Education, Nashville
Tennessee. He spoke on the topic
“The Heart Has Its Reasons”.
The Bennett College choir gave
their reindition of “Oh Lord, How
Excellent Is Thy Name.”
The faculty and student body
then presented contributions to
the scholarship fund and the en
dowment fund respectively. Miss
Gilbert presented the faculty con
tribution and Marilyn Mackel pre
sented the students’.
Following the Founders’ Day
program the group left the Chapel
and went to the new Health and
Physical Education Building for
its dedication. Mrs. H. C. Black
a member of the board of trustees
received the keys to the building
and announced its name.
The building is named for Mrs.
I. H. Goode, a former trustee,
who worked hard in the cause of,
Bennett.
Gloria Hayes, represented the
students and Mr. Van Allen rep
resented the teachers in words of
appreciation.
At dedication o£ the new health and phvsi"al education building.
Dr. Player receives key from Mrs. H. 0. Black.
Bennett Girls for LBJ
We don’t want a president
who has to be forced to carry
out legislation, we don’t want
a president who has to be in
terpreted, we don’t want a
president who would declare
war his first day in office. We
want a president of the people,
and whose main interest is in
the people. We want a presi
dent who is experienced.
Bennett girls are for John
son in 1964!