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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1917
Page
2
The 1917 class at Wellesley decides to cancel the Garden Party and the Senior Play, events intended to pay for themselves but costing each student. Plans for the Senior Dinner are to be simplified as well.
Roberts College in Constantinople has shut down after fifty years of service. The school’s reopening depends on the outcome of the ongoing war.
University of Wisconsin reports nearly all formal social events halted as fraternities may close houses and sororities consider skipping summer conventions. Over 220 women enroll in preparedness courses run under a war council of women service, guiding campus efforts.
Yale prepares a two building armory the drill hall and stable both modern and fully equipped making Yale the first university to own an armory. A morning drill from 7 to 7 30 limits student time for bathing dressing breakfast and chapel with persistent protests but no change to required chapel.
Leland Stanford reports progress toward forming a second ambulance unit in France. Volunteers have met the needed manpower, and fundraising plans are under way to supply the unit.
A student committee at Vassar organized tours for alumni to showcase campus improvements. Ground was broken for a new Memorial Library wing, designed to double seating and storage capacity.
The Geology Club spent a weekend trip with ten members and guests from Bryn Mawr visiting Buttermilk Falls and Marshall’s Falls. They hiked Mt. Minci, studied glacial features, collected fossils, and ended with thanks to Professor Ogilvie for organizing the excursion.
At a New York City conference called by the University of Pennsylvania Athletic Association Board of Directors representatives from Cornell Columbia Princeton Yale and Harvard discussed continuing informal athletics and organizing inter battalion and inter company sports across colleges Rutgers College remains among the few eastern universities still maintaining athletics.
Simmons reports a new program to train medical secretaries. The course aims to provide structured instruction and practical skills for administrative roles in healthcare settings.
Mount Vernon High School held its second annual extemporaneous speaking contest on May 4 with a ten dollar gold prize from Barnard Alumnae. Judge panel included Ella Seligsburg Dreyfoos and two college graduates, aiming to boost girls’ training in oratory as a form of dramatic art and Barnard interest in the town’s students. Additionally, Miriam L. Campbell announced engagement to Orville E. White of Detroit, and Cary Eggleston and May Parker announced the birth of a daughter Nancy last week.
A dispute over the term co-ed pits an 1911 alumnus against university voices. Dean of women Marion Talbot clarifies women’s view, stating the term originated as ridicule and that women reject its local use.
About seven to eight hundred Oberlin girls will undertake Red Cross training earning one hour of credit for the activity.
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