Council Supports NAACP Photo Policy Stand
The Student Council backed a NAACP resolution calling Columbia University to drop the photograph requirement on admissions applications. The council would draft a letter to the NAACP explaining that Barnard and Columbia may discourage applicants despite the university's stated non discrimination policy.
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NAACP urges removal of student photograph rules at Columbia
The NAACP states that collecting data on prospective students’ ethnic backgrounds risks discrimination and distrust. It notes such photo requirements may deter applicants to Columbia or Barnard and urges removal in line with Columbia’s liberal tradition.
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Barnard
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Barnard Policy on Optional Photographs and Support
Barnard College states policy allowing optional photographs for campaigns and expresses moral support for the campaign. The college requests that the petition exclude the College name from official materials and signatures.
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Blake Expert To Address English Conf Blair Conference
Sir Geoffrey Keynes, William Blake authority, will lecture on Blake's Illuminated Books at the English Conference today at 3 35 p m in Minor Latham Playhouse. He will use colored slides to illustrate. He is renowned for Bibliography of William Blake and Blake works edition and has written many other bibliographies including Donne Browne Harvey and Austen.
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William Blake
Latham Playhouse
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Bibliographical Society
John Donne
Thomas Browne
William Harvey
Jane Austen
Refugee Aid in Vienna Described by Barnard Alumna
A Barnard alumna now at the University of Vienna writes from Wein describing relief work for Hungarian refugees at Traiskirchen camp. She details feeding 5000 daily, sorting personal data at arrival, and distributing clothes in harsh conditions at a converted palace with limited facilities.
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Provinzial Romische Kunst
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Traiskirchen
Wein
Kleiderabteilung
Hungarian Refugee Aid Benefit Concert at Barnard
The Barnard Young Republican Club sponsors a Sunday benefit concert with Istvan Nadas and the Budapest String Quartet. Proceeds and donations aid Hungarian refugees in Austria’s relocation centers, supported by Presidents McIntosh and Kirk and patrons Helen Hayes and Samuel Milbank.
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Helen Hayes
Samuel Milbank
Istvan Nadas
Budapest
Barnard College Scholarships Favor Larger Grants
Barnard College awarded 243 students $125,700 in scholarships this year, an average of $517 each. Eighteen percent of the student body received awards, down from nineteen percent last year when totals reached $70,000. Miss Jean T Palmer, chair of the Barnard Scholarship Committee, said the trend is toward funding fewer students with larger sums to allow more study time and reduce work.
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Language exams for teachers in New York State
Written examinations for approval of oral work in French German Italian or Spanish for secondary school teaching in New York will be held at Barnard on Friday February 15. Students must register for the examination or examinations in the Office of the Dean of Studies 117 Milbank by Friday January 25.
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Istvan Nadas and Budapest Quartet In Fundraiser Concert
Istvan Nadas and the Budapest String Quartet perform at 8:30 p.m. in Mc Millin Theatre for a Hungarian aid fundraiser hosted by the Young Republicans. The program includes Bach and Beethoven works along with Bartok String Quartet Op. 7 No. 1 and Mikrokosmos pieces. Proceeds benefit the International Rescue Committee.
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Budapest
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Beethoven
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Loyola
Xavier
Louisiana
Dmitri Mitropoulos
Helen Hayes
Millicent C. McIntosh
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Douglass. Moore
Columbia University Music Department
Paul Paray
Detroit Symphony
Victor Bator
Bela Bartok Estate
International Rescue Committee
Barnard Reports 11549 Dollar Surplus in 1955 56
Barnard College ends its 1955 56 fiscal year with a surplus of 11549.82 applied to its accumulated deficit reducing it to 188906.99. Treasurer Forrest L Abbott notes higher enrollment 1170 rising to 1270 full time students and education income rising by 111873.80 as tuition of 800 per student covers about 70 percent of per student costs.
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