Two Juniors Report On Mississippi Project
Barbara Cohen profiles Faith Holsaert and Denise Jackson 66, Barnard juniors who helped coordinate and teach through the Mississippi Summer Project and Freedom Schools. They describe precinct meetings, press support, parental networks, and SNCC aims to engage southern Black communities as political actors while eyeing northern urban issues.
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Barbara Cohen
Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party
Faith Holsaert
New York
Barnard
Denise Jackson
Hattiesburg
Miss Holsaert
South
SNCC
Georgia
Sumter County
Parents’ Committee For
Mississippi Project
Sters
North
Freedom
Miss Jackson
Action Postpones Final CORE Boycott Decision
After a heated debate Columbia Action postponed the final decision on supporting CORE's boycott of John Jay Food Services. A mixed committee will report to the General Assembly within ten to fourteen days. Barnard Action had backed the boycott over union rights for John Jay employees.
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Columbia Action
CORE
John Jay Food Services
General Assembly
Barnard Action
John Jay
Columbia
Robert Ginsburg
Riverside Democratic Club
Riverside Democrats
Action
Riverside Dems
Placement Office Offers Job Training For Columbia Students
Columbia University students may enroll in Skill Training Program courses this semester through the Placement Office. Courses cover bookkeeping stenography cash register operation interviewing techniques proofreading editing switchboard typing and waiting on tables with fees ranging from three dollars for most classes to free in some areas. Duration spans one to eight weeks with evening sessions and a certificate of completion possible. Registration is at the Student Employment Office 425 West 117 Street within two days.
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Paula Pappas
Columbia
Bridgewater
Columbia University Press
The
Press
West 117 Street
Barnard Symposium Evaluations Requested for 1965
All students who participated in the 1965 Barnard Symposium are asked to fill out evaluation questionnaires. The forms are on Jake and must be returned to Nanci Buchalter through Student Mail.
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Barnard
Jake
Nanci Buchalter
College judiciary proposal prompts student vote urged
The judiciary plan will send decisions to the girl and the College President who may veto. Appeals go to the President. Proceedings will be kept in precedent books. Miss Salomon notes aims to punish non commuters and earn student and admin respect. She urges reading the proposal and voting on October 9.
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Jake
Representative Assembly
Student Exchange Budget and Delegate Plans Highlight October
Exchange and sponsors will go out during the second week in October. Eight delegates and numerous sponsors will be chosen from among the applicants. A tentative schedule of activities for the mid winter program is now being drawn up. Student Exchange was voted a budget of $1500 by Undergrad last Spring.
Chowning Plans Return to New Britain Coast Study
The passage notes Chowning intends to return to New Britain to stay among related people along the coast. Her aim is to fill in gaps about traditional culture and study how traditions have changed under longer government influence, leaving many questions unfinished from prior work.
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New Britain
Thursday Noon Talk On Peace Hostage Exchange
Mr Stephen D James director of the Citizen Exchange Corps speaks at the first noon meeting on October 8 1964 about a proposed massive exchange of peace hostages with Russia and other nuclear powers as an educational deterrent to war He aims for a first major exchange of ten ships from each side by 1967 with later two year internships as part of the program Noon meetings run weekly in the College Parlour with signups in Reid Lobby Milbank or Jake.
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Holsaert
Georgia
Albany
C. B. King
Congress
SNCC
Miss Holsaert
King
North
Barnard
F.B.I. Action
National Students’ Association
Columbia College
Stephen D. James
Citizen Exchange Corps
Russia
James
Jake
Reid
Milbank
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Deep South
Dessie-Mae Christian
University
Chowning
Aiesec
Business School
Uris Hall
Uris
Minor Latham
Barnes & Noble
College
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