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Calendar Of Events October 1940, Brown/Risd Community Art Project

Calendar of Events

The Calendar of Art Events of October 1940 includes an article about the RISD Museum of Art and the Community. Art exhibitions, concerts and plays that took place in Providence are also mentioned. Other art exhibitions in Massachusetts, the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum in New York are included.

Tomahawk, October 1, 1940, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

The Ursinus Weekly, September 30, 1940, Nicholas Barry, Garnet Adams, Douglas Davis, Denton Herber, Franklyn Miller

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Political rallies at Ursinus to feature broadcast speeches by U.S. senators • Walton signed for fall hop Saturday • Numerous types of receptions astonish, surprise, and dismay Ursinus novices • Ursinus enrollment hits record high, over 200 new students admitted • Snyder and Greene lead first vespers • Weiland and Dubuque choose staffs for 1941 edition of Ruby • First "Gridder" will appear at pep rally on Friday night • Wood plans rally before Dickinson • Ursinus has second largest group at Eaglesmere conference • "Weekly" will feature battle of words, ballots • Seven religious conferences held here during summer …

Campus Comment, September 27, 1940, Bridgewater State Teachers College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Hollins Columns (1940 Sept 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Hardy Dillard Speaks at Formal Opening
• Don'ts and Do's To End All Boos
• Introducing the B.G.O.C.'s
• Group Leaders Stress Quiet Hour
• Freshmen Pack Ambition and Ability Along with Tweeds
• Open Letter to the Class of '44
• Y.W.C.A. Welcomes '44 at Novel Gym Party
• Six New Members Join Faculty
• Under the Dome
• Directory of New Students

Hollins Columns (1940 Sept 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Hardy Dillard Speaks at Formal Opening
• Don’t’s and Do’s To End All Boos
• Introducing the B.G.O.C.’s
• Group Leaders Stress Quiet Hour
• Y.W.C.A. Welcomes ’44 at Novel Gym Party
• Open Letter to the Class of ’44
• Six New Members Join Faculty
• Freshmen Pick Ambition and Ability Along With Tweeds
• Hollins Columns Staff
• Under the Dome
• Directory of New Students

Otterbein Towers September 1940, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

No abstract provided.

The Oracle 08/1940, Gorhm Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Registration Breaks All Records -- Faculty at Gorham Present Varied Courses -- Guest Speakers Come to Gorham -- Why Did You Come to Summer School? -- Afternoon Sail July 17 -- Campus Susie -- Side Glances at Sport

Trail Blazer - Volume 11b, Number 2, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on August 1, 1940. This issue of the Trail Blazer has a misprinted volume number.

Trail Blazer - Volume 11b, Number 1, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on July 13, 1940. This issue of the Trail Blazer has a misprinted volume number.

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, Summer 1940, Donald L. Helfferich, Calvin D. Yost, Stanley Omwake, Norman E. Mcclure

Ursinus College Alumni Journal, 1937-1969

Current comment • President's page • 70th annual commencement • Spring sports • Chinese honor Kepler '98 • About ourselves • 1940 varsity football schedule

The Babbler Volume 20 (1940-1941), Lipscomb University, Etha Green, Vivian Cullum, Claude Stephenson

The Babbler (Student Newspaper)

The 1940-1941 volume of David Lipscomb College's (now Lipscomb University) The Babbler student newspaper, which ran from July 1940–May 1941. It had 36 issues. Issue 4 is misnumbered as issue 3 and issue 36 is misnumbered as issue 37.

Bible School Lesson On "Jonah: The Outreach Of God's Love", Edward Washington Mcmillan

Edward Washington McMillan Papers

Edward Washington McMillan's Bible school lesson dated 30 June 1940. The lesson is titled "Jonah: The Outreach of God's Love" and the Scripture is drawn from Jonah 3:1-10; 4:10-11.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 16, No. 16, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Blackboards or Bombs
• Superintendents to Meet Here Next Thursday, Friday
• Student Cooperative Lyceum Series Opens
• 313 Have Average of B or Above; 11 Are Straight A’s
• Ensign John Clagett Bound for Honolulu
• Emmett Betts Conducts Reading Clinic
• Cooley, Ed. Vox Studentium – Civil Aeronautics Authority
• Historian to Appear Here – Harry Barnes
• English Teachers Confer on Hill
• Grapes of Wrath Leads in Popularity at Library
• Western Grads Get Degrees – Vanderbilt University
• The Tower Light – Van Meter Hall
• Gleanings – World War II
• Blow …

Gorham Normal School Commencement Program 1940, Gorham Normal School

Commencement Programs

The Gorham Normal School programs for the Senior Last Chapel, Baccalaureate Services and Graduation Exercises. Held in Gorham, Maine June 14, 16 and 17, 1940. Address given by Rufus Matthew Jones, D.D., LL. D., Haverford, Pennsylvania.

45th Annual Concert And Commencement, Sherwood Music School

Commencement Programs

Program for the Sherwood Music School 45th Annual Concert and Commencement at Orchestra Hall (220 South Michigan Avenue) held on June 14, 1940.

The Oracle 06/07/1940, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

Dr. Russell Resigns After 35 Years As Principal -- Dr. Bailey Becomes Principal of G.N.S. in September -- Dr. Bamberger Gives Enlightening Talk -- May Ball Brings 'Em Back -- Farmington Comes to Gorham for May Play-Day

The Ursinus Weekly, June 3, 1940, Nicholas Barry, Garnet Adams, Bob Cooke, Betty Knoll, Winifred Kapp, Marion Witmer, Betty Dakay, Dillwyn Darlington, Douglas Davis

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Directors meet; make Hartzell associate prof. • Reifsnyder takes graduation honors • Week-end addresses consider American democracy's needs • Ursinus crashes Life! • Rev. Dallus Krebs '02 elected alumni head • Meistersingers, choir have annual sacred music concert • Encore for "Outward bound" to be staged at Royersford • Initiations and banquet mark 15th anniversary of TKA • Eighteen from Ursinus will go to Eaglesmere • Women's Club admits 72 at business meeting on Friday • Louise Joulia stars in "The Firefly" production • "Lantern" contains works of three seniors • Racqueteers lose three senior stars • Fred Swift …

Ua12/2/2 1940 Talisman, None

WKU Administration Documents

1940 Talisman yearbook.

• Dedication – Franz Strahm
• In Memoriam – Marion Conner Ford
• Campus Views
• President – Paul Garrett
• Administration / Faculty / Staff
• Classes
• Clubs / Organizations
• Music
• Red & Grey Orchestra
• Roy Holmes Orchestra
• Western Players
• National Youth Administration Resident Project
• Features / Beauty Queens
• Football Season
• Toppers Trounce Ohio U. in Opener – Football
• Western Slides to 2-0 Victory – Football
• Tennessee Polytechnic Institute Tops Terrymen 10-0 – Football
• Memphis Teachers Next to Fall – Football
• Last Quarter Drive Stuns Louisiana Tech – Football
• Middle Tennessee Smothered 26-2 – Football
• Toppers Spoil Bronco’s Homecoming – Football
• East …

Otterbein Towers June 1940 Commencement, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine 1926-1999

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of Music Education Courses, George M. Small

Graduate Thesis Collection

One of the ever-pressing needs in the field of education, and in all phases of life, is constant revaluation of preparation for the task of building a better citizenship.  Each individual should develop his talents and abilities to the highest degree in order to be able to contribute to this task of uplifting society.

The Merchant Of Venice

Taylor Theatre Playbills

The playbill for Taylor University’s Spring 1940 performance of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.

The Merchant of Venice is a story of a Venice merchant named Antonio who must pay off a loan to a Jewish moneylender, Shylock.

Hollins Columns (1940 May 29), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• St. John's Head To Deliver Final Address
• Buckner Heads New Marshal Staff
• President Passes On Petitions
• Summer School Nets Merit Points
• Peter Marshall Speaks Sunday
• "Inside Hollins" to Inform New Frosh
• Council Names Group Leaders
• Colorful Festivities For Seniors Feature Commencement Week-End
• Appearance Board To Aid Students
• Dormouse and Co. Work Hard on Play With Alice
• Under the Dome
• I.R.C. Elects New Officers
• Hollins Heifers Triumph While Sweet Briar Cow(ers)
• Dr. Smith Takes First Place in Camera Exhibit
• Seniors Simmer Over Sumptuous Schemes for Summer Celebration
• The Collegiate Review
• Soph-Frosh Classes Eliminate Hazing
• Election Votes
• Clothes Lines …

Trail Blazer - Volume 11a, Number 28, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on May 29, 1940. This issue of the Trail Blazer has a misprinted volume number.

Hollins Columns (1940 May 29), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• St. John’s Head to Deliver Final Address
• Buckner Heads New Marshall Staff
• President Passes on Petitions
• Summer School Nets Merit Points
• Peter Marshall Speaks Sunday
• “Inside Hollins” to Inform New Frosh
• Council Names Group Leaders
• Colorful Festivities For Seniors Feature Commencement Weekend
• Appearance Board to Aid Students
• Dormouse and Co. Work Hard on Play With Alice
• Hollins Columns Staff
• Student Forum (Dear Editor)
• Under the Dome
• I.R.C. Elects New Officers
• Hollins Heifers Triumph While Sweet Briar Cow (ers)
• Dr. Smith Takes First Place in Camera Exhibit
• Seniors Simmer Over Sumptuous Schemes for Summer Celebration
• The Collegiate Review …

Trail Blazer - Volume 11a, Number 27, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on May 25, 1940.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. Xvi, No. 15, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Regular features include:

• Alumni Flashes
• Athletics
• Blow Blarney Bluff
• College High Times
• Faculty Notes
• Personals
• Society
• Student Organizations
• Tower Light
• Vox Studentium

This issue contains articles:

• Summer School to Open June10
• Unusual Musical Program Given
• Virginia Helm, Hugh Johnson Pupils Heard
• Over 300 to Be Included in Graduating Classes for 1940
• Two Geography Trips Taken
• W.J. Edens, H.L. Stevens Head Depts.
• Talisman Being Distributed Today
• Third Monthly Recital Presented May 16
• Student Wins National Honor – Polly McClure
• Weldon, Robert. Application for Peace
• Don’t Lose Your Balance
• Last Class …

Campus Comment, May 24, 1940, Bridgewater State Teachers College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

The Ursinus Weekly, May 20, 1940, Nicholas Barry, Dillwyn Darlington, George Kratz, Eva June Smith

Ursinus Weekly Newspaper, 1902-1978

Ursinus baseball nine take Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate League title • Men students give version of May Day • Dubuque elected chairman of new government club • WSGA committees named by Hartman • Parent-student luncheon is feature of Class Day • Commencement speaker heads Governor James' job mobilization drive • Colorful May hop ends college year • Frosh entertainers gorge juicy steaks • "The Firefly" stars girl in guise of a boy • Benjamin to head chemists; Discuss silicates at meeting • Showalter announces Lantern to be published this week • Stonorov gives slide lecture on medieval architecture • Debaters hold …

Trail Blazer - Volume 11a, Number 26, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State Trail Blazer published on May 18, 1940.