Whitridge Discusses Literary Criticism and Romantic Links
Whitridge, a critic and educator, urges cross country reading beyond compartments and highlights Goethe Byron Shelly and Romantic ties among Germany France and England. He favors solid long form work over quick journalism and notes the value and limits of magazine reviewing and lecturing in sustaining scholarly inquiry.
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Tridge
Whitridge
Intridge
Germany
France
England
Goethe
Chateaupriand
Byron
Shelly
Junior Month Gives Chance to See Other Half
Barnard has sent delegates to Junior Month in New York for eight years. The program, run by the Charity Organization Society, exposes college women to housing, prison reform, tuberculosis, social work, and child welfare, with lectures and field observations in the city slums.
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New York Times
Barnard
Organization Society of New York
New York
Charity Organization Society
Finch School
Clara Tousley
Junior Show in Rehearsal Moves to Four Burlesques
The 1926 Junior Show will open with a Prologue and four burlesques, each supposedly by a character in the Prologue. The new staging idea remains secret. Rehearsals started in February, later than usual, but progress is steady under the late-year policy.
Debate topic chosen for Intercollegiate Debate contest
The March 14 event will debate the resolution that public educational institutions should replace present systems to fulfill education's aims. Contestants include Sylvia Weyl Dorothy Ashworth Katherine Newcomer Rowena Ripin Pearl Bernstein Betty Kalisher Helen Robinson Irma Simonton Virginia Lee Ruth Warren.
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Sylvia Weyl
Dorothy Ashworth
Katherine Newcomer Rowena Ripin
Pearl Bernstein
Betty Kalisher
Helen Robinson
Irma Simonton
Virginia Lee
Ruth Warren
Music Is Mr Lamson's Hobby
Barnard College mathematician Mr Lamson says his daily Bach Sonata is his hobby. He argues music and mathematics share impersonal, universal laws and great principles. He admires Shaw as similarly impersonal and profound, reading Man and Superman about forty times.
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Lamson
Barnard
Tuition Hike At College Sparks Student Loan Call
The college faces funding gaps after the war as private gifts falter and taxes rise. Trustees diverted college funds to finish residence halls and raised room rates in Old Brooks to align with new facilities. Professor salaries were increased to cope with high living costs. The Dean urged students to apply for loans or scholarships by April 1 to cover the tuition rise.
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Old Brooks
New Brooks
College invited to demonstration of telephone operators
On Tuesday February 24 at 4 p m a demonstration of telephone operators will be held in 304 Students Hall under the Math Science Club. The event is arranged with the courtesy of the New York Telephone Company and the college is invited to attend.
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Math Science Club
New York Telephone Company
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