CUSC Approves Book Drive for University of Hanoi
Columbia University Student Council approves a campus driven effort to collect books for the University of Hanoi library. The drive supports Vietnamese refugees and aligns with World Assembly of Youth relief actions. Ezra Levin leads the effort with science texts in demand.
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U. of Hanoi
Columbia University Student Council
University of Hanoi
Saigon
Vietnam
Indo-China
Ezra Levin
CUISC
World Assembly of Youth
Singapore
World Assembly
Columbia
Young Adult Council
Jury Charges Author Lamont With Contempt
A federal grand jury indicted Dr. Corliss Lamont a Columbia University philosophy lecturer for contempt of the United States Senate for refusing to answer questions at a September 1953 session of the McCarthy led Permanent Investigations Subcommittee He invoked the first amendment and denied party membership while defending his right to speak freely.
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Corliss Lamont
Columbia University
United States Senate
Lamont
Senate
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Communist Party
Indian College President Addresses Noon Meeting
Miss Dora David president of the Sarah Tucker College for Women in India spoke at a Noon Meeting on India Since Independence. She cited Hindu Muslim discord, language diversity, English as official language, caste abolition progress for women, and democratic social change since 1947.
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India
Ghandi
Nehru
Dora David
Sarah Tucker College For Women
Miss David
Great Britain
Pakistan
Miss Davis
The
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Social Council Announces Fall Calendar And New Rules
Stephanie Horton president of the newly formed Social Council previews the fall schedule with two stag dances for sophomores on October 29 and juniors on November 5. An Annex party for pre med students and a Chinese Club event follow, as the council refines ticket rules and requires budgets and precedent reports for events.
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Stephanie Horton
Social Council
Columbia
Barnard
Jake
Barnardites in TV and UN Circles Highlight Youth Leaders
Diana Touliatou, president of Barnard’s Undergraduate Association, appeared on the New York Times Youth Forum on Channel 5 in a discussion about Is Our Internal Security Program Effective. Cherie Gaines, editor-elect of the Collegiate Council of the United Nations 1954 55, was active in the Intercollegiate Institute on the U N held in New York last June.
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Diana Touliatou
New York Times
Channel 5
WABD
Cherie Gaines
United Nations
New York
Council of the United Nations
Lecture series at Columbia features Senator Flanders
The Columbia University Institute of Arts and Sciences opens its lecture series with an 8:30 p.m. address by Senator Ralph E. Flanders in McMillin Theater on The Peril of Fear. The weekly program runs Monday Wednesday Friday with other speakers including Stuart Chase and noted historians. A six Thursday concert series begins this week with Pete Seeger performing and tickets available at the McMillin Theater box office.
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Ralph E. Flanders
McMillin Theater
Flanders
Stuart Chase
Alexander Pope
Robert St. John
Arnold J. Toynbee
Russell Wright
John Gunther
Pete” Seeger
Resident Halls Choose 3 Fresh Candidates
The Residence Halls Student Association nominated three candidates for Freshman Representative to its Executive Council at a meeting on October 13. The candidates are Rosamund Greeley, Anne Morris, and Mollie Vesey. Voting will take place today and tomorrow at breakfast and dinner.
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Residence Halls Student Association
Rosamund Greeley
Anne Morris
Mollie Vesey
Plan Expands Room and Care for Columbia Students
St. Luke's Hospital opened the Florence Stokes Clark Building with ninth floor space for the Columbia University Infirmary serving Barnard College Columbia College Teachers College and Union Theological Seminary. The unit has 45 beds a solarium and will offer free access hospitalization for Barnard students and paid options for non residents. Dr. Wise notes improved medical service after six years of planning and the staff includes twelve doctors four nurses and specialists.
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Ruth Helfand
St. Luke’s Hospital
Florence Stokes Clark
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Columbia University Infirmary
Barnard College
Columbia College
Teacher’s College
Union Theological Seminary
Barnard
Johnson Hall
Columbia Infirmary
Earl Hall
Wise
Columbia Health Service
Columbia University
St. Luke’s
Marjory J. Nelson
Greek Games Honor Fertility Goddesses Of Ancient Origin
The Greek Games will honor Demeter and Persephone as fertility goddesses. A central committee decision on Friday October 8 chose these two over Aphrodite and Prometheus. The myth explains Demeter’s sorrow and Persephone’s four months in Hades and eight with her mother.
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Persephone
Aphrodite
Prometheus
Plato
Zeus
Pluto
Earth
Hades
Osiris
Isis
Egypt
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