Barnard College marks twenty five years of growth and goals
The anniversary program highlighted Barnard’s rise from 36 to 869 students, with new buildings planned despite funding gaps. Donors including Mrs. Anderson and John D. Rockefeller fueled expansion while leaders like Mr. Plimpton and Dr. Woolley praised the college’s shift to community service and intellectual discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Weed
Emily James Smith
Virginia Gildersleeve
Butler
Barnard College
George A. Plimpton
Treaster
Barnard
Miss Weed
J. P. Morgan
A. A. Anderson
Fiske
John D. Rockefeller
Plimpton
New York
Mary E. Woolley
Mount Holyoke College
George McAneny
Board of Aldermen of
New York City
Celebration Banquet Highlights Women in Education
Speakers at the celebration banquet praised women’s progress in medicine, nursing, and education. Miss Mary Calkins stressed courage and individuality for investigators while Dr. Josephine Baker noted changes since Elizabeth Blackwell. Adelaide Nutting urged moral obligation for nurses to be knowledgeable, and Mrs. George Haven Putnam defended broad-based education amid economic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Calkins
Wellesly
Josephine Baker
Bureau of Child Hygiene
Elizabeth Blackwell
Geneva Medical School
Adelaide Nutting
Teachers’ College
Barnard
George Haven Putnam
Miss Gildersleeve
Laura Drake Gill
Dean Gildersleeve
Freda Kirchwey
S. Pollitzer
Barnard College Alumnae Honor Treasurer With Gift
The Barnard alumnae presented Mr. Plympton, the college treasurer, a silver vase inscribed in Greek praising him for opening the storehouse of knowledge. Barnard, grown from fourteen students to nearly fourteen hundred alumni, reflects on its progress and its graduates' ambitions to master diverse subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gildersleeve
Barnard
Plympton
City Charter Lecture Urges New York Self-Government
Dr Butler presided at a city charter lecture conference urging home rule to end duplication and centralize power in 1917 with nine or ten city departments and independent borough heads. President McAneny outlined past efforts and Albany limits while Parksinson warned on fiscal waste and Childs pressed for broader autonomy and local taxation for local improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Onday
McAneny
New York City
Albany
Board of Estimates and Apportionment
Board of Aldermen
Parkinson
Legislative Drafting Department of
Columbia
New York
Richard S. Childs
Short Ballot Association
Bulletin Election Chooses Carol Weiss Editor in Chief
The Bulletin elected Carol Weiss as editor in chief in a Wednesday election. Weiss succeeds the previous editor and will lead the newsroom.
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Social Service Departments
Davis
Baker
Francis’ Brown
Union Theological Seminary
Milbank
Duncan -Mayers Orchestra
Lenox Ave
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