Barnard Alumni Debate on Socialism and Social Duty
A Barnard College letter argues that poverty is a disease of society and urges colonized action by educated women through social service. It cites Amita Cahn Block and calls for social usefulness of higher education beyond personal gain. It also notes the Barnard Botanical Club's sixteen year growth and activities.
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Barnard Bulletin
Antil
Amita Cahn Block
Barnard
Carlyle
Wellesley College Fellowship Offered for 1911 12
The Alumnae Association of Wellesley College offers a $500 fellowship for graduate study toward the M A degree. Open to graduates in good standing, preferably teachers with at least three years’ experience. Applicants may submit supporting papers or publications, judged by quality, to any committee member before May first.
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Bulletin
Barnard Botanical Club
Gregory
Darnard
A. Parker
Alumnae Association
Wellesley College
Welesley
Women in the Medical Profession continues discussion
Clara Meltzer Auer argues physicians face a demanding life and that women in medicine also juggle home duties. She posits that marriage and children often end clinical practice, yet medical training benefits society through broader knowledge and public health service.
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Clara Meltzer Auer
Barnard
Johns Hopkins
Design work for women in early 20th century interiors
Sara Rome reflects on women’s design careers after Barnard, noting limited networks, formal training in drawing and architecture, and paths from freelance work to studio collaborations. She cites rug designs, wallpaper and fabric work, book covers, and crafts as entry routes, stressing persistence, self belief, and potential for independence.
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Barnard Buletin
Sara
Rome
The Practical Reason and Moral Conduct
Professor Hobhouse of London spoke to the Philosophy Club on The Practical Reason and Moral Conduct. He argues reason is not a separate faculty but a synthesis of the entire emotional nature guiding desires toward common ends, with morality arising from coordination among impulses in social and individual life.
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Professor Hobhouse
London
Philosophy Club
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