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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1949
Page
2
Barnard students express positive views on marriage while in college. Marilyn Rosenthal Loeb argues marriage can complement studies, noting shared interests with a spouse strengthens focus and future plans. She believes love and companionship outweigh routine duties like keeping house.
The piece critiques Joan Houston’s poem and Beverly Beck Fuchs’s commentary on balancing marriage and study. It argues the poem relies on a weak cocoon metaphor and misreads religious imagery. It also presents accounts from Florence Sadoff Peatipran and others on making marriage work with academic life and housework, urging schedules but endorsing flexible balance.
University chaplains announce a week of services and meditations starting Friday November 11 with Holy Communion at 10 am and Friday 9 am service, Jewish Sabbath at 7 39 pm, Sunday November 13 11 am Morning Prayer and sermon by Rev Shuny F Nishi, assistant chaplain. Holy Communion at 96 and 12 30, Monday November 14 Matins, Tuesday November 15 Rev Norman Speer, Wednesday 16 Music and Meditation, Thursday 17 Chaplain Rev James A Pike J D, university chaplain.
The Senior Week Committee sets the class of 1950 dues at three dollars with payment windows November 15 through 23 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Those graduating in February or October can pay then if joining Senior Week. June graduates are not excused unless exempted. The University Christian Association hosts Thursday open houses at Earl Hall for Barnard and Columbia students, plus Friday luncheons for freshmen.
Canterbury Club invites members to hear Mr. Clifford Morehouse speak on the Episcopal General Convention held in San Francisco. A Philippine folk program will be presented by the Residence Halls Musical Committee with Filipino students from Barnard. Newman Club retreats to The Cenacle on Lake Ronkonkoma December 2–4, cost $6.50 with $2 advance, contact Virginia Kraft. Sweater and Tweed Hop set for November 19 from 9 to 1, with Sigma Chi Sigma Nu Law School and Physicians invited. tickets via Jean Moore.
A 1949 memo notes Barnard College customs from 1917 to the Jazz age, detailing rules on dancing and attire, knitting Socks for soldiers in World War I, and dormitory changes including sock-making for luck, evolving decor, and playful dorm promotions.
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