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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1908
Page
1
The Barnard Bulletin notes debate over a Shakespearian play production titled If I Were King. It discusses funding, rehearsal time, audience expectations, and the value of honoring Shakespeare despite staging limits.
Students express regret over Dean Gill's resignation letter at the Undergraduate meet. Barnard loses an indefatigable worker and promoter of its welfare. The retiring Dean is praised for leadership, organization, and fundraising, with confidence her influence will continue in women’s education on a larger scale.
Last week class meetings debated staging a Shakespearian comedy at Brinckerhoff. The group urged focusing on words and spirit rather than lavish Broadway style, warning against costly extras. They cited If I Were King as a precedent showing actors can convey emotion without spectacle.
The College Settlement Association held its second lecture of the series with Dr. John Lovejoy Elliot of the Hudson Guild discussing The Essential Thing in Settlement and Neighborhood Work. He traced Toynbee’s influence and argued that the core aim is to help neighborhoods help themselves.
The Associate Alumnae of Barnard College held a January 4, 1908 reception and luncheon at the St Denis Hotel. About a hundred members attended with Acting Dean Breuster and Mrs. Breuster, Miss Weeks, Mrs. Meyer, and Mrs. Liggett. Speakers urged closer ties with faculty and undergraduates and songs by recent classes closed the event.
Students in families or living areas with contagious disease especially small pox scarlet fever diphtheria measles and mumps are asked to report the matter by telephone to the secretary at once and before returning to class by order of W T Brewster acting Dean
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