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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1932
Page
1
Published semi weekly during the college year the Barnard College Undergraduate Association issue notes activities and updates for students. The publication appears in volume XXXVI number 48 dated May 6 and is produced by the student body.
A fragment lists names and roles of editors reporters and staff for a college publication. It includes Miriam Rosenthal 33 Suzanne Strait 35 Emma Manfreda 35 Elizabeth Bullowa 31 Ruth Crohn 35 and other contributors along with office and printing crew and business and advertising staff.
Dean Gildersleeve compares American radio to British broadcasting praising only select programs while decrying most ads and loud commercials. The piece laments youth and adult tastes warped by wireless advertising and recalls quieter past evenings without loudspeakers.
The report notes two scholarships funded by pledges despite lower collections. Miss Ella Betty Sanders of Amsterdam will be Barnard’s exchange student for 1932 33, sharing the Barnard Student Fellowship with Miss Frances Smith who travels to London. Sanders specializes in economic and social science.
Review notes the Oratorio Society's B minor Mass as unfinished and uninspired with half hearted chorus and erratic tempi. Soloists are faulted, while the second part improves as the chorus warms. The piece is framed by Bach Three piano Concerto in D minor with three pianists and a first New York showing of Wasps and Turina Danzas. Goosens praised. calls for more concerts next winter.
Beatrice Filler appeals to Barnard readers to protest the Scottsboro case and oppose the planned execution of seven Black youths in Scottsboro Alabama on rape charges. The case, tried April 6, 1931, faced widespread criticism for injustice mob influence and witness suppression as appeals proceed to the U S Supreme Court.
Seven women's colleges including Wellesley Vassar Bryn Mawr Smith Mount Holyoke Radcliffe and Barnard confer on finances. Delegates will publish each college's needs in its paper then detail needs of the others publish reports to students and urge distribution among influential friends with a fall mass meeting to present the facts.
The passage argues for a national board to regulate broadcasts, criticizing the persistent dinner music and a single overused tune as tiresome. It contends Americans lack fon and should hear more Stokowski style music and dialect humor, heard in various corners of the nation.
The Bursar announces a new rule for paying fees by check at Barnard College. Checks must be payable to Barnard College and for the exact amount. no change will be given. Students unsure of their bill should provide a check for the fixed amount and cash for the remainder.
The College is asked to attend a Barnard Summer School Tea on Saturday May 7 from 3 30 to 5 30 in the College Parlor. Applicants for the Barnard Summer School are invited. Invitations have been sent to Professor Baker Dr Clark and Miss Weeks.
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