Barnard Students Propose Special Studies Program
The Barnard Student Curriculum Committee presents a Special Studies Program for majors aimed at reducing last two years’ stereotypes, coordinating opportunities, and fostering creative activity. An open meeting in the College Parlor on Friday, May 7 at noon invites student discussion and feedback.
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Holly Stabler
Barnard
Miss Stabler
Elena Ottolenghi
Judith Sherer
Patricia B. Skidmore
Tobid Brown
Donna Click
Diana Touliatou
Nancy Brilliant
Betty Hellman
Sandy McCaw
President Urges Student Council to Appoint Committee Heads
Miss Diana Touliatou announces Undergraduate Association posts to be filled including Transfer Chairman and Eligibility Chairman. Students sign up on poster to be considered based on interest experience and scholarship, with four assemblies per semester planned and immediate start for the Transfer Chairman.
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Jake
Diana Touliatou
Transfer
Assemblies
Archives
College Teas
Bulletin Boards
Halley Faces New Problems For Pre Law Students
Rudolph Halley spoke to the Columbia and Barnard Pre Law Society outlining a need for a dynamic approach by lawyers and sociologists to the social sciences. He warned grads not to idealize the law and urged practice in smaller cities or rural areas, praising the Pacific Northwest as ideal for newcomers.
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Rudolph Halley
Columbia and
Barnard
Kefauver
New York
Mr. Halley
Mead Advocates Point Four Ethic in Talk on Living
Anthropologist Dr. Margaret Mead argues that religion’s focus on the afterlife clashes with modern health and technical aid as she defines a Four Point Ethic. She notes Christianity Buddhism and Islam emphasize the soul over the body and contrast with public health measures and practical living.
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Margaret Mead
Barnard
Mead
United States
Miss Mead
New Guinea
Church
History Dept initiates new honors plan for students
The History Department announced an Honors Program for qualified history majors to begin next September. Applicants, via executive officer Professor Virginia Harrington, must be sophomores, complete a two-summer reading list, and take two seminars in historiography and senior topics.
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History Department
Virginia D. Harrington
Harrington
Philosophy of Jewish Law topic at Seixas-Menorah meeting
Rabbi Emanuel Rackman selected this week’s discussion on a Philosophy of Jewish Law at the Seixas Menorah meeting this afternoon. Rackman, Columbia Law School graduate and Yeshiva College political science lecturer, has published religious commentaries including Judaism and The Jewish Horizon.
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Emanuel Rackman
Seixas-Menorah
Rackman
Columbi Law School
Yeshiva College
Millicent C. McIntosh
Brauhaus Ball Promises Weekend Activities for Barnard Class
The Class of 1957 announces the Brauhaus Ball on Friday May 7 at John Jay Hall with the Ted Kremer Society of Columbia. Proceeds of 2.50 per couple go to World University Service for student scholarships. The event kicks off an all college weekend ending with the Spring Carnival.
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Warren Ilcham
Brown University
Columbia
Barnard
Brauhaus
John Jay Hall
Ted Kremer Society of
World University Service
Sue Levy
Miss Levy
Ellie Heit
Joan Tart
Ruth Simon
Joan Sharrow
Pam Alexander
Phyllis Shapiro
Final Exams Reminder and Schedule Adjustments
The Committee on Instruction urges students to check the final examination schedule as changes are likely. Verify day and hour of each exam since deficiency examinations will not be offered until next October, announces Miss Margaret Giddings, Registrar.
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Committee On Instruction
Margaret Giddings
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Halley
Rural Practice
History Dept
Eastern Seaboard Colleges
Broad Education
New York State
James A. Frost
Sociéte Francaise
Lenore Prostick
Mboliére
Misan
Trope
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