Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Hospital Volunteers: Marilyn Schwartz ' 52, Chairman Bed Cross Blood Drive: Pat fling ' 53, Chairman The Undergraduate Committee on Development has as its function the selection, from suggestions by students, those projects in which student activity on behalf of the Barnard Fund should be centered. 2000 actual and grownup children at- tended the second annual Pied Piper Carnival in May ' 51. The carnival brought together the children of the Morningside community for a day of fun, and provided money for the Bar- nard Fund. Above: Pied Piper Carnival Lett: Undergraduate Com- mittee on Development . . . Building castles in the air

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Though most Barnard girls are not old enough to vote, they take an active part in politics through courses such as Practical Politics as well as through the activities of Political Council. Straw balloting on Jake, and campaigning and canvassing throughout the neigh- borhood are but two aspects of the picture of campus political activities. Speakers Bureau provided the Public Relations Office with student guests for radio and TV programs, such as the television series, Horizons , produced by ABC and Columbia U., in which Barnard students, as well as other Uni- versity personnel, participated. In addi- tion, the Bureau sent representatives to many schools to speak on topics rang- ing from Civil Rights to Historical Geology. Barnard played at world politics when it served as Secretariat for the Model United Nations General Assem- bly, held on campus April 7, 1952. Top: Secretariat ot the Model U.N. Bottom: New Horizons , Barnard on TV 19

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The Community Service Bureau strengthens Barnard ' s relation to Morningside Heights and surround- ing neighborhoods by placing volun- teers in hospitals, settlement houses and at piers to meet D. P.s. This year ' s Term Drive, chaired by Sue Everett, solicited funds for the United Negro College Fund and the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students. The col- lege was made aware of the hoped- for advances in the cause of higher education for Negroes. Community Service Bureau: Pat McCurdy ' 52, Chairman Sara Chapman ' 52, Vocational Committee Chairman In preparation for the time Barnard students will leave the protective walls of the college, the Vocational Committee, in cooperation with Placement Bureau and the Alumnae Association, sponsors speakers, vo- cational polls, and an Invest Your Summer Fair. The Barnard Co-Op exchange is run by the students and for the stu- dents on a non-profit basis, and gives the best prices for books bought and sold. Sue Everett ' 52, Term Drive Chairman Co-op Exchange: Marietta Dunston ' 52, Chairman