Dean Gildersleeve Urges Catholics to Fight Hatred
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve addressed more than two thousand Newman Club Federation members at the Waldorf Astoria breakfast. She urged Americans to oppose hatred and defend democracy to prevent world chaos, cautioning against Nazi race ideas and communism in colleges while urging unity across faiths.
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New York
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Dean Gildersleeve
Dr Anastasi Joins Queens College Psychology Unit
Dr Anastasi resigns as instructor in psychology to become assistant professor and chair of the new department at Queens College in Queens. Dr Helen Pallister will cover his duties this term. Pallister, a Barnard graduate, earned her A.B. in 1933 from Columbia University and previously worked at the Psychoid Corporation in New York.
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Coia University
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New York
Hickory Dickory Dock set for Barnard junior show
Central Committee announces the 1940 Junior Show title Hickory Dickory Dock to be staged March 10 and 11 at Brinckerhoff Theatre. Viola Peterson will play Arthur with rivals Martha Parthenon Sonia Smith Cassandra Streemline, Marjorie Crews Jane Kass Katherine Sheeran in key roles.
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Martha Parthenon
Sonia Smith
Cassandra ‘Streemline
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Pure Science
Marjorie Crews
Jane Kass
Katherine Sheeran
Mary Maloney
Frances Dinsmoor
Caroline Duncombe
Jane Mantell
Mrs H Seymour Speaks On Musical Therapy
Harriet Ayer Seymour longtime music therapy advocate and Hospital Music Committee chair speaks at the Music Club on The Effects of Music on the Sick. She notes her lecture will feature piano illustrations and cites her influential works and wartime hospital musical efforts.
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Book Exchange Resumes Work at Barnard Hall
The Barnard Book Exchange reopens in Barnard Hall Conference Room operating 10 AM to 2 PM for two weeks. A ten member student committee, chaired by Jane Mantell, oversees a system paying two thirds of book prices and funding through five cent per dollar from purchases directed toward equipment.
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Ruth Brand
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Mildred Kolodny
Madelyn Lotz
Miriam
University Launches Refugee Campaign Coordinating Committee Formed
Columbia College and the university graduate and professional schools form an all university coordinating committee to fund refugee students at Columbia. Robert Andrus chairs the committee as the Law School reports over 2000 dollars raised from students and faculty. An all university rally is set for Wednesday at one in McMillan Theatre with speakers to be announced. The committee weighs coordinating spring drives for Chinese students and Loyalists in Spain with refugee fundraising.
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Law School
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University of Chicago
Marianne Pilenco Sails From Barnard To Paris
Marianne Pilenco sails today aboard the Queen Mary for Paris after three semesters at Barnard. She will soon receive her PhD from the Sorbonne after publishing a thesis on Tolstoi in French literature. As French club president she organized the Tristan et Iseut pageant and brought noted speakers to campus.
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Marianne Pilenco
Paris
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Baldensperger
Harvard
Institute of Comparative Literature
All-College Assembly To Convene Tuesday
The first required assembly of the new semester will be held this Tuesday in the gymnasium. President Nicholas Murray Butler will deliver the annual address to Barnard students. The event also kicks off a fund drive to help a refugee student enter Barnard. Dean Gilder sleeve presides.
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Dean Gildersleeve
ASU Exhibits Slum Pictures
The American Student Union hosts a photo exhibit in the Conference Room showing New York City slums to illustrate housing issues. The 40 pictures loaned by the Federal Arts Project of the WPA highlight unsanitary dwellings and ill-fed children, urging tenement reconstruction and sanitation improvements. The Barnard Chapter promotes the housing study with Julia Edwards leading last semester’s Williamsburg visit.
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Barnard refugee fund drive launches with pledge cards
Mabel Houke chair of Barnard Refugee Committee outlines a campaign to bring a German refugee to Barnard next year. Students will donate two dollars each as Student Fellowship ends, aiming to raise tuition and living costs with help from outside donors.
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Scholarships Aid Requests Due By March 1
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve announces all current college students must file applications for scholarships grants-in-aid and residence grants for 1939-40 by March 1. Blank forms from the Dean's Secretary must be completed in duplicate and signed by a parent or guardian. Students should seek external funds first before requesting college aid.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard
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