Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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Top: Exec Board: Holly Bradford ' 53. President Bottom: Three minutes to Curtain! f Act I Scene iv Wigs and Cues Wigs and Cues shares in the Problems and Joys of Professional Drama with as much Intensity as Mr. Olivier or Miss Web- ster — Barnard ' s own stock company strug- gles to determine the conflict between Good Theatre and What the Public Wants — Wigs and Cues must show the need of the col- lege for a Separate Dramatic Entity — Over- whelming Vote by members to strive for Semi-Pro status in the Dramatic World — minimum of Material, maximum of Devo- tion and Elbow Grease, sufficient Talent to make the mixture Highly Inflammable — sparked off by Leader of the Chorus Holly Bradford — the group turns out Smash Hit Hippolytus which attracts the Intelligentsia and also comes out in the Black! — But Wigs and Cues is too Solid an Institution to have been Daunted by Threats of Dissolution — If you ' ve ever melted that smelly Glue over a Bunsen burner — or swabbed Paint on washed-down canvas — or turned Mother ' s old Drapes into a seventeenth-century Vogue outfit — or attempted to Speak Ra- tionally to a member within two weeks of Production — or failed to Escape the Clutches of a frenzied Ticket-Seller — you ' ll know what we mean about Wigs and Cues — it ' s as solid as Barnard Itself. The play ' s the thing . . . No time for stage-fright

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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

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Act I Scene v Assemblies Assemblies are the only real chance for all the college to meet together . . . and they ' re a direct introduction to organiza- tions and people whose activities are of interest to us because they impinge on un- dergrad doings . . . This year Professor Commager of Columbia set the stage for unafraid pursuit of knowledge and expres- sion of ideas . . . We heard the famous theologian Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr, a dy- namic personality in many organizations of UN . . . During Barnard ' s Term Drive Dr. Frederick Patterson, president of Tuskegee Institute, explained how necessary was our wholehearted aid to the cause of universal education . . . Mrs. Lillian Gilbreth gave us a kind of advanced Modern Living lecture. Of course, college meetings allow us to catch up on strictly ' personal ' business . . . Dean ' s report (tuition up? tuition steady?) to us at the beginning of the semester — all those money matters, you know — why, we ' re as much in the know as the trustees . . . we receive visits from Barnard alumnae, who tell us all about the cold, cold world we ' re going to face . . . but with better tools because of our college training. Top: Assemblies Committee: Edith Bernstein ' 52, Chairman Bottom: Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr comes to Assembly We all come to Assembly Dean Mcintosh comes to Assembly 23