Charm lecture urged college women to cultivate poise
Miss Mildred Wedekind, assistant to Elizabeth Arden, told Barnard freshmen to begin self analysis in the mirror to gain efficiency and charm. Miss Agnes Wayman reported class test results naming Miss 1944 as Barnard’s tallest freshman, 17 years old, 128 pounds, with strong vitality and good posture but some emotional instability.
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Mildred Wedekind
Elizabeth Arden
Agnes Wayman
Miss Wedekind
Wayman
Barnard
Honor Chairman Clarifies Code
The Barnard campus notices warn that using a ghost writing service violates the Honor Code which requires that work be original. The Honor Board will handle violations under Honor System regulations. Doris Williams, Chairman of Honor Board.
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Barnard
Honor Board
Doris Willams
Berkeley Square at Brinckerhoff Theatre Drama Club Review
Wigs and Cues presents John L Balderstone's Berkeley Square on Friday and Saturday December 6 and 7 at 8 30 pm. Frances Phelps leads the Staging Committee with props ready by Monday. Artist V Lucia Quintero paints Peter Standish as the time theme explores past present and future and a man who can live in all three.
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Barnard
V. Lucia Quintero
Peter Standish
Berkeley Square
Benefit Opera for Barnard Scholarship and British War Relief
Alumnae Association sponsors a benefit performance of Massenet Afanon at the Metropolitan Opera House on Friday afternoon January 10. Stars include Madame Jarmila Novotna Richard Crooks and John Brownlee with Wilfred Pelletier conducting. Funds this year go to Barnard scholarships and British war relief. Mrs. Robert P. Rhoades chairs the committee with Miss Jean Macalister treasurer and other members listed.
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Massenet
Metropolitan Opera House
Madame Jarmila Novotna
Richard Crooks
John Brownlee
Wilfred Pelletier
Madame Novotna
Manon
Barnard
Barnard Scholarships
British War Relief
Robert P. Rhoades
Jean Macalister
P. Randolph Harris
Florrie Holzwasser
Second Busch Concert Draws Capacity Audience
The Busch Quartet drew 1200 attendees for the second concert in the series. Adolph Busch and colleagues performed Brahms Brahms Opus 51 Number 1 in C minor, Ravels Quartet in F major, and Beethovens Quartet in B major Opus 130.
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Adolph Busch
Gesta Andreasson
Karl Doktor
Hermann Busch
William J. Mitchell
Brahms
Ravel
Beethoven
Mitchell
Busch Quartet
Reminder on Speaker Policy for Barnard student meetings
Announcement restates Barnard College policy that no outside speaker may address a meeting without approval from Dr. Grant, Executive Officer of the Faculty Committee on Student Affairs. It urges preapproval for events involving external organizations, noting broad student autonomy with upper level oversight. Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Dean.
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Barnard College
Grant
Drama Students Present Four Original Plays
Drama students stage four original pieces in Brinckerhoff Theatre for British War Relief next Tuesday at 1 10. The program blends pantomime and melodrama with wartime and local themes, featuring Jolan Sawyer Beatrice Belis Irene Lyons Grace Barrett Alice Gershon Sue Whitsett and others in works by Margaret George and Gertrude Leighton.
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Kentucky
England
Brinckerhoff
Jolan Sawyer
Beatrice Belis
Helen Taft
Georgia Sherwood
Margaret George
Man
Irene Lyons
Mary Jane Heyl
Grace Barrett
Helen Rudd Owen
Alice Gershon
Sue Whitsett
Roberta Hadley
Gertrude Leighton
Maryiann Kurtz
Jean Sawyer
Virginia Smith
Helen Owen
Reine Tracy
Christmas Formal Dance Opens Bri tish War Relief Drive
Friday December 13 marks the dorm formal start of the Christmas season. Brooks Hall dining rooms will be open for a warm, festive night as Nancy Wagner leads the drive to raise funds with $2.25 per guest. Invitations extend to Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve and several doctors and ladies, with bids obtainable from Mary Sirman through Student Mail.
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Brooks Hall
Nancy Wagner
Rome
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Richard Youtz
Julius Held
Christina P. Grant
Helen Page Abbott
Mary Sirman
Must Register For Employment Now For Seniors
Seniors are reminded that the occupation bureau should have the registration cards for post graduate employment before Christmas. Late registrants may hamper assistance and some tentative orders for next year have already come in. Katharine Scoty
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Occupation Bureau
Tas
Katharine Scoty
Faith Groups Hold Assembly On Religion In War
The Interfaith Council sponsors an all college assembly on Tuesday December 10 at 1 10 in the gymnasium. Catholic Rabbi Jewish and Protestant speakers will discuss The Place of Religion in a World at War from their faiths perspectives.
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Gouverneur Paulding
David de Sola Pool
J. W. Moldenhower
Paulding
the Commonweal
France
L’esprit
Pool
91St Street
Central Park West
Synagogue Forum Council of America
Moldenhawer
First Presbyterian Church
West 12 Street
Ask Facts To Combat Propaganda At Defense Forum
At the defense forum Psychology Public Opinion and War Professor Richard Youtz urged doubt toward all heard claims until objective evidence is obtained. He defined propaganda as influencing others and argued education may be mislabeled as not propaganda. He described three propaganda fronts in war and two steps to attach attitudes to existing beliefs, noting plausibility drives acceptance.
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Richard Youtz
Psychology Department
Youtz
Barnard Freshman Aids Police In Campus Car Theft Capture
Jean Claire Walsh a Barnard College freshman helped New York Police arrest a sneak thief on Columbia Campus on November 20. The suspect fled after stealing a parcel from a car on Claremont Avenue and was chased to 116th Street near the sundial. Loot was returned and the crook jailed. Walsh enjoyed the thrill and says detective stories are better seen on the big screen.
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Sherlock Holmes
Jean Claire Walsh
New York
Columbia Campus
Jean
Claremont Avenue
Barnard
116Th Street
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Arden
Drama Club
War Relief
John L. Balderstone
S “Berkeley
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Frances Phelps
Alumnae
Novotna
By Phyllis R. Carrie
Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Dean
Interfaith Council
Anne Yale
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