Barnard Professor Mahler Wins Three Fellowships
Dr. Jane Gaston Mahler associate professor of fine arts at Barnard College and Columbia University has been awarded three fellowships to study ancient Oriental art and thought. The awards include a Marion Talbot Fellowship 3000 dollars from the AAUW a 3000 dollar Asia Foundation grant and a Barnard College Faculty Research Fund grant. The study spans 1955 56 with travel to Iran Afghanistan India and additional work in Ceylon Thailand and Burma.
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Jane Gaston Mahler
Barnard College
Columbia University
Iran
Afghanistan
India
Marion Talbot
American Association of University Women
Asia Foundation
Barnard College Faculty Research Fund
Ceylon
Thailand
Burma
Barnard Alumnae Host Sub-Freshman Day at Barnard Campus
The Barnard College Club of Westchester sponsors a Sub-Freshman day on Monday October 17 1955 to introduce Westchester high school girls to Barnard life. Sub-freshmen may attend an 11 00 a.m. class in several subjects and tour the campus with guides. A noon luncheon will be held at Hewitt Dining Hall with a special programme including a physical education demonstration in modern dance fencing and badminton.
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Barnard College Club of
Westchester
Westchester High School
Barnard
Hewitt Dining Hall
English Schools Contrast With American Students
The article notes English schools emphasize reading and evaluating learning. It says English students have accomplished much of this, suggesting tension with American students who, in the author’s view, lag in developing thinking and learning skills.
A A Committee Sponsors Annual Co ed Camp Event
The Athletic Association Camp Committee hosts the only co ed picnic this Sunday at Barnard Camp Westchester. Activities include various athletic events with lunch on your own and 25 cent dessert coffee per couple. Bus transport is eight dollars per couple or students may drive. Barbara Butlin fifty seven chairs the committee. Freshmen Weekend at Barnard Camp runs October 21 to 23 and freshmen are urged to sign up on the Camp Bulletin Board.
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Westchester
the Athletic Association
Barnard
Dorm Plans For Semester At Barnard Halls
Barnard residence halls executive committee discussed plans for the coming term including a Barnard Blood Drive on October 28. Dorm movies will return with eleven titles such as Street Car Named Desire and How Green Was My Valley. Dances begin October 28 in Brooks Living Room with guests from Harvard Columbia and NYU. Orientation meetings for freshmen and transfers will be held with Miss Harriet Benson and Miss Mary Stewart.
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Barnard
Green Was
My Valley
Tobacco Road
Bernadette
Brooks
Harvard
Columbia
New York
Harriet Benson
Mary Stewart
College office room changes announced Milbank shifts
The Treasurer's and Comptroller's office moves from 109 Milbank to 114 Milbank. The Lost and Found relocates from the first floor Milbank to 211 Milbank in the Faculty Secretary's office.
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Treasurer’s
Comptroller
Milbank
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A. G. Papadem & CO. Florist Graphy
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