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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1940
Page
1
Barnard Bulletin issued semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students for the Undergraduate Association. Entered second class matter October 19, 1928 at New York post office under the 1879 act. Subscription rate is $3.00 per year and single copies cost 10 cents.
The issue lists names and roles for the editorial and news staff including Patricia Lyons Doris Prochaska Rita Rouer Fitts Margerie Lawson and Smith as editors and managers. It shows positions such as Editor in Chief Business Manager Managing Editor About Town Editor Advertising Manager and Circulation Manager with associates and a news board.
A clipped OCR shows names Helene Gottesman Marilyn Haggerty 743 Mildred Kolodny and Amy Zasaly with the numbers 7 42. The fragment suggests a classroom or grade roster listing multiple students with associated codes.
The Undergraduate Association publication Bulletin is praised for its reserve and impartial news presentation. Editors are credited with a judicial outlook and numerous milestones including format improvements and twice weekly publication.
Plans outline student input guiding changes to Bulletin including adding a photography editor, more coverage of national and international news, and weekly interviews with prominent figures beyond theater, aiming to enliven the second page. The board acknowledges current local focus and seeks broader, student-relevant content within budget limits.
The writer recalls three years as a sympathetic observer before becoming a columnist on April 19 1940. He lampoons failed dreams of ballet and concert piano and notes a new confidence in his editorial role while reflecting on past attempts and small-town reactions.
Readers praise the About Town column for insight and thorough reviews of theaters films and art exhibits. Suggestions call for tighter edits shorter pieces more reviews of nightlife and places to go in New York with occasional features on odd venues and foreign venues.
A New York metropolis column surveys Broadway Greenwich Village Fort Tryon and Carnegie Hall and notes how art drama and radio stretch its boundaries. It highlights The Lion Has Wings Gone With The Wind Lights Out In Europe and current wartime events as the city absorbs world culture and news.
Maurice Evans gives a careful, richly trapp ed staging of Richard II that highlights the play's grand, sonorous verse and the doomed king's boyish consternation. The production's majesty and color remind audiences why Shakespeare treats Richard as a tragic figure beyond Henry IV and Hamlet.
The Harlem Community Art Center lends five oil paintings by Black artists for an exhibit titled Odd Study. Works include Charles Alston’s delicate Portrait and Clara by Aaron Douglas, each reflecting diverse styles from Mo digliani inspired to frontal academic realism.
The Artist's Gallery on West 8th Street hosts painters and sculptors with no remuneration for displayed works. Hugo Stix argues art gains value beyond monetary price and seeks to spark audience interest, claiming historic fame often trails creative impact.
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