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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1915
Page
2
An essay argues settlements are the college’s original social effort tied to female graduates. It questions their future amid shifting interests and suggests settlements serve as a social service center aiding young workers in forming convictions and vocations rather than narrow specialization.
At Wednesday afternoon tryouts about twenty attended as six new members were admitted Ruth Jennings Eugenia Ketterlinus Elsie Oschrin Dorothy Hall Gladys Cripps and Mabel Lee. The next round of tryouts will be held Tuesday in room 134 at 4 o clock for town members and others wishing to join. A three minute formal debate start with an introduction and two supporting points is required. Millie Griffiths 1918 becomes temporary chairman replacing E Wright.
A theatre party organized with Columbia Deutscher Verein is planned for Friday December 3. The play Hoheit Tanz Walzer showcases Viennese life and is praised as a major stagework by the Irving Place Theatre. Tickets for first balcony cost 1.50, proceeds to the German Red Cross Fund. Further details from Margaret Fries, Deutscher Kreis President, Yorker 137, Senior Study.
Vida D. Scudder argues that college women owe a debt to society by supporting settlements through personal contact, experiments in fellowship, and volunteer winter stays. She asserts that work clubs and classes are insufficient without real engagement in college settlements to develop social attitudes and emancipate from narrow ideologies.
A protesting parent condemns Barnard College efforts to form social worker groups that take students into tenements and public spaces for relief work. The letter argues the program intrudes on study, exposes girls to danger, and advocates focusing on domestic skills instead.
Virginia C. Gildersleeve defends Barnard College in a letter to the New York Times dated November 8 1915 denying claims that students were compelled into social investigations or charity visits. She notes many students volunteer for Polish Relief Fund on November 6 and emphasizes activities remain voluntary and non disruptive to academics.
Horace Mann edged the Freshmen 4 to 1 in a brisk afternoon game. The Horace Mann lineup included Mann, Haines, Goldsmith, Goss, Young, and West, while the Freshmen featured Stanbrough, Benedict, Wendt, Loch, and Willman in a hard fought but one sided match.
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