Assembly Grants $300 to supplement regular student funds
The Undergraduate Representative Assembly agreed to add $300 from the school surplus fund to supplement the prior allotment, with Hannah Soloman voting for and Sue Nagelberg reporting on planning for Bicentennial events. Barnard will coordinate student tours and convocation efforts as Columbia prepares nationwide activities for the two hundredth anniversary.
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Assembly
Hannah Soloman
Undergraduate
Representative Assembly
Sue Nagelberg
Barnard
Columbia
Nagelberg
Columbia College
Spectator
Columbia Review
Glee Club
Seaboard
Columbia Graduate Schools
Halloween Weekend Attracts Barnard Freshmen to Retreat
Freshmen may join the Halloween weekend at Barnard Camp with Annette Wilbois as chairperson. Miss Carlson will accompany the group. Activities include a Halloween party and autumn hiking. Students will plan meals, with costs over five dollars for non residents and up to three dollars for dormitory students. Contact Annette Wilbois via Student Mail.
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Barnard Camp
Annette Wilbois
Miss Carlson
Barnard
Wilbe
Science Foundation Announces 750 Grad Fellowships
The National Science Foundation will award about 750 graduate and post doctoral fellowships in the natural sciences for the 1954 1955 academic year. US citizens assessed on ability. Graduate stipends range 1400 to 1800 dollars by year and post doctoral fellows receive 3400 dollars yearly. Medical degree students are ineligible. Applications for graduate fellowships due December 15 1953 and for post doctoral fellowships by January 4 1954. Forms available in the President's Office.
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The
National Science Foundation
Cits
United States
Frosh Nominees Narrow To Three For Freshman President
Ruth Jacobs Ann Lord and Jeannette May were the final nominees for the Class of 1957 freshman president chosen at the October 28 meeting. A preliminary selection on October 27 produced thirteen candidates after a tie. A final election is set for November 2 at 12 noon.
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Ruth Jacobs
Ann Lord
Jeannette May
Chica Jones
Alice Benjamin
Ruth Simon
Sue Kennedy
June Knight
Sandy McCaw
Dorothy Donnelly
Renee Sessions
Irene Lefel
Judy Pazolt
Morse Outlines Liberalism and Call for Direct Primary
Oregon Senator Wayne Morse argues officials must follow conscience and free inquiry, linking liberalism to current Senate debates. He urges direct presidential primary reform, enhanced procedures, and a global Point Four program to win the economic peace with enlightened capitalism.
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Wayne Morse
Oregon
Senate
Morse
the Nation
McMillin Theatre
Institute of Arts and Sciences
Fourteen Colleges Offer Summer Study Abroad Program
The American College Council for Summer Study Abroad, a nonprofit of fourteen colleges, offers a six week term next summer with courses in Chaucer British Economy and Politics since 1918 Italian Art French German Spanish and more. Participating schools include Amherst Barnard Bryn Mawr Chicago Mount Holyoke Oberlin Radcliffe Randolph Macon Scripps Smith Swarthmore Sweet Briar Vassar and University of Virginia. details from 11 Boyd Street Newton MA.
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American College Council
Barnard Pofessors
Amherst
Barnard
Bryn Mawr
University of Chicago
Mt. Holyoke
Oberlin
Radcliffe
Randolph- Macon
Scripps, Smith
Swarthmore
Sweet Briar
Vassar
University of Virginia Council
Chaucer
Cambridge
Cabell Greet
Barnard English Department
London
Marion Gillim
Barnard Economics
John B. Stewart
Paris
Salzburg
Rome
Perugia
Florence
Venice
Madrid
Marburg
Innsbruck
American College ‘Council
Boyd Street
Newton 58
Mass
Barnard President Declares Stand on Probes and Communism
Barnard College president Millicent C. McIntosh announced a policy at Low Memorial Library stating current Communist party members should not remain as teachers or administrators. Those who left the party previously and repented could be valuable to academic life, under a Fifth Amendment framing.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Barnard
McIntosh
Winter Sports Session Starts in Two Weeks
Professor Margaret Holland of the Physical Education Department announced the indoor gym season will begin November 9. Half the gym, the Dance Room, and Room 204 Barnard will be used for instruction with a social dancing class for girls led by Lyn Wilhite. Ice skating and horseback riding may be taken outside of school for credit with riding only for advanced students with parental permission. Bowling hours may expand if demand grows. the course fee covers alleys and pin-boys. Registration for freshmen and seniors starts Monday November 2, with juniors and sophomores following November 4. Faculty are urged to cooperate with Congressional investigations if called.
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Margaret Holland
Physical Education Department
Barnard
Lyn Wilhite
Miss Wilhite
Holland
Social Committee Defers Annex Party to November 20
The annex party scheduled for November 6 is postponed to November 20. Yale may be invited due to last year’s Barnard Yale Dance success. Barnard and Columbia students may share coffee Fridays at four. Other events include the Trick or Treat Dance and Barn Dance at Teachers College.
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Yale
Barnard
Columbia
The
Athletic Association
Teachers College
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