Calling All Girls Dear Virginia on World Citizenship
Letter defends Girl Scouts against accusations of promoting world government. It cites changes in the handbook from world citizenship to global friendship and emphasizes the organization’s core aim of international understanding. Founded in 1912, the Girl Scouts pursue international links and cultural collaboration through badges and exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Santa Claus
America
North Pole
Illinois
United Nations
American Legion
U. N
World Association of Girl Guides and
Girl Scouts
Juliette Low
World Scout Movement For
Lord Baden-Powell
Girl Scouts of
United States
World Association of Girl Guides
Switzerland
Prof Hook Recounts Foreign Adventures
Barnard English professor Miss Lucyle Hook on sabbatical traveled Europe Asia and Australia over eight months. She researched Restoration music in England lectured in Melbourne and Sydney, observed Iran’s tech training, and met Nehru before visiting Fiji and the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas
California
Lucyle Hook
Barnard
Europe
Asia
Australia
Professor Hook
England
Lincoln Stafford
Julliard
Rome
Athens
Istanbul
Marmara Sea
Black Sea
Beirut
Miss Hook
Teheran
Earl Balch
Syracuse
India
Hook
Nehru
Columbia Brander Matthews Dramatic Library
Karachi
Pakistan
Hong Kong
Formosa
University of
The
Library Association
American-Australian Club
Fiji Islands
Skiing Draws Barnard Students To Weekend Trails
Barbara Coleman profiles Barnard students Dot Kiessling and Antoinette Sickles as they pursue skiing on weekends and holidays. Kiessling, from Flushing NY, describes Canon Mountain and tramways in New Hampshire as ideal for varied skill levels while Sickles spends winters at Stowe Vermont and skis in Switzerland and Austria. Both emphasize safety and control, with beginners urged to start slowly and focus on form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Dot Kiessling
Flushing
Long Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Dot
Canon Mountain
Canada
Antoinette Sickles
Stowe
Zermatt
Switzerland
Austria
Toni
Debates and military voting in the Barnard Forum
A reader agrees with the Barnard Forum on debate fairness and urges caution about perceived military bias in coverage. The letter discusses how West Point and Annapolis might be misrepresented, notes MacArthur’s Korea dismissal as an example of warmongering, and explains absentee voting hurdles for military officers, arguing red tape rather than unwillingness affects voting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Bulletin
West Point
Annapolis
United States
China
America
MacArthur
Korea
Manchuria
Rich Room hosts Barnard Columbia students for weekly music
On Milbank Hall’s Room 29 Barnard and Columbia students gather Mondays 3:30 to 5 for relaxing music and reading sessions. Professor Brennan notes the Gertrude Rich Room, funded by Barnard alumnae, offers facilities for about a dozen. concerts can be arranged for groups with prior notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mussorgsky
Brennan
Philosophy
Barnard
Columbia
Music Club
Gertrude Rich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Barnard Bulletin
Barnard College
N. Y
Barbara Lyons
Dan
Roberta Klugman
Miriam Jessler
Sondra Peretz
Barbara Coleman
Piri Halasz
Janet Kaback
Sifrah Sammell
Rayna Schwartz
Hannah Shulman
Ruth Helfand
Enid Reichel
Barbara Reider
Diana Rosenberg
Judy Smith
Carla Levine
Marcia Spellman
Prof
By Piri Halasz
Persepolis
Mrs Fahrad
Mina
Vida
Alexander the Great
South Pacific
By Barbara Coleman
Skiier
B. C
By Barbara Reider
Milbank Hall
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