Columbia to Build New Students Hall on Campus
Plans announced on December 8 reveal a fourteen story building to serve as a hub for student life. The first four floors will house dining facilities lounging rooms meeting spaces and offices for campus activities including Campus Publications Athletic Association and the Fraternity Club. The upper ten floors will be dormitories separating housing from college activities. Estimated cost ranges from 500000 to 5000000.
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Nearing to discuss The Mexican Revolution at Open Forum
Scott Nearing will address an Open Forum hosted by the Social Problems Club in 306 Mines on Wednesday afternoon the 17th. Having just returned from Mexico he will discuss the social changes and reforms there. The club plans to bring speakers on social political and economic issues to the campus throughout the year.
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Stark Young Explains The Making Of A Critic
The New York Times critic Stark Young spoke at Barnard College on December 9, 1924. He argued criticism begins with born sensitivity and precise perception, followed by study of theater and allied arts to reveal what the theater truly is.
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Philharmonic Presents Barnard Night at Carnegie Hall
The Philharmonic Society of New York hosted Barnard Night on December 3, 1924 at Carnegie Hall. Under William Van Hoogstraten the Orchstra performed Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 Pathetic in B minor and Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor with detailed tempos and movements.
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De la Mare on Craftsmanship in Verse at College Tea
Walter De la Mare spoke on Craftsmanship in Verse at a College Parlor tea hosted by Dean Gildersleeve on Thursday December 4. He described poetry as blending sound and sense with rhythm and variation to achieve unity in variety, stressing intuition, practice, and formal versification.
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Inter-Class Debates Win On Barnard Enrollment Debate
The 1925 team Charlotte Bradley and Katherine Newcomer opposed the proposition that Barnard enrollment be limited to current attendance, while 1926 team Virginia Lee and Ruth Warren supported the proposition. The Junior-Senior Debate occurred Monday in Room 139 with Margaret Irish presiding. The affirmative argued Barnard benefits as a small college and would suffer if larger, while the negative contended that enrollment increases are feasible.
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