Editorial Board and Chief Editor Listed
The piece names Edith Blumberg as editor in chief and Ruth Perl as news editor with assistants May Friedman Rowena Ripin and Helen Williams, all noted with class years. The brief staff lineup appears as a formal masthead item in the issue.
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Edith Blumberg
Ruth Perl
May Friedman
Rowena Ripin
Helen Williams
Bryna KE. Mason
Pearl Friedman
Jeanette Vriscoll
Assisimate
Assislanta
Marjorie Cowen
Mildred Martin
Helen Greenblatt
Mary McNeight
Buene Malory
Helen Gamprill
Kessit Dergner
Marion Marsnall
Kathleen Jourgan
New Curriculum Reorganizes Course Requirements Across Departments
Faculty symposium discusses a reform that keeps required courses but shifts prescribing power to individual departments. Freshmen and sophomores choose one subject in each of three groups and may substitute laboratory sciences for mathematics. Juniors and seniors focus on their major with department specific prerequisites.
Forum column urges bold academic challenge to students
A university editor argues students should be encouraged to push beyond comfort, suggesting undergraduates gain by “in above one’s head” work. The column compares courses at local schools and Columbia, defending access to challenging material while acknowledging individual limits.
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Columbia
Resignations Followed by New Newspaper Leadership
The bulletin notes the departure of Hannah Kahn as News Editor and Dorothy Woolf as Printing Manager. Ruth Perl is appointed News Editor and Edith Harris becomes Printing Manager, signaling a change in the newspaper leadership team.
New Curriculum Guides Field of Study at Barnard
The faculty proposes advising students to take courses aligned with their major or related fields to avoid rigidity of the old curriculum. They urge consultation of individual needs to tailor recommendations, inviting student input to help the experiment succeed. Freshmen through juniors stand to observe the change and compare with their current curriculum.
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Barnard
Ibsen Plays Highlight Intellectual Wave in New York
The article surveys Ibsen’s renewed popularity in New York with Hedda Gabler John Gabriel Borkman The Master Builder and Little Eyolf. It argues the plays explore existential futility through agnostic marriages and notes strong performances by Clare Eames Reginald Owen and others while criticizing some miscasts and misreadings.
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Little Eyolf
New York
Hedda Gabler
John Gabriel Borkman
Borkman
Solness
Eyoli
Ibsen
Rita Allmers
Little Eyol
Alford
Clare Eames
Rita
Reginald Owen
Alferd
Miss Gilmore
Asta
Helen Mencken
Chaucer Dramatizes Three Canterbury Tales in College Plays
Professor Baldwin’s English class presents three one act plays dramatizing Chaucer tales The Pardoner’s Tale Challenge and Noah The Second on Friday February 26 at 4 o clock in the Theatre The college is invited to attend
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Chaucer
Baldwin
Noah
Spanish Civilization Topic Taught by Dr Lawler
Dr Lawler a Ginn & Co member spoke on the influence of Spanish civilization at El Circulo Espanol on February 9. He traced Spain from Phoenician Cadiz through Roman and Mohammedan rule, noting art government and literature contributions and highlighting Cervantes Lope de Vega Calderon Velasquez and Murillo as notable figures.
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Dr. Lawler
Ginn & Co
el Circulo Espanol
Lawler
Spain
Cadiz
Cervantes
Lope de Vega
Calderon
Velasquez
Murillo
Bulletin tries for editorial and staff positions
Bulletin announces open tryouts for editorial printing and business staff. Candidates should apply at Bulletin Office between 12 and 12 30 on Tuesday February 28 and Wednesday February 24.
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Bulletin
Critique of Ibsen play and performances by Cromwell
The observer denounces John Cromwell’s Borgheim as weak and calls Ibsen’s work butchered by poor acting. William Pearce delivers a strong Little Eyolf, while scenery and blue horizon lighting in acts two and three are praised for beauty.
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John Cromwell
Engineer Borgheim
Ibsen
Mr. Cromwell
Asta
William Pearce
Eyolf
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