Letter from London Piccadilly Dim
Firth Haring writes from Westfield College London about impressions of England describing encounters with Oxford and Cambridge students and Fulbrights. She visits St Pauls Crypt the Thames Royal Festival Hall Big Ben and Parliament while comparing London to New York and noting misty air and a large dorm room with three windows.
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Firth Haring
Bulletin
Pouer
Westfield College
London
England
Oxford
Cambridge
Little Bistros
Soho
Piccadilly
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Blake
Lord Nelson
Thames
Royal Festival Hall
Big Ben
White Hall
Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
Regents Park
Times Square
Editorial praises admin for commuter housing progress at Barnard
The paper commends the administration led by Jean Palmer and class advisers for permitting upperclassmen to live near campus in the Morningside area. It urges opening Brooks Hall rooms on weekends to commuting students for dates, arguing this would ease day dorm tensions and improve student life.
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Morningside
Jean Palmer
Geneva
Barnard
Meetin
Ree E Ammen Coearth
Tse
Toulien
Brooks Hall
Greater New York
Brooks
Peanuts and Reflections Beyond the Columbia Chemist
The scene at the Columbia Chemist on Amsterdam and 115th features a revolving display of paper mache treats and the shopper’s face, while a campus peanut vendor from Broadway and 116th becomes a remembered oddity. The narrator recalls mistaken routes and a five-bag peanut purchase in sophomore year, concluding with a vendor’s wordless cue for more.
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Columbia Chemists
Amsterdam
115Th Streets
Columbia Chemist's
Johnson Stall
Alma
Jan Burroway
Subways A Lark Journey Through Underground Rails
Ed Lib writes about a voluntary subway journey through New York lines. He recalls youth and Johnson Hall memories while describing the thrill and discomfort of riding. He notes the subway as a place of adventure yet not a place to live, concluding with Riverside Church glow over a cluttered window sill.
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Johnson Hall
Times Square
BMT
116Th Street
Riverside Church
Barnard Food Service Reply to Editor on Billing and Diet
Barnard administration defends its campus dining plan arguing financial limits and family obligation justify current pricing and service. Treasurer M Abbott invites discussion, noting refunds are not given and Harvard runs a similar large operation.
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Barnard
Bulletin
John Jay
Harvard University
M. Abbott
Milbank
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Brooks and Hewitt
Barnard Bulletin
Barnard College
Judith Smith
Debby Zucker
Marise Suss
Francoise Dearden
Audrey-Ann Appel, Joan Kent
Enid Reichel
Ruth Helf and
Diana Rosenberg
Audrey Smith
Sue Oppenheimer
Janet Steinfeld
Susan Wartur
Jacqueline Zelniker
Bonnie Goodman
DAS
Jackie Zelniker
Naome Emers
Paula Lisenstein
Mirna Neuringer
Jean Rosenberg
Darlene Shapiro
Naomi Emery
Jovee
Tobs Sondow
Rochelle Steer
Li -A Adelman
Mario Weinstein
Christopher Morley
Fourth Avenue
Axed
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