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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1945
Page
4
A letter to the editor thanks captain volunteers for the Red Cross drive and notes receipts reach 1120 by April 18. It cites Sweet Briar College with 500 students aiming at 8000 and urges students to contribute, dedicating the drive to Iwo Jima.
Judith Rudansky argues in a wartime column that a formal dance, named Priority Ball, clashes with costs and rationing. She urges simplicity, urging students to donate to the Red Cross instead of spending on gowns, taxis, and gas.
Ruth Landesman promotes a Red Cross Carnival booth where Tony, an Italian adopted child, will receive birthday cards. The Bulletin sells cards to raise funds, aiming for a $120 goal. $81.06 collected so far finances a personal gift and a simulated overseas mail box project to deliver wishes in Italian.
Professor Edmund Ware Sinnott, head of the Botany Department from 1928 to 1939, will address a Botany Club meeting Friday at 4 30 PM in Room 339 Milbank. He will discuss The Problem of Size Determination in Plants and notes his forthcoming Yale and Sheffield positions.
Barnard's twelfth annual Campo becaersus Course runs June 6 to 22. Applications due May 11 with limited space to qualify as a student weekend leader. courses include household management social recreation nature study outdoor cookery campcraft and crafts. Two alumni Edith and Angela Bornn praise hikes crafts and personal projects achieved at Camp though noting cold showers and rationed water.
Athletic Association 18 sponsors a Spring Barbecue on Sunday May 6 at Barnard Camp Croton NY. Signups start soon via a poster. cost is sixty five cents for food. Friends and families welcome. previous barbecues featured roasted chickens.
Mary Louise Stewart, president of the Undergraduate Association, and class presidents urge more students to attend Representative Assembly meetings. A noon session and subsequent meetings will decide war policy for the coming year. Notices are posted on Jake, and students should attend to shape student government.
Jeanne Mitchell and Roxanne Connick will headline a Music Club recital in the College Parlor tomorrow at four. Mitchell, a Barnard violinist and former Columbia Orchestra member now in the NYC Symphony second violin section under Leopold Stokowski, and Connick, a Barnard undergraduate pianist, recently performed with the City Symphony in New York. Refreshments will follow, and Marion Ryan is the new Music Club president after recent elections.
The Spring Social, the final Barnard Hall event under Dorothy Pasetti, will be held Sunday April 22 from 2 to 5 30 in the gym. The Coffee Dance invites men from the Midshipmen School and Officer's Club, with tickets 75 cents and 30 cents for guests. Girls urged to arrive early due to increased attendance. new Social Committee chair to be appointed soon.
Virginia C. Gildersleeve announces English Department changes at Barnard College. Dr James L Clifford becomes Associate Professor after serving as Visiting Associate Professor, with Lehigh University ties and works on eighteenth century figures. Dr Lorna F McGuire shifts to Assistant Professor from Associate Professor and is noted as Freshman Advisor with Honorary Bear Pin.
Barbara Hewlett chair man of Health committee announced an A A sponsored hike this Saturday for Barnard students seeking country air. A group will depart Jake at 11 go to the 125th Street Ferry cross the Hudson and hike New Jersey Palisades wearing country shoes and packing lunches. The four to five hour outing aims to showcase a beautiful route and attract many participants.
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