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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1942
Page
1
Bulletin published semiweekly by Barnard College students through the college year with vacation and examination periods excluded. Entered as second class matter October 19 1928 at New York Post Office under the 1879 act. Subscription rate three dollars per year ten cents per issue.
The War Board of Barnard College reports a successful Bazaar last Friday on the North Lawn. More than one hundred students and twenty clubs participated, raising well over 200 for the Defense Bond Drive and showcasing campus unity in the war effort.
Eddie Rickenbacker sent Butte a hurry call for cooperation in recruiting girls for the Auxiliary Aircraft Warning Service. A larger number of students than those who applied for summer service to other groups may be interested in defense work tracing and charting airplane flights. Mrs Rickerbacker will visit Barnard this afternoon at four seeking responsible volunteers.
Barnard students and faculty filled the lawn for a War Savings Bond Drive bazaar last Friday. Activities included darts water pistols and balloon busts with prizes and raffles. Notable moments featured Professor Raymond Saulnier extinguishing four candles with a water pistol and Miss Jean Herman auctioning items from a chair amid playful banter.
Judith Protas notes heavy campus chatter over the recent Student Board races at Columbia and mocks the patter surrounding them. The column highlights Felix Demartini as a winner, mocks Info’s election broadsides, and recalls a Hartley Livington blackout incident that sparked campus chatter.
Positive review lauds the Broadway production with Peter Hobbs and George Mathews in leading roles and Glenda Farrell headlining. Katherine Cornell and Raymond Massey receive praise for performance highs, while Burgess Meredith and Mildred Natwick support strongly. Busy box office and potential extension noted. The piece ties Dodgers nostalgia to theatre joy, urging public support for the Relief Fund.
Madame Sonya Khurabroff points to a long history of Russian women's war service from Napoleon’s retreat to World War I. She cites women who fought in front lines, earned the St George Cross, and organized guerrillas behind lines, noting progress beyond a backward image.
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