Swarthmore

College

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1897-98

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Twenty-Ninth

Annual Catalogue
OF

Swarthmore

College

Swarthmore,

Pa.

1897-98.

PHILADELPHIA

:

FRANKLIN PRINTING COMPANY
516-51S MINOR STREET,
1897.

Contents.
The Caikndar,

3

The Corporation,

4

Board of Managers,
Officers and CommiUees,
.

•

4
6

•

...

The Faculty,

...

Certificate,
fo r

...

26

Higher
27
27

Classes,
Partial

.

Officers ok Instruction,

Admission by
Examinations

Courses of Study,

...

Courses of Instruction.
28
30

8

Biology,
Chemistry,

9

Drawing and

Painting,

.

31

•

•

.

32

History of Art,

Engineering and

List ok Students.

Mechanic

Arts,

Senior Class,
Junior Class,

1

Sophomore Class,
Freshman Class,

12

>2

14

....

Unclassified Students,

15

16

Summary,

.

•

J^

•

English Language and Litera-

36

ture,

French Language and Literature,

^^

•

German Language and

Litera-

40

ture,

<iENERAL INF0RM.\T10N.
Buildings and Grounds,
Principal College Building,
Science Hall,
Astronomical Observatory,
Other Buildings,
.

.

.17

.

.

.

.18
18
18

Libraries,
Friends' Historical Library,
.

17
17

.

19
19
19
19

.

Reading-Room,
Literary Societies,

Gymnasiums,

41
Greek,
History and Political Economy, 42
42
Latin,'.
.,
Mathematics,
43
Pedagogics,
44
.

.

Philosophy,
Physical Training,

44

Physics,

46

General Remarks on Courses
of Study,

47

Arrangement of

General Regulations.

45

Courses

of

Study.

20
Commencement and Vacations, 20
.21
The Household,

Religious Exercises,
.

.

.

.

•

Course
Course
Course
Course

in Arts,

5*^

5^

in Letters,

in Science,
in

....

Engineering,

.

.

52
•

53

Expenses.
For Resident Students,
For Day Students,
Payments

...

21
21

22
22
22
23

Fellowships,
Scholarships,
Pecuniary Aid,

24

Introductory,

of Admis-

24
Examinations, 1898, 24
Fall Examinations, 1898, ... 24
Requirements for Admission,
24
sion,

Summer

Degree of Bachelor,
Degree of Master,
Degree of Civil Engineer.
.

.

.

.

-54
.

54
54

Officers of the Alumni Association,

EX.\MINATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

Time and Conditions

Graduation and Degrees.

55

List of Graduates,

Honorary

I

)egrees Conferred,

56
.

69

.

.

Committee on Trusts, Endowments, AND Scholarships,
70
.

Calendar.
1897-189S.

1897. Ninth Month,

2l.st,

Third-day,

Ninth Month,

21st,

Third -day.

New

Ninth Month,

22(1,

Fourth-day,

Examinations

Meeting of the lioard of Managers.
Students arrive.
for

Admis.sion begin.

Old

Students return.

Ninth Month,

23(1,

.

Regular Exercises begin.

6tli,

Second -day,

Meeting of the Board of Managers.

Twelfth Montli,

yth,

Tliird-day,

Anmtal Meeting of

Twelfth Month,

ytli,

Third-day,

Meeting of the Hoard of Managers.

(lie

Slockliolders.

Fourth -day,

Winter Recess begins.

First

Month, 3d,

Second-day,

Students return.

First

Month,

Third-day,

Regular Exercises begin

First

Month, 29th,

First

Month,

Twelfth Month, 22d,

1898

Fiftli-day,

Twelfth Montli,

4th,

31st,

Third Month,

at

S.30

.\. .\r.

Seventh-day, First Semester ends.

Second-day,

Second Semester begins.

Third Month, 26th,

Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Seventh-day, Spring Recess begins.

Fourth Month, 4th,

Second-day,

Sth,

Third-day,

Students return.

Fifth

Month, 23d,

Second-day,

Senior Examinations begin.

Fifth

Month, 30th,

SeconcFday,

.Senior

Examinations completed, and the

results

Sixth Month, 6th,

Second-day,

Sixth Month, loth.

Sixth-day,

Sixth Month, nth,

Seventh-day,

announced.

Final Examinations begin.
•

Examinations

for

Admission.

Sixth Month, 13th,

Second-day,

Meeting of the Board of Manageis.

Sixth Month, 13th,

Second-day,

Class- Day Exercises.

Sixth Month, 14th,

Third-day,

COMMKNCEMENT.

Ninth Month, 20th,

Third-day,

Meeting of the Board of Managers.

Ninth Month, 20th,

Third- day.

New

Ninth Month,

Fourth-day,

Examinations

21st,

Students arrive.
for

Admiss'on begin, and

old Students return.

Ninth Month, 22d,

Fifth-day,

Twelfth Month, 5th,

Second-day,

for Admission completed,
and Regular Exercises begin.
Meeting of the Board of Managers.

Twelfth Month, 6th,

Third-day,

Annual

Twelfth Month. 6th.

Third-day,

Twelfth Month, 23d, Sixth-day,
1899. First Month, 3d,
"
I'irst Month, 4tli,

Third-day,
Fourth-day,

Examinations

j\ feeling of the Stocklioldei s.
Meeting of the Board of Managers.

Winter Recess begins.
Students return.
Re<Tul.ir Exercises betjin at

S.^o A. M.

Corporation.

OFFICERS.

Clerks.

ROBERT

M. JANNEY,

112 Drexel Building, Philadelphia.

ABBY W. MILLER,
1203 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington.

Treasurer.

ROBERT BIDDLE,
507 Commerce Street, Philadelphia.

Board of Managers.
Term

expires Twelfth Month, i8g8.

Isaac H. Clothier,
Eighth

&

Market

Streets, Philadelphia.

JAMES V. Watson,
718 Frnn'din

Street, Philadelphia.

Herman Hoopes,
438 Drexel Building, Philadelphia.

Annie Shoemaker,
Swarthmore, Pa.

Fannie W. Lowthorp,
Trenton, N.

J.

Edmund Webster,
1

156

S.

Broad

Street, Philadelphia.

Emma McIlvain Cooper,
59th

St.

Rebecca

& Elmwood Ave., Philada.
C.

Longstreth,

Sharon Hill, Delaware Co., Pa.

swAirniNK^kr;

Term

Twrlfth Month,

Mary

Whakton,

JOSF.PH
P. O.

Mary

rxf^ircs

Box 1332,

I.vDiA H.

Term

Edward Mariin, M.
York.

415

Catharine Underhill,

314 Vine Street, Philadelphia.

Jericho, L.

Baltimore,

Md.

1

Susan W. Lippincott,

John T. Willets,
303 Pearl Street, New

Jericho, L.

Howard W.

Jane
York.

Street, Philadelphia.

Lippincott,

P.

Downing,

1613 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Sarah H. Po\\ell,
324 West 58th

Elizabeth

B.

West Chester,

I.

Emmor Roberts,
Fellowship, N.

81 6 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

expires Twelftli Month, igoi.

Charles M, Biddle,

Daniel Underhill,

J.

Md.

613 Drexel Building, Philadelphia.

J.

Term

Jr.,

3 South Street, Baltimore,

Hannah H. Woodnutt,

Bancroft,

\Vilmington, Del.

507 Commerce

I.

Edward Stabler,

Eli M. Lame,
St.,

D.,

S. 15th Street, Philadclpliia.

expires TivelftJi Month, igoo.

Edward H. Ogden,

Cinnaminson, N.

York.

Swarthmore, Pa.

Wilson M. Powell,
324 W. 58th Street, New

C.

Pa.

Ra(Hel W. Hillrorn,

Swarthmore, Pa.

Emma

Cr.orniKK,

(.'.

William M. Jackson,
50 Heekman Street, New

j.

Hall,

1432 McCulloh

iH(ji).

Wynnewood,

riiiladelpliia.

VVili,f/i'S,

Manas(|uaii, N.

(;oi,i,I'.(;k.

Street,

New

York.

Passmore,
Pa.

Joanna W. Lippincott,
Logan

Station, Philadelphia.

and Committees of the Board.

Officers

President.

JOSEPH WHARTON.
Secretar3\

HERMAN HOOPES.
Auditors.

Herman Hoopes,

John T. Willets.

Executive.

Emmor Roberts,

Mary Willets,

Isaac H. Clothier,

Jane P. Downing,
Susan W. Lippincott,
Emma McIlvain Cooper,

Daniel Underhill,
Edward H. Ogden,
Robert M. Janney,
Edmund Webster,

Howard W.
Eli M.

Hannah H. Woodnutt,
Mary C. Clothier,

Lippincott.

I.AJNiB,

Ex- Officio,

Elizabeth B. Passmore,
Abby W. Miller.
Herman Hoopes.

Finance.
Charles M. Bjddle,

James V. Watson,

Edward H. Ogden.

SWARIilMORI':

(ol.LKf;!;.

7

IiisLniction.

AnNIK SllOKMAKKK,

WiLl.IAM M. Jai K.SON,

Emmor
Maky Wille'is,

Fannik W. Lowihoki',

Susan

Edward Mariin,
Howard W. Lii'imn'

Rop.kris,

Raciikl W. Hilmjokn,

\V. T.ipf>iN(f)iT,

T>YDiA H. Hall,
Isaac

oii-,

H. Ci.oihier.

Building and Property.

Edward H. 0(;den,
Emmor Roiseris,

Edmund Wkbsjer,

Daniel Underhill,
Jane P. Downing,

Howard W.

Rachel W. Hii.lhorn,

Museum and
Mary
Eli

Lippincoti

,

Robert M. Janney.
Laboratories.

Mary Willets,
Edward Martin.

C. Clothier,

M. Lamb,

Friends' Historical Library.

Lydia H. Hall,

Edward Stabler,

Isaac H. Clothier,

Rebecca

Jr.,

Trusts,

Longstreth.

Endowments, and Scholarships.

Edward H. Ogden,
Edmund Webster,
Emmor Roberts,

Susan W. Lippincott,
Rebecca C. Longstreth,

John

Trustees
Isaac H. Clothier,

C.

ot

T. Willeis.

Endowed

Professorships.

Edward H. Ogdex,
Emmor Roberts.
Library.

Lydia H. Hall,
Rachel W. Hillborn,

Edward

Stabler. Jr.,

John T. Willets.

Secretary,

Faculty/'

1897-98.

CHARLES De GARMO,

,

President.

ELIZABETH POWELL BOND.
Dean.

Prof.

EDWARD H. M AGILE.
ARTHUR BEARDSLEY.
WILLIAM HYDE APPLETON.

Prof.

SUSAN

SuPT.

Prof.

WILLIAM
WILLIAM

Prof.

FERRIS W. PRICE.

Prof.

GEORGE

Prof.

Prof.

J.

CUNNINGHAM.
J.

C.

A.

HALL.f
DAY.

HOADLEY.

SPENCER TROTTER.
ESTHER T. MOORE.
Prof. MARIE A. K. HOADLEY.
Prof. WILLIAM I. HULL.

Prof.

''

By-Laws —" The

President, Dean, and such of the resident Professors and others as

be elected by the Board, shall constitute the Faculty.

They

may

shall hold regular meetings, arrange

the course of study, determine the qualifications for admission and for graduation, decide upon rulci
of order,

and determine

all

questions pertaining to the discipline or instruction, subject to the ap-

proval of the Executive Committee, to
f

On

whom

leave of absence for the year.

they shall report monthly."

Officers of Instruction/'

CHARLES De GARMO,

Ph.D.,

President, and I'lofessor of Philosophy.

ELIZABETH POWELL BOND,

A.M.,

Dean.

EDWARD

H.

MAGILL, A.M.,

LL.D.,

Professor of the French Language and Literature.

ARTHUR BEARDSLEY,
L V. Williamson

C.E., Ph.D.,

Professor of Engineering, and Director of the Workshop.s.

WILLL\M HYDE APPLETON,

A.M., LL.B., Ph.D.,

Professor of Greek and of Early English.

SUSAN

J.

CUNNINGHAM,

Edward H. Magill

Sc.D.,

Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.

WILLIAM CATHCART DAY,

Ph.D.,

Professor of Chemistry.

SPENCER TROTTER,

M.D.,

Professor of Biology and Geology.

GEORGE

A.

HOADLEY,

C.E., A.M.,

Professor of Physics.

FERRIS W. PRICE, A.M.,
Isaac H. Clothier Professor of the Latin

MARIE

A. K.

HOADLEY,

Professor of the

WILLIAM

I.

Literature.

Ph.D.,

Joseph Wharton Professor of History and

Arranged

Literature.

A.M.,

German Language and

HULL,

Language and

Political

Economy.

with the exception of the President and Dean, in the order of appointment, as
and other Instructors.

Professors, Assistant Professors,

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

20

MYRTIE

FURMAN,

E.

M.O.,

Assistant Professor in charge of Elocution.

JOHN RUSSELL HAYES,

A.B., LL.B.,

Assistant Professor of English.

BEATRICE MAGILL,
Instructor in

J.

K.

Drawing and Painting.

SHELL, M.D.,
Director of Physical Training for the

EMILY

HUNT,

G.

Young Men.

M.D.,

Lecturer on Physiology and Hygiene to the

JOSEPH BAYLEY,

Jr.,

Shop

Assistant in Engineering,

HENRY

GUMMERE,

V.

Young Women.

Practice.

A.M.,

Assistant in Mathematics.

MARY

V.

MITCHELL GREEN,

Director of Physical Training for the

WILLIAM

H.

ADEY,

M.D.,
Young Women.

C.E.,

Assistant in Engineering, Field Practice and Drawing.

RACHEL LLOYD HUTCHINSON,
Assistant in

ESTHER

T.

Department of Physical Training.

MOORE,

A.B.,

.Secretary to the President,

SARAH

M.

Librarian.

NOWELL,

and Registrar.

Students.

This' signifies that the student is taking all the work of the Senior Cla«s, but has yet some
to pass before being regularly admitted to it.

examinations

SENIOR CLASS.
Name.

Residence.

Course.

Charles T. Brown
Hiram D. Campbeli

Arts

Eva

Letters

.

Science

E. Foster'

A. Virginia Gillespie

.

.

.

West Chester, Pa.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Lancaster, Pa.

.

.

Allegheny, Pa.

Letters

Ironton, Ohio.

Mabel Harris
Letters
Etna, N. H.
Engineering Pine, Col.
Jonathan Y. Higginson
Mt. Ephraim, X.
Mary S. Howell
Arts
Somerton, Pa.
Rachel Knight
Letters
Letters
Baltimore, Md.
Edith Lamb
Svvarthmore, Pa.
Caroline A. Lukens .... Letters
'

.

.

William B. Miller
Albert C. Myers
Edna M. Nicholl
Arthur L. Patton
S. Edna Pownali
Eva T. Rengier
Edna H. Richards
Arthur C. Smedley
Levi S. Taylor
Frederic L. Thomas

....

'

Abner

p.

Way
F.

.

.

.

.

.

.

...

.

Letters

.

.

Science

Science

J.

.

.

.

.

.

Kennett Square, Pa.
Scotch Plains, N. L
Panola,

111.

Christiana, Pa.

.

.

.

Lancaster, Pa.

Salem, Ohio.

.

.

Willistown Inn, Pa.

.

.

Philomont, Va.

Engineering .\shton, Md.
Science

...

.

.

.

Science

....

.

.

Letters

'

.

Letters

Letters

'

.

Engineering Media, Pa.

Letters

'

Wilson
Alice Witbeck

Frederic

.

.

.

.

.

Swarthmore, Pa.

Engineering Jersey Shore, Pa.
Letters

.

.

Belvidere.

111.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

12

junior class.
Name.

Mary

Course.

G. Ball

Richard J. Bond
Levis M. Booth ....
Anna Bradbury ....
John P. Broomell
Ella L. Cass
Calvin F. Crowell
Augusta C. Edel
Anna B. Eisenhower
Edith Flitcraft ....
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Mabel

C. Gillespie

.

Gilbert L. Hall
M. Katharine Lackey
.

Mary

G. Leiper

Jane

E. Linvill

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

S.

Moore

.

.

.

Science

Arts

Irregular

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Science

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Letters

.

.

.

Letters

.

Letters

.

.

Moorestown, N.

Woodstown, N.

Brentwood, N. Y.

.

.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Riverton, N.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Letters

.

Letters

.

Arts

.

Letters

Engineering Tyrone, Pa.

.

.

Arts

.

.

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Atlantic City, N.

Mickleton, N.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

.

New Hope,

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Pa.

Abrams, Pa.
Glen Cove, N. Y.

Engineering Darby, Pa.
Letters

.

.

Glen Cove, N. Y.

class.

.

Irregular

.

.

Science

.

.

Arts

.

.

.

J.

.

Residence.

Course.

Armstrong
Benjamin Bachrach
Lucy Bancroft
George L. Bean

J.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Letters

.

J.

Wallingford, Pa.

.

.

J.

Atlantic City, N.

Science

.

J.

Allegheny, Pa.

.

Name.

E.

Md.

Norristown, Pa.

.

.

Baltimore,

Swarthmore, Pa.

Arts
Arts

Chester, Pa.

Richmond, Ind.

.

Arts
Letters

J.

Svvarthmore, Pa.

Irregular

sophomore

Mary

.

.

.

Elizabeth E. Willits

.

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

.

Marshall Pancoast
Mary E. Seaman ....
Ely J. Smith
George B. Stevens
Benjamin A. Thomas
Emily R. Underbill
J. Serrill Verlenden
.

Engineering Upper Darby, Pa.

.

Annie Lodge .....
Horace W. McFetridge

Helen

.

.

....
....

Alice Lippincott

Letters

.

.

Residence.

Merchantville, N.

.

.

Lansdowne, Pa.
.

.

.

.

Decatur,

III.

Wilmington, Del

Engineering Philadelphia, Pa.

J.

swAKTHMokK

((nA.v.c.y
Kckidence.

(Jotirsc.

I-UCKKIIA

S.

Bl,ANkKNHt;i<

.

J'liiladelphia, I'a.

Irri\[^iil(rr

ROHF.KI' L. Bkowniiei.ii,

W. Cakifk

Emii.y

.

Fl,f)KKNCE K. ClIklSTV

Jknnie Cokek
John W. Coles
Caroline F. Comly
J. Roberts Cox
Paul Darlinoton
Georce K. Evans
Roger J5. Farquhar,
Helen M. Fogg
.

.

.

.

.

Irregular

.

Science

.

.

Letters

.

.

Arts

George M. Lamb, Jr

Anna H. Lippincott
Walter H. Lippincott
J.

.

McDowell
.

Annie Parrish
Katharine Pfeiffek
.

Margery Pyle

.

N. Y.

Canada.

Hartsvillc, S. C.

.

J,

Philadeljjhia, Pa.

Engineering Baltimore, Md.

.

.

.

.

Science

Hubbard

Mae Myers

Letters

.

.

l',iiffalo,

Evgincrring Camden, N.

.

J

.

Plooinfield,

.

A. Davis Jackson

M. Lukens

.

.

.

Edmund A. Harvey
Anna K. Hiries

Emima

Irrrgttlar

.

Joseph C. Haines

Lillian

Irregular

.

.

Jessie

.

.

Gillin(;hai\i

F^DwiN D.

J.rtlrrs

,

.

Anna

Philaciel])hia, Pa.
.

.

.

Darling, Pa.

Moorestown, N.
.

.

Rockville,

J.

Md.

.

.

Philadeljjhia, Pa.

.

.

.

Topeka, Kansas.

.

.

Letters

.

.

Arts

.

Irregular

.

.

.

.

Science

.

.

.

Science

.

.

.

Science

.

.

.

Letters

.

.

.

Irregular

.

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Arts

.

Letters

.

Letters

.

.

.

Letters

.

.

.

Mickleton, N.

J.

Brandywine Summit,

New

O.xford, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Nine Points, Pa.
Baltimore,

Md.

Riverton, N.

J.

Riverton, N.

J.

Philadelphia, Pa.

New

York. N. Y.

Kennett Square, Pa.

Woodbury, N. J.
Camden, N. J.
London Grove, Pa.

.

Arts

.

Lrregular

.

.

Lrregular

.

.

Letters

.

.

Mooresto^vn, N.

William H. Thatcher

.

Science

.

.

Wilmington, Del.

Ethel Thompson
Albert T. Verlenden

.

Letters

.

.

.

Lrregular

E.

Helen
J.

.

.

Speakman
Alford Stabler

Elizabeth

P.

T. Sullivan

.

.

.

.

.

Wilmington, Del.
Baltimore,

Baltimore,

Darbv. Pa.

Md.

Md.

J.

Pa.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

14

FRESHMAN
Name.

CLASS.

Course.

-

Residence.

Scienct:
M. Ida Alley
Emily M. Atkinson .... Arfs
Lettcts
Sl'san E. Atkinson
Irrcgu/ar
Rose E. Bachrach
Irtrgula/Sara C. Baylis
Engineering
B. Franklin Bean, Jr.
.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

....

.

.

.

.

Clothier
Sara A. Colson
Sara Roxy Corlies
Helen A. Cranston

....
....

May p. V-Dee
Edward Downing

....

.

Seienee

.

.

.

.

.

Media, Pa.

Newport, Del.

Letters

.

.

Media, Pa.

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

Moorestown, N.

.

New

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

letters
Letters

.

Letters

.

.

.

Arts

Hawke

Arts

Hess
Hicks

Letters

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Letters

.

Reading, Pa.
Jenkintown, Pa.

.

Jackson
.

Arts

.

.

J.

Lancaster, Pa.

Media, Pa.

Nine Points, Pa.

Engineei-ing
.

Piedmont, Ala.

Piedmont, Ala.

Camden, N.

.

Knickeri!()CKER

Phoenixville, Pa.

Moorestown, N.

Avondale, Pa.

.

E.

Flushing, N. Y.

.

.

Otley

Toronto, Ohio.

.

Letters

.

J.

York, N. Y.

Engineering Fox Chase, Pa.

Letters

Amy W.

East Norwich, N. Y.

Savannah, Ga.

.

Howard

B.

Wynnevvood, Pa.
Woodstown, N. J.

.

Lenore Houston

Anna

Media, Pa.

.

Irregular

4rts

L.

R.

.

Irregular
.

John K. Harper
Caroline L. Hawke

Mary

Cornwall, N. Y.

Letters

Seienee

Gilbert
T. Walter Gilryson
Elizabeth L. Gii.linc;ham
Ethel Griest
Sara S. Haines

William

Pawling, Pa.

.

Letters

F.

111.

.

May K. Flannery
May Francy

F.

.

.

Lrregular

Mary

.

Irregular

Viola Eckstein
Deborah Ferrier

Gertrude

Decatur,

Floral Park, N. Y.

Engineering; Swarthmore, Pa.

Arts

Lydla. B.

J.

Earlington, Ky.

Engineering Marietta, Pa.

Cheyney

B.

^

Engineering Morton, Pa.
Letters

Ho\VARD N. Cassel
Paschall H. Chapman

Fanny

.

.

.

Harry N. Benkert
A. Mary Brown

La Grangeville, N.
McVeytown, Pa.

New Lenox,

111.

J.

SVVAK rilMORK

Mahki-

('.

VV.

Jean M.

Thomas

Kkf/i'^chmak
r,ATlMKr<

I-kiicii

15

CnlllSr.

Niiiiie.

AuiiKKV

Ol.l,K(.i;.

<

,

.

.

K. Lkih ikooi'

Mary VV. 1,ipimnc()Tt
Warnkr Love ...
.

.

.

Richard Peters
Garfield Purdv
George Satterthwaite
G. Arthur Seaman
Ira Smedley
....
T. Arthur Smith
Chester J. Tyson
Ada Unuerhill
.

Helen D. Walker
Anna Wildman
.

.

.

.

.

/.fih'rs

.

[.

Mc)()resto\vn, N. J.

Philadelphia. Pa.

Irrci^ular

(,'ollins,

.

Irrci^ular

Hockessin, Del.

.

.

J'a.

.

.

Lancaster, Pa.

.

.

Kennett

.

.

Landenberg, Pa.

f,elfers

Arts

.

Scinare, Pa.

,

Letters

.

Engineeriih^ Philadel[)hia, Pa.

Yorktown Heights, N. Y.

.

Letters

.

Engineering Jenkintown, Pa.

.

Arts

.

Etigineering Uwchlan. Pa.

.

.

.

.

.

Williamsport, Pa.

Engineering Philadelphia, Pa.

.

Irregular

.

.

Science

.

.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Arts

.

.

.

Irregular

.

Arts

.

.

.

.

.

.

Md.

Head, N. Y.

(;ien

.

.

Baltimore,

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Riverlon. N.

.

Science

.

M. Florence Wvnn

York, N. V.

Rcadinpc. Pa.

.

.

.

Pa.

.

.

Wilson ....
William E. Wolverton
George S. Worth

New

.

F.nginecriiii!;

.

Edi'i'h

Gertrude Wright

I']iii^iiuiriii:^

.

J.

.

Alts

.

.

.

.

.

.

William M. Maule

Frank M. McVauoh
Edna M. Miller
Georgia C. Myers
Evelyn S. Nivin

[rrc\:;i(lar

.

J.

Alice M. Lukens

l'liila<lcl|,hici,

Wilmington, Del.

.

Langhorne, Pa.
.

Irregular

.

Bloomfield. Canada.

.

Vancouver, Wash.

'

Engineering Coatesville, Pa.
Science

Arts

.

.

.

.

River ton, N.

.

West Chester,

J.

Pa.

unclassified students.
Name.

Carl Blades
Katharine L. Brooke
Chester Cutler
Elveretta Cutler
Edith G. Elmore
Sara E. Hubbard
Frank H. Kirk

L.

Residence.

Elizabeth City, N. C.

Ashton, Md.
Coldstream, Canada.
Coldstream, Canada.

Brookh-n, N. Y.

Red Bank, X. L
Curwensville. Pa.

SWAKTHMORE

](5

COLl.ECE.

Name.

Cora

S.

Residence.

Roriuns

Jericho, N. Y.

Tabor
William C. Tyson
Sarah P. Westcott
Herbert Wills
Samuel R. Wood

Alice

Charlotte, N. Y.

P.

Baltimore,

Md.

Jersey City, N.

Haddon field,
Baltimore,

J.

N.

J.

Md.

summary.
Seniors

23

Juniors

27

Sophomores
Freshmen

37
62

Unclassified

13

Total

162

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General Information
J-Juildin^-s

Swarthmore

Grounds.

cind

College was founded in 1864

by members of the

reli-

gious Society of Friends, to provide the children of the Societ)- and
others with opportunities for higher education under guarded care.

With

this object in view, a

property of two hundred and forty acres

was secured, ten miles from Philadelphia, on the Central r)ivision
of the Philadelphia, Wilmington
cessible
daily.

milk and vegetables

for

the College

lawn and pleasure grounds.

Crum

boundary of the property, affords

The

skating.

It

age and pure air
for

feet long.

many
It

;

the remainder

facilities for

devoted to

is

boating, bathing, and

of great

is

uiiles.
is

a massive stone structure 348

consists of a central building, ^\vt stories higli, contain-

ing public rooms, such as lecture-rooms, museum, librar\

rooms, parlors, dining-hall,

etc.

The ground

,

reading-

Fire-proof compartments separate

building from the two wings.

this

ac-

The building site is high, securing perfect drainand commanding a fine view of the surrounding

The Principal College Building

high.

is

Creek, which forms the western

portion of the grounds bordering the stream

picturesque beauty.

country

Baltimore Railroad.

&:

by trains from the Broad Street Station twenty- four times^
About half the land is used for farming purposes, providing

devoted

The

latter are

and

each four stories

rooms
wing contain the dormitories of the
the west wing those of the voung men.
A

floors are

to lecture

recitation

the remaining floors in the east

young women, and in
number of the instructors reside in the same building with the students, and the relations between them are sucli that there is comparative

freedom from the dangers and temj^tations ordinarily incident

The

life.

by

and thoroughly ventilated.

gas,

The Science Hall

is

constructed of stone, in the most durable

manner, and was planned with special reference
2

to

buildings are heated throughout by steam, lighted

college

to

the

work of
(17

i

stu-

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

18

dents in Engineering, Physics, and Chemistry,

162

feet,

has a frontage of

It

The basement contains engine and

and, a depth of 64 feet.

l)oiler-rooms, the blacksmith shop,

and the foundry of the engineering-

department, the electrical laboratory, and

store-

On

rooms.

the

first

the machine shop and engineering lecture-room, the engi-

floor are

neering laboratory, and the chemical and physical laboratories, and

on the second

are the draughting-rooms,

floor

the

wood-working

shop, and the chemical and physical lecture-rooms.

The Astronomical Observatory

The

of instruction.

•dome and two wings.

which

is

There are four rooms

;

a transit-room, in

:

a pier-room, at present utilized as a sidereal-clock-rooni

work-room, in which

the chronograph

is

placed a small library of reference books,

and chronometer; and the dome, containing the
In connection with this latter instru-

equatorial of six-inch aperture.

ment

especially arranged for purposes

placed an instrument of three-inch aperture, also the mean-

time clock
•a

is

plan embraces a central building supporting the

there

is

a

The

micrometer and a spectroscope.

•equatorial were constructed

by Warner

&

transit

and

Swasey, of Cleveland, O.,

and the spectroscope by Brashear, of Allegheny, Pa. The equipment
ample for class-work. Connected with the observatory is the Signal
Service Station of the State Weather Bureau, fully provided with the
is

necessary meteorological and other apparatus.
Otlier Buildings are a meeting-house, the President's house, the

West house (birthplace of Benjamin West, now used

as a professor's

house), the house of the Professor of Astronomy, the Farmer's house

and commodious farm-buildings,

the laundry and bakery, the boiler-

house, containing the sectional boilers for heating and cooking purposes,

and the gymnasium

for

young women.

All these buildings are

constructed of stone.

Libraries

and Reading-Room.

Tiie Libraries of the College collectively contain

volumes, as follows

18,175 bound

:

The General

Library,

Literary Societies' Libraries,
Friends' Historical Librar\-,

12,313
.

.

.

.

.

3-557

-oOS

SVVAK'I IIMORIO (JOI.I.KCJK.

Members of

the Senior

are permitted, under proper regu-

(."lass

lations, to consult the I'liiladciphia

umes, and the Mercantile
well as the valuable special

The

Librarian will aid

f

containing 145,000 vol-

library,

Library, containing 150,000 volumes, as

and technical

The (General I-ibrary

delphia.

|9

is

libraries in the city

students in

of Phila-

times accessible to students.

at all

consulting the

f.ibrary

and

in

arranging courses of reading.

Anson Lapham,

Friends' JUstorical lAbrary, founded by the lale

of Skaneateles, N. Y., contains a valuable collection of Friends'
books,

photographs

of

representative

and

its

history,

the Librarian, accessible to

all

persons

relating to the Society

and history of Friends.
apartment, and

it

is

that

is,

is

manuscripts

\ipon application

interested

This collection

hoped

and

Friends,

and

stored

a fireproof

in

Friends and others

will

deem

secure place in which to deposit books and other material in

possession which

may be

it

a

their

of interest in connection with the history of

Such contributions,

the Society.

to

the doctrines

in

growth and maintenance, are

as well as additional

solicited,

^'Friends' Historical' Library" or to

funds for

its

and should be addressed

to

"Arthur

Bp:ardslev, Libra-

rian. Swarthmore, Pa."
Tiie Reading-Rooiii

is supplied with the leading literary and sciand the prominent newspapers of the principal cities.
Liferary Societies are maintained by the students.
There are two
for young men and one for young women.
These hold regular meetings for the reading of essays, etc., and for practice in debate.
Their
Libraries, under their own management, contain over three thousand
volumes and are accessible to all students.

entific journals

The Gymnasiums.
Tlie Gyninasiiiin

the

for

young men

of apparatus for exercising according

to

is

supplied with a

full

set

the svstem of Dr. Sargent.

Through the efforts of the Somerville Literary Societ\ and their friends
separate gymnasium for the young women has been built and equipped

a.

for exercise

under the Swedish system.

in separate classes for the

quired of

The

exercises are conducted

}onng men and young women, and

are re-

all.

Students are re q nested

to

bring from

home a phvsician

s certifieate

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

^0

any cause thai would

if there is

mal.:e it

dangerous for them

to

take part

in the exercises required.

The

extensive and beautiful grounds connected with the College

invite to out-door exercise,

On

which

encouraged by the authorities.

is

campus

the highest and driest part of the

a space has been pre-

pared for athletic games, with a quarter-mile cinder running track, and
a well-graded field for foot-ball and base-ball, whilst the surrounding

country

offers facilities for

crosscountry running.

General Regulations.
Religious Exercises.
trine that religion

is

— While care

is

taken to inculcate the doc-

a matter of practical daily

life,

and

is

not con-

fined to the observance of set forms or the promulgation of religious

the regular assembling for religious purposes

tenets,

On

carefully ob-

is

morning a religious meeting is held, attended
by students, teachers, members of the household, and Friends of the
The meeting is preceded by First-day school exerneighborhood.

served.

cises,

First-day

consisting of the recitation of passages of Scripture prepared

by members of the

The

Scripture.

different classes,

and the reading of

a portion of

opened by a general meeting

daily exercises are

for

reading selected portions of Scripture or other suitable books, and
for

imparting such moral lessons as circumstances seem to require,

fol-

lowed by a period of silence before entering upon the duties of the day.

The
its use,

use of tobacco being strictly prohibited, those addicted to

unless prepared to renounce

it

entirely, should not apply for

admission.
Coininencenient

and

third Third-day of Ninth

Vacation.

— The College

year begins on the

month, and closes with Commencement day,

which occurs on the second Third-day of Sixth month.
Students are not admitted for a period less than the current College year

:

but,

when vacancies

exist,

they

may enter

at

anytime dur-

ing the year.
Besides the

days at

summer vacation

there will be a recess of about ten

the close of the Twelfth month, and one of one week

Third month.

in the

(See Calendar.)

Students are permitted to remain at the College, under care, during the recesses, but not during the

summer

vacation.

SWARIIIMORK

The

COI,I,K<;fc;.

21

HoLiseliold.

In the organization of this College unusual care has been

extended

to the personal

comforts and the social interests of the students.

department

in

is

charge of the Dean, with able

also special oversight of the

and parents are desired

to

This

She has

assistants.

conduct and health of the young women,
communicate freely with her in regard to

the welfare of their daughters.

The

several departments of the household are under the

diate charge of the following

Mary

P.

imme-

:

Eves, Matron of Central Building.

Sarah D. Coale, Matron of West Wing.
Ellen Roberts, Director of Laundry.
Mary R. Satterthwaite, Housekeeper.
Ella Michener, Matron of East Wing.

Expenses.
The
is

cost of

Board and Tuition

is

payable in advance, and ^200 on the

For Day

Students, the price

is

^450 per
first

$200 per

year, of

payable in advance, and the remainder on the

The day

A

year, of

which $250

of First month.

first

which $ioo

is

of First month.

students take lunch with the resident students.

deposit of five dollars

is

required

by each male student to
The unexpended

defray any expense incurred by injury to property.

balance will be returned at the end of the year.
Students purchase their
at

own books, which the College will furnish
They also buy their own stationery,

the lowest obtainable rates.

drawing implements, and certain tools and materials used in the workshops, and pay at a reasonable rate for laundry

work done

at

the

College.

Students taking laboratory courses will make a deposit of

$10

beginning of the course to cover the expense of

at the

tlie

material

S

22

WART H MORE COLLEGE.

Hie unexpended balance

used.

will

be returned at the end of the

course.

In case of

illness,

no extra charge

is

made

unless a physician or

trained nurse be employed.

The above

figures

may be depended upon

as

covering

all

neces-

sary expenses.

Payments.
Payments are

to

be made by check or draft to the order of

Robert Biddle,
No. 507

Treasurer.

Commerce Street, Philadelphia,

Pa.

Fellowships, Scholarships, and Pecuniary Aid.
FELLOW.SHIPS.

The Joshua Lippincott Fellowship,
Lippincott, A. B., of the Class of 1875,
consists of a fund

i'"*

founded by Howard W.
niemory of

his

father,

yielding an income of $450 per year, which

is

granted annually by the Faculty, with the concurrence of the Instruction Committee, to a graduate of this College engaged

in

advanced

study under the direction or with the approval of the Faculty.

The Lucretia Mott Fellowship,

founded by the Somerville

Literary Society and sustained by the contributions of

its

members,

income of ^525, and is awarded each year by a Committee of the Faculty selected by the Society, to a young woman
graduate of that year, for the purpose of pursuing advanced study at
yields an annual

some other

institution

approved by

this

Committee.

scholarships.

pays

I.

The Westbury Quarterly Meeting,

all

charges for board and tuition and

Committee of

the Quarterly Meeting.

is

N. Y., Scholarship

awarded annually by a

SWAKI IIMOKK
2.

'I'me

<

()]A.K(jE.

Rkiikcca M. Atkinson and

Scholarships

i)ay all

23

tiif, I'»Ak(.i.Av

charges for board and

tuitifjn

G. Atkinson

and are awarded

annually by the Board of Managers of the College.
3.

uals,

There are nine other similar Scholarships owned by individ-

each entitling the holder to board and tuition

at the

College, and

awarded by the owner.
4.

Freshmen Honor Scholarships.

— For

1898-99

the year

ten honor Scholarships of the value of $200 each for resident, and
III

00 each

for non-resident students have

Class by each of

One

been established.

may be awarded to a candidate
the following named schools

these Scholarships

for the

:

Friends' Central School,

i'hiladelphia,

Friends' Seminary,

New

Friends'

High School,

Friends'

I'a.

York, N. Y.

Baltimore,

Md.

Wilmington, Del.

Friends' School,

Friends'

of

Freshman

High School,
Academy,

Moorestown, N.

J.

Locust Valley, L.

I.

Friends' Select School,

^Yashi^lgton, D. C.

Abington Friends' School,
George School,
Chappaqua Mountain Institute,

Newtown,

Jenkintown, Pa.
Pa.

Chappaqua, N. Y.

PECUNIARY AID.

The Committee on

Endowments, and Scholarships holds
income of which is used to aid deserving

Trusts,

in trust certain funds, the

and needy students who are pursuing their studies at this College.
Full information as to the condition and amount of such pecuniary
aid may be had on application to

Rebecca

C.

Longstreth, Sardary,

Sharon Hill, Pa.

Kxaminations

for Aclniission.

Introductory.
The

studies retiuired for a

requirements

for

generally can meet.

Owing

study, and the absence of

accomplished

The

Degree extend over four years.

admission are intended to be such as Friends' schools

all

in four years

is

to the

enforcement of regular hours for

opportunity for dissipation, the amount
large,

and

is

believed to afford a

suffi-

preparation in classics, science, and general culture for the

cient

ordinary avocations of

life,

for the study of

advanced degrees

sions, or as candidates for

Time and Conditions
To

any of the learned

of Admission.

secure places, application for admission should be

early as possible

by

All applicants

character from their

profes-

in the higher universities.

made

as

letter to the President.

must submit satisfactory testimonials of good

and students coming from another

last teachers,

college must present certificates of honorable dismissal.

The examinations
mer

at the close

for

admission

may be

of the college year, or in the

taken either in the sumfall.

See Calendar for

the dates.

Students are also admitted

charged

for the

Requirements
All candidates for

amined
I.

at

any time during the year, and are

unexpired time until the close of the year.

for

Admission

in 1898-99.

admission to the Freshmen Class

will

be ex-

in the following subjects:

— Aritlimetic. — Entire.
— To Permutations and Combinations in a book of

Mathematics.

Algebra.

(Charles Smith's Elementary Algebra
Gepinet7y.

—The whole of

is

suggested.)

Plane Geometry.

High-School grade.

2.

Kn(;m.sm

_^,

Engi.isk

Grammar ANK

oMr'osi

(

ION.

I

Litkraturi..

Candidates are expected to he familiar

books rcconiniended

witli tl)c

liy

the

Association of CoUej^es and I'reparatory Schools of the Middle States and Maryland,
as follows:

1898

Homer's
tator

Shakespeare's MiKbclh

:

Iliod, liooks

Ooldsmith's

;

America

I

and XXII

Tartar

Flight of a

Tribe:

Gulyle's

and

The Sir Poger

I'Vake/ield

Arcile

lie

Paradise

Homer's

1900: Shakespeare's

XXIV;

llie

Wakefield ;

;

luilli

De Quincey's

:

;

ar)d

I

Goldsmith's Vicar of

Essay on Burns;
llawthome's
;

Carlyle's

of Sir I^aunfal

Books

Paradise Lost,

Pope's Homer's Iliad, Books

I,

and II;

I

VI, XXII, and

Sir Koger de Co7'crley Papers \n The Spectator ; Goldsmith's

Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America;

caulay's Essay on Milton and Essay on Addison

II;

VI, XXII, and

I,

America: Coleridge's Ancient

J'isio/i

Milton's

Gables.

Hooks

Books

The Spectator

'\x\

Lowell's

Macbeth;
Ircite

I*oi)e'.s

7'/te S/n'i

Conciliation

Lost,

Iliad,

Mariner; De Quincey's Flight of a Tartar Tribe;

Dryden's Palaiiion and

on

House of the Seven

Milton's

Conciliation with

Cooper's Last of the Mohicans;
House of the Seiwn Gables.

and II;

I

Essay on Burns: Tennyson's Princess;

Coverlev Papers

Burke's SpeCih on

:

Uooks

Covcrley Pn/iers in

Soutliey's Life of Nehon

Pope's

:

ilc

Burke's Speech

;

:

Ilawtiiorne's

.

Macbeth:

Shakspeare's

Dryden's Palatnon

XXIV;

Sir Roi^er

'I'hc

Mariner

Ivowell's Vision of Sir Laiinfal

1899:

Milton's Paraiiisf Lost,

Vitar of IVakcfielJ

Coleridge's .Indent

:

:

;

Vicar of

Ivanhoe

^iCoXX's

;

Ma-

De

Quincey's Flight of a Tartar
Tribe; Tennyson's Princess; Cooper's Last of the Mohicans ; Lowell's Vision of
Sir Launfal.

The candidate

;

will be rei(uired to write a short composition

upon a

suljject

taken

from some one of the above-named works.
4.

History.

—A

United States, and

thorough preparation

books suggested for preparation

in the outlines of

the History of the

History of England or in General

in <r/M^/' the
:

Ilistorj'.

Text-

McMaster's School History of the United

States,

Gardiner's School History of England, Myers's General History.
5.

Geography.

— The

general

facts

of Physical,

Descriptive,

and

Political

Geography, especially of the United States and Europe.

In addition to theaboYC, candidates will be examined as follows:
(i)
Latin.

For

—

the Classical Course

Caesar,

Gallic

'\\\

War, four books;

Virgil's

seven orations (including those against Catiline)
particularly paradigms

and elementary syntax

;

translation into Latin of easy sentences involving

met

;

.lineid,

Latin

six

books; Cicero,

Grammar, the

Latin Composition, the

essentials,

accurate

words and constructions commonly

in Cicero's first oration against Catiline.

—

Greek. Greek Grammar (Goodwin's recommended); elementary Greek ComXenophon Four books of the Anabasis; Homer three hooks of the

position;
Iliad

;

—

General History of Greece

—

to the

death of Alexander.

SVVARTHMORE COLLEGE.

2()

For candidates who pass
elective after the

Sophomore

a satisfactory

Candidates for the Classical Course
pursue the study during the

examination

the above, Greek will be

in

year.

enti)-e four

who

present no Greek will be required to

years of college

— a class

for beginners being

Freshman year.
French or Gi:kman. Candidates for the Classical Course offering no Greek
I'equired to present the minimum amount of either Freuch or German, as pre-

formed

in the

—

are

scribed in the Literary Course under Options.

(2) For the Literary Course,
man, as follows
Latin.

in Latin, or in

French, or

Ger-

in

— As required for entrance the Classical Course.
— Elements of French Grammar; Super's Preparatory French Reader;
to

French.

varied selections (entire)
Series, or equivalents

equivalents

dictees.

Volumes

I, II,

and III of Magill's Modern French

Prose Composition.

;

German.

—Joynes-Meissner's

(twelve selections)

and VIII omitted)

German Grammar, Part I
Grimm's Miirchen
Aus deni Leben eines Taugenichts (Chapters VII
IVilhehn Tell ; Buchheim's Elementary German Prose
;

Eichendorff 's

;

Schiller's

;

and

Compositiofi, Parts I
scliichtliche

;

Racine's AtJnilie, and Moliere's Bourgeois Gentilliomme, or

;

Novellen

II

Freytag's Die Joiirnalisten

;

German

;

one of Riehl's

;

Cultiirge-

ballads and lyrics (seven to be memorized).

Equiva-

lents will be accepted.

OiTlONS.

— Candidates

French, or German

will

not prepared to offer the

easy French at sight.

read easy

German

six

:

French

or equivalents.

at

of Latin,

Latin — Four books of Ccesar and
books of Virread
— Elements of French Grammar and the
German — Elements of German Grammar and the

the three languages, as follows
gil,

maximum amount

be permitted to substitute a smaller amount of any two of

ability to

ability to

(Course

sight.

I,

page 40,

states definitely the preparation re-

quired.)

(3)

For

the

For

the Science

Engineering Course,

in

Latin, French, or

German,

as above.

(4)

Course, in Latin, French, or

German,

as

above.

Admission by

Certificate.

Graduates of Friends' Schools whose courses of study are
cient to prepare students for the

Freshman Class

will

suffi-

be admitted on

the certificate of the Principal.

Graduates of any High School which,
Faculty and Instruction Committee,

conforms substantially

is

in

the

judgment of the

adequately taught, and which

to the courses of study

recommended by

the

SWA kill MORI-,
Comniittcc of Ten of the National

admitted

to the ]'"reshinan (.'lass

on

27

ficji.ijvfii-:.

I'vducalional Association, will

be

certificate of the Principal.

Graduates of other schools which, in the judgment of the Faculty
and Instruction ('onimittee conform to the abf)ve requirements, will
be admitted on the certificate of the Principal.
Blank Forms of application and certificates will be sent, on aj)])lication, to the I^rincipals of the above s<hoo!s, who are rcc|uested to
fill out and return
them together with a circular or catalogue of the
school.

Students admitted by certificate are admitted

(jn

trial,

and the

Faculty reserves the right to change their classification or to decline
to

continue their connection with the College

found not

if

])ro[)erly

prepared to do the work.
Also, permits to send students on certificates

from any school when

it is

found that

it

may be withdrawn

does not send students prop-

erly prepared.

Pupils from these Schools intending to enter the College should

apply by

letter for places as

soon as convenient after the completion

They should present themselves at the College
on Fifth-day, Ninth month 2 2d, 1898.
Principals of other schools who wish to have students admitted

of their preparation.

on their recommendation, should correspond with the President concerning each case.

Examination for Higher

Classes.

— Candidates

than the Freshman Class must pass satisfactorily in

for classes higher
all

the subjects

and students coming from other
colleges must present letters of honorable dismissal, and must show
that they have pursued courses of study equivalent to those taken by
pursued by the lower class or classes

;

the classes they wish to enter.

Partial Courses of Study.
other persons of

may

fair

—A

limited

number of

and

who

wish to improve themselves in particular studies will be received

without examination, and allowed to elect,
classes,
all

teachers

education and of sufficiently mature age

in

any of the regular

such w'ork as they can pursue to advantage.

cases correspond with the President in advance.

They should

in

Courses of Instruction.
ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGKD.
For required and elective studies, and the number of exercises per week,

in each,

see pages 50-53.

Biology.
Spencer Trotter,
Lectures, demonstrations,

The

with laboratory work.
It is

arranged as follows

Professor.

and text-books are used

course

is

in

connection

required of all Science Students.

:

— Required of Science Students.— Elements of
— Zoology).
Sophomore Class. — Geology (open
Junior Class. — Anatomy and Physiology, Laboratory Work,
Freshman Class.

Biology (Botany

elective).

Dissection.

Senior Class.

—Anatomy of Vertebrates,

Dissection.

The Museum.
The Museum of the College
the specimens from

its

strictly a teaching collection,

and

cases are in constant use in the lectures

and

laboratories in Natural History;

the direction of rendering
different

making

T.

years'

it

is

growing

perfect the

steadily, but always in

means of

illustrating the

departments of Natural History, and with no intention of
it

a collection of curiosities or miscellaneous articles, however

interesting they
It

more

is

may

be

in their

way.

includes the following collections:

The Joseph Leidy

Collection of Minerals, the result of thirty

discriminative collecting by
(28)

its

founder, occupies four large

SWARIIIMORI':

OI.I.i;(,K.

(

j,<i

double cases, and consists of exceedingly choice cabinet sj^ccimens
minerals, characteristic rocks and ores, and transand opaciue models of the various systems of crystalliza-

of crystallized
parent
tion.
'

The

2.

Colleciio7i

of Comparaiive Osteology consists of a large

of partial and complete skeletons, prepared at

series

Ward's Natural History Establishment
trating the structure
3.

Collection

Nearly

all

illus-

Birds comprises

of

and foreign

four large double cases of stuffed specimens of native
birds.

Henry

Prof.

Rochester, N. Y., and

and framework of backboned animals.

Wilcox and Farnham

The

in

the

specimens visiting

this

State

are

rejjre-

sented.
4.

The Frederick Kohl Fthnological

Collection

implements, weapons, clothing,

cases of Indian

consists of two

etc.,

mostly from

Alaska.
,5.

The

C. F.

Parker

Collection of Shells

cases of choice typical land,

specimens were

all

is

made up

and marine

of six large

These

shells.

by the Curator from the extensive
Parker, and render further additions

selected

tion of the late C. F.

branch needless.

fresh-water,

The founder

of

this collection

Academy

years the Curator in charge of the

was

collecto this

for

many

of Natural Sciences of

Philadelphia.
6.

The Robert R. Corson

Collection of Stalactites, Stalagmites,

Helictites represents the celebrated

Luray Caverns, and

and

illustrates the

limestone formations which render these caverns the second in magnificence in the world.
7.

The Eckfeldt Herbarium

consists of over two thousand plants,

illustrating the flora of Pennsylvania.

In addition to the above, there

is

a large

and constantly

increas-

ing collection of stuffed and alcoholic specimens of vertebrates and
invertebrates (including the U. S. Fish

Commission Educational Col-

lection,) of dissected specimens for demonstration in the lectures on

Physiology and Hygiene, glass and papier-mache models of invertebrates

besides

and of special points

some three hundred

in

vegetable and animal morphology,

classified

diagrams and finely colored

charts illustratins; everv branch of natural historv.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

.30

Chemistry.
William

The course of

Day,

C.

Fro/rssor.

instruction in this sul)ject extends over a period of

four vears. and aims to impart a thorough understanding of the most
essential facts

and principles of the science, while

special attention

is

given to the cultivation of systematic habits of manipulation, so that,
besides possessing value as part of a liberal education,

dation for such pursuits in

Those who

may

it

forms a foun-

require this knowledge.

life as

desire to continue their

work beyond the

limits

of the regular course will have suitable work assigned them, and will
find every facility for carrying

Chemical Laboratory

T/i^

includes a

room

Analysis, one

work

for

for

in

Near

vided.

Science Hall.

in

It

Qualitative

room

for

to these are store-rooms, a balance-

The Laboratory

room, and a lecture-room.
tiles

rooms

General Chemistry and

Quantitative Analysis, and a basement

Assaying and Metallurgy.

glazed

on.

it

occwT^Ktv,

tables are covered with

fume-closets, suction for filtration, water and gas are pro-

;

The

lecture-room, with a seating capacity of one hundred,

is

furnished with water, gas, fume-closets, and abundant apparatus for
lecture j^urposes.

For lecture

lection of the metals

posited by

Hugh

and

illustration, there

their salts,

Foulke).

addition to these there

In

set of typical preparations for use in the course in

Chemical Library.

— In

all

an excellent col-

is

and a cabinet of minerals (de-

near to the Laboratory there will be found a
besides, there are
subjects,

a complete

cases students are encouraged in the

and in a room
number of standard works

habit of consulting for themselves the best authorities

on Chemistry;
and anal\tical

is

Organic Chemistry.

;

numerous other works on technical
journals, including some

current chemical

comj^lete sets of the latter.
Text-Boo/;s.

— As the student

ing text-books are used
tative Analysis,"

;

advances in the course the follow" Elementary Chemistry," Remsen " Quali-

Medicus

pounds of Carbon,"
Fresenius

:

;

;

"Introduction

to the

Study of the Con-

Remsen; "Quantitative Chemical Analysis,"

"Theoretical

Chemistry,"

technical analysis are used as rc(|uired.

Remsen.

Special

works

in

SWAKIIIMOKK
Fkkshman Class.

—

/.fiturrs

(/.

r()i,i,i;(;|.;.

{

lixprrimnildl

mciitary (!!hemistry (non-metals and metals

Lahoratory

h.

;;i

-Special exercises on

/^^;rX'.-

—

).

(iciieial

i'.le-

with examinations.

),

with

tojjirs selected

the object of stimulating intelligent experimentation.

Sophomore Class.
lowed by

Work.

Laboratory

1).

—

Lcclnrt-s.

a.

— Theoretical

Chemistry,

fol-

Analysis.

(^)iialitative

—

f

followed

hialitative,

(Quantitative

b\

Chemical Analysis.

Junior Class.

—

Lectures.

a.

— Chemisiry

of the

compoimds of

carbon.

— Quantitative

Work.

Laboratory

/'.

number of

Senior Class.

— The course during

A

laboratory work.

by

followed

a

requirements

of these

consists largely of

is

to fulfill the practical

and theoret-

subjects in a complete, exhaustive,

Such work

scholarly manner.

this year

few special subjects are given to each student,

with the understanding that he
ical

Analysis,

exercises in important, typical, organic transformations.

will

and

involve the study of technical

works and a number of the current chemical journals.

Meetings

will

occasionally be held for the consideration of important researches, as

they appear from time to time in the journals.

Drawing and
1>K.'\

A

TKICK Mac.ii.l, InslrKctor.

Drawing and Painting
means of culture,

course of Freehand

Aside from

its

intrinsic value as a

of close observation, and

is

courses, especially to those of
It

flowers, etc.,

and a

and the History of Painting,
qualified to

work

in

it.

It

is

open

is

it

to

all.

leads to habits

a very important adjunct to the other

Engineering and Science.

drawing from objects and

consists of

still-lite,

Painting.

casts,

and painting tVom

series of lectureson Practical Perspective

A

Sketch Class

is

open

to the students

held one afternoon a week for out-door

sketching in the Spring and Autumn, and during the Winter-time
sketches are
li^ht

made

and shade.

in the studio

from casts and

still-life, in

color

and

SWARTIIMORE COLLEGE.

32
As the teaching

in this

department

marked out course

for each class

:

is

altogether individual, suited

and not

to the special needs of each student,

class

work, there

is

but every student must pass the

no
fol-

lowing graded course:

Drawing from geometrical objects;
cast, details

of figure

still-life;

cast of

ornament;

head, or figure.

cast,

;

may

After a sufficient training in drawing the student

painting (either in water-color,

oil,

or pastel)

still

life,

pass to

flowers,

and

out-door sketching.

History of Art.
JUNIOR Class

—

{^Elective'), tzvo

periods a ivcek.

Art.
— Early
Painting.
Rennaisance
—
Later
Second Semester
Senior Class. — {Elective) two periods a
Semester: — Flemish and Dutch Art.
Germany, Spain, and France.
Second Semester: — Art
First Semester

Italian

:

:

iveek.

First

in

The
The
subjects

course

is

given in alternate years.

students are required to present written sketches upon the

under consideration and to

visit

the different art exhibitions

held in Philadelphia during each season.

and Mechanic Arts.

Eno'ineering:
o
o
Arthur Beardsley,

Professor-

William H. Adey,
This department
students

who

is

;

Joseph Bayley,

Assistant, Field

Jr., Assistant,

Shop Work:

Work and Drawing.

intended to give a good preparation to those

are expecting to

become

either Civil or Mechanical

Engineers, or to engage in any of the several specialties of engineering practice.

graduates will
office,

The

and exercises are so arranged

studies

be prepared

works, or

amount of such

field,

in

practice,

that

the

in

the

subordinate positions, and, after a

fair

to

become immediately

to design

useful

and take charge of important

works.

The

location of the College

is

most favorable

for residence

and

td

O
M
>
"^

O
O
w
?d

o
o

swARTiiMOKi;

f;(>i.i,i':(;E.

33

of the counlry with ready access to Phila-

sliuly, coinbiniiin ihc^ (|iiict

delphia and the

many

and permitting

freiiiicnt visits to inchistrial

in\|)ort;int

manufactiiiing cities in

its

vicinity,

and engineering works of

every kind.

The
ments,

deijartmenl

transits,

is

levels,

familiar with their use
field

well

provided with the necessary

and draughtingrooni, carefully planned

practice of the engineer.
a course in the
struction

is

instru-

Included

in the

to illustrate the actual

work of

this department is
which regular and systematic inthoroughly-equipped workshops, and by skilled

Mechanic

given in

field

and each student is made
and management by ])ractical exercises in the
plane-table, etc.,

Arts, in

instructors in the use of tools

and machinery, and

in

methods

anrl

processes.

The Draughiing-Rootns are
open

for

and furnished with
and warmed, and are

large, well-lighted,

adjustable tables, models, etc., are well ventilated

work during the greater part of the day.

The Engineering Laboratory Q.ow\2\n% a ten-horse power vertical
steam engine and boiler, an Olsen's testing-machine, arranged for
tensile, compressive, and transverse tests, steam-engine indicators,
apparatus for hydraulic and

steam-engine experiments, and other
and appliances. It includes, also, several shops,
in which the student becomes familiar with the nature and ])roperties
of the materials of construction (iron, wood, brass, etc.) employed
by the engineer, and with the process of working them into the desired form for their intended uses.
valuable instruments

of

The Machine Shop contains an excellent and complete assortment
including 4 screw-cutting engine lathes, 3 speed lathes

tools,

(simple and back geared), an iron planer, a complete universal milling

machine, a

set of milling cutters adapted for general purposes and for
making other cutters, a shaper, a twist-drill grinder, 2 u|)right drills,
an emery grinder, a mill grinder, a grindstone, 16 vises (plain and

swivel), 14 lathe chucks (combination, independent, scroll,

and

drill),

a milling machine chuck, a rotary planer chuck, planer centres, a set
of Bett's standard gauges, surface plates (Brown & Sharpe), sets of
twist drills, reamers, mandrels, screw-plates, taps and dies, lathe centre
grinder, a complete set of steam-fitters' tools, with pipe, vise, ratchet
drill, etc.,

3

together with the

many

necessary small tools, hammers,

SWARTIIMORE COLLEGE.

•34

•chisels, files, etc.

Additions are constantly being made to

this collec-

by manufacture in the shops or by
furnished by a 10x24 Corliss steam engine and

tion as they are needed, either

Power

purchase.

is

a 60-horse power return tubular boiler, the former
proved indicator, and the
determining

its

fitted

with an im-

with the necessary attachments for

latter

efficiency, etc.

The Wood- Working Shop contains 18 benches with vises and
tools, a grindstone, and 8 wood-turning lathes.

sets

of wood-working

The Smith Shop contains
smith tools, bench, and

forges, 10 anvils,

7

and

sets

of black-

vise.

The Foundry contains a brass furnace, moulders' benches, a
variety of patterns,

The

in

and

of moulders'

full sets

tools.

somewhat from year to year, but
general, are represented by the following arrangement of the
details of the course vary

studies

FRESHMAN
English

CLASS.

— English Literature, Nineteenth Century Authors of England and America,
Roman

Lectures on the Greek and

Practice

Literatures;

Description,

in

Orations, and Narrative Writing.

Mathematics

— Algebra, Geometry, and Plane Trigonometry, completed.

Chemistry — Experimental
and metals

;

Lectures

;

General Elementary Chemistry of non-metals

Special Exercises in Laboratory Practice on topics selected with

Work,

the object of stimulating intelligent experimentation; Analytical
tative

and

Draughting
ing

;

quali-

quantitative.

— Elements of Drawing

;

Use of Instruments

;

Tinting, Shading, Grain-

Representation of Earthwork, Masonry, and Materials of Construction

;

Special Plane Geometric Problems, Projections, Lettering.

Shop Work — Wood-working and

Pattern-making, Blacksmithing, Foundry, Prac-

tice.

SOPHOMORE
Mathematics
Chemistry
Physics

— Conic Sections

— Qualitative

;

CLASS.

Differential Calculus.

Analysis.

— Analytical Mechanics, Liquids,

Gases, and Sound, Lectures, Recitations,

and Laboratory Work.

Draughting

— Structure and Machine Drawing

Geometry, Point, Right Line, and Plane
tering.

;

;

Shades and Shadows

;

Descriptive

Tangencies and Intersections

;

Let-

SWAKIIIMORK
Shop Work

— Vise Work,

turning in

and

l)rass

scraping,

cliijipitif;, filin^^,

iron

COI.r,EGE.
reaming

fittin^j, ta[)piii((,

;

hand

use of macliine tools, lathe-work, turning, boring,

;

screw cutting, drilling, planing, milling, polishing,

etc.

;

lectures on

machine

and materials of construction.

tools

Ele('T1VF.s

35

— Krench, (Icrman, Elocution

shop work. (See Junior

;

shop work.)

Cla.ss,

JUNIOR CLASS.

— Integral Calculus.

Mathkmatics
Physics

— Heat, Magnetism,

Engineering

Electricity,

and Light, Lectures, Recitations, and Lab-

Work.

oratory

— Sur7<eyitig—Theory, adjustment, and use of

surveying;

topographical,

leveling;

Held instruments; farm

trigonometrical,

and

hydrographic

surveys.

Applied Mechanics

and

— Friction

and other resistances;

elasticity of materials of construction

stresses;

strength

strength of beams, columns, shafts.

;

Laboratory practice.

— Shades, shadows, and perspective

Draiv:;hting

and machine drawing

;

topographical, structure,

finished drawings.

;

— Principles of mechanism

Meclianisni

machinery and

working drawings

;

;

visits to

and sketches of special

general

engineering laboratory

structures.

Practical Exercises

— In

field

work

;

in

and building materials, the setting up,
and management of steam engines, boilers, and machinery shop work.

practice, including the testing of metals
testing,

Elkctives

;

— Pliysics— Practical Electricity, including the theory and practice of elec-

trical

measurements.
Chemistry

—Technical

analysis of iron, steel, etc., as arranged

with the

Professor of Chemistry.

Shop Work

— Construction

of a project, steam engine, dynamo, lathe,
mechanism or piece of machinery. For this purpose the
draughting-rooms and shops are available at all convenient times, and the
professors and instructors accessible for advice and assistance.
or other special

SENIOR CLASS.
Engineering.

— U>ie Surveying. — Theory and practice

of road, railroad, and canal

surveying and engineering.
Striictures

— Building materials

;

stability of structures

superstructures; bridges, cranes, roofs, etc.

Applied .Mecluinics

;

graphical

— Practical hydraulics

:

;

foundations and

statics.

practical pneumatics

;

general

theory of machines; theory of prime movers, steam engines, turbines, etc.;

measurement of power.
MechiU!is?ii—'Pnnc\\)\t<, of

mechanism, of machine design, and of the

transmission of power; construction and use of tools.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

36

—

files

Draughting Stereotoniy struclure and machine drawing plans, proand sections of road surveys; working drawings; designs and investiga;

;

tions.

Practical
tests

Electives

Exercises

—In

the

field,

engineering laboratory, and shops

of building materials and of machinery

—Physics— Applied

electricity;

;

preparation of graduating thesis.

running, and management under different loads
lighting in both direct

dynamos and motors;

theory of

care,

application of the current to

;

and alternating systems.

and inspection of

Visits to

neighboring electrical plants.
Chemistry
as

—Technical analysis of

may be arranged
Geology

iron, steel, etc.

— industrial chemistry

with the Professor of Chemistry.

— Lectures and practical field-work.
— Early English. Elocution.

English
History

— History,

Constitution,

and

Civil

Government of the United

States.

Mathematics and AstronoDiy
vanced mathematics and three

The Degree conferred

in

at the

— Eight elective

courses are offered in ad-

astronomy.

completion of the course

is

Bachelor

of Science in Engineering.

English Language and Literature.
William H. Appleton, Anglo-Saxon and Early
John Russell Hayes, English.
Myrtie E. Furman, Elocntion and Oratory.

The course

in

English.

English Literature extends through three vears,

by recitations and lectures. During this time
Language is studied in connection with the Literature
The particufrom the Anglo-Saxon period down to the present day.

instruction being given

the English

lar feature of the

course

is

the critical reading in the class-room of

representa; ive authors, such as

Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton,

Peculiarities of style and language
Pope, Wordsworth, Tennyson.
are
looked
allusions
up, and every effort made for a
considered,
are

thorough comprehension of the work
studied

in its relations to the

compared with those of

in

hand.

The

history of the time,

his contemporaries.

By

pected that the student will be enabled, from his

author's

and

his

this course

own

life

is

works are
it

is

ex-

observation, to

s

form an intelligent
authors of

So

WAR III MORE

c(ji,i.E(;i;,

estimate of the

style

and merits of the great

l'!)nglish literature.

far as

practicable, the

Composition, and

in

work

in

I>iterature, in

Klocution and C)ratory

subjects for essays are largely suggested by the
in Elocution
is

;i7

and Oratory the study,

Rhetoric and

The

co-ordinated.

is

work

in Literature,

and

as literature, of the literature read

considered fundamental to an intelligent oral expression.

The
a.

courses offered are as follows:

Literature.

Fre.shman Year.

— Lamb,

Wordsworth, Shelley,

Keats,

Ten-

nyson, Browning, Arnold, Whittier, Emerson.

The aim
discipline

and

here, as throughout the course,
spiritual insight,

literary values.

no

less

towards intellectual

Portions of other authors are read, and a short his-

survey of the Greek and the

torical

is

than towards an appreciation of

Roman

order to illustrate the debt of English

literature

is

given, in

literature to the earlier great

literatures.

Sophomore
The

history of

— The work of the year

Ye.'\r.

is

largely Shakespeare.

Elizabethan literature, Marlowe's Echuard II and

Hamlet, The
and selections
from Herbert, Herrick, Dryden, Pope, Gray, Cowper, and Burns.

parts

of

TiDiibiirlaini'

;

Shakespeare's

Tempest, and other selected plays

—

Ricluird

II,

Milton's poems

;

;

Anglo-Saxon; Sweet's Primer,
First Semester
JUNIOR Year.
Cynewulf's Elene, Lectures on the Anglo-Saxon period.

Second Semester

:

:

Chaucer, Spenser (Faery Queene)

reading of minor contemporary authors by students

;

;

Outside

Lectures on the

Transition and Middle English periods, and on the Development of
the English Language.

The above Junior

courses are elective for Seniors.

In addition to the required class work there
tional reading suggested for such

members

as

selves of the opportunity offered for conference
/'.

is

and personal advice.

Rhetoric and Composition.

This course

is

required of

all

in all classes addi-

choose to avail them-

regular students.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

38

Freshman Year.

— Practice

in

and

clear

logical

expression of

simple thought.

Sophomore Year.

— The study of the

of versification.

art

Text-

book, Corson's "Primer of English Verse. "
Practice in narrative
composition.
Text-book, Brewster's " Specimens of Prose Narration."

Junior Yfar.
tion "

higher style and artistic
" Specimens of Prose Descrip-

])ractice of

and Perry's "Selections from Burke."

Senior Year.
c.

— Study and

Text-books, Baldwin's

expression.

Elocution

Inasmuch

—The preparation of graduating

and Oratory.

as natural

and

effective speech

is

one of the most potent

factors for success in life, the subjects of Elocution

been combined, and the student

own thought
course
nation,

is

as well as the

to stimulate to a

and arouse the

effective expression

the student

is

theses.

is

is

and Oratory have

given practice in expressing his

thought of an author.

The aim

in this

broader mental grasp, cultivate the imagi-

sensibilities,

the theory accepted being that

a result of vivid mental impressions.

Hence

given exercises whereby he learns to utilize his experi-

ences, to vivify his thought,

and thus be able

to enter into the spirit

make it a part of himself.
body being the medium through which

of the literature read and to

A

sound and

flexible

soul must express itself, due attention

is

the

given to physical training,

voice culture, and enunciation.

The course

and Oratory extends through four years.
and recitation of typical orations
connection
with
the
work
required
under Rhetoric and Composiin
"
reading
the
Merchant
of Venice " and "Julius
of
tion, the critical
with
and
description
of the characters of
imaginative
study
Caesar,"
Second
the dramas voice culture, enunciation, physical training.
in Elocution

First year, original work, reading,

year, original
etc.,

work continued, extemporaneous speech, voice

culture,

continued, the critical reading of "Twelfth Night" and other

Third and fourth years, the work continued
more fundamentally.
During the college year there are several contests in oratory and
declamation, open to all students, which stimulate oratorical zeal.

standard selections.

swARTiiMr)Rr,

The members

effort

A

to

make

is

fhar-

in

this

department a

required of the literature

some extent a course

to

is

work

the

study

careful

course

the

that

in

which they receive instruction.

made

is

stimulus to thought.
read, so

.'><>

of the Senior Class give a Shakespeare evening

acter, in preparation for

Every

roi.i.r/;!-:.

Hnglish

in

literature.

Frencli Lcini^iuigc and Literature.
KinvARD H.

The

objective points

MA(;n,i,, Prcfessvr.

the study of the French language will be

in

wide and extensive reading, making the student

familiar as the

as

many as possible of the best works in French
end a minimum of grammar will be required, and

time will allow with as

To

literature.

this

While the

rapid reading at sight encouraged early in the course.
classical authors of the seventeenth

much of

tion, as

century will receive careful atten-

the literature of the present generation as

practicable will be introduced into the course.

name

necessary to

from year

all

It

is

is

found

not possible nor

the various works used, as they will be changed

to year, as circumstances

and the condition of

classes

seem

to require.

Course
pronouns

Time, one

I.

and

regular verbs

auxiliaries

common

;

Preparatory

Super's

Series," Vol.

I,

year.
;

French Grammar

forms of

irregular verbs

inflections of

general principles of syntax.

;

French Reader

—

nouns, adjectives, and

articles,

Magill's

;

'<

Modern

French

Dictees.

Course II. Time, one year. French Grammar reviewed and
continued; Magill's " Modern French Series," Vols. II and III;
varied

selections

(entire)

from modern French writers

;

Dictees

Conversations.

Course
eucte

;

Time, one

III.

Les Precieuses Ridicules;
entire

;

Horace and

;

Poly-

Moliere's Misanthrope and

Dictees

:

selections

Lectures on French

Conversation and Correspondence.

Course IV.
in

;

Victor Hugo's Hernani, and

from modern French writers

Literature

dence

Corneille's

year.

Racine's Britannicus and Esther

French

Time, one year.
;

Conversation and Correspon-

Dictees, Essays, Critiques

;

varied selected works

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

40

and nineteenth centuries; Lec-

(entire) of authors of the eighteenth

on French Literature.

tures

Course V.

Time, one year.

Course IV, but the aMthors used in
considered as equivalent
year

fifth

may

take both,

Courses IV and

work.

to

be similar to

will

It is

to

be

Course IV, and that students who desire a

and

V

This course

class will be different.

may count

that either

will

as a fourth year's

be given in alternate years.

German Language and

Literature.

M.\RIE A. K. HoADLEY, Professor.

—

Firs r Year.
Joynes-Meissner's German Grammar, Part I
Grimm's Mdrcheii (twelve selections) Eichendorff's Ai/s dem Leben
eines Taugenichf s (chapters VII and VIII, omitted)
Buchheim's
;

;

Elementary Geniian Prose Composition, Part
Tell

(first

Year.

— Joynes-Meissner's

Wilhelm 7>// (completed)

of Riehl's

Prose

;

Schiller's

Wilhelm

three acts).

Second
Schiller's

I

Ciiltiirgeschichtliche

Novellen

(Parts II and III)

Composition

Grammar' (continued)

Freytag's Die Journalisten

;

;

one

Buchheim's Elementary

;

;

;

German

ballads and lyrics

(seven to be memorized).

Third Year,
reise

;

—

Prose Composition.
Private reading
ture

;

Schiller, Wallenstein(td.. Carruth)

Goethe, Ipliigenia auf Tauris ; Buchheim's

:

Nevinson's

Heine, Harz-

:

A dz'a need

Germafi

German literature.
History of German Litera-

Lectures on the history of

Selection from Scherer's

ffe

of Schiller.

—

Fourth Year. Schiller, Historische Skizzen ; Freytag, Doktor
Aus dem Staat Eriederichs des Grossen ; Buchheim's Advanced German Prose Composition (Part II) Goethe, Egmont, Dichtiing und IVahrheit (Knabenjahre).
Lectures on Goethe.
Private
Luther,

;

reading

:

Simes' Life of Goethe.

P'iFTH

Year.

von Berlichingen.

von
ing

Scheffel,
:

— Goethe, Dichtitngicnd IVahrheit
Lectures on Faust

;

(selections); Gotz

Buchheim's Deutsche Lyrik

Ekkehard ; German prose composition.

Taylor's Studies in

Francke's .Social Eorces in

German
German

Literature
Literature.

;

;

Private read-

extracts

from Kuno

p
o
X

H
W

HP
K

svvAKTiiMokF,

f;(>i,i,i-:(;K.

41

Greek.
VVli.l.rAM

Students

I.

who

Ai'i'LKloN, /'rofrssor.

11.

present the usual College requisition

in

Oreek

(see page 25) will be recpiired to continue the study for two years,

with the privilege of electing
following scheme

thereafter, in

it

accordance with the

:

Freshman Year

{Re(iiiireii).

— Poetry — Homer:

The

Iliad

or

Odyssey (Selections).
Prose

— The

Greek

Thucydides

and

Herodotus

Historians:

(Selections).

—

Sophomore Year {Required^. Poetr}One ])lay of each.

— Greek

'I'ragedy

:

A's-

chylus, Sophocles.

Prose

— Plato's

(A study of

Apology and

Crito,

Xenophon's Memr)rabilia.

Socrates.)

—

—

Poetry
Euripides: Several
Junior Year (^Elective).
Prose
Demosthenes: The Oration on the Crown.

—

Senior Year
Prose

(^Elective).

— Plato's

plays.

— Poetry — Aristophanes, Lyric

Dialogues.

Modern Greek.

Readings

poets.
in

Vin-

cent and Dickson's

Hand-Book, with colloquial exercises. Lectures
on the History of Greek Literature.
Note.
All the classes have exercises in Greek Composition with

—

much

practice in sight-reading.

II.

will

Students

who

present no Greek at the admission examinations

be required, in order to graduate with the degree of A. B., to

take the language for the entire four years as follows

—

:

Freshman Year. White's Beginner's Greek Book
Anabasis, Book I
Greek Testament.

;

Xenophon's

;

Sophomore Year.
Plato's

Apology and

— Xenophon's

Anabasis, Books

—

Junior Year. Homer: The Iliad or Odyssey
Greek Historians (Selections).
Senior Year.

— Greek Drama:

ern Greek, Lectures on

Note.

II, III,

W

\

Crito.

Two

Pla\s.

(six books).

Greek Prcse, Mod-

Greek Literature.

— Greek Composition and sight-reading

in all the classes.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

42

History and Political Economy.
William L Hull,

Professor.

The group of studies included within
Economics, Political and Social Science

this

—

is

department

— History,

designed to furnish in-

formation necessary for intelligent citizenship, and to provide a preliminary training

for"

those

who intend

to

engage

law, journalism, business, or the public service.

in

the practice of

Instruction

is

given

by means of lectures, recitations, and oral and written reports by the
In the upper classes each student is restudents on assigned topics.
quired to make an independent and detailed study of some assigned
For this purpose the library contains a good
or chosen subject.
working collection of public documents and reports, both Federal

and

State, in addition to standard treatises.

The

following courses are offered

:

HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE.

— The Ancient Orient. Greece. Rome.
Sophomore Year. — Middle Ages. Renaissance. Reformation.
the
Junior Year. — England. French Revolution. Europe
Freshman Year.

in

Nineteenth Century.

Senior Year.

—United

States History

and

Civil

Government.

Protection and Free Trade.

ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Junior Year.
and Bimetallism.

— Elements

of Economics.

—

Socialism.

Money

Pauperism and
Senior Year. Social Problems of To-day
Intemperance,
Houses,
Punishment,
Tenement
Crime
and
Charity,
Settlements,
Salvation
Army.
College
Classes,
Defective
;

Latin.
Ferris W. Price, Professor.

Freshman Class.

— Horace, Odes;

position, based on Cicero's Letters;

Cicero, Letters; Latin

Mythology.

Com-

SWARTHMORK COLLEGE.
Soi'HOMORK Class.
I,

—

and Epistles

/A;rar,^, Satires

XXI, XXII; History of

Latin

43
;

Livy, books

and study of

lectures

Literature,

from the most important authors.

illustrative i)assagcs

—

Early Latin; P/aii/iis, Trinummus; Terence,
Junior
Hymns and other late Latin.
Phormio
Cicero, De Sencctute

Class.

;

;

Senior Class.

— Selections

three satires;

venal,

Tacitus,

from

devoted to a comprehensive study of
sive selections

from

all

Lucretius and

The

Agricola.

Catullus; Ju-

semester

second

is

with reading of exten-

Virgil,

of his works, but with especial attention to the

Georgics and y^^neid VII-XII.
Sight-reading and other collateral work throughout the course.

A

Classical Club, to

which

all

meet monthly during the present

students of Latin are invited, will

year.

Mathematics.
Susan

J.

Cunningham,

Freshman Class.

—

Professor

(i) Solid

Plane Trigonometry (Loney).

Required

Sophomore Class.
Science

Smith)

courses,
;

and

in

in

V. Gummf.re, Assistant.

Geometry

and Fisher);

(Phillips

in all courses.

Smith)

;

Chapters

XIX-XXXII,

Engineering course.

— Course

elective

Henry

Required

(2) Treatise on Algebra (C.

with omissions.

:

(2) above, required in Arts and
course; Conic Sections (C.

Letters

Differential Calculus (Byerly), required in Engineering

course.

Junior Class.
ical

— Byerly's Integral Calculus;

Chauvenet's Spher-

Trigonometry.

ELECTIVE COLTRSES.
1.

etry

;

Modern Pure Geometry. An advanced course in pure geomHarmonic Ranges and Pencils, the theories of

subjects treated

:

Involution, Perspective, Similar Figures, Reciprocation,

Inversion,

etc.
2.

Higher Algebra, beginning with the Theory of Eijuations

(Burnside and Panton) and continuing with Invarients,
3.

etc.

Plane Analytic Geometry, including Higher Plane Curves;

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

44

the course will be a continuation of Conic Sections and
on Clebsch-Lindemann's Geometric.
4. Solid Analytic Geometry (Charles Smith).
5.

Curve Tracing.

6.

Differential Equations.

7.

Trigonometric Series, Spherical Harmonics,

8.

Elementary Quarternions (Kelland and Tait).

ASTRONOMY
1.

will

be based

etc. (Byerly).

(ELECTIVE).

Young's General Astronomy.

2.

Chauvenet's Spherical and Practical Astronomy.

3.

Theoretical Astronomy (Orbit Determination).

Pedagogics.
Presidknt

The work

in

De Garmo.

department consists of a fundamental study,

this

of the growing mind of the child,

first,

cies, interests,

and methods of growth

natural capacities, tenden-

its

then of the choice and co-

;

ordination of studies, together with the best methods of teaching

them

may

;

and,

finally,

of the methods whereby the character of the child

best be developed through school discipline

works of Herbart and

his successors are

and

instruction.

The

thoroughly studied.

Philosophy.
Presidknt

De Garmo.

SENIOR CLASS.
Psychology.
tion paid to the

—

First

Semester

i^rocesses

:

James's Psychology.

Special atten-

of knowledge, feeling, and volition from

the standpoint of modern physiological

psychology.

Essays based

upon a study of the nervous system, together with extensive reference
to the

standard literature of the various topics selected.

In connection with this work a course in experimental psychol-

ogy

is

given, investigating the sensation as an element of perception,

the after-effects of stimuli through their action

upon sense organs and

o
1—

o
>

swAKiiiMoKi';

45

(:f)i.i,i-x;F-:.

nervous system, the i)roblem of association, and that of

Among

ii.\>\icr<:c\)[\())).

the topics treated the following are prominent

Quality, intensity,

and feeling-tone of sensations

;

relation

of

the sensation to the physical objects or stimuli of the environment;

and other structures of

relation of the sensations to the sense organs

the

body

contrast,

fatigue,

;

successive

after-image,

memory image, memory;
factors of sensations

ciation as

contrast,

simultaneous

physiological and psychical asso-

form the ]ierception of a single

to

object extended in space; apperceptive complication in perception;

of the sensation to past experience, to idea groups, and

the relation

the perceiving

Perception,

is

self.

Prof. Witmer's manual, Exl>erimcntal Course on

followed.

History of Philosophy.

and Modern Philosophy
History of Philosophy,
especial

— Second Semester

:

The history of Ancient

taught in alternate years.

is

from Thales to Leibnitz,

reference to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

The

from Descartes to the present.

First

course,

inclusive,
;

ethical bearings

with

second course,
of each promi-

nent system are dwelt upon.

Physical Training.
FOR YOUNG MEN.
Dr.

The system

J.

K.

Shf.li..

of Physical Training

tion of each student, carefully noting

is

based on a thorough examina-

all

defects of development

and

functional weakness, and the ratio existing between the tested strength

and the muscularity, and on these data formulating a course of exercises such as will meet the requirement of each individual, so as to
produce an evenly developed and healthy organism.

The young men

are required to give three hours each week for

carrying out the prescription of the Director.

The

sports of foot-ball,

fit

and athletics are under the
and only those who are physically

base-ball

direct supervision of the Director,

are allowed actively to compete; great care

be kept within proper

limits, so

dents' attention or energy.

as

is

taken that the games

not to take too

much of

the stu-

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

46

FOR YOUNG WOMEN.
Dr.

Mary

Mitchell Green.

V.

Rachel Lloyd Hutchinson,

A

careful examination

and

tion,

to the

Assistant.

made of each

is

student's physical condi-

the exercises to suit individual needs are assigned according

Swedish system.

Tennis, golf, and other out-door exercises are provided for the

young Avomen.

Phy SICS.
George A. Hoadley,
Tlic

Physical Laboratory

'\%

2\x^2.diy

Professor.

provided with apparatus for

determinations in the mechanics of solids and

fluids, in heat,

sound,

and magnetism as also with a large amount for
Most of this has been selected with care from
lecture experiments.
the best American and foreign makers, but some is of home manuThe co-operation of the Engineering Department and the
facture.

light,

electricity,

;

increasing skill of our students enable us

now

make each

to

larger proportion for regular use in the Laboratory.
afford students

It is

year a

our aim to

continued opportunities for instruction in the princi-

ples of construction of ordinary

and

special apparatus.

running dynamos and for other purposes
struction begins in

course as follows

the

Sophomore

near at hand.

is

year,

Power
The

for
in-

and extends through the

:

FOR STUDENTS IN ARTS AND LETTERS.

Sophomore Class.

— General Physics. — This

the investigation of the general laws of Physics

course consists of

and the consideration

of their jjractical application.

The work of

the course

accompanied by experimental

is

done by

lectures

and

recitations,

verification of the laws discussed,

and

extends over the entire year.

Junior Class.
in

— During

the Junior year the course

Heat, Magnetism, Electricity, and Light.

is

an elective

SWAKIIIMORK
FOR STUDENTS IN
'I'his

(OIA.KCK.

Sl.IF.NCK

47

AND KNOINEEKINO.

course occupies two consecutive years, requiring two periods

per week in the

Sophomore year and

four in

the Junior.

It

is

in-

tended to be pre-eminently a practical course, consisting largely of
laboratory work, in the investigation and verification of the laws of
Physics.

work will cover the toj^ics treated in Ganot's
some other text-book of equal rank, and will be supplemented by lectures on the various branches of the subject.

The

recitation

Physics, or

The

division of the work

Sophomore Class.

is

as follows

:

— Applied Mechanics and Dynamics.

Gases,

Liquids, and Sound.

Junior Class.
Senior Class.
This

is

— Heat, Magnetism,
— Applied

Electricity,

and Light.

Electricity.

an elective of eight periods per week, counting as four.

Tn this the Junior work in

Magnetism and

Electricity

is

supplemented

by the practical study of their application to the telephone, telegraph,
electric light, motor, transmission of power, etc.

dynamo,

Work
well as in

in the

manufacture and use of these various appliances, as

the measurement of the

by text-book work
reading and

by

in

electrical current,

Thompson's Dynamo

class

discussion

of

is

accompanied

Electric Machinery, and

current

electrical

journals.

Visits to the electrical plants of the neighboring villages and cities are

made

at

convenient times, for the purpose of studying the machinery

in actual use.

General Remarks on the Courses of Study.
In arranging the courses of study, while recognizing the fact that
the
best

domain of human knowledge
must confine

endeavored not
are best

is

so vast that he

his attention chiefly to

to lose sight of the equally

equipped

for

work

in

who would succeed

some chosen
important

field,

we have

fact that those

any particular department who have the

most extended view of the realm of learning as a whole.
To secure in a measure both these results, minor courses

in

of the subjects of the curriculum are required of all; while the

many
more

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

48
extended courses

and inclination

each subjeet are taken only by those whose taste

in

that particular direction.

lie in

we have developed

In pursuing this policy for several years,
distinct lines of study.

which are
course.

essential to

The

the logical and natural development of the

courses are as follows

:

THE COURSE
The

four

In each of them are required those subjects

IN ARTS.

characteristic feature of this course

is

the study of Classical

Antiquity, including the language and literature of the Greeks and

Romans, with
history.

their art, philosophy, religion,

Combined with

this

and

political

and

social

Modern Languages,

courses in

are

Mathematics, and Science, with some elective subjects.

While

this

course affords that broad culture which should be the foundation of any

subsequent career,

Law

may be made

it

to afford special

preparation for

or Journalism by including electives in History

Economy, or

may

it

be shaped

in

and

Political

by

the direction of Medicine

choosing electives in Biology and Chemistry.

This course leads

to

the degree of Bachelor of Arts.

THE COURSE
This course

who do not
take

all

is

IN LETTERS.

arranged to provide a liberal education for those

wish to pursue the study of the ancient languages, nor to

the science required in the Science

Course.

Its

leading

amount of English, French, and German, and
It includes the amount of Matheof History and Political Science.
mathics usually prescribed in a college course, with a fair amount of
This course
Science, and some elective subjects, including Latin.
features are a liberal

leads to the degree of Bachelor of Letters.

THE COURSE
The

IN SCIENCE.

characteristic feature of this course

is

more extended

instruc-

tion in science than in the preceding courses, together with a fair

amount of Mathematics and Modern Language study, including EngThe instruction in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology is of a two-

lish.

fold character

;

first,

systematic treatment in experimental lectures

secondly, practical work in the laboratories.

Thus the student

;

ac-

familiarity,

a

(luires

SWARIMMOKK

COIJ.KCJK.

not only with

the

49

more important

facts

and

fundamental i)rincipleH of those sciences, but also with the correct

methods of work, so
quent higher work
to the

that his course

in

may form

a foundation for subse-

any department of science.

This course leads

degree of Bachelor of Science.
\\\V.

This course

which

is

COLRSE

IN

ENGINEERING.

offers, in its various studies

and

exercises, a training

believed to be well adai)ted to the needs of Civil and of

Mechanical Engineers,

as well as of the large class

who

are to be con-

cerned with the material interests of the country, with manufacturing,
with industrial pursuits, or with any of the
allied to Engineering.
in

the

mathematical,

It

embraces

physical,

liberal

many

other occupations

and technical instruction

and graphical sciences, and

applications, in practical field engineering, in the arts of design

their

and

construction, and in the use of tools, materials, and machinery, and
in processes.

in Engineering.

The

course leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science

The Course

in Arts.

REQUIRED STUDIES.
Greek,

2 or 4 years;

Latin, 3 years; Mathematics,

History of Philosophy,

y'^

year;

i

Economics,

I !4

I

years; History,

man,

I

Biology,

year;

to 2 years

;

I

to 2 years;

I

to 2 years;

Latin,

l

year

;

yi,

years; History,

year;

I

year;

(TWO REQUIRED).

COURSF. ELECTIVES
Physics,

i^

Psychology, >^ year;
year; Elocution, 2 years; Composition, 4 years.

Biology, Chemistry, or Physics,

English,

i

Chemistry,
to 2 years;

Mathematics,

l

1

Economics,

year;

French,

I

to 2 years

;

^

to

Ger-

to 2 years.

OPEN SEMESTER ELECTIVES.
Logic
Pedagogy
Drawing and Painting
Astronomy
Government
Mineralogy; Geology; Mathematics; Elocution; Botany; Zoology; Physiology.
Civil

;

;

;

;

;

Distribution of Studies.

Freshman Year.
FIRST SEMESTER.

SECOND SEMESTER.

PERIODS.

Greek,

4

Greek,

Latin,

4

Latin,

Mathematics,

4

Mathematics,

Biology or History

4

Biology or History,

PERIODS.

4
4
•

.

.

4
4

Elocution and Composition.

Sophomore Year.
Greek,

4

Greek,

Latin,

4

Latin

Mathematics,

4

Elective,

4
•

4
4

History, Physics,

History, Physics,

French, or German.
.,}

French, or German .}

Elocution and Composition.

Junior Year,
Greek,

4

Latin,

4
4

Economics,

Greek,
i

Latin,
1

I

Elective,

Elective
4
Composition.

Elective,

I

4
4
4

4

Senior Year.
Greek

4

Greek,

4

Psychology,

4

Philosophy,

4

Elective,

4

Elective,

4

Elective,
4
Composition.

4

Elective,

(50)

The Course

Letters.

in

RKc.iUIKKO STi;iJIKS.

and (German, 6 years;

Krencli
iioinics.

History, 2 years

year;

I

and Philosophy,

year

i

;

;

Mathernatics,

I

year

English, 3 years
Kcoi year; Psychology
;

;

Biology, Ciiemistry, or Physics,

Klociilion, 2 years

4 years.

C'ornijosition,

;

COUKSK KI.ECTIVKS (TWO KKVUIRKO).
Chemistry,
History,

i

1

year; Biology,

English,

to 2 years;

i

1

year; Economics,

to 2 years; Physics, I

to 2 years

;

Mathematics,

i

to 2 years

l

year;

I-atin,

;

i

to

4 years.
OI'ICN

SKMK.STER

Government; Astronomy;
Mineralogy Geology Mathematics
;

;

KI.ICCTI VKS.

Drawing and Fainting;

Civil

;

Elocution

;

Botany

;

Pedagogy; Logic;

Zoology

;

Physiology.

Distribution of Studies.

Freshman Yea
FIRST SKMESTER.

PERIODS.

4

SECOND SEMESTER.
French or German,

Mathematics,

4

Mathematics,

4

English,

4
4

English,

4
4

French or German,

......

Biology, History, or Latin,

....

!

I'ERloDS.

4

....

Biology, History, or Latin,

Elocution.

Sophomore Year.
French or

German

4

French or German,

4

English,

4

English,

4

Elective,

4

History, Physics, French,

German, or Latin,

)

Elective,

4

j

History, Physics, French,

|

German, or

J

Latin,

1
•

Elocution.

junior Year.
French and German,

8

Economics,

4

English

4

Elective,

4

i

I

1

French and German

8

Economics

4

English,

4

Elective,

4

Senior Year.
French and German,

8

French and German

8

Psychology

4

Philosophy,

4

Elective,

4

Elective,

Elective,

.....

....

Elective,
4
Composition.

4
4.

(51)

The Course

Science.

in

REQUIRED STUDIES.
French or German, 3 years
years;

;

Chemistry, 2 years; Biology, 2 years; Physics, 2

Mathematics,!^ years; Psychology and Philosophy,! year; Elocution,

2

years; composition, 4 years.

COURSE ELECTIVES (TWO REQUIRED).
Chemistry,

i

to 2 years

years

;

Economics,

years

;

Mathematics,

I

Biology,

;

to 2 years

year

!

History,

;

i

Physics,

;

years

to 2

i

year

;

English,

French or German,

;

i

to 2

i

to

2

to 2 years.

I

OPEN SEMESTER ELECTIVES.
Astronomy
Government
Mineralogy Geology Mathematics
Civil

;

;

;

;

Drawing and Painting

;

Elocution

;

Botany

;

;

Pedagogy

Zoology

;

;

Logic

;

Physiology.

Distribution of Studies.

Freshman Year.
FIRST SEMESTER.

SECOND SEMESTER.

PERIODS.

PERIODS.

French or German,

4

French or German,

4

Chemistry,

4

Chemistry,

Biology,

4

Biology,

4
4
4

Mathematics,

Mathematics,
4
Elocution and Composition.

Sophomore Year.
French or German,

.......

4

French or German,

Mathematics,

4

Elective,

4
4
4
4

Biology,

2

Biology,

2

Chemistry,
Physics,

|

Chemistry,

4
4

.

i

Physics

Elocution and Composition.

Junior Year.
French or German,

4

French or German,

Physics,

4

Physics,

Biology

4

Elective,

8

Biology,
1

•

Elective,

•

4
4
4
8

Composition.

'

Senior Year.
Psychology,

4

Philosophy,

Elective,

4

Elective,

4

Elective,

8

Elective

Elective,

..."

Elective,

Composition
(52)

4
4
4
S

The Course

in

Engineering.

RKQUIRED STUDIES.

1

Draughting, 3 years; Mathematics, 2^ years; Chemistry, 2 years; Knglish,
Mechanics and Physics, 2 years Engineering, 'I hcory,
year shop work, 3 years
;

;

;

2 years

;

Engineering, Applications, 2 years.

COURSE EI-KCTIVES.
Sanitary Science,
year; English,

I

]'i

year; Krencli or (ierman,

year; Astronomy,

OPEN SEMESTER
Civil

Astronomy
Government
Geology Mathematics
;

Mineralogy

;

;

i

year; Electrical Physics,

i

year.

i

EI.KCTIVES.

Drawing and Painting

;

;

Elocution

;

Botany

Pedagogy

;

Zoology

;

;

Logic

;

;

Physiology.

Distribution of Studies.

Freshman Year.
FIRST SEMESTER.

Draughting and Shop Work,

.

PERIODS.

SECOND SEMESTER.

VKRIODS.

Draughting and Shop Work,

10=4

10=4

.

Mathematics,

7

Mathematics,

7

Chemistry,

4

Chemistry,

4

English,

4

English,

4

Sophomore Year.
Draughting and Shop Work,

.

10^4

Mathematics,

4

Mechanics,

4

Chemistry,

4
2

Elective,

1

i

t

I

Descriptive Geometry,

etc.,

.

.10^4
4

Mathematics,

4

Physics,

Chemistry,

.

.

•

4

"

2

Elective,

Junior Year.
Engineering, Theory,
Engineering, Practice,

8

Engineering, Theory,

8

6=2

Engineering, Practice,

6=2

Physics,

6

Mathematics,

4

Physics,

6

Electives,

4

|

Senior Year.
Engineering, Theory,
Engineering, Practice,

8

....

10^4

1

|

8

Engineering, Theory
Engineering, Practice,

....

10=4

Elective,

4

Elective,

4

Elective,

4

Elective.

4

Graduation and Deo^rees.
,

As

a condition of graduation, each student must submit to the

Faculty a -satisfactory Oration or Essay, which he must be prepared to
deliver in public, .if required to

The

do

so.

Deo^ree of Bachelor.

The degrees of Bachelor of

Arts, of Letters,

and of Science are

conferred on the completion of the corresponding courses.

The Degree
All candidates

M.

S.)

for

of Master.

the Master's

Degree (A. M., M. L., and

must have taken the Bachelor's Degree

are required

to

at this College.

They

pursue a course of study at Swarthmore, or else-

where, under the direction of the Faculty, and to pass examination
in the same.

whole time
year

;

other work, the

in

Application should

years.

the College

at

work can accomplish a

non-resident candidates,

for

gaged

Graduates residing
to the

who

and devoting their
amount in one
the same time en-

sufficient

are

at

course must occupy not

less

than two

be made directly to the Faculty, and

should state the subject or subjects in which the applicants wish to
present themselves.

Work

will

then

be assigned to them by the

Faculty.

The Examinations
and

will

for the

Degrees will be both oral and written,

be conducted by a Committee of the Faculty, upon whose

report the Faculty will decide

the Degree.

An extended

assigned, will in

all

iitness

of the candidate for

bearing upon some part of the work

cases be required.

The Degree
The Degree

upon the

thesis,

of Civil Engineer.

of C. E. will be conferred upon Bachelors of Sci-

ence of the Engineering Department who shall have been engaged for
not

less

than three years, in successful professional practice, in posi-

and who shall present an acceptable thesis
upon a subject pertaining to some branch of engineering. Application for this Degree must be made and the thesis presented at least
The thesis should be bound in
three months before Commencement.
a substantial manner for preservation in the library.

tions of responsibility,

(54)

>
Pi
w
o

Officers of the

Alumni Association

INCORPOKATEIt

I

882.

President.

Ellen H. E. Price,

Swarthmore, Pa.

'74,

Vice-Presidents.

Walter Roberts, '90,
Harriet Cox McDowell,
Arthur S, Cochran, '86,

Philadelphia, Pa.
'87,

New

York, N. Y.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Secretary.

Esther

T.

Moore,

Swarthmore, Pa.

'73,

Treasurer.
William

J-

Hall,

Swarthmore, Pa.

'78,

Board of Directors.
William H. Ridgway, '75,
Gerrit E. H. Weaver, '82,
Abby W. Miller, '79,
Howard White, Jr., '95,
George L. Pennock, '83,
Sarah Hall Stirling, '84,

Coatesville, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Wilmington. Del.
Earlington, Ky.

Lansdowne. Pa.
.

Philadelphia, Pa.
(55)

Graduates.
Class of 1873.
Sarah H. (Acton) Hii.lard, A.B.,
Helen (Magili.) White, A.B., (Ph.D.,
sity,

Salem, N.J.
Boston UniverBerlin, Ger.

1877),

Elizabeth

C.

(Miller) Holcomb, A.B.,

Esther T. Moore, A.B.,
*MariaC. (Pierce) Green,
Lowndes Taylor, A.B.,

Pearl River, N. Y.

Swarthmore, Pa.
A.B.,

1877.

West Chester,

Pa.

Class of 1874.
Ellen H. (Evans) Price), A.M., 1884,
Amy W. (Hall) Hickman, A.B.,
*Alfred T. Haviland, B.S.,
Mary (Hibbard) Thatcher, A. B.,

Swarthmore, Pa.

Herman Hoopes, C.E., 1879,
Ferris W. Price, A.M., 1887,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Elizabeth

S.

West

Chester, Pa.

1874.

Wilmington, Del.

Swarthmore, Pa.

(Woolston) Collins, A. B.,

Swarthmore, Pa.

Class of 1875.
John B. Booth, A.B.,
Helen (Comly) White, A.B.,
Franklin H. Corlies, B.S.,
^Herbert G. Dow, A.B. (and Harvard,
Elizabeth (Hanes) Taylor, A.B.,
Edith R. (Hooper) Roberts, A.B.,
Barton Hoopes, Jr., B.S.,

Pittsburg, Pa.

Lansdowne, Pa.
'.

.

.

.

.

Philadelphia, Pa.

1878.

1877),

Woodstown, N.

J.

Titusville, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

*Olwer

Jr., B.S.,

1879.

J.

B.S.,

Waynesville, N. C.

Keese,
Reece Lewis,

Howard W. Lippincott, A.B.,
Martha (McIlvain) Eastwick,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

A.B.,

John K. Richards, A.B. (and Harvard,
William H. Ridgway, C.E., 1879,

Ironton, Ohio.

1877),

Coatesville, Pa.

Class of 1876.
Frank

L. Bassett, B.S. (D.D.S., Phila. Dental

*Deceased.

(50)

College,

Swarthmore, Pa.

1878),

SWARTIIMOKK COLLEGE.
Arthur W.

I'ikadi.ky

Francks (Ijnion)
(

Pliila.,

LoNGsiRKTil)

McClurk.

JAME.S T.

Clevelarul,

A.I?.,

Siiaki'I.ks,

Medical College,
El.r/.AHK.TH L.

57

West Chester,

1886),
I'>()YI),

Haverford,

A.l!.,

I'hiladeliihia, I'a.

and B.S.R., Sorhonne,
I'aris, I'rance.

Paris, 1877),

Philadelphia,
McIntirk, A.}}., 1880,
Isaac G. Smedley, P.S. (M.D., Hahnemann Medical Col(1'rice)

I'a.

Philadelphia, Pa.

lege, 1879),

Herbert W. Smyth, A.H.

(and

Harvard, 1878, Ph.D.,

Bryn

Gcittingen, 1884),

Mary

I'a.

I'a.

rhila(lel[)hia, I'a.

B.S.,

Emma (McIlvain) Cooi-er, A.B.,
Edwin Muchki.i., Jr., A.H. (H.I,.
Lucy R.

fJliio.

A.m., i8Si (M.lX, Wonian'.s

Mawr

College, Pa.

Wii.mts, A.M., i88i (M.D., Woman's Medical ColNorrLstown, Pa.

lege, Phila., 1881),

Worth,

Wii.i.iAM P.

Coatesvdle, Pa.

B.S.,

Class of 1877.
Joseph

Bunting, B.S. (LL.B., Univ. of
Corson, A.B.,

I".

Norman

Pa., 1880),

.

.

Eudora Magill,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Norristown, Pa.

B.

Swarthmore, Pa.

A.B.,

Chicago,
Jesse R. Norton, A.B. (and Harvard, 1879),
Carroll R. Williams, A.M., 1S82 (LL.B., Univ. of Pa.,

III.

Philadelphia, Pa.

1880)

M. Fi.oRENCK VeatM-VN, A.M., 1897,

Norway, Pa.

Class of 1878.
Caroline

Mayhell

E.
P.

(Burr) Hall, A.B.,

Swarthmore, Pa.

(Davis) Foster, A.B.,

Howard Dawson,

Providence, R.

A.M., 1882,

Tacy a. (Gleim) Dunning, A.B.,
William J. Hall, B.S.,
Mary P. (Hallowell) Hough, A.M., i88i (M.D.,
Woman's Medical College, Phila., 1881),
Charles A. Hawkins, A.B.,
William Penn Holcomb, M.L., 1882 (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1886),

Rerecca

S.

E. (Jackson)

Edward Martin,
J.

Swarthmore, Pa.
Ambler, Pa.
York, Pa.
Pearl River, X. V.

Phila., 1881),

Monaghan,

Llewellyn H. Johnson,
Francis

Los Angeles, Cal.

(Hunt) White, A.M., 1881 (M.D., Woman's

Medical College,

Anna

I.

Boston, Mass.

B.L.,

B.S.,

A.M., 1882 (M.D., Univ. of

Palmer,

B.S.,

Lansdowne, Pa.
West Chester, Pa.
Orange, N.

J.

Pa., 18S3), Philadelphia, Pa.

Brooklyn, N. V.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

58

Israel Roberts, B.S.,
*\ViLLiAM Seaman, C.E., 1884,
C.

Harry Shokmaker,

Camden, N.

J.

1892.

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.S.,

Class of 1879.
Isaac R. Coi.es, C.E., 1880,

Glen Cove, N. V.

William P. Fender, A. B.,
WiLLLVM Lea Ferris, A.B.,

Williamspoit, Pa.

Joseph Fitch, A.B.,
Ruth Anna Forsythe, A.B.,
Elizabeth (Furnas) Bogardus, B.L.,
P. Lesley HorrER, A.B.,
Marie Antoinette (Kemp) Hoadley, A.M., 1892,
Elisha E. Lippincott, B.S.,
*Samuel Craig McComb, C.E., 1882,
Charles R. Miller, B.L. (LL.B., Univ. of Pa., 1881),
Josephine (White) Breckens, A.B.,
Abby W. (Woodnutt) Miller, B.L.,

New

San Francisco,

.

Cal.

York, N, Y.

Media, Pa.

New

.

.

York, N. Y.

Havre de Grace, Md.
Swarthmore College.
Gallitzin, Pa.

1891.
.

Wilmington, Del.

Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Wilmington, Del.

Class of 1880.
Anna E. Constable, A.B.,
Arthur Coleman Dawson,

Camden, N. J.
Lake Forest, 111.

B.L., 1882,

Florence (Hall) Philips, A.B.,
Myra T. Hillman, A.B.,
Emily L. (Hough) Savidge, A.B. (and

Wilmington, Del.

Washington, D, C.
Univ. of Minn.,
Boise City, Idaho.

1881),

Edward

H. Reiser, M.S., 1881 (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Bryn

Univ., 1884),

Georgine (Kurtz) Muhlenberg, A.B.,
Albert R. Lawton, A.M., 1885,
Robert J. Marcher, B.S.,
Thomas L. Moore, A.B.,
Ellen S. (Preston) Griest, A.B.,
John Turton, B.S.,
Fannie (Willets) Lowthorp, A.B.

Henry

S.

Wood,

New
.

.

York, N. Y.

Syracuse, N. Y.

Millersville, Pa.

New

York, N. Y.

Trenton, N.

J.

San Francisco,

Class of
(Ph.D.,

College, Pa,

Richmond, Va.

C.E., 1883,

Martha Bunting, B.L.

Mawr

Reading, Pa.

1

Cal.

88 1.

Bryn Mawr College,

1895), Philadelphia, Pa.

William Canby, Jr., B.L,
Charles B. Doron, B.L.,

St. Paul,

Mary

Philadelphia, Pa.

J.

Minn.

Rochester, N. Y.

Elliott, B.L.,
* Deceased.

SWA KM MORE

COIJ.KGI-:.

I

Emma K iur,

'/J

Ilhan,

li.I,.,

EircKNE Paui.in,

Jk.,

I'a.

Hoisc City, Iflaho.

<;ki<tkuok, H. M.\r,u.L, A.B.,

....

A.M. (and Harvard, 1883),

Martha E. (RniNoKiri.) Osisokn, A.H.,
Edward C. Rusmmork, U.S. (M.U., Columbia,
Hknry B. Seaman, C.E., 1884,

Eos Angeles, Cal.
Philadeljihia, Pa.

1885),

.

.

J

uxedo

I'ark,

N. Y.

Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

CiiARi.KS E. Shari'I.ks.s, C.E., 1884,

Philipsljurg, Pa.

Shoemaker, B.I,.,
*I. Byron Thomas, B.S.,
Ernest F. Tucker, A. 15. (M.l)., Harvard,

New

Ai.viN T.

Vork, N. V.

1S91.

1884),

....

Portland, Ore.

Class of 1882.
William Llewellyn Bankr, A. B.(M.D., Columbia, 1885), New York, N. Y.
EuiTH B. Blackwell, A.B. (M.D., Woman's Med. Col.,
N. Y.

Inf.,

New

1891),

Charlotte E. (Brewster) Jordan, M.L.,
William Butler, Jr., A.B.
C. Herbert Cochran, A.B.
Bertha (Cooper) Brewer, B.L.,
,

,

Philadelphia, Pa.

.

.

.

Pa.

Narcosse, Fla.

Fannie Foulke, A.B.,
Mary E. (Gale) Hibbard, A.M., 1891,
*Sarah S. (Green) Pierce, A.B.,
Margaret E. (Hallowell) Powell, A.B.,
^Elizabeth E. Hart, B.L.,
Elizabeth Haslam, B.L.,
Elizabeth M. Ogden, B.L
Charles Palmer, A.M., 1885,
^George C. Phillips, B.S.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

P.

Horace

York, N. ^.

Newark, Del.
West Chester,

1886,

Laconia, N. H.
18S6.

Lansdowne,

Pa.

1891.
Philadelphia, Pa.

West Chester,

Pa.

Chester, Pa.

1883.

L. Rossiter, A.B.,

Cleveland, Ohio.

^Charles E. Turton, B.S.,
Gerrit E. H. Weaver, A.B. (and Harvard,

1S96.

18S4), A.M.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

1886,

Emily E. (Wilson) Lawton, A.M.,
Edgar M. Zavitz, A.B.,

1885,

New

York, N. Y.

Coldstream,Ontario,Can.

Class of 1883.
Charles A. Bunting, B.S.,
*JOHN L. Cochran, B.S.,
Edgar Conrow, B.L.,
Lydia S. (Green) H.awkins, A.B.,
*Florence N. H.vnes, A.B.,
Alice W. Jackson, A.B.,
William A. Kissam, Jr., B.S.,

Steelton, Pa.

1S85.

Moorestown, N.

J.

Media, Pa.
1897.

Swarthmore, Pa.
Little

*Deceased.

Neck, N. Y.

SVVARTHMORE COLLEGE.

60

Bertha Mati.ack) Rue,
(

Camden, N.

B.L.,

f.

GuioN Miller-, A.M., 1888 (LL.B., 1885, and LL.M.,
1886, Columbian Univ.)

Woodside, Md.

DuFFiELD Mitchell, A.B. (LL.B.,
Edward A. Pennock, A.B.,
George L. Pennock, B.S.,
Charles S. Pyle, B.S.,
S.

Helen

Univ. of Pa.),

.

.

Boston, Mass.

Lansdowne, Pa.
Rising Sun, Md.

(Pyle) Bunting, B.L.,

C.

Pittsburg, Pa.

Steelton, Pa.

Frederick A. .Seaman, Jr., B.S.,
Annie E. (Tylor) Miller, M.L.,
James E. Verree, B.L.,
Emma (Webb) Price, A.B.,

Madison, N.

J.

Woodside, Md.

1888,

New

York, N. Y.

Overbrook, Pa.

Class of 1884.
Horace

Dilworth, B.S.,
Rebecca M. (Downing) Bullock,
John D. Furnas, B.S.,

Sarah

L.

L.

(Hall) Stirling, A.B.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Germantown, Pa.

B.L.,

Waynesville, Ohio.
Philadelphia, Pa.

,

Henry J. Hancock, A.B. (LL.B. Univ.
Edwin Havil\nd, Jr., B.S., 1885,
Mary E. Hughes, A.B.,

of Pa., 1886),

.

.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Portland, Ore.

Hughesville, Va.

Laura H. Satterthwaite, A.B. (M.D. Woman's MediTrenton, N.

cal College, Phila., 1888),

Frederick

Mary

J.

Taylor,

W1LLIT.S, A.B.

J.

Helena, Mont.

B.S.,

Syosset, N. Y.

,

Class of 1885.
Minnie

Baker, A.B.,

F.

Washington, D. C.

Abigail Evans, A.B.,

Cinnaminson, N.

Moore, A.B.,
Mary D. (Pratt) Rhodes,

Newr York, N. Y.

Frederic

P.

Bowdle,

A.B.,

S.

J.

Dak.

Class of 1886.
E.mma

S.

Arthur

New

(Bones) Stone, B.L.,
S.

Cochran,
Freedley,

George J.
B.S.,
Helen G. Johnson, A.B.,
Ella (Merrick) Tomlinson. A.B.
Edgar M. Smedley, B.S.,
.

.

•

Rowland J. Spencer, B.L.,
Martha M. (VVatson) Lutphen,
C.

Percy Willcox,

Richmond, Va.
Williamsport, Pa.

Brownsburg, Pa.

,

Media, Pa.

•

Salem, Ore.

A.M., 1891,

B.S. (Ph. B., Yale Univ., 1887

Univ. of Pa.,1891),

Brighton, N. Y.

Westtown, Pa.

B.S.,

Holland, Mich.
;

LL.B.,
Philadelphia, Pa

SWARTIIMOKE

(X)LLP:(*I-:.

gl

Class of 1887.
Media,

Alice T. (Battin) Lkwis, A.U.,

Harriet

J.

(Cox) McDowell,

New

U.S.,

Horace Darlington, B.S.,
Harry B. Goodwin, B.S.,
Anna M. (Jenkin.s) Wehster, A.B.,
Thomas A. Jenkin.s, A.B. (Ph.B.,

I'a.

York, N. Y.

Darling, Pa.

Bordentown, N.
Univ. of

188S;

I'a.,

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Univ., 1894),

Nashville, 'ienn.

Frederick K. Lane, B.S.,
Linda B. Palmer, A.M., 1893,

West Chester,

Horace Roberts,

Fellowship, N.

Elizabeth
Elizabeth

B.
B.

A.B.

Chicago,

,

Smedley, A.M., 1896,
(Smith) Wilson, A.B:,

William G. Underwood,

J.

Mankato, Minn.

111.

Pa.
J.

Malvern, Pa.

....

...

Purcellville, Va.

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.S.,

Class of 1888.
Alice M. Atkinson, A.B. (and Cornell Univ., 1889

;

Ph.D.,
Portland, Ore.

Univ. of Pa., 1895),

Thomas Brown, B.S.,
*Frank Cawi.ey, C.E.,
Je,ssie L.

CoLSON,

Washington, D. C.
1896.

1891,

B.S.,

....

Woodstown, N.

Sadie M. (Conrow) Hutchinson, A.B.,
William L. Dudley, B.S.,
Robert P. Ervien, B.S.,
E.

Lawrence Fell,

Joyeuse

L.

Plainfield,

New

M.

«

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.S.,

(Fullerton) Sweet, A.B. (and Cornell Univ.,
Denver, Col.

Emma

(G.uvthrop) Hayes, B.S.,
Alice (Hall) Paxson, A.B.,
P. Sharples Hall, B.S. (M.D., Hahn. Med.

Swarthmore. Pa.

Swarthmore, Pa.
Col., Phila.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

1891),

Walter Hancock,

St. Paul,

B.S.,

Minn.

Russell Hayes, A.B. (and Harvard, 1889; LL.B.,Univ.
Swarthmore, Pa.

of Pa., 1892),

Martha
T.

J.

J.

York, N. Y.

Clayton, N.

1889),

J.

N.

P.

(Jones) Miller, A.B.

Montgomery- Lightfoot,

Harrisburg, Pa.

,

M.S., 1890 (Ph.D., Univ. of

Philadelphia, Pa.

Pa., 1893),

Hetty

C.

(Lippincott) Miller, A.B,,

Marshall, Jr., B.S.,
William S. Marshall, B.S. (Ph.D..
Ellis

Riverton, N.

Aaron

C.

Pancoast,

J.

London Grove,

P.

Leipsic, 1892),

.

.

.

Pa.

Madison, Wis.

San Antonio, Texas.

B.S.,

Jessie Pyle, A.B. (and Cornell Univ., 1S89)
* Deceased.

London Grove,

Pa.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

^2

J.Rhoads, 15.S.,
Katherine M. Rider, B.L.,
William H. Seaman, B.S.,
Amelia Skillin, A. B.,
Carroll H. Sudler, A.B,
Charlotte M.Way,B.S.(A.B., Leiand Stanford,
Annie E. WiLLiTS, A.B.,
Esther M. (Willits) Fell, B.L.,
Frank P. Wilson, A.B.,

Dordentown, N.

JOSEi'H

J.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Glen Cove, N. V.

New

Milford, Conn.

Chicago,

New

Tr.,Univ.),

111.

York, N. Y.

Syosset, N. Y.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Washington, D. C.

Class of 1889.
Justin K. Anderson,

Alexander

Howard

Breading,

B.S.,

New

G. Cummins, Jr., A.B.,

A. Dill, B.S. (and Mass. Inst. Tech., 1891),

Va.

Indianapolis, Ind.

.

.

W.

York, N. Y.

Forman, Jr., B.S.,
New York, N. Y.
Ellis M. Harvey, B.S. (M.D., Univ. of Pa., 1893),
Media, Pa.
Locust Valley, N. Y.
Clara Haydock, B.L.,
J. Carroll Hayes, A.B. (and Harvard), 1890; LL.B.,
West Chester, Pa.
Univ. of Pa., 1893),

Horace

B.

.

.

.

Julia Hicks, B.S.,
Mary Kirk, A.B.,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Washington^ D. C.

Margaret J. (Laurie) Seaman,
George A. Masters, B.S.,

A.B.,

.

.

.....

Glen Cove, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Palmer, A.B.,
I^)UELLA (Passmore) Hayes, A.B.,
Frederick B. Pyle, B.S.,

West Chester,
West Chester,

Ralph Stone,

Grand Rapids, Mich.

Alice

S.

Pa.
Pa.

Washington, D. C.

A.B.,

Elsie D. Stoner, B.L.,

Columbia, Pa.

Willis W. Vail, B.S.,
Jennie F. Waddington, M.S., 1892,

Quakertown, N.
Salem, N.

J.

J.

Class of 1890.
Alvan W. Atkinson,

A.B. (M.D.,

Hahnemann Medical
Trenton, N.

College, Phila., 1893),

Sara H. Atkinson, A.B.,
George H. Bartram, B.S.,

Martha M. Biddle, B.L.,
Emma J. Broomell, B.S. (and

J.

Holicong, Pa.

Lenape, Pa.
Riverton, N.
Univ. of Mich., 1893),

Morris L. Clothier, B.S.,
Beulah W. Darlington, A.B.,
Edward Darlington, B.S.,
George Ellsler, A.B.,
Caroline R. Gaston, A.M., 1895,
John C. Gikford, B.S., 1893.

.

.

Baltimore,

J.

Md.

Wynnewood,

Pa.

West Chester, Pa.
Chadd's Ford June,

New

Brunswick, N.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Princeton, N.

J.

Pa.
J.

SWAR'niMOKI', COM.KCJK.
Auky M. IIaij,, A.Ji. (and Cornell Univ.,
Clara A. (IIiiuMEs) Mar.siiai,l, A.I'..,
Samukl R. Lii't'iNcoTT, B.S.,

1893),

f;;>

....

Swarlhmoie,

I'a.

Madi.son, Wis.

Riverton, N.

J.

Cinnaminson, N.

Wli.r.iAM D. Lii'PiNCOiT, B.S.,

J.

*Wri.i,ARi) L. Maris, M.S., 1892 (B.S., Univ. of Midi.,

M.D., Univ. of Pa., 1895),
McConnki.l, H.S.,
Frances E. Ottlky, A.B.,

Au.stin, 'lexas.

*Mary D. Pai.mkr, A.B.,
Mary E. Panixmst, B.L.,

Washington,

James W. Ponder, A.B.,

Wilmington, Del.

1891

Robert

1895.

;

Philadelphia, Pa.

S.

1892.

Ellis B. Ridgway, B.S.,

Walter Roberts,

F.

.

.

.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Swarthmore, Pa.

Moorestown, N. J.
San Antonio, Texas.

A.B.,

(Soper) Pancoast, B.S.,

R. Barclay Spicer, A.B.,
William E. Sweet, A.B.
Alice W. Titus, M.L., 1892,
Mary H. White, A.B.,

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Denver, Col.

Swarthmore College.
Lansdowne, Pa.

Class of

1

89 1.

Emily Atkinson, A.B.,
Cosmei.ia J. (Brown) Hughes, B.L
Louis P. Clark, B.S.,

Moorestown, N.

Hannah H. Clothiek,

Wynnewood,

Isaac O. Harper,

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.S., 1892,

Spring Brook, N. Y.
Baltimore,

B.S.,

New

Dora Lewis,

Media, Pa.

,

S.

B.L.,

Lippincott, A.B.,

Locust Valley, N. Y.

York, N. Y.

1891.

West

Harry

Kansas

McDonald,

B.

Katharine

Chester, Pa.

City, Mo.
Sandy Spring, Md.

B.S.,

Sarah T. Moore, B.l
A. Mitchell Palmer, A.B.,
Ellen (Passmore) Pyle, B.L.,
Marianna (Smith) Rawson, B.L.,
William C. Sproul, B.S.,

Edward

Md.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Chf.ster p. Martindale, B.L.,
L.

Pa.

Boston, Mass.

Esther (Haviland) Cornell, B.L.,
Eliza G. Holmes, A.B.
John W. Hutchinson, Jr., B.S.,

*LucY

J.

Lincoln, Va.

B.L.,

Eva M. (Daniels) Capen,
Eliza R. Hampton, A.B.,

C.

Coatesville, Pa.

A. B. (M.D., Univ. of Pa., 1893),

Richard C. Sellers, B.S.,
Frances B. (Smith) Herr,

Mary

]).

Stroudsburg, Pa.

Washington, D. C.

New

York, N. Y.

Chester, Pa.

Temple, B.S.,
L. Tyler, B.S.,

Lansdowne, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Deceased.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.

64
Frances M. Whitk,

Edward

Atlantic City, N.

B.L.,

J.

Washington, D. C.

C. -Wilson, B.S.,

M. Lilian (Yarnall) Dk Cou, A.B.,

Trenton, N.

J.

Class of 1892.
M. Ellen (Atkinson) Jenkins, B.L.,
M. Rosamond (Baker) Haines, A.B.,
Benjamin F. Battin, A.B.,

Chicago,

losEPHiNE Beistle, A.B.,

Swarthmore Pa.

Mary

Broomell, B. L.,
Frederic N. Carr, A.B.,
Howard N. Eavenson, C.E.,
Henry H. Garrett, B.S.,
Howard B. Green, B.S.,
Charles Hart, B.S
Annie Hillborn, B.L.,

George School, Pa.

E.

Mary

Va.

Penn Grove, N.

J.

Swarthmore, Pa.
Chicago,

New

111.

York, N. Y.

Colorado Springs, Col.

B.S.,

Colorado Springs, Col.

Jr., B.L.,

Darlington,

B.L.,

Md.

Wallingford, Pa.

George School, Pa.

Md.

Baltimore,

E. Stebbins, B.L.,

Walker, B.S.,
William E. Walter, B.S.,
Florence N. Wolverton, A.B.,
Mary L. Wolverton. A.B.,

Joseph

W.

Doylestown, Pa.

Charles B. Ketcham, A.B., 1893,
Phebe H. (Ketcham) McAllister,

Bernard S. McIlvain,
John F. Murray, B.S.,
Ellen Pyle, A.B.,

Md.

Philadelphia, Pa.

A. Jenkins, B.S.,

Henry McAllister,

Baltimore,
Charleston,

Scottdale, Pa.

1897,

,

Edward

111.

Swarthmore, Pa.

-

J.

.

.

.

Pittsburg, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Vancouver, Wash.
Vancouver, Wash.

Class of 1893.Jane Atkinson, A.B.,
George H. Brooke, B. S.,
Francis E. Broomell, B.S.,
John L. Carver, B.L.,
Joseph T. Freeman, B.S.,

Dora

Holicong, Pa.
University of Pa.
.

.

.

Rochester, N. Y.

A. Gilbert, A.B.,

B.

111.

Media, Pa.
Chester, Pa.

New

Charles S. Hallowell, B.S.,
^Clement Lodge, B.S.,
Lorena B. Matlack, A.B.,
Carlie McClure, A.B.,

Omar

Chicago,

.

York, N. Y.

1895.

....

West

Chester, Pa.

Girard, Pa.

Pancoast, B.S. (M.D., Johns Hopkins Univ.,
Baltimore,

1897),

Jesse H. Reinhardt, B.S.,

'

.

*

Deceased

Salem, N.

Md.
J.

swAR'i'iiMoKi';
P:siiikk Iv Sriri.R,

Media,

i;.I,.,

JumusStaai!, A.U.,
John H.SrKTSoN, IJ.S. (M. n.,Me(l.
Fkancks B. Stevknson, A. 15.,
(Jkokgk

FI.

05

(()\.i.\:()V..

New
(

:iii.

Col.,

I'liila.,

1896), I.ansdale, Pa.
Kelton, Del.

.Strout, A.B.,

.

New

.

NcwYork.N,

E.

Newi.in

Y.

Kennett Sf|uare,

I

K. WiLi.ETs,

York, N. Y.

Chappaqua, N. Y.

EsTHEU H. Sutton, B.L.,
llKNRY C. TuRNKK, H.S.,
Car K K H. Way, III..,
l.ii.A

I'a.

York, N. V.

I'a.

Roslyn, N. Y.

li.I,.,

New

Wii.i.iAM.s, B.S.,

Ellkn (Williams) Battin, 1'..S
Gknkvikvk S. Zane, A.B., 1894,
S.

Hope, Pa.

George School, Pa.
West Chester. Pa.

,

Class of

I

894.

Mai;el Ai.k.xandkr, B.L.,

Philadelphia,

Anna

P>uckingham, Pa.

Atkinson, A.B.,
Lydia BiDDLE, B.L.,
Edwin P. Bond, A.B.,
Bertha L. Broomell, B.S.,

Emma

S.

I.ansdowne, Pa.
Boston, Mass.

Jenkintown, Pa.

(Chamisers) White, A.

S.

Atlantic City, N.

B.,

P^LiZABETH CoNROW, A.B.,

Ithaca, N. Y.

Herman Conrow, C.E.,
Altha T. Coons, B.S.,
Hetty L. Cox, B.L.,

New

1897,

Joseph C. Emley, B.S.,
Frederic H. Gawthrop,
John W. Gregg, B.L.,

George

Mary

B.S.,

.

Md.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Baltimore,

.

Md.

Cornell University.

G. Griest, B.S.,

New

York, N. Y.

West

Chester, Pa.

Swarthmore, Pa.

R. Hillborn, A.B.,

Baltimore,

S.

Marion D. Perkins, A.B.,
Margaret D. Pfahler, B.S.,
Daa'ID B. Rushmore (M.E., Cornell

Md.

Philadelphia, Pa.

B. (Janvier)

Swarthmore, Pa.
Baltimore,

Baltimore,

Md.
Md.

Trenton, N.

J.

Moorestown, N.

.

J.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Univ., 1895), C.E.,

Montreal, Can.

1897,

(Sargent) Walter, A.B
Philip Sellers, C.E., 1S97,
Cornelia J. Siuholvker, 15. L.,

Caroline

Edward

York, N. Y.

Baltimore,
.

Hutchinson, B.S.
Pugh, B.L.,
Harriet M. Kent, A.B.,
Helen P. Lamb, B.L.,
M. Elizabeth Lamb, B.L.,
Owen Moon, Jr., B.S.,

Mary

J.

Washington, D. C.

A. Hayes, A.B.,

Helen
Helen

I'a.

Wallingford, Pa.

P.

A. Staab, A,B.,

Swarthmore, Pa.
,

,

•

•

.

.

New

York, N. Y.

Philadelphia, Pa,

SWARTIIMORE COLI.ECE.

66

Mary W.

Titus,

Old Westbury, N. V.

li. I

Helen (Train) Tannehili,, B

S.,

1895.

McConnellsville, Ohio.

.

Daniel Underiiill, Jh., B S.,
Mary Underhill, M.S., 1895,
Allen K. White, B.S.,
Stuart Wilder, B S.,
John M. Willls, B.S.,

Jericho, N. Y.

Mary

Easton,

Langhome,

S.

Harry

Young,

P.

J.

Chestoa, Tenn.

Williamson School, Pa.

E. Yeo, B.S.,

*SusANNA

Pa.

Atlantic City, N.

Yeo, B.L.,

Md.

1895.

Morton, Pa.

B.S.,

Class of 1895.
P'rank C. Andrews, B.S.,
Elizabeth M. Baily, B.S.,
William S. Barker, B.S.,
Harry E. Bean, B.S.,
Hildegard Brooks, B.S.,
Frances W. (Cheairs) Manning,
Walter Clothier, B.L.,

Woodstown, N.

J.

Norristown, Pa.

Lansdowne, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Newburg, N. Y.
B.L.,

...

.

Trenton, N.

J.

Wynnewood,

.

May

Pa.

Gifford, B.L.,
Anna R. H. Harrison, B.L.,
Mary B. (Hollingshead) Hancock, A.B.,

May's Landing, N.

Emma

Chappaqua, N. Y.

Hutchinson, B.L.,
Roland G. Kent, A.B., B.L.,
John A. Lafore, B.S.,
C. Irvine Leiper, B.S., 1896,
Egbert P. Lincoln, B.S.,
S.

Xenia, Ohio.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Ardmore, Pa.

1896,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Wallingford, Pa.
Naples, N. Y.

BliRTHA LiPPiNCOTT, B.L,,

Riverton, N.

J.

Edgar Lippincott,

Riverton, N.

J.

B.S.,

Moorestown, N.

Joseph R. Lippincott, A. B.,
Elizabeth B. Miller, A.B.,

Charles S. Moore, B.L.,
Samuel C. Palmer, A.B.,
Lydia M. Parry, A.B.,
Alfred E. Pfahler, B.S.,
M. Elizabeth Pownall, B.L.,
*Frank L. Price, A.B.,

Moorestown, N.

Jane

C.

Hainesport, N.

Christiana, Pa.

1896.

Swarthmore, Pa.
Williamsport, Pa.

B.L.,

Helen B. Smith, A. B.,
G. Edmund Strattan, B.S.,
William H. Wanzer, A.B.,

Emma

A.

(Wasley) Snyder,

J.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Scott, B.S.,

Shaw,

J.

Swarthmore, Pa.

.

Arthur H.

J.

Media, Pa.

Media, Pa.
Altoona, Pa.
Hurstville, N. Y.

Philadelphia, Pa.

B.L.,
* Peceased,

J.

swAirriiMoui'', coi.i.i'XJK.

07
Ky.

IIovvARi) Wiiii'i:, (k., H.S.,

lOarlington,

Ai.icK

Syosset, N. Y.

Wii.ii

1'.

IS, A.P.

Vaknam,,

Ai.iiKRi' T.

(jeorge School, Pa.

H.I,.,

Class of 1896.
Mary

15artkam,

S.

William

I.

Lkoi'oli)

W.

Mellik

London CJrovc,
Omaha, Neb.

A.\'>.,

Battin, A.B.,

Dover, N.

Bii'-RWiRTii, B.S

J.

Bloomington,

E. Bishop, B.L.,

I'a.

111.

Aliikrt L. Buffington, A.B.,

RLsing Sun, Md.

Carolien H. Chambers,
Charles Chandler, B.S

Unionville, Pa.

William

B.

B.L.,

Biishnell,

111.

Goldgulch, Cal.

Chai'IN, B.S.,

Isaac H. Clothier,

Jr., A.B
Darlington, A.B.,
AiDA T. Evans, B.L.,

Wynnewood,

P'rancf.s

Glen

George B. Ferrier, Jr.,
E. Harper Firth, B.S.,

Moorestown, N.

Malvern, Pa.

B.S.,

Swarthmore,

C. John.son, B.L.,

New

C.

a.

York, N. Y.

Rising Sun, Md.
Rising Sun, Md.

Washington, D. C.
Rockford,
;

Charles Kaighn, B.S.,
Philip S. Knauer, A.B.,

1

Cornwall, Pa.

,

Mary
Mary

J.

East Wiliiston, N. Y.

Sylvester S. Garrett, B.S.,
T. Russell Gleim, B.S.,
Ellen Gunton, A.B.,
Hallie H. Haines, B.L.,
Violette T. Haines, A.B.
Charles G. Hodge, B.L.,
k)LENE M. Hollenshead, A.B.,

Howard

Pa.

MilLs, Pa.

.

.

.

.

111.

Philadelphia, Pa.
S.

McAlester, Ind. Ter.

Providence, R.

McAllister. A.B.

,

S. McDowell, A.B.,
Arabella E. Moore, B.L.,
William J. Morrison, B.S.,

I.

Colorado Springs, Col.
Locust Valley, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.

Trenton, N.

J.

Percival Parrish, B.L.,
N. Wii.mer Plummer, B.S
Charles A. Schooley, B.S.,

Yarmouth, Ont.

Mary

Shoemaker, B.L.,
J. Chauncey Shortlidge, A.B.,
Lauretta T. Smedley, A.B.,
A. Ella Spicer, A.B.,
Albert H. Taylor, B.S.,
Franklin D. Walton, B.L.,
John E. Wells, B.L.,
Hanson Z. Wilson, B.S.

Cinnaminson, N.

Keturah

Easton,

T.

,

E. Yeo, B.S.,

Newport, R.
Frederick,

I.

Md.

J.

Harvard, University.

Chappaqua, N. V.
Baltimore,

Md.

Philadelphia, Pa.

London Grove,

Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
Port Jervis, N. Y.

Md.

SWARTIIMORE COLLEGE.

(J8

Class of 1897.
Sarah Banckoi
Frkdkric

Mary

E.

1).

t,

Cambridge, Eng.

B.S.,

Bari!KR, B.S.,

Bartleson, B.L.,

Reuben G. Bennett,

University of Chicago.
.

Thurlow, Pa.

.

Locust Valley, N. V.

B.S.,

FR.4.NK G. Blair, B.S.,

Buffalo,

Grace A. Brosius, B.L.,
Thomas Cahall, B.L.,

Lancaster, Pa.

Daisy R. Corson, B.S.,
Jared W. Darlington, B.S.,
Walter C. De Garmo, B.S.,
Gerry B. Dudley, A.B.,
lOLA K. Eastburn, B.L.,

Norristown, Pa.

N. Y.

University of Penna.

Darling, Pa.

Swarthmore, Pa.
Ashmore, 111.
Cambridge, Eng.

Jessie D. Ellis, B.L.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

George Gleim, Jr., B.S.,
Marietta Hicks, B.L.,
Clarence B. Hoadlk.y, B.S.,
Edith H. John, B.L.,

Cornwall, Pa.

Frederic S. Larison, A.B.,
Nellie Lodge, B.S.,
Robert E. Manley, B.S.,
Walker Matteson, A. B.,
Laura C. Miller, A.B.,
Herbert L. Noxon, B.S.,
Ellwood C. Parry, B.L.,
Robert Pyle, A.B.,
Samuel Riddle, B.S.
Miriam Sener,B.L.,

Bertha J. Smith, B.L.,
Marshall P. Sullivan,
Henrietta F. Wanzer,
Channing Way, A.B.,

Howard
Lydia

p.

Westbury

Media, Pa.
'

.

.

.

Philadelphia, Pa.

Roslyn, N. Y.

New

York, N. Y.

Ingersoll, Canada.

Locust Valley, N. Y.
Swarthmore College.
Media, Pa.
Lancaster, Pa.

Lincoln, Va.
B.L.,

Moorestown, N.

A.B.,

Livingston, N. Y.

West

Webster, B.S.,
Williams, B.L.,
,

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Philadelphia, Pa.

J.

Chester, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.

J.

Joseph A. Willis, B.S.

Station, N.

Swarthmore, Pa.

Philadelphia, Pa.
•

.

Jenkintown, Pa.

Honorary Degrees Conferred.

William Hyde Arpi.KroN,
vard, 1869; Acting President and

I'li.D.

(A.E., Harvard, 1864; A.M., LL.B., Har-

President of Swarthmore College, 1889-189I},

Professor of Greek and of Early English.

Susan

J.

Cunnin<;ham, Sc.D., Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy.

1889.
Arthur Beardsley,

Ph.D. (C.

E.,

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1867),

Professor of Engineering and Director of Mechanic Arts.

Isaac Sharpi.es.s, LL.D. (B.S., Harvard, 1873;

Sc.D., Univ of Pa., 1883),

President of Haverford College.

1890.
Olivia Rodham, A.B. (Assistant Librarian and Instructor

in

Botany, iSSi-

1S88).

1897.
Elizabeii!

Powell Boxd, A.M., Dean.

(69)

,

Committee on Trusts, Endowments, and
Scholarships.

EDWARD

OGDEN,

H.

314 Vine

EMMOR

Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

ROBERTS,
Fellowship, N.

J.

EDMUND WEBSTER,
1

1

56 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

SUSAN W. LIPPINCOTT,
Cinnaminson, N.

REBECCA

C.

J.

LONGSTRETH,

Secretary.

Sharon Hill, Pa.

JOHN

T.

WILLETS,
303 Pearl Street,

(70)

New

York, N. Y.