Delegates Debate Civil Liberties at Columbia Conference
The 161 delegates at the Legislative Conference at Columbia University condemned aggression and defended civil liberties. The fifty-four resolutions urged support for the Thomas amendment and the Coffee and Geyer bills while opposing the Ludlow war referendum. Dean Virginia Gildersleeve and Adolph Berle Jr. spoke on democratic responsibility and fact based discussion for informed public action.
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Columbia University
Ludlow
Virginia Gildersleeve
McMillin Theatre
Install New Officers at College Assembly Today
The annual installation at the gym marks the formal presentation of the 1939 Student Council and oath of office for Margaret Boyle. Miss Allison presides as Bear Pin awards are announced. new members include Maloney, Hagmoe, Taubenhaus, McQuiston, Duncombe, Williams, Gonzales, Allen, Gray, and Dubroff. A tea follows and seniors wear caps and gowns for the processional.
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Dean Gildersleeve
Jean Allison
Miss Allison
Margaret Boyle
Miss Boyle
Mary Maloney
Evelyn Hagmoe
Ruth Taubenhaus
Joanne McQuiston
Caroline Duncombe
Doris Williams
Evelyn Gonzales
Deborah Allen
Julia Gray
Florence Dubroff
Bulletin
Dr Christina Phelps Grant Appointed Barnard Social Affairs Head
Trustees at Barnard on April 13 named Dr Christina Phelps Grant as Assistant to the Dean in charge of Social Affairs succeeding retiring Mabel F Weeks after 32 years. Grant, Barnard alumna and PhD from Columbia, will teach Near East history and oversee student organizations and college social events.
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Christina Phelps Grant
Gildersleeve
Mabel F. Weeks
Barnard
Grant
Barnard College
Columbia University
Alan Fraser Grant
Near East
Syrian Desert
Vassar
McGill University
Montreal
Miss Weeks
Mexico
Mary F. McBride
Abbott
Ideal Wife Cook At Barnard Query Reveals Varied Talents
A Barnard Bulletin Query teases Princeton and Columbia men about finding an ideal wife among Barnard undergraduates. It notes many can cook and lists playful dishes while cautioning that a husband who values food too highly should steer clear of Barnard cooks.
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Barnard
Bulletin
Milbank
Peace Action Sparks Student Protest Across Democracies
The annual peace mobilization by American students is planned for Thursday with a Germany celebration of Der Fuehrer's birthday criticized as fascist rejoicing. The piece notes Roosevelt's call for a truce and a ten year non aggression pact, pressuring Italy and Germany as domestic opinion shifts.
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Germany
der Fuehrer
Roosevelt
Italy
Columbia Poetry 1939 to Publish Student Works at Barnard
Six Barnard students are featured in Columbia Poetry 1939 to be published by Columbia University Press in June. Olga Scheiner. Anne Milman. Janice Hoerr. Naomi Letsky. Eleanor Sheldon. Gloria Tanasso contribute poems, with Van Rensselaer and Woodbury prizes available for published works.
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Barnard
Columbia Poetry
Columbia University Press
Olga Scheiner
Anne Milman
Janice Hoerr
Naomi Letsky
Eleanor Sheldon
Gloria Tanasso
Columbia
Clare Howard
Alan Abbott
Teachers College
Donald Clark
Oscar Campbell
Mark van Doren
Columbia College
Charles Hansen Towne
Towne
Columbia Extension
van Rensselaer
Woodbury
A. A. Plans Folk Dance Party and College Hike
The Athletic Association sponsors two events this week a Folk Dance Party and an all college hike. The Folk Fling will be in the gym Thursday eight to ten thirty with the Casino School of Dancing providing music. Admission is free and refreshments served. The hike to Palisades will be Saturday April 22 with meeting points Barnard Hall at 10 and Yonkers Ferry at 11. A forty cent ferry fee and sign up poster on Jake are noted.
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the Athletic Association
Columbia
Barnard
Cansino
Louise van Baalen
Marjorie Weiss
Cozette Utech
Antoinette Vaughn
Charlotte Villanys
Martha Ankenney
Priscilla Ives
Marjorie Lawson
Nancy Wagner
Marion Linn
Margaret Holland
Health Committee
Palisades
Barnard Hall
Yonkers’ Ferry
Jake
Peace Assembly Plans At Colubmia With Mumford And Stowe
Columbia University schedules a 11 o'clock peace assembly in the gym presided by Dean Gildersleeve with speakers Lewis Mumford and Leland Stowe. Student speaker Charlotte Hall will present the council's aims while 40,000 students nationwide join campus rallies.
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Butler
Dean Gildersleeve
Lewis Mumford
Leland Stowe
Charlotte Hall
Miss Hall
Student Council
Barnard
Columbia
Brooklyn
Cooper Union
Hunter
Queens
Yeshiva
City College
Long Island University
Columbia University
Legislative Conference
American Student Union
The
University Christian Association
Government Class Hears Labor Head
Miss Freida Miller industrial commissioner of New York State spoke to the Government 2 class about the Department of Labor. She noted the vast agency with seven thousand employees, its anti sweat shop laws, wage and hour controls for women and children, workmen’s compensation and unemployment insurance, and urged further social legislation.
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Department of Labor
New York State
Freida Miller
Government
Labor Department
Miss Miller
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Leace Assembly
Concelave
McMillin
Adolph A. Berle, Jr
Columbia Law School
Columschool
Sion
Utie Committee
Peace Action
A. A
Mumford, Stowe
Dean
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