Norwegian exchange student recalls Panama Canal voyage
Elisabeth Kallen of Barnard, the Norwegian exchange student, writes from New York after a journey including a Pan ama Canal voyage. She describes Los Angeles sunshine, Pacific gardens, orange ships, and meeting diverse people while praising Barnard and her year in New York as the most wonderful time of her life.
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Dean
Undersleeve
Elisabeth Kalleng
Barnard
Norway
Dew Dean
Jildersleeve
Panama Canal
New York
United States
Middle Western
New Mexic
Ancona
Los Angeles
Pacific
Theodore Roosevelt
Miss Young
Res
Eight Chosen As 39 Heads Freshman Class
Jeanne Weaver Beatrice Tenney Charlotte Philipson Carolyn Swain Nancy McLain Barbara Reade Dorothy Brennan Irma Zimmer named as Freshman president candidates from twelve nominees at the initial Freshman class meeting in Room 304 Barnard. Betty McIver explained voting would reduce to three by November 1 and the president would be chosen November 8. Laura Miles urged skit submissions to Barbara Ridgeway and the October 25 party attendance. Freshman weekend at camp scheduled for October 18, 1920. Sophomore officers Constance Friend Emily Chadburne Barbara Greshlaw Lenore Schanhous were also noted with class duties assigned.
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Jeanne Weaver
Beatrice Tenney
Charlotte Philipson
Carolyn Swain
Nancy McLain
Barbara Reade
Dorothy Brennan
Irma Zimmer
Barnard
Betty McIver
Laura Miles
Barbara Ridgeway
Adair Brasted
Constance Friend
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Emily Chadburne
Barbara Greshlaw
Lenore Schanhous
Wigs and Cues Holds Open Tryouts at Barnard
Barnard alumnae group Wigs and Cues announced auditions for admission via trial on Oct 17 guided by Lucy Riddleberger. Sessions divide applicants into acting staging and costuming crews led by Helen May Ruth Landesman and others with posters by Shirley Hagerman.
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Barnard’s Dramatic Association
Brinckerhoff Theatre
Lucy Riddleberger
Helen May
Ruth Landesman
Shirley Hagerman
Barnard resumes its traditional college teas with celebrity guests
The first college tea of the season revived Barnard College’s old custom begun by Miss Weeks at Brooks Hall to unite dormitory and day students. The event drew notable figures and accompanied a display of Barnard’s instrument collection, tracing piano evolution from an English harp to a Clementi piano circa 1800.
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Barnard
Miss Weeks
Brooks Hall
Radcliffe
Lily Pons
Pasquale Amati
Emanuel List
Herbert Witherspoon
John Erskine
Grand Duchess Marie
Alice Duer Miller
Princess der Ling
Helen Gahagan
Adrian Joline
George IV
Clementi
Dean to Speak at Assembly at 1:10 Today in Gym
Dean Gildersleeve will address the college at the first annual assembly of the year, uniting all four classes. Alice Corneille, president of the Undergraduate Association, and Helen Nicholl, chairman of Honor Board, will speak. Barnard and Columbia songs will be sung.
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Dean Gildersleeve
Alice Corneille
Helen Nicholl
Barnard
Columbia
Staff Try Outs Invited To Bulletin Tea Today
This afternoon at four o clock in the Bulletin office room 407 Barnard Hall a tea invites freshmen and upperclassmen to try out for the newspaper. Try-outs cover all departments including reporting About Town business advertising and circulation. New staff will be introduced to the current staff and managing board.
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Bulletin
Barnard Hall
Dean's Report on Scholarships and Alumnae Work at Barnard
The dean reports continued efforts after Peace Week to promote international understanding. The college faces a growing $20,000 current-year deficit due to higher prices and building repairs. Scholarships and grants totaled $65,048 while loans reached $16,700. FER A earnings totaled $13,642 benefiting about half the students. Strong skepticism toward aid applications is balanced by sympathy, and endowment needs are emphasized to sustain salaries and upkeep.
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Butler
New York
Alumnae Committee
Barnard
Barnard Peace League to Discuss Italo Ethiopia War
An open air meeting under Barnard Peace League sponsorship will discuss the Italo Ethiopian crisis. Speakers include Agnes Leckie Muriel Herzstein Evelyn Lichtenberg Dr. Arthur Gayer and Thomas Peardon. Group discussions and Peace Week plans follow.
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Agnes Leckie
Muriel Herzstein
Evelyn Lichtenberg
Peace League
Barnard Peace League
The
Peace Action Group
Current Events Club
Miss Leckie
Ethiopia
Miss Herzstein
Miss Lichtenberg
Arthur Gayer
Economics
England
Thomas Peardon
Government Department
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Elisabeth
Kallevig
Wigs & Cues
Department of Theatre
Jean Langdorfer
Jane Wyatt
Aline MacMahon
Gayer & Peardon
University Against War
University
League
Barnard College
Marjorie Runne
Joan Geddes
Lenore Glotzer
Jesse Herkimer
Political Union and Debate Club
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