Rodgers Cronkhite Added to Trustees of Barnard College
Composer Richard Rodgers and Radcliffe College dean Bernice B Cronkhite have been elected to seven year terms on Barnard College Board of Trustees raising total membership to twenty five. Rodgers, famed for South Pacific The King and I and Pal Joey, is an alumnus of Columbia College class of 1923. Cronkhite, dean at Radcliffe since 1934 and Harvard Graduate School Administrative Board member, holds A B A M and Ph D from Radcliffe and studied at Yale Brussels and law school.
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Richard Rodgers
Bernice B. Cronkhite
Radcliffe College
Barnard College
Ogden Reid
Mr. Rodgers
Oklahoma
Columbia College
Columbia
Lorenz Hart
Rodgers and Hart
Oscar Hammerstein
Dean Cronkhite
Graduate School
Radcliffe
Harvard Graduate School
Cambridge Reserch Association
Cronkhite
Yale University Law School
University of Brussels
Activ
Rodgers
Dramatists’ Guild
ASCAP
National Association of American Composers and Conductors
Committee of
Theatre Producers
Barnard Receives Part of Lamont Bequest to Aid Wages
Barnard College gets 500000 from a 2950000 liquidation left by the late Mrs. Thomas W. Lamont for women’s colleges. The gift funds endowment increases to raise professors salaries. The will also leaves 1200000 to Smith College and 250000 each to Bryn Mawr Radcliffe Mt Holyoke Vassar and Wellesley. Presidents of the seven colleges express gratitude for the bequest.
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Barnard College
Thomas W. Lamont
Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Smith College
Bryn Mawr
Radcliffe
Mt. Holyoke
Vassar
Wellesley
Barnard
Barnard Hosts Spanish Art Exhibit at Schaeffer Galleries
The Barnard College Spanish Department presents a contemporary Spanish paintings show at Schaeffer Galleries 52 East 58th Street starting Monday January 19. Works by Juan Gris Pablo Picasso Joan Miro and Salvador Vali anchor the show with loans from private collections and includes pieces by José de Creetz and Federico Garcia Lorca.
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Barnard College
Schaeffer Galleries
East 58Th Street
Spain
Barnard
Juan Gris
Pablo Picasso
Joan Miro
Salvador Vali
New York
José de Creetz
Federico Garcia-Lorca
Francisco Garcia-Lorca
Garcia-Lorca
Angel del Rio
Charles Brecht
Barnard Fund
William Michelfelder
Public Relations Office
Kirk and Ike outline Columbia expansion plans
President Grayson L. Kirk announced expansion and staff salary increases following his January appointment. He stressed international relations and building projects, including a new engineering center on 125th Street with a $22.15 million campaign and a $3 million Van Am Quadrangle facility for Columbia College activities, scheduled for 1954 completion.
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Barbara Lyons
Grayson L. Kirk
University
Columbia University
125 Street
Hisenhower
Columbia College
van Am
World Leadership Depends On America Says Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt tells Columbia University audience that world leadership rests on U S democracy shown at home. She warns fear in the nation fuels harsh judgments and cites Clarence Pickett, Louis Budenz clash, and investigations of Owen Lattimore and John C Vincent as examples of unfair trial methods.
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America
E. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Columbia University Students For Democratic Action
Hamilton Hall
Roosevelt
Clarence Pickett
Pickett
United Friends Service Committee
Louis Budenz
Mr. Pickett
Owen Lattimore
John C. Vincent
Dean Reveals Studying Plan
President McIntosh urged freshmen to view exams as tests of character and self knowledge. Mrs. McIntosh shared methods like using large cards for notes and avoiding social activity during study. She warned against sleep deprivation and using benzedrine and criticized constant talk about unfinished work.
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McIntosh
Two Men Consider Problems Facing CU President
Grayson L. Kirk the president-elect of Columbia University met Tuesday with Dwight D. Eisenhower in a twenty minute conference. Eisenhower congratulated Kirk on his pending presidency and discussed university matters. Both men plan to speak at the Columbia Law School Alumni dinner January 16.
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Grayson L. Kirk
Columbia University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
General Eisenhower
Dr. Kirk
Columbia
Kirk
University
Columbia Law School
Young Berryman Smith
Nicholas Murray Butler
Hisenhower
Fake Issue Sparks Newspaper Backlash Across Colleges
A bogus issue of BULLETIN published by Spectator on December 10 triggers widespread derision. The New York Times notes an amateur psychologist likening it to sibling rivalry between branches of Columbia University. Yonkers Herald Statesman likens it to college pranks and panty raids. A Columbia law student condemns Barnard and laments immature behavior.
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Spectator
Bulletin
New York Times
Columbia University
Yonkers Herald Statesman
Columbia Law
Barnard
Faculty and Students Stage Allied Arts Assembly
Faculty and students join to present an allied arts assembly on March 24 featuring classical music a string quartet or trio instrumental and voice solos group singing a dance interlude and an art exhibit with original paintings by faculty and student hobbyists in the gymnasium led by Lynne Bresler and Marion Strong.
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Lynne Bresler
Marion Strong
Health Education Department
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Ike
Grayson Kirk
Dean
Tobin Brown
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