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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
5
A quirky collection of classroom vignettes features a knitting joke about a sock or sweater, a girl named Miss X praised for her phrasing, Earthworms dissected in Zo Lab with caution to remove pins, and Professor Trent musing on John Milton and marriage.
During the Revolutionary era, the Constitutional Convention faced gridlock over proposals and considered prayer. Alexander Hamilton opposed invoking prayer, arguing it would invite foreign influence into the proceedings.
The passage lists girls with quirky deeds in a school setting. Curry Juss loses a bursar receipt and seeks another. Plu Toecraft, fined, borrows two more books. Lana Terry uses soap as toothpaste. Verne Greane asks for whole wheat bread. Niema N Zuhaus waits under the clock for a friend. Lucky Dawg checks out three books in fifteen minutes.
The first regular 1919 meeting on October 16 approved a self supporting Red Cross Auxiliary at Barnard and allotted twenty five dollars for its support. Junior Ball was abolished. Dorothy Potter joined the class executive committee and Georgia Stanbrough was elected cheerleader. Five dollars was set aside to cover Barnard Farm expenses and a special meeting will decide the Mortorboard dedication.
The Oct 25 chapel features Professor George A. Coe of Union Seminary speaking to Barnard audiences. On Oct 29, marking the 400th anniversary of the Reformation, Dr. Arthur McGiffert Acting President of Union Seminary and Luther expert will lecture, promising notable attendance.
Dorothy Bauer works as a mathematical computer at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Elsa Becker serves as a clerk at New York Trust Company. Sara Bennett and Catherine Leonard are yeomen in the U.S. Navy. Adelaide Bunker teaches English at Miss McClintock's School in Boston. Cornelia Geer teaches English at Bryn Mawr.
The Barnard Student Council held a regular meeting in Brooks Hall reading room. They approved drawing up a constitution for an aesthetic dancing club for juniors and seniors and granted permission for Wigs and Cues to present David Garrick as a Red Cross benefit on December 7th and 8th 1917. The council sent $7.16 to the Debating Club for Elsie Oschrin’s delegation to Mt Holyoke on October 26th and authorized Red Cross Auxiliary No. 203 food sales while banning knitting in university libraries. Responding to letters from Provost Brewster and Dean Gildersleeve, minutes were read and adopted. Respectfully submitted, Isabel Greenbaum.
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