Barnard Social Affairs Office Hosts Student Activities Carnival
Barnard’s Social Affairs Office sponsors a Student Activities Carnival in the gym from 3 to 6 pm with booths by clubs publications and coordinating organizations. The event features games snacks signups for freshman committees and demonstrations by groups such as the Folk Song Group and Deutscher Kreis along with talks by editors from Bulletin Focus and Mortarboard.
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Social Affairs Office
Barnard
The
Athletic Association
Newman Club
Jake
Pre- Medical Society
Political Council
Dove of Peace
Edith Bernstein
Bulletin
Focus
Mortarboard
Helena Baan
Senior Exam Change Proposed by Curriculum Committee
The Curriculum Committee proposes moving comprehensive exams to a week or two after Easter vacation to reduce conflicts and improve study time for seniors. It notes last year's majors exams during the second week caused study pressures and suggests deadline adjustments for papers and quizzes. The committee also reviews Freshman English polls and plans broader course evaluation with more publication than the catalogue.
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Committee On Instruction
Vivienne Feigenbaum
Gist novel report for Columbia journalism school
Carl W. Ackerman presents Gist, a miniature illustrated yearbook style report to Columbia’s president. It outlines 1950s costs, seeks corporate support, and features Marguerite Higgins’ Korean War reporting and Institute plans. Copies go to alumni editors and deans nationwide.
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Ackerman
Joseph Pulitzer
United States
Gist
Marguerite Higgins
American Press Institute
International Press Institute
School of Journalism
Dean Fetes New Students
The Dean hosted a dinner in Hewitt Hall South Dining Room for 185 transfer students and their sponsors. Associate Dean Thomas Peardon spoke. faculty and staff attended. Betty Ann Heed chaired the dinner with Jo Boettjer ’51 as transfer chairman. coffee followed in Brooks Living Room.
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Hewitt Hall
Thomas Peardon
Brooks
Betty Ann Heed
Jo Boettjer
Dean Discusses College Issues Crusade for Freedom
Dean McIntosh discusses campus participation in the Crusade for Freedom and the Freedom Scroll. The Political Council endorses the campaign with Administration and Student Council support. A summer National Crusade Council role led to a faculty student committee with reservations and a PR advisory review. Undergraduate Association endorsement was approved by Student Council.
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Barnard
Political Council
McIntosh
National Crusade Council
Barnard Student Council
Nani Lengyel Ranken
Ruth Schachter
Crusade For Freedom
Europe
Miss Schachter
Barnard Discusses Fulbright Grants And Campus Campaigns
Seniors at Barnard heard details on the 1951 1952 Fulbright awards benefiting over 600 American students. Applications, deadlines and country options were outlined as the process moves to the Institute of International Education for final decisions.
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Lorna F. McGuire
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Burma
Egypt
France
Greece
India
Iran
Italy
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Philippines
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
Department of State
United States
Barnard Fulbright Committee
Institute of International Education
Fulbright Committee
Washington
National Drive for Freedom Campaign Aids Radio Free Europe
The National Committee for a Free Europe Inc conducts a drive to collect signatures for a Freedom Scroll and raise funds to expand Radio Free Europe broadcasts. Scrolls will be enshrined in the Freedom Bell in a dedication ceremony.
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Crusade For Freedom
National Committee For A Free Europe, Inc
Radio Free Europe
Freedom Bell
Seminar Aims to Train College Student Leaders
Student leaders gathered in the College Parlor Tuesday for a seminar on how to perform their duties. Speakers included Dean Millicent C. McIntosh Martha M. English Director of Student Affairs and Jean T. Palmer General Secretary of the College.
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Millicent C. McIntosh
Martha M.english
Jean T. Palmer
Claire Delage
Miriam Schapiro
Bulletin Board
Jane Collier
Aileen P. Winkopp
Nani Lengyel Ranken
Dorothy Tunick
Liana de
General View is Discontinued by General Studies
The campus newspaper General View edited by General Studies students will not publish next year due to low student interest. Officials say irregular class schedules and work commitments hinder participation, directing funds to General Studies magazine Quarto.
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School of General Studies
Dean of General Studies
Bulletin
Spectator
General View
Quarto
General Studies
Seniors to undergo medical exams this autumn
Seniors are receiving medical examinations now through October 21 with appointments made in the office of the college physician Dr Marjory J Nelson in Room 202 Barnard Hall.
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Marjory J. Nelson
Barnard Hall
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Deutscher Kreis
International Zionist Federation of America
Miss Baan
Riverside
Columbia
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