Barnard 1942 Commencement Honors 220 Seniors
Barnard College awarded 220 B A degrees at its 188th annual commencement exercises in the Barnard gym on June 2. Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve urged graduates to aid in the war effort, saying families must support daughters’ service in government industry or the armed forces. Emily Danning gave the valedictory and Joann McQuiston delivered the salutatory. Barbara Fish and Doris McGuffey received top honors.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard
College
Emily Danning
Barbara Fish
Doris McGuffey
Gildersleeve
Miss Virginia Harrington Named Assistant to Dean at Brooklyn
Miss Virginia Harrington, Barnard graduate and longtime Brooklyn College history professor, is named Assistant to the Dean in Charge of Student Organizations and Social Affairs succeeding Dr Christina Grant who leaves to head Bryn Mawr College. Harrington earned BA 1924 Columbia MA 1925 PhD 1935 and has chaired multiple college committees and led student programs.
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Virginia D. Harrington
Barnard College
Christina P. Grant
Columbia University
Columbia
Brooklyn College
Brooklyn
American Association of University Professors
Dr Louise Hoyt Gregory Elected Mount Holyoke Trustee
Elected trustee Dr Louise Hoyt Gregory associate dean and zoology professor at Mount Holyoke College South Hadley Massachusetts holds ex officio roles on the Committee on Instruction and chairs committees on Students Programs Schedule of Hours and Foreign Language Requirement.
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Louise Hoyt Gregory
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley
Massachusetts
Gregory
Barnard Dormitory Opens in Washington for Alumnae
Barnard students and alumnae taking posts in Washington may reside in a special dormitory from June 7 to September 15 in the Margery Webster School at 7775 17th Street NW. Rates are 40 dollars monthly with maid service and use of facilities including a tennis court and pool. Arrangements are led by Honoray Dalton Flangan and Peggy Colson with contact through Page Johnston Karling at the Alumnae Office. Five 1942 graduates plan to use the dormitory: Rebecca Allenison, Joan Amberg, Edith Cannon, Joann McQuiston, Lucy Pollard.
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Barnard
Washington
Honoray Dalton Flangan
Peggy Colson
Page Johnston Karling
Riverside Building
120 Street
Riverside Drive
Rebecca Jane Allinson
Joan Helen Amberg
Edith Ackley Cannon
Joann Worth McQuiston
Lucy Jane Pollard
Honor Board Adds Six Members as New Class Approaches
Chairman Gretchen Relyea announces new Honor Board members Rena Libera 43 Joan Borgenicht 43 Carol Mali 44 Audrey Brown 44 Patricia Cady 45 Barbara Kahle 45. Two more from class of 46 will be chosen when that class enters in the fall.
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Rena Libera
Joan Borgenicht
Carol Mali
Audrey Brown
Patricia Cady
Barbara Kahle
Gretchen Relyea
Denise Donegan Named First Chairman of National Service Committee
Denise Donegan forty three is named the first chairman of Barnard's Undergraduate Committee on National Service for the coming year. The central committee includes Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve and Mary Milnes among others as Barnard reorganizes its national service offices to centralize war effort activities.
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Denise Donegan
National Service
Barnard
Miss Donegan
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Mary Milnes
Virginia D. Harrington
Office
Elizabeth Reynard
National Service Office
Barnard War Board
Columbia University Awards Degrees at 188th Commencement
President Nicholas Murray Butler presided over the 188th Columbia commencement as 4715 students, including 220 Barnard graduates, received degrees amid a 15000 attendance on South Court. Butler urged U S leadership for world peace and cited the 1910 American plan to curb armaments through international cooperation.
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Butler
Columbia
United States
America
Congress
Drive Nets 1450 For U S War Bond
The Undergraduate Association will buy a Series I United States War Bond with 1450 raised by Barnard Bond Drive this semester. The drive opened April 6 with a Race of Dimes among classes and faculty, plus a benefit in McMillin Theater on April 23 featuring Jessica Dragonette Ted Steele and Hugh Marlowe.
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Barnard
McMillin Theater
Jessica Dragonette
Ted Steele
Hugh Marlowe
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Mawr College
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Virginia Gildersleeve
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Christina Grant
Lorna McGuire
Elizabeth Baker
Fes
Army Life
Ing
Sophs
Iors
Hewitt Hall
By Denise Donegan
Margery Webster
17Th Street
N.W
Donegan National Service Comm
Nicholas Murray
Ler
South Court
U. S
Pauline Washburn
Anne Gibbons
Juliette Kenney
Helen Kandel
Betty Kramer
Phyllis Hagmoe
Gloria Monahan
Sue Bailey
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