Barnard College Bulletin Personnel and Publication Details
Barnard Bulletin published semi weekly by Barnard College students. Feature editor Jane Were Bey. Cartoonists Bette Sherman Janet Shafner. News board including Tobin Brown Donna Check Bery Friedinger Joyce Lebois Barbara Lyons Sandra Perlmutter Mimi Rubin. Associate news board members listed. Entered October 19 1928 New York NY. Subscription 3.50 yearly.
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Barnard College
Barnard
New York
Bette Sherman
Janet Shafner
Tobin Brown
Donna Check
Bery Friedinger
Joyce Lebois
Barbara Lyons
Sandra Perlmutter
Mimi Rubin
Columbia University Endorsement Sparks Campaign Credibility Debate
A letter argues that a New York Times and Herald Tribune ad endorsing General Eisenhower by 714 Columbia University staff and faculty misleads readers into overvaluing the University’s support. It notes only 259 of the signers are comparable to professors, while 455 are other staff or non-directory workers, making the endorsement appear more prestigious than it is. The writers question the ad’s framing and call for clearer disclosure.
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New York Times
The
Herald Tribune
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Stevenson
Times
Columbia
Columbia Press
Flying Saucers Explained as Mind's Eye Phenomena
Professor Richard Youtz of Barnard explains that about 60 percent of flying saucer reports stem from visual afterimages rather than real objects. He argues noses of light and sun-blind afterimages create the impression of fast, silent disks moving across a dry sky, often seen in the southwest.
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Richard Youtz
Barnard Psych Department
Youtz
United States
F.B.I
Letters Contest Power Delegation in Student Elections
Readers argue against delegating authority to miscellaneous personnel calling it anti democratic. They insist every class office, major or minor, carries responsibility and that selecting leaders from unfamiliar students harms fairness. The Liberal Action Club endorses Stevenson for president citing civil rights, opposition to McCarthyism, labor policy, and allied nations’ aid.
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Executive Council
Liberal Action Club
Stevenson
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Free Nations
Barnard
Noted Poets Read at Y Series in New York
Poetry Center at the Young Men and Young Women Hebrew Association hosts readings by Dylan Thomas W H Auden Edith Sitwell Osbert Sitwell and others. The season includes May 7 and May 14 Dylan Thomas readings plus a January 29 Edwin Arlington Robinson Memorial and February 26 Elizabeth Bowen discussion.
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Poetry Center of the
Young Men’s and
Young Women’s Hebrew Association
Lexington Avenue
92Nd Street
Edith
Osbert Sitwell
Dylan Thomas
America
Under Milk Wood
Elizabeth Bowen
W. H. Auden
Theodore Roethke
Poetry Center
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Letter to the Editor on class elections and student participation
A reader argues that dull meetings kill enthusiasm and urges use of the Executive Committee to focus on important issues. The letter urges class level discussion of Under graduate Association nominations and criticizes passive students who complain without participating.
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Bulletin
Mary Jane
Barnard
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Barnard Bulletin
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Maxine Stein
Geraldine Kirshenbaum
Sue Nagelberg
Ann Sibek
Beulah Sternberg
Trudy Fredman
Sally Seidgoff
Renee Shakin
Judy Elvet
Jane Were-Bey
Isabel Casson
Hanneh Hall
Barbara Nemon
Judith Ross
Ike A
By Mimi Rubin
Sitwells
Bowen, Auden, Roethke
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