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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1939
Page
3
George W. Denny, head of the Town Hall of the Air radio program, argues that a functioning democracy requires leadership from educated citizens. The series aims to curb reliance on congenial media and promote objective thinking through open discussions reflecting New England town meeting spirit.
More than two hundred girls and escorts attend the Harvest Hop with nearly two hundred orchid corsages. The Dartmouth Barbary Coast Orchestra provides music from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. at a first large social event marking Halloween season.
Columbia University ranks third among wealthy colleges in the United States with total resources about 158.31 million dollars. Harvard and Yale exceed it in endowment and wealth, while donations for maintenance and endowments reach around 87.07 million and lands and buildings estimate 59.66 million. Affiliated graduate and professional schools include Barnard College Teachers College College of Pharmacy Bard College and the New York Post Graduate Medical School. Living graduates total about 98,000 with 5,051 students graduated last year.
Weather could not dampen Barnard College Sports Week as tennis, archery, and the annual faculty student tournament proceeded in fits and starts. Debutantes Joan Amberg, Deborah Allen, and Molly Wyland starred in archery while Rosalie Hoyt and Louise Hurlburt vied for the tennis crown as rain delayed finals and a fruit cart drew cheers at the Harvest Hop finale with the Dartmouth Barbary Coast Orchestra.
Nineteen members of Professor Jane P Clark's class in social legislation attended workman's compensation hearings in the New York State building last Wednesday. Miss Frieda Miller and Mr Leland Hill outlined the department's procedure and the shift from direct settlement to joint discussion for better awards. The group will return for further hearings on November 13 and 28 to observe appeals and original sessions.
German author Thomas Mann spoke to Professor Lyon's literature class at Columbia on Wednesday about The Magic Mountain. He compared the novel’s hero to Faust, noted its musical structure and Wagnerian leitmotifs, and explained the ten year writing span interrupted by war.
Norman Lloyd renowned dance composer and NYU music staff member offers a rhythmic analysis and dance relation course. He is head of Bennington Summer School music and has written for Martha Graham Doris Humphrey and Hanya Holm. Class meets Wednesdays at 4 30 with 35 seats and a wait list. Ruth Lloyd will accompany.
Barnard Camp Committee invites students to a Sunday outing at the camp on November 19 for a Thanksgiving feast with turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, campfires, games, and friendship. Dorm students pay 30 cents and day students 60 cents for the bus and meal.
George Soule editor of the New Republic and author will keynote the Armistice Day forum on Friday. He will address America's position in the present crisis at Milbank Hall then Brinckerhoff Theatre for a 20 minute talk followed by floor discussion with faculty and student leaders guiding the session.
Fifty-one college presidents nationwide accepted invitations to Barnard Colleges fiftieth anniversary events. A Nov 14 dinner at Hotel Astor opens the celebration with speeches by top leaders and alumnae. Activities continue Nov 15 with convocation and academic exercises paused for the anniversary program.
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