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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1936
Page
1
Barnard College declares its bulletin published semi weekly during the college year by the Undergraduate Association. It is entered as second class matter October 19 1928 at the New York NY post office under the act of March 3 1879.
An editorial argues for student involvement beyond campus through timely speakers and public affairs. It lists speakers from Brice Wood to Earl Browder and Norman Thomas, showing opportunities to engage current events on campus while questioning the need for off campus participation.
Letters from students discuss replacing finals with term papers as a fairer, deeper measure of learning. Many favor papers for encouraging individual research and reducing cramming, while some doubt feasibility in sciences and fear uneven motivation.
Round Table Conference voices caution on dance drama and music careers for students. Sybil Fisk outlines high costs and low, seasonal pay for dancers, while John Martin calls dancing youth-bound and unreliable as a living. Mollie Steinberg warns of hardships in stage work and publicity careers. Music offers the strongest hope with foundations aiding training and related roles in libraries and education.
A critical review notes Clifford Odets shifts from labor union energies to a middle class Bronx setting. The drama runs a varied gamut from repression to sickness and melodrama, attempting a social panorama. Reading lacks cohesive logic yet remains provocative and timely despite uneven achievement.
Katherine Hepburn carries the Sylvia Scarlett story as a half French half English girl who travels from Paris to England and disguises herself as a boy. Cary Grant brings a surprising depth, Brian Aherne disappoints, with Edmund Gwenn Natalie Paley and Dennie Moore contributing strongly. The film lacks cohesion yet moves at a steady pace with light scenes and a adapting rambling script.
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