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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
3
Barnard War Board sponsors an all college bazaar on the North Lawn this Friday afternoon. Twenty or more booths will offer auctions fruit juice and sandwich counters cake and candy stands and penny tossing games. Proceeds support the Bond Drive. Admission is ten cents with small charges at individual booths.
Uniform style dominates the Columbia fashion show with khaki and navy blue tones and gold buttons. Men showcase cuffless pants and corduroy vests, while hat displays feature wide brimmed pork pies. The piece playfully notes internal wear and predicts fashion conformity among Columbia men.
Mrs. Milton Douglas of the American Women's Voluntary Services will interview volunteers this afternoon from 4 o clock in the Little Parlor. The National Service Office announced that the Faculty Committee on National Service will interview students for summer volunteer work the week of May 6 instead of this week.
Art critic Pat Mayer praises the Barnard Fine Arts Committee exhibit for its modern ballet photographs borrowed from The Dance Archives of the Museum of Modern Art. Martha Graham and her group receive top marks, while Jooss Ballet images are lauded for composition and light. Some publicity photos, including Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth, are critiqued as overtly promotional. Degas paintings provide a contrast to the contemporary works.
The 1942 yearbook Mortarboard is due out the third or fourth of May. Editors describe a casual, conversational write up style with irregular picture placement and compact text to highlight photos.
Professor German Arciniegas of Colombia will be the Latin American visiting professor for next year. He will teach Spanish American literature in Spanish 23 during the winter session. His works include El Estudiante de la Mesa Redonda Los Conuneros and a biography of Jimenez de Quesada.
The class of '43 elected Rena Libera Honor Board representative Pat Car roll social chairman Denise Donegan chairman of Senior Week Ruth Wiley class historian and Robette Wien er poster chairman at a Brinckerhoff Theatre meeting last Friday noon. Gretchen Relyea reported that '43 Skidoo cleared $58.49.
Bean Virginia C. Gildersleeve announces new Phi Beta Kappa members and Professor Marjorie Hope Nicolson delivers a talk titled The Debt We Never Promised at the all college assembly at 1 10 in the gym. Nicolson, former Smith College dean, first woman Phi Beta Kappa national president, is now English professor at Columbia Graduate School.
Culminating a two week Music in Defense drive the Music club presents a student arranged program in the College Parlor Thursday at 4. Admission is a phonograph record sheet music or needles to be donated to the armed forces. Joan Derbyshire will sing three Noel Sokoloff songs with Jeanne Mitchell performing violin pieces. Alice Eaton plays Mendelssohn and Bach on piano and Barbara Aymer offers harp solos. Readings note ongoing collection in the Jake booth and additions to the musicale totals.
Frieda S. Miller, industrial commissioner of New York, will address Barnard College students on Labor in War at a four o clock tea in the college parlor. Described as one of the most eminent women in the United States, she heads New York State Department of Labor and has led the Division of Women in Industry and Minimum Wages.
Political Council sponsors a Thursday town meeting to explain the war minors program to Barnard students. Speakers include Gregory Carey McGuire officials in American Studies and government departments. The session runs at noon in Milbank Hall to help students meet May 5 filing.
Petition for a charter by the Social Science Club was accepted last Thursday. The club aims to unite social science students for war effort focus, forums with speakers, field trips, a war information bulletin, and cooperation with the College War Board. Members will meet April 29 in Odd Study Barnard Hall to form a constitution and elect officers.
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