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Page Two THE BENNETT BANNER NOVEMBER, 1964 THE BENNETT BANNER Published Monthly by the Students of Bennett College Greensboro, North Carolina Ten Cents A Copy $1.00 Per Subscription ADVERTISING- CIRCULATION_ COLUMNISTS EDITOR-IN-CHTEF Frances Campbell ASSOCIATE EDITOR Gail Hickerson Regina Carpenter Bernardine Harris Frances Kelly Penny Walker Joyce Dunn, EXCHANGES TYPISTS Andrea Mast, Lillie Madison, Patricia Murray Edna Smith I nett which has caused a leading magazine staff to choose I this school as a “Special” to present the Negro Woman. I There are things which most of us take for granted but we have learned from them, and should be grateful for such opportunities. Of course we have a lot of complaints, but it is impos sible to forget the many things which we do have. And these are not ours or would not be ours if it were not for the ef forts of some who had the ideal of Bennett foremost in their minds. We cannot overlook our student leaders who have work ed toward the betterment of the institution. They should be appreciated, for there are so many “officeholders” today who , are merely interested in their positions, ignoring the task I before them. These things cannot be forgotten. I So let us give thanks this Thanksgiving for our institu tion, its leaders and the student body as a whole and the congenial relationships established here. Letters to the Editor I > BEPORTERS- —-..Shirley Smedley, Sonja Hazard, Business Education Club, Penny Walker, Margie Cumbo, Paula Lewis. Nellie Campbell, Shirley Poole, LaRue Hodges ' WHERE ARE WE GOING? Our trains have arrived at the station. Their destina- .,tions—THE WORLD. Each train will travel down the long, , Winding course of life. Many pitfalls lie ahead. There will be frequent and unexpected stops and a host of other delays. Each of the stops may cause many of us to panic and jump ;’Off this transcontinental train. I . Others of us may hold on until the end, still others of us may give up and take the short cuts of life and end up with absolutely nothing. Just where are we going? How long is it going to take for us to get there? All of these - questions and a great many more puzzle us. We just cannot figure out the answers! But wait! There is a solution. It is not the easiest solu tion and it will not come to us over night. Yes, HARD WORK ! and DILIGENT PREPARATION are the suggested solutions. , You might say, “But that’s nothing new. We’ve heard that 80 many times before. Isn’t there anything unique?” Seem- ‘ ingly, hard work and diligent preparation are the only nual- > ities worth pursuing. Of course, there are a great many more, • but will those be productive and yield us the final quality of life which we strive so hard to attain, will things such as cheating, lying, stealing, dishonesty, ruthlessness, get us where we are going? Obviously, that all depends on just .^Fhere we are going. V The trains are ready to roll. SENIORS, have you pre- : pared? Are these four years at Bennett going to be put to ,ffood use? You must now get aboard. There is no turning ,^,pack. Are you ready? JUI^ORS, you still have another j.yeai^s hope. But is that time enough to prepare because of ,the two other years wasted? SOPHOMORES, you are in a better position time-wise. ,But is that time enough ? Are you going to get in that “sopho more slump” and never wake up until it is too late? Are you ^ going to let petty differences with the upperclassmen deter "you from your much desired goal? FRESHMEN, what about you? You are now on the threshold of the college career. Are you going to fall into cliches and establish undesirable habits which may hinder your cause? Are you going to listen to a few upperclassmen when they say, “Don’t worry about your freshman year, it's a cinch!” Yes, the trains are ready to roll. When we get to the gtation, we cannot decide which one to board. The first train’s destination is “party life.” How many of us will aboard that one? On that train we can certainly have a ball. We will not have to worry about responsbiility. We will go through life having a good time. The second train's destina- .tion is “short-cut to life.” This one advertises no worries. Just get on board as we will take the easy wav out. The third train’s destination is to the “ruthless life.” Forget about your fellowman is what this train advocates. Push, push and push your way through! It does not matter how many people you hurt! How many of us will be on this train? The last train only wants those who are williner to work hard, prepare diligently, love your fellowman, and to (be pble to cope with the up’s and down’s for “Good Life” is its destination. Will this train be filled to its capacity or will it be half empty? Now is the time to ask ourselves “Where are we going?” Let's decide before it is too late. —GAIL HICKERSON 00 l,ET US GIVE THANKS Thanksgiving Day is nearly here again and a dav away from classes. A day to oneself or perhaps a game of football seeing your favorite team. Maybe there will be a big gala afterwards. In all of our givings of thanks this Thanksgiving, I think the students of Bennett College should include a special thanks to the institution for providing them with many experiences for broadening their horizon of living. Such things I mention here include the Thanksgiving Ball, the visitation of Morehouse, our own choir, and other special features such as the bookfair, the reputation of Ben- Dear Editor: I am writing in answer to a letter that appeared in the last edition of the Bennett Banner concerning weekly cliurch at tendance. When we were children, ma ny of us were taken to Church and Sunday School every week by our parents. There were no two ways about it, Sunday was the Lord’s Day and should be spent in the house of the Lord. We are no longer children, and need no longer be led by the hand to Sunday worship. Reli gion cannot be forced on a per son, nor does attending- Church services every week make a per son a true servant of God. The question then arises how do we ;erve our God justly? By doing I His will and trying to lead our 'ives to the betterment of all men. While it is true that God is omnipotent and responsible for all things, can we make sure a great generalization in saving God put us at Bennett College and God will get us through? True, in a wav if it were not for God we might not be here, but it is also through the hard work of our parents that we are able to be here. Also, can we simply leave it up to prayer I to get us through college? No. I While prayer and worship are I extremely important, we must mix them with hard work and study if we are to succeed. God helps those who help them selves. Can we, therefore, say "Put away your books and get down on your knees, then you will pass your test.” All of this is not meant to say “Don’t go to church, it’s not necessary.” Certainly church is very important in the worship of God, but let every man de cide for himself how and where he is to worship his God, whether from a Church pew, on his knees every night, or from his heart. Cleo Walker Dear Editor: 1 had tne privilege of hearing iJr. JbiansnarU when he spoke on coniormity. inis topic is one oi my iavorite ones, i was v'ery hurt and disappomted when he treated the suuject of conformity so loosely and in such a conventional way. When asked how he felt about acade mic freedom he replied a quick ■‘yesi” When asked how he felt about social freedom, however, he stated that he felt this is out of place in “those four most for mative years” of college life. Dr. Blanshard’s concept of social freedom might be a little different from ours in that he gave as an example the follow- mg: Allowing girls to stay in the rooms of the Yale men af ter twelve midnight. As this applies to our situation, even I must conform enough to say that this is ridiculous at twelve, before twelve, and certainly af ter twelve. I feel Dr. Blanshard compared his concept of social freedoms which so abundantly are found at Yale with those so cial freedoms that he assumed tiiat we surely must have at Bennett. If this were his con cept of social freedom, then I can see his opposition to it. However, if he felt that we are socially free, and with a full understanding of our situation, then I humbly submit this my idea. If one is to be truly educated and have both academic and so cial freedoms, then must one be subject to all the teaching forces. These forces are many and varied. There are books to accept and reject as they come into the area of our personal way of thought. There is na ture to commune with, in or^ der to find our god in the beauty or the horrors of the world. There are peers with whom you may exchange ideas. There are the wise words of elders to adhere to, and the thoughts of youth to understand. If a be^ ing be caged in a glass mena gerie of the academic without a well rounded look at the so cial world in which that per son lives, how is that being then to understand that world in which that individual will be thrown if he be so protected? And if he be so protected from both good and evil, then when he enters that comically painted, rose colored tigers in a world in which he will find that these tigers were not so comically painted after all. Andrea Mast From The Editor— In answer to Wendy Parker and the “Chapel Attender”. Dear fellow students I am glad that you too are concerned with the present situation in chapel. I have been trying to think of some answer to this problem but the only thing I can say is that I think that all of uj should be aware of the fact that when we are disrespectful we draw the attention to ourselves. This might be all right if the people whose attention is drawn are people who share our feelings, but we must re member that opinions vary from person to person. I would say personally that in order to be sure that you are not calling unwanted attention to yourself, pay attention to what others are attending (sup posedly the program) at least vou can be sure you are a part of a greater majority. "History Repeats ItselP— "I am the state,” said Loots XIV, And he was. You have to admire a man like Louis for he was a great king. He was Tbsolute. He reigned by both divine right and fear. You have to admire a man like Louis. He kept parliament intact. The government had no power at all. Those few rulings that were passed were y&ry small and insignificant. But^ you have to admire a man like Louis. He was not sat isfied: he wanted to extend his natural boundries ever, if that ambition infringed upon the natural boundaries of oth ers, so he surrounded himself hv wise men (for Louis was a fool). You have to admire a man like Louis. “Fifty million Frenchmen can’t be wrong.” —Prudence Potts
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