Step Singing Ceremony Marks North Lawn Move
The annual Step Singing on May 28 moved to the North Lawn from the Quadrangle facing Milbank Hall to give the audience a better view. Seniors and sophomores entered Milbank direction, freshmen and juniors from the Gym, as classes sang Barnard Forever and the Sophomore Honor Guard presented roses to the Senior Class.
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North Lawn
Milbank Hall
Milbank
Barnard Forever
Joan Thanhauser
Nancy Quint
Natalie Cole
Elizabeth Eastman
Hui Chen
Elaine Ryan
Ruth Aney
Anna Backer
Beverly Beck
Mary Carroll
Diana Crane
Rosanne Dreyfus
Ann Edge
Maria Escada
Mary J. Huntington
Judy Jarvis
Bitten Jensen
Emily Klein
Marjone Lange
Beatrice Laskowitz
Carel Leni
Jean Moore
Paige Morris
Carolyn Ogden
Barbara Ruppel
Victoria Thomson
Barnard Commencement 1948 Exercises And Addresses
The Barnard College class of 1948 held commencement events in the Gymnasium with Pomp and Circumstance as the Senior Class President Hui Chen urged a Barnard education with living value for veterans and international students. Helen Pond gave the Valedictory, a $250 library gift from Jean Meszaros accompanied the day’s ceremonies culminating in diplomas.
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Barnard Forever
Hui Chen
Jean Meszaros
Millicent C. McIntosh
Helen Pond
Columbia
South Terrace
Barnard
Mass Chen
Miss Pond
Barnard Class of 1948 Grants Honorable Degrees
Forty eight members of the class of 1948 were graduated with honors at the annual commencement. Eight summa cum laude, twenty magna cum laude, and twenty cum laude. Names listed for each level include Constance Carpenter Axelrod, Elizabeth Dwight Eastman, Muriel Fox, and others. Deans and speakers praise educated women and urge continued service to world needs.
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Constance Carpenter Axelrod
Elizabeth Dwight Eastman
Muriel Corinne Fox
Gertrude Fanny Neumark
Grace Ann Peters
Elaine Catherine Ryan
Joan Betty Sheer
Marilyn Vogel
Columbia University awards nine honorary degrees at 194th commencement
Acting president Dr. Frank Fackenthal presided as 7 995 graduates received degrees on June 1 at Low Memorial Library steps. Notable honorees include Arthur H. Vandenberg James F Byrnes Colgate W Darden Jr Middleton Beaman Henry Knox Sherrill Paul Hindemith and Oliver E Buckley. University Medals for Excellence went to Meville Cane Richard Dougherty Philip Sporn and William C White.
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Frank Fackenthal
Columbia University
Low Memorial Library
Fackenthal
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
James F. Byrnes
Colgate W. Darden, Jr
University of Virginia
Middleton Beaman
House of Representatives
Henry Knox Sherrill
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Paul Hindemith
University
Meville Cane
Richard Dougherty
New York Central System
Philip Sporn
American Gas and Electric Company
William C. White
General Electric Company
Barnard Honor Board Reexamination Ordered
The Honor Board at Barnard College calls for a reexamination after finding dishonesty in the final exam. All papers from the regular period are invalid and the entire class will re-sit on June 2 or September 21. Miss Bambi Elliot notes innocent students suffer alongside culprits and urges responsibility to uphold the Honor System.
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Bambi Elliot
Miss Elliot
Millicent Carey McIntosh
Elliot
Barnard
Thirteen Students Win Honor Prizes at Graduation
The Barnard College senior class awards thirteen prizes for excellence. Recipients include Estelle M. Allison, C Ryan 48, and Marjorie H. Trieper 48 for history, Janet A. Wessling 48 for secretarial training, Joan B. Sheer 48 in mathematics, Betty Lou Kurley 48 in social sciences, Lois F. Brean 49 in dramatic composition, Eleanor M. Morse 48 in church history, and Eleanor Morse plus others for religious studies and science.
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Estelle M. Allison
Tne C. Ryan
Frank Gilbert Bryson
Helen J. Pond
Gerard
Marjorie H. Trieper
Margaret Meyer
Janet A. Wessling
George Welwood Murray
Betty Lou Kurley
Helen Prince Memorial
Barnard College
Lois F. Brean
Reed
Eleanor M. Morse
Grace Potter Rice
Banquet and Dance Highlight Senior Week Traditions
The annual Senior Banquet at Brooks Hall May 31 honored the class with a roll call reading and gifts for unmanned and engaged seniors. Sophomores staged a parody skit, followed by a seniors’ act, as 150 couples and guests attended the Waldorf Astoria Ball May 29 with Chuck Carollton’s orchestra and Picturemakers portraits.
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Brooks Hall
Ruth Montgomery
Hu Chen
Wedgewood Room
Waldorf- Astoria
Austin McIntosh
Virginia D. Harrington
Charles English
Louise H. Gregory
Henry Borse
Helen Pond
Joan Abbrancati
Hui Chen
Chuck Carollton
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Class
Irene Brussovansky
Claire Schindler Collier
Nancy Langhorne Cone
Dorothy Laura Gaebelein
Margaret Louise Hyatt
Betty Lou Kiley
Ruth Landesman
Mary Frances London
Nathalie Lookstein
Eleanor Carol MacKenzie
Beatrice Meirowitz
Kathleen Mero
Maya Ingeborg Pines
Barbara Seward
Rose Shermer
Brigitta Maria Sorer
Elisabeth Cecilia Stadulis
Wilma van Heek
Elizabeth Zlotsky
Anna-Louise Aldrich
Sarah Baker Ames
Ruth Doskow Blatman
Roberta Axelrod Botman
Florence Goldsmith
Dorise Aileen Hoffman
Ruth Belle Meyer
Dora Choestene Morris
Eleanor Michaela. Morse
Alda Froelich Oertly
Betty Jane Augusta Pobanz
Rosemary Richmond
Jocelyn Ruth Schoen
Margaret Shipman
Patricia Spinning
Lois Jane Stone
Dorothy Ramona Thelander
Ruth Rowena Trencher
Marjorie Helen Trieper
Anne Louise Zabriskie
Dean McIntosh
Joyce
Milton
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