University Students Day remarks stir debate on politics and education
A letter recalls Columbia University November 21 celebration for International Students Day and the Prague 1939 massacre. It questions political awareness at Barnard and local education, contrasts university influence with public apathy, and notes empty seating at the Renaissance Singers gathering.
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Columbia University
McMillin Theatre
University of Prague
Barnard
Europe
Hitler
Newbold Morris
Cleveland
United Nations
Liberal Club
City College Drama Society Offers One-Act Play Contest
CCNY 및 Dramsoc-Op sponsor a New York City student writing contest with prizes of 50 dollars for first, 25 for second, and third prize production. Entries must be postmarked by December 8, 1947 and mailed to The City College Box 13 139 Street Convent Ave New York NY. Manuscripts not returned. judges include Samuel L Sunberg Wilson Lehr John F Matthews and two Dramsoc-Op members.
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New York City
City College Dramatic Society
Veteran Power Observation Post
Dramsoc
Curtain Call
Dramsoc-Op
City College
Box 13
139 Street
Convent Avenue
New York
N. Y
Samuel L. Sunberg
Wilson Lehr
Theater Workshop
John F. Matthews
Exhibition of Puerto Rican Oil Sketches at Barnard
Esteban Vincente displayed twenty small oil sketches of Puerto Rican countryside and seacoast scenes at the Little Parlor on November 24 and 25. The works were lent by Vincente and shown under El Circulo Hispano and the Barnard Spanish Club as a preliminary display ahead of a formal exhibition.
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Esteban Vincente
Little Parlor
el Circulo Hispano
Barnard Spanish Club
Barnard
Vincente
Coe College Gives Students Days Off to Reflect
Byron Hollingshead president of Coe College Cedar Rapids La says colleges rush students through work and should allow days off for thinking. On these days faculty stay for informal conferences while libraries stay open and students can study or discuss academic problems.
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Bulletin of the
Associated Collegian Press
Byron Hollingshead
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Hollingshead
Joan Abbrancati Seeks Liberal Life Path After College
A New York native, Joan Abbrancati prefers personal independence over party lines in politics and religion. She hopes to travel to Mexico and stay awhile, then visit Paris, seeking a slower pace of life and clarity after college.
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Joan
New York
Mexico
Paris
Barnard College Activity Calendar December 1–2 1947
Schedule lists 12 Court of Senior Proctors in Student Council Room from 12 to 1, music listening hour in Room 401, Episcopal Club in Conference Room, Menorah Society at Earl Hall with Herbert Baumgarten, Newman Club in College Parlor, Wigs & Cues rehearsal at the theater. December 2 features student program meetings, Menorah Cake Sale by Jake, Music Club rehearsal, Listening Hour, and Vocational Committee in College Parlor from 4 to 6.
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Earl Hall
Herbert Baumgarten
CUSC Members Make State Dept. Record
Three University Student Council members helped produce the Voice of the United States broadcast in Austria on November 17 presenting Democracy in Action and campus governance. Gerald Kass John Scott and Lillian Phelan highlighted student government operations and stated federal state parallels.
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CUSC
State Department
Voice of the
United States
Austria
Gerald Kass
John Scott
Lillian Phelan
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Tedy Bart
Dept. M
Jake
University
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Columbia
Glee Club
Theater
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Aris
New York Hairdressers Award
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MR. Aris
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