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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1954
Page
1
As Focus goes to press the fall issue debuts earlier and features new sections Aeropagitea Today and God and the Religious Poet. The piece notes controversy over funding, promises kept, and invites student criticism and faculty support for continued growth.
A newspaper summary notes the section checking for temporary spring programs caused long lines from the Registrar to the building’s far end last Monday. Parking time extended delays beyond the planned two days, with students enduring one to two and a half hours of waiting.
Barnard girls study at Columbia but report mixed experiences with coeducation. Some say classes resemble Barnard courses while others note large lectures limit participation. A few students praise the atmosphere and supportive peers while others feel reduced chance to speak up in advanced seminars.
Gloria Richman reports Columbia students see subtle intellectual competition and minor distractions in coed classes. Most males accept females as natural in academics, while some fear inhibiting effects of formal coeducation. Gerry Pomper supports varied female participation and a fresh, differing outlook.
Miss Ruth Houghton, director of the Placement Office, announces three scholarships at Berkely School of Secretarial Training. One is worth 585 dollars and two are worth 100 dollars. Winners may start in the summer or fall of 1955. interested students should see Miss Houghton in the Placement Office.
Judy Smith profiles Mildred Dunnock who careered from teaching in private schools to Broadway acting and television. She landed roles in Life Begins and The Corn is Green, then returned to teaching, valuing educating the whole child while pursuing stage and screen work with Alfred Hitchcock and Thornton Wilder.
In New York the Metropolitan Museum of Art hosts the most inclusive seventeenth century Dutch art show in the country while the Whitney Museum opens nearby on West 54th Street. The Met grouping includes portraits landscapes still lifes and intimate peasant scenes with works from Max Wouwermans and Franz Hals highlighted by a lively “Jolly Topper.”
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