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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1924
Page
5
The list names numerous individuals with plans for further study abroad or teaching posts next year. Entries include journalists, physicians, Latin and English teachers, secretaries, and researchers at colleges, high schools, hospitals, and institutes across Maryland New Jersey New York and Pennsylvania. Some pursue graduate work at Columbia Bryn Mawr Sorbonne and other institutions while others seek summer research or teaching fellowships.
Have we not seen how she wall and golden of the night and how age anchored star flung pines are small and flower frail under the temper's blight. There is atonement in the windswept sky and communion waits for us in greening places. Beauty shines upon all earthly ways and it is for us to follow her gleam toward the Dream.
The ivy ceremony was held Thursday June 5 before Brooks Hall and the senior banquet. Elizabeth Waterman served as the speaker.
A list of women assigned to study or teach at multiple institutions. Eleanor Pepper to study architecture. Emilie Petri to teach 5th and 6th grade in Irvington New York. Muriel Potter to teach English training at Washington Irving High School. Jennie Sanderson to teach at York Collegiate Institute. Helene Searcy to be psychological assistant to Dr. Gates at T. C. Horace Mann School. Dora Shuser to join the special squad at R. H. Macy. Alice Slayton to teach English at Flushing High School. Edna Trull to study government at Columbia on a graduate scholarship. Elizabeth Waterman to study sociology and economics at Radcliffe. Nelle Weathers to teach History and English and manage dramatics at Oxford School Hartford. Eleanor Westcot to be statistical clerk at Wing and Evans. Margaret Young to study for an M A in Math at Columbia.
The Senior Banquet closed Senior Week in Students Hall with Ruth Mehrer chairman and a nautical theme. Sophomore waitresses formed the Pirate Crew and Nelle Weathers acted as toast mistress pilot. Officers Edna Trull Helen LePage Polly Cooper Helen Miner led speeches while class songs closed the evening on Brooks Hall roof with stunts and songs.
Honors awarded to Barnard graduates include English Anna Elizabeth Lincoln and Helen Margaret Matzke, Philosophy Alice De Sola, Mathematics Helen Ginsberg, Botany Nelly Clara Jacob, Economics Elizabeth Lane Waterman. Honorable Mention goes to Lillian Milgram, Muriel Catherine Potter, and Ruth Evelyn Weill.
The Senior Ball was held in the gym on Monday, June 2. Helen Miner chaired the dance committee with Dorothy Fetterly, Olive Gunn, Isa belle Harrison, Elizabeth Lambrecht, and Helen McDermott. The gym featured attractive decorations and novel dance programs. Miss Dufie's Band provided the music. Chaperones were Dean Gilder sleeve, Miss Weeks, Professor and Mrs. Braun, and Professor and Mrs. Ogburn.
The Commencement exercises were held on Wednesday June 4. After ceremonies the Brooks Hall wing cornerstone was laid followed by a trustees luncheon to alumnae. An afternoon workshop play by Miss Latham’s class satirizing village life, written by Marie Foley.
Claire Mustermann chairs Class Day with Agnes Cooper and Helen Miner on the committee. Senior Week lists Elsie Albansader as secretary and Ruth Huxtable as Finance chair with Marjorie Bier Printing chair, Lillian Harris Senior Show chair, Ruth Mehrer Senior Dance chair, and Edna Trull with Helen LePage as ex-officio Song Leader. Margaretta Weed appears in the roster.
The third campus night since the war occurred on Tuesday June 3 it began with dancing on the North Court in front of University Hall and refreshments in the Commons. Alumni and students from Barnard Teachers College and Columbia attended followed by college singing at 10 PM.
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