Barnard Bulletin Issued Semiweekly By Students
Barnard College publishes the bulletin twice weekly during the school year listing activities, notices, and student association items for undergraduates.
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1935
Page
1
Barnard College publishes the bulletin twice weekly during the school year listing activities, notices, and student association items for undergraduates.
A university editorial argues that student literacy remains strong but is neglected by an outmoded curriculum and a shift from writing to listening. The piece cites reliance on exams over writing, the lure of radio and film, and calls for time for essay writing to restore expressive use of English.
A Forum Letter denounces United Artists film Red Salute shown at the Rivoli last Saturday. The author calls the comedy a malicious misrepresentation of the student movement and urges individuals and groups to protest and boycott the picture.
Miss Virginia Gildersleeve Dean will deliver her annual welcome to Barnard undergraduates on Tuesday October 8 at 1:00 PM in the gym. Miss Alice Corneille President of the Undergraduate Association and Miss Helen Nicholl Honor Board chair will also speak. Miss Katherine Horsburgh will lead two Barnard songs with titles announced later. Members of the Student Council and Assemblies Chair will join on the platform.
The piece reflections on leisure and reading during a slow summer spell. It praises solitary reading beyond library lists and highlights Vincent Sheean's Personal History as a catalyst for self discovery and adult purpose.
A West Point Pointer quips about a man through the lens of six social types the intellectual girl asks what he reads the chorus girl asks his wealth the society girl asks his people the religious girl asks his church the college girl asks his location.
Sidney Howard adapts Paths of Glory from Humpire Cobb’s novel to a powerful war drama. The play centers on a French general who orders an execution as punishment for a failed assault, exposing military code and momentum over personal humanity. The cast and staging receive high praise for lighting, period blue uniforms, and cohesive direction.
Henry Cowell opened a series on Primitiv and Folk Origins of Music at the New School. He stressed rhythm and melody over harmony, noting primitive tunes lack chordal structure but show music’s power. He cited African, Indian, and Oriental traditions and planned future lectures tracing savag e, folk, and East music toward Western ties.
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