German Club Presents Christmas Play and Party
The German Club hosts a Monday December 18 party at four in Brooks living room with a decorated tree and German refreshments. The annual German play, led by Mrs. Hans Stabenau, features a cast including Yvonne Lewis and Natalie Wildstien in a nativity theme.
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Brooks
Hans Stabenau
Herod
Yvonne Lewis
Natalie Wildstien
Joseph
Ann Turkel
Daisy Fornacca
Mechthild
Nancy Chase
Ann Mladinov
Anita Jesse
Vera Dettweiler
Adelaide Linden
Elsie Koener
Elanor
Barnard Trustees Reelect Chairman
The Barnard College board held its annual meeting on Thursday afternoon December 7. Lucius H. Beers was reelected Chairman, Ogden Reid Vice-Chairman, Frederic R. King Clerk, and John Parker Jr. along with Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick named to the Executive Committee for three years.
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Barnard College
Lucius H. Beers
Ogden Reid
Frederic R. King
John €. Parker
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Mortarboard to Appear in May Says Ruth Farrell
Ruth Farrell confirms the 1946 Mortarboard will release in May with Editor Ruth Farrell noting strict deadlines. Dolores Drew is named Associate Editor replacing Phyllis Hoecker who resigned. Betty Smith circulates questionnaires to junior class members without recent attendees. responses due to Joan Zeiger next week.
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Ruth Farrell
Mortarboard
Dolores Drew
Phyllis Hoecker
Betty Smith
Upperclassmen May Buy Barnard Rings Today
Upperclassmen may purchase Barnard rings today from 12 to 1 in the Little Parlor. Seventy four rings were delivered Wednesday with sixteen unclaimed, and fifty one new orders were taken. Additional spring orders require a five dollar deposit. Freshmen must wait until spring per ring chair Madeleine Thomas.
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Madeleine Thomas
Soldier and German family share humane act across war lines
A Barnard College reader recalls an American airman who bailed over Germany and was sheltered by a German family. After recovery, he learned a German prisoner of war’s mother helped him via the boy’s name. The mother traveled to thank the prisoner’s family, highlighting personal decency amid wartime tensions.
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Sexauer
Barnard
Germany
Meher
America
Proposal for new course on evaluating current issues
At a student council meeting Peggy Cummisky and the Curriculum Committee reviewed a plan for a college course in arguing current problems. The aim is to teach students to read newspapers and magazines more intelligently and detect bias from truth. The council approved the suggestion and asked Cummisky and Mildred Reed to attend the instruction committee meeting. A prior meeting discussed eligibility for Residence Halls Executive Council, allocating three points to the vice presidency and one to council members.
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Peggy Cummisky
Miss Cummisky
Mildred Reed
Agenda for Rep Assembly Open Meeting
The Representative Assembly will discuss the budget including appropriations for Senior Proctor keys and Bear pins. The session is scheduled for today.
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Rep
Representative Assembly
Posture Contest and Intercollege Volleyball Night Announced
Ruth Bischoff's Health Committee will host the annual posture contest in the gym on Thursday at noon with judges Miss Dorothy Nye Miss Virginia Harrison and Miss Margaret Holland. Three winners will challenge members from other classes. An intercollege volleyball play night with Hunter NYU and Brooklyn colleges is set for Wednesday at 7 30 in the gym with two teams from each college. Spectators are welcome and Angela Bornn promises a gala evening.
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Barnard
Ruth Bischoff
Dorothy Nye
Barnard Physical Education Department
Virginia Harrison
John Robert Powers
Margaret Holland
Physical Education Department
Lordosis Lil
Hunter
NYU
Brooklyn
Angela Bornn
Signal Corpsmen To See Seniors On Secret Work
Lt. Joseph J. McCall of the United States Signal Corps will be in 202 Milbank across from the Occupation Bureau today at 4 to discuss opportunities in secret Signal Corps work in Arlington Virginia. Language and math majors favored. most majors accepted with on the job training. Citizens only with no close relatives in Axis countries unless pre 1939 contact ended. Base pay around 1620 for 40 hours with time and a half for extra hours bringing about 1970. Dormitories at Arlington Farms provide living quarters with costs from 16 to 24.50 a month for double and single rooms. Government cafeterias are available. Signal Corps will assist with further accommodations.
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Joseph J. McCall
United States Signal Corps
Milbank
Occupation Bureau
Signal Corps
Arlington
Virginia
Washington
Arlington Farms
Russian Circle Hosts Professor Peterson at Philosophy Hall
The Russian Circle presented Professor Otto Peterson on December 5 in Philosophy Hall. Professor Peterson discussed Vissanov Jelinsky, Russian critic, and invited the college to attend.
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Otto Peterson
Officier d'Academie
Philosophy Hall
Peterson
Vissanov Jelinsky
Faculty Committee For National Service Clubs
The Faculty Committee on National Service will no longer hold regular office hours in the National Service Office. Students may arrange conferences with Professor Florrie Holzwasser in Room 216 or Professor Sargent in Room 416 to discuss electing war courses for next semester. Office hours are posted outside the offices.
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National Service
National Service Office
S. Stansfield Sargent
Florrie Holzwasser
Sargent
Episcopal Club Christmas Party with Father Joseph Talk
The Episcopal Club hosts its annual Christmas party on Monday afternoon December 18. Father Joseph from the Little Portion Monastery will speak on A Rule of Life in the Present Day World for about 30 minutes at 4 15 followed by discussion and carol singing. Tea cakes sandwiches refreshments and a grab bag prize distribution complete the event with invites extended to all college members.
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Episcopal Club
Father Joseph
O.S.F
Edward Dirks to Speak for Wycliffe Club
The Wycliffe Club hosts Edward Dirks in an address on The Church as An Institution and as A Movement. Dirks, recently appointed Associate Counselor to Protestant Students by the Intercollegiate Staff of the New York YMCA, will speak tomorrow in the Conference Room.
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Wycliffe Club
Edward Dirks
Dirks
New York Y.M.C.A
Christian Association of the City College of New York
Yale University Divinity School
Columbia
Union Theological Seminary
Menorah Opens Hanukkah Open House This Afternoon
The Menorah Society hosts a informal Hanukkah open house this afternoon featuring the Candle Lighting Ceremony, singing, and a festive party mood. Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg recently delivered his final lecture on the Essentials of Judaism, and the Menorah Dance drew a crowded gala crowd last weekend. Iris Davis extends thanks for the National War Fund Cake Sale held midweek.
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Menorah
Arthur Hertzberg
Menorah Society
National War Fund
Iris Davis
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