Greek Games Story Reveals Age And Origin of Famous
A century old school ritual, the Greek Games, traces its evolution from rough freshman soph other hazing in 1903 to later changes. The event once featured a brutal tug of war that caused faintings and hysteria. the 1928 shift moved it to new venues and trimmed harsher contests.
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Vilege
Sophs
Stength
Brinckerhoff
Barnard Hall
Barnard
Thompson Gymnasium
Teachers College
Columbia Gymnasium
Menorah to Hear Dr. Moses Hadas on Alexandrian Jewry
Dr. Moses Hadas of Columbia University will speak on Alexandrian Jewry at a Barnard Menorah Club and Columbia Jewish Students Society joint meeting this afternoon at 4 in the College Parlor. Dr Harold Korn will show pictures of Justice Cardozo and early Columbia trustees, noting their Civil War era roles. A reception may follow, and the entire College is invited to attend.
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Moses Hadas
Columbia University
Barnard Menorah Club
Theolumbia Jewish
Arold Korn
Benjamin N. Cardoza
Juste
United States Supreme Corp
Tr See
Abrashem Mendes Seixas
Barnard College
Tatlock Prize Latin Examination Date Announced
The Tatlock Prize examination to honor Jean Willard Tatlock Barnard 1895 will be held Saturday April 18 in Fisk Room 330 from 1 10 to 4 10. Open to the whole College the test will be sight translation from Latin to English. Competitors should report to Professor Hirst or Dr Day.
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Jean Willard Tatlock
Barnard
Fisk
Hirst
Dr. Day
Wigs and Cues Plans Four Plays Benefit Night
Wigs and Cues will stage four one act plays on April 17 with admission charged to raise funds for the Building Fund. The program includes Benito a melodrama Scriptor Ignotus a fantasy The Good Sante Anne a tragedy and Corpus Delicti a comedy.
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Wigs and Cues
Benito
Scriptor Ignotus
Bryn Mawr
Miss Latham
Corpus Delicti
Columbia
Sante Anne
Deutscher Kreis To Sponsor Plays at Brinckerhoff Theater
Deutscher Kreis Barnard College and Deutscher Verein Columbia College present Heinrich von Kleist’s Der Zerbrochene Krug and Rudolf Wittenberg’s Der Apostel in Brinckerhoff Theatre Monday evening April 6 at 8 30 under Federal Theatre Project auspices. Professor Wilhelm Braun describes the origins and notes tickets are complimentary but must be requested and used within seating limits.
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Heinrich von Kleist
Rudolf Wittenberg
Federal Theatre Project
Brinckehoff Theatre
Deutscher Kreis
Barnard College
Deutscher Verein
Columbia College
Wilhelm Braun
New York
Irving Place
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Barnard
Herr Bonn
Professor Braun
Brinckerhoff
Saint Joan Praise By Shaw Defender Brown Says Play Shows Great Skill
John Mason Brown of the New York Post defends George Bernard Shaw in a talk at the Institute of Arts and Sciences calling Saint Joan one of the modern theatre’s great plays. He commends Shaw’s grounded miracles and notes his evolving attitude toward humor and society.
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George Bernard Shaw
John Mason Brown
New York Post
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Brown
Modern Theatre
Shaw
Joan
Saint Joan Brown
Mr. Brown
Minsky
Katherine Cornell
Theatre Guild
The
Louisville
Kentucky
Harvard
Louisville Courier-Journal
University of Montana
Theatre Arts Monthly
American Laboratory Theatre
Yale
New Undergraduate Officers Named Maciver Simmonds and Tenney
The college announces Maciver Simmonds and Tenney as new undergraduate officers. An Alumnae Undergraduate Tea will be held tomorrow in the College Parlor Barnard Hall with Senior Class members as guests. The Artists Tea is led by Gena Tenney with committee members Mrs R L Johnston Miss Helen Erskine Miss Vera Jacques Miss W B Stoughton and Mrs Frederick Rice ex officio.
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Barnard Hall
Gena Tenney
R. L. Johnston
Helen Erskine
Vera Jacques
W. B. Stoughton
Frederick Rice
Faculty Photos Aid Building Fund Exhibit Opens
The Spanish Club sponsors a faculty baby photo show in the Conference Room to raise money for the Building Fund. It runs from ten this morning to four this afternoon with a five cent admission. Contributing faculty include Miss Young Mrs Seals Professor Braun Miss Rockwell and Professor Dorado. The Penny Race by the Athletic Association is also underway with boxes in Barnard Hall.
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Spanish Club
Young
Seals
Braun
Rockwell
Dorado
The
Athletic Association
Barnard Hall
Mill
Named Bulletin Editor Election at Assembly Meeting
Elections for Bulletin Editor will be held Thursday at noon in Room 304. Helen Hartmann and Marion Patterson are nominees. Adele Hagland resigned. Voting is open to Representative Assembly members and Bulletin staff. The nominating committee included the Editor, a staff member, a Student Council member, and the Undergraduate President.
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Bulletin
Representative Assembly
Helen Hartmann
Marion Patterson
Adele Hagland
Miss Hartmann
Miss Paterson
Miss Patterson
Sopho
Jane Craighead
Emily Chadbourne
Mary Hagan
Eleanor Levison
Barbara Ridgeway
Miss Maciver
Maciver
Cues
Sofia Simmonds
Current Events Club
Social Science Union
Miss Tenney
Carolyn Swayne
Dorothy Brenner
Boar's Head Poetry Contest Opens With Cash Prizes
Entries must be submitted by April 1 to the Boar's Head Poetry Society. Prizes are 25 dollars for first, 15 dollars for second, and a third prize. Poems accepted will appear in the Columbian Review around April 30. Judges include Mark Van Doren Eda Lou Walton and Ben Belitt. Submit up to five poems in Student Mail to Nora Laurie or Elspeth Davies before four p.m. Wednesday. Submissions will be anonymous to the judges.
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Boar’s Head Poetry Society
The
Columbian Review
Mark van Doren
Eda Lou Walton
Ben Belitt
van Doren
Nora Laurie
Elspeth Davies
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Tatlock Prize
McMillin Theater
Saint Joan
Simmonds, Tenney
Young, Seals
Rockwell, Braun
Undergrad
Betty MacIver
Beatrice Tenney
Miss Simmonds
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