Barnard Assembly Ratifies Revisions and War Support
On December 8 the Barnard College Representative Assembly pledged unity with the President and federal government for wartime victory. Revisions to the Undergraduate Association Constitution increased class delegates, added nonvoting club presidents, created a secretariat, and defined powers. A uniform club constitution was adopted and the Honor Code integrated.
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Representative Assembly
United States
Japan
Assembly
Barnard College
Columbia University
America
National Student Federation of America
Middle Atlantic
Buntetin
Florence Fischman
Jane Devonshire
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hampton Institute
Virginia
Barnard
Vassar
Poughkeepsie
Harriet Hirschfeld
Evelyn Kelley
Model Assembly of League of Nations
Bryn Mawr
National Student
Barnard College Summer Session Enrolls 125
Barnard College announces its first summer session with courses in American history economics American literature chemistry and zoology. Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve estimates about 125 students will enroll with more possible. Session runs July 7 to September 4 with exclusive recreation including pool and tennis courts optional instruction.
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Barnard College
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard
North Terrace
We Look At Ourselves Verse on Life and Dreadful Choices
A reflective piece follows a woman mired in past memories and anxious about the future. She questions existence and confronts competing paths from marriage to a career, education, or sacrifice, ending with a cynical line about next year’s income tax.
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Signal Corps
Ohio
Sewor
Seniors Choose Great Books Vote Counts For Optional List
Professor Helen Parkhurst reports seniors and faculty largely favor an optional reading list of classics. Top picks include The Bible Shakespeare Paradise Lost Divine Comedy selections from Plato and Aristotle War and Peace and The Declaration of Independence.
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Cannon
Helen Parkhurst
Philosophy
Tolstoy
Oxford
Untermeyer
Victory Book Campaign reaches mid drive totals
About 618 books and 129 magazines have been collected since February for soldiers, sailors, and marines. Students drop printed matter in boxes on Jake and in Milbank as Miss Bertha L. Rockwell, librarian of the Ella Weed Library, announces the progress.
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Jake
Milbank
Bertha L. Rockwell
Ella Weed
Book list in the Alamanc Quarterly for fall distribution
Miss Parkhurst with Dean Gildersleeve and faculty members plans a two part list of great books. The first part will include thirty to forty top titles across fiction non fiction and poetry. The second part will catalog several hundred titles by subject matter for possible booklet publication.
Columbia Offers Six ESMDT Courses This Summer
The National Service Office announced six new ESMDT courses at Columbia for seniors and eligible students ready to work nationwide. Courses start in June, include Statistical Chart Construction, Chemistry of Powder and Explosives, Topographic Drafting, Photo Micrography, and Metallographic Laboratory Practice. Apply to Mrs. Lee, Room 313 Engineering, for details.
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National Service Office
Columbia
Office, of Education
Office of Education
Ordnance Department
National Defense
Lee
Columbia CURC suspends broadcasts until July 6
Columbia University radio CURC halts all programs after describing commencement day exercises and will resume regular activity July 6 under the President and the Program-Production Roundtable. University students of any age or sex may apply for staff positions. four hours weekly qualifies for Roundtable membership. Barnard students will have broader openings next fall. women are sought for all broadcasting roles including commentary and drama.
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Columbia
CURC
Barnard
Faculty Honors Miss Meyer at Barnard Dinner
Faculty members paid tribute to retiring Barnard registrar Miss Ama Icll Meyer at a May 14 dinner at the Hotel Lafayette. Meyer served 43 years and will leave active service, to be succeeded by Miss Margaret Giddings with Miss Elinore Fiery as assistant registrar.
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Ama Ic l L. Meyer
Hotel Lafayette
Barnard
Miss Meyer
Hugh Wiley Puckett
Latham
Margaret Giddings
Elinore FE. Fiery
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