Faculty Sign Anti Fascist Declaration
A manifesto signed by 1,284 American scientists from 167 universities urges active defense of democracy to safeguard intellectual freedom and scientific progress. Professor Franz Boas cites the American Academy for the Advancement of Science and condemns Nazi pseudo science and Fascism.
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Franz Boas
Anthropology Department
Columbia
American Academy For the Advancement of Science
Germany
Boas
German Club Christmas Play Modernizes Nativity Tale
The German, Italian and Spanish clubs mark the season with celebrations. The German Club stages a modernized Christmas play on Monday December 19 at 4 p.m. in Brooks Hall Blue Room with Marie and other characters, a chorus of angels, solo by Agnes Cassidy and a string quartet providing carol accompaniment.
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Brooks Hall
Hugo
Marie
Flora Ehrsam
Josef
Gretchen Ridder
Kasper
Charlotte Wiegand
Melchior
Cozette Utech
Baltthazar
Agnes Cassidy
Maria Wiegenlied
Reger
Margaret Blackburn
Alberta Albig
Vera Riecker
Wigs And Cues Revives Elizabethan The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Wigs And Cues staged a fall production at Brinckerhoff Theatre reviving Beaumont and Fletcher in The Knight of the Burning Pestle. Ninetta di Benedetto Morrie Shywitz Jean Sauer John Van Zanten Mavis Freeman Gertrude Smith Anton Hardt and Minor Latham led a strong cast with authentic staging and period costumes. The play drew capacity audiences and earned warm praise for acting and design though some satire flew over non majors heads.
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Brinckerhoff Theatre
Ninetta di Benedetto
Morrie Shywitz
Rafe
Jean Sauer
John van Zanten
Merry
Kurt von Forstmeyer
Jaspar
Beaumont and Fletcher
Mavis Freeman
Luce
Blackfriar’s
London
Barnard Amused By Pretended Indifference Of Columbia Men
Barnard readers delight in Columbia students feigning indifference to Barnard compliments about Princeton men. Spectator notes mockery of Columbia’s maturity and praise Barnard comparison. Times coverage of Princeton psychologists’ college type poll excludes Columbia as unratable.
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Barnard
Columbia
Jane Goldstein
Bulletin
Princeton
Spectator
Amardite
The
Times
Princeton University
Dartmouth
Harvard
Yale
Movie Star Heads Rally For Spain
Tuise Rainer headlines a Columbia rally for Spain tomorrow at 3 p m in Harkness Theater South Hall. Sponsored by the University Federation for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom the event calls for lifting the embargo on Loyalist Spain with speakers Jay Allen James Benet William Rose Benet David McKelvy White and Dr Edward Barsky among them.
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Tuise Rainer
Spain
Harkness Theater
South Hall
The
University Federation For Democracy and Intellectual Freedom
Jay Allen
Chicago Daily News
James Benet
William Rose Benet
David McKelvy White
Brooklyn Eagle
International Brigade
Edward Barsky
Columbia
Noon Broadcast Features Carols for Christmas Assembly
Barnard College announces a Christmas Assembly broadcast to air at noon with the Barnard and Columbia Glee Clubs under Mr Willard Rhodes and Miss Gena Tenney. The 25 minute program includes Dean Gilder sleeve’s Christmas message and a Barnard string ensemble performance.
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Glee Club
National Broadcasting System
Dean Gildersleeve
Barnard
Columbia Glee Clubs
Wilard Rhodes
Gena Tenney
Wilhelm Braun
Assemblies
Tas
Barnard College
Denver
Willard Rhodes
Music Department
Columbia Glee Club
Gena Ténney
Dean's Office Halts New Scholarships for Spring Session
The Dean's Office reports no funds for scholarships or grants in aid and will not invite new applications for the Spring Session. Students in severe financial need should consult Miss Minahan in the Dean's Office for guidance. Pirgina C. Gildersleeve, Dean.
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Miss Minahan
First Refugee Donation Supports Barnard Aid Plan
The undergraduate committee for student refugees received its first gift, a ten dollar check from Mrs. Janie Nathan Meyer, founder of Bar nard, to aid a refugee coming to Barnard. Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve endorsed the plan and discussed challenges in supporting and placing scholars, noting Barnard already hosts several refugees and seeking guidance from the Institute of International Education.
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Janie Nathan Meyer
Barnard
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Institute of International Education
America
Harvard
Search For Infinity Inspires Math Majors Poem
A math department tradition yields a playful poem about infinite numbers and Greek letters. The piece, titled A Mathematical Nightmare, imagines students dreaming of infinity amid exams and caffeine.
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Dean’s Office
Pirginia C. Gildersleeve
Dean
Clement Moore
Alpha
Lambda
Gamma
Theta
Eta
Kappa
Sigma
Googles
Roosevelt
Hull
Columbia University Peace Council
Butler
Peace Council
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
Exles
United States
Iburope
Nazi Germany
Lima
North
Central
South America
Franz Otto
Vassar
Otto
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