Required Every Ten Years
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BENNETT COLLEGE>
Greensboro, N.
Bennett to Undergo Accreditation Review by SACS
As a requirement of the South
ern Association of Colleges and
Schools (SACS) member insti
tutions must have their accredita
tions revalidated every ten years.
In Iceeping with this require
ment, Bennett College is now in
an accelerated period of self-
study, with a scheduled visit by
a SACS evaluation team, Sept.
24-27, 1978. Dr. George Breathett,
director. Planning/AIDP is di
recting the self-study.
An Institutional Self-study in
volves the entire campus and
must be conducted on the basis
of pr&§cribed Association stand
ards. Periodic reports will be made
by the various committees to the
Steering Committee, which will in
turn report to the faculty, staff
and student body from time to
time. The chairman of the Steer
ing Committee reports to the
student body by way of the
Bennett Banner and other campus
news media.
The Steering Committee is made
up of the following faculty and
administrators;
Br. George Breathett, Harold
Bragg, dean of Student Affairs;
Ednita Bullock, college librarian;
Mary M. Eady, director of Records
and Admissions; Attorney Richard
C. Erwin, trustee; Dr. Isaac H.
Miller, Jr., president; Dr. Gwen
dolyn O’Neal, assistant professor
of home economics; James Scar-
lette, business manager; Mary
Scarlette, assistant professor of
education; Dr. Chelsea Tipton,
dean of the College; Dr. Dorinda
D. Trader, professor of psychol
ogy; Dr. Virginia Tucker, associ
ate professor of English.
There are ten self-study com
mittees which will deal with spe
cific standards of the SACS. They
are the Committees on Purpose,
chaired by Dr. Miller; Organiza
tion and Administration, chaired
by Dr. Breathett; Educational Pro
grams, chaired by Dr. Tipton, Fi
nancial Resources, chaired by Mr.
Scarlette; Faculty, chaired by Dr.
Tipton; Library, chaired by Mrs.
Bullock; Student Development,
chaired by Dean Bragg; Physical
Plant, chaired by Mr. R. E. Jones,
Jr.; Special Activities, chaired by
Dr. Trobian; and Research, chair
ed by Dr. Breathett.
All of the above committees
have student membership, three
students being assigned to each
committee. Student assignments
are as follow: Purpose: Sheila
Sanunons, Rochelle Moody, Shawn
Humphries; Organization and Ad
ministration, Kathy Crosby, Fran
ces Kay, Linda Pittman; Educa
tional Purpose: Marilyn Hicks,
Hattie Purnell, Marva Vaughan;
Financial Resources: Vanessa
Bartley, Allene Elder, Debra
Hodges; Faculty: Barbara Hamm,
Dorothy Brown, Kay Dolherry;
Library: Elizabeth Malloy, Terry
Lewis, Audrey Wall; Student De
velopment Services: Vicentia Lips
comb, Lisa Anderson, LaSandra
Muldrow; Physical plant: Alisia
Coachman, Robin Adams, Cynthia
Robinson; Special Activities: Etta
Cox, Debra Perkins, Donna Sim
mons; Research: Cynthia Willis,
Joyce Bass, Felicia Burton.
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Photo by Joyce A. Bass
Research, research everywhere!
More Research Papers Required
Friday, December 9, 1977 BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
Vol. XXXIX, No. 5
by Joyce Bass
Many students are noticing a
chain reaction taking place in re-
A Christmas List for BC Belles
by Marion Johnson
With Christmas less than four
weeks away and the spirit of the
holiday becoming ever more ap
parent, Bennett Belles were asked
this question: “What do you want
for Christmas?”
Once everyone recovered from
the initial shock and hilarity of
the question, answers were finally
given.
Banner reporter Sharon Sanders,
a freshman communications major
(ISP) from Washington, D. C.,
wants an electric typewriter for
“typing my Banner articles.”
If every wish for a car came
true the c ar companies would
never go out of business! “A car!”
seems to be the gift desired most
this Christmas by several Belles.
Peaches Alston, a freshman soci
ology major from Bronx, N. Y.,
has a special preference for yel
low Corvettes. Karen Evans
screamed “A car!”, as she ran in
the cold and drizzling rain to her
dorm. Karen, a sophomore art ma
jor and a native of Greensboro
added, “A warm winter would be
nice too.”
Two juniors, Frances Gaines and
Patti Winston each had unique
wishes for gifts.
Frances, a communications
(ISP) major from Chester, Pa.,
says “A trench coat, that’s what I
want, a trench coat. I never had
one. And a Jewish Apple Cake, I
love them. My mom didn’t make
one last year but I want one this
year.”
Patti, a biology major from
Long Island, N. Y., has the gift
that many young girls only dream
of. “Frankly, I’ve already re
ceived my Christmas present, so
I don’t want anything else,” said
Patti, as she removed a full-length
100% mink coat from her closet!
Wliat more could she ask for?!
Amidst all the choices of pres
ents are the practical ones.
Among the more pragmatic think
ers are Linda Smith, a sophomore
electrical engineering and math
major from Greensboro and Joella
Hendricks, instructor of Physical
Education at Bennett.
A new calculator, a black
sweater and new shoes would
complete Linda’s list.
Miss Hendricks, however, hit
the, nail on the head. She wants
“a million dollars now and a mil
lion dollars after the first of the
year! Tell Santa he can put it on
a time basis. Oh, yes and a new
toothbrush.”
Maybe those library hours arer^’t so bad after all.
Photo by Joyce A. Bass
In actuality many Belles first
comment to the question was “a
real man!” It seems to be the gen
eral consensus at Bennett that
there is a lack of suitable male
companions here in Greensboro.
Belles are looking for that mys
terious force that will lovingly
sweep them off their feet. Maybe
Santa will fill your stockings girls
with something tall, dark and
handsome instead of the usual
goodies.
Freshman social welfare major
Elaine Wilder from Florence, S, C.
summed it up best by saying,
“Send me Billy Dee Williams and
all the trimmings!”
The true meaning of Christmas
prevailed in the remarks made by
juniors Gloria Glisson, Hattie Pur
nell, Jackie Costin and Beverly
Randolph.
Gloria, a student personnel ma
jor from Sumter, S. C., stated
“For Christmas all I want is to be
with my family and to have a
prosperous New Year.”
“I just want to get away from
Bennett as fast as I can and en
joy some time with the folks back
home, you know, down yonder,”
said Jackie, an early childhood
education major from Greenville,
N. C.
Beverly, a biology major from
New Haven, Conn. said “I want so
many things it’s hard to think of
them all. More than anything else
I want to be home with my mother
because I didn’t go home for
Thanksgiving.”
Hattie, a communications (ISP)
major from Ocean City, Md., per
haps said it the way many Belles
feel. “For Christmas I want peace
of mind — freedom from all the
hustle and bustle of running from
campus to campus and looking at
a desk full of books — freedom
from Bennett!”
With Christmas less than four
weeks away and the spirit of the
holiday becoming ever more ap
parent I hope that everyone’s gift
list is fulfilled.
But most of all I hope everyone
has a happy and merry Christmas!
gard to term papers and research
papers. It seems that a number of
teachers are requesting their stu
dents to complete a paper based
on research material before the
end of the semester. Why the sud
den increase? One reason is the
determination of the college to in
crease the writing potential of the
students.
According to Dr. Donald Martin,
chairman of the Division of So
cial Sciences, “Research is in
volved in almost every phase and
course at the college. We study
trends in order to see how they
affect society at large. Sociological
behavior is also taken into con
sideration. Research is done
through literature and empirical
studies.”
He said it is a problem when
people, especially students, can’t
express themselves in written
form. “Many of our students don’t
write well, because they don’t
have anything to say. We want to
help people write definitively and
know how to synthesize material.”
He gave a hypothetical situ
ation. “If a student said to me
Bennett College’s food is bad and
here’s my frame of reference, I
would sit and listen. She woxild
say, ‘I have eaten at A&T, UNC-G,
Greensboro College and Guilford
College. I have made a distinction
between good and bad food.’ Now
this student has presented re
search,” said Dr. Martin.
“At some point in a student’s
academic learning, research should
be stressed. Learning to do re
search should be a gradual process
and not dropped on a student. The
emphasis of the research pro
cedure is to organize thoughts.
Facts should be stated based on
the interpretation of the person’s
thoughts.
“To be able to contribute to
conversations, you must do your
research. Only then will you be
able to compete at a high level.
The good student always does
much more than is required of
her,” Dr. Martin added.
He said that graduate school is
like falling off a log if you have
mastered the research procedure.
He concluded, “Today, everyone
has a B.S. degree; that’s why it’s
important to get prepared. Why
not be ready for graduate school,
even if you decide not to go. In
crease your options. Learn how to
research information.”