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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1940
Page
1
The Bulletin greets Barnard College freshmen amid grave world conditions, urging a democratic mindset and active study. It emphasizes that college is a beginning not a finishing school and invites the new cohort to contribute to college life and remedy social issues.
A humorous campus piece mocks student life at Barnard with satire on intellectual advice, dorm rules, and quirky anecdotes from 1930s dorm antics. It lampoons pet bans, noisy static on campus, and social chatter while inviting readers to send questions to Amplification and Derision, Inc.
A satirical glossary from Barnard College mocks campus routines and offices. It lampoons the Jungle benches Student Mail term papers Library Line relations with Columbia and the Student Council, plus Tea Room and Book Exchange as quirky campus fixtures and routines.
The article surveys the World of Tomorrow at the Fair where nations display defiant and resigned moods. Germany shuns the exposition, while Poland denounces the invaders with broken glass exhibits. Denmark highlights Georg Jensen and a war prayer shrine.
The New Yorker notes the fair’s shift from optimistic 1939 futurism to a wartime present. France at War material and large shells symbolize conflict as exhibits scale back optimism. Broadway musical comedies rise while Hollywood abandons realism amid rapid, merciless events.
The Strand screens Behrman’s No Time For Comedy starring Rosa Lind Russell and James Stewart, blending Broadway themes with Hollywood moves. Mickey Rooney arrives at Pennsylvania Station on September 26 as five borough bands greet him with a baton salute by the Hardy Club in Loew’s State Theatre.
A quirky note defines Exercise Room B as the Remedial Room used for esoteric self contemplation in the knee diest position and warns that Red Lights indicate the elevator is running. It also hints that Quarterly stories suppress sane people content.
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