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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Page
1
Barnard Bulletin, published semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students, notes its Undergraduate Association sponsorship. The issue is entered as second class matter October 19 1928 at New York NY post office under the act of March 8 1879. Subscription runs eight dollars per year and ten cents per single copy.
The page shows JOAN RAUP as Editor-in-Chief and JOAN LEFF as Managing Board, with editors JOAN ZEIGER and editorial assistants Betty Smith Jane Weidlund and staff on the News Board including Mary Farley Shirley Kamell Eleanor Krout Ruth Landesman and others. Volume XLIX, Thursday April 12 1945, Number 35.
A Barnard College appeal reports only 1199.22 raised with two weeks left in April toward a 3650 goal. The editorial urges every student to donate, stresses college spirit and national patriotism, and calls on volunteers and seniors to renew efforts to push the drive over the top.
A subdued spring issue reviews two longer stories about death and a teary loss in a swimming meet. Marie Anne Phelps and Betty Warburton craft feminine perspectives on mortality and daily beauty, while Anne Ross and Annette Kar supply brisk contrast with sport and satire.
Rosemary Sullivan describes a spectacular Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden on New York’s Eighth Avenue and Fiftieth Street. The crowd is promised an Alice in Circus Wonderland spectacle with elephants, dancing ladies, and Gargantua in a three hour show packed with laughter and thrills.
A reader asks the Bulletin editor for any available material on Miss Gildersleeve, dean of the college. The letter requests a feature article history or private life details and asks for help locating reliable sources.
Judith Rudansky reports on Mademoiselle College Forum where leaders including Carl Van Doren and Margaret Mead discuss postwar errors and the drive to avoid normalcy. Bruce Bliven criticizes the League of Nations and Klan era politics while Barbara Scott and Dr. Everett Clinchy propose education and Fair Employment Practices to ease racial and religious tensions. Continued on page 4.
At Marymount College Tarrytown the First Inter American Conference drew Barnard delegates with speakers on pan Americanism the Monroe Doctrine and hemispheric solidarity. The event featured multilingual welcomes a Latin Spanish Mexican culture fiesta and a library exhibit showcasing American cultures.
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