Revision Stalls on Question of P C Council Membership
The Undergraduate Association faces a renewed vote on adding a Political Council seat to the Student Council as part of constitutional revision. Previous bid failed 25 to 7, needing 30 votes for approval. Supporters cite governance of college life and outreach, while opponents argue representation is insufficient.
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P.C. Council
Representative Assembly
Beverly Beck Fuchs
Fuchs
Carolyn Ogden
Barnard College Names New Dorm Directors
Associate Dean Lorna F McGuire announces the appointment of Mrs Harold E Dean as Director and Miss Marian W Smith as Associate Director of Residence Halls at Barnard College. Mrs Dean succeeds Miss Mary E Macdonald who resigns after two years. the new posts begin September 1. Dean is a Smith College graduate and former Putney School director. Smith is a Vassar alumna and ex Director of Admissions at Elmira College.
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Lorna F. McGuire
Harold E. Dean
Marian W. Smith
Barnard College
Dean
Mary E. Macdonald
Berwyck
Pennsylvania
Smith College
Putney School
Putney
Vermont
Verde Valley School
Sedona
Arizona
Miss Smith
Vassar College
Elmira College
Rauch to Teach New Seminar on American Civilization
Professor Basil Rauch to lead History 47-48 next year in a senior seminar that studies American civilization by comparable historical periods rather than strict chronology. A student-compiled anthology will form the core of future class materials.
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Basil Rauch
Department of History
Rauch
ICC Conference on Far East Power Politics at Barnard
The Intercollegiate Conference Committee will hold its third annual convention at Barnard on April 29 and 30 with the theme Power Politics in the Far East. John F. Milby will speak Friday at 7 30 p m and Vincent Sheean Saturday from 1 to 2 p m. Panels on U S policy USSR China Korea Japan and Southeast Asia will precede delegate discussions moderated by students. Winifred Weislogel chairs Barnard’s delegation.
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IRC
Eastern College
Barnard
Far East
John F. Milby
Division of Phillipine Affairs
U.S. Department
Vincent Sheean
U. S
U.S.S.R
China
Korea
Japan
South East Asia
Columbia
Dean Sets Four Required All-College Meetings Next Year
Dean McIntosh announces four required all college meetings for next year to improve administration student body communication. Two meetings per term will cover College matters, Development Plan projects, curriculum changes, and regulations. Opening Exercises in September marks the first meeting, with three dates to follow after the social calendar is set.
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McIntosh
Columbia Trustees Adopt Automatic Retirement Ages
The trustees set retirement ages 65 for administrative staff and 68 for academic staff with 63 as an optional age upon president's request. Those at 64 by June 1 1950 retire June 30 1950. academics retire Sept 30 Jan 31 or May 31. Several professors including Maciver Jervey Hayes Chamberlain Campbell retire in June.
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Columbia University
Harry J. Carman
Columbia College
George B. Pegram
University
J. E. Zanetti
Columbia
Robert M. Maciver
Lieber
Huger W. Jervey
Charles Evans Hughes
Carlton J. H. Hayes
Seth Low
Joseph P. Chamberlain
Oscar J. Campbell
NSA Sponsorship of Purchase Cards at Columbia University
Columbia University Student Council promotes NSA purchase cards offer one dollar buys discounts nationwide. Seventy cents stays with the buying school to support social and educational work. thirty cents goes to NSA national to fund advertising. Stores in the Columbia area include the Columbia Radio Shop Yorkshire Laundry Dry Cleaner New World Gift Shop Maida Shop and Schleifer's Jewelry Store.
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Columbia University Student Council
NSA
New York City
United States
Barnard
Bernice Greenfield
Barbara Jacks
Carolyn Kimmerfield
National
Columbia
Columbia Radio Shop
Yorkshire Laundry and Dry Cleaner
New World Gift Shop
Maida Shop
Schleifer’s
Seniors Complete Cap and Gown Rentals
Seniors who have placed orders for caps and gowns can pay a $3.50 rental fee at a booth on Jake from 12 noon to 1 p.m. today through Friday. Gowns will be distributed in the College Parlor on May 2 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. to students who have rented them for the Dean's address to seniors.
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Jake
Revised Constitution expands Undergraduate judiciary and proctors
The Representative Assembly advances quadrennial constitutional revisions adding a Court of Senior Proctors and a broadened Board of Proctors with twenty juniors and twenty seniors. Honor System shifts to academic dishonesty cases while a Library Committee handles library infractions. Charters require Spring filings with budgets and expenditures. referendums can be forced by a majority vote in class meetings.
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Board of Proctors
Former Alien Students to Study in U S
A new large scale U S government program will bring 400 former enemy country students to study in American colleges by September next year. About 150 Germans 100 Japanese and 50 Austrians are slated. 200 Germans and Austrians currently study in the United States mainly by private sponsorship. Selection will assess democracy interpretation and academic qualifications.
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United States
Army
Film Society Series Showcases Classic Films at Columbia
The Columbia University Film Society sponsors a series of twelve classic movies no longer in local theaters. Films include Crime and Punishment The Eternal Mask and The Long Voyage Home. Subscriptions for groups of ten or more receive a ten percent discount from individual ticket prices of three dollars plus tax. each subscription covers five of the twelve films. Tickets available from Columbia University Educational Films 4138 West 117th St New York 27.
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Columbia University Film Society
Columbia University Educational Films
West 117Th St
New York
N. Y
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ICC
Winifred Weislogel
Kathleen Collins
Sarah Max
Ruth Schacter
Assembly
Proctor Board
U.S
Film Society
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