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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1955
Page
3
Don L. Mankiewicz told English majors that artistic freedom varies with a works gross appeal. He argued films must avoid offending large audiences while novels express greater freedom and advocate a better future, citing Mark Twain and his novel Trial.
The Swimming Committee unveiled plans for the annual water ballet to be performed December 8 and 9 with a New York to Old South Americana theme. Terry Gamba 57 chairs the event with solo turns by Gamba and a Liz Heavey 56 Lucy Joyce 56 duet, plus performances by Angela Carlisle 58 Sue Israel 58 and others. An admission fee of 15 cents will offset costuming, with Sandy McCaw 57 and Irene Feketer 58 handling publicity and Professor Fern Yates advising.
Dr. Eli Ginzberg of Columbia discusses evolving gender roles from early schooling to adulthood. He notes smaller families reduce gender bias in resources and that social pressures push early marriages, while fathers shift toward outside work and limited household decision power.
Barnard announces the Elizabeth Janeway Prize for Prose Writing with a $500 award. Open to Barnard undergraduates only, entries require written notice to Professor W. Cabell Greet by December 1. Submissions should be substantial works showing creative imagination and sustained ability.
Junior Show chair Janet Gottlieb releases new leaders including Marian Beckmann and Alice Benjamin. June Knight to begin casting in December. Paula Druth and Barbara Salant chair music and book committees. Junior Stag Dance set for Friday 8 to 12 in Annex Lounge with tickets at 75 cents. Attendees include students from Columbia University and NYU College of Medicine.
About 700 parents attended Barnard College Parents Day last Friday November 11 with sisters brothers and husbands joining from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A special assembly and a physical education demonstration highlighted the event. Gerald Lyons led plans with daughter Margot Lyons assisting with student registrations and name tags. Ruth Simon director of the Student Service Organization praised cooperation on arrangements. Parents expressed support for inviting a similar Day at the semester start for freshmen parents.
Faculty Dean Dr Thomas P Peardon says Barnard offers a mid ward curriculum between Columbia and Harvard patterns calling it conservative in outlook. Helen Bailey explains the evolving advisory system while 34 new counselors join freshmen services and Catherine Comes outlines the Undergraduate Association. Forrest Abbott covers new library and dormitory plans as 700 parents attend Parents Day with attendees from Texas and Colorado.
Professor Raymond J. Saulnier of Barnard College on leave to serve in Washington on the Council of Economic Advisers will address students tomorrow at 1 10 p m in the Gym on Can the Government Help Control Low Mood and Unemployment Students must attend this assembly or the November 28 session by Ahmed Shah Bokhari Under Secretary for the United Nations in the Department of Public Information who will discuss Ten Years of the United Nations
Barnard invites original college songs with four prizes of fifty dollars each. Eight entries so far include five Alma Maters and three light songs. The Judges' Committee will meet the week of November 21 and accepts entries submitted to the Office of the President on the first floor of Milbank.
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