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VOL XL, No. 7
College honors scholars
Photo by Myra Davis
Academic Excellence Is a goal of many students. S. Marie Brown proves this
while participating in Honors Convocation.
by Deborah Tillman
Sandra Hughes, Greensboro
talk-show hostess for “Sandra
and Friends” served as key
note speaker for the Spring
Honors Convocation, Feb. 15.
Sixty-five students have
satisfied certain standards of
academic excellence in order
to be honored. Freshmen must
have an accumulative average
of 3.00 or above; sophomores,
3.20 or above; juniors, 3.30
or above; and seniors, 3.40 or
above.
Freshman honorees were
Cynthia Annette Asbury,
Stephanie Elayne Bacote,
Cassandra Barnes, Sandra
Denise Baker, Andrietta
Elaine Brown, Valarie Dawn
Callender, Qundal Yvette
Chambers, Olivia Lois Dab
ney, Carolyn Pamiest Davis,
Wanda Yvette Dick, Selina
Denise Fox, Bernetta Horten-
sia Hamilton, Juanita Harris,
Wanda Hawkins, Rosalyn
Rose Henderson, Rosa Marie
Hinton, Sharon Anita Horton,
Phyllis Elaine Johnson, Eliz
abeth Ann Jones, Sandra
Maureen Jones, Sherrel Lar
ry, Kathy Lorraine Lewis,
Alpha Kappa Mu to initiate juniors and seniors soon
by Marion Johnson
Being a scholar is difficult
work. It requires discipline and
will power in one’s studies. As a
result of such dedication to their
scholastic endeavors several sen
iors and juniors will be initiated
into Alpha Kappa Mu National
Honor Society.
The campus chapter, Alpha
Epsilon, became inactive several
years ago because of the costs
involved. After this brief inter
ruption, faculty members who are
themselves members are happy to
reinstate the honor society on
Bennett’s campus.
The present adviser to the
Alpha Epsilon chapter is Mary R.
Scarlette, department chairman of
Elementary and Special Education.
Mrs. Scarlette explained the plans
for the reinstatement;
“This induction will be a special
one in honor of our chapters rein
statement. Ordinarily the require
ments for membership into Alpha
Kappa Mu are as follows: juniors
who have completed at least 50
percent of the hours necessary for
graduation and have the cumu
lative average of 3.5 and above.
The second group is seniors with
a 3.3 and above cumulative grade
point average.”
“For purposes of reinstatement,
invitations are being sent to those
juniors and seniors who have a
cumulative average of 3.3 and
above. Membership in Alpha Kap
pa Mu is only by invitation, which
must be answered formally by the
student,” added Mrs. Scarlette.
According to Mrs. Scarlette, the
need for an honor society to rec
ognize the black scholar and stim
ulate efforts toward academic
excellence led to the development
of Alpha Kappa Mu.
Lyceum to feature Lamb
Spirituals, opera and operetta
excerpts and songs by classical
composers will be featured in the
recital by Philadelphia soprano
Helen Rose Lamb scheduled for
the Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel,
Feb. 20, 8 p.m.
Among the opera excerpts Miss
Lamb will sing will be “A Real
Slow Drag” from Scott Joplin’s
“Treemonisha.” Spirituals will in
clude “Little David Play on Your
Harp,” “Bye and Bye” and “I
Know the Lord’s Laid His Hands
on Me.”
Operetta excerpts will include
“Romance” from “The Desert
Song” and “Romany Life” from
“The Fortune Teller.” Other opera
arias to be sung are the “Bell
Song” from “Lakme” and “Rob
ert, Robert” from “Robert Le
Diable.” Art songs by Handel,
Schubert, Strauss and Arne, and a
concert aria by Mozart will com
plete the program.
Helen Rose Lamb, soprano, will be presented in concert in the Annie Merner
Pfeiffer Chapel, Feb. 20, 8:00 p.m.
Dr. David Pinnix of the Bennett
and Guilford College faculties will
accompany Miss Lamb.
Miss Lamb has studied with
TiUy Barmach, Marion Harvey
and Marion Freschi at the Settle
ment School of Music, where she
was awarded a four-year scholar
ship. Her debut concert was at the
Fleischer Auditorium in Philadel
phia, and she has given recitals
at Barger’s of Bucks County and
Central College in Pella, Iowa.
She is a member of the Phil
adelphia Lyric Opera and the
Philadelphia Grand Opera and has
appeared as Susanna in the Sym
phony Club of Philadelphia’s per
formance of Mozart’s “The Mar
riage of Figaro.” She has also
appeared in numerous operatic
roles with the Ruffino Opera
Company at the Provincetown
Playhhouse in New York City and
with the New Dra-Mu Opera
Company of Philadelphia.
Miss Lamb has also sung in
many oratorios and cantatas at
churches in Philadelphia. She has
also appeared in WLIB radio,
WYNC radio and WUHY radio in
New York City and on WFIL-TV
in Philadelphia. She was the win
ner of the 1970 Mario Lanza Vocal
Competition.
Following the recital, a recep
tion will be held in the student
union. Everyone is invited to
attend.
Kimberly Jane Merritt, Debra
Jean Moore, Pauline Ntiyanu
Nzeribe, Sheryl Lee Patter
son, Pamela Lou Phifer, Nel
lie Faye Privette, India Char-
maine Richmond, Regina
Tena Scott, Donna Lynn Siler,
Artreatha V. Tharrington,
Angela Lorraine Tribue, and
Vickie Lynn Walker.
Sophomore honorees were
Adenike Asabiokin Adej un-
mobi, Linda Faye Anderson,
Lisa Ann Johnson, Robin
DeFoe Johnson, Sharonlyn
Jones, Tina Ruth Jones, Ton
ya Kristen Martin, Noma-
themba Nkomo, Regina
Elaine Pegram, Estalinda
Joyce Roberson, Beverly Ann
Roberson, Mary Jane Simp
kins, Toni Yvonne Sullivan,
and Katherine Winston.
Junior honorees were Dino
Michele Bradley, Angela Ver-
net Briley, Sandra Marie
Brown, Melissa Lee Graves,
Debra Ann Hodges, Valerie
Eileen Littlejohn, Barbara
Gail Murphy, Linda Beatrice
Smith, and Edwina Christine
Wilson.
Senior honorees were Eva
Ablorh, Bertha Kay Dolberry,
Veronica Kay Siler Emerson,
Belinda Jewell Foster, Marion
Adair Johnson, Marcelle An
gela Miranda, Ramona Lynn
Reid, and Deborah Denise
Tillman.
Four-year honor students
were Eva Ablorh, Bertha Dol
berry, Belinda Foster, Marion
Johnson, Marcelle Miranda,
and Deborah Tillman.
Sophomore elected
Shelby Rich, a sophomore,
was recently elected to the
Board of Directors of the Na
tional Orientation Directors
Association.
Shelby, majoring in chem
istry and mathematics, is a
peer adviser. An honor as
signment, peer advising is a
counseling service which al
lows students to help first
year students adjust to college
life.
She was elected to the posi
tion at the fall meeting of the
NOD A, an association de
signed to bring college orien
tation staff and students to
gether to share ideas concern
ing the orientation of college
students.
The NTE and the GRE are now offered in the Computer Center.
Computer Center offers NTE, GRE
by Marion Johnson
On Feb. 22 the seniors at Ben
nett College will be taking the
National Teacher’s Exam (NTE)
and the Graduate Record Exam
(GRE).
In order to better prepare stu
dents for these examinations the
Computer Center is offering tu
torial programs on the computer.
Dr. Nellouise Watkins, director
of the Computer Center stated the
goal of the programs: “Our major
goal is to help Bennett students
score better on these national
tests. By having programs with
test questions similar to those that
will appear on the exam, we can
make a student familiar with
what the test will be like.
“The questions pertaining to the
NTE and the GRE are just one
part of a library we have which
is advantageous to our students.
We have program aids for the
MCAT, and the Dental Aptitude
Test. In biology on the freshman
level, we have a whole bank of
test questions. The computer also
offers question and drill practices
for chemistry, physics, math,
spelling . . . you name it.
“A student must be registered
into a program. The program re
quires more than a one-hour sit
ting. This is so the computer can
keep track of where a student
begins and finishes in the pro
gram. However, if the program
is less than an hour a student can
come in and request the program
of her choice.
“These are not leased programs
and will be available year-round
to the students. We hope the en
tire student body will take advan
tage of the tutorial program,” said
Dr. Watkins.
“In addition to the programs
dealing with test questions, the
computer has a number of pro
grams that assist the student in
bibliography writing and docu
mentation for research papers,”
she added. (Seniors in seminar
courses take note!)
The computer center is open
Mondays through Fridays from
8:00 a.m. until 9:30 p.m. Dr. Wat
kins added that “Additional re
quests for material that a student
would like to see on the computer
would be greatly appreciated. The
computers are here to be used by
the students, with topics that in
terest the students.”