09 Oct 1925
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1925
Page
1
Editor in chief Edith Blumberg heads a 1926 school newspaper staff with Hannah Kahn as news editor and assistants Fanny Bokstein Rowena Ripin Ruth Perl and Helen Williams. The group reflects student journalism roles and year designations on the masthead.
In a vivid report the College Assembly at Barnard College is described with seniors in caps and gowns and freshmen armed with umbrellas. The event is praised as a moving ritual and a potential new tradition for future years. A reflection on student advising notes failures in the program from last spring with advisers focusing only on mechanical tasks while faculty remained involved.
The idea aimed to aid new students through conferences with upperclassmen who had endured the college experience. It sought to reduce trial and error in course selection by offering student-centered guidance. The authors concede the plan was valuable but lost vitality due to compromise.
Bulletin announces Jeanette Driscoll age 27 advances to Circulation Manager on the Business Board.
Eunice Shaughnessy urges Bulletin to extend the Forum Column beyond college topics to civic issues. She cites World Court entrance, French debt attitude, Saklatvala barring, and general responsible citizenship as worthy subjects for Barnard discussion in December and beyond.
The Junior Show committee chaired by Helen Deutsch meets on October 1 and outlines a modern impressionistic play to be staged December 11 and 12. It will be a three act five scene play with music based on actual composers, starring Gertrude Braun Everita Edes and Jean Simpson with a full production team guiding staging dancing costumes properties business and publicity.
A review of Maxwell Andersons play about hobos led by Little Red and the murderess Angel Face. Oklahoma Red dominates the band with a blend of bully and hero traits, delivering a near sacrificial gesture to justice. The performance features lively hobos and a memorable pancake-flapping veteran cook.
Brooks Hall held its annual party for the new girls on Friday October 2 under Dorothy Avery. Old girls in mannish costumes escorted their dormitory sisters to the Blue Room where a short program with dancing and stunts entertained guests. Prizes were awarded and the event was praised as very enjoyable.
Expenses in Chinese colleges run to a few dollars monthly for tuition board and room with books the largest cost. Smith College grants exemptions from exams to high achieving students, while Eleanor Baldwin earns Berlin University honors. Phi Beta Kappa debates limits on teaching evolution, and Vassar plans chapel plan changes removing Saturday services and religious elements from three weekday services.
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