College Weekly Bulletin From Barnard Students
Published semi weekly through the college year by the Students at Barnard College in the interests of the undergraduate Association.
11 Mar 1930
Page 1
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1930
Page
1
Published semi weekly through the college year by the Students at Barnard College in the interests of the undergraduate Association.
The teditorials are the joint work of the Editorial Board, which consists of Editor in Chief, Managing editors, and Copy editors.
The piece praises San Francisco Mayor Rolf for his humorous handling of a Reds march and argues Communist crimes are exaggerated. It ridicules claimed riots and platinum shipments, noting police restraint and a fragile threat from Communist elements, calling them numerically tiny and politically insignificant.
The United States v Mary Ware Dennett ends with the Circuit Court reversing a Brooklyn Federal District Court verdictfinding her guilty of sending obscene literature through the mails for her pamphlet The Sex Side of Life. The reversal follows strong support from educators physicians and liberals who backed her appeal and funded it.
The article notes rapid growth under the English mandate with Jewish settlement. It mentions Universities at Palestine and Hebron teaching Arabic and Hebrew and open to Arabs and Jews alike. It highlights a Palestinian cultural Renaissance and a lively debate with Mr. Dumimit and a speaker stirring audience questions.
The Social Service Committee invites participation in varied tasks this semester. Opportunities include leading groups, reading poetry with children, storytelling, art and craft work, weaving, music class assistance, hospital concert planning, games, hospital library help, and more. Edith Gutman in Miss Kruger’s office offers details Tuesdays and Fridays from 12 to 12:30.
A garbled college clipping shows tensions as students at Williams College and Penn State discuss prohibition era policies. The piece notes student activism, a call for a state prohibition movement, and references an eighteenth amendment vote schedule at 800 10 10 am.
Flying High Georgian Lech selected from twenty seven institutions in the south to receive a Daniel Guggenheim Fund grant of 86000 to establish an aeronautical engineering career program. The fund previously supported California Institute of Technology Stanford University Michigan Wisconsin Harvard Syracuse and NYU School of Aeronautics.
The Denver Clarion notes a new University of Deaver course analyzing jokes anecdotes and skits to determine what makes them funny. Researchers hope results will ease public suffering by applying science to joke writing and humor.
The Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute will award its first honorary degree in 75 years, naming Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd as Doctor of Science at the June commencement ceremony.
University of Georgia students on the main road to Atlanta erected a large sign reading Going to Town to solicit rides, claiming the clever sign circumvented a civil offense ban on soliciting rides by speech motion or gesture. The plan reportedly met with much success.
The piece argues that overreliance on card indexed notes harms learning. It advocates listening without writing to improve memory and mental integration of course material rather than carrying every detail.
A dense, opinionated column lists many shows and performers. Praised acts include Fixina Fal Ysear Shaw Bert Lahr in a stylish aviator revue and Kiss Up and Dream musical. critics praise Ruth Praper-Py and Popare Frank Morgan. Mixed notes on The Last Mile and The Plutocrat. several entries warn of uneven material and weak book.
Soloists Herbert Dittler and Milton Ka sims with the Columbia University Orchestra performed Bach concerto for two violins and Wagner overture to the Flying Dutchman at Velalim Theatre last Thursday. The program favored slow lyric pieces though the two violin concerto impressed with balance and delicacy while Mother Goose Suite lagged in style.
A listing of radio drama programs including Civic Repertory scenes directed by Ilva Le Gallienne on Thursdays 6 30 to 7 30 DM and Vernon Radcliffe adaptations on Wednesdays 4 to 5 PM on WIZ. WEAF presents Rise of the Goldbergs on Wednesdays 7 1 7 30 PM and Amos and Andy sketches nightly except Sundays 7 00 to 7 12 PM.
A series of gallery shows highlights American realism and modernist works. The Art Center at 65 East 59th features Fifty Best Prints of the Year through March 13. Kumiyoshi Daniel Galleries at 68 Madison Avenue presents Interesting American wood cuts and graph arts through March 15. Thomas Benton’s work appears at Delphic Studios 9 East 57th through March 15. Rockwell Kent is exhibited at Weyhe Galleries 794 Lexington Ave through March. The American Artists exhibit at various venues includes Pepine Mangravite in a bold modernist presentation.
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