17 May 1918
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
1
Barnard Bulletin is issued weekly during the college year, excluding the final two weeks of January. It serves Barnard College students with campus notices, events, and short items reflecting student life and college affairs.
A historical note records second class matter status for a New York postal item dated October 1908 under the 1897 act. The line confirms mailing designation and the registration of the issue with the post office in New York.
The Dean's address to seniors frames Barnard College as a test of value to society and a duty to prove its ideals endure. It argues Americans fight not for perfection but for a system offering individuals greater freedom to shape a meaningful life and decide their own aims amid competing civilizations.
The piece calls Barnard College to join other women's colleges in supporting France's women and children after the war. It argues that aid must continue and even increase to prevent physical and mental stunting and to help repatriation and rebuilding as the battle line shifts from Flanders to the Alps.
The New York State Federal Food Board runs a weekly Food question box for the United States Food Administration. Questions come from across the State and are answered by the department of home economics at the State College of Agriculture through the county local conservation agent. The service has been very successful.
A columnist argues war spending is not wasted as some funds will be sunk or scrap, while much supports ships and machinery usable after the conflict. The piece notes 90 percent of wartime production could be repurposed and praises the moral forces backing the effort.
The bulletin notes the failure to issue last week due to work strain from the Liberty Loan campaign but reports record sales of 976000 at Grand Central Station and 252000 at the Hotel Manhattan. It urges participation for the Red Cross drive starting May 20 and highlights opportunities for clinical assistants at large hospitals, plus a Teachers College course. also lists U S Department of Labor positions in Washington with starting salaries of 1100 and roles for stenographers and graphic statisticians via Columbia University committee.
In the College World at Radcliffe a dormitory at Dummond Academy near Newburyport is allotted for Radcliffe farmer ettes this summer. The girls will be paid 20 cents an hour for six hours of daily farm labor.
The Inter-Denominational Committee on Graduate Training of Social Religious Workers announces a two-year post-graduate program. The course leads to an M A from Teachers College with a special diploma. Communications to Rev. Theodore F Savage Sec 344 West 36th Street New York City.
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