Alecti Symposium Probes Political Platforms
The Alecti Symposium at the Current Events Club featured four speakers Belva Offen berg EG Fuerth Sonya Turitz and a fourth. They debated Republican Democratic Socialist and Communist platforms with Fuerth defending the New Deal against GOP criticisms and urging forward progress. Offenberg warned of centralized power and budget issues while Turitz outlined socialist proposals including shorter work week unemployment insurance and farm relief and criticized imperial state action.
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EG Fuerth
Sonya Turitz
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Miss Fuerth
Roosevelt
Miss Offenberg
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Salvation Army
Socialist Party
Alumnae News From Barnard Highlights and Honors
Barnard alumnae news covers events from College Day on October 22 with Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve, plans for a December 11 dinner in honor of George A. Plimpton, and tributes to Barnard staff. Professor Riccio earned an Italian government silver medal, alumna Gena Tenny won the Fali Scholarship, Beulah Amidon discussed suffrage work and The Survey, and Barnard writers Reichard and Hurston published notable works.
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Woman's University Club
Dwight W. Morrow
William F. Eastman
Virginia Gildersleeve
George A. Plimpton
Plimpton
Barnard College
Butler
Dean Gildersleeve
Alice Duer Miller
Peter M. Riccio
Riccio
Gruppo Universitario Fascista
Gena Tenny
Royal College of Music
London
Beulah Amidon
Dorothy Woolf
Woman Sufferage
League
Miss Amidon
Survey
Sarah Butler
Freda Kirchwey
Margaret Meyers
Gladys A. Reichard
Zora Neal Hurston
Jonah’s
Fannie Hurst
Miss Hurston
Prodigies and Dyes Call to 1938 Freshmen
Excerpt notes quarterly editors urging Lumbricus Terrestris centered tale with a girl moving from nicotine to earthy worm lore. Jean Bulowa asks the Freshman Class to join Games committees including costume making and dye work, inviting applications from those who can dye for upcoming projects.
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Jean Bulowa
Plans for Freshmen Honors in Greek Gods List
J Bullowa outlines activities for new students in 1935 featuring mythic figures Hebe Athena Iris Hera Poseidon and Zeus as part of a G G continuation. The piece catalogs a roster of deities to be honored in the freshman program.
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Student Concert Bureau Opens at Bookstore
A new Student Concert Bureau is launched by Sidney Green a graduate student in economics. For fifty cents per semester members receive free tickets or reduced prices for concerts plays and potentially movies restaurants and night clubs. Offices are in the book department of the Bookstore Journalism Building Sea
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School of Economics
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Grey’s
Sea
Barnard Religious Clubs Plan War Peace Symposium
Barnard College religious groups convene a symposium exploring pacifism and defense. Speakers include Arthur Garfield Hayes of the American Civil Liberties Union urging disarmament and public opinion against war, Bishop McConnell noting church support for peace, and remarks on wartime morale and the League of Nations.
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League of Nations
Europe
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American Civil Liberties Union
Hayes
United States
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McConnell
Methodist Church
Dr Shotwell to Speak at Barnard Assembly
Dr Shotwell, renowned American authority on international relations and the peace movement, will address Barnard College next Tuesday at 1 10. He previously spoke to the Academy of Political Science on November 7 and will present a brief report tying new international understanding proposals to Barnard interests.
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Barnard
Academy of Political Science
Raymond Fosdick
Newton D. Baker
Wilson
Barnard College
W. A. Braun
Europe
Library Reception Sparks Interest in Dr Alsop Writings
Barnard College attracts many inquiries as readers seek Dr. Alsop's works including The Mandarin's Bride The House of the Dead and The Brigand's Knife. Readers explore how Chinese coolies and Barnard undergraduates alike seek salvation through her literary gifts and smiling benediction.
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