Barnard Assembly Rebukes NDEA over Loyalty Oath
The Student Council and Representative Assembly of Barnard College vote to reaffirm strong disapproval of the National Defense Education Act of 1958, criticising Section 10011 for the loyalty oath and disclaimer affidavit. A statement will be sent to the Board of Trustees, Congress members from Barnard area, and federal officials. Students urged to write to local Senators and Representatives using a sample letter.
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Representative Assembly
Board of Trustees
Barnard
Jake
Student Council
Barnard College
REP. Assembly
Coffee Percolates In Lehman Hall Basement
A coffee vending machine was installed in the Lehman Hall basement by the administration after a Student Council request. It sits in the alcove opposite the elevator with chairs nearby for a lounge effect, and rules require cleanliness and no food on floors or in the library proper, prohibiting upstairs food and lunches in Lehman Hall. The machine offers coffee, tea, hot onion soup, and related additions.
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Lehman Hall
Students Send Books To Faculty
A group of 62 year old students led by Mary Ann Sullivan and others collected funds to send Harold Taylors Art and the Intellect to faculty. They hoped teachers would find the book as exciting as students do ahead of a Curriculum Committee meeting this month.
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Ethel Flexer
Judy Hand
Marcia Fentress
Libby Guth
Mary Ann Sullivan
Harold Taylor
Face-Lifting Morningside Plan Highlighted By City Official
Judy Lefkowitz reports at the thirteenth annual Morningside Citizens Committee meeting that the General Neighborhood Renewal Plan GNRP for Morningside Heights aims to map conditions in housing facilities and overcrowding and guides policy to preserve or improve existing housing while ensuring temporary relocations are planned with inspected certified apartments.
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Morningside
Morningside Citizens’ Committee
St. Luke’s
J. Clarence Davies, Jr
Board of Housing and Redevelopment of
New York City
Mr. Davies
Barnard Opens Social Science Field Work Program
Barnard College will launch a new field work program for juniors and seniors majoring in sociology economics government and psychology. The three year grant of 24300 from the New York Fund for Children funds aims to place students in community organizations for hands on experience and potential early jobs or graduate school advanced placement. Dr Dorothy G Becker becomes Associate in Field Work directing student projects and teaching a seminar. An interdisciplinary committee led by Dr Gladys Meyer will oversee the program.
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Barnard
New York Fund For Children, Inc
Dorothy G. Becker
Becker
Gladys Meyer
Allotments Come Under Review for 1961 62 Budget
The Undergraduate Association faces requests for higher allotments from Mortarboard and The Bulletinas as the 1961-62 budget totals $23,250 up from $22,320. Linda Sweet, Undergraduate Treasurer, says budgets won’t be approved until late this week after Treasurer finalizes figures and presents them to the Representative Assembly.
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Linda Sweet ’63
Mortarboard
Bulletinas
Representative Assembly
Campaign drives toward $1900 goal in college activities
The drive includes a tag day this Friday and a chinaware survey Tuesday in Barnard Hall to choose a chinaware pattern. A dollar per attending girl benefits A YA. Earlier events featured a tea on April 12 and a folk sing with Kingsmen and Trade-Wind participants. donations reached about ten dollars. An auction planned for last Friday failed after a white elephant drive yielded only one contribution.
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Barnard Hall
A-Ya
Bernard Weinberger
Trade-Wind
Sue Seidman
Judy Malkin
Officials Reiterate Obligation for Final Exams
The Committee on Instruction states students must meet final exam obligations and consult the schedule as times may change. Absence without a valid excuse yields a zero. valid reasons include illness, religious observance, or extreme family emergency. Deficiency exams in September allowed if course work was satisfactory.
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Committee On Instruction
Nelson
Last Bulletin issued for the academic year
The final issue of the Bulletin announces the year end publication and states that regular publication will resume in the fall. It notes the academic term conclude and encourages readers to await the next issue after summer break.
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Bulletin
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