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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1936
Page
4
On May 29 Barnard College hosted Class Day and commencement ceremonies. Graduates received Bachelor of Arts diplomas amid humorous chaos including humorous comments about honorary degree recipients and a capacity crowd of about twenty thousand people singing Stand Columba.
Ellen T Smyth reports Professor Agnes R Wayman head of physical education advises college girls to plan summer around personal needs and finances. She favors American parks Glacier Yellowstone and Canadian Rockies for scenery and recommends simple trips to western Montana and Utah ranches. Rest should be primary and avoid overtaxing the break.
Dr. Butler presided over Barnard College graduation exercises with 215 graduates receiving degrees. Dean Gildersleeve presented the Barnard class and the ceremony included the awarding of scrolls, university medals to six alumni, and nine honorary degrees. The program closed with “Stand Columbia” and “America” sung.
Barnard College announces Eleanor M. Brinkmann receives the French Fellowship for 1935 36 with passage and 350 dollars. she sails June 6 for Paris to study abroad. Maxine Rowland wins a travel essay contest earning a Europe trip. Alice V. Morris receives Goethe works set for German scholarship excellence. she is Phi Beta Kappa and has a notable Brussels connection.
Two writing contests announced by NSFA news release target college students. The Summer Institute for Social Progress in Wellesley, Massachusetts offers a scholarship for undergraduate entrants replying to What is the Most Vital Issue Before the American Electorate? The North American Review contest provides 300 100 and two 50 prizes for undergraduate short stories, with winners to be published in June 1937.
Miss Helen K Stevens invites applicants for summer apprentices in the Friends of Barnard office, with supervision in publicity and financial work. Contact Stevens or the Occupation Bureau. The Bulletin advisory council members are Jane Craighead Elspeth Davies Agnes Leckie Betty Macliver and Martha Reed. Amendments set officer classes and averages for several posts.
The Fiftieth Anniversary Fund Committee urges Barnard alumnae and friends to donate 4 million dollars to endow a new academic building on Riverside Drive. Funds cover land purchase 245000 immediate, building 1500000, scholarships 1000000, general endowment 1000000, visiting professorships 100000, and graduate fellowships 100000.
Excerpt from the Los Angeles Collegian quotes a coed's piece on Man mapping witty bias. It claims men are what women marry, drink smoke and swear, attend church only at school, are more logical and zoological, and notes both sexes sprang from monkeys with women as the primed example.
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