09 May 1939
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1939
Page
1
The campus debates the value of the eligibility system with two sides. Proponents defend its objectives to limit office holdings and raise activity standards while critics say it lacks impact and should be abolished or revised. Supporters urge retention and a fair trial for at least another year.
Female students at Columbia will move into Furnald Hall and Law School dorms after two weeks of renovations starting around June 30. The piece humorously envisions a new occupancy, likening it to a conquest and a shift from legal volumes to cream jars in the dorm lobby.
Swing and Hot Mikado elicit strong opinions with some fans praising the shows while others complain their aesthetics offend. A Har lem Savoy anecdote notes superstition about its birthday, joking that removing the thirteenth year and day would let it hit a century earlier.
Readers defend and oppose an extracurricular eligibility rule. Supporters praise the system for accountability and workload management, while critics argue it unfairly excludes capable students and fosters resentment.
The text recalls H. A. Compton's quip about a girl from Dwight who moved faster than light. He noted she traveled widely and returned the previous night in a playful, relative joke shared during a Gould Hall talk.
A campus reminiscence jokes about curfews and dorm life. The speaker notes a girl who broke curfew five times and faced a seven day stay-out, delivering a playful moral about Dewitt.
A Sunday outing at Van Courtlandt Park Lake and Central Park Lake finds only one apparent seafaring figure, a ten year old with a P S 77 hat, challenging the idea that sailors populate shore side hours. Letters praise or critique college eligibility systems, arguing they ensure academic standards and capable leadership.
The Metropolitan Museum presents three centuries of American painting alongside the Fair. Early portraits by Stuart, Trumbull, and Peale dominate the stiff family groups. Morse offers notable portraits, while the nineteenth century shifts to landscapes dominated by Inness and Bierstadt. Contemporary works lack Americanism and exclude Clackens. Luks, Bellows, and Sloan refresh the show.
A behind the scenes look at the Old Ranger program detailing actors moving to mikes, reading multiple roles, and sound effects conjuring desert scenes. The studio audience hears life like action while the outside audience experiences only the finished program.
A 2006 Decca release by Count Basie and his orchestra presents a two sided set. The first side blends alternating straight and swing with a double tempo rhythm section while Basie builds brass figures. Armstrong Savitt and Dorsey are briefly noted alongside Hines clarinet and trombone solos.
The piece notes anxious press agents insist theatres will not close post Easter. It cites gloom from world affairs income tax and fairs and mentions Wuthering Heights on stage and a Moscow born celebration of Shakespeare’s 375th birthday in Soviet Russia with plays in multiple languages. It also references London Fisherwomen chorus from Newhaven and Cincinnati National Music Week festival with Kirsten Flagstad.
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