Princeton World Court Conference Debates World Court Aim
Delegates from 250 colleges and universities met December 11 and 12 at Princeton to discuss the World Court and to consider a permanent union of colleges. President Hibben addressed doubts about propaganda and urged constructive purpose. Senator Lenroot spoke for the affirmative and Clarence Darrow for the negative in the opening debate.
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Princeton
Princeton Group
Hibben
Princeton University
World Court
Union of Colleges and Universities
United States
Lenroot
Clarence Darrow
Barnard Alumna Directs Education Work
Miss Mary L. Ely, Barnard alumna, directs education for the National League of Girls' Clubs. The league gathers girls and women into evening clubs focusing on creed and broad human interests, aiming to teach others to think and direct.
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Mary L. Ely
Barnard
National League of Girls’ Clubs
Levgue
Womeho
League
YWCA Christmas Tea and Meeting Highlights
The YWCA hosted a December 14 Christmas tea and meeting with a burlesque Barbara Frietchie staged by Frances Freeman Margaret Bullermuller Ruth LeRocker and Virginia Cook. May Gardner read and Virginia Cook recited Decline of the Drama. Mary Armstrong chaired a brief business session.
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Barbara Frietchie
Frances Freeman
Margaret Burtonmuller
Ruth le Rocker
Virginia Cook
May Gardner
Stephen Leacock
Mary Armstrong
Evanston
Illinois
Dorothy Ashworth
Columbia Y. M. C. A
Barnard Student Fellowship Quota Still Open
Contributions to the Student Fellowship Fund allow a Barnard student to study abroad for a year and a foreign student to come to Barnard for that period. the quota has not yet been filled.
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Barnard
Fund Drive Seeks More Contributions Before February first
The committee has raised $1752.00 toward a $2000 quota and hopes for additional gifts. Donations may be sent to Harriet Blackley at any time before February 1.
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Harriet Blackley
Petrarch Revered as Love Poet Scholar and Patriot
Dr. Mario Cosenza told the Italian Club that Petrarch was a lover of Laura and a high priest of antiquity. He praised Petrarch as the Renaissance torchbearer and father of humanism whose sonnets enriched Italian and European literature. The talk noted Petrarch’s vast classical library forming a core for later scholarship.
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Petrarch
Mario Cosenza
Laura
Europe
Dante
Dr. Cosenza
Cosenza
Glee Club Entertains at Christmas Assembly
The college celebrated its annual Christmas assembly on Tuesday December 15 led by the Glee Club with student participation in carols. Professors Hall Bratin Baldwin and Braun addressed the gathering praising harmony and urging tolerance as the group closed with Silent Night.
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Glee Club
Professor Hall
King Wenceslas
Jesus
Hayti
Jeannette
Isabella
Dean Gildersleeve
Bratin
Baldwin
Hall
Braun
Charles Doersam
Latin Influenced English Indirectly At Classical Club Talk
Professor Lodge spoke to the Classical Club on December 10 about the relation between Latin and English. He argued Romans in contact with English had little direct linguistic influence and noted French and Latin shaped English more, with German and Roman terms entering via other routes. he cites vegetable names as an example and mentions card terms from Rome via Spain.
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Lodge
Classical Club
Professor Lodge
Italy
England
Rome
Spain
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