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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1956
Page
3
Professor Meyer Schapiro of Columbia presented a lecture in the Medieval Culture series outlining medieval attitudes to art versus antiquity. He noted luminosity in mosaics and glass, rejection of classical proportion, and the sacred word expressed in illuminated manuscripts.
Sue Levy and Ellen Feis were chosen Barnard College Social Council and Social Committee Chairmen for 1956 57. A resolution supported the Supreme Court desegregation decree to the University of Alabama Student Council. New orientation chairmen for fall were Hannah Rardow Myrna Zeigler and Margot Lyons.
Mark Van Doren spoke at Earl Hall to the Newman Club on religious poetry. He defined it as poetry that renders the universe and stressed that greatness comes from questioning existence and facing its dangers. He cited Dante and ancient and American poets like Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, noting a lack of perspective in modern poetry.
Barnard College groups and Columbia Students for Democratic Action mobilize around desegregation. NSA petitions with 170 signatures urge Alabama policy alignment with Supreme Court rulings. SDA letters praise Montgomery bus boycott leaders, emphasizing democratic traditions and peaceful action.
Freshman Sophomore and junior classes hold required meetings at noon to nominate candidates and hear speeches. Elections for class presidents occur March 14 and 15. Freshmen meet in the gym, sophomores in Milbank 335, juniors in the Minor Latham Workshop.
Father John Daly will discuss The Mysterious Religion of Women at the College Parlor during Thursday Noon Meeting. He argues women have no theology and are anti clerical, basing claims on five famous women and two books The Dignity of Man and The Search for Bridey Murphy. He is a former assistant director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and a religious knowledge professor at St Joseph's Seminary.
The Barnard Gilbert and Sullivan Society mounts a twin bill of H.M.S. Pinafore and Trial By Jury directed by Susan Gurfein with Carolyn Davis at the piano. Performances run April 18 19 and 20 in the Minor Latham Workshop with a cast including Rita Shane Beverley Robinson Robert Crean Mickey Satran Diana Delo Joan Faber Ruth Daniel Cornelia Ladas Evelyn Lerner Dan Tritter Tom Clark Mona Tobin and Bob Williamson among others.
Dorothy Donnelly was chosen Honor Board chairman in the all college election with 45 percent turnout. Mimi Kurtz became vice president of the Undergraduate Association Cherry White secretary and Jane Peyser treasurer. Dalores Johnson is new president of the Athletic Association.
Barnard girls in the chorus rehearse for Trial by Jury with names Louise Anfanger Ruth Daniel Diana Delo Jean Faber June Knight Cornelia L Ladas Evelyn Lerner Carol Podell Rita Shane Billie Tabat Suzanne Waller Cherry White and Ronnie Whitman listed among participants as the cast grows for the operettas.
The fourth dormitory musicale for the Mozart Bicentenary is set for next Sunday in Brooks Living Room at four. The one act comic opera Bastien and Bastienna based on Rousseau will be produced by Karen Gumprecht with Annina Celli and Donald Schwartz in key roles. Arthur Komar directs and accompanies. admission is free.
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