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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1978
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VOL. XL, No. 5
English exam given
to juniors; 4If® fail
by Carolyn Hazel
The results of the first
English Comprehensive Ex
amination, administered on
Nov. 16, showed that
58.56% or 65 students
passed and 41.44% or 46
students failed the test.
Dr. Lynn Sadler, chair
person of the Department
of Communications said,
“The fact that 41.44% of
the juniors taking the ex
amination failed is shock
ing, but at the same time
this figure reveals the ne
cessity for across - the -
campus efforts to improve
communication skills.”
A special course has been
set up for students who
failed the comprehensive
exam. The course, English
318 (Composition: Theory
and Practice), will be
taught by Anne Gillespie,
instructor of English, and
the meeting time will be ar
ranged for the convenience
of all participants.
The course will carry
three hours of elective
credit, and an overload to
take it will be permitted if
the student is not on aca
demic probation.
The majority of errors
made by most students
were pronoun errors, verb
errors (especially in sub-
ject-verb agreement) ,
point-of-view shifts, and
comma problems. Although
the students were allowed
to use a dictionary, 76 pa
pers contained misspelled
words.
The English Comprehen
sive Exam will be given
again on April 26 for those
juniors who failed the test
and for those students who
did not take the test the
first time.
The Classes of 1981 and
’82 will be required to take
and pass the exam before
graduation. The freshmen
and sophomores have been
sent letters notifying them
of this new requirement.
A study session was held
for the freshman and soph
omore classes on Nov. 29,
but only 13 of the approxi
mately 360 students showed
up.
Many of the students
who took the test were dis
appointed with the results.
Ellen Brinkley, president of
the junior class, felt that
the majority of the stu
dents who failed the test
failed because they were
nervous about it. She felt
that thev would be able to
Insurance plan
coverage told
by Carolyn Hazel
The Pilot Life Insurance Com
pany has designed an accident and
sickness insurance plan especially
for the students of Bennett Col
lege.
The plan provides 24 hour cov
erage for 12 months. Full-time
students pay $18 a year, and the
price is included in college fees.
If you are wondering why you
did not know that Bennett pro
vided insurance for its students,
don’t worry because the majority
of the student body was unaware
of the insurance plan.
J. J. Scarlette, business man
ager, was surprised that a major
ity of the student body did not
know about the insurance. He said,
“I knew that the upperclassmen
knew that they had it (insurance).
It’s listed in the catalogue.”
The catalogue contains a gen
eral description of the insurance
plan on page 20. Scarlette feels
that students should know about
the insurance because they should
have read their catalogues.
Although a majority of the stu
dent body was unaware of the in
surance, many freshmen and new
students received a description of
the plan and an insurance card in
their mailbox.
When Scarlette was asked about
this he said, “A description of the
insurance plan is placed inside
the freshmen packets every year
—except for this past year be
cause the materials arrived late.
So we placed them in the fresh
men’s mailboxes this year.”
Bernetta Hamilton, a freshman,
I.S.P.-Communications major,
from Charlotte said, “I didn’t re
ceive an insurance card in my
mailbox or a description of the
plan. I feel that the plan should
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pass the test in the spring.
Rising juniors will be
given the opportunity to
pass the exam on four dif
ferent occasions. The test
will be administered once
each semester, and it will
be a requirement for grad
uation.
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be discussed during Freshman
Orientation Week, so that every
new student will be aware of the
insurance.”
A senior majoring in English
from Philadelphia said, “I don’t
think that the plan is adequate. It
only covers hospitalization and ac
cidents. I feel that if we have to
pay for insurance, we should have
some input as to what type cover
age we need.”
The plan was described by Scar
lette as “general hospitalization
and accident insurance.” He said
that most students have some
type of insurance coverage at
home, so this plan is a “middle of
the road” type policy which will
allow the students easy access to
the hospital in case of an emer
gency. The policy does not cover
office visits.
Scarlette said that they have a
few insurance cards left and that
these cards will be placed in up
perclassmen’s mailboxes as soon
as possible. If you would like more
information about the insurance
plan, you may contact the Busi
ness Office.
Students, staff fast
to aid Oxfam fund
by Terry Lewis
The Bennett Scholars Club
and other Bennett students
fasted on Nov. 16 to help con
tribute to the Oxfam fund.
Oxfam is a small, non-profit
international agency that sup
ports innovative self-help de
velopment projects in Africa,
Asia, Latin America, Bangla-
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photo by Bernetta Hamilton
Newly crowned Miss NAACP 1978-79, Loretta Brewington Kelly, smilingly be
gins her reign.
Nine compete for Miss HAACP;
Loretta Brewington wins crown
by Andrietta Brown
Nine contestants competed for
the title, Miss NAACP 1978-1979
in the Miss NAACP Pageant held
Thursday, Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. in
the gym.
Loretta Brewington, a junior
social welfare major from Rock
ingham, N. C., was crowned Miss
NAACP 1978-1979. Other contest
ants were sophomores; Lydia
Chambers, Colette Froneburger
and Wanda Crouch. Juniors who
vied for the title were Jennifer
Fernell, Gwendolyn Allen, Brenda
White, Rhonda Blair and Celeste
Holmes.
Miss NAACP was selected on
the amount of money raised by
each contestant. The young lady
who raised the largest amount of
money received the title. Loretta
raised over $200.
The talent award was won by
Brenda White, a junior special
education major from Blackstone,
Va. The talent award was judged
on poise and appearance, original
ity, projection and knowledge of
the material. Brenda performed a
dramatic interpretation. Judges for
the talent award were Josie Hud-
ley, Ruth Powell, Peanella
Hughes, Gloria Glisson, Debra
Perkins and DelGratia Walker.
Executive producers of the
pageant were Dorothy Brown, a
senior ISP-Comm. major from
Washington, D. C., and Hattie
Purnell, a senior majoring in ISP-
Comm. from Ocean City, Md.
Doorthy Brown and Karla Gary,
a senior special education major
from Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., served
as Mistresses of Ceremony for the
pageant.
Entertainment was provided by
Tee Williams, a junior art major
from Florence, S. C., and Jimmy
Persons, a local jazz musician. Tee
performed a modern dance to the
music, “Can You Imagine.” Jim
my Persons sang several popular
songs, such as “Everything Must
Change” and “The Greatest Love.”
Mari Smith, a senior ISP-
Comm. major, contributed music
for the pageant. Mari wishes “to
give special thanks to Mr. Alcorn
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Seven become Girl Scout leaders
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photo by Myra Davis
Anita Ford Helen McAuley, Coretha Ford, Barbara Abrams, Wendy Brown, Deborah Moore, Pat Hudgins, and Jackie
Hayes smile after their initialion as Girl Scout leaders.
Six Bennett students and one
UNC-G student were invested as
Girl Scout leaders in a special
ceremony Nov. 30 after having
completed a four-week course to
prepare them for leadership of
Girl Scout troops for the excep
tional girl.
During the ceremony, the girls
repeated the Girl Scout oath in
parts as they each lit one candle
to form a pattern of the Girl Scout
symbol. Those initiated were then
given pins and welcomed to the
Girl Scouts by Patsy Kestner, pro
gram organizer, Tarheel Triad
Girl Scout Council, Inc.
Mary R. Scarlette, chairman.
Department of Elementary and
Special Education, and Carolina A.
Coston, instructor of special edu
cation, were also given troop
leader pins.
The girls invested were Coretha
Ford, Anita Ford, Barbara
Abrams, Jacquelyn Hayes, Debo
rah Moore and Patricia Hudgins,
all from Bennett, and Helen Mc
Auley, from UNC-G.
The training program began this
semester as a cooperative effort
between the Department of Ele
mentary and Special Education
and the Girl Scouts. The Girl
Scouts had an inadequate supply
of troop leaders for handicapped
children, and the Department of
Elementary and Special Education
needed more opportunities for
field experience for its majors in
special education.
The new troop leaders will be
working with Girl Scout troops in
such schools as the North Carolina
School for the Deaf, the Cerebral
Palsy School, The Kendall Center
for the Mentally Retarded, and
Mclver School for Exceptional
Children. A troop for the visually-
impaired is now being planned.
Students need not be special
education majors to participate.
Anyone who would like to learn
more about the program and how
it can be participated in for credit,
should see Mrs. Scarlette or Ms.
Coston.