College History Parodied By Juniors Annual Show
The 1940 junior show at Barnard, titled Forty Winks, drew capacity crowds with satirical sketches of college life and notable figures. Viola Peterson as Arthur the Rat and Olga Scheiner as Ime Wantingue received strong notices aided by a ten piece orchestra and elaborate costumes.
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Barbara Reade
Wambdiaalhele
Anmneanintiwa
Vwiala
Viola Peterson
Arthur
Barnard
Columbia
Cof
Committee On
Martha Parthenon
Margaret Eitelbach
Sonia Smith
Jane Kass
Cassandra Streamliffe
Kathryn Sheeran
Col
Peggy Madden
Refugee Scholarship Drive Nears Close
The undergraduate committee led by Houk races to meet the March 15 deadline for the refugee scholarship drive. She notes over three quarters of students have not contributed. cash totals $450 with $150 more needed. Dean Gildersleeve aims to raise tuition via gifts as the committee considers bringing a student over at the next Representative Assembly meeting.
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Thel Houk
Iss “ Houk
Stu
Ted
Dean Gildersleeve
School Editors Hold Forum at 15th Annual Convention
More than 2,500 high school editors attended the fifteenth annual Columbia Scholastic Press Association Convention on Thursday through Saturday. Awards were given for 1,075 submissions from forty-seven states plus Alaska and Hawaii. Prominent editors spoke at 21 sectional meetings and 19 clinics. A New Jersey maple tree and a time capsule were planted at the World’s Fair grounds with Barbara Brooke and Hazel Sanchez taking lead roles. Delegates from Chestnut Hill and Germantown, Pennsylvania stayed in Residence Halls.
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Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Alaska
Hawaii
New Jersey
Association
Barbara Brooke
Greenwich
Connecticut
Hazel Sanchez
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
New York
Robert Bird
Henry Clay
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Warp
Tacoma
Washington
Lincoln High News
Miss Warp
Brooks Hall
Commodore
Alice Duer Miller
Barnard
John Jay
Casa Italiana
Prunella Wood
King’s Feature Syndicate
Richard Tobin
Herald- Tribune
William E. Haskell
Herald-Tribune
Robert F. Kelley
The
New York Times
Carl W. Ackerman
Columbia School of Journalism
Chestnut Hill
Germantown
Pennsylvania
Greek Games Color Plans Set for Sophomores and Freshmen
The two classes choose colors and costumes for Greek Games. Sophomores wear purple and gold with gold tunics and a purple bottom design, while freshmen use burgundy and white with white tunics and burgundy stencils. Dancers wear purple and gold belts. speaking roles include Irene Lyons and Doris Bayer as sopho more and freshman priestesses. Charioteers include Jean Sauer and Frances Murphy. Lyric contenders are Margaret Lorini and Gloria Tranasso, with the winning lyric kept secret until Greek Games day. The event is dedicated to Persephone with an Entrance story by Joan Roth.
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Irene Lyons
Doris Bayer
Estelle Cross
Marie Wall
Helen Rudd Owen
Jean Sauer
Frances Murphy
Margaret Lorini
Gloria Tranasso
Persephone
Joan Roth
Entrance
Underworld
Pluto
Hades
Demeter
Julia Gray and Deborah Allen Elected Residence Halls Leaders
Mary Maloney '40 to lead the Residence Halls Students' Association next year after Friday elections. Doris Meyers and Dorothy Stewart also nominated. A constitutional revision allowed direct nominations by students rather than a nominating committee.
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Julia Gray
Deborah Allen
Mary Maloney
Doris Meyers
Dorothy Stewart
Miss Maloney
Glee Club
Wigs
Cues
Charlotte Hall
The
Athletic Association
A.A
Perplexed Alumnae Seek Agony Column Solutions
Barnard alumnae publish their Our Own Agony Column with worries from former students. Sentimental frets over used Christmas cards while Fussbudget worries a year-old Spaniel’s grass-eating urge. Barnard suggests buying grassy Connecticut slopes to let the dog eat. Auction style queries appear about gowns for degrees and a brown leather overcoat for a boy, with notices ending in continued column.
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Bulletin
Fussbudget
Barnard
Connecticut Hills
Pennywise
Classes To Nominate For Presidents Today
Candidates for class president will be chosen by all four classes at meetings today. The seniors meet in 304 Barnard at noon to choose their five year alumnae head. The class of 1940 meets in Brinckerhoff Theatre at the same hour. At 1 10 p.m. the sophomores assemble in 304 Barnard and the freshmen in the Theatre. Meetings are compulsory. Elections for the three undergraduate offices will take place Thursday and Friday.
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Barnard
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Barnard Plans Fiftieth Anniversary Drive and Spring Dance
Barnard College announces a building and land fund drive for its Fiftieth Anniversary Week beginning May first. A Spring Dance on May sixth will cap the campaign, with exhibits of Barnardiana and a public showing of Barnard movies to engage undergraduates.
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Barnard
Student Land and Building Fund Committee
Barbara Ridgway
Barnardiana
Mortarboard Art Bulletin
Barnard College elects Gray and Allen to top student posts
Julia Gray 40 was chosen Honor Board Chairman and Deborah Allen 40 named Athletic Association president after last week’s balloting. Gray and Allen received spring corsages and will be installed at the College Assembly on April 18.
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Julia Gray
Deborah Allen
Honor Board
Athletic Association
College
Miss Gray
A. A
Barnard
Miss Allen
Land and Building Fund
Barnard Hall
Dr Catlin Sheds Light On The Tradition Of Democracy
Dr E G Catlin delivers the second lecture in a series on March 17 at 1 00 P M in room 139 Milbank Hall The talk titled The Tradition of Democracy covers Anglo Saxon and French views of democracy and the links to Rousseau Locke and Bentham Social Science majors and the college are urged to attend.
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E. G. Catlin
Milbank Hall
Catlin
Cornell University
New College
Oxford
Locke
Bentham
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Arthur le Rat
Pacific Coast
By Jane Goldstein
Dance Drive
Metropolitan Opera House
Mabel Foote Weeks
Helen Stevens
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Faculty Club
Jane Bell
Ruth Cummings
Helen Geer
Anne Meding
Louise van Baalen
Peggy Pardee
Phyllis Snyder
Natalie Salley
Chairman of Honor Board
Dr. Catlin
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