Writers Debate GOP Poll Outcomes and Eisenhower Victory
Jane Were-Bey and George Sokolsky spoke at an all college assembly on the election meaning. Sokolsky cited corruption and subversive elements and the Korean War as factors in Eisenhower’s win, while Wechsler described Eisenhower as a beloved world figure and warned the new president would face limited immediate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wechsler
The
New York Post
George Sokolsky
New York Journal-American
All-College Assembly
Sokolsky
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Wechsler
Columbia Daily Spectator
College to Present Fall Square Dance
The only all college square dance for the fall term will be held Friday November 21 at 8 p.m. in Barnard gym. All graduate schools of the University and Columbia College and the Princeton Outing Club are invited. The dances will be taught no experience needed. Tickets sixty cents on sale today and tomorrow from 12 to 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
The
University
Columbia College
Princeton Outing Club
Jake
Bryson Leads Panel On Vocational Needs
Ly man Bryson professor of education at Teachers College Dr Elizabeth Eckhart May dean of the Home Economics College at Connecticut University and Harold Taylor president of Sarah Lawrence College led a panel on The Vocation and the Individual at the all day Vocational Conference in Lyman Bryson said success rests on ability hard work and luck with luck less important than the first two He urged practical achievement as a platform for ideals Taylor warned against too much focus on success advising college aims to reveal self and the universe May discussed marriage as a major life factor noting raising children is a full time job while women can leverage education to stay adaptable and versatile
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman Bryson
Teachers College
Elizabeth Eckhart May
Home Economics
Connecticut University
Harold Taylor
Sarah Lawrence College
Dr. Bryson
Dr. Taylor
America
Dr. May
Mademoiselle Magazine
Glamour Magazine
Polly Weaver
Mademoiselle
Edward J. Pelo
The
New York Times
Roy Larsen
Time Inc
National Citizens Commission For Public Schools
Ulanov Explains Jazz and Plays Records in College Parlor
English instructor Barry Ulanov appeared as a jazz expert to a student gathering in the College Parlor last Monday. He defined jazz as improvisation plus spontaneity and beat, demonstrated with records by Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, and noted jazz is not folk music though it yields wit and intricate transformations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Ulanov
Ulanov
Spanish American Theatre Compared at Alumnae Lecture
Professor Augusto Centeno of Connecticut College for Women compared Spanish and American theatre using Hamlet and Segismundo. He cited differences in language and gesture and noted Spaniards’ passion and limited empathy with individual psychology versus English theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusto Centeno
Connecticut College For Women
Hamlet
Segismundo
Centeno
Kirk Goes On European Tour For CU Anniversary
Dr. Grayson Kirk vice president acting head of Columbia University leaves December 2 for a three week tour in Europe to secure cooperation for the 1954 bicentennial celebration. He will meet cultural leaders in six capitals, with American embassies arranging dinners and invitations sent to 700 institutions. Cambridge and Oxford have agreed to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Kirk
Columbia University
Europe
Kirk
Columbia
Cambridge
Oxford
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard R. Powell
State Department
First All Day Vocational Meet Dismisses Classes
The Vocational Conference on Wednesday November 19 marks the first full day event with classes suspended to maximize attendance. Past conferences began as shorter sessions with notable speakers from Mademoiselle Glamour Time Inc and The New York Times.
Barnard Holds Vocational Conference Highlights Secretarial Pathways
Thirty-nine leaders from diverse fields including nine Barnard alumnae led panels at Barnard's first Vocational Conference. Secretarial studies were urged as essential for entry level work in commercial art public relations languages personnel and psychological services and publishing. Experts noted graduate work and prior experience boost federal jobs and teaching demand for language teachers. Creative writing and art received cautions about limited priority in careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Williams Sayre
Quaker Service Group Drives Charity Support This Term
The American Friends Service Committee will benefit from this term's drive led by Pat Ring 53 as chairman. Running November 10 to December 5 the campaign funds AFSC with 30 years of humane service through work camps and education in rural slum areas and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Ring
AFSC
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jane Were-Bey
Washington
Post
McCarthy
Taft
Jenner
Isenhower
Journal-American
Bryson
By Joyce Lebois
Hanneh Hall
Ulanov Talks
Sidenie M. Gruenberg
Doubleday Parents Encyclopedia
Tobin Brown
Theodore Andersson
Yale
Robert J. Schaefer
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Ordway Teach
Quaker Service Group
American Friends Service Committee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!