Barnard Forum to feature Meyer Mudd and Shuster speakers
The Sixth Annual Barnard Forum on February 6 at the Waldorf Astoria will honor the bicentennial theme Man's Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof. Speakers include Agnes Ernst Meyer on Women's Role in the Community Emily Mudd on Knowledge and Happiness in the Home and George N. Shuster on Knowledge and Responsibility.
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Agnes Ernst Meyer
Emily Mudd
Marriage Council of Philadelphia
George N. Shuster
Hunter College
Barnard Forum
W Waldorf- Astoria
Millicent C. McIntosh
Meyer
Barnard
Barnard Board of Trustees
National Citizens Commission For the Public Schools
Commission On Higher Education
Emily Kimbrough
New Yorker
Atlantic Monthly
Mr. Shuster
Catholicism
Germany
Notre Dame
Weimar Republic
Carnegie Corporation
Rep Assembly Debates Social Council Plan At Barnard
Diana Touliatou proposed a merged social council and committee to coordinate and approve coed events. The plan creates a five member council and a sixteen member committee with integrated class representation, undergrad funding, and a chairman for both groups. Delegates to a model United Nations were elected for Alfred University with a $67 grant approved.
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Barnard
Diana Touliatou
Undergrad Association
Model United Nations
Alfred University
Alfred
New York
Marcia Musicant
Tobin Brown
Marion Toman
Cherie Gaines
Columbia Oxford Tie in Debate on Communist Teaching
Two Oxford students and a Columbia College team concluded a nationwide debating tour with a 1 1 tie at International House over whether Communists should teach in colleges. Oxford argued for allowing teaching by Communists while Columbia claimed Communist party allegiance compromises objectivity in a free university. Judges Harold Berger Fritz Stern and Peter Gay ruled the debate a unanimous tie.
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Oxford
Columbia College
International House
Patrick Mayhew
John Peter
Robert Good
Peter Kenen
Communist Party
Harold Berger
Fritz Stern
Peter Gay
Columbia
Museum exhibit marks Columbia bicentennial
The Museum of the City of New York hosts an exhibit titled Knowledge for Free Men Columbia University 1754 1954 to honor the university bicentennial on Fifth Avenue and 104 Street from January 6 to March 31. The Barnard College section covers 1889 to 1954 and will be included in the display.
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Columbia University
Museum of the City of New York
Fifth Avenue
104 Street
Barnard
Columbiana
Gilbert and Sullivan Plans Gondoliers Production at Barnard
The Gilbert and Sullivan Society rehearses The Gondoliers for March 11 to 13 at the Minor Latham Drama Workshop with Diana Rubin and Don Blair in leads. Cast lists include Naomi Gladstone, Albert Metzger, Paula Zeleseznik, Sherry Blumenthal, John Strahan, Ivan Lichtenstein, and others in principal and supporting roles.
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Gilbert and Sullivan Society
the Gondoliers
Latham Drama Workshop
Casilda
Luiz
Diana Rubin
Don Blair
Naomi Gladstone
Albert Metzger
Abbott Reports Progress on Campus Building Alterations
Bar nard College Business Manager Forrest L. Abbott told Trustees progress is steady on campus renovations. Riverside building interior is finished and the Ella Weed faculty lounge in Milbank will be ready after Christmas, while Milbank repairs' completion date remains indefinite. Painting continues through vacation and flooring should be completed by holiday end. Brinckerhoff work continues with opening date unknown.
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Abbott
Forrest L. Abbott
Barnard College
Riverside
Ella Weed
Mil
McIntosh Examines Yale Spirit at Christmas Assembly
President Millicent C. McIntosh addressed Yale undergraduates and faculty at the annual Christmas Assembly. The program featured Handel excerpts sung by the Columbia University Chorus directed by Jacob Avshalomoff. She urged faith hope and love as practical, action oriented virtues to renew individuals and the world.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Handel
Columbia University Chorus
Jacob Avshalomoff
McIntosh
Larabbee Explores Regionalism in United States Study
Harold Larabbee a visiting professor at Columbia from Union College spoke at the American Civilization majors meeting on regionalism in the United States. He discussed what defines a region with examples from Albany Troy Schenectady and the Western Boundary of New England issue and noted New England heritage figures James Ville Melville and others.
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Harold Larabbee
Columbia
Union College
United States
Albany- Troy-Schenectady
New England
Henry and
Wiliam James
Herman Melville
Larabbee
Metropolitan
American Studies Association
Eric Larabbee
Harpers
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McMillin Theatre
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