Queen Mother to Receive Honorary Degree at Bicentennial Convocation
Forty eight individuals will be awarded honorary degrees at Columbia University’s Bicentennial Convocation on October 21 at 3 p.m. in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Queen Mother Elizabeth is among the recipients, joining Nobel laureates and global leaders honored for the theme Man's right to knowledge and the free use there of.
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Elizabeth
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Grayson Kirk
J. Bartlet Brebner
Columbia University
George III
New York
Felice Battaglia
University of Bologna
Earl Warren
Adlai Stevenson
Dag Hammar- Skjold
United Nations
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
India
Paul Henri Spaak
Archibald MacLeish
Julian Huxley
Campus GOP backs Javits for New York Attorney General
The Young Republican Club of Columbia University voted eight to two to back Jacob K. Javits for New York Attorney General, reversing a prior executive committee stance that Javits was too liberal. The split framed a broader clash over who sets club policy.
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Young Republican Club
Columbia University
Jacob K. Javits
New York
Mr. Javits
Irving Ives
Charles Ehren
Law
Professor Robertson Discusses Browning on God and Faith
Associate professor David A. Robertson spoke on Browning's A Death in the Desert at the Noon Meeting. He noted Browning’s response to higher biblical criticism and the poet’s belief in revelation despite skepticism. Next week's lecture features Ruth Houghton on So Little Time.
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Professor Robertson
Browning
David A. Robertson
Robert Browning
Strauss
Desert
St. John the Evangelist
Christ
Earth
John
God
Ruth Houghton
Jake
I. R. C. Discusses Soviets and Plans for Future
The International Relations Club featured Frank Randall of the Columbia Institute of Russian Affairs as he recounted a 30 day Russia trip. He called Western explanations for Soviet shortcomings unjustified and predicted no real democratic progress for Russians soon. Irene Lefel announced a November 5 dance with the Columbia International Students Club.
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Frank Randall
Columbia Institute of Russian Affairs
Russia
Soviet Union
Randall
Columbia International Students Club
U.S.S.R
Communist Party
Irene Lefel
I.R.C
Toman Introduces 2 Representatives of Major Parties
Senator Herbert H. Lehman and Representative Jacob K. Javits will debate election issues at a college assembly chaired by President Millicent C. McIntosh. Javits will speak for himself and for Senator Irving M. Ives as Republican candidate for governor. Lehman will present the Democratic platform and back Averell Harriman for governor. The event follows a luncheon hosted by President McIntosh and includes remarks on race track scandals and state taxes.
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Herbert H. Lehman
Jacob K. Javits
Millicent C. McIntosh
Marion Toman
Javits
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Irving M. Ives
Lehman
Averell Harriman
New York
Congress
Barnard
Committee of Foreign Affairs
New York State
Roosevelt
United States Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation
Albany
New York City
McIntosh
Chase Outlines Social Laws In Mixed Study Of Mankind
Stuart Chase argued that human relations should fuse anthropology economics political science and social psychology into a single field. He identified four idea sets culture group dynamics labor relations and ideological communication as keys to predicting behavior at McMillin Theater on October 20.
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Alexander Pope
Stuart Chase
McMillin Theater
Chase
Sophs Sponsor Dance This Friday Evening
A sophomore stag dance will be held this Friday night with male graduate students and upperclassmen from Columbia and New York University invited. Arlene Berg, social chair, announced last week that tickets are on sale now and will be available until Friday.
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Arlene Berg
Columbia
New York University
Barnard Seniors Enter Quiz Bowl For Scholarship Fund
Four Barnard College seniors Annette Wilbers Tobia Brown Donna Click and Judith Lewittes will face Syracuse University in a College Quiz Bowl broadcast Saturday at 7 30 PM on WNBC The Good Housekeeping sponsored event offers 500 to the weekly winner and prizes go to Barnard’s scholarship fund if they win Further matchups list colleges including Minnesota Smith Georgia Northwestern and others.
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Barnard
Annette Wilbers
Tobia Brown
Donna Click
Judith Lewittes
Syracuse University
Brooks
WNBC
Good Housekeeping
Minnesota
Smith
Georgia
Northwestern
Washington and Lee
Wesleyan
Colorado
Tulane
Brown
Illinois
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Chile
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Dartmouth
Victor L. Butterfield
James Phinney Baxter
Williams
Campus Gop
Prof David A. Robertson
Jacob Javits
Herbert Lehman
Toman
Chemical Warfare Service
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