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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1957
Page
3
Sue Israel 58 was elected president of the Dormitory Executive Committee for 1957 58. Marge Trovato 58 Pat Spencer 59 and Erna Olafson 60 were chosen for social chairman junior representative and sophomore representative respectively. About 72 percent of dorm residents voted.
Dr. Rudolf Wittkower, newly elected executive officer of the Columbia graduate department of fine arts and archeology, will speak at the last lecture on Renaissance. The talk is tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Minor Latham Playhouse. Wittkower has taught in Berlin, Rome, and London. The series began two years ago to supplement humanities and follows Greek culture in 1955 and the medieval world last year. Hannah Shulman ’57 serves as student chairman of the Faculty-Student Committee on Assemblies.
Dean Burke Johnston of Virginia Tech presented on Ben Jonson as a highly conscious stylist. He explored how Jonson’s words, sounds and imagery shape meaning, noting examples from Jonson’s plays and poems and drawing on Milton Grey and Ring Lardner to show how sound strengthens meaning.
Students at Columbia University sponsored a Hyde Park style forum on Kashmir asking whether the region should belong to India or Pakistan. Palayam M. Balsundaram argued a plebiscite was unwise now but supported Kashmiri self determination. Naeem Rathmore urged immediate plebiscite and Pakistani troop withdrawal.
The National Students Association plans a Thursday discussion on the pros and cons of affiliation with nationally linked groups. Delegates from NAACP and Students for Democratic Action will join Young Republicans and religious groups to weigh advantages and drawbacks of national bodies. Judy Smith elected Barnard Bulletin Editor-in-Chief for next year. she outlines staff reorganization and a shift to an editorial page with reviews and profiles. The Red Pencil dinner at Hewitt Hall marks term end as editor-elect outlines training and responsibilities.
Progressive educator Dr William Heard Kilpatrick emeritus of Teachers College Columbia University spoke at Barnard education colloquium on a threefold aim of education. He said the remoter aim is to live a defensible good life, the intermediate aims develop personal traits for the good life, and the immediate aim is to find teaching methods that build needed human traits. He urged learning from personal experience while cautioning against relying on others values. A discussion led by Dr Joseph Brennan followed Kilpatrick's remarks.
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