Barnard Alumnae Plan Refugee Fund Drive and Reunion
Barnard College alumnae and students organize a drive to raise funds for refugee students from Germany. Mabel Houk leads pledge cards with plans to start the drive at an afternoon assembly and hopes for posters and volunteers. The drive funds aim to cover board and room costs, while a separate reunion features Dean Virginia Gildersleeve, a fashion show, movies, and a student alumnae basketball game.
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Columbia
Coordinating Committee
Mayor LaGuardia
Mabel Houk
Barnard
Miss Houk
Germany
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Robert Dirkes
Pledge for Student Refugee Fund at Barnard College
The pledge invites Mabel Houk to contribute to the Student Refugee Fund to enable a refugee student to study in the United States. The pledge specifies a personal financial contribution.
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United States
Junior Prom Restores Glamour To New York's Social Season
New York society celebrates a glamorous junior prom at the Pierre Grand Ballroom. Lucius echo plans to bring sparkle with Dryer and his orchestra, while trust in Elsa Maxwell praise and Cannes ties frame the event. The night features songs from the forthcoming Junior Show and a midnight supper after the sixth and seventh dances.
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New York
Jane Goldstein
Nurnard
Lucius
Echo
Tel Pierre
Atice
Cannes
French Riviera
Mr. Dryer
Virginia Mall
Pierre Ballroom
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Mabel Foote Weeks
Giles Rich
Donald B. Read
Jean Allison
Elizabeth Jackson
Caroline Duncombe
Margaret Pardee
Evelyn Hagmoe
Dorothy Slavin
Annette Hochberg
Caroline Boissevain
Grace Maresca
Amy Krbecek
Alice Willis
Mary Maloney
Libman in France describes six months abroad
Jean Libman writes from Tours France dated January 16 1939 recounting arrival in August and time in Paris and Holland. He notes the six months away from home and reflects on unfamiliar events while sharing plans to publish the remainder of the letter in Bulletin.
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Bulletin
Jean Libman
Tours
France
Miss Libman
Europe
Paris
Holland
Euclee
Musical Healing Power Highlighted by Mrs Seymour at Club
Mrs. Harriet Ayer Seymour told the Music Club that music aids healing and rehabilitation of invalids and mental cases. She traced musical therapy to Pythagoras and cited wartime cases where music relaxed nerves helping regain sight. As hospital work grows, her Hospital Music Committee plans broader outreach and seeks funds for daily hospital visits.
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Harriet Ayer Seymour
Seymour
Pythagoras
Lion's Den opens as new campus social center at John Jay Hall
The Lion's Den, Columbia College's new campus social center, was opened with a speech by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Honor guests included Mrs. Hawkes Thomas A. McGoey Robert Bierstedt Wynn Murray and Ray Perkins. The center in John Jay Hall features a modern fountain and grill funded by Trustees. John Bateman 38 served as master of ceremonies as the Glee Club led community singing with the Octet.
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Lion’s den
Nicholas Murray Butler
Herbert E. Hawkes
Columbia College
Thomas A. McGoey
Robert Bierstedt
Wynn Murray
Syracuse
Ray Perkins
Columbia Glee Club
John Bateman
McGoey
Bierstedt
John Jay Hall
Sun
Butler to Speak at Barnard Assembly to Open Spring
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler will address Barnard College in the first required assembly of the term at 1 o clock in the gymnasium. The event continues a spring opening tradition and launches a drive to raise funds for a refugee student from Germany. Dean Gildersleeve presides with the Student Council on the platform.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Barnard
Butler
Germany
Dean Gildersleeve
A A Schedule Changes Plans for Barnard Activities
The A A under Ninetta di Benedetto plans a formal awards ceremony and new event. An April banquet is scheduled with new officers installation to honor Barnard College's 50th anniversary. A sub freshmen and intercollegiate play days, folk dances, and a swimming carnival are planned with support for the Worlds Fair Committee and Greek Games exhibition.
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A.A
Ninetta di Benedetto
Barnard
A. A
Association
Ninetta’ di Benedetto
Physical Education
Greek Games Committees Begin Work
Freshman and sophomore classes organize for the annual Greek Games. New program features color changes burgundy and white for freshmen purple and yellow for sophomores. Deadline February 17 for competitive lyrics to chairmen Dorothy Setchel and Barbara Suter.
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Dorothy Setchel
Barbara Suter
Meredith Wright
Evelyn Genzales
Dor Williams
Doris Bayer
Elaine Briggs
Joan Roth
Nancy Swan
Martha Lawrence
Helen Kandel
Nancy Cross
Enid Pugh
Libuse Ostruk
Frances Murphy
Phyliss Mann
Clythia Capraro
Properties
Elizabeth Harris
Miriam Szafir
Glee Club Invites Princeton Glee Members for Concert
Barnard hosts fifty Princeton Glee Club members for a joint concert, dinner, and dance on March 4. Tickets for concert and dance are $1.50 per couple, with concert only at fifty cents per person. The program features Douglas Moore's Dedication and songs including Summer Time.
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Barnard
Princeton
Men’s College
Princeon
Nassau
Princeton Glee Club
Glee Club
Douglas Moore
New Jersey College
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Hewitt Hall
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Thrift Shop
Raymond Howe
Barnard School For Girls
Theodora Baldwin
Barnard Hall
Barnard College
Dryer
Libman
Massenet
Metropolitan Opera House
John Charles Thomas
Helen Jepson
Barbara Ridgeway
Opera
Mabel Parsons
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
Herbert Lehman
F. H. LaGuardia
Lucius Beebe
Anatole France
Opera Comique
Sybil Sanderson
Manhattan Opera House
Geraldine Farrar
Pasqualemata
Tlucca Botta
Maria Jeritza
Armand Tokatyan
Nicias
Mme. Jeritza
Mr. Whitehall
Thais
Thanael
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