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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1949
Page
4
A reader laments dull life at Columbia and Barnard and calls for stronger student spirit. The letter praises injecting esprit through Dean's Drag Format and a Glee Club Concert on December 10, urging students to participate and showcase institutional vitality.
The Spanish Department and Spanish-American students stage two plays this Friday and Saturday at Brinkerhoff Theater 8:30 p.m. Tickets cost 1.20 for students and 1.80 for outsiders. Proceeds fund Victrola and records for the Spanish Club Room. Cast includes Hope Portocarrero, Graciela Valenti, Carmen Lombardero, Rosemarie Reyes, Donna Kario, and Carmen del Rio.
A sensational account alleges an underground plot to steal Barnard and move it to Columbia fraternity houses. Dorm sign out books vanished, dorm hours loosened, and girls out on November 28 are feared missing. Earlier capers include the April 30, 1948 rug removal by Delta Phi and a dramatic rug escape. Ted La Tier Austin confronted the rug incident and sued for damages. The piece hints at ongoing schemes and a potentially larger theft of critical campus assets.
The Women's Army Corps plans to recruit about 60 college graduates per year for officers training and commissioning as second lieutenants after six to seven months of training. Eligibility includes 21 to 27 years old, US citizenship, bachelor status or senior-year student, unmarried with no dependents under 18, and physical fitness. Applications due February 15 with selections by May 15 and training slated to begin around September 1, 1950. Major Charlese Kelly at Governor's Island, NY, handles inquiries.
Five Barnard students are published in the Annual Anthology of College Poetry. Ros alie D Landres. Bea trice Laskowitz. Darragh Miller. Ann Maria Vandellas. Ellinor Robinson are the featured poets with poems titled Poetry New Gilded Leaf My Wrong to Thy Right My Sorrow The Young. The anthology compiles top college poetry from across America after thousands of submissions.
The Columbia University Chorus under Jacob Avshalomoff gives its inaugural concert Thursday at 8 30 p m in McMillin Theater. Program spans periods with works by Buxtehude Brahms Sweelinck and Britten. Admission by invitation.
The Bar nard Hall Cafeteria may become an art studio if enough students vote yes. Fine Arts would run the space with no instruction, open to all students during assigned hours. A $2.50 semester fee would cover equipment and renovations as they gauge interest.
A premier of Christmas paintings by one hundred living American and French artists opens at Wildenstein Galleries in New York this Thursday for a 24 day show. Works compete for the Hallmark Art Award with $28,000 total prizes for top ten artists in each country. Edouard Goerg's Nativity piece is highlighted and previously won $2000. The exhibit is free daily 10:00 am to 5:30 pm and benefits the Red Cross.
John P. Marquand, author of Point of No Return, spoke to English 93 on developing fiction, noting writing cannot be taught and describing building a story from Florida vacation incidents. He explained first person narration and satire in Sun, Sand, and Sea, and discussed audience familiarity, character interaction, and plot simplicity.
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