Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Deutsche Deutscher Kreis Checked tablecloths . . . kofieeklatsch . . . and pfeffernis (those wonderful frosted spice drops) — ' O Tannenbaum ' and all the old German Christmas carols are sung all the year round . . . Members of Deutscher Kreis may be seen enthusiastically dancing the ' Polka tur Drie ' . . . An attempted in- novation will be student readings of German poetry at club meetings La Societe Francaise Chevaliers de la table ronde ... a dripping candle in a wine bottle cafe style, at the dejeuners francais . . . real French onion soup at a cold weekend at Barnard camp . . . speakers who are un peu rrop vite for le Cercle Francais to understand, but are fascinating heard over petits fours and tea . . . French comedy on the Brinckerhoff boards, with the welcome support of Air France and Henri ' s Language Clubs ' GERMAN CLUB TEA College fer ootr- 12

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Helen Veisfelt ' 52 Clubs Chairman Barnard Clubs are varied enough to al- low every student an outlet for extra- curricular interests, be they tied up directly with an academic program or aimed at community and intercollegiate projects. Members of the Pre-med Society spend much of their time touring city hospitals, and partaking in programs at Columbia College. The Debate Council office indi- cates the scope of travel and participation in interschool debates by that dynamic or- ganization. The Math Club ' s activities cen- ter on discussion of new theories presented by guest lecturers. The Poetry Club, newly chartered in November, reads and writes together and produces much of the ma- terial for Focus. The Eligibility Commit- tee, by its point evaluation of each stu- dent ' s extra curric, serves as a natural check on overburdened students. The Clubs Chairman has the job of coordinating the clubs ' activities, and receiving Student Council ' s approval of club charters, re- guired each year. We prefer to contei . . . Pie-Med Society We progress geometrically . . . Math Club Eligibility Committee, Claire Delage ' 52, Chairman We agree to disagree . . . Debate Council

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Yui Yi Hui Paper lanterns, kimonos, and chop- sticks . . . Chinese newspapers for every member of Yui Hi Hui . . . Con- versational luncheons, dances, picnics — fun and sociability and the musical tones of the Chinese language through all . . . lectures and discussion groups stimulate further thought and deepen insight into the richness of Chinese culture II Circolo Italiano Pizza, chianti, and pctrlar e . . . Hark how they cry Sanfa Lucia — Torn ' a Sor- iiento — watch them dance the taran- tella! This year II Circolo Italiano held Carnivale, a masguerade dance, in con- junction with the Italian Club across the street ... in the spring all Barnard was invited to their first all-college spaghetti dinner! El Circulo Hispano Castanets, mantillas, and hablar espanol . . . Hispanic folklore in dance . . . la jota, el tiamenco, jaiabe tapatio . . . and in song . . . villancicos, ro- mances, madrigales . . . The annual Christmas and spring plays . . . the poetry recitation contest . . . lively con- versational teas . . . vitalizing all the activities of El Circulo Espanol — the in- tense Spanish spirit so keenly felt by all its members