Debates Split Over Mortarboard Advisor Role in Class Vote
The Junior class held a Thursday meeting that sparked heated debate on Mortarboard governance. A straw poll divided on whether a faculty adviser should oversee the starboard and whether annual deficits should carry over. A six member committee was formed to draft amendments with faculty adviser Rita Roher.
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Mortarboard
Priscilla Burge
Jean. .Ckermann
Doris Williams
Miss Williams
Jean Ackermann
Ruth Blumner
Patricia Lamdin
Elizabeth Price
Rita Roher
Athletics Association Barbecue at Barnard Camp
The Athletics Association sponsors a barbecue at Barnard Camp on October 15 with Camp Witch mysteries promised. A bus will depart at ten o clock for one dollar. Food costs fifty cents for day students and twenty five cents for dormitory girls. Tickets available October 9 to 13. See posted notice on Jake for details.
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The
Athletics Association
Barnard
Jake
Beard Gives First Lecture at Columbia
Dr. Charles A. Beard delivered his first public address at Columbia since leaving twenty two years ago. He introduced his sociological method, arguing that political economic and cultural movements are defined by the ideas and symbols people attach to them and by social factors shaping meaning.
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Charles A. Beard
Columbia
University
Fayerweather
European War Reflections From Onsite Witness
Grace Barrett cites Deborah Allen a 40 resident of Athletic As reporting on the early days of the European war including Belgium, Holland and Geneva. Allen recalls Paris under evacuation and American tourists remaining jubilant despite blackouts as Belgian cities face crowding and tense transport. The Statendam voyage home crosses the English Channel during a minefield pilot guided blackout delaying a September 12 arrival to September 15.
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Miince
Belgium
Holland
Deborah Allen
Athletic
Institute of World Arta
Geneva
Switzerland
Deborah
Antwerp
Brussels
U.S. Staten
Dean appeals to students to cut costs at Barnard
The Dean urges all students to save money this year to reduce a heavy deficit from 1938 39 and a projected one for 1939 40. He calls for cutting waste in electricity steam water and other supplies and avoiding building damage. The comptroller notes Barnard's population of about 1400 and 392000 individual days in the year, with ten cents per day saving potentially cutting deficits.
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Barnard
Mortarboard Plans a New Book Format at Barnard
The Mortarboard yearbook at Barnard College will switch to a smaller more booklike volume this year. Editor Miss Ackerman cites bookshelf storage and better fit for Barnard’s yearbook needs. The new format will be thicker with a conservative literary style and a continuous narrative of present-day Barnard.
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Representative Assembly
Mortarboard
Miss Ackerman
Advent Of War In France Described By Lenore Altschule
Lenore Altschule recounts six weeks in Paris during July and August while studying at the Sorbonne. She notes the rapid mobilization after the Germano-Soviet pact, empty streets in Avignon and Grenoble, trains darkened and crowds outside newspapers, and describes a personal, lived experience of approaching war.
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Lenore Altschule
France
Paris
Sorbonne
Avignon
Nimes
la Grande Chartreuse
Grenoble
le Havre
First all college assembly sets date and address
The event will be held on Tuesday October 10 at 1 pm in Barnard Hall gym. Dean Gildersleeve and Honor Board chairpersons Margaret Boyle and Julia Gray will address the student body. Attendance is compulsory and a twenty five cent fine will be charged for non attendance.
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Barnard Hall
Dean Gildersleeve
Margaret Boyle
Julia Gray
ASU Promotes Peace and War-Evasion Plan
Bert Witt, ASU New York district secretary, told Barnard and Columbia chapters the group aims to keep America out of war. He urged exposing propaganda and protecting civil liberties while backing neutrality measures and opposing a ninety day credit system. Agnes Reynolds outlined the national peace program at Columbia.
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America
United States
American Student Union
Bert Witt
New York
ASU
Barnard
Witt
The
Congress
Students of America
Columbia
Agnes Reynolds
National College
Student Council Accepts Secretary Resignation at Barnard College
The Barnard Undergraduate Association votes to fill the vacancy after Joann MacQuiston resigns due to ill health. Deborah Allen serves as secretary pro tem as candidates Margot Fansler Emily Gunning Alice Harte and Margaret Whitten are named for the election to be held October 12 and 13 with freshmen barred from voting until the second semester.
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Student Council
Joann McQuiston
Margot Fansler
Emily Gunning
Alice Harte
Margaret Whitten
Miss MacQuiston
Deborah Allen
The
Athletic Association
Beverly Brown
Frances Heagey
Jane Stewart
Jake
Mice Harte
Wycliffe
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Beard
Europe
By Grace Barrett
Ange
Idren
Societe Francaise
Fondation Des Etats-Unis
Cite Universitaire
Carcassonne
McQuiston
College Assembly
Heagey
Stewart
Barnard College
Joann MacQuiston
Fansler
Gunning
Harte
Whitten
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