Bennett College - Belle Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Black College Day ' 80 . . . Students from black colleges across the nation gathered in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 29 to voice support for their schools. Black College Day called atten- tion to the needs of institutions which have provided black leader- ship for hundreds of years. While we weren ' t sure how we would make the pilgrimage, the SGA made arrangements for a bus load to support the Day. But then there was the problem of deciding who should go. Well — the decision was finally announced to the despair of some. Thanks to contributions from the community and backing from the college administrators, we joined thousands who gathered for speeches, competition of college queens, and wholesome fellowship. Tony Brown was cer- tainly the highlight of the day and caused us to think more carefully about this experience we often take for granted. It was a challenge. As Dr. Miller said, The Bennett woman must make the difference for the future of our race. Discr '

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Down to the Business of Learning While we didn ' t always sit around with our right elbows crooked on our knees and with our chins cup- ped in our hands like The Thinker. we did do our share of note taking, paper writing, lab projects, and reading. And we can honestly admit, some of us didn ' t do enough! There was always something to think about, something to write about, and certainly, something to read about. Ours were days of meeting departmental require- ments . . . books, tests, page after page of notes, films, tapes, guest speakers, boring lectures and ex- citing seminars. It took approximately one hour for us to memorize parts of the guinea pig, names of battles fought in the Civil War, the amendments of the Constitution, to realize that we could not make those verbs and subjects agree . . . And when we could take no more. we succumbed to a nap, gossiped about the jam the night before, or looked at the tube. 26 Bl • ■ ' — 0