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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1938
Page
3
Sports Week kicks off with a gala Harvest Hop. At 4 p m tenikoit contests pit faculty against students planned by Patricia Draper. An aquatic exhibition runs in the pool directed by Grace Maresca and assistants.
The Student Vocational Committee led by Barbara Deneen 39 in cooperation with Kath erine S. Doty and Mrs. Dudley Miles outlines an Information Please type program. Students must submit questions by November 5 for a November end meeting with alumnae panel to address vocational opportunities and guidance.
Plans for the class of 1940 junior show at Barnard are advancing with a full book and melodies in progress. Miriam Weber and Olga Scheiner head book and lyrics, with Frances Dinsmoor arranging music. Casting begins before Christmas, with a Barnard Columbia joint concert and a World’s Fair opening festival appearance among scheduled events.
French exchange student Gaby Tartoue says Barnard women are social, while Parisian students focus more on study. She contrasts Times Square lights with Paris, notes American men as childish, and says France supports peace with Chamberlain and the Munich Pact.
Charlotte Bentley a Barnard graduate and Union Theological Seminary student is a Socialist Party nominee for Manhattan Fifth district Assemblywoman. Her campus work includes Peace Action and Civil Liberties leadership, with high academic marks and Phi Beta Kappa honors. She supports proportional representation and seeks reform of the New York State Constitution.
Dr. Harold J. Laski renowned author and political science professor will address Barnard’s all college assembly today at 1 10 on The Future of Democracy in Europe. He lectures this year at Teachers College and has ties to Columbia and the Labor Party.
Elizabeth Wise chairs the social service committee urging students to join social work projects. About 37 girls are already placed in hospitals or settlement houses with options in government sociology housing and settlement related studies.
The well attended dance drew a large turnout of undergraduates and guests with Hal Morley and his Blue Lions. The event featured an informal Yam exhibition by about ten guests and high student turnout from the class of 1942 and seniors in festive attire.
The Student Curriculum Committee report is filed in Miss Weeks' office after the Representative Assembly meeting. Louise Comer, chair, urged reading the survey to guide recommendations to the Dean and Faculty Committee on Instruction. The committee will continue investigations of group and science requirements and the point system. An intercollegiate survey probes college problems and course modernization methods. Anne Milman recounts youth congress aims and plans for a World Youth Congress exhibit at the World’s Fair. Ruth Taubenhaus and Margaret Boyle report on Silver Bay Conference benefits for broadened outlook. fifteen Barnard representatives attended discussions on politics, religion, and social adjustment.
The Faculty Committee on Honors votes twenty-one students receive honorable mention for the 1937-38 school year. Senior, junior, and class of 1941 members named include Mildred Rubinstein and Gertrude Eisenbach among seniors, Frances Wasserman among juniors, and Marilou Crescenzo among the class of 1941. Antonia Rossi of the class of 1938 also receives honorable mention.
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