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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1931
Page
1
Published semi weekly during the Colac Year by the Students at Bareard Coupee. The issue appears to cover undergraduate interests and notes the date March 27, 1931 and issue number 38.
The page lists the editorial board including Editor in Chief Tclen Block and editors such as Mairi Rosenthal Evelyn Raskin and correspondents Margaret Martin Wortense Calisher Gertrude Epstein and Glaser. It names assistants Ruth Sherburne printing staff and advertising and circulation managers with multiple crew members and office roles.
Hortense Calisher of the Class of 1932 has been declared ineligible by the Eligibility Committee and withdrawn as a nominee for president of the Senior Class 1932 33. She also loses her staff position on the Bulletin after a year of service.
The Reverend George B. Ford outlined the history of church vestments at the New Man Club meeting on March 23. He described the stole as a 6th century symbol of identification and discussed the encyclical on birth control and marriage as monogamous by natural law, noting the evolution of human societies.
A Wisconsin Meiklejohn experimental college failed due to funding constraints despite two Nation articles praising aims to reduce student passivity and over specialization. The school abandoned exams and lectures in favor of reading lists and group discussions with non specialists teaching for integrated knowledge.
Fragment discusses the possibility of other universities like Wisconsin or Columbia taking up the successful work of Dr. Meiklejohn. It reflects on financing and scholarly resources and hopes for a strong institutional heir to advance the undertaking.
An editorial chorus rails at global politics and cultural debates. It questions isolationist wartime measures toward Soviet Russia and mocks the era’s censorship while critiquing Rembrandt attribution and art market folly. It also notes probes into the Fulton fish market and laments lost authentic masterpieces.
The critique attacks Channing Pollock's work for insubstantial sentimentality and a vague parable of virtue. It mocks the Duggan Davis couple Archibald and Jennifer for hollow ideals, describes acting as flat, and notes mismatched direction and musical numbers.
A music program by the Friends of Maisie Ther Series at sundown faced an abrupt interruption when the death of the noted composer was announced. The chorus and performers, though strained, delivered a happy lift as the section concluded the concert with a mannered finish.
The review praises Kreutzberg and Georgi for a revivalist oriental art feel in interpretative dance. It highlights their supple bodies, masterful technique, and synchronized performance, noting exaggerated arm movement and syncopation as modernistic yet sometimes distracting.
The review notes Martha Graham's technique delivers intense grotesque contortions and violent emotion, repeating a fierce rhythm. It praises power but laments monotony and jerky phrasing, calling for more rhythmic variety while approving the strong display of limitless force.
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