Education Reform Urged For City Schools To Aid Survival
A November 7 state report finds serious deficiencies in the city school system. It calls for curriculum revision, smaller classes, more teachers and guidance counselors, and better health and social services to improve pupil outcomes and long term survival.
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Park
Miss Park
New York State Study Committee
Higher Horizons
Columbia Action
American Friends Service Committee
Barnard
Museums reopen as midterms end with exhibits in sight
After the midterms art lovers can visit New York venues again. The Museum of Modern Art hosts a letterforms show featuring Dubuffet Miro Picasso and Shahn through January 6. Starting tomorrow MoMA displays new acquisitions including Braque Cezanne Klee Moore and Rivers. The Metropolitan continues Copley drawings and shows scale models, sketches, photos and slides tied to its building program.
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Barnard
Museum of Modern Art
Dubuffet
Miro
Picasso
Shahn
Braque, Cezanne
Klee, Moore
Rivers
The
Metropolitan
G and S Presents Five Shows of Iolanthe at Minor Latham
Gilbert and Sullivan Society stages Iolanthe December 12 to 15 at Minor Latham Playhouse with cast veterans led by Robert Selinske as Lord Chancellor and Kate Hammond as Iolanthe. Production features Dana Cohen and Susan Dickes among others, directed by David Robinson and David Aurelius. The operetta, a satire on Mendelssohn, boasts a complex plot of unrequited and mutual love ending in harmonious pairings.
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Emilie Kirschbaum
Gilbert and Sullivan Society
Iolanthe
Mendelssohn
Kate Hammond
Robert Tinker
Strephen
Susan Dickes
Phyllis
Dana Cohen
Bob Fry
Burnell Sitterly
Kenneth Hass
Lord Tolleller
Lord
Mount Ararat
Private Willis
David Robinson
David Aurelius
The Straphanger: Senior practice and campus routine
The piece notes a Mortarboard photographer session with a satirical look at gender roles and campus life. It describes a casual protest, a planned Thanksgiving dinner, study routines, and a college schedule packed with library work and classes. Columbia University context appears with Wollman Auditorium and film screenings.
King Talks On Africa conference draws Crossroaders
Former Crossroaders from Southern New England New Jersey and New York attended a full day Africa conference at Hunter College. Speakers from the U N State Department and Peace Corps discussed Foreign Service careers. Betsy King noted one third of Crossroaders have moved into Africa related work. Panel discussions moderated by Leonard Jefferies covered Crossroads impact and the program's ongoing recruitment. Informal reunions and expeditions prep for next summer’s Crossroads expidition followed the afternoon discussions.
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Hunter College
New England
New Jersey
New York
Africa
U.N. State Department
Peace Corps
Barnard
Betsy King
Crossroads Africa
Foreign Service
Gershon Calsiier
Sierra Leone
U.S
Marion Fitch
State Department
Miss King
Leonard Jefferies
Columbia School of International Relations
Dorm Plan Eases Thanksgiving Blues For Barnard Students
Barnard College residents pursue festive options to beat holiday loneliness. Freshmen will be joined by upperclassmen in organized dorm visits to Chinatown the United Nations and possibly the Bronx Zoo with post tour dinner in the city. Turkey dinner in cafeteria promised.
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Barnard
Miss Childs
Tenta
Tively
N.Y
Irene Parsons
Chinatown
U.N
Bronx Zoo
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Myrna Bogatz
Marjorie Schulte
Ann Fleisher
Mada Levine
Naomi Weintraub
Cornelia Navari
Barbara Tonkin
Connie Brown
Jane Ruben M, Anna Botcun
Eleanor Weber
Shoshanna Sofaer
Loraine Botkin
Sylvia Lerman
Rita Schneider
Ellen Youngelson
Wfeature Editor
R. Claire Friend
Barbara Sheklin
Sue Silverman
Susan Tucker
Sara Piovia
Staif
Carole Dann
Ann Selgin
Boro Printing Co
Metropolitan ‘Museum
John Singleton Copley
By Barbara Sheklin
Strephon
Tolanthe
Know
Wommen
116Th Street
Columbia
Wollman Auditorium
King
By Sue Tucker
Milena Choumenovitch
French West Africa
Crossroads Organization
Ry Carol Dann
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