SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1968
THE BENNETT BANNER
PAGE THREE
Just Thinking
By ANGELENE JOHNSON
I WM once a little girl, but I
I anticipated, I rushed
titffiEcSwas tired of drinking my
as tired of being put to
■ geven. I didn’t like my veg-
etabtes, especially the spinach,
and I Wanted to run my own show.
You see, I wanted to be grown-up.
Well, I grew up. I seldom drink
any milk; I do well if I get one
carton a day. 1 stay up all night
because I have no choice. The
work has to be done. I have to eat
spinach, if I want a vegetable. 1
do run my own show, when it’s not
running me.
You know what? Sometimes it’s
a hard life-- running, rushing,
losing sleep, losing weight, and on
the verge of losing the mind. The
next blow is a death warrant--
pain and hurt, fear and shock, and
you’re knocked down.
As I was walking around cam
pus one cloudy afternoon, think
ing about doing three late papers
overnight, wondering what it’s
like being dead, picturing black
curtains hanging at my window,
and trying to estimate the rate
I’d fall if I jumped off Jefferson
Standard, it dawned on me that
now I might be in a world alone,
a world where nobody loved, or
knew how to love, nobody cared or
cared about caring. I asked my
self, “Am I important to any
body?” I answered, “I doubt it,”
I walked on. I stumbled and fell.
1 screamed loudly. Nobody no
ticed. I bowed my head and cried
silently. People passed on by.
Yes, now I’m grown-up. I run
my own show. Oh Mama! Mama,
please let me come home!
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Frances I. Eckstein, of Greensboro College, Mr. Harold B.
Glover of A&T University, and Misses lad P. Pinnix and
D’jaris A. Ragland of Bennett College - student interroga-
ters of symposium.
Alumna Presents Concert
By DIMPLES ARMSTRONG
To view the success of those
who have passed the same way as
oneself is a treat to remember.
The “Bennett Belles”, along with
friends and guests, had this plea
sure Thursday evening, Oct. 10,
1968 when three Bennett Alum
nae returned to render “AnEve
ning Of Music With Bennett Alum
nae.”
Bernice Green Otudeko, class
of 1963, lulled the audience with
her beautiful rendition of five
assorted selections.
Representing the class of 1945,
Thora Kelly Brown, pianist, play
ed four selections beautifully.
With her husband, Richard, at
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Judge Constance Motley, Dr. Jane C. Wright and Dr. Joan F. Bishop having a brief chat.
Outstanding ^Career Women’ Appear
On Inaugural Week Symposium
the piano, Lady AnnShivers Tuc
ker of the 1959 class wooed her
audience. In her rich, Mezzo-
Soprano voice, she sang seven
selections.
All three ladies were honored
at a reception immediately fol
lowing the program. It is believed
that lady Tucker summed up the
feelings of Bennett’s Alumnae
when she said, in essence, that
the world held many opportunities
for those who were prepared;
she hoped that the students would
get all that they could while they
were here because, though the
world had many opportunities, it
still wouldn’t exactly welcome you
with open arms.
By HATTIE CARWELL
As part of the inaugural week
program two symposium sessions
were presented, Oct, 11, one in
the afternoon and the other in the
evening. The topics were; “Col
lege Women Find Expanding Op
portunities” and “The Negro
Woman Faces Special Challeng
es.”
Various career opportunities in
the fields of law, business, med
icine and overseas opportunities
were discussed. It was stated that
job discrimination against race
and sex has lessened considera
bly on the governmental level;
however, it still exists to some
degree on other levels,
A recent increase for lawyers,
according to Judge Constance Ba
ker Motley, has risen out of the
new legislation requiring all de
fendants in felony cases to be
represented by a competent law
yer. Many more opportunities in
law have been created through
newly established legal service
offices. There are still limited
opportunities in private law
firms.
In business, there are innum-
erous new opportunities. Execu
tives in department stores, man-
agers and trainees, underwriters,
contract writers, supervisors,
expense controllers (insurance)
are in great demand. Also the ad
vancing of EDP (electron data
processing) has given rise to new
positions in companies such as
RCA and Honeywell, Inc., said
Wellesley College Placement Di
rector, John Fiss Bishop,
“A national increased need for
doctors occurred after World War
II,” Dr. Jane C. Wright, assistant
dean and professor of surgery at
New York Medical College, told
the group. At present 6 per cent
of the doctors in the U.S. are
women while 75 percent in Russia
are women. Steps have been taken
to remove all obstacles prevent
ing women from becoming doc
tors. The periods for internship
and residency have been extended
up to two and three year periods
for the convenience of mothers.
Also night duty for them has been
greatly reduced.
Overseas opportunities are
most plentiful on the governmen
tal level. However, there does
exist some openings in service
organizations, private enter
prise, law and medicine. The
speaker was Bennett graduate
Mrs. L, Maynard Hutchings of the
World Division of the United Met-
hodist Church,
In the evening symposium chal-
Rushing To Dining Hall Can Be
An Act Of Courage Suprenw
Former Bennett belles having a Iasi minute rehearsal before
the Alumnae concert.
By DARWIN PRIOLEAU
They say that taming lions,
charming snakes, and parachute
jumping are only done by ex
tremely courageous people. How
ever, in reality there is nothing
as brave as a Bennett belle wait
ing on a lunch line.
The average student who does
not have a 11:00 class rushes to
the cafeteria at about 11:15 inor
der to be one of the first people
on line. She walks into the union,
counts the number of people in
front of her, then she sits down
and reads a book. At about 11:40
she gets up and stands in line.
Then at 11:50 the fun begins, be
cause all the 11:00 classes are
dismissed.
The student who came in early
and was number three now be
comes number forty. This student
does one of two things. Either she
keeps quiet and slowly becomes
number one hundredth in line, or
she gets angry and decides that
she is going to get in first if it
kills her, and it usually does, Bv
this time one of the cafeteria hos
tesses tikes her life in her hands
and tries to open the door. The
single line that was there at 11:40
becomes a mob. The hostess tre
mbles and tries not to think about
the pendinghorrible moment when
she has to open the door. At 12:00
the door opens, but nobody gets in.
Why? Because by the law of com
mon sense fifty people can not get
into one average size door at the
same time. But they try anyway,
by nudging, kicking, stomping,
pushing and anyother kind of gor
illa war tactics. Heaven forbid
that you should drop something,
PLEASE DON'T TRY TO PICK IT
UP. It’s better to lose some mon-
ey and a pen or pencil than your
arm or leg, because the mob does
not stop for anything. The poor
innocent bystander who just hap
pens to be in the center of the
mob doesn’t have to worry about
getting anything to eat because
the mob naturally drags her in the
cafeteria when the doors open.
lenges that the Negro woman fa
ces in the urban ghetto and rural
South were presented. Since Ne
gro women head many of the
households, determine the direc
tion of education and are often
active participants in politics,
they are the ones principally
challenged. To face their chal
lenges, they need to strive to
build an integrated society and to
improve upon mobility and avoid
separation. They need to strive to
.integrate society in terms of work
opportunities because so much of
the future relies upon the Negro
.woman economically. The chal
lenges are even more intensified
since the Negro woman with a high
school education is most discrim
inated against.
In the rural iSouth that greatest
advancements \ have been made
through voter registration. How
ever, now the greatest challenge
is to decide who will lead. Mem
bers of the panel were: Mrs.
Charlotte Moton Hubbard, assis
tant secretary of State for Public
Affairs; Vernon E. Jordan, head
of Voter Registration Project,
Southern Regional Council; Dr.
Vivian Henderson, president of
Clark College; and Dr. Lionel
Newsome, president elect John
son C. Smith University.
Raymond Jackson
‘Wows’ Them Again
By MYRA HEDRICK
The Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Chapel held an air of expectancy
as the audience, which ranged
from members of the college,
several nuns and other guests
waited to hear the brilliant young
pianist, Raymond Jackson per
form.
Judging from the vibrant, posi
tive reaction revealed by the en
thusiastic applause after each
piece which was rendered with
special “Jacksonian” smooth,
ness, it might be concluded that
neither those who were hearing
Raymond Jackson for the first
time, nor those who had heard
him perform before were disap
pointed with this performance.
The pieces that had been selec
ted for the actual program were
quite successful, and it seemed
that many were especially pleas
ed to hear the encore, a favorite,
“Claire de Lune” by Debussy.