Seniors Hold Cless Dinner On Thursday
Members of the Class of 1939 met for their final banquet in Hewitt Hall dining room. Each senior received a bracelet inscribed 3B9 and a roses corsage. The event featured skits, a class roll reading, verses by Claire Stern, and a candlelight sendoff to the Dean.
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Hewitt Hall
Elizabeth Jackson
Claire Stern
Claremont Avenue
Barbara Reade
Patricia Lambdin
Judith John
Barnard Names New Freshman Adviser Dr Lorna McGuire
Dean Gildersleeve announces Barnard College will appoint Dr Lorna F McGuire as Freshman Adviser for the coming year and to teach a section of Freshman English. McGuire, Barnard English instructor for four years, is a Connecticut State College alumna and Radcliffe College PhD candidate among other roles.
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Gildersleeve
Barnard
Lorna F. McGuire
T McGuire
Innecticut State College For Women
Radcliffe Col St
Barnard Hall
Macy F.robes
PIMC
Seniors Relax At Barnard Camp Picnic Before Alumnae Duties
Seniors at Barnard Camp enjoyed a carefree Senior Picnic on Monday June 5 under the Senior Picnic auspices. Formalities were dropped amid sunshine and sports including volleyball baseball and quoits. Two groups walked to Croton Dam while lunch was self supplied and water was drawn from a camp pump. Faces brightened from winter pallor to a range of tans as they hoped for a lasting glow before returning to duties.
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Barnard Camp
Croton Dam
College Joins In Step Singing at Barnard Lawn Ceremony
Frid ay June 2 step singing on the Barnard College lawn marks a new setup for the class promotion ceremony. Incoming Class of 1940 president Caroline Duncombe presents a corsage to Senior Class President Elizabeth Jackson who gives a farewell address praising faculty and parents and handing over the gown to the new leader.
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Barnard Hall
Jungle
Milbank
Caroline Duncombe
Elizabeth Jackson
Miss Jackson
Dean Gildersleeve
Miss Duncamhe
Barnard’ College
Trustees Banquet Honors Faculty and Alumnae at Barnard Hall
The annual faculty and alumnae supper was held in the gymnasium and Barnard Hall fourth floor on a Wednesday night. Invited alumnae included classes from 1901 to 1921 and 1929 to 1938, with numerous undergraduates serving as waitresses listed by name.
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Barnard Hall
Barnard Seniors Celebrate Class Day and Commencement
Barnard College marked graduation with Class Day exercises in the gym as Dean Virginia Gildersleeve urged women to work for self expression and civic involvement. Elizabeth Jackson led the program, Ruth Cummings announced a class gift of 300 dollars, and Jean Allison delivered the valedictory on liberal arts values.
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Barnard
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Dean Gildersleeve
Elizabeth Jackson
Miss Jackson
Ruth Cummings
Milbank Hall
Jean Allison
Special Honors Awarded To 26
Louise Marian Comer led the class of 1939 with Summa cum Laude in mathematics. Magna cum Laude graduates included Mary Elizabeth Wright in chemistry and Ruth Halle in music. Additional Magna cum Laude and cum laude recipients list multiple seniors by name.
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Louise Marian Comer
Miss Comer
Mary Elizabeth Wright
Ruth Halle
Helen Adele Bleibler
Gertrude Eisenbuch
Flora Ginsburg
Charlotte Bates Hall
Mary Laura Heuser
Florence Adeline Mackie
Catherine McPolan
Lenore Helen Altschule
Rose Marx de Bitetto
Bernice Shirley Breitbart
Audrey Caruso
Marion Ellen Halpert
Evelyn Mary Hoole
Marjorie Shirley Kline
Shirley Ruth Levittan
Jeanne Paul
Jean Marcelle Raisbeck
Doris Lillian Ribett
Mildred Rubinstein
Shirley June Simon
Claire Miller Stern
Gertrude Areles
Marialuise Emilie Vogelreuter
All-College Senior Party Lifts Campus Spirit
A bright sunny breeze filled Barnard as seniors hosted a carefree last day party. Students biked, played ping pong in stockings, bridged in Odd Study, roller skated in the gym, and danced in the conference room while box lunches pleased attendees.
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Irene Lyons
Barnard
O.K
Barnard Class Of 1939 Receives Degrees At Commencement
The Barnard College class of 1939 received BA degrees at a July 5 ceremony in Columbia University’s South Court quadrangle before about 20 000 guests. President Nicholas Murray Butler awarded 5 042 degrees 149 certificates and diplomas university medals and 12 honorary degrees. Honoraries included Edward Benes Evangeline Booth and Mortimer W Byers along with Hu Shih Sumner Welles and Jean Zay. Dr Mulliken and Dr Stanley received DS degrees while Carl L Becker Guy S Ford and Phineas L Winsor earned DLitt. The event featured four university medals and a speech on the Everlasting Conflict between spirit and animal origins.
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Barnard
South Court
Seth Low
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Mortimer W. Byers
Hu Shih
Washington
Sumner Welles
Jean Zay
French Republic
Robert S. Mulliken
University of Chicago
Robert C. Stanley
Stevens Institute of Technology
Carl L. Becker
Cornell University
Guy S. Ford
University of Minnesota
Phineas L. Winsor
University of Iinois
Henry J. George Tucker
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Butler
Henry Brundage Culver
Ferdinand Kuhn Jr
London
New York Times
Harriet Beardslee Prescott
Columbia University
Gustavus Town Kirby
Dr. Butler
Dr. Benes
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Jean Ackermann
Doris Noakes
Mary Maloney
Betty Smith
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Barbara Good
Jean Kranz
Frances Gray
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Dorothy van Brinck
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Muriel Doyle
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Dorothy Wilson
Rosemary Short
Lora Wikawa
Virginia Smith
Jeanette Halstead
Ruth Stern
Joan Brown
Mary Scully
Lice Harte
Dorothy Wormwald
Marie Wall
Madeline Ruttenberg
Meredith Wright
Dorothea Johnston
Jean Murray
Ruth Taubenhaus
Jane Greenbaum
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