Doctor Gideonse Decries Loss Of Academic Ideals
Professor Harry Gideonse head of Barnard economics warns college assemblies that universities have surrendered academic freedom to private interests. He argues this freedom is misused to protect class privilege, leaving modern man emotionally underdeveloped and overly specialized, with institutions failing to address current world issues.
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Gideonse
Harry Gideonse
Barnard Economics
Professor Gideonse
Gidcouse
Majors Consider Program For Enlarged Government Dept
Government majors at a Wednesday meeting urged enlarging the department to include a general introductory course for freshmen to gain a broader view. They warned such a change could force dropping existing courses and supported raising two point courses to three points while considering a unified social science course and more graduate offerings.
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Government
Beaux Arts Ball Set for Friday Night at Residence Halls
Over thirty couples have signed up for the Beaux Arts Ball the annual costume dance at the Residence Halls. The event opens Friday at 9 p.m. and runs to 1 a.m. Admission is $1.75, with prizes for best authentic dress and swing music mixed with old and new. Committee chair Ruth Cummings leads plans as details remain tentative.
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Beatx Arts Ball Committee
Brooks and Hewitt Halls
Ruth Cummings
Leslie Marsh
Mary Lou Sayre
Brooks Hall
Sophomore Class Meeting Scheduled for November 4
A required Sophomore meeting will be held Friday November 4 at 12 in room 304 Barnard to elect another delegate to the Representative Assembly. Announcements on class rings will also be made. It is the first required sophomore meeting of the year.
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Barnard
Representative Assembly
Undergraduate
Barnard Reactions To Mars Invasion Quiet And Cold
A Barnard survey finds virtually no student engagement with H G Wells The War of the Worlds broadcast except for one freshman Several girls ignore the threat preferring music Chaucer and poetry while Princeton burns and a chunk of wood simmers in the fire of the moment The piece notes panics and mass flight as authorities and editors seek reactions from students.
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Jean Ackerman
H. G. Wells
Mars
Bulletin
Barnard
Charlie McCarthy
Princeton
Chaucer
Dafoe
Two
Dewey and Lehman in Gubernatorial Poll Debate
Dr. Jane P. Clark praised Governor Lehman for social legislation achievements in New York while criticizing Thomas Dewey's stance. She highlighted minimum wage laws, unemployment insurance, housing and crime prevention, and Lehman's balanced budget as evidence of strong governance versus Dewey's negative view of government.
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New York
Jane P. Clark
Herbert H. Lehman
A.S.A
Clark
Lehman
New York State
Thomas Dewey
Dewey
Dr. Clark
Piano Recitals Open Next Week at McMillin Theatre
Gunnar Johansen to give a twelve recital series at McMillin Theatre sponsored by Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Open to the public with no admission charge the programs span seventeenth century to modern composers with Bach Beethoven Brahms Chopin and Stravinsky featured.
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McMillin Theatre
Gunnar Johansen
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Handel
Couperin
Rameau
Vivaldi
Corelli
Scarlattis
Johann Sebastian Bach
Beethoven
Schubert
Chopin
Schumann
Brahms
Johansen
Reger
Schoenberg
Scriabin
Ravel
Stravinsky
Columbia University
Columbia Department of Music
Institute of Arts and Sciences, University Extension
Dane
Egon Petri
Wagner Only Democrat To Win In College Balloting
The campus poll by the Bulletin shows Senator Robert Wagner as the sole Democrat to win in the student vote. Governor Dewey leads Lehman by 35 votes for statewide governor. 1120 students polled with 368 votes cast, plus detailed party splits and results across offices. Lehman led Obvious upshot includes American Labor Party support and Hoover-style cross-endorsements.
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Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
Bulletin
New York State
Herbert H. Lehman
Robert Wagner
United States Senate
Frederic Bontecou
Charles Poletti
Edward F. Corsi
James M. Mead
United States
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
George Hartmann
Herman Hahn
Harry Laidler
Lehman
American Labor Party
Democrats
Columbia Spectator
Herbert Lehman
Thomas IE. Dewey
Bontecou
Hartmann
Robert F. Wagner
John Lord O’brian
Hahn
Mead
Corsi
Laidler
Washington Square College of
New York University
Dewey
N.Y.U
New York City
Borough President Isaacs to Speak on Housing
Stanley M. Isaacs, Manhattan Borough President, will discuss housing on Wednesday November 9 at 4 p.m. in the conference room. The event is sponsored by the Housing Commission of the American Student Union and open to the entire college. It is the third current problems lecture this year by the ASU.
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Stanley M. Isaacs
Manhattan
Housing Commission
American Student Union
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