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Gte' MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1979 ^ ^ ^ Qf«ensboro^ N. Q^ BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C. VOL XL, No. 8 Former Pennsylvania secretary of state visits Tucker to speak C. Delores Tucker, former sec retary of state. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will be on the campus on March 27-28 through the courtesy of the Readers’ Di gest Foundation Lecture Series. Mrs. Tucker will give a lecture in the chapel at 8 p.m. on Tues day, Mar. 27, and will conduct a seminar in Black Hall Assembly at 11 a.m. on Mar. 28. Mrs. Tucker’s appearances are part of the Lyceum program. Mrs. Tucker was secretary of state of Pennsylvania from 1971 to 1977 and in that capacity was the highest ranking black woman in state government in the coun try. Prior to becoming secretary of state, she served as the first black female member of the Philadel phia Zoning Board. She was also president of the C. Delores Tucker Associates, a Philadelphia public relations firm. Among the highlights of Mrs. Tucker’s civic and political career was her participation with Dr. Martin Luther King in the 1965 Selma-Montgomery march. She was also a delegate to the historic White House Conference on Civil Rights; a founding mem ber of the National Woman’s Po litical Caucus; co-founder of the National Black Women’s Political Caucus; vice-chairperson of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Caucus and vice-president of the Pennsylvania NAACP; and most recently sl^ was elected national vice-president of the Federation of Democratic Women and re-elected as a member of the National Dem ocratic Committee. Mrs. Tucker is also on the boards of the following organiza tions: NAACP Special Contribu tion Fund; Commonwealth Medi- C. Delores Tucker, former secretary of tfie state of Pennsylvania, will speak in the chapel, March 27, 8 p.m. cal College of Pennsylvania; PUSH, of which she is national the New School of Music. She also secretary; Messiah College, and holds membership in Links, Inc., and the Business and Professional Women’s Club. Mrs. Tucker was named by the National Women’s Political Cau cus and “Redbook” magazine as the woman best qualified to be ambassador to the United Nations on a slate of 22 women who could save America. She has been on “Ebony’s” list of “100 Most Influ ential Black Americans” since 1972. In 1975 and 1976 she received “Ladies Home Journal” nomina tions for Women of the Year. In 1972 she was named Woman of the Year by the National Associa tion of TV and Radio Artists. She has received awards from the Quaker City Chapter of B’nai Brith (1974), the National Elks Club (1971); the National Asso ciation of Real Estate Brokers (1971); and the Philadelphia Trade Unions Council (Martin Luther King award). She has also received the National NAACP Freedom Fund Award (1961) and the OIC Achievement Award. She is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. In the 1978 primary elections in Pennsylvania, Mrs. Tucker scored another first. She was drafted by 150 organizational leaders as the first black candidate to run for the office of lieutenant governor. She ran third in a field of four teen candidates. She is the wife of William Tucker and daughter of the Rev. Whitfield and the late Captilda Nottage. Faculty members are invited to bring their classes to hear Mrs. Tucker. She will also be available for classroom visitation on Wednesday. Any faculty member wishing to have Mrs. Tucker as a guest in his or her class should see Mrs. Geraldine Totten, direc tor of Women’s Studies. Debate Club holds parliamentary procedures workshop by Marion Johnson Can an organization member make a motion if there is already one on the floor? What is meant by ‘Parliamentary Inquiry’ or ‘Point of Order’? If you don’t know the answers to these ques tions, you should have attended the Parliamentary Procedure Workshop held Feb. 27 by the De bate Club. Consultants for the workshop Sophomore elected by Betty Brown The United Negro College Fund held its 33rd annual conference in Birmingham, Alabama at the Hyatt House, March 8-11. At the conference, the National Pre-Alumni Council (NPAC) and the National Alumni Council (NAC) participated in workshops to discuss financial problems of the 41 UNCF black colleges. At this conference Betty Louise Brown, a sophomore communica tion major, was elected as na tional secretary to the Executive Board of the National Pre-Alumni Council for the United Negro Col lege Fund. This board is created to help the 41 colleges solve prob lems that they may encounter. were Dr. Ruth Lucier, associate professor of philosophy and re ligion, and Frances Gaines, vice- president of the Debate Club. Although not many people at tended the February workshop, those who did learned quite a bit about a procedure that allows an organization to move with speed, accuracy and fairness through the meeting agenda. “Parliamentary procedure is a vital part of the expediency in business meetings. We often spend more time arguing over the same points and never reaching a con sensus. If parliamentary procedure was used, organization members could get on with their own busi ness of the day and club meetings would be a lot more efficient,” said Marion Johnson, president of the Debate Club and co-ordinator of the workshop. “Parliamentary procedure as sures fairness in the decisions made by the group. It allows equal time in debating for both the pro and con sides of a controversy. Thus, arguments can be avoided,” stated Dr. Lucier. The Debate Club plans to hold another workshop in April for the newly elected student officers. “We hope and strongly encourage all persons who are involved in club work and their activities to attend the April workshop. If all members, not just the officers, were aware of what parliamentary procedure is and how it operates, then this would aid considerably in the effectiveness of club meet ings,” added Marion. The Debate Club would espe cially like to invite faculty and staff members to come to the April session. One faculty mem ber who attended the February workshop noted several errors in the use of parliamentary proce dure during the last faculty meet ing. This is one time the students hope to teach the professors some thing! ■ The Thomas Holgate Library will celebrate its fortieth year, April 2-7. Holgale celebrates fortieth anniversary “The library is filled with suc cess stories.” This 1979 theme of National Library Week is reflective of the history of Holgate Library which was dedicated on April 16, 1939. To celebrate this historic oc casion and National Library Week, the Holgate Library Staff has planned a week of activities to continue this success. Lucille Thomas, a 1946 grad uate of Bennett, will be the key note speaker on Thursday, April 5, 1979 at 10 a.m. in the Chapel. Other activities during the week will be a book fair, a quiz and crossword puzzle contest, bibliographic research clinic, re ception following the Thursday morning program, and a rededica tion service on Tuesday evening in the Library. The Fortieth Year Celebration Committee members other than the Library Staff are: Miss Fan nie E. Fisher, former Librarian, Mrs. Blanche Raiford, Mrs. Zep- plyn Humphrey, Mr. A. H. Peeler and Mr. James R. Jarrell. Schedule of Activities Monday—Book Fair Tuesday—Book Fair Fortieth Year Celebration (4:00- 6:00 p.m.) Wednesday—Book Fair Thursday—Chapel Program / Re ception for Speaker. Bibliographic Research Clinic Friday—Book Fair / Bibliographic Research Clinic Saturday—Book Fair Mrs. Montez Byers, head librarian, discusses plans for National Library Week and Holgate Library fortieth year celebration. French is coming back French is coming back to Bennett! The fall schedule will in clude beginning- French, French 101, for the first time in two years. Dr. Hortensia Sanchez-Boudy, associate pro fessor of Spanish, has been preparing herself to teach French also. She will work to augment her fluency in the language during the summer of 1979. The offering of French was discontinued after the depar ture from the faculty of Dr. Ebele Eko, who taught both French and English. Dr. Eko returned to her home in Ni geria along with her husband, Dr. Ewa Eko, who was direc tor of the Division of Social Sciences. Offering French will ex pand on-campus opportunities in language instruction both for those students who are re quired by their majors to have two years of a language and those students who elect to take a language to enhance their marketability upon graduation.
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