Barnard to Host All Day Vocational Conference for Students
Barnard College hosts a job conference on November 19 with guest speakers including Louis Harris Aline MacMahon and Ordway Tead. Classes are suspended for the day to allow student attendance and participation in panels on art music languages politics government public relations radio television theatre and more. Attendance is required at the opening session and two subsequent sessions with an optional afternoon panel on marriage with a job moderated by Sidonie Gruenberg.
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Gerber and
Sammell
Barnard
Lyman Bryson
Louis Harris
Elmo Roper
Aline MacMahon
Barnard '20
Ordway Tead
Harper and Brothers
Board of Higher Education of
New York City
Sidonie M. Gruenberg
Doubleday
Melville Critic Declares Moby Dick Greatest English Novel
British essayist C L R James praised Herman Melville's Moby Dick as the greatest English novel. He spoke on the Reader's Melville talk, calling Ahab a figure of courage and weakness amid nature, and argued Melville centers on man versus the forces of existence.
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Ahab
Mr. James
Melville
Herman Melville
Friends Service Committee 1952 Fund Drive Details
Hugh Middleton of the American Friends Service Committee outlines postwar relief and campus study programs as the group seeks a four million dollar budget. Barnard students and Ruth Canter recount two years with the organization and the summer work camp. Term captains and Pat Ring lead a discussion.
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Hugh Middleton
American Friends Service Committee
Hewitt Hall
Mr. Middleton
Barnard
Friends
Ruth Canter ’53
Pat Ring ’53
Barnard Admissions Director Tours Midwest Schools
Miss Helen McCann acting director of admissions at Barnard College will visit Milwaukee and St Paul next week. She will meet students at Riverside, South Division, Milwaukee-Downer, Solomon, Juneau and University High Schools and Milwaukee area colleges, plus Edison University North Collegiate Washburn Edina and Summit Central in St Paul.
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Helen McCann
Barnard College
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Miss McCann
Barnard
Hold Services For Deceased BC Secretary
Funeral services for Elinore Fiero Mullen longtime Barnard College executive secretary were held last Wednesday at St Pauls Chapel. Dean James A. Pike officiated. Mullen died November 3 at 47 after a brief illness, a year after taking the Dean's office on November 1, 1951. She joined Barnard in 1924 after Gibbs School graduation, rising to Associate Registrar before leaving in 1944. Miss Margaret Giddings, the current Registrar, knew Mullen prior to her appointment.
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Elinore Fiero Mullen
Barnard College
St. Paul’s Chapel
James A. Pike
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Mullen
Elinore Fiero
Charles Mullen
Katherine Gibbs
Barnard
Margaret Giddings
Old English Crown Presented for Columbia Bicentennial
A 372 year old English crown symbolizing ties to Britain was presented to the University Club for Columbia College bicentennial activities in 1954. Edmund A Prentis arranged the gift from Prime Minister Churchill. the copper bronze crown with fleur de lis and St George's Cross stands nine and a half inches tall.
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Columbia
Great Britain
University Club
George II
London
New Palace Yard
Bulletin cancels Tuesday issue due to Armistice Day holiday
The Bulletin will appear only once this week because Armistice Day is a printers holiday and the usual Tuesday copy day is observed as a holiday.
Barnard Students React to Election Results on Parents Day
Visitors from nine states and the District of Columbia toured Barnard as President Millicent C. McIntosh welcomed them for Parents Day. Faculty hosted a tea, a schedule of classes and events was published, and student guides assisted families touring classrooms and exhibits.
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District of Columbia
Millicent C. McIntosh
Rete Ae
The
And
Barnarf
Barnard
Brooks
Milbank
Brooks Hall
Preference Test Guides Vocational Choices at Milbank Hall
The Kuder Preference test helps undecided students identify interests across nine fields including artistic, social service, scientific and clerical. Guided by Dr. Emily T. Burr and Miss Martha Messler the test will be offered at Milbank Hall today or tomorrow 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. The scores inform which sessions to attend at the Vocational Conference on Wednesday November 19.
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Milbank Hall
Emily T. Burr
Guidance Bureau
Martha Messler
Letchworth Village
Kutler
Endowments discussed to balance budget at Barnard
The Undergraduate Committee on Development met Friday October 81 to review last year gifts and this semester proposals. Alumnae contributed 57,757.69 for current purposes, the highest annual total to date, while Barnard Fund Alumnae Committee noted Barnard remained in the black for a second year despite rising costs.
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Barnard
Barnard Fund
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Teachers College
CBS
Mary Ann Armaganian
By Joyce Shimkin
Friends Service Committee
Midwest
Mrs. Elinore Mullen
Truman
Isabel Casson
Stevenson
Janet Butler
Eisenhower
Miss Butler
Marge Everman
Barnard Political Council
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