Botany Club Hosts Professor Sinnott on Plant Size
The Botanical Club invited Edmund Ware Sinnott, renowned geneticist and former Barnard Botany head, to speak on The Problem of Size Determination in Plants at 4 30 in Room 339 Milbank. Sinnott, now Sterling Professor at Yale, will become Dean of Yale’s Sheffield Scientific School this year.
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Edmund Ware Sinnott
The
Botanical Club
Milbank
Sinnott
Barnard
Sterling
Yale
Sheffield Scientific School
War Medicine lecture at Milbank and ocean floor talk
Three zoology majors Bette Kuhlman June Poinsett and Muriel Merker spoke on War Medicine at a meeting held April 13 in 414 Milbank. A tea followed at the Columbia Zoology Department then Dr Ewing professor of Geology gave a lecture on New Instruments and Methods for Problems of the Ocean Floor at Schermerhorn Hall.
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Milbank
Bette Kuhlman
June Poinsett
Muriel Merker
Columbia Zoology Department
Dr. Ewing
Schermerhorn Hall
Follett to Speak at St Pauls Chapel for 1945 46 Year
Follett, Barnard under graduate president for 1945 46, will address attendees at St Pauls Chapel next Thursday. A special Wednesday prayer service will precede the San Francisco conference as a session of support.
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Sabra Follett
Barnard
St. Paul’s Chapel
San Francisco
CURC Canteen Night At Earl Hall May 4
CURC hosts a canteen evening Friday May 4 at Earl Hall with a thirty cent admission. Students may enjoy jitter bug and watt contests door prizes and music by the Columbia Blue Lions band. V-12s and civilians welcome.
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CURC
Earl Hall
Columbia Blue Lions
Town meeting considers Junior Show policy and national service
A student group debated Junior Show's role and its impact on academics and national service. They favored maintaining Junior Show with safeguards, urged flexible general policy, and discussed staging to protect study time while promoting service spirit. They planned to present recommendations to the Representative Assembly.
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Red Cross
Seaice
Representative Assembly
Plans Tennis Match Announcement for Spring Doubles
AA plans a spring doubles tennis tournament this week. Kay Goldsmith, tennis manager, announced deadlines for each round and posted tournament charts on the Athletic Association bulletin board. Participants are urged to follow the time schedule. weather remains uncertain though completion hoped this year.
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Kay Goldsmith
The
Athletic Association Bulletin Board
Miss Goldsmith
Open House Meeting At Columbia On Religious Activity
The Seixas Society and the Menorah Club at Columbia will hold an informal discussion with all members taking part. The topic is how much campus activity should be devoted to religious groups. The UJA drive results will be announced. A second discussion on the Reconstructionist Movement is set for Monday April 30 with a speaker yet to be announced.
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Columbia
Seixas Society
Menorah Club
UJA
Open House
Junior Class Names Senior Week Chair and Honor Board Members
The junior class elected Mary Brown as Senior Week Chairman from a slate that included Patricia Grosbeck Marjone Dahl Betty Campion Audrey Mriddle brook Doris Mohr and Mary Brown. Annette Warburton was chosen for the Honor Board after nominations of Pat Fitzgerald Kay Schneider Hallie Forde and Annette Warburton.
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Patricia Grosbeck
Marjone Dahl
Betty Campion
Audrey Mriddlebrook
Doris Mohr
Mary Brown
Miss Brown
Pat Fitzgerald
Kay Schneider
Hallie Forde
Annette Warburton
Miss Warburton
Lerner Revealed as Promising Barnard Junior
The article portrays Marjorie Lerner as a retiring youth with a troubled past and a plan to study psychiatric social work after a year. Despite a rebellious high school image she is named an Honorary Senior Proctor at Barnard for outstanding character and ability.
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N. Y
Marjorie Lerner
Barnard
Sally Stubblefield Appointed City Center Opera Director
Sally Stubblefield 44 appointed to direct the City Center Opera replacing the present director. Recommended by Jose Ruben, she previously served as stage manager for Julius Caesar in 1944. Born in China, she lived in Switzerland in 1939 40 and studied at Barnard. Her first directed works Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci debuted yesterday.
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Sally Stubblefield
City Center Opera
Jose Ruben
Wigs
Cues
Miss Stubblefield
China
Switzerland
Barnard
Barnard Collegiate Council
the American Red Cross
Perry Mansfield
Colorado
Bernardo Segal
Step-Singing Rehearsals Ahead of Senior Week Finale
Rehearsals start tomorrow for step-singing as part of Senior Week activities. The traditional event culminates in a final performance on June first, inviting participation from members of all classes.
Carman Eulogizes Roosevelt at Chapel
Dean Harry J. Carman of Columbia College spoke at Saint Pauls Chapel last Thursday praising Franklin D Roosevelt. He praised his courage, fellowship, and practicality and warned that forces of reaction threaten Roosevelt’s legacy urging the audience to carry on work for peace and justice.
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Saint Paul’s Chapel
Harry J. Carman
Columbia College
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dean Carman
Roosevelt
Alfred Whitehead
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Honor Iduarte At Spanish Tea
Mr. Andres Iduarte was guest of honor at a Spanish Department tea in the College Parlor. Students thanked him for years of teaching at Barnard as he leaves for a post at Columbia. He spoke on Spain America relations and the Latin American bond to the mother country.
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Andres Iduarte
Barnard
Columbia
del Rio
Iduarte
Spain
America
Priority Ball dances to aid Red Cross War Fund
Bids for Priority Ball, a Spring Dance with a rationing theme, are on sale at Jake for 225 dollars. The event, raising funds for the Red Cross War Fund, will be held May 5 in Barnard Gymnasium with Ted Hamer’s band providing music.
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Red Cross War Fund
Jake
Barnard Gymnasium
Ted Hamer
Holland Announces June Course For College Camp Organiza tion
Miss Margaret Holland states the June Course trains leadership for camp life. Open to Freshman to Junior classes with 51 students from each class. Two week program runs June 8 to June 22 costing $20. Applications due May 1 in Holland's office.
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Margaret Holland
Wiiting
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