New Brick Walk to Honor Helen Hartley Jenkins Geer
The Administration announces a brick wall will be presented to connect Brooks Hall and the Students Hall at the College of Commencement to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Helen Hartley Jenkins Geer class of 1915. Mrs Jenkins and her younger daughter funded the Broadway gateway years ago in memory of Mrs Geer.
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Helen Hartley Jenkins
College of Commencement
Brooks Hall
Helen Hartley Jenkins Geer
Broadway
Jenkins
Geer
Baby Jenkins
Barnard
Mortarboard
Brooks
Freshman Advisers Plan Discussed By Assembly
A plan to aid new students was proposed at the Representative Assembly meeting. The proposal keeps the Freshman and Junior sister bond but adds an auxiliary group of Junior and Senior advisers to assist freshmen in the final weeks of college life. The plan will be submitted to the Assembly for approval.
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Representative Assembly
German Exchange Student Reviews Barnard Year
A German student Miss Nellie Ilsa Ferch reflects on her year at Barnard College. She praises the Government courses with Moley Hutchinson’s economic history and Knight’s Imperialism, while criticizing American quizzes and frequent assessments as misaligned with German study methods.
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Nellie Ilsa Ferch
Barnard
Miss Ferch
Professor Moley
Miss Hutchinson
Professor Knight
Munich
Heidelberg
Ilsa
Henrietta Apfel Wins Tatlock Prize at Columbia
The Tatlock Prize examination occurred on April 18 with twenty two candidates. The Barnard Section of the Greek and Latin Department at Columbia recommends awarding the Tatlock Prize for 1925 to Henrietta Apfel, Class of 1925, with Ruth Bates, Class of 1928, earning an honorable mention.
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Barnard
Department of Greek and Latin
Columbia University
Henriett Apfel
Ruth Bates
Organization and opportunities at Barnard this year
The article discusses the Student Government at Barnard, its organizational challenges and the shift to a Representative Assembly to streamline oversight. It notes the need for initiative, outlines divisions of power among the Assembly Council and committees, and mentions a forthcoming article continuation. It also announces a Geneva Federation scholarship of 400 for a Barnard student to study League of Nations topics in Geneva this summer with courses by European and American professors.
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New Geneva
Barnard
League of Nations
Geneva Federation
Alfred Zimmern
Zimmern
League
Geneva
Peardon
Milbank
Assembly Discusses Junior Sisters Tryouts And Debates
The Representative Assembly met on April 29. Try-outs were held for a college cheerleader, and regular business continued. Margaret Hatfield reported she had spoken with various people about forming an organization to discuss current affairs.
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Representative Assembly
Margaret Hatfield
New Professors Appointed and Transferred
Dr Edward M Earle assistant professor of history moves from Columbia to Barnard next year and will chair the Barnard section of the history department. A Columbia College class of 1917 graduate with a PhD from Columbia in 1923 he authored outlines on modern history near eastern bibliography and economic development of the United States. He has lectured on American and Near Eastern history.
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Edward M. Earle
Columbia
Barnard
Earle
Columbia College
Turkey
Powers
Bagdad
Near East
United States
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Mrs. Jenkins
Ilsa Ferch
Henrietta Apfel
Marion Mettler
Assembly
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