Maxwell Janeway named judge for first Elizabeth Janeway Prize
William Maxwell and Elizabeth Janeway are named judges for Barnard’s inaugural Elizabeth Janeway Prize for Brose with a third judge pending. The $500 award replaces the Putnam Memorial and will be presented April 26 at the College Awards Assembly. Submissions due March 15 1955 in triplicate to Mrs Frederica Barach.
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William Maxwell
The
New Yorker
Elizabeth Janeway
Brose
Barnard
Janeway
Emily James Putnam
At-College
Gregory
Daisy Kenyon
Walsh Girls
Story Magazine
Assembly Votes Funds For Songbooks And Conference Notices
The Representative Assembly approved $50 for freshman mimeographed songbooks with Barnard and Columbia music. Selma Tennenbaum presented the plan to print a ten page booklet for the entire college, with future costs around $12 per year to the Undergraduate Association. Miriam Kurtz announced a new conference bulletin poster and sign up list, plus election date postings for conference delegates. Barbara Reider was elected to represent the school at a Sweet Briar Asia conference March 10–18, defeating Laura Rosenbaum.
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Representative Assembly
Barnard
Columbia
Selma Tennenbaum
Miriam Kurtz
Jake
Barbara Reider
Sweetbriar College
Asia
Laura Rosenbaum
Gode to Speak on What Darwin Did and Left Undone
Alexander Gode of Barnard and NYU will discuss What Darwin Did and Left Undone at the Noon Meeting. He heads Interlingua studies, teaches Interlingua at NYU, and lectures on Foundations of Language Learning at Barnard.
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Alexander Gode
Interlingua Division of Science Service
Barnard
Darwin
Mr. Gode
New York University
International Auxiliary Language Association
Interlingua Division of
Science Service
Gode
Interlingua
New Society
Division of
Institute For the Popularization of Science
Registrar Releases 55 Enrollment Sums
The Registrar released Barnard semester enrollment totals. Junior class leads with 341 students followed by sophomores 317 freshmen 302 and seniors 244. There are 15 unclassified and 5 special students, for a total of 1224. Columbia University and Teachers College students attend Barnard classes, totaling 331 Barnard attendees.
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Barnard
Columbia Uniiversity
Commager Lectures on Majority Rule and Minority Rights
Henry Steele Commager, historian at Co oper, delivered the second of four lectures in a Broadway Forum series on America Heritage and Destiny. He argued that Americans belong to multiple majorities and minorities and that democracy requires both majority rule and minority protections. He warned minority rule can threaten the nation more than majority rule.
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Broadway Forum
Broadway Congregational Church
Henry Steele Commager
Co- Tewee Bth
Commager
America
Professor Commager
Updated Club Office Hours Adjusted for Honor Board Sessions
The Clubs Chairman Janet Morehead now holds office hours Thursdays 12:30 to 1:30 pm and Fridays noon to 1 pm. A change made at semester end shifts meetings to Tuesday from noon to 1 pm in the Student Council Room Annex 3 for Honor Board hearings.
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Janet Morehead
Columbia University Arts Essay Contest Sets Topics
The Columbia University Student Council sponsors an essay contest tied to a conference on The Place and Future of the Creative Arts in American Society. Open to Columbia students, essays must be 1500 to 2000 words and postmarked by March 15, 1956.
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Columbia University Student Council
Columbia University
America
Alumni House
New York
N. Y
Undergraduate Association Nominates Officers
Nominations were held at the Gymnasium for president vice president and treasurer of the Undergraduate Association. Elizabeth Heavey Catherine Comes and Cherie Gaines lead president nominees with Hazel Gerber and Dorothy Donnelly for vice president and treasurer. Freshman secretary nominees include Maurice Suss Tobie Baron Jane Peyser Sue Israel and Marion Dusser de Barenne.
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Elizabeth Heavey
Catherine Comes
Cherie Gaines
Edith Tennenbaum
Jake
Hazel Gerber
Dorothy Donnelly
Maurice Suss
Tobie Baron
Jane Peyser
Sue Israel
Marion Dusser de Barenne
Tobia Brown
Miss Comes
Representative Assembly
Marion Toman
Miss Gaines
NSA
Scholarship and Loan Forms Due March First
Application forms for the academic year 1955 56 must be filled out and returned to Mrs Anneke Verhave secretary to the Scholarship and Loan Committee 117 Milbank by March 1 1955 New forms are being used this year so all applicants are urged to secure them immediately from Mrs Verhave.
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Anneke Verhave
Scholarship and Loan Committee
Milbank
Verhave
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Maxwell
PBC
Frederica Barach
Rep Assembly
Dr. Gode
Catherine
Assembly
Sec
Treas
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Annette Wilbois
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