Postpone Drama Lab Completion Delayed to Second Semester
Delays in construction push the Minor Latham Drama Workshop finish date beyond the start of the second semester. Fund raising continues with $25,000 raised toward a $150,000 goal to finance a new stage, lighting, seating, sound proofing, dressing rooms, a larger rehearsal space, and a connected scenery workshop. The project honors Professor Minor Latham of the English Department.
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Latham
Jean T. Palmer
Drama
Minor Latham
Barnard Dramatic Society
Broadway
McIntosh Addresses Noon Meeting on Moral Values
President Millicent C. McIntosh spoke at Thursday's Noon Meeting on Are Moral Values Absolute noting no universal constant in ethics yet identifying shared fundamental beliefs to which people cling. She described these core beliefs as the most universal question in moral philosophy and central to understanding values.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
McIntosh
Mortarboard Debate Sets Senior Prom Site and Class Roles
Senior class meets 12 to 1 in 339 Milbank to vote on Mortarboard amendments and Prom site options large hotel or Columbia Club. Junior vote for new Show Chairman Erin Brown and Ellie Cate resignations. Sophomores plan Jolly Up Dance. Freshmen hold joint advisor business meeting in Brooks Living Room.
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Milbank
Columbia Club
Erin Brown
Ellie Cate
John Jay Hall
Brooks
Komarovsky Publishes Book On Modern Women's Status
Dr Mirra Komarovsky argues in Women in the Modern World that questions of women's education expose contradictions in society. She rejects battle of the sexes and predicts harmony in emotional roles and balanced intellect as key to modern marriage. The Journal of Higher Education recommends the book to educators and those involved in gender issues.
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Komarovsky
Mirra Komarovsky
Dr. Komarovsky
Journal of Higher Education
Britain Announces Marshall Scholarships For US Graduates
The British Government establishes twelve annual Marshall Scholarships for United States graduates to study in the United Kingdom. Each two year grant may extend to a third, valued at 1540 dollars plus 560 dollars yearly for married scholars, including round trip travel. Four regional panels select three awards yearly per region with regional or cross regional eligibility. Eastern Center address is British Consulate General, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York.
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United States
United Kingdom
Eastern Regional
Fifth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Sports Week at Barnard Uses Bridge Theme
The Athletic Association sponsors Sports Week October 19 to 23 with events each day at 4 P.M. Activities include tennis archery swimming tea volleyball and baseball. The week’s theme The Bridge Game assigns class cards clubs diamonds hearts and spades. Sign up on the association board. participation excuses gym for that day.
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Barnard
The
Athletic Association
Athletic Association Bulletin Board
Komarovsky Talks On The American Family Lecture Series Opens
Dr. Mirra Komarovsky associate professor of sociology delivers the opening talk in a five lecture series sponsored by the Associate Alumnae and the College. The subject is The Sociologist Looks at the American Family. Additional talk by Miss Helen B. Funk Botany Barnard follows on Unhonored Agents in Mans Fight for Survival continuing the series.
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Mirra Komarovsky
Komarovsky
Barnard
Columbia University
Columbia
Skidmore College
Yale University
Marcus A. Heyman
American Sociological Society
Juvenile Aid Bureau
Police Department of
City of New York
Eastern Sociological Society
Columbia University Press
Dryden Press
Harper’s
Culture and Personality
The
Sociological Review
Helen B. Funk
Uncle Vanya at Columbia Players Opens Season
Columbia Players present Anton Tchekovs Uncle Vanya October 13–17 featuring Barnard and Columbia students in a nine character cast. Directed by Peter Kerr Buchin a Yale Drama School graduate. The play probes life’s sadness, egotism, and purposeless wandering in a late nineteenth century Russian estate setting.
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Uncle Vanya
Anton Tchekov
Columbia Players
Barnard
Yelena
Sidney Ricet
Sonya
Rael Isaacs
Marya
Joyce Seidman
Marina
Janine Parisier
Columbia
Frank Longo
David Gerstein
Jacques Chwat
Milburn Smith
Peter Kerr Buchin
Yale Drama School
Mr. Buchin
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Vanya
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Alexander
Moscow Art Theater
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