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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1930
Page
3
Miss Clare M. Tousley of Barnard Sociology discusses society as a land, distinguishing high quality, mediocre, and swamp areas and how experts can improve even the least. The piece documents junior month activities and lessons from a New York trip.
Comptroller Swan announced a reorganization of student mail with two new bulletin boards in Barnard Hall. One thousand two hundred brass slides will list all registered students alphabetically. A red slip must be presented to retrieve a letter, ensuring accuracy and preventing misdelivery.
The entire college must attend the first assembly of the year on Tuesday October 7 at 1 o'clock. President Butler and Dean Wildersleeve will speak. Attendance is compulsory by vote of the student body. attendance will be taken at the door and the Student Council will act against absentees. Class meeting locations will be posted in corridors.
John Milburn chairman of Barnard College executive committee and trustee died in London. Professor Henry Roger Seegar died in Russia while studying the Soviet five year plan with other economists. Mrs. Henry Fairchild Osborne, former Barnard trustee and wife of a former Columbia Pure Science head, died during vacation.
Miss Mary McKenzie from St Pauls Day School London describes English schooling as two years of specialty work after high school and immediate entry to university. She visits Barnard College observes outside work, prereqs for architecture, and compares credits and lack of final exams with her system. She notes English architecture as simpler yet less antiquated than New York skyscrapers. She misses hockey lacrosse and cricket in America.
Freshmen at Barnard School approve the Gymnasium and Physical Education Department. They pass medical and swim tests, anticipate tennis, archery, and rhythmic dance courses, and approve the new uniforms. The Greek Games loom as a final highlight, with newcomers feeling welcomed and curious about fitness activities.
New instructors join Columbia University from U S and Europe in fields such as engineering education music chemistry dentistry medicine law and literature. Joseph W Barker named Engineering Dean replacing George B Pegram with Eidmann and Karelitz in mechanical and electrical engineering. Beveridge to lead choral and church music efforts and teach history of choral music. Six new professors arrive from foreign universities including Boyd Duyvendak Faral Liljegren and Bodvar Liljegren among others.
The 1934 freshmen held a meeting on October 1 to nominate eight candidates for four temporary class officers. Nominees: Dorothy Cahalane, Dorothy Cavanaugh, Nancy Fanning, Margaret Gristede, Virginia Lindsay, Jean McDougall, Clorinda Mercius, and another name. Sophomores elected Florence Pearl Cheek Games Business Manager and Tenney as song leader. Junior Prom Committee chose Christiana Furze as chairman with Beatrice Serge and Mathilde Rogers as members.
On Friday evening October 3 the junior and freshman dormitory students will hold a costume party. The event will feature comic dress, floor entertainment, dancing to a popular orchestra, and invites extended to the faculty.
Seventy five Barnard girls are asked to volunteer as waitresses at the Eighth Annual Golden Rule Dinner to aid needy children worldwide. The event will be at the Hotel Roosevelt Thursday evening October Ninth at 7 o'clock. those willing should see Miss Kruger for details.
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