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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1942
Page
1
Barnard Undergraduate Association notes appear in the college paper with staff roles including Copy Editor About Town Editors Amen Advertising Manager and Photography Editor. The issue is dated Tuesday May 12 1942 Vol XLVI No 46 and lists staff and associate boards.
Barnard students largely favor continuing extra curricular courses while war minors receive mixed reaction. Poll respondents preferred the program for practical job readiness despite doubts about its relevance if the war ends before graduation.
Students recall a December meeting on curriculum and a reading period to reduce cramming. The article notes past opposition and suggests fall reconsideration of the reading period or reducing course load to align with wartime demands and a heavier credit per course.
A review discusses Ethel Sturtevant on prose and poetry in QUARTERLY. It praises Miss Balakian and Miss Palma while critiquing allegory as used by Miss Paige, and lauds Efron Vanaman for mature undergraduate writing. The piece urges youth to produce honest, hard literature.
PM prints contrasting views on war marriages after an interview with Professor Waller endorsing caution. A subsequent Yes-No column, backed by Margaret Culkin Banning, argues such unions offer soldiers security while wary voices fear mores shift and burden on wives if husbands return changed.
Colleges adapt curricula for wartime with sessions ranging three to sixteen weeks. Bennington College centers all study on the war with weekly all college forum. Connecticut College lowers tuition for war session and renames courses. Pembroke Brown shifts to Russian Portuguese and Japanese. Vassar adds a family and child care institute in wartime living. Bryn Mawr offers Red Cross nursing school with federal scholarships. Minnesota and Johns Hopkins accelerate nursing programs.
Dr. Agnès Townsend lauds Mortarboard for its cohesive design and strong photographs. She highlights the cover to content flow, well arranged layouts, notable images like Dorm Lite and Barnard Hall, and minimal typographical errors while noting one omission of Barnard’s city resource use.
A playful review of films and art exhibitions to relax during exams. Highlights Lubitsch’s TO BE OR NOT TO BE and Hitchcock thrillers MR V and SABOTEUR, plus classics MAVERLING and WATERLOO BRIDGE. Art shows at Museum of Modern Art and CARTOONS OF THE DAY at the Metropolitan run through June with names from The New Yorker. Thursday radio: WOR presents Alfred Wallenstein with operas including PORGY AND BESS and THE KING'S HENCHMEN.
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