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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1911
Page
1
A 1912 1913 college periodical argues that female students lack free right to vote in class elections. It suggests repeated leadership by a few capable girls risks harming class spirit and urges trying new candidates to maintain harmony and fairness.
At Barnard College elections for next year, readers question why a few girls hold excessive power. The piece argues students should nominate and vote for those they prefer rather than tolerate overrepresented officers, urging voters to act now or accept the status quo.
Alumnae Catherine Byrne Gibson ex 1907 wed Lieut Robert Andrew Abernathy at her Yonkers home on April 26 with Sabra Colby-Tice 1907 as matron of honor and Hildegarde Reese 1912 among attendants. Helena Fischer 1904 married Ensign Shafroth U S N on April 29.
Schedule lists events from May 10 to May 29 with meetings and lectures. Highlights include a May 12 French Club on Undergraduate Study, a May 15 Suffrage Club with Annie Nathan Meyer anti suffrage speech, and May 22 to 24 examinations at St Pauls Chapel.
The notices call students to remaining chapel services. On May 11 Dean Gildersleeve will address the students to a large audience. May 16 Rev. William Grosvenor will conduct the last devotional service. May 18 an Academic Chapel features President Cutler, with all Barnard students expected to attend.
Through the kindness of Mr Henry Fairfield Osborne the Reading by Miss Dorothea Spinney of Warwick England is set for Tuesday May 16 at 3 PM in Brinckerhoff Theatre. Spinney will read Professor Gilbert Murray's Translation of the Iphigenia in Tauris. All Barnard undergraduates and alumnae are invited to attend. Friends sophomores and freshmen are asked to use balcony seats. Virginia C Gildersleeve
Students urged to interview Miss Polhemus or Miss von Wahl for the paid chairman role next year. Salary twelve dollars per term. Do not apply if planning heavy commitments. position described as arduous and demanding.
Suffrage Club invites the college to attend a lecture by Annie Nathan Meyer on suffrage to be followed by a Q&A session. Meyer will address the audience and answer questions after the talk.
Mail subscribers to the Barnard Bulletin are urged to renew by filling out subscription blanks and sending them to Barnard College at 219th Street and Broadway.
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