Columbia University Opens Year With Call for Work and Liberty
President Nicholas Murray Butler opened the 187th academic year at Columbia University urging faculty and students to value work as the foundation of civilization and warning against hours and output restrictions. Renwick professor James Kip Finch argued for scientific efficiency to counter totalitarian threats and defend democracy through disciplined, intelligent action.
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Butler
Columbia University
James Kip Finch
Renwick
Finch
Dimples and Deceptions in Magazine Sales
A humorous college feature recounts how a slick magazine peddler used flattery and threats, describing a tall young man with dimples and hazel eyes who claimed a Midwest college past. The piece ends with a caution to freshmen: buy a magazine if you want one, but beware charm and deception.
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Six Feet Two
Mid-Western College
Delta Sigma Phi
Columbia
Miss Clix
Eve
Barnard Students Active in World War I Efforts
Barnard girls supported war relief with polio relief drives, Red Cross Auxiliary 203, and war bond drives. They organized Polish and Yiddish charity days, knitted for sailors, and engaged in Liberty Loans while continuing campus life and postwar suffrage efforts.
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Barnard
Red Cross
Zoo Lab
Y.M.C.A
Land Army
T.C
To Elect New Business Head
Miss Pugh serves on the circulation staff and is secretary to the University Christian Association. The 1942 Mortarboard seeks a staff reflecting the whole college with freshmen and sophomores invited to train as future editors. No prior experience required.
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Miss Pugh
Uiversity Christian Association
Barnard
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Drs. Butler
Nicholas Murray
Barnardites
Railway Express
Fast Express
Lexington
Agency, Inc
Chesterfield
Tobaccoland
Elizabeth Arden
Helena Rubenstein
Dorothy Gray
Leatherie Caron
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Tilson’s Drug Store
Broadway
116Th Street
Bulletin
Marjorie Lawson
Darea Dorothy Clix
NEW Shade Zombie
Lorr Lori Laboratories
Paterson, N. J
Paul Derringer
Liccett & Myrzas Tosacco Co
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