Dies Agent Stirs Campus With Inquiry
A Dies Committee inquiry at Columbia University last Tuesday sparked campus debate over alleged un American activities. Major George Wilson questioned faculty seeking Moscow gold evidence while Deans deny outsider influence and stress free speech and education.
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Teachers College
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Greek Games Roles Filled for Annual Event
The Greek Games entrances assign Mavis Freeman 41 as Demeter Nancy Swan 42 as Persephone and Naomi Sells 41 as Pluto with a procession in the gym. The program features a group of eight tumblers and a Cerberus themed chariot design to match mythic color schemes. Tickets go on sale next week in Mrs Read's office with tiered prices for lower and upperclassmen.
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Mavis Freeman
Demeter
Nancy Swan
Persephone
Naomi Sells
Pluto
God of the Underworld
Cerberus
Underworld
Irene Lyons
Doris Bayer
Estelle Cross
Maria Wall
Helén Owen
Lyric Reader
Jean Sauer
Frances Murphy
Topics Chosen For University Conference Panel Discussion
The student arrangements committee selected five topics for an all university conference in April. Topics include Security and Democracy Religion in Democracy Minorities Civil Liberties and Refugees Foreign Affairs and Democratic Functioning of Legislation. Flora Ginsburg serves on the committee from Barnard.
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Robert S. Gordy
Columbia College
Jester
Law School Student Council
Ludlow
Flora Ginsburg
Barnard
Law School
Psychology majors set March 28 luncheon in Barnard
Psychology majors will hold a luncheon next Tuesday March 28 from 12 to 2 in Barnard room. Dr Ray Simpson will discuss recent research work. This marks the last required gathering for psychology majors this academic year.
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Alice Duer Miller to Write Barnard History Profile
Jane Goldstein reports that Alice Duer Miller, class of 1899, is compiling a fifty year history of Barnard College. Fundraising and alumni input shape the project with emphasis on alumnae and faculty, tracing Barnard’s beginnings from modest pledges of $100 a year.
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Alice Duer Miller
Barnard
Student Council Elections Narrow Field for 1940
Duncombe Williams Gonzales and Dubroff win posts on Representative Assembly and Bulletin staff. Florence Dubroff and Jane Mantell chosen editors of Bulletin and Quarterly. Nominations for Undergraduate Association vice-president include Shirley Ellenbogen Evelyn Hagmoe and Peggy Bates with a 24-candidate slate for twelve at-large seats.
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Florence Dubroff
Bulletin
Representative Assembly
Jane Mantell
Assembly
Shirley Ellenbogen
Evelyn Hagmoe
Peggy Pardee Bates
Winifred Anderson
Doris Bayer
Marie Boyle
Rita Chiarappa
Anne Connolly
Marjorie Davis
Alice Drury
Julia Edwards
Louise Giventer
Louise Gray
Alice Harte
Helen Kandel
Joy Lattman
Marjorie Leahy
Irene Lyons
Marjorie Madden
Miriam Margolies
Elizabeth Price
Olga Scheiner
Kathryn Sheeran
Ruth Stevenson
Vera Thompson
Phyllis Wiegard
Irma Zwergal
Jean Ackermann
Estelle Cross
Patricia Lambdin
Marion Serby
Mortarboard
Priscilla Burge
Kathleen Richardson
Michelle Silverman
Quarterly
Miss Dubroff
Miss Mantell
Miss Ellenbogen
Hagmoe
Bates
Refugee Fund Nears Goal for Barnard Girl Candidate
The Refugee Fund Committee has raised 750 of 1000 dollars to fund a girl from persecuted regions to Barnard College. Three Czechs and three Germans are being credentialed with Dr. Edgar J. Fisher coordinating and Dean Virginia C. Gilder sleeve guiding the selection process.
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Mabel Houk
Representative Assembly
Edgar J. Fisher
Institute of International Education
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Representatives Assembly
Miss Houk
Barnard
New Officers Elected Across Senior Junior and Sophomore Classes
Caroline Duncombe was elected senior class president with 138 votes, Doris Williams won the junior class presidency with 142 votes, and Evelyn Gonzales was chosen sophomore class president after ballots across the undergraduate elections. Other candidates included Anne Grauer and Margaret Pardee Bates for senior, Priscilla Burge and Irene Lyons for junior, with remarks from each new officer reflecting excitement and gratitude.
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Caroline Duncombe
Doris Williams
Evelyn Gonzales
Miss Duncombe
Representative Assembly
Barnard Hall
Anne Grauer
Margaret Pardee Bates
Columbia Student, Christian Association
Residence Halls Association
Dr. Catlin to Speak on Democracy Tomorrow
Dr. E. G. Catlin will present The Tradition of Democracy in a lecture tomorrow at one o'clock in room 139 Milbank Hall. A former Cornell history professor and New College Oxford graduate, he will compare Anglo Saxon and French concepts of democracy. Social science majors and the college community are urged to attend.
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New College
Oxford
Information Please program challenges Barnard faculty
Barnard College students, led by the American Student Union, host an Information Please event in the Conference Room on Tuesday afternoon, March 28. Pro fessors Montague and Peardon will answer questions submitted by students aiming for tough fact queries and two-digit math recalls. The afternoon also features Jingle Dingle and a modern spelling bee with definitions of slang, notes say.
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