Columbia Bicentennial ends with world wide knowledge drive
On New Year’s Eve Columbia University closes its twelve month Bicentennial campaign promoting “Man’s Right to Knowledge and the Free Use Thereof.” The effort included 700 panel displays viewed by about 1.5 million people, international exhibits by Tokyo, Hokkaido, Athens College, and Uppsala, and extensive media and academic activities.
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Columbia University
Tokyo
Hokkaido
Japan
Columbia
Athens College
Greece
Library of
Uppsala University
Sweden
Eisenhower
United States
Luther H. Evans
Unesco
America
CBS
Voice of America
NBC
Reston Addresses New York Times Youth Forum
The New York Times Youth Forum on the 84th Congress features James Reston as guest speaker, interviewed by six East Coast college students. The event at the Dumont Adelphi Theater runs 12 to 1 p.m. with a January 22 rebroadcast on WQXR. Tickets are available at the Public Relations Office.
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New York Times
Barnard
James Reston
Washington
The
Dumont Adelphi
54Th St
6Th
7Th Avenues
WQXR
Senior Chest X-Rays in Medical Office Room 202
X ray sessions for seniors scheduled in the Medical Office room 202 on January 11, 1955 from 11 15 a m to 2 00 p m. Attendance is required.
Express Cuts Columbia Stop
Columbia University commuters from the Bronx and upper Manhattan face changes starting January 14 as the Broadway IRT express will skip 125th 116th 110th and 103rd Streets during morning and evening rush. Southbound 7:32 to 8:33 a.m. from 242nd St. will bypass these stations. northbound 5:10 to 5:59 p.m. will do the same.
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Barnard
Bronx
Upper Manhattan
116Th Street
New York City Transit Authority
242Nd St. Terminal
137Th Street
96Th Street
125Th
116Th
110Th
103Rd Streets
Mademoiselle Announces Annual College Fiction Contest
The magazine offers 500 prizes to two winners with publication in Mademoiselle and honorable mentions. Women under 26 may submit original 2500 to 5000 word stories, multiple entries allowed, typed and marked with entrant details. Entries postmarked by midnight March 1 go to College Fiction Contest Mademoiselle New York. winners named in August 1955 issue.
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Mademoiselle
Madison Avenue
New York
Colleges Seek U S Visitation for Soviet Youth Editors
Eight college councils including Swarthmore Bryn Mawr Reed Haverford and Oberlin urge Secretary Dulles to permit a group of Soviet youth and student newspaper editors to visit the United States. The plan stems from earlier exchanges with Reed Quest and Chicago Maroon editors and Soviet delegation head Uvarov's visa reapplication, with sessions suggested during the colleges' terms.
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John Foster Dulles
United States
Swarthmore College Student Council
Barnard Student Council
State Department
Bryn Mawr
Reed
Haverford
Oberlin
David Barney
Reed “Quest
Richard Ward
Chicago ‘Maroon
Soviet Union
University of Moscow
American College
Ussr
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Reston
N.Y
Express
Mme
Dulles
Papadem & CO
Ilorist Uber
Broadway
Lucky Droodles
Leonard W. Rozin
University of Kansas
Judith Lee Midgley
American University
Alan M. Becker
Pomona College
A. T. Co
Barber Pole
Eugene Heller
John Davis
Bucknell University
P.O
N. Y
Roger Price
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