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THE BENNETT BANNER
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1978
No Fire Drills Held in Dormitories
by Joyce A. Bass
In a recent survey of five of the
seven dormitories on Bennett’s
campus, it was discovered none
held a fire drill or even men
tioned one in their dorm meet
ings.
Where do responsibilities for
fire drills lie? Two offices were
contacted, Student Affairs and
Residence Life.
“Ultimately, fire drills are han
dled by this office,” said Dean
Harold Bragg:. “We send memos
to the Residence Life Office ask
ing for scheduling dates of the fire
drills for each dorm.”
Guida Scarborough, director of
Residence Life said, “At the be
ginning of each school year, the
dorms should select fire marshalls
ATLANTA, GA. — May 1st is
the deadline for aspiring young
Southern newspapermen and
women to submit applications for
Ralph McGill Scholarships.
The Ralph McGill Scholai'ship
Fund offers scholarships of up to
$1,500 each to students who have
completed at least two years of
college, and who have demon
strated an abiding interest in the
news and editorial phase of news-
papering. Jack Tarver, Chairman
of the Fund’s Advisory Commit
tee, said scholarships are limited
primarily to those young men and
women whose roots lie in the
South. Applicants must also con
vince the Awards Committee that
they firmly intend to pursue a
( areer in daily or weekly news-
PRINCETON, NJ — Minority
students, often plunged suddenly
into a setting that reflects the
academic orientation, customs, at
titudes and traditions of the white
middle class, may suffer a kind of
cultural shock on the nation’s
campuses.
That most of them are able to
succeed is a tribute to their de
termination to work hard to over
come earlier academic defici
encies and to cope with the stresses
of an unfamiliar environment, ac
cording to Dr. Luis Nieves, asso
ciate director of the Office for Mi
nority Education, Educational
Testing Service (ETS).
Solutions to the problems of mi
nority students demand a compre
hensive system of self-assessment,
said Nieves, who has written a
guide to help them cope with the
challenge of the new college at
mosphere. “College Achievement
Through Self-Help,” the planning
and guidance manual for minority
students, explains self-control,
self-management techniques and
how they can be used to handle
the most common and crucial
problems facing minority — and
other — students.
With a counselor, or on their
own, students are taken through
step - by - step problem - solving
processes, with the aid of charts
and multiple - choice question
naires, designed to help them
learn skiUs needed to get the most
out of their higher education.
The publication, sponsored joint
ly by the ETS Office for Minority
Education and the Graduate Rec
ord Examinations Board, was
prepared after an extensive in
vestigation into the problems and
solutions of minority college stu
dents. The manual was produced
with the assistance of some 60
minority students and a number
of faculty advisers, counselors,
psychologists and educators.
“Research shows that positive
feelings of self-worth, belief in
inner control, realistic aspirations,
a high motivation to achieve and
confidence in the ability to suc
ceed go hand in hand with aca
demic success,” Nieves said. “The
will to succeed academically and
the belief that it is possible lead
and captains for each end of each
floor in the dorm. Then the dorm
director can send me a note say
ing when the fire drill is sched
uled. This is all we ask for. We
just want to know when the drills
will take place.”
Mildred O. Tucker, former di
rector of Residence Life, stated
that her office scheduled fire drills
prior to 1968.
“1 took the responsibility for
making sure we had them regu
larly,” she said.
Both spokesmen said there
should be no fewer than one fire
drill a semester, but in recent
years this policy has broken down.
“We always seem to get bogged
down with one thing or another
and just lose sight of these things,”
papering. Tarver said the Awards
Committee wants to give scholar
ships to those who are likely to
become leaders in the newspaper
field.
Successful applicants will be re-
ciuired to maintain a “B” average
in order to keep the scholarship.
A letter of not more than 500
words telling why the applicant
wants a scholarship, together with
a photograph of the applicant,
must accompany each application.
Applicants also must have a letter
of I'ecommendation from a col
lege authority.
Application blanks may be ob
tained from: The Ralph McGill
Scholarship Fund; Box 4689; At
lanta, Georgia 30302.
students to develop good study
habits. Good study habits lead to
good grades, which reinforce
their motivation.”
The keys to academic success
are the same for minority students
as for others, he added. They must
learn practical, useful academic
skills — how, what and when to
study — plus the ability to deal
with such self-defeating feelings
as powerlessness, inadequacy, in
feriority and fear of failure.
In addition to poor academic
preparation, many of the more
than 900,000 minority students en
rolled in colleges and universities
across America have attitudes and
behavior patterns that debilitate
their academic performance,
Nieves said. These include feelings
of loneliness and rejection, lack of
career goals and objectives, the
belief that they are subject to ex
ternal controls rather than being
able to control situations them
selves, and pervasive negative
self-concepts.
Using the procedure for prob
lem analysis set forth in the man
ual, a student defines a specific
problem he/she has; indicates the
change in behavior wanted; de
cides which actions need to be in
creased and which must be de
creased; and then chooses which
change techniques he/she will use
Alumnae Activities
by Dionna M. Woods
Alumnae weekend is scheduled
for May 12-14.
Alumnae headquarters will be
at the Holiday Inn-Four Seasons.
Registration will take place Fri
day, May 12, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
At 10 a.m. the Executive Com
mittee will meet; at 2 p.m. will
be the National Alumnae Meeting,
and at 7 p.m. Class Reunion Meet
ings will be arranged by the
classes. All these activities will
take place at headquarters.
On Saturday, May 13, from 9
a.m. to 12 noon, registration will
continue. Also from 9 a.m. until
11 a.m., there will be a workshop
entitled The Emerging Woman:
Seeking New Careers.
At 1 p.m. the All-Bennett
said Mrs. Scarborough.
They said the presence of a
member of the City Fire Depart
ment was not necessary for a fire
drill to take place.
“Often one may be asked to be
present in case of questions con
cerning speed and consistency,”
said Dean Bragg.
Bennett Graduate
by Dionna M. Woods
Dr. Betty R. King, ’71 Bennett
graduate majored in pre-medicine
is now a general dentist in Dur
ham, N. C., after earning a de
gree in dentistry at Harvard Uni
versity.
Dr. King wanted to be a dentist
while she studied pre-med. Aca
demically Bennett prepared her
for her career. She took courses
in biology that she says helped the
most. However, she feels she
should have been prepared more
psychologically and socially for
the transition from Bennett to a
school like Harvard.
Dr. King says the best way to
decide on one’s choice of career
is to consult one’s counselors and
obtain a list of any and all types
of careers available. Select the
areas that interest you most.
Choose what you like best, visit
and talk with someone in the pro
fession.
In preparing for a career. Dr.
King says there are three im
portant steps one should take: 1)
Choose a curriculum that would
support your career, 2) Attend
special summer workshops and
take additional courses during the
Overcome Shock
to reach solutions to the problem.
“College Achievement Through
Self-Help’’ describes this method
and teaches students to apply it to
common academic problems such
as managing study, anxiety, mild
depression and interpersonal rela
tions and choosing a career.
The multimodal concept, said
Nieves, offers students several sig
nificant advantages.
“It permits an integrated, over
all view of a problem (poor aca
demic performance, for example),
yet it leaves room for more dis
crete problems (too little study
time) and offers a structure for
organizing corrective measures.
Basically, it relies on the student’s
own desire for change as a moti
vating force.”
Thus, the system contains the
potential for comprehensive, last
ing modification that can help mi
nority students academically and
emotionally while in college and
in their later lives.
Copies of “College Achievement
Through Self-Help” are available
for $2.25 each, which includes
mailing and shipping costs. Make
check or money order payable to
“Office for Minority Education,
ETS,” and send to Office for Mi
nority Education, Educational
Testing Service, Princeton, N. J.
08541.
Slated for May
Luncheon and class reunion pic
tures will take place. From 6-8
p.m. there will be a reception at
the home of President Miller for
the seniors and their parents. At
8 p.m. there will be a drama pro
duction, Bible Herstory, in the
Little Theater on campus. From
9 p.m. to 1 p.m. there will be an
Alumnae Get-Together at head
quarters.
On Sunday, May 14 at 8 a.m.
there will be a White Breakfast in
the dining hall on campus. White
dresses or pants suits are reuiqred.
At 3 p.m. commencement services
will be held.
At commencement services the
president of the National Alum
nae Association will induct the
seniors into the society.
“On our campus, the tallest
building is Player Hall. If a fire
took place and students had to
leap from the top floor, the most
severe injury a student could sus
tain is a broken limb,” he added.
Dorm director Peanella Hughes
said, “It’s been a long time since
we’ve had a fire drill. They keep
summer, 3) Do volunteer work in
the profession if possible.
For those students interested in
dentistry. Dr. King says you should
first find out what the profession
entails in general. She says talk
ing with health career counselors,
attending a health career summer
session, or visiting a dentist and
watching him work, should help
prepare you. Also if interested a
student should pursue a medical
curriculum to prepare for dentis
try.
When asked what motivated
her. Dr. King replied, “I was ac
tually self-motivated. I had a
curiosity about the career, found
out about it, liked it, and con
cluded there was a definite need
for black women in dentistry.”
Dr. King’s philosophy of life is,
“One can do anything in life that
she puts her mind to. Of course,
most of us black women are very
religious and that indeed helps
a lot.”
Dr. Tressie Muldrow is a per
sonnel research psychologist in
Washington. D. C„ and a ’62 Ben
nett graduate in the field of psy
chology.
She attended graduate school at
Howard University, where she ac
quired two degrees, the M.S., and
the Ph.D. Dr. Muldrow is a mem
ber of the American Psychological
Association and the National As
sociation for Black Psychologists.
She is also a member of Delta
Sigma Theta public service so
rority. She has publiched an article
in the Journal of Experimental
Research in Personality entitled
“Interacting Variables in the Per
ception of Racial Personality
Traits.”
Dr. Muldrow is quite outspoken
and vivacious. She spoke to the
by Ui'sula Joanne Joyner
The Bennett College Play
ers, under the direction of De
nise Troutman, vi'ill present
their spring production, Sat.,
Apr. 1 and Sun., Apr. 2 at 8:15
p.m. The cast includes Gwen
Davis, Rosalyn Scott, Edwina
Mitchell, Hattie Purnell, Dotty
Brown, Rose Hudson, Jennifer
Wells, and Cheryl Troutman.
The Players will present ex
cerpts from Hughes’ work in
saying we should have one, but
no one has taken the time to or
ganize it. It’s hard to get people
to do things that need to be done.”
Those students surveyed said if
a fire occurred they had a good
idea of what should be done.
“We’d get out of there, that’s
what we’d do,” said one resident.
Dr. King says she found no dis
crimination in dental school for
race or sex. She feels this was be
cause technique is emphasized
over strength.
She says she would return to
Bennett if she could do it over
again. She says she especially en
joyed courses in the humanities.
For life preparation and apprecia
tion, she feels courses in art, mu
sic, psychology, and sociology
helped. Dr. King also recommends
courses in economics and political
science for everyone as electives.
She says courses in human and
comparative anatomy, histology,
physiology and chemistry pre
pared her for medicine.
Her most vivid memory of Ben
nett was the night the girls slept
in the Student Union in protest of
the curfew hours.
Having her career has not
stopped her thinking positively of
marriage. She feels that she could
successfully combine the two.
Washington district students on
her last visit to the campus. Stu
dents say she gave them a pep
talk.
Sharon Sanders, a freshman,
I.S.P. communications major, said
it was very informal and nice.
Dr. Muldrow is married to
Robert E, Muldrow, and has a
daughter. DeJuan Denise, four
teen.
Finish your requirement in
languages by taking Spanish
this summer at Guilford Col
lege.
Spanish 101, 201, and 202
will be offered in the morning.
Do you need an elective ? Take
Spanish 202. For more infor
mation, contact Ouida Scar
borough, Jr.
eluding poems, tales of Jesse
B. Semple, and essays in addi
tion to the one act play “Soul
Gone Home.”
Langston Hughes was a
black playwright, author, es
sayist and publisher. Ms.
Troutman says “The Players
feel that many students are
not familiar with Hughes and
he deserves widespread recog
nition.” In this context Lang
ston Hughes will be honored.
Journalism Scholarship Deadline Nears
Delermination Helps Minorily Students
Fills Need as Black, Female Dentist
Research Psych Peps up BC Students
by Dionna M. Woods
Drama Guild pays tribute to Langston Hughes with production.
photo by Myra Davis
Players Present "Tribute to Hughes"