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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1929
Page
1
The Barnard Bulletin is issued semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students for the Undergraduate Association. It serves to inform members about student activities, events, and notices in a period voice typical of early college periodicals.
Virginia C. Brown class of 1929 Hazel Reisman class of 1930 Roberta Moritzer class of 1932 circulated by 1932 staff note lists circulators and staff members with years.
Readers see a shift in college sports toward pure enjoyment rather than rewards. The piece praises the new Athletic Association rules as advancing play for play's sake and notes the Social Science Forum offering opposing views to spark better thinking. It also covers New York City teacher licensing standards tied to physical fitness and health criteria.
A review analyzes Eugene O Neill's Dynamo as a meditation on modern faith and science. The minister's son abandons Jehovah for a new god in electricity, but the circuit remains closed by old beliefs. The play unfolds through a simple plot linking two families amid a world of machines and mysticism.
Newcomb College freshmen offered curious misstatements in an information test. They misidentified Lewis Carroll as a lollies leader and confused locations such as the Carpathian Mountains and Budapest. The report notes a Knights Club at Bennett Hall promoting fencing with epee sabre and foil.
Barnard alumnae returned to the campus on February 12 for an Associate Alumnae meeting in Brinckerhoff Theatre followed by two one act plays Witchery by Beatrice Noel Pierce and A Dress Rehearsal of Hamlet. Professor Braun reviewed Barnard history and tea followed. A six o’clock gym game pitted All Star and alumnae teams and an evening bridge fundraiser benefited Barnard camp.
Juniors will host a prom at the Park Lane Hotel featuring a famed orchestra. A telephone novelty item is promised by Mr. Kaplan. Supper in The Tapestry Room around midnight with chaperones Dean Gildersleeve and others, committee members listed.
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