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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1939
Page
2
Tests show 222 girls from 150 schools average taller and slightly better than average in motor ability. Miss Wayman notes 17 year olds, 3 months, 126 pounds, and 642 inches tall. Swimming tennis and winter sports top favorites while gymnastics and stunts are least liked.
Mortar board reports over one hundred subscriptions with juniors forming the largest group. A poster on Jake campus aids signups, with payment posters also on Jake for installments. The photography contest has several entries as Miss June Kuffler seeks two volunteers to assist with Stanford Binet testing in Bellevue and Barnard clinics.
The article lists curriculum group plans to survey student opinions on the Exit as a test of language power and cultural value. It notes the bulletin will publish the full questionnaire before the class meeting and include interviews with student officers and representatives. Committee members named include Deborah Allen, Winifred Anderson, Elizabeth Bishop, Eleanor Eckoff, Emily Gunning, Joan Rich, Dorothy Speaker, Miriam Weber, and Irma Zwergel.
Miss Panzini, an Italian student, visits New York amid wartime Naples concerns. She praises Barnard students, notes gas mask sales were calm, and says work on the Rome exhibition has begun. She enjoys cafeterias but finds the Automat confusing.
Today marks the final day of Sportsweek focused on the Freshman class with a call for all freshmen to take part in the play day activities.
The Glee Club will meet at 4 30 am in Room 408 Barnard Hall on Monday for a practice session.
The Episcopal Club will hold a noon meeting in the conference room today. Members are invited to attend and discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
If the weather is clear, Mortarboard Pictures will photograph clubs in the jungle. Today's schedule lists 12:00 International Relations club, 12:30 Wycliffe club, and 12:45 Episcopal club.
The Causerie kicks off the 1939 40 season on Thursday October 26 at 4 PM in the Maison Francaise. All students registered in the French Department are warmly invited to attend.
Father Ford will discuss the symbolism of liturgical vestments on Monday at 4 10 in the Corpus Christi Church. All who are interested are invited to attend.
Wigs and Cues schedules rehearsals Monday for an upcoming theater show at 7:00 and 7:30. Members absent from the last meeting or who did not submit committee preferences should contact president Constance Floro to share their choices.
The American Student Union presents Pens and Pencils of 1939 at City College's Pauline Edwards Theatre on November 24 and 25. Dramatic and glee clubs from local colleges star in sketches and scenes from Varsity Show and Mob Theatre, with new material prepared for intercollegiate stage. Tickets available from Beverly Baff, president of the Barnard ASU chapter.
The Decorating Committee of Harvest Hop will meet today at noon in 304 Barnard Hall to finalize gym decorations and plan the event layout.
A meeting of the Lutheran Club is scheduled for Monday at four o'clock in the Conference room.
The first supper dance of the year is set for tomorrow night in the Residence Halls. It begins at 7 00 PM and today is the final chance to sign up.
Frau Arete Neff of Vienna, long a star in Alex Fey Masse productions including Ophelia Juliet and Gretchen, reads selections for the Deutscher Kreis during the club's second meeting. The group then sings German songs and plans a film showing for the next meeting on November 6.
The Department of Physical Education offers bowling classes at Riverside Church with a small church fee. The program outlines session details and enrollment arrangements managed by church staff.
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