Reverend Knox Addresses 170th Columbia Commencement
Reverend Raymond C. Knox opened the Baccalaureate Service at St. Pauls Chapel addressing five undergraduate departments of Columbia University. He urged graduates to pursue the second mile of life and service beyond earning a livelihood, citing Clinton Hamilton Howe and Stone as models. Education, he said, is a lifelong process, not merely a diploma.
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Raymond C. Knox
St. Paul’s Chapel
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Knox
Columbia
Chaplain Knox
Clinton
Hamilton
Howe
Stone
Phi Beta Kappa Elections Announced at New York Delta Chapter
Phi Beta Kappa elections announced for the New York Delta Chapter. Elections list members from the class of 1924 including Louise Baker Selina Calder Alice De Sola Helen Ginsberg Virginia Harrington Nelly Jacob Leila Karaghensian Anna Lincoln Helen Matzke Lillian Milgram evelyn Miner Jeannette Mirsky Evelyn Parker Eleanor Phillips Trene Rachmaninoff Elizabeth Waterman Nelle Weathers Ruth Weill.
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New York
Columbia Holds Commencement for Barnard Graduates
One hundred seventy seven Barnard students received Bachelor of Arts degrees at Columbia University’s 170th commencement held on June 4. President Butler urged individual responsibility, while honorary degrees were conferred on Seligman, Sile, Bridges, Adams, Tarkington, Lawson, Stone, Ochs, and Mellon among others, highlighting democracy, scholarship, and public service.
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Barnard
Columbia University
Chaplain Knox
University
Butler
Dean Gilders
Edwin R. A. Seligman
Seligman
Class Day Exercises for the Class of 1924
The Class of 1924 held its Class Day Exercises in the Gymnasium on Tuesday afternoon June 3. Salutation by Helen LePage followed by the Class Song, readings, and a screen presentation of knocks. Claire Musterman presented a brick walk gift to the college. Edna Trull gave the valedictory urging conservation of essentials. Sunset Song closed the program.
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Helen LePage
Alice DeSola
Margaret Maryon
Claire Musterman
Emilie J. Young
Delta Chapter
Phi Beta Kappa
Edna Trull
Informa
Stepping Out at Brinckerhoff Theatre
Senior Class stage steppers present a musical comedy titled Stepping Out on May 30 and 31 at Brinckerhoff Theatre. Written by Lillian Harris and Jeannette Mirsky with music by Florence Seligman, the show follows Nancy Lee Inc. office life through a large local cast and specialty dancers.
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Brinckerhoff Theatre
Lillian Harris
Jeannette Mirsky
Florence Seligman
Florence’. Seligman
Step Singing Opens Barnard Senior Week
Senior Week began May 30 with step singing in Milbank Quadrangle. Seniors in cap and gown led the ceremony, with underclassmen and alumnae present. Helen LePage urged class unity and club leadership as Meta Hailpurn accepted the incoming senior role.
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Milbank Quadrangle
Helen LePage
Barnard
Miss LePage
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Miss Hailpurn
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Barnard Prizes Published Listing Winners and Years
A notice lists Barnard Prize recipients and memorial fellowships with winners including Duror Memorial Graduate Fellowship Helen Ginsberg 1924 Gerard Medal in American Colonial History Nelle Louise Weathers 1924 Herrman Prize in Botany Nelly Jacob 1924 Kohn Prize in Mathematics Margaret Meyer 1924 Graduate Scholarship for training in Secretarial Work Helen Elizabeth Miner 1924 Helen Prince Memorial Prize for Dramatic Composition Lucia Alzamora 1924 Reid Prize in Church History Eva Ella Sherpick 1924 Speranza Prize in Italian Leila Karthensian 1924 Tatlock Prize in Latin Norma Mildred Loewenstein 1926.
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R.C. Knox
Frederick Herbert Sile
Kent School
Robert Bridges
National Institute of Arts and Letters
James Luslow Adams
Booth Tarkington
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Victor Lamont Lawson
Chicago Daily News
Melville Ben Stone
Adolph Simon Ochs
Andrew William Mellon
the Treasury
Nancy Lee, Inc
Nancy Lee
Ruth Ackerman
Gloria
Ruth Cushman
Helen Miner
Alex
Soneen Jeannette "Mirsky
Mr. West
Selina Calder
Francois Gatti-Cesare
Eleanor Pepper
Samuel P. Moran
Eleanor Westcot
Madame Jaremesovaz
Josephine Jarema
P ‘Margaretta Weed
Margaret Reinheimer
Frances Felsher
Frankie and
Flo
Florence C. Seligmann
Constance Auerbach
Lucia Alzamora
Geoffrey Halliday
Betty Price
Evreereres
Verts Encnneseses
Barnard Prizes
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