Barnard Trustees Ban On National Adult Clubs Debate
President Millicent C. McIntosh outlined three reasons for barring nationally affiliated adult groups from Barnard campus at a Representative Assembly session. The Definitions Committee and Faculty Committee on Student Affairs clarified positions while opponents argued the policy stifles outside conferences and student interaction.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard
Cheny White
Gay Mainzer
Miss Mainzer
McIntosh
Faculty Votes on Reading Period at Barnard
Professor Henry A. Boorse announced a faculty vote establishing a reading period with classes canceled on the last Friday of each term. Suspension rests with instructors. plan to review before finals to be set by the Committee on Instruction next year.
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Henry A. Boorse
Committee On Instruction
Barnard
Bulletin
Student Council
Renaissance Literature and Patriotism, Nelson Lecture
Professor William Nelson argues Renaissance roots lie in the Middle Ages not classical revival. He notes the printing press broadened authorial reach and that patriotism emerged as a goal, challenging orthodox views of secular spark. Cites Chaucer as medieval example lacking patriotism.
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Grace Schulhof
William Nelson
Nelson
Chaucer
Gates Defends Academic Freedom At Columbia Rallies
Daily Worker editor John Gates spoke at Columbia addressing the E V Debs Society denouncing the City College presidents as the Fearful Five for barring him from campuses. He stressed his Smith Act conviction was not for violence and criticized FBI actions as political policing.
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Andree Abecassis
John Gates
Columbia
Gates
E. V. Debs Society
Daily Worker
City College
Buell Gallagher
The
Norman Thomas
Bertram D. Wolfe
Communist Party
Moscow
John Dewey Society of Columbia
Mr. Gates
Bertram Wolfe
America
Norman Thom
Dormitory elects officers for executive committee roles
Electors began voting for president social chairman and junior and sophomore representatives to the dormitory executive committee. Presidential candidates are Sue Israel and Pat McArdle. Social chair candidates Mary Ann Pollack Phyllis Steinberg and Margy Trovato discuss programs and guest policies. Junior candidates Pat Spencer and Jane Tupper propose orientation tours and flexible activities. Sophomore candidates Danny Charry and Erna Olafson focus on event publicity and room games.
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Sue Israel
Pat McArdle
Miss Israel
Miss McArdle
Mary Ann Pollack
Phyllis Steinberg
Margy Trovato
Miss Pollack
Miss Stein
Erna Olafson
Miss Charry
Downs
Miss Olafson
Council Acts To Champion Student Drive
The Barnard College Student Council passed a motion pledging moral support for city college students in defending academic freedom. Dorothy Donnelly and Cherry White led the effort, urging the right of student organizations to hear speakers of their own choosing amid disputes over John Gates and campus speaking privileges.
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City College
Barnard Student Council
Board of Higher Education
Gates
Columbia
Dorothy Donnelly
Cherry White
Barnard College Student Council
Gifts for Library Reach New High
Gifts totaling 123339 toward Barnard College’s new library and classroom building push the campaign total toward its two million dollar goal. Principal gifts include 750000 from Mrs Arthur Lehman who will have the building named for her, 50000 from Alfred P Sloan, 25000 from the New York Times Foundation, and 7500 from the United States Trust Company of New York Foundation. The project supports plan to expand enrollment to about 1500 with a new dormitory for two hundred students.
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Arthur Hans Sulzberger
Arthur Lehman
Alfred P. Sloan
General Motors Corporation
New York Times Foundation
United States Trust Company of New York Foundation
Barnard
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