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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1938
Page
1
On its fiftieth anniversary Barnard College reflects on its maturation from a feminine affiliate of Columbia to an independent institution with a distinct academic standard. It notes traditions, endurance, and a pioneering role in keeping higher education dynamic and responsive in American culture.
The campus shows strong turnout at a faculty student peace forum and broad support for a petition to President Roosevelt protesting Nazi persecution. The petition, backed by the University Federation for Democracy and Intellectual Freedom, gathered hundreds of signatures from students and faculty across Columbia University.
A reader recalls a rainy day encounter with a bus conductor who accepts only small change. He counts eight cents and a five dollar bill, jokes about not changing it, then offers to help but uses a belt coin holder for six half dollars, four quarters, and ten dimes, remarking he must bow out for the day. The piece then shifts to urban life in New York with complaints about diagrams and new cars, ending with a preference for Hamlet amid a parade of shows.
An invitational note invites readers to a column labeled the club for ineffectuals and explains why the writers produce it. The piece recounts past answers to readers questions about the column’s purpose, ranging from studying to filling a hole in the paper, all framed with wit and self aware humor.
Letters praise varied fiction and portraits while criticizing narrow scope and distribution issues. Respondents discuss taste for content, readability, and accessibility, noting the magazine’s strength in down to earth detail and the need for broader student representation.
The current production Knickerbocker Holiday by Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill is faulted by critics as superficial yet is praised for its humor and brisk tempo. Walter Shuston as Peter Stuyvesant delivers a bright performance though the play’s writing remains uneven.
The Mercury Theatre stages Dantons Death with Orson Welles directing and Vladimir Sokoloff as Robespierre. The form is a sequence of dramatic tableaux capturing a Revolution era, praised for its forceful performances and criticized for its uneven dramatic completeness and acrobatic staging. Martin Gabel as Danton drives the production with strong presentational energy.
The Budapest String Quartet with Rosalyn Tureck presented three chamber masterpieces last Saturday afternoon. The Schubert G major Quartet Hindemith quartet and Brahms Piano Quintet in G minor showcased high bowing technique and refined musicianship. Tomorrow William Primrose joins for Mozarts Viola Quintet in G minor in the third program.
The latest records feature Mildred Bailey with her orchestra on Have You Forgotten Ten So Soon and Old Folks. Cab Calloway leads Jive and The Clam Bake Carmeal while Gene Krupa drives Pave Doesn’t Grow On Trees and Tell Me With Our Kisses. Ray Noble and Arty Shaw offer Cherokee and Minnetonka with smooth vocals by Howard Phillips. Russ Morgan also peppers Dust and Star Dust with solid performances.
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