Many Say Good Bye at Class Day
Dean urges tolerance as Barnard College marks Class Day for the 1929 cohort. Lucy May Matthews delivers the Salutatory, Gertrude Tonkonogy reads class history, and Margaret Fuller presents 1929 gifts. Dean Gildersleeve honors scholars and stresses that graduates are trained for life not trade, urging parental pride and continued support.
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Twoethirty
Lucy May Matthews
Gertrude Tonkonogy
Barnard
Margaret Fuller
Gildersleeve
College
Seniors Present Successful Show
The Senior class staged Captain Applejack in a three act production on Friday May 31 marking a departure from the usual travesty format. Lawrence Cecil earned praise for direction and the ensemble delivered polished performances despite limited rehearsals. Miss Russell as Captain Applejack faced a casting hiccup yet performed with finish and conviction.
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Captain Applejack
Twentynine
Lawrence Cecil
Miss Russell
Miss Spivack
Mme
Valeska
Degrees Conferred at Commencement Bulletin
Commencement bulletin lists degrees conferred to graduates. The notice wishes all readers a pleasant vacation season and notes the school's holiday closure and return dates.
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Bulletin
Commencement Prizes Named at 175th Exercises
President Butler condemned nationalist excess at the 175th commencement urging focus on broader civic duties. He noted 4,628 degrees and eleven honorary degrees awarded to graduates, with 882 diplomas issued as crowds filled South Field and the steps of the Columbia Library.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
National Capitol
Butler
Congress
Hamilton
Clay
Lincoln
Blaine
Garfield
McKinley
Pres
Columbia Library
116Th Street
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Awarded at Barnard Chapter
Elizabeth Abbott announces Barnard College Phi Beta Kappa admission lists. New inductees include Margaret Burford Caroline Chandler Dorothy Coulter Elisabeth Dublin May Mandlebaum Elsa Robinson Gladys Schwartz Dorothy Shankroff and, elected in March, Adelaide Armstrong Blanche Devigne Loretta Donovan Ida Van Dyck Alice Fair Eleanor Frankel Frances Freeman Marie Ippolito Rosie Marx Sue Os motherly Helen Pallister Edith Pomerantz Ruth Rabbn Caroline Belyea Eleanor Rosenberg.
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Duror
Rosie Marx
Gabrielle Debains Gardner
Louise Rome
Gerard
Anita Delice
Herrman
Caroline Relyea
Kohn
Virgina Brown
Edna Henry Bennet
Katherine S. Brehme
Helen Prince
Ruth Fine
Reed
Beatrice Saqui
Alice Fair
Speranza
Dorothy Shankroff
Tatlock
Isabel Devine
Earle
Mary Goggin
von Wahl
Loretta Donovan
Romaine
Margaret Young
Caroline Chandler
Edith Pomerantz
Caroline Belyea
Josephine Giardina
Marie Ippolito
Blanche Devigne
Sylvia Seifert
Judith Sookne
Eleanor Frankel
Margaret Burford
Ida van Dyck
Gladys Schwartz
Elisabeth Dublin
Marguerite Weintzen
Dorothy Coulter
May Mandlebaum
Elsa Robinson
Adelaide Armstrong
Virginia Brown
Frances Freeman
Ellen Gavin
Irene Huber
Carolyn Joy
Sue O S
Helen Pallister
Ruth Rabbn
Eleanor Rosenberg
Madeleine Russell
Sulamith Schwartz
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T¢ Dean
Dr. Butler
Adrienne Bedelle
Berthe Bedelle
Aliee Fair Ellen Gavin
Ruth Rablen
Charles Breck
PHI Beta Kappa
Elizabeth Abbott
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