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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
1
A discussion in class and in the Representative Assembly critiques standardizing marks by averages. The piece argues marking harms morale, notes unfairness, and suggests dropping the question as a utopian but impractical ideal.
The council recommended each class give 25 annually to the Studies for upkeep and renovations and urged graduates to start leaving gifts. Janet Shubert resigned as Charter Committee Chair. Mosetta White named with Harriet Reilly as alternate. Installation of new officers set for April 6 with Columbia Band and tea.
A student editorial urges readers to vote in all elections not just the presidency. It notes campus polling when voting for class president drew crowds and warns that only presidential turnout may reflect public interest. It emphasizes learning candidates’ qualifications and convincing friends to vote.
Serge Koussevitsky conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra with a strong, controversial tempo casting Prokofieff and Respighi beside Rimsky-Korsakov. The Cecelia Society Chorus and Charles Stratton add intensity while critics question the orchestration's excess versus classic form. Borodin's Polovtsian Dances close a program praised for artistry rather than spectacle.
A Tulane University expedition in the Mexican backwoods has discovered a twenty century old Mayan city with carved stone bridges broad highways and terraces. The party reports temple ruins statues and glyphs among the many monuments found during the exploration.
N. J. Chambers of the English department is placed on probation after parents protested his freshman composition classes for reading Bertrand Russell What I Believe. Dean Dudley Griffith cites inadequate teaching of composition as the real issue. The acting president says the matter rests with Miss Jane Lawson who delegates first year instruction authority.
The Keshare Dramatic Club at Colorado College stages Lena Rivers with Lena Rivers and her grandmother in a clash of northern manners and southern standards. John Livingston and Caroline enter as stern foil, promising a modern wink at a sentimental favorite once popular with Grinnell College alums.
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