Women colleges fight extinction trend and push for continued single-sex
The piece reports that U.S. women's colleges have declined from 283 in 1966 to 163 in 1970, but remaining schools grow stronger. Some go coed or merge while advocates argue for all-women institutions as a path to enrollment and equality, including mentions of Mount Holyoke and the Seven Sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A. Times
Washington Post
U.S
Mount Holyoke
Wellesley
Smith
Wheaton
Radcliffe
Massachusetts
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Women’s Liberation Movement
Women’s colleges debated as path to equal achievement
The article cites a study showing women from single sex colleges win career recognition more often than coed grads. It surveys brochures mailed to counselors, quotes from Catharine Stimpson, and notes varied views from Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Vassar, Chatham and Radcliffe on the future role of women’s colleges in higher education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Russell Shunk
Wilson College
Chambersburg
South
Southern Association of Colleges For Women
mid-Atlantic
Catharine Stimpson
New York
Barnard College
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
Stimpson
Barnard
Athens Area Women Club Notes Recycling Center Progress
Area Club Activities report on Athens Recycling Center led by Patricia Fitch as funding needs for a second hand paper bailer and volunteer help for paper pickups. Also covered were a rummage sale, fall district meeting, gifts for the county home, a potluck dinner, new members, memorial plaque for deceased members, and plans for a Christmas party with handmade ornaments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Patricia Fitch
Ohio University Post
Judy Sabel
Armory
Helena Palmer
Lancaster
Beulah Jones
Rita Aberholzer
Elsa Mallet
Hints From Heloise and Thanksgiving Notes
Hints From Heloise includes a turkey fix by a mom who salvages a quitting oven by slicing one side and simmering the meat in gravy. Also mentions cloth napkins woven into a table fold and easy care. Thanksgiving program details list participants and readings by local residents. Athens Emblem Club set family dinner at the Elks Club on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heloise
Mom
Dad
Athens Emblem Club
Elks Club
Abby Says Its Not Normal Men Lose Manhood
Abby answers reader concerns about male sexual health, stating healthy men do not lose their manhood by middle age. She advises a physical check, suggests psychological factors if physical health is confirmed, and notes husbands can have many years of good health ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail van Buren
Abby
Mister
Harry
Orr family visit to Fairfax with US Air Force ties
Mr and Mrs Rosco Orr visited their son Lt Col Charles L Orr in Fairfax Virginia. His Pentagon Air Force posting follows four years in Stuttgart. They toured Bull Run and the Marine Corps memorial during the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosco Orr
Charles L. Orr
Fairfax
Colonel Orr
Pentagon
Air Force
Stuttgart
Germany
Orr
Bull Run
Marine Corps Memorial
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Fordham University
Keiffer
Dorothy Williams
Ethel Tribe
Audrey Kail
Athens Grange
10Th District
Clarence Miller
Ohio
Carrie Atkinson
Pearl Lee
P. S. Wamsley
Walla Stynee
Carrie Hall Club
Clyde Hooper
McArthur Road
Frank McKibben
Hooper
John Wandling
Waldo Poston
Albert Keirns
David Turrill
Midway Magic
Simmers
Turkey
Mary Ann Scott
Darrel Gorby
Judy Baker
Glen Atkinson
Scott Neutzling
Frank Wingrove
Richard Hartley
William Kyle
Charles Grim
Ralph Frost
Vernon Shaw
R. N. Wells
Mae Smith
Arthur McCoy
Mary Mary Shafer
Henry DePue
Harold Brown
CCL
V. O. Kail
Boston Reader
Dorothy Dandakis
PTA
Morrison Elementary
Elizabeth Beatty
Athens County
Kenneth Russell
Racine
Floyd Chapman
Shelley
Kimberly
Columbus
Emerson Jones
Middleport
Dandakis
Mid-Missouri
Eileen Kirby
Gleich Porsch
PTO
Amesville
Ashely H. Swanson
Arate
Sunnybank
E. State
Georgia
Anthony T
Reon
Brigham
M Stone Products Company
Logan Monument CO
W. Main St
Logan
Annem Vena
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
FHA
Dupont
E. State St
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