New Seminar Supplements Historical Research Studies
The History Department adds two senior seminars this year one in European civilization taught by Associate Professor René Albrecht-Carrié and one in American civilization led by Basil Rauch. Students will conduct original research, edit an anthology, and publish tentative work with Indiana University Press while compiling material for Barnard Library.
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René Albrecht-Carrié
Patricia Kline
Nancy Miller
Barbara Ritter
University of Indiana Press
Barnard
Europe
Sidney A. Burrell
Greece
Basil Rauch
America
Offer Singers At Next Dance At Barnard Hall
Barnard Hall Social Committee announces Coffee Dance in Barnard Cafeteria this Friday from 4 30 to 7 30 p m. King’s Men will perform Columbia favorites. Invitations sent to graduate and undergraduate students faculty members and N R O T C. Subscriptions 60 cents sold on Jake Wednesday Thursday and Friday with set sale hours.
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Barnard Hall
Barnard
Columbia
Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
King’s Men
Florence Kieg
Liana DeBone
Ruth Mayers
Barbara Perkel
Lois Schwartz
Barbara Ritter
Constance Harrington
Carol Kladivko
Jake
Barnard Girls Bring Museum to Hospital Wards
Thirty Barnard School students led by Rhoda Zorn visit Presbyterian Hospital and others weekly to show 19th century apparel dolls and old advertising cards. They aim to cheer bedridden patients and spark memories while learning museum history and care.
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Museum of the City of New York
Presbyterian Hospital
Barnard
Rhoda Zorn
Museum
Presbyterian
Probe Career In Publications
Seniors may tour Condé Nast Publishing on Thursday November 16 guided by Mary Campbell Job Editor of Glamour and Director of Vogue Prix de Paris. Norma Almy coordinates the trip replacing former Vocational Conferences and will discuss department functions and entry requirements. Students sign the poster on Jake and meet 420 Lexington Avenue lobby at 2 25 p.m.
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Condé Nast
Norma Almy
Mary Campbell
Glamour
Vogue
Condé Nast Publishing Company
Jake
Lexington Avenue
Primus Views Native Dances in Anthropology Seminar
Pearl Primus, renowned for native dances, spoke to anthropology students at Brinckerhoff Theater after a 13 month Africa field trip. She described dance as culture’s expression, medicine and religion, and urged recording and learning dances to understand primitive societies. Drummers accompanied ceremonial African dances.
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Pearl Primus
Brinckerhoff Theater
Miss Primus
Africa
Columbia University
Primus
Civil Service Exams Open for State Department Posts
Outstanding seniors and graduates in Foreign Affairs with leadership potential may take competitive written and oral exams for home service positions in the State Department. Temporary overseas assignments will be offered. Salaries start at 3100 to 3400 yearly with openings in Junior Managers and Social Science Assistants. Apply by November 14, 1950 at the Placement Office Barnard Hall.
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Home Service
United States State Department
Department
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Barnard Hall
Barnard Class of 1958 proposes attendance reform and dues
A Barnard College letter to the editor notes the class of 1958 votes to abolish fines for absences, place attendance under the Honor System, and institute a 3.50 per person assessment. It urges review by the Undergraduate Association and Honor Board, warning of precedents and seeking official approval for an experiment with potential wide impact. The piece calls for broader College discussion on the sophomore class policy shift.
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Bulletin
Barnard
Alumnae Conference Opens With Political Institute In Session
Connecticut Congresswoman Chase Going Woodhouse and ACLU executive Patrick Murphy Malin will join Dean Millicent C. McIntosh to discuss public life. The Alumnae Conference runs with the Political Institute featuring refresher music sociology economics and Soviet literature courses all Saturday morning.
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Chase
Woodhouse
Connecticut
Patrick Murphy Malin
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Millicent C. McIntosh
Political Institute
Douglas Moore
Mirra Komarovsky
Raymond Saulnier
Ernest Simmons
Dean McIntosh
Red Lists Talents and Ambitions of a Young Woman
The narrative traces Red's teen years in Washington Crossing Pennsylvania where she feeds chicks and pigs drives a tractor and milks cows. She summers on cattle ranches harvests apples and took a mountain pack trip to search for missing steers. She studied in Lausanne and envisions careers in taxi driving government intelligence international photography and motherhood.
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Washington Crossing
Pennsylvania
Lausanne
Switzerland
Paris
Venice
Munich
Red
New York City
Lattimore on public opinion and duty after war
Lattimore argued officials knew the Allies differed but public opinion lagged. After the war fear and disillusionment grew as these differences surfaced, challenging loyalty to America tied to foreign governments like China's Kuomintang. He urged broader knowledge of small nations and affairs beyond government to inform Congress and support fair investigation by an informed public.
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Lattimore
America
China
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