Beaux Arts Ball Awards First and Second Prize
Amelie Anderson won first prize in a Civil War era black taffeta gown at the Beaux Arts Ball in Brooks Hall with 60 couples present. Virginia Mull secured second prize in a blue and white hoop dress from the early 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mull
Amelie Anderson
Brooks Hall
Howard Kelley
Miss Mull
Miss Anderson
Tatiana Djenieff
Doris Meyers
Ruth Cummings
Marjorie Healy
Marie Louise Sayre
Leslie Marsh
Ruth Stibbs
Miss Abbott
Miss McBride
Miss Crane
Miss Blackburn
Miss Messinger
Barnard Hosts Badminton Day During Friday Sport Afternoon
A. A. Arranges Badminton Day features Friday 4 p.m. in the cymnasium as part of a weekly Athletic Association series to unite students in an indoor season event. An exhibition at Teachers College Thursday 8 p.m. in Thompson gym includes top players William Markham Wayne Sykes Wanda Bergman and Helen Gibson.
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Cymnasium
The
Athletic Association
Mester
Oder
Inter
Barnard
Uring
Cek
Teachers’ College
Thompson Gymnasium
Champons
William Markham
Wayne Sykes
Wanda Bergman
Helen Gibson
N S F A Union Weighs Affiliation With National Federation
The Student Council plans to discuss affiliating with the National Student Federation of America after a report by NSFA president Miss Mary Jean McKay. She outlined NSFA aims including international work, refugee placement, public affairs services, lectures, and weekly bulletins. The group will hear about upcoming congresses and a Washington officers conference in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Student Federation of America
Mary Jean McKay
N.S.F.A
McKay
United States
Europe
Confederation Internationale Des Etudinnts
Miss McKay
National Peace Conference
United Student Peace Committee
American Youth Congress
National Education Committee
National Youth Administration
Barnard Dean Recalls Early Years And Peace Rally
Dean Gildersleeve recalls Barnard College’s first years from 1894 location changes to later growth as students rally for peace. Columbia figures Irwin Edman and Herbert Hawkes address Armistice Day gathering with calls for active student involvement, arms limits, and global cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin Edman
Philosophy Department
Columbia University
Columbia Peace Council
Herbert Hawkes
Columbia College
Robert S. Gordy
Edman
Dean Herbert Hawkes
David Perlman
Peace Council
Dean Hawkes
United States
Robert Gordy
the Jester
Movement For Peace
Gerdy
Renoir Painting Shown In Brooks Music Room
A landscape by Renoir is on exhibition in Brooks Hall’s music room alcove for one month. The display, lent by Wildenstein and Co, is organized by the college fine arts department which plans a new painting each month.
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Renoir
Brooks Hall
Music Room
Firmin Auguste Renoir
Fine Arts Department
Wildenstein and Co
J T Shotwell To Speak At Peace Forum Today
Professor James T Shotwell from the Carnegie Endowment for Peace will discuss What Now America at the Faculty-Student Peace Forum today at 1 10 P M in the College Parlor Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve presiding Thomas Peardon and Arthur Gaver lead the discussion Student Council sponsors the symposium inviting students and faculty to attend and express opinions
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America
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
James T. Shotwell
Carnegie Endowment For Peace
Thomas Peardon
Arthur Gaver
Wigs And Cues Stages The Knights Of The Burning Pestle
Wigs And Cues will present Beaumont and Fletcher’s The Knights of the Burning Pestle on December 9 and 10. The Elizabethan comedy, famed for its uproarious wit, will feature authentic period music and dances. Anton Haardt directs, with tryouts held Friday and Monday under his guidance.
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Beaumont and Fletcher
Anton Haardt
Yale School of the Drama
Hedgerow Theatre
Jitney Players
George Washington University
American Theatre Council
The
General Theological Seminary
Hilda Stong Dramatic School
Professor Braun Confesses To Sign Painting Activities
Professor Wilhelm H. Braun, chairman of the German Department, admits to signing wartime and postwar posters. He explains his hobby began in boyhood, expanded during World War I, and continues on Sunday mornings at eight. He cites loyalty to Barnard and plans to stay active.
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Braun
Wilhelm H. Braun
Red Cross
Milbank
Natur
Gildersleeve
Professor Braun
Carnegie
Barnard
R. R
New College Faces Closure As Fund Shortage Threatens
A student faculty press release from New College details a self organized response to Dean William C. Russell’s warning that the college will close at year end due to funds. The student faculty committee describes a democratic approach with integrated committees and coordinated actions to seek continuation of the Teachers College unit.
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William C. Russell
New College
Teachers College
Rugsell
Nazi Actions Are Protested by Columbia University Group
The University Federation for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom led by Professor Harold C. Urey will send a Washington petition to President Roosevelt. It cites horror at violence against Jews and Catholics and urges a public protest to the German government, recalling Roosevelt’s 1904 action on Russia over the Kishinev pogrom.
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University Federation For Democracy and Intellectual Freedom
Harold C. Urey
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Columbia University
Theodore Roosevelt
Russia
United States
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Mull
Beaux Arts
A. A
N.S.F.A. Union
Dean Gildersleeve
Dr. Edman
R. S. Gordy
Betty Price
Miss Gildersleeve
Culag Beag
Barnard College
Columbia
Madison Avenue
Forty-ninth
Fiftieth Streets
University
Brooks Music
J. T. Shotwell
Peace Forum
Dean Russell
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