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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1950
Page
3
The Currie Committee urges Barnard to drop four years of gym to three as specialization and major studies heighten demand on schedules. It notes overcrowded classes and scarce free hours, hindering student access to museums and field trips.
Approval of Leslie Morgan for Bulletin editor and Alice Kogan for Focus editor for next year will be sought at the Assembly meeting in 480 Barnard Hall. Outgoing editors Esther Mendelsohn and Barbara Dawson present the nominations. Mortarboard editor selection shifts to the class of 1952 with a public slate.
Jo Boettjer is elected president of the Athletic Association in a runoff held last Thursday and Friday. Officers for the executive board will be chosen at the Representative Assembly today. Nominations for vice president treasurer and secretary are on an open slate with pending results for president.
Fran Conway is elected first vice-president of the Residence Halls with Dorothea Bennett as second vice-president, Gloria Wyeth as treasurer, and Rona Levein as secretary. Meg Potter wins activities chair over Barbara Skinner after initial voting. Nominating balloting occurred March 21 in Brooks Living Room. Conway and Bennett bring prior leadership roles to the council.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia University, urged global disarmament and an international police force to secure lasting peace. He warned against unilateral disarmament and framed peace as a path to justice, freedom, and mutual understanding. He outlined Columbia’s aim to advance world peace, possibly through a Chair or Institute of Peace.
Professor John R. Dunning of Columbia University will address the all college assembly tomorrow on Man and the Atom. A longtime Columbia physicist, Dunning has studied uranium fission neutrons energy and radiation and has served as Manhattan District and Bikini representative in 1946.
Dean Millicent C. McIntosh presents Barnard College’s response to questions on tuition increases and outlines a publicity campaign. She emphasizes long term aims, cost cutting, growing enrollment, and boosting gifts and endowment to balance the budget. The plan relies on a robust Development Fund to fund scholarships and faculty salaries.
The Athletic Association hosts the second annual Dancing Digits Folk Festival this Thursday at 8:30 pm in the gym. Tickets go on sale today through Wednesday 11:30 am to 1:30 pm and at the door Thursday. Admission is twenty five cents. The program features dances from Philippine to New England, including Maria Escada, Ra chel Solomon, Lillian Holmberg, Ruth Canter, and a square dance lineup with Carolyn Philips on piano. The Folk Song Group will present a selection of folk numbers under Edith Bernstein directing.
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