Barnard College student paper issue header March 2 1944
Barnard College Undergraduate Association publication issue dated Thursday March 2 1944 features staff lists including Editor-in-Chief Eleanor Streichler Martha Messler and Advertising Manager Carol Ruskin. The semi weekly college paper outlines roles across editorial board business and news staff with a long roster of assistants and associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Streichler
Martha Messler
Florence Levine
Gloria Kingsley
Phyllis Brand
Carol Ruskin
Betty Sachs
Pocus
Marcia Holstein
Selaine Jose. W
Room for Action in Student Government Reform
An editorial argues Barnard students show political lethargy due to sophisticates and indifferents. It urges using Curriculum Committee and a Civic-minded Political Association to stimulate participation and reduce high pressure voting, making student government vital and widely supported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Barnard Hall
Tilson’s
Gloria Monahan of Barnard College Aide to Athletic Group
Gloria Monahan recalls her Barnard roots from Barnard School to Barnard College and Camp in Vermont. She worries about a future as an airline hostess while planning activities with the Athletic Association Greek Games Dance and Junior Show. She has held summer jobs at a day camp and a Wall Street office and looks ahead to a happy, useful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Gloria Monahan
Barnard School
Barnard College
Vermont
Gloria
Athletic Association
Miss Strong
Santayana
Downing
Fifth Avenue
Claudette Colbert
Wall Street
Fifth Avenue By Joan Zeiger
The piece tours Fifth Avenue highlighting its plush shops, elegant streets, and changing crowds. It notes double decker buses, high fashion mink coats, and historic spots like Stouffer’s and Goubaud’s Beauty Bar, capturing the era’s urban atmosphere and social contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolworth’s
Fifth Avenue
Stouffers
New Amsterdam
New York
Alfred Dunhill
Times Square
The Negro Viewed By An Economist
Ruth Lyons reports Dr. Clara Eliot of the economics department argues that being born Black implies two strikes against progress due to poverty and racial barriers. She cites The American Dilemma by Gunnar Myrdal and notes wartime employment shifts, urging equal opportunity based on merit, not color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Eliot
Economics Department
Eliot
Carnegie Foundation
Gunnar Myrdal
Washington
Barnard
The Negro After the War and Racial Policy Views
Dr. Eliot cites the American Dilemma on postwar Negro economic fate and race attitudes. She notes executive orders against discrimination in defense and government, calls for education, and outlines a series examining the Negro problem from social science perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
America
Great Britain
Gladys Reichard
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Feature
Miriam Burstein
June Wals
Annette Auld
Dolores Drew
Nancy Edwards
Joan ‘Raup
Meade Shackelford
Joan Leff
Joan Zeiger
Ruth Janis
Anita Klein
Beverly Weisberg
Faith Zimmer
Ruth Berger
Anne Bukowski
Iris Davis
Associate
June Felton
Sally Ferris
Florence Grant
Joy Hellman
Ances Hitch
Frances Liebesman
Ruth Elizabeth Lyons
Cynthia Morse-Shreve
Patricia Pierce
Ruth Raup
Leila Ross
Judith Rudansky
Betty Smith
Dorothy Terrace
Sandra Visconti
Tania van York
Jean Weddle
By Joan Leff
A. A. President
By Joan Zeiger
Peasant Art Importing Company
Jensen
Scarlett
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Goubaud
Stouffers—Colonial Restaurant
Ruth Lyons
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