Barnard Field Day Highlights Gifts and Indoor Sports
The fifth annual Field Day at Barnard College was held over two days with events in Thompson Gymnasium and the quad. Dean Gill praised Alma Mater and noted significant gifts from Mrs Anderson, Mrs Collet, and former donors Burgess, Brown, and Miss Gibbes. Indoor events included high jump, basketball throw, and a close 11 to 9 basketball win by 1909.
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Thompson Gymnasium
Juliet Points
Barnard
Dean Gill
Anderson
Collet
Fisk Hall
Burgess
Miss Brown
Miss Gibbes
Newport
Thompson
Eleanor Hunsdon
Mabel McCann
Edith Talpey
Adelaide Smithers
Edith Sequine
Florence Mastin
Lup
Haidly
The Latin Play at Barnard Delights Audience
The Barnard classical club staged Terence’s Phormio in Brinckerhoff Theater with a Latin program and a small cast drawn from Morris High School music. Maria Young and Anna Anthony received praise for their performances, while Professor Knapp spoke on past college productions and the event ended with student enthusiasm and campus pride.
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Barnard
Classical Club
Terence
Brinckerhoff
Sophroha Nutrix
Maria Reardon
Chremes Lenex
Anna Anthony Demphio Lanex
Chremetis Frater Sibecsavnng
Elisa Schachtel Geta
Demiphonis
Servus
Maria Hufeland Nausitrata
Chremetis Uxor
Louisa Odencrantz
Antipho
Filius Sprinys
Fela
Mildreda Kerner Phormio
Parasitus
Maria Young
Tassin
Morris High School
Anna Anthony
Mildred Kerner
Knapp
Last Bulletin to be distributed on Commencement Day
The next and final issue of the Bulletin for the term will be the Commencement number and will be distributed on Commencement Day.
Barnard Union Debate Favors Woman Suffrage Debated
On May 10 at 3 o clock the Barnard Union held the final debate on women’s suffrage. Juliet Points and Gertrude Carmen and Elizabeth Fox spoke for the affirmative while Alice Grant Helen Loeb and Florence Wolff argued the negative. Judges Professors Brewster Knapp Brown named the negative winner. Prizes from Miss Gill went to Points and Wolff.
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Barnard Union
United States
Juliet Points
Gertrude Carmen
Elizabeth Fox
Alice Grant
Helen Loeb
Florence Wolff
Brewster,Knapp
Brown
Miss Gill
Miss Points
Miss Wolff
Funeral observances mark 1909 class mock rites on defeat
On May 10 1909 the class staged mock funerals for a mas cot defeat at Field Day. Juniors and freshmen offered flowers, seniors wore mourning veils and sang a hymn parody. The class of 1909 finally entered to Three Blind Mice while Lillian Closson spoke. The sophomores and their “Sisters” faced sharp criticism for off key conduct.
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Lillian Closson
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