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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1954
Page
1
Barnard College bulletin notes semi weekly issues during the school year by students at Barnard College. It lists entry as second class matter October 19, 1928 at New York post office under the March 3 1879 act. Subscription rates are 3 50 per year or 10 cents per issue.
Term Drive proved highly successful with receipts of 1250 for a Scholarship Fund to benefit the Class of 1959. The drive, now funded by the Admissions Office, marked a shift from outside charities and attracted broad student support.
The piece argues the Spectator editorial on admitting unescorted female guests to Columbia dorms is impractical and socially immature. It notes Princeton and Harvard dorms are spacious but warns against late visits and questions maturity, proposing lounges and careful policy rather than ridicule.
Judy Callaway '55 spent her junior year in France at the University of Paris under Sweet Briar College’s Junior Year Plan. She studied language, modern French literature and drama, plus art history at the Louvre. She traveled across Europe, lived with a local family, and noted intense competition and social prestige, with highlights in the Loire valley, cave paintings, and horse races.
Madame Doria Shakin of Egypt outlines a 1923 veil removal and 1940 rights gains, plus a 1954 hunger strike that helped secure constitution rights and a UN delegate. Education expanded with free compulsory schooling and a teacher outreach plan to uplift illiterate Egyptians.
A Barnard College greenhouse atop Milbank House houses three climate rooms for experiments. Botany majors like Annette Wilbois study algae cultures and sterile atmosphere clover inoculations while other rare plants including a Cyathion lamb and a banana tree enjoy the tropical room. Professors note the lab’s standard results in hereditary squash studies since 1928.
A reader rebukes Miss Halasz for undervaluing poetry in Focus. The letter praises Emily Bix Buchwald and translations of Spanish poems, cites Professor Eugenio Florit and Professor Da Cal, and warns that the pen is a dangerous weapon.
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