Symish Club Fiesta At College Presents Spanish Sketches
The Symish Club held its Fiesta de la Lengua final meeting with Cervantes sketch Juez de los Divorcios staged in the College Parlor. Cast included Marjorie Trumbull as Judge and Kathleen Nicolaysen as Mariana with Irene Pringle Guiomar and others. Poetry recitations featured works by Ibarbourou Zorrilla Jimenez and Villaespesa.
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Cervantes
Marjorie Trumbull
Maria Seris
Mariana
Kathleen Nicolaysen
Guiomar
Irene Pringle
Lucia Quintero
Cirujano
Ruth Stibbs
Aldonza
Esther Anderson
la Rueca
Francisco Villaespesa
Don Juan Tenorio
Jose Zorrilla
Casas de Las Espanas
Ruben Dario
Freshmen and Majors Schedule End-of-Term Meetings
Freshmen meet at noon in Brinckerhoff for officer elections and to select a delegate for the Silver Bay Conference. Fine Arts and History majors join at 1 p.m. in room 304 for the final term meeting and potential elections.
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Brinckerhoff
Silver Bay
Glee Club Awards Honor Outgoing Director and Officers
The Glee Club banquet in Butler Hall awarded retiring director Willard Rhodes and officers for service. Ethel Mainzer welcomed James Giddings as new director and presented Rhodes a service award. Awards went to Esther Anderson Edwina Dusenbury Mary Elizabeth Wright Julia Grey Katherine Donna and Dorothy Zinn. Plans include concerts with Columbia and Rutgers.
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Glee Club
Butler Hall
Ethel Mainzer
James Giddings
Willard Rhodes
Miss Mainzer
Mr. Rhodes
Esther Anderson
Edwina Dusenbury
Mary Elizabeth Wright
Julia Grey
Katherine Donna
Dorothy Zinn
Giddings
Rhodes
Columbia Glee Club
Rutgers Club
Rutgers
Columbia
Orchestra
Pied Piper of Kent Hall Draws Pigeons With Peanuts
A Kent Hall student nicknamed the Pied Piper lured pigeons through a library window by dropping peanuts. The plan, aimed at attracting the birds to the attention of law students during exams, resulted in a single casualty as the flock departed.
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Pied Piper of
Kent Hall
Iain
Spring Dance in Garden Raises Funds for Scholarships
About 250 Barnard students and escorts danced in a gym transformed to a garden with lanterns and grass on the steps. Proceeds totaling about 500 dollars will go to the scholarship fund via the Land and Building Fund committee, with Peggy Pardee leading next year’s committee.
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Barnard
Glen Schmitt
Land and Building Fund Committee
Gildersleeve
Weeks
Stevens
Read
Held
Mesnard
Boorse
von Forstmeyer
Miss Harting
Jean Allison
Margaret Boyle
Barbara Ridgway
Peggy Pardee
Miss Emilie Young to retire from Barnard College
The Dean's Office reports Miss Emilie Young, Instructor in History at Barnard College since 1923, will retire at the end of the academic year. A Barnard graduate of 1919, she has taught European and American history and held Phi Beta Kappa leadership roles. Son of Mrs Karl Young will take over some duties next year.
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Emilie Young
David S. Muzzey
Barnard College
Miss Young
Barnard
Phi Beta Kappa
George Young
Yale
Karl Young
Frances Berkeley
Final Curriculum Report Highlights Departmental Feedback
The curriculum committee reports overall satisfaction with the current scope and faculty efforts. Major points include changes to the English comprehensive exam and a shift to an average B for 18 points in composition majors. French majors call for modernization and better teaching tact. Government notes few full-time instructors. psychology will elevate Psychology I to four points next year.
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Barnard
Ferdinand the Bull headlining Water Carnival at Barnard Hall
The Water Carnival features Ferdinand the Bull Wednesday night May 10 at 8 P M in Barnard Hall pool. Admission via free tickets distributed at noon today. Disney animated hit is sponsored by the Athletic Association with Marion Fenton 42 as Ferdinand Beatrice Bookmeyer 41 as the Bee and a large cast including Rita Benson 41 Ninetta de Benedetto 39 and others. Music by Kazoo Band under Aurelia Maresca with Grace Maresca as general chair. Rita Benson and Beatrice Bookmeyer are props and costume chairmen. Activities include diving racing formation and tandem swimming.
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Ferdinand the Bull
Barnard Hall
Jake
Walt Disney
The
Athletic Association
Marion Fenton
Ferdinand and
Beatrice Bookmeyer
the Bee
Rita Benson
Ninetta de Benedetto
Mary Damrosch
Mavis Freeman
Evelyn Glass
Betty Hans
Aurelia Maresca
Dorothy Needham
Doris Noakes
Bella Strauss
Mary Louise Walrath
Kazoo Band
Grace Maresca
Carnival
Silver Bay Selections Completed For Conference Delegates
Fifteen Barnard representatives from the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes and religious clubs will attend the Silver Bay Conference at Lake George. Doris Williams heads the group with Deborah Allen and Jean Ackermann among lead delegates. The Freshman delegate will be chosen today. alternates are listed. Delegates meet May 15 to prepare for the June conference with the theme Religion That Can Be Lived and daily talks by Dr. James Lee Ellenwood on faith and modern issues.
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Barnard
Silver Bay
Lake George
Doris Williams
Deborah Allen
Jean Ackermann
Elaine Briggs
Martha Bennett
Nansi Pugh
Vera Arndt
Mary Smith
Jane Ringo
Mary Damrosch
Elizabeth Bishop
Kathryn Sheeran
Molly Wyland
Florence Dubroff
Alice Kliemand
Caroline Duncombe
Winifred Anderson
Jane Rossbach
James Lee- Ellenwood
Dues Deadline Set For Senior Week Activities
Dues for Senior Week must be submitted by May 19. The week runs June 2 to June 8 with events including an all college party, Senior Ball, Baccalaureate Service and tea, Senior picnic, Class Day and Commencement receptions, Ivy Ceremony, Trustees' Supper, and the final Senior Banquet.
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Brooks Hall
Ivy
Streamlined Mortarboard Announces Fifty Year Yearbook
The 1940 Mortarboard marks its semi centennial with streamline styling and a Then and Now feature. Editor Anne Grauer notes a time capsule section on Barnard life, dormitory early days, and a headline history of fifty years. Limited copies urged.
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Anne Grauer
343 Club
Madison Avenue
Barnard
Miss Grauer
Lucia Quintero
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Miss Dorado
de Onis
MacHale
Rita Roherid
Mie
Coeh
Ross
Ferdinandes
Williams
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