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Greensboro, N. C.
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VOL. XXIX, NO. 3
Benneil Holds
Second Fall
Convocation
Thirty-five students received
honors as Bennett held its sec
ond annual honors convocation.
Contributing to the honor of
the occasion was the Bennett
College choir, sinking “dnrv
and Worship Are Before Him",
by Henry Purcell.
The convocation address was
given by Miss Marilyn Fardig,
who is herself a member ol Phi
Beta Kappa and a Woodrow
Wilson fellow and intern. She
is pursuing a doctorate at the
Union Theological Seminary,
though presently a teacher here
at Bennett.
Miss Fardig’s address was cen
tered around the topic, “Excel
lence”. She described the medio
cre college sudent who upon
entering takes all “safe” courses
and pursues a “safe” major, and
does not enter into any new and
different studies because of fear
of not passing.
She suggested “new horizons”
of study and said that the person
who is in search of excellence
would follow such horizons.
These horizons include courses
which are not necessary but
which broaden one’s area of
learning. In addition, she sug
gested new horizons in the ex
citement of ideas. She said that
investigating new areas might
mean taking a risk but by play
ing it “safe” we may have a se
cure comfortable “little life”
based upon our lack of explo
ration.
Miss Fardig terminated her
address with the following state
ment. “It is better to have ex
cellence that is not yet recon-
nized than to have competence
that fails to dream.
THE BENNETT BANNER
“Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy”
Welcome
Morehouse
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
NOVEMBER, 1964
Morehouse Meets Bennett In Song
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The Morehouse Colleg'e Choir, taken on their own campus. The choir will make its annual ap
pearance on campus Thanksgiving: weekend.
Dr. Dorothy Brovrn
Holds Sessions
Dr. Dorothy Brown, Bennett
graduate, and professor of sur
gery at Mehary Medical Col
lege, visited the campus on the
week-end of November 7.
While here, she spoke to the
seniors in Cone Hall’s parlor
on the topic, “Planned Parent
hood.” Dr. Brown gave an in
troductory statement but made
it known that she was here, not
so much to give a lecture but
to answer any questions con
cerning birth control, marriage,
and sex in general.
Those present responded eag
erly and with much enthusiasm.
They asked such questions as
"What do you think about pre
marital sex?” To this, she said
that there was no reason why
any unmarried young woman
should be bothered so much by
the desire for premarital sex.
She said that with enough ac
tivities and work to keep you
busy, there would be no time
for your thoughts to follow such
a trend. Dr. Brown also said
that the men at West Point had
their program so devised that
the men were steadily working
from ,5 a.m .to 9 p.m. and by
that time thev were too tired
to think about sex. This they
have found to work very well.
Special Education Dept.
“On The Way”
The Special Education Pro
gram, under the direction of
Dr. Richard L. Fields, is cele
brating its first anniversary.
Since the formal organization
of the special education pro
gram, many new and interest
ing developments have taken
place.
Last year the greatest empha
sis was on the development of
a curriculum directed towards
preparing trained teachers of
the mentally retarded. This
year, along with the previous
goal in mind, the department
is attempting to arrange pro
fitable opportunities for obser
vation and practice teaching.
In the near future, the direc
tor’s hopes to initiate a seminar
with its primary emphasis on
student research and study. It
is his hope that through indivi
dual and team exploration and
through discussions of unex
plored areas, the students will
be able to make important con
tributions to the growth of spe
cial education as a profession.
The students are looking for
ward to the development of a
superior undergraduate pro
gram stimulated by additional
teaching personnel and execu
tive support.
Yale Prof. Speaks
On Conformity
Professor Bland Blanshard,
educator and philosopher from
Yale University spoke Novem
ber 5th on the problem of con
formity.
Dr. Blanshard stated that we
are bombarded every day with
culturally centralized conformi
ties, and that these forces are
brought to realization through
the size of the American mar
ket, advertisment, and standard
ization.
There have been extreme re
turns, however, through Exis
tentialism, the Beatnik revolt
and a superficial reversion to
religion.
Dr. Blanshard advocates aca
demic freedom, but not social
freedom as it applies to the
four formative years of college
life.
Welcome Morehouse
From the Bennett Banner
staff we welcome the mem
bers of the Morehouse glee
club to our campus. We
look forward to your pre
sence on this occasion and are
greatly anticipative of the
music that you will render us
while here.
Bennett Presents
“The Trojan Women”
November 20, marked the
premiere of the "Trojan Wc^
men” a play based upon the
actual story by Euripides. The
scenery depicted the situation
after the destruction of Troy.
In the background were build
ings made to appear in flames
and in general state of ruin. Re
sponsible for the scenery were
Geraldine Kearney and Gloria
Gill, both students of fine arts.
The cast included Viola
Owens, as Hecuba, Queen of
Troy; Cassandra, her daughter,
played by Betty Carter. Andro
mache was portrayed by Saun
dra fenkins, this was the wife
of Hector figure of the actual
war. Joyce Walker appeared in
the form of the Goddess Athe
na.
Male characters come from
A&T and Dudley High School.
Ana Turner p>ortrayed Helen,
who was the central cause of
the war. A somewhat younger
character, in the play was the
son of Mrs. Cynthia Chivers of
our physical education depart
ment.
The play was under the di
rection of Miss Claudia Finger,
with the help of the Theater
Guild.
The time is almost here,
when Morehouse College of
Atlanta, Georgia, will meet
Bennett College in a weekend
of singing and other experien
ces.
There will be several occa
sions in which the public will
be able to hear special rendi
tions by Morehouse College.
There will be a combined af
fair, when Bennett women and
Morehouse men blend their
voices to sing such songs as
“Jesus Christ to Thee May
Hymns Be Rising” by Daniel
Moe; “Nun Dunket Alle Gott”
by Johnn Pachbel; and "Ave
Maria” by Nicholas Gombert.
Mr. Wendel Whalum, direc
tor of the Morehouse Glee Club
and Mrs. Mary Crawford will
join in directing the group.
One special feature of the
Morehouse visit will be a coi>-
cert on November 27.
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Students browse through the sections of new paperbacks which were on sale during the Book
Fair. T^vo rooms were available for exploration.
Browse and Buy!
Extra! Extra! Read all about
the important things in life,
and live vicariously, through
books. Yes, the time has come
for another “Paperback Book
Fair.” And this book fair pro
mised to be and was a treat for
all. f
The Paperback Book Fair
was officially opened Novem
ber 18, at 7:30 P. M. with
a tea being given in the Foyer
of the Student Union. The
speaker for the occasion was
Mrs. Jan Cox Speas, a 'graduate
of the University of North Qh
rolina at Greensboro, a writer
of historical novels.
The Book Fair was open
Wednesday night from 7:30 to
9:30; Thursday — 10:00 A. M.
to 9:00 P. M.; and Friday —
10:30 A. M. to 5:00 P. M. The
areas covered were biography,
economics, political science
history, geography, home econo
mics, language, literature,
mathematics, psychology, reli
gion, philosophy, science, socio-
logy, fine arts, poetry, general
reading reference and fiction.
Prizes will be awarded to
those students who purchased
the largest number of books.
Recognition should go to the
“Library Committee” for th"ir
sponsorship, The Library Staff,
the Bookstore, Student Assiv
tants and the Audio-Visual
Aids Deparment for their co
operation.
Some of the books offered
were: Luct For Life, Stone; Af
fluent Society, Galbraith: The
Group, McCarthy: West Side
Story, Shulman: Story of Jazz,
Sterns; Best Jokes For All Oc
casions, Moulter; How To Pre
pare Talks And Oral Reports,
Shefter, The College Outh'ne
Series and many, many others.
Many of us came out and im
proved our private libraries by
taking advantages of the oppor-
tunities offered.
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