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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1947
Page
4
Brazilian twins Yolanda and Margarida Pyles, both Sao Paulo residents, discuss dating food escalators and theater. Yolanda, born five minutes earlier, dominates conversations while claiming to be more aggressive and emotional. Both use I to cover we in interviews.
The Vocational Committee launches a February focus on education and future opportunities for college students. The feature includes interviews with educators and teachers and discusses pay, shortages in elementary and high schools, and recommended coursework and certifications for state teaching requirements.
The Columbia University Pre Medical Association met last Wednesday at 4 30 pm to enroll new members and discuss activities for the coming semester. Plans for tours of New York hospitals were advanced and the pre medical journal was distributed. Barnard representatives Jocelyn Schoen and Alta Goalwin, both class of 1947, attended.
Seven Barnard students have been accepted to the Mademoiselle College Board for 1947. They may become guest editors of the August issue and attend the magazine’s first annual career conference. Betty Jean Kirschner Marjorie Kreisel Elinor Front Cynthia Morse Shreve Eva Maze Rosary Seaceiaferro Marilyn Mittelman are named.
Thursday events include Honor Board Chair voting with Jake at 12 30 to 1 Junior Prom Committee in Little Parlor IRC election meeting 4 to 6 UCA Lanten Series God the Father Almighty Reverend Cole Friday lists U N Committee Hewitt Dining Room 12 30 Music Club Little Parlor 12 10 Undergraduate Meeting Conference Room nominations for Vice President Monday February 24 Sociology Majors Conference Room 4 Spanish Club Fiesta College Parlor 4 Menorah Open House Earl Hall
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve advised sophomores on selecting majors last Tuesday in the Theatre. She outlined four college life preparation fields career human relations citizenship and recreation and urged collecting all facts from advisors before deciding. The dean noted various fields archaeology politics teaching medicine social work library work merchandising and law and stressed fluency in English and a foreign language.
Masterpiece of the Month exhibit features Niccolo dell Abbate's Eros and Psyche in Odd Study. The painting reflects Mannerist style with subdued color and placid figures. It depicts Eros awakening and the lamp-lit moment of Psyche unveiling her lover.
The undergraduates won the All-Star Alumnae game 37 to 12. Notable alumnae included Mary Brown Stevens Miriam Skinner Eleanor Madden Alberta Schumacher Hope Franq Grace Peters Ellen Duncan Harriet Tolley Rosemary Shore Betty Green Maybelle Giddings and Adrienne Johnson. Grace Peters 48 chaired the basketball committee and won the ping pong tournament with Marilyn Ward as runner-up.
Barnard four religious clubs opened the term with talks on marriage Lent psychiatry and Jewish ethics. Clergy from Catholic Episcopal and other churches led sessions and urged harmony of faith and psychology in guiding moral life.
Bids for Reflections the junior prom go on sale Monday and Tuesday February 24 and 25 from 1 to 2 pm. Each bid costs 35 cents plus tax and must be purchased by the junior buying and signing her name. Senior invitations were withdrawn. leftovers may go to seniors on Wednesday February 26. Guests include Dean Virginia C Gildersteeve Professor Virginia D Harrington and several staff and students. The dance is at the Savoy Plaza Central Park South on February 28.
A reader questions the Blue Book rules for eligibility noting a mismatch between academic average requirements and points awarded for grades. They request clarification and a revision to state whether twelve points are the maximum regardless of academic standing and ask the new editor to consider updating the section.
A missive from West Point humor editor Woo Poo seeks short campus anecdotes about cadets and their spouses for the corps column. The letter invites the Alma Mater to contribute memorable, humorous incidents that involve USMA members and their partners, to be printed in the issue.
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