Anti-Fascist Front At Armistice Peace Rally
Speakers at the Armistice peace rally urged united action against fascist powers in Germany Italy Spain and Japan. A J Muste warned democratic nations already betrayed collective action while Henry Hart Paul Read and Professor White pressed to strike down fascism and halt aggression with broader boycotts and unity.
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A. J. Muste
Labor Temple
South Field
Henry Hart
Paul Read
American League Against
Professor White
Brooklyn College
Germany
Italy
Spain
Japan
China
Muste
France
England
United States
Via
Bulgarian Student Amazed by U S Freedom of Speech
Svetla Nasheva, Bulgarian exchange student, recalls Barnard like Bulgaria with similar curriculum and activities. She notes strong US freedom of speech after watching a anti Roosevelt reel and observes lighter strike culture, contrasting Bulgaria’s student strike over a single failed exam. Her grandmother’s Oberlin ties frame her American view.
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America
Svetla Nasheva
Bulgaria
Barnard
Svetla
American College of Sofia
Oberlin College
Radio City
Schlink Addresses McMillin Theatre On Consumer Deception
Famed consumer crusader F J Schlink spoke at McMillin Theatre arguing newspapers fail to protect consumers. He warned against terror advertising and high priced claims, noting examples from grocery pricing and watch testimonials.
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F. J. Schlink
McMillin Theatre
Mr. Schlink
Dorothy Thompson
General Johnson
Schlink
Elgin
Nantucket
College Music Club Hosts Lecture on Old Instruments
The College Parlor hosted the Music Club’s second meeting of the year with Professor Douglas Stuart Moore giving a talk on eighteenth century instruments. Attendees mingled over tea while demonstrations of the clavichord harpsichord and Clementi pianoforte accompanied brief notes on instrument history.
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Music Club
Douglas Stuart Moore
Moore
Professor Moore
Rhodes
Glee Club
Clementi
Beaux Arts Ball at Barnard Promises 40 Couples in Period Costumes
Beaux Arts Ball at Barnard’s Residence Halls tonight draws about forty couples. Dressed in 17th to 19th century American costumes, the girls will be masked, escorts in formal dress, with Virginia Reel and prize for best costume. Grand March at midnight. Hal Marley’s Blue Lions Orchestra plays old fashioned numbers from nine to one. Committee led by Carolyn Swayne includes Angela Wall Betsy Harper Elizabeth Suppes Carolyn Brackenridge Helen Smith. Invited guests include Miss Gildersleeve Miss Abbott Miss McBride Miss Blackburn and others from Physics History and Undergraduate Association.
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Brooks Halls
Barnard
Hal Marley
Blue Lions Orchestra
Carolyn Swayne
Angela Wall
Betsy Harper
Elizabeth Suppes
Carolyn Brackenridge
Helen Smith
Countess De Chambrun To Be Guest Of College
Countess Clara Longworth de Chambrun will be guest of honor at a tea in the college parlor at four on Monday November 15. She will discuss her Shakespeare discoveries and holds doctorates from the University of Paris and authors several works on the playwright.
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Clara Longworth de Chambrun
Shakespeare
Countess de Chambrun
University of Paris
Hamlet
Atted
German conductor to lecture on Strauss Rosenkavalier here
Music critic and conductor Rudolph Thomas from Germany will give an illustrated lecture recital on Strauss Der Rosenkavalier at a college assembly Tuesday at 1 10 in the gym. Thomas, active since 1926 in the United States, has led the Cincinnati Conservatory orchestra and opera departments and organized the New York Civic Orchestra.
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Rudolph Thomas
Germany
Strauss’ “der Rosenkavalier
Thomas
Barnard
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
New York Civic Orchestra
Henderson
Olin Downes
Columbia University
Metropolitan Opera Association
Strauss
Metropolitan
Students Weigh Quarterly Policy in Debut Issue
Readers at Barnard Hall discuss the new Quarterly 1937 and voice divided opinions on Styvie the provocative character. Editors invite diverse voices from all departments, though some argue one unified tone benefits the magazine.
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Quarterly
Styvie
Stevie
Barnard Hall
Forum Planned For College Peace Discussion Led By Gildersleeve
A Tuesday peace forum at Barnard College featured Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and professors Peardon Gayer and others exploring collective security and pacifism. Students debated how world peace might be promoted and whether democracy should align against aggression. A follow up student forum was announced for the semester.
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Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Dean Gildersleeve
Peardon
Gayer
Gildersleeve
United States
Barnard College
Thomas P. Peardon
Government Department
Arthur Gayer
Economics Department
Elspeth Davies
Sofia Simmonds
Miss Simmonds
Helen Racheck
Barnard
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By Ruth Landesman
McMillin
Virginia
Blue Lion’s Play
All- College Peace Forum
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