Full-Time Adviser Aids Freshmen Orientation Proposes Exit Exam Change
Curriculum Committee reports improved freshman adjustment this year aided by a full time adviser. It discusses Honors Course Foreign Language and science requirements and considers substituting a course of advancement for the exit exam to reduce the psychological hurdle. The committee favors a plan allowing extensions or a Dean's List approach to ease majors in language or other fields.
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Representative Assembly
Louise Comer
Dance Group Plans Recital at College Gym
Miss Strong's Modern Dance Group will give a demonstration in the college gymnasium on Thursday May 4 at 4 p m sponsored by the Athletic Association. The program includes four student composed numbers Technique Canon Fugue and Cumulative Rhythm and six individual pieces Pavanne by Florence Dubroff Pavanne by Janet Gowan Maude Vance Carolyn Brackenridge Theme and Variations by Julia Gray Maude Vance and Dorothy Boyle Foppery by Florence Dubroff Shirley Simon Gershwin Prelude by Miss Strong and Miss Harting. Shirley Simon outgoing Dance Chairman leads the event and the entire college is invited.
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Miss Strong
The
Athletic Association
Evelyn Hagmoe
Pavanne
Florence Dubroff
Julia Gray
Maude Vance
Carolyn Brackenridge
Janet Gowan
Dorothy Boyle Foppery
Shirley Simon Gershwin
Miss Harting
Shirley Simon
Barnard College Spring Dance supports Barnard fund drive
Barnard College plans a Spring Dance on Saturday to raise money for the Land and Building Fund. The event follows a week of Barnardiana exhibits and film showings at the conference room and college tea. About five hundred dollars are expected from the dance, aiding land building endowment scholarships and visiting professors.
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Barnard
Land and Building Fund Committee
Class Meetings Today for 1940 and 1941 Students
The 1940 and 1941 classes hold noon meetings today. Juniors meet in room 304 Barnard, sophomores in the Brinckerhoff theatre. Freshmen meet next Tuesday at noon to elect officers, discuss step-singing and announcements, and choose delegates to Silver Bay.
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Barnard
Brinckerhoff
Silver Bay
Spring Dance Enlivened by Milk Beverage Boost
The spring dance features a milk bar and punch at the May 6 gym event with Borden’s donation and 60 dozen flowers. Guests include numerous professors, doctors, and their spouses, plus Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and Miss Mabel Foote as attendees.
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Glenn Schmitt
Douglas Moore
Henry A. Boorse
Giles Rich
Julius Held
Step Singing Rehearsal Announces Senior Week Event
Step Singing, the annual Senior Week kickoff, will be June 2 with all undergraduates allowed. Each class performs its verse of You Can Tell while moving up, juniors host lunch, and seniors surrender cap and gown to the incoming president. Rehearsals set May 4 and May 8 in the gym and Conference Room. Adeline Bostelmann urges attendance.
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Adeline Bostelmann
Barnard Glee Club to Host Banquet for New Director
The Barnard Glee Club plans a Friday 6:30 p.m. banquet in Butler Hall to welcome new director James Giddings who previously led the Princeton Glee Club. Awards will honor members for service and attendance as former director Willard Rhodes ends two years at Barnard. Guests include Mrs. James Giddings Miss Gena Tenney and Dr. and Mrs. Donald Read. This follows two prior events the Columbia Barnard Concert at the Grand Ballroom and a joint Princeton Barnard program in March.
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Barnard’s Glee Club
Butler Hall
Glee Club
James Giddings
Giddings
Princeton Glee Club
Willard Rhodes
Barnard
Gena Tenney
Donald Read
Columbia-Barnard
Biltmore
Plaque Presented to Miss Weeks at Banquet
The Book Exchange Committee discusses changes to payments and check handling. A new plan would require the Book Exchange Chair to sign checks countersigned by the Treasurer, with each book sold triggering a paid note naming the book. Seniors may reclaim unsold books next Tuesday and Wednesday from 10 to 2 in the Conference Room.
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Book Exchange
Exchange
Book Exchange Committee
AA Arts Gala Dinner Honors Miss Weeks At College Banquet
More than 300 students and faculty attended the Athletic Association banquet in the gym Friday. Miss Weeks received a Barnard plaque for service to the college. Seven seniors earned senior awards for outstanding work, while Virginia Rockwell and Margo Ver Kruzen received athletic pins. Mary Walrath Ruth Elaine Blum and others earned service certificates. Honorable mention went to Louise Van Baalen. Activities included faculty student entertainment replacing a guest speaker with dances and performances, ending with a note on a page 3 continuation.
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Athletic Association
Miss Weeks
Barnard
the Athletic Association
Virginia Rockwell
Margo Ver Kruzen
Mary Walrath
Ruth-Elaine Blum
Antoinette Vaughn
Cozette Utech
Ninette di Benedetto
Louise van Baalen
The
Dean Gildersleeve
Dr. Alsop
Miss Wayman
Miss Harting
Miss Strong
Miss Yates
Rita Chiarappa
Barbara Stickney
Shirley Simon
Florence Dubroff
Refugee Fund Totals $600 Announced by T C Committee
The Refugee Fund of Teacher's College now totals $600, announced by the Committee. Funds will aid refugee students at the campus and may support the Intercollege Committee. At the Peace Demonstration $42 was collected for refugees for the International Student Service.
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Teacher’s College
Intercollege Committee
International Student Service
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