Barnard Peace Assembly to Feature Stowe and Mumford
Leland Stowe journalist and Paris Herald Tribune editor will speak at Barnard College on Thursday April 20 at 11 in the gym. Lewis Mumford author lecturer and Guggenheim Fellow 1938 will follow to present peace attitudes presided by Dean Gildersleeve Charlotte Hall 39 will introduce the speakers and discuss aspects of the peace movement to be announced.
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Leland Stowe
Barnard
Lewis Mumford
Guggenheim
Dean Gildersleeve
Charlotte Hall
Miss Hall
Stowe
Paris
The
Herald-Tribune
Spain
Lima
New Republic
Merce
Latin Test For Tatlock Award Set For April 22
The Tatlock Prize Latin exam will be on Saturday April 22 from 1 10 to 4 10 in Room 330 Milbank Hall. It is a translation of Latin passages into English and open to the whole College including freshmen. Names should be given to Dr. Day or to me.
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Milbank Hall
Dr. Day
Clubs Choose New Officers For The Year
The Glee Club elected Ethel Mainzer as president and Betty Clifford as secretary with Catharine Donna as business manager, Helen Rudd Owen as publicity manager, and Elizabeth Young as librarian. The German Club chose Marian Maeser as president, Eleanor Eckhoff as vice president, Vera Arndt as secretary, Virginia Rogers as treasurer, Gyda Jensen as publicity manager. A luncheon for installation was held April 11 and formal undergraduate officer installation is set for the Installation Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Ethel Mainzer
Betty Clifford
Catherine Donna
Helen Rudd Owen
Elizabeth Young
Marian Maeser
Eleanor Eckhoff
Vera Arndt
Virginia Rogers
Gyda Jensen
Local Girls Win Drag Queen Barnardite Varsity Dance
Barnard girls and Barnardites prepare for a Varsity Club sponsored dance in John Jay Hall to raise funds for clothing at Columbia. Two dollar bids per couple at the door, optional dress. Marley and the Blue Lions provide music for the event.
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Varsity
Columbia
Marley
Barnard
John Jay Hall
Conference Call Security in a Democracy
The fragment discusses how religion education media and student government relate to democracy and asks how foreign policy can advance peace. It questions rights of religious groups and how to strengthen democracy at home and in the Western Hemisphere Europe and the Far East. It seeks immediate legislation to further peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hemisphere
Europe
Osmond D. Fraenkal
Columbia Law School
Irving Stone
the Nation
Frances Williams
Foreign Policy Association
Casts Announced For Wigs and Cues Spring Plays
Gertrude Smith announces the spring productions by Wigs and Cues to be staged April 21 and 22. Casts include Shaw’s Passion Poison and Petrification directed by Leonore Cowell, Brighouse Followers directed by Reine Tracy, and Galsworthy The Little Man under Jeanne Paul, with Washington curtain raiser directed by Jane Amsden.
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Wigs
Cues
Gertrude Smith
George Bernard Shaw
Harold Brighouse
Little Man
John Galsworthy
George Washington
Granville Meixell
Barnard
Leonore Cowell
Janice Hoerr
Helen Owen
Elizabeth Moora
Mavis Freeman
Winifred Anderson
Beatrice Belis
Roberta Hadley
Reine Tracy
Virginia Rogers
Clytia Capraro
Jane Hoyt
Mary Merner
Jane Stewart
Elizabeth Mueller
Jean Sauer
Barbara Heinzer
Ruth Joy Sedgwick
Patricia Illingworth
Charlotte Platk
Jeanne Paul
Jane Amsden
Dorothy Minton
Charlotte Cassell
Ada Deakman
Wigs and Cues
Thomas Wood Stevens
Stanley Houghton
Mr. Stevens
Barnard alumnae hear warning on European tension
Dr Thomas Preston Peardon of Barnard told Barnard Alumnae Association on April 11 that war is inevitable though not imminent. He argued Britain may fight only for balance of power and cautioned the United States to stay out of the oncoming struggle while Britain and France face Italy and Germany, with Russia a factor.
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Thomas Preston Peardon
Barnard
Reich
Hitler
Britain
Chamberlain
United States
Peardon
England
France
Italy
Germany
Russia
Banquet Planned to Honor Miss Weeks at A A Event
The Athletic Association banquet will be held April 28 at 6 30 PM in the gym. It honors Miss Mabel Foote Weeks who leaves Barnard this semester. Festivities include skits by Junior Show and a Dean’s address. Awards for athletics leadership service and sportsmanship will be presented to seniors. lower class honors. Louise Van Baalen chairs the planning with Annette Hochberg Beverly Brown and Evelyn Class assisting. Subscriptions cost 85 cents for day students and 40 dollars for residents.
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Athletic Association
Mabel Foote Weeks
Barnard
Louise van Baalen
Annette Hochberg
Beverly Brown
Evelyn
The
Columbia University Legislative Conference Opens Today
Adolph A. Berle Jr and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve inaugurate the conference at McMillin Theatre with panel discussions this evening and tomorrow. Delegates will draft resolutions at 2 30 P M tomorrow in Havemeyer 309 to guide university actions and demonstrations for peace on Thursday April 20.
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Adolph A. Berle, Jr
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Columbia University Legislative Conference
McMillin Theatre
Havemeyer
Flora Ginsburg
Barnard
Heinz Norden
Tenants’ Council
Citizens’ Housing Council
Leo Huberman
New College
Applications Due For New Course In Medieval Studies
Students may elect the interdepartmental medieval studies course per the 1939-40 catalogue statement on page 102. Faculty in charge include Professors Ethel Sturtevant Byrne Lawrence Parkhurst Winifred Sturdevant and Miss Carbonara. Apply in person to Professor Sturtevant by May 3. office hours in Room 136 are 12 to 12:30 on April 12 13 14 and on Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays from April 17 to May 1.
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Ethel Sturtevant
Byrne
Lawrence
Parkhurst
Winifred Sturdevant
Miss Carbonara
Sturtevant
Frieda Miller to Speak on Labor Legislation Monday
Miss Frieda Miller acting Industrial Commissioner of New York State will lecture on labor legislation at 1 o clock Monday in Room 139 Milbank. The talk is open to the entire college and follows her Barnard talk on minimum wage for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda Miller
New York State
Milbank
Miss Miller
Barnard
Bureau of Women In Industry
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Land Stowe
Tribune
Dean
Barnardite
Man
Star of Fair
Anagge
N.Y.A
Dent Government
Dr. Peardon
Berle, Gildersleeve
Labor
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