Bliss Named Alumnae Officer at Barnard College
Burlington Vermont native Mary A Bliss became Executive Secretary of the Associate Alumnae on November 1, succeeding Joan F Reilly. Bliss, Barnard 1925, brings broad experience from teaching and program directing at the Brooklyn YWCA and Women’s Home Companion, plus wartime Red Cross hospital recreation at sea during World War II. She plans to keep Barnard's 10,000 graduates connected via the association magazine published five times yearly.
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Mary A Bliss
Burlington
Vermont
Joan F Reilly
Miss Bliss
Barnard
Brooklyn Ywca
Hannah More Academy
Reisterstown
Maryland
Misses Hobbs
Wilmington
Delaware
Women’s Home Companion
Red Cross
Panama
South Africa
Egypt
Palestine
Iran
Bliss
Italy
Holland
England
Scotland
Luxembourg
Nationalities Communities Department
Alumnae Association
President Reflects on Static Liberalism in Academia
The speaker critiques faculty rigidity amid liberal free inquiry and argues for balanced liberalism. He warns against one sided instruction and aloof scholarship while urging humility and listening to achieve true liberalism in education.
U S Press Institute Schedules Two Seminars On Sales Methods
The American Press Institute will hold two seminars at Columbia University in November and December to study increasing newspaper sales and improving circulation. The first focuses on papers with circulations around 50 000 while the second covers larger dailies. Topics include city sales, home delivery, mail subscriptions, and circulation promotion. Director J Montgomery Curtis notes more clinical work and pre seminar preparation.
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American Press Institute
Columbia University
J. Montgomery Curtis
Institute
Colleges Rally Support For Liberal Arts Education Week
The Empire State Foundation of Colleges led Barnard and 21 New York member colleges to observe American Education Week and seek broad financial backing from business, industry, foundations, and the public. The foundation plans a $1.5 million annual goal to fund salaries, scholarships, and maintenance while warning tuition and living cost increases threaten access to higher education.
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Empire State Foundation
Barnard
Empire State Foundation of Colleges
New York State
Phyllis Michelfelder
Millicent C. McIntosh
McIntosh
The
Foundation
Professor Emeritus Gregory Dies at 74
Miss Louise H Gregory, professor emeritus of the Barnard College zoology department and former acting dean, died last Monday at age 74. She joined Barnard in 1908, became head of zoology in 1943, acted as dean in 1945, and joined the United States Education Mission to Japan in 1946. A memorial service is set for 4 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Chapel.
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Louise H Gregory
Barnard College
Barnard
Rich Room Concert Presents Fantasias at Milbank Hall
The fifth High Fidelity concert in the series is at the Gertrude Rich room 29 Milbank Hall today 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. It features the Westminister LP Vaughan Williams Fantasia Greensleeves and Tallis theme with Tchaikovsky Pathetique and Debussy La Mer on the program.
Seniors urged to sign up for final medical exams
All seniors must enroll in Room 202 Barnard for last medical examinations to be completed before the end of the first semester.
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Barnard
Placement Office Reports Several Vocational Openings for Graduates
The Barnard placement office announces two job options for seniors. Carol Raymond of Compton Advertising Inc. will interview interested advertising majors today in room 116 Milbank from 2 to 4 30 p m. A later group meeting will discuss how agencies operate and available liberal arts paths. Meanwhile openings exist for Claims Representative Trainee in New Jersey and New York offices of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance with training paying 3410 a year during nine months and 4205 a year after. Applications are in the placement office.
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Carol Raymond
Compton Advertising, Inc
Milbank
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
New Jersey
New York
Ing
Two Barnardites in Hebrew Drama Group
Judith Lewittes and Ruth Dickenstein perform in a Hebrew play I'm the Captain at Herzliah Auditorium 314 W 96th St. The script by Joshua Halevi follows a mutiny aboard a ship and is staged by Habimah Haktanah with support from the Jewish Agency Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute. Performances are set for November 20 and 27 evenings.
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Judith Lewittes
Ruth Dickenstein
Joshua Halevi
Herzliah
96Th Street
Habimah Haktanah
Habimah
The
Jewish Agency
Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute
M the
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Mary A. Bliss
U.S. Press Institute
Gregory
Zoology
Miss Gregory
Vassar College
Columbia
St. Paul’s Chapel
Louise H. Gregory
Medicals
A. G. Papadem & CO. Florist
Florists Telegraphy
Cetihdla Ud Aearty
Coca Cola
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