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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1931
Page
1
Barnard College students publish a semi weekly paper for the Undergraduate Association. This issue is Vol XXXVI Dec 8 No 19. The publication times align with the college year and exclude vacation and examination periods.
The page lists editorial and staff roles with names and class years including Editor-In-Chief Helen Block Managing Editors Evelyn Raskin Gertrude Epstein Assistant Editor Margherita Sylvester Copy Editor Edith Kane Contributing Editors Miriam Rosenthal Ethel Greenfield Ellen Lewis Irene Wolford News Board Elizabeth Polyzoides Bernice Guggenheim Suzanne Strait Rita Guttman Emma Manfreda Hortense Calisher Elizabeth Selene Nannette Kolbitz Ruth Crokh Betty Goldstein Sylvia Sinan Lillian Price Anna Jacobson A A Correspondent Sylva McElwain About Town staff Editor Madeleine Stern Lorraine Smith Olga Mather Marjorie Brittingham Lorraine Popper Marianne Neighbor Office Assistant Catherine Strateman
The bulletin denounces the Pass-Fail referendum results as disappointing showing widespread apathy among students. It laments low registration and questions whether many students are trained to form opinions while criticizing the education system's esoteric marking and urging more engaged self government.
The writer argues that the Pass-Fail controversy has generated excessive smoke with little flame. They suggest many students care more about their actual studies than the grading symbol and question whether critics are chasing a necessary reform.
At Barnard, six prominent figures in peace movements and international affairs spoke during sessions, following plans for the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva. Speakers included Sir Herbert Ames, Relvix Harlan, Heber Harper, Robert R. Wilson, Charles H. Corbett, and William T. Stone.
The review lauds Eugene O Neill for a complex modern tragedy that echoes Aristotle. It details Lavinia Mannon as a central, consistently motivated figure who embodies ghosts and mothers identity, while Christine offers contrasting passion. It notes reversals of situation, recognition scenes, and a grand tragic scope comparable to Greek drama, despite weaker lyrical choral elements.
At Maryland and Sweet Briar colleges, students face a three dollar fine for each class cut, seen as a deterrent against skipping. Officials note the high daily cost of attendance and urge students to attend to maximize value.
A New River State College professor told a class that half of attendees go to watch the game while the other half watch the band. He added that boys go to see the girls and girls go to see what others are wearing.
The Alumni Weekly of Princeton University discusses why the Princeton elevens have performed poorly, arguing the team overemphasizes social polish in arts like drawing and ballroom prowess at the expense of rugged play. Alumni cite undergrads chasing social shine in New York Philadelphia and Baltimore.
Alumni at Haverford College identified three main takeaways from their college years. They emphasized logical thinking, a sound moral framework, and strong language skills in speaking reading and writing their native tongue.
Allied Forces for Prohibition staged a mass student demonstration in Los Angeles involving USC UC Berkeley Caltech and Occidental College. The event claimed as the greatest of its kind in Southern California, with multiple student bodies and youth organizations forming a local branch across 2616 US cities. The movement is non partisan and non sectarian with a slogan urging removal of politicians or parties who favor liquor over public morals.
An emerging Mills College Bike Club announces revival efforts with a rebellious spirit. Members aim to ride over rough roads, with strict eligibility rules for participation as they prepare for a nostalgic campus reunion.
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