Present Plays Celebrates Fiesta de la Renova in College Parlor
The Spanish Department staged a literary and musical program in the College Parlor featuring songs from Mexico and Chile to mark Fiesta de la Renova. Adele Rosenbaum won the grand prize for overall excellence. Elvira Ferrer earned the Cervantes award for a comparative essay with Rabelais. Other prizes went to Janine Ratel, Helen Hirsch, Ara Ponchelet, Josephine Castagna, and Inez Alexander among others.
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Adele Rosenbaum
Cervantes
el Instituo de Las Espanas
Elvira Ferrer
Rabelais
Janine Ratel
Helen Hirsch
Ara Ponchelet
Josephine Castagna
Inez Alexander
Ruth Shaw
Myra Saks
New College
Virginia Woods
Jacqueline Goodier
Claire Scharff
Margaret Heitzmann
Barnard Alumna Discusses Correction Work at Woman's Detention House
Eleanor Grushlaw, Barnard alumna 33, spoke to psychology majors about her role as research psychologist at the House of Detention for Women. She described the blend of correction and testing, the dangers of drug addicts mixing with other inmates, and the need for better facilities and outdoor activity.
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Eleanor Grushlaw
Barnard
Psychology Club
Miss Grushlaw
Sixth Avenue
Eighth Street
The
Strictly Modern Mortarboard To Make Appearance May 20
Barnard College yearbook Mortarboard 1939 features a modern design with lean Gothic type and enhanced photography. The book honors Professor Gregory and late Emilie Hutchinson and notes all three hundred copies sold out with forty more ordered for distribution at the Bookstore.
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Emilie Hutchinson
Baker
Barnard
Mortarboard
Colodny Wins Special Mur ray Scholarship for Grad Study
The Dean's office reports Dorothy Colodny is awarded one of two special graduate scholarships created from the Murray Fund. Colodny will use the funds for a year of English graduate study at Stanford University. She is an English major active in student publications and held roles on Quarterly and Greek Games committees.
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Committee On Instruction
Dorothy Colodny
Murray Fund
Jacqueline Dawson
Miss Dawson
Elspeth Davies
Miss Colodny
Leland Stanford University
California
Properties
Adelson Writes From London About Italy Trip
Shirley Adelson, 37 Student Fellow now at the London School of Economics, writes from London describing a month in Italy. She notes beauty in Florence, Rome, Naples, Venice, Milan and Turin, but also remarks on Mussolini’s fascist state and the contrast with amiable Italian people. The letter ends with planning to focus on London work before returning.
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Dean Gildersleeve
Shirley Adelson
London School of Economics
Abingdon Villas
London
Capri
Italy
Florence
Rome
Naples
Venice
Milan
Turin
Mussolini
History Majors Hear Speaker on Chinese Education and Nationalism
Miss Margaret Spear of Yenching University described how the Far Eastern conflict shapes Chinese education and student nationalism. She traced origins of student activism from the 19th century to May 4 1919 and December 9 1935 demonstrations, and noted wartime shifts in college life across China while urging support for China through funds and boycotts of Japanese goods.
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Margaret Spear
Women’s College
Yenching
China
Miss Spear
Japan
Wartorn
Nanking
United States
Appointments for Student Loans Deadlines Notice
May 6 is last day to schedule interviews with the Student Loan Committee. Students seeking loans for the next academic year must register in the Alumnae Office Room 106 Barnard Hall for an application to Miss Helen Crosby, Chairman, Room 2401 330 Fourth Avenue New York City, by May 9. The committee will interview May 13 from 2 to 5 pm in the Alumnae Office. Loans will be limited mainly to members of the classes of 1939 and 1940, with September interviews for others.
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Barnard College
New York City
Emily Turk
Anne Milman
Lytarhook
Barnard Hall
Helen Crosby
Fourth Avenue
Fellowship Is Suspended By Council
The Student Council voted unanimously to suspend the International Student Fellowship Drive for 1938 39 at yesterday's noon meeting. It explains the decision cites long fundraising struggles over ten years, with this year failing to raise a thousand dollars, and notes future efforts should focus on new plans and gauging student opinion.
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Student Council
Senior Class Plans Two Meetings Next Week
The Senior Class will meet Monday May 9 at noon in Room 304 Barnard to choose a class gift. Dean Gildersleeve will address the class Tuesday May 10 at 1 10 in Brinckerhoff Theatre for Miss Gildersleeve's farewell to the Class of '38. Academic dress is requested but not required.
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Barnard
Dean Gildersleeve
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Miss Gildersleeve
Columbia Awed by Screen Star Madeleine Carroll Visit
Columbia students welcomed British film star Madeleine Carroll to John Jay Hall. About 75 men lined up for autographs as Carroll spoke French and praised their desert island pick. The Spectator staff then photographed her and escorted her to a taxi amid cheers.
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Barnard
Columbia
Spectator
Madeleine Carroll
Miss Carroll
John Jay Hall
Columbia Student Board
Madeleine
Amsterdam Avenue
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Chile
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