VARSITY ANNOUNCES ADDITIONS TO STAFF Eleven New Men Elected to Three Boards of Literary Publication. WINTER LITERARY EDITOR Campus Writer and Producer of Philo Shows Named on Managing Board. Announcement of the election of eleven upperclassmen to the business and editorial boards of Varsity was made public yesterday by Joseph Curtin Gephart '25, editor-in-chief of the campus Literary. H. Lyle Winter '26 L, of Cornwall N. Y., has been chosen to fill the post of Literary Editor of the publication. Winter's discussion of the relation of the drama to college life in the October issue, and his oneact play, ''The Golden Star," in the last number, have attracted favorable comment from Faculty and student body. He is already familiar to the Cam(pus for his work in connection with the production of "Richard II" last Fall, and is Graduate Production Manager of the Philolexian show again…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1924-12-12 →

SELECT 'WHY HARRY' FOR '25 PHILO SHOW; THURSTON MANAGER Social Comedy by Jesse Lynch Williams to Be Staged—Won Pulitzer Prize in 1917. WILL GIVE PRODUCTION IN MCMILLIN THEATRE To Present Play on Evenings of April 25, 27 and 28— Is Break From Tradition. "Why Marry," a social high comedy by Jesse Lynch Williams, will be this year's dramatic production, the Philolexian Literary Society announces. The? annual play is to be staged in the McMillin Aca3emlc Theatre on. the nights of Saturday, April 25, Monday, April 27, and Tuesday, April 28. Phillip B. Thurston '27 has been appointed managei. The choice of a modern comedy for the production marks a distinct break from the Philo tradition of producing drama of the Shakespearean / era. Feeling that the underly-. ing motives and human emotions expressed in the plays of the Victorian age or any period in history are the same…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1924-12-15 →

THURSTON ELECTED PRESIDENT OF PHILO Succeeds Roberts - Barzun, Hopkins and Schnitzer Fill Other Posts. Philip B. Thurston '27 of New Y<)rk City was 1 elected president of Philolexian Society at a recent meeting of that organization, it wa§ announced yesterday. At the same time Jacques M. Barzun '27 was chosen vice-president, Cecil M. Hopkins '27 was named as secretary, and Robert C. Schnitzer '27 was elected treasurer. The Annual Banquet of the society will be held on Friday. This will be the last meeting of the year and will be the occasion of the signing of the historic Philo scroll. Officers Active on Campus The new offiecrs have been active in various extra-fcurrieular activties during their three years on the Campus. Thurston has served Spectator for three years and is at present assistant managing editor of Varsity, has been manager of the Philo Show for two and a half…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1926-05-12 →

RICHMOND B. WILLIAMS ELECTED EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF 'SPECTATOR' DECISION IS UNANIMOUS Retiring Managing Board Also Chooses Herbert A. Martin as Business Manager. FERDINAND KUHN JR. IS MANAGING EDITOR George E. Humbert and William Y. Tindall on Board — Editorial Plan Adopted. Richmond B. Williams '25, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was elected Editor-in-Chief of Spectator by the unanimous vote of the retiring Managing Board on Saturday night. Herbert A. Martin '25, of New Rochelle, N. Y., was chosen as Business Manager of the paper. As a result of the elections, the other three offices on the Managing Board will be filled by Ferdinand Kuhn Jr. '25, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., as Managing Editor; George E. Humbert '25 of Brooklyn, N. Y., as Advertising Manager, and William Y. Tindall '25, of New York City, as Assistant Managing Editor. Other Boards Named. Eight Sophomores, all members of he…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1924-04-07 →

TARPGAARD ELECTED EDITOR OF BLUE BOOK Capron, Keller and Miner to Serve as Associates on Board of Publication. FELLER IS BUSINESS HEAD 1925 Issue Is Already Under Way and Will Appear Before Final Examinations. Johannes v. G. Tarpgaard '25 was elected editor-in-chief of the Columbia Blue Book yesterday by the Managing Board of Spectator, while Samuel R. Feller '25 was appointed Business Manager. Robert B. Capron '26, Allan H. Keller '26 and Dwight C. Miner '26 were elected associate editors of the edition which will appear immediately before the final exams. Work has already begun on the publication and it will be on the presses in a very short time. Edward M. Bratter '26 is to assist Feller with details of the business arrangements. Last year's Blue Book was the first edition to appear under the auspices of Spectator, the Columbia University Christian Association having had the…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1924-04-15 →

The Off-Hour OVERTURE By Nathalia Niebelungen (Aged forty-three at very least). The Insignia Committee has rewarded our boys, The ones who hurl shot puts and boot spirals; Some of them were honored with letters And some received numerals. All the best people will be at the Soph Hop, To Earl Hall tomorrow they will meander; They couldn't get Helen Ford as sponsor, But succeeded in obtaining Mrs. Rhinelander. The Philolexian Show was a howling success, Spectator featured it as a headliner; We've been Thurston for a good play all Winter, But nothing could be Feiner. No, Queer Companions, this is not AMM broadcasting . AMM is over on page three with the mentors and the matmen, but he'll be back tomorrow and all of you will once again be able to obtain the Maximum of enjoyment out of these wide open spaces. And now, after the storm the column. TRIOLET You really must come over! Do! I've…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1925-12-10 →

I was happy to read Thomas Vinciguerra '85's article on Philolexian ... Although there is some controversy, I believe Philolexian may be the oldest college literary society in the country, being founded in 1802. According to the 1925 Columbian it 'enjoys the distinction of being the only society of its kind in America to have enjoyed so long a life.'... As I look back it seems to me that the members of Philo considered themselves the intellectual elite of the campus, and among my contemporaries, in addition to those mentioned in your article, there were such distinguished members as Elliot Bell, fencing champion and widely known economist and government official; Dwight C. Miner, selected as one of the College's outstanding teachers; Hugh J. Kelly, senior vice president of McGraw-Hill; Ferdie Kuhn, Jr., renowned foreign newspaper columnist; Phil Thurston, a judge of the New York City…

Letter to the editor from Frank R. Pitt '28 lists his Philolexian contemporaries by name and distinction. This confirms Society membership for: Elliot Bell '25, Dwight C. Miner '26, Hugh J. Kelly '26, Ferdinand Kuhn Jr. '25, Phil Thurston '27, William Tindall '25, Ivan Veit '28, Warner Mendel '27, and Robert Schnitzer '27. Also affirms 'the members of Philo considered themselves the intellectual elite of the campus.' Also confirms the Society's Thursday-evening meetings, weekly dinners, annual banquet, quadrennial oration (winner rewarded with a bronze bust of George Washington), and the 'jocoserious' approach in the late 1920s and 30s.

Columbia College Today — vol. 29 (Fall 1987), 'Literary and facetious' letter to the editor by Frank R. Pitt '28 →

Named in Samplings and Chronicles (Barzun, 1927) at the referenced leaf.

listed under "Members" (no class years given) · Confidence: CERTAIN

listed under "Active Graduates" · Confidence: CERTAIN

ADVISORY BOARD OF GOVERNORS, continued from p.240 · Confidence: CERTAIN