President Butler Calls for Liberal Education Reform
President Butler urges Columbia to adopt more independent study and laboratory based learning. He contrasts European university life with American practices and warns against overreliance on professorial guidance, urging students to embrace broad liberal education.
Bulletin Try-Outs Begin Monday for News Staff
New Bulletin staff try-outs run three weeks from Friday September 26 to Friday October 19. Prospective members for the editorial board should meet Gertrude Gottschall or Eleanor Curtis on October 8 between noon and 1 in Bulletin to receive first trial assignment registration.
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Junior Month Bridges Theory And Reality In Social Work
Twelve juniors from Eastern women's colleges spent July in New York City under Miss Clare Tousley survey ing social agencies and services. They attended lectures, visited courts and reformatories, and conducted actual case work with families, gaining firsthand insight into poverty housing health and delinquency.
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New York City
Clare Tousley
Charity Organization Society
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George Kirchwey
Calvin Derrick
New Jersey State Prison
Franklin Hoyt
New York Children’s Court
Katherine B. Davis
Bedford Reformatory
Dean Gildersleeve Advises Barnard Freshmen at Class Meeting
The Barnard class of 1928 was welcomed by Dean Gildersleeve who urged students to seek truth and learn broadly. She encouraged focus on one subject, social life to build character, and using college resources to pursue interests, citing a course on Old Irish as an example. She closed with the library inscription on public good and glory of God.
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Barnard
Charlotte Bradley
Marion Mettler
Dean Gildersleeve
Columbia
Freshman Welcomed by Undergrad
The Undergraduate Association outlines the new year's program and its role in student self government. College leaders address the opening of the 171st academic year with notes on growth at Columbia University and the evolving professional education system shaping future leadership.
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Robert Jorselyn Leonard
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