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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
4
A letter to the editor clarifies the fully cooperative dorm plan. It notes limited workable areas for student jobs such as front desk and elevators, the need for a small summer nucleus, and that students do contribute to group living by caring for rooms and corridors. The writers urge accurate understanding.
Pen pals program invites sixty Barnard freshmen to correspond with students at Gakusuiin Women’s College in Japan. Professor Yoshitaka Horiuchi requests names for an international letters project to share American life and views on postwar social and political changes.
Maurice Pate, UNICEF executive director, sent a letter thanking Barnard for aid in last semester's campaign. The drive raised 1933.70 with student 1087.65 and faculty 454.80 gifts. Junior class led with 316.30. other top classes 295.70 290.70 and 184.95. Benefits like the UNICEF Carnival and Coke Sale left a 407.23 balance. Pate pledged continued aid for undernourished children worldwide.
Barnard alumna Jeanne Mitchell earned praise from the New York Times after a Twilight Series concert at Carnegie Hall. The performer, once Town Hall debutante, led Schubert A Major Sonata Op 162 and Prokofieff G Minor Concerto with noted dexterity and sensibility. She also played Kreisler Nin-Kochanski Suite and works by Stravinsky and Saint Saens, having served as concertmaster at Columbia University Orchestra and orchestrated Greek Games music at Barnard.
Universities and the American Friends Service Committee announce summer study abroad and work camp options. The University of Vermont offers a ten week program in England and Holland focusing on western Europe economics and reconstruction with a $725 cost. Yale sponsors a Mediterranean Study Tour through Switzerland Italy Greece and Turkey with $1190 for transport, board and tuition. Maryland hosts foreign study centers in France and Switzerland for graduate students costing $1700 for transport, tuition and board.
The Junior Show Look Out Below returns with a large cast and dozens of costumes. Rehearsals proceed amid interruptions as March 11 and 12 performances at 8:30 p.m. are planned with admission set at 72 cents. Cast includes Rosemary Beeching Marilyn Schulhof Marguerite Hall Betsy Richards Marion Freda Julie Davidow Joy Dueland and others under Pat O Reilly chairing. Book by Martha Underhill Hadassah Dunitz Virginia Barnes Nancy Quint with music by Vicky Thomson and lyrics by Marion Freda Bunny Laskowitz.
Lee Pattenghe resigns as Freshman class president at a Wednesday Theatre meeting. Jacqueline Hyman becomes president, with Liana De Bona as chairman. Aida De Pace elected secretary and Anne Hamnes as song leader. Jane Naunberg succeeds Joyce Sloane as properties chair. Ann Cuelho replaces Barbara Ligget as entrance committee chair. Freshman chariot colors set as green and gold.
Sophomore Dean Millicent C. McIntosh urged choosing a practical major with an auxiliary field for future work. She advised using summer vacations to explore vocational interests and announced a Development Plan committee meeting next Thursday February 24 to map a campaign with sub committees from Alumni, parents, faculty, trustees, and the Undergraduate Association.
Trustees approve the University Shield derived from the Arms of Dr. Samuel Johnson to replace decorative uses of the old seal. The blue shield features a white chevron and three gold crowns, with the original crown kept in Low Memorial Library. The motto is In lumine tuo videamus.
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