Barnard Hosts Intercollegiate Debate Tournament
Barnard College hosts thirteen colleges in an inter-collegiate debating contest at Milbank Hall on February 26 from 9 30 a m to 5 p m The event features Yale Penn State Rutgers Columbia Temple John Marshall McGill Queens Brooklyn Hofstra Stevens Seton Hall and Barnard debaters who will not enter The five delegates from each college include two varsity two novices and a fifth in the civil liberties discussion topic The format includes ten minute constructive speeches and five minute rebuttals with Barnard faculty judging varsity rounds and the Debate Council evaluating freshman rounds The later round tests ability with a surprise civil liberties topic followed by cross discussion
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Barnard Debate Council
Milbank Hall
Yale
Penn State
Rutgers
Columbia
Temple
John Marshall
McGill
Queens
Brooklyn
Hofstra
Stevens
Seton Hall
Barnard
U. S
Patane
NAACP Rally Highlights Mallard Murder Case in Georgia
Amy Mallard widow of a lynching victim and Paul Robeson spoke at a noon rally in McMillin Theater. The event closed Negro History Week with 300 students hearing about the Mallard case and calls for federal anti lynching action. A Truman investigation petition was approved by the Columbia NAACP chapter.
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Amy Mallard
Georgia
Paul Robeson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored’ People
McMillin Theater
Columbia Naacp
Alfred Kane
Herbert Appelbaum
General Studies
Truman
Mallard
Robeson
Langston Hughes
Barnard Honor Board heads seek chair with three nominees
Three Barnard College students Eleanor Holland Marjorie Lange and JoAnne Thacker were named as candidates for Honor Board chair in a closed slate presented February 15. They emphasized belief in a community Honor System and the role of student reporting and social pressure in enforcing it.
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Eleanor Holland
Marjorie Lange
JoAnne Thacker
Eleanor
Miss Holland
Peggy
Barnard
Secre
Tary
Barnard students tour Herald Tribune Building for career tips
About fifty Barnard students met with Mrs. Elinor Morehouse Herrick, Herald Tribune personnel director, who outlined newspaper career paths. She noted the Tribune employs over 300 women in various roles and that competition is fierce, with 800 reporter applications in 1946 but only five hired.
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Herald Tribune
Barnard
Elinor Morehouse Herrick
the Tribune
Candidates Present New Platforms For Undergrad Presidency
Mary Jean Huntington and Victoria Thomson outlined tentative plans at a College Parlor tea. Huntington called for better coordination and subsidized clubs, while Thomson urged personal interviews, annex reforms, and a shift of small social events to the Social Affairs Office to free Student Council for larger college-wide programs.
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Mary Jean Huntington
Victoria Thomson
Thomson
Student Council
Plan to Revise Constitution To Be Submitted for Vote
A draft of the new undergraduate constitution will be ready for presentation to Representative Assembly by March 7. It will be posted outside Barnard 408 and on Jake for reading by students and representatives. Suggestions are due February 23 to Miss Haida for full consideration by a Central Committee headed by Miss Haida, including June Billings, Janet Lewis, and Carolyn Kimmerfield.
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Representative Assembly
Pat Haida
Barnard
Jake
Handa
Hmnida
Haida
June Billings
Janet Lewis
Carolyn Kimmerfield
Miss. Kimmerfield
Miss Lewis
Miss Billings
Honor Board
Barnard Orchids Boost Heart Drive Amid Valentine Booth
About 40 orchids a day were sold last week in Barnard’s Heart Association Drive ending February 14. Orchids cost ten cents in Hawaii and were sold for one dollar with all profits to the Heart Association. Project led by Marie Hart and Charlotte Jarvis at a Jake booth. Orchids shipped to anywhere within 150 miles of the city. Barnard girls aided at Heart Headquarters packing orchids.
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Heart Association
Barnard
The
Hawaii
United States
Marie Hart
Charlotte Jarvis
Jake
Valentine’s
Honor Board Slate For Monday and Wednesday Elections
JoAnn Thacker editor of this year’s Blue Book and secretary of Community Service serves as Circulation Manager of the 1950 Mortarboard and a Residence Halls Sponsor. Marjorie Lange is Junior Class Treasurer and Ring Chairman. Peggy was Spring Formal Business Manager, Sophomore Rep of the March of Dimes, and Mathematics Club Treasurer.
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JoAnn Thacker
Community Service
Marjorie Lange
Peggy
March of Dimes
Eleanor Holland
Inter-Faith Council
Freedom Forum At Columbia College Alumni Meeting
More than 120 high school and preparatory students from 65 high schools attended the first Columbia College Alumni Forum on Democracy held February 10 to 12. Dignitaries welcomed the group including Dean Harry J. Carman and District Attorney Frank S. Hogan. Speakers included J. Bartlett Brebner on The Meaning of Freedom in History and Franklin D Roosevelt on Freedom and Human Rights. Mayor William O Dwyer spoke at a Friday session, with U N visit and supper with coach Lou Little.
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Columbia College
Harry J. Carman
Robert Milch
Frank S. Hogan
Columbia College Alumni Association
John R. Krout
Columbia
School of General Studies
U.N
Lou Little
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NAACP
Mrs. Mallard
Holland, Lange
Thacker
Miss Huntington
Miss Thomson
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