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Bennett Collage
Greensboro, N. C.
Bennett Receives HUD Loan
by Marion Johnson
Bennett College has been award
ed a $71,000 loan by the Depart
ment of Housing and Urban De
velopment (HUD) for dormitory
improvements.
A program, sponsored by HUD,
found there was a need for col
leges and universities to improve
their dormitories. The funds are
made available in the form of low
interest loans. Most building im
provement loans have an interest
rate of nine to ten percent. But
HUD subsidized the school loans,
thus lowering the interest rate to
three per cent.
There are two reasons behind
the concern for dormitory im
provements. First, there was a
need for additional dormitory
space which could be added at a
low cost. However, Bennett ap
plied for the second reason, which
was for the conservation of en
ergy. The program is geared to
help finance ways a school can
save energy. So in conjunction
with President Carter’s energy
saving program, funds were made
available to the schools.
Bennett applied for enough
funds to help improve all seven
dorms. The money is to be dis
tributed in the following manner:
1. Storm windows.
2. Insulation in the attics of
the dorms.
3. Control valves on the radi
ators in each room.
The purpose of the valves is to
allow heat regulation in the
rooms. This would make it un
necessary to open the windows if
the room became too warm.
On the application form for the
loan, HUD asked each school
“What do you believe to be the
amount of money your school
could save if the improvements
are made?” According to Ben
nett’s business office, $80,000 a
year is spent to heat the dorms.
An architect and an engineer
were called in as technical con
sultants to inspect the dorms. If
all three improvements are made
it is estimated Bennett can save
approximately 20 per cent or
$15,000 a year on the heating bill.
William Trent, consultant in res
idence said, “One reason I believe
Bennett College received the loan
is because in five years we would
have saved the cost of the loan
($71,000) and would be able to
pay it off earlier.” Trent and Dr.
Perry Mack, director of develop
ment, were instrumental in secur
ing the loan for Bennett.
“Bennett has already secured
firm contracts to do the work
Orientation sessions will be held to
inform students of the purpose of
the loan, so they will appreciate
the work that will be done. I hope
the sessions will instill in the stu
dents the fact that it isn’t any
good if the work is done and the
students don’t work with it,”
stated Trent.
HUD is operating under Title
IV of the Housing Act of 1950 as
amended: College Housing Pro
gram. This is the first time the
loan has been offered to Bennett.
Trent said that the college
would like to send a special thank-
you to the HUD office in Greens
boro for all the help they ex
tended in securing the loan.
There are also other plans un
derway to improve the Bennett
campus dorms.
A proposal is out now to a foun
dation in New York to help refur
bish the dorms. Money was also
received from the Methodist
Church last year for work done in
Jones and Pfeiffer Halls.
Mr. Trent discusses HUD loan.
Photo by Myra Davis
Friday, October 28, 1977 BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VoL XXXIX, No. 3
Bennett Trustees Meet on Campus to Discuss Needs,
Express Desire for Student Presence at Meetings
Each dorm on campus will undergo changes.
by Dionna M. Woods
Bennett College trustees met
Oct. 14 and 15 to discuss goals for
the present board, which are the
renovation of all seven dormi
tories, the expansion of alumni
contributions, and the raising of
funds.
Trustees are those persons re
sponsible for the welfare of the
college. To become a trustee one
must make a substantial cash
contribution. One must be familiar
with the general background of
the college. One must remember
that as a trustee one is held legal
ly and financially responsible for
whatever happens on Bennett’s
campus. One must be able to
make substantial decisions. One
must also realize that one is an
actual owner of Bennett College
as a trustee.
Richard C. Erwin, attorney-at-
law, from Winston-Salem, N. C.,
is the chairman of Bennett’s board
of trustees. Attorney Erwin feels
that students should be present at
the trustee meetings. He recognizes
the fact that trustees have failed
to inform students that they may
attend these meetings and that
they have failed to inform the
campus of the meetings in general.
Attorney Erwin feels that stu
dents should be able to give sug
gestions on the needs of the col
lege. However, he said, these sug
gestions should have nothing to
do with such things as curfew or
student activities, because these
aren’t major details or functions
of the college.
For those of you who are not
quite clear on the type of de
cisions trustees make, voting on
the recommendation of diplomas
is one. The board of trustees votes
on the recommendation from the
faculty that you receive your di
ploma. This is done by careful
evaluation of your performance
here at Bennett.
Two members of the trustee
board expressed the need for large
scale cooperation and contributions
of the Bennett alumni.
Lydia Jatton Rogerus, a 1936
graduate of Bennett, is the coordi
nator for the expansion of alumni
cooperation all over the United
States. Mrs. Rogerus is excited
about the prospect of her and
other trustees’ participation in the
commencement activity. “We plan
to dress in our gowns and be pre
sented as trustees of Bennett Col
lege so the student body can feel
closer to us,” she said.
Mrs. Rogerus feels, as do many
of the other trustees, that this will
help open up channels of com
munication with the college com
munity. She also says it may hr>lp
to increase the number of trustees
on the board in present and fu
ture times.
Hortense Wells from Norfolk,
Virginia, and a graduate of Ben
nett, expressed the need for col
lege funds. Mrs, Wells also said
that the number of contributions
from the alumni in Norfolk has
increased considerably since their
campaign started. Mrs. Wells feels
that alumni contributions are most
important to the colleges support,
Isaac H. Miller, Jr., president of
the college, is a trustee also. Be
ing president does not automatic
ally make one a trustee. All trus
tees are usually nominated or vol
unteer, but still have to meet the
standards set forth by the board.
Being nominated does not mean
you have to accept the position.
Background on the college is es
sentially the most important char
acteristic of a trustee.
President Miller feels the need
for the student government to
work more closely with the ad
ministration. “Students should
learn the operation of their col
lege,” he said.
President Miller feels that we
as Bennett students should think
about becoming college adminis
trators, especially president of a
college, particularly of Bennett.
He feels women should think of
things they never thought of be
coming.
He says his job is not easy, be
cause he has to try to think like a
woman in order to communicate
with Bennett students.
President Miller says, “Wealth
is in people, and I enjoy work
ing with them.”
Thurman Speech Holds Audience
by Joyce A. Bass
The subject, “A Faith for Liv
ing,” was fitting for the occasion
and Dr. Howard Thurman, speak
er for the 104th Founder’s Day
Students Should Know Their Rights,
Levels of Disciplinary Procedure
by Joyce A. Bass
Among the various aspects of campus life at Bennett, the four
levels of disciplinary procedure may be one area quite unfamiliar
to the student population which it affects.
The four levels of disciplinary procedure are listed respectively
as the House Council, the Inter-Dormitory Council, the Judiciary
Council and the Board of Trustees.
House Councils are elected in each residence hall. Charges
brought by resident members are submitted in writing to the
residence director who, along with the dormitory president, will see
that the cases are heard and are recorded in the office of the dean
of Student Affairs, Students appearing before House Councils will
have at least 12 hours notice. All cases must be heard within seven
school days of being submitted to the residence director.
The Inter-Dormitory Council occupies the second level of juris
diction. It hears cases brought to it involving student misconduct
outside of the residence halls and those referred by the House
Councils, Cases on this level may result in disciplinary probation,
service hours, fines, suspension, or expulsion. Students appearing
before the Inter-Dormitory Council must have at least 12 hours
notice. All cases must be heard within seven school days of being
submitted to the director of Residence Life.
The third level of the disciplinary procedure is occupied by the
Judiciary Council. It hears cases involving student behavior of a
more serious nature and appeals made to it by students from a deci
sion from the lower levels. Students appearing before the Judiciary
Council must have at least 24 hours notice. All cases must be heard
within seven school days of being submitted to the Dean of Student
Affairs.
The fourth level of judiciary procedure belongs to the Board of
Trustees. The Board of Trustees grants to the president of the college
the prerogative of suspending or dismissing students immediately
and without a hearing should there be, in his judgment, cause.
An explanation of the procedures for investigations is needed
since students may not be aware of their rights in this matter.
(Continued on Page 5)
Convocation on Oct. 8 did not dis
appoint his audience.
Dr. Thurman, scholar, author
and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate
of Morehouse College began his
talk with a few lines from a poem
on the Unknown Soldier by Her
man Hagdorn, which said “We
died . . . but you who live must
do a harder thing than dying is.
For you must think and ghosts
shall drive you on.”
The audience of Bennett’s 104th
Founder’s Day Convocation was
urged by Dr, Thurman to become
more responsible for their deeds
and their reactions to natural so
cial forces.
“It is very difficult these days
to have faith in one’s self be
cause there seems to be a con
spiracy in the modern world more
and more to make it difficult for
the individual to have experiences
in which he or she may confirm
herself or himself,” he said.
Dr. Thurman told of his attempt
to explain segregation to his young
daughters during a summer visit
to Florida:
“We came by a public white
high school and there were swings
and other things for little children
to enjoy themselves on. My older
daughter said ‘Daddy there are
swings, let’s go over and swing.’ I
said, ‘you can’t’ and they asked
‘why.’
“I wonder what you would have
told them. I said it takes the state
legislature, it takes a change of
state’s statutes, it takes all of the
courts, the judges, the police, the
sheriffs, many of the churches,
many of the schools, mayors and
the whole structure — it takes all
those people to keep two little
girls from swinging in those
swings. That’s how important you
are.”
(Continued on Page 5)
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