THE BENNETT BANNER
Bennett College
Greensboro, N. C.
'‘Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy**
WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1968
BENNETT COLLEGE , GREENSBORO, N. C. VOL. XXXll NO. 2
Cassandra Feaster Wins
500.00 Jayvee Scholarship
Jemmie Peevy Reigns Over
May Day Festivities
Miss Jemmie Peevy 1968 Bennett College Oueen of May is escorted to her throne by A & T
State University Cadet Graves in festivities held May 4.
Will Someone Please Tell,
Who Turned Out The Lights?
Cassandra Feaster, who pre
fers to be called Patricia, was
chosen by the administration to
be the recipient of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce's scho=
larship of $500.00.
Each year the Junior Chamber
of Commerce selects one school
in the Greensboro area to receive
this scholarship. It is then up to
the school to decide to whom this
scholarship should go. The main
qualifications, by which this
choice is made, are that the stu
dent must be an all-around stu
dent, and active in various extra
curricular activities.
Patricia certainly fits this bill.
She is president of Cone Hall, on
the Marshall Board, Miss Bennett
College U.N.C.F.,andis active in
many other activities. Her hob
bies are dancing and playing the
piano, and she possesses that
precious talent for winning and
keeping friends.
Conference Is
Attended By Choir
Dr, Isaac Miller, Mrs. Craw
ford and six Bennett Choir Belles
went to Dallas . Texas the last of
April to represent Bennett at the
Methodist Convention, which re
sulted into the merger of the Uni
ted Methodist Church,
The six choir members, who
served as our representatives,
contributed their voices, along
with other college representa
tives to make up the All-State
choir. There were approximate
ly 120 voices that rang out and
echoed through the Dallas Audi
torium, during the convention’s
pageant. Representing Bennett
were; Jayne Cromwell, Jemmie
Peevy, Kathleen Evans, Janet
Harrell, Audrey Blaylock, and
Carolyn McCaray.
13 Colleges Plan
Cultural Trips
The Thirteen College-Curricu-
lum program struck home again.
Miss Vera Fowler will hold
top elective position in next
year’s student government
Vera won position of Pres
ident of Student Senate for
1968-69
With its “student-focused” phi
losophy, plans have already been
made to provide more recreation
for the 50 Bennett Belles in the
program.
On the 13th of this month, they
are going to see the movie “Dr.
Zhivago”, which is playing at the
Carolina Theater. Then the fol
lowing day, the 14th, they are
going on a tri-city tour of vari
ous colleges and universities in
Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham.
Next, on the coming Saturday, the
18th, they have tentative plans to
go on a picnic. Among the places
they may go to are, “Chimney
Rock”, “Grandfather’s Moun
tain”, and “The Great Smokey’s
National Park.”
Freshman Choir
Proves A Hit
On Saturday evening, May 11,
the Bennett CoHege Freshmen
Choir, directed by Edward Lowe
and accompanied by Miss Char
lotte L. Alston, presented an ex
cellent concert of songs. The pro
gram was divided into four parts
and included love songs, Ameri
can folksongs, songs of ihe sea
son, and anthems.
The “Hallelujah Chorus” from
The Mesiah by Handel, arranged
by Treharne; the familiar “On
ward, Ye Peoples” by Sibelius,
arranged by Lefebvre; "Great
Day” arranged by Ehret; “April
Is In My Mistress’Face” by Mor-
ley, arranged by K. Davis; and
fifteen others were among the
songs that delighted the audience
from the beginning to the end.
Field Study
Is Possibility
In the near future there mi^t
be a great opportunity for the ad
vancement of Bennett students.
This advancement will be the re
sult of the proposed field study
program which will enable stu
dents to gain experience in their
future occupations. Those inter
ested in psychology might be able
to work as aide in the psychiatric
ward of a hospital. Journalism
majors might spend part of their
senior year as cub reporters or
copywriters on a local newspa
per,
Sheila Savoir, a junior psycho
logy major, is one of the patrons
of this idea. She feels that this
field study program will especi
ally aide those students who will
be unable to gain the necessary
experience by going to graduate
school. The experience gained
from this field study program
should more than double the chan
ces of a better job and more pay.i
Sometime soon with the coopera
tion of the administration and the
student body, not only education
majors but students majoring in
any subject will be able to gain
experience in their chosen field
of work.
By DIMPLES ARMSTRONG
Surely everyone has heard the
joke, “Where was Moses when
the lights went out?” Well,thaPs
where the Bennett Belles were
Saturday evening around 8:00 p,m.
Everyone, like Moses, was “IN
THE DARK.”
As the girls used the stairs,
it reminded them of ghost hunting
in an old haunted house. As might
have been expected, all male vis
itations were supposed to have
been terminated before the shad
ows of night fell. Inside the dorm
rooms, the only source of light
was a “one-per-room” candle
that flickered in the draft from
around the windows. While the
lights were out, there were quite
a number of hideous deeds and
mischievous acts performed.
Normality was almost resumed
after the lights came back on
around 11;30 p,m.
Monday about 3:00 p.m. the
same thing happened. The lights
stayed off only about two hours
this time. But Tuesday, about
5:15 p.m,, the Belles were again
put and kept in the dark until ap
proximately 11:00 p.m.
Now, Wednesday was a differ
ent story. Up until now, the lights
only have gone out when we needed
them most—at night. But Wed
nesday, it seemed as if the lights
were going to make a whole day
of it—then they went out about
11:00 a.m.! But, lucky enough,
they were back on before dark.
The funniest part about it all is
that the lights in Cone saved them
selves the trouble of coming on
and going off repeatively. They
just went off Saturday and didn’t
bother to come back on. Maybe
they’re just waiting for a better
day!??
The worst thing about the whole
business is that the ll^s picked
a time when students have the
most work to catch up on.