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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
3
Manuel Komroff and Oliver LaFarge addressed the Writers Club at Casa Italiana on fiction writing and Indian personalities. Komroff discussed rhythm in prose and distinctive voice while LaFarge analyzed depictions of American Indians and alien cultures.
Students are reminded of strict silence in examination rooms and halls. Alternate seating may be used. textbooks and papers must be stowed when not in the room. No student may enter before the instructor has announced the start, except under emergency, with Registrar notified. Final grades are announced in the basement of Barn.
The Bulletin selects a temporary editorial board for February with two editors two managing editors and two assistant managing editors from the junior class. Helene Berman Alberta Falck Anne Reinhardt Frieda Ginsberg Anne Gary Dorothy Harrison Sally Vredenburg Celeste Jedel named. A future Editorial Board of six will share editorial duties and feature writing while spring tryouts occur.
In February's Pictorial Review Jeanette Eaton examines Barnard in the Through Seven Campus Gates series. She notes Barnard’s affiliation with a great university while remaining self governed, its New York City location, and the stately campus. Barnard women are described as meeting high standards of appearance and conduct.
Dr. David Saville Muzzey spoke at St Pauls Chapel condemning the getting by ideal among college students. He argued education is paid for by time, foregone wages, and sacrificed leisure, and urged deep thinking to realize full returns and personal growth.
Professor Ashley Thorndike of Columbia reviews advances in literary scholarship over the last quarter century. He cites ties to History Science and Sociology, notes the rise of historical method, and describes literature as a shared global human experience dominated by origins and cultural exchange.
Barnard College opened Virgil Bi Millenary events with Prof Knapp arguing Aeneas is a man of spirit and passions. Prof Prezzolini spoke on Virgilian influence on Italian literature. Knapp spoke largely in Latin, citing Troy's fall and Turnus’s death to show Aeneas’s stature.
Posters for the class hop prom and dance are posted on the Bulletin Board opposite student mail list. Sign now before the spirit of exams overtakes you.
The New York Evening Post will begin a series Tuesday January 21 examining the college girl of today. A reporter who visited seven prominent women’s colleges including Barnard writes on the genus puella collegit as exemplified in each. Each article aims to truthfully present campus conditions and show the college girl as she really is.
The tenth National Convention of the Intercollegiate Menorah Association was held in New York City from December 26 to 29, 1929. Thirty seven societies sent delegates from as far as Arkansas and McGill Canada. Activities varied from small study groups to large societies like Northwestern with about three hundred members daily programs.
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