Undergraduate students protest anti integration actions at Columbia
The Undergraduate Student Council at Columbia launches a petition opposing massive resistance to integration. 350 signatures collected on day one express student opinion and copies will reach Gov Faubus Gov Almond President Eisenhower and major newspapers.
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Lindsay Almond
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Columbia Board of Student Representatives
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Barnard College
Barnard
Packer
Barnard Board Appoints New Trustees and Alumni Leader
Mrs Frederick J. Woodbridge receives a seven year term on Barnard Board of Trustees after four years as alumnae trustee. She chairs Buildings and Grounds and heads the Twilight-New nightingale Barnard School. She taught at Chapin School and is Phi Beta Kappa and League of Women Voters. Mr William H. Mathers serves on the committee with her. Mrs Sidney Spivack elected alumnae trustee for four years. Mr Charles W. Dow resigns. Mr Wallace S. Jones named to serve until 1964.
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Barnard Board of Trustees
Woodbridge
Barnard
Charles Sears Baldwin
Phi Beta Kappa
The
League of Women Voters
Columbia University
William H. Mathers
Sidney Spivack
Charles W. Dow
Wallace S. Jones
Placement Office Announces New System for Jobs
Barnard's Placement Office introduces a three card registration system for girls seeking part time work. Newcomers and urgent cases may interview with Miss Lenore Peckman while the office reports high placement efficiency and that 76.9 percent of Barnard girls worked in 1956 57 and summer 1957 with total earnings of 491304 dollars.
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Lenore -Peckman
Ethel Paley
Music Department Schedule Includes Glee Club and Lecture
The newly formed Glee Club met last Tuesday in the James Room with conductor Mr John Parella. Plans include a Christmas concert and a joint recital with Wesleyan College. Parella, a former Springside High School head and TV performer, expects about forty members. Barnard also starts its year with a music lecture by Professor Shanet on How to Read Music.
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John Parella
Wesleyan College
Parella
Meek
Toulene
Benjamin
Britton
Traubel
Springside High School
Philadelphia
Voice of Firestone
Perry Como
Barnard Music Department
Shanet
University
Barnard Welcomes Twenty Nine New Faculty Members
Barnard College announces the fall addition of twenty nine instructors lecturers and assistants from diverse universities and countries. New staff include Miss Ann Chowning in anthropology from Little Rock PhD Penn and author of anthropology works and Miss Judith Treistman in the department. Others join chemistry economics French government fine arts and classics with backgrounds from Bryn Mawr Santo Tomas Bordeaux Paris Lorvain Mt. Holyoke Columbia City College and more.
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Barnard
Ann Chowning
Little Rock
Arkansas
University of Pennsylvana
Bryn Mawr
Judith Treistman
Barnard Plans Intercollegiate Lawn Party and Dance
Barnard Social Council chair Myra Cohen announces an intercollegiate lawn party at 4 PM on Friday October 3 with free refreshments. A Kick-Off Dance October 10 at 8 PM, tickets one dollar, includes Cairo Otalva band and students from fourteen schools. A barbecue on Sunday October 7 invites freshmen and transfer students with faculty families. menu features barbequed chicken, slaw, chips, soda and ice cream. Bus transport departs 11 PM for non driving attendees.
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Social Council
Barnard
SAC
Broadway
All Calle
Jake
Medical Dental Law and
Cairo
Otalva
Punch
Serial Council
Hiaene
Typing Classes Begin October With Sessions For All Levels
Instruction for advanced typing students aims to improve speed starting October 14 and 16. Beginners meet Tuesdays 4 to 6 pm for sixteen weeks at $30. Advanced sessions run Thursdays 4 to 6 pm for eight weeks at $15. Students must bring own typewriters. Registration closes October 9 at the Placement Office 112 Milbank Hall.
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