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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1976 THE BENNETT BANNER Page Five Bennett’s Choir Runs Smoothly Home Ec majors fum out for fall meeting and demonstration of wigs and wiglets. L to R: Mrs. Doray Wallington and Mrs. Gloria Totum, beauty operators at Harshaw's Hair Palace, Jerrylyn Davis, '77, Roanoke, Va., Jacqueline Dickerson, '77, Pearisburg, Vo., Terreessa Williams, '77, Lumberton, N. C. and, seated, Yvonne George. '76, Whiteville, N. C. Fisk Experience Is Great by “Kool-Aid” Bartley Music is the thing this year for the Bennett College choir as they prepare for an exciting year of singing. According to Dr. Charlotte Al ston, Director of the Bennett Col lege choir, “We plan to be daring, bold and experimental in selecting the repertoire of music this year. The girls are highly motivated and that makes it possible for me to plan and develop new pro grams. I have absolute confidence in this group.” Also ccording to Dr. Alston the concert and gospel choir on the average practice six hours a week. This does not include sec tion rehearsal. Since choir members spend a lot of time together, Dr. Alston comments, problems do arise with choir members.” Like every thing else, a choir is not without prob lems. It is natural and typical to have some difficulty. But I can truthfully say when there are problems they are quickly re solved. The girls manage them selves and each other. All I have to do is teach the music. They do the disciplining.” She added, “Yes, there is some thing special about being in the choir. The choir is a teacher. When you become a member, you learn responsibility, organization and unity. It gives you that cer tain ‘high feeling’ when you put yourself in different types of songs and you sing with meaning. All of this takes a special person.” The Bennett College Choir through the years has remained close to the tradition. However a gospel choir does exist. Many stu dents express concerns over the fact that one has to be a member of the concert choir in order to be in the gospel choir. Dc. Alston commented by say ing, “There is an advantage in be ing in both choirs. The gospel choir is an enhancement of the whole choir. There is no division. Much of what is learned in the concert choir is carried over to the gospel choir. The gospel choir should be impressive and not be run of the mill gospel choir.” The Bennett family will be hearing different types of music this year. Dr. Alston says, “Spe cial effort is being made to en large the repertoire. There is no limit in the expectation of our choir. We must go beyond the ex pected levels. And we plan to do exactly that this year. The girls have the potential and are en thusiastic about the choir.” Plans are being made for the spring tour. But the choir has a jammed calendar to keep them busy. Already the choir has pre sented the original musical Hatt.” The choir has also per formed at the installation service for Bishop Scott Allen in Char lotte, North Carolina. On October 25 the college choir will perform at Duke University at a large United Methodist con- (Continued on Page 6) by Rochelle Moody Several Bennett students spent a memorable summer studying at Fisk University, located in Nash ville, Tenn. Participants were Marcelle Mi randa, Karen Bell, and Vajira de Silva, sophomores, and Lee Cole man and Kamala Manchigiah, juniors. The summer program was headed by Dr. Prince Rivers, and the program’s title was the United Negro College Fund Pre-Medical Summer Program. Dr. Rivers received much praise from Marcelle who stated, “He made the program work. He was fantastic!” Marcelle said that even though she didn’t do as well in the pro gram as she would have liked to Chemistry Majors by Rochelle Moody Working during the summer months can be a very rewarding and exciting experience, as well as a learning one. This fact was undoubtedly illus trated by Shawn Humphries and Burma Moss, two chemistry maj ors, who spent their summer working at NASA in Sunnyvalley, California. BURGER KING BENNETT GIRLS CAN HAVE IT THEIR WAY I 524 E. Market Street have done, she felt she received an excellent preview of what a medical school chemistry course would be like. “I just don’t think eight weeks is long enough to really grasp the subject matter,” she said. Vajira felt that the program would also be helpful to those stu dents not in a science field in col lege, but who had an aptitude for science. “I had a tutor who majored in music in college. She attended the program one summer and found that she was interested in sci ence; she will be entering Me- harry Medical School this fall,” Vajira said. “I think the main theme of the program was to get more minori ties interested in medicine,” she Work at NASA The program was for minority colleges and universities. Because Shawn and Burma were chemis try majors, they were chosen by Dr. Henry Sayles, head of the Sci ence Division, to participate in the program. For participating in the pro gram, the two students received the summer’s work plus $2500 for this year. Although Shawn and Burma worked in the same program, their jobs were different, which added more variety to their sum mer experience. Shawn’s job title was research assistant. Her duties were to help do research on the gas exchange experiment of the Viking Mission which landed on Mars this past July. “It was a great learning experi ence,” Shawn said. “I was able to learn laboratory techniques that will help me in the future.” Shawn also said, “I was familiar ized with lab instruments not used at Bennett.” “As for being in California, I really enjoyed it,” she added. “I would definitely recommend Cali fornia for tourists.” Burma’s duties were somewhat different. Her job title was also research assistant and she as sisted scientist Glenn Pollack. “I worked on projects to see if life existed on Jupiter,” Burma said. Burma also worked on the iron exchange methods of separation of TLC (Thin Layer Chromatog raphy) . “I would definitely like to make research my life’s work,” she ex plained. Burma said she liked California for visiting, but she’s not sure if she would like to live there. said. Vajira was in organic and bio chemistry. “My teachers were ex cellent. I liked the way the teach ers were rotated from day to day. The rotation was to show the stu dents what it is like in medical school.” Kamala felt the program was helpful in that it gave a preview of what problems are encountered after entering medical school. She said, “It was my first year in the program, and I enjoyed it very much.” She felt the courses gave her an idea of what stand ards would be expected after en tering medical school. “I was also glad of the encouragement given by the instructors, and I was able to meet students from other col leges,” she added. Poll Elicits Varied Views on Break Continued from Page I the same schedule as other col leges and universities in this area, and therefore Bennett should up date their school calender.” Another junior, Mellisandre Breathett, from Greensboro, fa vors having a fall break. She feels that a fall break would serve as a tension breaker for those students who soon become bored with the daily class routnie after the first few months of school. “A fall break would benefit both the students and instructors; however it seems that a fall break would confuse the system more than it is now,” stated Elizabeth Adams, a junior from South Caro lina. Shawn Humphries, a junior from Florida, opposed the idea of having a fall break. She feels that the Christmas holiday serves as a fall break. She went on to say that “a fall break might shorten the Christmas holiday.” Matilda Allen, a junior from Georgia said, “If we have a fall break it would have to be in October, meaning that we would have a break each month and then we would be rushed for exams. Some seniors gave the opinion that a fall break is not necessary. Pamela Thomas, a senior from Florida stated, “No, I don’t think that we should have a fall break; however, I feel that we should start to school after Labor Day, and this could serve as a fall break.” Sheree Johnson, a senior from New Jersey also feels that a fall break is not necessary. CAMEO BREAST FORMS No need to worry after surgery—we can make you look and feel confident with our life-like custom-fitted forms. Wear them swimmmg, bowling, etc. with confidence. Only $37.00. CAMEO CUSTOM-FITTED BRAS Wear these for health, comfort, beauty—All occasions—day time, halter, evening, sleep. Worn a certain way, the 707 will increase the bustline. Full figures will appear smaller if worn according to m- structions. CAMEO CUSTOM-FITTED GIRDLES Our girdles are well-made with two-way stretch Lycra fibers to give you maximum control. Long-lasting. Come in and let us help you find your best profile. Appointments between 7 and 9 p.m. for your convenience. LIRA JONNE’S 607 Huffine Mill Road 272-2259/275-2255 Greensboro, N. C. Bessemer Village (Across from Evergreens) MRS. DAISY L. KECK, Manager Campus Opinions On ACES Mixed by Lennet Hill A.C.E.S. has been talked about since the program began. The fac ulty has opinions about A.C.E.S. as well as students. The general opinion of A.C.E.S. by faculty was favorable. Most members felt that the basic idea is good. Dr. Abdul Mansuri, associate professor of biology, said “A.C.E.S. is a very good culture program. It brings people from other countries and usually good ideas are ex changed.” Other favorable opinions were expressed by Mrs. Bowens, as sistant professor of health and physical education, she said, “I think that they are extremely beneficial. They expose students to a lot of things that they would not otherwise see.” She added, “Students should be given a schedule of A.C.E.S. programs so students can be selective about which programs they want to at tend.” A Bennett Belle, Mrs. Mary Ann Scarlette, chairman of the depart ment of elementary and special education commented, “A.C.E.S. has a place in that a person tends to improve her audience behavior. This includes the when to, and where not to applaud for example, also learning to respect the speak er.” She added, “If A.C.E.S. achieves these purposes the result would be the development of good listeners, critical people, and toler ant people, then A.C.E.S. achieves its purpose, but if A.C.E.S. does not achieve those goals then the purpose of A.C.E.S. is defeated.” One idea was brought out by Dr. Mattie Moss, chairman of the department of math, she said “It is unfortunate that students should have to be required to go to A.C.E.S.,” but she feels that their participation would not be as great if it were not a require ment. Dr. Ewa Eko, director of the division of social sciences shared a similar opinion. He also said, “It is unfortunate to have to institute A.C.E.S. as a requirement, but at tendance was very low before it was a requirement and until stu dents learn to attend these sort of programs, required attendance is a way to get student participa tion.” He stated further, “College is an institution of higher learn ing and that it is a responsibility of the college to provide programs of a social and cultural nature.” Dr. Eko concluded, “Students need to learn to appreciate pro grams which are different from their own interests. This is a part of the broadening process of edu cation which makes students more sophisticated than they were when they came to college.” The opinion of students differed greatly from that of the faculty. Most students feel that A.C.E.S. are a waste of time and that they should not be required. Karen Bucksell, a senior, said, “A.C.E.S. doesn’t teach people anything. Most people have al ready been to those kinds of events or they haven’t. If they haven’t they aren’t going to go after they leave here.” Another senior Frances Davis said that seniors would not be re quired to go. A junior, Anndreze Bailey, said, “Students shouldn’t have to go and not get credit,” and added, “Students will go to a program they want to see without being forced.” Further comments from stu dents include: Karen Lewis, a sophomore, said, “A.C.E.S. is al right if it is something you want to see. Half of them we could do without.” Another student said that she liked them when students can re late to them, while one other stu dent said that she couldn’t stand them, and that there is no pur pose in them.”
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