1947 Finale Features Senior Ball and Banquet
The class of 1947 held a Senior Ball at the Hotel Biltmore on May 31 and a Senior Banquet on June 2 in Hewitt Hall Dining Room. Notable guests included Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and professors, with 230 seniors attending the banquet where corsages were given and class songs performed.
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Hotel Biltmore
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Austin McIntosh
Virginia D. Hartington
Charles O. English
Marcus A. Heyman
C. F. Wiebusch
Helen Pond
Carol Johns
Helen Trevor
Evi Bossagni
Virginia Haggerty
Hewitt Hall
Betty Green
Evi Bossanyi
Clermont Avenue
Hewitt
Juniors and Sophomores Host Luncheons Marking Year End
Junior luncheon at Hotel Belmont Plaza featured Millicent Carey McIntosh and William Montague as guests of honor with plans for next year. Montague offered a valedictory address on retirement and youth cynicism, urging courage and kindness. Sophomore luncheon at the Men's Faculty Club, led by Marjorie Ward, previewed Barnard life in 1957, 1967 and 1997 with several guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Belmont Plaza
Millicent Carey McIntosh
William P. Montague
Mary Wilson
McIntosh
Montague
Marjorie Ward
Virginia D. Harrington
Lorna F. McGuire
Eleanor Hyde
Leila Finan
Barnard Life
Select Boochever Mather To Attend NSO Meeting
Lois Boochever and Margaret Mather were elected NSO delegates for the conference at the University of Wisconsin August 30 to September 8 with Joan Abbrancati as alternate. Delegates will organize NSO structure, set dues, elect officers, and hear speakers from the State Department and NSO president Jim Smith.
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Boochever, Mather
N.S. O
Lois Boochever
Margaret Mather
National Students Organization
University of Wisconsin
Joan Abbrancati
Madison
Wisconsin
N.S.C
Chicago
Barnard
Carol Johns
Lawrie Trevor
N.S.0
N.S.O
David Lilienthal
Ellis Arnall
Eleanor Roosevelt
William Benton
State Department
Jim Smith
Columbia Confers Degrees At Commencement Exercises
Dr. Frank D. Fackenthal, acting president of Columbia University, presided over the 108th Commencement on June 3. Degrees were conferred on thousands of graduates as he urged citizens to use education to understand words and ideas and to uphold democracy amid a tense era. Twelve honorary degrees and four University Medals for Excellence were awarded to Albert Harman Case, Gavin Hadden, William Antony Kimbel, and David Barnard Steinman.
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Frank D. Fackenthal
Columbia University
Low Library
Fackenthal
Falkenthal
Albert Harman Case
Gavin Hadden
William Antony Kimbel
David Barnard Steinman
Awards Given To 13 At Tuesday Graduation
Thirteen prizes were awarded to senior and college members including Estelle M. Allison Prize for literature Betty Warburton and Mary E. Allison Prize for scholarship. Carol Johns and Annette Kar won specialized prizes in history and math respectively. Denise Martin and Anne Segree were honored for languages and zoology among others.
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Estelle M. Allison
Betty Warburton
Mary E. Allison
Virginia
Kanick
Frank Gilbert Bryson
Carol Johns
Gerard
Annette Kar
Kohn
Miriam Gabin
Margaret Meyer
Alice Hansen
George Welwood Murray
Winifred Barr
Helen Prince
Marcella Novak
Reed
Ellizabeth Aschner
Rice
Virginia Kanick
Eleanor Zink
Italan
Denise Martin
Anne Lucille Segree
von Wahl
Marie Rosati
Forty one students earn top scholastic honors this term
Forty one graduates achieve high honors with seven seniors earning summa cum laude. Magna cum laude recipients include Marie Rosati Erna Ebeling Ruth Raup Nadia Cohen Rhoda Levine Cohen Barbara Raskin Winifred Barr Maria Bontempi Mary Ann Hirsch Elise Knapp Ruth White Joan Welch Rita Dresner Eleanor Zink. Cum laude graduates listed include Aline Crenshaw Katherine Killeen Charlotte Brands Dorothy Lowe Margot Loewy Betty Warburton Pauline Frasati Elizabeth Chidester Katherine Simon Miriam Gabin Rita Girolamo Phyllis Buckgaber Doris Soltis Marcella Novak Rosetta Croxton Pearl Newman Anne Starvey Susannah Coolidge Muriel Chevious and Lucienne Battin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Kanick
Helen Trevor
Annette Kar
Barbara Lipton
Priscilla Black Fisehman
Isabel Sarvis
Lila Wallis
Marie Rosati
Erna Ebeling
Ruth Raup
Nadia Cohen
Rhoda Levine Cohen
Barbara Raskin
Winifred Barr
Maria Bontempi
Mary-Ann Hirsch
Elise Knapp
Ruth White
Joan Welch
Rita Dresner
Eleanor Zink
Aline Crenshaw
Katherine Killeen
Charlotte Brandis
Dorothy Lowe
Margot Loewy
Betty Warburton
Pauline Frassati
Elizabeth Chidester
Katherine Simon
Miriam Gabin
Rita Girolamo
Phyllis Buckgaber
Doris Soltis
Marcella Novak
Rosetta Croxton
Pearl Newman
Anne Star
Barnard College Class Day Honors Dean Gildersleeve
Seniors hear Dean Gildersleeve in her final Barnard Class Day address as prizes and fellowships are announced. Evi Bossanyi orates farewell praising Barnard’s inclusive, rigorous education. Gift of running water presented. reception on South Terrace precedes all-university graduation and evening degree conferrals.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Gildersleeve
Barnard
Evi Bossanyi
Barnard Camp
Virginia Haggerty
Helen Trevor
Miss Trevor
Dean Gildersleeve
Barnard Student Council appoints new committee and nine leaders
At the final May 13 meeting a Foreign Students Committee was created to aid integration into Barnard life by acquainting students with campus activities and American homes. Doris Cashmore chairs the committee with several new appointments across Library Archives Calendar Conference Assemblies and Honor Board duties.
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Barnard Life
Doris Cashmore
Rosalind Schoenfeld
Simone Dreyfus
Marjorie Trieper
Meg Sherburn
Marilyn Kuhlman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Biltmore
Judiciary Council
N.S.Q
Rathskeller
Wisconsin Memorial Union
Columbia
Anne Seilliere
York
Paris
Passy
Dean
Julie Lorenz
Mary Hough
Jewel Fewkes
Jean LaGuardia
Council
Vera Resanovich
Innstead
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