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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1941
Page
3
A poll of 204 students shows 171 oppose U S involvement in the European War and 184 would fight if the United States were attacked. Majorities favor aid to Great Britain and Pan American solidarity, with varied views on maritime rights and defense commitments.
Eugenie Limberg '41, violinist and violist, will give a recital on Thursday, May 1 at 4 p.m. in the College Parlor under the music department. The program includes sonatas by Handel, Beethoven, and Debussy. Limberg, from Texas, is noted as a first alternate for the Murray Fellowship and is active in chamber music circles at Columbia.
Patricia Drap, Senior Week Brisines manager, announced dues and Alumnae Association contributions will be collected next week by committee members on Jake from 12 to 1 daily from April 28 to May 9. No dues accepted after May 9, though alumnae contributions may be paid after that date.
Bud James led 400 students at a Peace Strike held last Wednesday at McMillin Theatre. Speakers included Robert Raven and Morris Watson as part of a nationwide student mobilization with about one million participants. James urged student ideological leadership and compared past meeting isolation to current worries.
Spring Dance prompts tropical decor as Barnard Hall hosts South Sea Island atmosphere. Jimmy Downs Blue Lions play 9 30 to 1 30 with bids at 2 25. Proceeds aid the senior class fund for a gym PA system. Barbecue begins Sunday at 1 pm with chicken and trimmings. tickets sold at Jake noon today.
Senior class earns a full slate of fourteen events from May 29 to June 9 honoring Barnard’s graduates. Activities include a Senior Reception, Baccalaureate Reception, Senior Picnic, Class Day, Senior Ball, and the Senior Banquet.
Dean Gildersleeve announces a new noncredit psychology course taught by Mr. Geldlo McHugh next year. It offers individual conferences on mental health adjustment, educational achievement, and vocational guidance following an experiment with 54 freshmen showing reading speed gains and grade trends.
Members of the Physical Science club led by Ruth Stern will demonstrate and explain thermal electric effects at an open meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock in 239 Milbank. Refreshments will be served after the meeting. The college at large is invited.
Professor Jane Perry Clark of the government department is elected president of the Consumers League of New York to serve at its fiftieth anniversary dinner at the Hotel Roosevelt on April 23. She joins national panels and state committees addressing industry discrimination while continuing her Social Security and public administration work and authorship interests.
Dr Winifred C. Cullis of the University of London spoke at an all college tea about British women in the present war. She said every woman in uniform frees a man for active service and noted women’s roles in clinical and radio work and in operating public conveyances. She cited 100000 ambulances and 753 tanks moved by women volunteers and highlighted the Women’s Volunteer Service and the Women’s Royal Naval Service known as the wrens.
Senior council announces new officers including Barbara Hein zen ’42 Interfaith chair Joan Brown ’42 vice-chairman of the Board of Senior Proctors Carol Dunlop ’42 Archives chair Phyllis Hagmoe ’43 Freshman Day chair Elizabeth Lewis ’42 Transfer co-chairman Jean Buckingham ’42 Transfer co-chairman Mary Jo Jordan ’43 Junior Assembly co-chairman Harriet Fiskin ’43 Sophomore Assembly co-chairman.
Professor Remy of Columbia's German department drew a caricature of Venus in a German club scene last Monday. Tannhauser appeared as a bow-legged youth, with Elsa and other heroines rendered as heroic blondes and sirens as brunettes. Remy said textbooks on Wagner could be improved by colored caricatures.
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