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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1932
Page
1
Barnard College Students publish semi weekly paper during the college year except breaks. The issue is Volume 36 Number 47 dated May 3 1932 and produced for the Undergraduate Association.
Page lists editors in chief managing editors and a wide group of staff across departments. Names include Madlyn Millner Hildegarde FitzGerald Gertrude Epstein and many contributors with class years indicated. Also shows town staff office and advertising circulations teams.
The piece notes scholarship funds strained by reduced college income and rising pleas for aid. It urges students to seek external funding, avoid unethical self funding, and demonstrates how ethical theories are tested as priorities shift toward sustaining education amidst hardship. The editor reflects on values and social responsibility.
A large audience witnessed Minus The Highness at Barnard College in a junior show. Phyllis Machlin directed with Constance Smith Natalie Joffe Fairchild and Bach among staff. The cast included Sylvia Wienstock Muriel Schlesinger Janet Silverman Ruth Snyder and others.
Ten days at Lake George near Silver Bay saw college students split into groups to discuss international relations economics and student life. Notable speakers included Dr. Edmund Chafee and Harvard Divinity School graduate Dick Hill. The event emphasized collective identity and intellectual growth with sessions on belief systems and practical student solutions.
The text argues that civilization’s institutions survive financial panics only through active work and sacrifice, not passively maintaining current levels. It stresses that intelligent thinking must be joined by concrete efforts to endure economic turmoil.
Madam Schumann-Heink and Walter Damrosch led an all-Wagner program with an unusually large orchestra. Highlights included the Rienzi Overture, Prelude to Lohengrin, and Gotterdammerung scenes, ending with Tristan und Isolde. The veteran singer received repeated ovations while Damrosch drove climactic, mystical currents through the score.
The Athletic Association hosts its annual banquet on Friday May 6 in the gymnasium featuring Dr Frederick Maroney as guest speaker and remarks by Dr Alsop Miss Helen Erskine Miss Agnes Wayman Miss Helen Appell retiring president and Miss Aileen Pelletier incoming president. Awards for seniors will be presented and entertainment includes tap dancing with freshmen waitresses performing a skit. Formal dress is requested for retiring and incoming boards. Day students pay one dollar and dormitory students twenty five cents. attendees sign the Barnard Hall poster.
Warren William stars as Vincent Day a brilliant young prosecutor with a silver tongue. He convicts a man of murder leading to an electrocution when the real killer confesses too late. Day resigns in remorse and faces a tarnished career in a brutal courtroom drama.
A reader reviews the Strand talking picture version of an Edna Ferber farm tale starring Barbara Stanwyck as Selina. The critic laments weak character retention and melodramatic moments, noting a finale that leaves viewers squirming as the farm drama collapses into sentiment.
The college elected managers for archery, baseball, dancing, games, health, swimming, tennis and other activities under a new AA system this year. Students voted with nominations limited to three by the AA Board and some roles chosen by class groups or college voters. Officers elected earlier include Aileen Pelletier president Sylva McElwain vice president Katherine Montgomery secretary and Grace Chin Lee treasurer.
The Physical Education Department faces the advanced volleyball class on Tuesday May 3 at 5 o'clock in Barnard gym. The Fall match ended in a Faculty win and the outcome this time is eagerly awaited as students invite spectators to watch the fun.
The Barnard advanced dancing class will present its annual demonstration on Thursday May 5 at 4 20 in the gymnasium. All students and friends are invited. The program includes basic exercises group work and many original dances by class members. Ms Dobbins and her high school group may attend if possible.
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