Leaders Lack Responsibility Assembly Told
A Monday Representative Assembly meeting discussed elected officers duties to their classes. Undergraduate President Renee Madesker criticized reps for poor class contact. a plan to limit meetings and boost engagement was proposed. The Assembly postponed further talks and elected senior Social Committee members and NS A delegate, with freshmen named to the class reps.
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Representative Assembly
Renee Madesker
Vi Pederia
Connie Harrington
Janet Schonwald
Kathy Scholl
N.S.A
Trudy Friedman
Pat Hazeltine
Nancy Aub
Cynthia Bachner
Barbara Blumstein
Cherie Gaines
Hazel Gerber
Elizabeth Heavey
Betty Hellman
Stephanie Horton
Dale Krasnow
Lefty Reif
Letters to the Editor on Wigs and Cues show analysis
A reader critiques the play Wigs and Cues, arguing Miss Magid depicts a group erasing religion, morality of the Golden Rule, disease, poverty, hunger, and leadership to suppress problems. The reviewer notes the Freudian angle and the character Rivka as representing sex, yet finds no solution.
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Miss Magid
Rivka
Maria
Frances M Battipaglia Represents Barnard in Poetry Anthology
Frances M Battipaglia of Barnard College appears in the Annual Anthology of College Poetry this year with The Winds Are Mocking Me. She was the Emily James Putnam Memorial Award runner up last year.
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Frances M. Battipaglia
Barnard College
Frances
Emily James Putnam
Eisenhower resigns from Columbia posts as president and trustee
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower submits his resignation from Columbia University posts. Effective January 19, 1953, the day before his inauguration. The Columbia Board of Trustees will meet December 1. a successor will be chosen at a later meeting, possibly January 5.
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Eisenhower
Columbia
Dwight David Eisenhower
Columbia University
Columbia Board of Trustees
AA Debates Abolishing Athletic Association Award System
The Athletic Association executive board and faculty debated retaining or abolishing its awards. A committee recommended abolition due to vague standards and focus on enjoyment over achievement, while others cited personal satisfaction and recognition. A straw vote split 15 for abolition and 18 for retaining some awards. final Board vote set for Tuesday December 2.
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Athletic Association
A.A
Barnard
A.A. Board
Orchestra Renders Avshalomoff Piece Debut in Detroit
Jacob Avshalomoff, Columbia University music instructor, wrote The Taking of Tungkuan four years ago. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski will perform the premiere as Avshalomoff travels from New York to attend. The work marks his return to teaching after a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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Jacob Avshalomoff
Columbia University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski
Avshalomoff
Detroit
Tungkuan
Tungkuan Pass
China
Barnard Class of 1952 Secures Jobs and Marriages
Barnard College reports that most of the class of 1952 have found employment or pursued further study, with graduates taking teaching and secretarial roles as well as posts at the Japanese Embassy and in confidential government work in Washington. Twenty-five members have married since graduation, adding to the thirty-two already married at graduation, totaling about twenty percent of the senior class.
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Barnard
Washington
Barnard Students Briefed on Putnam Competition
Mrs. Marjorie Marks Mayer of Putnam outlines this year’s Putnam award rules to Barnard students. Submissions go through English instructor Frederica Barach with final judging by Amy Loveman, Mrs Stephen Vincent Benet, and a third Barnard faculty member. Francine du Plessix won in 1952.
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Barnard
Marjorie Marks Mayer
G. P. Putnam’s Sons, Publishers
Putnam Award
Frederica Barach
Amy Loveman
Stephen Vincent Benet
Putnam
Paris NY Jobs Prix de Paris Contest Opens for Seniors
Nineteen Barnard College seniors have been selected to compete in Vogue magazine sponsored Prix de Paris. The annual contest invites senior students nationwide to vie for awards and recognition. Entrants include Elise Carol Albers Anne Louise Anderson Frances M Battipaglia Constance A Benjamin Janet L Bloch Maguerite B Butler and others.
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Barnard
Vogue Magazine
Elise Carol Albers
Anne Louise Anderson
Frances M. Battipaglia
Constance A. Benjamin
Janet L. Bloch
Maguerite B. Butler
Mary Frances Dearie
Barbara Glaser
Joe Green
Pat Herman
Patricia A. McCormack
Sondra Matkowsky
Grace E. Mayberry
Idea Migration Topic At Next BC Assembly
Dr Gilbert Highet of Columbia University will discuss The Migration of Ideas at a December 9 assembly. Plans for future college gatherings were shared by the Assemblies Committee including a Christmas program by the Columbia University Chorus on December 16 with carols and the Dean's message.
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Gilbert Highet
Anthon
Columbia University
Columbia University Chorus
Jacob B. Avshalomoff
Friends Committee Hosts UN Talk on Human Rights
Oscar Schachter, Deputy Director of the UN Legal Department, will discuss Can the UN Protect Human Rights on Monday November 24 at 8 p.m. The American Friends Service Committee lectures at 222 East 49 Street.
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Oscar Schachter
The
United Nations
American Friends Service Committee
East 49 Street
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