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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1940
Page
1
Barnard Bulletin is issued semi weekly by Barnard College students through the Undergraduate Association. It entered second class matter October 19, 1928, at the New York post office under the 1879 act. Subscription is 3 dollars per year or 10 cents per issue.
The scaffold lists key editorial and administrative roles for the student paper including Editor in Chief Patricia SLEinuworRtH and Managing Editor, with a wide editorial board and news board featuring students such as Elizabeth Koenig Naomi Sells and Dorothy Sherman. It also notes positions for Advertising Manager Circulation Manager and associates on the editorial boards.
Barnard students attended a peace rally showing concern over the international situation. Speakers outlined war’s harms and urged critical study over slogans, with Mr Millis noting a shared non isolationist view and a call for broad minded outlook among students and future leaders.
Barnard College students showed vigor during Friday and Saturday Junior Show performances. The Pony Ballet, songs, and scenery reflected months of committee work and drew strong audience reaction. Over 250 participated in this year’s Greek Games.
Fearful, trembling readers learn new editors have taken over a humorous Bulletin column. The piece notes surprise at becoming editors, jokes told, and seconds thoughts about the season’s coffee dance ending, plus an absent tall blond during social chances.
Readers critique the Bar nard Peace Assembly with remarks on speakers Waller Millis and Grattan. Opinions range from praise for balanced views to disappointment at lack of new ideas and emotional impact.
A Town column notes war headlines near the Times Building as Strand reels with Til We Meet Again and Johnny Apollo at Roxy. Merle Oberon and Tyrone Power star in tales of love and crime, while critics fault Hollywood for overglamorizing and underdramatizing real stakes.
Columbia offers a refined Schumann Fantasiestücke Op. 73 with cellist Gregor Piatigorsky whose tone is flawless and free of reediness. Also featured is Haydn’s String Quartet in D Major Op. 76 No. 5 performed by the Rothschild Quartet, and the Minneapolis Symphony's Pastoral Symphony under Mitropoulos, praised as essential listening for record lovers.
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