MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1979
THE BENNETT BANNER
PAGE FIVE
BC UNCF needs your support
by Deborah Tillman
“Give to the United Negro Col
lege Fund” or “Support Your Lo
cal UNCF” are slogans often used
to remind us that UNCF needs our
support.
Many fail to support UNCF be
cause they have no facts about its
operation.
Since its organization, UNCF
has annually supported forty-one
historically black colleges and uni
versities, all of which are private,
fully-accredited, and four-year in
stitutions. Gifts to UNCF will in
crease scholarship aid, help pay
faculty salaries, buy textbooks
and equipment, help expand
course offerings, and make schools
more competitive in every way.
Bennett is among six other
black schools in North Carolina
receiving support from UNCF.
The other five schools are Barber-
Scotia, Johnson C. Smith, Living
stone, Saint Augustine and Shaw.
In 1978, the Bennett College
United Negro College Joint Fund
raised $53,250.47 from contribu
tors in the Greensboro, High Point
and Burlington area. These con
tributors include corporations, or
ganizations, black churches, the
Bennett family, the Phonothon
and individual citizens.
Corporations raised $25,034.00
last year. Among these corpora
tions are Carolina By-Products,
Carolina Steel, CIBA-Geigy, Cone
Mills, Southern Life Insurance,
and WFMY Television.
City organizations have also
been very supportive in the cam
paign. Some organizations include
the Delta Sigma Theta Alumnae
Chapter, the Tau Omega Chapter
Music Department Activities
St. Matthews features college choir
The Music Department cal
endar for the next three
weeks includes a benefit choir
concert, a trumpet-organ re
cital, an evening of opera ex
cerpts, and an organ recital.
St. Matthew’s Church,
which is affiliated with Ben
nett, will present the Bennett
College choir in concert on
March 18 in the chapel at 4
p.m. Appearing on the pro
gram with the choir will be
a woodwind ensemble from
A&T State University under
the direction of Dr. Johnny
Hodges.
Admission will be charged
as the purpose of the event is
to raise money for the music
department of St. Matthews
Church.
The trumpet-organ recital
with Stan Friedman of UNC-
G on the trumpet and Dr.
Richard Anderson on the or
gan will take place in the
chapel on Mar. 20 at 8:15.
“Opera Excerpts,” an eve
ning of vocal music from
opera, will be held in the Lit
tle Theatre on Mar. 29 at 8
p.m.
On April 8, Dr. Elaine Sat-
terwhite, the organist at
Morehouse College will appear
in concert in the chapel at
8:15 p.m.
of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, the
Greensboro Men’s Club and the
St. Andrew Lodge. For the past
three years, the Beta Epsilon
Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fra
ternity located at A&T State Uni
versity has sponsored a Bike-a-
Thon. These various organizations
raised $3,327.77 last year.
Providence Baptist, St. Mat
thews United Methodist, Reid Me
morial CME, Institutional Baptist,
Shiloh Baptist, St. James Baptist
and Trinity AME Zion are among
the black churches that raised
$3,352.68.
In 1978, the Bennett family
raised $6,187.11. The Bennett
family includes faculty, staff and
students. Four dollars out of all
student fees go to UNCF. The only
student organization that con
tributed was the NAACP.
Through the Phonothon,
$3,873.00 was raised. Last year,
Gwen Blount, Bennett graduate,
served as chairperson of the
Phonothon. Among organizations
aiding were the Zeta Phi Beta
Alumnae Chapter and the Beta
Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority.
The remaining contributions,
$11,455.91 came from private in
dividuals.
Development Office director.
Dr. Perry Mack, is in charge of
the Bennett College UNCF cam
paign. Mr. William Trent serves
as consultant to Dr. Mack. Pre
viously, Mr. Trent served as the
first executive director of UNCF
from 1944-64.
“All student campus organiza
tions are encouraged to support
UNCF,” commented Dr. Mack.
Remember, “A MIND IS A
TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE.”
Tentative Format for Arts Celebration
Theme: International Vistas: Challenge for Creative Service for Third World Women
Date
1. Monday, April 2
Time Place
Artist
Forum 7:30 Annie Merner Chapel
“Career Imperatives & Strategies
for International Service”
Ms. Patsy Graves
Director International Division
National Council of Negro Women, Inc.
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Thelma D. Adair '37
Professor of education
University of City of N. Y.
2. Tuesday, April 3
Lecture 10:00 Annie Merner Chapel
“BrazHian-African Ethnicity”
Dr. Leila Gonzalas
Professor of linguistics and
anthropology
Catholic University of Pontificia
Brazil, South America
Education Round-Table 2:00- 4:00 Black Hall Assembly
Mrs. Mary Reese, Consultant
Division of Staff Development
Department of Public Instruction
Raleigh, N. C.
3. Wednesday, April 4
Dr. Regina A. Perry
Seminar (?)
Professor of art history
Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
Richmond, Virginia
4. Thursday, April 5
Roots of Progress 2:00- 4:00 Black Hall Assembly
“Distinguished Black Women
1 Have Known”
Dr. Lewis Jones
Director Rural Research
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee, Alabama
5. Friday, April 6
Lecture “Women of the Islands” T.B.A. Black Hall Assembly
Ms. Marilyn Krigger
Associate Professor
College of the Virgin Islands
St. Thomas U.S.A.
6. Saturday, April 7
Festival of Folk 2:00- 4:00 Goode Gym
Song, Dance, Drama
Dr. F. Nathaniel Gatlin
Formerly Director of Music
Virginia State College
Dr. Elinor Gwyn
Professor of Dance
N. C. A&T State University
Mr. Leander Canady
Bennett College
Mr. Norman Barbee
Bennett College
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Photo by Myra
Bennett graduate Gwendolyn Blount successfully chaired the 1978
Phonothon.
Photo by Myra Davis
James Seward, Beta Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, presents
Dr. Perry Mack, director of development, v^ith a contribution toward UNCF.
Photo by Myra Davis
Zeta Phi Beta member Ruth Gore contributed to the UNCF Phonothon by ac
cepting telephone pledges.