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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1978
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL. XL, No. 2
Dr. Brown to keynote
Founder’sConvocation
by Deborah Tillman
Dr. Dorothy Brown, a
Bennett graduate and the
first woman surgeon to com
plete Meharry Medical School,
Nashville, Tennessee will
serve as keynote speaker for
the Founder’s Day Convoca
tion, Oct. 8.
Describing herself as a
“tough cookie” in her youth,
Dr. Brown is an active poli
tician, humanitarian, civic
leader and church worker.
She lives in Nashville, Ten
nessee where she is chief of
surgery at Riverside Hospital.
In addition to her duties at
Riverside, she is a professor
at Meharry Medical College
and also serves on the Bennett
Board of Trustees.
At a recent banquet honor
ing her at the Board of
Higher Education and Minis
try of the Methodist Church,
Dr. Brown capsuled her suc
cess by saying, “You have to
run to live. There are so many
things to do and life is so
short that you can’t waste a
moment if you want to get
some things done.”
Besides Dr. Brown’s ad
dress on Sunday, other activi
ties during the Founder’s Day
celebration include the First
Annual Parents’ weekend
which consists of a student
pageant, a parents’ general
assembly, a picnic on the
lawn, a mini-conference with
college faculty and the stu
dent services staff and a Sun
day morning worship at St.
Matthews United Methodist
Church.
The entire Bennett family
is invited and encouraged to
attend the Founder’s Day
celebration this weekend.
Miss Bennett’ debuts
by Deborah Little
The coronation held for Miss
Bennett on Sept. 22 in the Stu
dent Union was an honorable de
but for Miss Bennett,
Rose Hudson, Miss Bennett, said
she was determined to be calm
about the whole thing. She had
known since March that she was
the campus queen and there was
no need to get excited.
Then that night of the cere
mony, while getting dressed, she
looked around and said to her
mother, “It’s almost as if I’m get
ting married. Here I am in white;
my attendants are all in blue; and
everyone looks so nice.”
While waiting, she started to get
nervous; then she walked the
floor awhile to try to kill time.
Just before the time for her to
enter, she exclaimed that it was
as if a stroke of nervousness came
over her. “You have to go next,
it’s your debut, don’t freeze
up now,” she thought to herself.
“This goes to show you how much
people care for you.”
She further said, “Those people
were here to see me, to honor me.
Rose Hudson. The feelings are too
much to express, something that
you just can’t put in words.”
Rose said there was an election
last semester. There was a spe
cial committee who had decided
since the college didn’t have a
football team and it was an all
girls school, then they would have
a Miss Bennett and she would as
sist the college in public relations.
She was told she had been
elected by Debra Perkins, presi
dent of the SGA. She said Debra
called her and said, “It’s a black
girl; she has kinky hair and she
smiles all the time.” Rose’s reply
was “Debra, I’m not bragging, but
it sounds like me.”
After the ceremony, some of
those present said, “I’m happy for
‘Miss Bennett,’ but the ceremony
could have been better if it were
held in a more appropriate place.”
Lisa Hall, a political science
major said, “It could have been a
little more formal. They could
have notified the alumnae; all the
contestant’s parents could have
been there; and the faculty should
have definitely been notified.”
Lisa said she also felt that the
coronation, as the first annual one,
was poorly put together.
Miss Bennett’s last comments
were “It was the highlight of my
life; it was the most memorable
thing.” She also said she is now
contemplating running for Miss
North Carolina.
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Dr. S. Dale Mason, member of the Southern Association Visiting Committee,
chats with Jennifer Wells during her recent visit to evaluate the Student Affairs
program on campus. Committee members were on campus Sept. 24-27 to re
view Bennett’s accreditation. .
Photo by Myra Davis
NAACP plans feature Unity Week
by Andrietta Brovsm
The highlight of the Youth
NAACP activities for the
semester is Unity Week.
Unity Week is to be held
November 27.- December 3
Special activities are planned
for each day of this week.
The chapter plans to con
tinue its membership drive,
dates to be announced. A ves
per service, featuring Rev.
Knight as the speaker, will
take place Sunday, Oct. 29.
Election of 1979 officers will
be held in December. More in
formation will be given as
these plans are finalized.
President Rose M. Hudson,
a senior communications maj
or from Sumter, S. C., re
ported that 80 student mem
berships and one life mem
bership from Robert E. Jones,
property control officer, were
received during the Septem
ber membership drive. She
urges all Belles to join the
chapter and become actively
involved.
Freshmen officers voice complaints
inadequate facilities, cafeteria line,
to president:
Institute
Rose Hudson, the first Miss Bennett, beams during her coronation.
Photo by Myra Davis
by Carolyn Hazel
The Class of ’82 has decided to
make it its goal to improve Ben
nett College.
In a meeting with Presi
dent Isaac Miller on Sept. 18,
the freshman class officers said,
“When we got here we knew that
Bennett College was not what it
was supposed to be or what it
used to be; but we’re taking the
initiative to build it back up and
this is the goal of the Class of ’82.
The freshman class, represented
by Debora Matthews, class presi
dent; Donna Siler, vice-president;
Artreatha TTiarrington, treasurer;
Josie Hudley, secretary; and Her-
manita Marable, historian, com
piled a list of grievances and pre
sented them to President Miller.
The biggest issue discussed was
the president’s Pre-Freshman Ad
vancement Institute. The main
problem was deciding the value of
the program. During the summer,
fifty incoming freshmen were
given the opportunity to experi
ence college life. The three week
session consisted of an orientation
period, classes, lectures, a series of
tests and extra-curricular activi
ties.
Most of the students who par
ticipated in the program felt that
the Institute was a waste of their
time, because they had to repeat
the same basic program during
Freshmen Orientation Week in
August.
Due to a lack of commxmication,
the participants were told that
they would not have to take part
in the fall freshmen orientation
period; but in a letter to new stu
dents, Dean Bragg specified that
the freshmen would be expected
to participate in the orientatio'n
sessions. He also stated that the
participants would be able to help
with the fall orientation as well
as participate.
President Miller felt that the
freshmen had a valid complaint
and a committee of freshmen was
organized to help plan and co
ordinate the Institute for next
year.
Another complaint voiced by
the freshmen was the long cafe
teria line and the rudeness of
other students who cut into the
line. The officers stated that dur
ing freshmen orientation there was
little or no cutting in the cafe
teria line. When the upperclass
men returned, the freshmen ex
perienced the pain of cutting. The
officers also felt that the upper
classmen were a bad influence on
the freshman class.
A suggested solurtion to this
problem was the use of monitors
in the cafeteria who would be re
sponsible for telling students cut
ting into the line to go to the back
of the line. A freshmen student
suggested this solution.
Several grievances were voiced
about the freshmen dormitories.
The facilities in several bathrooms
were out-of-order; some rooms
lacked dressers; there were no
curtains on the side windows; and
essential items, such as light
bulbs, were needed while requisi
tions are being processed.
According to the freshmen class
officers, President Miller told
them that he was unaware of the
problems and he was glad that
they had brought the problems to
his attention. He expressed a deep
concern for the students and en
couraged the freshmen officers
that something would be done.