Club Fusion Considered by Barnard Social Science Groups
The presidents of Barnard social science clubs meet Wednesday noon to discuss merging the Social Science Forum Current Events Club International Relations Club Peace Action Committee Pre-Law Club Political Union Debate Club Liberty League and related groups. Idea aims to reduce overlap and coordinate monthly and biweekly meetings to create a stronger unified organization.
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Barnard
Social Scince Forum
Peace Action
Qon
Liberty League
Jeaner Ortmany
Xual Science Forum
Whch
Barnd
Eleanor Inman
Ae Sophia Sumonds
Cur
Cub
Muriel Hertzein
Agnes Leckie
International Relations Club
Marian Hall
Peace Action Committee
Marie Smith
Liberty Hague
Miriam Roher
Rita Teitlebaum
Othe
Originaor
Trent
Assembly endorses youth rights program from American Youth Congress
The Representative Assembly backs the American Youth Congress program, invoking the 1935 Declaration of the Rights of American Youth. It calls for full educational opportunities, steady wages, civil rights, and peace, denouncing war, fascism, and oppression while pledging protection of free speech and union rights.
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Rep. Assembly
American Youth Congress
Representative Assembly
Second American Youth Congress
Detroit
Michigan
America
Congress
Herndon Case Reviewed by Law Scholar
Professor Walter Gelhorn spoke to the Current Events Club on November 1 about Angela Herndon the Atlanta youth sentenced to 18 to 20 years on a chain gang charge. He contrasted the case with the Scottsboro affair noting broader prejudice while urging mercy and possible gubernatorial pardon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Professor Gelhorn
Current Events Club
Walter Gelhorn
Law School
Angela Herndon
Atlanta
Georgia
Mr. Herndon
Council of
Supreme Court
Herndon
Gelhorn
Scottsboro Boys
South
Hern
Senior Tea for Science Faculty Rescheduled to Dec 13
The Senior Tea for the science faculty has been moved from December 16 to Friday December 13. Departments invited include Botany Chemistry Zoology Psychology Physics and Geology. All seniors are invited and science majors are urged to attend.
Mrs. Reid Receives AAWA Medal For Professional Merit
Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve chaired the award jury of the American Woman's Association which awarded Mrs. Helen Rogers Reid a medal for professional achievement public service and personality. Mrs. Roosevelt Mrs. Catt Dorothy Thompson and others attended. Reid spoke on freedom of speech and press noting contrasts between censored wartime newspapers and Anglo Saxon democracies. The presentation was by Dean Gildersleeve with remarks from Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Anne Morgan and the event was broadcast by radio.
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Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve
American Woman’s Association
Helen Rogers Reid
Barnard
The
Herald-Tribune
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Carrie Chapman Catt
Dorothy Thompson
Fannie Hurst
Ida A. R. Wylie
Anne Morgan
Caroline O’day
Reid
Dean Gildersleeve
Italian Club Exhibits Manuscripts by Petrarch Virgil and Dante
The Italian Club staged an exhibition at the College Parlor on November 18 featuring Italian books and reproductions of Dante’s oldest editions with illustrations. Petrarch’s Virgil appeared as a facsimile with annotations, alongside the 1336 Divina Commedia manuscript page. The event, sponsored by the Italian Club, showcased bindings in cloth and gold, leather, or parchment, and included modern Calasanti translations and other works. Guests included Professors Prezzolini Riccio Ford Howard Holzwasser and alumna Vincenzo Savoia. committee head Liria Beghe.
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Dante
Petrarch
Machiavelli
Man
Virgil
Am“sian
Milan
Bleecker Street
Casa Italiana
Guiseppe Prezzolini
Peter M. Riccio
George Ford
Howard
Holzwasser
Sturdevant
Carbonara
Mespoulet
Helen P. Abbott
Vincenzo Savoia
Barnard
Liria Beghe
University of Italy
Harvest Hop Tonight Sponsored by A A
Harvest Hop sponsored by the A A will be held tonight in the gymnasium at nine o clock. Bids for the event will be sold from twelve to one. Guests include Miss Agnes R Wayman Miss Mabel Foote Weeks Professor and Mrs Riccio Miss Alice Olson Miss Alice Corneille and Miss Marjorie Tuzo of the Physical Education Department. Music by the Columbia Blue Lions.
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A.A
Jake
Agnes R. Wayman
Mabel Foote Weeks
Riccio
Alice Olson
Alice Corneille
Marjorie Tuzo
Physical Education
Columbia Blue Lions
Mark Twain Honored at College Centenary Assembly
Nina Gabrilowitsch and Mark Twain granddaughter Mrs. Gabrilowitsch joined Columbia professor Mark Van Doren at McMillin Theatre for a centennial celebration of Mark Twain. Van Doren praised Twain as a serious humorist while critiquing some biographers. Gabrilowitsch read a speech by her mother praising Twain's courage and clear opinions.
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Mark van Doren
Columbia
Nina Gabrilowitsch
Barnard
Mark Twain
Professor van Doren
van Doren
van Wycke Brooks
Mr. Brooks
Christopher Morley
James Campbell
University of Michigan
McMillin Theatre
Miss Gabrilowitsch
Name a Snappy Title for Barnard Junior Show
The Barnard Junior Show Committee seeks a fresh, original name for its 1937 musical extravaganza. A winning entry will earn the author thanks from the Junior class and two tickets to the production. Submit a name by December 16 via Student Mail to Marion Patterson. winner to be announced after Christmas vacation.
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Barnard
Adele Hagland
Chuck
Hagland
S.R.O
Marion Patterson
M. P
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