Lowther Speaks Friday on Women in the Armed Services
Professor Florence de L. Lowther, Barnard liaison officer for the armed forces, will discuss why a girl should enter the armed services at the Forum for Freedom luncheon. She praised the need for women in the services and called the assembly a compelling ceremony.
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Armed Services
Forum For Freedom
Florence de L. Lowther
Armed Forces
Barnard
Armed Forces Assembly
Lowther
NWF Drive Sponsors Cake Sale
Barnard's National War Fund Drive ends Food for Freedom Month with a two day cake sale on Jake at noon and 3 to 4. Students contributed international pastries Jacqueline Bauman Lilli Krieger Lillian Tassini Blanche Sweet with Russian cookies and Free French petit fours and United China rice cakes. Sixty dozen cakes cookies and small cakes priced about ten cents each with cider five cents. Iris Davis National War Fund chairwoman notes possible home take home cakes later. York Brill Company donated paper cups and cake boxes for take home purchases. About twenty five merchants participated.
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Barnard
National War Fund
Iris Davis
June Wals
Booth
Edna Ely
York Brille Company
First of Four Senior Teas Slated for December 9
The first of the year's four senior teas will be held Thursday December 9 and planned as a simpler event than previous years. All seniors are urged to attend especially February graduates since the remaining teas occur after the start of the second semester, announced Charlotte McKenzie president of the classes.
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Charlotte McKenzie
Bronx Navy Band Leads Busy Barnard Assembly on Service Roles
Students crowded Barnard College gym as the Bronx Navy band played service songs and voices filled the hall. Four leaders from the women’s armed services spoke, praising duty and collaboration to enable fighting forces, with WAVES Captain Mildred McAfee and others outlining roles in the Army, Navy, Air Corps, and Marines.
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Bronx Navy Band
Barnard
Women’s Armed Services
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Armed Services
Army Air Corps
George M. Cohan
Amelia Brink
Naval Band
WAVES
Mildred McAfee
Oveta Culp Hobby
Women’s Army Corps
McAfee
Ruth Cheney Streeters
Marines
University United Relief War Bazaar at Casa Italiana
A wartime fundraiser bazaar at Casa Italiana 1161 Amsterdam Ave 117th St runs Friday 7 1030 pm and Saturday from noon to 1030 pm. Proceeds go to the University Committee for United War Relief with British Greek Russian and Chinese booths and student salespeople.
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Casa Italiana
Columbia University Ittle
United War Relief
Amsterdam
117Th Street
University Committee For United War Relief
United Nations
Columbia
Miss Rockwell Retires After 38 Years at Barnard Library
Miss Bertha Rockwell, Barnard library supervisor since 1905, retires this month after thirty eight years of service. The faculty will honor her with tea in the College Parlor. She helped grow the library from a 5000 volume room to a 50000 volume system with a new branch.
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Rockwell
William Haller
Bertha Rockwell
Barnard
Milbank
Miss Rockwell
Ella Weed
Lake Erie College
Painesville
New York
Public Library
Avery
Dean Canfield
Vitamin Bar Postponed to Next Tuesday Event
Chairman Jane Brunstetter announces vitamin bar sales will move to next Tuesday. Vitamins will be available on Jake from 10 to 4, replacing the previously scheduled time due to the International Cake and Cookie Sale supporting the National War Fund.
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Jake
Jane Brunstetter
National War Fund
Greek Gods Themed Greek Games Inspire Campus
Sophomore and freshman committees chose Prometheus as the dedication and theme for this year’s Greek Games. Members are invited to submit lyric praise for Prometheus with outside judges selecting a winner whose lyric will be printed in the program. Lyrics chairmen are Margaret Dahm and Ruth Raup.
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Prometheus
Pandora
Epimetheus
Hope
Mary Brown
Margaret Dahm
Ruth Raup
Barnard Occupation Bureau Announces Staff Changes
Assistant resigns Mrs Camilla Cowan vor Heyde, Barnard graduate class of 1927, leaves January 1 to join Wellington with her family. Mrs Margery Smithbert to assume duties, with Miss Florerice zian 40 joining December 1 as secretary and general assistant.
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Camilla Cowan Vor
di Heyde
Barnard
Barnard Occuption Bureau
Valeington
Operation Bureau
Margery Smithbert
von der Heydern
Dent
Florerice Zian
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War Activities Committee
Hope Simon
Marjorie Welter
Hewitt Hall
NWF Drive
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Mildred H. McAfee
Ruth Cheney Streeter
J.g
Virginia Herring
Bronx
Hobby
University United Relief
Well
Joan Zeiger
Brooks
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