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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1931
Page
3
The Honor Board plans frequent Bulletin articles to explain reporting of Code infringements. Students oppose tattling, arguing maturity and fairness, but the board argues reporting protects standards and integrity in campus life.
Wigs and Cues will stage try-out rehearsals for four mini productions to be presented October 16 at Brinkerhoff. Aspirants rehearse scenes from Barrie and Shakespeare with Barrie’s Peter Pan, Galsworthy, Twelfth Night, and an Escapes episode directed by club members.
Ruth Anderson reports on a college conference where the debate exposes apathy among American students toward political questions. Leaders urge action beyond sentiment, noting Europe’s engagement and calling for responsibility, while Harvard 1931 notes students endure hardship yet fail to awaken to governance. The discussion hints at education, isolation, and international cooperation as paths forward.
Professor Eugene Byrne, formerly of the University of Wisconsin, is newly named head of Barnard College history. He notes smaller Barnard classes due to Columbia separation and reports a cordial reception and a student body described as intellectually alert and diligent.
The annual Faculty Reception opened Barnard College’s dorm season on Friday October 9. The event honors the teaching staff to foster closer ties between instructors and students. An all freshman orchestra provided music while Dean Mullins and committee members greeted guests including Barnard faculty trustees associates and friends of the college.
Freshmen must attend a 1 10 assembly in the gymnasium today. Acting Dean George W Mullins will speak and the roll will be taken.
The Institute of Arts and Sciences begins its nineteenth season with an evening address by President Nicholas Murray Butler at the McMillin Theatre. He will speak on The International Mind.
In Horton’s column two weeks ago the Bulletin Office is the setting for a playful scene. Editors, proof readers, and staff spar over headlines and items, with a running gag about pencils, regulations, and confused proofs. The piece ends amid a Mahatma Gandhi club event misplacement joke.
Madeleine Gilmore reports a response of about seven hundred undergraduate signatures for a petition to the American delegation to the International Conference on Disarmament. Social Science Forum leads efforts with designated signers Adeline Heffelfinger Ellen Lewis Margaret Martin Roberta Moritzer Katherine Reeve in signing and office access via Miss Kruger. After Tuesday assembly October 6 at least six hundred Barnard students signed, with numbers continuing to grow as full college sentiment backs the steps. President Hoover’s forthcoming delegation roster is awaited.
Thirty new members join Barnard Glee Club as the Music Department plans a busy season on campus. Led by Professor Lowell Beveridge, the group now totals over fifty with twenty seniors among the newcomers. Notable entrants include Hortense Calisher Millicent Wood and Lucienne Cougnenc, all contributing to last year’s Junior Show.
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