Columbia Celebrates Annual Alumni Day at University
The twenty-fifth Alumni Day brought faculty and undergraduates together to honor Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler. Deans hosted a luncheon and Dean Barker outlined plans for a twenty million dollar Columbia engineering centre linking industry and education with labs and warehouses to support municipal and private tests. John K. Fitch was re elected president of the Alumni Federation for a third term at McMillin Theatre, followed by a symposium with Gerald Campbell, British Consul General to New York.
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Nicholas Murray ‘Butler
Butler
Columbia
Dean Barker
Columbia Alumni Federation
McMillin Theatre
John K. Fitch
Sixty Couples Attend Annual Sophomore Hop
Approximately sixty couples attended the Sophomore Hop held in the Gym on Saturday evening February 13. Upperclassmen and sophomores mingled as Heart-shaped red and yellow programs carried the class color theme. Faculty guests included Acting Dean and Mrs. George W Mullins, Miss Weeks, Miss Kruger and others. The Columbia Blue Jons orchestra provided the music for the first spring semester event, followed by plans for a Barrard Quarterly Dance and a copper-class Prom inviting participation.
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George W. ‘Mullins
itt.Gayer
Miss Weeks
Kathleen
McGlinchy
Mary
Dickinan
Natalie Joffé
Margaret Gristede
Betty
Goldstein
Columbia
Blue Jons
Demester
Barrard Quarterly
Hintor
Prom
Montague Urges Peace Through Economic War on Poverty
Professor Montague of Barnard opens a series at the Institute of Arts and Sciences on two peace principles. He argues pacifists should redirect warlike energy into economic activity and mobilize against poverty, condemning capitalism for overproduction and distribution flaws and dismissing communism as incompatible with U S heritage.
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William James
William. Pepperell
Montague
Barnard
Institute of Arts and Sciences
United States
Recount of Butler Dinner Anecdotes About Columbia President
Professor Dix recounted youth anecdotes of the future Columbia University president at the Butler Alumni Dinner. He described the young student as a multi talent, excelling in forgson, journalism, and learning, with a taste for debate and leadership.
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Maison de Punk
Columbia
Adirondack
Acta Columbiana
Butler
Fox
Bear Pins awarded by council for college activities
The Student Council announced the first Bear Pin awards for outstanding extracurricular work at the college. Frances Smith heads the Undergraduate Association as recipient of the Blue Bear Pin with Frances Gilmore, Dorothy Kramm also named for the Blue. Gold and Bronze pins go to other students with limited award lists. Pins will be distributed at the undergraduate officers installation in April.
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Frances Smith
Bulletin
Mortarboard
Student Council
Madeleine Gilmore
Dorothy Kramm
Kathleen Roderick
Margaret Gristede
Jean Waterman
Frances Mack Adaline ‘Heffelfinger
Kathleen McClinchy
Scholarship applications due March 1 for 1932 33
All applications for scholarships from students now in college for the year 1932 33 must be filed in the Dean's Office before March 1. Blanks may be obtained from the Dean's Secretary, George W Mullins.
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George
Mullins
What The Graduate Intends To Do With Her Education
Alumnae Day elicits a cheeky critique of the modern graduate from a campus column. The piece jokes that a graduate becomes an alumna who balances family life with lectures, culture, and refined manners, urging adherence to tradition while noting elusive self expression.
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Stromberg-Carlson
Alma
Mater
Hereford
Ncurasthenia
Barnard Alumnae Day Honors Women in Education
Professor Odell lectures on modern drama as Barnard College marks Alumnae Day with a luncheon before more than 1000 alumnae. Dean Mullins urges readjustment in colleges to broaden access for the able and serious student amid declining admissions and financial pressures.
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Odell
Barnard
Dean Mullins
Mullins
Assembly Names Walter White Speaker for College Event
Walter White, executive secretary of the NAACP, will be the next assembly speaker with the Tuskeegee Quartet performing. The NAACP, founded after 1908 and incorporated in 1910, seeks to uplift 12 million African Americans across political, legal, social, and educational fronts and has won key civil rights battles while promoting education through The Crisis.
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Walter ‘White
National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
Adaline Heffelfinger
Mr. White
Tuskeegee Quartet
Tuskeegee Institute
Springfield
Illinois
Supreme Court
Congress
W. EB. ‘DuBois
White
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Valentine
Weekly
Dixon Ryan Fox
William Fellowes Morgan
A. Grind
Tam
Amringe
Louis Ray
Council
Dorothy Smith
Gena Tenney
Helen Phelps
Christianna Furse
Dean Mallins
Helen Erskine
The
Associ
Assembly
Walter White
Association For Colored Advancement
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