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Friday, November 13, 1987
BENNETT COLLEGE, GREENSBORO, N. 0.
VoL XLIX, No. 2
Summer Houston, newly-crowned
Miss Bennett, epitomizes the ideal
Belle (photo courtesy of Office of
Public Relations).
Queen crowned
by Yvette N. Freeman
“We are the essence of the
black woman,” said Summer
Houston in her acceptance
speech at the Miss Bennett
Coronation Ceremony in
Annie Merner Pfeiffer
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Summer Lynn Houston, a
senior from Denver, Col.,
majoring in accounting, was
officially crowned as Miss
Bennett, Oct. 2 by President
Gloria Dean Randle Scott.
Scott, who had briefly
spoken of the essence of the
early queens of North Africa
as black women, praised
Houston by saying that she
“. . . is the essence of the
black woman,” here at
Bennett.
As for being elected Miss
Bennett, Houston says, “I am
very happy and proud to re
present Bennett.” Houston’s
duties as Miss Bennett will
include being a member of
the Pre-Alumnae Council and
the Recruitment Committee,
in addition to acting as hos
tess to visiting guests on
campus.
Houston will also take part
in the activities of the student
government. She says, “This
year Miss Bennett is a more
active part of the SGA, in
that she is now a member of
the executive cabinet as well
as the student senate.”
The members of the Royal
Procession were also acknow
ledged during the coronation
ceremony. They are: Miss
Bennett Scholars — Stacy
Copeland, ’90; Miss Kappa
Omicron Phi — Carla Saffoe,
’89; Miss Omicron Eta Chi—
Mikki Laster, ’88; Miss Alpha
Kappa Alpha — Jerilyn
Williams, ’88; Miss 20 Pearls
—Ardrea Murphy, ’88; Miss
1908—Janice Smith, ’88; Miss
Zeta Xi—Penny Baldwin, ’88 ;
Miss Delta Sigma Theta —
Antoinette Holman, ’88; Miss
Omicron Delta—Odette John
son, ’88: Miss Crimson —
Odessa Henderson, ’88; Miss
Creme—Morgan Greene, ’88 ;
Miss Nine White Pearls ^—
Dwan Harris, ’88; Miss Zeta
Phi Beta — Wanda Dilworth,
’88; Miss International —
Ruelita Woods, ’89, who was
a substitute for Elfrida
Mensah, ’88; Miss Freshman
—Cheryl Childs, ’91; Miss
Sophomore—Hope Davis, ’90 ;
Miss Junior—Theodosia Hall,
’89; Miss Senior—Veneatrice
Jackson, ’88; Miss Royal Blue
and White (first attendant
to Miss Bennett) — Karen
Jones, ’88; and Little Miss
Bennett — Yvette Booker, a
seventh-grader at Lincoln
Middle School.
After receiving the crown,
robe and scepter of Miss
Bennett, Houston received
gifts from the various classes
and campus organizations.
Houston’s future plans in
clude attending graduate
school, one day owning a CPA
firm and becoming the comp
troller of the U.S. General
Accounting Office.
Public speakers impress audience
by Betty Ellis
Four Belles were recipients
of first place trophies as a
result of The Annual Evening
of Public Speaking Oct. 29.
In the oratorical interpre
tation category, Karen Exum,
a senior from Queens, New
York, won first place with her
interpretation of “There’s a
Cold Silence and Things are
Never Like They Used to be,”
by Molly Timmins. Exum’s
presentation dealt with the
controversial issue of child
abduction by a parent. Exum’s
delivery of this piece was “.. .
forceful . . . confident . . .
positive . . . assertive . .
says Michelle Bates, a sopho
more. Other participants were
Barbara Johnson and Tamilia
Stubbs.
The dramatic and humor
ous reading category was won
by Bernice Scott, a senior
from Lake Oity, S.C., Scott
gave an original presentation
of selected poems—“Certain
ties,” “Loved and Lost” and
“She’s Just Begun To Live.”
Joycelyn Richardson, a junior,
said she really enjoyed the
last selection which is a tri
bute to Scott’s deceased
mother, Sarah. Scott’s pre
sentations were ‘ . touch
ing . . . moving . . . emo
tional . . says Jessica Mc
Daniel, a senior. Other par
ticipants in this category
were Stephanie Robinson,
Tracy Sullivan and Kimberly
Waller, Barbara Johnson and
Angela Samuels.
In the original oratory
category, Leondra Radford, a
freshman from Indianapolis,
Ind., delivered a monologue
“Love to Hate.” Radford’s
monologue dealt with the
separation of two young
lovers. “I wanted to die,” says
Radford in her monologue,
“How could our love be
over?” Radford’s delivery of
this original piece was “very
dramatic,” according to Jac
quelyn Smallwood, a sopho
more.
In the special issues cate
gory, Dale McClenton, a
senior from Philadelphia, de-
1 i V e r e d a demonstration
speech on the “Drug and Al
cohol Awareness: A Time for
College Students to Act and
React.” McClenton asked,
’’What is the difference be
tween shooting yourself in
the head with a gun and
smoking a joint?” She ans
wered, “The only difference
(see page 3)
Ritual honors achievers
Dr. Ann L. Stanford urged
students to return to tradi
tional values as an antidote
to self-indulgent behavior
during the Fall Honors Con
vocation celebrating academic
achievement Nov. 5.
Stanford, who serves in the
Department of State as an
analyst for the undersecre
tary of management, said that
many young people were
“victims of a malaise” lead
ing to drug and alcohol abuse,
sexual promiscuity and the
rejection of Christianity.
“Too many of today’s
youth have turned in upon
themselves, making the self
the measure of all things,”
the former secretary-consul
to Kenya said, disturbed by a
“decline in individual courage
and commitment.”
Stanford placed much of
the blame for selfish conduct
on the situation ethics popu
larized during the 60’s and
secular humanism, which re
places the love of God with
the worship of man, she
maintains.
As a solution, she advo
cated “a shift back to some
of the values that have con
tributed to our excellence as
a people and a nation.”
She praised black women
of the past for inculcating the
proper values in their chil
dren. Among the principles
which black women practiced
and preached were the love
of God, respect for oneself
and for authority, sexual
morality and the importance
of an education.
“They (black women) gave
us a daily reminder of our re
sponsibility to the human
community,” Stanford said.
A reawakening of high
standards will lead to excel
lence instead of mediocrity,
according to Stanford.
Another highlight of the
program was the presentation
of “Don’t Quit,” a poem read
by sophomore Sondra Sells.
Sophomores Kathryn Mar
shall and Tamilia Stubbs ac
cumulated 4.0 averages last
semester.
The Honors List includes
these seniors with a 3.40
average or above: tMartricia
Batts, tv a 1 i a Blackwell,
tYvonne Breece, Gladys Fors
ter, tElayne (iibbs, tKaren
Denise Jones, Elfrida Mensah,
Ardrea Murphy, tJanet Shaw,
tjanice Smith, tAudrey
Speights, tDonna Williams,
tMonica Wooley.
These juniors had a 3.30
average or better: tMichele
de la Coudray, De’Lisa Hill,
Kelly Holland, tNora Hunter
Moore, tPaula M. Johnson,
tTalia McCray, tDawnne
O’Neal, tMia Powell, tMiriam
Whitehead, Rosa Thomas
Williams.
These sophomores achieved
a 3.20 average or above: tLisa
Beckwith, tTonia Bolling,
tApri'i Boyd, tStacy Copeland,
tLori Davis, Veronica DeWitt,
tAlicia Elam, tYvette Free^
man, tAdrai Fuller, tJocelyn
Hudson, tKathryn Marshall,
Angela Overstreet, tCharlcie
Pettway, tTauye Simmons,
tTamilia Stubbs, tSabrina
Williams.
Fulesie Artis and Debra
Dilworth also made the
Honors List.
The Dean’s List includes
these sophomores (3.20 or
above) : Monia Bond, Debra
Bryant, Olivia Copeland,
Dana Fluellen, Sonya Foster,
Sharron Miles and Sondra
Sells; juniors (3.30 or
above): Yenetta Bell, Yo
landa Cromer, Tracy Lett,
Naomi Norris, Denene Pink,
Elena Reams, Emily Rogers,
Carla Saffoe and Robbin Wal
ton ; seniors (3.40 or above) :
Antoinette Dalton, Mikki Mc-
Crorey and Crystal Sadler.
t Dean’s List for second
semester
Meeting of minds and institutions: (left to right) Dr. Helen Trobian and President Gloria Scott welcome Dr Johnnetta
Cole, president of Spelman College, to Bennett’s Founders’ Day celebration. The two presidents are preceden^^tter^
for the first time, the two colleges have women serving as chief executives simultaneously, (photo courtesy of Office of
Public Relations).
Speech winners delighted
by Yvette Freeman
The Evening of Public Speaking
was a happy occasion for winners
Karen Exum, Bernice Scott, Leon-
dra Radford and Dale McClenton.
Karen Exum, a senior who won
in the category of oratorical inter
pretation said, “I’m really happy
and surprised that I won because
I was in it last year, and I had
prepared for last year’s and I
didn’t win. And this year, I didn’t
know I was going to be in it, so
I wasn’t as prepared.”
Exum says she chose the selec
tion “There’s a Cold Silence and
Things are Never Like They Used
to be” by Molly Timmins “after
I read it and remembered seeing
a lot of programs on television
about children being kidnapped
and their parents always wonder
ing if the child is alive and all
right.”
Bernice Scott, also a senior, was
“very shocked” when she won in
the category of dramatic and
humorous readings. She says, “I
knew my work was good but
never that good.”
Scott dramatized three poems
of her own—“Certainties,” “Loved
and Lost” and “She’s Just Begun
to Live.”
“Each of those selections has
really deep meanings for me.
‘Certainties’ was written at a
really low time for me. I was
pretty upset; therefore it showed
just the way I was feeling. ‘She’s
Just Begun to Live’ was written
right after my mother died last
year. So those were the ones that
had the most meaning to me,”
says Scott.
Leondra Radford, a freshman
says, “I feel very good. I’m glad
I won,” in the category of origi
nal oratory.
Her selection was “Love to
(see page 3)