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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1956
Page
3
Eleanor Roosevelt told the Columbia NAACP chapter that public conscience demands action on civil rights, stressing federal protection of voting rights as the first step. She predicted voting power would drive later economic improvements and better living conditions for African Americans.
A French psychology student, Simone Frison, 24, will visit Barnard College on Wednesday May 2 arriving in New York April 29 under Seventeen Magazine auspices. She will stay at the Roosevelt Hotel where senior president and French major Sandy Dibbell will meet her. Frison will attend a French Colloquium party with Dibbell, observe Barnard classes, and join the 4 PM college tea in the James Room.
The Annual Awards Assembly will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the gym with Dean Thomas P. Peardon and Dean Helen P. Bailey presiding. Prizes include the Elizabeth Janeway Prize for prose, Estelle M. Allison Prize, Helen Prince Memorial Prize, Freshman English Prize, and Columbia University Press Prize. Fellowships are the George Welwood Murray Fellowship and the Grace Potter Rice Fellowship. The Frank Gilbert Bryson Prize will be given to the senior who shows selflessness and notable contribution to Barnard.
Alger Hiss addressed about 250 students and 50 press at the Ameri can Whig Cliosophic Society on The Meaning of Geneva. He framed the conference as shaping East West tensions and noted progress from the Four Power Summit. He warned of peaceful coexistence or vast war and dodged a pointed question about Yalta.
Columbia University panelists in the Student Council conference discussed the federal role in education, taxpayer funding, and school integration. Edwin Van Kleeck urged larger federal aid while J. Raymond McGovern urged state discretion. Eleanor Roosevelt supported outward rights in education. The second symposium examined social aspects with Powell supporting integration and T R Waring predicting disruption from desegregation.
Anne Morris, a Barnard College sophomore, is spotlighted in Life Magazine in a three page piece titled Sophomore Shuttles from Barnard to Bergdorf. The feature details her advisory role for Bergdorf Goodman and her fashion designs sense as she models outfits at Bergdorf and on campus.
Dr. Lawrence Chamberlain moderated a panel at the third Student Council Forum in Low Memorial Library. Attendees included attorney Frank Karelsen and Dr. Harry Carman who urged lifelong education and self discovery. Dr. Jacob Greenberg and Dr. R. Freeman Butts added calls for teacher creativity and a synthesis of four main education philosophies.
The Reverend David H. C. Read of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church spoke at the Thursday Noon Meeting. He argued that Christian ethics require Christian religion and that atheists unknowingly defend religion by critiquing ethics without religious grounding.
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