Butler Hosts Dormitory Dinner Tracing Columbia History
President Butler and Mrs Butler hosted a dinner at Ook's Hall for Columbia University figures including Dean Gildersleeve and Miss Sarah Butler. He spoke in the Blue Room about Columbia's 171 year evolution from King's College to a modern university with Barnard College and co education at graduate levels.
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Columbia
Nicholas Urray Butler
Townmd
Dean Gildersleeve
Ourgeon
Sarah Butler
Ook
Butler
Columbia University
King’s College
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Barnard
Barnard College
Law School
New York
Junior Class Meetings in 1927 Highlight Elections
Elizabeth Metzger was elected Junior Prom chairman at the Junior Class meeting on Friday October 30. Marion Wadsworth announced a Mortar board senior picture on Thursday November 12 at 12 o'clock and urged juniors to wear cap and gown. Dean Gildersleeve spoke to the Sophomore Class on October 30 stressing the pivotal role of the sophomore year for future coursework. Marion Churchill was elected Freshman class president and Elizabeth Mohun vice president on the same day.
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Elizabeth Metzger
Marion Wadsworth
Dean Gildersleeve
Marion Churchill
Elizabeth Mohun
Ring Debate Seeks Standard College Seal at Barnard
The Barnard Representative Assembly discussed standardizing the college ring design. Underclassmen proposed changing to the seal of President Barnard with sardonyx, while many favored preserving the Alma Mater ring onyx. The assembly voted to keep the Alma Mater onyx as the standard ring but set up a committee of undergraduates and alumnae to review the issue from all angles.
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Representative Assembly
Margaret Goodell
Barnard
Alma Mater
Barnard’s
Assembly
Margaret Hatfield
Barnard Armistice Day Celebration Includes International Guests
Barnard College plans an Armistice Day event featuring foreign students in native costumes and presentations by Mice Killeen and Betty Kalisher. Raymond Fosdick, ex Under Secretary General of the League of Nations, will address the International Armistice Day Assembly on the World Court. The college invites the wider university to attend.
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Barnard
Mice Killeen
Betty Kalisher
Students Movements For Peace
World Court
Raymond Fosdick
League of Nations
International Armistice Day Assembly
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