Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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ienior Proctors: Judith Mortenson. Charlotte Hanley, Audrey Cox, Aline Crenshaw, Sheila St. Lawrence. Senior Proctors — those harassed people who protect Milhank Hall from conflagration, ( Put out that cigarette! ), the undergraduate treasury from lack of funds, ( Please submit a fifty cent fine to Audrey Cox. Chairman, Court of Senior Proctors!), and the student hody in general from violations of the rules. The judiciary of our student govern- ment, — these are the black-robed figures who mark off the fearful half-hours each January and May — symbols, so to speak, of our greatest source of pride, the Honor Code, administered by the Honor Board. Our pride in upholding the spirit of the code — honesty and honor for its own sake — is seldom dampened, even by viewing the results of our honesty — and usually ignorance — in the Morgue. UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION JiJamarb College On entering Barnard College you come automati- cally under its Honor System; — a system which has been conceived and developed by the students, and is administered by them through the Undergraduate | t t offender privately in an effort to bring her into conformity uith the college standard, and to take whatever action shall seem best to fulfill her duty to maintain and further a spirit of honesty in our college life. Honor Board: Ann de Kay, Virgina Haggerty, Chairman, Nancy Cameron. Eleanor Lee Lyman. Elizabeth Lowe. Jewel Feukes, Elaine Rvan. What, so cheerful? 12

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Representative Assembly Filibustering not allowed KING your friends and eat your lunch, but come to Rep Assembly at noon on Mondays. Room 408 Rarnard is the scene of spirited talk and good-natured debate as students discuss stands and legislate on is- sues for the college. Superimposed on the life of the college is the special phase of it including one-third of us — dorm life. This is administered by the Residence Halls Executive Committee, affectionately titled Exec by those on whom it occasionally imposes the dread penalty of campusing. Residence Halls Officers: Pa- tricia Day, Betty Jo Dorn. berger. Betsy Leeds, Pat Dahlhouse, Marcia Balfour, Beverly McGraw. Georgia Rubin, Barbara Burtner. Ruth Ann Carter.

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Columbia ' s atmosphere and traditions are often hard to put a finger on, hut with association the) grow upon us . . . The things that center around Low Library steps . . . hurdy-gurdies and pigeons in spring . . . Freshmen term papers in South Hall . . . the sadly-cracked sundial — I we learned in geology that it was going to crack soon! ) . . . the tiny owl of wisdom in Alma Mater ' s skirts. Small things such as these are close to us, as are the big traditions — the impressive academic procession . . . commence- ment exercises on the library steps. All are part of our feeling of possessiveness. affection and loyalty for our alma mater.