Barnard College Students Publish Weekly Throughout Year
Published weekly during the college year except January’s last two weeks, Barnard College students produce the periodical.
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1914
Page
1
Published weekly during the college year except January’s last two weeks, Barnard College students produce the periodical.
The fragment lists editorial roles including Chief Editor Dorette Ferandié and Business Manager Lucy Morgenthau with varied assistants and departments such as Dramatic Arts Humor Religious Activities and Athletics. Names appear with ages in the mid teens and multiple associate editors and assistants are named across departments. The text resembles a yearbook or staff directory rather than a narrative article.
An editorial depicts a Rich family’s marble Venus statue admired for generations while a young son questions its place, arguing to move it to the garden as old superstitions fade. The father defends beauty, insisting the statue remains cherished.
A son destroys a stone vase statue, shattering its arms. The father pleads it was beautiful and unnecessary to smash, but the young man dismisses the relic as old and ready for the scrap heap. The scene ends with the aimless exit of the armless Venus.
In a report from the Intercollegiate Student Government Conference Barnard students urge broader self governance beyond petty rules. They propose student input on faculty plans, a third college course in political and social sciences, and involvement in debates on academic requirements and the Senior year training. Sarah Schuyler Butler signs the letter.
A reader laments faulty campus drinking fountains in 1914, describing numb throats and weak water supplies. The letter urges university officials to fix the fountains so 1914’s bright vision is properly realized.
At a special meeting of the Class of 1916 held Tuesday November 17th the Junior Ball was scheduled for January 8th in the Columbia Gymnasium Eleanor Wallace was elected Vice President to fill the vacancy left by Louise Talbot who resigned.
A notice from Margaret Terriberry business manager reminds students who signed for a 1915 Mortarboard to purchase the book by December 1st or be referred to the Student Council.
The notice calls students and faculty to a University Thanksgiving Service at 11 oclock on Wednesday the 25th in St Pauls Chapel. Professor Calvin Thomas will deliver the address. On Monday November 30 Chaplain Knox will make his regular visit to Barnard.
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