General Studies at CU Seeks Full College Status and Honors
The School of General Studies proposes a separate faculty with full legislative powers to attain undergraduate division status. It also expands activities with Quarto and a Phi Beta Kappa chapter for General Studies students. Established in 1947, it serves adult and part time students across 50 departments with 1,500 current degree seekers.
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School of General Studies
Quarto
General Studies
University
Columbia University
Louis M. Hacker
Columbia
Overstreet, Barlow Headline Tonight Lectures And Theater Talk
Harry Overstreet, famed adult education leader, speaks on Four Dimensions of Freedom at the Institute of Arts and Sciences tonight. Samuel L. Barlow replaces illness struck Howard Barnes for Contemporary Theater talk this Wednesday. The Quartetto Italiano begins its first cross continental tour with tickets sold out months ago.
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Harry Overstreet
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Overstreet
Samuel L. Barlow
Howard Barnes
Barlow
New York Times
Forum For Democracy
Composers’ Forum
Quartetto Italiano
America
Chaplain Pike Named Dean of Cathedral in New York
The Reverend James A. Pike will leave Columbia University as Chaplain around February 1 1952 to become Dean of the Cathedral of St John the Divine. Bishop Horace W B Donegan announced the promotion noting Pike also heads Earl Hall and teaches religion.
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James A. Pike
Columbia University
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Pike
Horace W. B. Donegan
New York
St. Paul’s Chapel
Earl Hall
Dr. Pike
Oklahoma City
Okla
University of Southern California
USC Law School
Sterling
Yale Law School
Yale University
U. S. Securities and Exchange
Youth Today Silent Stodgy Time Says
Time magazine surveys American youth noting conformity and conservatism amid Korea's war. It cites little enthusiasm for military life or war, a quest for secure jobs, and belief that government will care for youth. It also describes a gender shift toward femininity and career life reconciliation.
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Time
Club Treasurers Reminder on Monthly Statements
Janet Bloch reminds all club treasurers that monthly financial statements are now issued. No payments may exceed the club balance and all expenses require bills or receipts detailing amount and items purchased.
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Janet Bloch
Columbia University Students Hold A Variety Of Spare Jobs
Columbia University students earned over two million dollars in spare time work in the past academic year according to Samuel H. Beach director of the Placement Bureau. Most jobs paid a dollar per hour and ranged from composing greeting card verses to acting as a television show extra. One fourth of earnings were on campus with ten student agencies providing nineteen thousand dollars in part time work. Roles included laundry service corsage supply process serving pin boy clerical work and bank or insurance office help. The report notes unusual jobs such as a shut in chess partner and a man chasing flies in baseball practice and highlights a married couple who earned fifteen hundred dollars in ten summer weeks managing a beach club.
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Columbia University
Samuel H. Beach
University
Columbia
Bureau
Wigs and Cues Presents Hippolytus Season Opener
Wigs and Cues opens Euripides Hippolytus in Brinckerhoff Theater this Thursday November 8 at 8 40 p m under Adolphus J Sweet. Fred Rspin stars as Hippolytus with Marion Magid Phaedra and Wilfred Milofsky Theseus. Tickets 60 cents Thursday 1 dollar Fri and Sat.
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Euripides
Hippolytus
Barnard
Adolphus J. Sweet
Brinckerhoff Theater
Jake
Fred Rspin
Marion Magid
Phaedra
Wilfred Milofsky
Halley Leads Mock City Council Race at Bernard
Liberal-City Fusion Independent candidate Rudolph Halley won the Political Council straw poll with 210 votes or 64 percent of 327 ballots. Henry Latham finished second with 61 votes, while Joseph Sharkey had 30 votes and 13 votes each for Clifford McAvoy and Michael Bartel.
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Rudolph Halley
Mr. Halley
Henry Latham
Joseph Sharkey
Clifford McAvoy
American Labor Party
Michael Bartel
Socialist Workers Party
Political Council
Barnard
Kefauver
Halley
Sharkey
Latham
Joseph T. Sharkey
New G and S Club Organizes At Barnard Hall
Gilbert and Sullivan Club held its first meeting at Barnard Hall with a large turnout from Barnard and Columbia students. The group will read scores at the November 14 meeting to acquaint members with the works and voices. Membership remains open as plans include presenting Patience by spring.
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Barnard Hall
Barnard
Columbia
Joanne Slater
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U. S. Maritime Commission
War Shipping Administration
Union Theological Seminary
Korea
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Jane Webb
Lee Budd
Theseus
Holly Bradford
Aphrodite
Joyce Seidman
the Nurse
Pamela Lewis
Artemis
Carrol Ann Brown
Estelle Davidson
Louise Fumo
Adrienne Kessler
Ruth Park
Ruth Woodruff
Virginia Zust
Dorothy Tunick
Rochelle Reichman
Kathy Lotus
Cecile Hilding
Katharine Shohl
New G & S Club
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