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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1940
Page
3
The staff responds to objections about a $3.75 price for Mortarboard yearbook and argues the volume is valuable. It includes full campus org writeups, many group photos, sixty plus pages of faculty and class shots, a roster with addresses, and broad campus publicity throughout the year.
Library rules tighten borrowing by number. Only the student who drew a number may borrow with that number and name on the Loan Desk list. Holding another’s number forfeits the tester’s place. Beginning February 7 only two books may be borrowed per number.
The advent of a new decade brings changes at Butreux with a February 16 issue featuring new type and redesigned makeup aimed at easier, pleasanter reading. The staff seeks input from the college community on the update.
Sophomore dance will be held February 17 at Casa Italiana with Charlie O'Neil's orchestra from 9 to 1. The event is open to sophomores and their guests. Sign-up poster on Jake. Bids priced at $2.25 on sale today through Friday noon.
Irene Lyons reports at the campus library where a new fiction list aims to lift post exam fatigue. The smoking room gains an open and closed air ventilator, sparking mixed reactions as regulars weigh the benefits of ventilation and social boosts.
The annual Greek Games preparations proceed with class committees chosen. Entrance lyrics are set to music and main lyric submissions are under consideration. Judges for music and costumes and dance are announced, with faculty members Harwood Simmons John Erskine and Professor Burrell invited, alumna Carville Robinson and Barnard’s Katharine Reiley to judge costumes, Ruth Landesman a dance judge, and Louise Cobb an athletics judge. Barbara Thompson 43 and Francis Murphy 42 lead as freshman and sophomore chairs, Doris Bayer as business manager.
Alumnae Day at the college included an R S V P quiz conducted by Mrs Clifton Fadiman acting as emcee with a panel of experts and alumnae writers. A reunion luncheon followed in Hewitt Hall with Dean Gildersleeve as principal speaker and a six o clock alumnae student basketball game featuring the All Star team led by Helen Taft and players including Mary Alexander Rita Benson Patricia Draper Joan Filley Katherine Foote Adele Gillies Frances Heagey Babette Jacobson Betty Krane and Alice von Storch.
President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University will address the Barnard College student body at 1 10 today in the gymnasium. Attendance is compulsory for all classes and seniors must wear caps and gowns and sit in the front rows, meeting at 1 o'clock in room 304 Barnard.
Book Exchange opened last week after selling about four hundred dollars worth of books and serving more than a fifth of the student body last fall. Annette Hochberg chairs the operation with Madelyn Lotz as business manager and a list of assistants including Alla Shainin Dorothy Alpern Mildred Kolodny Frances Lauber Adeline Weiereck Rosalyn Rubin Helene Rothenberg and Jane Greenbaum. Readers requested include Auteurs Francais Beowulf Bourdet Vient de Paraitre Bowler Stores of Contemporary French Novelists Carter and Economic Geography Chamberlain and Salisbury A College Geology Volume 11 Chinard Scenes de la Vie Francaise Cole Adolescent Psychology Cook Literary and Middle English Reader Cross Shorter History of England Dashiell Fundamentals of General Psychology Duvenais La Maison Camille Flaubert Trois Contes France Les Dieux Ont Sois Representative Stories Gide La Porte Etroite Granville Smith and Langley Elements of Differential and Integral Calculus Hayes Political and Cultural History of Europe Volume 11 Henning French Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century Hewitt German Hollingworth Educational Psychology Abnormal Psychology Hugo Fterno Ani Ibanez Los Muertos Mandan Kleine Anthologie Lyrik Lowdell French Papers Lyman The Christian Epic Maupassant Pierre et Jeanne Moore De Senectute continued on page 4 column 5
Barnard College launches a six week drive under Zenia Sachs to raise more than a thousand dollars for charity. Proceeds fund a graduate scholarship if goals are met and support Red Cross civilians in Europe, Jewish Christian outreach, and aid to Chinese students facing poverty and hunger.
The Barnard College opera benefit Tristan and Isolde raised 5029.97 dollars for the scholarship fund, surpassing last year's total. The Board of Directors of the Associate Alumnae voted the money be given to the college as unrestricted scholarships for the current year, following explanatory lectures by Professor Moore.
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