Barnard Diplomas Awarded at 190th University Exercises
President Nicholas Murray Butler presided as 216 Barnard seniors received diplomas at the 190th commencement on June 6. Eight honorary degrees were awarded to figures including Lyman James Briggs Te Pang Hou Charles Merz and Augustus Noble Hand. The ceremony featured a Navy V-12 guard of honor, a prayer by Rev Otis Rice, and Butler urged liberal education for postwar democracy and reconstruction. Music by St Pauls Chapel Choir and the University Band accompanied the event.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Barnard
Lyman James Briggs
Bureau of Standards
Te- Pang Hou
China
Charles Merz
The
New York Times
Charles Austin Beard
Augustus Noble Hand
Unitates Circuit Court of Saveaty
St. Paul’s Chapel
Barnard Class Day Honors 190 Graduates of 1944
The 190 members of Barnard College's class of 1944 were honored at Class Day in Barnard Hall on Tuesday June 6. Forty one had February graduation, nine were accelerated juniors, and the largest major group was history followed by psychology English government and chemistry. Salutorian Charlotte McKenzie delivered the welcome and Joan Carey gave the valedictory noting pride in being a war class. Janet Stevenson presented a $150 war bond as the class gift, and Dean Gildersleeve led a prayer for the Allied invasion, ending with the national anthem.
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Barnard Hall
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Charlotte McKenzie
Barnard
Joan Carey
Janet Stevenson
Dean Gildersleeve
Quarterly Is Available At Barnard
The 64 page Spring 1944 issue of Quarterly, decorated by three white lions, appeared belatedly on Tuesday June 6 at Barnard. Gloria Kingsley edits a varied collection of poetry from cin quains to blank verse, plus a dramatic monologue and several prose pieces.
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Quarterly
Jake
Gloria Kingsley
Greenwich Village
Elizabeth Creighton Murray
Roberta Rust Trilling
Helen Trevor
Edith F. Johnston
Margaret Dahm
Jane Brunstetter
Emily Ivors
Laurice Khouri
Marcia Lawrence
Betty Wraburton
Adrienne Wolfert
Joanna O'Brien
Seniors Celebrate Formal Banquet at Hewitt Hall
The 1944 Barnard seniors gathered June 5 in Hewitt Hall for a candle lit banquet. Humphrey the Junior Show elephant presided while seniors were called by romantic status. Anne Yoerg led introductions. A skit titled The Follies of ’44 mocked campus life as underclassmen chased the actresses out the window.
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Barnard
Hewitt Hall
Humphrey
Anne Yoerg
Claremont Avenue
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard College 1944 graduates list of honors recipients
The class of 1944 at Barnard College announced by Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve includes thirty-two graduates with honors. Four summa cum laude recipients are Yvonne Rapeer Shanley Ursula Edith Price Miriam Susan Gore and Audrey Kathleen Brown. Eleven graduates earned magna cum laude and seventeen cum laude. Departmental prizes include Estelle M. Allison Prize to Elizabeth Jane Lewis and Mary E. Allison Prize to Audrey Kathleen Brown.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard Hall
Yvonne Rapeer Shanley
Ursula Edith Price
Miriam Susan Gore
Audrey Kathleen Brown
Ethel Victoria Weiss
Eleanor Streichler
Lilli Krieger
Shirley Wanda Sexauer
Thelma Judith Golub
Jeanne Isabel Lance
Natalie
Dean (Iidersleeve
Estelle M. Allison
Elizabeth Jane Lewis
Mortarboard Delayed But Mailed By July To Subscribers
Mortarboard editor Helen Sack says the 1945 yearbook is delayed at bookbinders due to manpower shortages, but will be mailed to July subscribers. Jane Brunstetter reports a $97 profit that will be used for mailing costs. Barnard Summer Session attendees can pick up at Columbia Book Store as circulation tops 520 copies, surpassing last year’s 420.
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Mortarboard
Representative Assembly
Jane Brunstetter
Barnard
Columbia Book Store
44 Follows Tradition In Senior Week Program
The graduating class completes college life with Senior Week from June 2 to 7. Activities include Step Singing at Milbank Hall, Ivy Ceremony, baccalaureate service at St Pauls Chapel, Senior Banquet, Class Day at Barnard Hall, University Commencement at Low Library, diploma ceremonies in Barnard, and Associate Alumnae annual meeting plus Trustees Supper.
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Milbank Hall
Eleanor Streichter
Barnard Hall
South Court
Low Library
Milbank Cloister
Brinckerhoff Theatre
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Hewitt
Gloria Helen Glaston
Gloria Estelle Mandeville
Carol Eve Ruskin
Norma Blickfelt Keitel
Rolande Marie- Louise Redon
Elizabeth Mae Taylor
Eleanor Leacock
Ruth Irene Brant
Esta Joy Greenberg
Grace Quinlan Campbell
Gloria Shirley Grubman
Nancy Stevens Eberly
Ruth Laura Lyttle
Irma Schocken
Alice Arnold Smith
Alice Marjolaine LeVeen
Niquette Eugenie Tchudnovsky
Mary E. Allison
Helen Sack
St Paul's Chapel
Otis R. Rice
Brooks Hall
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