1926 Class Day Innovations Delight Graduates
About two hundred graduates gathered in the gym for a lively Class Day program. Dorothy Miner wrote the song, Ruth Coleman arranged the music, and Alice J. Killeen delivered the Salutary. The class history, “The Education of Henrietta Adams,” by Elizabeth D. Lazar, traced Henrietta from Freshman welcome to Senior Show triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eresses
Arts Gass
Dorothy Miner
Ruth Coleman
Alice J. Killeen
Henrietta Adams
Ilizabeth D. Lazar
Margaret Hatfield
Henrietta
Barnacle's Quarterly Decline In Commencement Humor
The text harshly critiques Barnacle for a weak Commencement Number, noting it dulled the year’s progress and left a dark impression. Editors suggest postponing humor edits and question the value of continuing Commencement material.
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Barnacle
Bartile
Tuneful light comedy lights up amateur show
A college musical comedy "Lights! Action! Camera!" delivers playful satire on movie school life with a strong chorus Charleston and a capable cast. Kay Milan, Barbara Collison, Frances Ruffner, and Rosamond Dermody receive praise forstage presence while the plot remains light and uneven reflecting limited rehearsal time.
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Kay Milan
Barbara Collison
Barnard
Frances Ruffner
Theda Bara
Rosamond Dermody
John Barrymore
Mae Murray
Jack
Katherine Milan
Jill
Henry
Maybelle
Helen Robinson Awarded Geneva Scholarship
Helen Robinson a junior class member '27 is awarded the Geneva School of International Studies scholarship for summer study. Gifts from George W. Wickersham Mrs James Lees Laidlaw and others fund the award with Marion B. Wadsworth named as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Robinson
Geneva School of International Studies
George W. Wickersham
James
Lees Laidlaw
Henry Goddard Leach
Frank L. Polk
Marion B. Wadsworth
Columbia Holds 172nd Commencement Outdoors
Columbia conferred degrees in course on 3,908 graduates and 941 diplomas due to rain at the 172nd commencement held outdoors on Tuesday evening June 1. Honorary degrees were awarded in the library.
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Columbia
Butler
Honorary Degrees Conferred on Notables across Fields
A list of scholars and leaders receiving honorary doctorates, including Miles Farrow a composer and organist. Walter Sydney Adams astronomer and Mount Wilson director. Max Mason NAS member and Chicago president. Henry Osborn Taylor historian and critic. Edward Cilanning historian. Ernest Milmore Stires bishop. John Gardner Murray church leader and future Presiding Bishop.
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South Carolina
University of Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Old St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church
St. John the Divine
Walter Sydney Adams
Ancient
Antioch
Dartmouth College
Mount Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
National Academy of Sciences
Draper
Royal Astronomical Society
Max Mason
Wisconsin
University of Gottingen
University of Chicago
Henry Osborn Taylor
New York
Harvard College
Columbia University
National Institute of Arts and Letters
John Gardner Murray
Christian Church
Protestant Episcopal
Phi Beta Kappa Election Announced at Class Day
Phi Beta Kappa elections were announced at Class Day listing readers Edith Blumberg Fanny Bokstein Helen Brandt Rosamond Dermody Adele Epstein Lillian Epstein Anne Fitzhugh Renee Fulton Ethel Garrison Mary Horwitz Marion Howard Hannah Kahn Rita de Ladyguine Norma Loewenstein Bryna Mason Dorothy Miner Marguerite Olinger Belle Otto Eunice Shaughnessey Esterle Safferstone Elsinor Shelton Nettie Stillman Sylvia Surat Madge Turner Elizabeth Weiss Joyce Whitley with many names noted for honors.
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Edith Blumberg
Fanny Bokstein
Helen Brandt Rosamond Dermody
Adele Epstein
Lillian Epstein
Anne’ Fitzhugh
Renee Fulton
Ethel ‘Garrison
Mary Horwitz
Marion Howard
Hannah Kahn
Rita de Ladyguine
Norma. Loewenstein
Bryna E. Mason
Dorothy Miner
Marguerite Olinger Belle Otto Eunice Shaughnessey
Esterle Safferstone Elsinor Shelton Nettie Stillman
Sylvia Surat
Madge Turner
Elizabeth Weiss
Joyce Whitley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dean
Mary A Armstrong
Braun
Virginia Lee
Miss Jobless
Geneva
Governor Smith
Rain
Miles Farrow
Edward, Cilanning
Massachusetts
Starvard University
United States
National Academy of Arts and Letters
Ernest Milmore Stires
Jefferson
Virginia
Georgia
Illinois
Long Island
Protestant Episcopal Church
PHI Beta Kappa
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