Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

Text from Pages 1 - 288 of the 1978 volume:

MORTARBOARD 1978 VOLUME 84 Published by I BARNARD COLLEGE New York MCMLXXVIII f- CONTENTS page 4 Introduction A message from President Mattfield; a historical overview of the college; and a look at the events that took place over the four years since the class of 1978 entered Barnard as freshwomen page 8 Freshmen and Beanies Barnard ' s largest class of fresh- women made a big impact with their news-making beanie-capped orientation in the Fall of 77. This unusual return to tradition was ac- knowledged by all to be a brainstorm by Nick Serwer, the man who came up with the idea. The article was written by Claire Tse, one of the Barnard Orienta- tion coordinators. page 16 Colorful Reflections New York and the campus, in liv- ing color. page 33 The Silent Majority Barnard ' s commuters make up almost 60 percent of the student body, yet they are one of the most little heard from groups on cam- pus. This section takes a look at the lifestyles of the Silent Major- ity. page 40 The Great Barnard vs. Columbia Debate The issue of Barnard-Columbia re- lations has been the subject of so many conversations in the past year that the yearbook would not be complete without some men- tion of the subject And who would be more competent to examine the subject than a Barnard member of the Columbia Senate? page 44 Life in the Dorms Some say that a student cannot truly appreciate the full Barnard experience until she has lived on campus for a while. The lifestyles of Barnard ' s 881 residents as well as those of a few Columbia dwel- lers are covered here. BEANIES SENIORS page 56 Student Life This big section covers clubs, in- formal sports, team sports, and some other things besides. The sports section starts on p. 87. page 109 Sculpture page 112 Poems and Artwork page 115 The Faculty These are the men and women whose marks might well deter- mine what a student may do for the rest of her life. In honor of the Faculty are these 21 pages dedi- cated. page 137 The Bureaucracy A section for those who spare no effort to unroll the red tape for their visitors. page 142 The Graduates Over 400 members of the Class of ' 78 are featured here. page 249 Academic Life The pursuit of knowledge is the primary reason students come to Barnard. This section takes a look at the various ways students pur- sue their academic goals at the College. page 261 Editors and Staff page 263 Credits page 164 Patrons of Mortarboard page 265 Senior Directory page 265 Advertisements PRESIDENT OF BARNARD COLLEGE Jaquelyn Anderson Mattfeld 4 INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS OF 1978: You know better than I what your college experience has meant to you and what you will take from it, what has touched you most closely. The discovery of an area of interest, the development of intellectual and emotional strengths, the experience of friendship based on both admiration and equal- ity — it is for you to discover what has mattered to you. But at the same time that each of us has her own experiences we also share in them. In talking with students at Barnard, I sensed that for many of you this has been a time of great intensity. I have an image of light not diffused gently but focused sharply, making some things extraordinarily vivid and at the same time surrounded by dark shadows. Perhaps I have that particular image because of the energy crisis. I do believe there are some developments in the world around us that pervade our lives and are felt as moods even when we do not think about them consciously. The world-wide energy crisis has made us suddenly aware of the vulnerability of a way of life that was taken for granted, both in its everyday aspects and in the more removed yet important sense we have of the relations of different nations and peoples to each other. We have all begun to feel a need to pull in, to conserve, to value what we can have. At the same time, the financial crisis of New York City and nation-wide economic difficulties have added to the feeling that, despite us (and that in itself is a special and difficult realization) options are fewer and choices harder won. As a result, you have worried about finding jobs as well as choosing careers and that has given the work you have done at Barnard a dark and serious side. You have also begun to be familiar, if not always comfortable, with studies and reports demonstrating that as a woman you face problems in the job market as well as elsewhere that may affect you no matter how carefully you plan and how hard you work. College has been, then, a time of preparing to face hard challenges as well as of learning and discovering strengths and interests and friendships. In this time of intensity, you have been magnificent. You have worked hard and found joy in your accomplishments that mitigates — and sometimes even replaces — anxiety. You have perhaps found fewer friends than those who went to college in expansive times, but the friendships you have are stronger, and more strengthening, for their intensity. In addition, some of you have found that there is a possibility of heightened individuality within supportive groups and that the other side of the illumi- nation of problems is the invitation to join together in dealing with them even when they cannot be solved. Your college years may have been difficult and intense, but I do not believe they have often been dull or arid. We will miss you at Barnard, but I do not worry about you. I think you are strong and I hope that we have had some part in helping you discover that strength. Time and again graduates of Barnard answer my question about what Barnard meant to them by telling me it is a place where it is simply expected that they will excel. There is nothing easy about living with such expectations, but then you did not choose to make things easy for yourself when you chose Barnard. That is why Barnard graduates are such remarkable women. My compliments and warmest best wishes, Jaquelyn Anderson Mattfeld President INTRODUCTION 5 The Making of the College Most colleges start with something tangible; a gift of buildings, an endowment, or at least a tract of land. Barnard College started with nothing except the most irresistible and indestructible thing - an idea. Many colleges bear the names of their early benefactors, who were in most cases men of wealth and vision but not necessarily men of great intellectual achievement. Our college carries the name of a man whose insights and judgements have left a permanent impression on the history of American education - Frederick A. P. Barnard. The administration of Columbia College was very hesitant in approving a college for women, much less on the same academic level as their own. The struggle was long and hard; getting financial backing was not easy. The future Barnard needed to raise $7500 to pay for the rent, furnishings, professors ' fees and principal ' s salary. With even this hurdle, another problem was finding a building in the vicinity of Columbia, since courses would be taught by Columbia faculty. The outcome was Barnard College ' s opening on Monday, October 7, 1889 at 343 Madison Avenue and 49th Street. Th e required entrance examinations were identical so there would be no question as to a Barnard student ' s qualification. The school started in a brownstone with fourteen liberal arts students and twenty-one special students. 1892 marked the start of the Undergraduate Association at Barnard, and thus the growth of student activities for Barnard women. Mortarboard got its start from the Annual, published in 1894. The Madison Avenue campus was quickly overcrowded, but land was purchased by Barnard, across the street from Colubmia ' s new Morningside Heights campus-to-be. By 1898 the Milbank and Brinckerhoff Halls were built and ready for occupancy (Brinckerhoff being part of Milbank where Minor Latham now stands). Fiske Hall, which now houses the Dean of Studies and the Registrar, was the first dormitory built and housed 100 students. Soon the campus was again overcrowded and more buildings were needed. With the academic depart- ments growing, labs being set up on various floors in Milbank and Barnard ' s reputation increasing in status, students from all over the country were requesting admittance. Due to generous contributions of interested parties, Brooks Dormitory and Barnard Hall (originally Students Hall) were built. In the area between these two sections of the Barnard Campus there was a jungle of trees and walkways. Later, tennis courts were added. With later additions of Hewitt Dormitory, Lehman and Altschul Halls, the Mcintosh Student Center and Reid Hall, Plimpton Hall and portions of apartment houses at 600, 616, and 620 West 116th Street, the Barnard campus was considerably enlarged. With that expansion were tremendous increases in the stu- dent population and tuition. Four Years on the Heights Reminiscences on the four years from the Fall of 1974, when the class of 1978 first entered Barnard, to the Spring of 1978. Prior to the Fall of 1974 were such events as the controversial issue of keeping 7 Brooks as a black women ' s floor, the question of allowing men to co-inhabit a female student ' s room, and Presi- dent Martha Peterson ' s impending trip to China. That Fall, questions of the food service ' s poor excuse for meals was being questioned, and irate students threatened a boycott. The issue resolved, the minority floor was maintained, pass-fail options were tightened up, and new professors were added to the faculty. The first Emily Gregory award was given to a member of the faculty. It was at this time that provisional rulings were passed for student access to their own records. The curriculum was being revised to increase the number of courses required to graduate, and it was decided that the tuition would be increased. It was also the first time Barnard students could be assigned rooms in John Jay residence Hall. Spring 1975 marked the reorganization of Mcintosh act ivities and platforms for future officers of the Undergraduate Associa- tion. Four sets of candidates were running against each other, and it can be remembered by one student ' s offering lollipops to induce students to vote for one of the candidates. That candidate did not win. Students protested against Iran, the honor code was violated and put under revision, more additions to the faculty were made, and accusations of Columbia sexism all took place around this time. Fall 1975 showed signs of change in progress. The search was on for a new president of Barnard College, following the resigna- tion of Martha Peterson. Multiple majors were being questioned and the Experimental College and Barnard Sports were on the rise. Merger was more purposefully pushed for by Columbia and more assertiveness on issues like the Equal Rights Amendment occurred. The Barnard students were getting more openly in- volved in feminist issues and pushed for more courses geared towards women. Spring 1976 marked the abolition of squiggle courses (which juniors and seniors might remember), investigations into better methods of birth control, and swimmer Diana Nyad ' s excursion in the Hudson. The appointment of Doris Coster to the newly created post of Dean of students, the institution of Freshman Seminars, and heightened feelings on Soviet Jewry surfaced. The issue of merger was still with us. The tennis and crew teams were improving with age, more interest in Dance Uptown and Opera Uptown was stirred, and greater coverage on world happenings as well as campus life was seen in the Bulletin. Fall 1976 to Spring 1978 If one were to choose one word to characterize the period from 1976 to the Spring 1978 semester, it would have to be change. It all started on November 12, 1975, when, the long search over, the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Jac- quelyn Anderson Mattfeld the fourth president of the college. Mattfeld was selected from a group of 300 applicants, primarily for qualities of first rate scholarship, extensive administrative ability, and warmth as a human being. Leroy Breunig had for a year acted as interim president of the college, but in the Summer of 1976 he ceded his responsibilities to Mattfeld, who was inaugurated in the Fall in grand style at the Riverside Church. 6 INTRODUCTION By September of 1976, Mattfeld was firmly established in office, and one of her first acts was to publish a message to the students and faculty in which she described her efforts to form a group, under the auspices of the Ford Foundation, to examine the alternatives to Barnard ' s structure at the time. The objec- tive of this was to determine the position the College would be in over the next 10 years. In October of 1976, the study completed, the Ford Founda- tion report was released. The report recommended the simplifi- cation of the college ' s administration through the creation of a centralized system of Vice-Presidents who would be in charge of the major areas of the college ' s operations. The report also proposed the formulation of a college council to be made up of representatives from all the college ' s constituencies. The council would examine college-wide concerns referred to it by the president. The Ford report also outlined three possibilities for Barnard ' s future: expansion in the college ' s strongest areas; a continua- tion of the status quo; and a merger with Columbia. From about the time of the completion of the Ford report, a series of administrative appointments, transfers, and depar- tures made it clear that a significant change was occurring in the college ' s structure. Then in September of 1977 it was an- nounced that the administrative restructuring of the school was complete. The college ' s final structure almost precisely matched that proposed by the Ford Foundation report. Four vice- presidencies had been created and filled: Charles Olton was the V.P. for academic affairs; Harry Albers, the V.P. for Adminis- tration and Finance; Doris Critz, the V.P. for Public Affairs, and Barbara Schmitter, the V.P. for Student Affairs. The president also created the President ' s Advisory Com- mittee which followed the structure of the College Council suggested by the Ford report. The Barnard-Columbia Intercorporate Agreement It was in the Fall of 1976 when it was announced that talks on a new Barnard-Columbia Intercorporate agreement were underway. The most recent intercorporate agreement between the two schools was slated to expire in June of 1977, with either side having the option of extending the agreement for one year after that date. In May of 1976, the trustees of Barnard released a resolution which outlined their desire to maintain Barnard ' s autonomy and integrity while furthering the Barnard-Columbia relation- ship through interinstitutional planning and cooperation. Another, briefer, resolution made by the Columbia trustees spoke of a review of the existing arrangements and of hopes for a mutally satisfactory rearrangement in 1977. The intercorporate agreement deals with such things as fac- ulty tenure, cross-registration of courses, and other areas of Barnard-Columbia cooperation. Other Developments Arthur Altschul was, in December of 1976, appointed the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He replaced Eleanor Elliot who for 17 years had chaired the Board. Altschul, on his ap- pointment, affirmed the need to maintain Barnard ' s indepen- dent yet cooperative role in the Columbia University framework. He also expressed a support of Mattfeld ' s policies on Barnard ' s administration and his commitment to non- change. Later that fall it was revealed that Barnard had accumulated a one-million dollar deficit over the preceding six years, and that a three year plan had been formed to balance the budget. Academic Developments In February of 1977 there was an uproar over the one-year laboratory science requirement, with students demanding its reduction or outright repeal. Little action was taken on these requests. Incompletes also came under investigation, and as fear of student abuse of this option mounted, the administration tight- ened up the requirements for taking incompletes. Pass-fail options were also put under examination, with fac- ulty members voicing concern that this option induces students to put in less work than they would, were the option not avail- able. The pass-fail option for English A was abolished entirely. During the 1976-1978 academic year Barnard saw an astound- ing array of non-curricular lectures. Bernadette Devlin, the Irish militant, spoke to a crowd of 400 students in the Barnard Gym in December of 1976. Mirra Komarovsky was awarded the Emily Gregory Award. An $85,000 collection of manuscripts by Nobel Prize winning poet Gabriela Mistral was donated to the college, and the Bar- nard Bulletin reported a rising trend in preprofessionalism among the students. In March of 1977, a motion to increase the number of stu- dents in the Undergrad Executive Board from four to five members was passed by the student body. The Fall of 1977 brought in the largest class of freshwomen in the college ' s history. 508 students were introduced to the col- lege by the newsmaking, beanie-capped orientation ' 77. The unusually large number of freshwomen excacerbated an already-acute housing problem, and many students previously offered rooms were told that there were none to be had. Servomation, the problem-plagued food service at Barnard was replaced by the T.J. McDermott Company. Dean of Stu- dents Doris Coster, who ousted Servomation, herself resigned when the appointment of Barbara Schmitter as Vice-President of Student Affairs eliminated Coster ' s authority to report di- rectly to the president. The question of security at the college became an issue when a series of thefts began to generate concern. Buildings and Grounds tightened up the college ' s security as a result. Mortarboard went to the presses in the Spring of 1978 so most of the events occuring that semester could be covered in this article. C.T. (1974-1976) A.K. (1976-1978) Barnard in the P.M. (pre-McIntosh) INTRODUCTION 7 The Class of 1981, Demographic Breakdown FRES The 1981 class of freshwomen is the largest ever, with 508 new students,! as opposed to last year ' s 435. 247 of the new students came from the Middle} Atlantic States, 81 from the South, 66 from New England, 49 from the Mid- west, 39 from the West, and 25 from foreign countries. Their median SAT scores are 610 Math and 600 Verbal. 59 percent of the freshwomen are from public schools, with the rest coming from private and parochial schools. 8 FRESHWOMEN ORIENTATION Back-to-school issue 1 ( Freshman students at Columbia University and Barnard College in Nei York are being issued beanies again— much like their counterfeits in daw pone by. The beanies were mandatary tor Columbia freshmen until the latj 1960s, but the 1977-78 frosh will not be required to wear the cans. Other si tf of the times: The new beanies v.iil have visors rather than the pr . dler used in the old days. And it was discovered iha! petting 2300 beanies iiir.de i no simple t. ' k. One student said, We went to several hatters in Ko-.v Vop who said— ' You ' re crazy. We haven ' t had a t order like that in yeais. ' finally fouiid a small company that worked night and day to turn them out. ! Barnard Columbia Orientation ' 77 received a great deal of publicity, as illustrated by the many newspaper ex- cerpts on this page and on the next. Orientation is Canned With a Be By KEITH MOORE Beanies, those ignoble little skullcaps that for a time were the bane of college freshmen across the country, are making a come- back at Columbia University. It used to be that if you wore a beanie you were identified as the low- est form of humanity on campus. You were a freshman and rreshmen could- n ' t do things like walk across grass or associate with sophomores, an old Georgetown University man recalled. It was like penance, he said. But, even though the be:mie is back, the attitude has changed. What rk yas serious business for college stu- aents in the ' 30s, ' 40s, and even in the ' 50s, is a joke 1o most Columbia under- graduates today. The beanie ' s return is the brain- child of a senior and not a Columbia freshman. The student ' s name is Nick Serwer. It started out as a joke and it still is a joke, Serwer, a coordinator of freshman orientation, said. ' ' No col- lege would have the gall to try to bring back the beanie. But then we thought, why not give them out as a free souvenir? And that is how a 75- year-old Columbia tradition that died in the furious 1960 came to be re- stored. So today, when the nearly 2,300 Columbia and Barnard freshmen begin their orientation, the beanie will be a part of their introduction ingside Heights campus. It will also be a first .women, who never had funny little caps. But 1 apparently already caugjj senior, Claire Tse, who sa more traditions here and hope that beanies will be a pleasant experience. Maybe it will bring college spirit, a jea Yale University official s| at Yale ever had to weai always thought it was in b An official at NYU ; the old college spirit, it ' s a ridiculous idea; it ' | lege freshmen like childrc Hat band tudents at Columbia University and Bar- wrd College in New York City are returni- ng to the old-fashioned ways of being a reshman this year. Until the late 1960s, beanies were mandatory articles for many freshmen. Although beanies aren ' t re- quired, new students at these schools are bringing back a little tradition. H eames Mack tor Lolumbm From ButThey ' re No Longer Mandatory NEW YORK, Sept. 1 (TJ PI) — Beanies, nostalgic not give them out free as a souvenir — a replica of symbols of another age. adorned the heads an earlier Columbia tradition, just to keep. And if man said, because the old freshman beanie was a skullcap. We laughed when we first had the idea. said senior Nick Senver, Columbia College coordinator of freshman orientation, No college would have the gall to try to bring Wk ihn lwanic. we said. But then, v d thought, why freshmen. Another souvenir. Senver, a pre law major from Chevy CIia.se, Md,, said it wasn ' t easy getting the 2,300 beanies made. We went to several hatters in New York who said— You ' re crazy. We haveiFRBSHWPM - till that in years. ' We finally found a small company that worked night and day to turn them out. ORIENTATION ' 77 Each year the incoming freshmen and transfers are introduced to Barnard College, Columbia Uni- versity and New York City through the Orientation program. The student coordinators are selected during the Fall semester of the preceding year and in February the committee in charge of the various programs is chosen. Starting early in the Spring season right through those long, hot summer days and nights the coordinators work on the scheduling and planning of events they feel will be beneficial as well as enjoyable for the incoming students. This planning involves conferences with the Deans of Barnard, Columbia, Engineering and Nursing, con- tacting professors, calling up talent agents, seeking student talents, planning receptions and themes for the social events, assigning housing space keep- ing track of all the sponsors and coordinating the minority a nd transfer programs into the general Orientation program. This year by the beginning of August, there was a feeling of panic when it seemed that nothing was falling into place. Of course every- thing worked out in the end. Although each Orientation has tended to dupli- cate the one before it, thus creating an endless stream of dull and unimaginative ideas, Barnard- Columbia Orientation ' 77 was anything but that. From the first day of the four day program to the first day of registration the Class of 1981 was of- fered many surprises and a variety of events to choose from. Moreover the class of ' 81 itself held a few surprises: Love at first bite (At Left) Moving in to BHR 12 FRESHWOMEN THOSE NOTORIOUS BEANIES! Barnard ' s incoming freshman class was the largest in the history of the school, representing a 16% increase over last year ' s alone. From the start it was obvious that these students would be a pleasant surprise. Most arrived on or before appointed check-in time and appeared eager to begin their lives at Barnard. Likewise most were very receptive to the Orientation program, another difference from some past years. This year less emphasis was put on the big events, thus making room for more variety. As one freshman happily remarked, There were so many events, I hardly knew which to go to! Ac- ademic counseling was also given a place in the program. There were speakers from nearly every department to aid interested freshmen. Revived from previous years were the all time favorites: tickets to the Forest Hills Tennis Tournament, theater tickets, a midnight cruise around Manhat- ten, and of course the Cabaret. The most notori- ous innovation was the reintroduction of beanies. Once a tradition at Columbia, this was a first for Barnard. Beanies, the highlight of Orientation ' 77 met with overwhelming, if mixed responses. The major objection raised by freshmen and students at other Ivies was that these adorable little blue hats marked with the student ' s class year were demeaning. The majority of people, how- ever, found the idea intriguing, as evidenced by the incredible amount of newscoverage received. Nearly every local TV station, as well as the New York Times and the Daily News, covered the story. On one station a shot of a dog in a beanie was shown to prove that indeed everyone was wearing them. 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Each day there are new diversions to drag us from our studies; diversions ranging from the Olympia Theater to the Staten Island ferry. The Barnard student body is represented both at radical feminist meeting houses in the Village, and the after hours clubs around the corner from them. Mayoral campaigns become important even to those still registered in Kan- sas, but we become even more agitated about the ever-continuing city wide clean-up cam- paign. Given a pencil and pad our conception of the globe would resemble the famous New Yorker magazine cover — New York promi- nently outweighing all the rest. i itm mis • «•« ram i •■ i t iiiii II IHV I Hill Mill I Hill IIIK i mil mis i mil inn i urn mil i iiiii m s  i Mm Ml tt it Mill Fifth Avenue cleanup crew Commuters are treated to the spectacle of evening traffic on the George Washington Bridge 18 COLORFUL REFLECTIONS COLORFUL REFLECTIONS 19 20 COLORFUL REFLECTIONS Riverside Church, reflected in the windows of the Interchurch Center Certainly we could outdo the New Yorker by depicting Morningside Heights as the center of our universe. These few square blocks become more ingrained in our psyche than any freshman could anticipate. If the number of graduates who choose to stay in the area is any indication, the magnetism of Broadway between 110th and 120th streets is very great indeed. How can one break the habit of waking up to a fresh croissant and cafe-au-lait in the Hungarian Pastry Shop, or the equally addictive late night, tranquilizing drink in the West End? The mere thought of it is as upsetting as the possibility of no longer seeing Saint John the Divine on daily walks past 112 street. Although some areas unfortunately seem to have become off limits, we intrepidly stroll, jog or ride through all others so that there is barely a nook or cranny of this neighborhood which we have not explored. COLORFUL REFLECTIONS 21 Academic Solitude An early morning view of the walk in front of Milbank Of course it is the campus that gets mos our attention; the Barnard buildings strung out on one easily memorized row, and the clumps of Columbia buildings which remind so many freshmen of a treacherous labyrinth. By the end of our four years the only treacherous aspect that remains are those beautiful herringbone brick walkways which provide as much friction when it rains as an ice skating rink. There really is so much that is imposing and outstanding on both the campuses. The red brick of most of the academic buildings is wonderfully rich, with real Old World elegance. COLORFUL REFLECTIONS 23 St. Pauls Chapel nestled among a cluster of campus buildings. Alma Mater sets a good example by actually reading while sitting on the Low steps The statue of Alma Mater presides over activities in front of Butler salmon pink in bright daylight. Notice the coke bottle behind her? An Past architects have left us with a Beaux-Arts library which looks like a Greek temple, while recent ar- chitects have given us a pre-fabricated biology building and an underground Fine Arts Library. Time has shaped much of our present use of the campus, con- verting the Low Library steps into an area for loung- ing, and robbing us of several tennis courts, only tc replace them with the all-purpose Mcintosh. So ofteri enclosed within the confines of the University, small daily confrontations with it have a huge impact on us. 24 COLORFUL REFLECTIONS An aerial view of Barnard Hall from BHR Library and College Walk. The herring bone bricks appear almost interesting mix of old and new. Nothing could be more thrilling than to see the flowers start to bloom around Mcintosh after a long, grey New York winter. Nothing makes us feel more at home than a rendezvous at the Sundial. Nothing is more touching than wandering back to Furnald at night and realizing that you have the campus all to yourself. A.L. COLORFUL REFLECTIONS 25 Helen Goodhart Altschul Hall Hartley and Livingston by E.M. Richards 28 COLORFUL REFLECTIONS Neither rain, nor sleet, nor 30 COLORFUL REFLECTIONS COLORFUL REFLECTIONS 31 fin 32 COLORFUL R EFLECTIONS THE SILENT MAJORITY Arising from the depths of the subways, jumping off a bus, pulling into a parking space, strolling, sag- ging, loping, lagging, they come — Barnard ' s com- muters. Much ado has been made about the distorted life-style of this sector of the student body. But they would rather be looked upon as the college ' s free- wheeling, jet setting crowd, racing across the city with style and grace, reaping the healthful benefits of their rigorous schedules (where ' s that bus already, it ' s freezing out here . . . ). While their fellow students set their alarms for twenty minutes before class time and practically roll out of bed into morning classes, the commuters have the sleep gently lifted out of their systems by honking traffic, pothole bounces and the subway ' s symphony of screeches and rumbles. Instead of simply walking to their classes in a semi-conscious stupor, they have the pleasure of absorbing the rush and reality of city life. While waiting for their trains, commuters may get to hear old ladies explaining the networks of the national conspiracy of cockroaches — how many residents can have such rich experiences without going out of their way? - ■ • - 1 34 THE SILENT MAJORITY daily journeys. Those with an interest in linguistics may take copious notes on the subject of subway graffitti, in the hopes that one day it will be de- ciphered. Those who ride past Central Park each day and have a special interest in botany, may study the details of its vegetation and thus keep track of sea- sonal developments (A palm tree? Now I know I ' ve been working too hard . . . ). Of course there are certain things to which the commuter must adjust, amongst them the fact that 9:00 A.M. classes are out of the question. The need to plan time carefully and find constructive ways of dealing with those long stretches of time between the last 4:00 class and that 8:00 club meeting taxes the commuter ' s imagination. The obvious solution would be to avoid all such meetings and indeed here enters the usual comments about commuter ' s lack of participation in student activities. However, one makes determined vows to use this time to finish all the library reserve reading for the semester. But un- fortunately one usually ends up using the time in much less proftiable activites such as sprees of letter writing to friends across the nation. Cont. The commuter ' s social life and recreational ac- tivities are often closer to home base than to the campus. The old neighborhood still looks the same, a Barnard resident might say upon returning home for summer vacation. But the commuter can avoid such cliches, as she lives perenially amidst the neighborhood stores, the neighborhood movie- theaters, and the neighborhood parents. While the residents may be bewildered upon their return home by the complex emotional demands and hang-ups of parents, the thick skinned commuter has made an art of keeping them under control, using threats such as moving in with her boyfriend or dropping out of school and going to Europe. Commuters do have the option of joining in cam- pus recreational life though. One might be surprised to discover that the most vigorous egg thrower or the producer of the loudest screams out a dormitory window one weekend night is the commuter friend of one of the residents. To her, a night in the dorm is a night out, a special treat (What would it be like to actually live here?) Yes, the commuters acquire wisdom from their Commuters — and residents — at the Commuter Action Com- mittee ' s Halloween party in the fall. THE SILENT MAJORITY 35 Paula Franceze, head of the McAC Commuter Action Committee. So, if you happen to hear some twenty year old commuter addressing an eighteen year old resident as mother, do not run to the counseling service to renew your Valium prescription. This could be the result of the Commuter Action organization ' s Adopt-a-Commuter program, designed to allow commuters to stay overnight in the dorms so they can participate in campus nightlife. They may be seen around campus carrying um- brellas in the sunshine ( It looked like rain when I left my house this morning . . . ) or lugging around unusually heavy loads of books, but commuters are not really in their own world. Commuters are Bar- nard students too (about 60% of them). They ' re often in the midst of things — at a Bulletin meeting, a Macintosh dance, an end-of-exam-week drunken brawl, and even (ahem) on the Mortarboard staff. L.K 36 THE SILENT MAJORITY The lockers at the women ' s room in Mcintosh Center provide many a weary commuter with relief from heavy books, bags, and what-have-you. Hey, we commute too, you know! ' Far left: A student takes a study break in front of Milbank. The heavy bag of books hint that she is one of the Silent Majority. Left: Another prob- able member of the Silent Majority. This one comes from across the street. THE SILENT MAJORITY 37 38 THE SILENT MAJORITY COMMAC ACTION EXPRESS: ALL ABOARD! COMMAC President, Paula Franceze fill in a student . . . This year, the Commuter Action Organization has been barreling ahead at full speed! Established in 1975, the Commuter Action Committee of the Mcintosh Activities Council serves as a social and advocacy committee for making campus life more amenable to the commuters. Past events have in- cluded everything from ice-skating parties to ex- cursions to the Great Adventure Amusement Park. This fall, the group started off on the right track with the successful activities for commuters during the Freshman Orientation program. The main goal of the activities was to encourage the commuting students to remain on campus for the entire Orien- tation. This was accomplished by the innovation of a baggage-check system, a commuter-resident Cof- feehouse, and an all-day excursion to Barnard ' s home-away-from-home, Holly House. . . . while students fill up at the COMMAC Wine and Cheese Party. On another level, Commuter Action began a lob- bying program with the New York City Bus Train Pass Coalition to obtain transportation discount passes for college commuters. The group obtained library priviledges to meet the needs of the com- muters, as well as overseeing the newly opened Commuter Rest Stop in Mcintosh Center and pre- paring accomodations for overnight on-campus housing facilities. Car pools, train pools, and the Adopt-a-Commuter Program also went into opera- tion and were successfully received. The success of the COMMAC endeavors have reflected the spirit and interest of the body of the commuting students as well as that of the Organiza- tion itself, whose members, under the leadership of President Paula Franceze, are a vibrantly en- thusiastic group of students. P.F. THE SILENT MAJORITY 39 On October 13, 1977 the Columbia Spectator published an article in which it was claimed that for the near future at least, the possibility of merger between Barnard and Columbia will be ruled out. The rather vague statement, made by the Trustees Committee on Barnard College-Columbia University Relations, on which the Spectator article was based, left one to wonder whether or not the issue really has been resolved. As university senator from Barnard, Merri Rosenberg has developed some well considered opinions on the subject. Ever since the possibility of a Barnard merger, absorption, what-have-you, with Columbia was raised a few years ago, one of the surefire ways of provoking discussion and controversy in any gathering where there is at least one Barnard female and one Columbia male is to bring up these questions: Should Columbia leave Barnard alone? What would befall all of us if Columbia were to admit women? Should Barnard submit to Columbia ' s eager advances and get married ? Do people really care? Then, the more I thought about it the more I realized that yet another piece weighing the many sides of this issue was not called for. If this piece were to have any validity for the majority of Barnard women looking back at their yearbook and college in a few years, it would have to focus on the personal level of Barnard-Columbia interaction. The fact is that a large part of the Barnard experience is pervaded by the sense of Columbia looming over us. From the day we enter as freshwomen, believing that in truth we enrolled in merely the women ' s division of Columbia University, until our more enlightened senior year, Columbia is more than background music. 40 VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Columbia affects our lives as Barnard women, no matter how vehemently some of the avowed separatists would like to deny it. Is it coincidence that many of the Undergrad officers have lived in Columbia dorms in the recent past, or that certain departments necessitate trips across Broadway? We take many of our courses, both required and elective across that great mental divide that is Broadway, spend a good part of our lives in Burgess-Carpenter, and cram for exams in the College Reading Room. We party all night in the John Jay Pub, root for the guys at football and basketball games, give up some of our feminist convictions while being pursued by Columbia men and gradually acquire a taste, if not a downright grudging affection, for that megalith of a compus Columbians are proud to call their own. Barnard women sleep with Columbia men, work side by side with them at Spectator, Sundial, BOM and at numerous, varied activites at Ferris Booth Hall. We live with them in Columbia dorms and at BHR, eat with them, sing with them in the Chorus, act with them in the Players, beat them at tennis and squash in the Levien gym, fight with them, and love them. Some end up Marrying (or at least cohabitating with) them; a few define their existence by them. In 1968 many Barnard women participated in the student strikes with Columbia men, sat in the Dean ' s office in Hamilton Hall and were arrested along with the men. We are now entitled to sit in the University Senate, one result of that uprising, and to participate in Columbia dorm councils and work as residence counselors in their halls, which we have made into our homes as well. After all, when Shenton ' s crowded lectures, Selig ' s Don Quixote and Wallace Gray fade into the recesses of our memory, what will we remember? I hope it will be lazy afternoons on Low Plaza, wild evenings and early mornings in the Pub and all the other times when we were free to relax with friends, good friends no matter what side of the street they came from. VIVE LA DIFFERENCE 41 42 VIVE LA DIFFERENCE TALKING . . . AND LISTENING lazy afternoons on Low Plaza. VIVE LA DIFFERENCE 43 Life on Campus Most of us start out in that madhouse, Reid Hall. There, one makes fast friends, gossips continually, tries to learn to live with a roomate, and to live without much sleep. Halls become close-knit groups, travelling in large bunches, and indulging in enormously long sessions in the cafeteria. Lots of laughing, lots of crying, and lots of drinking mark the first year of dorm life. Traumas abound, whether it be leaving your parents, that first exam, or the end of that first love affair. Yet looking back on Freshman year we ' re left with no doubt that it was one of the richest, most action-filled years of our lives. Freshman year is also the last year you ' ll venture into Carman. Sophomore year is usually spent in one of the adjoining buildings. You dread eating BHR food again but look forward to the social break which the cafeteria provides. Its wonderful to have your own room, although at three in the morning you become nostalgic about the great discussions you had with your roommate late at night. But finally there is someplace to go when you have to be alone to study, even if it is only an extended closet. For those who find themselves part of a clique which can ' t be separated for more than five mi- nutes at a time, Plimpton or 616 offer wonderful living alternatives. Of course, there are no men in 616, and the walk up Amsterdam from Plumpton is endless in the morning, but the joys of living in a suite surely compensate for these annoyances. How else could you learn how to calculate tele- phone message units or how quickly people tire of doing the dishes? In all seriousness, the closeness which can be fostered because of the cooperation necessary to make a suite work form the basis of our firmest friendships. This page, clockwise from top right: photographer Kabia captures a reflection of the BHR foyer; Chris Bernat ' s My Room in Plimpton ; the mailboxes at Plimpton; the Reid Living-room. Opposite page, clockwise from top: T-shirts on sale at the Plimpton main desk; the piano in the Brooks lobby; a studious moment in the Hewitt lounge; students purchase late-night refreshments at a store on Amsterdam Avenue; the BHR hallway, looking towards the poster-plastered bulletin board at the rear. 1 • h f . _ I J r ' t- i 1 ? J3l it I — -4 46 RESIDENTS ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Illustration by Chris Bernat RESIDENTS 47 While some sink into the security of BHR, Plimpton, or 616 living, junior year is the point at which adventurous souls cross the street for an even tinier room in one of the Columbia dorms. The overwhelmingly masculine atmosphere (i.e. messiness) of a dorm like John Jay can be shocking at first, but soon life becomes just as routine here, and you no longer notice the beer cans in the TV lounge. The passing of the seasons is recorded by the sport which happens to be on TV and the stereos seem to have a far greater impact than you ever remember in BHR. Speaking of BHR, you hear stories from incredible numbers of men who claim to never have entered those hallowed halls. Possibly because they had no one to sign them in . . . Jaded seniors really have a pick of the finest in living accomodations. Bigger rooms in Hartley or Livingston (same dungeon of a laundry room, though), or the little world of Furnald, 600, or 620 West 1 16th Street. These come quite close to being apartments, and therefore are wonderfully suited for the mature independent senior. Furnald tends to be somewhat a disappointment, its reputation for liveliness and loose living having been transferred to 2 Hartley some time ago. At this point it is al- most de rigeur to be totally bored with dorm living and to begin to search for apartments on 111th Street. Some never make it that far and settle for huge singles in McBain which at least, is close to Mama Joy ' s. Illustration by E.M. Richards 48 RESIDENTS I I I A QUESTION: There are some students who don ' t really commute. However Housing doesn ' t call them residents. Where do they live? ANSWER: Morningside Heights! 50 RESIDENTS RESIDENTS 51 Resident Life The dorm at 600 West 116 Street is, strangely enough, called 600 by students. It is also an apartment-style dorm, with each suite containing bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen. 600 is owned and operated by Barnard but some of the apartments there are leased out to non-student ten- ants. There are no freshmen living in the building and seniors, that privileged group, have first prior- ity for the rooms. The second of the three Barnard owned and op- erated apartments on 116 street is number 616. 616 holds another 207 Barnard women who like to live with 4 or 5 friends, and like to eat their own home-cooked meals. The last apartment is 620 West 116 which houses 102 juniors and seniors. Like 600 this building has non-student tenants, but Barnard is hoping that eventually these apart- ments will be available and will help to ease the housing crunch. The Brooks-Hewitt-Reid complex, commonly known as BHR, is a very traditional dorm. That is to say, the rooms are either singles or doubles and resi- dents share communal bathrooms. There is one small kitchenette for the entire dorm where students can fix snacks, but all must join the meal plan. As to the food served, one student would only say that it is less palatable than the gossip. Indeed, 517 stu- dents live in BHR and each one knows something about the other 516. Brooks, the oldest of the buildings, was built in 1907, followed by Hewitt in 1925 and Reid, the most recent, in 1961. Reid is populated exclusively by freshwomen and all the rooms there are doubles, as opposed to Brooks and Reid which have a mix of all four classes and contain singles as well as doubles. Plimp ton, the newest of the Barnard dorms, was completed in 1962, and is the only dorm with air- conditioning. That, in part, makes up for its out-of- the-way location on Amsterdam Avenue at 121st street. Plimpton residents live in apartment style suites made up of five single rooms. Contrary to popular belief the suites are either all male or all female. 52 RESIDENTS Barnard College has a room exchange agreement with Columbia, wherein 209 Barnard women get rooms in Columbia dorms and 209 Columbia men get rooms in Barnard dorms. This year there are 70 Barnard women in John Jay, 42 in Hartley, 38 in Furnald, 30 in McBain and 29 in Livingston. 115 Columbia men have gravitated to Plimpton and 94 are residing in BHR. 4 r n ' n IV I v. . L. , s t ' ;„ | Roberta Campbell Assistant Dean of Housing at Columbia RESIDENTS 53 After the tragic fire that killed several co-eds at Rhode Island State University, CBS sent newsman Charles Crawford (pictured above) to interview Barnard students and determine their reaction to the fire. Issues discussed included fire safety and prevention, a very important issue to all Columbia and Barnard students who recall last year ' s fires at Livingston Hall. RESIDENTS STUDENT Mcintosh Center is Going through Changes The Millicent Mcintosh Center is for many students the place where the non-academic side of Barnard comes out. Club en- thusiasts come here to join in, students to party, commuters to eat, and Foosball wizards to match skills and agility. Here in the Upper Level, are the administrative offices of the Dean of Students, Housing, and Campus Activities. The Young Center, which was completed in 1969, has seen many changes in its few years of existence. Much of the lower level where the club offices are located used to be open space, but as the number of clubs increased, the area was gradually converted to much-needed office space. The mailroom, now located on the lower level was upstairs where the Jean Palmer Room — a place for conferences — now is. In its former location, the mailroom serviced only commuters, but with the move downstairs, its services were extended to the entire stu- dent body. The Campus Activities Office, CAO, used to be in the present office of the dean of Students in the Upper Level and the Office of Undergrad was in 206 Mcintosh where the CAO is now. Undergrad moved downstairs to an office on the lower level a few years ago when the office of Dean of Students was created, which necessitated the release of the office space. Two new offices have been added to the Center this year. The television room, little used by students was converted to an office for the Commuter Action Organization and a Commuter Rest Room was set up in the adjoining room. An interesting development was the creation of the Theater Goer ' s Guild box-office where students can purchase discount tick- ets to hit plays. John Reardon, head of the CAO, who first conceived of the idea, built the box-office, later turning it over to the manage- ment of Elise Septee of McAc. Reardon is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Center and with his 28 student assistants, he keeps watch over the bowling alley, the foos-ball machines, the audio-visual equipment, the xerox machine, the music practice rooms and the various club- related administrative tasks. A significant change this year was the departure of Servomation, the company that supervised the Center ' s food services and vending machines. Servomation was replaced by the McDermott Company in the Spring of 1978. Future plans for the Center will probably include the conversion of the cloakroom in 117-118 to a darkroom. Reardon has ideas for giving the Center a more relaxing atmosphere. He has already in- stalled a stereo system which is used to broadcast music and public announcements and he hopes to put up decorations in the Center, especially in the drab recreation room. Those orange kites which, for a few years flew over the stairs in the center of the building, were dismantled, showing that the Center is already going through changes. Student Activities at Barnard When a student is looking for an outlet for a so- cial, recreational or political interest, she can turn to one of the fifty-five clubs registered at Barnard. Student activities supply the means for students to employ their non-academic time, and to acquire practical skills in the process. This is particularly true at Columbia University, where one can find a club to satisfy almost all needs. Potential Cyranos can join one of the Minor Latham Theatre Companies, latent Wolfman Jacks can practice at WKCR, and New York Times aspi- rants can acquire reporting skills at the Barnard Bul- letin. If amongst the existing clubs a student cannot find one to her taste, it is always possible for her to start her own group. This year, several new clubs made requests for registration and funding at Bar- nard, amongst which were the Circle-K-Club, a community social work group, and the Barnard Columbia Book Co-op. Although the number of students actively in- volved in clubs is small, the fact that most club events are usually open to the university commu- nity means that interested, but non-commital stu- dents can also share in the fun, as observers or informal participants. To the extent that students attend political rallies, participate in folk dance groups, or attend the lectures of academic clubs one could say that most members of the college are involved. And then the occasional special events, such as Spring Festival, this year ' s Atlantic City Convention, or the Celebration of Black Woman- hood Weekend, attract large numbers of people and further augment the possibilities for involve- ment. Time, being a valuable commodity in college, most students are unwilling to make club commit- ments they may be unable to fulfil. John Reardon, head of the Campus Activities Office, estimates that about one-quarter of the stud ent body is ac- tively involved. But these students are rewarded with opportunities for developing leadership skills through the planning and execution of projects. Deborah Johnson, President of the Mcintosh Ac- tivities Council (McAc) says she joined the organi- zation in order to help in planning social life at the college, and was rewarded by acquiring an in- side view of the workings of the university. It ' s fun, she remarked. Reardon who has been at Barnard for one-and- a-half years as of the Fall of 1977, works to service many of the needs of the clubs. These services in- clude the xeroxing and stencilling facilities, room assignments for special events, the supplying of television and audio-visual equipment, and the ad- vising of clubs on the best way to get things done. Reardon observes that since he has been here a growing number of Columbia clubs have been ac- quiring registration at Barnard. (In the Fall of 1977 at least 20 of the 55 Barnard clubs were also regis- tered at Columbia). This, Reardon believes, is owing in part to the lower costs of services, espe- cially room rentals, at Barnard. He also described the Barnard network of student activities as being less bureaucratic than that at Columbia, thus re- sulting in a more congenial atmosphere for clubs. Reardon believes that since the Barnard budgeting decisions are made by students (the five members of the Undergrad Board) it is somewhat easier for clubs to get funding at Barnard, thus inducing Columbia-based groups to seek Barnard registra- tion. Undergrad Vice-President Lori Gold cautions however that Undergrad does not make funding decisions blindly. Each club is carefully evaluated, and it must meet certain criteria set by Undergrad as well as have a certain proportion of Barnard women among its members. Gold also cites the good communications Undergrad has with the Columbia Office of Student Activities. This prevents clubs from getting funds from both sides of the street without either side learning of it. Barnard student activities funds this year are roughly $100,000 says Undergrad Treasurer Margo Berch. This represents a large increase over previous years ' funds, and is a function of the in- crease in the student activities fee from $35 to $50. The fee increase was approved by the Board of Trustees and was passed in the Fall of 1977 by a student referendum. An unexpectedly large num- ber of students in the class of 1981 also helped to increase the amount of student activities funds available this year. A.K. Reardon confers with Lori Gold Mortarboard made offers of coverage to all the clubs or organizations registered at Barnard. The clubs featured in this yearbook are the ones who responded to this offer, and those of whom we could obtain photographs from other sources The amount of space each -p. . .__ organization received was both a function of the scope of its operations and of the timeliness of its response to our offer of coverage bl UUcIN I LlrC 5 EMI IN WONDERLAND This year, we discovered that a mouse had taken up resi- dence in the Undergrad Office. This, in itself, was not so amaz- ing, as small furry rodents have been known to frequent Mcin- tosh Center from the beginning of Fall semester. But, the Undergrad mouse had one special distinction, it could talk. I discovered this one day as I was sitting in the Undergrad Office, talking with someone on the telephone. Oh my God — I just saw a mouse run into the office! I exclaimed. Emi, I think you ' ve been working too hard. You ' d better leave for the afternoon. came the amused reply. No, I insisted, I ' m sure I saw a mouse. Much later that afternoon, I was sitting at my desk finishing up some work, when I heard a tiny little voice inquire, Excuse me, but are you the new President of Undergrad? I looked up from my work towards the door, but no one was there. Then I heard a discreet little cough from the floor, and I looked down and there was — THE MOUSE! ASS I VVlll be due. j -f hi s ueek bjr I Wed II nd . noan bv f V cherkl tfoni be ready wn+il late nex week d«« f Emily Gaylord (sans Eunice) Suzanne Lofrumento new position on Undergrad, the Officer of the Board, that ' s Nancy. I know that! the mouse squealed gleefully, I was just testing you! ' Its furry little face grew serious. I bet you ' re still pretty busy this year, even though you do have one more per- son to help out. Boy, you ' re not kidding! I sighed. Some days I feel like I have just too many things to do and not enough hours in the day to do them in. Well. said the mouse, relaxing on all four paws again, You have to view things in their proper perspective. Do you feel you have accomplished much? How so do you mean? Well, what have you done this year? What have we done? What haven ' t we done? We ' ve spon- sored a variety of major events such as party buses to athletic games, an all night party, a reading by Gwendolyn Brooks, a celebration of Black Womanhood weekend, and an Undergrad- uate Convention as well as hosting the semi-annual Seven Sis- ters Conference. We helped support a struggling group of musi- 60 STUDENT LIFE Needless to say, I was speechless, I sat there for a few sec- onds, eyes gaping, and then decided that, indeed I had been working too hard, but that I ' d play along with the mouse, any- way. Why yes I am, I gulped, trying to conceal my astonish- ment. The mouse stood up on its little hind legs and folded its little forelegs over its haunches. Hmm. . . What ' s your name? it inquired. Uh. . . Emily. Emily Gaylord. And you ' re a senior, of course, the mouse snapped. Its in the rules, you know. Why, yes, you ' re right. I am a senior, and you do have to be a senior to run for Undergrad President. And who are the others? it asked with a small trace of an approving smile. Well, there ' s Lori Gold — she ' s the vice President of Stu-, dent Government; there ' s Suzanne Lofrumento — she ' s Vice President of Student Activities; there ' s Margot Berch, our Treasurer; and then there ' s Nancy Herring. . . Wait a minute! the mouse interrupted, its wiskers twitch- ing, that ' s five members of Undergrad! There were only four, last year. Yes, I know, I replied, feeling slightly ludicrous explaining these things to a mere mouse. Last Spring, the old Undergrad Board held a referendum out of which it was decided to create a Members of Undergrad and students honor Marianne Gelber, Barnard ' s beloved Health Service nurse at her farewell party. m L to R: Gaylord, Gold, Berch, Lofrumento and Herring Cont. cians, who went on to acheive great success we gave our sup- port to the first book Co-op, and sponsored a variety of other events, in addition to funding and coordinating our usual Undergrad activities, such as Spring Festival. Lori did a tre- mendous amount of work in interviewing applicants for the Winter and Summer Grant Programs. Suzanne did an unbeliev- able job in coordinating all Barnard club activities and in work- ing in close cooperation with our fellow students across the street. Margot struggled over the budgets, allocations, and re- quisitions all year long, in addition to coming up with some really innovative programming ideas. And Nancy hung in there and helped us out in keeping our records straight, taking care of publicity and doing other odd, but essential jobs. In essence, my friend, we have been very busy! Sounds good to me! the mouse said, blinking both eyes and exposing two little buck teeth. I hope you realize how lucky you are to have Undergrad. There ' s nothing quite like it over at Columbia, poor fellows. Mouse, you are pretty smart. I told it. You are right. Undergrad is unique because student activities and student government are all in one office. Our student activities fees are for the students, handled by the students. I think that ' s better than letting the administration make decisions for us. So do I. How are the students responding this year? in- quired the mouse, whom I was rapidly becoming fond of. Well, we ' ve really been trying to keep the lines of com- munication open this year. Lori got the Student Representative Council going again this year; it is a good sounding board for student opinion from all of the Tri-Partitie committees. Suzanne and Margot held monthly club meetings, which are another source of feedback. And because there are more of us, we held more office hours than ever before. Good, good! That ' s delightful to hear! Hey, Mr. Mouse how come you know so much? My dear, I am not Mr. Mouse, I am Ms. Mouse, and my name is Eunice. I have been at this college for many years now. Emily, you and your fellow Undergrad members have worked hard all year. It is Springtime. Soon, you will graduate. You must go forth from this school and be proud, too. You must make others aware of what Barnard is and stands for. You are a woman, you have received one of the best educations possible in this country today, and you will probably attain some kind of success. I know, she continued, that life here at Barnard is not always easy. One is not fed things on a silver platter. Often, one feels discouraged by the lack of unity normally expressed in a small college, but you must remember that you are in anurban environment and it ' s hard to pull things together sometimes. Don ' t I know it. I said, rolling my eyes. Well, a lot folks forget it — and they forget Barnard. Promise me you won ' t forget Barnard, Emily. Margot Berch I promise I won ' t forget Barnard, Eunice. Good bye Emily. Have a wonderful commencement and good luck in whatever you do. And without another squeak, the mouse vanished. I sat there for a few more minutes, staring at the spot where the mouse had been perching, I think (Or was it that my eyesight had been failing?) And then, I gathered up my papers, turned out the light, and made sure the door was secure behind me as I left the Under- grad Office. E.G. Lori Gold STUDENT LIFE 61 McAC Behind all the Halloween Dances and the mysteri- ously appearing seasonal decorations in the Millicent Mcintosh Student Center, there lies the ever expand- ing McAc. Barnard ' s own social club has grown within the past years to a smooth-running storehouse for social, intellectual, and cultural activities. Con- sisting now of approximately nine commitees, McAc had been originally organized to handle Mcintosh functions, but it has not been restricted to this. Zooprax, offering fine films at student rates is among one of McAc ' s most successful projects. Along with McAc, it too has expanded and become one of the cheapest and most entertaining outlets on campus. Speaking of outlets, the McAc-sponsored dances can be held responsible for relieving the A social committee member many tensions of day-to-day student life. There ' s no- thing better than 9 kegs of beer, a good crowd, and continuous music to soothe the savage beast . At this year ' s Halloween Dance, the savage beast was yet to be subdued. The patrons at this dance included a Henchman (axe included), your normal every-day Columbia College inmate dressed as a voluptious cheerleader (complete with pom-poms), a raincoat-covered Flasher, the Pillsbury Doughboy, and a group of sperm cells (obviously Bio majors). Most of McAc ' s activities are either co-sponsored or encouraged by Columbia College or Engineering, and they are open to all, Lecture series are continu- ously being developed. The recently set up Faculty Committee is busily organizing brunches, basketball games, and panel discussions between students and professors. The Emily Gregory Award, sponsored by McAc is given yearly to a professor nominated as a responsive and helpful human being as well as a responsible teacher. This year, the Theater-Goers Guild opened its doors in a discount ticket booth in the lower level of Mcintosh Center. Half-price tick- ets are sold to practically all of today ' s Broadway shows as well as New York concerts. This booth carries on the McAc tradition of not only bringing school life closer to the student, but also of trying to incorporate what the city has to offer to the school. Debbie Johnson — president of McAc 62 STUDENT LIFE One of the most carefully nurtured and well brought up children of McAc is the Commuter Ac- tion Committee. It is a club dedicated to proving that a social life does not depend on how far one lives from campus. In spite of all this progress, McAc is still expand- ing. In February, a McAc-sponsored rock concert, involving 2000 customers, is scheduled. Spring Festival includes the McAc booths; registration in September would not be complete without Barnard Day, where McAc is represented. In between Sep- tember and May, there are dances, lectures, out- ings, and socializing in general. The cycle of events provided by McAc is a successful attempt to amuse, enlighten, entertain, and assure us that there ' s something more to Mcintosh than ping- pong tables, mailboxes, Fuse-ball machines, and cafeteria food in Mcintosh Center. Elisa Septee at the Theater Goers box office McAC left to right — Cindy Iadapolous, Jeff Stracha. Heda Eisenberg, Debbie Johnson, Elisa Septee, Jennifer Grey, Dina Markson, Kate Rohrbach, Paula Franzese. not pic- tured — Gina Kane, Rosemarie Fabien, April Sponaugle STUDENT LIFE 63 front: 1. to r. — George Ling, Darlene Yee, Helen Chin, Susan Shiroma. back: 1. to r. — Charlie Suh, Brian Chin, Milton Eng, Ignacio Chi Barnard Organization of Black Women The Barnard Organization is the first and only Black women ' s group on the Barnard Columbia campus. The Organization is involved in making the University and surrounding communities more aware of the intellectual and cultural wealth of Black people in America today. In the past BOB W has held political conferences, workshops on dif- ferent facets of life, tutorial programs, and an an- nual fund raising event for a Freshman scholarship fund. This year, the group is sponsoring its biggest and most rewarding event, The Celebration of Black Womanhood Weekend. This celebration is an outward expression of the positive feelings which the group has of its members and other black women students. Asian Journal The Asian Journal was founded for the purpose of educating the general Columbia Barnard com- munity on a wide variety of areas concerning Asians. The officers of the Journal hope to ac- complish this objective by means of an annual student publication produced by and about, but not exclusively for Asians. By this means, the officers hope to establish a knowledgeable and stimulating atmosphere for the constructive communication of thoughts on various important Asian-related subjects. Preparing for the Black Womanhood Weekend are: Ronnie Mallet, Deborah Johnson (President of B.O.B.W.), Diane Elebe, Sharon Roberson, and Kuumba Edwards. (Not shown, Anita Harris, Vernice Miller, Janice Webb) THE CLUBS MEETING Every so often each semester, always on a Fri- day, Undergrad calls together all the Barnard regis- tered clubs for a meeting in the recreation room. During these meetings (called, strangely enough, Clubs Meetings ), the members of Undergrad discuss such issues as budgets, services provided for clubs in Mcintosh Center and general proce- dures for clubs to use in order to get things done. The clubs meeting of December 9th, pictured here, was a particularly heated one. Several stu- dents sharply criticized an Undergrad decision to spend five hundred dollars for an Undergraduate Convention in Atlantic City, providing a general discussion on the procedure Undergrad uses to dis- tribute money to the clubs and about the constitu- tion of Undergrad itself. John Reardon, head of the Campus Activities Office complained that the Undergrad system is archaic and that more than five students (the present size of the board) are needed to decide how the proceeds from the stu- dent activities fees are to be divided. Emily wonders who made the coffee Undergrad meets the club representatives STUDENT LIFE 65 That you are now reading the Mortarboard is reason enough for not describing what the year- book is all about. That you can determine for yourself. But a little knowledge of what went into the making of the 1978 yearbook, and the ways in which it is different from previous yearbooks should help to do justice to the people who put in their all for Mortarboard this year. Due to a more liquid financial position, the staff of Mortarboard was able to put out the largest yearbook in Barnard ' s history. That made it possi- ble to provide a more comprehensive coverage of Barnard life than Mortarboard has seen in recent years. And although this is only the second time color has been used, twice as many pages went into the yearbook this year as before. The Mortarboard people started work in the Fall of 1977, and they will probably have no trouble remembering what a madhouse the office was as that first, November 15 deadline approached. Lay- out sheets, copy sheets and photographs were all over the place, arms and legs were flying, tempers heating, the room following suit — whew! A big sigh of relief could be heard in room 108 Mcintosh on November 16, when each person could relax — for the moment — and gather up her courage for the next assault. Actually, things went pretty smoothly after that first deadline. People became more comfortable with their jobs, and the work proceeded with much greater efficiency. Of course there was that mo- ment, following the Great Snow Storm of February 5 which paralyzed the entire East Coast for two days, when all yearbook work came to a standstill — eleven days before the all-important final dead- line! But the officers put in one last, brave effort and were able to pull through in the end. Needless to say, after that last deadline everyone got to- gether to throw a big Hallelujah, it ' s over bash! At that point, the officers decided to take an in- ventory of the emotional and physical resources they had left, upon which they discovered that Mortarboard is the ideal diet. Aminata Kabia and Elaine Richards, for example, had between them lost over 15 pounds! 66 STUDENT LIFE It would be impossible to list, in this limited space, all the people who contributed to Mortar- board this year. For that let the reader turn to the end of the book. But of the eight officers who plowed through to the end, the following words might be said: Aminata Kabia worked as the book ' s editor-in- chief, supervising and coordinating the operations of the yearbook and actively working in the plan- ning and execution of Mortarboard 1978. The legalistically convoluted printing and photography contracts her pre-law brain turned out — for prac- tice — will go down in Mortarboard history. She did a good measure of writing and photography — a hobby she picked up during the year, adding cre- dence to her frequent assertions that she learned a lot. Aminata Kabia Elaine Richards held two positions as the layout editor and art editor of the yearbook. She applied a great deal of imagination to the layout, ensuring that the word boring could never be applied to the book. Her efforts as the art editor brought in more artwork than the yearbook has seen in recent years, and this did a lot for the diversity of the book ' s contents. Andrea Leichter This year ' s Mortarboard is full of written, as well as pictoral depictions of life at Barnard. It is, after all, the writing which gives significance to the pic- tures and renders the yearbook more informative. The credit for organizing the yearbook ' s copy goes to Andrea Leichter, the reporting editor. Her strategy of getting representatives from various or- ganizations to write descriptions of the activities facilitated the job of collecting information about those organizations and allowed a more thorough coverage than would otherwise have been possible. Leichter also did so much typing that if she had her druthers she would probably never again want to see another typewriter! Madlyn Granieri, a freshwoman, swept into the newly created yearbook position of managing edi- tor. She soon proved herself a hard worker and was in no time given charge of the photography depart- ment. Aside from supervising the tremendous amount of photographing the yearbook demanded, she also snapped a good number of pictures herself. Granieri unfortunately lost her Pentax camera in the line of duty, but was soon compensated by the yearbook ' s purchase of a Minolta. With the new camera, a Mortarboard first, she was able to continue taking pictures, and with her avowed in- tention of staying with the Mortarboard next year she will be able to continue photographing for the yearbook. Grazia Rechichi Grazia Rechichi was the treasurer of Mortar- board 1978. She kept a watchful eye over all the books, the paying of the bills, the yearbook sales, and other financial matters. She also added writing to her stock of Mortarboard contributions. A soph- omore, she expects to continue with the yearbook next year. Claire Tse came up during the Mortarboard gen- eral meeting in the Fall and said I think you peo- ple need a public-relations officer. On the spot Kabia asked her if she would do the job. Tse said yes, and a new Mortarboard office was born. Among the things Tse did as the PR officer was the making up of hundreds of blue Mortarboard but- tons, and the presentation of a Mortarboard slide show in Mcintosh Center. Furthermore, Tse was one of the more versatile members of the staff, par- ticipating in every stage of the yearbook ' s opera- tions from writing and photography to layouts. Claire Tse Deborah Pasik, Mortarboard ' s managing editor, kept track of the coverage worthy events on cam- pus. An accomplished photographer, she also joined Granieri in photographing much of the mate- rials used in the yearbook. A 616 resident, she was able to cover many of the night time events which Granieri, a commuter, was often unable to photograph. Debbie Pasik STUDENT LIFE 67 Helene Schor, the last member of the executive board, was the Mortarboard advertising manager. She did a lot of work over the Christmas vacation selling advertising space to the local merchants, as well as working on the on-campus advertising drive. In April, 1978, the Mortarboard officers com- pleted work on a constitution, a document the yearbook has apparently never had. Shortly thereafter appointments to the 1978 executive board were made, with Grazia Rechichi as the new yearbook head, and Madly n Granieri as the new business manager. A.K. Helene Schor, right; Aminata Kabia, below. Elaine decides to end it all by mailing Grazia Rechichi, at one of her yearbook sales drives — this one in herself to the publisher in North Mcintosh Center. Carolina. 68 STUDENT LIFE The Barnard Literary Magazine The Barnard Literary Magazine, currently under the editorship of Jesse Greenbaum, was founded to encour- age the writing of poetry and prose and the translations into English of these genres by affording a mode of publica- tion for Barnard students working in this field. The staff relaxing UPSTART Upstart magazine helps provide Barnard College with a link to the art world in New York City. It reports on exciting new trends in the arts, ferrets out some of the hidden but fascinating undercurrents upon which New York thrives, and publishes cre- ative and talented people who might not otherwise have exposure that is their due. Drawing its staff mostly from Barnard (and all of Columbia Universi- ty, in fact), it has nevertheless an outward posture, as its aim is not only to bring the arts to the Universi- ty, but also to unleash some of the latter ' s productive energy on to the community. Started in 1976, it ap- pears annually, with the aim of becoming a quarterly magazine in the very near future. Its creative role is to spur the timid and quell the vacuous in meaningful artistic dialogue with the society around it. Members: Willie Oei, Reavis Ward, Leah Haygood, Alexis Adler STUDENT LIFE 69 Barnard Bulletin The Staff 1. to r. Julia Lachter, Joan Storey, Jami Bernard, Emily Klein, Marianne Goldstein Working late into the night on the 32 page Final Issue of 1977, the staff is inspired by champagne and the prospects of vacation. BULLETIN VoLLXXXENo. 20 The Current State of Journalism at Barnard There is a sense of tradition at the Barnard Bulletin, and it can be yours for only a few months of devoted work. Unfortunately, most people leave before those few months are up. Some only want to see their bylines in print. Others believe it is not a newsroom unless it is run by men. With such a high turnover, is it any won- der that such things as continuity and tradition and a true perception of Barnard fall by the wayside? Bulletin shares many structural problems with the school whose campus it serves — such as how to keep operations small yet diverse, c asual yet professional. Barnard ' s answer to these problems is a school where you can know everyone and her secretary, and still get your program hopelessly mangled by the computers. It ' s known as bureacracy on a first-name basis. Bulletin, on the other hand, though wishing to pro- vide a microcosmic reflection of its mistress, often does Barnard more harm than good as the dichotomy between its raison d ' etre and its work-a-day problems glare from its pages. Each January a new Barnard Ju- nior must try to find solutions or compromises which eluded countless editors before her — yes, the science of linguistics is stacked against us, but isn ' t the chairperson and freshperson a little silly? Yes, the College is intimate enough so that small favors can, and should be asked, but at the risk of becoming a December 5, 1977 The new staff Standing: Editor Marianne Goldstein. Seated: May-May Gong, Emily Klein, Maria Tsarnas house organ? Yes, the atmosphere at Bulletin is often highly charged by the constant influx of political ac- tivists, and often very inter-personal as well as extra- curricular activities are wont to be. but is that any excuse for shoddy journalism? I stayed at Bulletin longer than most. I stayed through W2 years of Ragamuffin, and changes of edi- tors, presidents, format, style and printer — but there was never a change of heart. When I assumed the edi- torship in January 1977, I inherited the same problems which faced Ellen and Nadine, Beth and Lisa, and Janet and Sarah before me — how to be dedicated to a cause like women, and run a creditable newspaper at the same time. Often all an editor can hope is to maintain the uneasy truce that exists between Barnard and its only campus newspaper. In the Ragamuffin column I hoped to bring to light the paradoxical conditions under which we all live and breathe. There was plenty of material available, from stolen campaign funds, and dirty politicking, to nepotism gossipy teas, pretentious professors, ad- ministrative reshufflings, broken romances, ongoing grudges, and beer-swilling parties. On all levels of ac- tivity at the College, I found modes of behavior and thought inconsistent with my idea of a femnist, intel- lectual college. Most of the columns hit a nerve some- place; at last I was in the right place. If the femnist movement were to suddenly untangle itself from the morass of rhetoric in which it is en- snarled, both the Bulletin and Barnard College might just follow suit and begin to clarify their objectives. But, until then, and unfortunately, it is too late for the class of ' 78, both institutions will have to set their priorities to remove the kind of paranoid ambivalence which has spawned a breed of journalists too delicate to go for the jugular. The pride of the Barnard experience should be re- flected in the traditions of its newspaper, and those traditions, though subtle at times, are as valid as any claiming prestigious Latin surnames across the street; best of all, those traditions are there, albeit muddled, and the Barnard experience, for which you ' ve already paid your dues, can be yours. That is, if you stick around awhile. J .D. STUDENT LIFE 71 The Merry Wives of Windsor The Minor Latham Playhouse The Barnard College Theater Company at the Minor Latham Playhouse bill itself the only off- Broadway house on Broadway. The playhouse was named to honor Miss Minor W. Latham, Pro- fessor Emeritus of Barnard. Formerly, the Brin- kerhoff Playhouse, the present theater was recon- structed and refurbished in the early 50 ' s, under the directorship of Mildred Dunnock and Norris Houghton. Dunnock and Houghton produced The Fantas- ticks, which was the longest-running play in New York City. The Barnard College Theatre Company offers a regular program both in the playhouse and in the new Marion Victor Studio. The actors, de- signers, and technicians are all students on Colum- bia University working with a professional staff. This staff includes the Director, Kenneth Janes, the Director of Dance Uptown, Janet Soares, and the Director of the Music Ensemble Theater, Shir- ley Kaplan. 72 STUDENT LIFE Kenneth Janes, Director of the Playhouse STUDENT LIFE 73 T h e a t e r C o m P a n y Performers in Ed Shockley ' s play, There are No Old Fools, 1. to r. — David Atkins, Cynthia Russell, Ham- mond Briscoe, Veronica Mallett, Tania Barber The New World Theater Company started in the Fall of 1974 when Kuumba Edwards, founder of the theater, came together with Ron Smith and Lloyd Martin of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity to form a black theatrical group. Working with Columbia English professor Wal- lace Grey, who later became the group ' s adviser, the three young people learned the basics of run- ning a theater company. It was through Gray that the group was intro- duced to the governing body of the Columbia Players. Gray suggested that the group work on the Players ' upcoming production so as to gain the practical experience of working for a production. That spring, the New World Theater Company was recognized by Ferris Booth Hall and Barnard ' s Undergrad, and were given enough funding and space to do their first proudction. The first season started with The Blue Dashiki, an original one-act play by Craig Delli- more. This has been followed by many plays and cultural events, including this Spring ' s production of Moon on Rainbow Shawl written by Errol John and directed by Margaret Thompson. K.E. Founder, Kuumba Edwards 74 STUDENT LIFE Greek Drama Club How do you solve a problem like Medea? That was the first task of the newly formed Greek Drama Group of Barnard and Columbia. The club was started in the Fall of 1976 by students dedi- cated to keeping alive the spirit of ancient Greek drama through performances of the plays in their original language. The cast and crew assembled itself under the guidance of its founding persons and co-producers Tom Martin and Marian Cher- tow. A lot of hard work went into the production of Euripides ' Medea, directed by Joe Fraser and with Lavinia Lorch in the lead role. But as the chorus of the Agamemnon is known to say, Sing sorrow, sorrow, but good win out in the end. The Medea was very well received, and with a notice in the New York Times Weekender the per- formances at the Minor Lathem Theater sold out twice. And all this to hear ancient Greek, see the workings of tragedy and reinforce all that stuff read in Humanities. For this years performance the group elected to stick with Euripedes and perform Alcestis. This year ' s show is dedicated to the club ' s memories of Mathew Kramer, their first producer, and a Mathew Alan Kramer Fund has been established to give support to the group and to other projects in the classics. M.C. Medea to r. — Hope Rosenbaum, Diana Heller, Ruth O ' Brien, Rena Shore The Senior Class Officers The senior year at Barnard is, for most students, the busiest year, what with graduate school appli- cations, resumes, theses and all. But it is probably also the most social year, in part because it is the year when all the activities associated with graduation take place. The students in charge of organizing many of these activities are the four elected officers of the Senior Class. This year those four positions are held by Ruth-Marie O ' Brien, President, Hope Rosenbaum, Vice-President, Rena Shore, Treasur- er, and Diana Heller, Secretary. Among the responsibilities of the Senior Class officers is the determination of the class gift to Bar- nard, with the help of the seniors themselves. The gift this year will be a $5,000 endowed fund, the income from which will be used to help future se- niors finance research projects. The class of 1978 is the first graduating class in the history of Barnard to start out with an endowed fund, such funds being usually established only after the students have be- come alumnae. Other responsibilities of the Senior Class officers include organizing the activities held during Se- nior Week in the Spring. These activities usually include a senior ball, jointly sponsored with various other colleges within the Universities, a barbecue, and a Barnard Senior Dinner. The president of the Senior Class also sits on the Commentment Committee, which coordinates the Barnard graduation ceremonies. In organizing all these events the Senior Class officers this year are assisted by forty volunteers, as well as the Junior Class president, Laurie Ruckle. A.K. Secretary — Diana Heller ' np to i Columbia Barnard Comm The Columbia Barnard Community Youth Pro- gram provides recreational and educational ac- tivities for approximately one hundred children from a local public school. The program is entirely student-run and receives support from both Col- umbia and Barnard student activities. Students volunteer their time as either counselors or as tutors. Each Saturday throughout the school year, groups of children and counselors participate in varied activities and trips both on campus and throughout the city. During the week at P.S. 179, CYP tutors work on a one-to-one basis on reading skills. Jennifer Brand was the Director of the 1977-78 program. Paula Barvin (left) and Jennifer Brand (above) with their charges STUDENT LIFE 77 Ileana Arias, Co-president Luz de Armas Margarita Fraguela Not Pictured: Lucrecia del Rio, Co-president (WBf ■l fc. ' _____ La Societe Franchise of Barnard makes available a variety of cultural and educational events to the Barnard Columbia French-speaking community. In the past few years, La Societe has become a major organization at Barnard. French movies, art exhibits, concerts, and lectures are presented by La Societe and serve to expand the students ' knowledge of French culture. La Societe is not re- stricted to the Morningside Heights area; it is in contact with French organizations throughout the city and keeps students informed about events tak- ing place in New York. The Spanish Club Spanish Club 1. to r. — Kathy Thompson, Robin Goldsmith, Barbara Posner, Joan Jaffee, Ruth Cortes, Amy Rogan, Prof. Perta Meneses, Trini Lopez, James Crapotta (seated) Yes, Virginia, there is a Barnard Spanish Club — and it ' s getting increasingly hard to overlook. The club now has about twenty-five more or less active members (winnowed out from an initial sign-up list of sixty) and an impressive list of activities. By November the club had already sponsored a trip to the Hispanic Museum and a theater party that at- tended a performance of the classic La Celestina by El Teatro Repertorio Espanol at the Gramercy Arts Theatre. Not content with just watching others perform, in December members of the club staged their own production of Unamuno ' s La Venda, directed by Mr. James Crapotta. The Spanish Club also holds weekly meetings in the comfortable Spanish Club Room in Milbank, which has real sofas and rugs and even antique chairs borrowed from the Hispanic Museum. Here topics such as the position of women in Latin America, the films of Carlos Saura, and the place that visiting Gildersleeve Professor and author Car- los Fuentes holds in modern Latin American litera- ture are discussed over bag lunches brought by the members. M.O ' C 78 STUDENT LIFE The Barnard Pottery Co-op The Barnard Pottery Co-op, headed by Wendy Dubin, is a non-profit student organization which offers instruction in both handbuilding and wheel- throwing techniques. It provides a means for the expression of artistic ideas and an outlet for cre- ative energies in a non-academic setting. The Co-op serves not only Barnard students and facul- ty, but the entire Columbia community, thereby promoting a sense of unity within the University. Frequent sales and exhibitions of student work give members a range of business experience while generating self-confidence through public exposure and recognition. W.D. The Columbia Science Fiction Club The Columbia Science Fiction Club is thinking of changing its name to the Columbia-Barnard Science Fiction Club. It should — of its approximately 50 members, one-third are Barnard women. As on many campuses, the Science Fiction Club is doing particularly well this year; well enough for no less an institution than the New York Times to ask why. (The president told them that it is entertaining, which fits right in with their theory that today ' s youth, exhausted by the sixties, has become a new near-silent generation.) As of November, the club had sponsored a trip to the Museum of Holography and the Science Fiction Shop, had gone to see Star Wars and was filming a videotape parody of Star Wars to be shown on CTV. It was also planning a science fiction convention to be held on April 1, which is expected to attract fans from all over New York. The club magazine, Sol III had already appeared once and the editors were working on a second issue. This year, at least, it certainly looks as if the Force is with them. M.O. The Barnard Economics Club Founded in 1974 under the direction of Pro- fessor Sylvia Ann Hewlett, the Barnard Eco- nomics Club is a reflection of the growing in- volvement of women in the realm of business and economics. The club is a natural outgrowth of Barnard ' s expanding economics department, and has developed into a forum for the exchange of ideas and practical career advice among Barnard Economics students, professional economists, policy-makers, and businessmen. The range of people and expertise involved with the club is evident in the broad spectrum of events the club has sponsored since its inception. Not only have current economic issues been debated and dis- cussed by such prominent economists as Joan Robinson, Philip Cagan and John Eatwell, but in- sights into the actual functioning of modern eco- nomic institutions have been provided by panels of qualified experts. An additional function of the club has been to pro- vide in-depth career counseling by professionals in many economics and business-related spheres. In short, by integrating the abstract and more con- crete concerns of the discipline, the club has estab- lished itself as a valuable aid to Barnard ' s nascent economists. T.W. STUDENT LIFE 79 Course Guide Contrary to the expectations of some, the Columbia-Barnard Course Guide really does live up to its double-barreled name. The editors esti- mate that of the approximately thirty people who actually do most of the work on the book, eight or ten are from Barnard. In fact, the editor-in-chief for the Spring of 1978 semester is a Barnard woman. Work on each issue of Course Guide starts at the end of the semester, when the questionaires are distributed to the classes whose professors agree to cooperate. After the completed questionnaires are collected, they are handed over to the writers, each of whom writes reviews of anywhere from six to thrity courses. The completed articles are then edited and sent to the printers, who send the gal- leys around midterms. These are proofread in a burst of frantic activity and returned to the printer. Finally, the completed books arrive at the end of the semester, just in time for the whole process to begin for next year ' s book. M.O. Financial Control The Finance Control Boards is a budget ap- peal committee created in 1976 as a reaction to the belief of last year ' s Undergrad board that clubs should be allowed a greater say in the budgeting decisions made by Undergrad. The board is made up of representatives from McAc and from the major types of clubs — publications, academic clubs, political groups, religious groups etc. A club which is dissatisfied with its budget allocation can make an appeal to the Finance Control Board to get more money. During its first year of existence the board was quite successful with many clubs making requests for, and frequently getting, extra dis- bursements. This year the committee has not been as active, but Barnard club officers and members are steadily coming to recognize it as a new means of making their needs known. A.K. left to right — Lill Cournoyer, Margot Berch, Laney McHarry. Not pictured: Suzanne Lof- rumento, Madlyn Granieri, Catherine Chen, Regina Kane Foreign Students Members of the Foreign Students ' Club at a meeting. Officer Alfonsina Rechichi is in the front row, second from the left and officer Ak- senia Krog is in the 2nd row, extreme right. 80 STUDENT LIFE t T nlt jSIog Ceremony Prof. Emeritus Dwight Minor re- cites Thomas Moore ' s poem, A Visit from St. Nick The Yule Log Ceremony The Yule Log ceremony is traced back to a celebration held at Columbia every Christmas be- fore the American Revolution. After a period in which it was discontinued it was revived again in 1910 by President Nicholas Murry Butler. This ceremony was originally intended to be for the benefit of students who were not able to return home for the holidays. The Blue Key Society took over the running of the ceremony in the 1960 ' s. Today the Yule Log ceremony is a celebration for all students, homeward bound or not. The venerable Dwight D. Miner, Prof. Emeritus, Class of ' 26 makes it a memorable occasion with his knowledge of Columbiana and his own rendition of the poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas, by Clement Clark Moore, Class of 1798. The turn out this year was huge, as usual, with about three hundred people crammed into the lounge in John Jay. The participation of Barnard students was a bit of a novelty. Theresa Mara, Barnard 79, coordinated the entire ceremony. There were women Yule soldiers in the traditional redcoat garb and President Mattfeld received an official invitation for the first time. Other participants included Steve Hermidides, who has played Santa for so many years that it is forgotten when the tradition started, and Marco Gottordis, the President of the Blue Key Society. M.G. Dean Coleman and President Mattfield were among the special guests. Columbia U. President Bill McGill takes in a bit of the old Columbia Tradition. STUDENT LIFE 81 « - «N5 3 ■ Spring Festiva Every year, at the most inconvenient time — right before finals, when everyone meeds a break but no one has time to create a diversion, Barnard and Col- umbia students are given an all day party which is unpretentiously called Spring Festival. If the weather is good, the prospects for a day and night of fun and laughs are unsurpassed on this Saturday in April. The many clubs on campus or- ganize under the loose guidance but diligent efforts of a small Barnard committee. Through the exer- tions of this group, the club members, and many other students, the entire community is treated to a party featuring foods of all ethnic origins — Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, and good oF American hamburgers and franks. Im- pressive student and local talents bring their shows to the BHR courtyard, Lehman lawn, Barnard gym, College Parlor, and Altshul Plaza. The price of all this entertainment is very reasonable — $0.00. Last year the Barnard Dance Ensemble performed pieces choreographed by students, the Notes and Keys of Columbia sang, as did Barnard ' s Chorus, and there were Korean, Israeli and African dances. Folksingers and a rock band attracted large crowds. If your budget allowed for more than the cost of food, the Women ' s Center auction gave one the opportunity to join in the excitement of bidding, and to support a good cause while acquiring some very exciting items created by women or pertaining to women ' s activities. Spring Festival T-shirts were an appealing way to advertise, and the yellow balloons on the buttons became the emblem of Spring Festival 1977. After the festivities ended, with a dance at Mcintosh, many indeed exhibited the charac- teristics of a balloon — floating away towards home or collapsing into bed with a startling pop from all the food and drink. J.S 82 STUDENT LIFE Winter SP s£ioul Indian dancer Shakti was one of the highlights of the show. Winter Festival for the Arts is a day of ac- tivities devoted to the celebration and promotion of the arts at Barnard. This year, for the second time in a row, Elisa Septee, a Program in the Arts Major, coordinated the event. The festival, which was held in Mcin- tosh Center on February 23, started at 9 A.M. and continued through Midnight. The day ' s events were devoted to the visual arts and seniors from the Program in the Arts displayed their works, as did representatives from the Pottery Coop. The highlight of the day ' s show was a large dollhouse built from scratch by Ruth Nyman. The evening ' s events included performances by Indian dancer Shakti, and by the Barnard Dance Ensemble. Jesse Greenbaum and Susan Roberts of the Literary Magazine delivered reci- tals of their poetry, and there was plenty of folk music, free beer and wine for the guests. The success of this year ' s Winter Festival could be seen in the 300 or so people who at- tended the festival ' s luncheon, and the equal number of people present at the evening show. scmble. STUDENT LIFE 83 The Barnard Women ' s Center Founded in 1971 to reaffirm the commit- ment of the college to the equality of women, the Barnard Women ' s Center has since oc- cupied a place of central importance in campus life. The Women ' s Center ' s many functions serve the needs of undergraduates and alumnae as we continuously re-define our notions of a woman ' s role in society. Most dramatically this is done through the many conferences spon- sored by the Center, including Women Learn from Women, The Feminist and the Schol- ar, the Women ' s Center Reid Lectureship and a series of luncheons. The Center also offers medical and counsel- ling referral services, and a vast collection of books, magazines, and articles, by and about women which serve as an ongoing source to all Jane Gould Director — Women ' s Center 86 THE WOMEN ' S CENTER SPORTS THE HOMECOMING GAME 1977 Homecoming ' 77 Saturday, October 9, 1977, marked the first sunny Homecoming day in four years. The skies were blue and sprinkled with puffy white clouds, there was a pleasant chill in the air and alumnae spirits were at a high. Attending graduates of Barnard and Columbia Colleges dated back to 1907. The activities began at 10:30 A.M. with a cocktail party in the field house at Baker Field. Festivities ranged from seeing the city ' s oldest standing temporary field on the Harlem River, to catching the name of an old classmate from years back. It was a time for reminiscing about Freshman English, Contemporary Civilizations and Posture Lab. Luncheon consisted of hotdogs and cocktails. Nothing but the best for the graduates of such fine institutions. Diners were entertained with music from the Columbia Marching Band, the cleverest band in the world, and the Columbia University Glee Club. The rooms were filled with the sounds of marching and victory songs. Once these were sung for a winning football team — now they are sung for tradition ' s sake. The actual Homecoming football game against Yale matched the entire 1977 Fall season — fighting hard and losing with aplomb. If nothing else, the Columbia football team exemplifies the motto, its not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game. This season also marked the excitement of older graduates receiving baby blue beanies (with their respective year of graduation ironed on), a trend revived during the Freshman Orientation program in September. The evening was filled with receptions at various fraternity houses and a champagne ball in Low Library. C.T. 88 SPORTS THE CROWD IS GETTING RESTLESS . . . LVVES ... AS JERRY GALLUCCI TAKES LAST MIN- UTE MUSIC LESSONS . . . AND LIVINGSTON PROCLAIMS ITS LOVE FOR THE HOME TEAM. SPORTS p g|5p IX r i mi I Inside the heart of every Bio major lurks the spirit of an avid spectator. Sportsweek 77: Closet Jocks Break Loose! The white tennis shorts folded neatly in the bottom drawer; the field hockey stick quietly gathering dust in the back corner of the closet; the swim suit becoming two sizes too small .... sound familiar? If not an avid athlete, where can one go to play volleyball, basketball, or badmin- ton? These and similar questions have puzzled the mind of the closet jock for years. The an- swer can be found in one of the activities spon- sored by the Recreation and Athletic Associa- tion — Sportsweek. This fall, students were able to celebrate the end of mid-terms by participating in a week of fun-loaded, competitive (well, almost)events. Nine sports were represented: swimming, bas- ketball, track, fencing, badminton, tennis, vol- leyball, field hockey and archery. The winning individuals and teams were treated by the Var- sity and Club Varsity Teams to a pot-luck din- ner, and various awards were given out. The emphasis was on exercise, but the foun- dation was fun. To sum up the week, it could be said that a good time was. had, the food was delicious, and the blue ribbons, proclaiming Barnard Sportsweek ' 77, will be cherished by all who won them. L.M. f it. 90 SPORTS FENCING Jamey Barbas Kit Chin: Captain Natalie Doumanoff Angela Dalmazio Elke Kristo-Nagy Lisa Menke Lorraine Niet Sarah Shippen Laura Myers Coach: Eve Seigel TRACK TEAM Coach: Kate Moore Margaret Burns Preeva Adler Captain: Merle Myerson Judith Johnson Laura Whitman Suzanne Weston Marisa Bolognese Rosa Crum Wendy White Cindy Browning Pamela Jaffey Karen Jones Lisa Reid Laurie Swingle Karen Sekiguchi Cathy Wuebker Susan Democker Deborah Sharp TENNIS TEAM Lee Addington Janie Benoviz Janelle Bradford Anne D ' adesky: Captain Lynda Daniels Beth Gross Lyn Moffat Leron Paterson Mary Rothchild Valerie Schwartz Joyce Tawil Shari Teitelbaum Pam West Michael Ginsberg: Coach CREW TEAM Ellen Berger Monica Green Rebecca Karl Cecile Korngold Gratia Pelliciotti Kerry Perese Lauren Plante Elizabeth Toepfer Kathy Thompson Kathy Watkins Julie Wells Captain: Terri Zapinsky Janis Vieland Olivia Lehman Rebecca Trumbull Coach: George Freimarck SPORTS 91 92 SPORTS 94 SPORTS SPORTS 95 SPORTS ARCHERY Edith Mason, Coach; Third from the left. Front row, Captain Rosa Crum BASKETBALL TEAM Coach: Pat Samuel Co-Captains: Amy Barker and Stephanie Sadies Lisa Rodke Virginia Dillon Marion Gribbetz Leslie Harris Beth Maize Jeanette McDaniels Anna D ' Adesky Rana Sampson Diana Wood Deborah Wolin Barbara Fenakel SWIM TEAM L. to R. Top: Miriam Ackerman, Cindy Clifford, Lee Ann Duffy, Liz Pierce. Third: Joan Youchah (co-captain), Suzanne Vega, Gail Clements, June Weiss. Second: Ronnie Berke, Lee Holland (coach), Laura Nackowitz. Bottom: Tina Stack, Alison Gold, Francoise Queval, Gitl Schaechter, Mona McAlarney. Missing: Margie Carroll (co-captain) VOLLEYBALL TEAM L. to R. Sitting Front: Monte Costa, Annick Peters, Diana Wood. Standing: Sydalphi Aiken, Lynne Rambo, Mario Treibitch (coach), Robin Gross, Aksenia Krog (co-captain), Zenta Batarags, Laney McHarry (co-captain) i Intercollegiate Athletics at Barnard The Barnard Intercollegiate Athletic Program is rapidly expanding. In three short years the 7 Varsity and 3 Club Varsity Teams have blossomed. Who are these scholar-athletes? What sports share the co- veted title, varsity and club-varsity? How did it hap- pen? At the present there are 7 Varsity teams at Bar- nard: Basketball, Crew, Fencing, Swimming, Ten- nis, Track, and Volleyball. These teams receive suf- ficient funds from the college to compete on a satis- factory level; i.e., money is available for uniforms, a coach, transportation and equipment. They are able to take part in local and state tournaments. The 3 Club-Varsity teams, Archery, Field Hockey and Sailing also compete intercollegiately, but do so on a more limited level, and their funds come from the student run Recreation and Athletic Association. How does the life of the scholar-athlete differ from that of the scholar at Barnard? In many ways. She must prepare to get up early for morning workouts, stay up late to finish that paper after evening work- outs, and sacrifice weekends for tournaments. Prac- tices usually run 8-10 hours per week, depending on the sport, and competitive schedules are intense: this year the Volleyball Team played 1 1 schools and par- ticipated in 3 tournaments. And yet while many shake their heads in disbelief the almost 200 students who play basketball, run track or partake in the other 7 sports know of the satisfactions of competitive sports — the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat, the team experience, and these are pleasures they will cherish as part of their memories of Barnard. Recreation and Athletic Association 1 977-78 Front (1. to r.) Kathy Watkins, Laney McHarry, Rosa Crum, Ms. Barbara Fitts. Rear (1. to r.) Karen Halpert, Noelle Nichelson, Caroline Stoner, Linda Daniels. (Missing are: Sydalphi Aiken, Liz Pierce, Natalie Doumanoff, Deni Burns, Debbie Brooks, Joel Rosen.) 98 SPORTS Sydalphi Aiken prepares to spring It is unbelievable how quickly all this has occur- red. In the Spring of 1976, the students expressed their desires for an expanded athletic program. The monies then set aside are now beginning to bear fruit a Tennis team which ended the Fall season with a 4- 1 record, a Volleyball team which captured the New York City Championships, and a Council of Intercol- legiate Athletics set up this year to articulate the needs and desires of the scholar-athlete. This year, truly, is the year of the athlete at Barnard. UCLA, look out! L.M. Natalie Doumanoff contemplates SPORTS 99 100 SPORTS SPORTS 101 102 SPORTS GO TEAM! WOMEN S OCKER ROO SPORTS It doesn ' t take very long to realize that there is no typical Barnard experience. For each of us who fol- lows the orthodox sequence outlined in the catalogue there is someone who tailors the requirements to shape her desires, or who goes off-campus to fill in the gaps of an undergraduate program. Below are two seniors who went out of their way to make sure their four years here would be very exciting and aca- demically fulfilling. Janet Murenia Janet has devoted alot of her energy to insuring that her work experiences would be as relevant to her future career as her classes are. A psychology major, her job at the Bridge, Inc., a private social rehabilitation center, became an incredibly impor- tant step in learning to understand and aid the emo- tionally disturbed. Working as a Group Leader at the center during this past summer she supervised the activities of ten patients. This entailed organiz- ing both discussion groups and programs such as day-long outings. As many of those who come to the Bridge are rather severely disturbed Janet and the other Group Leaders did their best to get them involved with the theraputic art and music ses- sions, as well as trying to win their confidence and create an atmosphere in which they could discuss their problems comfortably. Yet all actual analysis was left up to the supervisors of the program who are trained psychotherapists. Looking back on the entire experience, Janet was pleased not only with her increased ability to work with the emotionally disturbed, but with her own increased insight into her personality. 106 MINI-FEATURES Barbara Adler Barbara, who prefers to be called Honni, came to Barnard torn between a desire at study art history, and a rapidly growing love of architecture. Her first studio course convinced her that it was her destiny to be an architect, and knowing that Barnard had no architecture program she considered transfer- ring. Discussing the situation with her advisor she realized that she was eligible to petition for a spe- cial major. There were difficulties infiltrating into the over-crowded, required Columbia studio class, Elements of Design, but once this barrier was crossed Honni and a few other Barnard students were heartily accepted in the masculine world of the architecture studio. Here she literally moved Barbara Adler in, spending up to 24 hours a day there during the anxious days before a major project was due. Her individually planned program included other studio courses, as well as architectural history lecture classes, some graduate level courses, a seminar and a senior thesis. She is very pleased at the ef- forts made by the Barnard administration to both help her program, and to get her enrolled in her studio classes. Yet she hopes that in the near future Barnard will institute its own architecture program so that the growing number of women interested in the field can avoid all these bureaucratic difficul- ties. A.L. I -UK Atlantic City Convention ' 78 1978 may long be remembered as the year of the founding of new traditions. First, in January, Bar- nard held its first full-scale Transfer Orientation. Then in February, students from Barnard, Colum- bia College, the School of Nursing, and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences participated in the First Annual Undergraduate Convention held in Atlantic City, February 10-12. Despite fervent opposition by many women ' s groups on the Barnard Campus, trepidations of many administrators on both sides of the street, and the general apathy of the student body, which reduced the number of convention-bound students to about half the anticipated size, the chartered buses sped away from the College walk on Friday afternoon, carrying over 180 undergraduates, plus faculty members and administrators to the site of the convention. The surroundings of the impoverished and sadly Students attending a seminar decayed former glories of Atlantic City were in many ways analogous to those of Morningside Heights. Yet the convention-goers were no more disturbed by those surroundings than campus- dwellers are by Columbia ' s locale. The students who came were serious about one thing: having a good time. Although bookworms were not to be found hiding in the hotel ' s niches, the group was far from rowdy. Many expressed a deep committment to meeting other people from the campus, and making the University a more congenial place to live and learn. I had expected this to turn into a 5,000 person pick-up, said one student, but the people who are here seem to be truly concerned about changing some things . . . and the guys here are surprisingly shy. The informality of relations was not limited to the student body, but was in fact led by the be- havior of the faculty and administration members there. This was exemplified at the Student-Faculty Talent Show on Friday night, when Columbia Col- lege Dean of Students Henry Coleman sang the Columbia Laments, which included My Tenure and He ' s Just . . . Our . . . Bill. The mood Atlantic City ' s main attraction — saltwater taffy created by the performance of these original parodies was expressed by Proctor Kahn, who stated this atmosphere and the feeling we have here (are) not felt too often in (one ' s) life. Nonetheless, the expressed purpose of having fun was tempered by the rather cordial, yet par- tisaned discussions of The Future of Higher Edu- cation, Student Activities, Sexual Intimacy on Campus, and most crucial of all, Barnard- Columbia Relations. Needless to say, the conversation on the last of these topics, which was led by Dean Collery of Columbia College and Dean Schmitter of Barnard, repeated many long-held thoughts concerning the separation of the two schools. Nonetheless, it be- came abundantly clear that the student body at Columbia is in favor of co-education. Barnard women, by contrast, seemed to be in favor of con- tinually improving the relations of the schools; but as the weekend continued, it became evident that the women felt that Barnard offers its students a different educational philosophy from Columbia ' s, while it helps to retain its ' women ' s identities. In the words of one student, I was truly surprised to see the difference in educational philosophies between the two schools. In either case, none could deny the need for further communication, and the benefits of the weekend. This should become a tradition, said Professor Peter Juviler of the Barnard Political Sci- ence Department. This sense of parody is just great. I had a grand time, felt very much consisted, and did not overeat said Dean Barbara Schmitter, made notes of suggestions of students, ' and hope they will follow-up — as I intend to do. In short, the convention was a rare example of people meeting and communicating in good spirit. It was an idea that was planned, and came to frui- tion through the efforts of students, and which fos- tered the compliance and eventually the en- thusiasm of the faculty and administration in- volved. It served as the beginning for an amity that should be continued but that can only be improved by greater participation. I.L. MINI-FEATURES 107 The Dedication of Jacques Lipchitz ' s Bellerophon Taming Pegasus The Dedication of Bellerophon Taming Pegasus The Speakers The honored guests The Law School Gets its own Masterpiece A formal dedication ceremony was held on No- vember 28, 1977 to celebrate the installation of Jac- ques Lipchitz ' s massive sculpture, ' ' Bellerophon taming Pegasus, outside the Upper levels of the law school. After welcoming the late artist ' s wife and waving at the Channel 2 news cameras, the audience settled down to speeches by representa- tives of both the law and art communities. An eloquent description of ten years of artistic effort and its final goals helped to explain the complicated and enigmatic sculpture. It is now obvious that Bel- lerophon represents the Law, bringing Pegasus, the personification of Nature, under control. Lip- chitz ' s use of myth to represent an abstract theme has a long tradition in the history of art. Here we truly feel the energy of the struggle between the two forces, and certainly are not allowed to forget the next episode of the story. Bellerophon in his pride tries to emulate the gods, who teach him a lesson in humility. Translated into other terms, the Law must never try to totally control Nature, which must always maintain its strength and spon- taneity. The artist has managed to reaffirm both the necessity of Law and the creative impulse of nature — surely a concept which should not be forgotten at Columbia University. A.L. The guest of honor STUDENT LIFE 109 SCULPTURE 111 Art and Literature LOVER In our minds as one In our hearts as two I perceive we deceive each other. In our eyes, focused here, With our hands, moving slowly, We proclaim and disclaim other lovers. My lover, far away; another beside me. Can I hear my own voice say, He is nothing to me. ? Far into the past, one lover has gone. Another, flown towards replacement. My wounds crave the healing touch, and I feel Silent darkness Stealing, Across my mind. Let me sleep, and my heart may find peace, Touch me, and I cry. Bitter tears my heart will shed, yet. Passively I lie Awaiting comfort I dread. Dreams, unfolding one arm Reaching out to hold him. The other arm lies still. Wishing and prickling with anger. It is calling the one I swore I ' d give my right arm for. — ilise Levy Go forth sweet poem With curving lines and musical verse; Be read by minds that Will not receive me, Or view my person. Look at them. Stare at them for me, Go in through their brains — Flow like my ink Into their hearts, linger, Yes, sweet poem, stay in their hearts. And when you are there, Kiss them, If only for my sake And smile to yourself For you have travelled Where I cannot go. — ilise Levy ART AND LITERATURE 113 Sometimes I Feel Like a Person and Sometimes I feel like a person And sometimes I feel like a Train. A train made of steel a With lots of people jammed inside Nerves and neurons in vein. And I ride. I From station to station, From car to car, I The impulses are connected by I Those parts where no one is allowed to ride. The doors open and close Every passenger knows To keep lost passengers inside. All aboard: Some seated, some standing Hang onto grips Rooted in my names. The signs and the symbols Make no one wise But they ' ll never deny I The way they advertise I My games. i And I wonder somehow i Where am I going just now? And still I ride Not knowing the reasons Or what lies to the sides, I keep my balance My wheels on my tracks Long after I ' ve gone . . . tracks . . . Regrooved across my — brain. 1 And I ride. — ilise Levy Artwork by Rosemary Volpe 114 ART AND LITERATURE ASST. PROF. CLIVE KESSLER PROF. PAULA RUBEL PROF. JOAN VINCENT ANTHROPOLOGY 116 FACULTY PROF. MORTON KLASS BIOLOGY ASST. PROF. MARIA MILLER ASSOC. PROF. FREDERICK WARBURTON ASST. PROF. JULIA CHASE ASST. PROF. PHILIP AMMIRATO LAB DIR. ELEANOR NOBACK FACULTY 117 SUSAN SACKS 118 FACULTY ECONOMICS MARK KILLINGSWORTH ASST. PROF. CYNTHIA LLOYD KATHERINE WILCOX FACULTY 119 PROF. KENNETH JANES PROF. EMERITUS WILL SHAKESPEARE ADJ. PROF. JOY CHUTE ADJ. PROF. ELIZABETH HARDWICK 120 FACULTY ASSOC. PROF. MAIRE KURRIK ASSOC. PROF. CATHARINE STIMPSON PROF. RICHARD A. NORMAN ASST. PROF. JANICE FARRAR THADDEUS ASSOC. PROF. ANNE LAKE PRESCOTT ADJ. PROF. HOWARD TEICHMANN FACULTY 121 LEONARD ZOBLER 122 Faculty C ' elebre for its reputation as the best undergradu- ate department in French in the nation, and surely one of the most outstanding departments in Bar- nard College, for those of us who have made our homes on the third floor of Milbank Hall for the past four years, that reputation couldn ' t be more accurate. After all, what other department could boast the talents of Maurice Shroder, whose classes lure the intellectually adventuresome as surely as did the Sirens? We are also proud to have in our midst the former acting president of Barnard and renowned Apollinaire scholar, Leroy Breunig. And what can we say about the charm and wit of Renee Geen, and the sweet maternal warmth of Tatiana Greene, who makes us feel so at home? Our adored chairman is guarded because, since his courses ap- peal to the non-French majors as well as the majors, we want to ensure that Serge Gavronsky remains ours. The junior faculty, Mark Paris, Charles Potter, Lynda Snead, Patricia Terry, and Ruth Sussman, wth the new additions of Micheline Levowitz and Maryse Williams, maintain the high standards established by the rest of the depart- ment, and promise to carry on the tradition of the overworked French major. M.R. TATIANA GREENE LEROY BREUNIG SERGE GAVRONSKY FACULTY 123 JOHN CHAMBERS SUZANNE WEMPLE CHILTON WILLIAMSON STEPHEN KOSS DARLINE LEVY FACULTY 125 126 FACULTY Hubert Doris JOHN MESKILL FACULTY 127 128 FACULTY MARION PHILIPS Sue Larson FACULTY 129 Psychology RICHARD YOUTZ 130 FACULTY BARBARA SCHMITTER PETER BALAAM GEORGE KELLING - ■■■■MMni marianna sapronow zoya trifunovich MARINA LEDKOVSKY ANATOL SAPRONOW 132 FACULTY FACULTY 133 The Spanish Department isn ' t one of the biggest departments on campus but it ' s a regular beehive of activity. More than seven-hundred and fifty people, including students from Columbia College and Gen- eral Studies took elementary and advanced Spanish courses taught by Barnard professors last year. There are approximately twenty-one Spanish majors at Barnard this year, nine of whom are se- niors. Of these, two are majoring in Spanish and four are combined majors (two French Spanish and two English Spanish), reflecting what department chair- woman Mirella Servodidio called a growing trend. We have a couple of German Spanish majors in the junior class now, in addition to the approximately twelve other junior Spanish majors, she said. Even if you don ' t count the Spanish Club, which is run by the majors, the department had a very full extracurricular program this year. In November, Carlos Fuentes, a Mexican diplomat and internation- ally renowned author of novels such as La Muerte de Artemio Cruz and Terra Nostra, which was greeted with great acclaim by the New York Times when it appeared here in translation last year, was in resi- dence for a week as a Gildersleeve Lecturer. Besides the usual public lecture and a Thursday Noon round- table on Surrealism. Senor Fuentes held a special session in Minor Latham Playhouse in which he answered students ' questions about his works and Latin American litera- ture in general. He also attended a department recep- tion, which was open to students, and a dinner with President Mattfeld, which was not. As usual, in the spring the Spanish faculty staged a classic Spanish play to raise money for the several prizes and scholarships for summer and graduate study abroad the department offers each year. But the major event of the spring semester was a series of symposia on a collection of the papers of Gabriela Mistral recently donated to the college by Doris Dana, an alumna who had worked for Mistral and served as the executrix of her will. As a poet, diplo- mat, delegate to the League of Nations and the first Latin American writer to win the Nobel Prize (in 1945), Gabriela Mistral was definitely a paradigm of Latin American womanhood before her time, as Professor Servodidio pointed out. In addition to the symposia, a Fulbright scholar doing research at Bar- nard on Mistral offered a course on her work which was certain to be of interest to both Spanish and Women ' s Studies majors. M.O ' C 134 FACULTY FREDERICK PETERS Emily Gregory Award The Emily Gregory Award was first instituted in 1975 to rec- ognize, each year, a professor whose excellence singled him or her out in the minds of the students. Those who receive the award are being noted not only for the quality of their schol- arship but also for their devotion to their pupils. The professor ' s availability outside class, and a general attitude of friendliness and openness are the qualities most especially stressed. Nominations are submitted in writing and then are orally de- fended before a selection committee consisting of voting and non-voting members. The non-voting members are representa- tives from the Alumnae Association, the administration and the Campus Activities Office. Other members from the Mac Ac executive board, Undergrad and the Student Faculty Commit- tee are responsible for the final decision. Past recipients of the Emily Gregory Award have been John W. Chambers, of the History department, Inez Reid of the Polit- ical Science department, and Mirra Komarovsky of the Sociol- ogy department. This year the award has gone to Dennis Dal- ton. Professor Dalton, also of the Political Science department, received numerous accolades from students impressed by the genuine friendliness of his relations with those taking his classes as well as by his expertise. The award dinner in honor of Profes- sor Dalton was held on March 30, 1978. A.L. PAST EMILY GREGORY AWARD WINNERS John Chambers — 1975 Inez Reid — 1976 136 EMILY GREGORY AUDREY-JEAN SHEEHY KATHLEEN HOUSER — RESIDENT M.D. - ASSOC. DIRECTOR DIRECTOR, RESIDENCE HALLS LELA ANDERSON — HEAD NURSE 138 ADMINISTRATION HARRY ALBERS — VICE-PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION VIRGINIA SHAW — COLLEGE ARCHIVIST § A CHRISTINE ROYER — DIRECTOR OF CHARLES WISEMAN — BUDGET AND PLANNING ELEANOR MINTZ DEVELOPMENT ASSOC. DIRECTOR HELEN MC CANN — ADMISSIONS ROBERT DEVINE GROUNDS BUILDINGS AND i J CAROL FEIT — ASSOC. DIRECTOR — PERSONNEL ♦ ROBERT PALMER — HEAD LIBRARIAN JOAN SWENSON — NURSE MARY LUCA — HEALTH SERVICE RAYMOND BOYLAN — SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 139 BRETT COMBS — CONTROLLER SALLIE SLATE — PUBLIC VILMA BORNEMANN — RELATIONS, DIRECTOR REGISTRAR DENA WARSHAW — ASSOCIATE ALUMNAE DIRECTOR DORIS MILLER JOANNE LORANGE — FORMER ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENTS ADMINISTRATION JON REARDON — ASSISTANT TO THE DEAN OF STUDENTS SENIORS 143 Neiri Amirian Margaret Anderson 144 SENIORS Ileana Arias SENIORS 145 Laurabeth Barnett SENIORS 147 Ruthann Beer SENIORS 149 Eleanor Bellucci Suzanne Berger Renee Berliner 150 SENIORS Rebecca Blank SENIORS 151 Rachel Brody SENIORS 153 Few moments are more pleasing than those in which the mind is concerting measures for a new undertaking. — Dr. Johnson SENIORS 155 156 SENIORS Susan Chapnick Regan Charles Angela Cheung Jean Chin SENIORS 157 Ruth Cortes The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer some- body else up — Mark Twain Mazeppa Costa SENIORS 159 Carmen DePinies SENIORS 164 SENIORS SENIORS 165 BNEI AKIVA. . .HAICSHARA. . . ALIYAH ' CAUSE I ' VE BEEN TO CANAAN AND I WONT REST ' TILL I GO BACK AGAIN — Carol King Family, friends, thanks for the support Nicole Fauteux 166 SENIORS Katrina Farrell Shelley Feit Diligence is the mother of good fortune and idleness, its opposite, never brought a person to the goal of any of their best wishes — Cervantes 168 Susan Fishbein SENIORS Sarita Forman-Kaminsk SENIORS 169 It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you free to abstain from it. ' Avrot Sharon Friel Sharon Fridman Suzan Frazier 170 SENIORS Joanne Franklin The more we strive after that which is superfluous, th( strength we have to grasp that which is truly needed. — Maimonides Inez Maria Garcia Ora Gittelson Rhona Gardner Amy Gerwitz . . there is a fire And the motion of the soul which will not dwell in its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire . . . — Burton — Childe ' s Pilgrimage Iris Greenberger 174 SENIORS Accelerated interdisciplinary legal education program Robin Grumet SENIORS 175 SENIORS Julia Hatch 178 SENIORS Karen Heller 180 SENIORS Barbara Hudspeth To all the young people, black and white, who are so passionately concerned with making a better world, and to all the old-timers who have been involved in that struggle, I say: Right on! — Paul Robeson Candice John Laura Johnson Amanda Kissin Deborah Johnson 182 SENIORS Regina Kane Regina Kaufer Myrna Keller 184 SENIORS Elizabeth Kim SENIORS 185 I will take you and make you everything you ' ve ever dreamed. E.L. P. Susan Klofak Nina Kogan 186 SENIORS Joan Kingsly Suzanne Konowitz When the small gray sparrow, straight From the nest Felt the wind on its wing for the first time yesterday Nobody noticed. But it happened Just the same. — ELK Pearl Kohn SENIORS 187 188 SENIORS Eugenia Kotsis Aksenia Krog Ermioni Kulukundis Cookie Dylan Landis SENIORS 189 Anna Laudon 190 SENIORS Laura Kuperman SENIORS 191 I shot a moose ... Woody Allen, The Nightclub Years (1964-1968) Florence Liang SENIORS 193 Kathy Linder 194 SENIORS Violet Loh Dymphna Lovelace Cheryl Lust SENIORS 195 Beth Lubin Yolanda Mancilla 196 SENIORS Linda Mandel SENIORS 197 No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world ' s storm-troubled sphere; I see heaven ' s glories shine. And faith shines equal, arming me from fear. — Emily Bronte Heidi Markowitz Delsia Marshall Linda Markush Margaret Marchese 198 SENIORS THE DUCK WAS HERE, BUT NOW SHE ' S GONE, AND LEFT HERQUACK TO TO CARRY ON. QUACK! Dawn Martin Rena Matison When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn — Harriet Beecher Stowe tk What lies behind you and what lies ahead of you are small matters compared to what lies within you — Emerson Ellen Mayer SENIORS 199 Mary Alice McDonagh 200 SENIORS _ Barbara Morgan SENIORS 201 -Yo se quiun soy-respondio Don Quijote-,y se que puedo ser no solo los que he dicho, sino todos los doce Pares de Francia, pues a todas las hazanas que ellos juntos y cada uno por si hicieron, se aventajaran las mi ' as. Joyce Noulas 204 SENIORS Susan Pivnick SENIORS 205 206 SENIORS Carole Paul Linda Pawelec SENIORS 207 Loretta Pratt What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are nothing compared to what lies within us 208 SENIORS Jeanette Pollak Judith Pollak 210 SENIORS Joyce Rittenburg Sharon Roberson SENIORS 213 Susan Roberts 216 SENIORS Margot Rubinstein SENIORS 217 Helene Schor And after it rains there ' s a rainbow. — Paul Simon Lynn Schulps 218 SENIORS Wendy Schmalz Freya Schnabel I have an inward treasure born with me, which can keep be alive if all the extraneous delights should be withheld or offered only at a price I cannot afford to give. — Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre Chemistry Major Laurie Salantire SENIORS 219 Marguerite Schaffer 220 SENIORS Judith Scheinberg Robin P. Schecter Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life! (Proverbs 4: 13) Amanda Salles Diana Schemo Around all that is finished that which is still to be done rises and takes increase. — Rilke SENIORS Deborah Sharp 222 SENIORS So many faces in and out of my life Some will last, some are just plain now and then, Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I ' m afraid its time for good-bye again — Billy Joel ■ Margot Schwaab Nancy Schulman Mary Schooley Oh you can ' t help that ' said the Cat: We ' re all mad here. I ' m mad. You ' re mad. How do you know I ' m mad? , said Alice. You must be, said the Cat, or you wouldn ' t have come here. — Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Nanette Schorr SENIORS 223 Karen Sekiguchi 224 SENIORS Brenda Schicker Rena Shore Words, words, words. Hamlet Susan Shotkin SENIORS 225 Sarah Teall SENIORS 227 Syma Rose Shulman Phi Beta Kappa Robin Smith 228 SENIORS Vivian Silverstein EAST ASIAN STUDIES REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES YUKU KAWA NO NAGARE WA TAEZU SITE SIKAMO MOTO NO MIZU NI ARAZU. Stefanie Soichet SENIORS 229 230 SENIORS Nora Walzer SENIORS 231 Cathleen Siobhan Trainor 234 SENIORS Jill Tiernay Rebecca Trumbull SENIORS 235 Deborah Vann 236 SENIORS Lynne Viola Patricia Wada Assistant Photo Editor — Columbian 1975-76 Photo Editor — Columbian 1976-77 Field Hockey 1977-78 Economics Major; Student Editor, Civil Liberties Review, President, Economics Club, Secretary, Democratic Caucus. To know is to feel — George Eliot. Onwards and up- wards to the Class of 1978. Tirza Wahrman Mm Nancy Wagner SENIORS 237 The impossible is only something that hasn ' t been done before Miriam Westheimar 240 SENIORS Julie Weiss I took great pains to study it, and ' tis poetical Judith Weinstein Lee Wimpfheimer SENIORS 241 Gwendolyn Wong Teresa Wyszomerski 242 SENIORS Sophia Yancopoulos Denise Yarbrough Farewell, Adieu, So long, Vaya con Dios, May they find whatever they are looking for, Remember when the wine was better than ever again . . . We could not ask for more. — Tom Paxton Barbara Zweibel SENIORS 243 Four Years at Barnard: a diary Freshman orientation: for a weekend, residential life for everybody, even commuters . . . arrive in dinky BHR room with no heat and a backed-up sink sticking out of the wall and feel like turning around to go back home ... a friend from high school actually does . . . resume my schizophrenic commuter exixtence Monday, praising God for home cooking. Find our first day that I am in the wrong Spanish class and will have to change my whole program ... at this point my major could be anything . . . just what is a major anyway? Dis- cover with relief that I don ' t have to declare one until the end of next year . . . but how will I ever write a senior thesis? The school newspaper prints articles about neighborhood abortion clinics instead of pocket profiles of the new president and staff . . . jeans are finally acceptable attire — re- quired, in some circles . . . college always de- mands payment of spring bill right before Christ- mas . . . why is everyone pre-med or pre-law? Science requirement: Biology 1-2. Discover why the Course Guide refers to the horrors of nine o ' clock classes . . . lab, a course in itself . . . dis- secting the infamous fetal pig . . . dozens are car- ried home in sloshing formaldehydefilled bags the night before the exam . . . Professor pays a visit to show off the preserved human brain she discovered in the back of her office closet. Elementary language courses: how to transfer the entire contents of the grammar text to an inac- cessible portion of the student ' s brain in one gruel- ing semester . . . language labs feature tapes of French near-nursery rhymes; seven people sitting there repeating nonsense syllables to improve their accents; at least we don ' t have to take CC and Humanities . . . Gym requirements: four semesters stuck in the same beginning swimming class, paddling back and forth across a pool so crowded there ' s a constant risk of head-on collision DON ' T LINGER IN THE DRESSING ROOMS WHEN CLASSES ARE NOT IN SESSION . . . nervousness after everyone finally leaves, giving me a chance at one of the four working hairdryers. Signs advertising a million-and-one events, and clubs that meet at night, after zero-hour on the subway; what do they mean half the students are commuters? The literary magazine rejects all my poems . . . President Martha Peterson resigns. Ivy League clout: Lillian Hellman speaks at graduation and her speech is reprinted in the New York Times. Topic: Post Watergate Morality and Your Future. Sophomore year: have narrowed down by major to two possibilities and can ' t decide which ... try to get around distribution requirements by taking a course which dosen ' t have a squiggle but looks as if it should . . . petition the registrar ... re- ceive a curt letter saying that a sophomore still has plenty of time to complete six standard courses, besides there are no more squiggle courses . . . discovery of college reverse snobbery-thesis is mere ' ' senior essay, . . . full professors call each other Mrs. and Mr., except in the science departments where everyone is Doctor . . . To merge or not to merge, that is the question . . . McGill claims his boys can ' t survive without constant exposure to our feminine charms . . . worse, there will not be any more boys willing to come to a (gasp!) single-sex school . . . the Bulle- tin writes bitter editorials . . . freshwomen write enraged letters to the Bulletin claiming they were tricked into coming here. They thought that Bar- nard was already fully co-ed . . . the Barnard ad- ministration continues to tell Columbia we ' re per- fectly happy the way we are ... a new president is chosen amid much fanfare . . . Junior year: President Jacquelyn Mattfeld is inaugurated amid $35,000 worth of festivities in the overpoweringly magnificent Riverside Cathedral . . . ceremony is so impressive I expect her to receive a crown at the end, not a mere presidential pendant with Athena on it . . . Mattfeld and McGill cross swords ver- bally in their speeches . . . McGill continues to talk about merger . . . Mattfeld proposes a com- mission to study alternatives. Carter is elected President and Joan Mondale speaks at graduation; in introducing her Mattfeld tries to make it appear she has been chosen because she wrote a book on art and politics, but all the secret service men standing around remind us that she is really here because whe is the wife of the Vice- President of the United States. Senior year: All the New York City newspapers report that incoming Columbia and Barnard fresh- men are issued beanies at Orientation. Spectator prints an article about this phenomenon and the freshpeople ' s docile acceptance of it . . . merger issue seems quiescent for the moment . . . only eight out of one-hundred freshpeople know who Mark Rudd is, Spectator reports . . . stung, Rudd emerges from the underground and gives himself up. Now all the freshpeople can read about him in the Times . . . the revolution is dead. Long live the scramble to get into law school! My back-to-school Mcintosh mail includes a fourteen page booklet on how to be a senior at Barnard; includes detailed information how to apply to graduate schools . . . oh no, not more standardized tests and bullshitting application es- says already . . . GRE ' sLSAT ' sMCAT ' s . . .still don ' t know how I ' m ever going to write a senior essay-only now I have to do it. M.O ' C 244 SENIORS Commencement Barnard does not really have a commencement ceremony per se. The Barnard degrees are offi- cially conferred by Columbia University so that the ceremony held at the college each May is in actual- ity a. presentation of the seniors. About 400 members of the class of 1978 will par- ticipate in the May ceremony at Barnard. It all starts with a congregation of the seniors at the Bar- nard gymnasium. Then, the weather willing, the students march out to the Lehman lawn to hear the various speakers, including President Jacquelyn Mattfeld, deliver the customary addresses. Prior to this year, seniors were presented when their names were called out, upon which they would stand up and quickly sit down again. In the Fall of 1977 a referendum was held, the subject of which was a suggested change in the presentation ceremony. Instead of merely standing up when their names are called, the students would be al- lowed to walk up to President Mattfeld on the podium and shake her hand, something few stu- dents get a chance to do during their stay at Barnard. Although not one-hundred percent certain, Grace King, head of the Commencement Commit- tee, indicated that the suggested change in the ceremony would be implemented this year. The presentation ceremony is held in the morn- ing; later on, in the afternoon, the students are en- couraged to walk to Columbia and participate in the commencement proceedings there. Students are also encouraged to participate in the Baccalaureate Service, held on May 14 in Saint Paul ' s Chapel. Joan Mondale takes the rostrum. The 1978 speaker is Barnard Alumna Francine du Plessix Gray. Ms. Gray is author of Lovers and Tyrants. The Commencement Committee coordinates the graduation ceremonies at Barnard. Its members are Grace King, the senior class adviser, representa- tives from the faculty and administration, Under- grad officers Emily Gaylord and Lori Gold, Senior Class President Ruth-Marie O ' Brien, and one stu- dent at large. One of the committee ' s responsibilities is the compilation of a list of potential speakers to rec- ommend to President Mattfeld. Mattfeld is in turn responsible for inviting the speaker, a procedure which can be quite time-consuming, especially if the college ' s first choice declines the invitation. The 1977 speaker was Joan Mondale, wife of the Vice-President of the United States. The committee is also charged with the responsi- bility of dealing with the corps of newsmen who come to cover the ceremony. Another question, a particularly sensitive one, is that of parents who, anxious to photograph their graduating daughters, crowd and obstruct the passageways. It was suggested that the college commission a profes- sional to photograph the seniors as they walk up to the podium, thus relieving the congestion. As of the start of the Spring 1978 semester this question had not, however, been resolved. A.K. COMMENCEMENT 245 246 SENIORS LATECOMERS 247 Cathy L. Altman 248 LATECOMERS ACADEMICS 251 Academic Life at Barnard In many ways, my college experience was to be the key to my self-discovery — to an invigorating awareness and insight I had not known before. Countless outstanding professors, fellow students, and courses have made Barnard a special place which I shall always treasure. This, however, is not to deny the underlying ten- sion and lingering fear of failure which were also often a part of academic life. We were totally respon- sible for the consequences of our decisions at school and the excessive pressures undoubtedly produced a lot of insomnia and unmitigated anguish. Yet, for me and for many of you who read this, intensive study at Barnard became a mode of self- expression, a much needed outlet for explosive ener- gies. Study became an end in itself — it was a cele- bration of the fruits of self-discipline. It provided priceless moments of inner peace, which were at once serene and exhilerating. I remember entering Barnard with considerable fear and self-doubt. On that chilly September morn- ing in 1974, as I stood apprehensively on the stone steps of Barnard Hall overlooking the campus, I could hardly imagine what lay ahead. Slowly and sometimes painfully, that early, amorphous, fresh- woman feeling of anxiety has given way to self- confidence and self-trust, and an ineffable appetite for joy. The quality of my academic experience at Barnard was a very important reason. T.W. 252 ACADEMICS ACADEMICS 253 THE LAB SCIENCE REQUIREMENT j 254 ACADEMICS Buckley-Moyni Anyone chancing upon Low Library Rotunda the evening of September 23 might have thought that ' 68 was repeating itself — there were scores of blue-jeaned Columbia and Barnard Univer- sity students sprawled on the cold marble floor in attitudes re- miniscent of the sit-ins. However, to the delight (or dismay) of casual onlookers, the scene was an occasion of positive public- ity for the university. William F. Buckley was stading a Firing Line from Colum- bia, and using a panel of Columbia debaters for and against his opponent, United States Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. The resolution under debate was Resolved: That Welfare Should be Federalized. On the affirmative side were Senator Moyni- han, and undergraduates Bill Dolen, and Richard Bartel. Mr. Buckley, with Students Mitchell Halpern and Jane Shamanesh, argued the negative position. As one would expect from Colum- bia University students, the House voted for the affirmative side. The two one-hour segments were broadcast on Channel 13 ' s Firing Line October 23 and 30. M.R. Debate Conservative William Buckley 256 ACADEMICS Registration at Barnard marks the start of each semester and is held on the upper level of the Millicent Mcintosh Center. Each student receives her registration materials in a large brown envelope stuffed into her Mcintosh Center mailbox prior to the start of each semester, and is given several days to file the enclosed forms at the tables set up for that purpose. Barnard registration has an advantage over other schools ' because students are not forced to file their selection of courses during registration, but may do so several weeks later at the registrar ' s office. Also , since students do not have to stand in line to sign up for courses the process is much less time-consuming — and much less frustrating. 1 J r ACADEMICS 257 Freshmen and Transfers ' Orientation (Below) Members of the Dean of Studies ' Office congregate with students during the Freshmen and Transfers ' Orientation on January 23, 1978, in the Mcintosh Center. This orienta- tion is held for students who matriculate in the Spring of each academic year; all other new students are introduced to Barnard through the orientation proceedings prior to the Fall of each academic year. Learning out of the classroom An integral part of academic life at Columbia is the non-classroom lectures which form a visible part of the campus scene. Academic lectures, whether by Columbia professors or by visiting speakers, extend learning out of the classroom and increase the opportunities for intellectual stimula- tion in the University. Lecturers are brought to the school by a wide range of campus institutions. Academic depart- ments, for example, figure prominently as frequent sponsors of guest speakers. One example is the French department which in 1977 brought Vincen- nes professor Ludovic Janvier to the school. He was enormously popular with the students, and his visit brought a great deal of publicity to the school. Academic clubs are another source of guest lec- turers. The economics club, under the supervision of Professor Sylvia Hewlett, has brought a wide variety of speakers to the campus, such as London School of Economics professor Emma Rothschild, who spoke on The Politics of Food ,, in Decem- ber. Independent organizations, such as the Women ' s Center, and the Thursday Noon Committee, are perennial sources of excellent speakers. The Wom- en ' s Center sponsors the Reid lectureship, which brings a series of visiting professors to the college. This year ' s Reid lecturers, the third in the series, are Rhonda Copelon and Nancy Stearns, staff at- torneys for the Center for Constitutional Rights. Copelon and Stearns were invited, says Women ' s Center director Jane Gould, particularly for their committment to work on social change. Copelon, for example, has been fighting for Medicaid pay- ments to indigent women for abortions, and Stearns filed the first challenge to the Criminal Abortion Statute. The Thursday Noon Committee, whose name derives from the lectures and lunches they present every Thursday at noon, is another source of guest speakers. One of their lectures this year was by Columbia professor David Robertson who spoke on life in the Himalayas. A well known source of distinguished speakers is the Gildersleeve Lecture Series. This year ' s Gild- ersleeve lecturer is Carlos Fuentes, renowned au- thor and professor of Latin-American literature. His visit was enormously well-received by students and his November lecture on Spanish-American literature drew a capacity crowd at Lehman Audi- torium. A.K. Nancy Stearns and Rhonda Copelon Carlos Fuentes, lecturing at the Lehman Auditorium EDITORS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Aminata Kabia ART AND LAYOUT EDITOR Elaine Richards COPY EDITOR Andrea Leichter MANAGING EDITOR Debbie Pasik PUBLICITY Claire Tise PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR Madlyn Granieri TREASURER Grazia Rechichi ADVERTISING MANAGER Helene Schor Anne Salmson — Photography Ellen Saideman — Photography Linda Lim — Art STAFF 261 Writers LAYOUTS PHOTOGRAPHERS Jamie Bernard Marian Chertow Wendy Dubin Paula Franzese Emily Gaylord Aminata Kabia Laura Kuperman Andrea Leichter Ilise Levy Laney McHarry Ruth O ' Brien Margaret O ' Connell Merri Rosenberg Elisa Septee Joanne Starr Gwynne K. Stewart Linda Thorn Claire Tse Tirza Wahrman Teresa Wyszomierski Marco Gottardis Ruri Yampolsky Rosemary Volpe Michelle Pattwell Linda Lim Linda Reid Robin Hochberg Robin Becker Valerie Crown Ilise Levy ART Rosemary Volpe Michelle Pattwell Linda Lim Sue Spielvogel Kathy Roegner Chris Bernat Debbie Pasik Aminata Kabia Anne Salmson Ellen Saideman Liz Pierce Valerie Crown Ilise Levy PUBLIC RELATIONS Heda Eisenberg Rosemary Volpe — Layout Art Ruri Yampolsky — Layout Liz Pierce — photos Laura Kuperman — writer Merri Rosenberg — writer Valerie Crown — photos 262 STAFF I Q Q DORIS COSTER ABDUL AND ESTINA KABIA JOE D. MARK HEFFLEY JOHN REARDON DORIS MILLER THE STAFF OF THE CAMPUS ACTIVITIES OFFICE JOSEPH DONOVAN DEAN WEBER AND THE COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION GRACE KING SALLY SLATE PATRICIA BALLOU VILMA BORNEMANN THE UNDERGRAD BOARD (EMILY, LORI, SUZANNE, MARGO AND NANCY). PROFESSOR DONALD RITCHIE SZOBO ARNOLD BROWN RUTH-MARIE O ' BRIEN AND THE SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS ANDREA SHEPHARD MAY-MAY GONG THE BARTLESTONES OF RAPPOPORT STUDIO FRED S TYPEWRITER JEANETTE PARKS ESTRELLA PATELL MONICA SMITH BRETT COMBS Mortarboard also thanks JOANNE STARR, who did the solicitations for the patrons page and photographer ROSALIE POZNACHOWSKI, who coordinated and did much of the photography for the color section. Mortarboard thanks the following groups and people for the use of their photographs: — The Barnard Public Relations Office for the picture of the Italian Cultural Society on page 78; the picture of the Greek Drama Club on page 75; the Commence- ment pictures on page 245; the Spring Festival pictures on page 82. — The Daily News for the picture of the freshmen on pp 8-9; the picture of the freshmen at a lecture on page 1 1 ; the picture of the two freshman on a lawn on page 11. — The Columbia Spectator for the pictures of the Buckley-Moynihan Debate on page 256; the Community Youth Program pictures on page 77. — Salimah Ali for the picture of Kuumba Edwards on page 74; the picture of the BOBW officers on page 65. — The Barnard Bulletin for the pictures of the Emily Gregory winners on page 136; the pictures of the Bulletin officers on pp 70-71. — Susan Roberts for the picture of the literary magazine officers on page 69 — The Minor Latham Playhouse for the pictures on page 72 — The Spanish Club for the group picture on page 78. The introductory article was compiled from issues of the Barnard Bulletin and from A History of Barnard, published by the Public Relations Office. The reproduction of the September 8 issue of the Columbia Spectator in the Freshmen section was made courtesy of Spectator Inc. CREDITS 263 C 7ieQ $lo r a dw ZAd to thanJc the fellouwn fiec i e few theiw cc4tfoi6ution to ow fat icafcon. extend to them, and to aM othev fiawenfa, a c n jf it{ a wy note on thetv daK fAte) ' adiiatton. Mr. and Mrs. Nat Leichter Mr. Max Eisenberg Ernest Salantre Mrs. G. Wantz Gregorio Cortes Board of Trustees Sam Bernard Elliot and Fern Chapnick Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Arcomano Ernest Wimpf-Heimer Jack Jackness Jamie Steinschraber Irwin Kissen William and Ann Eddy Elda Spadacini Jack S. Cobler Dr. and Mrs. Taylor Smith W.R. 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Rego Park, N.Y. 11368 PATRICIA WADA 4401 Stinson Drive Columbus Ohio 43214 NANCY WAGNER 38 Mohawk Rd. Short Hills, N.J. 07078 SUSAN WAGNER TIRZA WAHRMAN 3706 Jerusalem Ave. Wantash, N.Y. 11793 NORA WALZER VANESSA WEBER NANCY WEEMS MARSHA WEINDLING JUDY WEINSTEIN MARLENE WEINSTEIN 7 Davin Rd. West Orange, N.J. 07052 HILLARY WEISMAN JULIE WEISS 176 East 71 Street New York, N.Y. 10021 RACHELLE WEISS 1325 East 32 Street Brooklyn, N.Y. 11210 MIRIAM WESTHEIMER SHERRY WEIDER EVA WEINER LEE WIMPFHEIMER REBECCA WLADIS 810 W Church Street Elmira, N.Y. 14905 LAURIE WOLF GWENDOLYN WONG FRANCES WOOD LYNN WOODS MERRILL WRIGHT TERESA WYSZOMERSKI SOPHIA YANCOPOLOUS CLAIRE D. YARBROUGH KATHLEEN YOH TERRY ZAPINSKY LORI ZAREMBER HELEN ZELIG CATHERINE ZERBEL MARIA ZIELYK STEPHANIE ZIFFER JANE ZUCKER AMY ZUCKERBROD 267 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1978 BEST WISHES AND GOOD LUCK from THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chairman Arthur G. Altschul Vice-Chairman Helene (Mrs. Mark) Kaplan Treasurer Samuel R. Milbank Secretary Olga M. Hughes Helen (Mrs. Frank) Altschul Emeritus Trustee Carolyn (Mrs. F. Philip) Brotherton Robert H. Ebert M.D. Eleanor (Mrs. John Jr.) Elliot Richard Furlaud Ellen V. Futter William T. Golden Blanche (Mrs. Seymour) Graubard lola S. Haverstick (Mrs.) Martha Bennet (Mrs. Ernest Heyd) Robert Hoguet Gedale Horowitz Elizabeth (Mrs. Eliot) Janeway Wallace Jones Emeritus Trustee FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET WITH THE TRUSTEES Professor Barbara Miller STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO MEET WITH THE TRUSTEES Ellen Doherty Eleanor S. (Mrs. Eric) Larraabee Jacquelyn Anderson Mattfeld President William J. McGill ex officio Helen (Mrs. Randall) Mclntyre Roger H. Morley Frank B. Newman Francis T.P. Plimpton Mary Louise (Mrs. Ogden) Reid Madeline Robinton (Mrs.) Iphigene (Mrs. Arthur H.) Sulzberger Emeritus Trustee Barbara M. Watson Professor Richard Pious Nancy Wagner 19,000 Members of The Associate Alumnae of Barnard College Welcome the Class of 1978 to membership The Association links together Barnard students and graduates with each other and with alumnae residing in the United States and abroad. Our purpose is to promote the interests of the College and to foster a spirit of friendship among its members. One of the ways we accomplish this is through our alumnae quarterly which regularly reports news from all of the classes as well as the latest developments on campus. As alumnae, you will be receiving four issues yearly if you keep the alumna office informed of your address. If you plan to travel or move to another community, the office will be glad to help you contact alumnae in the area. There are approximately 50 alumnae clubs throughout the United States and abroad whose members are happy to welcome newcomers and travelers. Do be sure to keep in touch with your alma mater through our office and keep your class correspondent up-to-date on your activities. Our congratulations to our newest alumnae class 268 Best Wishes from the Undergraduate Association of Barnard College to the Graduates in the Class of 1978 LORI SUZANNE EMILY MARGOT NANCY 269 Congratulations Graduates Best wishes and good luck from all of us at the Columbia University Bookstore 270 BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1978 From the College Activities Staff JON REARDON DORIS MILLER ESTRELLA PATELL ZINA JACQUE ROBERT BONFIGLIO MICHAEL WHITE CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATE Aminata Hamid Kabia BEST WISHES FOR THE FUTURE FROM YOUR PARENTS Abdul and Adenkule Kabia GOOD LUCK and more BEST WISHES From the Rest of the Clan Grandma and Grandpa King George Grandma and Grandpa Kabia Metcalfe Aunt Delphine Hannah Aunt Caston Bakie Aunt Ramatu Abdul Aunt Esther Amadu Uncle Milton Hamid Uncle Grandville . . . and all the other aunts, uncles, cousins, ets., etc., etc., ad infinitum 271 CONGRATULTIONS CLASS OF ' 78 from the RECREATION AND ATHLETICS ASSOCIATION Congratulates the Class of 1977 And Wishes You All The Best In Future Endeavors LEADERS in PHOTOGRAPHY SINCE 1905 STUDIOS, INC. 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