Poll on Tuition Rise at Barnard Faces Student Referendum
Dean McIntosh agreed to a student referendum after about two hundred students opposed a proposed tuition rise discussed at the February Town Meeting. The college faces a $100,000 deficit despite $65,000 in savings and aims to raise $350,000 from alumnae, with funds split between scholarships and capital needs.
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Representative Assembly
McIntosh
Jean Palmer
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Barnard
Miss Palmer
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Dean Announces Changes In Examinations Schedule
The Faculty discusses revamping the major exam to avoid thinning senior work and crowding the end of term. Departments report that excusing seniors from the last week harms college work and that the final assessment should not occur so soon after classes end.
History Talk Takes Shape at Barnard Conference
Invitations went to Barnard alumnae for the American History Conference at Barnard on March 10 and 11. The theme is Individual Liberty and the American Tradition. Speakers include Murdock and Perry of Harvard, Barzun, Auden, Commager, and Hook. The Modern Dance Group performs, plus Barnard Octet singing.
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Barnard
Kenneth Murdock
Harvard University
Ralph Perry
Harvard
Jacques Barzun
Columbia
W. H. Auden
Henry Commager
Sidney Hook
New York University
Kathleen Collins
Faculty Panel Sets Greek Games Tryout Aides
Tryouts for speaking and dramatic parts in Greek Games will be held in the gym next Wednesday March 8 at noon. Interested girls should consult Mrs Mary Morris Seals or Professor Lucyle Hook before then. A faculty committee will judge the tryouts including Dr Ellenor Swallow Mrs Seals and Professor Hook. One point eligibility for challengers and priestesses two points for lyric reader. The reader's class gains one point toward the final Games score.
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Mary Morris Seals
Lucyle Hook
Ellenor Swallow
Seals
Hook
Placement Bureau Announces Graduate Job Opportunities
The Placement Office and Vocational Guidance committee urge seniors to file vocational preferences and clarify first choices. Time magazine interviews may begin in April this year, with publishing and personnel requests most common. business openings are also available. Typing and stenography are prerequisites for top jobs, and public school teaching requires city examinations.
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Houghton
Vocational Guidance Committee
Time Magazine
Nominations Open for Undergraduate Vice President
Nominations for the Undergraduate Vice-president are opened today at 12 30 in the Conference Room. Nominating speeches are required but acceptance speeches are not. Voting will be on March 7 and 8. The Undergraduate Association urges broad student attendance. Nominees must be junior class members. The VP acts as president when needed and chairs the Board of Proctors.
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Proctors
Barnard selects Nani Lengyel as Undergraduate Association president
Nani Lengyel, 50, elected president of the Undergraduate Association after polls on Tuesday and yesterday with 660 ballots cast. Lengyel has held roles including Undergraduate Secretary and Greek Games business chairman, and has Dean's List honors plus Barnard tennis champion title. The new system requires nomination and acceptance speeches for president candidates, with voting next week March 7 and 8 for vice-president secretary and treasurer.
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Nani Lengyel
Miss Lengyel
Representative
Barnard
Benueap Council
Representative Assembly
Joann MacManus
Jane Connington
New Campus Service Group Formed by Student Council
The Student Council voted to form a campus service group of fifty girls to host teas and luncheons and guide visitors and prospective students. Members will be drawn from all classes and residency statuses on a voluntary/selective basis with voting determining membership. A name for the group is not yet decided.
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Jake
Student Council
Students Affairs Office
Symposium on Teaching Dean Millicent C McIntosh Leads
An educational symposium hosted by the Vocational Committee English Department and the Placement Office runs from 4 to 6 p.m. in Brooks Living Room. Dean Millicent C McIntosh opens followed by Miss Ann Esinger of Brearly School New York. The event features interest groups on nursery elementary science English high school private schooling speech dramatics guidance and curriculum planning with a Teachers College official on credits and certification.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Brooks
Ann Esinger
Brearly School
New York
Teachers College
Editors Promote Six to Editorial Assistants at Bulletin
The Bulletin editors promote six girls to editorial assistant roles to prepare for future work. Names include Eleanor Engelman Betsy Weinstein Aida Di Pace Audrey Weissman Bernice Friedenthal and Marisa Macina. Five others advance to the symposium staff and five more join a symposium study group examining comprehensive examinations and senior seminars at the Dig seven colleges.
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Eleanor Engelman
Betsy Weinstein
Aida di Pace
Audrey Weissman
Bernice Friedenthal
Marisa Macina
Edith Richmond
Nancy Miller
Nancy Isaacs
Pat Weenelsen
Betsy Wade
Medical Exams Begin for Freshmen and Sophomores
Medical examinations for sophomores and freshmen began Monday February 6. Students should make appointments in the Medical Office as soon as possible. Sophomores who transferred in September need not sign up again for an examination.
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