Calendar of Student Events November to December
Tuesday November 30 Classical Club meet in Undergraduate Study at 4 Debating Tryouts Room 104 at 4. Wednesday December 1 Rehearsal of French Play in Earl Hall at 4 30 Thursday December 2 Undergrad Chapel Speaker Dean Gildersleeve Senior Party to Freshmen in Theatre 4 to 6 Friday December 3 Social Science League meeting Election of officers Room 139 at 12 30 Dr Scott Nearing Socialist Club open meeting 4 to 6 Faculty Reception at Brooks Saturday December 4 French Play Earl Hall 2 30 to 4 30
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Earl Hall
Dean Gildersleeve
Fuiday
Scott Nearing
Socialist Club
Brooks
The Elizabethian Festival Promises Outdoor Pageantry May 6
The Elizabethian Festival plans a May 6 event at Columbia Gymnasium with an outdoor option if weather allows. The program features the Shoe makers Holiday by the Dramatic Society and Alumnae, a Mummer’s Play, folk dancing, old English airs, a miracle wagon, revels, and games. The procession will include Queen Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh, ambassadors, and other figures, starting from Milbank. The Fair opens to the public first, with nonparticipants attending in costume.
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Columbia Gymnasium
Milbank
The
Dramatic Society
Helen Smith
Thompson Gym
Glee Club
Walter Raleigh
Undergrad Meeting Discusses Honor System and Student Government
At a special Undergraduate meeting, the honor system was adopted for exams with faculty proctors for those unable to use the modified approach. Topics included democracy of student government, council powers, and college practices from Barnard to Radcliffe and Wellesley, including a hat rule debate and its abolition.
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Marian Kelly
Beatrice Lowndes
Barnard
Carol Lorenz
Vassar
Radcliffe
Wellesley
Plimpton Exhibit at the Library Marks Barnard Anniversary
A collection loaned by George A. Plimpton to the Forty-second Street Public Library celebrates Barnard College’s 25th anniversary. The display features rare manuscripts, horn books, and works on women’s education from 300 to the 19th century, including Mary Wollstonecraft and Anne Bradstreet. Charts show Columbia University’s and Barnard’s expanding offerings for women.
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Barnard
George A. Plimpton
Forty-second Street Public Library
Mr. Plimpton
Mary Wollstonecraft
Daniel Devoe
America
New York
Anne Bradstreet
Columbia University
Columbia
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Barnard College
Deidre W. B. Yeats
Gregory
Meule
B. Rittenberg
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!