We Are Not Resigned We Are Not Resigned
The piece notes a wave of faculty resignations at Barnard, led by losses of senior scholars like Robert Lekachman and younger instructors such as Alan Purves and Marcus Klein. It cites salary constraints and departmental politics as key causes, urging tolerance for diverse academic approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Robert Lekachman
Alan Purves
Marcus Klein
Stanley Moores
Robert Pack
Lekachman
Disorientation cuts orientation time amid campus debate
The article critiques a two day reduction in Freshman and Transfer Orientation, noting financial motives behind fees. It details a $10 Freshman fee, potential $15 rise, and a flat $10 for Transfer Orientation making the mixer free for men. Housing constraints due to a new elevator and an influx of freshmen worsen logistics. sponsors may double up to ease strain. The piece opposes shortening orientation and calls for lengthening it next year.
Samson Survives an Uneven Carnegie Hall Rendition
Review notes Handel's Samson shows grand moments despite an uneven Dessoff Choir performance at Carnegie Hall. Conductor Boepple miscoordinated soloists, orchestra, and chorus, though the choir sang with clarity and the best solos by Nason and Conrad. The highlight was the Return, O God of Hosts duet between Micah and the Chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samson
Dessoff
Carnegie Hall
Mr. Boepple
Boepple
Henry Nason
Barbara Conrad
Lee Cass
God of
Micah
Irene Bonazzi
Wigs And Cues Elects Strauss President At Barnard
Carol Strauss '66 was elected president of Barnard's Wigs and Cues. Plans for the year include The Cat's Pajamas original musical, a Greek tragedy and French play comparison in November, and a Dos Passos U.S.A. spring production in 1920s style. New officers also named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wigs and Cues
Carol Strauss
Barnard Drama Group
Strauss
Barnard
Dos Passos
U.S.A
Dos Passos and
Schyre
Wigs and
Cues
Terry Naugle
Marcy Berg
Carolyn Brancato
Barbara Goll
Barnard College
New York
N.Y
New York Summer Festival Guide for Pampered Pets and More
A playful tour of New York shops and services catering to cats and dogs along Lexington Avenue and beyond. It highlights Fancy pet care like a psychiatrist for cats, canine fashion, leather mittens, faux eyelashes, and unique services from antique racks to fortune telling and seances. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek remark on spending and daydreaming when money is tight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
London
Lexington Avenue
Robert Abels Antiques
Heinz
Santa Claus
Macy’s
Herald Square
Abraham & Straus
Brooklyn
English Dept. Mystery and Mockery on Page 4
The passage riffs on Yeats and Keats with Harry Levin as reference point. It critiques modern American and British literature with sharp sarcasm. It muses why Edna St. Vincent Millay moved to Vassar and poses provocative gender questions about Henry James and others. It ends urging the real department to appear.
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Handel
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Wigs
al Murphy
Mack Schleffer
Miss Strauss
Howard Teichmann
Anne ‘Nagy
H. Roth & Son
Dorothy Sara
Inspiration House
Francois
Jimmy Olsen
Mr. Clean
Hazel
Barnard Bulletin
Sara Piovia
Sylvia Lerman
Ellen Youngerson
Nancy Klein
Alice Rubinstein
Lynne Braverman
News Desk
Glenn Leitner
Paula Pappas
Barbara Crampton
Nancy Doctor
Dorothy Lang
Margaret McAvin
Kathleen McQuown
Helen Neuhaus
Alice Altbach
Mimi Kahal
Joyce Putnick
Tom Neugebauer
Isue
Bulletin
Boro Printins Co
Strest
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