FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1977
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL. XXXVIII, NO. 8
“A Time for Protest and a Time for Progress”:
Motto of Newly Activated NAACP Chapter
by Deborah Tillman
An Installation Service for new
officers and members of the newly
revived Bennett Chapter of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP) was held Sunday, Feb
ruary 27, 1977.
Marilyn Hicks presided over
the service while The Bennett
College Gospel Choir and Mary
Graham, ’79, provided musical
selections. The speaker for the in
stallation service was the Rev.
Howard Chubbs, minister of Prov
idence Baptist Church. The Rev.
Chubbs was more than delighted
to see the reorganization of the
NAACP on Bennett’s campus be
cause Bennett, like many other
black institutions, have contrib
uted greatly to this organization.
The purpose of the NAACP is
to eliminate racial discrimination
and segregation which unfortu
nately still exists today. The Ban-
nett chapter has set many goals
which they plan to carry out by
the end of the semester. These
goals include: a) uniting the col
lege and the community, b) view
ing the educational structure at
Bennett and how it relates to
black women students, and c)
sponsoring programs featuring
guest speakers.
Serving as the officers of the
Bennett chapter of the NAACP
for the 1977 term are Vanessa
“Kool-Aid” Bartley, president: 1st
vice president Rochelle D. Moody;
Frances Kay, 2nd vice president;
Rose Hudson, secretary; and Bar
bara Hamm, treasurer.
The organization is formed into
six different committees. The Pro
gram and Research Committee is
responsible for programs. Collect
ing membership dues is the re
sponsibility of the Membership
Committee. This year membership
dues are $2.00 per year for stu
dents between 17 and 21 years of
age and $4.00 for all those over
21. Since the installment services,
membership has rapidly increased.
The Entertainment Committee
sponsors dances, receptions, and
benefit banquets. Raising money
for the chapter is the duty of the
Finance Committee. So far, four
teen college organizations have
pledged their support to the re
activation of the NAACP.
The Press and Publicity Com
mittee hopes to hold press con
ferences to keep the community
informed about the activities of
the organization. The fmal com
mittee, the Education Committee,
plans to take a look at the tests
given and to see how they bene
fit Bennett students.
Dean Harold Bragg and Ms. Pa
tricia Baker, residence director at
Merner Hall, have volunteered
their services to be advisers to the
NAACP.
When asked what prompted her
and other students to reorganize
the Bennett chapter of the
NAACP, Vanessa Bartley replied,
“Because I knew Bennett’s active
role in the NAACP, I was highly
disturbed when I found out that
they did not have an active chap
ter. I am very pleased at the re
action and responses from the stu
dents on campus, I hope this will
continue.” Vanessa also thinks that
the officers are doing a tremen-
d-us job in the organization.
The motto of the Bennett chap
ter is “Time to Protest and Time
to Produce.”
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Kent Hall still stands and the new infirmary still has not been built.
photo by Cheryl E. Johnson
New Inlirmary Faces Further Delay
Vanessa Bartley and the Rev. Howard Chubbs smile over the reinstatement of the NAACP on campus.
photo by Joyce Bass
by Faye A. Howard
The construction of the Health
and Counseling Center is in a
“holding” status.
Dr. Perry Mack, the recently ap
pointed Director of Development,
explained this statement to mean
that its construction is dependent
upon raising additional monies.
Dr. Mack cited $636,000 to be
the estimated figure needed to
start construction; the amount
that has already been raised is
$283,000. Of the amount raised,
$150,000 was received from the
United Methodist Church, $50,000
from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foun
dation in Winston-Salem, and an
$83,000 commitment from the fed
eral government.
Efforts to insure its construc
tion have been made through the
Development Office by submitting
proposals to four foundations. Of
the four pending proposals, it is
hoped that one foundation will
pledge $200,000 and that two of
the others will pledge $50,000
each. Unfortunately, one has al
ready given an unfavorable re
view, stated Dr. Mack. Never
theless, he says that they are still
submitting proposals to other pri
vate foundations.
According to Dr. Mack, the
Health and Counseling Center is
the first priority on the agenda
of Bennett’s 2nd Century Capital
Campaign to secure funds for the
expansion of the college with sev
eral new buildings.
The upper level of the $636,000
building will house the Health
Center, which will contain, among
other things, five semi-private
rooms and an apartment for a
live-in nurse and two guest
rooms.
The lower level will house the
Counseling Center which will
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Even with the Pass-Fail System ACES Still Causes Problems for Students
by Diane Stevens
If you had to pick a thorn in
the college’s side, it would have
to be A.C.E.S.
A policy was drawn up during
the spring semester of last year
as to how ACES was supposed to
be conducted. That policy set forth
these guidelines:
1. The ACES structure at that
time was to remain through
out the spring semester of
the 1976 academic year.
2. Beginning the Fall semester
of the 1976 academic year
that ACES be placed on a
pass-fail evaluation with no
academic credit.
3. Each student would be re
quired to pass six semesters
of ACES.
4. The attendance rate would
be set at 75% of the total se
mester offerings for an
evaluation of pass. Students
would select what items com
prised the 75% within the
approved offerings.
5. The ACES committee would
continue to select the pro
gram content based upon de
signed evaluation forms. The
committee is comprised of
eight faculty and eight stu
dents. Efforts would be pro
moted to survey all possible
student interests.
Recently, in a memorandum
sent out by the Dean of Student
Affairs, Harold E. Bragg it was
stated that ACES Assemblies held
the first and third Tuesdays of
each month at 10:00 a.m. are re
quired of all students (including
seniors).
This statement is in direct con
flict with the guidelines adopted
by the college last year. Seniors
having been here almost eight se
mesters now, should have met
their ACES requirements and
should not have to attend any type
of ACES programs assembly or
lyceum unless they want to do so
or for some reason have not met
the six-semester requirement.
In a recent interview. Dean
Bragg was asked about some of
the problems of ACES on a broad
scale and specifically about the
question of seniors being required
to attend ACES assembly pro
grams.
In reference to the discrepancy
about seniors and assembly pro
grams, Bragg said that the exist
ing policy states that six semesters
of ACES are required of all stu
dents but that seniors are re
quired to attend assemblies as
stated in his memorandum. Which
makes it a question of which
policy is correct? Bragg main
tains that his understanding of the
policy is correct and that the one
set forth by the Curriculum Com
mittee and adopted by the faculty
and administration is in error, or
in error so far as the Banner was
made to understand it.
Bragg said, “When we original
ly put in the ACES program there
were no assemblies. Last year was
the year that the assemblies were
added.” He went on to say that
ACES was made up fo two phases,
the assemblies and the lyceum
series.
The whole reason for adding the
ACES was made up of two phases.
provide some opportunity for the
whole of the student body to be
together and receive needed in
formation.
It is ambivalent, however, to
say that ACES is only required
for six semesters and turn around
and say that assemblies will be
required of seniors for their last
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Dean of Student Affairs Harold E.
Bragg.
photo by Joyce Bass
Area Schools Get
Out of Synch On
Spring Break
by Lennett Hill
Are you wondering- why
Bennett and A&T were not
out during the same week
for spring break ? A&T
State University, UNOG,
Guilford and Bennett Col
lege are all in the Greens
boro College consortium
and should be on the same
schedule.
Originally A&T’s spring
break was in accordance
with Bennett’s; however,
later on they changed their
dates causing their spring
break to be a week later
than ours.
According to Dean Chel
sea Tipton, “Every effort
is made to have common
calendars within the con
sortium ; however this does
not bind administrators to
a common calendar.” He
further stated that some
institutions find it more ad
vantageous to vary from
the calendar, especially
with internal dates; how
ever the consortium
stresses the importance of
common beginning and
ending dates since these
dates greatly effect cross
registration.