Dean's Report Highlights Alumni Gifts And Curriculum Changes
The Dean reports total gifts of $32,453.23 to the college including a $15,492.00 Alumnae Fund and a $5,000 bequest from Katherine Liphe to endow the Helen Elizabeth Vosburgh Scholarship. Bequests from Gladys Cripps and Lillian Kimball are noted for future endowments. New committees study English curriculum quality and impact of reduced English requirements. The report covers alumnae employment shifts toward government service and other fields, and notes teaching remains prominent but declining as a share of alumnae work.
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Katherine G Liphe
Helen Elizabeth Vosburgh
Ot Musicssociation
Gladys M. Cripps
V.trom
Ourlalumnae
Liberal
Weekend Camp Invitation Encourages Class of 1939
The Class of 1939 is urged to spend a weekend at camp October 18 to 20 with activities like songs games hikes and sports. Sign-up posters appear Friday October 11 at noon. Directions include car maps from the Physical Education Office or train to Ossining with a taxi ride to camp.
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Ossining
125Th Street
Jake
Change in Swimming Test Allows More Students Pass
A revised average ability swimming test will let more students pass. The main change is a 7.5 form dive from the spring board, plus swimming eleven lengths freestyle and two strokes in 7.5 form. The underwater stunt is removed, and girls may take open hour swimming for credit. Seniors may gain Physical Education exemption. Pool opens at 4 20 daily for practice.
Educational psychology courses narrow state teaching posts
A regional school of education offers forty eight varieties of educational psychology to meet each state’s requirements, a move that appears to concentrate teaching positions in local normal schools.
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Sional School of Education
Bulletin Copies Wanted for Early 1930s Issues
Readers with copies of Bulletin from March 19 1935 November 27 1934 December 7 1934 April 27 1935 May 3 1935 January 15 1935 April 3 1934 or April 24 1934 are asked to bring them to the Bulletin office. Needed to complete bound sets for those years.
Exchange Student Writes to Dean from Norway
Elisabeth Kallevig reflects on her Barnard friendships and Columbia memories while in Norway. She notes disbelief about American life and universities among Norwegians and jokes about her habit of starting sentences with well. She expresses gratitude and hopes for a pleasant upcoming academic year.
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Barnard
Norway
Columbia University
Elisabeth Kallevig
Barnard Harpsichord and Piano History in 19th Century Rooms
A narrative traces Barnard College’s harpsichord origins and the shift to the modern piano with pedals and more keys. It notes the ornate Clementi cabinet, the kalamnae furnished parlor in 1917, and a 1911 portrait of Dean Gildersleeve by Matilda Brownell.
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Kalamnae
Dean Gildersleeve
Matilda Brownell
Barnard
Current Events Club Tea and Peace League Meeting
The Current Events Club hosts a freshmen tea on Thursday October 10 in the Conference Room with Sophia Simmonds president announcing Professor Hadley Cantrell of Teachers College as speaker on Academic Freedom. The Peace League seeks publicity help for a symposium Thursday in the Jungle and Wigs and Cues invites new members via Elizabeth Dew. Midland College students reportedly consume substantial monthly amounts of food per Sun Dial.
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Current
Sophia Simmonds
Hadley Cantrell
Teachers College
Harvard
Miss Simmonds
Midland College
Fremont, Neb
Sun Dial
Barnard's Great Mystery Captures Local Attention
A fragmentary remark from Mr. Swan points to Barnard as central to a noted local mystery. The quotation highlights Barnard as the key figure in a puzzling community intrigue.
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Mr. Swan
Barnard
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Dean
Lillian Amma Kimballrom
Spain
Tss
Katharine S. Doty
Barea
Helen LePave Chamberlain
Edna M. Jones
D. V. Bazinet, Inc
Amsterdam Ave
Bertha Lloyd’s Knitting Shop
Tioga Yarns
Broadway
111Th St
LA Lorraine Beauty Salon, Inc
THE
College Book Store
A. G. Seiler
Amsterdam Avenue
Whittier Hall
Peace League
Jessie K. Herkimer
Jungle
Elizabeth Dew
York
New York Bound
New York
Barbizone
Lexington Avenue
63Rd St
N.Y
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