FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1974
THE BENNETT BANNER
Page Three
Eady Plans Absurd Theatre
Presentation to Begin Year
by Katie Gailes
Attention all ye lovers of “fine
art” and choice entertainment,
“Fredeady” has meticulously pre
pared a terrific, tantilizing, tasty
morsel of theatre art, written by
Harold Pinter.
The chef and phantom of the
treatre, Mr. Fred Eady, Bennett
drama instructor and producer,
describes his first treasure of the
fall semester as an “Absurd
drama” about how people take
their experiences and let them
give meaning to their lives.
The play violates the rules of re
alistic drama in that it has no dis
tinctive plot. It captures the lives
of three people, two of whom
married each other, who meet
again after 20 years and talk about
“old times.”
“Old Times” is Eady’s official
Absurd play of the year. It is one
among a variety of stage perspec
tives that he will conjure up just
to “tickle your fancy.”
Eady has never before done any
thing by Harold Pinter, but ac
cording to Clive Barnes of the
New York Times “This is a vin
tage Pinter, delicate and musical.
It will enchanct, stimulate and de
light all.—”
It is written, “Good things come
in small packages.” The cast of
“Old Times” is a perfect ex
ample of this. The role of Kate is
portrayed by Norma Jeffries, a
sophomore drama major from Ath
ens, Georgia. Norma was very ac
tive in her high school drama club
and would like to make acting a
career. The character Kate par
ticularly appealed to her. Kate is
a very discreet jet-setter, a “be
hind closed doors” lady. Watch
out Norma!
It’s a family affair! From Mont
gomery, Alabama, freshman ISP
student and sister of senior, Bob-
betta Jones, Cassandra fulfills the
part of the mysterious, rich, jet-
setter, Anna. Cassandra was also
Opera Workshop
Presented by
Music Students
This fall, the Music Department
has been working to develop an
Opera Workshop, and now after
three weeks of work, the members
of the workshop are ready. The
first production of the season was
October 4-5, at 8 p,m, in the Little
Theatre.
The Workshop, under the direc
tion of Mrs. Mary Jane Crawford,
performed excerpts from the fol
lowing operas: “The Marriage of
Figaro,” by Mozart; “The Old
Maid and the Thief,” by Menotti;
“Porgy and Bess,” by Gershwin
and “Down in the Valley,” by
Weill.
Most of the performers are from
the Bennett community: Bonita
Chavis, Joyce Bass, Deborah Tolls,
Diane Lively, Denise Richardson,
Sandra Johnson, Priscilla Lemons,
Shelia Sammons and Sherrie Hill.
There are also members of the cast
who are not from Bennett. They
are: Michael Washington, tenor
from UNC-Greensboro; Derk
Thomas, Baritone from A&T.
Mrs. Crawford says, “This is just
the beginning of many musical
performances. We here at the Ben
nett College Music Department are
aiming for a campus musical in the
near future, with campus wide
participation, A large scale pro
duction involving the Dance
Group, the Speech Department and
the Music Department is our goal.”
The members of the workshop
are hoping for cooperation from
their fellow students and from the
faculty.
active in her high school drama
club and says Anna appealed to
her because she is different from
anything else she’s done, yet pos
sesses some of her own character
istics. They share the trait of a
“very changeable personality.”
Despite her stage talent and
Poise, Cassandra’s primary inter
est currently points toward law.
I am quite sure her acting experi
ence will come in handy.
Last but certainely not least, I
present the male member of the
cast, Donald Earl Webster, “Ben
nett maintenance technician, ac
tor, musician, and poet,” originally
from Detroit, Michigan.
Donald appeared in the 1973
fall production, the- smash hit
“Black Girl,” as "Earl and liked
the character so much that he
adopted the name permanently.
He also rehearsed for “The Old
Maid and the Thief,” the opera
miniature presented on October
4th and 5th,
In “Old Times” Donald portrays
Deeley, Kate’s husband, Dceley is
is a big-time movie producer and
a seasoned man-of-the-world,
Donald, eagerly volunteering in
formation, explained, “Why do I
like Deeley? He is a challenge. I
like a challenge because I have
an ego to satisfy. Y’see, I want
to be a star. I’ve always wanted
to be an actor. I believe a per
son should find his talent and use
it to its fullest, regardless of his
age; but I don’t want to go to Hol
lywood. I dig doing my thing right
here, trying to contribute to the
happiness of the school as a whole.
My first love is my job ... it
brings the bacon home.”
What more can I say?! You’ve
read the menu. If you dig the nicer,
spicier things in life, you’ll savor
every minute of:
“Old Times”
October 17, 18, & 19
at 8:00 p.m.
Ebony Fashion Fair
Sponsored by Deltas
The Alumnae Chapter of Delta
Sigma Theta is sponsoring an
“Ebony Fashion Show” which is
to be held at The Greensboro Coli
seum Memorial Auditorium on
Oct. 17, 1974 at 8:00 p.m.
The funds raised will be used
for scholarships to high school
students and also to “enhance col
lege funds for Deltas,” said Mrs.
Amelia Thomas who is an Instruc
tor in our Music Department.
Professional models will partici
pate in the program. There are
expected to be 8 females and 2
males modeling the fashions.
Mrs. Thomas explained the sig
nificance of having male partici
pants was to encourage men to
attend the show.
Adult tickets are $8,00; stu
dent tickets are $4,00 plus a 6
month subscription to Ebony Mag-
BSHPC To Visit
Campus Oct. 18
The Black Students Health Pro
fessions Coalition of the Universi
ty of Florida will be on campus
Friday, October 18,
Their purpose is to recruit mi
nority students for the fields of
Me d i c i n e, Dentistry, Nursing
Pharmacy, Health related Profes
sions, Occupational Therapy and
Physical Therapy. They will be
recruiting in the Union from 9:00
a.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Home Economics Had
Open House Oct. 3
Home economics majors, mi
nors, faculty and guests gathered
to get acquainted in the Home
Economics Department on Thurs
day, October 3, at an open house.
The highlight of the gathering
was a video tape of a program
involving Bennett home econo
mics majors which had been seen
on WFMY-TV (Channel 2) last
July 4. The program, Sandra and
Friends, featured interviews with
six majors who graduated in 1974.
The six students had co-authored
a book, “Time for Design,” about
undergraduate experiences in
their major.
The six were Marilyn Gore
Duanne Hoffler, Valerie Moore,
Gwendolyn Hill, Carol Hughes,
and Sharon Neal.
Mrs. Louise Strcat, department
chairman, also announced that
fliers advertising the book writ
ten by the students had been sent
to 200 colleges and universities
with large home economics de
partments. The department hopes
to sell a substantial number of
copies of the book, which i,ells
for $5.50. Proceeds from the sales
will be used for the physical im
provement of the Home Econo
mics Department.
Student Sees
America From
European View
“The most important fact I gath
ered from my European trip was
that I learned about America and
saw myself in a new light,” stated
Gwendolyn McLean.
“I discovered that Americans
are actually unaware of each other
and know so little about their
neighbors,”
Gwendolyn, a senior from Wil
son, North Carolina, participated
in the Association of Colleges and
Universities for Intercultural, In
ternational Studies Program at
Graz Institute in Austria, Bennett
College is one of the twenty-four
participating institutions.
“Most people experience cultural
shock when in a new environment.
It’s necessary to accept the en
vironment for what it is,” the po
litical science major explained.
“Though the European life
styles and customs are different,
if one enters with an open mind,
the experience becomes more
meaningful.”
She added that most Americans
view things in a western frame of
mind.
“I constantly heard Americans
questioning why the money sys
tem could not be changed to make
it easier or why they could not
adopt our lifestyle for the com
fort.”
While in Europe, Gwendolyn
visited Yugoslaovia, Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and studied in
Austria,
“My courses of study included
Eastern European Contributions to
Clinical Psychology, and Compara
tive Austrian and American Law,”
“The scarcity of blacks in these
countries of Eastern Europe was
interesting, I experienced gaping
stares, and outright stroking and
caressing,” Gwendolyn said,
“But that was more amusing
than offensive,”
Gwendolyn McLean enjoyed her
summer experience,
“I saw what I’d been reading
about or hearing of first hand in
the historical monuments, the peo
ple and their culture.”
Swiss Student Has Little
Time for tlie Extra Curricular
by Dawn Holder
Beatrice Stoik of Wintorthru,
Switzerland, has very little time to
enjoy life at Bennett to its fullest
because she carries nineteen hours.
She is majoring in Spanish, even
though she has never studied
Spanish. She speaks three lan
guages — German, French, and
English, German is her native lan
guage.
She would like to have joined
the Dance Club, She enjoys such
dances as the tango, and rhumba.
She thinks that young people
would enjoy these kind of dances
if they only would try it. She lias
-A
Beatrice enjoys fall day at her
new home.
Some Bennett Faculty
Members Discuss
Their Life Styles
The Bennett College Debate
Club sponsored an informal “Rap
Session” on Thursday, Sept, 19,
1974, at 7:00 p.m, in the Black
Hall Assembly concerning life
styles for women.
The panel was compiled of IVIrs.
Kffie Miller, the College Presi
dent’s wife, and Mrs. Alma Adams
who is head of the Art Depart
ment,
The discussion began with the
introduction of panelists b.v The
Debate Club’s President, I’aula
Peterson, and then with each
panelist expressing their life styles
as women,
Mrs. Miller, tlie mother of five
children, said, “her life isn't .as
hectic, it’s a very good life but
yet demanding.” Due to activities
on campus, Mrs. Miller mention
ed that in many instances she must
forfeit her duties as a parent. She
has a social and cultural sched
ule which include thirty-six vari
ous clubs and organizations. She
said that she must play the sup
portive role in her family and that
includes her husband. She also
expressed that she “must main
tain a strong arm in the family”
because her husband's obligation
takes him from home quite fre
quently.
Mrs. Adams who considers her
self as being a liberated woman
of today has been married for 9
,vrs. and is the mother of two chil
dren. Mrs. Adams said, that she
enjoys working at her job, and
that she has never had a job that
she didn’t like. According to Mrs.
Adams she is a very determined
individual, because in high school
she was advised by her coun.selor
not to attend college. Mrs. Adams
told the audience that she could
not just settle at being a house
wife. Two of her best sports are
skating and tennis.
novel- seen ‘'the bump" Her other
hobbies include swimming, ski
ing, horseback riding, reading,
music and walking. She also likes
to travel
Beatrice was traveling when she
received her scholarship. She and
a girl friend had been working as
waitresses in the western part of
Switzerland, They decided last
summer to spend tlieir whole sum-
nn-r traveling. Before they left on
their \acation, she applied for a
scholarship to Bennett. They had
intended to travel to Great Britain
first and then to Greece, She re-
ci'i\ed her scholarship before she
leached Greece Her girl friend
went on alone and she came here
to Bennett.
When Beatrice was asked about
her future plans, she replied, "I
plan to see as much of America as
1 can and work with the Wed Cross
after graduating " In fact she
plans to go to Washington, O. C,
for Thanksgiving, New York for
Christmas, and California for thi'
summer.
What Beatrice likes most about
Bennett is the chapel, the senery,
and tiu' people. She doesn’t like
the way food, electricity, and pet
rol (gasoline) are wasted, Shi-
said, “When food is wasted, we
should think of the people who
don't have food. We should think
of the people who don't have
electricity or petrol,”
She would like to verify the
fact that it is not always cold in
Switzerland; actually it is very
hot in the summer,
Phys. Ed. Majors
Attend Conference
Eighteen physical education ma
jors from Bennett attended the
State Physical Education Student
Majors convention on October 4
and 5 at High Point College and
presented a program on “Value
Clarification in Physical Kduca-
tion: An Approach to Humanistic
Education,”
Wanda Cobb, a senior physical
education major at Bennett, is
presently the secretary to the
state organization. Ms. Cobb di
rected the se.ssion on values at the
student conference and will rep
resent Bennett College and the
student majors’ organization at
the North Carolina Association of
Health, Physical Education and
Hecreation convention in Novem
ber.
Major highlights of the Student
Majors Convention included work
shops and lecture .sessions on in
structional media, on methods of
teaching large groups with limited
facilities and on techniques of
dance, gymnastics, golf and arch
ery. Hepresentatives from thirteen
colk'gi's from North Carolina pre
sented parts of the program. Ex
tra-recreational highlights includ
ed a banquet and dance for all
participants.
Those students who attended
from Bennett College were as
follows: Freddy Hardinx, Pamela
Jones. Freddy Spencer, Brrnie
Sisco, Terri Morris, Sheryl Hrooks,
Patsy Harper, Delores Seott, Syl
via Miller, Denise Cooke. Gayla
Kelly. Kathy MuKMinxton, Axxie
Jaekson, Vanessa Curry, Athavia
Jackson, Kris Dennard
The major's convention is com
pletely student operatel and or
ganized. The only assistance is
from the faculty advisers from the
different institutions. This pro
vides an opportunity for under
graduate students to enter the
professional field early in their
educational careers and to as
sume different leadership roles.