Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Above: The Newman Club in its entirety. Third row: P. Van Orman, V. Ros, G. Monahan, E. Colgan, C. Pierce, M. Lawrence, H. Kenney, H. O ' Rourke, E. Colgan, M. Hogan, D. Whitaker, C. Carncr, H. Marrarro, M. Haggerty, R. Santoni, M. Milnes, E. Donovan, and F. Wasell. Middle row: F. Depo e, C. Gibltn, D. Charlton, S. Gaus, D. Wilson, P. Wiegard, President, B. Clifford, B. Hein en, I. Sarro and Y. Coutant. First row : F. Murphy, L. Berberich, A. Cuccio, A. Brown, N. Chollat- Nancy, B. F ynn, M. Tul y, J. Gimbert, and J. Carey. At left: Menorah members in the Conference Room. Fourth row : B. Kornfeld, L. Kates, and E- Greenberg. Third row: . Israel, M. Kolodny, F. Fischman, A. Zazjily, P. Hrykm, A. Rosensweig, C. Rittenband, and E. Streichler. Second row: F . Levine, G. Schaffer, and E. Steibel, Presi- dent. First row : B. Kremsdorf, R.Tarr,and H.Gottesman. H. Harmeling, G. Kingsley, B. llgei Miskimen, A. Kama, H. Harper Above: Some of the girls enrolled in the Protestant Clubs at Barnard. Back row: C. Gabo E. Johnson, V. Arndt, D. Prochaska, Chairman of Interfaith Council, B. Baehr, G. Wood, and A. Heene. Middle row : E. Fremus, E. Schubert, President of the Lutheran Club, M. Smith, President of the Wycliffe Club, C. Johnson, F. Wikawa, and J. Wirsching, President of the Episcopal Club. First row: R. Geyer, M. Binder, M. Mol eson, J. Rtnck, M. Leahy, H. Smith, and E. McNeill.

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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Interfaith Council was formed in the spring of 1940 as an executive group to further co- operation and understanding among the five religious clubs on campus. Composed of the presi- dents of the five clubs under the chairmanship of Dons Prochaska, it was a planning body with no voluntary membership of its own. Teas, lectures and discussions furnished an edu- cational and social program. The Council sponsored a Thanksgiving formal and a Christmas tea dance in cooperation with the Earl Hall society during the first part of the year. In December an interfaith assembly was held with speakers representing the three faiths dis- cussing ' The Place of Religion in a World at War. The Council sponsored a drive for funds for the World Student Service Fund and a series of luncheon discussion meetings. The University Christian Association, headed by Alice Kliemand, was made up of members from the entire university. Its program ranged from devotional study groups on the funda- mentals of Christianity to concrete discussion and action on current problems. Every Thursday afternoon there was open house at Earl Hall where the members gathered to hear speakers and join discussions. This year the three Protestant Clubs, the Episcopal, headed by Jacqueline Wirsching, the Lutheran, with Elinor Schubert as President, and the Wycliffe, under the guidance of Mary Smith, worked in closer cooperation with each other and the Interfaith Council. The clubs sponsored joint monthly meetings at which prominent theologians discussed problems of religion. The Newman Club aimed at acting as a focus of interest for Catholic students. Monthly meetings, presided over by Phyllis Wiegard, were held at which problems were discussed from the Catholic point of view. Menorah, with Elaine Steibel as President, studied the cultural aspects of Judaism and its problems in the world today. One of the fall Interfaith Teas: E. Schubert; D . Prochaska, Interfaith Chairman; University Christian Association Officers: Dr. Christina Grant; M. Smith; E. Steibel, and J. Wirsching enjoying tea and M. Wallace; J. Smith; A. Kliemand, Presi- cookies. dent; E. Pugh; D. Sheffield, and R. Paily.

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Barnard Committee of the British War Belief Society War in Europe, methodical destruction, starvation, pierced Barnard ' s armor of detachment early this year. Answering pleas for assistance, Representative Assembly Collecting publicity circulars in Student Mail which wire sent to every girl at college after the registration day assembly. Above: The BKW Central Committee counts finished garments. Left to right: H. Kandel, M. Livesay, D. Proctor, P. Draper, V. Ros. Seated: Chairman P. Wickenden, behind her F. Fischman, M. Wright, Z. Sachs, and M. Hoyden with ball of yarn in front. formed the Barnard Committee of the British War Relief Society. Students, fac- ulty, and friends worked together to send food, clothing, and medical supplies to devastated areas in England. Contribute More was the ever-repeated theme. Phyllis Wickenden, ' 41, Chairman, opened the drive at the required assembly on the day the men registered for the draft. Robert E. Sherwood, play- wright, spoke at a luncheon; students and faculty were personally contacted; a work- room was dedicated. Teas and dances were given by friends while members of the drama classes wrote and staged origin plays to raise funds. Hundreds of knitted garments and pounds of old and new cloth- ing were contributed. A mobile kitchen was shipped to England the first semester. Competition among the classes in collect- ing money marked the second part of the year, for the goal was to send all help to the victims of war in England. Robert E. Sherwood urging aid to Brila at the luncheon address. Dean Virginia Gilders lee ve addressing the March 16th assembly.