Seniors Must Avoid Conceit Or Modesty Farewell Address
In a May 15 meeting before Dean Gildersleeve's address the Barnard Senior Class elected Miriam Laurel president Harriet Tyng vice president Sienna Delahunt treasurer and Sidney Stemmons secretary. They announced a $75 class gift to buy modern novels and poetry for the library. The dean warned of conceit and undue modesty urging graduates to lead, seek top positions, and stay engaged in public life.
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Dean ‘Ildersleeve
Miriam Laurel
Harriet Tyng
Sienna Delahunt
Sidney Stemmons
Dean Gildersleeve
Tinoever
Barnard
Luates
Communists Creating Industrial Russia
Miss Irma Rittenhouse Barnard 1927 spoke at a Social Science Forum tea about Soviet industrialization. She warned Americans that Russia’s living conditions and mindset are foreign and that people judge only through an economic and social lens, not politics.
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Russia
America
Soviet Union
Irma Rittenhouse
Social Science Forum
Miss Rittenhouse
Barnard
Student Council of
New York
Coolidge
Mortarboard Disappointing Signups for Silver Bay 1929
The 1929 Mortarboard reports low enrollment for the Silver Bay program last week. Organizers cite limited outreach and a slow response from students.
All Stars Swamp Faculty Nine in May Exhibition Game
Nine members of the Gymnasium faculties faced the undergraduate baseball team on May 10. The all stars won the batting contest but lost in the field, finishing with thirty runs to the Faculty’s twenty. The game featured Miss Yates as the pitcher and lively play throughout.
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Miss Yates
Columbia Orchestra and Barnard Glee Club Spring Concert
The Columbia University Orchestra conducted by Douglas Moore and the Barnard College Glee Club, plus pianist David Barnett, performed at Macmillan Theatre on May 12. Programs included Scarlatti, Palestrina, Deems Taylor arrangements, Franck variations, and Mendelssohn Scotch Symphony, with strong audience response and an encore.
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Columbia University Orchestra
Douglas Moore
Macmillan Theatre
Barnard College Glee Club
David Barnett
Barnard Glee Club
Deems Taylor
Johnny
Cornwall
Charles Doersam
Columbia
Franck
Barnett
Mendelssohn
Glee Club
Restriction Restores Resident Dining at Hewitt Hall
Beginning next September the college will resume a policy limiting Hewitt Hall dining to residents of Brooks and Hewitt Halls. Barnard Hall lunch room remains open to all non residents and officers with plans to serve them adequately. A few one day tickets will be issued in Miss Weeks office for residents choosing Barnard for lunch and for non residents with a special reason to eat in Hewitt Hall.
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Brooks and Hewitt Halls
Hewitt
Barnard Hall
Miss Weeks
Hewitt Hall
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Informs
Ruth Richards
Silver Bay
ALL Stars Swamp Gym
Mortarboard
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