Barnard College Student Publication Details
Published semi weekly throughout the College Year by the Students at Barnard College in the interests of the Undergraduate Association.
15 Apr 1930
Page 1
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1930
Page
1
Published semi weekly throughout the College Year by the Students at Barnard College in the interests of the Undergraduate Association.
The document lists editorial and staff members with roles and class years across departments. It names editors Ruth Jacobus and Sylvia Gettinger among others, along with production and advertising teams and managers.
The author praises Barnard Library and the reserve-book system but laments the absence of a morning book carrier near the south elevator. They propose a daily collecting receptacle at nine o'clock and a carrier to hoist books to the third floor by ten after nine to ease student delays and reduce exasperation.
A Barnard College letter complains the third floor pencil sharpener in Barnard Hall consumes pencils instead of sharpening them. The writer jokes about waste, costs, and potential jobs from more machines, and urges a simple inexpensive sharpener be installed on the third floor.
A.A. President was denied a Student Council seat after Assembly debate. Supporters call the move a petty clique politics indictment while arguing the council already represents all students and would be complicated by adding another member.
University of Missouri hosts a penny a pound dance where escorts collect a penny per pound of their dates. One boy paid eighty five cents, while heavier dancers got free admission for tipping the scales at 200 pounds or more.
Review praises a one act play set in a Nice villa with Ruth Gordon and Glenn Anders in lead roles. Notes imaginative plot, strong lines by Barry, and a thoughtful, careful piece that provokes humor and logic questions. Guild subscribers unlikely to cancel tickets.
The superintendent of prisons within the Department of Justice announces plans to professionalize the Federal prison service amid ongoing reforms. The initiative, described as a shift from the current system, aims to modernize operations and standards for inmate management and rehabilitation.
Sydney Greenbie leads Fravesty on a world journey to test the idea that one year abroad equals four years of college. Admissions will rely on genuine interest in broad education and good health with courses on land and sea. The Travesty seeks a careful survey of world civilization for the cultured traveler.
A Detroit specialist in the Hlunter College Bulletin asserts that average college professors hold fifteen percent more brain power than the average co ed. The remark sparks discussion on intelligence disparities in academia.
Elisabeth Pomerene, not yet 21, becomes the youngest girl to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree. She earned the doctorate in Biochemistry from Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Brain Review, the first motion picture produced entirely by college students, was screened in the University of California auditorium. It records a year of campus life and school history with unsynchronized effects from Western Electric. Campus Movie Club aims to add synchronized sound in the future.
The Barnard Glee Club invites the public to two upcoming concerts in May. On May 4 at St Pauls Chapel they perform Pergolesis Stabat Mater with strings and soloists. On May 8 at MacMillan Theater a joint program with Barnard Columbia Glee Club and Columbia Orchestra features a Parsifal selection by Wagner.
The Bulletin questions Codecil action and its motives, arguing outsiders lack insight. It notes the 2155s voted against a new Council Seat for the President amid claims of petty clique politics and concerns over wealth and independence.
Ruth Draper and the Hutchins appeared at the McMillan Theater in the Children’s Theatre program Great American Songbirds. Hutchins discussed desert birds and local flora, while Draper performed a varied monologue program including At An Art Exhibition and A Scotch Immigrant at Ellis Island. The audience praised Draper’s poise and versatility.
The article outlines German political parties with Socialists and Democrats leading, Central Catholic Party, and two monarchist groups the German Nationals and the National Socialists. It notes Mr von Dewall criticizes the Nazis as pandering to base instincts and Semitic prejudice. The piece discusses fears about the Republic’s future and predicts a ministers’ fate depends on Republican support.
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