Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Blue Book As indispensable to the uninitiated as saddle shoes and the capacity to function on four hours ' sleep is that Encyclopaedia Barnardia, the Blue Book. This little volume, accepted with authoritarian philosophy, provides an infallible guide through- out a sometimes complicated college career. The Blue Book Committee, directed by the Editor, Louise Giventer, meets annually to collect the latest data and pertinent information. Con- tained in the book are the constitution of the Undergraduate Associa- tion, a calendar of the year ' s events, and a complete index of the col- lege ' s clubs, organizations, and activities. The latest edition has been expanded to include various new features, among them the Athletic Association supplement, augmented by photography. Press Board Mobile food unit on way to Britain, — Undergraduate Associa- tion elects officers, — Barnard College holds Election Assembly ; these items constitute news, and Press Board, a student organization, provided a medium through which it may be circulated. During 1940-1941 four hundred releases were sent out in the first semester while coverage included the United States, Mexico, South America, and Shanghai, China. In addition, contact is maintained between each student and her hometown newspaper so that in- formation of her activities may be pub- lished there. In the New York area, col- legiate correspondents, Sue Whitsett and Dorothy Eckley, were attached to The New York Times and The New York Herald Tribune, and Helen Baker pre- sided as Chairman of the Board. Blue Book staff discussing the reorganized man- ual of regulations; in the usual order A. Shaintn, Associate Editor; L. Giventer, Editor-in-Chief; M. Wright, Associate Editor; and J. Green- baum, Business Manager. Seen at left arc Press Board reporters checking names of students in the file. In the back: R. Patterson, B. Naegli, M. Lazarus, K. Hanly, H. Marrarro, S. Whitsett, New York Times correspondent, and D. Eckley, Herald Tribune correspondent. In the front ate: A. Yale, M. Futtner, and Chairman H. Baker. 28

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Examination Period How to pass your exams ' . Rumored as a simple process, the technique of passing exams begins inevitably with that libraiy line and the colored numbers at 4:10. Above: G. Reylea main- tains order among the daily crowd in the proximity of the Ella Weed Library .Step number two has been described as reading the book (jf you ivere lucky enough to get it) but it is here that there is a great divergence betiveen the methods employed by ' ' day and dorm girls respectively. At right the commuters can be Hen absorbing facts surrounded by walls of books in the libe, while at the bottom left, two dorm students have retired to their room (and fireplace), where in comfort and stocking feet, they jot down the necessary notes. Finally, exams finished (and passed, yes?), students visit the ' ' morgue in the basement, where behind those wire cages they may find the results of their efforts.

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SOPHOMORES When the Class of 1943 re- turned in September that look of faint apprehension was gone, and no longer did they start across Broadway for Fiske Hall or appear on Lenox Avenue at 8:59 A.M. There was a younger class to whom one was helpful while maintaining the dignity of one ' s position! Another opportunity for displaying their newly-acquired savoir faire was afforded the Sophomores on the occasion of their tradi- tional dance in February at Earl Hall. With the spring came feverish preparations for Greek Games in which the Class of ' 43 was able to utilize its previous costly experience, aided by whole-hearted cooperation, genuine enthusiasm, and eager endeavor — characteris- tics of the Class of 1943- The Sophomore Class and President M. Jackson, Vice- President M. Milnet, Treasurer R. Libera, and Secretary G. Mublhan.