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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969
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Fuller.. Black School
Curriculum Should Be
Oriented To Blacks
Claretha Banks
Clothing Students
African Safari
The clothing department very
ingenuously presented a Fashion
Safari under the guidance of Mrs.
Louise Streat, The senior host
esses, dressed in safari jackets
and hats, were the guides for the
affair.
The fashion safari was well
worth the time spent to anyone
who decided to take the fashion
trip. Articles ranging from chil-
dren’s clothing to men’s attire
boldly displayed the huge amount
of talent existing in the Home
Economics Department.
The tour of the safari reminded
one very much of a tour through a
small high fashion shop. The
small intricate details on each of
the articles made them appear
to be professionalized pieces of
workmanship.
A great amount of the articles
were done by freshmen. If this is
an example of the beginning for
these girls, it will be hard to
imagine how their work will be
four years from now. The work of
the upperclass girls is also to be
commended. As it looks now,
Bennett should produce some of
the great fashion minds of tomor-
row.
By WINONA GRIFFIN
Howard Fuller was speaker
Thursday, Feb. 13, during gen
eral assembly. His discussion
was concerned primarily with
“Black Power on Black Campus
es.” Fuller stated that the stu
dent as the source of power on
college campuses, is in the posi
tion to make relevant changes,
particularly, curriculum chang-
es. He explained that all curric-
ulums in Black schools should be
“Black oriented.” Not only should
there be courses introduced with
in the curriculum, but present
courses should be made relevant
to the students- - relevant in that
the students will be able to “re
late to the black community*’ and
to function as and to be black
students. “Bennett needs to pro
duce black sisters who are revo
lutionary” and who are commit,
ted toward helping their people
rather than produce white-pat-
terned “Negro ladies.” In addi
tion, the student must develop
black awarness, since it is the
only way whereby black students
can gain power. Fuller further
explained that faculty members
and administrators must "ad
minister to student needs” by
presenting materials and teach
ing courses that will better equip
the black student outside the con-
fines of the school.
After General Assembly, Ful
ler held a dialogue in the Student
Union Coffee House. Before en
tertaining questions, he empha-
Madame Keleti..
Teacher Of Piano
By DOUGLAS McADOO
There is a tinge of sadness
about Madame Lily Keleti these
days. The Budapest, Hungary born
Bennett College teacher of piano
is compelled to reminesce, some
what, of the times before she came
to this country 17 years ago. The
holder of the States Diploma of
Virtuosity from the Royal Hun.
garian Academy of Music, Mrs.
Keleti was well known and well-
received on the Continent.
“In Europe, an artist invited
friends in and played for them, or
you were invited out to play.”
Mrs. Keleti doesn’t say so. But
the A m e r i c a n emphasis on the
country club, civic and other so
cial clubs to the exclusion of
“good music” has something to
do with her present mood.
“Music at all times should en
rich,” she says. “It should do
something here inside, make you
think of something you have lived
through. Today music has changed
too much to entertainment. The
life it expresses doesn’t mean as
much as the beat.”
Mrs. Keleti doesn’t perform
as much as she would like. Music
is her life. It has been her means
of survival.
“So much of my time has been
spent alone. I lived through the
German occupation and the Rus
sian occupation only throu^ the
use of my own two hands. I lived
in Italy for three and a half years,
and got Italian help because of a
concert I gave.”
It was throu^ the efforts of a
French patron that Lily Keleti
came to this country. A short,
red-haired woman of medium
build, she had lost all of her be.
longings in Hungary. After the
death of her journalist father,
whom she called her biggest boo-
ster, “I am all alone in the world.
There’s no one but me and my
music,” she says.
Mrs. Lily Keleti worked at a
number of colleges and univer
sities before coming to Bennett
in 1959. She recalls playing for
then president Dr. Willa Player
and former humanities head Dr.
Hobart Jarrett whom she de
scribes "as the kindest and most
considerate person I ever met.”
As a concert artist she would
play if she were invited. Her re
views have been outstanding every
place she has appeared, including
one Oct. 12, 1965 date at Town
Hall in New York and other dates
at various places across the
country.
To Lily Keleti life for a musi
cian is when you’re in the lime,
light, “A person needs to b(
invited and given the opportunity
to do what she (he) does best. A
person with something to prove
can reach the people in any coun-
try,”
Last summer Mrs, Keleti went
back to Europe for the expressed
purpose of “seeing how I would
be received and to see if they
were doing something new,” She
smiled one of her infrequent,
warm smiles as she described the
enthusiastic receptions and show
ed the exceptional reviews she
received in Germany. They push
ed back any self doubts she may
MRS. ULY KELET!
have had about her own abilities,
A vibrant personality who
speaks with the excitedness and
gestures of the Gabor sisters
whose family she remembers as
having runa jewelry store in Bud
apest, Lily Keleti likes a lot of
things about this country too. She
enjoys working with her students,
seeking to impart to them the
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BRO. FULLER
skills and know-how of her own
experiences.
Still she can’t help but think of
the Europe of long ago when it
comes to music customs. She
would lose some of this nostalgia
if she were given a little more
often the opportunity “to do what
she does best,”
sized the power that the students
themselves possess. He also
challenged them to use their pow
er effectively. He refused to lis
ten to “weak excuses” of lack of
unity among them. If changes are
desired they can be promoted by
a very small group of students.
Never restrict your actions to
what another is willing to do. Be
willing to give of yourself to
make your education relevant,
and avoid passing the buck. If
you don’t bring about the desired
changes yourself, whom do you
think is going to do the job for
you? Being women is an advan
tage, use it. These in effect were
the answers given to many ques
tions posed by concerned stu
dents. He ended the session with
a word of encouragement, “POW-
ER”.
Exchange
Student
You may have noticed several
newcomers to the campus at the
beginning of the second semester.
One of particular interest is Ag
nes Adams or “Sissy,” a sopho
more from Midland, Tex. She is
here on exchange from Loretto
Heights College, Denver, Colo,
with Jaunita Hicks, a sophomore
from Bennett.
Being quite an adventuresome
and independent young lady, she
came to Bennett in search of new
faces, new ideas, and new atti
tudes. However, to no one’s great
surprise, she found Bennett, like
Loretto Heights, to be the typical
small “all girls” school. The
classroom and campus atmos
phere of the two schools seem to
be much the same.
Although she considers herself
an intellectual, and individualis
tic at heart, she exemplifies the
same rebellious nature of many
other college students all over
the U.S. Majoring in English and
Drama, she hopes to become
quite active in the campus theatre
guild doing technical work. Her
pasttimes range from reading
poetry, listening to soul music, to
burning incense. Even tho, she is
a newcomer, she has readily ad
justed to her new surroundings,
and she hopes to become an inti
mate part of the Bennett family.