Arts Festival at Barnard and Columbia College
Barnard College hosts a two day American Arts Festival with lectures on architecture painting and theater and performing arts including a dance The Scarlet Letter and a one act play The Decline Delegates from 35 colleges attend the event organized by the American Civilization Committee of Barnard Lecturers include Ben Shahn Lloyd Goodrich Philip Johnson Henry Hitchcock and Francis Fergusson The program also features a Barnard Columbia Folk Song Group and exhibits by Shahn Johnson and theatre sketches Tickets available to students and outsiders at 1.00 per event.
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Barnard
Columbia College
Barnard College
American Civilization Committee of
America
Dawn Lille
Barbara Kauder Cohen
Adolphus Sweet
Minor
Latham Drama Workshop
Barnard-Columbia Folk Song Group
Helen Wittenberg
Clyde Griffen
Ben Shahn
Lloyd Goodrich
Whitney Museum
Philip Johnson
Henry Russell Hitchcock
Smith College Museum of Art
Francis Fergusson
Rutgers University
Norris Houghton
Phoenix Theatre
Latham
Shahn
Johnson
Ellen Blumenthal
Barbara Lapchick
Ruth Woodruff
Barnard Public Relations Office
Milbank Hall
Adjorlolo Speaks On African Culture
Eric Adjorlolo addressed the International Students club last Friday April 22 on Aspects of Gold Coast Culture. He likened race relations to piano keys, saying harmony requires a mix of white and black keys. The talk emphasized cultural changes in the Gold Coast.
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Eric Adjorlolo
International Students Club
Representative Assembly Plans Budget and Ballot Amendment
The assembly discussed next year's budget and N S A activities. An amendment to provide voting spaces equal to candidate numbers was rejected. Victoria Alexeev selected for a seven week Harvard seminar sponsored by N S A. Treasurer Dorothy Donnelley outlined allocations to student groups including Bear pins 50 dollars and Blue Book 650 dollars.
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N.S.A
Representative Assembly
Assembly
Victoria Alexeev
Barnard
Harvard University
Dorothy Donnelley
N.S.A. Dues
Athletic Association
A.A. Camp
Eleven Barnard Seniors Win Graduate Study Fellowships
Barnard College announces thirteen seniors receiving graduate study aid through Fulbright Yale Cornell Vanderbilt NSF and other awards. Patsy Dykema will study in Germany Judith Lewittes in France Elinor Murray in Austria Anette Wilbois to Indiana Tobin Brown Janet Cresla Elizabeth Kaufman Charlotte Monastersky Marion Toman Mirella D Ambrosio plus a Spanish Institute prize and Dible Award for study at Columbia and Fiesta honors.
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Barnard
Fulbright
Patsy Dykema
Germany
Judith Lewittes
France
Elinor Murray
Austria
Jane Were-Bey
Yale
Cornell
Vanderbilt
Annette Wilbois
University of Indiana
National Science Foundation
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Tobin Brown
Janet Cresla
Elizabeth Kaufman
Charlotte Monastersky
Marion Toman
Fleischer School
Mirella D’ambrosio
Columbia University
D’ambrosio
Spanish Institute
Faculty committee survey endorses Barnard advisory system
The Faculty Committee to Survey the Advisory System reports the system is an asset to the college. It rejects adding multiple advisers per class due to practicality and faculty availability. Helen P. Bailey is named senior adviser for one more year, with duties as Dean of Studies continued in one person.
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Helen P. Bailey
LeRoy Breunig
Robert Lekachman
Helen
Barnard Clubs Name 1955 56 Officers In Place
Barnard clubs have elected officers for 1955 56. French Club president Rolando Sadik 57 and vice president Lisa Hertzfeld 56. secretary Giovanna Bassetto 58 and treasurer Elizabeth MacPherson 57. Wigs and Cues picks Alice Horowitz 56 as president with Sally Brinsmade 56 as vice president and Natalie Dickman 57 as secretary. Gilbert and Sullivan Society selects Peggy Ann Gilbert 56 as president, June Knight 57 as vice president, Peggy Hitchcock 56 as secretary, and Merle Skoler 57 as business manager. Menorah Club names Barbara Brown 56 president, Miriam Kaplan 07 as vice president, Hannah Rardow 58 as secretary, and Ellen Greer as treasurer.
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Barnard
Rolando Sadik
Lisa ‘Hertzfeld
Giovanna Basseggio
Elizabeth MacPherson
Columbia
Wigs and Cues
Alice Horowitz
Sally Brinsmade
Natalie Dickman
Jean Houston
Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Peggy Ann Gilber
June Knight
Peggy Hitchcock
Merle Skoler
Barbara Brown
Menorah Club
Miriam Kaplan
Hannah Rardow
Ellen Greer
Arlene Croce Wins Janeway Prize For Writing
Barnard College named Arlene Croce winner of the inaugural Elizabeth Janeway Prize for Prose Writing valued at 500 dollars. The honors assembly awarded 37 students fellowships and prizes totaling 7,660 dollars with Millicent McIntosh and several deans presenting the awards.
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Barnard College
Barnard Gymnasium
Millicent C. McIntosh
Thomas Peardon
Edgar R. Lorch
LeRoy Breunig
Donald D. Ritchie
Elizabeth Janeway
Arlene Croce
Rhoda Brandes
Joy Gould
Iris Michaels
Allen
Eva Novotny
Miss Novotny
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Casteel
Helen Prince Memorial
Rosamond E. Lafferty
Marcella Ottolenghi
Blood Drive Plans Led by Jane Peyser '58 Chair
Jane Peyser class of 1958 announces blood drive registration is taking place on Jake from 12 to 2. Blood giving day is Wednesday May 4.
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Jane Peyser
Jake
Princeton Professor Osgood to Speak on Mysteries of Poetry
Princeton's Charles Gosvenor Osgood, Holmes Professor of Belle Lettres since 1937, will give the Noon Meeting address titled The Mysteries of Poetry. He will also speak to Barnard English 94 on The New Poet Words and Music and is noted for works on Spenser Milton and poetry's spiritual role.
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Charles Gosvenor Osgood
Holmes
Belles Lettres
Princeton University
Osgood
Barnard
Spenser
Milton
Milton Society of America
Voice of England
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Adjorlolo
Rep Assembly
Lenore Prostick
Janeway Prize
By Elaine Postelneck
Professor Osgood
Princeton
Dr. Osgood
Boccaccio
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