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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1915
Page
1
Published weekly throughout the college year except for the last two weeks in January, this bulletin is produced by the students of Barnard College detailing academic and student activities.
A historical newspaper snippet lists staff roles including Assistant Business Manager Marcaret Moses and Managing Editors Saray Butter and others with class year annotations. It enumerates Associate Editors Beuran Amipon Ent Grossman Lucy Porter Doris Mappow and several others with page indicators 715 through 717.
One year subscription priced at $1.50 with a mailing rate of $1.80 in advance. The notice states second class matter registered October 21, 1908 at the New York Post Office under the 1897 act.
A reader to the Barnard Bulletin criticizes college dignity and cites the Undergraduate Association. The letter questions the election setup in the reception room and protests the use of the main hall for polls crowding and noise.
Acres M. Conktin argues elections should be limited to one day and kept from the main hall. He notes convenient second floor studios could have served the purpose and seeks quieter student activities away from the main floor.
Margaret Nathan argues that cribbing in translations undermines Barnard College honor rules. She urges stricter enforcement and calls out the unfair advantage given to students who copy full sentences from textbooks.
Mr and Mrs Louis Oerzen announce the engagement of their daughter Eleanor Marguerite Oerzen to Edward Chambers Sperry Harvard 1905. The wedding is expected in the fall.
Judge Wm. A. McAdoo outlined the 1910 judiciary act reforms that centralized the magistrate system. He described prior abuses and crowding, the shift to civilian attendants, and a moved witness chair to improve proceedings, likening the change to Bow Street Jail and stressing future potential.
Judge Ransom and Judge McAdoo praised centralized magistrate court administration as unmatched in civil courts while criticizing municipal judiciary costs. George Algar urged efficient administration amid calls for judge recall and contrasted Chicago’s centralized system with the restrictive civil judiciary bill.
Dorothy Curnow defeated Cornelia Geer Beatrice Lowndes and Margaret Moses after two ballots to become Junior President. B Lowndes withdrew, Moses was eliminated after the first ballot, Geer after the second.
Mary Griffiths won the Sophomore president position amid the 1918 student elections. Other candidates were Mildred Blout Gladys Gripps Hedwig Koenig and Natalie Plough.
A six lecture course by James R. Angell of the University of Chicago will be held in Schermerhorn Hall room 305 starting 4 10 P M on Monday April 26. Topics include Introduction General Issues Simpler Expressions of Intelligence Memory and Sensorial Functions Complex Forms of Control Reasoning Language Inherited Expressions Essential Features of General Voluntary Control.
The notice lists events from Tuesday through Friday including undergraduate meeting in the Theatre at 12 o'clock for nominations and song practice. Classical Club met in Undergraduate Study, Greek Games practice for 1915 and 1916, commemorative exercises at Columbia Gymnasium with Barnard College reception, Festival banquet at Hotel Astor, and Greek Games in the Columbia Gymnasium.
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