Barnard African Studies hosts benefit night December 8
Michael Babatundi Olatunji and ensembles join Chief Bey and Company and other groups for African Night at Horace Mann Auditorium Teachers College. Proceeds fund Barnard student aid via the African Scholarship Program of American Universities with two African students targeted for September 1961 enrollment. Tickets $1.25 students $2.25 public plus door sale.
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Michael Babatundi Olatunji
Chief Bey
Order of
Barnard College
Barnard
Jake
Law Library
Vocational Conference Stresses Student Choice of Major Field
Sue Tiktin chair of the Vocational Committee says the conference had a broad outlook with nine afternoon panels across humanities sciences and social sciences. The event emphasized that a liberal arts background prepares for many paths and that students should major in areas of interest while remaining open to new fields. Mrs Paley urges prompt registration and notes a February 23 job-hunting techniques meeting for all students.
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Return to Pre-Hispanic Art Inspires Mexican Theatre Insight
Fernando Wagner highlights pre-Hispanic art as a core influence on Mexican theatre. He notes Inquisition suppression after Cortez and a later cultural independence linked to Rivera and Orozco. He observes modern plays shedding Castilian pronunciation, marking a 20th century shift.
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Mexico
Fernando Wagner
University of Mexico
Juan Ruiz de Alarcon
Lope de Vega
Calderon de la Barca
Wagner
Spain
Rivera
Orozco
Speaker Critiques Red Tape in Education System
Joan Dunn of Time Magazine labels the Board of Education as poorly organized. She urges focus on classroom discipline and warns against overcomplicated red tape and lax curricula that hinder bright students.
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Board of Education
Joan Dunn
Time Magazine
Lafayette High School
Brooklyn
Miss Dunn
Artist’s Purpose Is That Of Life Itself
Professor Peppino Mangravite spoke at G.S. Noon Meeting on the artist’s purpose as life’s purpose. He argued art has tangible goals beyond charming pictures and that artists translate inner realities into new truths. He cited Leonardo da Vinci and the Copernican revolution as examples of technique and creative exploration guiding artistic vision.
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Peppino Mangravite
G.S
Mangravite
Leonardo da Vinci
da Vinci
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Olatunji
Wilfred Cartey
Columbia College
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Order of Danbhala
Miss Tiktin
Ethel S. Paley
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