18 Nov 1930
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1930
Page
1
A letter from the Dean’s committee urges Student Council to provide data on why few students pursue Honors. Curricular officials will study whether the Honors program suits students and if the one quarter of focused study is too narrow for a broad college education.
Dean urged liberal education for women, stressing imagination, vision, and mental poise for homemakers and mothers. Dwight Morrow urged greater private support, noting women’s colleges lack endowments of men’s schools. Chief Justice Hughes cited that college girls make ideal wives. presidents of other women’s colleges spoke as well.
Dr. Soldati discusses Masaccio’s vivid naturalism in Expulsion from Paradise and compares his forms to Michelangelo’s efforts, calling Masaccio a master of space and human type. He claims Masaccio’s brush is massive in detail and theme. The talk is first in a four part series, with Prof. Haring to speak next Friday.
The passage notes that special time and place for graduate work toward a higher degree are under consideration. It states the faculty committee on honors recognizes system inadequacies and hopes collaboration with the student curricular committee will yield constructive developments.
Review derides the play as a pantomime masquerading as political drama. It condemns its crude anti imperialism messaging and disjointed narrative while praising the cast of twenty one Chinese players and Herbert Biberman's direction.
Sunday sermons are turned into a betting event as 12 local churches run a sweepstakes on sermon length. Official timers record minutes preached while students place bets from two to ten shillings each Sunday.
Freshmen protest strict dorm rules at the University of Omaha where all students under eighteen face instant confinement if found in the streets after 9 P M. The tone suggests a light but pointed call for reconsideration of the curfew policy.
A brief, flirtatious verse appears in a Columbia column lampooning a young music student. The poet compliments her eyes and grace while noting her focus on the board, hinting at praise for scholastic achievement amid playful romantic banter.
The critic notes Miss Cohen favors Bax and other modern works, praising her taste and technique while criticizing the repertoire choice as bombastic and dull at times. Despite uneven reception of the program, Cohen's playing and personality are commended and the reviewer hopes audiences in New York attend to hear her.
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