Peace Group To Confer at University Anti War Conference
Roger Baldwin and Joseph Lash will represent industrial democracy at the University Anti War Conference to be held in John Jay Dining Hall on December 12 and 13 at 830 p.m. The event will cover groups such as Organization of the Anti War Movement at Columbia and The Students Role in the Anti War Movement with topics on why war occurs and civil liberties including the Medical Center Case. Delegates are limited by organization size and must be sent by noon today with signatures in Student Mail.
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John Jay Dining Hall
Suty
Columbia
Medical Center
Ethiopia
North
China
Roger Baldwin
American Civil Liberties Union
Joseph Lash
Student League For Industrial Democracy
Ship Party Promises Night Aboard S S Barnard
The AA Board hosts an exclusive Ship Party aboard the S S Barnard next Thursday at eight p.m. Invitations go to faculty Student Council the Board and top students. The event features a deck layout with games badminton quoits and more plus cider and doughnuts served at a bar.
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S.S. Barnard
Cvm
Uons
Political Union surveys campus views on 1936 election forum
The Political Union, via Miriam Roher, sponsors a campus poll and open discussion on national concerns. Ballots in Barnard Hall ask students to name the vital issue, their preferred candidate, and opinions on military appropriations. results will be compared with national averages and announced at the Thursday 4 p.m. College Parlor discussion.
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Political Union
Miriam Roher
Roosevelt
Barnard
Barnard Hall
Herald-Tribune
Congress
Barnard College to honor Dean Virginia Gildersleeve at dinner
Trustees alumnae and city leaders plan February 18 dinner at the Biltmore Hotel to mark Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve’s twenty fifth year. Speakers include Nicholas Murray Butler James R Shef field and alumnae leaders detailing the college’s history and Gildersleeve’s accomplishments.
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Barnard College
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Biltmore Hotel
Gildersleeve
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
James R. Sheffield
Barnard Board of Trustees
Gena Tenney
Helen Nicoll
Ogden M. Reid
William L. Duffy
Duffy
Sigmund Pollitzer
Grade Goodale
Henry Wise Miller
George McAneny
George Endicott
Amy Loveman
Mary Reimer
Helen Erskiné
Adam LeRoy Jones
Willard B. Stoughton
Frank Altschul
Eugene Meyer
Earl J. Hadley
Murray Olyphant
J. A. Schwartzmann
Frank R. Pentlarge
Paul Strong
Achilles
Arthur H. Sulzberger
Paul G. Ratliffe
Benjamin A. Hubbard
Dorothy Brockway
Hooker Talcott
Gertrude H. Ressmeyer
Frances K. Marlatt
Francis D. McCormick
William H
Miss Rockwell Reflects on Thirty Years as Librarian
Miss Bertha L. Rockwell recalls 1905 beginnings in two Milbank rooms, the Ella Weed Memorial move in 1919, and the shift from assigned readings to independent choices. She notes growing student independence, wartime changes, and the need for stronger high school library preparation for college work.
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Bertha L. Rockwell
Barnard
Milbank
Ella Weed
Rockwell
Boas Debunks Race Theory at Menorah Talk
Dr. Franz Boas of Columbia University argues environment shapes culture not race in a Menorah Society lecture. He contends there is no racial type, Aryan is a language, and heredity matters only to direct descent, urging consideration of migration and environment on behavior.
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Franz Boas
Columbia University
Menorah Society
Marcy Dolgenas
Annie Nathan Meyer
Barnard College
Professor Boas
Boas
New York
Bolivia
Barnard College Accepts Plan to Raise 4.25 Million for Riverside Drive Site
Barnard College trustees authorize a five year program to raise 4.25 million dollars to purchase land on Riverside Drive between 119th and 120th Streets for a new building. The block beside Riverside Church would house language, psychology, music, and library spaces, with endowment targeted for scholarships and expanded instruction.
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Riverside Drive
119Th
120Th Streets
Barnard College
Barnard
120Th
Riverside Church
New York
Hudson River
Grant
International House
Union Theological Seminary
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Industrial Democracy
A. A. Board
F.G
Tomy Irre Ferre
Nat le Bane
Santa Lucia
S.S. Barnardied
Doughrved
Honor Dean
Miss Rockwell
Menorah
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