This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1938
Page
4
A Barnard Bulletin forum letter argues the campus peace attitudes survey misleads readers. It contends that grouping isolation collective security and pacifism skews results and urges separate questions for neutrality and collective security. The writer also urges presenting both neutrality and collective security in the April 27 strike planning.
Professor Edward Kasner of Columbia and Barnard spoke on the fourth dimension at Barnard's inaugural Mathematics Club meeting. He drew analogies from two to four dimensions and noted the idea opens to many higher dimensions. Louise Comer presided, with over fifty attendees including Barnard and Columbia math faculty and two Columbia Club members. Tea followed after the lecture.
Barnard alumnae discussed various phases of medicine at a round table on Medicine as a Career for Women. Speakers included Elizabeth Wright Hubbard Lucy Porter Sutton Margaret Fries Ada Chree Reid Mary A Jennings Frances Krasnow and Harriet Wilcox sharing practice, research and teaching roles at New York Infirmary Park Laboratory and other institutions.
Evelyn Healy is named Sophomore Ring Committee member and Greek Games Darite Committee alum. Mary Maloney, vice-president of the Sophomore Class, previously served as class secretary and on the Athletic Association Games Committee. Betty Cornwall is Freshman Social Chairman. Phyllis Wiegard serves on Greek Games Costume Committee and in Greek Games dance. Doris Williams is Freshman Honor Board representative and G.G. Entrance Committee member.
Barnard delegates Jean Libman Nanette Hodgman Ana Holtzman from Representative Assembly and Mildred Rubinstein Ruth Hershfield from Bulletin will join five delegates this weekend. They depart Thursday night or Friday morning for meetings with Senators and Congressmen, a parade, and a public meeting to discuss future actions. The Pilgrimage sponsors include National Student Federation of America ASU Consumer's Union and others. They push for Schwelltenbach Allen and NYA funding extensions and a broader American Youth Act with a 500 million program, and support for Harrison Fletcher Black and Bernard CCC bills while opposing Nye Kvale and Sheppard Hill measures and wartime industry control plans.
A new nonprofit group formed by Columbia University area residents will provide nursery care musical training athletics and various recreational and educational services. It aims to improve housing health and consumer facilities and to offer a pre kindergarden at Amsterdam Avenue 1125 piano and voice lessons adult education and an athletic program. Membership is open to Morningside Heights residents with 85 enrolled. A Monticello farm donated by Professor Patty Smith Hill will host summer weekends for member families to work together on farm tasks.
The first University Sing under Professor Lowell P. Beveridge, director of the Chapel Choir, was held Sunday night sponsored by the Columbia Christian Association. Students from across the University joined in a formal program and request numbers. planning committee included Dorothy Clark and others. Suggestions for future Sing activities are welcomed by the CSA.
The Undergraduate Association adopted a provision requiring petitions with fifty signatures for each candidate when more than four names appear on a slate. The measure passed after lengthy discussion, with further changes to be debated next meeting. The editor of Quarterly will be elected at the same session.
The annual spring dance will be held on Saturday April 30. The event, organized by the Committee for the Land and Building Fund chaired by Adi Kent Thomas, aims to raise funds this semester through the Spring Formal. Plans include opening the Conference Room and Little Parlor for smoking and refreshments. A recent Photography Contest supported the Land and Building Fund.
Marjorie Reese announced plans to raise funds to re decorate the Residence Halls guest parlors at a house meeting. A committee led by Miss Reese will design a drive begun with an informal dance this Friday and a bridge party later in the semester to support the effort.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.