Smith on Hitler geography contrasts Britain and Germany
Columbia professor J Russell Smith argues in a lecture that geography shapes politics, comparing Great Britain and Germany. He notes Britain’s democracy and liberty versus Germany’s state dominance, and cites climate racial stock and shared traits as similarities and the island continent divide as a key difference.
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Columbia
Harkness Academic
Smith
Great Britain
Germany
Hitler
Professor Smith
Batam
England
Urope
Ger
Gayer examines monetary policy in US and Britain
Dr. Arthur D. Gayer of the Economics Department publishes Monetary Policy and Economic Stabilization a study of the gold standard The English edition by A C Black followed weeks after the MacMillan release The work surveys postwar monetary conditions in the United States and Britain and proposes policy directions for world economies.
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Arthur D. Gayer
Economics Department
A. &C. Black
Dr. Gayer
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Britain
Gayer
Columbia Commission On Economic Reconstruction
Washington
Public Works
Three Leafies a Day Boosts Barnard Veg Week
Barnard Hall Health Committee launches Vegtable Week with Dr. Alsop’s motto three leafies a day. The campaign invites Barnardites to eat more vegetables and follow the Green Line toward the Pink of Perfection, urging readers to adopt and share in the produce appeal.
Walter Jaeger’s Islanders to play Junior Prom at Hotel Pierre
Walter Jaeger’s Islanders will provide music on the Hotel Pierre Roof for the Junior Prom from 9 to 3 on February 21. Tables and escorts must be reserved by February 20 and names filed for article inclusion in the Times and Herald Tribune. Bids are sold daily at Exhibit A near Jake in Barnard Hall. Dancing starts at 10 with supper at 12, then program dancing until 2.
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Walter Jaeger
Islanders
Exhibit A
Jake
Barnard Hall
Barnard Students Protest Oath Bill and Plan Meeting
Barnard College students circulate petitions and plan a mass meeting in the Jungle at noon next Monday to oppose Senator Numan’s February 6 bill requiring all students to take an oath to the Constitution. Diana Campbell and Sue Strait will speak, following a letter from the National Student Federation of America.
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Representative Assembly
Diana Campbell
Sue Strait
Bulletin
National Student Federation of America
Barnard College
N. Y
Joseph D. Numan
Must Art Be Moral Opened As Barnard Bulletin Mural
Barnard Bulletin reveals its own mural on the wall, a sketch in black crayon showing staff around a long table planning the next issue. The piece mocks moral constraint, notes staff smoking and a shouted Damn, and invites readers to view before authorities act.
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Barnard Bulletin
Bulletin
Survey Reveals Barnard Liberal Shift Versus Teachers
A 1931 questionnaire tested conservatism or liberalism among Barnard College students and 3000 teachers nationwide. Results show Barnard far more liberal than teachers on civic education, patriotism, wartime policy, wage systems, and recent U.S. history.
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Barnard
Bulletin
Dean Gildersleeve To Address Sophomores Today
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve will address the sophomore class this afternoon at one o clock in Brinkerhoff Theatre. The talk titled Courses and Careers guides sophomores in choosing their majors, a yearly event.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Brinkerhoff Theatre
Dean Gildersleeve
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