In May 1912, with little fanfare, Barnard alumnae published the first volume of 副校友公报. 今天的先驱 Barnard Magazine, the pamphlet wasted little time getting down to business. On page 1, 标题是“礼物”,” a straightforward report outlined the terms of the residence scholarships created to honor the memory of Lucille Pulitzer, 著名报业大亨的女儿, 15年前谁死于伤寒. Virginia Gildersleeve院长 写了一篇关于学生学术的文章, 接下来是教员更新, 大学生的利益, alumnae activities, and, of course, class notes. 直到第二年4月，在卷. 2, that the editors of The Bulletin 承认其存在和目的:
The Bulletin, 经过多年的试用期, trusts that it has become an established institution; it even dreams of appearing twice a year. The Editors hope that it may carry with its news of college and alumnae the sense of goodfellowship and warm college spirit. As all we alumnae are united by our common experiences at Barnard, so we have common interest in the growth and progress of the college and the importance and repute of its graduates. Write us what you are doing and what your friends are doing — the rest of us want to know. 如果你不是协会的成员, we want to know about you just the same; but please join, for we think you are interested in our news and we cannot send you The Bulletin unless you will help us pay the printer.
By December 1922, with more than 2,全世界有1000名校友, the magazine’s volunteer staff tapped the Columbia Alumni Federation for their “addressograph,，这有助于节省时间和金钱 Bulletin out to alumnae. Four years later, the editors celebrated the growth of what was once a slim mailer with annual reports into a larger booklet with editorial content.
“We were a pamphlet; we are now a magazine,他们宣称——尽管是相当单薄的一个, at just 32 pages. Over the years, the magazine continued to evolve, becoming 十大电竞游戏综合排名校友月刊, then Barnard Alumnae, and finally Barnard Magazine, which debuted its bold masthead on the Summer/Fall 1993 cover and featured President Judith Shapiro alongside a quote from her inaugural address: “Virginia Woolf had it right. As she might have put it if she were from the Upper West Side, ‘Give a woman enough subway tokens and college of her own, 让她实话实说吧.’”
After growing from a pamphlet with a few fee-paying readers from the alumnae association to a full-fledged magazine delivered to more than 38,000 alums, the Magazine continues to deliver a “sense of goodfellowship and warm college spirit,一个多世纪之后——网上和印刷. On the following pages, today’s editors share a few favorite covers and images that have appeared in Barnard Magazine over the decades.
—Tom Stoelker
A Selection of Covers
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