Opening Exercises at Columbia Gymnasium Sept. 25
Students gather for the opening exercises of the sophomore year at Columbia Gymnasium. President Butler and Dean Woodbridge address the crowd on intellect and leisure, urging higher ideals and the mind as master of invention. The ceremony closes with My Country, ’Tis of Thee and a benediction by the visiting Bishop of Winchester.
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Knox
Columbia
Woodbridge
Butler
Political Science
Philosophy
Pure Science
Fine Arts
Winchester
America
Academic Chapel Opens at Barnard School in 1913
The first Academic Chapel at Barnard was held on September 26 1913 with seniors in front rows and freshmen in the gallery. The Dean welcomed all undergraduates and noted changes including eight Barnard freshmen in the Pulitzer School of Journalism and a new Health and Sanitation supervisor Dr Mc Castler. A nurse will reside at Brooks Hall to assist, and a Brick Fund gift of five hundred dollars was announced. The Dean urged continued quiet and focus on making wiser women for the world.
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Columbia
Provost Brewster
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Barnard
School of Journalism
McCastler
Dean Woodbridge
Y. W. C. A. Freshmen Reception Welcomed at Barnard
Barnard College held its annual Y W C A Freshmen reception on the first Friday after opening. Miss Louise Comes, as Y W C A President, welcomed 1916 with Dean Gildersleeve, Miss Patchen, Miss Armstrong, and Miss Dana on hand. Helen Dana urged students to represent Barnard well, then dancing and refreshments followed with attendees from all classes and even a few alumni. Nathalie Armstrong chaired the reception committee.
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Columbia
Miss Gildersleeve
Miss Patchen
Miss Comes
Miss Armstrong
Miss Dana
Louise Comes
Young Women’s Christian Association
Dean Gildersleeve
Barnard
Settlement Association
Church Club
Craigie Club
Helen Dana
Nathalie Armstrong
Barnard Graduation Procession Spurs Rush to Undergraduate Study
After the procession, the academic crowd moved toward the Undergraduate Study, with Barnard students shedding decorum and hurriedly gathering around the table for over an hour as caps and gowns clashed with the excitement.
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Barnard
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