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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1939
Page
1
Barnard College semi weekly student run bulletin notes publication schedule through the academic year with breaks for vacations and exams. It lists second class mail status since 1928 and subscription at 3 dollars annually or 10 cents per copy.
Florence Diproit is announced as editor in chief at the Florence newspaper with RiizaBETH Price listed as editor in chief and Naomi LiTshy as managing editor. The notice names Tom as about editor and identifies staff including Phyllis Kenner and FitzaBeth Smith in key roles.
The college urges every student to vote in a peace poll conducted by Bulletin on Monday. It aims to reflect campus peace sentiment accurately and stimulate serious peace activity for the coming year. It calls groups like International Relations Club and Barnard Student Union to organize forums on war and democracy during the Tuesday assembly hour.
The article endorses continuing senior hygiene lectures and expanding sex education to other classes. It argues conferences should inform all students during college, preferably in freshman year, to foster healthy attitudes toward marriage while not solving personal issues for individuals.
A college geology trip ends with a hefty hammer, a WPA crew, and a climb to a Palisades cliff. The group struggles to collect specimens, but a diabase fragment marks their only success as they head home convinced geology is fun once you reach rock bottom.
A dream shows Barnard alumnae urged to help New Jersey fifty years hence as ferries ferry women to the Hudson to lift Palisades back into place, one rock from each purse. The scene imagines the state’s salvation through collective duty of Barnafrd women.
Freshmen expect a general education and career training for teaching. Others seek medical careers or social benefits like friendships. Some aim for degrees or art school, while a few want independence, self question, or journalism. Several plan business, nursing, or medical studies, all hoping for better jobs and personal growth.
An editor's note introduces a series exploring overlooked artistic venues and efforts beyond Broadway. The piece urges New Yorkers to support earnest workers shaping culture and to notice theatres and venues offering fresh artistic journeys.
The Little Carnegie Playhouse showcases L'Affaire Lafont a psy chological drama with Corinne Luchaire and Annie Ducaux. Warner Brothers presents Dust Be My Destiny starring John Garfield and Priscilla Lane as a couple fleeing justice. At Music Hall Intermezzo A Love Story stars Ingrid Bergman with Leslie Howard in a restrained Hollywood romance set to mature themes.
The season favors American artists with a surge of Mexican and possibly South American labor later, while Europe remains preoccupied by war. George Biddle debuts a vibrant solo show as Charles Sheeler’s architectural modernism dominates MoMA, and the Whitney highlights four decades of American art. The Students’ League previews fresh works as Picasso’s challenging foreign pieces draw attention.
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