Feminist Forum at Barnard Probes War and Peace
The Feminist Peace Forum at Barnard featured Dr John Haynes Holmes discussing the war’s origins and costs, critiquing capital power and international relations. Holmes argued the conflict now pits people against empires, condemning the failure of culture and the church to foster peace as demonstrations fade.
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Barnard
Feminist Peace Forum
Margaret Pollitver
Forum
John Haynes Holmes
Church of the ‘Messiah
Mr. Holmes
Germany
England
Norman Angell
David Starr Jordan
Rudolf Eucken
International Socialist Movement
Fifth Avenue
Florence Kelley
Dayton
Student Council Hears Rules On Appearance At Oct 16 Meeting
The council debated regulations guarding appearance with three disputed rules on hats skirts and campus attire. The Deutscher Kreis may present Immengee and the Undergraduate Association will discuss the issue at the first meeting. Shoes may be changed anywhere. Junior delegate to the SGA convention becomes Undergraduate Treasurer.
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Barnards
Deutscher Kreis
Student Government Association
Undergraduate Association to Elect Delegate for Convention
A special Undergraduate Association meeting is set for Tuesday October 27 to choose the junior delegate for the Woman's Student Government Association annual convention. The convention runs November 5 6 and 7 at Radcliffe College.
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Woman’s Student Government Association
Radcliffe College
Message on burdens of religion at Monday Chapel
Dr Cotin spoke at Monday Chapel about Isaiah 46 contrasting heathen idols with Israel's God. He argued religion becomes a burden when it adds obligations, and true faith is what lifts and holds a person, not forced belief. Continued on Page 8 Column g.
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Bernard
Cotin
Israel
Gala Campus Event Honors Class of 1918 Roman Emperor
A campus gala October 10 featured a stage pageant with 1915 through 1918 classes. The 1918 freshman chairwoman Hildegarde Diechmann presented the "Roman Emperor" Peggy Schorr, declaring a playful burial of 14 and awarding the bemused audience a festive reception with food treats.
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Sophie Andrews
Florence Schwarzwader
Hildegarte Diechmann
Mark Antony
Caesar
1918 wedding ceremony a stylish afternoon affair
The wedding described as stylish and festive featured a long bridal procession from theatre door to the bridal bower with autumn leaves and chrysanthemums. Choir boys led, Evelyn Haring 16 served as best man escorting groom Ruth Salem, while stage-mother Miss Selma Cohen 16 influenced the early marriage. Mother's roles and attendants added toward a formal, lively scene with flower girls Isabelle Greenbaum and Sophie Amson, and maid of honor Helen Smith 16.
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Evelyn Haring
Nough
Ruth Salem
Selma Cohen
Eleanor Wallace
Margaret King
Isabelle Greenbaum
Sophie Amson
Helen Smith
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Feminist Forum
Undergrad Association
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