Barnard Elects New Student Leaders In 1938 39 Administration
Barnard College holds a ceremonial inauguration in the gym as Margaret Boyle takes the oath as Undergraduate Association head, followed by installation of the Student Council and Representative Assembly for 1938 39. Dean Virginia Gildersleeve praises student government and cites a foreign observer’s praise of Barnard’s administration for fostering responsibility. Continued on Page 4 Column 1.
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Virginia Caldersleeve
Margaret Boyle
Jean Allison
Student Council
Representative Assembly
Miss Gildersleeve
Allison
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University Peace Demonstration At South Field
Columbia University's sixth annual peace demonstration drew about fifteen hundred students. Speakers included Dean Herbert Hawkes, Dr. Harry Gideonse, Bert Witt, McAllister Coleman, Hilary Holmes, and Reverend Robert Andrus. Gideonse urged curbing sovereignty to abolish war, noting no willingness to act. Hawkes said peace requires nations to act jointly.
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South Field
Herbert E. Hawkes
Columbia College
Harry Gideonse
Barnard
Bert Witt
New York
the American Student Union
McAllister Coleman
Hilary Holmes 39
Robert Andrus
Gideonse
South Hall
Dr. Gideonse
Barnard Anticipates Science Finds Chewing An Aid To Study
A Barnard College piece reports professor Hollingworth and colleagues endorsing chewing as a concentration aid for study. It notes mixed student findings, with gum and even nontraditional items cited, while the article humorously envisions gum replacing the teacher’s cry as students focus on work.
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Cnology
Or — Hollingworth
Anon
New York of Sciences
Scientific
Barnard
Hollingworth
Johnny
Miss Weeks Commended By Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees of Barnard College adopted a resolution honoring Mabel Foote Weeks for thirty two years of service as Mistress of Brooks Hall and Assistant to the Dean in charge of Social Affairs. They commend her contributions to student life and the cultivation of scholarly honesty, enlightenment, kindness, and courtesy, and wish her health and happiness in retirement.
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Board of Trustees
Barnard College
Mabel Foote Weeks
Brooks Hall
Post Columnist to Address ASU on Europe Crisis
Dorothy Dunbar Bromley, author of Strike A Balance, will speak to the American Student Union on America Looks at Europe. Her recent Germany trip informs discussion of the European crisis and U.S. war scare. The ASU hosts meetings with notable officials and plans for next year.
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America
Europe
Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
Bromley
Harper’s
Redbook
American Student Union
United States
Stanley Isaacs
Jane Perry Clark
Karl Deutsch
World Youth Congress
ASU
Mumford and Stowe Address Barnard Students at Assembly
More than five hundred Barnard students attended a Peace Assembly featuring Lewis Mumford and Leland Stowe. Mumford warned of civilization’s fragility amid fascists and isolationists and urged resisting negative peace while Stowe outlined potential war outcomes and the need to define what to fight for and what peace to seek.
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Barnard
Assembly
Lewis Mumford
Leland Stowe
Dean Gildersleeve
Charlotte Hall
Mumford
Mr. Mumford
Mr. Stowe
Barnard and Columbia Seek Summer City Guides
Barnard College and Columbia University recruit students for guided tours of the campuses and nearby city sights. Miss Elizabeth Jackson leads the effort on the Barnard committee with Miss Weeks, inviting interested students to assist on a one month or flexible schedule in Barnard Hall.
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Barnard
Columbia
Elizabeth Jackson
Miss Jackson
Miss Weeks
New York
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Grant’s Tomb
Riverside Church
International House
Wilhelm Braun
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Willard Waller
Agnes Wayman
Mary Morris Seals
Helen Abbott
Mme
Charlotte Muret
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
Mabel Foote Weeks
Edna Trull Bird
Sixth Camp Course To Begin June 9
The sixth camp leadership course runs June 9 to 23 under Miss Margaret Holland and Mrs. Elizabeth Worley. Beverly Browne assists in conducting. Open to freshmen to juniors, applications due May 12, cost is 15 dollars for two weeks.
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Margaret Holland
Elizabeth Worley
Department of Physical Education
Beverly Browne
Barnard Camp
Drama Club Presents Four Plays in Brinkerhoft Theater
The Brinkerhoft Theatre hosts four spring plays by Shaw Brighouse Galsworthy and Meixell. Casts include Jane Hoyt Clythia Capraro Ruth Joy Sedgwick Roberta Hadley and Jean Sauer in roles from Followers The Little Man George Washington and Passion Poison and Petrification directed by Reine Tracy June Amsden Leonore Cowell and others with Dean Virginia Gildersleeve among guests.
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Brinkerhoft Theatre
Charles Brighouse
the Little Man
John Galsworthy
George Washington
Grenville Meixell
George Bernard Shaw
Reine Tracy
Jane Hoyt
Lucinda
Clythia Capraro
Helen Masters
Mary Merner
Colonel Redfern
Virginia Rogers
Susan
Jeanne Paul
Jean Sauer
Jane Stewart
Winifred Anderson
Roberta Hadley
Elizabeth Mueller
Charlotte Platky
Barbara Heinzer
Ruth Joy Sedgwick
Beatrice Belis
Patricia Illingworth
June Amsden
George
Charlotte Cassell
Lawrence
Ada Deakman
Mr. Washington
Pompey
Leonore Cowell
Janice Hoerr
Magnesia
Fitz
Elizabeth Moora
Adolphus
Phylis
Landlord
Dean Virginia Gildersleeve
Mabel Foote Weeks
Margaret Boyle
Minor Latham
Constance Smith
Lorna McGuire
Donald Read
Kurt von Forstmeyer
Caroline Dorado
Edmund Sinnott
Senior Week Sign Up Urged On Poster
Senior Week signs urge all seniors to enroll. A five dollar fee will be collected on Jake starting Monday. Week runs from June 2 with step singing to June 6 Class Day followed by Commencement. Events include reception ball baccalaureate tea picnic Barnard camp trustees supper Ivy Ceremony and Senior Banquet.
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Barnard Camp
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