UN Offers Volunteer Work For Barnard Students
Barnard College outlines three volunteer paths with the United Nations including Protocol Division reception duties, bulletin proofreading, and health welfare prep. Remunerated posts available for a limited number require foreign language ability and are full time from August 15 to September 25. Senior Barnard students fluent in French Spanish Russian or Chinese may obtain permanent paid translation work under Mr. Mathieu at Hunter College.
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Carey
Barnardites
United Nations Bulletin
Flushing Meadows
Barnard
Bryant Mumford
Secretariat
Public Information Service
Mathieu
Hunter College
Reader would need 10500 years to scan 2 million volumes
A hypothetical rapid reader in Columbia University Libraries would require 10500 years to plow through 2,000,000 volumes if spending 24 hours daily and knowing every language. The thought experiment highlights vast library size.
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Columbia University
Student Conference Delegates Named For Cambridge Meeting
The Student Service of America announces its twentieth annual conference at Girton College Cambridge from July 22 to 29. Afterward delegates may spend three weeks in a European country under the International Student Service. Barnard Columbia and Smith College send one delegate each. Radcliffe will not be represented. Ted Truslow will attend as Columbia College delegate.
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the Student Service of America
United States
International Student Service
Holland
Belgium
France
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Switzerland
Carol Johns
Barnard
Columbia University
Columbia College
Miss Johns
Radcliffe College
Ted Truslow
van Am Society
February Deficiency Exams Abolished By Barnard College
At a March Faculty meeting Barnard College voted to end the February deficiency examination period. Students must take make up exams in September except seniors with special arrangements. Those who missed this spring’s exams should plan to take deficiency exams in September 1946 or face the next opportunity in September 1947.
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Barnard College
Funds Sought to Support Tony Through Summer
The Undergraduate Association seeks Student Council funds to cover Tony’s summer support after student contributions fell short. The letter from Tony describes returning from vacation and an accident in which a nose injury altered appearance, with Barnard trustee Mrs. Annie Nathan Meyer contributing $5 to the fund.
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Tony
Annie Nathan Meyer
Barnard
A.A.B.C
Barnard Alumnae Seek Continuing Ties Through Associations
Senior class of 46 learns they may stay connected via the Alumnae Association of Barnard College and the American Association of University Women. The A A B C supports funds, a magazine, a Thrift Shop, a Student Loan Fund, and alumnae offices. AAUW offers fellowships, publications, and international links through the International Federation of University Women led by Virginia Gildersleeve, Barnard’s dean.
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Barnard
Alumnae Association
Barnard College
John Reilly
A.A.B.C
Alumnae Fund
Riverside
A.A.U.W
International Federation of University Women
London
Barnardites
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
AA Finals Wrap Up with Tennis and Softball Winners
The Athletic Association closed its season with finals on May 9 and 10. Doubles tennis champions were Clara Robertson and Anne Harvey, while the Sophomore-Junior softball team won 14 to 8 in the Gym. Day students defeated the dorm students 26 to 22.
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Clara Robertson
Anne Harvey
Barnard
Trustees Hold Dinner For Alumnae Classes
The Trustees of Barnard College hosted a dinner for alumnae classes on Wednesday night June 6 at 6 30 in Barnard Hall. Attending sections ranged from pre 1901 through 1946, with undergraduate students from Social Affairs serving as waitresses.
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Barnard College
Barnard Hall
Youth groups form council for New York youth
Over five hundred college students and youth from seventy four organizations gathered at the New School for Social Research on May 12 to welcome London Youth Conference delegates and establish a New York Youth Council. Delegates from Hunter College NYU Columbia and other groups charted future council activities and World Federation of Democratic Youth ties. The first council meeting is planned for fall.
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Greater
New York
New School For Social Research
London
Council of
Alice Horton
Joseph Engel
New York Youth Council
World Federation of Democratic Youth
First Virginia Gildersleeve Fellowship Award Toward 1946
Dr. V. M. Conway of the University of Sheffield earns the inaugural Virginia C. Gildersleeve International Fellowship from the American Association of University Women. The $40,000 endowment funds study abroad and research for women scholars, with Conway to study peat formation at the University of Minnesota during 1946-47.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
V. M. Conway
University of Sheffield
England
American Association of University Women
New York City
Charles O. Warren
Conway
University of Minnesota
United States
Warren
San Francisco
American Association of University
Zurich
Switzerland
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United Nation
United Nations
Virginia Gildersleeve
Jane C. Carey
Dean Gildersleeve
Cambridge
Antonio
By Judith Brimberg
Organization of College and University Women
Washington
American Council On Education
International Federation
the Athletic Association
Junior Hadassahs
American Youth For Democracy
Hunter
NYU
Columbia A.Y.D
Nancy Parrott
Carl Gersuny
Columbia
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