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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1938
Page
4
A Barnard Bulletin reader counters Stephen Leacock and Barbara Reade on the state of higher education. The writer defends modern professional training’s length and cost, argues liberal study still builds character, and criticizes Leacock’s analysis and tone.
A Columbia symposium featured critics and writers discussing short story craft. Dorothy McCleary praised character focus and technique openness, while Manuel Komroff and Erskine Caldwell noted shifting styles and the role of criticism.
Members of the French Club held tentative pageant tryouts Wednesday afternoon in Brinckerhoff Theatre for parts in the December 17 show. Marianne Pilenco outlined interview aims and past experience to judge casting and ability.
A joint Greek Games meeting for freshmen and sophomores will be in room 304 Barnard on Wednesday to explain the event’s nature and history and to outline opportunities for expression and the qualities a good chairman must have.
Architect Donald Fletcher of the Columbia School of Architecture will speak on Architecture in New York with colored slides. The lecture, at 4 00 in Room 304 Barnard, Thursday November 3, followed by tea in the College Parlor, is hosted by the Barnard and Columbia Fine Arts Departments and others.
The Pre Medical Society led by Helen Weinberg will hold an informal first meeting with talks on medicine's progress over fifty years. Members may work in New York City hospitals, support a medical library, and contribute to a scrapbook of new medical developments.
The discussion urges closer U S contacts with America to protect commercial routes and meet internal needs. George Fielding Eliot warns Munich as a military warning, stressing stronger naval power to repel sea attacks and defend naval bases. He notes no European base in the western hemisphere but warns oceans are both rampart and highway.
Students and faculty are urged to attend at Corpus Christi Church 121 Street between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway on November 3 and 4 at 4 10 p m. Father Ford religious adviser to Catholic students and Barnard Newman Club faculty adviser will explain the Mass ritual and the symbolism of its vestments.
Barnard College will stage an exhibition badminton match week of November 14 with outside experts. Ruth Elaine Blum '39 announces a formal singles tourney in mid November, following an informal doubles opener. A major sport designation will award the winner a large B. The faculty student tournament and tea close the highlight. Gym hours are open for practice with free nine, noon, and one o'clock periods.
Professor James N. Vaughan of Fordham University will speak to the Newman Club this afternoon at 4 15 in the College Parlor. His talk titled What is Catholic Philosophy will examine its principles and differences from other philosophies and its application to daily life.
Interview with Eileen Sturgell reflects Alaska life as she jokes about no sleep in perpetual daylight. She notes winter darkness ending around December 21 and records extreme temperatures from 66 below to 102 degrees. She admires New York and Barnard but longs for Alaskan ways and the so called call of the north.
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