University Peace Group Sets Meeting on European Peace Today
The University Peace Council calls a 12 45 p m meeting in Kent Hall Room 411 to discuss the European situation and Czechoslovakian controversy with outside speakers to be announced. The council sent a resolution to President Roosevelt urging a world peace conference and trade cuts with Germany, while the Youth Committee Against War distances itself from council agitation for collective security.
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University Peace Council
Kent Hall
Law School
Russell Hill
Continuations Committee
Czechoslovakia
Peace Council
Germany
Youth Committee Against War
Columbia Peace Council
Dean Describes Recession Cuts European Visit Job Placements
Dean Gildersleeve reports a subdued tone from her Europe trip amid a downturn in hiring. She notes air raid prep in England and strong French support for Britain, while university job data show 1937-38 placements at 636 with 1072 orders and shifts toward librarians, secretaries, and social workers.
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Dean
Transfers Are Interviewed Find Barnard A Novel Place
Betty Price reports on Barnard College tea for transfers chaired by Miss Week and the Student Transfer Committee. Alaska named students, Barnard campus impressions, and contrasts with prior colleges surface as newcomers describe life in New York and the university’s academic focus.
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Barnard
Betty Price
Wellesley
Miss Week
University of Alaska
Eileen Sturgell
Fairbanks
Alaska
New York
Emily Tibby
Oberlin
Ohio
Frances Gray
Massachusetts
Clairece Black
Southern Methodist
Texas
Kaffy Roulstone
William and Mary
Virginian College
Virginia Thompson
Ward Belmont
Tennessee
Karl Deutsch to Address ASU at Barnard Chapter Talk
Dr. Karl Deutsch an expert on Czechoslovakia will address Barnard College’s American Student Union on October 14 in the College Parlor. He is a Sudeten German with degrees from Prague and London University. The ASU program will include open forums on peace labor and elections and will feature meetings with prominent speakers.
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Karl Deutsch
Czechoslovakia
Barnard
Deutsch
German State University
Prague
London University
American Student Union
World Youth Congress
Vassar
Washington
Barnard Student Union
Social Science Union
ASU
Dean Describes College Opportunities To 1942
The first required assembly of the year will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the gym. Dean Virginia Gildersleeve will address the college with brief statements from Jean Allison and Anne Milman. Student Council and faculty and student leaders will be on the platform. All students must bring Blue Books and attend or be fined twenty five cents.
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Dean Gildersleeve
Miss Gildersleeve
England
France
Paris
Virginia €. Gildersleeve
Jean Allison
Anne Milman
Wilhelm H. Braun
Dorothy Smith
Walrath Named New Vice President of Athletic Association
Mary Walrath fifty nine chosen new vice-president of the Athletic Association after elections held Monday and Tuesday to replace Muriel Doyle who resigned. Walrath has long been active in AA, serving as basketball manager in 1937-38 and participating in tennis and tenikoit tournaments. Louise Van Baalen forty was the other candidate. Walrath will take office immediately but will not oversee Harvest Hop due to timing of the election.
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Mary Walrath
Athletic Association
Muriel Doyle
Miss Walrath
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Louise van Baalen
Miss van Baalen
Folkdance Committee
Barnard Dean Advises Freshmen on Liberal Arts Focus
Dean Gildersleeve told Barnard freshmen that the college is a liberal arts institution not a professional school. She urged self reliance, regular study hours, weekend study time, and building a personal library while stressing manners, student government, and opportunities from Barnard’s cosmopolitan setting. Mary Maloney presided.
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Gildersleeve
Barnard
Dean Gildersleeve
Milbank
Mary Maloney
Miss Weeks Reports Unchanged Barnard After Long Tour
Miss Mabel Weeks, Barnard assistant to the Dean of Social Activities, spent the semester touring Mexico, Guatemala, Texas, and Nantucket. She admired Mexico City schools and education efforts, noted teacher shortages and poverty, and blamed foreign exploitation for laziness. She described Guatemala under Ubico as prosperous yet distrustful of progress, and found Barnard life still familiar upon return.
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Mabel Weeks
Barnard Social Activities
Mexico
Guatemala
Texas
Nantucket
Yucatan
Miss Weeks
Mexico City
Tasco
Pueblo
Cardenas
Ubico
Antigua
Louis Adamic
Barnard
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