Annapolis Conference Looks at U S Foreign Policy Problems
The U S Naval Academy hosted a two day conference on Problems of United States Foreign Policy in Africa and the Near East with over 150 delegates from about fifty colleges. Eleanor Traube and Lee Salmansohn represented Barnard in round tables on Oil Nations Iran Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Israel and the Arab League. The event featured seven round tables and evening plenary sessions with remarks by L G Mennen Williams Frank Church and Admiral Jerauld Wright among others.
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U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
United States
Africa
Near East
Barnard
Eleanor Traube
Bulletin
Lee Salmansohn
Academy
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Arab League
U. S
Jerauld Wright
Atlantic Supreme Allied
Letters Praise Support For Columbia Arts Festival
Readers thank supporters for the Columbia Arts Festival with praise for the supplement and acknowledge a clearer financial picture. A suggestion is offered to justify a student center by simulating a roommate swap to reveal sleep, relaxation, and crowding in the Annex and James Room. May 1, 1961.
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Columbia
Leona Kantor
Henry M. Wienert
James
Honors Assembly Awards Prizes Across Disciplines
The program lists awards including Sylvia Kopald Selekman Prize for freshman economics, philosophy prizes to Judy Farr Fillmore and Nora Fox, and the William Pepperell Prize. Other honors include graduate scholarships, foreign language prizes, and German, Latin, French, Italian, and Spanish awards to named seniors and juniors.
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Sylvia Kopald Selekman
Judy Farr Fillmore
William Pepperell Montague
Nora Fox
William Pepperell
Romana Danysh
Speranza
Suzanne Cherney Gans
France
Elaine Golden
Jean Willard Tatlock
Bette Kerr
Judith Kustinitz
Michal Levi
Dean
Jean Murray
Sheila Walkowitz
Williams Urges Neutralist Bloc Build Up in Africa
Williams calls for Africa to form a neutralist bloc as a strategy to curb Soviet influence and bolster Afro-American relations. Delegates divide on neutralism, with many viewing true neutrality as incompatible with combating communism and the era's ideological divisions.
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G. Mennen Williams
Africa
Peace Corps Aims for Overseas Service Details
The article outlines Peace Corps service with no personal funds required from volunteers. All needs including food housing clothing and transport are provided. After two years overseas volunteers receive 75 dollars per month, deferment from the draft, and career planning aid on return. Married couples without children may participate if they fill a host nation job need.
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Careering Planning Board
Liberal Arts
Peace Corps
Washington
D.C
SZO Elects New Officers
The Barnard Student Zionist Organization announced new officers. President Rena Blumenfield ’62 and secretary Baton Muller ’63 lead the slate. Loanne Bullitzer ’64 becomes Social Chairman and Ribbi Seifer ’62 Hebrew Chairman. Judy Lefkowitz ’64 will head publications.
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Barnard Student Zionist Organization
Rena Blumenfield
Baton Muiller
Loanne Bullitzer
Ribbi Seifer
Judy Lefkowitz
Meskill Voices on Japanese Life and Orient Studies
Dr. George Meskill Barnard Columbia assistant professor of Chinese and Japanese discusses Japan's blend of old customs with Western modernity. He outlines his wartime language study Fulbright Tokyo visit and urges more oriental studies offerings extra curriculars and faculty in Barnard's program. He joined Barnard in 1958 after Harvard and Columbia degrees and previous teaching posts.
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George Meskill
Barnard
Columbia
Colorado
Japan
University of Tokyo
Meskill
University Committee On Oriental Studies
Department of
Dr. Meskill
Barnard - Columbia
Harvard
Sarah Lawrence College
Northwestern University
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Idaho
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E. W. Kenworthy
Times Washington Bureau
David A. Shepard
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
John M. Lee
Judith Libove Weinberg
Sociology
Margaret Meyer
Williams
SZO
McMillin Theatre
Marcelle Appel
China
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