Sident Group Opens Survey on Foreign Language Needs
The student curriculum committee will survey opinions on foreign language requirements. A detailed questionnaire will be distributed at class meetings from November 16 to Thanksgiving vacation. Meetings for distribution are set for November 16 12 noon Barnard, November 17 12 noon Barnard, November 21 12 noon Darnad, with freshman meeting not announced.
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Jane Flickinger
Barnard
Darnad
Narnard
Ues Hohs
Stuen Council
M Cral
Gertrude Hirst
Wilhelm Braun
Helen Bailey
Fred¢ Hoffherr
Clara Eliot
Acs
Flickng
Trias
Archeologist Marinatos to Speak at Classical Club
Dr. Spyridon Marinatos, Greece’s chief archeologist and youngest honorary president of the International Archeological Society, will lecture at the Classical Club on Thermopylae excavations and plans to tour American Archeological Institute branches, including a New York Metropolitan Museum appearance.
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Classical Club
Marinatos
Thermopylae
Archeological Survey and Historical Monuments of
Greece
International Archeological Society
America
University of Athens
Anniversary Event Cancels Tuesday and Wednesday Gym Classes
The Physical Education Office announces that due to the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration all gym classes scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday November 14 and 15 will be excused.
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Physical Education Office
Art Awards To Be Given In Spring
Two travelling scholarships with stipends of 200 and 100 dollars will be awarded in spring 1940 to two Fine Arts majors judged by the department as the best and most promising. One award for a Junior and one for a Senior. Travel limited to the United States Canada or Mexico for study of a definite subject. European travel to resume when feasible.
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Renoir
Durand-Ruel
Friends of
Barnard
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Rowley on Chinese Poetry and Painting
Professor Rowley of Princeton and Columbia spoke to the Fine Arts club on The Relation of Chinese Poetry and Painting. He contrasted Oriental idealized landscapes with realist Western views and illustrated how Chinese painting and poetry intertwine, citing Wang Wei as an example.
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Far East
Rowley
Princeton
Columbia
Fine Arts Club
China
Wang Wei
Barnard to Host New York Employment Service Official
Barnard students will meet Mrs. Marguerite Coleman head of the junior division of the New York State Employment Service for one on one interviews about post college employment plans Thursday December 7. A tea talk will follow at 4 pm in Barnard Hall where she will discuss vocational opportunities and answers from student interviews and a recent survey.
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Barnard
Marguerite Coleman
New York State Employment Service
Coleman
Doris Myers
Convocation Schedule for Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration
The morning conference requires all students to assemble by 9 45 A M with seniors in 304 Barnard Hall juniors in the College Parlor sophomores in 408 Barnard Hall and freshmen in the second floor corridor of Barnard Hall special students in the Conference Room Barnard Hall caps and gowns are required for seniors gowns must be twelve inches from the floor worn over blue or black dresses collars freshly laundered black shoes required the afternoon convocation is limited to the Senior Class plus Representative Assembly and Undergraduate Committee of the Fiftieth Anniversary Fund they meet in 304 Barnard Hall by 2 15 P M.
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Barnard Hall
Representative Assembly
University Groups Observe Armistice With Peace Plea
Two campus anti war meetings marked Armistice Day. Speakers from the University Keep America Out of War Council and the Columbia Chapter of the American Student Union urged staying out of the European conflict. Dr Childs warned against entering war and urged avoiding European domination.
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University Keep America
Dr. Childs
Teachers College
United States
America
Europe
Dr. Curti
England
Dr. Randall
Columbia Department of Philosophy
Becker
Keep
Armistice Day forum urges clear peace plan and jobs drive
New Republic editor George Soule told the Armistice Day event in Brinckerhoff Theatre that America must decide the form of postwar peace and build a sound domestic economy to prevent unemployment. He warned against a war boom and noted shifts in European trade already affecting shipping and sailors. The piece previews later pages.
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America
Europe
George Soule
The
New Republic
Student Council
Brinckerhoff
Soule
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Harvard University
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Yale
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Butler
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Trinity Church
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William Allen Neilson
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