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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1936
Page
2
Barnard College students plan a nature tour on Saturday May 2 with two groups leaving Jake at 11 am and 1 pm. Each participant brings lunch, pays 20 cents for fare, and can join later if needed. The trip emphasizes foot travel, rest pauses, and a carefree outdoor escape northward.
About 4 000 students participated in a peace strike on campus. Agnes Leckie and James Flint spoke on building a nationwide student peace movement, opposing war, and preventing future conflicts through organized action and legislative pressure. The Oxford pledge was administered to attendees.
Social Science Union members led by Agnes Leckie circulated petitions urging governments to end war and cut arms. The Mary E. Wooley headed effort includes signatures from Heywood Broun, Pearl Buck, Clarence Darrow, John Dewey and others, with support from multiple peace organizations.
A reform committee proposed to Representative Assembly a package to overhaul undergraduate elections. It calls for non-required nominating meetings, a two-stage candidate process, a candidate decline deadline, a tea for candidate introductions, and elections spread over two days. The plan aims to democratize the system and give students more time to evaluate nominees. The Assembly also set up a probe into a campaign by the American League Against War and Fascism and took a stand against Columbia University delegates at a festival.
Twenty five years ago Barnard College marked its special alumnae number with a Dean Gildersleeve note announcing Katherine Doty 1904 as Secretary to keep alumnae and undergraduates lists. Agnes Burke praised alumnae life, with studies teas and halls life at Brooks Hall and a call for employable, well presented Barnard women.
Columbia students may enlist as summer field workers for the Emergency Peace Campaign a newly organized anti war movement Volunteers will operate in strategic rural areas under 20 to 35 years old Training is required and volunteers must cover about 30 dollars monthly expenses with contributions sought to fund the program.
The article notes Heidelberg marked the 506th anniversary of the German University and that a letter from the Representative Assembly to President Butler expressed opposition to sending a delegation to Heidelberg.
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