Bennett College - Belle Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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r An Evening of Public Speaking We attended the Evening of Public Speaking in September and hardly made it in time to get a seat. Banner reporter Myra George concluded, It was graced by ex- cellent speakers, logical preparations and thought-provoking presentations. I think it takes a great deal ot guts to address an audience of Bennett Belles, said Bernedette Hamilton. The contestants competed in three categories of presentations — dramatic inter- pretation, original interpretation, and original oratory. The winner of the dramatic interpretation was freshman Stephanie Durham who recited Nikki Giovanni ' s peotry. Said George, Her two selections. Nikki Rosa and Ego Tripping - There May Be A Reason Why, contrasted with each other, one showing Giovanni at her lowest and the second, at the peak of her career. Rosalyn Scott ' s original oratory won top honors. ' ' Posit ivity — The Key To Success stimulated much audience response. If it ' s possible to drive a Mer- cedes Benz. why drive a Toyota? Linda Anderson, taking a serene ap- proach, won the original interpretation category. She presented a selection of poems. Hope Chest. Says George, The program was ex- cellent. 12

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Hi ■■■ - ' ,. ■■■ r- r 14 In his first year as director of the Education Division, Dr. John T. McDonald had to brave the winds of reaccreditation of the Teacher Educa- tion Program by the State Department of Public Instruction. We passed. I can say that I am quite impressed at the teamwork of the faculty and students who made this period of orientation a meaningful one. Pam Griffin enjoyed watching Kathy Crosby collapse each day after student teaching in an open class situation. Said Kathy, I certainly hope I qualify for an administrative position soon. We were casually strolling to the din- ing hall one morning for breakfast when a breeze suddenly hit, almost knocking the curlers from my hair. What was that? That was a student teacher trying to get to breakfast and to meet her ride in ten minutes.