Barnard College Education Program Recap 1956–62
A pamphlet this month reviews the Barnard College Education Program run 1956 to 1962 funded by Ford Foundation grants. It outlines goals to recruit train liberal arts graduates for teaching and involve faculty in teaching problems while integrating preprofessional study with a liberal arts curriculum. Alumnae praise the academic approach and a student survey shows 49 percent already teaching and 41 percent plan to begin or resume teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Greenspan
Barnard College
Ford Foundation
Fund For the Advancement of Education
Barnard Education
Sheklin Lipkin and Wolfe Elected Class Presidents
Barbara Sheklin Penny Lipkin and Erica Wolfe were elected class presidents for their respective classes. The Bryson Award results will be announced at the Installation Assembly on Tuesday March 24. Miss Sheklin aims to keep the president focused on class viewpoints and plans informal career conferences senior week a senior show and a prom with a dinner. Lipkin outlines a dual role coordinating the Junior Handbook and Show while serving as class representative and pursuing housing reforms and a revised general education program. Wolfe notes non participation rights for uninterested students and mentions continuing coverage on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Sheklin
Penny Lipkin
Erica Wolfe
Bryson Award
Sheklin
Miss Lipkin
Representative Assembly
Langston Hughes Uses Art To Challenge Social Injustice
In a Bulletin exclusive interview, Langston Hughes discusses writing as his main weapon in civil rights work. He favors poetry to express social truths and notes his ongoing project Words Like Freedom which includes Merry-Go-Round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langston Hughes
Bulletin
Hughes
Dorm Exec Mulls Judiciary Power Extension
The Dormitory Executive will consider extending judiciary power to cases not covered by dorm rules and suspensions or social probation in a closed meeting tonight. It seeks student involvement in weighing evidence and extenuating circumstances and plans to form an administrative machinery to be proposed at open meetings and then to the Administration.
Poll Results Show Liberal Rules in 616 Well Accepted
An ad hoc committee conducted a poll of 78 residents of 616 about the liberal rules. Most students say grades improved or stayed same and concentration improved despite shopping and cooking duties. Roommate male visitors were not seen as interference by most, and there was no knowledge of wild parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Machlin
Committee On Housing
Carol Berkin
Greek Games Torch Run statue to move on Barnard campus
The Barnard Greek Games Torch Runner statue will be relocated from Jake Hall to a platform between Reid Hall and the 117th Street entrance after landscaping is finished. Designed by Chester A. Beach and presented in 1928, the bronze statue commemorates the 25th anniversary of the games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Helen Reid Hall
Forrest L. Abbott
Barnard
Abbott
Barnard Hall
Reid Hall
117Th Street
Green Gate
Chester A. Beach
Court Ruling Supports Rent Strike Move in East Harlem
East Harlem tenants won a court decision allowing rent to be directed toward urgent repairs. A compromise lets the landlord receive one third of unpaid rent for repair work. The East Harlem Rent Strike Action Committee, formed in January, coordinates strikes building by building with tenants electing representatives and filing notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Moll
East ‘Harlem
Rent Strike Action Committee
East Harlem
Benny Garcia
Ray DeLeon
Mike Flag
Barnard
Columbia
Also Mentioned on This Page
BC Issues
Sheklin, Lipkin, Wolfe
By Merle Hazid
Wolfe
Marian Kirsch
Mr Hughes
Liberal Rules
Sylvana Foar
Miss Foa
Harlem
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