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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1938
Page
2
A Student Council majority defends university freedom over academic freedom for individuals. They support free discussion and inviting speakers while opposing actions that damage the university’s reputation. The group favors oversight of student groups and cites the Burke incident as overblown.
The writers protest Dr. Butler's stance on allowing campus groups to hear outside speakers deemed ultra radical or Communist. They seek clarification and pledge that full freedom of discussion on the Columbia campus will be preserved, noting possible misunderstandings among students. Names Elspeth Davies Edna Jones Helen Raebeck Sofia Shumonds appear in the letter.
The board discusses Butler letter urging free campus expression and urges President Butler to reconsider a decision on a planned meeting featuring prominent radicals. The resolution accompanies the report as part of campus free-speech debate.
The Freshman Class spring dance will be tomorrow evening at Casa Italiana from 9 P.M. to 1 A.M. Bids cost $2.25 per couple and go on sale Thursday and Friday at noon. About 75 couples are expected to attend with Howard Kelly's orchestra providing the music.
Seniors faced a drastic room choosing process using a numbered draw similar to a library line. Dorothy Preis led the first pick, with eight hundred rooms in the house under a new flat-rate, lowering some prices and raising demand. Miss Abbot oversaw the event and urged patience to avoid later trouble.
Mortarboard staff works at top speed to press delay until March 15 as copy is typed and funding is sought. Editor Emily Turk recalls snapshots of students for relaxation while the group contemplates costs and aims for a smaller print run, asking readers to obtain a book quickly as copies dwindle.
Renne Tracy won the lyric reader role for the Greek Games at noon try-outs in the gym on Wednesday March 2. Sixty girls attended with Kathryn Sheeran and Vera Arndt chosen as priestesses and Helen Gear and Roberta Hadley as soph and freshman challengers. Shirley Ellenbogen praised turnout and announced afternoon try-outs for charioteers at 5:00 pm on March 4 in the gym.
Harriet Benedict manager of the water carnival seeks a ship's bell or a bugle with bugler. Anyone possessing either item should communicate with Miss Benedict.
Dr Jessie Marshall of Margaret Sanger Birth Car will lecture on health education to the senior class this afternoon at 4 15 in College Parlor. Marshall, a Barnard English Department alum from Birmingham England trained in 1924, has worked with the American Oral Hygiene Association and serves as University Medical Officer at Teachers College Columbia University.
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