Peterson Installed as Barnard College President Before 1500
Martha Peterson was inaugurated as president before 1,500 college leaders, faculty, alumnae, and students at Riverside Church. Grayson Kirk did not attend. Barnard Trustee Wallace Jones represented Columbia University. Peterson lauded the Regents report on private education and urged awareness of a women’s college’s role in a university and in New York City.
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Martha Peterson
Barnard College
Riverside Church
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Barnard
Wallace Jones
Kirk
Peterson
New York Board of Regents
New York City
Open Letter Proposes All College Government Vote
Barnard students and faculty will vote next week on a proposed tripartite college government. A committee led by George Woodbridge and others recommends new college committees including Honor Board Judicial Council and Housing while preserving existing bodies. Ballots appear in the library for May 6 to 10. at least one third of students must vote to validate.
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George Woodbridge
Marion Phillips
Christine Royer
Susan Fischer
Estelle Freedman
Linda Krakower
Mina Wasserman
Taft
Uss
Barnard
Honor Board
Judicial Council
Martha Peterson
Mina
Wasserman
Greek Games Cancelled Amid University Strike
The 1968 Greek Games were voted out of existence on Saturday afternoon as Columbia strike chaos led to a 25 to 15 decision. Forty participants, no faculty, debated for 45 minutes before canceling the event. Some supported sympathy with striking students, others doubted returning in the semester.
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Barnard
Columbia
Barnard Students Arrested in Columbia Building Scuffle
About 107 Barnard girls were arrested in a Columbia University buildings incident. Barnard officials and college leaders checked names at the 14th Precinct, with President Peterson saying no student would be jailed or held overnight and no disciplinary action would be decided until emotions subside.
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14Th Precinct
Columbia
Ulanwy and
Noval
Miss Meyers
Miss Lawton
Peterson
Students Demand Kirk's Resignation and Campus Strike
Mass student rally on South Field denounces police use to clear university buildings. Strike Coordinating Committee and CUSC seek resignations of President Kirk, Vice President Truman, and allied Trustees. Faculty and student strike urged. witnesses cite police brutality. library workers vote to strike in sympathy. Rabbi Goldman shifts from no amnesty to no amnesty for Kirk and Truman.
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South Field
Strike Coordinating Committee
CUSC
Truman
Columbia
Bailer Library
Rabbi Goldman
History major requirements revised for four course system
History Department chairmen announce changes to major requirements to liberalize the program. The former two history and two ancient or medieval history courses are dropped. Students now must complete one Junior Readings course two Senior Seminar courses and at least four courses in an area of concentration.
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