Trilling Compares Oxford and American College Culture
Mrs Diana Trilling wife of Columbia professor Lionel Trilling spoke at the Noon Meeting on The Culture of the Colleges Oxford and Columbia She described Oxford’s wall of isolation and its impact on students noting British maturity modesty self reliance and deference to authority The talk contrasted British focus with American energy independence and a tutoring system where tutors and students stick to assignments and avoid personal confessions She spent a year in England observing Oxford and noted the quiet lectures and a lone American who spoke in a small discussion class
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Columbia
Lionel Trilling
Oxford
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Barnard Bulletin Heads Toward One Page Issues
Barnard College announces reduced staffing will limit publication to one page issues for at least two weeks. The semi weekly student run bulletin urges prospective reporters and artists to report to Room 1 Annex on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. No advertising will be accepted during the period.
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Guttmacher Lectures On Sex Concepts At Barnard Freshman Series
Dr. Alan Guttmacher president of Planned Parenthood World Population gave the first of three lectures on Basic Concepts in Relationships Between The Sexes as part of Barnard College freshmen events. He traced scientific discovery in human reproduction, discussed primitive cultures, and covered sub human and primate reproduction methods. The second lecture is set for October 12 at 1 p.m. in Riverside Church Assembly Hall with tickets via the College Activities Office.
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Planned Parenthood- World Population
Barnard Physical Education Department
Riverside Drive
Rep Assembly weighs leaving National Student Association
Rep Assembly considers withdrawal from the National Student Association after May votes to drop NSA membership unless a student coordinator sorts and distributes NSA publications and attends conventions. Applications for the coordinator post due October 25 with interviews set October 26.
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Fagelson
Columbia University Student Council
Poverty Politics Speaker Tom Kahn to Speak at Noon Meeting
Tom Kahn executive secretary of the League of Industrial Democracy will discuss The Politics of Poverty at the Thursday Noon Meeting on October 14. Kahn helped organize the March on Washington and authored Unfinished Revolution.
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Tom Kahn
Kahn
League of Industrial Democracy
Bayard Austin
Harvard University
Editorial On Freshman Handbook Draws Letters To the Editor
A Barnard student editorial criticizes the October 6 Bulletin piece on the 1965 Freshman handbook. The letter writers defend irreverent handbook humor as part of orientation and challenge the notion that criticism equals disrespect for Barnard.
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