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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1942
Page
3
A long list of names appears in a class roll or recognition section. The fragment includes numerous individuals with varied spellings and accents, suggesting a school or college roster of graduates or honorees with marks such as magna cum laude and summa cum laude.
The piece cites Norwegian teachers sent to Finnish labor camps aboard the Skerstad amid Quisling rule. It notes Hygienic conditions, sickness, and Prytz's protest before the ship continued. It also mentions 28,800 students taking the May Junior Professional Assistant exam with $2,000 yearly jobs for graduates.
Readable fragments list names Phobe Wrana Elizabeth Young Ruth Young Amy Iasaly and Elizabeth Zimmerschied with dates October 1941 February 1942 and a note addendum to 1941 Eleanor Harvill.
Mortarboard and BuLLeTin staffs held year end meals at the Men's Faculty Club with about 35 attendees. Betty Harthwaite 43 won a prize for subscriptions as funds were redirected to Mortarboard's war bond and fund. Sybil Kotkin and Jean Vandenvoort spoke. Kotkin received a gold compact from Joan Borgenicht 43 for leadership. BuLLeTin events featured extempore skits and awards to Lucille Osmer 43 Doris Landre 44 Martha Messler 44 Eleanor Streichler 44 Miriam Burstein 45.
Summer training for the Volunteer Nurses Aide Corps of the American Red Cross is open to college students over 18 at local chapters nationwide. The 80 hour course includes 35 hours of classroom work and 45 hours of supervised hospital practice with a 150 hour annual service commitment after graduation. Other wartime volunteer opportunities through Red Cross and Civilian Defense offices are noted.
Barnard College completes its emergency readiness with air raid defense led by Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and Comptroller John J. Swan. Each building houses firefighting gear, sandboxes on roofs, blackout measures, and self-operating residence halls. Night staff coordinate drills and blackout success is reported.
Marcia Freeman announces a trimmed budget edition of the Blue Book with fewer cuts but more information. New inclusions include the Undergraduate Association Constitution the Club Constitution and the Political Association Constitution. The staff lists Patricia Galloway Rolando Redon and Jetty Sachs. Copies will be available at registration and at the Freshman Luncheon for the Class of 1946.
Professor Robert Maclver of Columbia will direct one of two Internationa Student Service Summer Institutes. He leads the Campobello session from June 28 to July 31 with Barzun Ginzberg and Morton as visiting lecturers. The Asheville session runs concurrently.
Miss Gena Tenney of Barnard College Music Department plans entertainment for army camps by Barnard groups as summer talent declined. Wigs and Cues will draft suitable programs after fall. The Glee Club may perform again for service men. soloists from Barnard and Columbia, plus orchestra and band, are urged to participate if the plan proceeds.
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