Meetings of Major Departments Open with Spurgeon Talk
One oclock today the Majors of the English German Social Jocice Philosophy Religion Mathematics and Spanish Departments will hold meetings. English students may hear Professor Caroline F E Spurgeon speak on Imagery in Shakespeare. Spurgeon formerly led English at Bedford College and is an authority on Shakespeare and Chaucer. She holds a Doctor’s degree from Paris London and Michigan and is a Fellow of King’s College for Women and the Royal Society of Literature. In 1920 she was a visiting Professor at Columbia. Her works include Chaucer devant la critique en England et en France depuis son temps Jusqu a nos jours Mysticism in English Literature Five Hundred Years of Chaucer Criticism and Allusion Kent’s Shakespeare and The Castle of Otranto. She is now writing a book on the subject.
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Caroline F. E. Spurgeon
Michigan
King’s Chillers For Women
Royal Society of Literature
Columbia
Miss Spurgeon
France
Kent
Castle of Otranto
Juniors Defeat Freshmen in First Formal Swim Meet
The Juniors outpointed their sister class in the season opening formal swimming meet, a championship event. Freshmen showed fighting spirit despite heavy odds as the Juniors topped by 9 points, with diving, sprints, and relay events highlighting the afternoon.
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Rhineheart
Lewis
Howell
Cole
Wilson
Bailey
Smith
W. Smith
P. Wilson
B. Cole
Baiey
Slade
Aly
Bailey, Se
Rogers
Eastern College Alumnae Dinner Calls for Equal Educational Opportunity
Charles Evans Hughes spoke at a dinner by seven Eastern women's colleges urging parity in educational opportunity with men. Notables including Mrs. Roosevelt and college presidents attended as part of a campaign to secure additional endowment to ease a two year financial crisis.
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Charles Evans Hughes
Chicago
Roosevelt
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mary E. Woolley
Mt. Holyoke
I*llen Fitz Pendleton
Wellesley
Henry Noble McCracken
Vassar
Marion Edwards Park
Bryn Mawr
William Allan Neilson
Smith
Ada Comstock
Radcliffe
Hughes
Barnard Graduates Make Notable Contributions Across Fields
A Barnard College survey of present and former majors, aided by Miss Doty, shows graduates excelling in medicine law science and the arts. The report highlights expanding fields for women, department developments, and notable alumnae across anthropology psychology English fine arts music and more.
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Barnard
Bulletin
Miss Doty
J. P. Morgan
Paris
Fairchild
Campus decorum rules urged by Student Council
Miss Gildersleeve outlined campus laxity and the Student Council proposed steps. Outdoor smoking may be limited to the jungle and cigarette butts must be disposed of in new receptacles. Gymnasium attire in academic buildings raised concerns mainly among dormitory students. further action is under review.
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Miss Abbott
Champe Wallace
Student Fellowship Drive Seeks 2000 Quota This Week
Barnard students continue a week long drive to raise 2000 for a Barnard to send a graduate to a European university and to bring a foreign student to Barnard. Madeline Russell represents Barnard in London while Julie Averkiyeva comes from Russia. Last year Sue Osmotherly and Olga Faure gained study opportunities through the drive.
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Barnard
Madeline Russell
London
Julie Averkiyeva
Russia
Sue O Smotherly
Olga Faure
France
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Spurgeon
Frosh
Pikaba
Eastern Colleges
Barnard Dean
Council
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