Philolexian Elects Lawrence, LaTouche 1934 -35 Officers Schuyler Lawrence '35 and J. Trevilie LaTouche '37 were elected president and vice-president, respectively, of Philolexian Society for 1934-35 at the last meeting of the academic year. Other officers follow: Milton Crane '37, secretary, Robert E. Gibney, '37, treasurer, and Kimball Plochmann '36, librarian. Singer and Giroux Elected In the presidential election, Lawrence gained the victory over LaTouche by a narrow margin. The Society then chose LaTouche vice-president. The only other business of the evening was the election of Graham P. Singer '35 and Robert F. Giroux '36 to the Society. Philolexian Society was recently the subject of a heated Campus argument when it conducted a poetry reading in a darkened room to the accompaniment of piano music. The group was accused of "escaping to an ivory tower" during a time of urging…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1934-05-16 →

Spectator Defense Unit Votes To Fight Censorship of Daily; Board Move Awaited Tonight Twenty-Three of Group Supporting Publication Sign Pledge Opposing Curbs on 'Freedom Of Expression'—Action Unanimous PHILOLEXIAN OPPOSES RESTRICTION Dunaway, Jacobson Issue Statement Charging Signed Questionnaire With 'Nay' Majority Was Discarded by Circulators By ROGER E. CHASE The newly-organized Spectator Defense Committee voted last night to resist any attempt to curb the editorial freedom of the present managing board. Meanwhile, the Senior Committee of 17, opposition group which has been circulating a "questionnaire" in regard to present policies of the daily, met in secret session and declined to make public its plans for the future. It was anticipated that Student Board would take up the issue at its meeting tonight. It was also believed that results of the Senior group's…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1934-10-30 →

PHILO CHOOSES NEW OFFICERS Revised By-Laws Approved By Literary Society MAY PRESENT MOVIE Plans Discussed For Annual, Special Review Issue Philolexian Society elected its officers for the Spriir£ semester last night. The College literary group named Herman Gund '3 SJ, president; Schuyler Lawrence '36, vicepresident; Paul K. Thomson '37, secretary; and Milton Crane '37, treasurer. Lawrence, the retiring head, presided at the meeting. Lawrence read the revised constitution to the Society, which accepted it unanimously. Chief among the new features is the initiation fee of $2.50, includes the first year's dues. Consider Film Showing Treville LaTouche '37 was appointed to investigate the possibilities of presenting "The Age of Gold," a surrealist motion picture. A permanent program committee was selected, consisting of LaTouche, Gund, Lawrence and Graham P. Singer '35. Plans were…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1935-02-08 →

Philo Poetry Deadline Fixed for Thursday Thursday has been set as the deadline for all contributions to the Philolexian membership prose and poetry contest, Herman Gund '3SJ, president, announced yesterday. Two prizes of twenty-five dollars each will be awarded in each division, he added. 'Dr. Jacques Barzun, professor of history, has accepted the position of judging the manuscripts which are to be handed to Milton Crane '37 before Thursday. At this week's meeting an unusual program will be featured. Good and bad poetry will be read without identification and the members will be asked to distinguish between the two.

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1935-04-30 →

Giroux Elected Head Of Philolexian Society Robert Giroux '36 was elected president of the Philolexian Society for 1935-3 6 at the organization's meeting last evening. John Berryman '3 6 was chosen vicepresident and Milton Crane '3 7, secretary-treasurer. Ber ryman was also named chairman of the Boar's Head poetry society for next year. A new office, permanent president, was incorporated in Philolexian, and Graham P. Singer '35 elected to fill the position as a member of the present graduating class. Giroux. upon taking office, said that "if, by next year, I shall have succeeded in removing the stereotype which I believe to exist about Philolexian. I shall consider myself a good president."

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1935-05-10 →

Fadiman to Talk To Philo Tonight Barnard Literary Society Expected to Attend Hartley Meeting Clifton Fadiman, Columbia '25, boolc editor of The New Yorker, will be the guest speaker at the regular meeting of Philolexian Society tonight at 8 o'clock in the Hartley Hall Club Room. Fadiman, who was prominent in Campus literary affairs while at Columbia, will discuss some of the principles of literary criticism and reviewing. The Barnard Literary Society has been invited to attend the meeting. At last Thursday's meeting of Philolexian, a program of "swing" music was presented by Barry Ulanov '39. Included were records by Louis Armstrong, Don Redman and Benny Goodman. Oflicers for the Spring semester were also elected at the meeting. John McAlpin Berryman '36 was elected president of the society to succeed Robert Giroux '36. Paul v.K. Thomson was chosen vice-president and Mil ton Crane…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1936-02-13 →

Poetry Society Sets Final Date In Competition Deadline April 1; Van Doren Among Judges; To Award 3 Prizes The deadline for entries intlie annual poetry contest sponsored by the Boar's Head Poetry Society is April 1, it was announced by John McAlpin Berryman '36, chairman of the Boar's Head Committee. The first, prize will be $25, the second prize $l5, and the third prize .$lO. In addition, all poems accepted by the Committee will appear in a special issue of The Columbia Review to be published on or about April 30. Poems must be submitted to the Columbia Review Office at Room 415, John Jay Hall. They must be typed, and although no length is specified, no contestant may enter more than five poems. The committee announced that an innovation has been instituted in this year's competition. The poems selected by the committee will be submitted anonymously to the judges to insure greater…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1936-03-23 →

Crane Is Elected President of Philo Milton Crane '37 was elected president of the Philolexian Society at a meeting held last night in Student Board Room, 418 John Jay. Other officers of the organization, elected previously, are Ralph de Toledano '37, vice-president, Milton L. Gendel '3B, secretary, and Phillip Lehn '3B, treasurer. Following the business meeting, Professor John H. H. Lyon of the English Department discussed the background of modern poetry, touching on the Victorian poets, Walt Whitman, the poets of the Irish Renaissance, Kipling, Masefield, and Sandburg. He emphasized that modern poetry is unafraid, rebelling against the "stuffy" and ornamented work of the Victorians.

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1937-02-12 →

Philolexian to Meet With Barnard Group Philolexian, Columbia Literary group, will hold a joint meeting with the Barnard Literary Society in the Student Board Room at 8:30 this evening, Milton Crane '37, newly-elected president of the Columbia organization, announced yesterday. Dr. William Haller, professor of English at Barnard, will be guest speaker. Dr. Haller will talk on the Puritan tradition as an introduction to the work of T. S. Eliot. The meeting will give special consideration to Launcelot Andrewes, seventeenth-cen-tury English clergyman. A roundtable discussion will follow.

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1937-02-25 →

Group Announces Contest Deadline The Annual Literary Contest of the Philolexian Society will close on May 7, it was announced last night. All manuscripts should be submitted to Milton Crane '37, president, at 637 John Jay, before that date. The judges for the contest will be Professor Henry K. Dick and Mr. Lionel Trilling, both of the Columbia College English Department. The prizes to be awarded include one of $25 for the best piece of prose submitted and a similar amount for the best poetry.

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1937-04-29 →

Spectator, A.S.U. Finish Calm Semester; Debaters, Philo, Jester Improved Activity Columbia extra-curricular activities had a quiet year in 1936-37 with few flurries of excitement or outstanding achievements to show for their endeavors. JESTER Robert Lax and Ralph- Toledano weathered a storm of abusive Business Board criticism all year, finally to come into their own when the 1936-1937 Jester was acclaimed by Judge as the best College humor magazine in the country. The managing board survived election protests, Off-Hopr parodies, and a special Business Board issue and turned out the usual number of issues with the usual punctuality. AMERICAN STUDENT UNION After a determined and energetic response to Bob Burke's dismissal in October and November, the American Student Union glided into a rather quiet and inactive academic year. The Union's membership has been ranging around one hundred…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1937-05-12 →

Philo Celebrates 135th Year; Hawkes, Edman Speakers Club Was Dramatic Society for More Than a Decade By MILTON CRANE Retiring President of Philolexian Philolexian Society celebrates ifs 135 th anniversary last Wednesday evening with a banquet at the Men's Faculty Club. Both Alumni and undergraduates attended the reunion of the third oldest college literary society in America. As the feature of the festivites, Philo elected three honorary members: Dean Herbert E. Hawkes, Irwin Edman, professor of Philosophy, and Lionel Trilling, instructor in English. Milton Crane '37, retiring president of the Society, presided at the banquet and proposed the election of the guests. After being inducted into Philo, Dean Hawkes spoke briefly of the history of the college's oldest organization and then discussed the new Humanities course, which will go into operation next September. He praised the…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1937-06-01 →

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