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Wharton Hall.
Sproul Observatory.
Hall Gymnasium.
Parrish Hall.
Servants* Dormitory.
6. Tennis Courts.
7. Beardsley HalL
8. Science HalL
9. Somerville Gymnasium.
10. College Library and Friends
Historical Library.
The Hall of Chemistry.
Students* Observatory.
The Benjamin W est House.
The Meeting House.
Professors’ Residences.
The President’s House.
The Dean’ s House.
The Farm House.
The Heating and Lighting Plant.
Memorial Gateways.
Water Tank.
The Swimming Pools.
Whittier House.
Book and Key House.
Hicks HalL
The Railroad Station.
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Lodge.
Delta Upsilon Fraternity^ Lodge.
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity
Lodge.
Kappa Sigma Fraternity Lodge.
W orth Dormitory.
Hockey Field.
Woolman House.
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
Lodge.
Bond Memorial and Girls*
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Bartol Foundation Laboratory.
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1929
First Month 3 ....................................College re-opens at 8.00 A. m .
First Month 21........................... ; . .Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for the Second Semester, 9.00 a . m . to
12.00 M.
First Month 21................................. Mid-Year examinations begin at 2.00 p . m .
First Month 29................................. First Semester ends.
Second Month 1 .................................Second Semester begins.
Second Month 22...............................College work suspended for the day.
Third Month 5 ....................................Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Third Month 23..................................College work ends at noon for the Spring
Becess.
Fourth Month 2 ................................. College work resumes at 8.00 A. M.
F ifth Month 2 ....................................Registration and Enrollment in Classes
fo r First Semester, 1929-30, 2.00 p . m .
F ifth Month 15................................. Honors Examinations begin.
F ifth Month 20................................. Senior Comprehensive Examinations be­
gin.
F ifth Month 22.................................Final Examinations begin.
F ifth Month 29.................................Final Examinations end.
F ifth Month 3 1 ............................... Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
F ifth Month 31................................. Class Day.
Sixth Month 1 ................................... Alumni Day.
Sixth Month 2 ................................... Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month 3 ................................... Commencement.
Sixth Month 3 to Ninth Month 1 9 .Summer Recess.
Ninth Month 19................................. Matriculation, Registration and Enroll­
ment in Classes.
Ninth Month 20..................................College work begins at 8.00 a . m .
Tenth Month 1 ....................................Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Eleventh Month 27........................... College work ends at 1.00 for the Thanks­
giving Recess.
Twelfth Month 2 ............................... College work resumes at 8.00 A. m .
Twelfth Month 3 ............................... Annual Meeting o f the Corporation.
Twelfth Month 18............................. College work ends at noon fo r the Christ­
mas recess.
1930
First Month 3 ....................................College re-opens at 8.00 a . m .
First Month 22....................................Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for the Second Semester, 10.00 a . m . to
12.00 M.
First Month 30..................................Mid-Year Examinations end.
Second Month 3 ................................. Second Semester begins.
Second Month 22............................... College work suspended fo r the day.
Third Month 4 ...................................Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Third Month 29..................................College work ends at noon fo r the Spring
Recess.
Fourth Month 8 ................................. College work resumes at 8.00 A. m .
F ifth Month 1 ....................................Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for First Semester, 1930-31, 2.00 p . m .
F ifth Month 21..................................Honors Examinations begin.
F ifth Month 26................................. Senior Comprehensive Examinations be­
gin.
F ifth Month 28 ............................... Final Examinations begin.
Sixth Month 4T................................. Final Examinations end.
Sixth Month 6 ................................. Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Sixth Month 6 .................................. Class Day.
Sixth Month 7 .................................. Alumni Day;
Sixth Month 8 .................................. Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month 9 ..................................Commencement.
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M ap of College Grounds .................................................... Fronting Title
L unar Calendar ................................................................................................
2
College Calendar / ...........................................................................................
3
T he B oard of M anagers .................................................................................
6
Committees of the B oard of M anagers ....................................................
7
T he F aculty ......................................................................................................
8
Administrative O fficers..................... .........................................................
12
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE .......................................................... ............................. 13
Location and F ou n d a tion ........................................................................... 13
Buildings .....................................................................................................
14
Social L ife ............................................................ ....................................... 20
Religious L ife ....................................... .....................................................
21
Students ’ Societies ..................................... , ........... ................................. 21
College Publications ................................................................................... 23
Honorary Scholarships ............................................................................... 23
Libraries and Reading Rooms ................................................................
23
The Potter Fund .........................................................................................
25
The William J. Cooper Foundation .................................................... 26
E xpenses .............................................................................................................. 26
Infirmary Regulations ......................... .........................................N.......... 28
F ellowships and S cholarships ................................................................
30
A dmission ....................... ....................................................................................
40
Subject Requirements ..................................... ......................................... - 41
College Entrance Examination B o a r d .................................................... 43
Advanced Standing .....................................................................................
44
R equirements for Graduation ....................................................................... 44
Extra or Less Hours .................................................................................
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Prescribed Subjects ................................. .................................................
46
Elective Studies ...........................................................................................
49
M ajor Subject ............................................................................................. 49
Honors Courses ...........................................................................................
50
Division o f English History, Modern History Philosophy, and
Fine A r t s .......................................................................................
51
Division o f the Social Sciences .................................................... 54
Division o f Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics ................. 58
Division o f F r e n c h ...................................................... .....................
60
Division o f the Classics .......................................................... .......... 62
Division o f G erm an .............................................................................( 62
Division o f Chemistry .................................................. ........... ........ 63
Division o f E d u ca tion .............................................
64
Division o f Engineering ..................................................................... 65
Division o f Physiology-Zoology ......................................................
65
Foreign Language Requirements for Honors Stud ents............... 66
Rule Covering Cases o f Students Dropping Honors Work . . . .
66
Uniform Curriculum fo r the Freshman Year in the Courses in Arts 67
Course A d v is e r s ................................. ............................ ............................. 67
Extra Work Done Outside o f C lasses........................... ......................... 67
Summer School Work ................................................................................. 68
Removal o f Conditions ............................................................................ 68
System o f G ra d es......................... ................................................................ 68
Absence from Examination ....................................................................
69
Absences from Classes ............................................................................. 69
Exclusion from College .............................................................. .'............
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D egrees ..................................................................................................................
Bachelor o f Arts .....................................................
Bachelor o f Science ................................................................................ .
Master o f Arts .............................
Master o f Science ........................................................................................
Advanced Engineering D eg rees................................................................
D epartments and Courses op I nstruction :
Botany . . . . . ......
Chemistry ......................................................................................................
Economics ...................................................
Education .......................................................
Engineering ....................................................................................................
English ...............................................
Pine A r t s ........................................................................................
German Language and Literature ..........................................................
Greek and L a t i n ......................................................................
History and InternationalRelations ........................................................
Mathematics and A stro n o m y .....................................................................
Music ............................................... ’.............................................. ..
Philosophy and R e lig io n ..........................
Physical E d u c a tio n ....................
Physics ......................................................................
Physiology and Zoology .............................................................................
Political Science .........................................................................................
Romance Languages ...................................................................................
Freshman Exploration ..............
Course in Bibliography .............................................................................
Students, 19H8-29................................................................ ..............................
Geographical D istribution op Students ................................................
H olders op F e l l o w s h ip s ................................................................
H olders op the I v t M e d a l .....................................
H olders op the Oa k L eap M edal ..............................................................
D egrees Conferred in 1928 ..................

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TH E CORPORATION
W ilson M. P owell, President,
71 Broadway, New York.
Charles F. J enkins , V ice-President,
232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
H etty L ippincott M iller, Secretary,
Biverton, N. J.
Charles T. B rown , Treasurer,
518 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia.

BOARD OF M ANAGERS
Term expires T w elfth M onth, 1929
J oanna W harton L ippincott, 1712 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
H oward Cooper J ohnson , 801 Market Street, Philadelphia.
H etty L ippincott M iller, Biverton, N. J.
E lsie P almer B rown , 1622 Twenty-ninth St., N. W., Washington, D. 0.
H enry C. T urner, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York.
D aniel U nderhill, 50 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
E sther H. Cornell, 43 W illow Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
B obert E. L amb, 843 North Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia.
Term expires T w elfth M onth, 1930
B ebecca C. L ongstreth, Haverford, Pa.
Caroline H. W orth , Coatesville, Pa.
B obert P yle , West Grove, Pa.
E dward B. T emple , Swarthmore, Pa.
W alter B oberts, M.D., 1732 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
F rances M. W hite , Walnut Lane, Swarthmore, Pa.
Clement M. B iddle, P. O. B ox 743, City Hall Station, New York.
Term expires T w elfth M onth, 1931
E dward M artin , M.D., 135 South Eighteenth Street, Philadelphia.
W ilson M. P owell, 71 Broadway, New York.
W illiam W . Cocks, Westbury, Long Island, N. Y.
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Lansdowne, Pa.
P hilip M. S harples, West Chester, Pa.
M ary H ibbard T hatcher, Swarthmore, Pa.
M ary W harton M endelson , 639 Church Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia.
I saac H. Clothier, J r ., 801 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Term expires T w elfth M onth, 1932
»E m m a C. B ancroft, Wilmington, Del.
Charles F . J enkins , 232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
B obert H. W alker, 914 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md.
T. S tockton M atthews , South and Bedwood Streets, Baltimore, Md.
M ary L ippincott Griscom , 314 East Central Avenue, Moorestown, N. J.
Charles T. B rown , 518 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia.
A da Graham Clement , Meeting House Boad, Jenkintown.
L ydia F oulke T aylor, 17 Summitt Avenue, Larchmont, N. Y .
* Died Second Month 15th, 1929.

COMMITTEES OP THE BOARD OP MANAGERS

COMMITTEES OF TH E BOARD
The President is ex Officio a M em ber o f Every Committee

E xecutive
H oward Cooper J ohnson . Chairman. H enry C. T urner.
M ary L ippincott Griscom,
R ebecca C. L ongstreth,
E dward B. T emple ,
J oanna W . L ippincott,
Charles P. J enkins ,
•Emma C. B ancroft,
I saao H. Clothier, J r.,
Caroline H. W orth ,
W alter R oberts,
L ucy B iddle L ew is ,
R obert E. L amb ,
P hilip M. S habples,
Charles T. B rown .
M ary H. T hatcher,
Finance and A udit
E dward B. T emple , Chairman,
L ucy B iddle L ewis ,
Mary H ibbard T hatcher,
W alter R oberts.
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Chairman,
R ebecca C. L ongstreth,
W illiam W. Cocks,
R obert P yle,
E lsie P almer B rown ,
H etty L ippincott M iller,

Instruction
M ary H ibbard T hatcher,
H enry C. T urner,
E sther H. Cornell,
M ary W harton M endelson,
F rances M. W hite ,
A da Graham Clement .

Building and Property
I saac H. Clothier, J r .,
P hilip M. S harples, Chairman,
R obert E. L amb ,
Charles P. J enkins ,
M ary L ippincott Griscom .
R obert P yle,
Trusts
Charles F. J enkins , Chairman,
I saac H. Clothier, J r.,
H oward Cooper J ohnson,
T. S tockton M atthews ,
Charles T. B rown .
L ucy B iddle L ewis , Chairman,
E lsie P almer B rown ,
D aniel U nderhill,
F rances M. W hite ,

Library
Charles F. J enkins ,
W illiam W . Cocks,
R obert H. W alker,
M ary L. Griscom .

O bservatory Com mittee
J oanna W harton L ippincott,
M ary H ibbard T hatcher,
E dward M artin ,
W alter R oberts.
•Emm a C. B ancroft, Chairman
J oanna W. L ippincott,
Caroline H. W orth ,

Household
M ary H ibbard T hatcher ,
M ary L ippincott Griscom,
L ydia F oulkb T aylor,

Nom inating Com mittee
H oward Cooper J ohnson , Chairman, R obert H. W alker ,
•Emm a C. B ancroft,
Caroline H. W orth,
J oanna W . L ippincott,
H enry C. T urner,
E dward B. T emple.
* Died Second Month 15th, 1929.

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TH E FA C U LTY
F rank A ydelotte, B.Litt., L.H.D., D.Litt., LL.D., President, 324 Cedar Lane
'J ohn A nthony M iller, PAD., F . B. A . S., V ice-President, Edward H .
M agill P rofessor o f M athem atics and Astronom y, and D irector o f
the Sproul O bservatory ............................................Cunningham House
B aymond W alters, M.A., Dean o f the C ollege.....................6 Whittier Place
F rances B. B lanshard , M.A., Dean o f W om en...............600 W . Elm Avenue
'D etlev W . B ronk , M.S., Ph.D., Dean o f M en and P rofessor o f Physiology
and B io-Physics ........................................................... Cunningham House
George A rthur H oadley, D.S c., Em eritus P rofessor o f P h ysics...................
518 Walnut Lane
Spencer T rotter, M.D., Em eritus P rofessor o f B iolog y....................................
Darlington and Miner Streets, West Chester
tW illiam I saac H ull, Ph.D., F. B. Hist. S., Howard M. Jenkins P rofessor
o f Quaker H istory ........................................................ 504 Walnut Lane
J esse H erman H olmes, Ph.D., P rofessor o f Philosophy. 602 W. Elm Avenue
I sabelle B ronk , Ph.D., Em eritus P rofessor o f the French Language and
L iterature ............................................................................... Paris, France
tGELLERT A lleman , Ph.D., P rofessor o f Chem istry....................... W allingford
H arold Clarke Goddard, Ph.D., Alexander Griswold Cummins P rofessor o f
E nglish.................................................................................3 Whittier Place
B obert Clarkson B rooks, Ph.D., Joseph W harton P rofessor o f P olitical
S cience...................................................... ..................... 104 Cornell Avenue
H enrietta J osephine M eeteer, Ph.D., Em eritus P rofessor o f Greek and
L atin ..................................... ................................................. 315 Cedar Lane
Clara P rice N ewport, Ph.D., P rofessor o f the German Language and L it­
erature.................
.................................. 609 W . Elm Avenue
W ill Carson B yan , J r ., Ph.D., P rofessor o f E ducation. . . . 1 Whittier Place
L ewis F ussell, E.E., PAD., P rofessor o f E lectrical E ngineering...................
Biverview and Baltimore Avenues
A lfred M ansfield B rooks, A.M., P rofessor**o f F in e A rts. .513 Elm Avenue
W eston E arle F uller, C.E., P rofessor o f Civil E ngineering.................
205 Elm Avenue
•Frank P. D ay , M.A., LL.D., P rofessor o f E n g lish ............................................
Samuel Copeland P almer , Ph.D., P rofessor o f B otany and E m bryology. .
712 Ogden Avenue
E verett L. H unt , M.A., P rofessor o f B hetoric and O ra to ry ...........................
604 W . Elm Avenue
1 Absent on leave, Second Semester, 1928-29.
* Absent on leave, First Semester, 1928-29.
t Absent on leave, 1928-29.
* Resigned, December 1, 1928.

THE FACULTY

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H enry J ermain M aude Creighton, M.A., M.Sc., D.Sc., P rofessor o f
C h em istry................... .................... .....................................515 Elm Avenue
E thel H ampson B rewster, Ph.D., P rofessor o f Greek and L a tin ..........
West House
A rnold D resden, Ph.D., P rofessor o f M athem atics___ 606 W. Elm Avenue
" Ross W. M arriott, Ph.D., P rofessor o f M athematics and A stronom y. . . . .
213 Lafayette Avenue
B rand B lanshard , Ph.D., P rofessor o f Philosophy___ 600 W . Elm Avenue
L. B. Shero, Ph.D., P rofessor o f G r e e k ........................... 302 N. Chester Boad
¡¡Maurice J. B abb, Ph.D., A ctin g P rofessor o f M athem atics...........Ardmore
Charles B. Shaw , M.A., L ib ra ria n ........................................ 5 Whittier Place
J ohn B ussell H ayes , LL.B., Librarian o f Friends H istorical L ib ra ry .. . .
517 Elm Avenue
W in th r o p -E. W right, Ph.D., A ssociate P rofessor o f P h ysics.......................
4 Whittier Place
P hilip M arshall H icks , Ph.D., A ssociate P rofessor o f E n g lish ...................
519 Walnut Lane
E ugene L eB oy M ercer, M.D., A ssociate P rofessor o f Physical E d u cation ..
North Chester Boad
H erbert P. F raser, M.A., F. B. Econ. S., A ssociate P rofessor o f Econom ics
521 Elm Avenue
Charles G-arrett T hatcher , M.E., A ssociate P rofessor o f M echanical En­
gineering (Chairman o f the D ivision o f E n gin eerin g)......................... ..
307 Lafayette Avenue
Charles B. B agley, A.M., B.Litt., A ssociate P rofessor o f F rench...............

211 College Avenue
F rederick J. M anning , Ph.D., A ssociate P rofessor o f H istory.......................
215 Boberts Boad, Bryn Mawr
J ohn H imes P itman , A.M., A ssociate P rofessor o f M athem atics and A s­
tronom y.............................................................................328 Vassar Avenue
t B oy P etran L ingle, A.M., Litt.B., A ssistant P rofessor o f E nglish...........
108 Cornell Avenue
tEoBERT E rnest Spiller, Ph.D., A ssistant P rofessor o f E nglish...................
2 Whittier Place
H oward M alcom J enkins , E.E., A ssistant P rofessor o f E lectrical En­
gineering ..................................................................................... West House
tANDREw Simpson , M.S., A ssistant P rofessor o f M echanical E n gin eerin g..
519 Walnut Lane
E dward H. Cox, M .A., D.Sc., Assistant P rofessor o f Chem istry.......................

8 Whittier Place
F rances M. B urlingame, EcLM., Ed.D., A ssistant P rofessor o f E d u cation ..
508% N. Chester Boad *
* On leave, Second Semester, 1928-29.
2 Second Semester, 1928-29.
t Absent on leave, 1928-29.

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G. F. T homas , A.B., A ssistant P rofessor o f Philosophy. . .2 Whittier Place
MAliy A lbertson , M.A., Ph.D., Assistant P rofessor o f H istory.......................
730 Ogden Avenue
Clair W ilcox, Ph.D., A ssistant P rofessor o f Econom ies. . . .16 Park Avenue
M ichel K ovalenko, Ph.D., A ssistant P rofessor o f M athematics and A s­
tronom y.................................................................219 Swarthmore Avenue
M ilan W. Garrett, D.Phil., A ssistant P rofessor o f P h y sics.. . . Swarthmore
T royer Steele A nderson, M.A., A ssistant P rofessor o f H istory...................
8 Whittier Place
D uncan Graham F oster, Ph.D., A ssistant P rofessor o f Chem istry...............
504 Walnut Lane
A lan C. V alentine , B.A., A ssistant P rofessor o f E nglish...........................
611 W . Elm Avenue
M ercedes C. I ribas, Instructor in Spanish........................................................
507 South 48th Street, Philadelphia
M arie -E mm a B ourdin B acher, B.S., P rofessor at-Ss-Lettres, Instructor in
F rench.......................................................... « . . ................102 Park Avenue
E lizabeth F. B anning, A.B., Instructor in Physical Education and D irector
o f Physical Education fo r W om en........................................West House
E lizabeth H. B rooks, A.B., Tutor in French and German...............................
104 Cornell Avenue
R ichmond P. M iller, A.B., Instructor in P olitical Science. .2 Whittier Place
W alter J. S cott, M.S., Instructor m Physiology and Z oology.......................
207 Yale Avenue
R ichard W. Slocum, A.B., LL.B., Part-tim e In structor in Law .......................
123 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia
George A. B ourdelais, Instructor in E ngineering................... ........................
903 E. 20th Street, Chester
L ydia B aer, A.B., In structor in German........................... 510 W . Elm Avenue
W illiam M. B laisdell, A.B., In structor in Econom ics. .519 Walnut Lane
F ranklin B rewster F olsom, A.B., Part-tim e In structor in E n g lish .........
519 Walnut Lane
F redrio S. K lees, A.B., In structor in E n g lish ...................519 Walnut Lane
W illiam S. L aL onde, J r., B.S., Instructor in Civil E ngineering...................
501 Yale Avenue
M argaret P itkin , Ph.D., In structor in F rench...................221 N. Princeton
A rthur J. R awson , A.B., In structor in M echanical E ngineering...............
519 S. Orange Street, Media
D orothy F. T roy, A.B., In structor in E nglish....................... 12 Park Avenue
’ L ucia N orton V alentine , A.B., Part-tim e Instructor in French...............
611 W. Elm Avenue
’ J ane B eardwood, Ph.D., Part-tim e In structor in F rench...............................
802 N. 24th Street, Philadelphia
1 First Semester, 1928-29.
s Second Semester, 1928-29.

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A lfred J. S w an , D irector o f M usic........................................Haverford, Pa.
P aul M. P earson, Litt.D., H onorary L ecturer in Public Speaking...............
516 Walnut Lane
E dith M. E verett, M.A., Lecturer in Education................................................
1421 Race Street, Philadelphia
S. W. J ohnson, L ecturer in A ccounting................................. .Amherst Avenue
A rthur W . F erguson, Ph.D., Lecturer in E d u cation .. . .18 Amherst Avenue
L ouis N. R obinson, Ph.D., Lecturer in Econom ics...........411 College Avenue
E leanor H. B alph , M.D., Lecturer in H ygien e....................................................
2049 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
P. F. Giroud, Litt.D., Lecturer in French............................................................
901 69th Avenue, Philadelphia
Charlotte R. D. Y oung, M.A., Bhodes Trust Traveling Fellow , L ecturer in
English ......................................................................... Swarthmore College
W alter A ntonio M atos, B.A., F. R. A. S., Volunteer Observer in the Sproul
O bservatory....................................................................309 College Avenue
t F rank F itts , Assistant in Physical Education o f M en...............................
216 S. Chester Road
R obert D unn , Assistant in Physical Education o f M en...................................
2217 N. Front Street, Philadelphia
A lice M. R ogers, A.B., Besearch Assistant in M athem atics...........................
114 Rutgers Avenue
Samuel R. M. R eynolds, A.B., Assistant in Physiology and Z oolog y...........
211 College Avenue
V irginia N eal B rown , B.A., A ssistant in Physical Education o f W om en ..
12 Park Avenue
H elen B. Chapin , A.B., Besearch A ssistant in F in e A rts...............................
H. J. Curtis , B.S., Part-tim e A ssistant in P h ysics...........519 Walnut Lane
E ilene Slack Galloway , A.B., Part-tim e Assistant in P olitical Science
152 Park Avenue
W alter B. K eighton, A.B., Part-tim e A ssistant in Chem istry.......................
62 Penn Boulevard, East Lansdowne
A lbert S mith , Part-tim e A ssistant in F rench..................................... Rutledge

f Absent on leave, 1928-29.

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A D M IN ISTR A TIV E O FFIC E RS AND ASSISTAN TS
F rank A ydelotte, B. Litt., L.H.D., D. Litt., LL.D., President.
J ohn A nthony M iller*, Ph.D., Vice-President.
B aymond W alters, M.A., Dean o f the 'College.
F rances B. B lanshard , M.A., Dean o f Women.
Detlev W. BRONKt, Ph.D., Dean o f Men.
Charles B. S haw , M.A., Librarian.
J ohn B ussell H ayes , LL.B., Librarian o f Friends H istorical Library.
N icholas O. P ittenger, A.B., Com ptroller.
Chester B oberts, Superintendent.
A ndrew Simpson , M.S., Besident Engineer.
E thel Stilz , Ph.B., H ouse D irector.
Caroline A ugusta L ukens , L.B., Alum ni Seconder.
A nne C. B rierley, D ietitian.
A lice W . Sw ayne , A ssistant Librarian.
Katherine M. T rimble, Library Cataloguer.
V irginia L. Coleman, A.B., A ssistant Library Cataloguer.
M arian K ing Chaffee, A.B., B.S., Library Deslc Assistant.
M ary Gocher, A.B., B.S., Library Periodical and Binding Assistant.
E mm a M. A bbett, Secretary to the President.
J ulia B. Y oung, A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f the College.
J osephine Z artman , A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f Women.
A nne H. P hilips , A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f M en.
D orothy M errill, A.B., Secretary to the Com ptroller.
E meline H. N ickles , A.B., H ead o f Stenographic Bureau.
W ilhelmyna M. P oole, Stenographer to the Dean o f the College.
E lizabeth B. H irst, Bookkeeper.
Grace E. B edheffer, Assistant Bookkeeper.
E dna B. Corson, A ssistant B ookkeeper.
A nna D ennison , M atron o f W orth Hall.
A nna G. M eans , M atron o f W harton Hall.
M artha B aer, Assistant M atron o f Parrish Hall.
G. J. Crone, D irector o f the Laundry.
D ollee B. Coleman , Graduate Nurse in Parrish Hall.
Susan S. H aines, Graduate Nurse in W harton Hall.
* Absent on leave, Second Semester, 1928-29.
f Absent on leave, First Semester, 1928-29.

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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
Swarthmore College is situated in the Borough of Swarthmore, eleven miles southwest o f Philadelphia on the Octoraro
branch o f the Pennsylvania Railroad. Swarthmore is connected
with Broad Street Station by twenty inbound and twenty-two
outbound trains daily, the running time o f which varies from
twenty-one minutes on express schedule to thirty-six minutes on
the local schedule. Three trolley lines, running cars at fifteen- to
thirty-minute intervals, also connect with Philadelphia elevated
and surface lines.
The College buildings and campus occupy a commanding posi­
tion upon a wooded hill not far from the center o f the town.
The Delaware River is about four miles distant. Two hundred
and thirty-seven acres are contained in the College property,
including a large tract o f woodland and the beautiful rocky
valley o f Crum Creek.
There are over twenty College buildings.
The enrollment o f the College is limited to five hundred
students.
The total o f the College endowment is three and one-half
million dollars.
The College was founded in 1864 through the efforts of mem­
bers o f the Religious Society o f Friends, for the purpose of
securing to the youth o f the Society an opportunity for higher
educational training under the guarded supervision and care
o f those o f their own religious faith. Other applicants are ad­
mitted on the same terms as Friends, and nothing of a sec­
tarian character exists in the instruction or in the management
o f the College. According to its first charter, membership on the
Board o f Managers of the College was limited to persons belong­
ing to the Society o f Friends. The purpose o f this restriction
was not to establish sectarian control, but to prevent forever
the possibility o f such control by any sectarian element which
might otherwise have come to be represented on the Board. This
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from the revised charter. The intention o f its founders was to
make the promotion of Christian character the first considera­
tion, and to provide opportunities for liberal culture while main­
taining a high standard of scholarship. These aims have been
followed in the administration o f the institution.
BUILDINGS
Parrish Hall is a massive stone structure, with its central por­
tion separated from the two wings by fireproof compartments.
The central building, 348 feet long and five stories high, fu r­
nishes assembly room, lecture rooms, museum, parlors, dining
hall, and offices. The wings are four stories high. The ground
floor o f each wing is used for lecture and recitation rooms; the
remaining floors contain the dormitories o f the women students.
The House Director and several matrons reside in the building.
Wharton Hall, the main dormitory for men students, is named
in honor o f its donor, Joseph Wharton, late President o f the
Board o f Managers. The capacity o f the hall is about two hun­
dred. It stands in the west campus on the same ridge as Parrish
Hall, and commands a view o f the Delaware River valley.
W orth Hall, a dormitory for seventy women students, is an
attractive building o f native stone, with mottled slate roofs,
including six cottages, contiguous but distinctive in design. It
is situated on the east side o f the campus, near Chester Road and
College Avenue. The building and its equipment were the gift
o f the late W illiam P. Worth, ’76, and the late J. Sharpless
Worth, ex-’73 as a memorial to their parents.
Woolman House, at Elm Avenue and Walnut Lane, is a
smaller dormitory for men students. The house and grounds
were given to the College by Emma C. Bancroft.
The Science Hall is a two-story stone building devoted chiefly
to the departments o f Physics, Biology and Education. It
contains physical and biological laboratories. The east wing of
this building includes a new biological laboratory named in
honor o f Professor Spencer Trotter, commemorating the thir­
tieth anniversary o f the graduation o f the class o f 1890.
The Hall o f Chemistry is a red brick building, two stories
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laboratory furnished with wind and muffled furnaces, a fire­
proof combustion room, a laboratory for advanced organic chem­
istry, a laboratory for gas analysis, a research laboratory, a
photometric dark room, a small lecture room seating fifteen per­
sons, stock rooms, and cloak rooms. On the first floor, are o f­
fices, the laboratory for physical and electro chemistry, the
laboratory for general chemistry, stock rooms, and a balance room
which contains balances mounted on a column built indepen­
dently o f the foundations and floors of the building. The amphi­
theatre lecture room, seating one hundred persons and extending
to the basement, is reached from this floor. On the second floor
are offices, the laboratories for organic chemistry, qualitative an­
alysis and quantitative analysis, two small research laboratories,
two balance rooms, and the library. The chemical library has an
excellent collection of books pertaining to chemistry and files of
twenty-six leading chemical journals, many of which are com­
plete. Through the generosity o f Mrs. Peter T. Berdan, the
library has received a complete set o f the publications o f the
London Chemical Society and a set of the Journal of the Society
o f Chemical Industry, presented by Mrs. Berdan as a memorial
to her son, Frederick T. Berdan, a member of the class o f 1890.
The Sprout Astronomical Observatory, equipped by former
Governor William Cameron Sproul, ’91, contains nine rooms.
On the first floor are offices, a departmental library, a computa­
tion room, class room, and a measuring room. On the second
floor are a lecture room seating seventy-five persons, a dark
room, and the dome room. Practically all the classes of the de­
partment o f Mathematics and Astronomy, and some classes of
other departments are held in the Observatory.
The chief instrument of the equipment is an equatorial re­
fractor o f twenty-four inches aperture, and thirty-six feet focal
length, the mounting and optical parts of which were made by
the John A. Brashear Co., Ltd. The mounting is modern and
convenient, motors being provided for winding the clock and
moving the telescope. The driving clock is electrically con­
trolled. A disc driven by a sidereal clock situated on the north
side o f the pier reads right ascensions directly. The telescope
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dome is a steel structure covered with copper and is revolved by
an electric motor. The telescope is provided with the usual
oculars, helioscope, position micrometer, double-slide plateholder,
and two ray filters.
There is a photographic telescope o f nine inches aper­
ture and forty-five inches focal length, mounted after the de­
sign o f the Bruce telescope at Yerkes Observatory. The instru­
ment is provided with a heavy mounting, a heavy driving clock,
coarse and fine position circles, a guide telescope, and such other
accessories as make it an effective and convenient instrument.
There are two measuring engines for measuring five-by-seven
photographic plates. One o f these was built by Brashear, the
other by Gaertner. During the year 1928-29 there has been
added a heavy screw measuring engine for the measurement of
photographic plates, 18 inches square, built by Dr. H. D. Curtis,
of the Allegheny Observatory. There is also a blink microscope.
Stephen Loines has given to the observatory a Polar Equa­
torial, a new type of telescope, designed and built by the Alvan
Clark and Sons’ Corporation. W ith this type o f telescope the
observer is enabled to make his observations while seated in a
warm room.
The Observatory possesses equipment used for solar eclipse
observations. There is a twin camera consisting o f two photo­
graphic quadruple lenses o f six and three-quarter-inch aperture
and fifteen feet focal length. W ith this instrument it is possible
to make simultaneously two photographs, each eighteen inches
square. There are three driving clocks, one a very heavy clock
made by Klages Brothers o f Pittsburgh, Pa., and two lighter
ones made by Dr. H. D. Curtis, o f the Allegheny Observatory. A
number of lenses o f various apertures and focal lengths, includ­
ing one six-inch portrait lens, and one three-inch portrait lens,
are used for special problems.
The members o f the Observatory staff have conducted four
eclipse expeditions:
Brandon, Colorado, 1918.
Yerbanis, Mexico, 1920.
New Haven, Connecticut, 1925.
Benboelen, Sumatra, 1926.

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The fifth eclipse expedition o f the observatory is at work in
Northern Sumatra during the second semester of 1928-9; a total
eclipse is observable there on May 9, 1929.
The Students Astronomical Observatory, situated on the
campus a short distance southeast o f Parrish Hall, is equipped
for the purposes of instruction.
It contains a refracting
telescope o f six inches aperture, mounted equatorially, fitted
with the usual accessories, including a position micrometer and
a spectroscope. The observatory also contains a transit instru­
ment o f three inches aperture, a sidereal clock and a chrono­
graph. Mounted in a room adjoining the transit room is a Milne
seismograph, presented by the late Joseph Wharton, which
records photographically the E -W components o f vibrations of
the crust of the earth. The latest addition to this observatory
building contains the photographic telescope referred to above.
The Library Building. On the lower east campus, near the
Benjamin West House, stands the Library, a fine specimen of
the English Scholastic Gothic style. The Library was built and
furnished through a gift to the College from the late Andrew
Carnegie and is maintained from the income on a sum sub­
scribed by several friends o f the College. The building is con­
structed o f local granite, with terra cotta and Indiana limestone
trimmings and was erected under the supervision of Edward L.
Tilton, o f New York. In the third story, are placed the West­
minster chimes o f four bells and the Seth Thomas Clock, pre­
sented to the College in June, 1910, by Morris L. Clothier, ’90,
in commemoration o f the twentieth anniversary o f the gradu­
ation o f the Class o f 1890. The first floor o f the main building
contains a stack room and a large reading room finished in dark
oak. The reading room is two stories high, with a gallery round
three sides. On this gallery open the seminar rooms; below
are alcoves containing reference books and other books in com­
mon use.
The Friends Historical Library was founded in 1871 by the
gift o f the late Anson Lapham, a Friend. F or some forty years
this collection o f books by and about Friends, their faith and
their history, was built up by the late Arthur Beardsley, pro­
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In memory of the late Clement M. Biddle, a prominent philan­
thropist o f the Society o f Friends, his son, Clement M.
Biddle, Jr., o f the Class o f 1896, has given to the college a new
wing, added to the south end o f the college library. Here, in a
substantial fire-proof building o f stone and steel, there will be
ample quarters for the preservation and display o f our growing
collection o f books on Quaker history, religion, and literature,
together with such allied ethical and humanitarian subjects as
anti-slavery, care o f Negroes and Indians, woman suffrage, and
also local history.
It is hoped that Friends Meetings will deposit here their
manuscript records for permanent safe-keeping and for con­
sultation.
A n interesting feature will be the Friends museum, on the
mezzanine floor of the large reading room. Here will be ex­
hibited such antiques as old furniture, costumes and portraits
which will serve to review the family life o f the old-time Ameri­
can Quaker. Already, many Friends have contributed old let­
ters, journals, family histories, marriage certificates, samplers,
daguerreotypes, personal relics, wills, deeds, and the like.
Equipped as it is, the new structure will offer an ample and
pleasant place to study Quakerism in all its branches and
Friends are invited to make the library and museum a deposi­
tory for every sort o f material illustrating the religion and
home-life o f members o f the Society in its various eras.
Beardsley Hall is a three-story building o f concrete block con­
struction, with interior work all o f reinforced concrete. It
represents a modern type o f factory building. The ground floor
contains the forge and foundry, the second floor the machine
shop and the third floor the woodworking department.
Hicks Hall, a three-story stone building, is the headquarters
o f the Division o f Engineering. This building was erected in
1920 and was given by Frederick C. Hicks, Swarthmore, class of
1893, and dedicated to the memory o f the Hicks family o f Long
Island, Isaac Hicks, Elias Hicks, Benjamin D. Hicks and Alice
A . Hicks. The first floor is largely taken up by the mechanical
laboratory, and contains, in addition, instrument rooms, research
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tains the electrical laboratory, electrical research and instrument
rooms, offices and class rooms. The third floor has drawing
rooms, an auditorium capable of seating 175 students, a library
containing over 2,000 volumes, a class room and offices.
The Wm. J. Hall Gymnasium for men is a two-story stone
building. On the first floor are offices, examining room, and the
main exercise hall, a room 50 by 80 feet, equipped with appa­
ratus for individual and class work and a court for basketball.
A trophy room and running track are on the second floor.
In the basement are lockers, shower baths, a dressing room for
visiting teams, and handball courts.
Somerville Hall, erected in 1893 through the efforts o f the
Somerville Literary Society, is used as a gymnasium for women
students. It is furnished with apparatus adapted to the Swedish
system o f gymnastics. In the basement are dressing rooms,
showers, and lockers for the use o f day students.
There are two Swimming Pools in separate stone buildings,
one for the women and another for the men. These pools were
presented to the College by Philip M. Sharpies. The building
which houses the women’s swimming pool is connected hy a
corridor with Somerville Hall, and the men’s pool is connected
with the William J. Hall Gymnasium.
The Heating and Lighting Plant. A central heat, light, and
power plant is housed in a single-story brick structure, situated
south o f the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks.
Other buildings upon the campus are the Meeting-house, the
Benjamin W est House (birthplace o f Benjamin West, P. R. A.,
erected in 1724), the President’s House, the Dean’s House, Cun­
ningham House (the residence o f the Professor of Astronomy and
Mathematics), residences for members o f the Faculty, a laundry
building, a lodging house for the domestic servants, and farm
building.
The Cloisters, a new development, is the group o f lodges for
the men’s fraternities and the Wharton Club, now in course of
erection on the west campus facing Wharton Hall. These build­
ings, of native stone, are to be connected by cloisters.
The Bond Memorial Building. The Bond Memorial Building
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W orth Dormitory group in design, construction and spirit. Bond
Memorial, named in honor o f the late Dean Elizabeth Powell
Bond, is a social center for fraternity and non-fraternity girls
alike. It contains a large living room on the first floor, com­
mittee rooms on the second floor, and locker rooms, showers and
kitchen in the basement. The tower o f the building is situated
at the main entrance to the W orth Quadrangle; it has guest
rooms in its upper floors.
The Clothier Auditorium. Plans have been drawn for the
erection on the campus o f an auditorium in memory o f the late
Isaac H. Clothier, for 48 years a member o f the Board of Man­
agers and President o f the Board for seven years. The building
will be the gift o f Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, of Wynnewood, who
was a member o f the Board for 25 years, and other members of
her family.
Swarthmore Field and Alumni Field provide facilities for
outdoor athletics o f the men. Swarthmore Field comprises the
football and lacrosse grounds, and a quarter-mile cinder track
with a two hundred and twenty yards straight-away. There is
a permanent grandstand, seating 1,800 persons, the gift of
Morris L. Clothier, ’90. Alumni Field, contiguous with Swarth­
more Field, provides a baseball ground and an auxiliary football
field. The men’s tennis courts are in front o f W harton Hall.
The front campus affords additional playing fields for lacrosse,
soccer and girls’ hockey.
Cunningham Field, the women’s athletic ground, includes a
part o f the east campus across Chester Road. This, and an area
west o f Worth Dormitory, furnish space for English field hockey,
tennis and basketball. Cunningham Field was given by stu­
dents, alumnae, and friends o f the College as a tribute to the late
Susan J. Cunningham, who was for many years Professor of
Mathematics and Astronomy.
SOCIAL L IF E
Swarthmore, as a coeducational institution, undertakes to pro­
vide college life in a home setting; to supply an atmosphere in
which manly and womanly character may develop naturally and
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of the Dean o f Women and her assistants, who aim to make it a
means of social culture.
RELIGIOUS L IF E
There is a daily assembly o f the College at 9.00 a . m . from
Monday to Friday, inclusive. The “ Collection” on Tuesday and
Thursday is held in Collection Hall, Parrish H all; attendance
o f students is required. This program, which ordinarily lasts
fifteen minutes, is devoted to addresses or musical renditions,
preceded by a period of silence, according to the Friendly tra­
dition. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday there is a meeting
in the Friends’ Meeting House, on the campus, at which atten­
dance is voluntary.
Students under twenty-one years o f age are expected to at­
tend either Friends’ Meeting, held every First-day morning
in the Meeting House, or, at the request o f their parents, the
church in the borough o f the religious denomination to which
they belong. A class to which all students are invited is held
at 10.00 on First-day mornings for the consideration o f religious
subjects.
STU D EN TS’ SOCIETIES
The following are departmental societies o f undergraduates of
the College who held monthly meetings during the academic year :
The Cercle Français
The Chemistry Club
The Classical Club
The Engineers Club
The English Club
The German Club
The Philosophy Club
The Trotter Biological Society.
The programs o f these clubs include the presentation of papers
and addresses by undergraduates and frequently by visiting
scholars and scientists. The William J. Cooper Foundation
regularly makes financial appropriation toward the travel ex­
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The Somerville Forum is an outgrowth o f the Somerville Lit­
erary Society, which was established in 1871. A ll women
students are active members. There is one meeting a month,
for the discussion o f problems o f vital interest to women. The
final meeting in April, known as Somerville Day, is a gathering
of alumnas and active members.
The Little Theatre Club is an organization designed to promote
interest in dramatics and to encourage the production o f the
best modern plays by the talent of the student body. Membership
in the club is based on worthy performance in major roles of at
least two college productions or ability in stage management and
lighting effects.
The Forum is an organization of students of the College who
meet for the study and discussion o f social and political problems.
The Athletic Association is an organization o f the men for the
maintenance of physical training and athletic sports.
The W om en’s Athletic Association is a similar organization of
the women students.
Musical Organizations. The Swarthmore College Orchestra
and Mixed Chorus exist for the purpose o f musical and dramatic
productions in the College and outside. An opera is produced
once a year, and in addition there may be various concerts. The
Swarthmore College Glee Club, for men only, gives concerts in
various cities under alumni auspices.
Christian Associations. The religious life among the students
is furthered by the Young M en’s and Young W om en’s Christian
Associations. Formal and informal receptions and other social
functions are given with the object of promoting fellowship and
a democratic spirit. Public meetings for worship are held every
Sunday evening, the young men meeting in Wharton Hall and
the young women in Parrish Hall.
No student organization o f the College may incur any finan­
cial obligation, or make any contract involving a monetary con­
sideration, without first obtaining the sanction o f the President
o f the College, or of the proper faculty committee under whose
supervision the organization is placed. Students contemplating
a new organization must first consult the President o f the College.

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COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
Two periodicals are published by the students under the super­
vision o f the faculty: The Swarthmore Phoenix is the weekly
newspaper o f the undergraduates; The Portfolio, a literary
magazine o f the undergraduates, is published quarterly; the
Halcyon is published annually by the Junior Class.
The Swarthmore College Bulletin is published quarterly and
contains a record of the matters of permanent importance in
the progress o f the College.
H ONORARY SCH OLARSH IP SOCIETIES
The Swarthmore chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the national
society for the recognition o f scholarship, was organized in 1896.
Each year a certain number o f students in the senior class, or
the junior class, having the highest standing are elected to mem­
bership.
The Swarthmore chapter o f Sigma Tau, the national society
standing for scholastic attainment in engineering, was established
in 1917. Members are chosen from among senior or junior stu­
dents majoring in civil, electrical, mechanical, general or chemical
engineering.
The Swarthmore chapter o f Sigma X i, the national scientific
society for the promotion of research, was granted a charter in
1922. Students may become associate members after two and
one-half years in college provided that, in the opinion o f the
members o f the society, they evidence promise o f research ability,
and may become members after they have produced a piece of
research worthy o f publication.
L IB R A R IE S AND READ IN G ROOMS
The libraries o f the College collectively contain about seventy
thousand volumes.
The chief sources o f income for increasing the collection in
the college library are these: the Edgar Allen Brown Fund,
the Alumni Fund, the General Library Fund, the Carnegie Li­
brary Fund, the George Taber Fund, the Elizabeth Powell Bond
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Residents of the borough of Swarthmore are free to use the
library.
The Friends Historical Library, founded by the late Anson
Lapham, o f Skaneateles, N. Y., contains a valuable and growing
collection o f Friends’ books, tracts, and early writings (many
very rare), photographs o f representative Friends, other objects
of personal and historic interest, and manuscripts relating to the
Society and its history. This collection is carefully stored in
the Library, and it is hoped that Friends and others will deem
it a secure place in which to deposit hooks and other mate­
rial in their possession which may he o f interest in connection
with the history of the Society. Such contributions are solicited,
and should he addressed to the Friends Historical Library,
Swarthmore, Pa. The library is accessible to all persons in­
terested in the doctrines and history o f Friends, and ample
arrangements are provided for its use for consultation and for
reference.
Moreover, the great collections o f books in the library o f the
University o f Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Library and its
Ridgway Branch, the Mercantile Library, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, as well as those in the special and technical
libraries of the city, are open to the use o f students under proper
regulations. The Philadelphia library resources, which are of
special utility in connection with the various departments of
the College, are referred to in the departmental statements.
The Library and the departmental reading rooms are supplied
with reference books and the leading literary, scientific, and
technical journals.
The Library hours are 8.00 a .m . to 10.00 p .m . Monday to
Friday and 8.00 a .m . to 5.00 p .m . on Saturday.
P ublic D ebate and D iscussion
Students enrolling for Public Debate may receive from one to
three hours’ credit at the discretion of the Instructor according
to the work done.
The debates are held under the supervision o f the Debate
Board, an undergraduate body including all students who have
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viser o f debating; In addition to the intercollegiate debates,
usually held on the campus, student speakers appear before
various clubs and discussion groups in Philadelphia and vicinity.
The Swarthmore Chapter of Delta Sigma Rho, the national
honorary forensic society, elects to membership each spring
students who have done outstanding work in debate and other
public speaking contests. To be eligible, students must have
engaged in forensic activities for two years and must have repre­
sented the College in an intercollegiate contest.
The public speaking contests, which are conducted by the
Debate Board, are designed to bring out the ability o f the
students and to stimulate interest in forensic events.
The Delta Upsilon Prize Speaking Contest provides a prize of
$25 for the winner. The sum of $500 has been given to the
College by Owen Moon, Jr., Class o f 1894, the interest from
which is to be used for this purpose.
The Ella Frances Bunting Prizes for the Extemporaneous
Speaking Contests are provided by a gift o f $1,000 from B. M.
Bunting, of New York. Two prizes o f $25 are offered, one con­
tested for by the men and one by the women students.
The Peace Association o f Friends in America offers a first
prize o f $25, and a second prize o f $10 for the best orations on
Peace written by students and delivered in a public contest in
which there shall be not less than five competitors.
The P otter Prize Contest for Debate is open to all students and
a prize of $25 is offered for the best individual speech. This
contest was founded by the late Justice Wm. P. Potter, and is
continued as a memorial to him.
The Sophomore-Freshman Debate is open to all members o f the
two classes. The medals for the members o f the winning team
are provided by the Potter Fund for the Encouragement o f Public
Speaking.
TH E PO TTER FUND
The Potter Fund for the Encouragement o f Public Speaking
consists of five thousand dollars bequeathed to the college by the
late Jessie Bacon Potter in memory o f her husband, Justice
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Contest; its other uses are determined ffrom time to time by the
President of the College and the professor in charge o f public
speaking.
TH E W IL L IA M J. COOPER FOUNDATION
The William J. Cooper Foundation was established by William
J. Cooper, a devoted friend o f the College, whose wife, Emma
Mcllvain Cooper, served as a member of the Board o f Managers
from 1882 to 1923. Mr. Cooper bequeathed to the College the
sum of $100,000 and provided that the income should be used
“ in bringing to the College from time to time eminent citizens
o f this and other countries who are leaders in statesmanship,
education, the arts, sciences, learned professions and business, in
order that the faculty, students and the College community may
be broadened by a closer acquaintance with matters of world
interest.” The Faculty, Staff and students are admitted without
charge.
EXPENSES
The charge for tuition is $400 a year, payable in advance.
For students matriculated in the College before February, 1928,
the tuition charge will be $350 a year. No reduction of the
tuition charge can be made on account o f absence, illness, dis­
missal during the year, or for any other reason whatever, and
no refunding will be made on account o f any said causes.
The charge for board and residence is $500, of which at least
half is payable in advance. The remainder is due on the first of
January. O f this charge $300 is the charge for board; $200
is room-rent.
I f any student for any reason whatsoever shall withdraw or
be withdrawn from College, no portion o f the payment for roomrent shall be refunded or remitted.
In case o f illness and absence from the College extending over
a continuous period o f six weeks or more or withdrawal from
the College for a continuous period of six weeks or more, there
will be a special proportionate reduction in the charge for board
provided that written notice be given to the Superintendent at
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soon as possible after the illness is proven. Oral notice will
not be sufficient to secure this allowance.
Bills for the first payment are mailed before the opening of
the College year and bills for the second payment are mailed
before the first of January following. Payments shall be made
by check or draft to the order o f Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, P a . Every student is responsible for prompt pay­
ment when due.
In case bills for the first semester are not paid by November
1st, and bills for the second semester by March 1st, students
owing such bills may be excluded from all college exercises.
Students withdrawing or dismissed from College on or before
the end o f the first semester receive no benefit from scholarships,
as scholarships are credited at the beginning o f the second
semester.
A ll students except upper class women choose rooms accord­
ing to date o f application for admission. After the Freshman
year women choose rooms by lot.
A deposit o f $50 will be required o f each student, payable
with the regular September bill, to cover incidental bills includ­
ing books, laundry, telephone and room breakage. When this
deposit has been exhausted a new deposit will be required
immediately. A ny unused balance will be returned at the end
o f each year.
Special students who enroll for less than the prescribed num­
ber o f hours will be charged according to the number of hours
at $15 per semester hour.
Faculty rates for the dining room a re: Per college year, $300;
per month, $40; per week, $9.50; single breakfast, 30 cents;
single lunch, 45 cents; single dinner, 65 cents.
The College is closed during the Christmas recess. Students
who desire to remain in Swarthmore or its vicinity at that time
may secure board at moderate charge in homes recommended by
the faculty. Students who desire to remain at the College dur­
ing the spring recess will be charged a proportionate sum for
board. Students leaving property in any college building dur­
ing the summer recess do so at their own risk.
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their last examination is over in the spring in order that their
rooms may be used by Commencement visitors.
Students purchase their own hooks, stationery and drawing
instruments, which may be obtained at the College Bookstore at
low rates. A reasonable rate is charged for laundry work done
at the College.
A fee o f $10 a semester is charged in every laboratory science,
except in Chemistry.
The fees in the department o f Chemistry and Chemical En­
gineering are as follow s: For the course in Assaying, no fee, but
students pay for all breakage and all materials used; for the
course in Mineralogy $3 a semester; for all other courses in
this department $15 a semester. In addition to the above-named
fees every student graduating in the department o f Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering is charged $25, in lieu o f fees, for
apparatus and chemicals used, in connection with his thesis.
This last named fee is payable at the beginning of the second
semester o f the Senior year.
A fee o f $10 for each semester will be charged for each course
in surveying, mechanical laboratory, electrical laboratory or
illumination.
Students are charged a fee o f $1 a semester for the use o f gym­
nasium and swimming pools. This amount includes locker rental.
The expenses o f a student at Swarthmore, beyond the pay­
ments made directly to the College, vary according to the indi­
vidual. Budgets reported by present students show that total
expenditures for tuition, board, books, clothing, and recreation
range from $1,100 to $1,500 for the academic year.
IN F IR M A R Y REGULATIONS
1. Students suffering from any o f the communicable diseases
(contagious or infectious) must reside in the infirmaries for the
period of their illness.
2. Students suffering from illness which makes it necessary
for them to remain in bed must reside in the infirmaries for the
period o f their illness. It is the duty of the College to protect
as far as possible the health o f students, this applying to those
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3. F ees.— A fee of $1.50 per day shall be paid by those occupy­
ing the infirmaries. A fee o f twenty-five cents shall be charged
to those not occupying the infirmaries for each meal served out­
side the dining room.
4. A bsence f r o m Classes.— W hen illness demands absence
from classes the student in question should report at once his or
her case to the nurses or resident physician. Excuses will not be
granted to those failing to comply with this ride.
5. Students shall have the opportunity to select their own
physician. The resident physician, E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D., in
charge o f both infirmaries, is available by appointment for ex­
amination or advice on matters o f health. No charge is made
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F E LLO W SH IPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
FELLOWSHIPS
The J oshua L ippincott F ellowship o f $600, founded by the
late H oward W . L ippincott, o f the Class of 1875, in memory
o f his father, is awarded annually by the faculty, with the con­
currence o f the Instruction Committee, to a graduate o f the
College o f at least one year’s standing for the pursuit of gradu­
ate study under the direction of the faculty or with their ap­
proval. Applications for the Joshua Lippincott Fellowship for
the year 1930-31 must be received by the faculty before Febru­
ary 16, 1930.
The L ucretia M ott F ellowship, founded by the Somerville
Literary Society and sustained by the contributions o f its life
members, has yielded an annual income since its foundation of
$525. It is awarded each year by a committee o f the faculty
(selected by the society), with the concurrence o f the life mem­
bers o f the society, to a young woman graduate of that year who
is to pursue advanced study at some other institution approved
by this committee.
The J ohn L ockwood M emorial F ellowship o f $600 was
founded by the bequest o f Lydia A . Lockwood, o f New York,
in memory o f her brother, John Lockwood. It was the wish
o f the donor that the fellowship be awarded to a member o f the
Society o f Friends. It is to be awarded annually by the faculty,
with the consent o f the Instruction Committee, to a graduate
o f the College o f at least one year’s standing, for the pursuit of
graduate studies under the direction of the faculty or with their
approval. Applications for this fellowship for 1930-31 must be
received by the faculty by February 16, 1930.
The H annah A. L eedom F ellowship o f $500 was founded
by the bequest o f Hannah A . Leedom. It is awarded annu­
ally by the faculty, with the consent o f the Instruction Com­
mittee, to a graduate o f the College o f at least one year’s stand­
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the faculty or with their approval. Applications for this fel­
lowship for 1930-31 must be received by the faculty by Febru­
ary 16, 1930.
The M artha E. T yson F ellowship o f $450, founded by the
Somerville Literary Society in 1913, is sustained by the contribu­
tions o f life members o f the society. It is awarded annually
by a joint committee o f the faculty and the society (elected by
the society) with the concurrence o f the life members o f the
society to a woman graduate o f Swarthmore Collge, who has
taught successfully for two years after her graduation, and ex­
pects to continue teaching. The recipient o f the award is to
pursue a course o f study fitting her for more efficient work in
an institution approved by the Committee o f Award. Applica­
tions for this fellowship for 1930-31 must be received by the
Committee o f Award not later than February 1, 1930.

SCHOLARSHIPS

1. The W estbury Quarterly Meeting, N. Y., S cholarship
is awarded annually by a committee o f that Quarterly Meeting.
2. Each of the following funds yields annually about $250 and
is awarded at the discretion o f the College to students needing
pecuniary aid, whose previous work has demonstrated their
earnestness and ability:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f )
( g)
( h)
(i)

The R ebecca M. A tkinson S cholarship F und.
The B arclay G. A tkinson S cholarship F und.
The T homas L. L eedom S cholarship F und.
The Mark E. R eeves S cholarship F und.
The T homas W oodnut S cholarship F und.
The Sarah E. L ippincott S cholarship F und.
The W illiam D orsey S cholarship F und
The J oseph T. S ullivan S cholarship F und.
The D eborah F. W harton S cholarship F und.

3. The A nnie S hoemaker S cholarship, a free scholarship
o f $500 for the first college year, is awarded annually to a young
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4. The H arriet W . P aiste F und is limited by the following
words from the donor’s w ill: “ the interest to he applied an­
nually to the education of female members o f our Society of
Friends (holding their Yearly Meeting at Fifteenth and Race
Streets, Philadelphia) whose limited means would exclude them
from enjoying the advantages o f an education at the College.
5. The M ary W ood F und is limited by the following words
from the donor’s w ill: “ the income thereof to be, by the proper
officers thereof, applied to the maintenance and education at
said college o f one female student therein, one preparing for
the avocation o f a teacher to be preferred as the beneficiary,
but in all other respects the application o f the income o f said
Fund to be in the absolute discretion o f the college.”
6. The H ilda C larke M emorial S cholarship of $100 is
awarded annually to a woman undergraduate of the College.
7. The following scholarships were offered for work done in the
College in 1927-28. They are of the value o f $200 each o f resi­
dent, and $100 each for day students, and are awarded in each
instance to that member o f each o f the respective classes who
shall be promoted without conditions, and shall have the best
.record o f scholarship upon the regular work o f the year:
(a) The S amuel J. U nderhill S cholarship will be
awarded to a member o f the Sophomore Class.
(&) The A nson L apham S cholarship will be awarded to
a member o f the Freshman Class.
8. The S amuel W illets F und provides several scholarships
for resident students needing pecuniary aid, whose previous work
has demonstrated their earnestness and ability. They will be
awarded at the discretion of the Committee on Trusts. A ppli­
cation should be made to the President of the College.
9. In addition to the above fund, Samuel Willets gave four
scholarships in the name o f his children, F rederick W illets,
E dward W illets, W alter W illets, and Caroline M. F rame.
These scholarships are awarded by the respective parties, their
heirs or assigns, and are o f the value o f $250 each.
10. The I. V . W illiamson S cholarship for P reparatory
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dent students, and $75 each for day students, are offered to
.members o f classes graduating in 1929 in the following schools:
1 to Friends’ Central School (B oy s’ Depart­
ment) ................................................ ..........
1 to Friends’ Central School (G irls’ Depart­
ment) .........................................................
1 to Friends’ Seminary .....................................
1 to Friends’ S c h o o l......................................... •
1 to Friends’ S c h o o l..........................................
1 to Friends’ High School ................. ............
1 to Friends’ A ca d em y .....................................
1 to Friends’ Select S e h o o l..............................
1 to Brooklyn Friends’ S c h o o l........................
1 to George School (B oy s’ Departm ent).......
1 to George School (G irls’ Departm ent).......

Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
New York, N. Y .
Baltimore, Md.
Wilmington, Del.
Moorestown, N. J.
Locust Valley, N. Y.
Washington, D. C.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
George School, Pa.
George Sehool, Pa.

These scholarships are awarded under the following condi­
tions :
(а) The candidates will he required to take the examinations
o f the College Entrance Examination Board in Senior
English, Algebra A and one foreign language. The
scholarship will be awarded only to that candidate who
makes a passing grade o f 60 per cent in each subject
required for admission and who makes the highest aver­
age grade.
(б ) Examinations must he completed before July 1 preceding
the year o f admission to College. A candidate may
take any examination fo r which his preparation is com­
plete in any year of the college preparatory course.
(c ) No scholarship will he awarded to applicants who fail to
be admitted without conditions.
(d) Every holder o f such scholarship must pursue in College
the studies leading regularly to the degree o f Bachelor
o f Arts.
11. The H elen E. W . S quier S cholarship, originally one of
the Anson Lapham Scholarships, is awarded annually by Mrs.
Chester Roberts, o f Swarthmore, to a student in need o f financial
aid. The scholarship has the value o f $250.
12. T he P hebe A nna T horne F und provides several scholar­
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work has demonstrated their earnestness and their ability. This
gift includes a clause o f preference to those students who are
members o f the New York Monthly Meeting o f Friends. These
scholarships are awarded by the College under the regulations
fixed by the Board. Application should be made to the Presi­
dent o f the College.
13. The W estern S warthmore Club offers in conjunction
with the College one scholarship o f $700 open for competition
to all high and preparatory school graduates west of the Alle­
gheny Mountains. Students interested are requested to apply to
the President o f the Club.
14. The M art Coates P reston S cholarship F und. A sum
o f money has been left by will o f Elizabeth Coates to Josephine
Beistle, o f Swarthmore, as trustee, the annual interest o f which
will be about $350. This amount is given by the trustee as a
scholarship to a young woman student in Swarthmore College,
preferably to a relative of the donor.
15. The J oseph E. Gillingham F und, with an annual income
o f $2,500 was bequeathed to the College in 1907 with the stipu­
lation, “ I request but I do not direct that part o f the income of
this legacy may be used for free scholarships fo r meritorious
students.”
16. The J onathan K. T aylor S cholarship, in accordance
with the donor’s will, is awarded by the Board o f Trustees of the
Baltimore Monthly Meeting o f Friends. This scholarship is first
open to descendants o f the late Jonathan K. Taylor. Then, while
preference is to be given to members o f the Baltimore Yearly
Meeting o f Friends, it is not to be confined to them when suit­
able persons in membership cannot be found.
17. The T. H. D udley P erkins M emorial S cholarship of
$600 is given for the academic year 1929-30 to the best young
man candidate as judged by a committee o f the faculty appointed
by the President o f the College for the purpose. The award
will be made and the following points determined by the cre­
dentials o f the secondary school from which the successful can­
didate is a graduate. First. Qualities o f manhood, force o f char­
acter and leadership, 50 points. Second. Literary and scholastic
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shown by participation in out-of-door sports or in other ways,
20 points.
These requirements are similar to theNconditions o f the Rhodes
Scholarship. This scholarship is founded in honor of T. H.
Dudley Perkins, Swarthmore, 1906, who died in the service of
his country in 1918. The qualifications required of the holder
of this scholarship are such as Dudley Perkins possessed in a
marked degree. The donors o f this scholarship are his wife,
Alice Sullivan Perkins, ’04; his sister, Marion Perkins Jessup,
’94; and his brother, E. Russell Perkins, ’l l .
18. The S arah K aighn Cooper S cholarship, founded by
Sallie K. Johnson in memory of her grandparents, Sarah Kaighn
and Sarah Cooper, is awarded by the faculty to the member of
the Junior Class who shall have, since entering College, the best
record for scholarship, character, and influence. The value o f
this scholarship for the year 1929-30 is $250.
19. Swarthmore College Open S cholarships. Swarthmore
College in 1922 established experimentally five annual open com­
petitive scholarships fo r men, not confined to any particular
school, locality, subject o f study, or religious denomination.
These scholarships are based upon the general plan o f the
Rhodes Scholarships and are given to candidates who show great­
est promise in :
(1) Qualities o f manhood, force o f character and leadership.
(2) Literary and scholastic ability and attainments.
(3) Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or
in other ways.
The regulations under which these scholarships will be awarded
in 1929 are as follow s:
The stipend o f a Swarthmore College Open Scholarship will
be five hundred dollars ($500) a year, which will cover the
greater part o f a man’s college expenses.
Each scholarship is tenable for four consecutive years, subject
to the maintenance o f a high standing in the College.
A candidate to be eligible m ust:
(a)
Be between the ages o f 16 and 21 on September 1st o f the
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(&) Be qualified to enter Swarthmore College on certificate
with fifteen units of credit as prescribed in the college catalogue.
(c) Not have attended another college or university.
Each candidate must secure the endorsement o f the principal
o f his preparatory school and not more than two candidates may
be selected to represent a particular school in the competition for
any one year.
Scholars will be selected without written examination on the
basis (1) o f their school record as shown by the material called
for in the application blank and (2) o f a personal interview
with some representative of the college. It is expected that these
interviews can be arranged in practically any part o f the United
States so as to make it unnecessary fo r candidates to travel any
considerable distance. Application blanks duly filled out and
accompanied by the material specified must reach the Dean of
Swarthmore College on or before A pril 16, 1929. References
will be followed up, interviews arranged in various parts of the
country, and the awards announced early in June.
The awards for 1928-32 a re:
W illiam R aoul A ltstaetter, The Loomis Institute, Windsor, Conn.
J ohn W ainwright E vans , J r., George School, George School, Pa.
R obert E. H adeler, Oakwood High School, Dayton, Ohio.
R alph B urdette H ead, McClain S ig h School, Greenfield, Ohio.
T homas A. W ilson , Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Del.
Carl K . D ellmuth , o f the Class o f 1931, was awarded a vacant Open
Scholarship.

The T. H. Dudley Perkins Memorial Scholarship, awarded on
the same basis as the Open Scholarships, went to H. Prank
Brown, o f the Las Cruces, New Mexico, High School, for 1928-29.
This year there were 110 candidates from 19 states. Candidates
were interviewed in various parts o f the country by representa­
tives o f the committee o f selection, including Swarthmore alumni
and former Rhodes scholars. The committee o f selection com­
prised Acting President John A. Miller, Dean Raymond Walters,
Dr. Robert C. Brooks and Dr. E. L. Mercer, of the Swarthmore
Faculty, E. M. Bassett, ’05, and J. Archer Turner, ’05, o f the
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20. The J ames E. M iller S cholarship. Under the will of
Arabella M. Miller, the sum o f $5,986 was awarded to the Cam­
bridge Trust Company, Trustee under the will of James E.
Miller, to be applied to scholarships in Swarthmore College. An
annual income of approximately $340 is available and may be
applied toward the payment of hoard and tuition o f students of
Delaware County (preference to be given to residents o f Nether
Providence Township) to be selected by Swarthmore College
and approved by the Trustee.
21. S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e O p e n S c h o l a r s h ip s f o r W o m e n .
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. White, of the Class o f 1875, on the oc­
casion o f the Fiftieth Reunion o f that class, established three open
competitive scholarships for women, founded in the names of
Howard White, Jr., Serena B. White, and Walter W . Green.
Each scholarship is tenable for three years and one appointment
will be made each year. These scholarships are not confined to
any particular school, locality, subject or study, or religious de­
nomination. They are based upon the general plan of the Rhodes
Scholarships, and will be given to candidates who show greatest
promise in :
(1) Qualities o f womanhood, force o f character and leader­
ship.
(2) Literary and scholastic ability and attainments.
(3) Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or
in other ways.
The regulations under which these scholarships will be awarded
are as follow s:
The stipend o f each scholarship will be five hundred dollars
($500) a year, which will cover the greater part of a woman’s
college expenses.
Each scholarship is tenable for three consecutive years, sub­
ject to the maintenance o f high standing in college. Holders of
these scholarships will in their Senior year be eligible for other
scholarship appointments available in the college.
In case any appointment has to be forfeited for scholastic or
others reasons, the scholarship will be awarded competitively for
the unexpired term ; preference in making the award will be given
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A candidate to be eligible m ust:
(а) Be between the ages o f 16 and 21 on September 1st of
the year for which she is elected.
(б) Be qualified to enter Swarthmore College with fifteen
units o f credit as prescribed in the college catalogue,
pages 39-43.
(c) Not have attended another college or university.
Each candidate must secure the endorsement o f the principal
o f her preparatory school and not more than two candidates may
be selected to represent a particular school in the competition
for any one year.
Scholars will be selected without written examination on the
basis (1) o f their school record as shown by the material called
for in the application blank printed on the reverse side o f this
sheet, and (2) o f a personal interview with some representative
o f the college. It is expected that these interviews can he ar­
ranged in practically any part of the United States so as to make
it unnecessary for candidates to travel any considerable distance.
Application blanks duly filled out and accompanied by the
material specified must reach the Dean o f Women o f Swarthmore
College on or before November 15, 1929. References will be fol­
lowed up, interviews arranged in various parts o f the country,
and the awards announced about February 1, 1930.
There were 110 candidates for the Swarthmore College Open
Scholarships for Women for 1928-29, representing 21 states and
the District o f Columbia. Interviews with the leading candi­
dates were conducted in various parts o f the country by repre­
sentatives o f the Committee o f Award and by Swarthmore
alumni. The Committee o f Award comprised Acting President
John A . Miller, Dean Raymond Walters, Dean Ethel H. Brew­
ster, Dean Frances Blanshard, Lucy Biddle Lewis, of the Swarth­
more Board of Managers, and three alumnae o f the College,
Hannah Clothier Hull, ’91, of Swarthmore, Alice Smedley Pal­
mer, ’89, and Anna Miehener, ’16, o f New York City.
Two scholarships were awarded for 1928-29:
D orothy K eller, Deerfield-Shields High School, Highland Park, 111.
W inifred M arvin, New Haven High School, New Haven, Conn.

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22. The S warthmobe A lumnae S cholarship established by
the Philadelphia and New York Alumnae Clubs, awarded on the
same basis as the Open Scholarships went to Prances Reinhold,
o f Overbrook High School, Philadelphia, for 1928-29.
23. The E dward Clarkson W ilson S cholarship. A scholar­
ship with a capital fund of $2,500 has been established at
Swarthmore by friends o f Edward Clarkson Wilson, ’91,
formerly Principal o f the Baltimore Friends School. The annual
value o f this scholarship is $125. It will be awarded each year
to a former student of the Baltimore Friends School, who has
been approved by the faculty of the School, on the basis
o f (1) high character; (2) high standing in scholarship. The
scholarship is open to Freshmen at Swarthmore, to members of
all religious denominations. In any year when there is no out­
standing candidate from the students o f the Baltimore Friends
School, the scholarship will be awarded to another young man
or woman who shall meet the required standards and who is
approved by the School faculty and the College.
24. The Ivy Medal is placed in the hands of the faculty by a
friend o f the College, to be awarded on Commencement Day to
a male member o f the graduating class. The regulations govern­
ing the award are as follow s:
(1 ) The idea behind the Ivy Medal is in general the Rhodes Scholarship
qualifications including (a ) qualities o f manhood, force o f character, and
leadership; (6 ) literary and scholastic ability and attainments. This has
been phrased by the donor in the words “ leadership based upon character
and scholarship.”
(2 ) I t is the wish o f the donor that the medal should not be awarded on
a mere basis o f averages. Instead, it is desired that the winner should be a
man who gives promise o f distinction either in character or in intellectual
attainments, as opposed to a man who has merely made the most o f mediocre
abilities.
(3 ) On the other hand, it is the wish o f the donor that the medal should
not go to a man who, while showing excellence in some one respect, has fallen
seriously below the standard in others.

25. The Oak Leaf Medal is placed in the hands of the faculty
by a friend of the College, to be awarded on Commencement Day
to a young woman member of the graduating class for loyalty,
scholarship, and service.

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ADM ISSION
Admission to Swarthmore College is competitive, the basis of
selection being evidences o f sound scholarship and o f high char­
acter.
In the determination o f scholarship the factors considered are:
(1) Success in school studies, as shown by the school record.
Ranking in the highest quarter o f the candidate’s class
at school is, in general, the minimum for consideration.
Good ratings in examinations o f the College Entrance
Examination Board will be considered as evidence of
sound scholarship.
(2) Outside reading and activity which demonstrate genuine
interest in literary or scientific matters.
(3) The Scholastic Aptitude Test o f the College Entrance
Examination Board.
Candidates fo r September, 1930, may take the Scholas­
tic Aptitude Test in June, 1929*
As to character, the qualities sought are the simplicity, moral
earnestness and idealism which have been traditionally associated
with the Society of Friends and with Swarthmore College.
Preference is given to candidates who are children o f Friends
or o f Alumni o f the College, provided they meet in all re­
spects the standards set .by the College for admission. I f
such candidates do not rank in the highest quarter of their
school class, they may be given opportunity to qualify by
passing certain examinations o f the College Entrance E x­
amination Board, including the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
The size o f the Freshman class each year is determined by the
resolution o f the Board o f Managers which limits the total en­
rollment o f the College to 500 students, 250 men and 250 women.
Candidates for admission should make early application.
Record of their school work for the first three years, signed by
the school Principal, should be submitted one year prior to ad­
mission. Application blanks and certificate blanks are furnished
* The application for the Test should be addressed to the College Entrance
Examination Board, 431 West 117 Street, New York City.

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by the Dean of the College upon request. Certificates are re­
turned to the school principals in the spring for the Record of
the Senior year.
Applicants whose school records are good are invited to call
at Swarthmore College at suitable times during the year for
interviews. Persons living too far from Swarthmore to make
this possible are interviewed by representatives o f the College in
any part o f the United States.
The applications o f women applicants must be filed by
December 15 and o f men applicants by A pril 15.
The names o f the women applicants accepted for admission
are announced as soon as possible after March 1, and the names
o f the men applicants as soon as possible after May 1, of the
year o f admission.
S u b j e c t R e q u ir e m e n t s
A

d m is s io n s

and

P rocedure

of t h e

C o m m it t e e

Requirements may be met
(1) B y passing examinations o f the College Entrance Ex­
amination Board or
(2) B y satisfactory certificates from accredited schools.
The basis for admission is the twofold one of scholarship and
character. The Admissions Committee’s procedure fo r deter­
mining these is
(1) To inspect the applicant’s examination record or school
record and
(2 ) To interview the applicant and to consider personal
letters o f recommendation.

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The subjects required for entrance to Swarthmore College are
as follows:
Elementary Algebra
Plane Geometry.
English ....................
tForeign Language .
H is to r y .....................

i y 2 units '
*
3
4
1

Advanced A lg e b r a .............................. Yu
•Solid G eom etry.................................... %
•Plane Trigonometry .......................... Yi
Latin ........................................ 2, 3 or 4
G r e e k .......................
2, 3 or 4
French ...................................... 2, 3 or 4
German .................................... 2, 3 or 4
Spanish .................................... 2, 3 or 4
Ancient History ........................... .. •.1
Medieval and Modern H is to r y .........1
Modern History .................................. 1
English History .................................. 1
American History .............................. 1
Civil G overnm ent................................ Yt
Physics ...................................................1
Chem istry...............................................I
Botany ...................................... Ys 01 1
Z o o lo g y ...............t ............... Yi 01 1
Physical Geography ............... Yi or 1
Freehand D ra w in g ................... Yu or 1
Mechanical Drawing.................% or 1
Satisfactory Free E le ctiv e s..............3

Un*
units
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unit
unit
units
units
units
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units
unit
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Required subjects, ten and
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one half units.

Optional subjects four
and one half units.

t Two units are acceptable for admission o f engineering students.
* Required for admission for engineering students.

Detailed definitions o f the requirements in all subjects listed
above, including lists of experiments in the natural sciences are
given in a special circular of information published annually
by the College Entrance Examination Board. Copies o f this
document may be obtained from the Secretary o f the Board, 431
West 117th Street, New York, N. Y , Upon request to the Board
a single copy will be sent to any teacher without charge. In
general a charge o f twenty cents, which may he remitted in
postage stamps, will he made.

ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS

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COLLEGE ENTRANCE E X A M IN ATIO N BOARD
E

x a m i n a t io n s o p

June

17-22, 1929

Examinations will be held in nearly 400 towns and cities in
the United States and abroad.
Blank forms for the “ Application for Examination” and the
“ Teacher’s Recommendation” may be obtained from the Secre­
tary o f the College Entrance Examination Board upon request
by mail. The application should be returned to the College En­
trance Examination Board, 431 West 117 Street, New York City.
The Teacher’s Recommendation should be sent directly to the
Committee on Admission o f the college concerned.
Applications for examination must be received by the Secre­
tary o f the Board on or before the dates specified below: For
candidates who wish to be examined in the United States at
points east o f the Mississippi River or on the Mississippi, May 27.
For candidates who wish to be examined in the United States
at points west of the Mississippi River or in Canada, May 20.
For candidates who wish to be examined in centers outside
of the United States, Canada, or Asia, May 6. For candidates
who wish to be examined in Asia, A pril 22.
Every application for examination must be accompanied by
the examination fee, which is $10 for all candidates. This fee
should be remitted by postal order, express order, or draft on
New York, payable to the College Entrance Examination Board.
When a candidate has failed to obtain the required blank form
o f application for examination the usual examination fee will
be accepted if the fee arrive not later than the specified date
accompanied by a memorandum containing the name and ad­
dress o f the candidate, the exact examination center selected, and
a list o f the subjects in which the candidate expects to take the
Board examinations.
A n application for examination received later than the date
specified above will be accepted when it is possible to arrange
for the examination of the candidate concerned, but only upon
payment o f an additional fee o f five dollars.
The designation o f the center to which the candidate will
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application for examination. A list o f places at which examina­
tions will he held in June, 1929, will he published about March
1. Requests that the examinations he held at particular points
should be transmitted to the Secretary of the College Entrance
Examination Board not later than February 1.
Candidates should report for a morning examination at 8.45
and fo r an afternoon examination at 1.45, Standard or Day­
light Saving Time, according to the usage o f the local public
schools. Under no circumstances will a candidate be admitted
to the Scholastic Aptitude Test after 9.00 a . m .
Detailed definitions o f the requirements in all examination
subjects are given in a circular of information published an­
nually about December 1 by the College Entrance Examination
Board. Upon request a single copy o f this document will be sent
to any teacher without charge. In general a charge o f twentyfive cents, which may be remitted in postage, will be made.
A D V A N C E D STANDING
F or favorable consideration, applicants for advanced stand­
ing must have had a high scholastic record in the institution
from which they desire to transfer, and must present full creden­
tials for both college and preparatory work and a letter of
honorable dismissal. In general, students are not admitted to
advanced standing later than the beginning o f the Junior year.
REQUIREM ENTS F O R GRADUATION
Swarthmore College offers (1) General courses leading to the
degree o f Bachelor o f Arts and to the degree of Bachelor of
Science, and (2) Honors courses leading to these same degrees
with Honors.
The General course requirement fo r the Bachelor of Arts de­
gree calls for 120 semester hours in prescribed and elective sub­
jects, with a like number o f quality points. The requirement
for the Classes o f 1929, ’30 and ’31 remains 124 semester hours
and 124 quality points. The Bachelor o f Science requirements
for the Departments of Engineering and o f Chemistry range
from 132 to 140 semester hours, with 120 quality points. The

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prescribed number o f hours for General students in liberal arts
is 15 for each semester and for General students in engineering
and in chemistry ranges from 17 to 20 for each semester. Each
candidate for graduation in the General courses is required to
select some one department as his m ajor and is held for com­
prehensive examination in his major at the close o f his senior
year.
For the first two years under the Honors plan, students take
regular courses and meet the usual requirements as to prescribed
subjects and semester-hour and quality-point regulations. Then,
i f they have shown ability and promise in some one o f ten fields
o f knowledge, they may be admitted to that field for independent
study and weekly group discussions under the Swarthmore
Honors plan. Honors students are relieved from class recitations
and specific hour requirements during their junior and senior
years and instead prepare for a series o f comprehensive examina­
tions at the end o f their senior year, drawn up by external
examiners. The scope and details o f the Honors plan are given
on pages 50-66.
In addition to scholastic credits fo r graduation, all students
are held for physical training as set forth on pages 122-125, and
for attendance at Collection exercises o f the College, as stated
on page 21.
Definition of Terms. A semester hour, as used in the fore­
going statement, signifies one recitation or lecture (or its
equivalent) a week throughout one semester o f 15 weeks, ex­
clusive o f the week or more devoted to final examinations. A
recitation or lecture is regularly 55 minutes long, and the prepa­
ration o f the student is estimated at an average o f two hours for
each class exercise. In the Departments o f Engineering, Biology,
and Chemistry a laboratory period is three hours in length. In
other departments, where additional work is required outside
o f the laboratory, the laboratory period is two hours in length.
The meaning o f the term quality point is as follows: A nu­
merical value called a point is given to the grade letters on this
basis: for grade A, three points for each semester hour o f course
in which the grade is received; for grade B, two points; for
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ficient to pass a course, but does not count any point. In ac­
cordance with this valuation, the requirements in points for
graduation o f students in General courses both in liberal arts and
in engineering and chemistry, is 120. This is a requirement for
liberal arts students o f an average grade o f C.
Extra or Less Hours.— Students are not allowed to carry more
nor less than the prescribed amount o f work except in special
cases approved by the Committee on Prescribed and Extra Work.
It is sometimes difficult to make out a course o f study for the
exact number of hours, and for this reason a variation of one
hour more or less than the prescribed number o f hours may be
allowed by the course adviser. In such cases the endorsement of
the course adviser must be secured in writing on the Enrollment
Card.
Students desiring to carry more than one hour in excess of
the prescribed number, or more than one hour below the pre­
scribed number, must make application to the Committee on
Prescribed and Extra W ork on a regular form provided for the
purpose by the Dean. No student whose marks have fallen be­
low C in any subject or below B in more than one department
during the preceding semester shall be permitted to enroll for
more than one hour in excess o f the prescribed number. No
application o f a student to enroll for more or less than the pre­
scribed number of hours shall be considered by the committee
unless accompanied by the written endorsement o f the course
adviser.
PRESCRIBED SUBJECTS

Following a long study by the Committee on Instruction, the
Faculty in 1926-27 made important modifications in the curric­
ulum prescribed for the A.B. degree, effective with the class
entering Swarthmore in September, 1927. In place of a quanti­
tative requirement of hours there is substituted a qualitative
standard o f attainment in subjects considered essential to a
liberal education. Students who pass examinations set to test
proficiency in prescribed subjects are excused from specificaally required courses and allowed to devote the hours thus
released to more advanced work.

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The effect o f thè changes is to afford greater flexibility to
the work o f the first two years in order to meet individual
needs o f students, especially of those who have done superior
work in good schools.
I.
Prescribed Studies.— These studies are to be taken by all
students for graduation, except in cases where unusually well
qualified students gain exemption by examination. The whole
o f the first year is normally devoted to five of the prescribed
studies with one elective.
The time and order in which the remaining studies are taken
may vary according to the requirements of each department.
Group 1. English.— Six hours o f reading and writing known
as Freshman English, or, for students who pass at entrance to
College an examination set to test proficiency in English, six
hours o f free electives in English or foreign literature or the
Fine Arts.
Group 2. Foreign Languages.— (a) proficiency in one foreign
language (Greek or Latin or French or German) or (b) a read­
ing knowledge o f two foreign languages, one o f which must be
Greek or Latin or French or German. Spanish or Italian may
be presented as the second language.
(a) Proficiency.
The degree o f proficiency required is the ability to read and
translate with facility average works o f reference; to write
simple prose and (in the case of modern languages) to under­
stand and reply to questions in the language. Such proficiency
would ordinarily be gained by students
(1 ) Who have had a thorough training in the language in a
good secondary school for four years or more and who give
evidence o f this by passing creditably an examination set
upon entrance to College: or
(2) W ho pass examinations of equivalent difficulty after
one or more years of College work.
(b ) Reading Knowledge.
B y a reading knowledge is meant ability to read and translate
simple stories and to consult effectively works o f reference in
the two foreign languages offered. The measure o f reading
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(1) Who have had a thorough training in the language in a
good secondary school for two years or more, and who give
evidence o f this by passing creditably an examination set
upon entrance to College: or
(2) W ho pass creditably in College examinations set to test
their reading knowledge as defined above.
Group 3. Twelve hours in the following departments: History,
History of Religion and Philosophy, Economics, Political
Science, Education and Fine Arts. (The requirement is nine
hours for students in engineering and in chemistry.)
Group 4. Biology, Chemistry, Physics— Six hours, to be taken
in any one of the three departments, and to include at least one
credit-hour o f laboratory work throughout a year.
Group 5. Mathematics, Astronomy.— Six hours, to be taken in
either one of the two studies; or, no requirement o f hours for
students who pass at entrance to College an examination de­
signed to test:
'
a. Ability to understand a reading problem o f moderate diffi­
culty.
b. A moderate degree of manipulative skill in Algebra, includ­
ing factoring and the solving o f simple simultaneous equa­
tions and quadratic equations o f moderate difficulty.
c. Ability to make and to understand graphs.
d. Ability to read definitions and to understand exactly what
they mean.
e. Ability to solve originals o f moderate difficulty in Plane
Geometry.
Group 6. Physical Education.— For the prescribed amount
o f work in this department, see the statements under the De­
partment o f Physical Education.
Students who fail in the required courses of the freshman
year shall enroll in these courses during the sophomore year.
No deviation from this rule will be allowed except on the writ­
ten endorsement o f the course adviser, and after notification to
the professor in charge of the subject in which the student
failed.
A ll prescribed studies must be completed or in actual process
o f completion at the beginning o f the senior year except in cases

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where such prescribed work is not offered until the second semes­
ter o f the senior year.
No substitution o f elective for prescribed work where more
than one semester is involved shall be permitted after the be­
ginning o f the senior year, nor in any case after the beginning
o f the second semester o f the senior year.
Application for permission to substitute an elective for a pre­
scribed study must be made to the Committee on Prescribed and
Extra W ork on a regular form provided by the Dean for the
purpose.
II.
Elective Studies.— The remaining work required for grad­
uation may be elected from any department or departments of
the College.
The following subjects are open to election, in so far as the
exigencies o f the College program will permit :
Accounting,
Astronomy,
Bible Study,
Botany,
Business Law,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Education,
Engineering,
English,

Fine Arts,
French,
Geology,
German,
Greek,
History,
History o f the Quakers,
History o f Religion,
History o f Science,
Latin,

Mathematics,
Philosophy,
Physics,
Physiology,
Political Science,
Psychology,
Public Speaking,
Spahish,
Zoology.

III.
Major Subject.— Every candidate for graduation is re­
quired to select the work o f some one department as his major.
In most cases the selection may well be postponed until the be­
ginning o f the second year. In the department thus chosen the
student must complete 18 hours as a minimum (the pre­
scribed work done in the m ajor study to be included in this
minimum), and the professor in charge may, at his option, de­
termine the work o f 36 hours, provided six hours shall
not be in his own department. I f the major study is one of the
languages, at least six hours of the prescribed work must be
taken in another language.
Seniors in the General courses of the college are held for final,
comprehensive examination in the field covered by the depart­
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ordinary final examinations in their major subject. The final
comprehensive examinations are given preceding the ordinary
final examinations in May.
I f the m ajor study is changed from any branch o f Engineer­
ing to a department in Arts, the number o f credit hours then
on record will be adjusted to the basis o f 120 hours.
HONORS COURSES
Students who are capable o f doing more independent work
than that required to fulfill the ordinary requirements for the
A.B. degree are allowed to volunteer at the end o f the Sophomore
year to read for the A.B. degree with honors.* A dmission to
the status o f an honors student depends upon the quality o f the
applicant’s work in the first two years. In the consideration of
this record, special aptitude is regarded as o f more importance
than a mere high average of grades all round. Honors students
are excused from the ordinary examinations and course require­
ments. Instead, they are expected to spend two years in master­
* The theory underlying this honors work was outlined by President Aydelotte
in his inaugural address at Swarthmore College on October 22, 1921, in the follow­
ing words:
“ Perhaps the most fundamentally wasteful feature of our educational institutions
is the lack o f a higher standard of intellectual attainment. We are educating more
students up to a fair average than any country in the world, but we are wastefully
allowing the capacity o f the average to prevent us from bringing the best up to the
standards they could reach. Our most important task at the present is to check this
waste.
“ The method of doing it seems clear: to give to those students who are really inter­
ested in the intellectual life harder and more independent work than could profitably
be given to those whose devotion to matters of the intellect is less keen, to demand of
the former, in the course o f their four years’ work, a standard of attainment for the
A.B. degree distinctly higher than we require of them at present and comparable,
perhaps, with that which is now reached for the A.M.
“ I do not believe that we should deny to the average, or below average, student the
benefit o f a college education. He needs this training, and we need his humanizing
presence in the colleges, but we should not allow him to hold back in his more brilliant
companions from doing that high quality of work which will in the end best justify
the time and money which we spend in education.
“ With these abler students it would be possible to do things which we dare not
attempt with the average. We could allow them to specialize more because their own
alertness o f mind would o f itself be sufficient to widen their intellectual range and give
them that acquaintance with other studies necessary for a liberal point of view.
“ We could give these better students greater independence in their work, avoiding
the spoon-feeding which makes much o f our college instruction of the present day of
secondary school character. Our examinations should be less frequent and more com­
prehensive, and the task of the student should be to prepare himself for these tests
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ing a certain definitely outlined field of knowledge over which
they are examind at the end o f their two years’ work. A
large part o f their work is done independently by their own
reading. Honors students attend several group meetings a week,
variously arranged as to subjects in the different divisions. They
may attend as many or as few o f the regular classes o f the
College as they desire, though they are guided in this respect
by the advice o f the Chairman o f the division in which they are
reading. The comprehensive examinations at the end o f their
course consist o f from ten to twelve three-hour papers followed
by an oral examination. These tests are conducted not by the
persons who have had charge o f the preparation o f the candidates
but by professors from other institutions. On the basis o f these
examinations, Honors students are given the degree o f Bachelor
o f Arts with Honors, with High Honors, or with Highest Honors,
as their merits may deserve. Candidates whose work is not o f a
high enough quality to entitle them to any o f these classes may
be given the ordinary A.B. degree without Honors.
Division o f English Literature, M odern History, Philosophy,
and Fine Arts
The Honors work in this division is conducted jointly by the
Departments o f English, History, Philosophy, and Fine Arts.
The following combinations of semester seminars in the
different subjects are possible:
1. English Literature
Philosophy
History

4
2
2

2
4
2

2
2
4

2. English Literature
Philosophy
Fine Arts

4
2
2

2
4
2

3
3
2

3
3
2

3
2
3

2
3
3

E N G L ISH LITERATU RE

The seminars in English literature proceed from general
studies o f the work o f major writers to the study o f a selected
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1. A n intensive study o f the more important work of Chaucer
and Shakespeare with special reference to their lives and times.
2. A continuation o f the purposes and plans o f the preceding
semester, based on the work of three or four major writers of
centuries after Shakespeare, representative, as far as possible, of
different periods, forms, and movements. F or 1928-29 the writers
selected were: Milton, Fielding, Keats, Hardy.
3. Studies o f the forms, movements, and principal writers of
a limited period, as, The Elizabethan Era, The Restoration and
Eighteenth Century, The Romantic Revival, The Modern Period
(1832 to the present).
4. The study o f a special topic. The work o f this semester
offers an opportunity to carry further interests developed during
earlier parts o f the course. It will include, usually, the prepara­
tion o f a critical paper or thesis.
Students attending three semester seminars in English Litera­
ture will take 1, 2, and 3. Those attending two such seminars
will take 1 in their Junior year and either 2 or 3 i n their Senior
year.
P H IL O SO PH Y

1. Moral Philosophy. A study, historical and critical, o f the
chief systems o f ethical thought.
2. History o f Modern Philosophy. A study o f the develop­
ment of European thought from Bacon and Descartes to the
present day.
3. The Classic Problems o f Philosophy. A n intensive study of
selected problems in metaphysics and the theory of knowledge.
F or students who attend two semester seminars in philosophy,
1 and 2 are recommended. Those attending four such seminars
will consult the department staff regarding their selection o f a
fourth.
(F or details as to these Honors seminars, see succeeding
pages.)
F IN E ARTS

1. Medieval English Architecture from the Conqueror to and
including Henry V II, 1509.
2. English Landscape Painting to the death of Turner.

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Prerequisites for students reading for honors in this division
are (1) Course 4, Survey of English Literature, (2) two threehour courses in Philosophy, (3) The History o f Europe, Course
No. 1, and at least the second semester of The History of Great
Britain, Course No. 2.
H ISTORY

1. Tudor England.
2. Stuart England; the Rebellion, the Commonwealth, and the
Restoration.
3. Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century.
4. The Origins of the W orld War.
5. Special Problems.
(F or details as to these Honors seminars, see succeeding pages.)
Seniors who secure special permission in advance can devote
their third or fourth unit of history to a thesis based on the
sources fo r a topic growing out o f one o f their other seminars.
A ll Seniors doing this will meet together for preliminary dis­
cussions o f historical method and bibliography; groups o f two
or more students writing theses on related topics may meet for
occasional discussion o f books bearing on those topics and for
mutual discussion o f the theses. Theses may be written around
any of the following topics:
(a) A ny topic growing out o f one of the seminars in English
History for which printed sources are available in the Library,
preferably topics connected with the work o f seminars in other
departments, such as the department o f English Literature.
(b) Topics based on the sources for the Origins o f the W orld
War. A fter or together with the seminar in that subject.
(c) Topics based on the sources available in the Friends’ His­
torical Library.
Students in this division taking two units o f history must take
the seminar in Tudor England in Junior year, and either the
second or third seminar in Senior year. Students who plan to
take three units o f history, or to write a thesis in history, should
take two o f the first three seminars in their Junior year. History
No. 1 is prerequisite to any Honors seminar in history. History
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in British history and at least the second semester is required
o f students who take two units of British History. History No.
5, the Renaissance, is valuable for all work in English Literature
as well as for the seminar on Tudor England; History No. 6 is
valuable fo r the seminars on British History in the Nineteenth
Century and the Origins o f the W orld War, and History No. 7 is
prerequisite for the latter seminar. Lectures in these courses
are always open to Honors students.
D ivision o f the Social Sciences
The Honors work in the Division o f the Social Sciences is
conducted jointly by the Departments o f Political Science, Eco­
nomics, History and Philosophy. Students are permitted to do
an equal amount o f work, i.e., two semester seminars, in each of
the four subjects named above; or they may devote themselves
to any three o f them. In the latter event they may elect either
(1) to take four semester seminars in one subject and two each
in two others; or (2) to take three semester seminars in each of
two subjects and two in one other. (Details as to this work are
given on succeeding pages.)
Students who wish to read for honors in this division should
take the following courses during the first two years of their
college work, preferably in the Sophomore year: The History
o f Europe; either American Political Parties, and American
Federal Government, or Governments and Parties; Principles of
Economics ; and either Logic, or Scientific Methods, and either
Introduction to Philosophy, or a course equivalent to the latter.

P O LITIC A L SCIENCE

1. History o f Political Philosophy.
It is the purpose o f the readings in the History of Political Philosophy to acquaint
students with the ideas which have been expressed by the most original thinkers
regarding the origin, nature, and purposes of the state, and the obligations of citizens.
In addition to these inclusive headings they are expected to note and make com­
parisons on the following: nature and uses of political philosophy, o f political science;
the status of women; slavery and labor systems; business, money, interest (usury),
foreign trade, property, communism, and other economic problems in their political
aspects; military training and w ar; classification o f forms of government; theory of
revolutions; contract theories of the state; sovereignty; separation of powers, checks
and balances; definitions of law ; materialistic conception of history; and the guild

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state. Particular attention is to be given to the philosophical doctrines which have
influenced the constitutions of England and the United States, thus interrelating the
study of political theories with the study o f political institutions.

2. Political Institutions o f the United States and England.
Readings in the Political Institutions o f the United States and England are
designed to introduce the student to the present structures and functions of these two
governments in considerable detail, to enable him to compare them in their broader
outlines, to understand the principal problems which confront them and the principal
solutions which are offered to these problems. While the primary organs and functions
of the two governments are to receive a major share o f attention, supplementary
assignments deal with the civil service, state and local government, party organizations,
public opinion, the church, and certain typical social and economic organizations.
No attempt is made to deal with the historical development of the Constitution of the
United States or of England, the student being expected to prepare himself in this
field by his own reading or by the readings offered in history and in the history of
political philosophy. Similarly he must develop the economic or ethical aspects of
American and English political problems on his own account or with the aid of read­
ings offered in these fields.

3. Contemporary Democracies and Dictatorships.
Readings in Contemporary Democracies and Dictatorships are designed to develop
the nature o f democracy as contrasted with other forms o f government, to familiarize
the student with the general structure and functions of the principal democratic
governments of the world today, and more particularly with the criticisms which are
made with greatest force against these governments. Ancient and Medieval democracies
are not considered, but the student is expected to have familiarized himself somewhat
with) them in his readings in history and in the history of political philosophy.
Among dictatorships attention is centered in Fascism in Italy and Sovietism in Russia
with the purpose o f ascertaining how far their practice has succeeded in remedying
defects ascribed to democracy.

4. A Special Topic in Political Science.
Students who wish to present a fourth subject in political science should make
application to do so before the end of their Junior year. I f granted, a theme will
be selected and reading assigned to be accomplished during the ensuing summer
vacation and, as far as other honors obligations permit, during the first semester of
the Senior year. The writing o f the thesis will be carried on during the second
semester o f the Senior year, weekly meetings with the instructor being arranged for
consultation regarding further reading and the work of composition. Theses must
be completed and typed for submission to outside examiners one week before the
beginning o f the written examination period.

5. Social Theory.
The topics assigned in this course of reading will be based on a critical and his­
torical study o f the works of nineteenth and twentieth century social theorists. SaintSimon, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, Lester Ward, Gabriel Tarde, Franklin Giddings, C. H . Cooley, W . G. Summer, and Pitirim Sorokin are among the writers to
be considered in detail. The general nature of social institutions and social control
will be discussed in relation to the place of sociology in the hierarchy of sciences, also
the possibilities and limitations of a science of society, and the evolutionary, ethical,
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ECONOM ICS

1. The Economic History o f the United States.
This course of reading will deal with the chief topics of American economic history.
The Colonial economy will be first studied briefly, and the student will then proceed
to the national period. The economic causes of the Revolution and the economic
influences in the formation of the Constitution will be traced. The rise o f manu­
facturing, the western movement and agriculture, slavery and the Civil War will be
studied in some detail. Transportation, the growth of big business and governmental
regulation, the tariff, banking and currency, national finance, and the labor move­
ment will, because o f their present-day significance, receive a larger proportionate
share of attention.

2. Economie Problems.
It is the purpose of this seminar to acquaint the student with the factors which
must be taken into consideration in attempting to solve a number o f contemporary
economic problems. Topics covered will include the development of consumer credit,
modern methods of corporate finance, public policy with reference to industrial combi­
nation, the control of cyclical fluctuations in business, the shaping of Federal tax policy,
the protective tariff, international indebtedness, trade unionism and the settlement of
industrial disputes.

3. The Development o f Economic Thought.
This is a critical and historical study of the writings of the most eminent econo­
mists from the Mercantilists to the present day. The selections from the Mercantilists
and the Physiocrats given by Monroe in “ Early Economic Thought” will be read first,
to be followed by selected readings from the writings of Adam Smith, Malthus,
Ricardo, J. S. Mill, E arl Marx, Henry George, W . S. Jevons, J. B. Clark, Alfred
Marshall, Thor stein Veblen, and Gustav Cassel. In addition every student will be
required to read “ The History o f Economic Doctrines,” by Gide and Rist.

4. Social Economics.
This seminar covers in greater detail the ground covered in the course in Eco-.
nomics No. 7, Social Economics, investigating the sources of waste and inefficiency in
modern industry, attempting to discover the extent to which business contributes to
human welfare, examining conflicting interpretations of the economic system presented
by a number of contemporary writers and concluding with a critical analysis of various
proposals for economic reform.
H ISTORY

1. Tudor England.
The political, economic, constitutional, and intellectual developments of the English
people and the English state, 1450-1603; the transition from medieval and feudal
to modern and national ideas and institutions.

2. Stuart England; the Rebellion, the Commonwealth, the Restoration.
The political, economic, constitutional, and intellectual development of the English
people and the English state, 1603-1714; the Rebellion, the Commonwealth, and Pro­
tectorate, the Restoration and the Revolution of 1688.

3. Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century.
The political, constitutional, economic, and diplomatic history o f Great Britain,
1815-1886; the lives and letters o f the statesmen, reformers, etc., for this period;
the problems and the issues involved in the readjustment of the British state to the
conditions o f life in the industrial era.

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4. The Supreme Court and American Industrial Society.
American constitutional history with special emphasis on recent Supreme Court
decisions involving economic concepts and affecting the social and economic organiza­
tion of American life. Most o f the work is done in the cases themselves; some knowl­
edge of economic and political theory is taken for granted; an acquaintance with
the principles o f logic is valuable. After the seminar on Tudor England, or Stuart
England.

5. The Origins o f the World War.
An intensive, critical study of the documents and the controversial literature of this
problem. A reading knowledge of French is essential; a reading knowledge of German
is valuable. This seminar is strictly limited to students who have completed History
No. 7 or the History of Europe in the Twentieth Century.

6. Special Problems.
Seniors who secure special permission in advance can devote their third or fourth
unit of history to a thesis based on the sources for a topic growing out of one of their
other seminars. All Seniors doing this will meet together for a few preliminary dis­
cussions o f historical method and bibliography; groups of two or more students writing
theses on related topics may meet for occasional discussion of books bearing on those
topics and for mutual discussion o f the theses. Theses may be written around any
o f the following topics:
( a ) Any topic growing out of one of the seminars in English History for which
printed sources are available in the Library, preferably topics connected with the work
of seminars in other departments, such as the department of English Literature.
(b ) Topics based on the sources for the Origins of the W orld W ar. After or
together with the seminar in that subject.
'( c ) Topic? based on the sources for the development of the Common Law or English
or American Constitutional History. Students who write theses in this field, and who
plan to study law, will meet for occasional and informal discussions of the history of
the Common Law system.
( d ) Topics based on the sources available in the Friends Historical Library.

Students taking two units o f history must take one o f the
seminars in English History and either the seminar on the Su­
preme Court or that on the Origins of the W orld War. History
No. 1, is prerequisite to any Honors seminar in History. History
No. 2, the History o f England, is essential for any o f the
seminars in English History and required for students taking
two seminars in English History. History No. 6 is valuable for
the seminar on Tudor England; History No. 3 and No. 4 are
valuable for the seminar on the Supreme Court and for the
seminar on the Economic History of the United States. History
No. 6 is valuable for the seminars in British History in the
Nineteenth Century and the Origins o f the W orld War, and His­
tory No. 7 is prerequisite for the latter seminar. Lectures in
these courses are always open to Honors students; it should be
noted that the course in English History covers the narrative of
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PH IL O SO PH Y

Honors study in philosophy may be pursued in combination
with many different subjects. Honors students in the Social
Sciences, English Literature, Mathematics, Classics, French,
German, Biology and Chemistry are all allowed, subject to the
approval o f their divisional staff, to offer philosophy as one
subject fo r their final Honors examination. Students who so
elect are expected (1) to have completed before entry into
Honors study at least two semester courses of three hours each
in philosophy, and (2) to take not less than two nor more than
four o f their eight examination papers in this field.
Papers fo r which the department o f philosophy is already
undertaking to prepare Honors students are as follow s:
1. Moral Philosophy.
Honors instruction in moral philosophy is given in the first semester of each year,
the staff of the department co-operating in giving it. The work is of a much more
advanced character than is expected in courses. A n extended syllabus of reading has
been prepared and may be secured on application to a member of the staff.

2. History o f Modern Philosophy.
Honors instruction in this field is given in the second semester of each year by all
members of the department. Extended syllabus of readings, paper-topics and review
questions to be had on application.

3. The Classic Problems o f Philosophy.
Preparation in this subject consists o f a semester of reading and discussion in meta­
physics and the theory o f knowledge. Typical topics of Btudy are: the nature of
truth, the issue between realism and idealism, the problem of body and mind, causation
and the question o f freedom, the nature of the self, problems of space and time.

4. Logic and Scientific Method.
This subject is approached at about the level of difficulty offered by Joseph’s In tr o I t is designed primarily for students in the scientific divisions,
though both deductive and inductive types o f reasoning are reviewed. Given as called
for.
Auction to L og ic .

Students who offer two subjects in philosophy at their final
examination will ordinarily be expected to offer 1 and 2 above,
though with the approval o f the divisional staff other subjects
may be offered instead.
Division of Mathematics, Astronom y, and Physics
The Honors work in the Division of Mathematics, Astronomy
and Physics is under the direction o f a committee consisting of
Professors Miller, Dresden, Marriott and Wright.

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Students who expect to do Honors work in the Division o f
Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics, should arrange their work
during the first two years in such a way as to have completed
before the beginning o f the Junior year the introductory courses
in Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane Analytical Geometry and Cal­
culus, the introductory course in Physics and should have a
reading knowledge of German. It is strongly recommended that
all required work be completed by the end o f the Sophomore year.
Their work during the Junior and Senior years should be
designed to perfect and extend their knowledge o f the intro­
ductory subjects and to give them a fair measure o f mastery in
a number o f more advanced subjects. They will normally be ex­
pected to take eight examinations at the end o f their Senior
year. The fields to be covered by the examinations are to be
selected, in consultation with the committee in charge, from the
following list:
1. Mathematics.
Advanced Calculus, Differential Equations, Analytic Geometry, Projective Geom­
etry, Theory of Equations, Modern Algebraic Theories, Analytic Mechanics, Vector
Analysis, Theory o f Probabilities, Theory of Functions o f a Complex Variable, Philo­
sophical Aspects of Mathematics.

2. Astronomy.
General Survey, Practical Astronomy including Measurement and Reduction of
Photographic Plates, Theory and Practice of Stellar Parallax, Theory of Orbits, Celestial
Mechanics.

3. Physics.
Electricity, Light, Heat, and Atomic Physics.

The distribution of the fields for examination over the three
departments represented in this Division, and the particular
fields in these departments to be selected will be determined each
year in accordance with the special interests o f the students
concerned. It will, however, be expected that, in general, at
least one field be selected from each o f the three departments
and that more concentrated study, covering at least four fields,
be carried on in one o f the departments.
PHYSICS

Honors courses which include Physics may be pursued in the
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betic order and the division o f time between them is dependent
upon the m ajor interest o f the student.
I. Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics
II. Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
III. Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and Zoology
The following branches o f physics are available for Honors
work: Electricity, light, heat, and atomic physics. A ny one of
these branches is expected to occupy about one-half of a student ’s
time fo r one semester. Laboratory practice and the reading of
theoretical physics are arranged to supplement each other. Two
years o f college mathematics and one year o f college physics are
prerequisite.
A student who desires to pursue physics primarily will be
expected to prepare himself for four papers in physics, two in
mathematics, and two in chemistry. A paper in astronomy or
in scientific method may be substituted for one o f the chemistry
units where it seems desirable. General inorganic chemistry is
prerequisite for Honors work in chemistry. The language re­
quirement is to be met by a reading knowledge o f ordinary and
scientific German. •
Honors students in physiology and zoology read in general
physics during the first semester o f 1928-29. No previous train­
ing in physics is presupposed but the group is limited to students
with considerable experience in other sciences.
Division o f French
The Honors Course in French aims to give students a good
understanding o f the various forms of French civilization
through extensive and intensive study in four main fields:
history, language, ideas, literature. The amount o f time devoted
to these different phases o f civilization may be shown by the
ratio o f 1, 3, 1, 3. In addition, each student is required to do
special work on some restricted subject in one o f these four fields.
Students who plan to work in this field should arrange to take
the following elective courses during their Freshman and Sopho­
more years: History 1, Philosophy 6 (b ), and Latin 1, (unless
they have had four years o f Latin in High School).
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undergraduate work. A t the end of the Senior year, students
who are candidates for the degree o f B.A., with Honors in
French will be examined by outside examiners in the following
subjects (nine examinations, maximum duration o f each exam­
ination: three hours) :
A. History.
1. Political development of France.

Society and art in relation to literature.

B. Language.
2. Outline history of the French language as given in Nyrop’s Gram m aire historique
de la langue fra n çaise , Vol. I, Part 1 ; and in the introduction of the Ohrestomathie
d u M oyen A ge, by Langlois and Paris. This means a general knowledge of the develop­
ment o f the language from classical Latin to modern French; a knowledge of the
simpler rules o f historical grammar, and the ability to read extracts from the Chresto m athie mentioned above.
The Chanson de R oland will be read in the original'
(Jenkins’ edition).
3. Practical phonetics. A detailed knowledge o f the sounds of modern French;
ability to pronounce correctly, to converse fluently, and to transcribe sounds of modern
French in the international phonetic alphabet.
4. Spanish or Italian. The ability to read and translate either Spanish or Italian
prose o f ordinary difficulty; also the ability to understand and reply to simple ques­
tions in one of these languages.

C. Ideas.
5. History of ideas in France from the Middle Ages to Bergson.

D. Literature.
6. French Literature, I. A general knowledge o f French literature from the be­
ginnings to the end o f the seventeenth century, with special study of certain texts.
7. French Literature, H . A general knowledge o f French literature of the eighteenth
and the first half of the nineteenth centuries, with special study of certain texts.
8. French Literature, I I I . A general knowledge of French literature from 18501925, with special study o f certain texts.

Special Subject.
9. An intensive study o f an approved subject dealing with language, history, or
literature, to be carried on independently by each student under the supervision of
the tutor in charge.

A ll papers, with the exception o f number 4, will be set in
French. Candidates will be required to use French exclusively
in the seminar meetings and in the final examinations, written
and oral.
Paper number 4 is usually handled by the local department.
A t the discretion of the examiners, however, it may be included
in the final examinations.
Numbers 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 o f the regular
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1929, pp. 134-135) are recommended as part preparation for
papers 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
A list of the texts which have been used for special study in
preparation for papers 6, 7 and 8 will be furnished the ex­
aminers each year before the examination papers are set.
Division o f the Classics
The work of students reading for Classical Honors is directed
by the Professors o f the Department o f Greek and Latin. The
course includes, as stated subjects, either the Greek or the Latin
language, Greek moral and political philosophy, the histories of
ancient Greece and Rome, and, as optional subject, Greek and
Roman art* Students follow one or the other of the follow­
ing programs according to whether they elect Greek or Latin as
a m ajor language.
( a ) . F or Classical Honors with Greek as Major.
Seven prescribed studies as follows: Greek History, Greek Tragic Drama, Greek
Philosophy, Greek Epic, Greek Prose Composition and Unseen Translation, Roman
Satire, and Roman History.
One elective study from the following: Greek Orators and Historians, Greek
Comedy, Greek Lyric, Greek and Roman Archaeology.

(b ) For Classical Honors with Latin as M ajor.
Seven prescribed studies as follows: Roman History, Roman Epic, Roman Satire,
Roman Orators and Historians, Latin Prose Composition and Unseen Translation,
Greek Philosophy, and Greek History.
One elective study from the following: Roman Epistolary and Biographical Litera
ture, Roman Novel, Roman Lyric, Greek and Roman Archaeology, and Greek Tragic
Drama.

Division o f German
The work o f students reading for honors in German is directed
by Professor Newport.
The requirements are as follows :
(a) The power to write and speak German fluently and cor­
rectly.
(b) A thorough acquaintance with German literature from the
beginnings. The monuments written in Old High German may
be read in translation into modern German. Those in Middle
High German must be read in the original.

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(c )
Two elective studies from the following: The Develop­
ment o f the German Language; Philosophy with special stress on
German Philosophy; History o f Germany from the Earliest
Times; Economics and Political Science with special reference to
the achievements o f the Germans in these fields.

Division of Chemistry

Honors instruction in Chemistry, conducted in seminars, lec­
tures, and in the laboratory, is provided in Inorganic Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, and in special
branches of organic and theoretical chemistry. In both organic
and theoretical chemistry students are prepared for either one
or two papers (an elementary- paper and an advanced p a p e r);
in other subjects for one paper only. In organic and theoretical
chemistry Honors instruction is given throughout the year; in
the other subjects in one semester o f each year. A n extended
program o f study, paper-topics and review questions is in the
course o f preparation and when ready may be obtained on appli­
cation to the Professor of Chemistry.
Honors students in the divisions o f Mathematics, Astronomy
and Physics, Physiology-Zoology, and Engineering are permitted,
subject to the approval o f the staff of their division, to offer
Chemistry as one subject fo r their final examination, provided
they have completed at least six hours in Chemistry before start­
ing to read fo r Honors.
Students m ajoring in Chemistry who propose to read for
Honors in this division should have taken, prior to entering
upon this work, the courses prescribed on page 75 or page 76.
Those majoring in Chemistry, in A rts, may be admitted to
Honors work at the beginning o f their Junior year, and, in A p ­
plied Science, at the beginning o f their Senior year, provided
they have shown satisfactory proficiency in their work of the
preceding years. In addition to their Honors study, students
majoring in Chemistry, in A rts, are required to take a course in
quantitative analysis and to complete their language requirement
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Honors students in Chemistry, in A rts, are required to take at
the end o f their Senior year eight examination papers, o f which
I. F ive papers must be in Chemistry, distributed as fol­
lows: Inorganic Chemistry (one paper), Organic Chem­
istry (two papers), Theoretical Chemistry (two p ap ers);
II. One paper must he in Physics;
III. Two papers must be in either one or two subjects selected
from the follow ing: Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics,
Physiology-Zoology, Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry
(special branches), Electrochemistry, Catalysis, Colloid
Chemistry, Sub-atomic Chemistry, and Chemical Ther­
modynamics and Equilibrium.
Records o f laboratory work are to be ready for submission to
the external examiners at least a week before the beginning of
the written examination period.
Honors students in Chemistry, in A pplied Science, are re­
quired to take at the end o f their Senior year fou r examination
papers. A ll o f these papers may he taken in Chemistry or in
the subjects o f any o f the following combinations:
I. Chemistry and Engineering.
II. Chemistry and Mathematics.
III. Chemistry and Physics.
Records of laboratory work are to be ready for submission to
the external examiners at least a week before the beginning of
the written examination period.
Division of Education

Honors work in education was established in the fall of 1926.
It covers four separate fields, spread over two years as follow s:
First Semester, 1928-29.

Philosophy o f Education

Second Semester, 1928-29. Educational Sociology
First Semester, 1929-30. Educational Psychology
Second Semester, 1929-30. History o f Education.
The Honors Course in education is planned to occupy approxi­
mately three-fifths o f the student’s time in the Junior and Senior
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Prerequisites fo r Honors work in education are the Introduc­
tion to Education (Education No. 1) and Educational Psy­
chology (Education No. 2 ). The readings and conferences are
supplemented by a systematic ,program of school visits.
Division of Engineering

The Honors work o f the Division o f Engineering is conducted
jointly by the Departments of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering. A t the end o f the Sophomore year those excep­
tional students who are qualified may make application for per­
mission to read for Honors in engineering. This means that
each student, with the aid of the Engineering faculty, de­
signs his own regime so as to advance his technology or to cover
more economic or industrial subjects than the rigid engineering
program permits. Laboratories for research are available for
students in Honors.
Division of Physiology-Zoology

Three combinations of Honors Courses are available for stu­
dents in this division: Physiology, General Zoology and Bio­
physics. In each case the work extends throughout the Junior
and Senior years but it is so arranged as to permit every student
to carry th e, equivalent o f three hours o f non-scientific course
work during that period.
A. Physiology. The work in this group is designed to meet
the needs of pre-medical students and those primarily interested
in the physiological aspects of zoology. The Honors Courses
required in this combination are Physics, Bio-physics, Physiology
of Muscle and Nerve, Physiology o f Circulation and Respiration,
Organic Chemistry, Comparative Anatomy, Cytology (including
Histology and Em bryology), Scientific Method and Logic.
B. General Zoology. This combination o f courses offers a
broader training in the general field o f zoology than is possible
under A. The Honors units include Comparative Anatomy, A n­
thropology, Organic Evolution, Physiology of Muscle and Nerve,
Physiology o f Circulation and Respiration, Cytology (including
Histology and Em bryology), Organic Chemistry, Scientific
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C.
Bio-physics. The Departments of Physics and Physiology—
Zoology jointly offer this group o f courses for those students
who have interests and ability in both the physical and natural
sciences. The combination is designed to train students for re­
search in one o f the most promising fields o f scientific investiga­
tion. Eight units o f Honors work are taken and must be so
selected as to include two in Physics, two in Physiology, one in
Mathematics, one in Chemistry, one in Bio-physics and one in
Cytology.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR HONORS STUDENTS

Beginning with September, 1929, the foreign language require­
ments o f Honors students will he the same as o f all students o f
the College. (See page 47.)
RULE COVERING CASES OF STUDENTS DROPPING HONORS WORK

It is, o f course, expected that Honors students will continue
normally in Honors work for two years, being examined only at
the end o f that time, except for a reading knowledg o f lan­
guages as provided in the regulations dealing with that subject.
Only reasons of a grave character justify a student in giving
up Honors work, or the faculty o f the group in dropping a stu­
dent, prior to the end o f the two-year period. Whenever neces­
sary such action should be decided upon immediately prior to
the end o f a semester. In all such eases the student involved
shall take an examination in each of the subjects covered during
his continuance in Honors work, and be given hours o f credit
equivalent to the total number o f hours he would have earned
in ordinary courses during the same period, with grades deter­
mined by the degree o f success attained in the said examina­
tions. The number o f hours o f credit to be assigned the student
in each subject he has pursued in Honors work shall be deter­
mined by the head o f the Honors group concerned in consultation
with his colleagues o f the same group.

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U N IFORM CU RRICU LU M FOR T H E F R E S H M A N Y E AR IN T H E COURSES
IN ARTS
F R E S H M A N Y EA R
COURSE IN ARTS
Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

English___T....................................

Literature and Composition... .

or

3
3
3

Lab’y

—

_
_

2
Totals............................

Credits

3
3
3
3
3

—

15

_

3
3
3

Second Semester

English........... .................................

Literature and Composition.. . .

or

3
3

___

_

3
2
Totals.............................

_
—

3
3
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COURSE A D V ISE R S
The course advisers o f Freshmen and Sophomores are the
Dean o f the College, the Dean of Men and the Dean o f Women.
For General students in the Junior and Senior classes, the ad­
visers are the professors in charge o f the subjects they have
selected as m ajors; and for Honors students the advisers are the
heads of their Honors divisions.
E X T R A W O R K DONE OUTSIDE OF CLASSES
No student will be granted credit for work in excess of that
regularly listed on the enrollment card unless permission to do
so is granted by the Committee on Prescribed and Extra W ork
at the written request o f the course adviser. A ll students ex­
cept those desiring credit for intercollegiate debating must gain
permission o f the Committee on Prescribed and Extra W ork
before the work is entered upon.

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SUMMER SCHOOL W O RK
Students desiring to transfer credit in a prescribed subject
from a university summer school are required to obtain the
endorsement o f the head of the department concerned before
entering upon the work.
REM OVAL OF CONDITIONS
Members o f the graduating class must make up all outstand­
ing conditions and deficiencies by the end o f the first semester of
the Senior year, and no student whose record is not then clear
shall be considered a candidate for graduation in that year.
A ll conditions must be made up in the semester immediately
following that in which the work reported as conditioned was
done, and as early in the semester as possible; except that by
special permission o f the professor concerned the time for mak­
ing up the condition may be extended to the second semester
following in case (1) the course for which the condition was
imposed was not repeated until said second semester, and (2) it is
considered necessary by the professor that the student should
make up part or all o f the class or laboratory work involved at
the time the course is repeated. A ny condition not made up
within a year from the time it is imposed shall thereafter have
the effect upon the records o f an E, i. e., complete failure, which
cannot be made up.
SYSTEM OF GRADES
Reports o f students’ work are received at the Dean’s office four
time a year; at the end o f each semester and at each mid­
semester. A ll grades are mailed to parents at the end o f each
semester, and are also given out to students at each mid-semester
and at the end o f the first semester.
The following system o f marking is used by instructors: A
(excellent, 100-90 per c e n t.); B (good, 89-80 per ce n t.); G
(fair, 79-70 per ce n t.); D (poor, 69-60 per ce n t.); E (fa ile d );
W (w ithdraw n); Cond. (Conditioned).
The mark “ conditioned” shall be reported for only two rea­
sons: (1) for unsatisfactory work in a semester course in which
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in another semester course which involves the subject-matter of
the first course or in the second semester o f a year’s course; (2)
when the work o f a course is complete; that is, when the work
done in the course is satisfactory with the exception of a small,
definite part of it; for example, the writing o f a theme, the read­
ing o f an assignment, or the taking o f a final examination. The
mark “ conditioned” shall not be given to a student whose work
in a course has been below the passing grade. Such a student
shall be reported E (failed).
When the reports of grades are filed at the Dean’s office, the
exact character of the conditions imposed will he defined, and
the nature o f the work required to remove conditions reported
in writing. The student will then be notified by the Dean o f the
terms o f the conditions.
ABSEN CES FROM EXA M IN ATIO N
student who is absent from an examination, announce­
ment o f which was made in advance o f the date o f the examina­
tion, shall be given an examination at another than the scheduled
hour only after presentation by the student to the instructor in
charge o f the course (1) o f a certificate from the Committee on
Absences that the student has submitted a written statement
satisfactorily explaining the cause making the absence from ex­
amination imperatively necessary, and (2) o f a receipt from the
office of the superintendent for a fee o f $2. This fee shall be
remitted only in the case of duly certified quarantine. In case
o f continuous illness the maximum fee shall be $5.
No examinations in absentia shall be permitted. This rule
shall be interpreted to mean that instructors shall give examina­
tions only at the college and under direct departmental super­
vision.
Any

ABSENCES FROM CLASSES
Each instructor shall make on the form provided for the pur­
pose daily reports o f student absences to the offices o f the Dean.
A ll powers of supervision and discipline over student absences
are vested in a Committee on Absences to be composed of the
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Officio, and other faculty members appointed annually by the
President o f the College, who shall designate the Chairman of
the Committee from among its members.
The absence regulations for 1929-1930 are as follow s:
1. The following allowances must cover absences for all causes,
including short periods o f illness, except that one-half absences
shall be counted for each hour of absence due to representing
the College away from home on athletic and debate teams.
2. Each stutent shall be allowed as many absences from class
in each course per semester as there are hours in that course, i. e.,
three absences for a three-hour per week course, two absences
for a two-hour per week course.
3. A n y student with an average o f 2.3 or above shall be
allowed double this number of absences; this ruling is to become
effective the semester following the recording o f the grades in
the Dean’s Office.
4. A t its discretion the Absence Committee may excuse ab­
sences in excess o f two-thirds the allowed number, when such
absences are due to prolonged illness.
5. A student absent from his last scheduled class before any
holiday or vacation, or absent from his first scheduled class after
any holiday or vacation, shall be required to make one hour
credit for graduation in addition to the requirements as stated
in the College Bulletin.
6. Each unexcused absence in excess o f the number alloted
for each course under the proposed system shall be penalized by
the loss o f one hour’s credit toward graduation.
7. A ll excuses for absence shall be acted upon exclusively by
the Absence Committee.
EXCLUSIO N FROM COLLEGE
The College reserves the right to exclude at any time students
whose conduct or academic standing it regards as undesirable,
and without assigning any further reason therefor; in such cases
the fees due or which may have been paid in advance to the Col­
lege will not be refunded or remitted, in whole or in part, and
neither the College nor any o f its officers shall be under any
liability whatsoever fo r such exclusion.

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D EGREES
BACHELOR OF ARTS
BACHELOR OP SCIENCE

The degrees o f Bachelor o f Arts and Bachelor o f Science are
conferred upon students who have complied with the require­
ments fo r graduation as stated on pages 44-49.
M ASTER OP ARTS

MASTER OP SCIENCE

1. The degrees o f Master of Arts and Master of Science may
be conferred upon graduates o f Swarthmore College or o f other
institutions o f satisfactory standing who spend at least a year
in residence at this College, pursuing a course of study approved
by the faculty. Each candidate for the Master’s degree must
prepare a satisfactory thesis on a subject assigned by the
professor in charge o f the m ajor subject, and must pass a final
oral examination before a committee o f the faculty. In recent
years comparatively few students have been accepted for work
for the Master’s degree. Terms for admission and fo r fulfillment
o f the faculty requirements will he supplied upon application
to the Dean.
ADVANCED ENGINEERING DEGREES

The advanced degrees of Mechanical Engineer (M .E .), Elec­
trical Engineer (E .E .), and Civil Engineer (C .E .), may be ob­
tained by graduates who have received their Bachelor’s degree
in engineering upon the fulfilling o f the requirements given
below :
1. The candidate must have been connected with practical
engineering work for three years since receiving his first degree.
2. He must have had charge of engineering work and must
be in a position o f responsibility and trust at the time o f appli­
cation.
3. He must make application and submit an outline o f the
thesis he expects to present, one full year before the advanced

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degree is to be conferred. A fter this application is made he
will receive an outlined course o f study to pursue during the
year.
4. The thesis must be submitted for approval, and satisfactory
evidence given that the reading requirement has been met one
calendar month before the time o f granting the degree.
5. Every candidate shall pay a registration fee o f $5 and an
additional fee o f $20 when the degree is conferred.

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D E P A R T M E N T S A N D CO U R SES O F IN S T R U C T IO N
Botany

Professor Samuel Copeland Palmer is in charge o f the work
o f this Department. The purpose o f this Department is to give
an opportunity to the student to secure a broad knowledge o f the
fundamentals o f biology as based on the botanical sciences. Be­
sides the courses in botany a course is given in geology, which
is useful to the student in understanding the principles of evolu­
tion, earth contours, soils, and problems in distribution. The
course in genetics covers not only the principles o f good breed­
ing o f plants and animals generally, but includes the application
o f these to man and race betterment. Attention is given also to
forestry, which is destined to become a question o f ever increas­
ing importance to mankind.
Numerous libraries, museums and parks in and around Phila­
delphia offer unusual opportunities to students to carry on in­
vestigations in the botanical sciences.
1. General Botany.

Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

This course is designed to give the student a broad view of the general field of
Botany. Ability to use a microscope is a necessary part of this course.

2. Embryology.

Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

The work of this course consists of one hour per week for lectures and six hours
for laboratory. Special attention is given to the study of the evolution of the chick.
The students are taught histological methods and much time is given to the production
o f careful and accurate drawings.

3. Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics.

Professor Palmer.

T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

The first part o f this course is designed to give the student an insight into the
theories o f Evolution and closely related subjects. The greater part of the course deals
with the fundamental principles o f Genetics. Some time is given toward the end of
the course to the application of the principles of Genetics to Eugenics.

9. Special Topics.

Professor Palmer.

Open to Seniors who wish to do special advanced work.
the professor.

10. Geology.

Hours to be arranged with

Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek secon d sem ester.

A lecture course in general geology designed to Acquaint the student with the forces
at work fashioning the earth into its present form. Some time will be given to the
study o f Historical Geology, with special reference to the problem of evolution.

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Chemistry

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor H. Jermain Creighton. Dr. Edward H. Cox and Dr.
Duncan G. Foster are Assistant Professors o f Chemistry; Walter
B. Keighton, Jr. is Assistant.
This department does not aim to develop specialists in any
particular branch o f chemistry, but to present opportunities for
comprehensive training in the fundamental principles o f the
science. Upon successful completion of the courses given by the
department, a student is prepared to take up graduate work in
chemistry at any leading university or to secure a position in
one o f the many industries employing chemists. Those who
possess ability for advanced study and research are strongly
urged to take one or more years of graduate work, since in this
way they will do much to increase their proficiency in their
careers as chemists.
Students intending to prepare for the medical profession will
find it to their advantage to take as many as possible o f the fol­
lowing courses in Chemistry: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9. O f these,
Courses Nos. 1, 2, 6 and 7 are the more important for the pre­
medical student.
Students majoring in Chemistry may follow either one o f two
courses o f study: (1) A course leading to the degree o f A.B., re­
quiring 120 semester hours in prescribed and elective subjects
with a like number o f quality points; (2) A course leading to the
degree o f S.B., requiring 140 semester hours in prescribed and
elective subjects, with 120 hours o f quality points. Both o f these
degrees may be taken with honors. A statement of the Honors
courses in the Division o f Chemistry is given on pages 63-64.
Students proposing to take the degree o f A.B. in Chemistry
are advised to select in their Freshman and Sophomore years the
courses given in the accompanying table. It is essential that
these courses be selected by all students who expect to enter the
Honors Division of Chemistry, in A rts, in their Junior year.

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FIRST YEAR

Hours per Week

First Semester

3
3
3
2
3
or
History of Ethics...............................

2

Total Hours..........................

16

Second Semester

3
3
2
3
3
2
Total Hours..........................

16

SECOND YEAR
Hours per Week

. First Semester

3
3
4
3
3
Total Hours..........................

16

Second Semester

3
3
4
3
2
Total Hours..........................

15

The course in Chemistry in A pplied Science, leading to the
degree o f B.S., includes all the prescribed work in chemistry re­
quired for the degree of A.B. as well as training in certain en­
gineering subjects which will be o f great value to the student
who wishes, after graduation, to secure a position in certain in­
dustries or to enter upon the study o f chemical engineering at
some graduate school. The course in Chemistry in Applied
Science is prescribed for four years as follows:

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FRESHM AN YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

English 1.........................................

3
2
3
3
2

Literature and Composition....

Lab’y

3
6
3

3
2
3
3
3
2
2

12

18

—

1
2
Totals............................

16

Credits

Second Semester

English 1.........................................

Literature and Composition___

Engineering 3..................................

Drawing and Shop Practice.. . .
Totals...................... ..

2
3
3
3
2

3
3
3
3
2
2

—

3
6
6

—

2

___

_ _

15

15

18

SOPHOMORE YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

Engineering 5 ............................. ..

Drawing and Shop Practice.. . .

Totals............................

3
3
1
3

Lab’y

Credits

2
2

6
3
6

_
_

3
3
3
4
2
2

14

15

17

3
3
3
1
3

6
3

3
3
3
3
4

2
2

_

_2

17

9

18

■_

Second Semester

Engineering 6..................................

Elements of Electrical Engineering..................................
Totals.............................

—

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JUNIOR YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

Lab’y

Credits

2
2
1

9
3
3
6

2
3
3
3
3
3

10

21

17

2
3
— ■
2
2

—
9
3
1

2
3
3
3
3

Chemical Thermodynamics and
Equilibrium..............................

2

■ '

2

Totals............................

11

13

16

2
3
—

Totals............................

—

Second Semester

Chemistry 14..................................

SENIOR YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week

First Semester

Lab’y

Credits

■—
3
—
3
—
3

3
3
2
3
2
2

14

9

18

6
2

3

Class

Economics or
History or

Adv. Inorganic Chemistry. . . . .

T o ta ls...........................

3
2
2
2
2
—•

Second Semester

Economics or
History or
Chemistry 8 .................................... Adv. Organic Chemistry...........
Chemistry 12 or.............................. Sub-Atomic Chemistry..............
Chemistry 14.................................. Chemical Thermodynamics
and Equilibrium.....................
Thesis (Chemical)..........................

2
3

Laboratory Research.................
Totals.............................

13

12
15

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1. General Inorganic Chemistry.
Cox and Foster.

Professor Creighton, Assistant Professors

T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r . O ffered annually.
Lectures, demonstrations, written exercises, individual laboratory practice, and
weekly conferences on the general principles involved in elementary chemistry. This
course includes Work similar to that outlined in Deming, G eneral Chem istry.
In the laboratory each student performs experiments which are selected from Deming
and Arenson’s E xercises in G eneral C hem istry. Credit in this course is not assigned
until the completion of the entire course at the end of the year.

2. Qualitative Analysis.

Assistant Professor Foster.

O ffered annually .
The theory and practice involved in the detection of the commoner chemical elements
and radicles. Lectures, problems and laboratory work. The text-book used is A. A.
Noyes, Qualitalive Analysis. One hour lecture and six hours of laboratory work per
week for one semester, carrying a credit o f three hours. Prerequisite, General Inor­
ganic Chemistry.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

3. Quantitative Analysis I.

Assistant Professor Foster.

T hree hours a w eek d u ring the secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

The principles involved in the elementary gravimetric estimation of the commoner
chemical elements, with laboratory work illustrating these methods and including the
complete analysis of a number o f compounds, such as sodium chloride, copper sulphate,
apatite, etc. One hour lecture and six hours of laboratory work per week for one
semester. Credit: three hours. The text-book used is Talbot’s Quantitative Chemical
A nalysis. H . A. Fales’ In orga n ic Q uantitative A nalysis is also recommended. Pre­
requisite, Qualitative Analysis.

4. Quantitative Analysis II.

Assistant Professor Foster.

T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A laboratory course in the principles o f volumetric analysis. Nine hours of labora­
tory work per week for one semester, with occasional lectures and conferences. Credit:
three hours. The text-books used are the same as in Course 3. Treadwell-Hall’s
A nalytical Chem istry is used as a supplementary reference. Prerequisite, Quantitative
Analysis I.

5. Quantitative Analysis I I I .

Assistant Professor Foster.

T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A laboratory course in combustion and gas analysis. The determination of carbon
and hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur and the halogens in organic compounds; the analysis
of steel and the analysis of illuminating gas. Nine hours of laboratory work per
week with conferences when necessary. Credit: three hours. Text-book: Gattermann’ s P ra xis des organischen Ghemikers, with Treadwell-Hall’s A nalytical Chem istry
as a reference. Prerequisite, Quantitative Analysis II.

6. Introduction to Physical Chemistry.

Professor Creighton.

T h ree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Lectures and laboratory work. An elementary course which is given primarily for
students taking Physiology-Zoology as their major subject. The following text-books
are used: Senter, Outlines o f P hysical C h em istry; Findlay, P ra ctical P hysical Chem ­
is tr y ; Findlay’s P h ysica l Chem istry fo r Students o f M edicine is recommended as a
supplementary text. Prerequisite, General Inorganic Chemistry.

6a. Introduction to Physical Chemistry.

Professor Creighton.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

This course is the same as Course 6, without laboratory work.

O ffered annually.

It is given primarily

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for major students in chemistry, as preparation for Course 10, but is open to all
students who have completed General Inorganic Chemistry. Text-book: Senter, Outlines o f P hysical Chem istry .

7. Elementary Organic Chemistry.

Assistant Professor Cox.

T hree hours a w eek throughout the y e a r .

Offered/ annually.

Lectures, demonstrations, written exercises, and laboratory work. This course in­
cludes the work as outlined in Oonant, O rganic Chem istry , and Worrall, P rin cip les o f
O rganic C hem istry. In the laboratory, students make and study the various organic
preparations as given in Adams and Johnson, L ab ora lory E xp erim ents in O rganic
Chem istry.
Prerequisite, General Inorganic Chemistry. Required of all students
who select Chemistry as their major subject.

8. Organic Chemistry (Advanced Course).

Assistant Professor Cox.

T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A continuation of Elementary Organic Chemistry. Lectures, laboratory work, and
training in library reference search. In the laboratory, students carry out the syn­
thesis of more difficult compounds than in Course 7. Frequently the original papers
must be consulted in order to carry out these syntheses. The lectures follow texts
of the type of Schmidt-Rule’s O rganic C hem istry. Prerequisite, Elementary Organic
Chemistry. Required of all students who select Chemistry as their major subject.

9. Biochemistry.

Assistant Professor Cox.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

This course is given primarily for . students taking Physiology-Zoology or Biology as
their major subject. The lectures cover the subject-matter as outlined in Sumner,
Biological Chem istry, and Bordansky, In trod u ction to P hysiological C hem istry. Labora­
tory experiments are taken from Hawk and Bergeim, P ra ctical P hysiological Chem istry.
Prerequisite, Elementary Organic Chemistry.

10. Physical Chemistry.

Professor Creighton.

T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

Lectures and laboratory work. The work covered in the lecture course includes the
thermodynamic law s; the gaseous, liquid, and solid states of matter; physical mixtures:
the theory of dilute solutions; modem theory o f the structure of matter; the kinetic
theory o f gases; the relation between chemical structure and physical properties;
chemical statics and dynamics; and thermo-chemistry. Stress is laid on the applications
o f thermodynamics to chemical processes. In the laboratory students make observations
on the behavior of solutions, determine molecular weights by physical methods, measure
velocities o f reactions and familiarize themselves with the use of the refractometer, the
spectroscope; and the polariscope. The following books are recommended: Getman,
Outlines o f T heoretical C h em istry; Findlay, P ra ctica l P hysical Chem istry.
Lewis!
A S ystem o f P hysical Chem istry, is used as a reference.
Two lectures and three hours per week of laboratory work. Required of students
who select chemistry as their major study.
Prerequisites, Courses in Qualitative
Analysis and General Physics.

11. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.

Professor Creighton.

T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

A lecture course on advanced inorganic chemistry.
completed General Inorganic Chemistry.

12. Sub-Atomic Chemistry.

O ffered annually.

Open to all students who have

Professor Creighton.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

O ffered alternate years.

A lecture course which deals largely with the principles of valency and molecular
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atom. Among the topics discussed are the following: atomic theories, periodic classifi­
cation of the elements, the nuclear atom and atomic number, atomic structure and
periodic classification, elementary principles of valency, electro and co-valency, co­
ordination, co-valency maxima, stable valence groups, and a detailed consideration
of the periodic groups. Prerequisite, Course 1. Given 1930-31.

13. Electrochemistry.

Professor Creighton.

T h ree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Lectures and laboratory work. The lecture course includes the study of electrolysis;
the theory o f electrolytic dissociation; conductivity of electrolytes; mobility of the ions;
application of the law o f mass action to electrolytic dissociation; relation between the
chemical structure and the dissociation constant; homogenous equilibria; ionic product
and the heat of dissociation o f water; hydrolysis; theory of neutralization indicators;
amphoteric electrolytes; heterogeneous equilibria; electrolytic dissociation m nonaqueous solutions; electromotive force o f concentration cells; polarization and de­
composition voltage; industrial electro-chemical process. The laboratory work in this
course is arranged so that the student may obtain exact practical information regarding
the application of electricity to chemical manufacture, and become proficent in the
measurement of electrical conductivities and electromotive forces, and in making electro­
chemical analyses. The laboratory course also includes the testing of Faraday s laws and
the measurement of transport numbers, the absolute migration velocity of ions, decomposition voltage and heat of neutralization. The following text-books are recommended:
Creighton and Fink, P rincip les and A pplications o f E lectroch em istry; Fisher, Prdktxkum
der E leU roch em ie; Allmand and Effingham, A pplied E lectrochem istry. Required of
all students who select Chemistry as their major subject; open as an elective to all
other students who have a sufficient knowledge of chemistry and of physics to follow
the course. Prerequisites, Quantitative Analysis I and Introduction to Physical Chem­
istry. The number of students in this course is limited to six.

14. Chemical Thermodynamics and Equilibrium.

Professor Creighton.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

O ffered alternate years.

Prerequisite, Physical Chemistry. Given 1929-30.

15. Engineering Chemistry.

Assistant Professor Foster.

Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A course in elementary qualitative and gravimetric quantitative analysis and the
study o f engineering materials. It coincides with Qualitative Analysis ^ irm g the
first semester and with the laboratory work o f Quantitative Analysis during the second
semester but meets separately for conferences or lectures during the second semester.
Text-books- A A Noyes, Qualitative A n a lysis; Leighou, Chem istry o f E n gin eerin g
M aterials. ' Credit, six hours for the entire year.
Prerequisite, General Inorganic
Chemistry.

Economics

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Associate Professor Herbert F. Fraser. Dr. Clair W ilcox is
Assistant Professor, William M. Blaisdell is Instructor, and
Richard W . Slocum is Instructor in Business Law. Dr. Louis
N. Robinson is Lecturer in Criminology.
The courses in economics are designed to give the student a
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modern times is carried on, and are not intended to offer train­
ing in the technique o f any particular occupation. It is the view
of the department that its main purpose is to develop an attitude
o f mind which will promote intelligent citizenship. Collateral
work in political science, history, and philosophy is recommended
to those who intend to devote a major portion o f their time to
economics. Course No. 1, Introduction to Economics, is a pre­
requisite for a major in economics and for Social Science Honors.
The courses in economics may be classified as (A ) regular
courses offered by the members o f the department, (B ) supple­
mentary courses offered by other instructors in co-operation
with the department and (C ) Honors Seminars in Economies.
A . COURSES IN ECONOMICS

1. Introduction to Economics.
Mr. Blaisdell.

Associate Professor Fraser, Dr. Wilcox, and

T h ree hours a, w eek throughout the y e a r . O ffered annually .
This course describes the way in which goods are produced, marketed and con­
sumed. Brief consideration is given to the principles of value and distribution. The
various forms of economic activity are outlined, and the nature of the institutions and
associations through which this activity takes place is explained. Incidental consideration is given to specific problems such as corporation finance, money and banking,
taxation, trade unionism, the tariff, etc.

2. Financial Organization o f Society.

Mr. Blaisdell.

T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

Offered annually.

A study o f the development of the modern system o f money, credit, and hanking,
and of the relation o f this development to the growth of large scale production and
exchange. Special attention will be given to the problems of investment banking, to
the stock exchange, commercial banks, savings banks, consumptive credit institutions,
and the Federal Reserve System. The quantity theory of money and the business
cycle will be discussed. Some comparisons will be drawn between American and
European credit and banking practice.
Prerequisite, Course No. X.

3. Public Finance.

Dr. Wilcox.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

The nature and purposes of public expenditures; financial administration and the
budget; public borrowing; federal, state and local tax systems; the shifting of taxes
and the distribution of the tax burden.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.

4. Economic Theory.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year. N ot offered in 1928-29.
The evolution of economic thought from the writings of the Mercantilists and the
Physiocrats down to the present day. Special attention will he given to the study of
the neo-classical theory of value and distribution. Required o f senior majors.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.

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5. Labor Problems.

Associate Professor Fraser.
T hree hours a weeJc throughout the yea/r.

Offered/ annually.

The course deals with a large group of problems growing out of the relations of
capital to labor. After a thorough analysis of the theory of wages, the class will study
labor organizations, industrial warfare, conciliation and arbitration, minimum wage,
and labor legislation.

6. International Trade and Policy.

Associate Professor Fraser.

T w o hours a w eek throughout the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

The first part o f the course deals with the economic aspects of foreign trade. After
an analysis of the theory of international trade the class will consider the practical
problems, financing, marketing, transportation, etc. The second part of the course
deals with the relation of governments to trade, and attention is directed to protective
tariffs, reparations, inter-ally debts and economic imperialism.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.

7. Social Economics.

Dr. Wilcox.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

This course investigates the sources o f waste and inefficiency in modern industry,
attempts to discover the extent to which business contributes to human welfare, examines
conflicting interpretations of the economic system presented by a number of contempo­
rary writers and concludes with a critical analysis of various proposals for economic
reform.

8. Business Law.

Mr. Slocum.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

Principles o f law and practical problems, primarily for the guidance of business
men and women: contracts, negotiable instruments, sales of real estate and personal
property, bailments, bankruptcy, decedents* estates, partnerships, corporations. Not
open to students intending to enter law school.
Prerequisite, Junior standing.
B . COURSES OFFERED IN CO-OPERATION W IT H T H E DEPARTM ENT

1. Criminology.

Dr. Louis N. Robinson.

N ot offered in 1929.
This course deals with the causes o f crime, criminal law and procedure, penology,
prison reform and the repression of crime.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

Engineering.

Accounting.

S. W. Johnson.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

See under Department o f Engineering.

Engineering.

Industrial Management.

Assistant Professor Jenkins.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.

See under Department of Engineering.

Engineering.

Engineering Economics.

Professor Fuller.

T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester.

See under Department of Engineering.

A statement of the Honors Courses in the Division o f Social
Sciences is given on pages 54-58.

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Education

The instruction in the Department of Education is under the
direction o f Professor W . Carson Ryan, Jr. The staff includes
Professor Ryan, Assistant Professor Frances M. Burlingame,
and Edith M. Everett and Dr. Arthur W . Ferguson, Lecturers.
Courses in this department are designed to meet the need of
two groups o f students: (1) Those who, while not intending to
teach, desire, as citizens and workers in other fields, to know
something o f the current conditions and problems o f American
education; (2) those who wish to prepare for teaching.
Course No. 1, the introductory course in education, is intended
to meet the needs o f both groups by furnishing a general survey
o f the field from the social and civic point o f view. Course No. 2
supplements this with a study o f the scientific approach in
educational psychology. The remaining courses are designed
mainly for those who plan a teaching career, but they are open
to students interested in education, regardless of whether they
expect to teach or not. The courses are arranged to meet the
requirements for the Pennsylvania Provisional College Certifi­
cate, which are representative o f requirements in the more
progressive States. Eighteen hours in education are required
for this certificate, twelve prescribed and six elective. The twelve
prescribed hours are covered by the following Swarthmore
courses: Introduction (No. 1), 3 hours; Educational Psychology
(No. 2 ), 3 hours; Laboratory Teaching (No. 17), 6 hours. The six
hours o f electives may be taken from any other education courses
offered in Swarthmore College, including certain courses given
by other departments. Students planning to teach in elementary
grades are expected to take six hours in this field and to supple­
ment the practice teaching requirement accordingly. Students
in Honors Courses planning to teach should have taken Educa­
tion No. 1 and No. 2 in the Freshman or Sophomore year and
should plan for Education No. 17 in the Junior or Senior year
with the remaining six hours to be arranged.
Placement o f graduates o f the College in teaching positions is
carried on by the Department o f Education in co-operation with
the College Appointment Office, the Pennsylvania State Teacher

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Bureau, and other agencies. This service is available for pre­
vious graduates o f the College as well as for Seniors.
COURSES OP INSTRUCTION

1. E dueation, Introductory Course.

Professor Ryan.
T hree hours a w eek durinff the first sem ester.

This is a general course covering the field of education from the point of view o f 1
the citizen. For students intending to teach or attempting to choose a vocation, it
furnishes an introduction to the career o f teaching. For the student who does not
intend to teach it offers a survey of current educational conditions and problems in
their relation to present world situations. National, state and local provision for edu­
cation; public and private schools; health education; vocational education and guid­
ance ; the junior high school; rural education; adult education; educational finance;
school surveys; progressive education; religious education; international relations in
education, are among the topics treated.
Chapman and Counts’ P rin cip les o f E du ca tion is used as a basic text, but is sup­
plemented by numerous required books and pamphets.

2. Educational Psychology.

Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

This course treats of psychology in its application to education. The students are
asked to read a wide variety of source material in this field. Class discussions, lec­
tures, experiments, and demonstrations are based on this reading, which covers the
general fields of intelligence, measurement, learning, individual differences, transfer­
ence of training, and the psychology of the various school subjects. The practical
application. of theoretical psychology to the educative process is stressed throughout
the course. Skinner, Gast and Skinner, R eadings in E ducational P sych ology, is used
as a basic text.

3. General Psychology.

Dr. Burlingame.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

This course includes an elementary treatment of the various phases of psychological
theory which are o f the greatest use to human beings, as well as a comparative and
critical survey of the major tenets of the chief schools of psychology in existence
today. Gates, E lem en ta ry P sych ology, is used as a basic text, in connection with
selected readings from many sources.

4. Mental Hygiene.

Assistant Professor Burlingame.
Tw o or three hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

An attempt is made in this course to present the best existing knowledge concern­
ing the achievement and maintenance of mental health. The course includes a treat­
ment o f the interrelations o f physical and mental health, the management of environ­
ment so as best to secure mental health, conditions facilitating the formation of good
study habits, and a description of normal psychological development of boys and girls
from birth to maturity. In addition to its present value to students in self-direction,
it presents material which is of major importance to prospective teachers, as well as
to prospective parents.

5. Elementary Education.

Miss Everett.
Tw o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

The principles o f progressive education as demonstrated in the nursery school, the
kindergarten, and the country day school. Problems of adapting these principles and
methods to the limitations o f the public school system.

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6. Secondary Education.

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Miss Everett.
T w o hour8 a w eek during th e second» sem ester.

The aims and organization o f secondary education and the new adjustments neces­
sary to make the best use of the junior high school. Special emphasis will be placed
on the necessity for understanding adolescent personality and the influence of the
teacher’s attitude on its successful development.

7. History o f Modern Education.

Dr. Ferguson.
T w o hour8 a w eek during the first sem ester.

The general topics include the beginnings of national education in France, Germany,
England, and the United States; the American battle for free schools; new theory
and subject-matter of education; current tendencies and expansions.

8. History o f Education, Earlier Period.

Dr. Ferguson.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

Greek and Roman education, the contribution of Christianity, education in the
medieval w orld; the revival of learning, the reformation and education, scientific
method and the schools. (Alternates with Education 1 0 ; not given in 1928-29.)

9. Educational Measurement.

Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T w o hours a w eek d/uring the first sem ester.

A study of the measurement movement, including tests of intelligence and achieve­
ment in common use, together with attempts to measure in other fields— attitudes,
character, will-temperament. Consideration o f statistical treatment of test results is
included.

10. Problems o f Secondary Teaching.

Dr. Ferguson.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

Rise of the American high school; aims and objectives of American secondary edu­
cation ; problems of organization, administration, supervision, instruction and com­
munity relationships in high school teachings.
(Alternates with Education 8 ; given in 1928-29.)

11. Social Work and the School.

Miss Everett.
Tw o to fo u r hours a w eek throughout the year.

This course is given in co-operation with the Department of School Counseling and
Training o f The White-Williams Foundation o f Philadelphia. It consists of at least one
half-day each week o f supervised field work with the counselors in the pubilc schools;
and a fortnightly conference with the Supervisor of the Department for discussion of
particular problems and interpretation of the work. The aim of the course is (1 )
to enable those who intend to be teachers to enter teaching with an understanding of
some of the social causes o f school difficulties, and some knowledge of social resources,
and ( 2 ) to give those students who are interested in social work as a profession an
opportunity to get a brief practical contact with one kind of social case work.
Open to students who have taken Elementary or Secondary Education or Mental
Hygiene. A few others may be accepted after conference with the instructor.

12. School Administration.

Professor Ryan.
T w o hour8 a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

Organization and administration o f education is dealt with in this course from the
point of view o f the citizen, school board member, or student of political affairs, as
well as of the teacher and future school administrator.

13. Extra-Curricular Activities.

Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

A n introduction to the philosophy and psychology o f play and a survey of extra­

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curricular activities in elementary and secondary schools, with special reference to the
junior high school. Each member of the course is expected to make a special study
of one type of extracurricular activity or o f some particular phase of the whole field.

14. Vocational Guidance.

Professor Ryan.
T hree hours a weeJc during the second sem ester.

A survey o f the fields o f vocational education and vocational guidance. Methods
and content o f vocational training programs; visits to Smith-Hughes’ work in public
high schools; studies of occupations; counseling, placement, follow-up. (Not given in
1928-29.)

15. Special Topics in Education.

Professor Ryan.
T w o or three hours a w eek throughout the gear.

An opportunity will be offered for advanced students to carry on investigation of
special topics in the field of education. Some o f the topics studied in recent years have
been: the teaching of modern languages; English in the high schools; thè teaching of
social studies ; rural schools ; modern methods in the elementary school ; kindergarten and
pre-school education; legal education; the place of mathematics in education; dramatics
in high school; biology and education; international relations; religious education;
education in the American dependencies ; athletics in school and college ; the new
education in Europe; the visiting teacher movement.

16. Comparative Education.

Professor Ryan.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

A n attempt is made in this course to survey the educational situation in the dif­
ferent nations of the world in respect to national and international policy, educational
programs present and future, extent and scope of provision of different types of
education.

17. Laboratory Teaching.

Dr. Burlingame.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

Visits, intensive observation, and teaching, with one weekly conference hour. This
is the Senior course for teachers. Emphasis in observation and participation in the
case o f each member of the course will depend upon the type of teaching which the
student expects to enter. Students planning to t-each elementary grades will have
opportunity to observe and teach in this field, but will be required to do additional
work sufficient to satisfy state requirements for elementary teaching.

Teachers ’ Courses in Other Departments.
Credit in education is given for certain courses in other departments, especially
“ Teachers’ Course in Latin’’ ( 1 2 ) ; “ History Teachers’ Course” (9, 10, 1 1 ); and the
English Speech Seminar. For detailed descriptions of these courses see the announce­
ments under the appropriate department.

A statement of the Honors Course in Education is given on
page 64.
E N G IN E E R IN G

The Division of Engineering includes the three Departments
o f Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering. The teaching
staff for 1928-29 is as follows: Charles G. Thatcher, Associate

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Professor o f Mechanical Engineering, Chairman of Division;
Lewis Fussell, Professor o f Electrical Engineering; Weston E.
Fuller, Professor o f Civil Engineering; Howard M. Jenkins, As­
sistant Professor o f Electrical Engineering; Andrew Simpson, As­
sistant Professor o f Mechanical Engineering (absent on lea v e);
Arthur J. Rawson, Instructor in Mechanical Engineering; W il­
liam S. LaLonde, Jr., Instructor in Civil Engineering; S. W.
Johnson, Lecturer in Accounting; George A. Bourdelais, Super­
intendent of Shops.
The courses in Engineering are designed to train men in the
fundamental principles that underlie all branches o f engineer­
ing science, and to offer such advanced courses in Civil, Elec­
trical, and Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management
as time and equipment will permit.
The location of the College near Philadelphia and the impor­
tant manufacturing centers in its vicinity enables students to
visit a great variety of industrial and engineering works.
Basic Requirem ents fo r E ngineering D egrees
A ll candidates for the engineering degree are required to pass
the prescribed courses shown on pages 88 to 90, the “ Course
in Engineering,” and to complete 136 credit hours with 120
quality points (see page 44).
The degree awarded to graduates o f the Engineering Division
is Bachelor o f Science (B .S .). A ll candidates for this degree
must pass 9 hours in one or more o f the following subjects:
History, history o f religion and philosophy, economics, political
science, education and fine arts, or industrial management.
Engineering students may elect but are not required to take
courses in foreign languages.
Additional Requirem ents fo r General Engineering
The candidate for the B.S. in General Engineering must fu l­
fill the above requirements, but may use his elective hours as he
sees fit. He may elect but is not required to take any advanced
engineering courses.

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Additional Requirem ents 'for Civil, E lectrical and Mechanical
Engineering D egrees
The candidate for B.S. in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical
Engineering must fulfill all the above requirements and in
addition must pass not less than 12 hours of such advanced
engineering courses as may be prescribed by the faculty of the
division.
H onors W ork in Engineering
A statement in regard to reading for honors in engineering ap­
pears on page 65.

COURSE IN ENGINEERING
FRESHM AN YEAR
Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

Credits

2

—

3
2
3
3
2
2
2
—

13

12

17

3
2
3
2
—

1
—

Totals............................

Lab’y

—
—

3
6
3
—

Second Semester

z2

—-

2
3
3
3
2
2
2
—

12

15

17

2
3
3
2
—

Engineering 3..................................

Drawing and Shop Practice.. . .

Totals............................

—
—

3
6
6

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COURSE IN EN GINEERING
SOPHOMORE T E A R
First Semester

Hours per Week
Class

Lab’y

Credits

3

Engineering 5...............................
Elective.......................................
Physical Education........................

Drawing and Shop Practice.. . .

6

2

15

17

6

2
2

15

17

2
Totals............................

11

Second Semester

3
Engineering 6 .................................
Engineering 7..................................

Elements of Electrical
Engineering.............................
Drawing and Shop Practice.. . .

__2

Totals............................

11

2

COURSE IN EN GINEERING
JU N IO R Y EA R
FirsCJHemester

Hours per Week
Class

Lab’y

Credits

1

3
6

2

9

12

17

2
Engineering 10................................ ElectricalMachinery Laboratory

Totals............................

3

Second Semester
4
3

Engineering 10................................ Electrical Machinery Laboratory

Totals............................

2

9

3

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COURSE IN EN GIN EERING
SENIOR Y E A R
Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

4
—
3
2
—
„ —
Totals............................

9

Lab’y

Credits

___
3
—
—
3
— -

3
2

6

17

4

1
[

2
5

Second Semester

Engineering Economics...
Plant Design.....................
Accounting........................
Power Plants....................
Experimental Laboratory.

Engineering 21.
Engineering 22.
Engineering 18.
Engineering 19
Engineering 20
Elective............

Totals.

1. Engineering Problème.
S ix hours a w eek throughout the yea r. Tw o hours cred it each sem ester.

Problems o i elementary nature designed to teach the student a scientific method
of attack, theory and use of slide rule.

2. Surveying.
F ou r hours a w eek , first sem ester.

Tw o hours credit.

Surveying instruments and their adjustment. Practice in chaining, leveling, triangu­
lation,. running traverse, taking topography, stadia work, preparation of profiles and
maps from field notes.

3. Drawing and Shop Praetiee.
/Sir hours a w eek , second sem ester. T w o hours credit.

4. Materials o f Engineering.
T w o hours a w eek , first sem ester. T w o hours credit.

This course consists of a study of the physical properties and methods of manu­
facture of the various materials used in engineering construction. Several trips are
made to nearhy industrial plants.

5. Drawing and Shop Practice.
S ix hours a w eek , first sem ester.

T w o hours credit.

jjotb.__ Courses 8, 5, 7 introduce the student to modern shop and drawing room
practice. Pattern making, foundry, forge and machine tool operations are carried on
in the shop, in close relationship to the drawing room. In the three semesters each
student learns the principles of the shop processes as well as the making and checking

of working drawings.

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6. Elements o f Electrical Engineering.
Tw o hours lectu re, secon d sem ester, Sophom ore y ea r.

T w o hours credit.

This is an introductory theory course for direct and alternating currents, and
includes a conception and manipulation of the fundamental electrical quantities, solu­
tion of circuits, and is a foundation for the study of dynamo-electric machinery.
Required of all those majoring in engineering.

7. Drawing and Shop Practice.
S ix hours a w eek, second sem ester. Tw o hours credit.

8. Mechanics Problems.
Three hours a w eek, first sem ester. One hour credit.

Problems in motion, work and energy, friction, etc.
the course in Analytic Mechanics and supplements it.

This course is taken with

9. Electrical Machinery.
T hree hours lecture throughout the Junior yea r. Three hours credit.

A comprehensive course supplementing 234 for all those majoring in Engineering.
Consists of a study o f the electrical and mechanical design, characteristics and appli­
cations o f the more usual types of alternating and direct-current machines.
Prerequisite, Course 6.

10. Electrical Machinery Laboratory.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the Junior y ea r.

Tw o hours credit.

This laboratory work consists of a series of jobs or problems of a practical nature
intended to give a ’ working knowledge of the operation and testing of electrical
machinery, including direct current motors and generators, batteries and transmission,
alternating current generators, motors, transformers and converters, etc.
Prerequisite, Course 6, and must accompany Course 9.

11. General Design.
S ev en hours a w eek , first sem ester.

Three hours credit.

Practical problems of actual plant, shop and electrical layout.
Prerequisites, Courses 3, 5, 23.

12. Mechanics o f Materials.
F ou r hours a w eek, secon d sem ester. F o u r hours credit.

Properties of materials; their action under stress; mechanics of riveted joints;
beams and plates in flexure; columns; shafts in torsion; spheres and rollers under
compression; combined stresses; stresses and deflections due to sudden loads and
impact; internal friction and fatigue o f materials. Practical applications of the
principles discussed.
Prerequisites, Courses Engineering 4, Mathematics 13, and Physics 2.

13. Mechanics Problems.
T hree hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.

One hour credit.

Computations for stresses and design of beams, columns, shafts, etc. This course
is taken with and is supplementary to Course 12, Mechanics of Materials.

14. Heat Engines.
T w o hours a w eek , second sem ester.

Tw o hours credit.

Elementary thermodynamics o f steam and gas engines. Properties of the working
substances. The course is sufficiently complete to explain the economic and technical
considerations of power generation.
Prerequisites, Courses Physics 2, Chemistry 1, and Mathematics 13.

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15. Experimental Laboratory.
T h ree hours a, w eek , secon d sem ester.

T w o hours credit.

Testing of strength o f engineering materials and studies of different types of
loading.
Prerequisites, Courses 4 and 12.

16. Hydraulics.
F ou r hours a w eek , first sem ester.

F ou r hours credit.

Hydrostatic pressures; flow from orifices and tubes, through pipes and flumes,
over weirs, in channels and rivers.
Dynamic pressures; water wheels, turbines.
Prerequisite, Course 12.

17. Hydraulics Problems.
T hree hours a w eek , first sem ester. O ne hour credit.

Computations dealing with hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
with and is supplementary to Course 16, Hydraulics.

This course is taken

18. Accounting.
T hree hours a w eek , each sem ester.

T hree hours credit.

An introduction to the theory and practice of accounting.

19. Power Plants.
T w o hours a w eek each sem ester. Tw o hours credit.

Theoretical and practical consideration of steam power plants.
Prerequisite, Course 14.

20. Experimental Laboratory.
T hree hours a w eek , each sem ester.

T w o hours credit.

This course covers laboratory work, recitations and written reports. The course
covers calibration of instruments, test of engines, boilers, pumps and hydraulic equip­
ment, testing of fuels and lubricants. This course is taken at the same time as
and coordinates with Course 19.

21. Engineering Economics.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.

Contracts, specifications, valuation, rate making.
operation.

Tw o hours credit.

Economics of construction and

22. Plant Design.
iS even hours a w eek, second sem ester. T hree hours cred it.
Lectures, drawing-board work and computations involved in design of hydro­
electric and steam power plants.

23. Drawing and Descriptive Geometry.
F ou r hours a w e e k during the first sem ester.

Tw o hours credit.

Elements o f descriptive geometry, Isometric drawing and practical problems for
the development of visualizing and imagination.

24. Structural Design.
S ix hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.

Tw o hours credit.

Problems in design o f structures, dams, plate girders, reinforced concrete, etc.

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25. Bridge Stresses.
T w o hour8 a w eek , second sem ester. Tw o hours credit.

Theory o f the design o f steel bridges.

26. Bailroads.
F ou r hours a w eek, first sem ester.

T w o hours cred it.

Theory of location and construction. Field work on preliminary and final surveys.
Prerequisites, Courses 2 and 30. Offered alternate years.

27. Municipal Engineering.
T w o hou rs & w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.

Water supplies; design, construction and operation of waterworks; pumping filtra­
tion; modern sewage practice.
Prerequisite, Course 16. Offered alternate years.

28. Concrete.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.

Properties o f materials; methods of construction; theory of reinforced concrete
design. Tests and formulas; use o f diagrams and tables; design of buildings, bridges,
arches, dams.
Prerequisite, Course 12. Offered alternate years.

29. Highway Engineering.
T w o hours a w eek , second sem ester. T w o hours credit.

Lectures and recitations. A study of present types o f pavements and their economy
under various conditions. Offered alternate years.

30. The Annual Survey.
One w eek during the sum m er follow ing either the
Freshm an or Sophom ore yea r. O n e hou r credit.

One week o f continuous work in surveying and mapping, including the running of
levels and of a topographical survey by the stadia method. Required for all engineer­
ing students.

31. Plane Table Surveying.
T hree hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. One hou r credit.

Practice in mapping and taking topography by plane table methods.

32. Electrodynamics.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.

This course is a study in considerable detail of the properties of electric circuits of
different types. Sequences and effects which follow from given initial conditions are
predicted by applying fundamental laws.

33. Illumination.
O ne hour lectu re and three hours laboratory a
w eek fo r the first sem ester. T w o hours credit.

The theory of light distribution, together with a study of illuminants.
lighting systems for particular installations.

Design of

34. Alternating Current Theory.
T hree hours a w eek , first sem ester, S en ior yea r.

T hree hours credit.

The theory o f alternating currents, with especial references to generators, motors,
and transformers.
Prerequisite, Course 9.

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35. Alternating Current Laboratory.
T h ree hours a weeJc, first sem ester, S en ior yea r.

One hour credit.

A laboratory course consisting of the testing of instruments, generators, motors,
transformers, etc.
Prerequisite, Course 10, and must accompany Course 34.

36. Central Stations.
T w o hours a w eek fo r the first sem ester. Tw o hours credit.

A study o f the electrical design, installation, equipment and economic operation of
central stations.
Prerequisites, Courses 6 and 9.

37. Electric Railways.
T w o hours a w eek fo r the secon d sem ester. Tw o hours credit.
A study of the equipment and operation of trolley lines and the electrification of

steam roads.
Prerequisites, Courses 34 and 35.

38. Conference and Seminar.
O ne hou r a w eek fo r the second sem ester.

One hour credit.

This period will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers of research
or investigation, and will in many instances be devoted to inspection trips or other
methods of information assimilation from outside sources.

39. Electric Transmission.
Tw o hours a w eek during the second sem ester.

Two hours credit.

Theory and practical considerations o f transmission of electric energy.

40. Communication.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

T w o hours credit.

This course covers laboratory work, recitations, written reports and problems dealing
with modern electric methods of communications. It includes a comprehensive study
of systems and apparatus for telegraph and radio, and a more detailed investigation
of the principles, apparatus, systems and economics of telephonic communication.
Prerequisites, Course 6 and one semester of 9.

41. Electrical Transients.
One hour lectu re, secon d sem ester, three hours laboratory. Tw o hours credit.
A lecture and laboratory course in elemental transient phenomena and the appli­

cation o f their principles to commercial quantitative problems. It is based on labora­
tory work with actual circuits and electrical conditions, utilizing an oscilligraph for
the. permanent record.
Prerequisites, Courses 9 and 34.

42. Special Electrical Laboratory.
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H o u rs as arranged.
The above number and title cover such courses in the Department of Electrical
Engineering for which an individual demand may arise. These special courses are
open to students majoring in Electrical Engineering who are properly qualified in the
judgment o f the instructor. The number of hours of actual work, the number of hours
or credit and the time are arranged with each student personally. The student should
become familiar with as much of the literature on the subject on which he is working
as possible, and may or may not be required to submit a thesis.

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43. Advanced Shop.
S ix hour8 a w eek , first sem ester.

Acetylene, welding.

Soldering.

Pipe fitting.

T w o hours credit.

Short-cut shop methods.

44. Fuels and Combustion.
F ou r hour8 a w eek , secon d sem ester. Tw o hours credit.

Study o f solid, gaseous and liquid fuels.
bustion.
Prerequisite, Course Chemistry 2 or 15.

Carbonization of coal.

Studies in com­

45. Internal Combustion Engines.
F iv e hours a w eek , first sem ester. T hree hours credit.

A study of the thermodynamic theory and mechanical design and construction of
modern Diesel and automotive engines.

46. Aerodynamics.
F ive hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.

T hree hours credit.

An introductory study of aerodynamic theory and experimental methods.

47. Industrial Management.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

T hree hours credit.

A survey study o f the organization and administration of industrial activities, includ­
ing also the history and growth of manufacturing, modem industrial characteristics,
production control methods, standards, and employee relations.

48. Factory Management.
O ne hour lectu re, on e three-hour p eriod, secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.

This includes manufacturing methods with particular reference t o : choice of
machines, methods and materials, production planning and control, factory layouts,
costs and job studies. The facilities o f the engineering shops will be available for this
course.

Engineering Equipment

The equipment fo r surveying is complete and up to date,
including compasses, transits, solar attachments, dumpy and wye
levels.
The equipment for experimental work in the materials testing
laboratory includes the following main units:
100,000 lbs. Olsen Tension Machine; 15,000 lbs. Olsen Tension Machine;
50,000 in. lb.
Olsen Torsion Machine; Upton-Lewis Fatigue Testing
Machine; Fairbanks Cement Testing Machine; Shore Seleroscope; Brinnell
Hardness Testing Machine; Stewart Heat Treatment Furnace.

There is also a complete set o f accurate instruments for mea­
suring sizes and deformation o f test pieces.
The hydraulic laboratory contains:
Worthington, Hash and d ,01ier Centrifugal Pumps varying in capacity
from 125 to 900 gallons per minute. One o f the pumps is driven by an
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is also a Gould Triplex Pump. A variety o f weirs, nozzles, venturi tubes and
water meters is available fo r testing these pumps and fo r other hydraulic
measurements. Two small modem, commercial, hydraulic turbines, both
impulse and reaction, are arranged for complete tests.

In the steam engine laboratory there a re:
Three engines: Corliss, Tandem Compound and Simple Slide Valve, all of
which are connected for testing. Two steam turbines: one, a G. E. Curtis
single-stage, and the other a two-stage, especially designed fo r laboratory
use. For the testing o f these engines and turbines there are Republic,
Brown and Bailey Plow Meters, a Wheeler Surface Condenser and a Sehutte
Koerting Jet Condenser. This laboratory has also a very complete selection
o f gauges, indicators, injectors, steam traps, etc.

The internal combustion engine laboratory contains:
Several modern engines, including Liberty, Wright, Packard and Lawrence
Aeroplane and Dirigible Engines. A Union Aeroplane Engine and an Essex
six-cylinder Automobile Engine are connected to a Sprague Electric Dynamo­
meter. Somewhat older engines are: Twin-cylinder Vertical Bruce Macbeth
Gas Engine; two Otto Gas Engines; Quiney Gasoline Engine, Mietz and
Weiss Solid Injection Oil Engine. A complete set o f testing instruments,
including a Bureau o f Standards Balanced Diaphragm Indicator, is avail­
able.

Particular attention is paid to the testing o f fuels and lubri­
cants. The following apparatus is used for the purpose:
Junker Gas Calorimeter; Parr Coal Calorimeter; Thurston and Saybolt
Viscometers; Thurston Friction Testing Machine; several Orsat Flue Gas
Analyzers; Electric Furnaces and Chemical Balances for Coal and Ash
Analysis.

F or the study o f refrigeration the laboratory contains two
refrigeration machines. Close by, on the campus, a four-ton
York Ice Plant is in daily operation.
Not only laboratory apparatus, but all the college mechanical
equipment as well, is used for test. In the college heating plant
there are:
A modern stoker fired Babcock and W ilcox Boiler completely arranged
fo r testing, with coal scales, water and steam flow meters, draft gauges and
automatic combustion control apparatus; Permutit Water Softener; two
75 K .W . and one 50 K .W . Harrisburg Engine Generators, and three Return
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The college water works contains:
Eoberts and Continental Jewel Gravity Filters; a Wallace and Tiernan
Chlorinator and a two-stage De Laval Pump, as well as complete apparatus
fo r water analysis, control and testing.

Students have free access to this equipment at all times. The
privilege of operating this equipment is available on request.
The Electrical Engineering Laboratory occupies the major
portion o f the second floor o f Hicks Hall, and contains equip­
ment for performing experimental work both in alternating and
direct currents.
A t the western end is a sub-station, for the conversion of alter­
nating current to direct, which supplies the needs of the nearby
buildings and furnishes an example of modern practice. There
is available 100 K.W . o f direct current and 60 K.W . of alter­
nating at a large number o f different voltages. The motors,
generators, transformers, etc., are set on low platforms, so ar­
ranged as to make easy the connection of apparatus for use. Each
table has wires, which run through floor ducts to a plug-type
switchboard, where the individual circuits may readily be con­
nected in series, in parallel or to power.
The following are available for test:
One motor generator set, 50 K.W ., 125 volt D.C., from 220 volt, 3-phase,
60-cycle; 2 motor generator sets, 25 K .W ., 125 volt D.C., from 220 volt,
3-phase, 60-eyde A .C .; one motor generator set, 2.5 K .W ., 10 volts D.C., from
125 volts D.O.; one motor generator set, 7.5 K .W ., 110 volts A.O., 1, 2, or
3-phase, 20 to 70 cycles from 125 volts D.C.; two rotary converters,
synchronous, 7.5 K.W ., 125 volts D.C., from A.C., % 2, or 3-phase, 60 cycles;
one Rotary Converter, synchronous, 5 K.W ., 125 volts D.C., from 2-phase,
60-cyele; one double current generator, 10 K .W ., A.C. or D.C.; one sine
wave set composed o f 7.5 H.P., D.C. motor and 2- alternating current gen­
erators, 2 or 5 K .W . rotable stators; one motor generator set, 1 K.W .,
A.C. or D.C., A.C. frequency 170 to 250.
I nduction M otors
One 25 H P ., 220 volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle, variable speed; one 5 H.P.,
110 volt, 3-phase, 60-eyele, variable speed; one 5 H.P., 110 volt, 3-phase,
60-cycle, constant speed; one 2 H.P., 110 volt, single phase, 60 cycle, con­
stant speed; one 2 H.P., 110 volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle, constant speed; one
5 H.P., double squirrel cage, 2 voltage, 3-phase, 60-cycle; one 3 H.P.,
repulsion start, single phase, 60-cycle; one induction Potential Regulator

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110 volts input, 20 to 200 volts output; one Synchronous Generator, 25 H.P.,
220 volt, 3-phase, 60-eyele; Induction Potential Regulator 2200 volts, 60cycle, giving 2020 or 2380 volts output. Synchronous motor, 25 H.P., 220
volt, 3-phase, 60-cyele.
Transformers
Three 25 K V A , 2200 volts to 220 volts; three 20 K V A , 2200 volts to
220-110-77 volts; one 15 K V A , 220 volts to 220-110 volts; two 5 K V A , 2200
volts to 220-110 volts; three 7.5 K V A , 2200 volts to 220-110 volts; two
8 K V A , 110 volts, 2-phase to 110 volts, 3-phase, Scott; two 4 K V A , 110
volts, 2-phase to 110 volts, 3-phase, Scott; one 2 K V A , 110 volts to 40,000
volts; one 3 K V A , street lighting, 6.6 amp.; six 5 K V A , 2200 to 110-220
volts; one saturated iron core reactor regulator; one 3 K V A , street light­
ing, 6.6 amp.
D irect Current Generators
One 10 K .W ., 125 volts compound; one 5 K.W ., 125 volts compound; one
18 K .W ., 125 volts compound, with interpoles; one 4 K .W ., 125 volts
compound.
D irect Current M otors
One 7.5 H.P., 125 volts compound; one 3 H.P., 125 volts series; one
1 H.P., 110 volts interpole; one 3 H.P., series wound, 125 volts.
V ariable Speed D.C. M otors
One 2 H.P., 110 volt, 525-2625 rpm, Lincoln type; one 30 H.P., 220 volt,
950 rpm, shunt wound.
F loodlighting E quipment
Three 500 watt, outdoor floodlights; twelve 1000 watt, modern outdoor
floodlights.

The equipment includes high-grade ammeters, voltmeters
and wattmeters which make it possible to read closely any cur­
rent from .001 to 1,500 amperes and any pressure from .001 to
3,000 volts. A vibrating reed frequency meter, a synchroscope,
a contactor fo r wave form, a power factor meter, recording and
integrating meters are available. A General Electric oscillo­
graph is used to show wave shape and phase relations.
Condensers, inductances, lamps o f many 'types, and the neces­
sary lamp banks, water barrels, rheostats and starting boxes
are provided. The department owns and operates a complete
radio station, with experimental and amateur licenses known as
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F or the work in illumination there are a Bunsen photometer
of semi-portable type, a three-meter Queen photometer with
Lummer-Brodhun screen, revolving head, etc., and two portable
illuminometers. Many types of lamps and types o f glassware
are at hand, and a study is made o f the various types of lighting
around the College to determine where each would be best
applied for interior or outdoor work.
SHOP WORK

A ll engineering students are required to obtain experience in
shop work. Students who so desire may do a portion or all o f
the required work outside o f the College. Such work shall be
o f a nature to be approved by the faculty of the Engineering
Division, and shall be general enough to be equivalent to the
work required in the College shops. Students desiring to sub­
stitute shop work in factories shall submit their plan to the
faculty for approval prior to. doing the work, and shall obtain
from a responsible official of the company, in whose factory they
have been employed, a certificate o f satisfactory work done in
such detail as may be required by the faculty. The amount o f
time devoted to shop work in the factory shall be at least twice
that required in the College shop, and a greater amount o f time
may be required unless the work is well divided among different
branches o f shop practice. I f the work done outside the College
is deemed sufficiently complete to be a satisfactory substitute for
a part but not for all o f the College course, then the student will
be required to take only that portion of the work in College in
which his outside experience is considered deficient.
The work in the College shop will be conducted during the
College year and also during a period of two weeks immediately
preceding or following the College year. The required Work will
be equivalent to a period o f four weeks o f forty-four hours per
week.
The machine shop occupies a large portion o f the second floor
o f Beardsley Hall. A large tool room is centrally located and is
in charge of an assistant who supplies individual tools on a check
system, as is done in commercial shops.
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screw-cutting engine lathes; speed lathes, simple and hackgeared; planers; universal milling machines; shaper; twist-drill
grinder; vertical drill presses; lathe-center grinder; surface
plates; cutter and surface grinder; automatic and plain turret
lathes; power saw; acetylene welding outfit; standard gauges
and a complete equipment o f small tools.
The woodworking shop extends through the entire length of
the third floor o f Beardsley Hall. A ll the woodworking ma­
chinery is of the latest design, and each unit has a direct motor
drive and is equipped with approved safety devices. The equip­
ment includes the following machines:
36-ineh Oliver Single Surfaces; 38-inch Oliver Band Saw; Oliver Universal
W ood Trimmer; Colburn Universal Circular Saw; Mummert, W olf and Dixon
Oil Tool Grinder; 6-inch Bench type Oliver Hand Jointer; Post Drill Press
and Boring Machine; 24-inch Oliver W ood Turning Lathe; eight 12-inch
Oliver Motor Head W ood Turning Lathes.

The tool room is equipped with all small tools and necessary
stock for a complete course in elementary pattern making and
woodworking.
The forge shop, on the ground floor o f the building, consists
o f ten fires and one additional master fire. The forges are oper­
ated on the down-draft principle, and were made by the Buffalo
Forge Company.
The foundry is also located on the first floor, and has a gasheated cupola or furnace for melting metals in crucibles. The
additional equipment consists of moulding benches, flasks and
other accessory apparatus.
FEES

A fee o f $10 for each semester is charged for each course in
surveying, mechanical laboratory, electrical laboratory or illu­
mination, and a fee o f $5 per credit hour for shop work, and
proportionate charge for shorter periods o f required work.
TRIPS

Trips taken by groups o f students to nearby plants and
factories constitute a valuable feature o f the engineering course.
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Victor Talking Machine Company
Philadelphia Electric Company
Naval Aircraft Factory
Conowingo Hydro-Power Development
Atlantic Steel Company
Delaware River Steel Company
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
A whole-hearted spirit of co-operation between the industries
and the College has been found at all points o f contact.
English
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Harold C. Goddard. Professor Everett L. Hunt has
charge o f the work in Public Speaking. The instructing staff
includes Dr. Goddard, Professor Hunt, Associate Professor
Philip M. Hicks, Assistant Professor Robert E. Spiller, Assistant
Professor Alan Valentine, Charlotte R. D. Young, Lecturer;
Dorothy F . Troy, Instructor; Franklin B. Folsom, Part-time
Instructor, and Dean Raymond Walters.
The purpose of the work in English is to encourage the writ­
ing o f clear, forceful, idiomatic English, and to arouse and foster
love o f good literature. A special effort is made to keep in view,
at all times, the application o f the works studied to the life and
problems o f the present day.
O f the courses listed below, Freshman English, six hours, is
required o f all students except those exempted in the placement
examinations, who may substitute for it an equal number of
hours o f elective work in English. In addition to this at least
four hours in English, other literatures, or Fine Arts, must be
presented by all students for graduation. Course 4, Survey of
English Literature, is required of all English majors for gradua­
tion and is prerequisite to Honors work in English. Exemption
from this requirement will be allowed by an examination given
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course.

Reading lists for this purpose will be supplied upon

request.
1. Freshman English. Dean Walters, Associate Professor Hicks, Mr. Folsom,
Mr. Klees, Miss Troy, and Miss Young.
T hree hours a w e e k throughout the yea r.

Offered annually.

A general introduction to literature and composition.

2. Practice Course in Writing.

Miss Troy.

Tw o hours a w eek throughout th e yea r.

O ffered anwually.

A course in creative writing without specific assignments, except occasionally in
individual cases. The work is conducted through reading of original work, conference,
criticism and self-assignment. Open to those who have completed or been exempted
from Course I and who are not taking any other writing courses at the same time, but
primarily intended for those who look upon writing at least as an avocation. Enroll­
ment must be accompanied by some writing done within the preceding six months.
The class is divided into two sections, the more advanced of which is conducted as a
weekly seminar.

3. Narrative Writing.

Miss Young.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

The chief emphasis of this course is on the short story; the analysis of its structure
and practice in writing it.

4. Survey o f English Literature.

Associate Professor Hicks, Assistant Pro­

fessor Valentine, and Miss Young.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.

O ffered annually.

A review of the history of English thought and literature from Anglo-Saxon times
to the present. Required of English majors and prerequisite to Honors work in
English; elective for all others.

6. Chaucer.

Professor Goddard.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. N ot offered m 1928-29.
A study of a number o f the C anterbury Tales, several of the Minor Poems, and the
Troilu8 and C riseyde.

7. The English Drama.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r. N ot offered in 1928-29.

Course 7 deals with a selected period or aspect of the English drama.
Course 7 must be continued throughout the year.

8. Shakespeare.

Miss Young.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A critical study of several selected plays of Shakespeare and more rapid reading
of the rest o f his works.
Course 8 must be continued throughout the year.

9. The English Novel.

Associate Professor Hicks.
Three hours a w eek throughout th e y ea r. O ffered annually.

A study of the development of the English novel from ite beginnings to the present
day.

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Professor Goddard and Miss Troy.
T w o hour8 a w eek throughout the y e a r . O ffered annually.

The work o f this course is devoted to a selected period or aspect of English poetry.
In 1928-29 two courses in Poetry are offered: 10 (a ), An Introduction to Poetry,
by Professor Goddard; 10 (b ), Nineteenth Century Poetry, by Miss Troy.

11. English. Prose.

Professor Goddard and Mr. Klees.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

The purpose o f Course 11 is to present the development of English thought and of
the religious, social, and political ideas of the English people, as embodied in the prose
literature of a selected period. In 1928-29 two courses in English Prose are offered:
11 (a ), Social Ideals in Contemporary Prose, by Professor Goddard, and 11 (b ),
Eighteenth Century Prose, by Mr. Klees.
Course 11 must be continued throughout the year.

12. American Literature.

Mr. Klees.

Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A study o f American writers from the Revolutionary period to the present time, with
emphasis on the literary expression o f American ideals.

14. Special Topics. Professor Goddard.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered in 1928-29.
The purpose of Course 14 is to cover periods and topics not fully treated in the
other courses o f the department, and to offer, also, opportunity for the detailed study
o f selected authors.
Course 14 is intended primarily for Seniors majoring in English; it is open to others
only by special permission.

15 ( « ) . Public Speaking.

Professor Hunt.

Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A course intended to develop knowledge of and proficiency in effective public speak­
ing. Assigned readings in the field o f public discussion, analysis of persuasive
speeches, and constant practice in speaking before the class.

15 ( b ) . Interpretative Reading.

Professor Hunt.

Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

Offered annyaUy.

Oral interpretation o f prose and poetry, with special attention to the Bible and
Shakespeare. Course 15 (b ) should be taken by students who expect to elect Course
16 (b ), The One-Act Play.

16 ( a) . Play Production.

Associate Professor Hicks.

O ffered in 1929-30.
This course aims to familiarize students with the problems of dramatic production
through the presentation o f several public performances during the year. The develop­
ment of English drama is studied through representative plays of various periods.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

16 (b ). The One-Act Play.

Associate Professor Hicks.

O ffered in 1928-29.
The aim o f this course is similar to that o f 16 (a ), with which it alternates; the
material differs in being drawn from modern drama. The course includes a study of
the Little Theater movement and of the One-Act Play as a literary form.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.

17. Extempore Speaking.

Professor Hunt and Mr. Folsom.
One hou r a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A course designed to help students to think clearly and speak effectively before an
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18. Debating.

Professor Hunt.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A study oi brief-drawing, rules o f evidence, types of argument, detection of fallacies,
and dialectical method In connection with the public discussion of persistent social,
economic, and political questions.

20. Seminar in Speech and Dramatie Training.

Associate Professor Hicks.

This course provides opportunity for advanced study under individual instruction
to students who have completed scheduled courses in either field. Prom one to three
hours’ credit may be given, depending upon the work assigned.

A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f English
is given on page 51.
Dante.

Professor A . M. Brooks.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.

Study o f the Divine Comedy as a work of consummate literature.
tion is given to the life and art of the century that produced it.

Greek 11.

Greek Drama in English.

Special atten­

Professor Shero.

O ffered in 1929-30.
In addition to the study of the Greek plays themselves, the influence of Greek
drama on later Literature will be studied. No knowledge of Greek is required.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

Latin 14.

Roman Drama in English.

Professor Brewster.

T h ree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. O ffered in 1930-31.

In addition to the study of Latin plays themselves, the interrelation of Greek and
Roman Drama will be studied, and the influence of Roman Drama on later Literature.
No knowledge of Latin is required.

Fine Arts
PROFESSOR ALFRED M. BROOKS AND MISS STILZ

The purpose o f the courses in the Fine Arts is critical and
appreciative rather than practical. The work consists o f illus­
trated lectures on the plastic and graphic arts: architecture,
sculpture, painting, and the allied arts, together with collateral
reading and first-hand examination o f objects o f art. The prin­
ciples o f art and their application in masterpieces are studied not
only with reference to the intrinsic value o f the masterpieces hut
with a view o f developing good taste, for it is by knowledge and
memory of fine things only that power can be acquired to fix
standards by which to form such taste.
1. Graphic A rts. Study o f drawing as the foundation o f all
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engraving and etching. Three hours a week throughout the year.
Not open to Freshmen.
2. A rt Survey. A general course on the significance and his­
tory o f Art, covering architecture, sculpture painting and the
allied arts. Three hours a week throughout the year.
3. Greek and Roman A rchitecture. Study of classic architec­
ture. Three hours a week, first semester.
4. Mediaeval and Renaissance A rchitecture. Study o f the influ­
ence o f and changes wrought on classic architecture throughout
the middle ages and Renaissance down to the present time.
Three hours a week, second semester.
5. Dante. Study o f the Divine Comedy as a work o f consum­
mate literature. Special attention is given to the life and art of
the Italian thirteenth century that produced it. Three hours a
week throughout the year.
6. In terior Decoration. Principles o f color and design as ap­
plied to the planning and furnishing o f houses. Three hours a
week.
German Language and Literature

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Clara Price Newport. Lydia Baer is Instructor.
The elementary courses of study in this department aim to
give students a reading knowledge o f German, so that it may be
used as a tool in reading books and periodicals in history, science,
philosophy or literature. The ability to speak and write the language is here used as a method o f attaining greater accuracy.
The more advanced courses are intended to add knowledge and
appreciation o f literature and the power to speak and to write
German.
In the classroom, translation into English is discontinued as
soon as possible and expressive reading o f the German text is
substituted, and German is made the classroom language as
nearly as possible. The idiomatic sentence and modern colloquial
language form the basis o f the work in composition. Reading
and translation at sight are cultivated.
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The first semester’s work in Courses 1, 2, 3 and 5 will not be
accepted toward a degree unless followed by the work of the
second semester.
Students who desire it are given an opportunity to carry on,
under direction, correspondence with students in Germany.
Facilities in Philadelphia and vicinity of especial value to
work in the department of German are as follow s: the general
and special libraries o f Swarthmore College, University of Penn­
sylvania, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Drexel Institute, .Philadelphia
Public Library; Germanic collections o f the museums in Me­
morial Hall, Drexel Institute, University o f Pennsylvania
Museum; services in German at several churches; several daily
and weekly newspapers; lectures at the German Society.
1. Elementary German.

Professor Newport and Miss Baer.
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Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r. Offered annually.
Hagboldt and Kaufmann, Grammar and In d u ctive R ea d in g s; Storm, Im m en se«;
Baumbach, D e r Schw iegersohn. Persistent training in composition, conversation, and

expressive reading.

2. Advanced German.

Professor Newport and Miss Baer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

Review of grammar, practice in composition, conversation, and expressive reading,
and, principally, reading of some recent short stories, of a representative modern play,
of lyrics and ballads, and other suitable material.
Prerequisite, Course 1 or equivalent.

3. Lessing— Schiller.

Professor Newport.

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Prerequisite, Course 2 or equivalent.

Goethe’s W erk e, G oldene KlassBcer-Bibliothek. A careful study of Goethe’s life and
works. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite, Course 3 or equivalent.

needs. For students majoring in pi
the student to read the new material
out in German boohs and periodicals.
Prerequisite, Course 2 or equivalent.

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6. Recent German Literature.

Professor Newport.

T hree hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.

O ffered in 1930-31.

A rapid reading course in important modern authors.
Only open to students who have taken Course 4.

7. German Conversation and Composition.

Professor Newport.

T w o hour8 a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered in 1930-31.

Constant practice in the use o f idiomatic German both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite, Course 2 or equivalent.

8. The German Drama in the Nineteenth Century.

Professor Newport.

T hree hours a w eek , first sem ester. O ffered in 1930-31.

The development of the drama in Germany since the plays of Goethe and Schiller,
with special attention to Kleist, Grillparzer, Hebbel, Ludwig, Anzengruber, Hauptmann,
Sudermann, Hoffmansthal, Wedekind and Schnitzler.
Prerequisite, fluency in reading and speaking German.

9. Outline Course in German Literature.

Professor Newport.

T hree hours a w eek , second sem ester. O ffered in 1929-30.

A survey o f the literature of Germany from the earliest times, with copious readings
from the most important authors.
Prerequisite, Course 4 or equivalent.

A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f German
is given on page 62.
Greek and Latin

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Ethel Hampson Brewster. Dr. L. R. Shero is Profes­
sor o f Greek. Fine Arts Course No. 3 is conducted by Pro­
fessor A lfred Mansfield Brooks.
The aim o f the department is primarily to create an apprecia­
tion o f the masterpieces of Greek and Latin literature and to
trace their influence upon modern thought and letters; atten­
tion is given to the political institutions of both Greece and
Rome and their survival in present times, to philosophy and
religion, to private and social life, and to art and architecture
as exemplified by existing remains in sculpture and painting and
in private and public buildings. Use is made o f illustrative
material belonging to the College.
Students who enter College with three or four years o f Latin
will elect Course No. 2 ; those who enter with two or three years
o f Greek will elect Course No. 3.
A Teachers’ Course in Latin (12) is offered for Seniors and
Juniors who expect to take positions as teachers o f Latin in pub-

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lie and preparatory schools. Those who elect this course must
before the end of the Senior year have pursued at least Courses
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10; the directors of the department will
recommend as teachers of Latin only those who have completed
these courses satisfactorily, or, in the case of Honors students,
those who have completed satisfactorily Courses Nos. 2, 3 and 10.
Students majoring in Latin are required to take Courses 1 and 2
in Greek.
GREEK

1. Elementary Greek: Grammar, selected readings, collateral study o f the
Greek character and genius. Professor Shero.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.

O ffered a/nnually.

Courses 1 and 2 are provided for those who have not had an opportunity o f study­
ing Greek in the preparatory school. No credit is allowed unless the language begun in
college is pursued for two years. Full credit for the two years is given upon the
completion of Course 2.

2. Intermediate Greek: Headings from Greek masterpieces (prose authors,
Homer, Euripides.) Professor Brewster.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.

Offered annually.

3. Homer: Bapid reading o f several books o f the Iliad and the Odyssey,
with study o f the two epics in their entirety. Professor Shero.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

4. Lysias and Demosthenes:

Selected speeches.

O ffered annually.

Professor Shero.

T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester. O ffered annually.

5. Plato:

Selected dialogues.

Professor Shero.

T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. O ffered as required.

6. JEschylus and Sophocles:

Selected plays.

Professor Shero.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. Offered as required.

7. Historical Prose:
fessor Shero.

Selected books o f Herodotus and Thucydides.

Pro­

T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. O ffered as required.

8. Greek Language and Prose Composition.

Professor Shero.

T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered as required.

9. New Testament Greek: The A cts o f the A postles and the E pistle to the
Galatians. Professor Shero.
Tw o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

10. The History o f Greece.

O ffered as required.

Professor Shero.

O ffered in 1929-30.
A study o f Greek civilization in its most significant aspects to the time of the
Hellenistic Kingdoms, preceded by a brief survey of the Oriental civilizations by which
the Greeks were influenced. Special attention will be given to the 6th and 5th
centuries B.O.
T h ree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

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11.

Greek Drama in English.

Professor Shero.

T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. O ffered in 1929-30.

This course is supplementary to Course 10 (The History of Greece) and will be
offered in the same years as that course. In addition to the study of the Greek plays
themselves, the influence of Greek drama on later literatures will be studied. No
knowledge of Greek is required.

Pine Arts.

3.

Greek and Roman Architecture.

Professor A . M. Brooks.

T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

O ffered as required.

L A T IN

1. Sub-Freshman Latin.
Three hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.

This course is arranged
man elective. It includes
Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and
college is pursued for two

2. Livy, Selections.

O ffered as required.

for those who are not prepared to take the regular Fresh­
a study o f grammar and selective readings from Caesar,
other authors. No credit unless the language begun in
years.

Professor Brewster.

T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

See note under Course 3.

3. Horace, Odes and E rodes.

Professor Brewster.

T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Courses 2 and 3 form the regular Freshman elective.

4. Letters o f Cicero and Pliny.

Professor Shero.

T hree hours a w e e k during the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

See note under Course 5.

5. Catullus and Virgil, Eclogues and G eorgies. Professor Shero.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Courses 4 and 5 form the regular Sophomore elective.

6. Tacitus, A gricola and Germania.

Professor Brewster.

T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. N ot offered in 1929-30.

7. Roman Satire.

Professor Brewster.

T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

8. Plautus, Terence, and Martial.

O ffered in 1928-29.

Professor Brewster.

T w o hours a w eek d u ring th e first sem ester. O ffered in 1928-29.

9. Lucretius, D e Rervm Natura. Professor Brewster.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. N ot offered in 1929-30.

10. Latin Language and Prose Composition.

Professor Shero.

O ffered in 1928-29.
This course includes a review o f forms and syntax, the translation of Latin at sight,
and practice in reading and writing Latin.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

11. Latin Sight Reading.

Professor Brewster.

T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ne hour credit. O ffered as required.

The work o f this course is almost exclusively confined to the classroom and requires

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no outside preparation except for an occasional report upon the life and works of the
author studied. Selections from a variety of prose aud verse writers will he read.

12. Teachers’ Course.

Professor Brewster.

lflon

T w o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r. O ffered m 1929-30.

Lectures and reports upon Caesar, Cicero, Yirgil, and other Latin a^ ors C°“ “ " ^
read in the preparatory schools. For admission to the course see the introductory
announcement on pages 107*108.

13 The History o f Borne.

Professor Brewster.

O ffered in 1930-31.
The history of Borne from the earliest times to the beginning of the Barbaric in­
vasions The course stresses the Boman genius for organization and administration.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

14. Boman Drama in English.

Professor Brewster.

T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. O ffered m 1930-31.

This course is supplementary to Course 13 (The History of Borne) and will be
offered in the same years as that course. In addition to the study of Latin plays
themselves, the interrelation of Greek and Boman Drama will be studied, and the in­
fluence of Boman Drama on later literature. No knowledge of Latin is required.

A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f the
Classics is given on page 62.
History and International Relations

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor William I. Hull. The staff includes Professor Hull,
Associate Professor Frederick J. Manning, Assistant Professor
Mary Albertson and Assistant Professor Troyer S. Anderson.
Requirements for students who major in history do not turn
on any particular total o f credit-hours, but rather upon the com­
pletion of such courses in history, together with related courses
in the social sciences, literature, philosophy, tlie fine arts, etc.,
as, in the opinion of the department will facilitate the most in­
telligent, well-rounded, and worth-while preparation for the Com­
prehensive Examinations in history. A reading knowledge of
French and some acquaintance with the principles of economic
theory are essential for an intelligent appreciation o f history.
Most graduate schools require a reading knowledge o f French,
German, and Latin for a graduate degree in history.
The Comprehensive Examination for major students at the end
o f their Senior year include questions on the following topics.
(1) European History (2) British History (3) The History of
the United States (4) The Origins o f Civilization and Ancient

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History. M ajor students are expected to answer general ques­
tions in each o f these fields, and more specific questions in at
least two of the fields. They should know something o f the
principles of historical method, bibliography, and the develop­
ment o f historical thinking and writing. A seminar is offered
in Senior year in which these last topics are considered, in con­
nection with special individual work in the source-materials for
some one historical problem.
The survey-course in European History, the only course open
to Freshmen (except by special permission from the department)
is a prerequisite for any o f the other courses in European or
English History, and for any Honors seminars in history.
1. The History o f Europe; A General Survey. Assistant Professor Albert­
son, Assistant Professor Anderson, Associate Professor Manning.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A general survey o f the origins and development of European civilization and in­

stitutions from the decline o f the Roman Empire to the present day. Given in as
small sections as possible. Especially designed for Freshmen ; a prerequisite to the
other courses in European or English history and to any Honors work in history.

2. The History o f Great Britain.
sociate Professor Manning.

Assistant Professor Albertson and As­

T h ree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered annually.

Lectures, prescribed reading, and special reports on the political, economic, intellectual
and constitutional history of Great Britain. After History 1. A prerequisite for
students who take two Honors seminars in British History.

3. The History o f the United States up to the Civil War.
fessor Manning.
T w o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester.

Associate Pro­

O ffered in 1929-30.

Lectures on the colonial period, the Revolution, the formation of the Constitution,
the Jacksonian period, and the emergence o f the problems leading to the Civil War.
Special reading to count for three hours credit. Not open to Freshmen.

4. The History o f the United States from the Slavery Controversy to the
Present Time. Assistant Professor Anderson.
Tw o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester.

O ffered in 1928-29.

The Civil War and the Reconstruction period, followed by a study of the industrial
transformation of the United States since the Civil W ar and its effects on American
social, political, constitutional, diplomatic history. Not open to Freshmen. Special
reading for three hours credit.

Greek 10.

The History o f Greece.

Professor Shero.

T hree hours a w eek dmrinff the first sem ester.

O ffered in 1929-30.

A study o f Greek civilization in its most significant aspects to the time of the

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Hellenistic kingdoms, preceded by a brief survey of tbe Oriental civilizations by which
the Greeks were influenced. Special attention will be given to the 6th and 5th
centuries B . 0.

Latin 13.

The History o f Borne.

Professor Brewster.

O ffered in 1930-31.
The history of Rome from the earliest times to the beginning of the Barbaric In­
vasions. The course stresses the Roman genius for organization and administration.
T hree hours a w eek d u ring the first sem ester.

5. The Benaissance.

Assistant Professor Albertson.
T w o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester.

O ffered a/nnually.

Lectures, prescribed reading, and special reports on the history of Europe during
the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Special reading for three hours’
credit. After History 1 and preferably after or together with History 2. Valuable
for Honors students in the Divisions of English Literature and the Social Sciences.

6. The History o f Europe in the Nineteenth Century.
Anderson.

Assistant Professor

T hree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered in 1928-29.
Lectures, reading, and reports on the development of Europe since the period of the
French Revolution. After History 1.

7. The History o f Europe in the Twentieth Century.
Anderson.

Assistant Professor

T hree hours a w eek fo r o n e sem ester . O ffered in 1929-30.
Lectures, reading, and reports on the origins, history, and results of the World
W ar. After History 1. Not open to Freshmen. A prerequisite to the Honors seminar
to be offered in this subject.

8. Constitutional History.

Associate Professor Manning.
T w o hours a, w eek fo r one sem ester.

Lectures, cases, and readings in the development of the Anglo-American Common
Law, and the constitutional system of one o f the two countries. Based on Pollock and
Maitland, Blackstone, Holmes, and the cases. To be offered whenever sufficient
Seniors who contemplate studying law are ready to take it. After History 1 and
after or together with History 2.

9. International Law.

Professor Hull.

O ffered in 1929-30.
This course is open to Juniors and Seniors, and is designed to present the outlines
o f the international law o f peace, war, and neutrality. The principles of the science are
illustrated by a weekly discussion of current international events.
Tw o hours a w e e k throughout the y e a r .

10. International Government.

Professor Hull.
T w o hours a w e e k throughout the year.

This course is open to Seniors and Juniors. It traces the historic development of
international government and illustrates its strength and weakness, its achievements
and attempts, by a weekly discussion of current international events.

11. International Belations.

Professor Hull.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the year.

This course is open to Seniors and Juniors. It is based on a text-book, library
and newspaper study of current international problems, their historical development,
and their significance as related to international law and international government.

COURSES OF INSTRUCTION

12. The History o f Quakerism.

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Professor Hull.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

A text-book, library and direct-contact study o i tbe general history of Quakerism
during the past three centuries, its connection with English Puritanism and European
mysticism, with special stress on its literature and biography. George Fox’s Journal
and A . N. Brayshaw’s T h e Q uakers will be used as the basis of class discussion, and
each student will present the results o f individual research into the life and writings
of one or more Quaker worthies. The Clement M. Biddle Friends’ Historical Library
is notably rich in materials relating to this w ork; while Friends’ Meetings and
Friendly work in general are largely centered in and around Philadelphia.
For Honors Courses in History, see pp. 56-57.

13. Quaker Solutions o f Social Problems.

Professor Hull.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the year.

A study of outstanding social problems such as the family, childhood, the position
of women, immigration, the colored races, the rural problem, the city, the industrial
problem, pauperism and charity, intemperance, social purity, crime and punishment,
war and peace. These problems will be discussed from the point of view of their
growth and their present status and with special reference to the historic Quaker
“ testimonies” concerning them. John Woolman’s Journal and O ther P a p ers and W il­
liam Penn s Som e F ru its o f Solitude will be used as the Quaker basis of class discus­
sion. The Biddle Memorial Library contains a rich store of materials relating to the
Quaker aspects o f this course, while the other college courses in Social Science and
visits to various institutions connected with them should co-ordinate well with it.
The work of the American Friends’ Service Committee and various other Friendly
social activities are readily accessible from Swarthmore.

14. History Seminar fo r Senior M ajor Students.
One a ftern oon a w eek throughout the year.

O ffered annually.

Informal meetings with various members of the department, for reports and dis­
cussions in connection with preparation for the departmental Comprehensive Examina­
tion. Credit hours to be adjusted to the needs o f individual students.

History Headings as prerequisite to Honors Courses.
Courses Greek 10 and Latin 13 are prerequisite to reading for Honors in the
Classics; Course 1 is a prerequisite to reading for Honors in the Social Science or
English groups; these courses must be taken in the Freshman or Sophomore years.
Course 2 is essential for the history seminars in the Social Science or English groups
and should be taken in Sophomore year. Courses 3 and 4 are essential for students
who plan to read American economic or constitutional history in the Social Science
group. All history lecture courses are open to all who may be interested to attend.
For Honors Courses in History, see pp. 56-57.

Mathematics and Astronom y
The staff for instruction in this department consists o f Pro­
fessor John A. Miller,* Professor Arnold Dresden, Professor Ross
W . Marriott,* Associate Professor John H. Pitman, Assistant
Professor Michel Kovalenko. Alice Rogers is Research Assistant,
and the Reverend Walter A. Matos, a Volunteer Observer in the
Observatory. Murat Louis Johnson is non-resident Lecturer in
Mathematics o f Insurance. During the second semester o f 1928* On leave o f absence during the second semester o f 1928-29.

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29, Professor M. J. Babb, University o f Pennsylvania, is Visiting
Professor of Mathematics.
The College requirement o f six hours o f mathematics for
graduation may be satisfied by passing course 2. Students
who contemplate majoring in mathematics or reading fo r honors
in the Division o f Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics are
recommended to take courses 1, 3 and 4 in their Freshman year.
They should also acquire a reading knowledge o f French and
Scientific German, if possible, before the beginning o f their
Junior year.
Graduate courses are offered in the department. These are
given from time to time in accordance with the needs o f the in­
dividual student.
A department library is located on the first floor of the
Observatory. It contains about 3,000 volumes and is sufficiently
complete to make it a good working library. It is reasonably
supplied with standard treatises, particularly those published in
the last two decades. It contains complete sets o f nearly all the
American mathematical and Astronomical periodicals, and sets
(some o f which are complete; some o f which are not) o f the
leading English, German and French periodicals. This library
receives the publications o f many o f the leading observatories in
exchange for the publications of the Sproul Observatory.
The equipment o f the observatory is best suited fo r astrometric and kindred problems. The various eclipse expeditions
from the Observatory have yielded considerable eclipse data.
A description o f the instrumental equipment for astronomy
may be found on pages 15 and 16. The teaching staff is at
present devoting as much time as is consistent with their teach­
ing duties to studies in stellar parallax with the 24-inch tele­
scope, to photography with the 9-inch doublet, and to the study
of eclipses of the sun. Students interested in any of these prob­
lems may work with advantage in conjunction with one o f the
professors. Results o f departmental studies are published in
the Sproul Observatory publications and in various scientific
journals.
The Observatory is open to visitors on the second and fourth
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fall in a vacation period. Visitors thus have an opportunity of
seeing, in the course of a year, many celestial objects o f various
types.
COURSES IN M A TH EM A TIC S

1. Freshman Mathematics.
fessor Dresden.

Professor Babb, Professor Marriott, and P ro­

T h ree hours a w eek during the first sem ester, and two hours a w eek during
the secon d sem ester. O ffered annually.

The fundamental algebraic operations and their laws o f combination; development of
the function concept; a short review of factoring and simultaneous equations; the
transformation theorems; remainder theorems; symmetric functions; binomial theorem;
permutations and combinations; series; theory o f equations; determinants and elimi­
nation. The text is largely supplemented by problems that require the student to set
up his own equations. Fine, College Algebra.

2. Freshman Mathematics.
fessor Kovalenko.

Associate Professor Pitman and Assistant P ro­

T hree hours each w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

This course is intended for those students who expect to do only one year’s work
in mathematics. A study o f the elementary algebraic and transcendental functions
and their applications to various fields of knowledge as mechanics, physics, chemistry,
biology and economics. The construction and interpretation of graphs is emphasized.
The essentials of trigonometry.
Gale and Watkeys, E lem entary F unctions.

3. Trigonometry.

Assistant Professor Kovalenko and Professor Babb.
T w o hours a w eek .

O ffered each sem ester.

The trigonometric ratios; reduction of trigonometric identities, solution of trigo­
nometric equations ; inverse functions ; solution of triangles and use of tables. Students
who expect to major in this department, in Physics, Chemistry or Engineering should
take this course during the first semester o f their Freshman year.

4. Analytic Geometry. Assistant Professor Kovalenko, Professor Babb, and
Professor Miller.
T hree hours a w eek .

O ffered each sem ester.

Theory o f Cartesian and Polar co-ordinates; the straight line; the conic sections;
the general equation of the second degree.
Prerequisites, first semester of Courses 1 or 2 and Course No. 3.

5. The Mathematics o f Investment and Insurance. Professor Miller and
Mr. Johnson.
T w o hour8 a w eek d/uring secon d sem ester.

O ffered in alternate years.

The theory o f compound interest; annuities; sinking funds; interest rates; theory
of Probability; mortality tables. Completion of this course, Courses Nos. 12 and 14,
and an introduction to the theory of Finite Differences should enable the student to
proceed with the examinations for admission to the Actuarial Society of America.
Skinner, M athem atical T heory o f Investm en t.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.

11. Differential Calculus. Assistant Professor Kovalenko, Professor Mar­
riott and Professor Dresden.
T hree hours a w eek .

Prerequisite, Course No. 4.

O ffered each sem ester.

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Professor Babb, Professor Marriott, and Professor

12. Integral Calculus.
Dresden.

T hree hours a w eek .

O ffered each sem ester.

Prerequisite, Course No. 11.

13. Analytie Mechanics.

Associate Professor Pitman.

T hree hours a w eek du rino first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Composition and resolution of forces; center of gravity; moments; velocity; accel­
eration; collision of bodies; the integration o f simple equations of motion. One of
the purposes of the course is to develop facility in applying mathematical formulas and
methods to the investigation o f physical phenomena. Miller and Lilly, Analytie
M echanics.

Prerequisite, Course No. 12.

14. Theory o f Equations.

Professor Dresden.

T hree hours a w e e k during first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Operations on Complex numbers. Solutions of cubic and quadratic equations. Gen­
eral properties of polynomials. Separation and calculation of roots of numerical equa­
tions. Dickson, F irst C ourse in the T h eory o f E quations.
Prerequisite, Course No. 4.

15. Solid Analytic Geometry.

Professor Dresden.

Three hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.
Fine and Thompson, Co-ordinate G eom etry.

Offered annually.

Prerequisite, Course No. 12.

16. Advanced Calculus.

Professor Marriott and Professor Dresden.

T hree hours a w eek during first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Total and partial derivatives; theory of infinitesimals; definite integrals; approxi­
mations. The aim of the course is three-fold; to ground the student in the elementary
work which has preceded it; to give an introduction to more advanced topics; and
to develop skill in the application o f the principles of the Calculus to Geometry, and
Mechanics. Osgood, A dva nced Calculus.
Prerequisites, Courses Nos. 12, 14, 15.

17. Differential Equations.

Professor Dresden.

T hree hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A study o f ordinary and partial differential equations, with their applications to
geometrical, physical, and mechanical problems. Murray, D ifferen tial Equations.
Prerequisite, Course No. 12.

31. Undergraduate Reading Course in Mathematics.
Undergraduate students may, under direction, prepare papers upon subjects requir­
ing a rather extensive examination o f the literature of a problem.

51. Mathematical Analysis.

Professor Marriott.

T h ree hours a w e e k d u ring first sem ester, and th ree hours a w eek during
secon d sem ester.

An introduction to higher mathematical analysis, including the number concept from
a standpoint o f regular sequences; number fields and domains; properties of func­
tions o f real and complex variables, linear transformations and collineations; matrices
and invariants. The course is intended as a transition from the elementary to the
higher mathematics.
Open to Seniors and Graduates majoring in Mathematics.

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52. Vector Analysis.

Professor Marriott.
T h ree hours a w eek during first sem ester.

The method of Gibbs and Heaviside. The operations with Vectors, applications to
physical problems. Gibbs, V ector A nalysis.

53. Theory o f Functions o f a Complex Variable.

Professor Marriott.

T hree hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.

Goursat, M athem atical Analysis, V ol. I I .
Mathematics.

Open to Graduates and Senior Honors in

54. Partial Differential Equations o f Physics.

Professor Marriott.

Three hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.

Open to Graduates and Senior Honors in Mathematics.

55. Theory o f Functions o f a Real Variable.

Professor Dresden.

Three hours a w eek throughout the year.

A study o f the fundamental concepts, including continuity, differentiability and
integrability; the theory of sets; the integral of Lebesgue.
Open to Graduates and Senior Honors students.

61. Graduate Reading Course in Mathematics.
Graduate students may work in Mathematics with one of the professors on any
problem on which the professor is working. The student is encouraged to become
familiar with the literature o f the problem and to ground himself in its fundamental
principles. The numbers o f hours, credit is arranged with each student.

COURSES IN ASTRONOMY

1. Descriptive Astronomy. Professor Miller and Associate Professor Pitman.
Three hours a w eek during the y ea r.

O ffered annually.

A study of the fundamental facts and laws o f Astronomy, and of the methods and
instruments of modern astronomical research. The course is designed to give informa­
tion rather than to train scientists. A study o f the text-book will be supplemented by
lectures illustrated by lantern slides from photographs made at various observatories.
The class will learn the more conspicuous constellations and have an opportunity to
see the various types o f celestial objects through the telescope. The treatment is nonmathematical. Duncan, A stronom y.
Prerequisite, Solid G eom etry and Trigonom etry.

2. Practical Astronomy.

Associate Professor Pitman.

G iven 1928-29.
Theory and use of the transit instrument; determination of time; the latitude of
Swarthmore; determination o f longitude. Intended for students of Astronomy and
Engineering and those desiring to take the civil service examinations for positions in
the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Prerequisites, Mathematics No. 3 and Astronomy No. 1.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

31. Undergraduate Reading Course.
Undergraduate students may, under direction, prepare papers upon subjects requir­
ing a rather extensive examination o f the literature of a problem.

51. Orbit Computation.

Associate Professor Pitman.

T hree hov/rs a w eek during secon d sem ester.

G iven in 1928-29.

Central orbits; computation of the orbit o f a comet or an asteroid.
Short M eth od ; Tisserand, D eterm ina tion des Orbites.
Open to Seniors and Graduates.

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52. Method o f Least Squares.

Associate Professor Pitman.
T hree hours a w eek during second sem ester.

Prerequisite, Mathematics No. 11.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.

53. Theory and Practice o f Interpolation.

Associate Professor Pitman.

T h ree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

Prerequisite, Mathematics No. 11.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.

54. Stellar Parallax.

Professor Miller and Associate Professor Pitman.

The theory of trigonometric parallax. The measurement and reduction of paral­
lax plates. Discussion of errors. The theory of spectroscopic parallaxes.
Other
methods.
Open to graduate students. Given in 1928-29.

55. Celestial Mechanics.

Professor Miller.

T hree hov/rs a w eek during first sem ester.
Moulton, In trod u ction to Celestial M echanics.

G iven in 1928-29.

A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f Mathe­
matics, Astronomy and Physics is given on pages 58-60.
61. Graduate Beading Course.
Graduate students may work in Astronomy with one of the professors on any
problem on which the professor is working. The student is encouraged to become
familiar with the literature o f the problem and to ground himself in its fundamental
principles. He may participate in actual observations at the telescope; in the measure­
ment o f photographic plates; and in the reduction of observations. The number of
hours credit is arranged with each student.

Music
A

lfred

J. S w a n , D ir e c t o r

I. The courses in music are intended for students who are
anxious to acquire a better understanding and appreciation of
this art. To the student who is a performer they will he an aid
in the choice, arrangement, and grasp of his material; to the
student who merely wants to listen more intelligently to the
music that he hears in concert halls and churches they will give
an insight into the history, the foundations, and the craftsman­
ship o f the great works o f musical art. The instruction com­
bines a clear presentation o f the whole historical epoch and
its ideals in life and art with an analysis o f its most representa­
tive music. In this way the study o f e. g. the 17th Century in
music would begin with a picture o f contemporary life and
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types o f art, and then proceed to analyze and compare arias of
Scarlatti and Leo on the one hand, and Bach and Händel on the
other. A fter applying himself to such comparative studies, the
student should be able to discern between the style of various
composers from hearing their music played. The vast scope of
music history necessitates its division into two courses:
A. The older music. The period o f history treated here
is from about 1150 to 1800, and the analysis comprises folk
songs, plain chant, and the songs o f the troubadours
(melody, rhythm), the vocal music of the Flemings and
Italians (polyphony), and the instrumental music from
Monteverdi to the early Beethoven (harmony). No previous
acquaintance with musical theory or practice is required
for this course, and such technical matters as are necessary
fo r the study o f the scores are taken up at the outset.
Three hours w eekly through the year.
B. M odern music. This course is devoted to the 19th
and early 20th Centuries in m usic: the later Beethoven, the
Romanticists, the national schools o f opera (German,
Italian, Russian, French), Impressionism, the effect o f the
war o f 1914, and the present outlook. This course may be
taken independently of the preceding, but students are not
advised to do so unless they have had some musical ex­
perience and are acquainted with the works of the classics.
Two hours weekly through the year.
II. The Swarthmore College Mixed Chorus, Orchestra, and
Glee Club are open to all students who are able to participate
in the performance o f opera, madrigals, folk-songs, symphonies,
and concertos. Rehearsals are held in Bond Hall and Collection
Hall at 7 p . m . on Mondays and Tuesdays. Try-outs are held
several times a year.
Philosophy and Religion

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professors Jesse H. Holmes and Brand Blanshard. George F.
Thomas is Assistant Professor. One course is given by Dean
Frances Blanshard.
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to familiarize the student, so far as may be, with the principal
historic systems o f thought, to acquaint him with the chief issues
that arise in the course o f philosophic reflection and the consid­
erations that have been offered for their solution, and to afford
a discipline in independent thought. The work is conducted by
means o f lectures, recitations, discussions and the frequent writ­
ing of papers.
COURSES IN PH IL O SO PH Y

1. Logie.

Professor Blanshard.
T hree hours a w eek first sem ester.

Offered, annually.

A study of the chief types of reasoning, inductive and deductive. Special attention
is given to the analysis of concrete cases o f reasoning and to practice in the detec­
tion o f fallacies.

2 (a ). Introduction to Philosophy.
fessor Thomas.

Professor Blanshard; Assistant Pro­
T hree hours a w eek .

O ffered each sem ester.

A review o f the relations of philosophy to science and religion, a statement of its
classic problems and a preliminary study of some o f the principal answers. Paulsen’s
In trod u ction to Philosophy is used as a basis.

2

(b).

Metaphysics.

Assistant Professor Thomas.
Three hours a w eek secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

This may be considered as a continuation o f Course 2 (a ). A consideration of the
nature and tests o f truth, an analysis o f fundamental concepts, and study of selected
problems as raised by modern thinkers from Descartes to Bergson.

3. History o f Ethics.

Assistant Professor Thomas.

T w o hours a w eek first sem ester. (N o t offered in 1929-30.)
An introduction to theoretical ethics through its history. The emergence of prob­
lems and fundamental concepts is noted in selections from the greatest ethical thinkers
of the Greek, Christian, Medieval, and Modern periods.

4. Ethics.

Professor Blanshard; Assistant Professor Thomas.
T h ree hours a w eek secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A study o f “ the science o f conduct and character.”
It will include an introduc­
tion to the various systems o f ethical theory, an attempt to find a sufficient basis
for moral principles, and discussion of the application of such principles to conduct.
Paulsen’ s S ystem o f E thics is used as a basis.

5 (a ). The History o f Science.

Professor Holmes.

Tw o hours a w eek first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

The beginnings of curiosity and o f explanation: the beginnings of organized knowl­
edge. Attainment« in science of the ancient nations, and its development down to our
time. Sedgwick and Tyler, H istory o f S cien ce, has been used as a text-book.

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(b).

Survey o f Present-Day Science.

Professor Holmes.

Tw o hours a w eek secon d sem ester.

The basic assumptions and logic o f science.

O ffered annually.

Methods of observation and experiment.

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Natural law; its meaning and value. The general principles accepted in the various
sciences, and the open problems: evolution, relativity, electron theory of matter, etc.

6 (a and b ). History o f Philosophy.

Professor Holmes.

T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

The first half year is devoted to ancient and medieval philosophy, the second to
modern philosophy. In ancient philosophy, special attention is given to the Republic
of Plato and the Ethics of Aristotle. The study of modern philosophy begins with
Descartes and reviews in outline the chief systems to the present day. The attempt
is made to acquaint the student with the various philosophies, so far as possible, at
first hand through readings from their own works. The readings are co-ordinated
with the aid of Weber and Perry’s H istory o f Philosophy and other similar works.

7. Aesthetics.

Mrs. Blanshard.
T w o hour8 a w eek first sem ester.

A historical and critical study of the principal theories of the nature of beauty,
designed especially for students of English Literature. The study is conducted
through lectures, discussions, papers, and assigned readings. Carritt’s T h eory o f
B ea u ty is used as a starting point.
COURSES IN RELIGION

1. Bible Study.

Assistant Professor Thomas.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea/r.

O ffered annually.

Intended to give such general knowledge of the Bible, its origin, contents, and
qualities as literature as should be possessed by all intelligent persons. The work of
the student will consist largely in indicated readings in the Old and New Testaments.

2 (a ). History o f Religions.

Professor Holmes.
T w o hours a w eek first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A brief study of primitive religions and of the principal religious systems of the
world. Menzies, H istory o f R eligion , and Barton, The R eligions o f the W orld, have
been used as text-books.

2 ( b ) . History and Problems o f Christianity.

Professor Holmes

T w o hou rs a w eek secon d sem ester.

A survey of the history of the Christian Church beginning with the period of the
Book of Acts and coming down to the present time. Especial attention is given to the
origin and growth of doctrine, and of the various Christian sects. Allen, C ontinuity
o f Christian Thought, Pfleiderer, D evelopm en t o f Christianity, and Guighebert, Chris­
tianity, have been used as text-books.

A statement of Honors W ork in Philosophy is given on page
58.
F or use in connection with the courses in religion, there is a
small but carefully selected museum of religious curios, an excel­
lent library and several hundreds o f lantern slides, together with
the usual equipment of maps, charts and pictures. Additions to
this collection will be welcomed. Some o f the greatest o f all
archaeological collections are near enough to be made use o f by
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Especially to be noted is the Archaeological Museum of the Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, with its remarkable collections from
Babylonia, Assyria and Egypt, its Buddhist Temple, and its ex­
hibition o f objects o f interest to the student of religions, from the
American Indians, the Esquimaux, and many other peoples.
Mention should also be made of the great libraries of Philadel­
phia and the opportunities open to Swarthmore students o f at­
tending the lectures courses, often hy the leading scholars in
their fields, which are given from time to time in the Drexel,
Franklin and Wagner Institutes and at the University o f Penn­
sylvania.

Physical Education

The Physical Education o f the College is under the direction of
E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D., Associate Professor o f Physical Educa­
tion. H e is assisted in the courses for men by Robert H. Dunn,
and for women by Elizabeth Lanning, Virginia Brown and Dr.
Eleanor Balph.
The aim o f the department o f Physical Education is to pro­
mote the general physical well being of the students, and to
assist them to gain the hygienic, corrective, and educative effect
o f rightly regulated exercise.
In order that this object may be better attained, and to assist
the director in gaining a definite knowledge of the strength and
weakness of the individual, a careful physical examination and
medical inspection is required, which serves as a basis fo r the
work.
All students must take the prescribed work in Physical Educa­
tion. It is strongly recommended that, before entering College,
each student undergo a thorough visual examination and he fitted
with glasses, if there is a need fo r them.
The Health Laws o f the State of Pennsylvania require suc­
cessful vaccination against smallpox before a person can enter a
private, parochial or public school as a student.
For a general statement in regard to the facilities for physical
training at Swarthmore see pp. 19-20.

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REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN

Two hours a week of regular prescribed work are required of
all men in the first and second year classes.
Intercollegiate contests in various athletic and aquatic sports
are conducted by the Athleic Association, but under the super­
vision o f the Athletic Committee and the Director of Physical
Education, who may at any time forbid any man entering a con­
test whose physical condition is not satisfactory.
COURSES FOR MEN

!• Physical Education.

Dr. Mercer and Mr. Dunn.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r (tw o sectio n s).

This course is required of all first-year men, who may elect from the following dur­
ing the fall months, opening of college to Thanksgiving recess: Football, lacrosse,
cross-country, track, and tennis.
Ending of Thanksgiving recess to spring recess: The classes meet in the gymnasium
and the work consists of gymnastics and athletics so fitted to the student’s life that it
will be both beneficial and pleasant.
Ending of spring recess to Commencement, election may be made from the following:
Baseball, lacrosse, track, and tennis.

2. Physical Education.

Dr. Mercer and Mr. Dunn.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y e a r (tw o sectio n s).

This course is required of all second-year men.
similar to Course 1, but more advanced.

3. Hygiene.

The plan and nature of the work is

Dr. Mercer.
O ne hou r a w eek from Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.

This course is required of all first-year men.

Offered annually.

REQUIREMENTS FOR WOMEN

Three hours o f exercise each week is required of all resident
and non-resident women throughout their college course. For
Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors two o f these
periods must be taken in supervised athletics or gymnastics.
Exceptions to these requirements are made only for physical
disability and at the discretion o f the college physician, in which
case suitable work is prescribed. One period o f swimming per
week is required o f all students exeept Juniors and Seniors who
have passed the required tests.
A ll gymnastic work, games and swimming are under the per­
sonal supervision o f the instructor.
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in Personal and Sex Hygiene, given once a week during the first
semester.
Application fo r information in regard to the regulation cos­
tume for athletics and gymnastics should be made to Director
of Physical Education of the Women.
COURSES FOR W O M E N

1. Hockey.

Miss Lanning, Miss Parry and Assistant.
T w o period s p e r w eek .

Fall to Thanksgiving.

Required o f first- and second-year students and elective for third- and fourth-year
students.
Varsity Hockey required of squad members instead of class hockey.

2. Archery.

Miss Lanning and Assistant.

T w o periods p er w eek .

FaU to Thanksgiving R ecess and S prin g R ecess to June.

Elective for third- and fourth-year students in the Fall.
Spring.

3. Horseback Biding.

Open to all students in the

Mr. Bowen.

T w o period s p er w eek .

FaU to Thanksgiving.

R ecess and S prin g R ecess to June.

Elective for all students.
The Women’s Athletic Association has made it possible for the individual student
to pay a minimum rate for the course rather than the customary Riding fee.

4. Swimming.

Miss Lanning, Miss Parry and Assistant.
O ne p eriod p er w eek throughout the yea r.

Beginners, Intermediate, or Advanced Class instruction in strokes, diving or life
saving is required of all first- and second-year students.
Class instruction or one free period o f swimming per week is required of thirdand fourth-year students who have not passed stated tests.
Varsity swimming is required, Thanksgiving Recess to Spring Recess, for squad
members. Two periods per week are taken in place of Class Swimming and one
gymnastic class.

5. Educational Gymnastics.

Miss Lanning and Assistant.

O ne p eriod p er w eek .

Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.

Required of first-, second-, and third-year students.
Marching, tactics, oalesthenios, and games.

6. Elementary and Advanced Apparatus.
O ne p eriod p er w eek .

Miss Lanning and Miss Parry.
Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.

Open to all students.
The course includes work on the horse, parallel bars, rings, Swedish boom and
climbing ropes.

7. Elementary and Advanced Dancing.
O ne p eriod p er w eek .

Miss Lanning.
Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.

Open to all students.
Elementary classes include natural, interpretative and character dances.
Advanced classes include more advanced work in technique and pantomime.

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8. Special Corrective Gymnastics.

Miss Lanning.

One period, p er w eek .

Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.

Advised for students who need special exercise because of incorrect posture, poor
physical development, or minor orthopedic defects.
Daily exercise is necessary on the part of the student in order to gain beneficial
results.

Physics
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Associate Professor Winthrop R. Wright. Dr. M. W . Garrett is
Assistant Professor.
The courses in physics are designed to meet two basic needs;
first, that o f the student who desires a comprehensive view of the
underlying ideas o f physical science, and second, that o f the
student who requires physics fo r professional reasons. The
courses in General Physics and Atomic Physics together fulfill
the first requirement, though the treatment is necessarily nonmathematical and somewhat elementary. The course in General
Physics is accepted by medical schools and, in connection with
the course in Engineering Physics, it also meets the requirements
for engineering.
Advanced work in physics is given in Honors sections when­
ever possible. A detailed statement o f the Honors work in
physics is given on pages 59-60. Where the Honors method is
not possible, arrangements may be made to obtain the desired
work in the course in Advanced Physics. In general the require­
ments in mathematics and chemistry applying to entrance upon
Honors work in physics apply to the course in Advanced Physics.
The Physics Library is located in the Science Building and
contains several hundred volumes in addition to files o f ten of
the more important physical periodicals, both American and
foreign.
The laboratories are equipped for the elementary experiments
in all branches o f physics and for advanced experiments in
electricity and optics. A small shop in the department permits
the construction of special apparatus for instructional and
research purposes.
I. General Physics.
F ou r hours throughout the y ea r.

O ffered annually.

Three recitations and one laboratory period of two hours each week.

This course

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presupposes no previous training in physics and is open to students of any year.
This course is prerequisite for students o f engineering and of medicine and for
those intending to pursue any Honors work in physics.

2. Engineering Physics.
T w o hours during the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

This is a continuation of General Physics and presents in more detail those parts of
mechanics, heat, and electricity which are widely applied in engineering. Required
of engineering majors. One lecture and one laboratory period each week.

3. Electrical Measurements.
T w o hours fo r the secon d sem ester.

O ffered alternate years.

One recitation and one three-hour laboratory period each week. The underlying
principles of electrical measurements are presented and their application is shown in
the more important laboratory methods. The experiments include the precise measure­
ment of resistance, current, potential difference, quantity, capacity, inductance, and
the magnetic properties o f iron.
Prerequisite, General Physics.

4. Atomic Physics.
Tw o hours fo r the secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

Two lectures each week. The subject includes an elementary discussion of the more
prominent developments in physics during the last twenty-five years. It centers
around the problem o f the constitution of matter and presents the simpler aspects
of cathode and Roentgen rays, photoelectricity, thermoelectricity, radioactivity, and
spectrum analysis in their bearing on this question.
Prerequisite, General Physics.

5. Advanced Physics.
H o u rs to he arranged.

It is expected that advanced physics will usually be confined to the Honors work.
This course is provided to fit the needs o f those who desire special work in experi­
mental physics and may be arranged in any branch of physics.

P hysiology and Z oology
The instruction in this Department is under the direction of
Dr. Detlev W . Bronk, Professor o f Physiology and Bio-physics.
The instructing staff includes Professor Bronk; Dr. W . R. Amberson, Lecturer in the History of Zoology; Walter J. Scott,
Instructor in Physiology and Zoology; Dr. Edward Hellweg,
part-time Instructor in Cytology; and Samuel R. M. Reynolds,
Assistant in Zoology.
The purpose o f the department is to give students a thorough
and comprehensive view o f the nature and mechanism of animal
life and of the more important generalizations o f the zoological
sciences. It endeavors to meet the needs of students who are
primarily interested in gaining a rather general view o f zoology
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comprehensive training in preparation for the life o f a pro­
fessional zoologist, fo r secondary school teaching, or graduate
study in medicine, physiology or zoology.
Courses 1-A, 2-A, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been arranged to satisfy
the needs o f the general student and do not assume the neces­
sity for giving a training in preparation for more advanced
courses. They aim to give rigorous training in scientific methods
and to present a complete view of the subject which must there­
fore be lacking in detail. Courses 1-B and 2-B are for those stu­
dents who plan to take advanced work in the department and
are therefore able to sacrifice some breadth in these beginning
courses for the more important details that are necessary as a
foundation for the later work.
It is assumed that those students who desire to specialize in
this field will, as a rule, be sufficiently able and interested to
avail themselves o f the unusual opportunity for advanced work
offered by the Honors Courses in Physiology-Zoology. For those
who do not elect to do so a number o f advanced courses o f a
fundamental nature are offered each year. These courses are
usually offered in alternate years and it is therefore important
that students plan their program a year in advance.
A t the present time the department occupies the first two floors
of the east wing o f Science Hall. The elementary laboratories
are equipped with modern apparatus for experimental work in
all o f the fields o f physiology and zoology and offer unusual
facilities fo r individual work. The advanced and research
laboratories are being developed to meet the needs of the Honor
and graduate student and are being equipped for work in all
phases of the several sciences. Due to close relationships with
the Departments o f Physics and Electrical Engineering the
available electrical equipment is unusually fine and offers ex­
ceptional opportunities for work in electro-physiology.
The departmental library contains a large collection o f modern
works in these fields and complete files o f the leading American
and English journals.
I (a ). General Zoology.

Professor Bronk, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Reynolds.

T h ree hours a weeTc throughout the y ea r .

O ffered annually .

Lectures and conferences covering the more important aspects of invertebrate and

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vertebrate zoology, including comparative morphology and physiology, ecology, evolu­
tion, elementary embryology and genetics, distribution, etc. In the laboratory the
student makes an experimental study oi these various problems.

1 ( 6).
A course similar to the above but designed for students anticipating further courses
in this field. The lecture hour is the same as that for 1 (a ), but the conference
period is devoted to more advanced and detailed subjects.

2 (a ). Elementary Physiology.

Professor Bronk and Mr. Scott.

T h ree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

This course is open to all students. It begins with an elementary study of human
anatomy. This is followed by a consideration of the physiology of muscle, nerve,
circulation, respiration, central nervous system, special senses, and digestion. The
treatment is designed to give a broad understanding of the mechanism of the human
body.
The course may be taken with or without laboratory work. The limited numbers
admitted to the laboratory perform standard experiments on living tissue and on
themselves as subjects.

2 (&).
A course similar to the above but designed for students anticipating further courses
in this field. The lecture hour is the same as that for 2 (a ), but the conference
period is devoted to more advanced and detailed subjects.

3. History o f Zoology.

Dr. Amberson.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

A general course of lectures tracing the *evolution of Zoology. Special attention is
paid to the philosophical aspects of the science and its influence on the development of
civilization. Open to students who have had no preliminary courses in Zoology.

4. Zoology and Social Problems.

Professor Bronk.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the year.

A lecture course for students in the social sciences and similar fields of specialization.
It will treat such aspects o f zoology as eugenics, population, food supply, public health,
insect problems, elementary anthropology, etc. No prerequisites.

5. Anthropology.
Tw o hou rs a w eek throughout the yea r.

Lectures and conferences on physical anthropology and ethnology.

No prerequisites.

6. Organic Evolution.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

A general survey of the evidence for the theories of evolution, the factors respon­
sible for the evolutionary changes and an historical review of the development of
the science. No prerequisites.

7. Vertebrate Anatomy.

Mr. Scott.
F ou r hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

This course is devoted to a study of vertebrate skeletons, complete dissections of
the cat, less complete dissections of the cadaver and weekly conferences.
Prerequisites, 1 and 2.

8. Cytology and Histology.

Dr. Hellweg.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

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scopic technique. Some time is also devoted to a study of the physico-chemical structure
of protoplasm and the physiology of cells. The latter part of the semester is given to
comparative histology. Prerequisites, 1 and 2.

9. Embryology.
T h ree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester .
Lectures and laboratory work on the embryonic development of certain invertebrates
and vertebrates. Special attention is given to modern methods of experimental embry­
ology. Prerequisites, 1, 2, and 8.

10. Mammalian Physiology.

Professor Bronk.

Tw o hours a w eek during the second sem ester .
A laboratory course of experiments illustrating the more important features of
the circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems. Prerequisites, 1 and 2.

11. Review o f Current Literature.

Members o f the Staff and Seniors.
O ne hour a w eek throughout the year.

Weekly reports and discussions on the more important articles in current physio­
logical and soological journals. Open only to juniors and seniors.

12. Bio-Physics.

Professor Bronk.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

A course o f lectures, discussions and laboratory exercises on some of the physical
phenomena that are of importance to the biologist. Among the topics considered are:
energy exchanges in the body, osmotic pressure, surface energy, colloids, physical
structure o f protoplasm, hydrogen ions and the living organism, light and its effects
on tissues, etc. Prerequisites, 1 and 2.

For Honors Courses in Physiology-Zoology, see pages 65-66.
Political Science

The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Robert C. Brooks, assisted by Richmond P. Miller and
Mrs. George Galloway.
The primary aim o f the courses offered in political science is
to prepare students for intelligent and effective citizenship.
To this end an effort is made to interpret the political life
and movements o f our time in city, state, and nation. Particular
attention is given to criticisms o f existing institutions and pro­
posals for their reform. Governments and parties in the leading
foreign nations o f the world are considered not only because
o f their intrinsic importance, but also for the valuable sugges­
tions they may yield toward the solution o f our American
problems.
Though the courses in political science are designed primarily
to produce intelligent and effective citizenship, they should also
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politics, law, public service, journalism, business, or the teaching
o f civics. Students who expect to devote themselves to advanced
study and research in political science should be able to lay the
foundations for such work in the undergraduate courses offered
by this department.
Unsupported by collateral study in economics and history much
o f the significance of political science will be lost. Psychology,
philosophy, and anthropology are also valuable aids. A reading
knowledge of German or French should be acquired as soon as
possible by students of political science, and both o f these are
essential for graduate study in this field. Training in English
and public speaking is highly desirable.
Changes in advanced courses to be made from year to year
will enable students to take more work in political science than
is here scheduled.
1. Government and Parties in England and Continental Europe.
Brooks, Mr. Miller, Mrs. Galloway.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

Professor

O ffered annually.

A n outline study o f the framework of government and the organization, methods,
and aims of the leading political parties of England, France, Switzerland, and Ger­
many. Particular attention is given to the constitutional documents of the countries
studied and to the more accessible sources of official information regarding them.
Wherever possible, comparisons are drawn between the political institutions and prob­
lems of the countries studied and those of the United States.
Open to all students.

2. American Political Parties and Party Problems.

Mr. Miller.

T hree hours a w eek d u ring secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A study of the growth, organization, aims and methods of political parties in the
United States, with particular reference to the financing of parties, primary and con­
vention system, and electoral reforms generally. Open to all students except Freshmen.

3. American Federal Government.

Mr. Miller.

T hree hours a w eek during first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

A study of the present structure and functions of the Federal Government of the
United States.
Open to all students except Freshmen.

4. Municipal Government in the United States.

Mrs. Galloway.

O ffered in 1928-29.
A somewhat detailed study of municipal organization and functions in the United
States. Particular attention will be given to the city of Philadelphia. Reform pro­
posals, such as the commission plan, the city manager plan, short ballot, and the work
of bureau* o f municipal research, will be discussed.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.

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Professor Brooks.

O ffered in 1928-29.
A study of the organization and functions of state government in the United States,
with particular reference to Pennsylvania. The legislative branch will be given special
attention in this course for the present.
Tw o hours a w eek ¿hiring the first sem ester.

6. Political Motives.

Professor Brooks.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

A study of the motives influencing men in their political activities, particularly as
revealed in biographies and autobiographies of American leaders of recent date.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors.

7. Political Problems o f Today.

Professor Brooks.

O ffered in 1929-30.
A review of the principal political problems international and internal confronting
the world today, and of the proposed solutions therefor. Open to Seniors majoring
in the department and in allied departments, to Sophomores preparing to read for
honors, and, without credit, to Honors students.
Tw o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.

8. Special Readings in Political Science.

Professor Brooks.

Tw o hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

For the college year 1928-29 the reading in this course was upon the American
Political Novel, works of recent date being preferred. As in Course 6 above, the
principal aim of the course was to study the motives of political activity.

1 (a ). Introduction to Sociology.

Mr. Miller.

O ffered in 1928-29.
A study o f the problems of human welfare and social progress, including the method
and goals of social work. Visits to institutions in the Philadelphia district.
T hree hours a w eek ¿hiring the first sem ester.

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(b).

Social Ethics.

Mr. Miller.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

During the first semester the general topic considered in this course will be the
appreciation o f character under such difficulties as physical handicaps, immigration,
unemployment, and old age. The second semester will be devoted to a discussion of
the more significant programs of reconstruction proposed by American and European
social reformers.

A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f the
Social Sciences is given on pages 54-58.
Romance Languages

The Instruction in this department is temporarily under the
direction o f Associate Professor Charles R. Bagley. The teach­
ing staff includes Professor B agley; Señorita Mercedes C. Iribas,
Instructor in Spanish; Marie Bourdin Bacher, Instructor in
F rench; Dr. Margaret Pitkin, Instructor in Romance Languages;
Dr. P. F. Giroud, Lecturer in French Literature; Lucia Norton
Valentine and Dr. Jane Beardwood part-time Instructors in
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The courses in French for the first two years are designed to
impart a thorough training in the grammar and the phonetics
o f the language along with the ability to read modern French
with facility. Until the end of the second year the authors
studied are all selected from those of the nineteenth and twen­
tieth centuries, and the greatest attention is given to colloquial
French. A t the beginning of the third year the emphasis is
shifted gradually from the language to the literature, the history
and the other phases o f French civilization. The fact that
French is a living tongue is kept ever in view; with very few
exceptions, all courses are given in French. Much attention is
given to pronunciation, and the relations o f modern French to
classical, popular, and low Latin are often brought before the
students. Free composition, dictation, memorizing, and conver­
sation are required throughout the courses. The general object
o f the instruction in French is first to teach the student the
language while giving him glimpses of the civilization which lies
beyond; then when he has mastered the language sufficiently, to
bring him in direct contact with the French civilization, as far
as that is possible, through the study of France, her literature,
history, art, philosophy, and ideas. Majors and Honors Students
in this department are encouraged to spend some time in France;
i f possible, to do a part of their undergraduate work there.
The courses in Spanish are arranged with a view to giving a
practical knowledge of the language and also a general idea of
the literature o f Spain. Special attention is given to the study
o f contemporary Spanish literature. Spanish is the language of
the classroom.
The course in Italian is, for the present, primarily a reading
course, designed to give students enough fundamentals and prac­
tice to enable them to develop the ability to read modern Italian
with pleasure and profit. Pronunciation is taught, not only for
its practical value, but also as an aid to translating and reading
without translating.
The class in Course 2 is divided into four sections, the class
in Course 3 into two, and the class in Course 2c into three sec­
tions. There are also two sections o f Spanish 2.
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by the College Entrance Examination Board, enter Course 2;
those who are prepared in Intermediate French enter a special
section o f 2, called 2s; those who are prepared in Advanced
French, enter Course 3. Also those students who, at the time of
entering college, pass the advanced placement test are admitted
to Course 3. Experience has shown that students who enter col­
lege with three years or more of preparation in French usually
do well in their college work, and that those who enter with only
two years of French often have difficulty with college French.
Students prepared in Elementary Spanish enter Course 2; those
prepared in Advanced Spanish enter Course 3. The course in
Italian is open to all students.
Students who elect French as a m ajor study are required to
complete the work o f five full years, or thirty semester hours,
in French, and to take Courses 6 and 16.
The first semester’s work in Elementary French and in Ele­
mentary Spanish will not be accepted towards a degree unless
followed by the work of the second semester in the same language.
Some o f the lists o f works as given below are subject to slight
modification from year to year.
1. Elementary French.

Dr. Pitkin and Dr. Beardwood.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

Offered annually.

This course is intended for those who begin French in college. Its aim is to enable
students to read ordinary French with ease, to understand to some extent the spoken
language, and to form simple sentences, both oral and written.
Bovée, P rem ière année de français , and Hills and Dondo, C ontes dramatiques.

2. Reading o f Contemporary French Prose and Poetry, Grammar with Com­
position, and History. Associate Professor Bagley, Madame Bâcher,
. Dr. Pitkin, Mrs. Valentine, and Dr. Beardwood.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

This course is designed to extend and supplement Course Ï . Prose composition and
grammar drill are continued; much attention is given to idioms and synonyms; the
reading becomes more rapid; and French is made almost exclusively the language of
the classroom. Free composition on the history of France alternates with grammar
review and set composition on an assigned passage.
Selected works of Balzac, Bazin, Coppée, Erckmann— Chatrian, Daudet, Hugo, Mau­
passant, Mérimée, Dumas, A. France, or others.
Bovée, D eu xièm e année, de fra n ça is; Fraser and Squair, S h orter F ren ch C ou rse;
Barton and Sirich, F ren ch R ev iew Gram m ar and Composition.
Lavisse, H istoire d e F ra nce (Cours Moyen), edited by Green and Vaillant.

2 ( c ). Elementary French Conversation.
tine.

Madame Bâcher and Mrs. Valen­

One hour a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

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3. Introduction to French Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism. Composi­
tion and History. Associate Professor Bagley and Madame Bâcher.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.

O ffered annually.

This course is a general study, in French, of the three great movements in French
literature, and a special study o f representative texts of each period. Particular atten­
tion is given to the historical background of the different periods; free composition is
based on chapters from Malet’s H istoire de F ra nce. Class discussion in French is
required, and occasionally original essays on outside reading are read and criticised
in class. Grammar review and composition on assigned subjects alternate with free
composition on history.
Corneille: L e C id ; Racine, A ndrom aque; Molière, L e B ou rgeois G entilhom m e; Lamar­
tine, GrazieUa; Musset, P oésies et O n n e badine p a s ; Flaubert, T rois C o n tes; Maupassant, S elections from G uy de M aupassant (Schinz) ; Koren, F ren ch C om position;
Malet, H istoire de F ra nce, edited by Doolin.

4. Advanced French Conversation.

Madame Bâcher.

One hour a w eek throughout the yea r.

5. Advanced French Prose Composition.

O ffered annually.

Dr. Pitkin.

Tw o hour s a w eek ¿luring the first sem ester.

O ffered annually.

The aim of this course is to give increased facility in the writing of the French
language, by means of intensive study of chosen models and translation and paraphrase
of English into French. Much free composition is also required. Frequent conference
periods care for the students’ individual needs.
Armstrong, S yn ta x o f the F ren ch V e r b ; Bassett, L a Carte de F ra nce.

6. Practical Phonetics.

Dr. Pitkin.

Tw o hour s a w eek during th e secon d sem ester.

O ffered annually.

This course is designed to give the student increased facility and greater precision
in spoken French, by means of a scientific study of the sounds of the French language.
Phonetic dictation, readings in French, conversation, etc.
Nicholson, P ra ctical In trod u ction to F ren ch P hon etics.

7. Seventeenth Century French Literature.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

Lectures, reading, discussion, essays.
Prerequisite, French 3.

O ffered in 1929-30.

In French.

8. E xplication de textes. Madame Bâcher.
T w o hou r s a w eek throughout the year.

O ffered annually.

An intensive and practical study of the French method of analyzing and explaining
a given passage.

9. Nineteenth Century French Literature.

Associate Professor Bagley.

T w o hours a w eek during the y ea r .

Lectures, reading, discussions, and reports.
Prerequisite, Course 3.

10. Twentieth Century French Literature.

Dr. Giroud.

Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

Lectures, reading, discussions, and reports.
Prerequisite, Course 3.

11. Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

O ffered in 1928-29.

In French.

O ffered in 1928-29.

In French.

Madame Bâcher.

One hour a w eek throughout the yea r.

A thorough study o f the lives and works of these two writers.

O ffered in 1929-30

In French.

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12. French Lyric Poetry and Versification.

Madame Bacher.

O ffered in 1928^29.
A study o f lyric poetry from Villon to the end of the nineteenth century. An ex­
amination of French verse-structure from its origin to the present. The work is given
in French. Canfield’s L yrics and van Roosbroeck’s A nthology o f M odern F ren ch P o etry
are used as text-books. These are supplemented by further reading from the poets
studied.
Prerequisite, Course 8.
One hour a w eek throughout the yea r.

13. History o f the French Novel.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
The French novel is here considered both in its origins and development and in its
portraiture of life. Morillot’s L e R om an en F ra nce depuis 16 10 ju sq u ’d nos jou rs is
used as a text-book, and representative novels are read by the students outside of the
class. The course is conducted in French.
Prerequisite, Course 3 or its equivalent.

14. French Drama.

Associate Professor Bagley.

T w o hours a w eek during the y ea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
The drama from its beginnings to the present day, with especial emphasis on the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Lectures, reading and discussion in class of representative plays, parallel reading,
and essays.
Prerequisite, Course 3 or its equivalent. In French.

15. History o f Ideas in France.

Associate Professor Bagley.

T w o hour8 a w eek throughout the yea r.
and S en iors on ly.)

O ffered annually.

( F or Juniors

During the first semester a general survey is made of the publication of important
ideas, their development, controversies which they stimulate, the reactions which they
cause, from the foundation of the University of Paris to the present day. During the
second semester a detailed study is made of certain theories, problems— educational,
religious, economic, and political. Descartes, Rousseau, and Bergson are studied as
intensively as time allows. Mimeographed copies o f notes and bibliography are fur­
nished for each student.

16. Outline Course in French Literature.

Dr. Pitkin.

T w o hours a w eek throughout the year.

O ffered annually.

This course is designed as a review and extension of the courses in literature already
pursued. Much attention is devoted to the literary monuments of the Old French period,
these being read as far as possible in Modern French translations. The literature of
the Renaissance is then taken up, after which consideration is given to the movements
and tendencies o f later times, the different writers and their works. The outside read­
ing is both wide and varied. This course is conducted in French, by means of lectures,
collateral reading, reports, and research work.
Open to advanced students who are able to speak and understand the French
language. Credit for three hours is given.
For the Honors Course in French, see pp. 60-62.

Spanish
1.

Elementary Spanish.

Miss Iribas.

T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.
' This course aims to give a knowledge o f the essentials of Spanish grammar, the

ability to read ordinary Spanish with ease, and some practice in conversation.
and Ford, F irst Spanish C ou rse; C uentos M odernos.

Hills

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2. Second-year Spanish.

Miss Iribas.

T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r. O ffered annually.
Crawford, Spanish C om position; reading of six modern novels and plays, and con­

versation based upon these works.

3. Third-year Spanish.

Miss Iribas.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.

O ffered annually.

A study of Contemporary Spanish Texts.

Italian
1. Beading Italian.

Dr. Pitkin.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.

O ffered annually.

Wilkins’ F irst Italian B ook , and short stories from contemporary writers.

T he Freshman Exploration Course
The purpose o f the Freshman Exploration Course is that
Freshmen may explore various fields o f knowledge in order to
discover intellectual interests and to plan later college work ac­
cordingly. Books are to be read in each o f four fields: the
sciences, history and government, philosophy and psychology, and
the fine arts. The method o f teaching will be, not class recitation
or lectures, but individual and group instruction in which the
reading o f each student will be guided and checked by a mem­
ber o f the teaching staff in conferences held every week. The
course will give three hours o f credit a week; it will be an elective
subject, a regular part o f the normal Freshman schedule of
fifteen hours a week.
A t present the enrollment in the Freshman Exploration
Course is limited to fifty students. A ll Freshmen are invited to
apply for this reading, but students who have gained exemption
from prescribed courses are given preference. Mrs. Blanshard
is in general charge o f the course.
COURSE IN BIBLIOGRAPHY

A course in bibliography will be offered in the second
semester, 1929-30, with two meetings a week for discussion. The
more important part o f the work will be the daily assignment of
problems which will send the student to the reference books,
periodicals and other literature in the College Library. The
course will also require the compilation o f a bibliography.
Enrollment is to be limited. The instructor will be Librarian
§haw. The course carries a credit o f three semester hours.

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STUDENTS, 1928-29
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Name
A bbott, T heodora Gladys ,
A ckart, D orothy A gnes,
A delman , Christian B ert,
A lden, F rancis Carter,
A lstaetter, W illiam R aoul,
A nders, M ary K athryn ,
A nderson, D avid J ohn,
A nderson, M ary ,
A ndrews, H elen M argaret,
A tkinson , M ilton J ob,
A tkinson , J oseph L.,
A tkiss , L incoln ,

Major Subject
English,
English,
Mech. Engin.,
Economics,
Chemistry,
French,
H istory,
Math. Honors,
English,
English,
Economics,
Phys. fy Zoology,

Address
Merion.
Wilmington, Del.
Washington, D. C.
Philadelphia.
Savannah, Ga.
Norristown.
Morton.
Philadelphia.
Woodstown, N. J.
Mt. Holly, N. J.
Palmyra, N. J.
Philadelphia.

B acon, P riscilla A lden,
B aker, Clifford Carl,
B aker, E. Sidney,
B aker, H enry D avis ,
B aker, H oward A lison ,
B aldwin , A rthur F rank ,
B amberger, B etty L oynd,
B arnes, Curtis L yon ,
B attin , W illiam I ngram , J r.,
B aur, M arguerite E mma ,
B each, B eatrice F ullerton,
B ender, B ichard Oliver,
B onner, M arion L illian ,
B ennett, A nna E lizabeth ,
B ennett, K atharine H odgens,
B essemer, H elen Cecile,
B etts, M ary E lizabeth ,
B icknell, M ercy R ebecca,
B iddle, A n na L.,
B iddle, Clement M., J r .,
B ishop , R obert F orsythe ,
B lackburn , A lbert E ngles, J r .,
B lackburn , P hilip Conklin ,
B labkburn, R ebecca,
B laine, J ulia M errill,
B lum , W illiam , J r .,
B oak, R oberta,

German,
Phys. $ Z oology,

Salt Lake City, Utah.
Vineland, N. J.
Hagerstown, Md.
Trenton, N. J.
Lansdowne.
Ridgefield, Conn.
Wilmington, Del.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
New Haven, Conn.
Ridley Park.
Kutztown.
Hastings-on-Hudson, N. T.
Monteiair, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
Doylestown.
Oxford.
Riverton, N. J.
Mount Vernon, N. V.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
New York, N. Y.
Bedford.
Pocomoke, Md.
Ghevy Chase, Md.
Oakmont.

Soc. Sci. Honors,
Pol. Science,
French,
Economics,
Mech. Engin.,
English,
Chemistry,
English,
English,
French,
English,
Pol. Science,
M athematics,
M athematics,
Econom ics,
Soc.S d.H onors,
English Honors,
English Honors,
English,
English,
Chemistry,
Latin,

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Address
Greenwich, Conn.
Upper Darby.
Kutztown.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Harrisburg.
Plainfield, N. J.
Old Bennington, Yt.
Old Bennington, Yt.
Phys. $ Z oology, Plainfield, N. J.
Berlin, Md.
English,
Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Beading.
Econom ics,
Norristown.
German,
Phys. Sr Zoology, Norristown.
Norristown.
English,
Yonkers, N. Y .
English,
Phys. Sr Z oology, Felton, Del.
Oxford.
English,
Baltimore, Md.
English,
Chicago, 111.
English,
Wellsville.
French,
Las Cruses, N. Mex.
P ol. Science,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Econom ics,
Phys. 4" Zool. E on., Washington, D. C.
Brooklyn, N. Y .
English,
Philadelphia.
English,
Philadelphia.
Econom ics,
Biverton, N. J.
P ol. Science,

Name
B ohn, B hoda T hompson ,
B ond, B ichard Clarkson ,
B onner, M arion L illian ,
B oone, W illiam A nton ,
B ooser, J ames H enry ,
B ooth, H elen L ippincott,
B ooth, K atherine B avi,
B ooth, N ora B avi,
B ooth, B obert L ippincott,
B oston, Gu y D ouglas,
B owman , E dith ,
B oyer, H oward E avenson,
B recht, E linor,
B recht, J ohn M organ,
B recht, Sarah W .,
B riggs, B arbara,
B ringhurst, L ouis S.,
B rinton, M argaret H ickman ,
B rooke, Helen Caroline,
B roomell, K enneth F oster,
B rougher, M arion E lizabeth ,
B rown , H arry F ranklin ,
B rown , H oward F rancis ,
B rown , T homas M cP herson,
B uckwell , D onald E verett,
B urch, E leanor S tewart ,
B urton, I rwin Gw ynne ,
B urr, J ames B urgett,

Major Subject
Soc. Sciences,
Economics,
English,
Econom ics,
Pol. Science,
Education,

Calhoun , H elen P auline,
Calhoun, J oseph D ukes,
Calvert, M arjorie M cGee,
Calwell , B oth ,
Carter, H arold F rederick,
Castle , B ebecca S choch,
Chambers , E lisabeth H oogland,
Chambers, T homas Seal,
Chandler, L inda A lice,
Chapman , A nne Stevenson,
Chapman , M ariana ,
Christian , F rank S harp,
Clack , E lizabeth ,
Cleaver, B uth B lackburn ,
Clephane , J ohn W alker,
Clepper, W . W endell,

H istory,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Soc. Sciences,
Soc. S d. Honors,
English,
English,
Chemistry,
M athematics,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
Econom ics,
H istory,
English Honors,
English,

Norwood.
Norwood.
Butherford, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Port Monmouth, N. J.
Wayne.
New Lisbon, N. J.
Beading.
Baltimore, Md.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pleasantville, N. Y .
Ithan.
Havre, Mont.
Butledge.
Chevy Chase, Md.
Sharon.

STUDENTS

Name
Cleveland, W illiam H enry, J r.,
Cline, R uth A ntes,
Clough, M ary H elen ,
Cocklin , H elen E ckels,
Cohen, J ohn T homas , J r.,
Cohen, M yer, J r .,
Coleman, P hilip E.,
Coleman, W alter B arton,
Coles, H enry B., J r .,
Coles, M arvin R oberts,
Coles, Oliver H ammond,
Collins, M arion H.,
Colson, M arian L illian ,
Colson, J oseph E ngle,
Conklin , Garret E dward,
Connor, R alph L ibby,
COOKENBACH, JOHN MONTGOMERY,
Cookman, M ary D.,
Cope, E lmer F.,
Corbit, J ohn D., J r .,
Cornell, J ulien D avies,
Cresson, W illiam J ames , J r.,
Crowl, J ohn A xtell ,
Crowl, P aul ,

Major Subject
English,

D aniel , H elen E.,
D ann , D eirdre M ay ,
D arlington, H orace F enelon,
D avenport, W illiam R obert,
D avis , H enrietta T hornton,
D avis , M argaret Genevieve,
D av Is , R uth J anet,
D awes , E dmund,
D awes , R obert Gates,
D eA rmond, A nna J anney ,
D e L ong, B etty ,
D eane, N ancy ,
D eininger, D orothy F ritch ,
D e L aney, W illiam W esley ,
D ellmuth , Carl K ugler,
D eP uy , C. E dward,
D espard, M argaret B lecker,
D ewees, M argaret L ucretia,
D iamond, H ym an ,
D ickey , J ohn M iller,

M athematics,
French,
Phys. $• Zoology,
B iology,

French,
Civil Engin.,
Soe. Sci. Honors,
Economies,
Economics,
P ol. Science,
English,
B otany,
English,
Eatin,
Engineering,
English,
Econom ics,
Econom ics,
English,
Soo.Sci.H onors,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Engineering,
Econom ics,
Econom ics,

English,
English,
English,
English,
English,
English,
English,
Chem. Engin.,
Econom ics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,

Chemistry,
Fine A rts,

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Address
Tulsa, Okla.
Easton.
Poultney, Vt.
Flushing, N. Y.
Chester.
Washington, D. C.
Swarthmore.
New York, N. Y.
Moorestown, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
Woodstown, N. J.
Merchantville, N. J.
Woodstown, N. J.
Woodstown, N. J.
New York, N .Y .
Stoneham, Mass.
Penfield.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Reading.
Central Valley, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Dayton, Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio.
Washington, D. C.
Richmond Hill, N. Y.
Pocopson.
DuBois.
Bristol.
Mystic, Conn.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
East Greenville.
Ridley Park.
Philadelphia.
Sayre.
Camden, N. J.
Stroudsburg.
Detroit, Mich.
Lansdowne.
Long Island City, N. Y .
Oxford.

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Name

Major Subject

Address

D itter, D orothy E lizabeth C.,
D oak, J ames B urniey,
D ouglas, R obert H ulburt,
D ouglas, J ames B acon, J r .,
Dowdy, P rice,
D ownton , W illiam , J r.,
D rake , H oward M ortimer,
D udley, E sther E lizabeth ,
D udley, W inston M ansfield ,
D unham , E llen A nn ,

H istory,
Pol. Science,
Econom ics,
Econom ics,
Phys. 4" Z oology,
Econom ics,
P ol. Science,
English,
Engineering,

Philadelphia.
Media.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Moore.
Swarthmore.
Pittsburgh.
Charleston, HI.
Oakmont.
Woodlawn, Md.

E aton, F rances E.,
E aton, L ouise V.,
E aton, W illiam W right,
E den, F ranklin Carnell,
E gleson, J ames D owney ,
E isenstaedt, E dgar I sadore,
E mhardt, A melia A manda,
E mhardt, Catharine H igley,
E mley , A delaide L ancaster,
E mling , B alph A.,
E ntrekin , A lice,
E vans , J anet E lizabeth ,
E vans , J ohn W ainwright ,
E yler, A nna D orcas,

H istory,
English,
Physics,
Econom ics,
Engin. Honors,
Chem. Honors,
French,

Harrisburg.
Harrisburg.
Augusta, Ga.
Philadelphia.
Essex Falls, N. J.
Highland Park, 111.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Washington, D. C.
Erie.
Swarthmore.
Ridley Park.
St. Miehaels, Md.
Baltimore, Md.

F ahringer, J ean T ench ,
F airbanks , E dward J oseph,
F arquhar, K atherine D are,
F elter, H aines B all ,
F ergus, J ohn H oward,
F ernon, E llen W atson,
F erris, B arton P urdy,
F iler, Olive Osgood,
F isher , L ouise I rene,
F isher , M ary E leanor,
F isher , Sally ,
F letcher, H elen,
F lexner, E leanor,
F oss, A nne J osselyn ,
F oster, Catherine M arguerite,
F orstner, A nne Carolyn,
F rantz , W ilbert P atton,
F uller, A da P almer,
F ussell, L ewis , J r .,

English,
Phys. # Zoology,
English,
English,
E lect. Engin.,
H istory,
S oc.S d . Honors,
H istory Honors,
English,

Chemistry,
English,
French,
English,
Astronom y,

English Honors,
French,
English Honors,
Economics,
English,
English,
M athematics,
Econom ics,
Engineering,

Audenried.
Washington, D. C.
Kennett Square.
Baltimore, Md.
Media.
Philadelphia.
Port Chester, N. Y.
Camden, N. J.
Haverford.
Pottsville.
Arlington, Vt.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
New York, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Media.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.

STUDENTS

141
Address
New York, N. Y.
Elkins Park.
Wilmette, 111.
Swarthmore.
Cranford, N. J.
Haverhill, Mass.
London, England.
Philadelphia.
Rutherford, N. J.
Towson, Md.
Barnesboro.
Philadelphia.
Harrington Park, N. J.
Washington, D. C.

Name
Gardner, W arner W inslow ,
Garrett, H elen T.,
Gates, H elen J osephine,
Geare, M arian W est,
Gee, N eville Craig,
George, M art E lizabeth ,
Gillett, B eatrice,
Gillespie, H oward P red,
Glunt , D avid,
Gould, R obert L isle ,
Griest, J ane P erry,
Grey, M erida,
Grumpelt, H elen L illian ,
Gurney, M argaret,

Major Subject
Chem. Honors,

H adeler, R obert E rnest,
H adley, H elen R ebecca,
H adley, H enry ,
H adley, R uth Geraldine,
H all , M arion M illicent,
H allowell, H . T homas , J r .,
H ammell , Charles B ertram,
H amming , M arian ,
H amilton , D onald M yers ,
H arbold, E lizabeth K eiser,
H ardester, A llen L emuel,
H arlan, J oseph,
H arper, N atalie ,
H arris, M arion Comly ,
H arvey, J ean ,
H atfield, E mm a Catharine ,
H arvey, W illiam M iles ,
H askell , D avid Charles,
H askell , Grace Chappells ,
H aviland, B enjamin Carpenter,
H ead, R alph B urdette,
H eadley, Helen M argaret,
H earne, F lorence N orton,
H elm , R uth H offmeier,
H endrickson, W illiam L yn n ,
H eritage, Grace D awson ,
H ebschlbb, K atherine E lizabeth ,
H ettinger, E loise E veline 8.,
H eusner, A lbert P rice,
H ewabd, H arry, J r.,

Dayton, Ohio.
Econom ics,
Wayne.
English,
Wayne.
Engineering,
Leonia, N. J.
French,
Washington, D. C.
English Honors,
Jenkintown.
Economics,
Abseeon, N. J.
Econom ics,
Ridgewood, N. J.
English, '
Phys. Sf Zool. Hon. , Norwood.
Lancaster.
English,
Crisfield, Md.
Baltimore, Md.
Harrisburg.
F in e A rts,
Rose-V alley-Moy lan.
English,
Swarthmore.
English,
Danville, 111.
English,
E. Stroudsburg.
Engineering,
Warrensburg, N. Y.
E lect. Engin.,
Rye, N. Y.
Millville, N. J.
Econom ics,
Greenfield, Ohio.
Madison, N. J.
English,
Swarthmore.
English,
Elizabethtown.
English,
Riverton, N. J.
Econom ics,
Swedesboro, N. J.
M athematics,
Briareliff Manor, N. Y.
Reading.
Latin,
York, Neb.
Philadelphia.
Econom ics,

English,
English,
Econom ics,
English Honors,
Phys. $ Zoology,
M athematics,
Engineering,
M athematics,
Education,
Phys. 4~ Z oology,
M athematics,
M athematics,

142

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Name
H icks , M orris L evick,
H iller, E ldredge M ilton,
H oadley, F lorence Arnold,
H oadley, George B urnham ,
H odge, M alcolm,
H ood, A gnes L awson ,
H ood, A lbert L ., J e .,
H oopes, E lisabeth I ngram,
H oopes, R oger K irk ,
H oskinson , H elen M urray,
H owland, A llen D yer,
H ubbell, D aniel S.,
H ull, A nna W alton,
H ull , B ertha B roomell,
H ull, J ames D ixon , J r .,
H ull, M ary A lm a ,
H unt , Charles H owland,
H unt , R a y P erkins ,
H unt , K atherine,
H urlock, E lm a A.,
H utchinson , A lice,

Major Subject

Address

Engineering,
English,

Lansdowne.
Flushing, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
E lect. Engin. Hon., Swarthmore.
Econom ics,
Philadelphia.
H istory,
Philadelphia.
P ol. Science,
Philadelphia.
English,
Avondale.
West Chester.
Washington, D. C.
Education,
Philadelphia.
English,
Econom ics,
Atlantic City, N. J.
Education,
Baltimore, Md.
H istory,
Baltimore, Md.
English,
Baltimore, Md.
M athematics,
Cortland, N. Y .
Engineering,
White Plains, N. Y .
Engineering,
Morton.
White Plains, N. Y.
F ine A rts,
English,
Springfield.
English,
Plainfield, N. J.

I ngersoll, W illiam H arrison,
I sfort, L ouise Gertrude,

Engineering,
English,

Maplewood, N. J.
Swarthmore.

J ackson , Caroline A lberta,
J ackson , R uth W ilson ,
J ames , P aul M arshall ,
J anney , E leanor,
J aquette, H. A rabel,
J aqubtte, W illiam A., J r.,
J epperis, Charles A lbert, J r.,
J enkins , E leanor F oulke,
J ewett, L awrence E dward,
J illson , D avid Casper,
J ohns , E dward J anney ,
J ohnson , H oward Cooper, J r .,
J ohnson , H oward W eston,
J ones, Carolyn W.,
J ones, J. R ussell,
J ones, W illiam T homas ,

Social Science,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Phys. 4~ Zoology,
French,
English,
Phys. # Zoology,
Economics,
English H onors,
E lect. Engin.,
Chemistry,
P ol. Science,
Econom ics,
Engineering,
F ine A rts,
Engineering,
English,

Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
New Hope.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Media.
Gwynedd.
Swarthmore.
East Orange, N. J.
Media.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
New York, N. Y.
Vineland, N. J.
Natchez, Miss.

K ain , George H ay , J r .,
K ain , R ichard M organ,
K eefer, T homas S myth , J r .,
K ehew , J ulia A nn ,

Soc. Sci. Honors,
English Honors,
Engineering,
H istory,

York.
York.
Ardmore.
Bradford Woods.

143

STUDENTS
Name
K ehew , N ox M cCain ,
K eller, D orothy,
K eller, H orace D ietz, J r .,
K erlin, K athryn E lizabeth ,
K err, Clark ,
K ing, P arker P owell,
K intner, Egbert E dmonds,
K irsch , W illiam E ugene,
K istler, J onathan H ippeeling,
K ohn , F lorence,
K ohn , M ax ,
K oedsiemon, W illiam M oore,
K umpp , L ouis D aubach,
K ijnca, F rank F rederick,
K urtz, A nna L ouise,
L aF ore, H elen D orothy,
L amey , R obert H authorn,
L apham , E dward M organ, J r.,
L apham , T homas W illets ,
L arzelere, H elen V il Ona ,
L arzelere, L ois D ay ,
L awrence, M abel E xton ,
L each, R ichard W illiamson ,
L ednum, W illiam E dwin , J r .,
L ee, M orris M.,
L eCron, J ohn R ussell,
L efever, A nne Sw eney ,
L eigh, P hilip ,
L ewis , D avis L evis, J r.,
L ippincott, E dward N eedles,
L ippincott, J oshua Gordon,
L ittlewood, M argaret,
L ongshore, M alcolm R ettew ,
L udlow, B enjamin H arrison, J r .,
L utton, E dwin Scott,
M acM urchy , D ouglas A rnott,
M cB ride, J ohn F rancis,
M cCloskey, A lexander J ames , J r.,
M cCord, Charles B ertram,
M cCune, W illiam Stanley ,
M cD iarmid, N orman H ugh,
M cF eely, W ilbur M orris,
M cGarrah , D onald K iskaddon,

Major Subject
Economics,
Gen. Engin.,
English,
P ol. Science,
Engineering,
P ol. Science,
English,
English,
English,
Econom ics,
Econom ics,
P ol. Science,
Econom ics,
English,

Engineering,
Econom ics,
Social Science,
French,
French,
Chemistry,
P ol. Science,
English,
Econom ics,
English,
Econom ics,
Engineering,
Soc.Sci.H onors,
Engineering,
Econom ics,
Chemistry,
Philosophy,
Econom ics,
Pol. Science,
Phys. # Zoology,
Econom ics,
Econom ics,
Social Science,

Address
Bradford Woods.
Highland Park, 111.
York.
Keyser, W . Ya.
Jacksonwald.
Williamsport.
Stroudsburg.
Clementon Heights, N. J.
Tamaqua.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Berwyn, 111.
Mt. Holly, N. J.
Trenton, N. J.
Wilmington, Del.
Narberth.
Chester.
Port Washington, N. Y .
Port Washington, N. Y.
Upper Darby,
Upper Darby,
Philadelphia.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Easton, Md.
Swarthmore.
Drexel Hill.
Philadelphia.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Elkins Park.
Atlantic City, N. J.
White Plains, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Elkins Park.
Ardmore.
Pittsburgh.
Ridley Park.
Lansdowne.
Chester.
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Petoskey, Mich.
Brooklyn, N. Y .
Lansdowne.
Swarthmore.

144

SWABTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN

Name
M cGuire, H orace,
M cK enzie, M ary E mma ,
M cL ain , W ill , II I ,
M cV augh, R ogers,
M agill, A rthur F rancis ,
M agruder, M ary M artin ,
M ahon , Samuel,
M altbie, M argaret M cC urley,
M arch, I iOuis Charbonnier,
M arsh , F lorence L ouise,
M artin , F rank H arrison, J r.,
M artin , M argaret,
M aetindale, E leanor F oulke,
M arvin, W inifred J ohnston,
M axfield , M ildred E lizabeth ,
Meiklejohn , K enneth A lexander,
M elchoir, V irginia T hompson ,
M erritt, V irginia S utermeister,
M ichener, J ames ,
M ichener, J ane,
M iller, P riscilla Grace,
M ilne , M orton A ubrey,
M ix , M argaret K enyon,
M olarsky , Osmond,
M oore, R obert D onald,
M oore, T homas R ichard,
M orris, E leanor,
M orris, Genevieve H ellene,
M ott, L ucretia A nn ,
M oxey , E lizabeth E stelle,
M uir, W alter A llen ,
M urdock, M arjorie Carter,
M urray, E varisto,

Major Subject
Econom ics,
B otany,
P ol. Science,
Phys. $ Z oology,
See. Sci. Honors,
French,
English,
Chemistry Honors,
Econom ics,
English,
English,
English,
French,
Soc.Sci.H onors,
H istory,
French,
English Honors,
Batin,
English,
Economics,
English,English,
Engineering,
Civil E ngin.,
English,
Latin,
English,
Econom ics,
Social Science,
English H onors,

Address
Dayton, Ohio.
Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh.
Kinderhook, N. Y.
Elkins Park.
Baltimore, Md.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Baltimore, Md.
Newtown Square.
Mt. Pleasant.
Philadelphia.
Upper Darby.
West Chester.
New Haven, Conn.
Columbus, Ohio.
Madison, Wis.
Lansdowne.
Ithaca, N. Y.
Doylestown.
Swarthmore.
Phoenixville.
Philadelphia.
Muncie, Ind.
Nutley, N. J.
Riverton, N. J.
Riverton, N. J.
Pendleton, Ind.
Oxford, Ohio.
Oak Park, 111.
Philadelphia.
Wollaston, Mass.
Lakewood, Ohio.
New York, N. Y.

N ewcomb, E lizabeth R eed,
N ewpher , E dwin L amar ,
N icely , T homas Shryock,
N ickel, M iriam ,
N ichols, I rene S cott,
N orton, Gwendolyn ,
N orton, A lice R oberta,
N oyes, E dward L ee,

Social Science,
Education,
Engineering,
English,
English,
Latin Honors,
Engineering,

Browns Mills, N. J.
Terre Hill.
Philadelphia.
Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Richmond Hill, N. Y.
Washington, D. C.
Chester.
Dallas, Texas.

Ogden, E lizabeth M orton,
Ogden, M ary A nn ,
Ogle, D orothy,

English,
English,
English,

Plainfield, N. J.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Catonsville, Md.

145

STUDENTS
Name

Major Subject

Address

Oi / ton, Charles P eirce,
Orr, M argaret Caroline,

Econom ics,
English,

Newark, N. J.
Muncie, Ind.

P almenberg, Cora E lizabeth ,
P almenberg, M art L ouise,
P almer, Clara W hitford,
P almer, M ary D ixon ,
P ark , T homas Creigh, J r.,
P arker, Samuel J ackson ,
P arrish , H enry L ippincott,
P assmore, R ichard E rskine ,
P assmore, E dward M artindale,
P assmore, R uth A nna ,
P atton , E da B rill,
P atterson , E velyn T aylor,
P atterson, K atharine D oerr,
P atterson , T homas T hompson ,
P axson , Gertrude K ervey,
P axson , M argaret,
P earson, B arbara W olfe,
P earson, M ary E lizabeth ,
P erlopp, W illiam H arry,
P hillips , R utherford T erhune,
P ierce, E lsie M arion,
P ittman , A lbert J ames ,
P ollock, J ohn B irch,
P oole, W illiam ,
P otter, R a y L eslie ,
P otts, C. W illiam ,
P owell, E leanor F rost,
P owell, F red J.,
P owell, E lsie K napp , J r.,
P owell , Sarah H opper,
P rice, D avid L ukens ,
P ugh, Charles E dmund,
P usey , E dna N ichols,
P usey, E leanor T eatman ,
P yle , Stephen J ohn ,

German,

F in e A rts,
P ol. Science,
Economics,
French,
French,
Civil Engi/n.,

Spring Valley, N .Y .
Spring Valley, N .Y .
Wilmington, Del.
Stroudsburg.
Swarthmore.
West Chester.
Riverton, N. J.
Media.
Butte, Mont.
Glen Mills.
Yeadon.
Cynwyd.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
West Chester.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Narberth.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
New Castle, Del.
Bywood.
Drexel Hill.
Wilmington, Del.
Hamburg, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Flushing, N. Y.
Flushing, N. Y.
New York, N .Y .
New York, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Haverford.
West Chester.
West Chester.
Lansdowne.

Quinn , K athleen Carberg,

H istory,

Cynwyd.

R adford, M anson ,
R ambo, Catherine B eatrice,
R auch , A lfred R eid,
R awson , P riscilla A lden,
R ead, M argaret D exter,

English Honors,
Econom ics,
Econom ics,

Bryn Mawr.
New York, N .Y .
Millville, N. J.
Hamilton, N. Y.
Philadelphia.

English,
English,
Engineering,
Engineering,
Econom ics,
Economics,

English,
P ol. Science,
English,
Phys. 4~ Zoology,
English,
English,
Phys. Sr Zoology,
Econom ics,
French,
Econom ics,
S oc.S d.H onors,
English,
Engineering,
English,
Engineering,

English,

146

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN

B edman, B obert B rittain ,
B eeves, E dythe E lizabeth ,
B einhold, F rances L illian ,
B eynolds, E dwin J ames ,
B eynolds, E lizabeth W hite ,
B eynolds, J ean,
B eynolds, M arian S medley,
B ice, W illiam ,
B ickards, A nna M argaret,
B icker, 0. T horne,
B idgway, A nna M ary ,
B oberts, M artha ,
B oberts, M ary H ooton,
E obison, H elen Caroline,
B oth, E dward J ohn,
B oth , S usan ,
B udy, H enry Cox,
B umely , M ary B elief,
B unge, D oris H elene,
E ushmore, L eon A ugustus, J r.,
B ussell, L awrence M yers ,
Salmon , H elena V anderslice,
Sargent, Sarah ,
S carlett, E va L ouise,
S chreiber, F red C.,
Seaman , E sther,
Seaman , H elen U nderhill,
Seaman , H enry B owman , J r.,
Seibert, W alter B.,
Selover, B alph S tryker,
Selover, V ictor B ussell,
Seyburn, E dward B eynolds,
S harples, T homas P hilip ,
Shoemaker , D orothy,
Shortlidge, A deline M argaret,
Sigman , Clara L ucretia,
Sinclair, D aniel ,
Skinner , J ohn P erry,
Slee, D orothy E lizabeth ,
S medley, K atherine,
Smiley , E dith ,
S mith , D aniel F ox,
Smith , H elen M itchell , •
S mith , P aul Cecil,
S mith , W ales E ugene,

Econom ics,
H istory,
P ol. Science,
Engineering,
Phys. Sr Zoology,
English,
English,
Soc.Sci.H onors,
H istory,
Phys. & Z oology,
English,
English Honors,
French,
Engineering,
Econom ics,
German,
E lect. Engin.,
English,

English,
English,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
French,
M athematics,
Econom ics,
M athematics,
Engineering,
Engineering,
Engineering,
Econom ics,

H istory,
English,
Engineering,
H istory,
English,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
Engineering,

Sayre.
Drexel Hill.
Philadelphia.
Media.
Media.
Washington, D. C.
Malvern.
Tulsa, Okla.
Moore.
Phillipsburg.
Kenmore, N. T .
Moorestown, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
Lansdowne.
Washington, D. C.
Conshohoeken.
Paducah, K y.
New York, N. Y .
Wilmington, Del.
Boslyn, L. I., N. Y.
Baltimore, Md.
Ashland, K y.
New York, N. Y.
West Chester.
Miami, Fla.
Wilmington, Del.
Glens Falls, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Bywood.
Brooklyn, N. Y .
Brooklyn, N. Y .
Patterson, La.
Baltimore, Md.
Takoma, D. C.
West Grove.
Philadelphia.
Norristown.
Bronxville, N. Y .
Whitemarsh.
Cornwall, N. Y .
New York, N. Y.
Medford, N. J.
Salem, N. J.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Martinsville, Ind.

147

STUDENTS
Name

Snyder, H arold E dward,
S nyder, H arold E lam ,
S nyder, W alter T ifield,
Sonneborn, K athryn M arie,
SONNEMAN, BOBERT CHARLES,

S pangler, D onovan B oucher,
Spaulding, E lizabeth J osephine,
S pencer, M argaret E lizabeth ,
S prague, H arold F uller,
Sprogell, H arry E dward,
S tafford, H elen Georgia,
Staley , M arion,
Staebard, M arjorie M abelle,
S tarling, J ames T homas,
Stauffer, M artha J eannette,
Stauffer, B uth Caroline,
Steckel, J osephine,
S tern, Sophie M athilde,
S tickney , D avid W alter,
Stidham , Sara L ouise,
S tidham , Shaleb,
Stieglitz, W illiam I rving,
Stirling, E lizabeth S m yth ,
StokeS, J ohn H., J r .,
S tout, A lice A deline,
S tratton, V irginia B arnes,
Strong, P aul T heodore,
Sullivan , J oseph T homas ,
Sunderland, D ouglas A ykroyd ,
S w ain , H enry George,
T aylor, Clara B ond,
T aylor, J ackson ,
T aylor, W illiam , J r .,
T emple, M ary B eaumont,
T erry, E unice Golding,
T estwuide , B obert L ouis,
T hompson , B etty L ouise,
T hompson, K atharine E astburn ,
T homson , H arold B rown,
Th y , Lh y ,
T omassetti, A lfonso,
T ownsend , H elen,
T remain , J osephine M aria,
T roll, H abadon W.,

Major Subject

Soc. Sci. Honors, .
Education,
Latin,
Social Sciences,
Econom ics,
E lec. Engi/n. Hon.,
Social Sciences,
English,
Engineering,
Pol. Science,
M athematics,
English,
English,
English,
M athematics,
English,
English,
Econom ics,
French,
Philosophy,
Engineering,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
H istory,
Education,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
Econom ics,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
M ath. Honors,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
Econom ics,
P ol. Science,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Chemistry,
Econom ics,
English,
P ol. Science,
French,
Engineering,
English,
English,
Econom ics,

Address

Cincinnati, Ohio.
Philadelphia.
Merchantville, N. J.
Philadelphia.
York.
Swarthmore.
Dallas, Texas.
Wilmington, Del.
Hollis, N. Y .
Lansdale.
Lancaster.
Borne, N. Y .
Bidgewood, N. J.
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Harrisburg.
Harrisburg.
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Philadelphia.
Montclair, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Highland Park, 111.
Wilmington, Del.
Swarthmore.
Memphis, Tenn.
Neosho, Mo.
Vineland, N. J.
Elkins Park.
Glenside.
East Orange, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Media.
Swarthmore.
Trenton, N. J.
Sheboygan, Wis.
Kennett Square.
Philadelphia.
Basking Bidge, N. J.
BaJa-Cynwyd.
Camden, N. J.
Montclair, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
St. Clairsville, Ohio.

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Name
T urnee, D onald Careé,
T urner, H oward H aines ,
T urner, R ichard T ownsend ,
T urner, Selina E lizabeth ,
T yler, M ary W oolman,
T yson , W illiam R obert,

Major Subject
Engineering,

Chemistry,

Address
Swarthmore.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Chester.
Riverton, N. J.
Pottsville.

U nderwood, M ildred L.,

English,

Pottsville.

Y ansant , W ilbur M onroe, J r.,
Y easey , W anda M ay ,
VlSKNISKKI, DAULTON G.,
V onA mmon , W inona ,

Philadelphia.
Pocomoke, Md.
English S onors,
Pittsburgh.
Engineering,
Phys. 4" Zool. Eon.,.Washington, D. C.

W agner, H arold E dmund,
W alker, Samuel H ellyer,
W alling , R osamond E nglish ,
W alls , E lizabeth P hillips ,
W alter, J oseph H., J r .,
W alton, J anet,
W alton, J ean ,
W alton, L ew is E dwin ,
W alton, L ouis Stockton, J r.,
W alton , M argaret B rosius,
W alton, M ary ,
W ardell, A lice J osephine,
W ebster, M ariana ,
W ebster, M erritt Samuel,
W eigand, F rederick George,
W est, H elen L ouise,
W estwood, H oward Carter,
W hite , F rancis F isher ,
W hite , J osiah ,
W ickersham , W illiam B aldwin ,
W illiams , F rank H.,
W illiams , M argaret,
W illiams , M ary A lice,
W illis , M ary H elen,
W ilson , H ouston,
W ilson , R aymond H iram , J r.,
W ilson, R obert H enry ,
W ilson , T homas A ndrew,
W inde, Stanley I rving,
W indle, L ouise F airlamb ,
W indle, Sylvia Chalfont,
W olf, D orothy F rances,

Econom ics,
Chemistry,
Social Sciences,
English,
Econom ics,

Engineering,
English,

French,
Econom ics,
English,
French,

M athematics,
Chem. Engin.,
Chemistry,
Econom ics,
P ol. Science,
M ech. Engin.,
Engineering,
Engineering,
French,
M athematics,
H istory,
M athematics,
English,
Chemistry,
Engin. Honors,
H istory,
H istory,
Latin Honors,

Darien, Conn.
Hatboro.
Greenwich, Conn.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Oxford.
Swarthmore.
Moorestown, N. J.
Altoona.
George School.
Swarthmore.
Pleasantville, N. Y .
Gwynedd.
Cheyney.
Philadelphia.
East Aurora, N. Y.
Tecumseh, Neb.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Ardmore.
Dayton, Ohio.
Ridley Park.
Conshohocken.
North Wales.
M ilford, Del.
Duncannon.
Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Del.
Waukesha, Wis.
West Chester.
West Chester.
Chester.

149

STUDENTS

Name
W ood, H oward J ohn ,
W ood, M artha M erion,
W ood-S mith , J ane M axwell ,
W oodman, M artha E lizabeth,
W orth , A nna ,
W orth , C. B rooke,
W orth , J ohn Sharpless,
W orth, M argaret,
W right, Orville B eisler,

Address
Edgemoor, Del.
Edgemoor, Del.
Pittsburgh.
English,
Middletown, N. Y.
Claymont, Del.
Phys. & Zoology, St. Davids.
St. Davids.
Econom ics,
Soc. Sci. Honors, Claymont, Del.
Econom ics,
Baltimore, Md.

Y ang, J ay Y ong,
Y ard, E lizabeth H ickcox,
Y ard, P riscilla S terling,
Y erkes, L ouise K insey ,
Y oder, B alph W ickersham ,

E lect. Engin.,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Philosophy,
English Honors,
Econom ics,

Chester.
Evanston, HI.
Evanston, HI.
Chicago, 111.
Eichmond Hill, N. Y.

Z abriskie , M argaret,

Social Sciences,

Ho-Ho-Kus, N. J.

Major Subject
Chemistry,
English,

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G EOGRAPH ICAL DISTRIBU TION OF STUDENTS
Pennsylvania ....................................................................................... 267
New Jersey .........................................................................................
71
New York ...........................................................................................
63
Maryland ..................................................................................
25
Delaware ..................................................................................
17
District o f Columbia........ ................................................................. 18
Illinois ............................. ..— ............................................................... 12
Ohio ........................................................................................................ 11
Connecticut ..........................................................................................
7
Indiana ...................................................................................................
5
Vermont ...................................................
4
Iowa ........................................................................................................
3
Kentucky ...............................................................................................
3
Massachusetts ................
3
3
Wisconsin ..............................................................................................
Georgia ...............................................................................
2
Michigan .............................
2
2
Oklahoma .......................................................
Nebraska ................................................................................................
2
Tennessee................................................................................................
2
Texas ......................................................................................................
2
Montana ...................................................................................
2
Florida ............................... ........................................... ...............••••
1
1
Louisiana ..............................................................................................
Mississippi ............................................................
1
Missouri ..............................................................
1
New Mexico ..........................................................................................
1
Utah .............................
1
West Virginia .....................................................................................
1
E n g la n d ..................
l
Total

534

HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS

151

HOLDERS OF TH E JOSHUA LIPPINCOTT FE LLO W SH IP
1893-94.
T homas A tkinson J enkins , A.B., 1887; Ph.B., University o f Pennsylvania,
1888; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1894; LittJD., Swarthmore Col­
lege, 1922; Professor o f the History o f the Freneh Language, Uni­
versity o f Chicago.
B enjamin F kanklin B attin , A.B., 1892; studied in Berlin; Ph.D., Jena,
1900. >
1894- 95.
D avid B arker R ushmore, B.S., 1894; M.E., Cornell University, 1895;
C.B., Swarthmore, 1897; Sc.D., 1923. Consulting Engineer.
1895- 96.
H oward W hite , J r., B.S., 1895; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1896; C.E.,
Swarthmore, 1900. Deceased.
1896-97; 1897-98.
J ohn W. Gregg, B.L., 1894; A.M., Cornell University, 1898; LL.B., George
Washington University, 1905. Lawyer.
1898-99.
E llwood Comly P arry , B.L., 1897; studied in Berlin; M.L., Swarthmore,
1900; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1903. Professor o f German
and French, Central High School, Philadelphia.
1899-1900; 1900-01.
J ohn E dwin W ells, B.L., 1896; M.L., 1899; A.M., Columbia, 1900; Ph.D.,
Yale University, 1915. Head o f the Department o f English, Connecti­
cut College for Women.
1901- 02.
M ary Gray L eiper, B.L., 1899; studied in Berlin.
1902- 03.
B ird T homas B aldwin , B.S., 1900; A.M., Harvard University, 1903; Ph.D.,
Ibid ., 1905. Deceased.
1903- 04.
A lbert Cook M yers , B.L., 1898; M.L., 1901; studied in Universities o f
Wisconsin and Harvard. Historical Writer.
1904- 05.
M arion V irginia (P eirce) P rank , A.B., Swarthmore, 1903; A.M., Uni­
versity o f Chicago, 1904; studied in Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne,
and Collège de Prance in Paris, and in the Libraries o f Madrid.

152

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1905- 06.
L ewis F ussell , B.S., 1902; M.S., 1903; E.E. and Ph.D., University o f W is­
consin, 1907. Professor o f Electrical Engineering, Swarthmore College.
1906- 07.
L ou is N ewton R obinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911;
studied in Universities o f Halle and Berlin, 1906-07; Fellow in Cornell
University, 1907-08. Director, with Russell Sage Foundation. Lec­
turer in Criminology, Swarthmore College.
1907- 08.
S amuel Copeland P almes , A.B., 1895; A.M., 1907; A.M., Harvard Uni­
versity, 1909; Ph.D., Ibid ., 1912. Professor o f Biology, Swarthmore
College, Studied abroad 1927-28.
1908- 09.
M ary E liza (N orth ) Chenoweth , A.B., 1907; A.M., 1910; studied in
Oxford University, England.
1909- 10.
M ary T albot (J anney ) Cox, A.B., 1906; studied in University o f Berlin,
Germany.
1910- 11.
Samuel Copeland P almer , A.B., 1895; A.M., 1907; A.M., Harvard Uni­
versity, 1909; Ph.D., Ibid ., 1912. Professor o f Biology, Swarthmore
College. Studied abroad 1927-28.
1911- 12.
J ohn H imes P itman , A.B., 1910; A.M., 1911; studied in University o f
California. Associate Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy, Swarth­
more College.
1912- 13.
I ola K a y E astburn , B.L., 1897, A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1907;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1913; Professor o f German, Brenan College, Gainsville,
Ga.
1913- 14.
E dwin A ngell Cottrell, A.B., 1907; A.M., Harvard University, 1913.
Professor o f Political Science, Leland Stanford Junior University.
1914- 15.
F rederick M yerle Simons , J r ., A.B., 1909; A.M., 1912; studied in the
University o f Chicago. Deceased.
1915- 16.
F rank H. Griffin , B.S., 1910; A.M., Columbia University, 1916.
Chemist, The Yiscose Company, Marcus Hook, Pa.

Chief

HOLDERS OP FELLOWSHIPS

153

1916- 17.
R aymond T. B ye, A.B., 1914; A.M., Harvard University, 1915; Ph.D., Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, 1918. Professor o f Economics. University
o f Pennsylvania.
1917- 18.
Charles J. D arlington, A.B., 1915; A.M., 1916.
Pont de Nemours & Company.

Chemist with E. I. du

1918- 19.
J ohn E. Orchard, A.B., 1916; A.M., Harvard University, 1920; Ph.D.,
Ibid ., 1923. Assistant Professor, Economic Geography, School o f Busi­
ness, Columbia University.
1919- 20.
P aul F leming Gemmill , A.B., 1917; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
1925; Assistant Professor o f Economics, University o f Pennsylvania.
1920- 21.
J oseph E vans Sands, A.B., 1917; M.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1921.
Physician.
1921- 22.
D etlev W ulf B ronk , A.B., 1920; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1922;
Ph.D., Ibid , 1925. Professor o f Physiology and Bio-Physics, Swarthmore College. Dean o f Men.
1922- 23.
D avid M athias D ennison , A.B., 1921; A.M., University o f Michigan, 1922;
Ph.D., Ibid ., 1924. International Education Board Fellow, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 1924-27. Assistant Professor o f Physics, University o f
Michigan.
1923- 24.
W illiam M orse B laisdell, A.B., 1921; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
1927. Studied in Paris. Instructor in Economics, Swarthmore College.
1924- 25.
K atharine D enworth , A.B., 1914; M.A., Columbia University, 1921.
Ph.D., Ibid., 1927. Principal, Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass.
1925- 26.
George P assmore H ayes , A.B., 1918; A.M., Harvard University, 1920.
Ph.D., Ibid ., 1927. Professor o f English, Agnes Scott College, De­
catur, Ga.
1926- 27.
M arvin Y ard B urr, A.B., 1925; A.M., Columbia University, 1927. Graduate
Student and Assistant in Elementary Education, Columbia University.

154

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1927- 28.
D orothy F lorence T roy, A.B., 1926; M.A., Columbia University, 1928.
Instructor in English, Swarthmore College.
1928- 29.
Student at University o f Chicago.

D orothea A. K ern, A.B., 1927.

H OLDERS OF TH E LU CRETIA MOTT FE LLO W SH IP
1895- 96.
H elen B right (S m ith ) B rinton, A.B., 1895; studied in Oxford Univer­
sity; A id ., Swarthmore, 1899.
1896- 97.
M ary Stone M cD owell, A.B., 1896; studied in Oxford University, A.M.,
Columbia University, 1903.
1897- 98.
Sarah (B ancroft) Clark , B.S., 1897; studied in Newnham College, Cam­
bridge.
1898- 99.
E dna H arriet R ichards, B.L., 1898; studied in Berlin; A.M., Columbia
University, 1904. Fellow and Instructor, University o f Wisconsin,
1921-22. Teacher o f German in High School.
1899-1900.
M ary E lizabeth Seaman , A.B., 1899; studied in Newnham College, Cam­
bridge; A.M., Adelphia College, 1905. Teaeher.
1900- 01.
A nna Gillingham , A.B., 1900; A.B., Radcliffe, 1901; A.M., Columbia Uni­
versity, 1910. Teacher in Ethical Culture School, New York, N. Y.
1901- 02.
L illian W inifred (R ogers) I llmer, A.B., 1901; studied in Berlin.
1902- 03.
M argaret H ood (T aylor ) Simmons , B.L., 1902; studied in Berlin Uni­
versity.
1903- 04.
A nnie R oss, A.B., 1903; Ph.M., University o f Chicago, 1904. Head o f
Department o f French, High School, Flushing, L. I., N. Y.

Charlotte R itzema (B ogert)
University, 1905.

1904- 05.
Santos, A.B., 1904; A.M., Columbia

dos

1905- 06.
E lizabeth H all , A.B., 1905; A.M., Columbia University, 1906. Teacher o f
English, Media High School,

HOLDERS OP FELLOWSHIPS

155

1906- 07.
B ertha Caroline P eirce, A.B., 1906; A.M., Cornell University, 1907.
Teacher o f Latin, Beaver College, Jenkintown, Pa.
1907- 08.
J eannette (C urtis ) Cons, A.B., 1907; A.M., 1909; studied in University
o f Berlin, Germany.
1908- 09.
E lizabeth S ikes (J ames ) N orton, A.B., 1908; studied in University o f
Berlin, Germany; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1912; Ph.D., Ibid .,
1914.
1909- 10.
H elen H arriet P orterfield, A.B., 1909; studied in University o f Chicago.
1910- 11.
J ean H amilton (W alker ) Creighton, A.B., 1910; studied in University
o f Chicago.
1911- 12.
A nna H eydt, A.B., 1911; A.M., Radeliffe College, 1912. Teacher o f Latin
and French, Keystone State Normal School, Kutztown, Pa.
1912- 13.
Caroline H allowell (S medley) Colburn, A.B., 1912; A.M., 1918; studied
in University o f California.
1913- 14.
E sther M idler, A.B., 1913; studied in University o f Berlin, Germany.
Social Worker.
1914- 15.
M arie Safford (B ender) D arlington, A.B., 1914; A.M., University o f
Chicago, 1916.
1915- 16.
Keba M ahan (C a m p ) H odge, A.B., 1915; A.M., Radeliffe College, 1916.
1916- 17.
A nna M. M ichener, A.B., 1916; A.M., Columbia University, 1917; Ph.D.,
Ibid ., 1921; Economic Research.
1917- 18.
H ilda A. (L ang ) D enworth , A.B., 1917; studied in University o f Wiscon­
sin; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1921.
1918- 19.
E dith W . (M endenhall ) H ayes , A.B., 1918; A.M., Columbia University,
1919.

156

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1919- 20.
Gladys A manda R eichard, A.B., 1919; A.M., Columbia University, 1920;
Research Fellow in Anthropology, University o f California, 1922-23;
PhJD., Columbia University, 1925; Holder o f John Simon Guggenheim
Fellowship fo r 1926-27. Studied at Hamburg, Germany. Instructor
in Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University.
1920- 21.
H enrietta A lbert S mith , A.B., 1920.
1921- 22.
A line M athieson (W oodrow) R obertson, A.B., 1921; studied in Univer­
sity o f Glasgow, Scotland.
1922- 23,
H enrietta I da (K eller) H owell, A.B., 1922; A.M., Radcliffe College,
1923. Teacher o f English, Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia, Pa.
1923- 24.
Gertrude M alz , A.B., 1923; A.M., University o f Wisconsin, 1924; Ph.D.,
Ibid ., 1928. Teacher o f Latin, Phebe Anna Thome School, Bryn Mawr,
Pa.
1924- 25.
Gertrude P aula (K napp ) R awson , A.B., 1924; studied in Somerville
College, Oxford, England. Teaeher.
1925- 26.
M argaret P itkin , A.B., 1925; Ph.D., University o f Chicago, 1928.
structor in Romance Languages, Swarthmore College.

In ­

1926- 27.
A lice Carolyn P axson , A.B., 1926. Studied at Radcliffe College.
1927- 28.
Cecile (J arvis ) B rochereux, A.B., 1927; M.A., University o f Pennsylvania,
1928. Teaching French, Haverford School.
1928- 29.
Gertrude Sanders, A.B., 1928. Studying at University o f Pennsylvania.

H OLDERS OF TH E JOHN LOCKW OOD M EM ORIAL
FE L L O W SH IP
1910-11.
E dwin Carleton M acD owell, A.B., 1909; studied in Harvard University;
M.S., Harvard University, 1911; Sc.D., Ibid ., 1912. Investigator, Cold
Spring Harbor.

HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS

157

1911- 12.
H enry F erris P rice, A.B., 1906; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1913;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1915. Professor o f Mathematics, Pacific University, Forest
Grove, Oregon.
1912- 13.
W alter F rank B ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ch.E., 1917;
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1914. Consulting Chemical Engineer, U. S.
Government and State o f Pennsylvania. Professor o f Engineering,
Carnegie Institute o f Technology.
1913- 14.
H elen P rice, A.B., 1907; Ph.D. University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Head
o f Latin and Greek Department, Meredith College, Baleigh, N. C.
1914- 15.
H elen H eed, A.B., 1905; A.M., Badeliffe College, 1915. Teacher o f Eng­
lish, High School, Pleasantville, N. Y. 1925-26, student, Oxford Uni­
versity, England.
1915- 16.
F rances D arlington, A.B., 1896; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1916.
Teacher.
1916- 17.
B achel K night, B.L., 1898; A.M., 1909; Ph.D., University o f Iowa, 1919.
Deceased.
1917- 18.
B alph L inton, A.B., 1915; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1916; Ph.D.,
Harvard University, 1925. Associate Professor o f Sociology, University
o f Wisconsin.
1918- 19.
W alter H arrison M ohr, A.B., 1914; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
1921. Teacher, George School.
1919- 20.
E sther E. B aldwin , A.B., 1909; A.M., Columbia University, 1913. Teacher,
South Philadelphia High School for Girls.
1920- 21.
George P assmore H ayes , A.B., 1918; A.M., Harvard University, 1920.
Ph.D., Ibid ., 1927. Acting Professor o f English, Bobert College,
Constantinople, 1921-25. Professor o f English, Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Ga.
1921- 22.
F rank W hitson F etter, A.B., 1920; A.M., University o f Princeton, 1922;
A.M., Harvard University, 1924. Ph.D., Princeton University, 1926.
Teacher, Princeton University.
1922- 23.
M argaret (P owell ) A itken , A.B., 1919; A.M., 1921.

158

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN

1923-24.
W alter H alsey A bell, A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924; Professor o f Art, Acadia
University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1924-25.
E dgar Z. P almer, A.B., 1919; Studied at University o f Wisconsin. Assis­
tant Professor in Economics, College o f Commerce, University o f
Kentucky.
1925-26.
E mma T. R. W illiams , A.B., 1916. Graduate student, University o f
Chicago, 1925-26. Student, Harvard University Observatory.
1926- 27.
M argaret L yle W alton, (M ayall), A.B., 1925. Studying at Harvard
Observatory.
1927- 28.
A lice P. Gar-wood, A.B., 1913.
1928- 29.
J ames R oland P ennock, A.B., 1927, Student Harvard University.

H OLDERS OF TH E H AN NAH A. LEEDOM FE LLO W SH IP
1913- 14.
A rthur P ercival T anberg, A.B., 1910; A.M., 1913; Ph.D., Columbia Uni­
versity, 1915. Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co.
1914- 15.
A rcher T aylor, A.B., 1909; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1910;
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1915. Professor o f Germanic Languages,
University o f Chicago.
1915- 16.
H arold S. R oberts, A.B., 1912; A M ., Princeton University, 1915; student
in the University o f Wisconsin, 1915-17. Teacher o f Freneh and
Spanish, Rutgers Preparatory School, New Brunswick, N. J.
1916- 17.
H annah B. (S teele) P ettit , A.B., 1909; A.M., 1912; Ph.D., University o f
Chicago, 1919. Astronomer.
1917- 18.
J ames M onaghan, J r., A.B., 1913; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1918.
1918- 19.
Charlotte (B rewster ) J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain. Translator and writer.
1919- 20.
P aul M. Cuncannon , A.B., 1915; A.M., Princeton University, 1920; Ph.D.,
Princeton, 1925. Instructor in Political Science, University o f Michigan.

159

HOLDERS OS’ FELLOWSHIPS

1920-21.
W illiam Christie M acL eod, A.B., 1914; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
1924. Instructor, Wharton School, University o f Pennsylvania.
1921- 22.
L eon M. P earson, A.B., 1920; A.M., Harvard University, 1922.
Oral English, Haverford School, Haverford, Pa.

Teacher,

1922- 23.
W . R alph Gawthrop , A.B., 1918; M.S., University o f Pennsylvania, 1924.
Chemist, Lazote, Inc.
1923- 24.
W illard S. E lsbree, A.B., 1922; A.M., Columbia University, 1924; Ph.D.,
Ibid., 1928. Assistant Professor o f Education, Teachers ’ College, Colum­
bia University.
1924- 25.
W alter A bell, A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924. Studied in Prance. Professor
o f Art, Acadia University, W olfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1926- 27.
M argaret P itkin , A.B., 1925; Ph.D., University o f Chicago, 1928.
structor in Romance Languages, Swarthmore College.

In ­

1927- 28.
A udrey S h aw B ond, A.B., 1926; M.A., University o f Chicago, 1928. As­
sistant, Department o f Romance Languages, University o f Illinois.
1928- 29.
Samuel R obert M. R eynolds, A.B., 1927. Student at University o f Penn­
sylvania.

H OLDERS OF TH E M A R T H A E. TYSON FE LLO W SH IP
1914- 15.
H elen P rice, A.B., 1907; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Head
o f Latin and Greek Department, Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C.
1915- 16.
A nne Shoemaker (H aines ) M artin , A.B., 1912; A.M., University o f W is­
consin, 1916.
1916- 17.
K atherine P rocter (G reen) V incent , A.B., 1907; A.M., Columbia Uni­
versity, 1917. Teacher o f Latin in High School, Flushing, N. Y.
1917- 18.
Charlotte (B rewster ) J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain. Translator and writer.

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1918- 19.
E dna A nna T yson , A.B., 1909; A.M., Columbia University, 1919.
o f English in High School, Newark, N. J.

Teacher

1919- 20.
D orothea Gillette, A.B., 1914; A.M., Columbia University, 1920.
o f English, Friends’ Central School, Philadelphia, Pa.

Teacher

1920- 21.
B eulah (D arlington ) P ratt , A.B., 1890; A.M., Teachers College Columbia
University, 1922. Principal, Friends’ Sehool, West Chester, Pa.
1921- 22.
B hoda A. L ippincott, A.B., 1917; A.M., Columbia University, 1922. Teacher
o f French, Madison, N. J., High School.
1922- 23.
Grace Cochran, A.B., 1917. Student, Certificat d ’ Aptitude d ’ enseigner
le français à l ’étranger, Sorbonne, France, 1922. Head o f Department
o f Modern Languages, West Chester, Pa., High School.
1923- 24.
M ildred E. (W illard ) F ry, A.B., 1920; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
1924.
1924- 25.
Caroline E. M yrick , A.B., 1914; A.M., Badcliffe College, 1916. Teacher.
1925- 26.
H elen E. H owarth , A.B., 1920; M.A., Smith College, 1926.
vard University Observatory.

Student, Har­

1926- 27.
D orothy (P lace ) P ucta, A.B., 1911; M.A., University o f Pennsylvania,
1927. Principal, Canistota, S. D., High School.
1927- 28.
E mm a T. B. W illiams , A.B., 1916. Student, Harvard University Observa­
tory.
1928- 29.
E dna J ean P rosser, A.B., 1926. Studying at University o f Wisconsin.

HOLDERS OF THE IVY MEDAL

161

H OLDERS OF TH E IV Y M EDAL *
1898. A nna B elle E isenhower, A.B., 1899-j A.B., Radcliffe College, 1900;
A.M., Ibid., 1907.
1899. M ary G. L eiper, B.L., 1899.
1900. M ary S. H aviland, B.L., 1900; A.B., Radeliffe, 1901.
1901. George A. Seaman , A.B., 1901. Deceased.
1902. E lliott R ichardson, B.S., 1902; C.E., 1905.
!
1903. Samuel T. S tewart, A.B., 1903.
,
,
1904. H alliday R. J ackson , A.B., 1904.
I j ]
1905. LOUIS N. R obinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911.
.j
1906. T. H. D udley P erkins , A.B., 1906. Deceased.
1907. A mos J. P easlee, A.B., 1907; LL.B., Columbia University, 1911.
1908. H erman P ritchard, B.S., 1908; A.M., 1911.
1909. W alter F, R ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ch.E.,
1917; Ph.D,, Columbia University, 1914.
1910. J ohn E. J ohnson, B.S., 1910,
1911. J oseph H. W illits , A.B., 1911; A.M., 1912; Ph.D., University o f
Pennsylvania, 1916.
1912. H erman E lliott W ells, B.S., 1912.
1913. H enry L ee M essner, A.B., 1913.
1914. A lbert R oy Ogden, A.B., 1914. Deceased.
1915. T homas B ayard M cCabe, A.B., 1915.
1916. H ugh F rederick D enworth , A.B., 1916; A.M., University o f Penn­
1917.
1918.
1919.
1920.

sylvania, 1918.
W illiam W est T omlinson , A.B., 1917.
i
F rederick S tockham D onnelly, A.B., 1918.
Charles M anly H owell, A.B., 1919.
D etlev W ulp B ronk , A.B., 1920; M.S., University o f Michigan,

1922;
1921. A lan C.
1922.
1922. R ichard
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.

Ph.D., Ibid., 1925.
V alentine , A.B., 1921; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
Rhodes Scholar, B.A. (Honors) Oxford University, 1925.
W illiam Slocum, A.B., 1922; LL.B., Harvard University,

1925.
A rthur J oy R awson , A.B., 1923.
R ichmond P earson M iller, A.B., 1924.
M arvin Y ard B urr, A.B., 1925; A.M., Columbia University, 1927.
R ichard M£/,ville P erdeW, A.B., 1926.
J ames R olan*! ¡Pjsrnock, A.B., 1927.
D ouglass .WiNNEpp $$,8, A.B., 1928.

* The terms of the award of .this .p.edffl f i f e found in an earlier part of the catalogue.

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O AK L E A F M ED AL *
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.

B arbara (M anley ) P hilips , A.B., 1922.
I sabelle Sh aw (F ussell ) E wing , A.B., 1923.
Gertrude P aula (K n app ) R awson , A.B., 1924.
I nez V ictoria Coulter, A.B., 1925.
L ydia W illiams R oberts, A.B., 1926.
K atharine J osephine Snyder, A.B., 1927.
M argaret Somerville, A.B., 1928.

The terms of the award of this medal are found in an earlier part of the catalogue.

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In Electrical Engineering
Charles L awrence Haines (with High H on ors). .Linwood, Md.
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN GENERAL COURSES
With the M ajor in Botany
M yra Conover ............................................................... Collingswood, N. J.
W ith the M ajor in Economics
J ohn W althon D dtton ............................................. Upper Darby.
T heodore H enry F etter ............................................ Princeton, N. J.
T homas H enry L atimer F oster ............................. Beaver.
M artha Gibbons .................................................... . . .Upper Darby.
Charles Gordon H odge, J r ........................................ Philadelphia.
A lbert D ietz K eller .................................................. York.
L ew is J. K orn (A s o f 19 26 ).....................................Lansdowne.
R ichard L ip p in c o t t ......................... ...........................Riverton, N. J.
E dward Cary M cF eely ............................................... Lansdowne.
M argaret E mm a M a ckey ........................... ................ Washington, D. C.
Griffith Stansbury M iller ........ ............................. Philadelphia.
J ames R ussell M iller .................................................Bala-Cynwyd.
T homas M oore, J r ........................................................... Philadelphia.
J ames N icol M uir, J r ................................................ Wollaston, Mass.
T heodore E gbert N ickles , J r.................................... .Philadelphia.
L ute L ee Ow re y .............................................................. Swarthmore.
H enry T homas P aiste , J r. .......................................Philadelphia.
M alcolm B ruce P etrikin .........................................Chester.
R uey M ay Sieger......................................................... Lancaster.
T heodore S m it h e r s .................................................... Philadelphia.
R aymond A lbert T ow nley .......................................Newark, N. J.
P aul M iller Y an W egen ......................................... .Upper Darby.
T heodore W iding .................................................. .. •.Philadelphia.
With the M ajor in Education
Gertrude H amilton B owers ......................................Lansdowne.
M abel E lizabeth H ollinshead (A s o f 1903)----- Moorestown, N. J.
R ichard A. S amuel (A s o f 19 25 )..............................Springfield.
E lizabeth V an B rakle ...............................................Washington, D. C.
M argaret B oughton W illiam s ................................ Ridley Park.
With the M ajor in English
M ary K enderdine A ndrews ........ ............................ Philadelphia.
I sabelle M ay B ennett ................................. •’.......... Montclair, N. J.
J osephine S cull B ornet ...........................................Bala-Cynwyd.^
D orothy W ainwright B row n .................................. Lakewood, Ohio.
A lice Gertrude B urling ............................................New York, N. Y.
J ulie V ander V eer Ch apm an .................................. Swarthmore.
M argaret L ouise D eL a n e y ...................................... Sayre.

DEGREES CONFERRED IN

E sther Cathryne F elter . . . .
F rances E lizabeth F ogg........
Gertrude Gil m o r e .....................
F lorence E dna Griffiths . . . .
E mlyn M agill H odge...............
M ary E lizabeth H opper ........
E lisabeth A lice J e n k in s ........
Charles T hoburn M a xw e ll . . .
J eannette R egena P oore.........
F rances P o r t e r .........................
E dna M arie R attey . . . . . ___
K atherine E dna R ittenhouse
H ilah B o u n d s ...........................
N ell A nderson R u bin s ..........
E lisabeth W inifred R umble . .
Charlotte S usan Salm on . . . .
F lorence Garrett Sellers . ..
E sther Shallcross .................
R uth S hellman .......................
M argaret Somerville ............
M ary T homson Sullivan ........
A nn E ntwisle T hompson ........
A nna E lizabeth W illis ............
E sther H amilton W ilson ........

1928

165

•Baltimore, Md.
. Hancock Bridge, N. J.
. Emlenton.
■Millburn, N. J.
■Royal Oak, Mich.
. Philadelphia.
. Gwynedd.
.Indianapolis, Ind.
, Philadelphia.
;Swarthmore.
New York, N.Y.
Philadelphia.
Vestal, N. Y.
Bristol, Tenn.
Rutledge.
Ashland, K y.
Swarthmore.
Middleton, Del.
Wilmette, 111.
Washington, D. C.
Elkins Park.
New Kensington.
North Wales.
Toughkenamon.

’a

W ith the M ajor in French
Olive V irginia D eane .................................................. Ridley Park.
Grace E llis M cH enry ................................. .............. Lansdowne.
A nne H illborn P h il ip s ....................... ...................... Wilmington, Del.
R uth M arion P urvis ................................................. .Philadelphia.
M ary L ouise R obison ..................................................Lansdowne.
With the Major in German
Louis D onald M oyer .................................................. Fleetwood.
W ith the M ajor in History
H arold Silver B erry .................................................. Moylan.
E lizabeth E liason Clayton ............................... .... .Middleton, Del.
A nne R uth H errmann ............................................... Washington, D. C.
Ora K atharine L e w is ................................................ Philadelphia.
Caroline B iddle L ippincott .....................................Riverton, N. J.
E lizabeth L ippincott V aughan ...............................Riverton, N. J.
E lsie
E mma
A lice
M ary

W ith the M ajor in Latin
B attin ................................................................ Philadelphia.
P easlee E ngle .................? .......................... .. .Clarksboro, N. J.
Spencer J emison .............................................Philadelphia.
F rances L angford.................................................Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y.

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With the M ajor in Mathematics
P hyllis P earey H arper ...............................................Swarthmore.
R uth E dith K ern .......................................................... Philadelphia.
Gertrude N aomi T aylor .............................................W estchester.
With the M ajor in Physiology-Zoology
A rthur Gorham B aker .............................................. Washington, D. C.
E sther W inifred Ch a pm a n ....................................... Wilmington, Del.
E dna M a y Child ........................................................... Philadelphia.
P rances E yster D ow dy ............................................. Philadelphia.
Charles F razer H adley, J r......................................Merchantville, N. J.
P rances F rench J ohnson ......................................... Emporium.
M ary M iller L tvezey..................................................Norristown.
M arguerite L ukens ................................................... Upper Darby.
P rances W alker E a m sey .......................................... Big Stone Gap, Va.
H elen P riscilla W illiam s ....................................... Philadelphia.
W ith the M ajor in Political Science.
E dna G. B each ............................................................. Norwood.
H enry Crawford F ord............................................... Port Allegany.
J oseph E ugene P appano ............................................Chester.
M ary H ayden T errells .............................................Swarthmore.
BACHELOR OP SCIENCE
W ith the M ajor in Chemistry
R obert K eyser W hitten ............................................Wilmington, Del.
W ith the M ajor in Civil Engineering
Carl A lfred A renander .......................................... . Newark, N. J.
W ith the M ajor in Electrical Engineering
W alter F rederick D enkhau s ................................... Colwyn. *
With the M ajor in General Engineering
J ames H amilton Colket, J r .................................... Brooklyn, N. Y.
W ith the M ajor in Mechanical Engineering
L awrence A lexander H u n t ......................................White Plains, N. Y.
E verett U nderhill I r is h ....................... ................. South Orange, N. J.
M ASTER OP ARTS
W ith the M ajor in Mathematics
D orothea A gatha K ern ............................................ Philadelphia.
Charles E dwin R ickards ........................................... Moore.
With the M ajor in Physiology
Samuel R obert M eans R eynolds .............................Swarthmore.
C IV IL EN GIN EER
J ames S trawbridge M affitt , I I I , A .B ..................Swarthmore College, 1925.

IN D E X
Absences from Classes, 29, 69
Absences from Examination, 69
Administration Officers, 12

A dmission, R equirements

for,

Curriculum for the Freshman and
Sophomore Years in Applied Science,
76
Definition o f Entrance Requirements, 41
D egrees, 71
Bachelor of Arts, 71
Bachelor of Science, 71
Engineering, 71
Master of Arts, 71
Master of Science, 71
Degrees Conferred in 1928, 163
D epartments and Courses of I n ­
struction :
Botany, 73
Chemistry and Chemical Engineer­
ing, 7 4
Economics, 80
Education, 83
Engineering, Chemical, 74
Engineering, Civil, 86
Engineering, Electrical, 86
Engineering, Mechanical, 86
English, 101 S '
Fine Arts, 104
German, 105
Greek and Latin, 107
History and International Rela­
tions, 110
Latin, 109
Law, 82
Mathematics and Astronomy, 113
Music, 118
Philosophy and Religion, 119
Physical Education, 122
Physiology and Zoology, 126
Physics, 122
Political Science, 129
Romance Languages, 131
Dining Room Rates for Faculty, 27

40

Subject Requirements, 41
College
Entrance
Examination
Board, 43
Advanced Standing, 44
Alumni Field, 19
Applied Science, Course o f Study in, 76
Astronomical Observatories, ^15, 17
Astronomy and Mathematics, Depart­
ment of, and Courses in, 113

Athletic Association, 22

Women’s Athletic Association, 22
At h le t ic F ields , 19
Alumni Field, 19
Cunningham Field, 19
Swarthmore Field, 19
Attendance at Meeting or Church, 21
Bachelor of Arts Degree, 71
Beardsley Hall, 18
Bibliography, 136
B oard of Managers , 6
Officers and Committees of the
Board, 7
Botany, Geology, Department of, 73

B uildings , 14

Astronomical Observatories, 15
Beardsley Hall, 18
Benjamin West House, 18
Bond Memorial, 19
Chemistry, Hall of, 15
Cloisters, The, 19
Clothier Auditorium, 20
Cunningham House, 18
Friends’ Historical Library, 17
Hall Gymnasium (for M en), 19
Heat, Light and Power Plant, 19
Hicks Hall, 18
Library Building, 17
Meeting House, 18
Parrish Hall, 14
President’s House, 19
Somerville Hall (Gymnasium for
W omen), 19
Science Hall, 14
Sproul Observatory, 15
Students’ Observatory, 17
Swimming Pools, 19
Wharton Hall (Men’s Dormitory),
14
Woolman House, 14
Worth Hall, 14
Bulletin, Swarthmore College, 23

D ormitories, 14

Parrish Hall, 14
Wharton Hall, 14
Worth Hall, 14
Woolman House, 14
Economics, Department of, and Courses,
80
Education, Department of, and Courses,
83
Education, Division of Honors, 64
Education, Physical, 122
Elective Studies, 49
Electrical Engineering, 86
Engineering, Degrees in. 71
Engineering, Division of Honors, 65
Engineering Equipment, 95
Engineering Shops, 17
Engineers' Club, 22
English Club, 21
English, Department of, and Courses,
101
English Literature, Division of, in
Honors Courses, 51
Entrance Requirements, 40
Enrollment, Limitation of, 40
Examinations, College Board, 43
Exclusion from College, 70
Expenses, 26
Exploration, Freshman, 136
Extra Work Outside of Classes, 67
Extra or Less Hours, 46
Faculty, 8
Fees, Tuition, Laboratory, etc., 28
F ellow sh ips and S cholarships , 30
Hannah A. Leedom, 30
John Lockwood Memorial, 30
Joshua Lippincott Fellowship, 30
Lucretia Mott Fellowship, 30
Martha E. Tyson, 31
Open Scholarships, 35
Open Scholarships for Women, 37
T. H. Dudley Perkins Memorial,
34
Scholarships, List of, 30
Holders of Fellowships, 151

Calendar, College, 3

Lunar, 2
Cercle français, 21
Certificate, Admission by, 40
Chemical Engineering, Course in, 74
Chemistry, Department of, and Courses
in, 74
Chemistry, Division of Honors, 63
Chemistry, Hall^ of, 15
Church or Meeting, Attendance of, 21
Christian Associations, 22
Civil Engineering, 86
Classical Club, 21
Classics, Division of Honors, 62
Cloisters, The, 19
Clothier Auditorium, 19
Co-education, 20
College Entrance Examination Board,
43
College Publications, 22
Committees o f the Board of Managers, 7
Conditions, Removal of, 68
Contente, Table of, 4
Cooper, william J., Foundation, 26
Course Advisers, 67
Course o f Study, General Undergradu­
ate, 67
Cunningham Field, 19
Cunningham House, 19

167

168

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN

Pine Arts, 104
Foreign Language Requirements, 47
French, Division of Honors, 60
Freshman Exploration Course, 136
Friends’ Historical Library, 17
Friends’ Meeting, 20
German Language and Literature, De­
partment of, and Courses, 105
German, Division o f Honors, 62
Grades, System of, 68
Graduation, Requirements for, 44
Greek Language and Literature, De­
partment of, and Courses, 107

Gymnasia, 18

Hall Gymnasium (for M en), 19
Somerville Hall (for W omen), 19
Halcyon, The, 23
Hall Gymnasium, 19
Heat, Light and Power Plant, 19
Hicks Hall, 18
History and International Relations,
Department of, and Courses, 110
Honors Courses, 50
Division o f:
Chemistry, 63
Classics, 62
Education, 64
Engineering, 65
English Literature, Modern His­
tory, Philosophy and Fine Arts,
51
French, 60
German, 62
Mathematics,
Astronomy
and
Physics, 58
Physiology-Zoology, 65
Social Sciences, 54
Honorary Scholarship Societies, 23
Infirmary Regulations, 28
Ivy Medal, 39
Regulations o f Award, 39
Holders of, 161
Laboratory Fees, 26
Language Requirements for Honor Stu­
dents, 47
Latin Language and Literature, De­
partment of, and Courses, 109
Law Course, 82
Leedom Fellowship, Hannah A., 30
Holders of, 158
L ibraries and R eading R ooms, 23
Friends’ Historical, 23
Library Building, 17
Limitation of Enrollment, 40
Lippincott Fellowship, The Joshua, 28
Holders of, 151
Location and Foundation o f the Col­
lege, 13
Lockwood Memorial Fellowship, John,
30
Holders of, 156
Major Subjects, 49
Managers , B oard op , 6
Officers and Committees of the
Board, 7
Map of College Grounds, Facing Title
Page
Master o f Arts Degree, 71
Mathematics and Astronomy, Depart­
ment of, and Courses, 113
Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics,
Division o f Honors, 58
Mechanical Engineering, 86
Meeting and Church Attendance, 20
Meeting House, 18
Mott Fellowship, Lucretia, 30
Holders of, 154
Music, 118
Musical Clubs, 22
Oak Leaf Medal, 39
Holders of, 162
Observatories, Astronomical, 15, 16
Open Scholarships, 35
Open Scholarships for Women, 37

Oratorical Associations and Prizes, 24
Parrish Hall, 14
Perkins, T. H. Dudley, Memorial
Scholarship, 84
Phi Beta Kappa, 23
Philosophy and Religion, Department
of, and Courses, 119
Phoenix, The, 23
Physics, Department of, and Courses,
122
Physiology-Zoology, Division of Honors
in, 65
P h ysical E ducation , General S tate ­
m en t , 122
Physical Education of Men, 122
Physical Education of Women, 123
Political Science, Department of, and
Courses, 129
Portfolio. The, 22
Potter Fund, 25
Prescribed Studies, 46
President’s House, 19
Prizes, Oratorical, and Associations, 24
P ublications , College , 22
Bulletin, Swarthniofe College, 22
Halcyon, 28
Phoenix, 22
Portfolio, 22
Railway Facilities, 13
Religion and Philosophy, DepâftSàeiit
•of, and Courses, Ü 9
Religious Lifê, 21
Removal of Conditions, 68
Requirements for Admission, 40
Requirements for Graduation, 44
Romance Languages, 131
Scholarships, List of, 31
Scientific Society, 21
Sigma Tau, 23
;
Sigma Xi, 23
Social Life, 20
Social Sciences, Division of, In Hofioÿg

Courses, 84

Somerville Forum, 21
Somerville
Hall
(Gymnasium
for
W omen), 18
Spanish, 135
Sproul Observatory, 15
States, Summary of Students by, 150
S tudents ’ S ocieties , 21
Athletic Associations, 22
,
Cercle #français, 21
Christian Associations, 22
Classical Club, 21
Engineers’ Club, 22
j
English Club, 21
Forum, 22
Musical Clubs, 22
Scientific Society, 21
Somerville Forum, 21
.Women’s Athletic Association, 22
Students, 1928-29, 137
Summer School Work, 68
Swarthmore Field, 19
Swimming Pools, 18
\
System of Grades, 68
Tuition and Other Fees, 26
Tyson Fellowship, The Martha E., 31
Holders of, 159
U ndergraduate Course of S tudy .
General, 67
Elective Studies, 49
Major Subject, 49
Prescribed Studies, 46
U ndergraduate S tudents , 1928-29
137
Summary by States, 150
West, Benjamin, House, 18
Wharton Hall, 14
Woolman House, 14
Women’s Athletic Association, 22
Worth Hall, 14