Barnard Students Raise 576 For Freedom Fast Effort
Barnard College students collected 576 dollars during the Freedom Fast held November 22 and 23, with 328 signups for dinner and 428 sent to the bursar from 409 meals not eaten. The drive, organized by Barbara Rothkrug, included 14 girls at booths and raised over 1600 across Barnard and Columbia for South Carolina food distribution centers.
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Barnard
Barbara Rothkrug
Miss Smith
Jake
The
National Student Association
Columbia University
Summer Community Organization For Political Education
Mickey Shur
SCOPE
Columbia
South Carolina
Student Exchange Continues for East Harlem Kids Program
Barnard Student Exchange sponsors a Saturday program in cooperation with the East Harlem Triangle Area Service. The event entertains East Harlem children. Margaret Russo director will post a sign-up sheet each Thursday. Volunteers contact Miss Russo at the King’s Crown Hotel for details.
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Barnard
East Harlem Triangle
East Harlem
Margaret Russo
Jake
Miss Russo
King’s Crown Hotel
Student Exchange Applications Due December 3
December 3 is the deadline for applications to participate in this year's Student Exchange. Applications may be obtained on Jake and submitted to Suzanne Crowell '67.
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Jake
Suzanne Crowell
Proctors Booth Aids Barnard Freshmen Seeking Majors
Student Proctors will operate a booth from November 30 to December 14 at Barnard to advise Freshmen and Sophomores on majors and discuss individual courses with all class levels. The booth runs 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
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Jake
Barnard
Gildersleeve Will Returns Tea Set and Candlesticks
A silver tea set and four candle sticks presented to Virginia Gildersleeve by the Barnard faculty and students on her retirement have been returned to the school under the terms of her will. The candlesticks, each representing a class at retirement, and the tea set will be stored in the Deanery and used at all official teas.
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Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard
Anti-Apartheid Moves Fail Says Expert on South Africa
Gail Butler reports on George Houser executive director of the American Committee on Africa addressing the African Studies Club. He says white backlash in southern Africa stalls independence, cites Angola and African Federation failures, and notes U S economic interests and growing disillusionment with independence prospects.
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South Africa
George Houser
American Committee On Africa
African Studies Club
United States
Houser
America
Congo
Mr. Houser
African Federation
Union of South Africa
American Committee On
Africa
Peace Corps Representatives Outline Opportunities for Barnard Students
Peace Corps reps Fred Madison and Claudette Sarsfield met Barnard students to discuss how to introduce the Peace Corps. They noted many volunteers pursue graduate school, with 53 percent of returnees headed to advanced study, and discussed education placements in California New York and Washington DC.
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Barnard
Peace Corps
Fred Madison
Claudette Sarsfield
Madison
California
New York
Washington, D.C
English Department Revises Major Requirements
Professor David A. Robertson announces immediate changes to the English major. The points drop from 28 to 25 and students may count modern poetry and prose toward the major. Old three course Anglo Saxon requirement is removed, with broader course options now allowed. The junior literary criticism and English conferences remain required for all students.
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David A. Robertson
W. Cabell Greet
Placement Office Sponsors Several Job Conferences
The Placement Office will sponsor job-opportunity conferences for juniors and seniors. A College Career Conference on graduate study in social work is set for Monday December 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Brotherhood In Action Building, 560 Seventh Avenue. Speakers cover financial aid admissions criteria applications and field work opportunities.
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Brotherhood - In - Action
Seventh Avenue
Colgate University
Barnard Hall
Education Program Meeting for Juniors and Interested Freshmen
A meeting for juniors applying to the Education Program is today from 1 to 2 p.m. in Room 100 B. Freshmen and sophomores curious about high school teaching are welcome.
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Cardinal Spellman
Freedom
Manhattan College
Chancery
Frank Swertlow
Swertlow
Proctors’ Booth
Gildersleeve Will Returns
Gail Butler
Mr. George Houser
By Margaret Noberini
Idealism
Miss Sarsfield
Placement Office
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