Progressive Council plans at Barnard and dramatic Senior Banquet recap
The document outlines a Revising Committee and a proposed Progressive Council with faculty, undergraduate, and alumni members and strict quorum rules for curricular recommendations. It also notes the seventeen’s Senior Banquet with toastmistress Cornelia Geer, profits from the senior play, and humorous anecdotes about 1917 and 1919 students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Personne
Seventeen
Cornelia Geer
BuLtetTin
Dorothy Leet
Barnard Ambulance
Brooks
Kipling
Eleanor Wilkens
Elsa Becker
Masses
Dorothy Teall
Ladies’ Home Journal
Cornelia
Elizabeth Wright
Elizabeth
Class Day Exercises at Columbia Gymnasium June 5 1917
Cornelia Geer gave the salutatory and hosted the ceremony. Elsie Oakley presented the class history and a fireplace set was gifted to the new building. Beatrice Lowndes delivered the valedictory, with prizes announced and Phi Beta Kappa elections noted. The crowd critiqued the undergraduate procession as undignified.
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Columbia Gymnasium
Cornelia Geer
Elsie Oakley
Babette Deutsch
Jupiter
Sylvia Hecht
Mercury
Ruth Jensen
Miss Seibert
Phi Beta Kappa
Dean Gildersleeve
von Wahl
Beatrice Lowndes
Barnard
Ivy Ceremony Delights Students With Oration and Treats
In nineteen seventeen the Ivy ceremony enjoyed glorious weather. Dorothea Curnow delivered the main oration to a large audience, followed by ice cream and cake served by ushers to all in attendance.
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Dorothea Curnow
Senior Banquet Highlights From Seventeenth Year
The account recalls Seventeen’s Senior Banquet with Bee Lowndes delivering a moving speech while Elizabeth notes a light mood after a prior treeside showcase. It mentions fat, puffy remarks, a hopeful mood for luck, and lists 1919 waitresses including A Alfke FE Brand D Brockway and Irma Hahn as banquet chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelia
Elizabeth
Bee Lowndes
A. Alfke
FE. Brand
D. Brockway
E. Carr
E. Curnow
C. Cooksey
G. Geer
L. Gainzburg
C. Lambert
L. Lee
RB. Mann
J. Meneely
R. Marshall
A. Ogden
J. Powell
F. Rule
G. Stanbrough
T. Skinner
P. Thomas
M. Townsend
Banquet
Irma Hahn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Organization of
Progressive Council
Cora Senner Winkin
Margaret MM. Moses
Mary R. M. Griffiths
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