Barnard Freshman Dies From Dorm Fall at Hewitt Hall
Miss Margherita Sturani, a Barnard College freshman from Dana Hall Wellesley Mass, fell from a dorm window near 116th Street and Claremont Avenue Saturday morning eight o clock. Her body was identified by her father at the morgue after ambulance and Doctor McCastline initial examination.Dean Virginia Gildersleeve and college staff described her as a student of great promise and deeply grieved by the tragedy.
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Sturani
Dangi
Cesare P. Sturani
Hewitt Hall
Barnard
Allege
Miss Sturani
Barnard College
Dana Hall
Wellesley
Mass
Claremont Avenue
116Th Street
College Ters
Knickerbocker Hospital
William H. McCastline
University
McCastline
Ansonia
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Miss Gildersleeve
Margher
Dance Students to Hear Louis Horst This Term
Dance students will study in a two term advanced course led by Louis Horst and Miss Streng The program titled The Rise of the Fine Art will focus on theory and practice with emphasis on pre classical Neo form Horst has ties to Neighborhood Playhouse and Bennington School of Dance and has collaborated with Martha Graham and other prominent figures in the field
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Lous Horst
Streng
Horst
Mr. Hors
Bealty
1. Neighborhood Playhouse
Te Bennington School of Dance
Sas Kreutzburg
Dr. Humphreys
Martha Graham
Thy Yennishawns
Correction to Blue Book copy deadlines
A clarification corrects earlier notices: Tuesday issue copy due Friday by five and Friday issue copy due Wednesday by five. no Bulletin copy will be accepted after one o'clock on either Wednesday or Friday.
Barnard Welcomes 137 Transfers at Teas in Brooks Hall
Dean Gildersleeve hosted a transfer student tea in Brooks Hall dining room on September 25 welcoming 137 new students from 29 states. The event featured Helen Butler as hostess and included remarks by Dean Gildersleeve and Alice Corneille with class presidents introduced. Three teas have been held for the Class of 1939 with Alice Corneille and Miss Weeks assisting.
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Brooks Hall
Helen Butler
Dean Gildersleeve
Barnard
Miss Weeks
Freshman Day Luncheon Welcomes Class of 1939
The Class of 1939 was officially welcomed at the Freshman Luncheon in Hewitt Hall with speeches by Dean Gildersleeve and faculty. The event featured Greek Games, tea, and student hostesses seating seven freshmen at each table. Dean Gildersleeve urged the value of college education for leadership and broadening minds.
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Brooks Hall
Gildersleeve
Dean to Address Freshmen Assembly in Gym
Dean Gildersleeve will welcome the Freshman class at the first assembly of the year at 1 10 this afternoon in the gymnasium. Freshmen must attend and sign attendance slips on entry.
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Dean Gildersleeve
Gifts Donated to College for 1935 Senior Class
Barnard College announces two gifts from the Greek Games Central Committee of 1935 and the Class of 1935. A bubbling drinking fountain is placed at the Jungle path for campus water access. Brinckerhoff Theatre gains a new velvet green curtain and a modern trolley track, with green settee coverings to match.
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Barnard
John J. Swan
Athletic Association
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Butler Attacks Modern Schools At Columbia Opening
President Nicholas Murray Butler and archaeologist William B. Dinsmoor addressed about 600 at Columbia University as it opened its 182nd academic year. Butler criticized "highly complex" courses and teaching methods over real instruction and urged family roles as the core of education. He warned of social ills tied to educational failures and urged schools to cooperate with families. He noted Congress and senators attended high school but failed to produce truly educated citizens.
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Columbia University
McMillin
Nicholas Murray Butler
William B. Dinsmoor
Butler
Columbia
House of Representatives
Congress
Congressional Record
Ex-Freshman to Freshman: Worldly 38 Undertakes One-Man Supplement
Barnard College guide offers campus tour style satire naming buildings and people. It playfully lists dorms, halls, offices, and outdoors like the jungle smoking area with a Cairn Terrier at the Deanery, noting about 1000 residents and prominent student leaders such as Alice Corneille and Elaine Goltz.
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Alsop
Rockwell
119Th Street
Culag Beag
Alice Corneille
Elaine Goltz
Jane Craighead
Elspeth Davies
Helen Nicholl
Charlotte Haverly
Betty Maciver
Constance Friend
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Marahenita Sturani
Louis Horst
Dean
Gregory
Knox
Dr. Alsop
Miss Abbott
Martha Reed
Brinckerhoff
Dinsmoor
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