Harrison and Foote Elected Delegates to New Jersey
Dorothy Harrison and Helen Foote of the class of 1931 were elected delegates to the Conference of the Women’s Intercollegiate Association for Student Government to meet November 13 to 15 at the New Jersey College for Women in New Brunswick. Also nominated were Anita Delice Dorothy Smith Lillian Auerbach and Dorothy Kramm for Model League delegation chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delice
Smith
Auerbach
Kramm
Model League
Dorothy Harrison
Helen Foote
Women’s Intercollegiate Association For
Representative Assembly
New Jersey College For Women
New Brunswick
Anita Delice
Dorothy Smith
Lillian Auerbach
Dorothy Kramm
Model League Assembly
Helen Loote
Barnard
Prof Riccio Honored At Italian Club Tea
At an Italian Club tea Tuesday afternoon Professor Riccio, recently returned from Italy to Barnard, spoke on Visits to the Homes of Contemporary Italian Writers. He described meetings with Sofici Papini and other figures in Florence and Rome and discussed Sofici’s influence and Papini’s novel L Uomo Finito.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riccio
Barnard
Italy
Forste de Marmi
Florence
Rome
Sofici
Giovanni Papini
Margarete Wallman to dance at Barnard
The Deutscher Kreis with Barnard Athletic Association present German dancer Margarete Wallman on Wednesday October 29 in Barnard Gym at 4:00 with American pupils. Tea follows at 5:00 in the college parlor. Wallman heads Germany’s Berlin Wigman Schule and strongly influences modern dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deutscher Kreis and Athletic Association
Deutscher Kreis
Athletic Association of
Barnard
Margarete Wallman
Mary Wigman
Fraulein Wallman
Germany
Berlin- Wigman Schule
Deutsche Tanzgemeinschaft
Society of
Progressive Dancers
German Dance Congress
The
Deutschur Kreis and
the Athletic Association
Courses For Women La Mode In France
The old prejudice against a university education for women in France has vanished since the war. Professor Fortunat Strowski of the Sorbonne says it is fashionable for wealthy girls to attend for intellectual pleasure, as in the United States. Many women study literature. others pursue professions. He notes Sorbonne women are good students but less philosophical than men. Women now enter most professions, including law and medicine, and though Mme Curie was the only woman professor at the Sorbonne, several teach in provincial universities. He contrasts the Sorbonne with American universities, citing differences in intellectual climate. Continued on page 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Fortunat Strowski
Faculty of Letters
Sorbonne
United States
Strowski
Medicine
Mme. Curie
Barnard Alumna Wins Law School Scholarship
Barnard alumna Evelyn West, a second year Columbia Law School student, receives a $500 scholarship for law study. She is the first woman to win a law scholarship and has prior Barnard grades near straight A. She also earned an Entrance Scholarship and serves on the Columbia Law Review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnard
Evelyn West
Law School
Columbia Law School
Miss West
Dean Gildersleeve
Columbia Law Review
Brave Germans To Debate With Vassar On Womens Role
Two German nobles including a count will visit Vassar College on Friday night October 24 to argue against women's emergence from the home. The piece questions whether American women should stay in home life and notes the eye catching German portrait may influence views. It ends by joking about Barnard and a potential exodus to house keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vassar
Vassar College
America
Barnard
Brief History of British Occupation Outlines Tact and Gandhi's Non Cooperation
Miss Cornelia Sorabji spoke at Barnard on October 21 outlining India's history under British rule. She credited Britain with famine relief education health and justice advances and noted self government began after Victoria's declaration of equality and 1919 reforms. The talk blamed Mahatma Gandhi for communal strife and non cooperation as the main current of Indian politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Occidental University
Barnard
Cornelia Sorabji
India
England
Elizabeth
Ingland
Great Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
Tolstoi
Gandhi
Freshman Class to Elect President at Noon Today
An important meeting of the Freshman Class in Room 304 at noon today will elect the President for the class of 1934. The winner will be one of four girls Jane Martin Nancy Fanning Margaret Gristede or Helen Cahane, chosen from eight original nominees who formed a temporary governing board. All freshmen are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Martin
Nancy Fanning
Margaret Gristede
Helen Calahane
Miss Sorabji Addresses India Message Draws Crowd
Large audience gathers at the assembly to hear Miss Sorabji speak on India. Seniors asked to sign for the November Tea Dance on Saturday afternoon November 8 in Barnard Hall. attendance depends on sufficient interest from girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sorabji
India
Barnard Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harrison
Foote
Inter- Collegiate Association
New Jersey
Prof
Ted Shawn
Europe
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Margaret Wallman
Kreutzberg
Yvonne Georgi
la Mode
Columbia
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