Socialism and College Duty Highlight Barnard Letters
A reader advocates socialist views linking poverty to societal disease and urges educated women to work for social betterment. The letter praises Anita Cahn Block and urges responsible action beyond campus life. May A Parker, president of Barnard Botanical Club, documents club aims and activities.
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Barnard Bulletin
Gedo Cees
Copernicanr
Anita Cahn Block
Darnard
Carlyle
Jessie B. Adams
Wellesley College Fellowship For 1911 12 Attracts Applicants
The Alumnae Association of Wellesley College offers a $500 fellowship for graduate study toward the M A degree for 1911 12. Applicants must be graduates in good standing, preferably teachers for at least three years, with evidence of continued study through papers notes outlines collections or publications. Applications may be made to any committee member before May first.
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Bulletin
Barnard Botanical Club
Gregory
Larnard
A. Parker
Alumnae Association
Wellesley College
Welesley
Women in the Medical Profession
Clara Meltzer Auer argues that women physicians shoulder extensive duties beyond practice, balancing family care and career. She contends medical women gain broader knowledge, improve judgment, and can serve public health and education, even if part time or as recreation.
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Clara Meltzer Auer
Barnard
Johns Hopkins
Design for Women at Barnard Bulletin Readers
Sara Rome outlines early training in drawing and design for women, noting limited contact with successful designers and explaining paths in wallpaper fabric book and rug design. Freelance work demands exceptional designs and self confidence though studio setups and steady commissions offer practical routes to independence.
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Barnard Bulletin
Sara Rome
Hobhouse Discusses Practical Reason and Moral Conduct
Professor Hobhouse of London spoke to the Philosophy Club on The Practical Reason and Moral Conduct. He argued reason is a synthesis of the emotional nature, shaping desires into a common direction, with morality arising from coordination of social and individual emotions.
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Professor Hobhouse
London
Philosophy Club
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