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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1931
Page
2
Barnard Camp hosts a two day event May 9 and 10 with a tollick ing good time poster sign ups and a fifty cent deposit to Virginia Weir. Activities include tenikou, archery, a baseball game and Hare and Hounds with a Sunday barbecue for all attending.
Special notice to swimmers says the week of May 2 is the last period to raise grades for swimming awards, signaling final eligibility and next steps for athletes seeking recognition.
Foreign universities announce summer programs with Parisian French courses earning Diplome des Etudes Francais Francaises upon completion. July 15 start. Madrid program offers Spanish grammar literature history and art with small ten student classes and cultural activities. Cambridge runs English government and literature July 23 to August 5 for foreign students.
Two Barnard College students receive Columbia University fellowships in psychology and English literature. One woman becomes the first in her Barnard psychology department to earn the fellowship and plans a year at Columbia studying mental organization. The other winner, Mr. Rathert, is Barnard’s English literature research fellow. attempts to reach him before press time were unsuccessful.
Calendar entries list events from Deema Club and German Club. April 24 features an A Dance play and a Deema event. April 25 shows a Tatlock Prize Exam in Room 330 and a theatre play by German Club. April 27 includes Freshman Junior Tea and Government 62 conference in the designated rooms.
Sally Vredenburgh delivers annual report on Barnard College governance. The piece notes progress of Representative Assembly, calls for better member participation, mentions delegations to meetings and a Model League of Nations event funded by the Board of Trustees.
The text critiques degree requirements and elective padding in academic subjects especially for girls. It questions gym credits as year two rewards and recalls Mills on liberty versus controlling ideas. It notes Victorian attitudes toward women and hints at debates within the Physical Education Department.
Two Junior Class members, Madeleine Gilmore and Adaline Heffelfinger, will sail for Geneva in June to join the Geneva School of International Studies. Gilmore holds a Students International Union scholarship. Heffelfinger won the Geneva Fellowship funded by New York citizens. They will attend six discussion groups, likely Zimmern’s, and stay through September 12 for League of Nations sessions.
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