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PAGE EIGHT Faculty Profile THE BE VNETT BANNER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969 Edward Lowe: Assistant Professor And Director Of Bennett College Glee Club By DARWIN PRIOLEAU One instructor who by all means can be called a veteran at Ben- nett College is Edward Lowe, as sistant professor and coordina* EDWARD LOWE tor of music. Mr. Lowe, a native of the Republic of Panama, ob- tained his primary education in the Panama Canal Zone and Pan- ama City, He attended the Na tional Conservatory of Music in Panama, received his B.M.E. from Simpson College and his M.M.E. from Indiana University at Bloomington. He also attended the “Mozateum” (Academy of Music) in Salzburg Austria, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cleveland Institute of Music and the University of Colorado at Boulder, He also intends to pursue his doctorate full time in the near future. Obviously a man of dedication to his field, Mr. Lowe has worked hard on music since the age of 14. However, it is interesting to know that he had considered tea ching English as a career. He has appeared as choral clinician and guest conductor for numerous junior and senior high choral festivals. In his words, “It is one means of teaching large Changes Needed ^Today’s Youth Has A Big Problem By DARWIN PRIOLEAU Thursday, Feb. 13th, Dick Gre gory spoke before a full house at A&T State University. The vi brant 37 year old speaker told it to the audience “like it is." He based his entire speech on the fact that the younger generation today has a big job, cleaning up the mess that was made by the older generation. Gregory considers the old ex cuse used by our parents that the problem is the generation gap, invalid. He said that the real problem is that the young adults are trying to change things, and the older people don’t like it. He told of certain satirical experi ences of his which illustrated the difference between the youth of his day and the youth today. Gregory said that today's black youth is the only hope for the black race. He pointed out that the only way to have a change made is by power and the youth of today definitely has the power. He said, “American young people created an atmosphere where LBJ could not run again. Nixon is smart enough to know he isn't as slick as LBJ and isn’t as strong as LBJ. If you young people could run LBJ back to his ranch, you can run Nixon right out into the Atlantic Ocean,” Gregory kept the audience lau ghing during the entire program, but the point he was trying to make was obvious. He received several burst of applause during his talk and a standing ovation at the conclusion. groups of individuals and provid ing for them an asthetic experi ence which for the moment mi^t spark joy and happiness as I try to reach every fiter in their bod ies through the joy of music.” Best known as the choral direc tor of the Bennett College Glee Club, he feels that the success of the Glee Club is a two way affair. He feels that one can not have a successful singing group unless there is interest generating from the group. It is up to the director to excite the choral members about the art of singing. Mr. Lowe said, “the key to sue- cess in any classroom is the de velopment of rapport between student and teacher.” Even though he is somewhat sentimental about the past, he feels that if we can take some of the good from the past and merge it with the good from the present we can have a balance presenting good results. UNCF Announces Writing Contest The English Department is pleased to announce the 1969 UNCF Creative Writing Contest. This contest has as its goal the discovery of promising young writers and is open to all students enrolled as undergraduates at member colleges of the United Negro College Fund. Bennett Col lege has had entires in each of the annual contests which were ini- tiated in 1960 and has had the hon or of winning first place and sec ond place once. Any student may enter mater ial in one or all three of the fol lowing areas, poetry, essay, or short stories. The works which must be original and heretofore unpublished are to be submitted throu^ the English Department. I i w ALAN WHITELEATHER City Editor Of The Greensboro Daily News Instructs At Bennett DIMPLES ARMSTRONG Bennett has a new instructor this semester i*^o is known by only a few. He is Alan Whitelea- ther. City editor of the Greens boro Daily News, who is assist- ing with the Journalism 134 class T»*ich meets every Monday and Thursday at 7;30p.m. Mr. Wiite- leather, in his own personable and energetic manner, molds each session into a cooperative work shop setting. Though the course was set up primarily for Bennett Banner Staff members, it includes other interested persons and, if desir- able, is worth three credit hours. Since the points of the course in clude copy editing and symbols, photography in newspaper work, layout or newspaper design and headline writing, and future use. The present area of concentra tion.-conveying meaning and get ting understanding-.has import ance conducive to and reaching beyond the newspaper. Mr. Whiteleather, who worked on his school paper while at the University of North Carolina .-Chapel Hill School of Journa lism, admits that he is interested in school journalism. When asked why he took on the Bennett class he explained that it was an out- growth of an intern program at the newspaper office that he had taken charge of over the past year. His salary come from a Grant made possible by the Ford Foundation. Prior to his present position, Mr. Whiteleather worked as a reporter for the Durham Morning Herald and worked at the State Desk for the State Charlotte Ob server, Mr. Whiteleather, born in Ber lin, Germany, grew up as a “newspaper brat” while his fat- her worked for the associated press. Jokingly, he revealed that he was the youngest baby to fly the Atlantic Ocean in a Zeppelin.- the lighter than air, one-time challenger of the airplane. While this may seem minor now, at the time, a six month old baby in a Zeppelin was the cause for a newsreel story. At this time he returned to the U.S. and grew up in the atmos phere of the on-coming second world war--in a number of cities. At present he, his wife Jessie, and their young son and daughter, reside in Greensboro. Mr. Whiteleather commented on the Bennett Banner by saying that he was quite pleased with it, and that he had seen examples of good writing in it. perhaps due to its advisor, Douglas McAdoo. New Humanities Instructor % DICK GREGORY: COMEDIAN. COMMENTATOR. WRFTER MRS. GERALDINE TOTTEN Just as a point of interest and perhaps stimulation, the prices in each category are; first prize. $300, second prize - $200, and third prize. $50. In addition to cash awards, the first prizewin ners are given expense.paidtrips to New York which will include a si^t - seeing tour of Pleasant, ville. New York and Washington, D.C., evenings at the theater, lodgings as well-known hotels and a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria. Although the deadline for all entires was Jan. 20, 1969, for the national contest you can start creating something now for next year’s contest. For additional information concerning criteria please inquire with Miss Georgie B. Latimer. By Darwin prioleau Another new member of the Bennett faculty this year is Mrs, Geraldine Totten, Mrs, Totten, a humanities instructor and a memlier of the Thirteen College Curriculum Program, is not com- pletely a newcomer to Bennett. Among the various colleges and universities she has attended, Bennett stands out as the institu tion from which she received her B,A. in English. She received her M.A. from Ohio State University. She also has attended the Univer sity of Michigan, Rhode Island University and Wittenburg Uni versity. Before coming back to Bennett: this year Mrs. Totten taught high school in Hoik County, taught at Bennett, married and then tau^t at Lincoln J.H.S. and Page High School. In between teaching she has traveled extensively. Besides traveling from coast to coast in America she has traveled to Lon- don, Paris, Madrid, Lisbon, Am sterdam, Glasglow, Copenhagen, Thirteen College Curriculum Pro. gram, but because of the overflow of students in the other humanities classes, she took over a class out- side the program. She prefers tea ching under the Thirteen Colleges Program because it is a real chal lenge to both the instructor and students. As a former Bennett ‘belle’ she feels that freedom of expression is evident at Bennett, both in the classroom and in extra- curriculai activities. She also sees more dialogue between student and fa- culty and more opportunity in experimentation for participation in advanced programs of study and intellectual exchange. When not preparing her humanities les sons Mrs. Totten is reading, gardening or experimenting with some exotic dish.
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