THE BENNETT BANNER
'Believing that an informed campus is a Key to Democracy
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TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1968
BENNETT COLLEGE , GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL. XXXII NO. 3
Laveme Caldwell
Cynthia Frierson
Dr. Lucious H. Pitts
Rev. Kelly Miller Smith
Finals Speakers Set:
Smith, Pitts Address Class Of 68
Jemmie Peevey
Narda Stidies
Sandra McFadden
Aretha Butler
Cynthia Rainey , ..
Liza Abram
‘Bennett Banner’ Designates
Nine Seniors Outstanding
By BEVERLY A. COOK
Rev, Kelly Miller Smith, pas
tor of First Baptist Church, Cap
itol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee
and Dr. Lucius Holsey Pitts,
president of Miles College, Bir
mingham, Alabama, will be the
finals speakers for the Bacca
laureate and Commencement ex
ercises to be held June 2nd and 3,
Rev. Kelly Smith will deliver
the Baccalaureate Address to the
estimated 115 graduating mem
bers of the Bennett College class
of 1968.
A native of Mound Bayou, Mis
sissippi, Rev. Smith has held his
present post since 1951. Prior to
this timeheheldpositionsashead
of Department of Religion, Nat
chez College, 1946-48, extension
teacher, Alcorn College, 1949-
50, president of Nashville Branch
NAACP, 1956-59, and numerous
other positions.
Rev. Smith received his B.A.
from Morehouse College, his
B.D. from Howard University and
did his graduate study at Vander
bilt and Harvard Universities.
The above young ladies were
chosen as outstanding seniors for
1968 at Bennett College by the
Bennett Banner staff.
Cynthia Frierson, from Flor
ence, South Carolina, majored in
dietetics and minored in chem
istry. She was a junior class offi
cer, a member of "Who’s Who
Among Students in American Col
leges and Universities” for the
school year 1966-67, and was on
the Dean’s List. She has been and
still is a member ofOmicronEta
Chi; and she held the position of
president of the Student Senate
during the 1967-68 school term.
Her long range future plan is to
attend Western Reserve on a
joint Masters and ADA program
in January.
Jemmie Peevey, a music ed
ucation major from Birmingham,
Alabama, is outstanding in a dif
ferent category. In the spring of
1967, she was one of the ten best
dressed college girls chosen from
300 who were competing in a na
tionwide “glamour” girl compe
tition sponsoredby Glamour Mag
azine. Jemmie was also elected
to Glamour Magazine’s College
Advisory Board which gives her
the unique opportunity to model
in department stores in her
home town. And this year Jem
mie was elected May Day Queen
by the student body. Jemmie’s
future plans are to model tempo
rarily and to complete graduate
training in music education.
Laverne Caldwell, from Or
angeburg, South Carolina, ma
jored in English and minored in
Library Science. As a freshman,
she was honored in the Honors
Convocation. She was, also, a
member of the choir. Her future
plans include marriage on June
15, 1968, and a career in Library
Science in which she hopes to
eventually do graduate study,
Hedy Hunt, from Henderson,
North Carolina, has a double ma
jor of Biology and Medical Tech
nology, Her achievements include
membership on the F r e s h m a n
Steering Committee, in the Sci
ence Seminar, the W,A.A., the
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, She
was a laboratory assistant in the
biology department, a dormitory
officer, and the publicity chair
man for the YWCA. On June 4,
1968, Hedy will begin an intern
ship at Bowman-Gray School of
Medicine ofWake Forest Univer
sity, Winston-Salem, North Car
olina. And,onNovember28,1968,
she plans to get married.
Sandra McFadden, from Phil
adelphia, Pennsylvania, was cho
sen as an outstanding senior be
cause of her willingness and en-
Rev. Smith has also been the
recipient of many honors. He has
been listed as “One of America’s
Ten Most Outstanding Preach
ers” by Ebony magazine-1954, in
“Who’s Who in the South and
Southwest,” and among “Outstan
ding Civic Leaders of America.”
Dr. Lucius Pitts, a native of
Macon, Georgia, will deliver the
Commencement address on Mon
day.
Dr. Pitts has been president of
Miles College since 1961. Prior
to this time he was principal d
Milan Public School, teacher at
Paine College, 1941-42, princi*
pal of Holsey Cobb Institute,
1948-55, and executive secretary
of the Georgia Teachers and Ed
ucation Association.
Dr, Pitts received his B.A.
from Paine College, his M.A.
from Fisk University, did his
graduate study at Western Re
serve, and received his Doctor
of Divinity degree at Paine Col
lege and his Doctor of Laws at
Rhode Island College.
thusiasm in working with the ad
ministrators and leaders to ini
tiate new and more interesting
programs for Bennett students.
Her major contributions were
made while she was president
of the Student Union.
Cynthia M. Raine, a Medical
Technology major from Mobile,
Alabama, was active as a cam
pus hostess, a member of the
Student Union Board of Managers,
and a member of the Science
Seminar. She plans to enter the
School of Medical Technology at
the Veterans Administration Hos
pital in Washington, D.C.
Liza Abram, from Marian,
South Carolina, participated in an
exchange program with Randolph-
Macon in Richmond, Virginia
during her junior year. This year
she was the recipient of the “Cat
herine Huges Waddell Fellow
ship” to study creative writing
at Wellesley College in Welles
ley, Massachusetts.
Narda Stukes, a Special Edu
cation major from Columbia,
South Carolina, was the editor-
in-chief of this year’s “Bennett
Belle.” She plans to teach in Bel-
Air, Maryland.
Aretha Butler was not available
for interview.
Come And Get It!
By BEVERLY A. COOK
“Come in, come in!” was all that could be heard on the 20th and
21st of this month. And room 221, in the New Dorm was packed. Why?
Because, Miss Brenda Ross was having a sale,
BrendA decided to stage a sale of most of her clothes. When asked
why, she said that most of them were not of the type to be worn to
work, but more so for college school days. On sale were dresses she
bought for $20.00-$40.00, yet were sold from anywhere between $4.00-
$15.00. There were also leather coats, bags, shoes, jewelry and per
fume going for at least half their original price.
So even though Brenda is leaving us this year, part of her will still
be with us next year.
For Fire
Abram Wins Fellowship
Liza Abram was surprised
when she received the “Cather
ine Huges Waddell Fellowship”
in creative writing to study at
Wellesley CoUege next year.
Liza, a senior from Marion,
S.C., repUed that upon making her
official application, she included
three poems which she had writ
ten and an essayon why she would
like to come to Wellesley for
graduate study. One of the poems,
she explained, “Titled‘Fire’was
an extremely militant one.” It
was written after and was con
cerned with the Detroit riots dur
ing the summer of ’66. It was
Wellesley’s acceptance of this
poem that suprised her.
Her ambition to write became
somewhat definite last year, when
she participated in an exchange
program with Randolph-Macon in
Richmond, Va. There, with the
help of a teacher in creative
writing, her writing ability was
strengthened and her ambition
grew.
Her fellowship to Wellesley
College covers ^1 expenses for
one year plus a stipend for tra
velling.
When asked about her personal
opinion of her own works, she
replied, with a very modest air,
“I like it.”