Barnard College - Mortarboard Yearbook (New York, NY)

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You have been here during an enormously exciting and important time in the history of the College. You have participated in the beginning of a new and far more harmonious era in Barnard-Columbia relations. You have seen programs emerge — the Urban New York Program, Freshman Seminars, and the Quantitative Reasoning Program. You have witnessed the opening of a dormitory at 49 Clare- mont Avenue, an expanded Barnard-Columbia dining exchange, and cooperative intercollegiate athletics. As a diverse and talented group of young women, you have enriched Barnard by your presence. In my travels as President, I meet Barnard alumnae of all ages. I am regularly reminded that Barnard women have a special quality, a spirit that is at once inquir- ing, creative, and tenacious — an ability to make their dreams come true. What their college years did for them, I hope yours have done for you: deepened your con- fidence in your intellectual capacities and opened your windows to the world a bit wider. These are exciting times to be a woman, with more opportunities available than ever before. Women have found their way, in increasing numbers, into the profes- sions, the arts. Cabinet-level posts, and even into the Supreme Court and the Vice- Presidential campaign. But we know that, despite these obvious gains, women have not reached leadership positions in many aspects of corporate, political, and profes- sional life. Young women like you must take every opportunity to be active leaders and involved citizens; indeed you must insist on being allowed these responsibilities. Barnard is, I think, an unusually caring and individually oriented college. As you go forward into a complex and exciting world, you can be certain that your alma mater will be here to recognize and cheer your accomplishments. We look forward eagerly to your return visits. We hope you will do the same. With warm wishes for personal fulfillment, happiness and good health in a world of peace. Sincerely, Ellen V. Putter President

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I Progress ... a vague word perhaps, since it explains the advancements of today ' s world only by comparing them to the outdated machinations of yesteryear ... and yet each stage of development is a necessary contingent of a larger progression. There ' s no doubt that ou r world has progressed technologically — even here on campus we have witnessed the rapid growth of computers and word processors in offices, libraries, and students ' rooms — j what is more important, however, is that mankind is constantly progressing intellectually a s well. We, at Barnard, have succeeded in advancing through four years of undergraduate education and can now formulate and process all our collected data and carry it wlthu s to the next stage . . .