Political Council Activities Again In College Limelight
The Political Council resumes a leading campus role after the war and National Service shift. Three forums are planned on China the United States as a creditor nation and American involvement in the Pacific. Town meetings and biweekly forums sponsored by IRC Liberal Club or Action for Democracy are scheduled. Peggy Partridge leads a Barnard Camp weekend with 15 signups. Jane Weidlund remains president.
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Jane Weidlund
China
United States
Pacific
IRC
Liberal Club
Action For Democracy
Hewitt Dining Hall
Political Council
Betty Jayne Smith
National Service
Jake
Barnard
Peggy Partridge
All Treasurers To Report
All class and club treasurers must report to the Student Council room, room 404 Barnard, tomorrow between 12 and 1 if not already done so.
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Barnard
Barnard Opens 1945 40 Session Enrolls 24 Foreign Students
Barnard College announces the 1945 40 session opening with twenty four new foreign students enrolled. Representing Austria Britain China Colombia Cuba England France Germany Havana Italy Mexico Netherlands South Africa and Bulgaria, the list includes Madeleine Woeigner Sek Tin Lee Alsona Chun Alicia Hsu and more. The dean plans a group photograph later in October.
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Barnard
Europe
Austria
Madeleine Woeigner
P. P
Barnard Glee Club Seeks New Members and Rehearsal Schedule
Frances Lanza, president, invites all students to try out for the Barnard College Glee Club tomorrow from 4 to 5 30 in room 408 Barnard Hall. Regular rehearsals are set for Tuesday and Thursday 445 to 6 with Igor Buketoff returning as director. The club plans several concerts each year including collaborations with Harvard and Princeton groups.
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Frances Lanza
Barnard College Glee Club
Glee Club
Barnard Hall
Miss Lanza
Barnard
Igor Buketoff
Buketoff
Julliard School of Music
Barnard Glee Club
Haverford College
Princeton University Glee Club
Community Service Recruits Hospital Settlement Workers
Community Service activities will continue next year with hospital and settlement work. Women are needed for clerical receptionist and therapy roles including electrocardiography instruction. Settlement work at Morningside Community Center and Manhattanville Day Nursery targets childcare and juvenile programs. Instructors in tap dancing music cooking sewing and needlework are urgently needed. Contact Georgina Goodwin for hospital roles and Lola Lucarini for settlement positions. Sign up today.
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Clare Stein
Morningside Community Center
Manhattanville Day Nursery
Georgina Goodwin
Lola Lucarini
Miss Stein
Barnard Opens Semester With Assembly Address
Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve hosts Barnard College first-semester assembly next Tuesday October 9 with Undergraduate President Mary Louise Stewart presiding. Stewart outlines yearly plans and notes abolition of war policy and a peace policy committee. Ellen Harry explains the honor system and students sign the pledge before singing Stand Columbia.
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Barnard
Mary Louise Stewart
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Miss Stewart
Representative Assembly
Ellen Harry
Columbia
Economy Prevails At Co op
Co op at Barnard offers secondhand and new books from Shakespeare to Darwin in Milbank Hall basement. Students buy and sell texts for moderate prices and can trade books for cash at year end or when needed. The exchange is led by Julianne Heyman chair, Doris Clark treasurer, with Marjorie Honig and Joan Moress as book agents.
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Barnard
Milbank Hall
Co-op
Salter’s
Wiod
Montagui
Cervantes
Don Quinote
CT. H. Hives
Europe
Val
J. Tenges
Guthrie
Julianne Heyman
Doris Clark
Marjorie Honig
Joan Moress
Assembly Repeals War Policy at Barnard Meeting
The Representative Assembly repealed last spring’s war policy at its first fall meeting. The policy drafting committee to shape Barnard’s new peace policy includes Doris Mc Gannon Jane Weidlund Betty Jayne Smith Dorothy Dieterle Helen Whitecotton Ruth Maier Lawrie Trevor and Barbara Hewlett. Dean Virginia C Gildersleeve urged constructive action and cautioned careful public statements without Faculty approval.
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Representative Assembly
Barnard
Political Council
Jane Weidlund
Virginia C. Gildersleeve
Meeting of Representative Assembly
Dean Gildersleeve
San Francisco
Doris McGannon
Betty Jayne Smith
National Service
Dorothy
Barnard College dissolves National Service group after war ends
Barnard College Student Council voted to dissolve the National Service organization, created in 1942 to coordinate war effort activities. The body had overseen Red Cross drives, hospital volunteering, knitting groups, and charity events, with membership limited to wartime duration per constitutional amendment. New appointments include Mary Hough as college song leader and replacements for dorm transfers leadership.
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National Service
Barnard
Red Cross
Student Council
Mary Hough
Miss Hough
Cone McWhinney
Margot Overmeyer
Pace
Mary Cabinsess
Dean Gildersleeve to Speak at Barnard Day Service
Dean Gildersleeve presents at the second regular Thursday Barnard Day Chapel service in Co humba at St. Pauls Chapel sponsored by Interfaith Council. Memorial for late Professor Willard A. Waller led by Dr. Maria Kamrovsky set for October 11 with Barnard students urged to attend the upcoming service.
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Dean Gildersleeve
Barnard
Dean Virganie
Gidersleeve
Cohumba
St. Paul's Chapel
Interfaith Council
Willard A. Waller
Maria Kamarovsky
Liberal Club Maps Plans for Semester
The Barnard Liberal Club held its first meeting of the new term in the Hewitt Dining Room. New officers include June Felton as chairman and Margaret Weita as off campus chair, Beverly McGraw as secretary, and Nathalie Loakstein as treasurer. The club plans a public registration canvass next week and will press for the Murray-Patman Full Employment Bill plus related measures.
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Barnard Liberal Club
Hewitt
June Felton
Margaret Weita
Beverly McGraw
Nathalie Loakstein
Congress
Truman
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Dean
First Assembly
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Winfred Barr
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