The Crown Debuts as Free GS Student Newspaper
The Crown, a new weekly free paper from the School of General Studies, debuts this week with no ads and four issues per semester. Editor in chief Harry Prince Combs Jr leads a staff of over eighty reporters, with a focus on GS life, activities, and monthly events calendars.
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the Crown
School of General Studies
Harry Prince Combs, Jr
Frederick Baldwin
Rosario Armato
General Studies
G.S
Jack Arbolino
Combs
Seeger Sings Folk Origins At McMillin Theater
Peter Seeger presents the third Ameri can folk recital in McMillin Theater on Thursday November 18 at 8 30 p.m. He showcases Asian European ballads with banjo, explains background and significance, and invites audience participation with a post program discussion. Tickets are 1.50 at the door.
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Peter Seeger
McMillin Theater
Mr. Seeger
Seeger
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Club Plans Set for November Forum and Signups
The Psychology Club outlines events for the term including a November 29 forum and a booth on Jake where students can sign up to help tabulate election returns at WNYC on November 2. Planned activities include cinema with lectures, field trips to Children's Court and mental institutions, and budding psychology plays in the College Parlor.
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Jake
WNYC
Ex Dean Gildersleeve Exhibit Opens at Barnard Library
Virginia C. Gildersleeve, dean emeritus, is honored at a Barnard reception on November 9 in the College Parlor from 4 30 to 6 p m. The Ella Weed Library hosts an exhibit on Many a Good Crusade, her memoirs published October 19. The record notes her Roosevelts era role as the only woman delegate to the 1945 San Francisco Conference drafting the UN Charter.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Barnard Board of Trustees
Ella Weed
Dean Gildersleeve
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
San Francisco
United Nations
Elizabeth Janeway to Attend Barnard Tea Event
Elizabeth Janeway novelist critic and Barnard graduate will be guest of honor at this week’s Wednesday afternoon tea. She donates the Elizabeth Janeway Prize of 500 dollars replacing the Emily Putnam Memorial Award for Creative Writing. Her earlier national recognition came as a Barnard senior winning Story Magazine’s Intercollegiate Short Story Contest.
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Elizabeth Janeway
Janeway
Barnard
Emily Putnam
Story Magazine
Explorations in Modern Science Lectures at Harkness Theatre
Columbia University marks its bicentennial with a lecture series titled Explorations in Modern Science at Harkness Theatre over two months. The program opens with Leslie C. Dunn discussing Man and his Heredity, followed by talks by S Stanford Sargent Bernard O Koopman Wallace J Eckert and Ernest Nagel on international relations operations machines and the philosopher looks at science.
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Columbia University
Harkness Theatre
Leslie C. Dunn
Columbia University Zoology Department
S. Stanford Sargent
Barnard College
Bernard O. Koopman
Adrain
Wallace J. Eckert
Ernest Nagel
Columbia
Israeli Consul Reports Economic Rise and Immigrant Contribution
The Israeli consul-general cites a growing export volume and self sufficiency in many foods as signs of economic strength. He credits rapid absorption of thousands of immigrants, noting shifts from Oriental lands with over forty percent now working in agriculture and building trades after training.
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Israel
Barnard Students Form Folk Song Group at Brooks Room
Barnard and Columbia students meet weekly in the Brooks living room to sing folk songs with guitar accompaniment. Liz Kaufmann chairs the informal gathering and invites all interested on Tuesday evenings to join.
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Barnard
Columbia Colleges
Brooks Living Room
Liz Kaufmann
Alumnae Officer Mary Reilly Retires After Ten Years
Mary R. Reilly 37 retires as executive secretary of the Barnard Alumnae Association after a decade of leadership. The association moved from Riverside to Barnard Hall and finally Milbank Hall, tightening ties with the college. She will be succeeded by Miss Mary Bliss 25, a former editor of Woman’s Home Companion and Red Cross leader.
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Mary R. Reilly
Barnard Alumnae Association
Reilly
Riverside Building
Barnard Hall
Milbank Hall
Barnard
Mary ‘Bliss
Miss Bliss
Civil Service Exams Offered For Junior Management Assistant
Applications for the Junior Management Assistant exam are available in the Barnard Placement Office. Open to Social Science majors with a four year BA. Positions offer $3410 beginning salary in Federal agencies nationwide. Further details from the Placement Office.
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Barnard
U.S. Civil Service Commission
Washington
United States
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ABC Radio Network
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