Christmas Tradition
Madonnas” Return
by Beverly Rumley
The Living Madonnas is an an
nual Bennett tradition. This year’s
presentation will be held on Dec.
2 at 7 p.m. in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel.
The show is a celebration of
Christmas, in which famous paint
ings by renowned painters are
re-created. The theme for the pro
gram is “Madonnas of the
Louvre.” In all of the reproduc
tions, the Madonna is the central
figure.
The maintenance, art, clothing,
drama and music areas are work
ing cooperatively in the simula
tion of eight paintings that have
been selected.
The Department of Maintenance,
headed by Zack Browning and
Isaac Walker, will be responsible
for building the set and backdrops.
These sets and backdrops will be
painted with exact details of the
originals by the Art Department,
supervised by Alma Adams. The
Clothing Department, under the
direction of Dr. Gwen O’Neal, will
be responsible for costumes and
apparel needed to help in the re
creation of the paintings. The
Drama Department, under the di
rection of Denise Troutman wiU
aid the cast and work with nar
ration of the program.
Musical numbers suitable for
each painting will be selected by
the Music Department headed by
Dr. Charlotte Alston and perform
ed by the college choir. Guest or
ganist for the evening wOl be
Clarance Whiteman, former in
structor at Bennett and present
college organist for Virginia State
University.
Dr. Alston, chairman of the Ma
donnas Committee is confident
that the “Living Madonnas” wiU
be a success because of the dedi
cation of the directors and the en
thusiasm of the student cast.
Friday, November 18, 1977 BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C. Vol. XXXIX, No. 4
Mae Nash Resigns as Cooperative Education Director
Citing Internal Problems, New Career Opportunity
by “Kool-Aid” Bartley
Mae Nash, director of Coopera
tive Education has resigned from
her position as director. She said,
“My reasons are twofold. I have
always had the need for self im
provement and professional im
provement.”
She said, “In terms of timing,
the situations that I faced here,
forced me to make the move
quicker than I would have.” Mrs.
Nash went on to cite several in
ternal problems that showed some
faculty and administrative per
sonnel were not cooperating with
the program.
Ms. Nash has had an outstand
ing record with the Cooperative
Education Program on Bennett’s
campus. During her tenure, the
program became a model for sev-
Sears, Roebuck Executive to Head
United Negro College Fund Drive
Dr. Isaac H. Miller, Jr., presi
dent of Bennett College, an
nounced that Donald B. Lowe will
serve as chairman of the 1977 Ben
nett United Negro College Fund
Campaign. Lowe is the general
manager of Sears, Roebuck Co. in
Greensboro.
Dr. Miller stated during the
Campaign Kickoff Luncheon held
recently that this year’s goal is
$50,000 from the local community.
Last year $40,000 was raised.
Lowe heads the community vol
unteer leadership, consisting of
businessmen, professionals and
civic people. Other leaders include
Charles Salarini of First Union
National Bank, Corporate Gifts
Committee Chairman; Mrs. Gwen
dolyn H. Blount, Phonothon Chair
man; and Vance Chavis, Organi
zations Chairman.
A native of Greensboro, Lowe is
an alumnus of Guilford College.
Joining Sears, Roebuck Co. in
1948, he has also worked with the
organization in Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Minneapolis, Columbus and
Alsip, 111. He holds membership
in the Rotary Club, Board of Di
rectors of United Way and the
Board of Directors of Junior
Achievement. He is the 1977-78
Chairman of the Steering Com
mittee for Leadership in Greens
boro.
The joint campaign represents
the only effort by Bennett College
to solicit funds from the local
community, High Point and Bur
lington. The drive provides funds
for scholarship aid, faculty de
velopment and plant improve
ment.
Bennett will receive 75 percent
of the monies collected. The re
maining 25 percent will be re
turned to the college as part of a
larger distribution when the na
tional UNCF campaign is com
pleted. Last year Bennett received
$187,512.
eral other colleges and universi
ties seeking this type of non-tra-
ditional approach to education.
The program gained a good rap
port with recruiters from various
graduate schools, government and
industry.
According to Mrs. Nash, “I’m
not getting out of the area of ca
reer services. I will be moving
Career Education into the high
school curriculum. Not through
the occupational courses and work
experiences alone, but through
methodology and technology for
integrating career instruction with
regular academic programs as
well as emphasizing special
courses in career planning. One of
my special projects will be inner-
city ghetto areas, where we will
find talented students that per
haps would be overlooked other
wise and put them into pilot proj
ects of different kinds. I would
certainly hope that some of those
students could come to Bennett.
My responsibility as coordinator
for field operations will be to keep
the research going by developing
new methodologies and to locate
and negotiate pilot sites.” Mrs.
Nash will reside in Philadelphia.
Who will head the Cooperative
Education Program? The decision
is left to a search committee. The
committee will be spear-headed
by Dean Chelsea Tipton.
Photo by Myra Davis
"The Madonna of the Louvre” will appear at Bennett.
NAACP to Sponsor “Uoity Week”
by Sharon L. Sanders
The Bennett College chapter of
the N.A.A.C.P. will sponsor “Unity
Week” from November 28-Decem-
ber 4.
Vanessa Bartley, president of
the Bennett chapter of N.A.A.C.P.,
said the chapter sincerely hopes
that this week will not be like
any other week. There are several
things the chapter would like to
accomplish as a result of “Unity
Week.”
1. To educate ourselves to the
N.A.A.C.P. and its purpose.
2. To create a sense of oneness
among the students.
3. To create a sense of pride in
ourselves that we are “young
gifted and black daring women.”
Vanessa said, “We are asking
President Miller to proclaim the
week of November 28 through De
cember 4 as ‘Unity Week.’ We en
courage the faculty and staff to
participate in the various activi
ties planned.” Below is the ten
tative schedule for Unity Week.
Monday: N.A.A.C.P. exhibit in
the Student Union Foyer, 9-5.
Tuesday; Business Club Assem
bly in the chapel, 10-11. Soul Food
Dinner in the cafeteria, 5-6:30.
Greek Stepping, Student Union
Foyer, 6:30.
Wednesday: “Finding Your
Roots Through Black Music,”
Nancy Carree, guest performer,
Little Theater, 8:00 p.m.
Thursday: “A Cry For a New
Birth” program sponsored by the
Women Studies Class, in the
chapel at 10 a.m.
“Miss N.A.A.C.P. Freedom Fund
Pageant,” Ida Goode Gym, 7:30
p.m.
Friday: Events to be announced.
Saturday: Events to be an
nounced.
Sunday: N.A.A.C.P. worship ser
vice in the chapel at 11:00 a.m.
Christmas Tree Lighting Cere
mony, Student Union Foyer.
Belles to Pre-Register
p..,.
Photo by Joyce A. Bass
Pre-registration lines will form soon.
by Marion Johnson
It’s pre-registration time again
here at Bennett!
Friday, December 2, has been
set aside for Bennett students to
pre-register in classes for the 1978
spring semester.
Mary M. Eady, director of Ad
missions and Records, encourages
students to take advantage of this
day. She said, “Bennett has a pre
registration day to let the student
know what her classes will be for
the coming semester. It also aids
instructors in ordering textbooks
and in determining how many
sections a course will have.”
Effective planning and manage
ment of the academic program
is another aspect pre-registration
covers. This lets the administra
tion know if additional staff will
be needed and if courses should
be added or dropped from the
curriculum.
“If students follow the pre-reg
istration guide sent to them, then
it will make things easier on reg
istration day,” said Mrs. Eady.
“Many students don’t pre-register,
so on registration day they have
twice as much to do.” Students
would have to do everything they
should have done at pre-registra
tion time plus the additional paper
work required on registration
day,” she concluded.
As far as changes in class sched
ules are concerned, students have
a 4-week period to drop courses
and a 2-week period to add
courses.
Students are strongly urged to
meet with their advisers prior to
Dec. 2. This will be helpful in pre
registering, the purpose being that
the student will be enrolled in the
right classes and not hindered
or detained on registration day.
Christian Feminism Course Offers
A New Birth" fo Benneff College
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by Marion Johnson
The members of the “Christian
Feminism” class offered “A New
Birth” to Bennett College.
The new birth was presented in
the form of a special program “Cry
for A New Birth” written and
performed by members of the
class.
Christian Feminism was taught
by Dr. Helen Trohian, chairman
and professor of Humane Studies.
The course examined “the nature
of controversies in Feminist The
ology and made an inquiry into
the transformation of Christian
consciousness in relation to the
current women’s movement.”
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