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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1934
Page
2
Camp Week-End Barbecue set for May 11 to 13 with an advance poster and Sunday barbecue May 13. Informal contests such as tenniquoit, valley ball, and archery planned. sign up posters available. Bridge event June 1 in the gym to raise funds for camp furnishings.
The New Literary Club invites interested readers to join its first gathering. Members seek to foster comparative literature beyond English majors and welcome those versed in Hindoo, French, or other foreign works. Nora Laurie organized the effort with plans to discuss literature and art, using passages from Robinson and Harry Crane.
The Spanish Club hosts a Bridge and Dance on Saturday evening May 5 at Brinckerhoff Hall. Card games run 8 to 10 with prizes per table then dancing to the Columbia Blue Lions until midnight. Refreshments of punch and cookies provided. admission 50 cents per person. Collegewide invitation extended.
The 1934 35 catalogue lists new courses and changes across departments. Absent Faculty include Edward Mead Grace Potter Rice and Claré Howard, with others away next year. New D1–D4 English structure replaces prior Gy 3 and 5.
The article reports a debate on whether college is beneficial. Miss Schmidt argues drinking prowess is learned beyond college, while Mrs. Seals and Miss Bouchard support the lively meeting. Guests shared opinions on the college question and the discussion stayed animated.
The C W A project at the University of Kentucky introduces a new Aeronautics course. A county student at Louisiana State University Law School earned an average in the first semester. Colgate plans a football trial over May weekend with a twelve man team and an extra Feld general awaiting instructions. The game tests proposed rules with five downs and a point for each first down. Keer’s team vs Alumni will be NBC broadcast nationally. West Virginia faculty run annual fire schools to aid village firemen. Huron College in London Ontario is the smallest college with twenty students and five faculty, per Johns Hopkins News Letter.
The Italian Government has offered a fellowship for a Barnard graduate to study at the University of Rome next year. The award was granted to Miss Annia Taranto, Class of 1931.
Miss Myer the Registrar announces language exit tests to fulfill the foreign language requirement. The test will be held Friday afternoon May 11 at 4 10 PM. Applications to take the test must be filed in the Registrar office by May 4. Late filings incur a 5 dollar fee.
The Polish Students Association in the United States has issued its second English language monthly about Polish affairs. Members annually fund study in Poland via scholarships, hold a convention, and plan a summer tour to Poland.
Fifteen hundred Sofia law students went on strike demanding tax cuts and exam system changes. The rector threatened to close the faculty if disturbances continued. Police restrained protests amid the demonstrations.
McGill University officials in Canada forbade distribution of a student questionnaire from THE ALARM CLOCK. It asked if Canada should enter another war and was banned because published results might misrepresent student opinion.
The Deutscher Kreis held its luncheon in the Dean's dining room at noon on Tuesday. The event reviewed the year's work and outlined plans for next year in a conversational revue. Attendees included Miss Gode, Professors Braun and Puckett, Mr. Von Helms, Ellen Jacobsen, Nanette Koblitz, Aline Joveshof, Olga Haller, Edith Gaudy, Nancy Crowell, Peggy Weiss, and the club president.
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