Jasmine Fleur elected president of Barnard group
Jasmine Fleur won the Barnard College election by a large margin to head the Lend a Hand to Little America group. Four votes went to each of Lorna Doone and Clarissa Harlowe, with five for Fleur among 13 ballots. The 2987 member campus group plans three new members after a drive next week.
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Jasmine Fleur
Barnard
Jasmine
Lorna Doone
Clarissa Harlowe
Miss Fleur
Little America
Hawaii State Agricultural College
Representative Assembly
Loop
Chicago
Missouri
Dormitory Window Washing Plan Sparks Tax Debate
Students discuss funding for dormitory improvements with plans to wash windows. Some favor a tax on milk, crow, and other goods to cover costs while others fear glare affects applicants. Realists question feasibility and impact on residents as opinions split.
Local Colum bia student nominated by American People’s Party
A Columbia undergraduate nicknamed Eggbert Wire wins the nomination at a convention amid jokes and scandal. He dodges Washington attendance saying he was in a pool room on 116th Street, cites 24 arrests with no convictions, and proposes a plan to end relief with a ten million dollar White House annuity for earners under that amount. He signals acceptance with an X and a rose petal telegram.
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Eggbert Wire
Columbia
Peopul
Egg
Washington
Wire
Columbia University
Horah
Wite
116Th Street
Reform School
White House
Saturday Club Hears Mr and Mrs Gather On Freesia Art
The Saturday Club heard a lecture by Mr. Gather with slides by Mrs. Gather titled Wild Apricots on Freesia. The program in Bar nard Hall Room 303 featured epigrams and a screen show praised as representative of frozen art and expressionistic interpretation of Aggie’s dirge.
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Mrs. I. Gather
Saturday Club
Freesia
Barnard Hall
Gather
Aggie
College Special Train for Barnard Girls
Officials of the New York Central Railroad have arranged a special train to take Barnard girls to camp. The train will carry only Barnard students, stopping at 116th Street each Friday at 4. The locomotive is rumored to be a leftover from an 1894 scrapped group.
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New York Central Railroad
Barnard
116Th Street
Barnard Discovers New Swing Music at Campus
A quirky excerpt from a recovered magazine describes swing music as the athletic addition to campus life. The piece, arriving from the Black Sea by saxophone-formed craft, frames swing as uniquely American and contrasts it with early cultural trends discussed in a Political Union session.
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Barnard
Black Sea
Bulletin
United States
Greek Games Horses Stir in Ambition Over Queen's Tiara Theft
The piece portrays Greek Games horses fearing replacement by Columbia pony ballet and other acts. Sophomores and Freshmen debate roles and dignity while officials hint at a meeting in Fayerweather. The narrative mixes satire with clipped theater of manners as horses resist change.
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Minsky
Columbia Pony Ballet
Columbia
Bulletin staff upheaval after subversive trends probe
Agnes Leckie chairs a Student Council investigation that orders a full reorganization and dismemberment of the Bulletin's managing board. The move follows alleged internal subversion and controversial editorials blamed on Editor-in-Chief Diana X. Hirsh and other staff actions.
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Bulletin
Student Council
Agnes Leckie
Barnard
Leckie
Miss Hirsh
Buff and
Green
Underwood
Remington Rand
Bobbsey Twins Discussed by Union in College Parlor
The Political Union in the college parlor discussed the role of philatelists in a communist state and Bobbsey Twins as revolutionary literature. Led by Miss Miriam Roher, the group voted to organize a protest against Spring and sent a telegram to the Weather Bureau in Washington, D C.
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Bobbsey Twins
College
Bulletin
Miriam Roher
Helen Levi
Marie Smith
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Little
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Byrd
Podunk
John Jay
Mrs. I
Hossie
Emma
Helas
Abner
Portland
Fayerwheather
Diana X. Hirsh
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