Town Meeting Opinion 35 Approves Retention of Games
Town Meeting weighs Greek Games as a traditional festival and votes on maintaining the event. About thirty-five students attend. twenty vote after debate led by Ruth Schachter. Proponents cite class unity and spirited pageantry while questioning whether to seek wider student input or action this year.
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Bettina Blake
Gloria Wyeth
Eleanor Engelman
Merle Marcus
Ruth Schachter
Vivenne Feigenbaum
Lorna F. McGuire
Virginia D. Harrington
Charles O. English
W. A. Wieners
Mins Blake
Miss Marcus
Miss Engelman
Miss Wyeth
Barnard Story Contest Awards 500 Prize for Undergraduates
An annual prize of 500 dollars for Barnard undergraduates in creative writing is offered by G. J. Putnam's Sons. The Emily James Putnam memorial honors Barnard's first dean, with works under option for potential publication. The prize is awarded by a judges' board and inquiries go to Professor John A. Kouwenhoven.
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Barnard
G. J. Putnam’s Sons
Emily James Putnam
Barnard College
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
John A. Kouwenhoven
Empress Siblings Tour Columbia and Barnard Campuses
Lady Satoko Otani sister to Japan’s Empress Nagako leads a Buddhist delegation from Kyoto visiting Columbia and Barnard last week. The group aims to thank Americans for post war aid and study U S democratic life and institutions to adapt successful practices in Japan. The party includes bishops Nagatani Fukushima and figures such as Abbot Korcho Otani and Reverend Kubose, with George Samson noting US residence.
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Audrey Weissman
Satoko Otani
Nagako
Japan
Korcho Otani
Kyoto
Columbia
Barnard
Bulletin
Lady Otani
America
Ganyu Nagatani
Shoshin Fukushima
Yuki Izuhara
Gyomay Kubose
Otani
George Samson
Samson
East Asian Institute
Kubose
Buddhist Church
Chicago
United States
Faculty Inspect Residence Halls for Sanitary Conditions
Sporadic inspections of the Residence Halls have begun under the Counseling Committee to check health conditions in student rooms and general sanitation. Dr. Marjorie J. Nelson and Professor Margaret Holland will lead the examinations, supplementing the regular halls work-program inspection to enforce state sanitary regulations.
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Marjorie J. Nelson
Margaret Holland
Curriculum Committee Poll on Marking System Sparks Student Survey
Faculty and student committees distribute a questionnaire to evaluate the present marking system. Students fill one unsigned form, consider pro and con arguments, and submit for tabulation to inform the faculty.
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Jake
Marking System Questionnaire on Barnard Study
The Faculty committee invites opinion on grading practices including posting grades and the morgue method, pluses and minuses, and honor points. Respondents should select preferred options and add comments on the back. Return to the Student Curriculum Committee box.
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Barnard
Jake
William Boyd to Lecture at Barnard Government Dept
Dr. William M. Boyd from Atlanta University will visit Barnard College for a week starting October 31 as guest of the Government Department under the Race Relations Committee of the American Friends Service Committee. He will lecture on imperialism Europe and international relations and attend teas dinners and a college tea.
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William M. Boyd
Government Department
Barnard
American Friends Service Committee
Boyd
Atlanta University
Atlanta
Georgia
Thomas P. Peardon
Europe
Far East
Club
Ruth Schachter
IRC
Millicent C. McIntosh
Talladega College
Talladega
Alabama
University of Michigan
Ann Harbor
Senior programs require student medical examination
Dr. Marjorie J. Nelson announced that senior programs will not be approved unless the student has had a medical examination in the medical office.
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Marjorie J. Nelson
Wigs & Cues Sets Cast for The Little Foxes
The Wigs and Cues cast for Lillian Hellmans The Little Foxes was chosen at a meeting last Thursday. Elaine Chandler 53 plays Addie Linda Howe 51 is Alexandra Nancy Quint 50 Birdie Rita Kaufman 50 Regina Tony Caldwell Leo John Scanlon Oscar Howard Smith Marshall Myron Winick Ben James Hall Horace Howard Hanson Cal. Adolphus Sweet Barnard English instructor will direct.
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Lillian Hellman
Little Foxes
Elaine Chandler
Addie
Linda Howe
Alexandra
Nancy Quint
Birdie
Rita Kaufman
Regina
Tony Caldwell
Leo
John Scanlon
Oscar
Howard Smith
Marshall
Myron Winick
Ben
James Hall
Horace
Howard Hanson
Cal
Adolphus Sweet
Barnard
School Shows Met Paintings on Barnard Campus
Four paintings on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art are exhibited on Barnard Campus. Josephine Cantine’s La Pollera is in the Student Lounge. Childe Hassam’s Madison Square is shown in Brooks Hall. Cordray Simmons’s The Smoking Bean Tree hangs in the West Side YMCA area. Sloan’s The Wigwam or Old Tammany Hall is also on display.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Barnard
Josephine Cantine
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn Museum
Cordray Simmons
New York
West Side
Old Tammany Hall
Sloan
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