Constitutional Revision Report Faces Open Meetings Issue
The Constitution Revision Committee seeks open Student Council meetings and access to minutes, with methods under review such as posting or mimeographing minutes. A judiciary body to interpret the constitution is favored to resolve impasses, while archives compilation awaiting decision, likely by the graduate secretary, with a report to Rep Assembly due this week.
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Committee For Constitutional Revision
Representative Assembly
Rep Assembly
Constitution Revision Committee
Student Council
Navy Opens NROTC to College Women During War Emergency
Commander McAfee announced Barnard that junior and sophomore women may join the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps to free men for combat. Seniors may enlist for Waves with a regular commission. Training lasts six weeks this summer at a Great Lakes training station with salary and blue officer uniforms.
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Navy
Robert A. McAfee
Barnard
Waves
NROTC
Great Lakes
Ruth Houghton
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Bureau of Standards
Brookhaven and Naval Research Laboratories
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
NAACP Plans Circulation of Book Clauses at Columbia
The Columbia NAACP chapter votes to circulate objectionable passages from Morison and Commager's Growth of the American Republic among history students. Professor Henry Steele Commager to defend the passages. another historian to oppose. Queens College already removed the work, and a conference with Columbia's acting president Grayson Kirk may reopen fraternity charter issues.
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Morison and Commager
Columbia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Douglas Pugh
Henry Steele Commager
The
Columbia History
Samuel E. Morison
NAACP
Queens College
Grayson L. Kirk
Columbia Student Council
Kirk
Communist Party
New York State
Senior Meeting Highlights Job Prospects by Field
Barnard Placement Office schedules an informal shop talk in Brinckerhoff theatre tomorrow at noon to brief seniors on employment prospects across government military education business and industry. Staff will cover available positions salaries commissions and locations.
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Barnard Placement Office
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Potter Schachter Taylor Issue Statements on the Honor System
The article presents questions posed to candidates for Honor Board chairman with their statements printed in column 5. It asks about approaches to the Honor System, pledge language, open versus closed nominations, and the creation of a judiciary to resolve policy disputes between Student Council and the Representative Assembly.
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Schachter
Taylor
Honor Board
Student Council
Representative Assembly
Charlotte Honor Board
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Pamela Taylor
Meg Potter
Ruth Schachter
One Percent Rise in Total Barnardites on Probation
The Registrar reports a one percent rise in students on probation this past semester, totaling 74, up three from last year, against a smaller enrollment of 992 from 1027. Breakdown shows 27 sophomores, 20 freshmen, 14 seniors, and 13 juniors on probation. ten seniors admitted for foreign language incompletion. Associate Dean McGuire notes freshmen and sophomores’ struggles reflect alignment with requirements and interest, while overall four-year trend shows rising grades as students advance.
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Lorna F. McGuire
Wigs and Cues Tix Available for Man of Mode
Subscriptions for the restoration drama Man of Mode with Sir Fopling Flutter subtitled are on Jake at 1.20 each. Shows run March 29 30 and 81 at Brinckerhoff Theater with John Ott directing the Barnard company and rehearsals starting March 3. Cast includes Mary Altschuller Nancy Jane Price Catherine Rozendaal Barbara Kauder Naomi Loeb Cecile Pineda Anne Atheling Merle Marcus and actors Roger Boxill Geoffrey Gates Brown Robert La Guardia David Gertstein Adolphus Sweet Barry Alan Grael.
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Sir Fopling
Jake
Brinckerhoff Theater
John Ott
Barnard
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Mary Altschuller
Nancy Jane Price
Catherine Rozendaal
Barbara Kauder
Naomi Loeb
Cecile Pineda
Anne Atheling
Merle Marcus
Roger Boxill
Geoffrey Gates Brown
Robert la Guardia
David Gertstein
Adolphus Sweet
Barry Alan Grael
Board of Trustees promotes eight faculty members
At its February meeting the Board of Trustees approved six faculty promotions for the upcoming academic year. Gladys A Reichard to Professor. Lelia M Finan to Assistant Professor. Frances Keesler Graham to Assistant Professor. Margarita Da Cal to Assistant Professor. Two title changes also approved: Inez Nelbach and Earl W Stevick to instructors in English.
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Gladys A. Reichard
Lelia M. Finan
Frances Keesler Graham
Margarita da Cal
Inez Nelbach
A.M
Earl W. Stevick
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Class Meetings Set for Nominations and Elections
Class officers will be nominated at meetings for junior, sophomore, and freshman classes. The Class of 1952 meets at noon in Milbank Hall Room 139. sophomores at 1 p.m. in Room 139 to elect a Mortarboard editor and pick among three tied Representatives Assembly candidates. freshmen at 1 p.m. in Brinckerhoff Theater to elect a class song leader and nominate candidates for class president.
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Milbank Hall
Mortarboard
Representatives Assembly
Brinckerhoff Theater
Honor System Emphasized at Barnard for Freshmen
The Honor System at Barnard is framed as a trust based standard for college life. Freshmen should be fully aware of its implications and the need to report violations. The Honor Board handles cases sympathetically and flexibly, resolving doubts and deciding penalties if charges are proved.
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Barnard
Honor Board
Ruth Schachter on Barnard Honor System scope
Ruth Schachter argues the Barnard Honor System works well with few unreported infringements. She favors keeping the code limited and opposes extending it beyond current phases or adding a pledge to report violations. She emphasizes awareness and enforcement by the Honor Board.
Honor System at Barnard Could Expand Across College Life
Pamela Taylor discusses expanding Barnard College Honor System beyond academics. She envisions broader application with student and faculty understanding, ongoing discussion, and closer cooperation between Honor Board, class advisers, and faculty to guide improvements and new student orientation.
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Barnard
Missing $9.50 from Ingrid Otten seeks clue
Ingrid Otten 53 asks for help in recovering nine dollars and fifty cents taken from her wallet last week. Anyone with information should contact her via Student Mail.
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Ingrid Otten
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