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“The Green Strangers’
A Look At A “Ridiculous Pageantry
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By DARWIN PRIOLEAU
Surprise, surprise, we now have
little green strangers in the din-
ing halU The question now is are
the friends or foes. You can look
down the lunch line and easily
spot them, ' The can fee seen clu
tched in the fists of their hun-
owners. From a distance
they resemble little 2x4 green
meal tickets, but a close up view
reveals that they by no means
have any resemblance to meal
tickets anymor^ These tickets
look as though they have been
through any and everything, and in
some cases they have.
The poor little things have been
crushed, crinkled, to r n, and
stepped on. They have been wash
ed, drycleaned, used as book-
marks, fly swatters, fans and
any other conceivable use. Des
pite all this these terribly mu
tilated little things stiU manage
to make it to the head of the
line where they are punched by
Mrs. Willis. However, there are
a few that don’t make it. That’s
those that have died from bat
tle fatigue or are just missing
fii action. Whatever the case,
they are nowhere to be found.
You can easily spot a lost ticket
owner by the sheepish grin she
gives Mrs. Willis when she asks
where her ticket is. The offender
usually looks up at Mrs. Willis
and says, “A funny thinghappen-
en to my meal ticket.” And you
can believe that the story is
funny. By the last meal, dinner,
Mrs, “Willis just shakes her head
and lets you go on fcy. All 1 can
say is, “what’s next?”
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Bennett’s Dormitory
Director Syndrome
There’s a lot of talk and conversation about what’s happening in the
dormitories concerning dorm directors.
Most students are completely confused about the situation and can’t
figure out what’s happening. It seems absurd to most students that two
freshmen dorms are served by one dorm director. Freshmen! The
ones for whom most concern has been expressed in terms of living
arrangements and permissions. These “new-to-college life” stu-
dents are virtually living with little adult guidance.
Then what really perplexes the students even more is the fact that
there are two dormitory directors in the ctorm that houses juniors
and seniors. Two! Why that’s almost one for each floor! Now look at
it,,, 18 and 19 year olds, first time away from home for some, and
living with one director for two dorms! Thenlook at the other side of
it: 20-22 year olds, in their third and fourth year in college, living
with two adults in the dorm!
There has also been talk of antics being pulled by freshmen in the
“non-live-in-director” dorm that are frowned on as “pretty bad’
by other students ( not to mention the possible reactions of parents,
administrators, trustees, and the general public,)
Then a great deal of concern on the parts of the students for one of
the directors in the junior-senior dorm has been expressed. It is felt
“a ^me” that the director on the i5)per level has to climb the
stairways several times a day when she already wear a bandage
around one of her ankles constantly. This seems cruel, Afterall, if
she must stay in the same dorm with another director while there is a
dorm without a live-in-director, then it seems that at least something
could be done for comfort’s sake. There is an empty room on the
lower level of the dorm with no one in it. Why not, for convenience
sake, give her that room. Better still, there is what is called "a guest
room” on the main level that is oH)osite the office. Very, very seldom
is there an on-campus guest requiring boarding in a dorm. Then, if
the need does arrive, there is another guest room in the same location
in Cone, But whafs even better, why not make the identical upper
level room the guest room - for all the use a guest room gets around
here anyway. Why make the lady suffer?
What are the facts? Is it an experiment of some kind? Is the ex-
periment aimed at making the graduating seniors social cripples
next year when they must be out in the world? Is it aimed at “thinking
out” the Freshmen class by letting them do what they want to? It
seems that these are the aims. What is rationale?!? Whose idea
is it?!?
F.nTTOR’S MAILBOX
Students Concerned About Campus
Dear Editor,
It is quite evident that Bennett
College has little or no pride in
its campus newspaper. Maybe the
administration does not realize
the role that the paper plays. I
The Bennett Banner is published by the students at
Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina 27420.
Editor.In-Chief
Dimples L. Armstrong
Managing Editor
Winona Griffin
Office Manager
Myra Davis
Feature Editor. , , , , , . Darwin Prioleau
Literary Editor , ,, , , ..,,,••••••••••• Jcnni® Jones
Advertising Manager , Pamela Banks
Advertising Assistants , , . Audrey Demps, Dlann Dawson,
Janee Blue
Photographers Rose Jewel, Malachi J. Greene
Reporters 'Myra McCoy, Sandra Neely, Patricia Dickens,
Evelyn Chapman, Linda Silver
Typists Elizabeth Hemingway, Cynthia McCaskiel
Sharon J. Allen. Betty Fleming
Advisors Mr, Marvin Watkins, Mr. Malachi J. Greene
thought that once, they saw fit
to give the staff an office they
would make sure that the nec
essary equipment would be in-
cludei How can a paper be pub
lished without typewriters and
cameras? The staff desperately
needs two typewriters and two
inexpensive, yet good cameras.
After years of requisitioning and
begging, I’m sure this school can
squeeze out the necessary funds
to make ourpaper among the best,
Myra Davis
Dear Editor,
This year, having gotten off to
a bad start already, proves to be
quite exciting. Each new class
brings in some revolution, but
this year may top it all.
Although this new freshmen
class is relatively small, their
spirit is very high. Most have
settled down to Bennett’s daily
routine while a small number are
“definitely doing their own thing”
The Library Hour Problem
Thomas Holgate Library Schedule
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
8 a,m, .. 5 p.m.
8 a,m. --5 p.m.
8 a,m, -- 5 p.m,
8 a,m, -- 5 p.m.
8 a,m, -- 5 p.m,
8 a,m, — 12 noon
6 p,m, --9 p,m.
6 p.m. — 9 p,m.
6 p.m. — 9 p.m,
5:30 p.m. — 8:30 p.m.
1 p.m, 5 p,m.
By now, many unsuspecting students have gathered their books
and hiked over to the Holgate Library on a Monday night to prepare
for Tuesday’s classes. But only to find out that there are no Monday
oi^t library hours. Who ever heard of such? A college library
without Monday ni^t hours? Are you sure this is a college?
Then to infuriate students more and to ‘rub in' the fact of bad
library hours that there are Friday ni^t hours 5:30 to 8:30 p.r.
No Monday nigjit hours, but there are Friday night hours !! Now
how practical is that? There are no Saturday classes, but plenty
of Tuesday classes.
Also, students have noticed that there aren’t any Sunday hours
at all any more. Any work not completed by 5:00 p.m, Saturday
wiU also be incompleted for Monday mornings’ classes it seems.
An explimation seems in place and what’s even more in-
portant, a revision of hours seems more id order.
Situations
no matter how crude and wild.
Several have already become
widely known on campus for their
cafeteria antics and bullying with
so much youthful vitality, I would
love to see these young Black
Sisters take a role in campus
activities which would benefit all.
Why let such leadership go to
waste? Or is there any wei^t in
the old statement that
Singed,
Concerned
Dear Editor,
Having just recently learned of
a new group formed in one of
the freshmen dorms, I was quite
concerned with the purpose be
hind this creation. Why any de^
cent, mature young Black Sister
would want to call herself a M.F.
is beyond my reasoning. Then I
heard one proudly admit that the
purpose behind the group was to
raise helU At first this really
disgusted me as I say/ this group
of nicely dressed girls parade
into the cafeteria, publicly dis
playing their home training. Then
I felt sorry for them because
I think this is their way of tel
ling us that they can not fit in
with things around here and find
it difficult to join in the campus
activities which are on the most
part suffering from student ap
athy, I hope that the student lea
ders will kindly reach out to all
the new students and personally
invite them to join the various
activities offered, especially
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