Economics Department Honors Prof Saulnier
Indications now show that 1955 is on the road to being a better year than many people had expected says Professor Raymond F Saulnier at a tea in his honor. The economist, recently named to Eisenhower's three man Council of Economic Advisers, is on leave from Barnard College where he was executive officer of the economics department since 1949.
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Eisenhower
Threeman Council of Economic Advisers
Barnard
Federal Reserve Board
Council of Economic Advisers
National Bureau of Economic Research
Awards and Scholarships At Assembly Ceremony
The annual Awards Assembly at Barnard Gym will honor students with prizes and scholarships. Eliza beth Janeway Prize for prose will be presented by Mrs Janeway and several named faculty will distribute awards in French Italian German chemistry biology and secretarial studies. Special prizes recognize mathematics sciences literature English and overall scholarship.
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Barnard
Millicent C. McIntosh
Thomas Peardon
Elizabeth Janeway
Edgar R. Lorch
LeRoy Breunig
Donald D. Ritchie
Janeway
Dillay
Technical Metaphor Problem Highlighted by Prof Stewart
Government Prof John B. Stewart discussed the so called technical metaphor at the Thursday Noon Meeting on April 21. He warned metaphors should not be taken literally as utilitarian dictates and offered three examples including art as craft and impacts on metaphysics. He urged recognizing metaphors as metaphors and avoiding ascribing human linguistic aims to the universe or God.
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John B. Stewart
Government Department
Prof
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God
N S A Forum Debates Academic Freedom Limits
An NSA forum last Thursday featured Couch editor in chief of Collier s Encyclopedia arguing academic freedom as a restraint principle requiring faculty freedom with classroom responsibility. Dunham former Temple chair cited threats to knowledge from job loss indoctrination and plausible but unsafe opinions. Easton City College history professor and Academic Freedom Award recipient warned that restricting discussion risks greater danger than exposure to diverse ideas.
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N.S.A
Couch
Collier’s Encyclopedia
Barrows Dunham
Temple University Philosophy Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Stewart Easton
City College
Gorbman Wins Guggenheim Fellowship for Thyroid Study
Dr. Aubrey Gorbman, zoology professor, receives a 1955 Guggenheim Fellowship to study thyroid function in fish off the Hawaiian coast. Also named are Miss Hortence Calisher for creative writing and nine Columbia University faculty members.
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Aubrey Gorbman
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Guggenheim
Gorbman
Hawaiian Islands
Hortence Calisher
Barnard
Focus Editor Appoints Staff For Next Year
Jo-Anne Rossettos was unanimously elected editor in chief at the March 30 meeting of Representative Assembly and has named a managing editor and four associate editors for the 1955-56 Focus staff. Joan Nash is the new managing editor with Rhoda Brandes Emilie Buchwald Rhoda Deane Edwards and Tybie Stein as associates. Rossettos will maintain current policies including a book review section non fiction pieces and a new format. She invites manuscripts from the student body. Rossettos, a history major, has served as an associate editor for two years.
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Jo-Anne Rossettos
Focus
Representative Assembly
Joan Nash
Rhoda Brandes
Emilie Buchwald
Rhoda Deane Edwards
Tybie Stein
Miss Rossettes
Miss Rossettos
New Post Names Dean of Studies at Barnard
President Millicent C. McIntosh announced the one year appointment of Professor Helen P. Bailey as Dean of Studies beginning July 1. Bailey, associate professor of French, will advise the senior class and focus on undergraduates academic work while Dean Lorna McGuire’s duties shift to English teaching.
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Helen P. Bailey
Millicent C. McIntosh
Board of
Bailey
Lorna McGuire
McIntosh
Helen Downes
McGuire
Jean T. Palmer
Senior Week Plans Include Banquet and Ball
Senior Week begins Friday May 27 with a Banquet in the Hewitt Dining Room at 6 30 p m Seniors sign the seating chart in Barnard Hall 106 Jane Were Bey is chair Gordon Gallo and his band play at the Senior Ball at the Columbia University Club on Saturday Bids for the formal are on Jake at noon The Reverend John M Krumm will speak at the Baccalaureate Service at St Pauls Chapel Sunday at 4 p m Ivy Planting follows the service Then a tea on the North Lawn Barnard and Columbia College seniors hear faculty speakers in Hamilton Hall One Last Word program Monday June 1 Class Day Wednesday June 1 features an informal service with President Millicent C McIntosh and the Class of 1955 diplomas distributed at a special informal ceremony on campus The President's reception for seniors on North Lawn ends activities at 5 30 p m
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Jane Were-Bey
Hewitt
Barnard Hall
Gordon Gallo
Columbia University Club
Jake
John M Krumm
Columbia University
St. Paul’s Chapel
Barnard
Columbia
Hamilton Hall
Millicent C. McIntosh
North Lawn
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