Editor James Wechsler speaks on academic freedom at Seixas and Menorah event
James Wechsler of the New York Post opened the school year with a talk on Academic Freedom in the Light of American and Jewish Traditions. He defended free inquiry and attacked McCarthyism while urging universities to stand for truth despite discomfort.
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James Wechsler
New York Post
Seixas
Menorah
Spectator
Mr. Wechsler
Philip Jessup
McCarthy
Wechsler
Post
Dodds
Princeton University
Women in the Defense Decade Conference Opens at Commodore
The American Council on Education held a two day conference on Women in the Defense Decade at the Hotel Commodore. Dean Millicent C. McIntosh led the first session The Home The Source of the Nation s Wealth. Barnard delegates and faculty representatives from several colleges attended.
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American Council On Education
Commodore
Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard
Virginia D. Harrington
Margaret Holland
Daniel F. Callahan
Model UN Barnard College To Host Assembly Memorial Easter Break
Barnard College will serve as the official secretariat for the Model United Nations Assembly over a three day Easter vacation. The secretariat handles conference arrangements hostessing editorial work and research tasks. Interested students should contact Ruth Schacter via Student Mail.
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Barnard College
United Nations Assembly
Ruth Schacter
Dinners Honor Newcomers As Orientation Ends
W Cabell Greet head of English department speaks at Dean's Dinner for Transfers in Hewitt Hall October 3 at 6 30 pm. The event marks the end of transfer orientation with guests including Millicent McIntosh Thomas Peardon Lorna McGuire and features Ruth Canter Mary Bridgeman in a Barnard land skit.
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W. Cabell Greet
Hewitt Hall
Professor Greet
France
Reginald Peacock
CBS
Barnard
Greet
Europe
Vienna
Britain
Millicent C. McIntosh
Thomas P. Peardon
Lorna F. McGuire
Barbara Perkell
Brooks
Hewitt
Ruth Canter
Alice
Barnardland
Margaret Davis
Mary Bridgeman
Judy Kramer
Miss Perkell
Gala Student Activities Carnival Opens New Club Year
Barnard presents the Student Activities Carnival in the gym Friday after noon to showcase clubs, publications, and service groups. The event features the Folk Song Group and Athletic Association acts while a new four point membership plan aims to fix quorum issues and set yearly commitments by February 15.
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Barnard
Athletic Association
Helen Versfelt
Versfelt
New Students Meet Chaplains at Interfaith Reception
Barnard College opens religious activity with a broad interfaith reception in Brooks Hall. Joyce Hilleboe leads the Interfaith Council in introducing Chaplain James A. Pike and staff to freshmen transfer students and Barnard faculty. The Earl Hall Interfaith Society plans a lecture and reception at 3 30 p m on Wednesday October 3 on Problems in Inter religious Cooperation.
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Interfaith Council
Brooks Hall
Joyce Hilleboe
Earl Hall Interfaith Society
Earl Hall
CU Presents Talks, Music
The Institute of Arts and Sciences of Columbia University offers three lecture series on Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings at 830. General topics include Our Times America in World Affairs Today and Wide Horizons for Daily Living with noted speakers such as Harry Overstreet Madam Pandit Anne O Hara McCormick Bertrand Russell Reinhold Niebuhr Charles Coburn Dylan Thomas and Harry Schwartz. Friday features include colored motion pictures Bringing the World to Your Door while Thursday showcases chamber music and folk songs. Non credit evening courses start October 7 covering psychiatry law real estate painting public speaking and travelogues.
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Institute of Arts and Sciences
Columbia University
Our Times — America
Harry Allen Overstreet
Madam Pandit
India
Anne O’hare McCormick
New York Times
Bertrand Russell
Reinhold Niebuhr
Charles Coburn
Dylan Thomas
Russia
Harry Schwartz
Constantine Boldgreff
Georgetown University
Barnard Announces Staff Retirement Benefits Plan
Dean Millicent C McIntosh unveils a Retirement Benefits Plan for Barnard College nonacademic staff. The program replaces an informal pension system that paid about $13 000 annually with no required employee contributions.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard
Fulbright Associate Dean Reminds Seniors on Grants
Fulbright associate dean Lorna F. McGuire reminds seniors applying for study grants under the Fulbright Act to submit their applications by October 8. The notice appears in Milbank with reference to room 1385.
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Lorna F. McGuire
Milbank
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Department of Religion
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Earl W. Stevick
Marian Smith
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Martha M. English
Elinor Mullen
Nancie Blackie
Elizabeth Kinnear
Earl Hall Society
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