Letter to editor cheers Commager speech and attendance
Sondra Kleinman praises Professor Henry Steele Commager and the Assemblies Committee for last Tuesday's event. She scolds the missed attendance and urges growth to improve future assemblies.
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1951
Page
4
Sondra Kleinman praises Professor Henry Steele Commager and the Assemblies Committee for last Tuesday's event. She scolds the missed attendance and urges growth to improve future assemblies.
The Faculty Follies return this year at Dee with all faculty expected to contribute. Skits solos dancing and pantomime will fill the program as talent from acting singing painting writing and even electrical and construction work is encouraged. A dean donor skit is proposed to illustrate the college’s merits. Proceeds go to the Barnard Development Fund. Professor Adolphus J. Sweet coordinates and invites interested professors to contact him.
The annual All-College Barbecue honors freshmen and transfer students this Sunday October 14. Busses depart 10 a.m. from 116th Street to Barnard Camp and return at 6 p.m. Transportation costs 1.50, food and transportation 2.50 for old students 2.20 for dormitory students. Maps available in the Athletic Association office. The event features songs games hikes and hot barbecued chicken.
The sedate ivy covered Barnard College attracts former actresses Joyce Ross and Patricia Rice as they join the class of 64. Sixteen year old Miss Ress, a former star of I Remember Mama, and Miss Rice who is seventeen, who toured with Porgy and Bess, shift to student life.
University Christian Association hosts executive and freshman luncheons in Earl Hall Dodge Room at noon. Open House at 4 pm features Dean Millicent C. McIntosh on college experiences. IZFA opens today at Barnard Hall room 409 with Arthur Roskies. Israeli dance pageant to follow.
Annie Meyers autobiographical memoir It's Been Fun chronicles her 80 plus years in education and drama. She helped found Barnard College and fought for women’s educational equality. The book covers her playwright career, art criticism, charity work, and friendships with Roosevelt, Cardozo, Low, ONeill, Dreiser and Belasco.
Barnard College trustees spent a day touring the campus engaging with undergraduates. The program included class visits, a cafeteria lunch, a Deanery luncheon, a tea, and a 4:30 pm Board meeting chaired by Mrs. Ogden Reid.
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