Chaplain Knox Urges Positive Life View at Columbia Baccalaureate
In a St. Pauls Chapel address to Columbia University graduates, Rev Dr Knox urged a constructive attitude toward life’s problems. He praised Christ’s optimism and urged graduates to be producers, not mere consumers, leading by example and enriching the world through active leadership and faithful citizenship.
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Phi Beta Kappa Elections Announced
Phi Beta Kappa elections announced listing members Elizabeth Marie Abbott Henrietta Weit Apfel Gladys Elizabeth Ball Aldene Alice Barrington Pearl Bernstein Katherine Maynadier Browne Gertrude Diamant Sophie Hansen Madeleine Newman Hooke Margaret Hayes Irish Olive Elda Johnston Cordelia Steward Loomis Barbara Matulka Christina Phelps Louise Michelle Rosenblatt Idona Smoluchowska Mildred Semva Williamson Ellen Katrina Wuori.
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Elizabeth Marie Abbott
Henrietta Weit Apfel
Gladys Elizabeth Ball Aldene
Alice Barrington
Pearl Bernstein
Katherine Maynadier Browne
Gertrude Diamant
Sophie Hansen A Madeleine Newman Hooke
Margaret Hayes Irish Olive Elda Johnston
Cordelia Steward
Loomis
Barbara Matulka
Christina Phelps Louise Michelle Rosenblatt
Idona Smoluchowska
Mildred.Semva’ Williamson
Ellen Katrina Wuori
Columbia Holds 171st Commencement at University Gym
Columbia University conferred 3543 degrees in course plus 872 certificates and five honorary degrees at the 171st commencement held in the University Gymnasium. The event featured an address on Courage by President Butler and a benediction by the university chaplain.
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Seniors Go On The Road Senior Show at Brinckerhoff Theatre
The Senior Show titled Going on the Road was staged in Brinckerhoff Theatre on May 29 and 30. The prologue featured students including Alice Mendham Mary Benjamin Katherine Browne and Viola Travis among others. The main cast listed Well Dressed Men and Well Dressed Women with students such as Elsa Finney Warryton Dorothy Manges Chesterfield Gene Pertak Fatima and Mary Louise Boaz in various roles.
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Alice’ Mendham
Mary, Benjamin
Katherine Browne
Margaret’ Hasbrouck
Edna Peterson
Juliet Ransome
Elizabeth Abbott
Katherine Newcomer
Barbara Herridge
Estelle Helle
Gene MacIntosh
Edith Curren
Viola Travis
Meta Hailparn
Elsa Finney
Yton
Dorothy Manges
Chesterfield
Honorary Degrees Conferred on Langmuir and Coffin
Langmuir receives Doctor of Science for metallurgical engineering and long research career valued by science bodies. Coffin, Yale 1897 graduate, linked to Bryn Mawr, with continuation noted on page 2.
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Senior Week Step Ceremony Moves Indoors At Milbank Corridor
Rain forces the annual step ceremony to be held in Milbank main corridor on May 29. Classes regroup by year and sing You Can Tell. Meta Hailparn passes cap and gown to new Senior President Alice Killeen who pledges to uphold 1920 traditions before the Senior Show in Brinkerhoff Theatre.
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1925 Seniors Hold Class Day Exercises at Gym
The 1925 senior class held its Class Day in the gym on Tuesday at 3 pm. Meta Hailparn delivered the salutatory, praising the university bond and thanking Dean Gildersleeve and faculty. Eleanor Wood read a witty class history, while Elva French announced Senior Week gifts and a curtain donation to the gym.
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Prizes and Degrees With Honors Announced
The commencement program lists Barnard prize winners including Duror Memorial Graduate Fellowship Christina Phelps Margaret Meyer Scholarship Helen Dick Herrman Prize in Botany Katherine Browne Kohn Prize in Mathematics Gladys Ball Gerard Medal in American Colonial History Madeleine Hooke Speranza Prize in Italian Adele Epstein Reed Prize in Church History Clara Molendyk and other honors for the class of 1925 to 1927, with a continuation noted on Page 3.
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Margaret Meyer
Helen Dick
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