Barnard Alumna Sends Word from Woman's Land Army
A Barnard College alumna in the 1917 18 Bedford unit writes from Hamilton City California about life in the Woman's Land Army. She describes the heat in California the camp setup with eight shacks eight people per shack showers electric lights and meals cooked by a Japanese and a Filipina. She notes the Sacramento Valley location the work of peach picking pruning and later figs and prunes and the camp spirit with weekly entertainments.
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Arnard
Sngs
Helen
Bedford
Sacramento Valley
Sierra Nevadas
Conyers
New Social Plans At College To Boost Student Life
Faculty and Undergraduate Association announce a series of tea and reception events to improve social life. A joint committee, with Miss Lilian Egleston as Executive Secretary, will map policy and host midweek gatherings in the College Parlor, inviting alumni and expanding invitation to all students over time.
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Lilian Egleston
Barnard Girls Urgently Called for Westchester Harvest
Emergency call seeks Barnard College students to labor this weekend gathering potatoes tomatoes and corn in Westchester County. Report to T Skinner for a 3 58 departure from Grand Central to return by nine oclock Monday morning. Publicity Secretary Woman's Land Army of America.
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Barnard
Westchester County
Woman's Land Army of America
Dean addresses undergraduates on women’s college training
Dean Gildersleeve spoke to juniors and seniors on the need for trained women workers. Freshman and sophomore years remain unchanged while juniors and seniors should tailor their programs. Barnard hosts Y M C A overseas workers and graduates weekly.
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Gildersleeve
Barnard
Y. M.C.A
Y.M.C.A
Columbia
French Scholarship Girls Welcome to Barnard
Two Carnegie Foundation scholars join Barnard as part of a group of eight women invited for one year of graduate work and two years of French instruction in the United States. Mlle Alice Le Grand of Paris and Mlle Marcelle Choquart of Amiens will study at Columbia Chicago Madison and California Universities.
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Barnard
Carnegie
Mlle
Alice le Grand
Paris
Marcelle Choquart
Amiens
France
Carnegie Foundation
United States
Columbia
Chicago
Madison
California
Mlle. le Grand
Mile. Choquart
Sorbonne
Mile
Choquart Hope
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