New-York tribune., 1896-11-30
ABOUT BARNARD COLLEGE. :.
THE SOCIAL AND DAILY LIFE OF THE STU
DENTS-RULES AND REGULATIONS.
GUILDS AND Clubs.

GUILDS AND Clubs.
The laying of the cornerstones OF Barnard >
new buildings Brnckerhof and Milbank Halls. has
again brought the college prominently before the
public. 4 few years this same public repeat
edIy humiliatod Barnards students by that per-
picked and reiterated query. Barnard College. did
Won saw Why where is Barnard?' At last hav-
ing satisfied the public in regard 10 this point Bar
nard now wishes TO give them a glimpse OF her
daily and social life.
Chapel which IS compulsory. formally opens
| the day. at 9:1j o'clock As a rule the students
who compelled to attend the early morning
recitations seldom appear at chapel or In fac'
before the hour they due. For this reason Bar
nard's present close and limited quarters DO not
begin to be uncomfortaby crowded until after tho
second hour. After that time. however som" MEM
her of the Self Government committee-for The stu
dents themselves make their own rules and punish
any infringement of them-appears again and again
I'm tho halls durin.. the five minutes between recita
tions to warn the students that they are violating
Rule VI namely. that the stairs and hahs must not
be blocked during the five minutes interval.
Some instructor mentally blesses her for her time
lv aid lie had been seriously contemplating the
possibility of climbing the banisters. an act
totally at variance with scholastic dignity but now.
room having been made. he simply passes through
a smiling but critical multitude. whose sharp eyes
soon discover and pass sentence upon his new
necktie.
all
the concomitant excitement and anxiety. one per-
co, romans nerfectly serene and cool This Is Bar
nards bureau OF Information" the Invaluable
and unrivallcd James. whose very existence II "o-
solutey necessary for She maintenance OF Barnard
II a student loses anything. II she desires her ho'es
TO go by the earliest possible mail II she wishes en-
Iightenment upon any subject. she applies to the
oyerre,dv lanes whose brain contains an amount
of information at which the students themselves
oft times marvel Question after question 'heS III
erallv fling at this prodigy. tardy senior-ih 'he
senior year the students go 20 'olumbia lot 'i'e III"
iority of their courses-rushes In ana prea''eSS's
injuries If Professor So-and-so has come down yet
n T. g. "I,mes have YOU seen my 'Alcestis' OF,
Euripides?" James please give this essay TO III;
Co. "Oh. James please tell Miss .,o rmoe' ma..
TO see her. But perhaps what most uies u h -,
angelic temper is when a freshman. with the NJ
most confidence in James abiiity no. o,' U, also
to recognize their voices calls out as stit u's"pT
pears upstairs James. please tell Mrs. h-- l
Tho hnur for luncheon by-the-way is no specled
time but the schedule is SO arrlhgeu 'la %
don't has at least one hour some Time Det"eeIi i-"'
and 9.n During these hours the Janl'!sSS, "a a.
count of lack Of space can furnish 'nr hrsad
onIv with souD tea. coffee. chocolate anu pirao
and butter In consequence. large numper o, tne
students frequent the various hotels IN .e h 81
After lunchcon-that is. after ociock-such ST.
lence reigns in the college that stranger VINO no mas mas
heard the hubbub during me mors hneer are con-
,inYed until $50 after which hour the buildng IS
given over the jantress 49,. ..o s,,dor,s are
Nov in spite OF the fac. that the stuueii'S are
earnest faithful and digVnt workers, anu nave
been designated "grinds by theit irIio" STU
dents at Columbia. they are not eXcluSi'eH 'o-
t,rrs At th, shrine Of Minerva Those close ihtl-
macics and friendships which heip 10 ueVrioP ne
characters of girls at their most impressonape age
,hai broader and fuller life that college and social
snirit claimed for the dormitory college are aS
characteristic of Barnard as OF Ndssar. i-o!d anu
thsiasiic they enter into the social lie win tne
ono i'm of making what they undertake great sue
cess class feeling-that is rivalry-is almost u'i'
known but college spirit Is intense.
THE COLLEGE TEAS.
rhi. college spirit is seen its best at the teas
bicb ,al<c place the second Friday Of each month.
and which lave proved such a successful means
NJ kaeninr the alumnae In touch with the under
graduates Frequently a Columbia student who has
attended such a tea for the first me-the Columbia
ra, uho receive invitations think themselves par
,,cul,rIv fortunate-make the remark: Really !
did M, know there we're so many pretty girls at
t,Lorqh the teas arr a great factor In Barnards
social life they furnish only "A small part OF the
,n,nv entertainments given during the year
THE VARIOUS CLUBS.
The classes and the various clubs. among which
or ,be t;lee Banjo and l1doln clubs the Hap
hazard Ga purely social organization. the Arthur
Rrooks Literary Society. the French and German
pram,tic clubs all do their share in entertaining
rher. are private lunchcons and teas given by in
li,Iual students: class luncheOnS At Sherrys, pic
mics i'm the spring. card parties. Thanksgiving ana
Christmas parties. poster parties. ana, IN TACT.
every im,ginable sort of entertainment
The chIei incident Of the year. however. Is the