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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1962
Page
3
Tom Cranmer resigns as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee for a Cooperative Bookstore on the last day of the committee sponsored boycott of the Columbia University Book Store. The report urges University officials to announce a move toward a cooperative bookstore to improve student service.
President Millicent C. McIntosh announced Barnard would observe Washingtons Birthday and urged trustees to weigh off campus housing carefully. She noted student opinion is transitory and inconsistent and cited changes in sentiment toward the Student Center. Dorothy Emmett will return as Danforth lecturer.
Representatives from twenty seven colleges attend an all day conference on Communist China at Barnard on February 24. Keynote by Professor William DeBary with discussions on economics led by Karl Wittfogel and foreign policy by Peter Tana Enaecutive Director. Attendees may tape a panel for NBC radio and registration opens at 9 am.
Thursday Noon Meeting features Professor Howard Teichmann of Barnard College English Department presenting Theater Education or Entertainment. The event takes place February 15 in the College Parlor.
Moses Hadas of Columbia will read Plato’s The Trial and Death of Socrates in Greek and English as part of Columbia’s poetry readings series. The Noon Readings resume this year sponsored with Fei Booth Hall Board of Managers and run every Wednesday in the West Lounge beginning February 14 with Faulkner selections by Professor Quentin Anderson.
The Faculty Off Campus Housing Committee approves a plan to allow exceptions to current rules for non residents and students within a commuting distance. A trial basis requires notarized guardian consent and a permission form through Miss Madeline Jenkins, with further review by the Development Committee and Board of Trustees.
The February 16 17 peace rally in Washington is organized by national groups including SPU and SDS with Columbia involvement. SPU aims disarmament and opposes Civil Defense and nuclear testing while SDS acts as a non campaigning pressure group linked to LID. Columbia SDS chapter was revived this fall under Jack Stuart with past campus activity and city protests noted.
At a special meeting the Representative Assembly urged dispensing with the Bear Pin Award. They considered depriving seniors on Student Council and any student who has served on Council, arguing fairness and independence, with a Constitutional Revision Committee empowered to propose changes.
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