Barnard English Dept Opens Janeway Prose Prize Contest
The Eliza beth Janeway Prize in Prose Writing offers a 500 dollar award for the most imaginative prose work. Felicia Lamport Ralph Ellison and Evan Thomas will judge entries from Barnard students who submit three typed copies by 2 p.m. March 17 in 401 Barnard Hall.
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Elizabeth Janeway
Felicia Lamport
Ralph Ellison
Evan Thomas
Barnard
English
Janeway
English Department
Barnard Hall
Water Safety and Senior Life Saving Courses Scheduled
The Red Cross and Department of Physical Education announce a Water Safety Instructor course from 5:00 to 6:25 p.m. on Mondays and Wednesdays next semester. Students 18 by May 1965 with a Senior Life Saving certificate earned in the last three years may contact Miss Fern Yates. A Senior Red Cross Life Saving Course is set for Tuesday and Thursday evenings 5:00 to 6:00 in the second semester.
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Department of Physical Education
Fern Yates
Red Cross
Faculty debate reforms to senior exams and curriculum
Faculty discuss abolishing senior comprehensive exams and adopting a four course system. The Curricukum Committee urges fewer degree requirements a reading and possibly a special projects period. Proposals aim to reduce busy work and give students more time to study while warnings urge careful approval by Trustees.
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Currie
Riverside Democrats Back Albany Education Workers Coverage
The Executive Board voted to support changing the law in Albany to cover workers of educational institutions under the act and to collaborate with Action and CORE to publicize their position.
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Albany
Action
CORE
Columbia Hosts Forty Seventh Yule Log Ceremony
Columbia University held its forty seventh annual Yule Log Ceremony with readings of Twas the Night Before Christmas by Dwight C Miner and a kickoff by President Grayson Kirk. Four Yule Men in British officer costumes carried the log to the fire as the Columbines and Columbia University Chorale performed.
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Columbia
Clement Clarke Moore
Grayson Kirk
Columbines
Columbia University Chorale
David B.trouman
Joseph Nye
Donald Giller
Kirk
John M. Krumm
East African Coast Trade and Culture Across Ages
The article traces East African coastal city links with India, China, and Arab states from ancient times to 15th century. It notes periplus trade, Kilwa minting before 1300, Swahili and Arabic writing, Ibn Battuta’s praise, and later Portuguese destruction of the trade network, with Swahili poetry reflecting decline.
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Africa
India
China
Somalia
Tanganyika
Kenya
Zimbabwe
Sultanabad
Middle East
Mecca
Ibn Battuta
Kil
Vasco da Gama
Cape of Good Hope
da Gama
Malinda
Europe
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Committee On Instruction
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Democrats
Columbia Chapel Choir
Miner
John Jay
Nicholas Murray Butler
History Dwight C
Columbia Alumnus
Yule
Sherman D. Levine
James L. Taylor
Joel J. Queller
Raymond H. Hughes
East Coast
Architecture
By Denise Jackson
East Africa
Indian Ocean
Bob Gibson
Richie Havens
Zattaria
W.4rd St
OWL Cafe
Oregon
Lions den
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