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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1940
Page
1
Barnard Bulletin published semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students for the Undergraduate Association. Entered second class matter October 19, 1928 at New York post office under March 3, 1879 act. Subscription rates are 3 dollars per year or 10 cents per single copy.
Beverly Baff 41 and Grace Barrett 42 appear in the About Town column for the Friday edition dated November 8, 1940, with Clytia Capraro 42 also listed among staff. The item highlights student figures and campus coverage in the Victoria Chronicle.
The piece reflects on a bitter campaign and the need for cooperation after a free election. It urges recognizing the dangers of fear and hatred in politics, warnings against foreign influence framing, and discourages emotional accusations and name calling while stressing self examination and restraint.
A humorous survey of campus political naivete and student campaigns across multiple colleges. The writer lampoons campaigns on Princeton, Princeton students, and other schools, noting proportional representation debates and mock elections amid campus life and social antics.
The article traces how early Nazi in film shifted from stereotype to individualized roles and praises Escape for vivid characters Norma Shearer Robert Taylor Nazimova and Conrad Veidt. It notes the film adapts Ethel Vance Es cape about Emm Ritter and a Nazi doctor amid a cast including an American widow and her son, highlighting strong performances and restrained prose.
Preston Sturges writes and directs a mild pleasant comedy built on a slogan contest whose mishaps complicate the winning outcome. The film delivers intermittent amusement and occasional caricature while offering a measured critique of success and youth as delivered with Sturges’ philosophical musings.
For three weeks the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performs Scheherazade a one act dance drama with Rimsky Korsakoff music and lavish orientalist design. The New Yorker features a cafe society diorama by Arno Steg Hokinson and Soglow. Vienna 1814 backs the Metternich ball as the company’s Polonaise opens a lively gala night.
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