College and Club Events CalendarApril 1917
A busy schedule lists college singing and Classical Club events in the Theatre and Lunch Room across April including Glee Club rehearsals Wigs and Cues Pageant meetings and Debating Club. Several entries note Easter vacation and a May 1 chapel speaker Rabbi Wise with various musical club activities.
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Glee Club
Social Science League
Brooks Hall
Socialist Club
T. C
Rabbi Wise
Noah’s Flood
Dr Montague Discusses The Family At Noon Meeting
Dr Montague argues the family is changing as industry leaves the home and feminists seek economic balance between career and motherhood. He cites unfixed roles for women and suggests remedies from home industry to careful family budgeting. Page 4 notes.
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Montague
Undergraduate Meeting Raises Fraternity Debate and Council Reform
The Undergraduate meeting tackles unresolved fraternity issues. Faculty and Student Council decide to leave it to undergraduates with faculty oversight if needed. Proposals suggest dissolving the Executive Committee chair and replacing it, with Brooks Hall president possibly joining Student Council. Nominations for Undergraduate president include Dorothy Curnow Cornelia Geer Dorothy Leet Beat rice Lowndes Elsie Oakley and Aline Pollitzer.
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Brooks Hall
Dorothy Curnow
Cornelia Geer
Dorothy Leet
Beatrice Lowndes
Elsie Oakley
Aline Pollitzer
Undergraduate president elected by overwhelming first choices
The election for Undergraduate president used a new preferential system. Beat Rice Lowndes was chosen by 258 first choice votes and 31 second choice, with the nearest candidate receiving 24 first choices and 161 second choices. The Bulletin offers best wishes for a successful year.
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Beatrice Lowndes
Brooks Hall Hosts Successful St Patrick's Show
Brooks Hall staged a large campus entertainment with Miss N Norris chairing. The program featured a Shaw farce How She Lied to Her Husband, Pathe Weely clips, skits on local celebrities, a Fashion Show, lobster salad dance, Columbia Glee Club minstrels, and a rainbow chorus. Admission 25 cents. about 200 tickets sold. Proceeds fund the party and any surplus buys new books for the hall library.
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Brooks Hall
Columbia Glee Club
Brooks’ Best and Blackest Minstrels
Churchill Speaks on God and Democracy at Chapel
Mr Winston Churchill delivered a chapel talk on Thursday arguing that the need for God aligns with evolutionary thought. He linked Christianity and democracy as intertwined ideals rooted in personality and love, urging intelligent use to discern right from wrong.
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Winston Churchill
Chapel
Bulletin announces delay to May 1 issue
Bulletin notes college exams reduce schedule with no issue on Monday April 24th and states the next edition will appear May 1.
Talcott Foundation Funds Religion Study At Barnard
The Talcott Foundation will provide 100000 for religious instruction at Barnard starting next year. Dr John Douglas Adams and Mr Stuart L Tyson join as religion associates for 1916 1917, teaching courses on Fundamentals of Religion and Life and Times of Paul. Chaplain Knox continues the Bible Study course. Miss Mary A Patchin directs ongoing philanthropic religious work.
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Tatcott Foundation
Talcott
Tyson
Oxford
University of the South
Paul
Knox
Mary
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DR. Montague
Brooks Hall Entertainment
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