Polish Folk Group Demonstrates Art at Barnard Demo
Eighteen dancers from the Polish State Folk Ballet taught Barnard and Columbia students a Polonaise Trojak and Krakowiak in a Friday demonstration class. About two hundred attendees participated as Poles traded with Americans, ending with a reception in the James room and a Polish Reel shown by the troupe.
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Polish State Folk Ballet
Slash
Barnardites
Elwira Kaminska
Barnard and
Columbia
Virginia
James Room
Madame Kaminska
Poland
Slask
Barnard leaders to address Rep Assembly on tuition issues
Barnard administrators including President McIntosh and General Secretary Palmer will speak at a closed Rep Assembly meeting this Wednesday November 25 on tuition problems. An open meeting will follow Thanksgiving. Undergraduate President Ruth Segal notes faculty salaries and rising costs as key topics amid prior tuition raises.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Jean Palmer
Forrest Abbott
Representative Assembly
Undergraduate Association
Ruth Segal
McIntosh
Barnard Book Exchange chairman outlines next year plan
Lenore Abramson 61, chairing the project, suggested improvements for the first year exchange. She cited book quantity and publicity as key next steps and proposed a student pledge, earlier orientation emphasis, and staffing by the Student Service Organization.
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Lenore Abramson
Miss Abramson
Barnard
Ben
Oxford Scholar Traces French Influences on Yeats and Eliot
Regine Chenitz reports on Enid Starkie of Summerville College Oxford presenting at the English Conference. Starkie links Maeterlinck Axel’s Castle and French symbolist poetry to Yeats and Eliot, noting symbolism in everyday events and folklore as a basis for their work.
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Enid Starkie
Summerville College
Oxford
Royal Society
Irish Academy of Letters
Yeats
Eliot
Baudelaire
Rimbaud
Andre Gide
Miss Starkie
Maeterlinck
Axel’s Castle
Synge
Paris
Ireland
Abbey Theatre
Mallarme
Hechinger Urges Balanced View of Russian Education
Fred Hechinger of the New York Times argues for studying Soviet methods without full imitation. He notes the U S must cope with rivalry from Russia as a centralized system contrasts with America’s decentralized approach. He suggests selective adoption of constructive practices while acknowledging political differences.
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United States
Fred Hechinger
New York Times
Russia
Hechinger
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