16 Dec 1938
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
1
The Barnard Bulletin, published semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students, serves the Undergraduate Association. It notes second class matter status from October 19, 1928 and lists subscription at $30 yearly with 10 cent single copies and New York post office designation under the 1879 act.
Six Barnard students will join hundreds of delegates at the American Student Union 1938 convention in New York. The gathering aims to discuss students’ roles in academic and world affairs and to develop policies for ASU activities in 1939.
A holiday tone runs through campus notes urging rest over study with Christmas joy and vacation plans. A London museum scene turns comic as Katherine Hepburn and Anthony Eden appearances trigger guards to rally, sending a student observer fleeing in a playful staged moment.
A collection of student opinions from Columbia on whether women should smoke in public. Perspectives range from approval to strong disapproval, with notes on location, propriety, and tradition.
An observed page note from the Metropolitan Opera House program of December 10 includes a Buick advertisement praising beauty and car life. A playful Quarterly magazine fragment features anonymous Shakespeare comments critiquing a sonnet, with mixed verdicts and the editors noting anonymity.
The Whitney Museum hosts a memorial exhibition tracing Glackens career from Philadelphia newspaper illustrator in the 1890s to a modern painter known for radiant outdoor scenes. Early work shows dark winter city scenes influenced by pattern and Whistler, then decades of sunlit landscapes, flower portraits, and a grand family portrait, with drawings and book illustrations praised for humane character.
Polish pianist Mieczyslaw Munz displays flawless technique in Schumann Kreisleriana and eloquent restraint in Bach organ preludes. His refined touch and poised stage presence captivate the audience with multiple encores, as critics urge future returns.
The review finds Or age slow and uneven with underdeveloped drama between a sweetheart and a wife. Two women in love with the same man act nobly, leaving the male lead unconvincingly passive. Jean-Louis Barrault and Charles Boyer deliver memorable and restrained performances, but the film’s pacing and plot fail to meet the talent on screen.
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