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Atlanta Chapter
Sponsors
Bennett Meeting
Nearly forty members of
the Bennett Alumnae Associ
ation met in Atlanta, Georgia
on October 20-22 to discuss
the topic “The Black Woman
. . . Liberty or Liberation?”
The meeting was sponsored
by the Atlanta Chapter at
the Sheraton Biltmore Hotel.
Saturday’s keynote session
was addressed by Dr. Benja
min E. Mayes, president of
the Atlanta Board of Educa
tion. He spoke on the subject
"The Role of the Liberated
Black Woman in the Struggle
of Black Colleges.”
Dr. Mayes, who frequently
spoke in the. Bennett Annie
Merncr Pfeiffer Chapel dur
ing the Jones and Player ad
ministration, termed the black
college’s struggle for exis
tence a part of white propa
ganda.
"The need to justify the
black college was started by
whites who had no faith in
the black man’s ability. The
question was never raised
prior to 1954 when segrega
tion was the gospel of the
land. However, after the 1954
■Supreme Court decision, lib
eral whites began to question
the existence of Black col
leges. Immediately leading
black figures picked up the
cr> and began to question
the need for black colleges.”
He further emphasized that
blacks must concern them
selves with their survival.
“You cannot convince me
that our black colleges haven’t
produced good educators. . . .
Don’t get it in your mind that
the white people really care
whether we survive,” he
stated.
As he concluded his ad
dress, Dr. Mayes warned the
audience, “Let us not be tools
to help liquidate black col
leges in the name of integra
tion."
After the opening address,
a panel discussion was led by
Mrs. Effie E. Miller, wife of
Bennett’s president. Mrs.
Maynard Jackson, wife of
Atlanta’s vice mayor. Mrs.
M'aggie Matthews. Assistant
to the Associate Vice Presi
dent of Georgia State Uni
versity and Mrs. Esther
Shropshire, a teacher in the
Atlanta school system. They
spoke on the role of black
women in the struggle of col
leges.
Mrs. Miller said, “Black
people are engaged in a life
death struggle. The black wo
man must deal w'ith the prob
lems of the black masses,
such as the educating of their
children through maintaining
the black institutions. A black
woman’s liberation differs
from white woman’s libera
tion."
Mrs. Jackson addressed
herself to the principle of
total liberation.
She stated. “If one woman
i^• subservient, then all are.’’
"I get upset when black
women say that they are free.
U'c are not liberated in the
white man's society.” she ex
claimed.
On Saturday evening. At
torney Emma Darnell, Inter-
Governmental Program Co
ordinator for the City of
Atlanta, addressed the group
on the theme "Desperate Men
and Liberated Women.”
On Sunday a Presidential
Brunch was held. Dr. Isaac
THE BENNETT BANNER
Bennett Cidlege
Qraensboro, f’t ^
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1972
Participating in the Saturday ‘Seminar on the panel were:
left to right, Mrs. Maynard Jackson, Mrs. Maggie Matthews,
Mrs. Isaac H. Miller, and Mrs. Esther Shropshire.
Pictured above are three representatives from the College
Gospel Choir who participated at the Atlanta Alumnae meeting
last week. Pictured above are Gwendolyn Hill, Johanna Lee,
and Sharon Hadrick performing for the Presidential Brunch.
Not shown is Jackie Hemphill, another student participant.
H. Miller, Jr. was the main
speaker. Dr. Miller concern
ed himself with answering
Questions addressed to him
on the need for black institu
tions.
“Education is liberation.
Colleges like Bennett came
into being in a climate of
hostility in the southeastern
United States. Liberation,
which is evolutionary as well
as revolutionary, evolved
over the years and especially
after these schools were start
ed. Man recognized early that
you may enslave the body,
but if not the mind, one is
liberated.”
He cited that the black
college must survive for sev
eral important reasons:
Politically, the persons re-
.sponsible for organizing the
black revolution were educat
ed in black colleges.
Economically, the black
colleges have “tightened our
belts,” so that the cost of tui
tion could be met by students
who otherwise may not have
been able to attend college.
Historically, the black col
lege has been the focus of ^
the black community for cul
tural development. It was
second only to the black
church.
Dr. Miller challenged the
Bennett alumnae to believe
in the black college.
“We must let our constitu-
tents know that we believe
in them. We must not join
that group that says that
black colleges perseve segre
gation. You must be prepared
to aggressively lift the ban
ners of the Bennett Colleges.”
Delegates from Greensboro
were Dr. and Mrs. Isaac H.
Miller, Jr., Mrs. Ellease R.
Browning, Miss Gwendolyn
Sneed, Miss Myra Davis, Miss
Jimmie Gravely and Miss
Peggy Oliphant. Four mem
bers of the Bennett College
Gospel Choir performed: Jo
hanna Lee, Gwendolyn Hill,
Sharon Hadrick, and Jacque
line Hemphill.
Among the alumnae attend
ing the meeting were repre
sentatives from North Caro
lina, New York, Alabama.
Illinois. Pennsylvania, In
diana and District of Colum
bia.
FDA SANCTIONS POISON
(CPS) — The next time
you have a red candy bar, a
can of cherry soda or a straw
berry popsicle, you may be
eating poison.
According to Food and
Drug Administration scien
tists a dye called Red No. 2,
tound in virtually every ar
tificially red-colored food,
may cause cancer and birth
defects.
Soviet scientists reported in
1970 that the dye caused birth
defeats and cancer in ani
mals. FDA scientists obtained
similar results from a re
production test last sununer,
but FDA officials have de
layed any action at all for al
most a year.
The FDA has since intro
duced some minor restrictions
on the use of Red No. 2, but
has denied that there is any
evidence of hazard to hu
mans.
Although the color addi
tives amendment to the Food.
Drug and Cosmetic Act re
quires scientific proof of
safety for all color additives
in food supply, there is no
such objective scientific evi
dence that Red No. 2 is safe
for human consumption.
According to Sidney M.
Wolfe M'D, the safe dosage
level would be 15 mg/kg of
body weight daily. This level
of the dye in food would al
low a 110 lb. woman to drink
about 2/3'rds of a can of
soda daily. A child would ex
ceed the safe limit if he
drank more than half a can
of dyed soda.
Miller Brewing
Provides ‘Special’
On Negro Almanac
Miller Brewing Company,
Milwaukee, as a contribution
toward a more fully inform
ed public, is providing a
special opportunity to obtain
THE NEGRO ALMANAC.
The most complete refer
ence of its kind on the black
experience in America, THE
NEGRO ALMANAC encom
passes 1,100 pages of histori
cal and biographical articles
and statistics in an impres
sive summary of past and
contemporary black achieve
ment.
THE NEGRO ALMANAC
as a social document has
been highly praised in many
quarters. Whitney M. Young,
Jr., regarded it as “a superb
ly researched work ... a
wealth of fact and informa
tion that will hopefully pro
mote greater racial under
standing in every corner of
the nation.”
Dr. Martin Luther King
said, “THE NEGRO ALMA
NAC will do much to dispel
the persistent myths and
stereotypes that surround the
black community in Amer
ica.”
Jackie Robinson remarked
that it “contains many in
teresting and heretofore un
available facts about the Ne
gro and his contribilition to
America.”
Due to the enormous edu
cational value of THE NE
GRO ALMANAC, Miller High
Life is implementing the
campaign starting mid-Sep-
tember through coupons and
displays at black colleges.
The Negro Almanac not
only answers the most com
monly-asked questions about
the black context — including
current events and organiza
tions — but it is excellently
illustrated with hundreds ot
photographs, maps, charts,
tables and examples of art
work.
The publishers of THE NE-
Bennett Students
Begin
Apprenticeships
Forty-eight Bennett Col
lege education students be
gan their apprenticeships on
October 23, according to Dr.
Lela R. Hankins, director of
the Teacher Education Pro
gram. Most of the students
will be located within a 50-
mile radius of Greensboro.
However three students are
undertaking this experience
in Rochester, N. Y. Peggy
McLean, Linda Forrest, and
Sharoh Coardoza will be
student-teaching in an elite
predominately white metro
politan educational setting in
the upper New York City.
Included in the student ap
prentices are two of BenAett’s
foreign students: Abaynesh
Asrat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,
elementary education and An-
gella Cockburn, Werk-En-
Rust, Georgetown, Guyana,
English.
GRO ALMANAC, The Bell
wether Company, New York
place on it a list price of
S27.95. Miller is making the
book available for $9.95, in
cluding postage and handling.
Students unable to obtain
a coupon may receive order
information by writing: The
Negro Almanac Offer, 167 E.
6'7th Street, New York, N. Y.
10021. The offer is void in
states where illegal.
Miller, an operating divis
ion of Philip Morris Incor
porated. rose to sixth rank
among the nation’s brewers
in 1971, with shipments of
5.2 million barrels. Miller
High Life, one of three na
tional premium beers, is
marketed in all 50 states and
56 other countries. Miller al
so produces Miller Malt Li-
9U01, introduced on a national
basis on June 26.
Two copies of the book
were donated to the Bennett
College President’s Office and
the Thomas Holgate Library.
Dr. Isaac Miller receives a' gift copy of THE NEGRO
ALMANAC from a representative of Miller Brewing Co.
Counseling Center Takes A New Image
Interested in learning about the right career for you?; in
finding the right grad school?; want to know about financial aid
for grad school?; or how about finding out about yourself? We
can’t give you all of the answers but we can help. The Counsel
ing Information Center, at its new location, can offer you pos
sible career preferences. We can give you insights of numerous
graduate schools and there are various materials concerning
financial assistance. Also, our library contains a sufficient
supply of books to aid you in understarding yourself. On staff
every Monday through Friday is a welNtrained guidance coun
selor and a very competent psychologist is at your disposal on
Mondays and Tuesdays, So please come by and see us at the
corner of Bennett College, beside the Student Union.
THE COUNSELING, AND INFORMATION
CENTER