Curriculum Committee Issues Annual Report
The Student Curriculum Committee led by Tobi Brown 55 reports on the 1954 55 year focusing on the freshman course Man and His World seminars in the Barnard curriculum and the adviser system. It finds Man and His World lacking organization and suggests focusing on successful sections and cross departmental sample lectures. It recommends seminars be limited to twelve and require seniors to take one even if not in their major. It notes general dissatisfaction with current adviser arrangements.
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Tobi Brown
Barnard
Reps Vote on Budget Allotments.
The Representative Assembly continued voting on 1955 56 budget appropriations and elected Karen Sethar and Sandra Schenker to the Columbia University Student Council at yesterday’s meeting. It approved a $50 NSA dues and a $600 request for Wigs and Cues, plus allocations to Athletic Association Camp Bulletin Freshman Class Focus Mortar Board Social Committee and Social Council. It also decided Barnard will not send a delegate to the Collegiate Council UN Leadership Institute.
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Representative Assembly
Karen Sethar
Sandra Schenker
Columbia University Student Council
N.S.A
Latham
Athletic Association
A.A. Camp
Bulletin
Focus
Mortarboard
Social Committee
Social Council
Barnard
The
United Nations Leadership Institute
Bulletin Bulletin Goes on Break for Finals
The weekly bulletin will not publish the week before and during final examinations. The next issue will appear June 1 in honor of graduation.
Classes Select New Chairmen and Show Director
Anita Favata presided as the junior class named Ruth Lanter social chairman and Nicki Satescu senior week chairman. Judy Gordon and Roberta Berkowitz became Barnard College Social Committee delegates while Viviane Bernstein joins Honor Board.
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Anita Favata
Ruth Lanter
Nicki Satescu
Judy Gordon
Roberta Berkowitz
Barnard College
Viviane Bernstein
Janet Gottleib
Barbara Salant
June Knight
Hannah Rardow
Marge Travato
Zenia Victor
Anna Hewlett
Margot Lyons
Eight New Appointments At Columbia Teach Staff
Holzwasser and Wright retire as eight new appointees join the Columbia teaching staff for 1955 56. George Plimpton editor of Paris Review since 1952 becomes associate in English along with Remington Patterson a former Hill School English instructor and Yale freshman counselor. Leonard Zobler moves to geography from geology with Columbia affiliation since 1951. John Imbrie will teach geology while Edith Parada and Liene Haering join fine arts as visiting and assistant lecturers. Joanne Elliot from Brown becomes mathematics assistant professor and Renee Fox lectures sociology as research associate with the Bureau of Applied Social Research.
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George Plimpton
Paris Review
Remington Patterson
the Hill School
Yale
Leonard Zobler
Columbia
John Imbrie
Edith Parada
Queens College
Liene Haering
Columbia University
Michigan
Joanne Elliot
Brown University
Renee Claire Fox
Bureau of Applied Social Research
Prof Speaks On Gods and Men At Noon Today
Mr Johan J Smertenko of the English department will address the Thursday Noon Meeting on Apes Gods and Men The thesis is that world gods are products of the folk mind Ethical concepts were added to primitive beliefs as culture civilizes Today religious belief is becoming more rationalized and less Fundamentalist He will not be teaching at Barnard next year and aims to finish a biography George Washington Fights a War for Harcourt Brace and Co Also writing The Triumph of Jacob for Scribners and a Hamilton biography in 1941 He contributed to The Herald Tribune Harper's Magazine and other outlets
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Johan J. Smertenko
Smertenko
Barnard
George Washington
Harcourt Brace and Co
Scribners
Jacob
Alexander Hamilton
England
Bevan
The
Herald Tribune
Harper’s Magazine
Dial American Mercury
Current History
Liberty, Nation
Outlook
College Offers Two Hundred Dollar Song Prize
President Millicent C. McIntosh announces Barnard College will award two prizes totaling 200 dollars for two original songs, one serious alma mater and one light tune. Fifty dollars will go to the winning lyrics and fifty to the winning music for each song.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard
New York Times Seeks Campus Correspondent
Barnard students from the classes of 1956 and 1957 are invited to apply for a campus correspondent post at the New York Times. Candidates must cover Miss Louise Brogan's talk on Words and Music at the English Conference at 3 30 p m today and submit by 10 a m Friday May 6. A feature story on Barnard topics is due by 10 a m Monday May 16 with a resume of journalism experience. Mrs Vera Dickey of the Public Relations Office answers questions.
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New York Times
Vera Dickey
Louise Brogan
Barnard
Dickey
Leadership Programs Open at Barnard Camp
The June Course in camp leadership will be held at Barnard Camp from May 28 through June 5. Applications for the session should be submitted to Phillips of the Physical Education department by May 11. The week costs about twelve dollars and an informational meeting is set for May 12. Activities include barbecues cookouts hikes nature study swimming and council fires.
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Barnard Camp
Acnotishe Phillips
Physical Education Department
Geology Professors to Retire From Barnard Posts
Miss Florrie Holzwasser associate professor of geology and Miss Helen J. Wright acting director of College Activities will retire at semester end. Holzwasser joined Barnard in 1914, earned a PhD in 1925, researched in Yellowstone and Texas, and plans teaching the blind, Braille work, and travel to Lapland Sicily and Corsica. Wright returns to Connecticut to farm fish and grow vegetables.
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Florrie , Holzwasser
Helen J. Wright
Barnard
Holzwasser
Ida H. Ogilive
Columbia University
Yellowstone
Newburgh Quadrangle
Texas
California
Lapland
Sicily
Corsica
Alumnae Association
Barnard College Club
Building Staff Plans To Carry Through New Garden Project
Barnard College announces a spring garden project replacing Operation Grass Seed. Grounds staff led by Forret L. Abbott begins work between Brooks Hall and Barnard Hall with seed planting. Six dogwood trees will be set near Hewitt entrance two pink and four white. Planting continues into fall with flowering shrubs around Barnard Hall and flagstone near the ledges. Students urged to dispose of waste in provided containers.
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Grass Seed
Forret L. Abbott
Barnard
Brooks Hall
Barnard Hall
Hewitt Entrance
Abbott
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Wright
English, Fine Arts
University
Florrie Holzwasser
Political Council
N. Y. Times
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