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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
3
Doris Landre's committee presented a complete revision at the highly attended Representative Assembly meeting held Monday from 12 to 1. The plan includes clarifying powers of Council and Assembly, abolishing the budget committee, and delaying delegates-at-large election ahead of a final vote after vacation.
The proposed changes to the constitution and the current sections are printed in full on pages two and three as requested by the Assembly membership.
Article six reforms move budgeting from the Assembly to the Council by requiring a tentative budget after installation and abolishing the budget committee. Undergraduate Treasurer Alecia Conner advised the change, expanding treasury oversight over club finances while leaving disbursement decisions to the Assembly. The Assembly gains policy formulation powers and a reconstituted membership structure. If passed, elections for ten class Assembly delegates per lower class occur before the Installation Assembly on April 18.
The Wigs and Cues group selects George Bernard Shaw's The Devil's Disciple for their spring production to be staged April 27 and 28 at Brinckerhoff Theatre. Richard Skinner directs. New officers include Mary Graham as business manager Leora Dana as production manager Elizabeth Corrigan as play reading chairman and Peggy Feury as secretary.
B Iden Payne, Shakespeare Theater director in Stratford on Avon England, will speak at 4 in the Conference Room on modern Shakespeare productions and the current English theater scene. He formerly led the Goodman Experimental Theater in Chicago and headed Carnegie Institute of Technology productions. He will soon return to England. The talk targets English majors but the college is invited.
Contributions to the Red Cross drive total $876.08 after the second week. Students provide $486.08 and faculty $408. Freshmen lead with $199.60, sophomores $105.65, juniors $142.50, and seniors $20.33. Raffling nylon stockings, Sydney Cook says one thousand raffles sold and first drawing tomorrow. Coffee dance for apprentice seamen at Earl Hall on March 19 adds $45, and Health Bar proceeds net $10 for the drive.
Representatives will elect Bulletin Mortarboard and Quarterly editors at noon. Bulletin editor nominees are Annette Auld Miriam Burstein and June Wals. Mortarboard nominees are Ruth Farrell Joan Leff and Joan Zeiger. Quarterly nominees are Edith Johnston and Roberta Rust Trilling. The Assembly will also elect the Mortarboard business manager with candidates Mary Brown and Elaine Engelson.
Alma Le Duc of the French department will be guest of honor at a tea hosted by Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and the department this afternoon at 4 in the College Parlor. Dr Le Duc retires this spring after twenty eight years at Barnard.
Professor Allan Nevins spoke to history and government majors about three postwar goals for Australia. He outlined a Pacific consul to manage South Pacific affairs, a League of Nations type organization, and closer ties with the British empire. He noted easing but persistent Australian resentment over American presence and predicted student exchanges after the war.
Alecia Conner was elected Undergraduate Association vice president by 467 votes on a student slate with Julia Fremon Hope Simon and Miriam Skinner. She has held multiple roles including sophomore class president and Student Council member, and as vice president will oversee freshman class meetings elections proctoring and smoking rule enforcement.
Shirley Wanda Sexauer mathematics major won the Rice Fellowship in natural science and mathematics. Ethel Victoria Weiss government major won the Murray Fellowship in humanities and social sciences. Alternates named: Alice Arnold Smith for Rice and Ursula Edith Price for Murray.
Students vote today and tomorrow to select senior junior and sophomore class presidents for next year. Senior nominees are Jane Brunstetter Julia Fremon Hope Simon Miriam Skinner with a long record of student leadership and campus activity.
The first complete dress rehearsal for Greek Games will be tonight from 6 to 10 o'clock. Freshmen and sophomores will perform Entrance ceremonies and hold dances while athletic practices occur. costumes for dancers athletes and horses are by current costume committees and will be judged. Final rehearsal follows Easter break on Thursday April 18 from 6 to 10.
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