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FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1975 THE BENNETT BANNER Page Five Theatre Guild Presents “Gigi” Rennett Involved In Environmental Science In Style That Delights Crowd Review by Katie Gailes From February 27 to March 1 the Bennett College Little Theatre Guild presented its first produc tion of the second semester. “Gigi” by Anita Loos, was an overwhelm ing success. The audience respond ed to the humorous script with spontaneous outbursts of laugh ter. Everyone became involved with what was going on under the spotlights and even issued words of advice to the players. The play was about a young girl, Gigi, who is being maneuver ed into a very compromising situ ation by her grandmother, Ma dame Alvarez, and her aunt, Alicia. Gigi, however, does not find the prospect at all appealing. She does not want to be Mon sieur Gaston’s mistress, she wants to be his wife because she loves him. So she quietly out-maneuvers everyone, even Monsieur Gaston, and procures a marriage proposal. Gigi’s satisfaction with her future is not matched by her mother, An- dree’s, approval. She bursts into tears at the news and could be consoled only by the request for a song. Y’see, Andree was pretend ing to be an opera singer. Gigi was played by Genevieve The Senior Day program was prepared by the Senior Class of ficers. A quotation of poetess Gwendolyn Brooks’, “Conduct your blooming in the noise and the whip of the wind,” was chosen as the theme. The convocation was directed by Ms. Gwendolyn Sneed. Mrs. Mary Scarlette conducted the Ceremony of the Flaming Light for Leadership and Responsibility. The audience was filled with many relatives and special friends of the seniors. There was a feel ing of accomplishment as the sen iors were robed by their sopho more sisters; of definition as Gwendolyn McLean expressed ap preciation “to those who have played a part in our growth and development here;” and of final ity as President Miller, in the ad dress, charged the seniors to face the world with ambition and with goals in mind. A special vocal presentation was prepared by the Senior Ensemble. The original rendition was very moving and left the audience in ecstasy. The young ladies were: Linda Brown, Bonita Chavis, Di ane Lively, Deborah Herbin, Gwendolyn Johnson, Carol Long, Yardley Nelson, LaRita Sprott, McCormick, a junior from Raeford, N. C. Madame Alvarez was por trayed by Cassandra Jones, a freshman from Montgomery, Ala bama, who entertained us last se mester in “Old Times.” Norma Jeffries, a sophomore from Athens, Georgia, played the part of Ma dame Alvarez’s maid, Sidone. Renee Carrington, a senior from Washington, D. C. played the part of cranky, sophisticated Aunt Alicia. Her butler, Victor, was portrayed by Keith Miller from Greensboro. Eric Miller from Grimsley High School in Greensboro portrayed the debonair Monsieur Gaston. Linda Crawford, a senior from Whiteville, N. C. thoroughly en joyed her role as Andree. She was very expressive and hid nothing from the audience. “Gigi” was truly delightful. I hope the entire Bennett commu nity took advantage of this oppor tunity to see the Theatre Guild in action. Look out for the next Little Theatre productions. They are: three one act plays: “The Owl Killer,” “Happy End ing,” “Save a Place for Me at For est Lawn.” Dyora Thomas, Yvonne Watkins and Jacqueline Hemphill at the piano. Recognition was also given to those seniors who will graduate with honors and with high hon ors, Those seniors with an aver age of 3.65 or above, thus grad uating with high honors are; Christine Ofoma, Glenda Sprueil Simmons, Linda Sprueil, and Reba Turner. Seniors with a cumulative average of 3.40 or above will grad uate with honors. They are Deb orah Herbin, Gwendolyn Johnson, Bobbetta Jones, Clorinda Lee, and Yardley Nelson. Senior Day ’75 will be remem bered for the delicious dinner given by the sophomore sisters, the beautiful yellow carnation table centerpeices, the chilly winds, and robing bluffs. And as Bennett sister McLean stated of the Class of 1975', “We are a firm and confident group. Therefore, despite despondency and uncertainty, we never cease to blossom, to grow, to fulfill. We are able indeed in the words of our sister poetess to “conduct your blooming in the noise and the whip of the wind.” by Bobbetta Jones The field of environmental sci ence is an increasingly popular study. It relates technological ad vances to the natural, physical, and biological sciences. Several members of the science faculty are currently engaged in environmental research projects. They are assisted by student in vestigators who are obtaining re search experiences as a part of their college education. The re search projects, funded by the En vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Aero nautics and Space Administration (NASA), are largely concerned with the ecological problem of waste. Dr. Allison Maggiolo and Dr. Benjamin T. Duhart, assisted by Nanetta Lowe, are investigating the development of transportable absorption columns for determin ing hydrochloric acid in air from rocket exhaust. This investigation involves the application of chrom atography to an environmental hazard. Dr. Benjamin Duhart, as sisted by Bertie Mitchell, Jacque line Pace, and Judy Smith, is in vestigating the usefulness of Flu- orobate Anion Selective Elec trodes in determining fluorobate. Using some of the most modern analytical techniques, this study British Jobs Hundreds of U. S. students will be able to work in Great Britain this summer with the help of the Council on International Educa tional Exchange’s Summer Jobs in Britain program. Students who thought that they couldn’t possi bly afford a trip to Europe this summer should reconsider: with a job in Great Britain they can earn enough to pay their day to day ex penses and what may have seemed like an impossible trip can become a reality. Because of the common language, Britain has always been the most popular country for American students who wish to work abroad. Students may choose from two different plans for their summer in Britain: they may have a job pre-arranged for them (for a fee of $75) or they can obtain the nec essary working papers through CIEE and then find their own job (for a fee of $25.) One student who found his own job last year spent the summer working as a grouse flusher on the estate of a Scottish marquis! Applications and details of the Summer Jobs in Britain program are available from CIEE, Hotel McAlpin, Suite 2200, Broadway and 34th Street, New York, New York 10001. CIEE will also help students find jobs in Germany and France this summer; information on opportunities in these two coun tries is available at the above ad dress. CIEE has been actively involved in student travel for over 25 years and has been operating the sum mer jobs in Britain program for six years. Freshman Class Completes Project The members of the Freshman Class have just completed their second semester class project. The class sold chocolate candy and made a profit of $100. With this money they purchased fruit and Valentine Cards which were taken to the 73 patients of the Carolina Nursery, on Friday, Feb ruary 14th. Freshman Class mem bers, Olivia Penn and Swanda Mc Cormick, accompanied by Dr. Perry Mack, Ms. Myra Davis and Ms. Jimmie Gravely delivered these gifts. The project for first semester was a $35 donation to the Christ mas Stocking Fund in the area. Now the class will concentrate on its Freshman Weekend, sched uled for April 11-13, 1975. may prove to have very interest ing applications. During the next eighteen months. Dr. Allison Maggiolo and Dr. J. Henry Sayles, assisted by Frances Davis, Nanetta Lowe, and Gloria Phillips, will investigate the feasibility of an Automatic Exchange Resin Bench Pilot Dem onstration Plant to determine cost and design for a full scale plant for removal of textile dye wastes. This practical approach to a uni versal ecological problem is de rived from results of a previous study, the Application of Exchange Resin for Removal of Textile Dye Wastes, investigated by Dr. Say les and Dr. Maggiolo, assisted by Rita Nzeribe, Janice McLean, and Nanette Lowe. Dr. Sayles, Director of the Di vision of Sciences, expressed the view that “research training com ponents of the Bennett College program in science education is designed to provide equality of opportunity for a limited number of students to become well trained in scientific research.” The basic training plan in this connection consists of (a) providing experi- Internship Offer From AEJ NYU The sixth annual AEJ/NYU Summer Journalism Internship Program for minorities will be run on the New York University camp us in Greenwich Village, New York York City. As in past years, the program provides a full-time, 10 week summer job in the New York area for selected students and an op portunity to meet with minority working newsmen and public re lations representatives during an evening course offered once a week at NYU. Last year, 10 such internships were obtained (none of which were in broadcasting). A similar number is expected this year. To be eligible, a person must be a college student, a member of a minority group who has success fully completed at least one col lege course in journalism. April 5 is the deadline for applying for the program. Applications may be obtanied by writing: Sandra Bowles, Univer sity of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Department of Mass Communica tion, Mitchell 214, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The dominating theme for the Mathematics Department of Ben nett College is “involvement.” Students and faculty members are serving as consultants for local mathematics programs. One of the most recent achieve ments of the department was ac complished by a team of students and faculty who submitted solu tions to three mathematical prob lems. The problem solutions were printed in the January issue of “American Mathematical Month ly.” The problems originally ap peared in the magazine in late 1973 and early 1974. Gloria Phillips, a sophomore from Kinston, N. C. and Nannette Lowe, a sophomore from Kerners- ville, N. C., worked under the guidance of Dr. James Alonso to solve the problem dealing with polynomial quotients. Reba Tur ner, a senior from Atlanta, Geor gia and Cynthia Hardy, a 1974 graduate from Suitland, Md. solved two problems, one involv ing cube roots modulon (a form of positive integer). This particu lar problem received special recog nition because the result was more general than expected to solve such a problem. Other involvements on the part of the faculty included the par ticipation of Dr. Alonso in the joint sessions of the Mathematical Association of America and the American Mathematical Society ence in the identification of un solved problems in environmental research bearing on the health of the nation, (b) providing training in searching the scientific litera ture to determine discoveries re lated to a specific research area, (c) training the student to formu late hypotheses and to design ex periments to test them, (d) pro viding training in assembling and operating sophisticated scientific equipment, and apparatus, includ ing learning the limitations of spe cific types of scientific equipment, (e) training the student to make and record accurate observations and to interpret experimental data, and (f) training the student to write research reports and to communicate research findings by acceptable methods. Most of the research assistants feel that undergraduate research experiences are worthwhile in view of the technological changes and their effects upon the environ ment. Other areas of investigation, such as biomedical research, are also being pursued by members of the science faculty. Bennett’s sci entific investigations may prove to have significant results as well as providing Bennett Belles with research experiences needed for a career in the world of scientific investigation. BLM Leader Talks To Philosophy Class A young leader of the Black Liberation Movement, A&T stu dent Abiola, discussed the Black Liberation Movement with Dr. Signe Goldstein’s Mass Media class March 5. The Black Liberation Movement is a student movement which in cludes the Pan African, Black Na tionalist Activist, and Feb. 1st movement. “The movement has not died,” he said. The problem they are fighting now is the sys tem of monopoly capitalism and imperialism. The history of the February 1st in Greensboro started in 1960. On Feb. 1st, four A&T students went downtown to the Woolworths and sat down in protest. After that it turned into a big movement. Abiola saw the movement in three stages: 1) 1960-1964 was the civil rights section, 2) 1964-1970 was the Black Power movement, and 3) 1970- was the anti-imper ialist stage. which met in Washington, D. C. recently. Ray Treadway, another mem ber of the Mathematics Depart ment, is serving as mathematics consultant for New Garden Friends School in the Guilford area. His responsibilities include assisting the faculty at the school to pre pare an over-all plan for mathe matics instruction in the junior- high grades. He also helps in plan ning teaching methods in special ized mathematics courses and also provides direct assistance to spe cial students. U of NairoLi Accepting Copy “Busara,” a semi-annual jour nal published by the Department of Literature, University of Nai robi, Kenya, has expressed inter est in receiving material on the Black experience in the United States. The editor, W. Osotsi, invites contributions of short stories, poems, plays, parts of novels, criti cisms, etc. The journal, which is in its fifth year of publication, does not pay for contributions. Interested persons should send manuscripts to: Editor, “Busara,” Department of Literature, Univer sity of Nairobi, P. O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya. Subscriptions are $2.50 per year. EASTER PORTRAIT Only $1.50 Plus “Your Weight” At A Penny A Pound (One 8x10 Natural Color Portrait) Two Weeks Only — March 17th-31st UNIVERSITY STUDIO, INC. 1116 E. Market St. Telephone: 275-2559 Hours: 10-6 Mon.-Fri. 10-1 Sat. Seniors Plan Their Own Day (Continued from Page 1) Math Dept. Gets “Involved”
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