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Friday April 23, 1982
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. C.
VoL XLlll, No. 9
Dessaure takes SGA top spot
Victors vow reforms
by Myra George
Improved academics will be
the main priority of the newly
elected Student Government
Association, according to the
president and vice-president
elects.
The 1982-83 SGA will in
clude Robyn Dessaure, pres
ident; Jacquelyn Johnson,
vice-president; Nedra McGee,
recording secretary; Sherry
Spruill, corresponding secre
tary; Patricia Massey, treas
urer; and Andrea Burch,
parliamentarian.
“I want to address a lot of
social issues,” said Dessaure,
a junior Chemistry major
from Freeport, N. Y., “but
academics is most important.”
One of the first plans that she
hopes to implement next year
is “a better way of evaluating
teachers.”
“If the teachers are more
accountable, academics will
improve,” she said. Dessaure
would also like to see the col-
Edmonds to key
Graduation day
The President’s Office recently
announced that Dr. Helen G. Ed
monds, a renowned state educator
and Black publisher, will deliver
the 1982 Commencement Address
on May 9.
Dr. Edmonds has distinguished
herself in the fields of higher ed
ucation, journalism, and public
service. Having taught history at
North Carolina Central University
from 1941 until 1977, she has been
the recipient of a number of hon
orary degrees, fellowships and
grants, and honors. Trivia buffs
will remember that Dr. Edmonds
was the first Black woman in his
tory to make a presidential sec
onding speech. This event occurred
at President Eisenhower’s nomina
tion for a second term. Her in
volvement in international affairs
has been recognized through a
number of presidential appoint
ments, including membership on
the U. S. Department of Defense’s
Advisor Committee on Women in
the Armed Services. She is also
the publisher for the Carolina
Times, a Black newspaper in
Durham, N. C.
Other activities for Commence
ment Alumnae Weekend include
the Executive Committee Meeting
of the National Alumnae Associa
tion, Thursday, May 6 at 3 p.m..
Holiday Inn-Four Seasons; Alum
nae Workshops, Friday, May 7,
9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., headquar
ters; and the Annual N.A.A. Meet
ing, May 7 at 2;45 p.m., head
quarters. The Choir will present
a concert on Friday evening in the
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel,
7 p.m.
Saturday is another full day of
fellowship activities; White
Breakfast, David D. Jones Student
Union Dining Hall, 8 a.m.; Class
Reunion Pictures, 12 p.m.. Pool-
side, headquarters; the All Bennett
Luncheon, 1:30 p.m., headquar
ters; President’s Reception for
Seniors, Parents and Alumnae, 7
p.m., President’s Home; and Las
Vegas Night & Dance, 8 p.m.,
headquarters.
Commencement will be held on
the campus quadrangle on Sunday,
May 9 at 3 p.m.
lege hold “an old-fashioned
ball.”
Of the 52.9 percent of the
student body that voted, Des
saure attributes her victory
over Wanda Parker to the
freshman class. She added
that Parker was “a formida
ble opponent who will be an
asset” to the SGA cabinet.
Vice-president-elect John
son, a junior Accounting ma
jor from Baltimore, also plans
ito concentrate on academics
and social functions in the
coming year.
“I’d hke to see more stu
dents involved in all areas in
stead of just social life,” she
said. Her plans for the upcom
ing year include organizing
study groups according to
majors and creating Saturday
functions and birthday cele
brations. “I’d like to promote
the spirit of togetherness and
the family image that the
college is known for.”
Johnson, who ran unop
posed, hopes that the students
will push the cabinet next
year. “If we work together,”
she said, “there is nothing we
can’t accomplish.”
In Student Union Board
elections, Mary Cook defeated
Theresia Snelling in the pres
idential race. Ther were no
candidates for the other
positions of the Board.
Better late than not at all: Having missed an appearance here last fall,
celebrated novelist James Baldwin made amends April 19 in the chapel.
His eleventh-hour visit was prompted in parV by the importuning of
Miss Wilhelmlna Gilbert’s Business students, who wrote highly persuasive
missives to the author. Baldwin’s lecture cum question-and-answer session
was well received. (photo by Sheila Foxworth)
Students sweep awards
by Rosellen Durham
Over 45 prizes and honors
were awarded during the an
nual Recognition Day and
President Isaac H. Miller an
nounced plans for more
awards next year.
President’s Excellence
Awards, for students who
lead their respective classes
in cumulative grade point
Nunnally elected Miss Bennett
Winner plans change
by Myra George
Cecelia Nunnally, a junior
Special Education major from
Pelham, N. C., will reign next
year as the fifth Miss Bennett
College. Rose Nelson, also a
junior Special Education ma
jor, will be her first attendant.
“I would like to portray
Bennett students as being in
telligent, lady-like, ambitious
and well-rounded,” Nunnally
said. “I want to represent the
college and do a little bit
more.”
The newly won title is one
of many that she has won
over the years. In junior high
school, Nunnally was second
runner-up in a beauty pag
eant. As a senior, she was a
high school homecoming
queen and during her first
year at Bennett, she was
elected “Miss NAACP.”
She stresses, however, that
the race for Bennett’s title is
“definitely not a popularity
contest.” Next year she hopes
to represent the campus in
city and church functions. She
would also like to visit other
schools and participate in the
Big Sister program.
Reflecting on past title-
holders, Nunnally hopes she
will be “better able to relate
and work with more stu
dents.” She feels that student
apathy will be her biggest
obstacle in the coming year.
Nunnally admits that she
will have to make a few per
sonal changes next year.
“Probably the main change,”
she says, “will be to attend
more college functions, get out
more and make myself known
to other students.”
“The hardest part of being
Miss Bennett,” she says, “will
be trying to please everybody.
There will always be someone
who will say I’m not doing
anything.”
Working closely with Nun
nally will be her attendant
Rose Nelson, a native of Alex
andria, Va. In addition to
sharing the same class and
major, the two have a number
of other common interests.
Both are members of the
Council for Exceptional Chil
dren, the NAACP and Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority. Both
are counselors—Nunnally in
Pfeiffer and Nelson in Barge.
Nelson believes that similar
interests will help them form
a strong team. “I hope that
both of us can get together
and work on projects,” she
says.
“I plan to be an assistant
to Miss Bennett,” says Nel
son. She already has tentative
plans to raise funds for the
college and charity.
Nelson hopes that in the
coming year she can foster
an image of the first runner-
up that will last for future
titleholders. “The most impor
tant point I’d like to impress
UDon the students,” she says,
“is that the first runner-up is
not a loser. She can still play
an important role in planning
and organizing.”
averages, were awarded to
freshman Tonya Horton,
sophomore Yolanda Durant,
junior Vickye Johnson and
senior Pauline Nzeribe.
The Jane Miller Jones
Scholarship Cup, awarded to
the class attaining the highest
scholastic average, went to
the Senior Class who held an
average of 3.034.
Faculty Scholarship
Awards, to rising juniors or
seniors in each of the four
divisions of instruction, were
won by Vickye Johnson, Edu
cation; Leslie Barr, Human
ities; Margaret Crudup, Sci
ence ; and Adriane Baughman,
Social Science.
Freshman Tonya Horton
won the Belle Tobias Scholar
ship and Lula Donnell certifi
cate of merit for outstanding
scholastic record.
Sophomore Yolanda Durant
was awarded the Cressie Hav
ens Scholarship for maintain
ing a high average and dem
onstrating satisfactory per
sonal growth.
Junior Jacquelyn Johnson
won the Catherine Waddell
Scholarship, which is granted
to a rising junior or senior
for scholarly achievement,
exemplary character and
satisfactory personal - social
growth.
Senior Sherrell Larry re
ceived the Rose Karfoil
Award.
A number of other awards
were given from the Home
Economics department. Inter
disciplinary Studies depart
ment, Beta Kappa Chi, Alpha
Kappa Mu Honor Society,
Bennett Scholars, Business
and Economics, and the Mar
shall Board, among others.
Miller announced that a
number of new awards would
be included in next year’s
program, including one from
the Palmer Memorial Insti
tute estate which the college
acquired a few years ago.
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