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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1932
Page
1
Barnard College Students publish semi weekly undergraduate association bulletin. This March 1 issue marks volume 36 number 31 appearing during term time while avoiding vacation and exam breaks.
The document lists roles and names across departments including Editor-In-Chief Helen Block and Managing Editors Evelyn Raskin and Gertrude Epsten with class years. It covers Assistant Editor Anna Jacobson Copy Editor Edith Kane and staff across College Clips News Board About Town Printing Advertising Circulation and more.
The centennial death anniversary of Goethe is honored by Gerhart Hauptmann delivering a Goethe oration at Columbia. The event, arranged by President Butler, will be broadcast to other universities. Barnard students have limited attendance but can listen via radio. The article thanks Butler for making this national tribute possible.
Twenty years ago the Juniors hosted a dormitory party for freshmen with guests in kimonos. Juniors performed stunts on stage while J S and A M recited and R O and G M rendered Oh You Beautiful Doll. Fats arrived in a hamper as dancing followed. late night lab workers raided the pantry for cake and sandwiches.
A light farce with a toothpaste mystery delivers mild thrills and humor. Ernest Truex carries the performance with gentle timing in a play that avoids melodrama and traps, ending with a sharp curtain line as a well-bred writer weaves in quirky devices.
The Alliance Francaise presented La Sonnette d Alarme by Hennequin and Coolus with amateur energy that overacted at times. Despite flaws the performance offered a clear, amusing arc as country cousins adapt to Parisian life and the show ends gayly. Professor Mason’s new harmonic experiments in the symphony invite caution, while Mr Walter’s Mozart Overture and Symphony in E flat receive generous praise for disciplined, lucid conducting.
A dated verse implores readers to drop money in a box and buy a brick for charity. It plays on social duties from paying fares to helping the needy, urging quick giving and highlighting various everyday scenarios to justify donations.
Barnard College Undergraduates announce a poster contest offering two free tickets to any performance. Entries must be text for the poster and include event dates April 19 and 20 with two show times each. Contest closes March 8. Time of performances to be announced.
Mrs. Chester Hale organizes an exhibition of French moderns at the Museum of French Art. Andre Derain’s works show a mix of radical and conservative styles with the Tote de Femme (No. 12) praised for its quiet dignity.
A De Paul University questionnaire shows most college men favor less liberty while nearly all women feel they have too little. Both sexes agree parental guidance is needed and Al Smith and “My Mother” top favorite contemporary figures in the poll among students.
Washington University psychologist H. Meltzer drew from anger diaries presented in New Orleans at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting. The study notes women report anger more often in college, with slipups like shoe laces and snubs from boyfriends, while men show physical impulses.
Campus News notes a long series of student uprisings from 1800 to 1930 fueled by prayer lengths, food quality, and unpopular presidents. The 1817 riot saw tutors confined to rooms and assaulted with bricks and wooden bats.
Hamlin University in Minnesota adopts a new policy allowing students to graduate once they pass a comprehensive exam, ending the fixed credit hour requirement. The change emphasizes progress at the student’s pace and grants a diploma upon completion of the exam.
Boston University figures by T Everett Fairchild show women’s Greek letter societies ranking highest in average grades among 39 organizations. The Herald Tribune reports the six top places are held by women’s sororities.
Colgate University plans to extend its preceptorial study program for freshmen, adding seven formal faculty discussions of readings and essays. President George Barton Cutten announced at a New York Alumni luncheon that every freshman will take the preceptorial work, part of an effort to intellectually develop students. Seniors will face comprehensive examinations this year to culminate the curriculum.
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