Overcrowded Prisons Prompt Warden Honeck Warning
Warden Honeck of the Brooklyn Prison told the International Clubs at a College Parlor tea that the prison population must be reduced. He cited youth crime as a growing issue and noted limited cell space for boys while urging better education and religious training to deter crime. The facility holds about 560 inmates including men, boys, and sixty women, with projections reaching 750 to 900 men and boys and ninety women.
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Honeck
Brooklyn
International Clubs
College
Honecki
Wigs And Cues Announces Fall Production Try Outs
After meetings of the executive committee Professor M W Latham and Miss Virginia Cook announce the fall production Black Eyed Susan by Gerald. Both old and new members are invited to try out for roles directed by a professional coach. Tryouts are Monday and Tuesday this week. Phyllis Machlin reminds members active in some capacity each year remain eligible for membership the next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Cook
Gerald
Phyllis Machlin
Central Europe Jews Face Intensified Anti Semitism
Emil Lengyel, German affairs expert and New York Times contributor, told the Menorah Society in the College Parlor that Jews in Germany Hungary and Austria suffer heightened anti Semitism after World War I as gentile populations seek a scapegoat for postwar hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Lengyel
Germany
Hungary
Austria
New York Times
Menorah Society
Hewitt student leaders named in dormitory meeting
Nancy Winselman was elected Hewitt vice president and Suzanne Strait named chairman of the fall hall meeting. Kathleen Roderick presided as the regular fire drill report was given by Mildred Wells and Irma Burroughs. Seventy couples attended the first Hewitt Hall supper dance chaired by Dorothy Sheridan with guests including Miss Abbott and Miss McBride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Winselman
Hewitt
Suzanne Strait
Kathleen Roderick
Mildred Wells
Irma Burroughs
Hewitt Hall
Dorothy Sheridan
Miss Abbott
Markloff
Miss McBride
Kr. McBride
Plan Student Rally Against Militarism in New York
Delegations from sixty colleges will gather in New York City over Thanksgiving to map mass student opposition to war preparations and push to oust the ROTC from colleges. The event, backed by national student groups and the League for Industrial Democracy, aims for 1000 delegates and features Norman Thomas and Fenner Brockway among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
United Youth
Conference Against War
Coperence Gall
University of Maryland
University of Missouri
Paul Porter
League For Industrial Democracy
East 19Th Street
League
Committee On Militarism In Education
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Far East
United Student Action
Norman Thomas
Fenner Brockway
Independent Labour Party of
Great Britain
War Resisters
James Maxton
England
Brockway
Europe
Miss Lester to Speak at College Parlor Tea Today
Miss Muriel Lester founder of Kingsley Hall in London's East End will lecture at a College Parlor tea this afternoon at 4 o clock. Her work in community service spans thirty years and includes ties with Gandhi Rabindranath Tagore and India studies shaping her books.
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Muriel Lester
Kingsley Hall
East End
London
Mahatma Gandhi
England
Round Table
India
The
Bow
Gandhi
Rabin‘dranath Tagore
Assembly notice allows substitutes for elective gym hours
The A A Assembly today at 1710 may substitute for one period of elective gym, an announcement by Aileen Pelletier president of the Association. Freshmen may substitute attendance at the assembly for their third hour elective, and upperclassmen may substitute it for any gym class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A
Aileen Pelletier
The
Association
Italian Group Hears Beveridge Lecture on Renaissance Music
Professor Lowell Beveridge spoke to the Italian Club at Casa Italiana on the evolution from plainsong to opera, using phonograph records to illustrate. He traced chant, part singing in fifths, Des Pres, Du Fay, Palestrina, Monteverdi, and noted choral focus and plans for future club presentations.
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Lowell Beveridge
Casa Italiana
Beveridge
Netherlands
du Fay
Des Pres
di Lasso
Papal
Palestrina
Professor Beveridge
Pope Marcellus Mass
Council of Trent
Carbonara
Bogongiari
Prezzolini
Women Athletes to Address Students in First AA Assembly
Six seniors will usher Betty Armstrong Helen Catalin Kay Bush Grace Chin Le and others as the Athletic Association hosts its inaugural assembly. Anne Hodgkins field secretary of the AA A speaks on athletic work for women with Dean Gildersleeve to make an important announcement. Speakers cover Health Dancing Sports and Camp as Aileen Pelletier outlines social benefits of Physical Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Armstrong
Helen’ Catalin Kay Bush
Grace Chin le
Anne Hodgkins
National ‘Amateur Athletic Association
Athletic Assembly
G. Watson
Psychology Department of
Columbia
A. A
Aileen Pelletier
Association
Helen Cahalane
Kay Bush
Grace Chin Lee
Athletic Association
Physical Education
Braun
Ruth Jenks
Edith Ogur
Isabelle Roberts
Charlotte Warring
Nancy Winselman
Mildred Worthman
Glee Club to Sing Brahms Liebeslieder at College Parlor
Barnard Glee Club invites college community to an informal Brahms program in the College Parlor at 4 15 tomorrow. The concert features Liebeslieder for women, a Horn Trio, and mixed choir numbers directed by Professor Lowell P Beveridge. It marks Brahms 200th birthday soon and will include Columbia student assistance.
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Barnard Glee Club
Brahms
Liebeslieder
Horn
Lowell P. Beveridge
Music Department of
Columbia
Johannes ‘Brahms
Es Club
Glee*Club
Glee Club
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International Club
U. S
Central Europe
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Sue Strait
Arnard and
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Barnard
Miss’ McBride
Ty Frances Roberts
Sarah Ives
Horace Taylor
Olumbia
Seoted
Taylor
Gentzler
Betz
Abbott
McBride
Tkloff
Mendelssohn
Mr. Lengyel
Moses Mendelssohn
Bismarck
National Liberal Party
National Socialist Party
Adolf Hitler
New ‘York
Lester
Wee
Tadey J
Dean Gildersleeve
Columbia Singers
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