Miriam Kurtz Named Junior Class President After Revote
Miriam Kurtz won the Class of 57 junior president in a run-off held March 15–16 after a tie between Kurtz and Janet Gottlieb in the original election. About 160 votes were cast, the year's high, with Kurtz emphasizing leadership and better coordination of class projects and orientation for transfer students. A class meeting on March 18 will nominate others to class offices.
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Miriam Kurtz
Jake Miss Kurtz
Janet Gottlieb
Barnard Assembly picks social chairs and votes on campus changes
The Representative Assembly elected Peggy Ann Gilbher and Sandy Epstein as Barnard College Social Council and Committees chairs for 1955 56. It amended the Undergraduate Constitution under Article IX and confirmed the closure of the Barnard Book Co op. Adrienne Scott and Carla Levine were picked for Model United Nations representation with a $4 conference budget. Full Term Drive chair nominees Teri Kaplan and Pat Pomboy were set for March 23 election.
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Representative Assembly
Peggy Ann Gilbher
Barnard College
Sandy Epstein
Sienna Ernst
Fran Evans
Duane Lloyd
Board of Proctors
Court of Senior Proctors
Student Council
Barnard Book
Adrienne Scott
Carla Levine
Barnard
United Nations Security Council
City College
Assembly
Teri Kaplan
Pat Pomboy
Drive
Government Major Joins UN Group on Women’s Status
Cherie Gaines a Barnard government major represents the World Assembly of Youth on the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women which met for the first time last Monday. The eighteen nation commission meets twice daily through April 1 to study political and economic status of women worldwide. Gaines led CCUN and Barnard IR Club activities and earned the CCUN United Nations contest title in junior year at Hunter High School. She will be the Model General Assembly president on April 13 at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Cherie Gaines
World Assembly of Youth
United Nations Commission On the Status of Women
Eighteen Nation Commission
Miss Gaines
Barnard
Council For the United Nations
United Nations
Hunter High School
Model General Assembly
CCUN
University of Pennsylvania
Senior Class Meeting Planned for March 21
Senior Class President Gisela von Scheven announces a meeting of the Senior Class on Monday March 21 from 12 noon to 1 pm in Minor Latham Theater. Discussion will cover Senior Prizes Scholarships to be awarded and a possible gift to the school. Banquet plans during Senior Class Week will also be discussed.
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Gisela von Scheven
Latham Theater
Arts Festival Showcases Modern American Arts Weekend
The American Arts Festival at Barnard and Columbia centers on Modern American Standards with talks by Lloyd Goodrich and Ben Shahn on painting and Henry Hitchcock and Philip Johnson on architecture. Barnard groups perform dance and drama, with a folk-song presentation and lectures by Francis Fergusson and Norris Houghton. About 100 visiting students from other colleges attend.
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America
American Civilization Department
Lloyd Goodrich
Whitney Museum
Ben Shahn
Henry Russell Hitchcock
Smith College Museum of Art
Philip Johnson
Barnard
Dawn Lille
Miss Lille
Hawthorne
Ellie Cate
Judy Callaway
Pat Circelli
Sally Brinsmade
Alice Gilbert
Judy Moftey
Joan Shelby
Martha Wubbig
Drama Workshop
Barbara Kauder
Barnard and Columbia
Clyde Griffen
Francis Fergusson
Rutgers University
Norris Houghton
Columbia
Friess to Speak at Noon on March 17
Professor Horace Friess of Columbia University will address the Thursday Noon Meeting on March 17. His talk titled When the Fog Breaks covers key points in contemporary religious thought and reflects his long career in religious studies and ethics.
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Horace Friess
Department of Philosophy
Columbia University
Friess
Department of Religion
Barnard
Herbert Schneider
Columbia
Review of Religion
The
New York Society For Ethical Culture
Prof Hadas Presents Greek Tragedy Lecture
Professor Moses Hadas of Columbia University delivered a March 15 talk in the Greek and Latin department titled Aspects of Greek Tragedy. It was the second of a three part series by the Curriculum and Assemblies Committee.
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Moses Hadas
Columbia University
Arts Assembly at Barnard: drama poetry and dance program
Miss Alice Levine announced a March 22 Arts Assembly at Barnard Gym featuring dance, music, drama, and poetry readings. An art exhibit will run on the second floor of Barnard Hall. Participants include Minella d'Ambrosio55 on piano, Elizabeth Nash57 singing Mozart and Figaro, and the Gilbert and Sullivan chorus with Diana Rubin55 as soloist. The event also includes a dance number by Judy Calloway55 and poetry readings by faculty. Professor Hadas discusses Greek dramatists in a related lecture with a second talk on March 29 in the Minor Latham Theater.
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Alice Levine
Barnard
Barnard Hall
Minella d’Ambrosio
Elizabeth Nash
Gilbert and Sullivan
Diana Rubin
Judy Calloway
Maristella Bové
David Robertson
Jean Houston
Sophocles
Hadas
Antigone
Creon
Latham Theater
Council Chooses Hannah Shulman Blue Book Editor
Hannah Shulman, 57, elected Blue Book Editor by the Student Council for the coming year. She plans more copies to meet rising enrollments and a larger staff to verify names and classes for a more accurate book. Shulman has served on Representative Assembly, chaired the eligibility changes committee, participates in the Greek Games Dance Group, Bulletin staff, and was editor of the Freshman Orientation Booklet and news editor of the Freshman Newspaper.
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Hannah Shulman
Miss Shulman
Representative Assembly
Bulletin
Spring Square Dance at Barnard Gym Tomorrow
A spring square dance will be held tomorrow evening from 8 30 to 12 p m in Barnard Gym. Bob Hitler will call the event. Tickets are 75 cents at the door. Refreshments will be served.
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Barnard
Bob Hitler
Seniors Announce Graduation Plans for Week of Events
Jane Were-Bey, Senior Week Chairman, outlines graduation events including the Prom on May 28 at the Columbia University Club, Baccalaureate at St. Pauls Chapel, Ivy Planting, One Last Word for Barnard and Columbia undergraduates, coffee hour in John Jay, and a June 1 Barnard diploma ceremony with a Dean's tea.
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Jane Were-Bey
Columbia University Club
St. Paul’s Chapel
Barnard
Columbia
John Jay
Barnard College
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U.N
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Intercollegiate Broadcasting System
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UN Group On Women’s
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Prof
Arts Assembly
Dramatists
Greece
Aeschylus
Euripides
Orestes
Euripedes
Medea
Hippolytus
Phedre
Council
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