Two Bennett Juniors Take Karate
by Deborah Tillman
Katie Gailes, a junior I.S.P. major, and Pa
tricia Rorie, a junior social welfare major, are
engaged in a very different sport. They are
taking karate lessons.
These lessons are offered at A&T three times
a week on Monday and Wednesday from 7 p.m.
until 9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. un
til 12 p.m.
Patricia has been taking lessons for six
weeks and Katie has taken lessons for four
weeks.
They have been getting in shape through
exercising. One half hour a day is devoted to
this. They do exercises such as one hundred
jumping jacks, fifty push-ups, toe touches, arm
circling and breathing techniques.
After exercising, basic movements and
punches are taught. “Self defense is the^ main
reason women want to master karate,” said
Katie. So far, they have learned how to throw
guys, when and where to hit a person when
under attack, and how to perform the arm
joclcs
Recently, Katie and Patricia purchased their
gi’s. These are the official karate uniforms
made from unprocessed cotton. They are two-
pieced with white belts. They range in price be
tween fifteen and twenty dollars.
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Katie gets her kicks with karate
photo by Cheryl E. Johnson
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1975
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 3
Students Transfer
As Kittrell Closes
by Lennet Hill
The only black junior college in
North Carolina closed during the
summer. The result of this was
eight Kittrell Junior College stu
dents transferring to Bennett.
The eight students are: Eva
Burrows, Patricia Rorrie, Edna
Smith, Coretha Ford, Gloria Wig
gins, Ar;ita Little, Thelma Jacobs
and Freda Vick.
All of these students expressed
regrets about their alma mater
being closed.
Freda, who has been classified
an advanced sophomore, said she
was disappointed because Kittrell
was “the start of a new life” for
her. She said “Kittrell had more
unity than I expected it to have.”
Most of the Kittrell transplants
said that they had heard rumors
that the junior college would be
closing. They also admitted that
they did not readily accept these
rumors until it was too late.
“I heard rumors,” conceded
Eva, another advanced sophomore,
“but I had a mental block because
I didn’t want to believe it.”
(Continued on page 3, col. 2)
Seven Surprised Bennett Students Receive
United Negro College Fund Scholarships
by Thomasina Stallings
Seven Bennett students were
among the many United Negro
College Fund scholarship winners
announced recently.
Mrs. Mildred O. Tucker, direc
tor of financial aid, said that the
students were Debra Luttery,
Joyce Bass, Lilette DeSilva, Esther
Canty, Anita Coleman, Sharon
Gilford, and Janice Badson.
Joyce, a sophomore from Creed-
more, N. C., who lives in Reynolds,
said that she didn’t know about it
until she received correspondence
through the mail. “Surprisingly
enough,” Joyce said, “I found my
self reading a letter that said I
was to receive the Bodman
Scholarship worth $1,100 which I
never applied for.”
When Joyce was asked if she
had won a scholarship before, she
said, “Yes, I won a Baptist Con
vention scholarship for participa
tion in the Baptist church and for
continuously attending the conven
tions established by the church.”
Janice, also a sophomore from
Reynolds Hall, states she did not
apply for anything either. She
only knows she won a $2,000
scholarship. “The only thing I
regret,” she said, “was that I lost
my work study because of too
much income.”
Janice also had won a scholar
ship from her church (Methodist).
That scholarship she did apply for.
A senior from South Carolina,
Esther also did not apply. Esther
said she just received a notifica
tion slip in the mail that told her
of her achievement. Her previous
honors were the Waddell Scholar
ship and one from the Social Sci
ence Department. Esther received
$200. She said, “I was glad to get
it and always am to get money.”
Lilette, who is a counselor in
Jones Hall, remarked that it came
as a complete surprise to her. She
received a letter two and a half
weeks ago from New York and
was equally surprised to see where
it was coming from. This $1,000
and the $900 she received from her
home state of Massachusetts was
expected to help her out substan
tially in her yearly expenses.
(Continued on page 3, col. 3)
The linie one pictured below
sees the world around her from
a different angle. This issue of
the BANNER marks the start of
a new revolving page two col
umn for students called "From
Another Perspective." This col
umn is for a different student
each issue, space permitting.
Four Bennett Belles Present an Originally
All-Male Play, "Waiting for Godot"
by Rose Marie Hudson
The Little Theatre Guild is
presenting an all male play por
trayed by a cast of four Bennett
Belles on Oct. 30, 31 and Nov. 1.
“Waiting for Godot” by Samuel
Beckett is about two men waiting
on the side of the road for their
savior Godot.
The characters are: Estragon,
Vladimir, Pozzo, Lucky and a boy
portrayed by drama director
Eady’s son, Alan. Other characters
are portrayed by Barbara Butler,
Cassandra Jones, Bonnie Snipes,
Janice Minter respectively.
Cassandra, a sophomore, and
veteran Little Theatre Guild mem
ber said that she does not con
sider her part male “but a uni
versal role because there are very
few references to masculinity or
femininity and the parts lend
themselves easily to being played
by either sex.”
Barbara, a senior, said, “I agree
with Cassandra. It takes nothing
from my femininity.”
A somewhat different view was
expressed by Janice, a sophomore,
who said, “I don’t like playing a
male’s part, but it’s all in acting.
You have to do as you’re told.”
Bonnie, a junior, was also some
what bothered by the male role for
technical reasons. She said, “It’s
kind of hard because there are so
many different moves and it does
a lot to your voice.” However, she
agreed that it was a very good
play.
Dr. Fred Eady, drama instruc
tor, said, “This play is challenging
because it has never been pre
sented by a female cast. We are
delighted to be presenting the play
and expect it to be very entertain
ing.”
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Blacks Still on Bottom
Much Learned at Geography Meet
by Cleo Branch
Two students, Marsha Greene and Hortensia Nash, attended
the Sixth Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Geographical
Society on September 26-27 in Burlington.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Burma Wilkins, geography
instructor. The girls' said that they were the only black members
present at the meeting.
The objective of the meeting was to bring geographers to
gether, to share various teaching tactics, and also to encourage
students to pursue a career in geography. During the meeting,
it was explained how internships in geography in other countries
could be obtained by qualified students.
“A lot of people think geo
graphy just encompasses
viewing a map,” said Marsha,
a junior majoring in geo
graphy. “Geography is the
study of why people act the
way that they do, which is
determined by cultural, eco
nomical and social condi
tions,” she said. Marsha men
tioned that there are good op
portunities available to wom
en in the field.
One facet of the conference
was a field trip taken
through the Burlington area.
Hortensia, a junior majoring
in history, mentioned that
most of the black residential
areas were not incorporated in
the city of Burlington. The
field trip which lasted for
three hours was centered on
viewing the residential life of
both blacks and whites.
Both were shocked to dis
cover how blacks were still
living under adverse condi
tions. They found that most
of the streets in the black area
were not paved and many
homes were without plumb
ing or with outside toilets.
They were told that gov
ernmental structures in Bur
lington are controlled pri
marily by the white majority
and that there are very few
few blacks in the city govern
ment.
Both students expressed the
fact that they felt a sense of
hostility while on the field
trip. “The field trip under
lined what I had read concern
ing the fact that the white
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photo by Cheryl E. Johnson