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S » S a il ■at fol 'ruetl 5 w itl [avefll lickerj mpus| ¡¡¡¡¡¡IIS 1111 MfMJ fe « S ïî® l? fe KM© ¡SSlii rER1 SWARTHMORE’S FOREIGN FRIENDS (See page 3 ) ^‘" V 1" '’ . *. ¡111 { th e 2 garnet letter A NEW POLICY OF ADMISSIONS L U M N I whose children are planning to enter Swarthmore in the near future w ill be interested in the new statement o f admissions procedures adopted by the Faculty after the current catalogue had gone to press. Although a candidate’s preparation under the terms outlined in the catalogue is ac­ ceptable for admission in 1945, the new policy included here is also in effect. The new statement differs from the old chiefly in respect to its increased flexibility. A In 1934 Swarthmore became one o f two hundred American colleges and universities to agree to accept (fo r a trial period o f eight years) qualified graduates o f thirty selected secondary schools without regard to specific Carnegie units o f instruction. The schools were thus encouraged to develop new courses and to m odify the pre-college curriculum to the interests and capa­ bilities o f individual students. This carefully controlled edu­ cational experiment established the fact that college scholastic success was based more upon a student’ s ability in certain basic skills rather than upon his completion o f the conventional preparatory courses. From the new statement it is clear, provided the general requirements are met, that a candidate may deviate consider­ ably from the usual pattern. T he increased flexibility may not be immediately apparent to prospective college students but to their high school principals the change w ill becom e signifi­ cant as interpretations are made o f the point that variations o f choice and emphasis are n ow acceptable. T h e only definite prescription now made is that, " A ll, or almost all o f the preparatory course should be com posed . . .” o f subjects in the broad fields o f history and social studies, literature and art, natural science and mathematics, and languages. It is further stipulated that some w ork should be taken in each group, but just h ow much is left to the judgm ent o f the high school student and his counselors. Formerly candidates were required to take a m inim um o f IOI/ 2 specific units and were confined in their electives to 4 y 2 courses. A careful reading o f the titles o f the courses listed below and the variety they represent within each o f the four fields w ill indicate the degree o f freedom that is now permitted. PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION Admission to the Freshman Class is normally based upon the satis­ factory completion o f a four-year program preparatory to advanced liberal study. Applicants are selected on the follow in g evidence: 1. Record in secondary school. 4 2. Recommendation o f the school principal or headmaster and o f others w ho know the applicant. 3. Ratings in the Scholastic Aptitude Tests, and in three o f the Scholastic Achievement Tests given by the C ollege Entrance Examina­ tion Board. Other ratings w ill also be considered, and in some cases, special tests may be given by the College. 4. Personal interview with one o f the Deans or an appointed repre­ sentative. 5. Reading and experience, both in school and out. Applicants should have high rank in school and in aptitude and achievement tests, and should show strong intellectual interests. They should also give evidence o f sturdiness o f character, prom ise o f growth, initiative, seriousness o f purpose, and a sense o f social responsibility. As future members o f the college community, they should represent varied interests, types, and backgrounds. P R E P A R A T IO N Applicants are urged to make their choice o f college as early as possible in order to plan the work o f their school years with the k assistance o f the Committee on Admission. In general, preparation should include: 1. Skills: The fo llow in g skills are essential to success in college work and should be brought to a high level by study and practice throughout the preparatory period: a. The use o f the English language with accuracy and effectiveness in reading, writing, and speaking. b. T he use o f the principles o f arithmetic, algebra, and plane geometry. c. T he use o f one, or preferably o f two, foreign languages to the point o f reading prose o f average difficulty at sight, and o f writing and speaking with some ease and proficiency. 2. Subjects: A ll, or almost all, o f the preparatory course should be com posed o f the subjects listed in the fo llo w in g fou r groups. V ari­ ations o f choice and emphasis are acceptable although som e work should be taken in each group. History and Social Studies: A m erican, English, European, and Ancient H istory; Political, social and econom ic problem s o f modern society. Literature and A rt: Am erican, English, ancient and m odern ; .music, art, architecture. and foreign *Natural Science and Mathematics: chemistry, astronomy; algebra, geometry, trigonom etry. literatures, physics, biology, t Languages: English, Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, other European or Oriental languages. A D M IS S IO N O F V E T E R A N S Swarthmore w elcom es veterans o f the A rm ed Services, both men and wom en, w ho are qualified to d o the w ork and w h o are interested in the type o f program and com m unity life fo r w hich the College stands. Questions o f admission and academ ic status w ill be determ ined on the merits o f each individual case. In addition to the procedures described above for all applicants, consideration w ill be given to experience o f intellectual significance in the training program s o f the various services, and to courses o f the A rm ed Forces Institute. A p p li­ cants w ill be accepted at as advanced a level as they can maintain, and transfer credits granted provisionally w ill be confirm ed after the successful com pletion o f a term’s work. Applicants should take the fou r tests o f general educational develop­ ment administered by the A rm ed Forces Institute. T hese are available at, most dem obilization centers, but may also be taken at the College. In special cases additional aptitude and subject-matter tests may be given by the C ollege. * A college m ajor in science or engineering presupposes substantial work in algebra, plane and, i f possible, solid geom etry, and trigo­ nometry. f Applicants w h o expect to m ajor in science are strongly advised to include German and, if possible, French, in their school programs. Tü ALL SWARTHMGRE COLLEGE ALUMNI A t the D ecem ber m eeting o f the Board o f M anagers o f Swarthmore C ollege the A lum ni A ssociation w ill submit the name o f a Swarthmore alumna w h o w ill be appointed to the Board as one o f -four official alumni representatives. T h e A lum ni Council has chosen tw o candidates, and asks you to vote for one on the enclosed card. PLEASE R E T U R N B Y N O V E M B E R 15, 1945. ELEANOR R U N K was graduated w ith the Class o f 1919 from Swarthmore C o l­ lege into a varied but always active life. For a year she taught English and Social Studies in the Phillipsburg, Pa., Junior H ig h School. W h e n this career was inter­ rupted by marriage to James H arold Reppert, a M in in g Engineer, her interests turned toward the form ation o f a 20th Century Club fo r the com m unity and activity with the G irl Scouts. A m ove to Altoona, Pa., in 1926 fou n d her organizing the G irl Scouts and serving as a Com m issioner there. In Plainfield, N . J., during nine years’ residence she substituted in tw o high schools, served a year as D ean o f W o m e n fo r o n e ; studied at Rutgers and Teachers C ollege, Colum bia, where she w on the M .A . degree in Student Personnel Adm inistration; served on the Executive Board o f the N ational Association o f Deans o f W o m e n and as President o f the A . A .U .W .; organized the M ariner Scouts, and was active in numberless welfare agencies. A change o f environm ent has always offered a challenge to Eleanor Reppert. W h en the war years brought a m ove to W ashington, she taught Social Studies at Sidw ell Friends School and was Assistant D irector o f the H om e N ursing Service fo r the Am erican Red Cross. N o t the least important of Mrs. R eppert’ s achievements is represented by her fam ily o f six girls. T he eldest, Jane Reppert Jenks, attended Swarthmore, married a Swarthmore alumnus, and is now A lum ni Recorder. Another, Laura G w endolyn, w ill unpack her trunk in Parrish this fall. T h e tw o youngest are at­ tending h igh school in Lewisburg, Pa., where their mother is n ow Dean o f W om en at Bucknell University. L IL Y T I L Y received her d ip lom a fr o m President A ydelotte in June, 1929, and decided to en joy a w ellearned vacation. It d id n ’t take her lon g to discover that to be happy she had to be busy. A business school course was fo llo w e d by a three-year jo b as secretary to D r. Creighton, of Swarthmore Chemistry fam e. M arriage to Pierce L. Richards, ’ 27, d id n ’ t deter her from her w ork, and she also managed to take an active part in the Pi Phi A lum nae group. In 1933, Sally Richards was born, and in 1936 her sister Jill made an appearance. "S is” Richards has always been active in Swarthmore and alumni affairs. For tw o years she served as President o f the Swarthmore Alum nae Club o f Philadelphia, and has recently been an alumnae representative on the committee to choose M rs. Blanshard’s successor. H er interests are by no means lim ited to the C ollege, how ever. A s a m em ber o f the Maternity Com m ittee o f the University H ospital, she has helped operate the M oth ers’ Club, an organization de­ signed to give fu ll pre-natal care to all w om en. 1941 fou n d her w ork in g w ith the Em ergency A id in a project to fingerprint all war workers. This necessary jo b accom ­ plished, M rs. Richards enrolled in a course fo r G irl Scout Leaders, and fou n d that it eventually led her through most o f the trails o f M ontgom ery, Chester and D elaware C ou n ­ ties, fo r she became Chairman o f O utdoor Activities. Last summer, assisted by a volunteer staff, she organized a Day Camp in W y n n ew ood fo r sixty girls. N o w she desires to g o into Senior Scouting as soon as she can find som eone to lead her present Scout T roop . "P ete” and "S is” share an interest in their garden. "S is” served as Chairman o f the Juniors fo r the Bala-Cynwyd Garden Club last year, w hich meant contacting som e o f the schools in the district and brin ging program s o f Garden Club interest to the students. In her spare time she enjoys bicycling and g o lf, and is renew ing her love o f music by taking lessons on the pip e organ. These candidates are outstanding Swarthmoreans and deserve the support o f every alumnus. D on ’t fail to cast your vote at once. the garnet letter 3 SWARTHMORE'S FOREIGN FRIENDS :al ?rlOt •ut ins ite he in nd is ich gh of ted )Ut ed. I bt arid rork and lern ires, men By H elen H all , Special Instructor of Foreign Students W A R T H M O R E C ollege has been asked by the State D e ­ partment to act as one o f fou r orientation centers in the United States fo r young foreign students. This request is un­ doubtedly a direct result o f the happy relationship between the town, the C ollege and the Chinese officers during their sojourn here. Ever since the first group o f Chinese naval officers appeared on the campus there have been some foreign students here, but recently the number has increased until there are now eighteen in the special group, w hile three "graduates” are still at C ollege in regular course. A ll o f these have com e here with little or no facility in English, but with the expectation o f receiving not only intensive instruction in our language but also orientation to life in our country. This latter goal is o f prime importance since many o f their ideas o f Am erican life have come through the m ovies and it is our duty as w ell as our privilege to interpret life and customs w ithout the H olly ­ wood touch. 1 These special students have form al instruction in English with classes five days a week fo r at least three hours a day. Wartime experimentation has outm oded many o f our old con ­ ceptions o f h ow to teach a foreign language and the present methods used to master English fast are guided by the experi­ ments conducted in the A rm ed Forces Institute. Naturally the amount o f determination, the health and stamina, the back­ ground o f study habits and the degree o f facility with languages w hich each student has in his personality makes his development an individual affair, but usually progress is amaz­ ingly rapid. The orientation o f these students is not the sole responsi­ bility o f their teachers but can be shared by anyone interested. Swarthmore’s co-eds contribute immeasurably with dates fo r dances or movies, and are in turn rewarded by an opportunity to brush up on their French or Spanish. (So far none have acquired any com m and o f the Chinese language.) T he town and college hostesses are generous with their homes and ration points and entertain all or part o f the grou p frequently. Som e­ times the hostess and the guests collaborate on a dish which turns out to be deliciously different even i f some o f the m ore exotic ingredients had to be omitted. :sted liege Excursions, too, are an important part o f the orientation program. A b ou t twice a m onth a carefully planned trip is i OB made to the A rt M useum or the Franklin Institute; to historic lures Philadelphia, or, by boat, to view the concentration o f in ­ n to dustry along the Delaware from Philadelphia to W ilm in gton . f the A special visit to the Scott Paper Com pany inspired and ppliitaift thrilled all w ith its m odern efficiency. H om e "electric servants” r the are intriguing; som e o f the students w ou ld gladly trade an indolent native servant fo r a Bendix, a vacuum cleaner and elopj a Presto cooker. There are shopping expeditions and movies jablt and special calls at the homes o f business or professional men liege] whose advice is sought. In fact, the free time hours are as ly be •mportant as the class schedule. China and six Central and South Am erican countries are represented in the unit: M exico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. O n e young lady, Julia M aldonado] ed 1#| nolds her place w ith the seventeen men. Last term there were is. two Cuban girls in the prelim inary class and tw o Chinese ihtialj trigo-l In the Classroom . . . girls in the advanced group. Perhaps the most prom inent figure here now is D r. Chen, Sen-Yen. This young man is the D r. C. endeared forever to Americans for his part in rescuing M ajor T ed Lawson and his crew forced dow n in occupied China after the first Tokyo raid. M any people have seen the m ovie w hich was taken from Ted Law son’s ow n story Thirty Seconds over T ok y o.” Naturally Dr. Chen did not appear in person in the m ovie. The State Departm ent is g ivin g the doctor his cherished w ish: to study m odern surgery in the United States. WTiile he is learning English, he often steals away to the University o f Pennsylvania Hospital to watch some special operation and to begin his period o f observation. A tall, soft-spoken man from China is another distinguished visitor.. H e is D r. D en, Chwen, w ho has served for the last ten years as judge in the Chungking court. Since the United States and other nations have given up the extraterritorial privileges w hich they enjoyed so long, it is likely that more Americans w ill appear in the Chinese courts. Consequently, ¿he Chinese G overnm ent has dispatched D r. D en to the U nited States to get to know American people, to study Am erican law, and to understand us so that justice can be done. W h en D r. D e n ’s English is sufficiently fluent he w ill study law fo r two or three years before returning to China. Some o f his daily papers tell o f wartime courtroom incidents and give a thrilling peep into the lives o f these little know n people. T h e list is too numerous to m ention individually: A civil engineer from Colom bia, South A m erica; an electrical en­ gineer from China; a Chinese pilot recently returned from a tour o f duty on the run "over the H u m p ” ; all are mature students o f impressive sincerity. T h e younger persons w ho are planning for undergraduate w ork in the States are equally interesting. Sometimes they are less w orried by the language barrier and tell o f thrilling life on a cattle ranch in west Colom bia, o f coffee plantations and a divinely different brew , o f orchid day in Costa Rica (ten cents each o r ch id ), o f the Indians in Peru, or o f the Japanese invasion o f H on g K o n g . Everyone w h o works or plays with these foreign friends is thrilled with the opportunity to foster international under­ standing and appreciation. the 4 garnet letter A RECORD OF OUR ZOOLDGI DI only defense appeared in the developm ent o f airplanes which dutie could fly higher and faster. T he conditions o f aerial combat) subjected men to physiological stresses w hich had not yet been! encountered. T o meet these stresses oxygen had to be provided! and other devices had to be prepared to extend the limited! a we< Th 0Xyg< essen natural range o f tolerance o f men at high altitudes. The; Swarthmore zoologists were soon involved in providing some} o f these means. D etlev Bronk, ’ 20, w h o had been professor of physiology from 1927-31, was now coordinator o f research ini the Office o f the A ir Surgeon, and Laurence Irving, director tions came p0js0 w^¿]e pw0 met the emergency o f the war. o f the Martin Laboratory, was a m em ber o f three divisions of the National Research Council. They could foresee the necee sity fo r physiological research to provide greater effectivenessj for our fliers w hile under the stress o f aerial combat. ; sh0Wl jmpej sonjn safejy The Swarthmore group therefore developed methods foil in flig In the m ind o f the late D r. Martin and President Aydelotte the Edward Martin B iological Laboratory was to provide the students o f Swarthmore with the best opportunities and im ­ protecting and increasing the ability o f fliers in combat open ations. Their first practical contribution was a simple analyzer} for the analysis o f expired air. M ilitary and naval establish) Thi ancj s resear pulses for appreciating and doin g biological work. The objec­ tive was to be the developm ent o f an understanding o f biology and o f the obligation o f the biologist to w ork fo r the im prove­ ment o f society in a practical and cultural way. ments, university and hospital laboratories, immediately begant to request the instruments to measure the leakage o f oxygen • masks. Several hundred o f them were prepared and distributed! by the staff in Z o o lo g y w hile regular methods o f production! were being established. These analyzers are n ow used by flight; surgeons and personnel equipm ent officers in all allied aiij mater reindc ers br wore t¡on c simila stations. Strange as it may seem, the porpoises w h o for a time} lived and dived in the Prep School sw im m ing p o o l material Charle Rjver. A RECENT issue o f ''Science” listed the thirty institutions that have the highest percentage of distinguished scientific men on their faculties. Swarthmore was the only college in­ cluded, and stood seventh on the list. O f even more significance is the relative high percentage o f Swarthmore Alumni who have achieved scientific distinction. This is, in a way, to be expected, for while graduate students may be fortunate enough to come in contact with outstanding men during their advanced training at universities, Swarthmore students are in contact with distinguished scientists from their freshman year on. The article below shows how the Biology Department tries to offer this stimulating contact as well as how the teaching staff has A fter 1937, when the laboratory was established, instruction was increasingly im proved because o f the staff’s interest in research. M any o f their investigations were concentrated upon the ways in w hich the diving animals— seals, beaver, whales and others— were able to breathe successfully. Some o f the physiological adjustments w hich enable the diving animals to h old their breath for lon g periods were disclosed by those studies. M ost significant was the recognition that the respira­ tion o f the diving animals could be regarded as an accentuation o f an ability w hich also existed in m an; for in a moderate manner man’s respiration reacts during diving as does that o f the seal. The seal is much better able to meet the stress o f diving, and his responses show clearly what man does rather weakly. In 1939 it became apparent that our survival w ould depend upon man’s ability to endure the stresses im posed by war. The air attack upon civilization was particularly severe, and the aided in this development. | during Carbon m on oxide is another hazard o f flight. The gas is. on life produced from the operation o f internal com bustion engined millioi firing o f guns, and the use o f heating devices in closed spaces, are sti The Swarthmore zoologists, w orkin g with a distinguished that ir English colleague, D r. F. J. W . Roughton, developed a simple} Army, analytical system fo r determining the amount o f carbon monoxj ide in the blood. T h e practical value o f this device was so obvious that urgent requests for it came in from the A ir Forces, Tank Corps, N avy hospitals and laboratories fo r medical ref search. T h e staff set to w ork m aking the analyzers available and within a few months had prepared and distributed mane hundreds o f them. T o carry out this task in addition to regular! In ] a phys for ine Swarth Northe work i in thei was pr warfare oxygen ment 0 New \ experin Rapi at the ( in trap] which ] tions tc Corps 1 him 46 Irving i in Fran Four of the G roup Garbed for Exposure Merrits the garnet 5 letter I DEPARTMENT IN WARTIME id duties, they often w orked twelve hours a day and seven days >at; a week. led’ ted “ cl ®i 1Di :tor ®| :es'' less| foil Peq l®. >SH $4 rgffl This analytical system was further applied to studying the oxygen and carbon dioxide content o f the blood, inform ation essential for determining the adequacy o f respiratory conditions during flight. The first practical field test o f this analyzer came in determining the cause fo r the occasional serious poisonings which Arctic and Antarctic explorers have suffered while burning their stoves in closed tents and snow houses. Two winter expeditions from Swarthmore to M t. W ashington showed that a blue flame stove in a closed snow house or impervious tent could cause dangerous carbon m onoxide poisoning. The group developed a m ethod o f using these stoves safely, and members o f the staff are still carrying on the work in flight tests near the A rctic Circle. The Mt. W ashington expedition showed that the clothing and shelters for such operations were inadequate. Continual research is being made by the staff in an attempt to develop a material with the insulating quality o f milkweed dow n or reindeer skin. As early as 1940, Irving and one o f the garden- tionj ers broke the ice on Crum and submerged themselves. They wore waterproof suits used by the N orw egians for the protection o f their sailors after torpedoing on the N orth Atlantic, a«; tiffi; Similar tests were made in the icy waters at W o o d s H ole, the Charles River near Cambridge, Lake Ontario and the Ottawa iallil River. The results showed that the suits w ould preserve men during an hour’s immersion and w ould further protect them is ill on lifeboats from the freezing effect o f w ind and spray. A h alf ines, million o f these protective suits have been distributed and they aces, are still giving g ood service. Their success has been so great shed that investigation fo r their developm ent was continued by the tnpltj Army. moxj is so >rces| il rej labli} naD|i gulaij In 1942 Detlev Bronk proposed to Irving that he establish a physiological section in the A ir Forces to test devices used for increasing or preserving the effectiveness o f air men. The Swarthmore zoologists had traveled on field studies from Northern Ontario to Panama. They had been accustomed to work in strange situations w hile making a study o f animals in their various natural habitats. N o w the strangest situation I was presented by the physiological conditions involved in air i warfare. General Grant, the A ir Surgeon, asked Irving to test | oxygen equipment, clothing, emergency and protective equip| ment of fliers. (D r. Bronk, in his intermission speech for the j|. New York Philharmonic this summer, described some o f the Pl| experiments and developments made by the g rou p .) Rapid changes began to take place in the teaching personnel at the College. Brooke W orth ’ 31 left to becom e an instructor in tropical medicine in the A rm y M edical College, a field for which he was prepared by experience gained during expedi­ tions to Panama w ith Enders. A s a captain in the M edical Corps he is follow in g a service in w hich D r. Martin preceded him 46 years ago in the Spanish-American W ar. W h en M ajor Irving was recommissioned (h e had been an Infantry Officer in France during ’ 17, ’ 18, T 9 ) , G eorge Edwards and Lloyd Merrits were busy preparing the analyzers so urgently required H arnessing a Porpoise in Prep Pool by the services. Their w ork com pleted on a Sunday afternoon, they reported for induction M onday m orning. Because o f the interest o f the A ir Surgeon in physiological testing, Edwards, Merrits and Per Scholander, now a Captain, soon joined Irving at the A ir Forces Proving G round at Eglin Field, Florida. Professor Robert Enders* experienced in tropical jungles and in India, was sent to CBI to instruct special troops for operations in the jungle. D ave Bishop ’ 34 w h o had been doin g research with Enders was com m issioned as an aviation physiologist; after service in this country and in CBI he is now on duty with D r. Bronk in W ashington. Kaj Strand entered the A ir Forces from Astronom y and was transferred by the A ir Surgeon to Eglin Field. H is fam e was soon great, not only because he had discovered a planet, but because, an Arm y private, he addressed the Am erican Philosophical Society. His special ability caused him to be com m issioned and placed in charge o f a department fo r testing devices and m ethods fo r navigation. Lt. Peter M orris ’43 is now w orking w ith him. G eorge Llano had spent a winter in research at Swarthmore, and was sent to join Irving at the P roving G round. M any graduates o f the department are serving in similar capacities. Capt. W a rd Fow ler ’ 37 is at the Central M edical Establishment o f the Eighth A ir Force and Joe H afkenschiel ’ 37 is doin g similar w ork in India. Sam Reynolds ’ 27 is in the A ir Surgeon’s office in W ashington. Staff Sgt. Lloyd Merrits is now in CB I (Continued on Page 36) the 6 garnet letter □F THE FACULTY AND ADMINSTRATION T H E members o f the faculty and o f the administration w hose retirements and resig­ nations have been recently re­ ported in the G arnet L etter have rem oved only a short distance from the cam p us; the Pittengers and the Spillers a few miles, the Blanshards a few score. But Frank K ille, w h o in August resigned his position as associate professor of Frank R. K ille Z o o lo g y , most has m oved halfw ay across intervals, fo r w hich he had much responsibility, form a valu­ able contribution to the literature on this subject and are of! particular interest to Swarthmore as the new curriculum is being established. W h ile he has been a mem ber o f the faculty here Frank I K ille ’ s research has been concerned with regeneration in marine invertebrates. H is experiments have been carried on at Woods H ole, the Carnegie Laboratory at D ry Tortugas and at sev­ eral west coast stations, w ith financial support from several foundations. H is results have been published in a series o f ten' papers. Hul aire for H is colleagues and friends bid him g ood -by with regret and anticipate for him much success at Carleton. the Ach al­ R uth M cC lung Jones , ’21 ! the country to Carleton College, in N orthfield, M innesota. T his considerable geographical dis­ tance between successive positions is habitual with him. H e went, in his pre-Swarthmore years, from W ooster C ollege in O hio, to graduate study at the University o f Chicago, to an associate professorship at Birm ingham Southern University in Alabama, back to Chicago to com plete the w ork for his Ph .D . and then to Rochester University as an instructor in the Z o o lo g y Department. Professor K ille ’ s appointm ent at Carleton as dean o f men and professor o f Z o o lo g y does not in volve an entirely new pattern o f w ork, fo r he acted as dean here during the second term o f 1944 w hen Everett H unt was on leave, and he w ill continue to teach Z o o lo g y at Carleton begin ning w ith a class in em bryology this fall. Swarthmore has reason to regret his loss, for he has served the C ollege faithfully and w ell. In his w ork on committees, and as co-ordinator o f the V -1 2 pre-m edical program, he showed foresight, careful planning and efficiency. A s a teacher he is thoroughly successful. H is students admire his k n ow l­ edge and his ability to impart i t ; they find him understanding, able and w illin g to advise them ; he has made many friends am ong them. D uring his eleven-year term here he has devoted much time to study o f the relationship o f pre-m edical to m edical educa­ tion, and to the function therein o f the liberal arts college. Evidence that his results are highly regarded by other zoologists is fou n d in his appointment tw o years ago to a committee o f the N ational Research C ouncil form ed to consider desirable m odifications o f biology courses in w artim e; his present editor­ ship o f the section on Education in B iological Abstracts; and his part in the recent conference at U n ion C ollege between pre-medical and medical educators, in w hich a clearer under­ standing o f the problem s o f each grou p was sought. H is constructive address, delivered at this symposium, was an im ­ portant factor in the decision o f the m eeting to form a per­ manent board w hich w ill act to facilitate exchanges between the faculties. H is interest in education in b iology has not been lim ited to the preparation o f the pre-professional student; he has also been actively concerned w ith the teaching o f non-science majors. A s a m em ber o f a com m ittee sponsored and supported by the Carnegie Foundation fo r advancement o f teaching, he has made an intensive study o f the place o f b iology in general education. T h e three reports o f this committee, issued at yearly T cite out dut ene offe the T HE arrival o f the N avy unit at Swarthmore was view ed with considerable ap­ prehension by faculty Get to Bad and students. It was necessary to play an honorable part in the national em ergency; it was also necessary to keep a con ­ tinuing stream o f men flow ­ ing through the College. But what w ou ld be the conse­ quences o f naval discipline? W h at freedom o f instruction that and fedi only were advi ties N by tl ingtc homi of tl had w ou ld be lef t? W o u ld there Lt . G lenn Bartle , U.S.N.II senic really be a college o f liberal the h arts at Swarthmore ? Even w ith wise planning o f the national! that program o f naval training, much w ou ld depend upon tk| of tl ' wise administration o f each local unit. desir Executive Officer Christopher Purdom was the first to arrive the j to make prelim inary arrangements. H is Kentucky drawl, conj Mrs. trasting w ith his quickness o f perception, soon w on friends! Th By the time he had headquarters installed in the basement ol vote W harton H all, every one was glad to cooperate w ith him t« one c the fullest extent, and he enjoyed faculty and student friend! hence ship in all he did— picking beans in faculty gardens, telliifl Kentucky stories, dancing w ith the ladies, or m aking qui(| decisions about N avy requirements, courses and credits. Hi departure fo r Chungking was universally regretted. A b ou t ten days after Lieutenant Purdom , came the Grail Llama him self— T h e Skipper— D r. Dean Lieutenant GW Bartle, late o f the University o f Kansas City. It was coflj fortin g to kn ow that he had been in a university, and «; assuring to som e that he had a doctor’ s degree in geolo| But no one could really be sure what a dean turned nan officer m ight do. His quiet confidence and competence, how ever, soon allayed fears. T h e faculty soon wanted the Skippj and his Exec, to attend all meetings. In the difficult mattef o f the new curriculum, the transfer o f students from otkjj schools and other studies, the im position o f discipline, W "w ashing out” o f academic failures, the rigid requirements if physical fitness, the judgm ent o f academic along with otff officer-like qualities, the freedom o f naval trainees to p*j ticipate in college life, the naval officers soon demonstratfj DR; the B ment theD Thj Assist being the 0 supen Comn and is the ne respec th e arnet letter 7 SWARTHMUREAN RECEIVES CITATION valu­ te of im is Frank I larine <7oods I t sevleverai! o f ten T HE First Battalion o f the 394th Infantry has been cited for battle honors fo r outstanding perform ance o f duty in action against the enemy during the Ardennes offensive. T h e Com m ander o f the Battalion is Lt. Col. Robert Hulburt Douglas, ’ 3 - 1 /'D o u g ” already wears the Silver Star for Gallantry in A ction and regret | the Bronze Star fo r H eroic Achievement in Belgium and ’ 21 I Germany, and is n ow entitled Lt . Col . Robert D ouglas, ’ 31 to the Distinguished U nit Badge awarded to the men o f his battalion. T h e citation that the enemy attack was spearheaded directly at the First battalion, w ith an unprecedented artillery concentration. "F o r tw o days and nights the battalion was under intense . . . fire, with little fo o d and water, and no h ope o f replenishing a rapidly dw in dlin g supply o f ammunition. K n ow in g that re­ serves were unavailable, the men o f this battalion, w ith in­ dom itable spirit and confidence, repeatedly beat back the superior numbers o f the enemy forces com in g at them from the front, flanks, and rear. M any times the men rose out o f their foxholes to meet the enemy in fierce hand-to-hand com ­ bat. Outnumbered six to one they inflicted extremely heavy casualties upon the enemy. By their tenacious stand, the First Battalion prevented the enemy from penetrating the right flank o f an adjacent division, and permitted other friendly forces to reinforce the sector. T h e unflinching courage and devotion to duty displayed by the officers and men o f the First Battalion, and in the face o f overw helm ing odds was in keeping w ith the highest traditions o f the military service. MAJOR DONALD R. FERGUSON, M.C., A.U.S. ,, U.S.NI nation! lpon th( to arrivi! awl, con, i friends jement ot :h him td nt f riendj as, tellinfl that they possessed horse sense, the m ilk o f human kindness, and a sense o f hum or. A lth ou gh in the beginning there was a feeling that these possessors o f authority should be approached only through the President or the Dean, the faculty members were soon calling them Chris or G lenn, and asking or g ivin g advice on all matters w ith no loss o f respect or o f any form ali­ ties which really mattered. Now, at the end o f the war, Lt. Bartle has been released by the Navy. H is unit has an established reputation in W a sh ­ ington and am ong the colleges. T h e faculty assembled at the home o f President N ason to present the Bartles with a token of their esteem and affection. They recalled that Robert Bartle had won an open scholarship at Swarthmore w hen he was a senior at Friends Central, and that he is n ow chairman o f the Men’ s Executive Committee. They also rem inded the fam ily that Mary Lou Bartle had announced her engagem ent to one of the naval trainees at Swarthmore, but had exercised the desired restraint in not announcing this college romance until the young man had left. They expressed their gratitude to Mrs. Bartle as a gracious and charm ing hostess. The C ollege gives to Lieutenant and Mrs. Bartle a rousing vote o f thanks fo r skillful and understanding cooperation in one o f the difficult periods o f its history, and regards them henceforth as loyal Swarthmoreans. Everett L. H unt in g <31 M ajor D onald Renw ick Ferguson, ’ 12, a veteran o f tw o wars, died o f a cerebral hemorrhage at Camp Shanks, N . Y . on August 27, 1945. A captain in the last war, he served overseas in the M edical Corps, and returned to the A rm y with the rank o f M ajor in 1942. D on and A m y Baker Ferguson, also T 2 , made their hom e in Philadelphia, where he was a diagnostician and internist, and taught clinical m edicine at Hahnemann M ed ­ ical C ollege. H e served as secretary o f the state and county H om eopathic M edical Societies, and was a diplom ate o f the Am erican C ollege o f Physicians. M ajor Ferguson’s assign­ ments in this war were first in the South. H e was C h ief o f M edical Service o f the Regional H ospital at Ft. M cClellan, Ala., w hen he was transferred to the H ospital Ship Queen Mary as C h ief o f M edical Service. H is last post was that o f Asst. C h ief o f M edicine at the Station H ospital, Camp Shanks. edits, hi the Gran! mt Glen was cot! and t n’ geologj rned nal» ence ho* he Skippi ult matte] from Ü upline, tlj irements« with otkt ees to ;monstratej T l^ - C L A IR W I L C O X , Professor o f Econom ics at Swarth-LI more College, has been granted a leave o f absence by H Board o f Managers o f the C ollege to accept an appointment as D irector o f the Office o f International Trade Policy in 3 Department o f State. This is one o f three offices reporting to M r. W ill Clayton, Assistant Secretary o f State fo r E conom ic Affairs, the others king the Office o f Financial and D evelopm ental Policy, and the Office o f Transportation and Com munications Policy. It supervises the w ork o f the D ivisions o f Com m ercial Policy, Commodities, Petroleum, Labor and Health, and W a r Areas, and is charged w ith responsibility fo r tariff matters, including the negotiation o f reciprocal trade agreements, for policy with resPect to international com m odity agreements and inter- national cartels, fo r relations w ith the International Labor Office, and fo r supplies fo r liberated areas. D r. W ilc o x has taught at the C ollege since 1927. D u rin g this time, he has also served on the editorial staffs o f the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Fortune Magazine and contributed to the Sunday M agazine o f the N ew York Times. H e has previously served the G overnm ent as D irector o f Research o f the W ickersham Com m ission, m em ber o f the A dvisory C ou n ­ cil o f the N ational Recovery Adm inistration, consulting econ ­ omist to the Social Security Board, econom ic expert fo r the Tem porary N ational Econom ic Com mittee, and most recently, as D irector o f the Industrial Materials D ivision o f the Office o f Price Adm inistration. D urin g the past year, he has acted as Chairman o f the Conference on Price Research. the garnet letter FROM THE PRESIDENT T T L O O K S like a busy year. 1 T he N avy V -1 2 program was originally scheduled to end in June. It was subse­ quently extended to O ctober. T h e C ollege has just received iff! **» w ord (I am w riting in m idSeptember) that it w ill con ­ tinue until June, 1946. Swarthmore w ill be one o f 13 institutions to retain a V -1 2 unit. T w o years ago there were 131 colleges and uni­ versities participating in the program . W e shall have 238 N avy men, 28 o f w hom w ill be engineers in their senior year and the balance, classified as V - 5 ’s, w ill take much the same program as deck officers in preparation fo r naval aviation. This means fo r the most part English, history, physics, mathe­ matics, and engineering drawing. T h e number 238 represents the maximum houseable in sections C, D , E, and F o f W h a r­ ton. T h e N avy asked us to take 330 men. This was larger than our original quota o f tw o years ago and w ou ld have involved the continued use by the N avy o f all o f W h arton H all. A s A and B sections were badly needed for civilian men, the N avy agreed to a reduced quota. That brings me to the enrollment o f civilian men. A fter the last three years, it is a very pleasant subject. Last June w e anticipated about 90 men, perhaps 100 in the fall. B eginning N ovem ber 1 w e shall have 150 and possibly m ore. Since the first reports early in August o f the end o f hostilities in t e Pacific, there has been an increase in the number o f applica­ tions from 17- and 18-year-olds w h o understandably feel less enthusiasm fo r enlisting n ow that the war is over. There is a steady but small stream o f daily inquiries from veterans most o f w hom unfortunately prove not to be interested in or quali­ fied fo r Swarthmore’s program . Nevertheless, there is an o c ­ casional m eeting o f m inds and interests with the result that there w ill be 15 or so veterans enrolled in the term beginning N ovem ber 1. O f these about h alf are form er students. T he civilian men w ill occupy Palmer and Pittenger and W h arton A and B. There w ill be around 375 girls in residence this winter. This is slightly m ore than average and w ill result in some crow ding o f our dorm itory facilities. A nice freshman class o f 100 was selected last spring, but to date only tw o o f these freshmen and three upperclass w om en have withdrawn in the course o f the summer. Bassett H ouse had to be reconverted into faculty apartments— that is, if w e were to be successful in persuading some necessary new faculty members to com e to this com pletely sold out and rented out community. That meant letting the w om en have Roberts H all again. T h is is not the most desirable arrangement, but w hen w e get the new w om en ’s dorm itory that w e need so badly, w e can avoid all these temporary shifts and devices. A few o f the students this fall w ill be foreign . Mrs. H elen H all, w h o holds both Swarthmore and W ellesley degrees, is in charge o f the group and has written an account o f their activities in this issue o f T he G arnet L etter . Both Harvard and M .I.T . have asked us to take students for one or two terms b efore they accepted them fo r graduate or professional training. It has becom e a problem o f selection, fo r many more are eager to com e than w e can accept. A few foreign students are highly desirable. It is a w on derfu l thing fo r our ow n stu­ dents to k n ow intimately and to learn directly from students from other countries. There is n o need to expatiate on the values o f understanding, breadth o f view, tolerance, inter­ national g o o d w ill, and the like w hich result from such as­ sociation. Some foreign students com e to this country fo r the same reasons that have led Am erican students to g o abroad for the last seventy-five years. But there is n ow an additional and urgent reason. In China and in Europe higher education has been badly dislocated, if not destroyed entirely, by the war. Schools and universities were destroyed, and in many areas the policy o f exterminating the intellectual groups was sys­ tematically fo llow ed . A few days ago three attractive young Greeks presented themselves at the college. T w o had studied at the University o f Athens, the other at a polytechnic insti­ tute. A ll three had w orked fo r the resistance m ovem ent. One had been connected w ith the British Intelligence Service. All three had been in concentration camps at on e time or another. O n e’ s heart was m oved in talking w ith them by the thought o f what they had gon e through and by their hopes for the future. A ll o f us w h o saw them had the feelin g that w e owed it to them in a sense to help them get started again. T w o of them had funds supplied by citizens o f G reek ancestry in this country. O n the other hand, I have a letter on my desk at the m om ent o f w riting asking what Swarthmore could do fo r some N orw egian students w hose universities have been virtually de­ stroyed and w hose resources exhausted. O ught w e not to help at least one such N orw egian as a gesture to one o f our allies, as a venture in international g o o d w ill, and as an act of human charity tinctured, to be sure, w ith a certain amount of obvious self-interest ? I have g on e on, at perhaps too great length, about the fall enrollm ent and the nature o f the students. W ith the war over our college p eop le turn as naturally to the prospects of a norm al student bod y as businessmen concentrate on the problem s o f reconversion. W ith the term begin ning on Novem­ ber 1 the new curriculum fo r the first tw o years w ill g o into operation. A s it was described in considerable detail by Pro­ fessor Spiller in a recent issue o f T he G arnet L etter, I shall do no m ore than to call attention to the fact that our plans were made during wartime and that w e are now ready to begin im provem ents in the educational offerings o f the C ollege. Some o f you may have seen the public a n n o u n ce m e n ts this summer o f the new Harvard and Y ale programs. Differ­ in g in details, they are similar in principle to the Swarthmore plan w hich was adopted by the faculty and approved by the board a year ago last June. T h e w ork o f revam ping the entire program has not been j com pleted. T he Curriculum Com mittee w ill continue its labors; this winter. W ith a college chock-full, w ith a new freshman and sophom ore program , w ith the many problem s o f return­ in g to peacetime operation, this should keep everyone well occupied. It looks like a busy year. It promises also to be» healthy and a fruitful one.