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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1926
Page
2
Members who joined last semester must perform in the theatre on Alumnae Day at 3 30 pm. Those with classes 3 to 4 pm should not skip the rehearsal. Meet in cap and gown at 3 20 pm by Milbank basement phone booths to sing Didn't it Rain and Brahms Love Song.
Roger Baldwin will address the Social Problems Club on February 17 at 4 10 PM on Social Work and the Class Struggle. Baldwin, ACLU secretary and WWI conscientious objector, is joined by Clarence Darrow Erskine Kilpatrick and William Green in a semester lineup for students and outsiders.
Japanese students in New York staged dramas at International House to fund a scholarship for an American to study in Japan. A $1,500 award is available to native born Americans aged 25 to 35. Applications addressed to the Japanese Brotherhood Scholarship Committee at International House Riverside Drive are due by April 1 with the winner announced by May 1.
Wellesley College students compile day by day hour counts across four years showing freshman spend about 414 hours a day studying while seniors reach 544. Dancing is a popular recreation especially for underclassmen with theatre reading and outdoor sports following. Many undecided about careers. teaching tops plans with other fields including social service business banking and art. The report notes Yale University Theatre plans with Baker and a new drama school.
Dr Laura Drake Gill former Barnard College dean who led a Red Cross hospital in Cuba after the Spanish American War and headed the Cuban Orphan Society died last week in Berea Kentucky. She later organized the first Bureau for College Women with the Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of Boston and served in both of the nation’s wars.
A noon meeting of Radcliffe Debating Council considered whether Radcliffe should withdraw from intercollegiate debating. After arguments, only two of seventy seven voting favored withdrawal, indicating broad support to stay in intercollegiate debate.
The Civil Service Commission announces vacancies with entrance salary of 1300 a year. After a six month probation, pay may advance up to 1600. Promotions follow civil service rules as vacancies occur. Exams cover chemistry economics French geology German Italian physics sociology Spanish. Candidates may be tested in two subjects and rated on general information and discussions.
Full information and applications may be obtained from the United States Civil Service Commission in Washington D C or from the secretary of the board of U S civil service examiners at the post office or customs house in any city.
Dr. Alexander Meiklejohn will join the University of Wisconsin philosophy department at the start of the second semester. President Glenn Frank calls him a great teacher and predicts productive scholarship and provocative teaching. In 1923 he resigned Amherst College presidency amid liberal curriculum reform opposition, 13 seniors declined their diplomas in protest.
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