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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1945
Page
1
Barnard College student publication Barma and Bulletin announces its semi weekly schedule and publication details. It lists the managing board editors and contributors including Joan Raup Doradoes Drew Leff, Judith Rudansky, Joan Zeiger, and Jane Weidlund among others. Subscription rate is three dollars per year with ten cent single copies.
Barnard College students note Dumbarton Oaks Week as the San Francisco conference on a proposed world organization begins. The piece reflects on national propaganda, the need for political compromise, and Barnard’s connection through a representative as observers anticipate the conference's climactic drafting day and the Dean's prayers for world peace and freedom.
The Barnard Foster Child fund nears the hundred dollar mark as readers are urged to donate beyond pennies and nickels. Letters to Sam, not costly gifts, can be sent to 405 Barnard for forwarding to Sicily to help Tony.
Marge Lerner, a Columbia University senior, recalls her years at Morningside Heights and 116th Street. She supervised Billy, the “little mother” to the neighborhood, and recounts waitressing in the bookstore, mishaps, and the V-12 days. She graduates in June after three years, holding Junior Vice-President office, debating, and aiding a psychology project with Dr. McHugh.
Judy Brimberg critiques the Edward K Strong Vocational Interest Test and its broad questions from hobbies to history heroines. The piece mocks the test’s scope and suggests destiny or WPA programs as alternatives for uncertain youths facing employment.
A playful letter from a student in Brooklyn near the Zoo and Botanical Gardens describes spring fever, term papers, and sun freckles. She notes Gus and Gertie the chimpanzees, crowded cherry trees, and awkward photos. The writer jokes about outdoor classes and hemoglobin for gym exemptions, ending with a quip about Spang being on the wing.
Maria Scott receives letters from her husband in the 4th Infantry in Germany. He notes beauty and primitive life, Dutch workers in barracks, Russian and French prisoners, and mass souvenirs of war. He recalls hunger, a hospital for POWs, and the mass exodus of foreign workers streaming toward evacuation camps as liberation unfolds.
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