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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1978
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL XL, No. 1
Housing mix-up settled
by Carolyn Hazel
On Sept. 9, Harold E. Bragg,
dean of Student Affairs, issued a
memorandum which informed
students of a “necessary relocation
of some students from their pres
ent residence hall to a different
residence hall.”
The reason for the memorandum
was stated in the following lines:
“Because we have some 12 seniors
without beds in Player Hall, we
must realign students in keeping
with the housing pattern which
we have been traditionally follow
ing. Specifically juniors and soph
omores will be moved from Player
to Cone and iVIerner Halls respec
tively; sophomores from Cone Hall
to iVIerner Hall and freshmen from
IVIerner Hall to Barge, Jones and
Pfeiffer Halls.”
The controversy over room as
signments started last semester
when Ouida Scarborough, director
of Residence Life, issued a memo
randum on Apr. 3 to the student
body outlining a new housing for-
College to celebrate Founders’ Day
with first Parents’ Weekend
by Betty Brown
On October 6-7, Bennett will
celebrate Founders’ Day and its
first Parents’ Weekend.
Parents are being invited to join
their daughters for a weekend full
of numerous activities. This cele
bration begins on Friday at 8 p.m.
with an evening of songs, dancing
and drama in the Little Theatre
where the students will present a
Founder’s Pageant. Pre-registra
tion is needed to insure a good
seat.
On Saturday there will be a full
day of programming. After the
opening sesison, the faculty, ad
ministrators and students will
take part in a Parents’ Forum to
explore the concerns of the par
ents. Included in Saturday activi
ties will also be a parents/daugh
ters luncheon.
The highlights for the afternoon
will consist of an informal setting
for parents to meet and speak
with their daughters’ advisers,
professors and residence life per
sonnel and to learn of student ac
tivities. Afterwards visitors may
rest, shop, or attend a football
game.
On Sunday morning, worship
will be given at St. Matthews
United iVlethodist Church, with
music provided by the College
Gospel Choir. The weekend will
be wrapped up with students join
ing the faculty and alumnae in
paying tribute to the Founders of
the institution.
mat that allowed seniors, juniors
and sophomores the opportunity to
sign up for Cone and Player Hall,
which had been previously desig
nated as junior and senior dorms
respectively.
Dean B'ragg issued a counter
memorandum on Apr. 21 to in
form the student body to disre
gard the Apr. 3 memorandum and
that they would be expected to
follow the traditional housing pat
tern as in the past.
The controversy culminated on
Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, when
Dean Bragg personally visited
Cone, Merner and Player Halls to
inform the misplaced residents in
each dorm that they would have
to move in order to re-instate the
original housing format.
After his talk. Dean Bragg chose
the students who had to move.
The students chosen were very up
set and disappointed. A few soph
omore students commented that
they had been placed in Cone Hall
because they were told that Reyn
olds and Merner Halls were full.
One sophomore student said that
she was not moving anyplace un
til she notified her parents about
the situation.
Some of the juniors who were
asked to move felt that the whole
situation was a mess and that it
should have been taken care of
before classes started.
A majority of the freshmen
students involved in the move said
that they didn’t really want to
move because they had been
settled in for so long; but a few
freshmen didn’t mind moving be
cause they received bigger rooms.
Dean Bragg summed up the sit
uation, “With the cooperation of
the students, the confusion over
room assignments will be ended;
and despite understandable anger,
most of the students are coopera
tive.”
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Sharon Sanders and Anna Darling watch as Tony Richardson and Audrey
Deleston engage in a game of backgammon during Labor Day activities.
photo by Myra Davis
Numerous fun-filled activities highlight
this year's Labor Day celebration
by Bernetta Hamilton
Game playing, picnicking
and disco dancing highlighted
this year’s Labor Day
activities.
The Student Union Board
and the Recreation Council
sponsored activities which be
gan with a mid-day brunch in
the cafeteria. Following the
brunch, students participated
in various sports and games
such as checkers, cards, ping-
pong, volleyball, cricket, base
ball and backgammon.
While many students play
ed, others munched on picnic
fare prepared by various
members of the staff.
As night fell, Belles and
Aggies danced to disco music
provided b.y B. C. Jock.
Roslyn Henderosn, a fresh
man psychology major from
Richmond, Va. exclaimed, “I
was very impressed by the
Labor Day activities and en
joyed them tremendously! I
was happy to see that al
though Bennett is a small col
lege, it sponsored activities
for our campus and neighbor
ing campuses.”
A sophomore theatre arts
major from Sumter, S.C., Jen
nifer Wells, commented,
“Comparing this year’s cele
bration to last year’s, I must
say that this year’s was defi
nitely better.”
James Martin, a senior at
A&T University majoring in
agriculture and education, has
been coming to Bennett’s La
bor Day activities for three
years. He said, “I come here
because there are more hap
penings here than on A&T
campus on Labor Day.”
Attendance rules revised
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New policies in effect
The Parents' Council of the Bennett College Parents’ Association met on
campus in August to finalize plans for the first Parents' Weekend. Shown above
(L to R) are Mrs. Margaret Bradley, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Ernestine Paschall,
Los Angeles, Cal.; Mr. and Mrs. Edsel Johnson, Cleveland, Ohio and Dr. Isaac
Miller facing camera. With back to camera are Mrs. Georgia Wells, Wilming
ton, Del.; Mrs. Shelby Rich, Charlotte, N. C.
photo by Myra Davis
Southern Association review
by Deborah Tillman
The Council on Academic Af
fairs has developed two new pol
icies that are effective for the
1978-79 school year. These policies
concern class attendance and final
year courses for seniors.
The first policy states “Students
being dropped from classes due to
poor class attendance will receive
the penalty of F if dropped within
the second nine weeks of a
semester.”
Dr. Chelsea Tipton, dean of the
College, stated that this change
occurred due to the increase in
students with academic difficulty
who cut heavily in the second nine
weeks in order to obtain a “drop-
ped-fail” or “dropped-pass” grade.
It is also designed to encourage
students to make an early decision
to drop a class to avoid failing.
Evaluation team due Sept. 24
During the period Sept. 24 to
Sept. 27, a visiting team appointed
by the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools will be on
campus evaluating all aspects of
the college for revalidation of its
accreditation.
These visits take place every
ten (10) years, with interim re
ports being required every five
(5) years. The visiting committee
is composed of distinguished edu
cators and administrators in mem
ber colleges and universities.
The team evaluating Bennett
College will be chaired by Dr. Mil
ton K. Curry, president. Bishop
College, Dallas, Texas. Assisting
him will be; Dr. Vivian Robinson,
academic dean, Paine College; Dr.
John L. Butler, academic dean,
Georgetown College; Dr. S. Dale
Mason, program associate, Student
Services Institute, United Board
for College Development; Dr. Wal
ter J. Sapp, dean of Student Af
fairs, Tuskegee Institute; Dr. Jes
sie G. Smith, director of the Self-
Study, Claflin College; Dr. Na
thaniel Pollard, Jr., academic
dean, Tougaloo College; Mrs. Selcy
Collins, dean. Southern University
at Shreveport; Dr. Robert Threatt,
president, Morris Brown College;
Mr. William Morrell, director of
Business Affairs, Clark College;
Ms. Carole Taylor, librarian, Dil
lard University; and Dr. J. T.
Whisenton, associate executive
secretary, Commission on Colleges,
Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools.
A report on the visitation is ex
pected to be made at the annual
meeting of the Southern Associa
tion of Colleges and Schools in
December.
Our campus will have important visitors when the Southern Association ac
creditation committee arrives soon.
An early decision will avoid the
penalty of receiving an “F.” Stu
dents are given at least one month
to decide whether or not they want
to remain in a class or drop it
from their schedule,” stated Dr.
Tipton.
The second policy states, “All
candidates for degrees must take
their courses for the senior year
at Bennett College and the Con
sortium Institutions unless special
permission to study elsewhere is
recommended by their department
chairman and approved by the di
vision director and the dean of the
College. In these cases, the student
must petition her department at
least two weeks prior to enrolling
at another college or university
and is limited to nine hours.”
This policy is designed to fit
the needs of the senior. Those who
have met their requirements can
petition to take courses near or in
their hometown to help alleviate
financial difficulties.
Dr. Tipton further commented,
“All policy changes are made to
benefit the student although they
cannot foresee the reasons.”
Members of the Council on Aca
demic Affairs are Dr. Chelsea
Tipton, chairman; Dn. Charlotte
Alston; Dr. Dawn Chaney; Miss
Dorothy Harris; Dr. Donald Mar
tin; Dr. Mattie Moss; Dr. Morris
Peterkin; Dr. Lynn Sadler; Dr.
J. Henry Sayles; Mrs. Mary Scar-
lette; and Mrs. Louise Streat.