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T e n n is C o u rts .
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T h e L ibrary.
T h e H a ll o f C h em istry.
Students* O bservatory.
T h e Benjam in W e s t H o u s e .
T h e M eetin g H o u s e .
Professors* R esid e n ce s.
'* U lverstone,** the P re sid e n t's H o u s e .
T h e Farm H ou se .
T h e H eating and L ighting Plant.
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T h e Sw im m ing P o o ls.
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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

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B u l l e t in

CATALOGUE N U M B E R
F IFTIE TH Y E A R

1918-1919

The S. A . T . C.
Visit of the British Educational Commission
General College Information

SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA

Printed for the College
Vol. XVI.

No. 2.

Twelfth Month, 1918

Entered at the Post-Office at Swarthmore, P a ., as second-class matter

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1918

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
1918-19
In this number of the S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e B u l l e t i n the
description of the departments and courses of instruction has
been omitted. It is not possible to announce the courses of in­
struction for the coming year because o f the uncertainty hitherto
connected with the continuation of the Students’ Army Training
Corps and the requirements of the Government covering the
courses to he organized for members of the Corps. It is the
present intention to include in the June, 1919, B u l l e t i n the
announcement of courses of instruction for the year 1919-20. ■
TH E STU DEN TS’ A R M Y TRAIN IN G CORPS A T
SW ARTHM ORE COLLEGE
With the well-known tradition of Friends in regard to war
and the declaration of the Board o f Managers of Swarthmore
College in regard to military training, it is not to be wondered
at that some Friends o f the College are surprised that the Board
entered into a contract to permit the United States Government
to train a unit o f the Students ’ Arm y Training Corps at Swarth­
more.
I f one reads the resolution adopted by the Board in May, 1918,
carefully, it will be seen that the way was open for those who
wished to do so, to secure military training. In accordance with
the resolution, after several conferences with Dr. Keppel, Third
Assistant Secretary o f War, and General R. I. Rees, Chairman
of the Educational Committee on Military Training and repre­
senting the Government, it was arranged during the past summer
that Swarthmore students desiring it and who had the .consent
of their parents, might secure at the Pennsylvania Military Col­
lege, Chester, the military training, while carrying their col­
lege work at Swarthmore.* This plan, of course, was with the
approval of the authorities at the Pennsylvania. Military Col­
* In November the W ar Department gave to Swarthmore a separate unit and
ordered the drill to be conducted on the Swarthmore High School grounds.

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lege. This arrangement did not contemplate Swarthmore College
as such taking any responsibility for the military training except
the mere permission to its students who desired to go to Chester
for this training. This permission is granted by the resolution
of the Board o f Managers referred to above.
During the summer, a questionnaire was sent to the patrons of
Swarthmore College on the subject of military training and the
answers received indicated an overwhelming majority of the
patrons of Swarthmore College desired their sons to have mili­
tary training, but did not wish them to enlist in the army until
after they were 21. The answers to questions sent out to parents
showed that there were only twenty parents of the two hundred
hoys who gave their consent to enlistment before their sons were
21 years of age.
It should be kept in mind that this training was desired by
the students in order that they might meet the requirements of
the W ar Department for admission direct from College to Offi­
cers’ Training Camps. A fter this arrangement had been made,
the Government, early in last September, less than two weeks
before the opening of College, passed the Man Power bill reduc­
ing the draft age from 21 to 18. This changed the whole situa­
tion. Students of 18 or more years o f age were to be drafted
immediately into the army. The Government, in preparing its
plans under this bill, gave consideration to its effect on our col­
leges. Wishing to avoid disrupting them entirely, the Govern­
ment adopted the plan o f establishing in them Students’ Army
Training Corps. This training was to be a combination of the
regular college work and military subjects with military drill
and discipline.
Young men of college age would thus be able to continue or
enter college and meet the requirements o f the Man Power bill
by joining the S. A. T. C.
A fter the passage of this bill, when the question was one of
being immediately drafted to go into the army camps or to carry
on college work for a time by voluntary induction, the parents
almost unanimously (including parents who were Friends) pre­
ferred that their sons should return to college and enter the
army through voluntary induction into a unit o f the S. A. T. C.
The Government also decided to make members of the S. A. T . C.

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regular members of the army under Government pay and regula­
tions, assuming all the responsibility for military instruction,
and since the members of the S. A. T. C. were soldiers subject to
the orders of the Government, it was necessary for the W ar De­
partment to assume the responsibility for their board and in­
struction. This brought about an entirely new situation, not
met by the arrangement made with the Pennsylvania Military
College.
The Executive Committee of the Board was called together to
decide whether under the changed conditions the College should
enter into a contract with the Government to board the mem­
bers of the S. A. T. C. and give them instruction in the non­
military subjects which they are required to take. Under these
conditions, the Executive Committee passed the following resolu­
tion:
“ Resolved: That the officers of the College be, and they are
hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with
the Government, on the general lines of the draft submitted,
and that a Committee consisting of the President of the Board,
the President of the College and Wilson M. Powell, Jr., is ap■ . pointed, with power to add to their number, to carry out, in
cooperation with the Government, all the necessary details in
putting it into operation.”
This action was approved at the next meeting of the Board in
October.
The problem which the College had to face was a condition
and not a theory, since the .great majority of its students were
subject to draft. The Government gave the boys the alternative
of getting this military training at college or in the army camps.
The fundamental question then is what is best for the boys and
for the Government. President Wilson decided that it was
better for the Government and for the boys, that they get this
training in the colleges. The authorities of Swarthmore who are
responsible for the contract with the Government believe in the
power for good o f the ideals and the training of the College.
They feel that the students will be better men if the training
can be given under the wholesome atmosphere of Swarthmore.
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guilty o f a great wrong to the students if they turned them out
of their chosen college home to go elsewhere to secure the train­
ing which the service to the Government demands and which
can be secured best under the wholesome restraints of their Alma
Mater.
The feeling of Swarthmore boys generally, I think, is expressed
by Edward W. Large, a student at Cornell, as recorded in the
Intelligencer of Tenth Month 26th. H e says: “ I am a conscien­
tious objector to the thing called war, but I am a thousand
times more a conscientious and physical objector to the thing
called Germany, Prussianism, or ‘ K ultur.’ In other words the
Swarthmore young men in general are opposed to war but they
believe they would not be true to the best in them if they did
not do their part to put down Prussianism, even at the cost of
war.*
B R IT ISH ED UCATIONAL COMMISSION VISITS
SW ARTHM ORE
A very distinguished group of educational men and women
are visiting the universities and colleges of America, from Great
Britain. The commission consists of the following persons:
Dr. A. E. Shipley, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University;
Rev. Edward M. Walker, Fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford
University; Sir Henry A. Meirs, Vice Chancellor of Manchester
University; Professor John Joly, Trinity College, Dublin
University; Sir Henry Jones, University of Glasgow; Miss
Caroline Spurgeon, Professor of Bedford College, University
of London; Miss Rose Sidgwick, Lecturer at University of Bir­
mingham; Professor W . H. Schofield, Harvard University.
A ll the members of this Commission excepting Miss Spurgeon
and Miss Sidgwick, visited Swarthmore on October 19, 1918.
They were met in the Managers’ Parlor by a committee of the
faculty and were shown the grounds and buildings. Swarth­
more was the first typical American college they had visited and
they were very much interested in what they saw and heard.
* All the units of the S. A. T. C. in the colleges are being demobilized under the
order of the War Department.
It is expected that demobilization will be com­
pleted by December 21st. Thus ^Swarthmore College will return to its regular
schedule after the Christmas vacation.

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They were full of questions concerning the manner o f living,
the success.of co-education, and all the problems which go to make
up the life o f a modem college. They were given an informal
reception by the heads o f departments and their wives in the
Dean’s Parlor where light refreshments were served.
Among the guests accompanying them were Professor W . H.
Schofield of Harvard University, who is accompanying the Com­
mission, W . Carson Ryan o f the United States Bureau o f Educa­
tion, and among local educational men were Provost Smith, Vice
Provost Penniman, Dean Ames, and other members of the faculty
of the University of Pennsylvania.
The purpose of the Commission in visiting the American col­
leges and universities is to secure the greatest cooperation be­
tween the higher institutions of learning of the United States
and Great Britain. It is desired that each country shall make
it as easy as possible for the students o f the other country to
study in the universities and colleges of the other. It is also
desired that there shall be an interchange o f teachers so that
there shall be a cordial understanding between the two countries
having a common language.

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First Month 7 ...............Third-day ........College Work resumes at 8.00 a . m .
First Month 27...........Second-day ....M id -yea r Examinations begin.
Second Month 4 .........Third-day ......... Eegistration and Enrollment in Classes
for the Second Semester, 2.00 to
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Second Month 4 ......... T h ird -d a y ..........First Semester ends.
Second Month 5 ......... Fourth-day ....S e co n d Semester begins.
Second Month 22....... Seventh-day ...C ollege W ork suspended for the day.
Third Month 11........ T h ird -d a y .......... Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Third Month 21........ Sixth-day ..........College Work ends at 4.00 p . m . for
the Spring Becess.
Fourth Month 1 ........Third-day ......... College Work resumes at 8.00 a . m .
Fifth Month 27.T hird-day . . . . . Final Examinations begin.
Sixth Month 4 .............Fourth-day ....F in a l Examinations end.
Sixth Month 6 ............ Sixth-day ..........Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Sixth Month 6 ............ Sixth-day ..........Class Day.
Sixth Month 7 . . . . . . . Seventh-day . . . Alumni Day.
Sixth Month 8 ............ F irst-d a y ............Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month 9 ............ Second-day . . . . Commencement.
Sixth Month 10 to Ninth Month 15. . .Summer 'Recess.
Ninth Month 15.......... Second-day ....E xam inations for Admission.
Ninth Month 16.. . . . .Third-day ........ Examinations for Admission.
Ninth Month 16......... Third-day ..........Matriculation, Eegistration, and En­
rollment in Classes.
Ninth Month 17......... Fourth-day ....Exam inations
for Admission.
Ninth Month 17.........Fourth-day ....C o lle g e Work begins at 8.0Q A.M.
Tenth Month 7 .......... Third-day ......... Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Tenth Month 25.......... Seventh-day ...F ou n d ers’ Day. College Work sus­
pended for the day.
Eleventh Month 26. . .Fourth-day ....C o lle g e Work ends at 1.00 p . m . for
the Thanksgiving Becess..
Twelfth Month 1........ Second-day ....C o lle g e Work resumes at 8.00 a . m .
Twelfth Month 2....... Third-day ......... Annual Meeting o f Corporation.
Twelfth Month 1 9 .... Sixth-day .........College Work ends at 4.00 p . m . for
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1920
First Month 6 .............Third-day . . . . .College Work resumes at 8.00 a . m .
First Month 26 ...........Second-day ....M id -y ea r Examinations begin.
Second Month 3.......Third-day .........Eegistration and Enrollment in Classes
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Second Month 3.......Third-day ......... First Semester ends.
Second Month 4.......Fourth-day . . . . Second Semester begins.
Third Month 9............Thifd-day ......... Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Third Month 19..........Sixth-day ..........College Work ends at 4.00 p . m . for
the Spring Becess.
Third Month 30..........Third-day ......... College Work resumes at 8.00 a . m .
Fifth Month 25.......... Third-day . . . . . Final Examinations begin.
Sixth Month 2 ............ Fourth-day . . . . Final Examinations end.
Sixth Month 4 ............ Sixth-day ..........Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
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Sixth Month 5 ............ Seventh-day . . . Alumni Day.
Sixth Month 6 ............ F irst-d a y ............Baccalaureate Day.
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TA B LE OF CONTENTS

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Students ’ A rmy T raining Corps ..................................................................

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B ritish E ducational Commission ................. jj..............................................

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College Grounds. . . .F ronting T itle

Lunar Calendar, 1919-20..................................................................................

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College Calendar, 1919-20...............................................................................

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M anagers ...................................................................................

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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE:

Location and Foundation...........................................................................

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Buildings and Grounds................................................................................

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Social L ife ....................................................................................................

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Religious L ife ...................................................................................

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Students ’ Societies . . » ...............................................................................

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College Publications ....................................................................................

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Libraries and Reading Rooms.......................................................... .. ••• 27
The Museum o f Biology and Geology........................

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F ellowships

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A dmission :

Examination fo r Admission........................................................................

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College Entrance Examination B o a rd ......................................................

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Admission by Certificate....................................................................

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Entrance Requirements .............................................................................

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Advanced Standing ....................................................................................
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R equirements

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Quality P o in t s .............................................................................

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Prescribed Studies .........................................................................................
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Uniform Curriculum for the. Freshman Year in the Courses in Arts
The Courses o f Study in Applied Science...............................................

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Uniform Curriculum for the Freshman and Sophomore Years in
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System o f Grades............................................................................................
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D egrees :
Bachelor o f A r t s ../..« ......

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Master o f Arts ...........................................................................................

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Engineering Degrees ..................................................................................
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F ellowships , 1893-1918..............................................................

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BOARD OP M ANAGERS
R obert M. J annet , President,
1015 Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia.
W ilson M. P owell, J b ., Vice President,
130 E. Seventieth Street, New York.
H etty L ippincott M iller, Secretary.
Riverton, N. J.
Charles M. B iddle, Treasurer,
513 Commerce Street, Philadelphia.

Term expires Twelfth Month, 1919
E dward M artin , M.D., 1506 Locust Street, Philadelphia.
R obert M. J anney , 1015 Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia.
W ilson M. P owell, J r ., 130 E. Seventieth Street, New York.
W illiam W. Cocks, Westbury, Long Island, N. Y.
L ucy B iddle L ewis , Lansdowne, Pa.
P hilip M. Sharples, West Chester, Pa.
M ary H ibberd T hatcher, Swarthmore, Pa.
M ary W harton M endelson, 151 W . 74th Street, New York.
Term expires Twelfth Month, 1930
H oward W . L ippincott, Swarthmore, Pa.
E mma C. B ancropt, Wilmington, Del.
Charles P. J enkins , West Washington Square, Philadelphia.
H arriet Cox M cD owell , 310 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A bigail F oulke P im , 205 Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa.
R obert H. W alker, 914 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md.
T. Stockton M atthews , German and Calvert Streets, Baltimore, Md.
M ary L ippincott Griscom, 314 E. Central Avenue, Moorestown, N. J.

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Term expires Twelfth Month, 1931
J oanna W harton L ippincott, 1712 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
H oward Cooper J ohnson , 1201 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
R owland Comly , 1431 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
H etty L ippincott M iller, Riverton, N. J.
E lsie P almer B rown , 1622 Twenty-ninth St., N. W., Washington, D. C.
H enry C. T urner, 244 Madison Avenue, New York.
D aniel U nderhill, J r ., 26 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
E sther H. Cornell, 43 Willow Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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Term expires Twelfth Month, 1.982
I saac H. Clothier, 801 Market Street, Philadelphia.
E mma M cI lvaine Cooper, 715 Cooper Street, Camden, N. J.
R ebecca C. L onostreth, Haverford, Pa.
W illiam C. S proul, Chester, Pa.
Caroline H. W orth , Coatesville, Pa.
R obert P yle , West Grove, Pa.
J oseph Sw ain , Swarthmore, Pa.
E dward B. T emple, Swarthmore, Pa.

COMMITTEES OF TH E BOARD

The President is ex Officio a Member of Every Committee
Executive
H oward Cooper J ohnson,
I saac H. Clothier,
E mma M cI lvaine Cooper,
Rebecca C. L ongstreth,
J oanna W . L ippincott,
H oward W. L ippincott,
E mma C. B ancroft,
W illiam C. S proul,

Caroline H. W orth,
W ilson M. P owell , J r.,
L ucy B iddle L ewis ,
P hilip M. Sharples,
H enry C. T urner,
M ary L ippincott Griscom,
M ary W harton M endelson,
E dward B. T emple .
Finance and Audit

R owland Comly , Chairman,
W ilson M. P owell, J r .,
E dward B. T emple.
Instruction
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Chairman,
Rebecca C. L ongstreth,
W ilson M. P owell, J r.,
Harriet Cox M cDowell ,
Robert P yle ,

H etty L ippincott M iller,
M ary H ibberd T hatcher,
H enry C. T urner,
E sther H. Cornell,
M ary W harton M endelson ,

Building and Property
Robert P yle, Chairman,
E mma M cI lvaine Cooper,
H oward W. L ippincott,

H oward Cooper J ohnson,
Caroline H. W orth ,
Charles F. J enkin S,
R owland Comly .
Trusts

Charles F. J enkins , Chairman,
I saac H. Clothier,
H oward Cooper J ohnson,

J oseph Sw ain ,
T. S tockton M atthews ,
P hilip M. S harples.

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Library
D aniel U nderhill, J r., Chairman,
W illiam W. Cocks,
Charles F. J enkins ,
L ucy B iddle L ewis ,
H arriet Cox M cD owell,
E lsie P almer B rown ,
R obert H. W alker .
Household
E mma C. B ancroft, Chairman,
Caroline H. W orth ,
E mma M cI lvaine Cooper,
A bigail F oulke P im ,
J oanna W . L ippincott,
H etty L ippincott M iller,
M ary H ibberd T hatcher

TH E FA C U LTY
J oseph Sw ain , LL.D., President o f the College,..................................................
‘ ‘ Ulverstone, ’ ’ College Campus
J ohn A nthony M iller, Ph.D., Vice-President o f the College and Professor
o f Mathematics and Astronom y,. . Cunningham House, College Campus
W illiam A lbert A lexander, A.B., Dean,............................................................
Benjamin West House, College Campus
E dna H arriet B ichards, A.M., Dean o f Women and Instructor in Ger­
man,.............................................................. Parrish Hall, College Campus
E lizabeth P owell Bond, A.M., Hon., Dean Emeritus,. ............ ......................
6300 Greene Street, Germantown, Philadelphia
W illiam H yde A ppleton, Ph.D., Hon., Emeritus Professor o f the Greek
Language and Literature,. .The Colonial, 11th and Spruce Sts., Phila.
Susan J. Cunningham , S c.D., Hon., Emeritus Professor o f Mathematics
and A stronom y,.................. 107 N. Thirty-fourth Street, Philadelphia
George A rthur H oadley, Se.D., Emeritus Professor o f Physics,...................
518 Walnut Lane
Spencer T rotter, M.D., Professor o f B iology,...............
‘ ‘ Pennyscroft, ’ ’ Cheyney, Pa.
W illiam I saac H ull , Ph.D., Isaac H. Clothier Professor o f History and
International Relations,.................................................. 504 Walnut Lane
J esse H erman H olmes, Ph.D., Professor o f the History o f Religion and
P h ilo s o p h y ,.......................................5 Whittier Place, College Campus
I sabelle B ronk, Ph.D., Susan W. Lippincott Professor o f the French Lan­
guage and Literature and Secretary o f the Faculty,...........................
317 N. Chester Boad
Gellert A lleman , P h .D., Professor o f Chemistry,........................................... ..
8 Whittier Place, College Campus
* P aul M artin P earson, Litt.D., Professor o f Public Speaking,.................
516 Walnut Lane
George F rederick B lessing , Ph.D., I. V. Williamson Professor o f Mechan­
ical Engineering,............................... 6 Whittier Place, College Campus
H arold Clarke Goddard, Ph.D., Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor o f
English, .............................................. 3 Whittier Place, College Campus
Bobert Clarkson B rooks, Ph.D., Joseph Wharton Professor o f Political
Science, ............................................................... ..........104 Cornell Avenue
H enrietta J osephine Meeteer, Ph.D., Professor o f Greek and Latin, ..,. (,
224 Park Avenue
Clara P rice N ewport, Ph.D., Professor o f the German Language and L it­
erature,............. ........................ .......................... ......239 Haverford Avenue
T homas K lingenberg U rdahl, Ph.D., Professor o f Economics,....... ............
4941 Catherine Street, Philadelphia
Challes H enry F isher , A.M., Acting Professor o f Education,. i ...............
West Chester, Pa.*
* Absent on leave.

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W ilbur J ones K ay , Acting Professor o f Public Speaking,...........................
‘ ‘ Walhalla, ” Cheyney, Pa.
J ohn B ussell H ayes , LL.B., Librarian,...... ...................... .517 Elm Avenue
L ew is F ussell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f Electrical E n gineering,.. . ,
Eiverview and Baltimore Avenues
Samuel Copeland P almer, PhJ)., Assistant Professor o f B io lo g y ,.............
Ogden Avenue and Walnut Lane
H enry J ermain M aude Creighton, D.S c., Assistant Professor o f Chem­
istry,............................................................................... 318 Harvard Avenue
E thel H ampson B rewster, Ph.I)., Assistant Professor o f Greek and
Latin,..............................................
2 Whittier Place, College Campus
J ohn H imes P itman , A.M., Assistant Professor o f Mathematics and Astron­
om y,...............................................................................317 N. Chester Boad
Charles G. T hatcher , M.E., Assistant Professor o f Mechanical Engineer­
in g,..................................................................216
S. Chester Boad
E dgar W hite B urrill, A.M., Assistant Professor o f English,.......................
620 W. 116th Street, New York City
M ason E. H ufford, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Professor o f Physics,...............
513 Ogden Avenue
E arle B renneman M iller, A.M., Acting Assistant Professor o f Mathe­
matics,...........................................................................318 N. Chester Boad
E ugene L eB oy M ercer, M.D., Director o f Physical Education o f the M en,. .
Benjamin West House, College Campus
H elen Collins Culin , A.B., Acting Director o f Physical Education o f the
W omen,.................................................. 1 Whittier Place, College Campus
M ary B. L ewis , M.D., Lecturer in H ygiene,.......... ,.............................................
46 N. Fortieth Street, Philadelphia
M aud B assett Gorham , Ph.D., Instructor in English,. . 108 Cornell Avenue
L ander M ac Clintock, Ph.D., Instructor in French,..........................................
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J oseph B ussell H ull, A.B., Instructor in Chemistry,. .308 N. Chester Boad
J ohn J oseph M atthews , A.B., Instructor in Engineering,...........................
North Chester Boad
E lizabeth B iggins Oliver, A.M., Instructor in Public Speaking,...................
615 W. Broad Street, Chester, Pa.
E sther E lizabeth B aldwin , A.M., Instructor in English,.............................
1 Whittier Plaee, College Campus
Grace W inter Greene, A.M., Instructor in English,. ..2 1 5 College Avenue
W alter A ntonio MAtos, A.B., Volunteer Observer in the Sproul Observa­
tory, ........ ......................................................................... 309 College Avenue
M ercedes C. I ribas , Assistant in Spanish,................................... Cynwyd, Pa.
Caroline H allowell Smedley, A.M., Assistant in Astronomy and Mathe­
matics,........ ............................................... Wharton Hall, College Campus
E dith D. D avison, Instructor in Foods and Cookery,......................... ..............
Furnald Hall, Columbia University, New York City
F lorence M arguerite B ose, Assistant in Physical Education o f the
W omen,......................................................Parrish Hall, College Campus

A D M IN ISTR A TIV E OFFICERS
J oseph Swain , M.S., LL.D., President.
J ohn A nthony M iller, Ph.D., Vice-President.
W illiam A lbert A lexander, A.B., Dean.
E dna H arriet R ichards, A.M., Acting Dean o f Women.
J ohn R ussell H ayes , A.B., LL.B., Librarian.
H arriet E. W orrell, Secretary to the President.
Chester R oberts, Superintendent.
E lla M ichener, Assistant to the Dean o f Women.
R uth S tephenson, A.B., Secretary, to the Dean.
Margaret Ormond, B.S., Assistant Librarian.
A nne C. B rierly, Dietitian.
Sarah D oddrell Coale, Matron o f Wharton Sail.
Caroline A ugusta L ukens , B.L., Matron o f Parrish Hall Center.
M ary E, Cook, D irector o f the Laundry.
E lizabeth R edheffer H irst , Doorkeeper.
F lorence B. B arrett, Nurse.
J ulia R. Y oung, A.B., Stenographer to the Dean.

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LOCATION AND FOUNDATION
The Borough of Swarthmore is situated southwest of Phila­
delphia on the Central Division of the Philadelphia, Baltimore,
and Washington Railroad. It is eleven miles from Broad Street
Station, with which it is connected hy eighteen inbound and
twenty-two outbound trains daily, the running time of which
varies from nineteen minutes on express schedule to -thirty-six
minutes on the local schedule. Three trolley lines, running cars
at twenty- and thirty-minute intervals, also connect with Phila­
delphia elevated and surface lines.
The college buildings and campus occupy a commanding posi­
tion upon a hill not far from the center of-the town. The view
includes several miles of the Delaware River, the nearest point
o f which is about four miles distant. The college property com­
prises over two hundred acres of ground, including a large tract
of woodland and the beautiful rocky valley of Crum Creek.
The College was founded in 1864 through the efforts o f mem­
bers of the Religious Society o f Friends, for the purpose of
securing to the youth of 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 upon the same terms as Friends, and nothing of a sec­
tarian character exists in the instruction or in the management
of the College. According to its first charter, membership on the
Board of Managers of the College was limited to persons belong­
ing to the Society of Friends. The purpose of this restriction
was not to establish sectarian control, but to prevent forever
the possibility of such control by any sectarian element which
might otherwise have come to be represented on the Board. This
restriction is now believed to be no longer needed and is omitted
from the revised charter. The intention of its founders was to
make the promotion of Christian character the first considera­
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taining a high standard of scholarship. These aims have been
faithfully observed in the administi*ation of 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, three hundred and forty-eight feet long
and five stories high, furnishes assembly room, lecture rooms,
museum, parlors, dining hall, and offices. The wings are four
stories high. The ground floor of each wing is used for lecture
and recitation rooms; the remaining floors contain the dormi­
tories of the women students. The Dean of Women and several
instructors and matrons reside in the building.
Wharton Hall, the dormitory for young men, named in honor
of its donor, Joseph Wharton, late President of the Board of
Managers, was opened for occupancy at the beginning of the
college year 1904-05. The third section of the building was
completed in 1916. The total capacity of the hall is about two
hundred. It stands in the west campus on the same ridge as
Parrish Hall, and commands a fine view of the Delaware River
valley.
The Hall of Physics and Engineering is a two-story stone
building devoted to the departments of Physics and Engineer­
ing. It contains lecture and recitation rooms, electrical, phys­
ical and engineering laboratories, draughting rooms, engine and
boiler rooms. A ll departments are well equipped, and new ap­
paratus and machinery are added as occasion demands.
The Hall of Chemistry, which was completed in 1904, is a red
brick building two stories high, and contains a finished basement.
The basement has an assay laboratory furnished with wind and
muffle furnaces, a fireproof combustion room, a laboratory for
gas analysis, a photometric dark room, large stock room, and
cloak and toilet rooms. On the first floor, are offices, and labora­
tories for quantitative analysis and for general chemistry. The
large ampitheater lecture room, seating one hundred persons
and extending to the basement, is reached from this floor. The
second floor contains the organic laboratory, the laboratory for
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laboratory for electrolytic chemistry, and the library. Two
balance rooms, one on the first floor and one on the second floor,
contain balances mounted on columns built independently of
the foundations and floors of the building. The laboratories are
splendidly equipped with all the necessary modern apparatus.
The chemical library contains a well-selected list of scientific and
technical books pertaining to chemistry, and complete sets of
five o f the leading chemical journals. Through the generosity
o f Mrs. Peter T. Berdan, the library has received a complete
set of the publications of the London Chemical Society, and a
set o f the Journal of the London Society of Chemical Industry,
presented by Mrs. Berdan as a memorial to her son, Frederick
T. Berdan, a member of the Class o f 1890.
The Sproul Astronomical Observatory, equipped by Senator
William Cameron Sproul, ’91, stands on the site formerly occu­
pied by the President’s house, and contains nine rooms. On the
first floor are an office, a departmental library, a computation
room, two class rooms, and a shop room. On the second floor
are a modem lecture room seating seventy-five persons, a dark
room, and the dome room. The dome is a steel structure covered
with copper, forty-five feet in diameter. It is revolved by an
electric motor. Practically all the classes of the department of
Mathematics and Astronomy, and some classes of other depart­
ments, are held in the Observatory.
The chief instrument of the equipment is an equatorial re­
fractor of twenty-four inches aperture, and thirty-six feet focal
length, the mounting and optical parts o f 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 controlled.
A disc driven by a sidereal clock situated on the north side o f the
pier reads right ascensions directly. The telescope is provided
with the usual oculars, helioscope, position micrometer, double­
slide plateholder, and three ray filters.
There is also a photographic telescope o f nine inches aper­
ture and forty-five inches focal length, mounted after the de­
sign of the Brace telescope at Yerkes Observatory. The instru­
ment is provided with a heavy mounting, a heavy driving clock,
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accessories as make it an effective and convenient instrument.
There are also two measuring engines for measuring five-by­
seven photographic plates. One of these was built by Brashear,
the other by Gaertner. There is also a blink microscope.
Stephen Loines has recently given to the observatory a Polar
Equatorial, a new type of telescope, designed and built by the
Alvan Clark and Sons’ Corporation. W ith this type of tele­
scope the observer is enabled to make his observations while
seated in a. warm room. It is housed in the Sproul Observatory,
The Students’ Astronomical Observatory, situated on the
campus a short distance southeast o f Parrish Hall, is especially
equipped for the purposes o f instruction. It contains a refract­
ing telescope o f six inches aperture, mounted equatorially, fitted
with the usual accessories, including a position micrometer and
a very good spectroscope. The observatory also contains a tran­
sit instrument of three inches aperture, a mean time and a side­
real clock and a chronograph. Mounted in a room adjoining
the transit room is a Milne seismograph, presented by Joseph
Wharton, which records photographically all vibrations of the
crust of the earth. The latest addition to this observatory build­
ing 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 from the $50,000 generously presented to the College
by Mr. Andrew Carnegie and is maintained from the income on
a like sum subscribed by several friends of the College. The
building is constructed of local granite, with terra cotta and
Indiana limestone trimmings and was erected under the super­
vision of Mr. Edward L. Tilton, o f New York. In the second
story of the massive entrance tower, is a large fireproof apart­
ment, which contains the Friends’ Historical Library; in the
third story, are placed the Westminster chimes of four bells and
tlie Seth Thomas Clock presented to the College in June, 1910,
by Mr. Morris L. Clothier in commemoration o f the twentieth
anniversary o f the graduation of the class of 1890. The first
floor of the main building contains a stack room and a large,
well-lighted reading room finished in dark oak. The reading
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this gallery open the seminar rooms and the tower room devoted
to the Friends’ Historical Library; below are alcoves contain­
ing reference books and other books in common use.
Beardsley Hall. This building is of concrete block construc­
tion with reinforced concrete, floors, columns, and stairs. It is
three stories high. In architectural design it is simple and ef­
fective, representing the latest and best type of factory building
construction.
The President’s House. The property on the east edge of the
campus on the corner o f Elm Avenue and Cedar Lane, recently
owned by W . H. Miller, has been purchased by the College and
is used for the President’s house.
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 fifty by eighty feet, equipped with
apparatus for individual and class work and a good 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 of the
Somerville Literary Society, is used as a gymnasium for the
women. 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 who take work
in the department of Physical Education.
Two Swimming Pools, one for the women and another for the
men, were erected during the summer of 1912. These pools
were presented to the College by Philip M. Sharpies. The build­
ing which contains the women’s swimming pool is connected by
a corridor with Somerville Hall, and the men’s pool is connected
in like manner with the William J. Hall Gymnasium.
The Heating and Lighting Plant. A central heat, light, and
power plant was erected in 1911 at a cost o f about one hundred
thousand dollars. The power house is a single-story brick struc­
ture, located south o f the P. B. & W . R. R. tracks.
Other buildings upon the campus are the Meeting-house, the
Benjamin W est House (birthplace of Benjamin West, P. R. A.,
erected in 1724), Cunningham House (the residence o f the
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for members of the Faculty, a laundry building, a lodging
house for the domestic servants, and the necessary farm build­
ings.
Swarthmore Field and Alumni Field provide excellent facil­
ities for outdoor athletics of the men. Swarthmore Field com­
prises the football, lacrosse, and soccer grounds, and a good
quarter-mile cinder track with a two hundred and twenty yards
straight-away. Alumni Field is contiguous with Swarthmore
Field and provides an excellent baseball ground. The men’s
tennis courts are being constructed in front of Wharton Hall.
Cunningham Field, the women’s athletic ground, includes a
part of the east campus beyond Somerville Hall. This field, en­
closed by a hedge o f California privet, is divided into the three
terraces which make ample provision for basketball, tennis, and
English field hockey. This field was given by students, alumnae,
and friends of the College as a tribute to Susan J. Cunningham,
who has for many years been closely identified with the interests
of the women students of Swarthmore.
SOCIAL L IF E
Swarthmore, as a coeducational institution, undertakes to
provide college life in a home setting; to supply an atmosphere
in which manly and womanly character may develop naturally
and completely. The intercourse o f the students is under the
care of the Dean o f Women and her assistants, who aim to make
it a means o f social culture.
RELIGIOUS L IF E
The daily sessions of the College include a gathering of
students and instructors for the reading of the Bible, or for
some other suitable exercise, preceded and followed by a period
of silence. Students under twenty-one years of age are expected
to attend 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 9.00 on First-day mornings for the consideration of religious
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First-day School to which students are invited. B y these means,
and particularly by individual influence, and by the constant
effort to maintain in the institution a spirit in harmony with
the purpose o f its founders, it is believed that a proper care is
exercised to mould the characters of the students in conformity
with Christian standards.
STU D EN TS’ SOCIETIES
Two literary societies are maintained by the students: the
Athenceiim by the men, the Somerville by the women. Each so­
ciety has, under the management o f its own members, but acces­
sible to all students, a library and a reading room containing
periodicals and daily papers. The total number of books in these
libraries is over four thousand.
The Cercle frangais holds frequent meetings and is open to
all students in the French Department after the middle of their
first year. Its object is to afford increased opportunities for
acquiring a practical knowledge of the French language.
The Deutscher Verein holds occasional sessions for the purpose
of affording its members a greater ease and facility in expressing
themselves in idiomatic German. Students are thus brought into
more positive acquaintance with German customs, amusements,
music, and literature.
The Mathematical and Astronomical Club is an association of
students in Mathematics and allied subjects, and of instructors
in Mathematics. It meets on the first and third Tuesdays of
each month to discuss subjects not pertinent to the class room.
The Classical Club meets once a month during the college year.
Addresses and papers are given on subjects which emphasize the
broader aspect of classical culture and civilization.
The English Club, open to all students, meets twice a month
to hold discussions and to listen to papers and addresses upon
topics of literary and dramatic interest.
The Engineers Club has for its purpose the reviewing of re­
cent discoveries and achievements in engineering, discussing
questions not raised in the class room, giving power in the
presentation of topics, promoting intimacy between faculty and
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Meetings are held once in each month in the Beardsley Hall
Library. Students majoring in engineering are eligible for
membership.
The Athletic Association is an organization of the men for the
encouragement of physical training and athletic sports.
The Women’s Athletic Association is a similar organization of
the women students.
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 especial object of promoting closer
fellowship and a truly democratic spirit. Public meetings for
worship are held every Sunday evening, the young men meet­
ing in Wharton Hall and the young women in Parrish Hall.
No student organization of the College may incur any financial
obligation, or make any contract involving a monetary considera­
tion, without first obtaining the sanction o f the President of the
College, or of the proper faculty committee under whose super­
vision the organization is placed. Students contemplating a new
organization must first consult the President o f the College. I f
he desires to grant them permission to effect such an organiza­
tion, he will advise the student representatives of the particular
faculty committee under whose supervision the organization is
placed.
COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
Two periodicals are published by the students under the super­
vision o f the faculty: The Phoenix, a weekly publication, is de­
voted to undergraduate journalism; the Halcyon is published
annually by the Junior Class.
The Swarthmore College Bulletin is published every three
months and contains a record of the matters of permanent im­
portance in the progress o f the College.
L IB R A R IE S AND R E A D IN G ROOMS
The libraries of the College collectively contain over thirty
thousand volumes.
The chief sources of income for increasing the collection in
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established by his family in memory of Edgar Allen Brown, of
the Class of 1890; the Alumni F und; and the General Library
Fund.
The library is open daily except Sunday, as follow s: Monday
to Friday, inclusive, 8.00 a . m . to 6.00 p. m . and 7.15 to 10.00
p. m . ; Saturday, 8.00 a . m . to 5.00 p. m ., and 7.15 to 10.00 p. m .
Residents o f the borough of Swarthmore are cordially invited
to use the library.
The Friends’ Historical Library, founded by the late Anson
Lapham, of Skaneateles, N. Y., contains a valuable and growing
collection of Friends’ books, tracts, and early waitings (many
very rare), photographs of representative Friends, other objects
of personal and historic interest, and manuscripts relating to the
Society and its history. This collection is stored in rooms prac­
tically fireproof, and it is hoped that Friends and others will
deem it a secure place in which to deposit books and other ma­
terial in their possession which may be of interest in connection
with the history of the Society. Such contributions are solicited,
and should be addressed to the Friends’ Historical Library,
Swarthmore, Pa. The library is accessible to all persons inter­
ested in the doctrines and history of Friends, and ample arrange­
ments are provided for its pse for consultation and. for reference.
Moreover, the great collections of books in the Library of the
University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Library and its
Ridgway Branch, the Mercantile Library, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, as wrell as those in the special and technical
libraries of the city, are open to the use of students under proper
regulations. The Philadelphia library resources, which are of
especial 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.
TH E MUSEUM OF BIOLOGY AND GEOLOGY
The Museum contains a collection for educational purposes
only^ and the specimens from its cases are in constant use in the
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feet means of illustrating the different departments of biology
and geology.
It includes the following collections:
1. The Joseph Leidy Collection of Minerals, the result of
thirty years’ discriminating collection by its founder, consists
of exceedingly valuable cabinet specimens of minerals, charac­
teristic rocks and ores, and models of the various systems of
crystallization.
2. The Collection Illustrating Comparative Osteology is com­
posed of a large series of partial and complete skeletons, pre­
pared at Prof. Henry W ard’s Natural History Establishment in
Eochester, N. Y. The collection illustrates the structure and
framework o f vertebrates.
3. The W ilcox and Farnham Collection of Birds comprises
stuffed specimens of native and foreign birds. Nearly all the
species visiting this State are represented.
4. The Frederick Kohl Ethnological Collection consists of
Indian implements, weapons, clothing, etc., mostly from Alaska.
5. The G. F. Parker Collection of Shells is made up o f choice
typical land, fresh water, and marine shells. These specimens
were all selected by the late Dr. Joseph Leidy from the exten­
sive collection of the founder,. C. P. Parker, who was for many
years the Curator in charge of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia.
6. The Bobert B. Corson Collection of Stalactites and Stalag­
mites is composed o f specimens from the Luray Caverns, which
illustrates the peculiar limestone formations of Luray and similar
districts.
7. The Eckfeldt Herbarium contains over two thousand speciments illustrating the flora o f Pennsylvania. The Annie Shoe­
maker Collection is a valuable addition to this.
8. The Joel Scarlet Collection o f Minerals and Crystallo­
graphic Specimens was presented to the Chemical Department
by the heirs of the late Joel Scarlet of Kennett Square, Pa.
This collection,' which has been placed in cases located in the
library of the Chemical Building, consists of about three thou­
sand well-selected specimens, many rare and valuable. It is
used for the course in' Mineralogy and is accessible to students
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In addition to the above, there is a large and constantly in­
creasing collection of specimens o f vertebrates and invertebrates
(including the U. S. Fish Commission Educational Collection),
o f dissected specimens for demonstration in the lectures on
Physiology, o f glass and papier-mache models illustrating special
points in vegetable and animal morphology, besides about three
hundred classified diagrams and colored charts illustrating every
branch o f natural history.

E X PE N SE S
The charge for board, room, and tuition ranges from $450 to
$550, o f which at least $275 is payable in advan ce. The remainder
is due on the first o f January. The, charge varies in accord­
ance with the size and location of the room. Every student’s bill
for the first payment is mailed before the opening of the col­
lege year, and the student is held responsible for prompt pay­
ment in advance. Thirty days after the opening of college 5
per cent, will be added to all bills unpaid at that time. The
bill for the second payment is mailed before the first of January.
In case bills are not paid before the end of the first semester, stu­
dents owing such bills may be excluded from all college exercises
for the second semester. Students withdrawing on or before the
end of the first semester receive no benefit from scholarships, as
scholarships are credited at the beginning o f the second semester.
All students choose rooms according to date of application for
admission. In order to reserve a room in any one of the dormi­
tories each student must make a deposit of $10 when the room
is chosen. This sum will be held as a fund to cover breakage
or any other damage to college property, and the loss involved
if a student fails to occupy the room reserved for him. When
the amount of a student’s breakage exceeds $5 the unexpended
balance is returned and a new deposit is required.The necessary furnishings for the rooms in the dormitories are
provided by the college, with the exception o f rug's, which are to
be furnished by the students.
The tuition fee for non-resident students is $175 a year, of
which $150 is payable in advance, and the remainder on the first
of January.
Special students who enroll for less than the prescribed num­
ber of hours will be charged according to the number of hours
.carried and at the rate of $10 per credit hour.
The charges for room, meals, and tuition are not subject to
remission or deduction under any circumstances. Payments
are to be made by check or draft to the order o f S warthmore
College, Swarthmore, Pa.
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DIN IN G-ROOM RATES

Per college year, $200; per month, $25; per week, $7; single
breakfast or lunch, 30 cents; single dinner (except Sunday),
40 cents; Sunday dinner, 50 cents; dinners per month, $10.50;
lunches per month, $7.50; breakfasts per month, $7.
The college year for instructors and administrative officers be­
gins with the Saturday preceding Registration Day, and ends
with the Saturday following Commencement Day, but does not
include the Christmas vacation. Instructors and officers who
wish meals before the beginning or after the end o f the- college
year are expected to make arrangements in advance at the
Superintendent’s office.
The charge for board and room for instructors and adminis­
trative officers is $300 per year.
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
during the spring recess will be charged a proportionate sum
for board.
Students leaving property in any college building during the
summer recess do so at their own risk.
Freshmen are expected to leave the College immediately after
their last examination is over in the spring in order that their
rooms may he used bif Commencement visitors.
Students purchase their own books, which are furnished by
the College at the lowest rates obtainable. They also buy their
own stationery and drawing implements, and pay a reasonable
rate for laundry work done at the College.
A fee of $3 a semester is charged in every laboratory science,
except in Chemistry and Engineering.
The fees in the department of 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 $10 a semester. In addition to the abovenamed fees every student graduating in the department of Chem­
istry and Chemical Engineering is charged $25 in lieu of fees
for apparatus and materials used, in connection with his thesis.

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EXPENSES

This last named fee is payable at the beginning o f the second
semester of the Senior year.
A fee of $5 a semester is charged for each course in wood­
working, forging, and machine practice; a fee of $2 a semester
is charged for each course in field practice and'surveying; an
additional fee of $2 is charged for the annual survey.
A deposit of $5 is required for each course in shop work or
founding. This deposit will be retained to cover breakage and
loss of tools or supplies, and, after deduction fo r such items,
the balance will be refunded upon the completion of the course.
Bach student is charged a fee of $1 a semester for the use
of the gymnasium and swimming pools. This amount includes
locker rental.
In addition to the payments made directly to the College there
are a number of other items o f living expense such as clothing,
care of health, recreation, traveling, etc., which the student must
meet. The combined expenditures of both classes vary consid­
erably, of course, from student to student. In order to ascer­
tain the limits of such variation a careful statistical inquiry was
made at the end of the college year 1912-13 among a number
of students, who at the beginning of the first semester had been
requested to make detailed reports regarding their expenditures
for the year. The results are presented in the following tables:
Total
Expenditures for
College Year
1912-13
Under $500.................
$500 to $600........ . . .
$600 to $700...............
$700 to $800...............
$800 to $900..............
$900 to $1,000 ........
Over $1,000 ...............
T ota l..........

Women.
............... 4
............... 9
............... 8
............... 8
............... 4
............... 2
............... 4

Men.

1
15
16
16
7.
7

Both.
5
24
24
24

11
9

2

6

64

103

Per Cent.
4.9
23.3
23.3
23.3
10.7
8.7
5.8

100.0

Board, clothing, lodging, care of health, tuition, books, apparatus, recreation, traveling, and miscellaneous expenses are in­
cluded in the above table. The average total expenditure o f the
thirty-nine women was $716.98; o f the sixty-four men, $704.09.
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It will be noted that slightly more than one half (exactly 51.5
per cent.) of the students of both sexes in the above table spent
less than $700 for the year, and nearly three fourths of them
(exactly 74.8 per cent.) less than $800. Compared with other
institutions situated in this part of the country the above figures
indicate a very moderate cost of living for the great majority
of Swarthmore students.
None of the one hundred and three students included in the
above table was in receipt of scholarship or other material aid
from the College. In other words they were meeting all ex­
penses on their own account, and their annual totals are, there­
fore, considerably higher than those of students who receive
financial assistance or its equivalent. A t present fellowships and
scholarships (see pp. 36 to 42) are available for over sixty stu­
dents who are able to comply with the conditions imposed. In
addition to the one hundred and three students whose total ex­
penditures are presented in the above table, eight scholarship
holders reported the cost to themselves of the college year 191213. Each of the eight received on an average the equivalent of
$131.25 from the College, and spent in addition to this $437.48.
On comparing these figures with the averages of the above table
it is evident that the receipt of aid in the case of the nine scholar­
ship students is combined with economy in their other college and
living expenses.
Day students residing in Swarthmore avoid payment of board,
lodging, washing, etc., to the College. In 1912-13, the average
total expenditure of four such students for tuition, books, ap­
paratus, and recreation—-the only direct college costs they had
to meet— was $230.25, o f which $161.50, or 70 per cent., was ac­
counted for by tuition fees.
Other forms o f economizing may be noted. Day students re­
siding along thé line of the P. B. & W . R. R. may take advantage
of the very low rates of transportation offered by the forty-sixtrip school tickets. On the other hand, a certain loss is incurred
by students not in residence and therefore not in close contact
at all times with the life o f the College. Those who expect to
give a portion of their time to remunerative work outside o f the
College, moreover, should not underestimate the difficulties in­
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lege requirements at the same time. As a general rule, it may
be said that only those in good health and o f more than the aver­
age mental ability can secure results in this way that are com­
mensurate with the sacrifices involved. On the other hand, the
democratic atmosphere of the College assures a recognition of
the worth o f such efforts to work one’s way through College.

FE L L O W SH IP S AND SCHOLARSHIPS
F E L L O W SH IPS.

The J oshua L ippincott F ellowship of $450 founded by
H oward W . L ippincott, A.B., of the Class of 1875, in memory
o f his father, is awarded annually by the faculty, with the con­
currence of the Instruction Committee, to a graduate o f the
College of at least one year’s standing for the pursuit of gradu­
ate study under the direction o f the faculty or with their ap­
proval. Applications for the Joshua Lippincott Fellowship for
the year 1919-20 must be received by the faculty before Febru­
ary 20, 1919.
The L ucretia M ott F ellowship, founded by the Somerville
Literary Society and sustained by the contributions of 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 of the life mem­
bers of 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 Memorial F ellowship o f $450 was
founded by the bequest of Lydia A . Lockwood, of New York,
in memory of her brother, John Lockwood. It was the wish
of 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 of 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 1919-20 must be
received by the faculty by February 20, 1919.
The H annah A. L eedom F ellowship o f $400 was founded
by the bequest o f Hannah A. Leedom. It is awarded annu­
ally by the faculty with the consent of the Instruction Com­
mittee to a graduate of the College of at least one year’s stand36

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37

ing for the pursuit of graduate studies under the direction of
the faculty or with their approval. Applications for this fel­
lowship for 1919-20 must be received by the faculty by Febru­
ary 20, 1919.
The Martha E. T yson F ellowship of $450, founded by the
Somerville Literary Society in 1913, is sustained by the contribu­
tions of the life members of the/ society. It is awarded annually,
by a joint committee o f the faculty and the society (elected by
the society) with the concurrence of the life members of the
society to a woman graduate o f Swarthmore College, 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 of study fitting her for more efficient work in
an institution approved by the Committee of Award. Applica­
tions for this fellowship for 1919-20 must be received by the
Committee o f Award not later than February 1, 1919.
SCH OLARSH IPS

1. The W estbury Quarterly M eeting, N. Y., S cholarship
is awarded annually by a committee of that Quarterly Meeting.
2. Each of the following funds yields annually about $200 and
is awarded at the discretion of the College to students needing
pecuniary aid, whose previous work has demonstrated their
earnestness and ability:
а)
(б)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(/)

(

The
The
The
The
The
The

R ebecca M. A tkinson S cholarship F und.
B arclay G. A tkinson S cholarship F und .
T homas L. L eedom S cholarship F und.
M ark E. R eeves S cholarship F und.
T homas W oodnutt S cholarship F und .
Sarah E. L ippincott S cholarship F und.

3. The A nnie S hoemaker S cholarship, a free scholarship
for board and tuition, is awarded annually to a young woman
graduate of Friends’ Central School, Philadelphia.
4. The H arriet W . P aiste F und is limited by the following
words from the donor’s w ill: “ the interest to be applied an­
nually to the education o f female members of our Society of
Friends (holding their Yearly Meeting at Fifteenth and Race

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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 of the income of said
Fund to be in the absolute discretion of the college. ’ ’
6. The W illiam C. Sproul S cholarship. William C. Sproul,
a graduate of the Class o f 1891, offers annually a scholarship
to a graduate, o f the Chester High School. This scholarship may
continue throughout the college course. Details may be secured
from the principal o f the Chester High School.
7. The following scholarships are offered for work done in the
College in 1918-19. They are of the value of $200 each for resi­
dent, and $100 each for day students, and are awarded in each
instance to that member of 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:
(а) The D eborah F isher W harton S cholarship will be
awarded to a member o f the Junior Class.
(б ) The Samuel J. U nderhill S cholarship will be
awarded to a member o f the Sophomore Class.
(c ) The A nson L apham S cholarship w ill.be awarded to
a member o f the Freshman Class.
8. The Samuel W illets F und provides several scholarships
for resident students needing pecuniary aid, whose previous work
has demonstrated their earnestness and their ability. They will
be awarded at the discretion o f the Committee on Trusts. A p ­
plication should be made to the President o f the College.
9. The I saac Stephens S cholarships.
$50 per year.

Four scholarships of

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10. The I. V. W i l l i a m s o n S c h o l a r s h i p s f o r P r e p a r a t o r y
Ten scholarships of the value of $150 each for resi­
dent students, and $75 each for day students, are offered to
members of classes graduating in 1919 in the following schools :
S chools.

'

1 to Friends ’ Central School (Boys | Depart­
ment) . . . . . . p ....................................... .... .Philadelphia.
1 to Friends’ Central School (G irls’ Depart­
ment) .............................................................. Philadelphia.
1 to Friends’ Seminary .................................. New York, N. Y.
1
to Friends’ School ......................... .............. Baltimore, Md.
1 to Friends’ School ........................................ Wilmington, Del.
1 to Friends’ H igh'S ch ool .............................. Moorestown, N. J.
1 to Friends’ Academ y .....................................Locust Valley, N. Y.
1 to Friends’ Select S c h o o l............................. Washington, D. C.
1 to George School (B o y s ’ Departm ent).. . .George School, Pa.
1 to George School (G irls’ D epartm en t)... .George School, Pa.

Beginning with the classes graduating in 1920 from the schools
listed above, these scholarships will be awarded under the fol­
lowing conditions:
(a) There must he two or more candidates from each school
for the scholarship.
(b) The candidates will be required to take the examinations
of the College Entrance Examination Board.
The
scholarship will be awarded only to that candidate who
makes a passing grade of 60 per cent, in each subject
required for admission and who makes the highest aver­
age grade.
(c) Examinations must be completed before July 1 preceding
the year o f admission to College. A candidate may take
any examination for which his preparation is complete
in any year of the college preparatory course.
( d) No scholarships will be awarded to applicants who fail
to be admitted without conditions.
(e) Every holder o f such scholarship must pursue in College
the studies leading regularly to the degree of Bachelor
o f Arts.
( / ) The College reserves the right to require some form of
service from students receiving scholarships from the
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11.
For the year 1919-20, Swarthmore College offers three
scholarships of $150 each for resident students and $75 each for
day students, to members of classes graduating in 1919 in the
following schools:
1 to Swarthmore Preparatory School .......... Swarthmore, Pa.
1 to Swarthmore Public High School........... Swarthmore, Pa.
1 to The West Chester High School..............West Chester, Pa.

Beginning with the classes graduating in 1920 from the schools
listed above, these scholarships will be awarded under the follow­
ing conditions:
(а) There must be two or more candidates from each school
for the scholarship.
(б) The candidates will be required to take, the examinations
o f the College Entrance Examination Board.
The
scholarship will be awarded only to that candidate who
makes a passing grade of 60 per cent, in each subject
required for admission and who makes the highest
average grade.
(c) Examinations must be completed before July 1 preced­
ing the year of admission to College. A candidate may
take any examination for which his preparation is com­
plete in any year of the college preparatory course.
( d) No scholarships will be awarded to applicants who fail
to be admitted without conditions.
( e ) Every holder of such scholarship must pursue in College
the studies leading regularly to the degree of Bachelor
o f Arts.
( / ) The College reserves the right to require some form of
service from students receiving scholarships from the
College.
12.' The P hcebe A n n e T h o r n e F u n d provides several scholar­
ships for students needing pecuniary assistance whose previous
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 of Friends. These
scholarships are awarded by the College under the regulations

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41

fixed by the Board. Application should be made to the Presi­
dent of the College.
13. A friend of Swarthmore College and of the University
of Pennsylvania offers a scholarship of $100 for the college year
1919-20 to a graduate of Swarthmore College taking work in
any department of the University.
14. The Western Swarthmore Club offers in conjunction with
the College, one competitive scholarship of $450 to a man. The
scholarship is open for competition to all high and preparatory
school graduates west of the Allegheny Mountains. Students
interested are requested to apply to the President of the Club,
Professor T. A. Jenkins, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
15. The M art Coates P reston S cholarship F und. A sum
of money has been left by the will o f Elizabeth Coates to
Josephine Beistle, of Swarthmore, as trustee, the annual interest
of which will be about $300. This amount is given by the trus­
tee as a scholarship to a young woman student in Swarthmore
College, preferably to a relative of the donor.
16. The W oman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania offers a
scholarship of $175, full tuition, to a young woman graduate
of Swarthmore College. This amount is to be given annually
during the four years o f medical work, thus having a total value
of $700 to the student receiving the scholarship.
17. The Trenton Swarthmore Club offers yearly in conjunc­
tion with the College, a competitive scholarship of $200 for a
period of two years. The scholarship is open only to male stu­
dents in the vicinity of Trenton, N. J., and the award is based
upon scholarship, character, leadership, and athletic standing.
Students interested are requested to apply to the Secretary of
the Club, Owen Moon, Jr., 8 South Stockton Street, Trenton,
N. J.
18. The P hilip M. S harples S cholarship. Philip M. Sharp­
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one to a young man and one to a young woman, graduating from
the West Chester High School. Fuller details may be secured
from the principal of the West Chester High School.
19. The Ivy Medal is placed in the hands of the faculty by a
friend of the College, to be awarded on Commencement Day to
a male member o f the graduating class for character, scholar­
ship, and influence.

ADM ISSION
A pplication foe A dmission should be made as early as pos­
sible by letter to the Dean o f the College. Students are not ad­
mitted for a period of less than the current college year, but,
when vacancies exist, students may enter profitably upon the
work of a sufficient number of courses. A ll applicants must
present satisfactory testimonials o f good character from their
former teachers, and students coming from other colleges must
present certificates o f honorable dismissal.
A dmission to the College is granted (1) to candidates who
pass satisfactory examinations covering the entrance require­
ments stated below, pages 45 to 67; and (2) to those who pre­
sent certificates signed by the principals o f duly accredited
schools, made out upon forms furnished by the College, affording
sufficient evidence that the entrance requirements have been met.
1. E xaminations foe A dmission must be taken in June if pos­
sible. Candidates for admission by examination in June are re­
quired to take the examinations of the College Entrance Exami­
nation Board.
F or those who find it impossible to take
examinations in June examinations in all subjects will be held
at the College in September.
College E nteance E xamination B oaed
E nteance E xaminations, J une 16-21, 1919
In June, 1919, there will be separate blank forms for the
“ Application for Examination” and “ Certificate of Recom­
mendation.” The former should be addressed to the College
Entrance Examination Board, 431 West 117th Street, New York,
N. Y., the latter to the Chairman of the Committee on Admis­
sion of the university, college, or scientific school that the candi­
date wishes to enter. Both forms may be obtained from the
Secretary o f the College Entrance Examination Board upon
request by mail.
Provided that the application reach the College Entrance
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Examination Board not later than the date specified below, the
examination fee will be $6 if the candidate is to be examined
in the United States, $20 if the candidate is to be examined out­
side of the United States. The fee should be remitted by postal
order, express order, or draft on New York to the College En­
trance Examination Board.
Applications and fees of candidates who wish to be examined
outside o f the United States must reach the Secretary o f the
Board at least six weeks in advance of the examinations, that is,
on or before May 5, 1919.
Applications and fees of candidates who wish to be examined
at points in the United States west of the Mississippi Ri ver must
be received at least four weeks in advance of the examinations,
that is, on or before May 19, 1919.
Applications and fees of candidates who wish to be examined
at points in the United States east of or on the Mississippi River
must be received at least three weeks in advance of the examina­
tions, that is, on or before May 26, 1919.
When the 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
address of the candidate, the examination center at which he
wishes to present himself, and a list o f all subjects in which
he may have occasion to take the B oard’s examinations.
Applications received later than the dates named will be ac­
cepted only upon payment of $6 in addition to the usual fee.
A list of the places at which the examinations are to be held
by the Board in June, 1919, will be published about March 1.
Requests that the examinations be held at particular points, to
receive proper consideration, should be transmitted to the Secre­
tary of the Board not later than February 1.
2. A dmission by Certificate. Graduates of Friends’ schools
and of public high schools, approved by the faculty and Instruc­
tion Committee, will be admitted to the College on certificate
of the principal, but are not in every case received without con­
dition. The faculty admits these students on trial, and reserves
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their connection with the College i f they find them to be in­
sufficiently prepared. The privilege of sending students on cer­
tificate may be withdrawn from any school whose pupils are
found to be deficient. Principals of other schools who wish to
have students admitted on their recommendation should cor­
respond with the Dean on the subject.
Certificates issued by the College Entrance Examination
Board will be accepted in place o f examinations on the subjects
therein certified to as passed. See page 43 for information as
to the examinations held by this board. Additional informa­
tion, if needed, may be obtained by addressing The Secretary
of the College Entrance Examination Board, 431 West 117th
Street, New York, N. Y.
Graduation from an acceptable four years’ high school course
or its equivalent is required for admission to the Freshman class
on certificate. A n applicant may offer substitutes for some of
the optional subjects listed below, but in such cases the student
is required to substitute for college electives such work as had
been omitted in preparatory school. Thus there would be no
increase in the number of credit hours required for graduation,
but fewer electives could be included in the four-year college
course.
ENTRANCE REQUIREM ENTS
I t is to be carefully noted that the subjects included among
the entrance requirements are rated as strictly as possible ac­
cording to the time that should have been devoted to prepara­
tory work in each.
In regard to a unit of admission requirements, the faculty of
Swarthmore College has approved the following statement, which
has been adopted by the National Conference Committee on
Standards o f Colleges and Secondary Schools, the College En­
trance Examination Board, and the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement o f Teaching:
A unit represents a year’s study in any subject in a secondary
school, constituting approximately a quarter o f a full year’s
work.
This statement is designed to afford a standard of measure­
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four-year high school course as a basis, and assumes that the
length o f the school year is from thirty-six to forty weeks, that
a period is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and that the
study is pursued for four or five periods a week. By this stand­
ard a satisfactory year’s work in any subject cannot be accom­
plished under ordinary circumstances in less than one hundred
and twenty sixty-minute hours or their equivalent. Schools or­
ganized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless,
estimate their work in terms of this unit.
The total number o f units required on this basis for admission
to Swarthmore College is fourteen and a half.
A U R A L A N D ORAL TESTS IN FOREIGN MODERN LANGUAGES

In accordance with a resolution adopted in 1908 by the Modem
Language Association of America and a similar one adopted in
1914 by the Association o f Modern Language Teachers o f the
Middle States and Maryland, it is recommended that the schools
preparing students for Swarthmore College prescribe adequate
aural and oral tests for all candidates who desire to present a
foreign modern language in satisfaction of requirements for ad­
mission.
I. G eneral S tatem en t

1.
2.
3.
4.

of

Su b je c ts R

Elementary Algebra .
Plane G e o m e tr y ......... ...........1
English ........................ ........... 3
H is t o r y ........................ ...........2

5. Elementary French . . ...........2

6. Intermediate French ............ 1
7. Advanced French . . . ...........1

8. Elementary German . ...........2
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

Intermediate German ...........1
Advanced German . . . ...........1«
Greek . . „ ..................... ...........3
Elementary Latin . . . ...........2
Advanced L a t i n ......... .1 or 2
Elementary Spanish . ...........2
Elementary Science . ..1 or 2
Solid G e o m e tr y ......... ........... V2
Trigonometry ............. ...........%

e q u ir e d

for

E

ntrance

unit 1 Required subjects, seven and
units (
one half units.
units \
units \
unit 1
unit 1
units I
unit I
unit 1 Optional subjects. O f these
units \
enough must be offered to
u n its/
aggregate seven units.
units l
units 1
units I
unit 1
unit /

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47

II. D etailed S tatement of S ubjects R equired for E ntrance
1. E lementary A lgebra ( one and a half units).
The four fundamental operations; factoring; simple equa­
tions in one, two, and three unknown quantities ; radicals ; frac­
tional and negative exponents ; quadratic equations in one, two,
and three unknown quantities; ratio and proportion; binomial
theorem for positive integral exponents; arithmetic and geo­
metric series. The students should acquire facility in algebraic
manipulation, in the application of algebra to concrete problems,
and in the interpretation of results.
2. P lane Geometry (one unit).
The theorems and constructions presented in a good modern
high school text. Solution of numerous original exercises and
loci problems; application of geometry to mensuration.
3. E nglish (three units).
R equirement in E nglish , 1918-1919
The requirements in English are those recommended by the Na­
tional Conference on Uniform Entrance Requirements in Eng­
lish.
The study of English in school has two main objects: (1)
command of correct and clear English, spoken and written; (2)
ability to read with accuracy, intelligence, and appreciation.
Gramm ar and Composition
ONE A N D ONE H A L F U N IT S

The first object requires instruction in grammar and composi­
tion. English grammar should ordinarily be reviewed in the
secondary school; and correct spelling and grammatical accu­
racy should be rigorously exacted in connection with all written
work during the four years. The principles o f English com­
position governing punctuation, the use o f words, sentences,
and paragraphs should be thoroughly mastered ; and practice in
composition, oral as well as written, should extend throughout
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prise letter-writing, narration, description, and easy exposition
and argument. It is advisable that subjects for this work be
taken from the student’s personal experience, general knowl­
edge, and studies other than English, as well as from his read­
ing in literature. Finally, special instruction in language and
composition should he accompanied by concerted effort of teach­
ers in all branches to cultivate in the student the habit of using
good English in his recitations and various exercises, whether
oral or written.
L

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ONE A N D ONE H A L E U N IT S

The second object is sought by means of two lists of hooks,
headed respectively reading and study, from which may be
framed a progressive course in literature covering four years.
In connection with both lists, the student should be trained in
reading aloud and be encouraged to commit to memory some
o f the more notable passages both in verse and in prose. As
an aid to literary appreciation, he is further advised to acquaint
himself with the most important facts in the lives o f the authors
whose works he reads and with their place in literary history.
A . READING.

The aim o f this course is to foster in the student the habit o f
intelligent reading and to develop a taste for good literature,
by giving him a first-hand knowledge o f some of its best speci­
mens. He should read the books carefully, but his attention
should not be so fixed upon details that he fails to appreciate
the main purpose and charm o f what he reads.
W ith a view to large freedom of choice, the books provided
for reading are arranged in the following groups, from each o f
which at least two selections are to be made, except as other­
wise provided under Group m
G roup

I— C l a s s i c s

in

T r a n s l a t io n

The Old Testament, comprising at least the chief narrative
episodes in Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings,
and Daniel, together with the books of Ruth and Esther.

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The Odyssey, with the omission, if desired, of Books I, II, III,
IV, V, X V , X V I, X V II.
The Iliad, with the omission, if desired, of Books X I, X III, X IV ,
X V , X V II, X X I .
The Aeneid.
The Odyssey, Iliad, and Aeneid should be read in English trans­
lations o f recognized literary excellence.
For any selection from this group a selection from any other
group may be substituted.
Group

II —

Midsummer Night’s Dream,
Merchant of Venice,
As You Dike It,
Twelfth Night,
iThe Tempest,
Romeo and Juliet,
[King John,
G roup

III —

S hakspeare

Richard II,
Richard III,
H enry V,
Coriolanus,
Julius Cœsar,*
Macbeth,*
H am let*
P r o se F ic t io n

Malory: Morte d ’Arthur (about 100 pages).
Bunyan: Pilgrim ’s Progress, Part I.
Swift: Gulliver’s Travels (voyages to Lilliput and to Brobdingnag).
D efoe: Robinson Crusoe, Part I.
Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield.
Frances Burney: Evelina.
Scott’s Novels: any one.
Jane Austen’s Novels: any one.
Maria Edgeworth: Castle Rackrent, or The Absentee.
Dickens’ Novels: any one.
Thackeray’s Novels: any one.
George E liot’s Novels: any one.
Mrs. Gaskell: Cranford.
Kingsley: Westward H o ! or Hereward, the Wake.
Reade: The Cloister and the Hearth.
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Blackmore: Lorna Doone.
Hughes: Tom Brow n’s Schooldays.
Stevenson. : Treasure Island, or Kidnapped, or Master of Ballantrae.
Cooper’s Novels: any one.
Poe: Selected Tales.
Hawthorne: The Mouse of the Seven Gables, or Twice Told Tales,
or Mosses from an Old Manse.
A collection of Short Stories by various standard writers.

Group I Y — E

ssays,

B

io g r a p h y ,

E

tc.

Addison and Steele: The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, or Selec­
tions from the Tatler and Spectator (about 200 pages).
Boswell: Selections from the L ife of Johnson (about 200 pages).
Franklin: Autobiography.
Irving: Selections from the Sketch Book (about 200 pages), or
L ife of Goldsmith.
Southey: Life of Nelson.
Lamb: Selections from the Essays of Elia (about 100 pages).
Lockhart: Selections from the L ife of Scott (about 200 pages).
Thackeray: Lectures on Swift, Addison, and Steele in the Eng­
lish Humorists.
Macaulay: A ny one of the following essays: Lord Clive, Warren
Hastings, Milton, Addison, Goldsmith, Frederick the Great,
Madame d ’ Arblay.
Trevelyan: Selections from the L ife of Macaulay (about 200
pages.)
Ruskin: Sesame and Lilies, or Selections (about 150 pages).
D ana: Two Years before the Mast.
Lincoln: Selections, including at least the two Inaugurals, the
Speeches in Independence Hall and at Gettysburg, the Last
Public Address, the Letter to Horace Greeley; together with
a brief memoir or estimate of Lincoln.
Parkman: The Oregon Trad.
Thoreau: Walden.
Lowell: Selected Essays (about 150 pages).
Holmes: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table.
Stevenson: A n Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey.

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H uxley: Autobiography and selections from Lay Sermons, in­
cluding the addresses on Improving Natural Knowledge, A
Liberal Education, and A Piece of Chalk.
A collection o f Essays by Bacon, Lamb, DeQuincey, Hazlitt,
Emerson, and later writers.
A collection of Letters by various standard writers.

Group Y — P

oetry

Palgrave’s Golden Treasury (First Series) : Books I I and III,
with special attention to Dryden, Collins, Gray, Cowper,
and Bums.
Palgrave’s Golden Treasury (First Series) : Book IV , with spe­
cial attention to Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley ( if not
chosen for study under B ).
Goldsmith : The Traveler and The Deserted Village.
Pope: The Rape of the Lock.
A collection o f English and Scottish Ballads, as, for example,
some Robin Hood ballads, The Battle o f Otterburn, King
Estmere, Young Beichan, Bewick and Grahame, Sir Patrick
Spens, and a selection from later ballads.
Coleridge: The Ancient Mariner, Christabel, and Kubla Khan.
Byron: Childe Harold, Canto I I I or IV , and The Prisoner, of
Chillon.
Scott : The Lady of the Lake, or Marmion.
Macaulay : The Lays of Ancient Rome, The Battle of Naseby,
The Armada, Ivry.
Tennyson: The Princess, or Gareth and L y nette, Lancelot and
Elaine, and The Parsing o f Arthur.
Browning : Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How They Brought
the Good News from Ghent to A ix, Home Thoughts from
Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident o f the
French Camp, H ervé Riel, Pheidippides, M y Last Duchess,
Up at a Villa— Down in the City, The Italian in England,
The Patriot, The Pied Piper, “ De Gustibus— , ” Instans
Tyrannus.
Arnold : Sohrab and Rustum, and The Forsaken Merman.
Selections from American Poetry, with special attention to Poe,
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B.

Study

The books provided for study are arranged in four groups,
from each o f which one selection is to be made.
G roup

I—

D

rama

Shakespeare: Julius Ccesar, Macbeth, Hamlet.
Group

II —

P

oetry

M ilton: L ’Allegro, II Penseroso, and either Comus or Lycidas.
Tennsyson: The Coming of Arthur, The Holy Grail,, and The
Passing of Arthur.
The selections from Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley in Book IV
of Palgrave’s Golden Treasury (First Series).
G roup

III— O r a t o r y

Burke: Speech on Conciliation with America.
Macaulay’s Two Speeches on Copyright, and Lincoln’s Speech at
Cooper Union.
Washington’s Farewell Address and Webster’s First Bunker Hill
Oration.
G r o u p IY — E s s a y s
Carlyle: Essay on Burns, with a selection from Burns’s Poems.
Macaulay: L ife of Johnson.
Emerson: Essay on Manners.
When examinations are taken at the College the two examina­
tions in English may be taken separately, one at the close of
the college year and the other in the autumn.
Too much emphasis cannot be laid on the necessity, especially
in the preparation of the work assigned for careful study, of
persistent drill looking toward the attainment of thoroughness,
accuracy, and exactness. Both the entrance examination and
(in the case o f students provisionally admitted on certificate) the
work of the first semester may he expected to test these quali­
ties.
REQUIREM ENTS IN ENGLISH, 1920-1922
The study o f English in school has two main objects, which
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correct and clear English, spoken and written: (2) ability to
read with accuracy, intelligence, and appreciation, and the de­
velopment of the habit o f reading good literature with enjoy­
ment.
Gramm ar

and

C o m p o s it io n

The first object requires instruction in grammar and compo­
sition. English grammar should ordinarily be reviewed in the
secondary school; and correct spelling and grammatical accuracy
should be rigorously exacted in connection with all written work
during the four years. The principles of English composition
governing punctuation, the use of words, sentences, and para­
graphs should be thoroughly mastered; and practice in composi­
tion, oral as well as written, should extend throughout the sec­
ondary school period. Written exercises may well comprise
letter-writing, narration, description, and easy exposition and
argument. It is advisable that subjects for this work be'taken
from the student’s personal experience, general knowledge, and
studies other than English, as well as from his reading in litera­
ture. Finally, special instruction in language and composition
should be accompanied by concerted effort of teachers in all
branches to cultivate in the student the habit of using good Eng­
lish in his recitations and various exercises, whether oral or writ­
ten.
L it e r a t u r e

The second object is sought by means o f the reading and study
of a number of books from which may be framed a progressive
course in literature. The student should be trained in reading
aloud and should be encouraged to commit to memory notable
passages both in verse and in prose. As an aid to literary appre­
ciation, he is further advised to acquaint himself with the most
important facts in the lives o f the authors whose works he reads
and with their place in literary history. H e should read the
books carefully, but his attention should not be so fixed upon
details that he fails to appreciate the main purpose and charm
of what he reads.
A few of these books should be read with special care, greater
stress being laid upon form and style, the exact meaning of words
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,

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However accurate in subject-matter, no paper will be con­
sidered satisfactory if seriously defective in punctuation, spelling,
or other essentials of good usage.
Gramm ar

and

C o m p o s it io n

In grammar and composition, the candidate may be asked
specific questions upon the practical essentials of these studies,
such as the relation of the various parts of a sentence to one
another, and those good usages of modern English which one
should know in distinction from current errors. The main test
in composition will consist of one or more essays developing a
theme through several paragraphs; the subjects will be drawn
from the books read, from the candidate’s other studies, and
from his personal knowledge and experience quite apart from
reading. F or this purpose the examiner will provide several
subjects, perhaps eight or ten, from which the candidate may
make his own selections. He will not be expected to write more
than four hundred words an hour.
L it e r a t u r e

The examination will include:
(а) Questions designed to test such knowledge and apprecia­
tion o f literature as may be gained by an intelligent reading
o f the books given in List A below.
(б ) A test on the books in List B below. This will consist
of questions upon their content, form, and structure, and upon
the meaning of such words, phrases, and allusions as may be
necessary to an understanding of the works and an apprecia­
tion o f their salient qualities o f style. General questions may
also be asked concerning the lives o f the authors, their other
works, and the periods o f literary history to which they belong.
D

iv is io n

of

E

x a m in a t io n

When parts A and B of the examination are taken at dif­
ferent times, each will include a test in grammar and composi­
tion.

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B

B

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e a d in g

The books provided for reading are arranged in the following
groups, from each of which at least two selections are to he made,
except that for any hook in Group I a hook from any other
may be substituted.
G roup

I— C l a s s i c s

T r a n s l a t io n

in

The Old Testament, at least the chief narrative episodes in
Genesis, Exodus, Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and Daniel,
together with the hooks of Ruth and Esther.
The Odyssey, with the omission, if desired, of Books I-V , X V ,
and X V I.
The Aeneid,.
The Odyssey and the Aeneid should he read in English trans­
lations o f recognized literary excellence.
Group

II— D r a m a

Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice, A s You Like It, Julius Cœsar.
G roup

III— -P r o s e

F

ic t io n

Dickens : A Tale of Two Cities.
George E liot: Silas Marner.
Scott : Quentin Durward.
Hawthorne: The House of the Seven Gables.
G roup

IY — E s s a y s ,

B

io g r a p h y ,

E

tc.

Addison and Steele: The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers.
Irving: The Sketch Book (selections covering about 175 pages).
Macaulay: Lord Clive.
Parkman: The Oregon Trail.
Group

Y —P oetry

Tennyson : The Coming of Arthur, Gareth and Lynette, Lance­
lot and Elaine, The Passing of Arthur.
Browning: Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How They Brought
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Abroad, Home Thoughts from the Sea, Incident of the
French Camp, H ervé Riel, Pheidippides, My Last Duchess,
TJp at a Villa— Down in the City, The Italian in England,
The Patriot, The Pied Piper, “ De Gustibus—
Instans
Tyrannus.
Scott: The Lady of the Lake.
Coleridge: The Ancient Mariner, and A rnold; Sohrab and
Rustum.
B. B ooks for S tudy
The books provided for study are arranged in four groups,
from each o f which one selection is to be made.
Group I— D rama
Shakespeare : Macbeth, or Hamlet.
Group II— P oetry
Milton: L ’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Cornus.
Book IY o f Palgrave’s Golden Treasury (First Series), with
special attention to Wordsworth, Keats, and Shelley.
Group III— Oratory
Burke : Speech on Conciliation with America.
Washington’s Farewell Address, W ebster’s First Bunker Hill
Oration, and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Group IY — E ssays
Macaulay: L ife of Johnson.
Carlyle: Essay on Burns, with a brief selection from Burns’s
Poems.
4. H istory ( two units).
Preparatory work in any two of the following fields of His­
tory will be accepted.
(a) A ncient H istory, with special reference to Greek and
Roman history, a short introductory study of the more ancient
nations and the chief events o f the early Middle Ages, down to
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(6) Medleval and M odern E uropean H istory, from the
death of Charlemagne to the present time.
(c) E nglish H istory.
( d) A merican H istory and Civil Government.
Each of the above topics is intended to represent one year ofhistorieal work wherein the study is given five titties a week,
or two years of historical work wherein the study is given three
times a week.
The requirement in history involves comparison and the use
of judgment on the pu pil’s part rather than the mere exercise of
memory. The requirement presupposes the use o f good text­
books, collateral reading, and practice in written work. Geo­
graphical knowledge should be tested by requiring the location
of places and movements on an outline map.
5. E lementary F rench ( two units).
Ability to pronounce French accurately, to read at sight easy
French prose, to put into French simple English sentences taken
from the language of everyday life, or based upon a portion of
the French text read, and to answer questions on the rudiments
of the grammar as defined below. The preparation should oc­
cupy two years, five recitations a week.
The first year’s work should comprise: (1) Careful drill in
pronunciation; (2) the rudiments of grammar, including the in­
flection of the regular and the more common irregular verbs, the
plural o f nouns, the inflection o f adjectives, participles, and pro­
nouns, the use o f personal pronouns, common adverbs, preposi­
tions, and conjunctions, the order of words in the sentence, and
the elementary rules of syntax; (3) numerous easy exercises, de­
signed not only to fix in the memory the forms and principles of
grammar, but also to cultivate readiness in the reproduction of
natural forms of expression; (4) the reading of from one hun­
dred to one hundred and seventy-five duodecimo pages of gradu­
ated texts, with constant practice in translating into French easy
variations of the sentences read (the teacher giving the English),
and in reproducing from memory sentences previously read ; (5)
writing French from dictation.
The second year’s work should comprise: (1) The reading of
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modern prose in the form of stories, plays, or historical or bio­
graphical sketches; (2) constant practice, as in the previous
year, in translating into French easy variations upon the texts
read; (3) frequent abstracts, sometimes oral and sometimes
written, of portions of the text already read ; (4) writing French
from dictation; (5) continued drill upon the rudiments of
grammar, with constant application in the construction of sen­
tences; (6) mastery of the forms and use of pronouns, pro­
nominal adjectives, of all but the rare irregular verb forms, and
of the simple uses of the conditional and subjunctive.
Suitable texts for the second year are: A bout’s Le Roi des
montagnes ; B runo’s Le Tour de la France; Daudet’s easier short
taies; De la Bédollière’s La Mère Michel et Son Chat; ErckmannChatrian’s stories; F oa ’s Contes biographiques and Le Petit
Robinson de P aris; Foncin’s Le Pays de F rance; Labiche and
M artin’s La Poudre aux yeux and Le Voyage de M. Perrichon;
Legouvé and Labiche’s La Cigale chez les fourm is; Malot’s Sans
fam ille; Mairet’s La Tâche du petit P ierre; Mérimée’s Colomba;
extracts from Michelet; Sareey’s L e Siège de Paris; Verne’s
stories.
6.

I n t e r m e d i a t e F r e n c h {one unit).
Ability to read at sight, with the help of a vocabulary of spe­
cial or technical expressions, difficult French not earlier than that
of the seventeenth century ; to write in French a short essay on
some simple subject connected with the works read; to put into
French a passage of easy English prose ; to answer questions in­
volving an advanced knowledge of syntax, and to carry on a sim­
ple conversation in French. A fter the successful completion of
Elementary French, the preparation in Intermediate and A d ­
vanced French should cover two years, of five recitations a week.
The year’s work o f Intermediate French should comprise the
reading of from four to six hundred pages o f ordinarily difficult
French, a portion o f which must be in dramatic form ; constant
practice in giving French paraphrases, abstracts, or reproduc­
tions from memory of selected portions of the matter read ; the
study o f a grammar of moderate completeness; writing from
dictation.
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Gendre de M. Poirier; Béranger’s poems; Corneille’s Le Gid and
Horace; Coppée’s poems; Daudet’s La Belle-Nivernaise; La
Brète’s Mon Oncle et Mon C uré; Madame de Sévigné’s letters;
Hugo’s H er nani and I jŒ Chute; Labiche’s plays; L oti’s Pêcheur
d’Islande; Mignet’s historical writings; Molière’s L ’Avare and
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme; Racine’s Athalie, Andromaque, and
Esther; George Sand’s plays and stories; Sandeau’s Mademoi­
selle de la Seiglière; Scribe’s plays; Thierry’s Récits des temps
mérovingiens; Thiers’s L ’Expédition de Bonaparte en E g yp te;
Y ign y’s La Canne de jo n c; Voltaire’s historical writings.
7. A dvanced F rench {one unit).
The year’s work o f Advanced French should comprise the
reading of from six hundred to one thousand pages of stand­
ard French, classical and modem, only difficult passages being
explained in the class; the writing of numerous short themes
in French; the study o f syntax.
Suitable reading matter will be: Beaumarchais’s Barhier de
Séville; Corneille’s dramas; the elder Dumas’s prose writings;
the younger Dumas’s La Question d ’argent; H ugo’s Buy Bias,
lyrics, and prose writings; La Fontaine’s fables; Lamartine’s
Graziella; Marivaux’s plays; Molière’s plays; Musset’s plays
and poems; Pellissier’s Mouvement littéraire au X I X e siècle;
Renan’s Souvenirs d ’enfance et de jeunesse; Rousseau’s writ­
ings; Sainte-Beuve’s essays; Taine’s Origines de la France con­
temporaine; Voltaire’s writings; selections from Zola, Maupas­
sant, and Balzac.
8. E lementary German {two units).
(a) During the first year the work should comprise: (1)
Careful drill upon pronunciation; (2) the memorizing and fre­
quent repetition of easy colloquial sentences; (3) drill upon the
rudiments of grammar, that is, upon the inflection of the articles,
of such nouns as belong to the language o f everyday life, of ad­
jectives, pronouns, weak verbs, and the more usual strong verbs ;
also upon the use of the more common prepositions, the simpler
uses of the model auxiliaries, and the elementary rules of syntax
and word-order; (4) numerous easy exercises designed not only
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cultivate readiness in the reproduction of natural forms of ex­
pression; (5) the reading o f from seventy-five to one hundred
pages of graduated texts from a reader, with constant practice in
translating into German easy variations upon sentences selected
from the reading lesson and given by the teacher in English,
and in the reproduction from memory of sentences previously
read.
(5 ) During the second year the work should comprise: (1)
The reading of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred pages
of literature in the form of easy stories and plays; (2) accom­
panying practice, as before, in the translation into German of
easy variations upon the matter read, and also in the unprepared
reproduction, sometimes oral and sometimes in writing, of the
substance of short and easy selected passages; (3) continued
drill upon the rudiments o f the grammar, directed to the ends
of enabling the pupil, first, to use his knowledge with facility
in the formation of sentences, and, secondly, to state his knowl­
edge correctly in the technical language o f grammar.
Stories suitable for the elementary course can be selected from
the following list: Andersen’s Maerchen and Bilderbuch ohne
Bilder; A rn old’s Fritz auf F erien ; Baumbach’s Die Nonna and
Der Schwiegersohn; Gerstaecker’s Germeishausen; Heyse’s
L ’Arrabbiata, Das Maedchen von Treppi, and Anfang und E n d e;
H illem ’s E oeher als die K irch e; Jensen’s Die Braune E rica;
Leander’s Träumereien and Kleine Geschichten; Seidel’s Maer­
chen; Stoekl’s TJnter dem Christbaum; Storm’s Immensee and
Geschichten aus der Tonne; Zschokke’s D er Zerbrochene
Krug.
The reading of long plays is not advisable for the elementary
course, but one short play is recommended. Among shorter
plays the best available ones are perhaps Benedix’s D er Prozess,
D er Weiberfeind, and Guenstige Vorzeichen; E iz’s E r ist nicht
Eifersuechtig; W iehert’s A n der M ajorsecke; Wilhelmi ’s Einer
Muss Beiräten. A good selection of reading matter for the
second year would be Andersen’s Maerchen, or Bilderbuch or
Leander’s Träumereien, to the extent of, say, forty pages. A fter
that such a story as Das Kalte E erz, or Der Zerbrochene K ru g ;
then E oeher als die Kirche, or Im m ensee; next a good story by
Heyse, Baumbach, or Seidel; lastly, Der Prozess.

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9. I ntermediate German ( one unit).
The work o f the third year should comprise, in addition to
the elementary course, the reading o f about four hundred pages
of moderately difficult prose and poetry, with constant practice
in giving orally and in writing paraphrases, abstracts, or repro­
ductions from memory of selected portions of the matter read;
also grammatical drill upon the less usual strong verbs, the use
of articles, cases, auxiliaries of all kinds, tenses and modes (with
special reference to the infinitive and subjunctive), and likewise
upon word-order and word-formation.
Suitable reading for the third year can be selected from such
works as the following: Ebner-Eschenbach’s Die Freiherren von
Gemperlein; Freytag’s Die Journalisten and Bilder aus der
Deutschen Vergangenheit, for example, Karl der Grosse, Aus
den Kreuzzuegen, Doktor Luther, Aus dem Staat Friedrichs des
Grossen; Fouque’s Undine; Gerstaeeker’s Irrfahrten; Goethe’s
Hermann und Dorothea and Iphigenie; Heine’s poems and
Reisebilder; Hoffman’s Historische Erzaehlungen; Lessing’s
Minna von Barnhelm; M eyer’s Gustav A dolf P age; Moser’s Der
Bibliothekar; Kiehl’s Novellen, for example, Burg Neideck, Der
Fluch der Schoenheit, D er Stumme Ratsherr, Das Spielmanns­
kind; Eosegger’s Waldheimat; Schiller’s D er Neffe als Onkel,
Der Geisterseher, Wilhelm Teil, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, Das
Lied von der Glocke, Balladen; Scheffel’s Der Trompeter von
Saekkingen; Uhland’s poems; W ildenbruch’s Das Edle Blut.
10. A dvanced German (one unit);
The work of the fourth year should comprise the reading of
about five hundred pages of good literature in prose and poetry,
reference readings upon the lives and works o f the great writers
studied, the writing in German of numerous short themes upon
assigned subjects, independent translation o f English into Ger­
man.
11. Greek ( three units).
(a) Elementary Greek. Grammar (Goodwin’s recommended);
Elementary Composition; Xenophon’s Anabasis, Book I.
(6) Advanced Greek. Anabasis, Books II, III, I V ; Iliad,
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[Students who offer Advanced Greek are expected to offer also
General History of Greece to the death of Alexander.]
12. E lementary L atin ( tivo units).
First Latin Book; reading which shall not be less in amount
than Caesar’s Gallic War, I-IV , and which may be selected from
CEesar ( Gallic W ar and Civil W ar) and Nepos (Lives) ; the writ­
ing of simple Latin prose.
13. A dvanced L atin ( two units).
Reading which shall not be less in amount than Cicero, The
Orations against Catiline, F or the Manilian Law and F or Archias; and Virgil, Aeneid, I-V I. This amount of reading may be
selected from the following: Cicero (Orations, Letters, and De
Senectute) and Sallust (Catiline and Jugurthine W a r ) ; Virgil
(Bucolics, Georgies, and Aeneid) and Ovid (Metamorphoses,
Fasti, and Tristia). W ith this reading there should be carried
on systematic and regular work in composition, involving a thor­
ough knowledge of all regular inflections, all common irregular
forms, and the ordinary syntax and vocabulary of the prose
authors read.
Candidates should be examined in translation at sight of both
prose and verse. The vocabulary, construction, and range of
ideas of the passages set will be suited to the preparation secured
by the reading indicated above. Exercises in translation at
sight should begin in school with the first lessons in which Latin
sentences o f any length occur, and should continue throughout
the course with sufficient frequency to insure correct methods of
work on the part of the student. From the outset particular at­
tention should be given to developing the ability to take in the
meaning of each word— and so, gradually, of the whole sentence
— just as it stands; the sentence should be read and understood
in the order of the original, with full appreciation of the force
o f each word as it comes, so far as this can be known or inferred
from that which has preceded and from the form and the posi­
tion of the word itself. The habit of reading in this way should
be encouraged and cultivated as the best preparation for all the
translating that the student has to do. Finally, the full mean­
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and natural English. The school work in Latin should include
also much reading aloud, writing from dictation, and translation
from the teacher’s reading. Learning suitable passages by heart
is also very useful, and should be practiced.
14. Spanish ( two units).
The requirement in Spanish, which follows the form and spirit
of the recommendations made for French and German by the
Committee of Twelve of the Modern Language Association, is
based upon recommendations made by a committee of that Asso­
ciation in December, 1910.
T he A im of the I nstruction
A t the end of the elementary course the pupil should be able
to pronounce Spanish accurately, to read at sight easy Spanish
prose, to put into Spanish simple English sentences taken from
the language of every-day life or based upon a portion o f the
Spanish text read, and to answer questions on the rudimènts
of the grammar, as indicated below.
T he W ork to B e D one
During the first year the work should comprise :
(1) Careful drill in pronunciation.
(2) The rudiments of grammar, including the conjugation of
the regular and the more common irregular verbs, the inflection
of nouns, adjectives, and pronouns, and the elementary rules
of syntax.'
(3) Exercises containing ’ illustrations o f the principles of
grammar.
(4) The careful reading and accurate rendering into good
English of about 100 pages of easy prose and verse, with trans­
lation i>_to Spanish of easy variations of the sentences read.
(5) W riting Spanish from dictation.
During the second year the work should comprise:
(1) The reading o f about 200 pages of prose and verse.
(2) Practice in translating Spanish into English, and English
variations of the text into Spanish.
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(4) Mastery of all but the rare irregular verb forms and of
the simpler uses of the modes and tenses.
(5) W riting Spanish from dictation.
(6) Memorizing easy short poems.
The emphasis should be placed on careful thorough work with
much repetition rather than upon rapid reading. The reading
should be selected from the following : A collection of easy short
stories and lyrics, carefully graded; Juan Valera, El pájaro
verde; Perez Escrieh, Fortuna; Ramos Carrion and Vital Aza,
Zaragüeta; Palacio Valdés, José; Pedro de Alarcón, El Capitán
V eneno; the selected short stories o f Pedro de Alarcón or A n­
tonio de Trueba.
Every secondary school in which Spanish is taught should have
in its library several Spanish-English and English-Spanish dic­
tionaries, the all-Spanish dictionary of the Royal Spanish Acad­
emy ; one or more manuals of the history of Spanish literature,
such as that by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, and Ticknor’s History of
Spanish Literature.
15. E lementary S cience ( one or two units).
The equivalent of a year’s course, five periods a week, in each
of two branches of science, each to comprise both class room and
laboratory work. Time spent in the laboratory shall be counted
at one-half its face value. A year’s course in any branch with­
out laboratory work will count as only one half of a unit, and
four such courses will be necessary to meet the requirement in
Elementary Science. A selection may be made from the follow­
ing list of sciences :
P hysics.— The course of instruction in physics should in­
clude :
(1) The study o f one standard textbook, for the purpose of
obtaining a connected and comprehensive view of the subject.
The student should be given opportunity and encouragement to
consult other scientific literature.
(2) Instruction by lecture-table demonstrations, to be used
mainly for illustration o f the facts and phenomena o f physics
in their qualitative aspects and in their practical applications.
(3) Individual laboratory work consisting of experiments re­
quiring at least the time of thirty double periods. The experi-

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¡ments performed by each student should number at least thirty.
The work should be so distributed as to give a wide range of
'observation and practice.
The aim of laboratory work should be to supplement the pu­
pil’s fund of concrete knowledge and to cultivate his power of
accurate observation and clearness of thought and expression.
The exercises should be chosen with a view to furnishing forceful
illustrations of fundamental principles and their practical ap­
plications. They should be such as yield results capable of ready
interpretation, obviously in conformity with theory, and free
from the disguise of unintelligible units.
Slovenly work should not be tolerated, but the effort for pre­
cision should not lead to the use of apparatus or processes so
complicated as to obscure the principle involved.
Throughout the whole course special attention should be paid
to the common illustrations of physical laws and to their in­
dustrial applications.
In the solution o f numerical problems, the student should
be encouraged to make use of the simple principles of algebra
and geometry to reduce the difficulties of solution. Unneces­
sary mathematical difficulties should be avoided and care should
be exercised to prevent the student from losing sight of the con­
crete facts in the manipulation o f symbols.
Chemistry.— It is recommended that the candidate’s prepara­
tion in chemistry should include :
(1) Individual laboratory work, comprising at least forty
exercises selected from a list of sixty or more, not very differ­
ent from the list given by the College Entrance Examination
Board.
(2) Instruction by lecture-table demonstrations, to be used
mainly as a basis for1questioning upon the general principles in­
volved in the pu pil’s laboratory investigations.
(3) The study of at least one standard textbook, to the end
that the student may gain a comprehensive and corrected view
of the most important facts and laws of elementary chemistry.
B otany.— The work in this subject should include those topics
in the leading divisions of the subject which are now regarded
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by most teachers as fundamental. The general sequence of top­
ics is that recommended by the College Entrance Examination
Board, but this point is not regarded as especially important,
and the sequence, the methods, and the textbooks are left to the
judgment o f the individual teacher.
The amount of work in this course is designed to occupy a
year o f five periods a week. Where special circumstances, such
as exceptional difficulty in obtaining material, etc., prevent the
completion o f the entire amount, it is recommended as better to
omit some of the minor topics here and there and concentrate on
the more important topics than to attempt to cover them all
superficially.
Individual laboratory work by the students is essential and
should receive at least double the amount of time given to recita­
tion. Records of the laboratory work, properly certified by the
teacher, in which stress is laid upon diagrammatically accurate
drawing and precise, expressive description, should be required.
P hysical Geography.— The candidate’s preparation should
include :
(1) The study of one of the leading secondary textbooks in
physical geography, that a knowledge may be gained of the prin­
ciples, and of well-selected facts illustrating those principles.
(2) Individual laboratory work, comprising at least forty
exercises selected from a list not very different from the one
given by the College Entrance Examination Board. From one
third to one half of the candidate’s classroom work should be
devoted to laboratory exercises. In the autumn and spring,
field trips should take the place of laboratory exercises.
Z oology.— The requirement in this subject is based upon the
statement of a committee appointed by the American Society of
Zoologists. The outline of a course in general zoology is con­
tained in the publications of the College Entrance Examination
Board. The outline should be developed on the basis of a course
of laboratory study guided by definite directions. This should
be supplemented by the careful reading of at least one modern
elementary textbook in general zoology. A t least two thirds of
the time should be devoted to the practical studies o f the labora­

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tory. I f good nature-studies have not preceded the course in
high-school zoology, pupils should be encouraged to do supple­
mentary work in the line of natural history. A notebook in­
cluding drawings of the chief structures studied anatomically,
and also drawings required in natural history, with notes on dem­
onstrations and in explanation of drawings, should he required.
16. Solid Geometry ( one-half of a unit).
The theorems and constructions in a good modern text, includ­
ing the sphere and sperical figures. Solution of many original
exercises, loci problems, and numerical examples.
No entrance credit in solid geometry will be allowed to a stu­
dent who has spent less than one half year, of four or five reci­
tations a week, in its preparation.
17. T rigonometry ( one-half of a unit).
The trigonometric ratios; solution o f trigonometric equations;
reduction of trigonometric identities; multiple angles; theory
and use of logarithms and tables; solution of triangles.
No entrance credit in trigonometry will he granted to a stu­
dent who has spent less than one half year, five recitations a
week, in its preparation.
AD V A N C E D STANDING
No student is admitted to advanced standing later than the
beginning o f the senior year. Students entering from other
colleges must complete at least one full year’s work at Swarthmore College in fulfillment o f the requirements for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts. Students who come from other colleges must
present full credentials for both college and preparatory work,
and a letter of honorable dismissal. I f the credentials are satis­
factory to the Committee on Admission, the candidate will be
given, without examination, an equivalent amount of credit upon
the records o f the College. All applicants for advanced stand­
ing for work done in other than approved colleges or universities
will be admitted to such standing only by examination. Ex­
aminations for such credit shall cover the full equivalent of cor­
responding courses at Swarthmore College. Application for
advanced standing should be maae in writing to the Dean. E x­
aminations will be held only at the College.

REQUIREM ENTS FOR GRADUATION
THE GENERAL UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OP STUDY

The degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon those who
complete the undergraduate course as outlined below. This
course is based upon uniform requirements for admission, and
upon certain studies which are prescribed for all matriculates.
In addition to securing this fundamental uniformity, it provides
for the varied needs and capacities o f individuals by permitting
a wide range o f election on the part of the student or his ad­
viser; and it seeks, also, to provide a thorough training, extend­
ing over three or four years, in some one department of study.
The requirement of a thesis from a candidate for the Bachelor’s
degree is left to the option of the head o f the department in
which the m ajor is taken.
Candidates for graduation in the Department of Liberal Arts
are required to complete one hundred and twenty-four ‘ ‘ hours”
in addition to the prescribed work in physical education. For
the number o f hours required for graduation in the Departments
o f Engineering and in the Department of Chemistry, see the
courses o f study outlined under the various departments. The
foregoing are minimum requirements. Students may be re­
quired to complete additional “ hours” for graduation as penal­
ties fo r absences from collection or from class room, laboratory,
or other college exercises. A n “ hour” signifies one recitation or
lecture (or its equivalent) a week throughout one college semes­
ter. A recitation or lecture is regularly fifty-five minutes long,
and the-preparation o f the student is estimated at an average
o f two hours for each class exercise. In the Departments of
Engineering, Biology, and Chemistry a laboratory period is
three hours in length. In other departments, where additional
work is required outside of the laboratory, the laboratory period
is two hours in length. It is designed to make the laboratory
exercise, as nearly as possible, equivalent in its demands to the
hour defined above.
The prescribed number of hours for students majoring in
the Departments o f Liberal Arts is seventeen for each semester
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o f the frieshmah year and fifteen for each semester of the sopho­
more, junior, and senior years. The prescribed number <5f hours
for students majoring in Engineering ranges from fifteen to
twenty for each semester.
Quality Points.-^—A n average quality grade shall be required
for graduation, and for the purpose o f determining this quality
grade, numerical values called “ points,” shall be given to the
grade letters, as follows: for grade A , three points for each
semester hour o f course in which the grade is received; for
grade B, two points; for Grade C, one poin t; for grade D, no
point. The grade D is sufficient to pass a course, but does not
count any “ point.”
In accordance with this valuation the requirements in “ points”
for graduation o f all students, both those in arts and in ap­
plied science, is one hundred and twenty-four. This is a re­
quirement for Arts students of an average grade of C. In other
words, Arts students are required for graduation to present one
hundred and twenty-four hours of credit and one hundred and
twenty-four “ points.” Students in applied science will be re­
quired for graduation to present the number of hours of credit
now prescribed (ranging from one hundred and thirty-two to
one hundred and fifty-one)- and one hundred and twenty-four
“ points.”
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 E x­
tra Work. Students often find it difficult, however, to make out
a course of study for the exact number o f hours, and for this
reason a variation of one hour more or less than the prescribed
number of 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 mure than one hour in excess o f
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
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more than one hour in excess of the prescribed number. For
students entering from other schools or colleges these grades shall
be determined from their entrance certificates. No application
of a student to enroll for more or less than the prescribed num­
ber o f hours shall be considered by the committee unless ac­
companied by the written endorsement of the course adviser.
I. Prescribed Studies.— These studies must be taken by all
students who are candidates for graduation, unless for special
reasons permission to substitute some other work is obtained
from the proper faculty committee. The whole of the first
year is 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 o f each department.
The prescribed work, amounting to forty-three hours, exclusive
o f the Physical Education, includes the following studies:
Group 1. English.— Ten hours, four of which must be taken
in English Composition, and six in English Literature.
Group 2. Greek, Latin, French, German, Spanish.— Twelve
hours in any one of these languages, or six hours in each of two.
Group 3. Nine hours, three of which must be taken in Bible
Study, and six in one of the following departments: History,
History of Religion and Philosophy, Economics, Political Sci­
ence, Psychology and Education.
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* o f the two studies.
Group 6. Physical Education.— For the prescribed amount of
work in this department, see the statements under the Depart­
ment of Physical Education.
Students who fail in the required courses of the freshman
year should enroll in these courses during the sophomore year.
No deviation from this rule will be allowed except on the writ­
ten endorsement of the course adviser, and after notification to
the professor in charge o f the subject in which the student
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All prescribed studies must be completed or in actual process
of completion at the beginning o f the senior year except in cases
where such prescribed work is not offered until the second semes­
ter of the senior year.
No substitution of elective for prescribed work where more
than one semester is involved shall be-permitted after the be­
ginning of the senior year, nor in any case after the beginning
of the second semester of 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. Major Subject.— Every candidate for graduation is re­
quired to select the work of some one department as his major.
In most cases the selection may well be postponed until the be­
ginning of the second year. In the department thus chosen the
student must complete eighteen hours as a minimum (the pre­
scribed work done in the major study to be included in this
minimum), and the professor in charge may, at his option, de­
termine the work of thirty-six 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. No matter how much credit may
have been given on entrance, no student is allowed to graduate
who has not been enrolled as a student of Swarthmore College
at least one year and who has not had in the College at least
one year’s work in his major.
I f the m ajor study is changed from any branch of Engineer­
ing to a department in arts, the number of credit hours then
on record will be adjusted to the basis of 124 hours.
III. 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
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Anthropology,
Art,
Astronomy,
Bible Study,
Biology,
Botany,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Education,

SW A R TH M O R E COLLEGE B U L LE T IN

Engineering,
English,
French,
Geology,
German,
Greek,
History,
History o f Religion,
Latin,

Law,
Mathematics,
Philosophy,
Physics,
Political Science,
Psychology,
Public Speaking,
Spanish,
Zoology.

UNIFORM CU RRICU LU M FOR T H E F R E S H M A N Y EA R IN T H E COURSES

IN ARTS
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THE COURSES OF STUDY IN APPLIED SCIENCE

The degree of Bachelor of Arts in the Departments of Mechan­
ical, Civil, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering, and in the
Department of Chemistry, is conferred upon those students who
complete the prescribed work as outlined under the various de­
partments above named.

IRREGULAR COURSES OF STUDY

Irregular courses o f study, not including in due proportion
the prescribed m ajor and elective studies, may be pursued by
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students who have been regularly admitted to the College by
examination or by certificate only in special cases and by ap­
proval of the Faculty Committee on Prescribed and Extra Work.

UNIFORM CURRICULUM FOR THE FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE
YEARS IN APPLIED SCIENCE

The curriculum for the first and second years of the fouryears ’ courses' leading to degrees in the Departments of Mechan­
ical, Civil, Electrical, and Chemical Engineering is the same in
every respect. F or the first and second year students in Chem­
istry as applied science and in Chemical Engineering follow
the same courses as given below except that women students are
required to take certain electives instead of the prescribed
courses, where specified.
FRESHMAN YEAR
Hours per Week

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Mathematics 253..
Mathematics 252..
English 1 ................
English 4 ..........
Chemistry 171.......
Drawing 192..
Physical Education.

Pattern-making and Foundry
Trigonometry........................
Algebra..................................
Composition..........................
General Introduction...........
General Inorganic.................
Engineering............................
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Physics 271 ..................
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f The courses to be followed in Group 2 are determined by the student's previous training
in these languages.

COURSE A D V ISE R S
A ll students are expected to confer with their respective
course advisers before enrolling in! classes. The professor in
charge of the major S,h|i||ht/fwiil serve as course adviser for
each student who has chosen a m ajor subject. The President
will designate the course adviser for students who have not
chosen their m ajor subjects.
E X T R A W O R K DONE OUTSIDE OF CLASSES
No student will he granted credit for work in excess o f 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 of 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 Work
before the work is entered upon.
SUMMER SCHOOL W O RK
Students desiring to transfer credit in a prescribed subject
from a University Summer School are required to secure the
endorsement of the head o f the department concerned before
entering upon the work.
REM O VAL OF CONDITIONS
Members of the graduating class must make up all outstanding
conditions and deficiencies by the end of 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 of 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 is not repeated until said second semester, and (2) it»is
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considered neeessary by the professor: that the student should
make up part or all of the class or laboratory work involved at
the time the course is repeated. A n y condition not made up
within a year from the time it is imposed shall thereafter have
the effect upon the records of an “ E ,” i. e., complete failure,
which cannot be made up.
SYSTEM OF GRADES
Reports of students’ work are received at the Dean’s office
four times a year ; at the end of each semester and at each mid­
semester. A ll grades are mailed to parents at the end of each
semester, and are also given out to students at each mid-semester
and the end o f the first semester.
The following system o f marking is used by instructors : A
(excellent, 100-90 per cen t.); B (good, 89-80 per cent.); C
(fair, 79-70 per cent.) ; D (poor, 69-60 per cent.) ; E (fa iled );
W (withdrawn) ; Oond. (Conditioned).
The mark “ conditioned” shall be reported fo r only two rea*
sons: (1) for unsatisfactory work in a semester course in which
the condition may be removed by ;domg*satisfactory work either
in another semester course which involves the subject-matter, of
the first course or in the second Semester of à year’s course; (2)
when the work o f a course is incomplete ; that is, when the work
done in the course is satisfactory with the exception of à small,
definite part of it; fo r example, the writing of a theme, thè read­
ing of ail assignment, or the taking of 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 o f grades are filed at the Dean’s office, the
exact character of thè conditions imposed will be defined, and
the nature of the work required to remove conditions reported
in writing. The students will then be notified by the Dean Ofcfche
terms o f the conditions.
E X E M PTIO N FROM E XA M IN ATIO N S
,, No undèrclasspien shall be exempted from semester final ex­
aminations ¡..seniors, with grades, of A or B at the beginning of

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final examinations shall be exempt in the final examinations of
the second sehiester.
ABSEN CES FROM E X A M IN ATIO N
Any student who is absent from an examination, announce­
ment of which was made in advance of the date of 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 of the course (1) of 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) of a receipt from the
office of the superintendent for a fee of $2. This fee shall be
remitted only in the case of duly certified quarantine. In case
of 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.
ABSEN CES FROM CLASSES
Each instructor shall make on the form provided for the pur­
pose daily reports of student absences to the office of the Dean.
A ll powers of supervision and discipline over student absences
are vested in a Committee on Absences to be composed of the
Dean, The Dean of Women, both ex officio, and three other fac­
ulty members appointed annually by the President of the Col­
lege, who shall designate the Chairman of the Committee from
among its members.
In dealing with all student absences the Committee on A b­
sences shall classify them either (a) as allowable absences, or (b)
as disallowed absences. Allowable absences are absences which
in the opinion o f the Committee on Absences are incurred for
sufficient cause. B y sufficient cause is meant any grounds for
absence which would justify failure to keep a stated business
appointment; provided, however, that no absence shall be con­
sidered allowable by the Committee on Absences unless a writ­
ten explanation of it is made by the student incurring it on a
form provided for this purpose at the Dean’s office. Such ex-

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planation must be made by the student in advance of the absence,
when possible. Written explanations of all absences must be
filed at the Dean’s office within three college days after the
absence, or such absences will he disallowed automatically.
A ll absences not coming under the definition of allowable ab­
sences shall be considered disallowed absences subject to discipline.
In the exercise of their powers of discipline over absences of the
latter character the Committee on Absences may warn students,
parents, or guardians ; may place students on probation and fix
the terms of said probation; and may require students to make
hours of credit for graduation in addition to the requirements
as stated in the Catalogue; provided, however, that such credit
penalties shall not exceed the ratio of the number of absences to
the number of hours of attendance required to make one hour
o f credit, and, provided further, that, in the case of students who
reach the end of the first semester of their senior year with a
penalty of less than one full hour of credit imposed under this
section, said penalty may be removed by the Committee on A b­
sences.
Disallowed absences incurred in any course in which the num­
ber of absences already recorded is equal to the number o f hours
per week for which the course is given shall be counted double.
F or each disallowed absence on days beginning or ending all
vacations and holidays, including the summer vacation, students
shall be required to make one half hour of credit for graduation
in addition to the requirements as stated in the Catalogue. Ab
sences penalized under this section shall not be subject to dis­
cipline provided under other sections of these rules.
Students shall have the right to a hearing before the Commit­
tee on Absences in eases involving the imposition of credit penal­
ties by the Committee, and the right to petition the Faculty in
cases where, after such hearing has been given, they are dissatis­
fied with the decision of the Committee. In all questions involv­
ing the number of a student’s absences the reports of Instructors
shall be considered authoritative.

DEGREES
BACHELOR OP ARTS

The degree of Bachelor o f Arts is conferred upon students
who have complied with the requirements for graduation as
stated on pages 68 to 72.
MASTER OP ARTS *

1. The degree of Master of Arts may be conferred upon
graduates of Swarthmore College or of other institutions of
satisfactory standing who have spent at least a year in residence
at this College, pursuing a systematic course of non-professional
study approved by the faculty. The amount of work required
of candidates for the Master’s degree consists o f the equivalent of
thirty credit hours in courses o f instruction of advanced grade,
o f which at least twenty hours shall be in a major subject and
the remainder in a minor subject to be approved by the professor
in charge of the m ajor subject. A ll candidates must l$.ve com­
pleted the work o f the major subject in the undergraduate course
as stated on page 71, before entering upon graduate work. No
work counted for the first degree will be accepted for the second
degree. In no case will the Master’s degree be conferred upon
resident students in less than one year after the conferring of
the Bachelor’s degree. It must be understood, however, that
only students o f ability and maturity will be able to finish the
work in one year. No person will be recommended for the Mas­
ter’s degree who shall not have attained a grade o f A or B on
examination in each subject.
2. The degree may be conferred upon graduates of Swarth­
more College who have devoted one year to graduate work in
residence at another college or university, and who have fulfilled
the requirements indicated in the preceding section.
3. The degree may be conferred upon graduates of Swarth­
more College not in residence at any college or university, who
* Candidates holding the degree of Bachelor of Science, who have fulfilled all the
requirements prescribed for the degree of Master of Arts, may at their option receive
the degree of Master o f Science.

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81

have completed a course of non-professional advanced study ap­
proved by the faculty, substantially equivalent in kind, grade,
and amount to that prescribed for the resident candidates for
that degree. Courses of study will be assigned to candidates
upon an application to the faculty, in which they state the sub­
jects they desire to pursue.
All candidates in absentia must register (by correspondence,
if necessary) at the beginning of each college year, and make
reports to the faculty at the end of each semester.
Each candidate for the Master’s degree must prepare a satis­
factory thesis on a subject assigned by the professor in charge
of the m ajor subject, and must pass a final oral examination
before a committee of the faculty composed of the professors in
charge of the m ajor and minor subjects respectively, and three
other members of the faculty appointed by the President of the
College. A majority vote of this committee is required for
favorable recommendation to the faculty. This examination will
be held only when notification of the intention to appear for
examination is given to the Dean on or before the first of April
of the year in which the candidate desires to receive the degree.
The thesis must be presented on or before May 25th of the
year in which the candidate desires to receive the degree, and
a bound copy of the thesis must be deposited in the college library
by July following.
Every resident candidate shall pay the regular tuition for each
year of residence and a diploma fee of $5. Every non-resident
candidate shall pay a registration fee of $5 and an additional
fee of $20 when the degree is conferred.
AD VAN CED D EGREES IN CIVIL, M ECH ANICAL, AND
E LE C TR IC A L ENGINEERING
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 be­
low :
1. The candidate must have been connected with practical
engineering work for three years since receiving his first degree.
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2. He must have had charge of engineering work and must be
in a position of responsibility and trust at the time of applica­
tion.
3. He must make application and submit an outline of the
thesis he expects to present, one full year before the advanced
degree is to be conferred. A fter this application is made he
will receive an outlined course of 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 of $5 and an
additional fee o f $20 when the degree is conferred.

STUDENTS, 1918-19
G raduate S tudent

Name.
Stephenson, R uth ,

Major Subject.

Residence.

Philadelphia.
A.B., Swarthmore College, 1916.
U ndergraduate S tu den ts

A chakd, M arcelle M arie,
Psychology,
A dams, A lice N aomi,
Mech. Engin.,
A insworth , F rank ,
Mech. Engin.,
A lbertson, J ohn Gilbert,
Biology,
A lbright, A gnes M art ,
A lvino, I da E lizabeth ,
English,
A nderson, D orothy F lorence,
Mathematics,
Arthur , D oris A ylmer ,
Elect. Engin.,
A shmead, Charles Colliday,
A therholt, E lizabeth M iddleton,Chemistry,
German,
A tkinson , E leanor W illiams ,
Elect. Engin.,
A tkinson , T homas H oward '
French,
Baily , M iriam E dith ,
English,
B aldwin , A kdis Mayhew ,
Chemistry,
B allard, J udson T upper,
Pol. Science,
B allinger, Grace A gnes,
B arker, J ohn B ryant ,
Mech. Engin.,
B arnard, N orris Clements ,
English,
B arth , E lizabeth F redrikke,
B artleson, E dward E vans , 3d, Mech. Engin.,
■ Chem. Engin.,
B attersby, W illiam L ord,
English,
B aumgartner, M ary I sabel,
B axter , A lbert L aurence,
Latin,
B eatty , A n n a J emima ,
Economics,
B elville, Catharine B eading,
Pol. Science,
B enjamin , Grant E merson,
Biology,
B iddle, H elen B oberta,
B itler, H enry H alliwell , J r ., Chem. Engin.,
English,
B lackburn , D orothy Sellers,
Mech. Engin.
B lackburn, J ackson M iller,
B lair , F rancis Caton,
Chem. Engin.,
B liss , E rnest M ason,
Pol. Science,
Bogardus, J ames F urnas,
B onner, B ernice Gordon,
Engineering,
B onsall, T homas F rederick,
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Lyon, France.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Hillsdale, N. J.
Harrisburg.
New York, N. Y.
Glenside.
Bosemont.
Beesley’s Point, N. J.
West Chester.
Trenton, N. J.
Trenton, N. J.
Northbrook.
Baltimore, Md.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Chester.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Chester.
Chester.
Trenton, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Biverton, N. J.
Butledge.
Lock Haven.
Philadelphia.
Springfield, 111.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Glenolden.

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Name.
Major Subject.
B ope, J ulia T hurston,
Mathematics,
B oreman, Sarah I nqhram ,
B oring, Dorothy B each,
English,
B rackin , E lisabeth Currey
B raunworth , Carolyn Genevieve, Latin,
B ressler, A lexander L upold,
Mech. Engin.,
B reuninger, R uth ,
French,
B riegel, K atharine W escott,
B rinton, Grace,
English,
B rosius, W illiam B rinton,
Chem. Engin.,
Chemistry,
B rown , B oyd J anney ,
B rown , J ane P ancoast ,
English,
B rown , J anet M cP herson,
Psychology,
B rown , L ouise R hinelander,
French,
B runenmiller , J uanita A lberta, French,
B ryan , W ilhelm ina D orothy,
B unting, Charlotte A ndrews, Economics,
B unting, Stephen Clarence,
Engineering,
B urke, M ildred R unkle ,
B urn, P hilip H aviland,
Engineering,
B urnett, George L eslie,
Mech. Engin.,
B ush , E dwin M onroe,
English,
B utler, E leanore A lbina ,
English,
B utler, Sarah Sheppard,
B utterworth , H arold L urcott, Economics,
Economics,
Campbell, E dward L ambert,
Economics,
Campbell, M ary A lexander,
' Chemistry,
Campbell, R ichard D odge,
English,
Carman , L ouise,
Elect, Engin.,
Carris, E dward Clayton ,
Biology,
Carter, J ames F enton,
Carter, W illiam P orter,
Mathematics,
Casey , George W hitman , J r .,
Economics,
Chandler, P aul W illiam ,
Chrisman , Charlotte Stevens,
Christensen , A lfred,
English,
Christie , L orna B eatrice,
Mathematics,
Cisney , W illiam R ufus ,
Chemistry,
Clancey , J ames D awson ,
Mech. Engin.,
Clark , A llen Gray ,
Clark , H erschel L eroy,
Biology,
Clark , J anet,
Mathematics,
Clark , L ena Caroline,
Cleckner, K athryn E lizabeth , English,
Economics,
Coffin , D orothy D rew ,
French,
Coleman , V irginia L a w s ,

Residence.
Akron, Ohio.
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Ashbourne.
Lansdowne.
Hopewell, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Washington, D. C.
Philadelphia.
Christiana.
Avondale.
Washington, D. C.
Leesburg, Va.
Washington, D. C.
Camden, Del.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Llanerch.
Harrisburg.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Lebanon, Ind.
Narberth.
Bridgeton, N. J.
Cheltenham.
Hopkinsville, K y.
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Millville, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Kennett Square.
West Chester.
Philadelphia.
New Brunswick, N. J.
Richmond Hill, N. Y.
Merchantville, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Jamestown, Ind.
Media.
Southwest Harbor, Me.
Harrisburg.
Indianola, Iowa.
Swarthmore.

STUDENTS

Name.
Coles, Charles B enjamin ,
Coles, Charlesanna B enajah ,
Collins, L eon H oward, J r .,
Collison, N orman H arvey,
Conahey, Georoe, J r.,
Conner, V iola M artha ,
Conrad, H elen D orothy,
Cook, Sarah L ong,
Cornog, W illiam L indsay ,
Crosley, M ary I ngrahm ,
Cross, R uth H ay ,
Cugley, E dith Gilson ,
Culin , M argaret,
Curran, T homas A mbrose,
Daller, George M orton,
Darlington, D orothea L indsay ,
Darlington, H annah M ary ,
D arlington, R ichard A rment,
Dassel , V irgil H omer,
Davenport, L aM ar H ay ,
Davies, E dna M ay ,
Dell, J eannette,
Dennison , D avid M athias ,
Deputy, M arion E stelle,
Dewees, Clara K nerr,
Diggins, George J oseph , J r .,
Donnelly, K atherine E liza ,
Donovan, M ary N atalie ,
Dotterer, M ary ,
Doty , M argaret V erna,
Downing , W illiam K irk ,
Drew , M arguerite P endleton,
Dudley, F rank Sidebotham,
Dudley, J ohn W oolman,
Dupendach, H arold E nos,.
Durbin, D orothy M argaret,
E arp, J ohn E vanson ,
E avenson, H annah T omlinson ,
E lsbree, W illard Slingerland,
E mbery, M argaret W ilson ,
E sibill, N orman F.,
E srey, A lexander J ohnson,
E sslinger, George F rank ,
Evans , E dna P.,
F ahnestock , K atherine V.,
F alck . E lla H ansell ,

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1918-1919

Major Subject.
Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Biology,
Engineering,
Civil Engin.,
History,
Pub. Speaking,

R e s id e n c e .

Moorestown, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
Merchantville, N . J.
Ocean City, N. J.
Port Norris, N. J.
Centerville, Del.
Doylestown.
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Ithan.
Chemistry,
Melrose Park.
English,
Mathematics, Cynwyd.
Philadelphia.
Ogontz.
Morton.
Civil Engin.,
Chester.
Darling.
Biology,
Pocopson.
Chadd’s Ford Junction.
Chemistry,
Elberfeld, Ind.
Chemistry,
Du Bois.
Philadelphia.
English,
Woodbury, N. J.
English,
Swarthmore.
Mathematics,
Glenolden.
English,
Mathematics, Birchrunville.
Elect. Engin., Chester.
Trenton, N. J.
Mathematics,
Mathematics, Wilmington, Del.
Wayne.
Latin,
Montpelier, Vt.
Locust Valley, N . Y.
Philadelphia.
English,
Philadelphia.
Chem. Engin., Washington, D. C.
Kokomo, Ind.
Physics,
Narberth.
Elect. Engin., Philadelphia.
Masonville, N. J.
Biology,
Preston Hollow, N. Y.
Pol. Science,
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Millville, N. J.
Llanerch.
Civil Engin.,
Elkins Park.
Masonville, N. J.
English,
Pub. Speaking, Harrisburg.
Philadelphia,
Mathematics,

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Name.

F arquharson, E valyn F rances,
F ell, M arjorie L awrence,
F erris, W alton Canbt ,
F etter, F rank W hitson ,
F letcher, V era S hearer,
F ord, Carroll P atterson,
F rancis, A lfred T ench ,
F rescoln, M ary L ovett,
F rorer, E lizabeth N eumann ,
Gaito, W illiam A nthony ,
Gardiner, A rthur W ilfred,
Garrett, M arion B aker,
Gatchell , E dith E lizabeth ,
Gault , A nne M ary ,
Gawthrop , H elen,
Gegg, M ary Gladys ,
Geiges, Carl J oseph,
Gibbs, Grace Carol,
Gillespie, E dward A rmstrong,
Girdwood, E ugene N elson ,
Goodall, M ary H all,
Gourley, Grace E del,
Gowdy , E dwin T udor,
Graham , E lizabeth B lakeley ,
Green, E leanor W ickersham ,
Greiner, H arriette L ouise,
Griffen , Charlotte H and ,
Griffiths , J osephine M urray,
Grim , M ildred E lizabeth ,
Griscom, E lizabeth B radway ,
Griscom , H elen L ydia ,
Grobert, N orman B ird,
Gundlack , A lfred B aynard ,
H aines , D orothy F rances,
H aines , H oward L ippincott, J r .,
H aldeman , A nna E lizabeth ,
H aldeman , Charles W aldo,
H aldeman, Gladys Christine ,
H allauer, E m ily E lizabeth ,
H ammond, D orothy M cClellan ,
H ammond , Gladys B ower,
H ampson , Ormsby D uvall,
H annum , Charles B everly,
H arvey, W illiam M inton ,
H ause , F rances,
H aviland, M argaret,

Major Subject.

French,
Engineering,
Mathematics,
Civil Engin.,
Mech. Engin.,
History,
Mathematics,
Civil Engin.,
Civil Engin.,
History,
English,
Mathematics,
French,
Latin,
Economics,
Biology,
Engineering,
Economics,
History,
Mathematics,
History,
French,
Biology,
Biology,
Mathematics,
English,
Biology,
Chemistry,
Engineering,
French,
Chemistry,
English,
Economics,

English,
English,
Chem. Engin.,
Chem. Engin.,
Chemistry,
French,
French,

Residence.

Media.
Philadelphia.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Princeton, N. J.
Bedford.
Norwood.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Bridgeport, Conn.
West Chester.
Philadelphia.
Rutledge.
Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Del.
Tampa, Fla.
Camden, N. J.
New York, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Moylan.
Philadelphia.
Melrose Park.
Thompsonville, Conn.
Chester.
Fox Chase.
Lansdowne.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Norristown.
Perkasie.
Salem, N. J.
Salem, N. J.
East Orange, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Malvern.
Malvern.
Winchester, Ya.
Philadelphia.
West Chester.
Boonton, N. J.
Govans, Md.
Rosedale.
Chester.
West Chester.
Brooklyn, N. Y.

STUDENTS

1918-1919

Major Subject.
Name.
Hayes , E llen B ussell,
English,
H ayes , E sther B achel,
English,
English,
H ays , D oris Maria ,
Headings, D onald M oore,
Heafford, A nna F rances,
Hess, P aul M itchell ,
Elect. Engin.,
Hettinger, B ertha Campf ,
Hexamer, H ildegarde M arie,
History,
Hibberd, E lisabeth A ndrews,
English,
H ickling, B arbara F orrester,
English,
Hilgert, J ohn M addux,
Chem. Engin.,
H inds, E thel ,
Hodge, D avid M alcolm,
Pol. Science,
Hoke, Cushman J acob,
Economics,
H oke, F rank ,
Engineering,
H olmes, J esse H erman , J r.,
Engineering,
H orn, H erman W illiam ,
Chem. Engin.,
H orner, H elen E lizabeth ,
English,
H orowitz, M orris H erman ,
Chemistry,
H owarth , H elen E thel ,
Mathematics,
H owell, Charles M anly ,
Mech. Engin.,
H oyt, E lla Egberts,
French,
H uey, W illiam B onald,
Chemistry,
H ull, M ary Clothier,
H utchinson, H erbert L ucius ,
History,
Hutton, M iriam A lice,
French,
J ackson, George B ement,
Civil Engin.,
J acobs, I sabel S utton ,
Pub. Speaking,
Engineering,
J ames, W alter B ussell,
J enkins , H oward M alcolm ,
Elect. Engin.,
J enkins , M iriam A tkinson ,
French,
Chemistry,
J ohnson, W illiam P axson ,
J ones, E lizabeth Catherine ,
History,
J ones, E lizabeth Gest,
J ones, F lorence A lline ,
J oseph, E dwin M orris,
J oyce, B obert Sw ift ,
Mech. Engin.,
J udd, P reston H enry,
Latin,
J udge, E leanor M ary ,
French,
K aplan, E thel J ohanna ,
Puib. Speaking,
K aplan , Gabriel L ouis,
Chemistry,
K atzenback, H oward B leasdale, Engineering,
K eene, E dith E leanor, •
History,
K eller, H enrietta I da,
English,
K elsey, A lbert W ashburn ,
English,
K emp, W illiam P owell,
Economics,

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Residence.
West Chester.
Swarthmore.
West Chester.
McAlisterville.
Philadelphia.
Dallastown.
Bridgeton, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Oakland, Cal.
Swarthmore.
Boothwyn.
Washington, D. C.
Chester.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Swarthmore. fU
Philadelphia.
Moorestown, N. J.
East Orange, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Millville, N. J.
Camden, N. J.
Kennett.
Swarthmore.
Beading.
Bichmond, Ind.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Millville, N. J.
Ebensburg.
Pottstown.
Conshohocken.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Swarthmore.
Elkland.
Mansfield.
Philadelphia.
East Orange, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Lansdowne.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Easton, Md.

88

SW A R T H MORE COLLEGE BU LLE TIN

Name.
Major Subject.
K inkead , W illiam H enry , J b ., Elect. Engin.,
K insley , D orothy A rmstrong,
K irk , H anna E vangeline,
K irk , H uldah J ones,
K istler, M arjorie E stelle,
Biology,
K lemm , E lizabeth B opp,
Biology,
K lopp, J ohn W illiam ,
Biology,
K nabe, E lizabeth ,
Chemistry,
K night , H elen Cooper,
French,
K nowles , J ean B ertram ,
K olb, George H enry ,
Engineering,
K omori, P hyllis M iki ,
Latin,
K reemer, Sarah E lizabeth ,
French,
L ambrecht, H erbert F rances, Chem. Engin.,
L andon, F rederick N orton,
Mech. Engin.,
Mech. Engin.,
L ang, H arry W illiam ,
L arkin , Charles P lummer , J r ., Economics,
L atshaw , B eatrice A ngeline,
French,
L atshaw , Christine L angham , Latin,
L auer, W ilkin L illibridge,
Chemistry,
L eeder, George B rown ,
L emke , F rank H enry ,
Civil Engin.,
L ew is , W illiam Sproul,
Economics,
Psychology,
L ippincott, L ucy ,
L ippincott, Olin W hite,
Economics,
L ittle, D orothy J osephine,
Biology,
L ottridge, D orothy,
L owden, W illiam P eter,
Chem. Engin.,
History,
L ucas, D orothy F ordyce,
Mech. Engin.,
L ukens , Charles W ildey,
L utes, H elen M ay ,
M cA llister, T ownsend Sherman , Elect. Engin.,
English,
M cCabe, Gertrude,
M cClellan , B ess ,
French,
Chemistry,
M cClellan , George B arrows,
English,
M cConnell, Oviatt ,
M cCullough, Campbell R ogers, Chemistry,
Economics,
M cE voy, L awrence J oseph,
Chemistry,
M cGugan, D aniel ,
M cK inley , M orrison Cushm an , Chemistry,
M cM ullen, M ary B lanche ,
English,
English,
M cN eel, L etitia T yler,
M acN eill, N eale, J r .,
Latin,
M acartney, H elen V ogdes,
Chem. Engin.,
M acksey , R aymond E dward,
Civil Engin.,
Mammel , A lbert Conard,

Residence.
Fox Chase.
Philadelphia.
Wycombe.
Carlisle.
Wilkes-Barre.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Flushing, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
White Plains, N. Y.
West Chester.
Belleville, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Rutledge.
Chester.
.Royersford.
Royersford.
Port Allegany.
Upland, x
Chester.
Chester.
Riverton.
Indianola, Iowa.
New Rochelle, N. Y.
East Orange, N. J. ■
Paulsboro, NJ J.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Moore.
Chester.
Denver, Colo.
Selbyville, Del.
Arden, N. Y.
Arden, N. Y.
Buffalo, N. Y.
East Orange, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Glenolden.
Philadelphia.
West Chester.
Birmingham, Ala.
' Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
East Orange, N. J.
North Wales.

STUDENTS

1918-1919

89

Major Subject.
Residence.
Name.
Philadelphia.
Chemistry,
Manley , B arbara,
Washington, D. C.
Chemistry,
Marks , F rank H enry,
West Chester.
English,
Martin , H elen M oore,
Bridgeton, N. J.
History,
Mayhew , Sara J ane ,
Philipsburg.
Latin,
Means, E thel Gibbons,
Engineering,
Philadelphia.
Mears, Charles S ingleton,
Middletown, N. Y.
English,
Meeteer, M arie L ouise,
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Meigs, I da E lizabeth ,
Rome, Ga.
Merriam, L ucius B urgess,
Mech. Engin., Bendersville.
Michener, Charles R aymond,
Newtown.
English,
Miller, E lizabeth R oberts,
Philadelphia.
M iller, F rances K atharine ,
Sloatsburg, N. Y.
Mopfatt, P hilippa R ichards,
Philadelphia.
Moldawer, N athaniel B eals,
Mathematics, Coatesville.
Moore, Charlotte E mma ,
Philadelphia.
English,
Moore, Grace E dna,
Chem. Engin., West Chester.
Moore, J esse R oger,
Rutledge.
Moorhead, J osephine L awyer ,
Knightstown, Ind.
Engineering,
Morgan, D onald Sw ain ,
Mech. Engin., Swarthmore.
Moylan , W illiam Staunton,
M usante, A ugustine F rancis S,, Chem. Engin., West Chester.
Philadelphia.
English,
N agle, M ary ,
Philadelphia.
N assau , D orothy P atten ,
Philadelphia.
Civil Engin.,
N epf, Charles ,
West Chester.
Chemistry,
N evyas , J acob,
West Chester.
Chemistry,
N evyas , J esse,
Philadelphia.
Economics,
N ewcomer, E sther A nne ,
Mathematics, Wawa.
N ewton, E dna R uth ,
Lake Ronkonkoma, N. Y.
English,
N ewton , M abel Gladys ,
C.ollingswood, N. J.
Latin,
N oble, E mily L ucile,
Philadelphia.
French,
Oehrle, M ary E lizabeth ,
Russellville.
O ’N eill, W esley R ichard, J r., Chemistry,
Ogden.
Economics,
Ogden, J ohn M ahlon ,
Ogden.
Chemistry,
Ogden, W arren H arvey,
Philadelphia.
English,
Orndorff, R uth M arie,
Atlantic City, N. J.
English,
P ackard, V irginia Morse,
Media.
English,
P agelow, P aula ,
Chester.
Pol. Science,
P almer, E dgar Z avitz,
- Elect. Engin., Fanwood, N. J.
P almer, E lsa ,
Waiau, Oahu, T. H.
Biology,
P ark , P um K oo,
Chemistry,
Oxford.
P assmore, Horace B ranson ,
Swarthmore.
Biology,
P axson , E leanor M ary , •
Parkesburg.
Latin,
P axson , M ary D orothy,
Swarthmore.
Economics,
P earson, A ndrew R ussell,
Swarthmore.
English,
P earson, L eon M orris,
Saddle River, N. J,
Economics,
P ell, Gladys Seaman ,

90

S W A R TH M O R E COLLEGE B U L LE T IN
Name.

P ennock, M argaret,
P enrose, L ucy M arie,
P hilips , Caroline,
P lace, George W illiam ,
P ollard, R obert Spotswood,
P ouchot, F rancis Osborne,
P owell, George A lfred,
P owell, M argaret E lgar,
P ownall , W illiam J oseph,
P rice, T homas R owe, J r .,
P urdy, F rances L ouise,
P utnam , A llen L eon,
P yle , E lizbeth ,
Quayle, Osborne R obinson,
R ainier , L ucy A yres ,
R alston , E lizabeth I sabella,
R amsey , H elen A lexander,
R eese, W illiam Clarence,
R eichard, Gladys A manda ,
R eid, H elen H utchinson ,
R ems , I rene E lizabeth ,
R enshaw , H arriet H ale,
R eynolds, Gregg D avid,
R hoads, Catharine Ott,
R ichardson, E lizabeth H ope,
R ichmond, F lorence D unlap ,
R ickert, J ames R euben,
R iley , A ileen,
R oberts, M ary T homas ,
R obey, ■’H elen K oons,
R odenboh, R uth P ratt ,
R ose, F lorence M arguerite,
R ose, R ebecca,
R unk , E leanor R ae,
R une , F rances V irginia ,
R ussell, I rma K ipp ,
R utter, E dward J ackson ,
R yan , L ois,
S agebeer, R ichard Grafflin ,
Samuel , H elen E thel,
Satterthwaite , M arian W illis ,
Satterthwaite , R uth ,
Saylor, D orothy E lizabeth ,
S chlicker, J oseph P aul ,
S chreiber, A rchie T ruog,
S chultz, W alter A ndrew,

Major Subject.

Residence.

Chatham.
History,
Philadelphia.
French,
Swarthmore.
Mech. Engirt., Swarthmore.
Elect. Engin., Swarthmore.
History,
Thompsonville, Conn,
Mech. Engin., Glen Head, N. Y.
Astronomy,
Lansdowne.
Engineering,
Coatesville.
Chemistry,
Glyndon, Md.
Mathematics,
Fort Howard, Md.
Chemistry,
Swarthmore.
Washington, D. C.
French,
Chem. Engin., Wilmington, Del.
French,
Cedarville, N. J.
Pub. Speaking, Sharon Hill.
French,
Swarthmore.
Mech. Engin., Rutledge.
Bangor.
Latin,
History,
Lansdowne.
Chemistry,
Philadelphia.
English,
Philadelphia.
Chemistry,
West Chester.
History,
Lansdowne.
English,
Philadelphia.
History,
Philadelphia.
Civil Engin.,
Sellersville.
Latin,
Indianapolis, Ind.
English,
Montclair, N. J.
Pub. Speaking, Philadelphia.
English,
West Chester.
Chester.
Chester.
English,
Philipsburg.
Economics,
Philipsburg.
Psychology,
Bedford.
Civil Engin.,
Glenolden.
Latin,
Forest Grove.
Berwyn.
English,
Morton.
Trenton, N. J.
South Langhorne.
Pottstown.
Trenton, N. J.
Engineering,
Chem. Engin., Youngstown, Ohio.
Elect. Engin., Elberfeld, Ind,

STUDENTS

1918-1919

Residence.
Elberfeld, Ind.
Wilmington, Del.
Scott, H elene B arrett,
Jericho, N. Y.
Seaman , P hebe U nderhill,
Swarthmore.
Sellers, E lizabeth T aylor,
Chem. Engin., Pottsville.
Sellers, H arry M cK inley ,
Norfolk, Va.
French,
Shannon , A nna E lizabeth ,
Mech. Engin., Elberfeld, Ind.
Sharp, H enry M ace,
Leesburg^ N. J.
Chemistry,
Sharp, K enneth A lfonces,
Westbury, N. Y.
Chemistry,
Sharpless, P aul,
Neosho, Mo.
History,
Shartel, E leanor Y orke,
Hagerstown, Md.
English,
Sheetz, R achel M ae,
Philadelphia.
German,
Shinn , E leanor A nna ,
Lansdowne.
Civil Engin.,
Shoemaker, H elen,
Chem. Engin., West Chester.
Short, Clarence A lbert,
Indianola, Iowa.
Biology,
Sigler, H elen E lizabeth ,
Camden, N. J.
Silver, E dith I mlay ,
Darby.
Simpson , M atilda,
Beading.Slocum, R ichard W illiam ,
Glen Cove, N. Y.
Civil Engin.,
Smith , E dward R ichard,
West Chester.
English,
Smith , E lizabeth Colwell,
New York,, N. Y.
Smith , E lsie I sabel,
Philadelphia.
Engineering,
S mith , Gordon,
Swarthmore.
English,
Smith , H enrietta A lbert,
Chem. Engin., Chester.
S mith , J ohn Colbourn,
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
English, ■
Speakman , Charlotte P rice,
Salisbury, Md.
Engineering,
Spring, W allace N aylor,
Pub. Speaking,, Swarthmore.
Stabler, Cornelia M iller,
Pub. Speaking , Swarthmore.
Stabler, Sarah M arshall ,
Pub. Speaking,, Hallowell.
Stackhous, M iriam Gertrude,
Chester.
Engineering,
Stainton , J ohn L eech,
Slatington.
Latin,
Stettler, M arie J ulia ,
Chem. Engin., Woodhaven, N. Y.
Stewart , George W oodbridge,
Wilkinsburg.
English,
Stewart , H enrietta F loyd,
New York, N. Y.
Stewart, M argaret,
Moorestown, N. J.
Engineering,
Stiles, A rthur L ippincott, sPsy. and Edu. Bidley Park.
Stotsenburg, E lizabeth ,
Wenonah, N. J.
History,
Stout, E linor Christina ,
Philadelphia.
Mathematics,
Stout, M ildred Carmany ,
Camden, N. J.
Stow , W illiam H inchman , J r., Economics,
Mech. Engin., Upland.
Straubel, E rnest M oody,
Mathematics, Bethlehem.
Strawn , Claire K athleen ,
Mathematics, Bethlehem.
Strawn , E velyn M artha ,
Oxford.
Biology,
Stubbs, H arold T heodore,
Concordville.
Chemistry,
S tyer, J ohn F ranklin ,
Philadelphia.
French,
S utch, I ona Genevieve,
Punxsutawney.
Latin,
Swartz , E llen Z eitler,
Name.

SCHWENGEL, EWALD HENRY,

Major Subject.
Chemistry,
French,
History,

91

92

S W ARTH M O RE COLLEGE B U L LE T IN

# . Name.
T aggert, J ohn D.,
T arby, Genevieve M arie E. L.,
T aylor, E dith Colquhoun,
T aylor, E sther Gertrude,
T aylor, L eonard K . M.,
T aylor, T helma M arguerite,
T aylor, W illiam T homson ,
T erry, Charles L aymon , J r .,
T homas , D orothy,
T hompson , B uth M artha ,
T hompson , T heodore B ichards,
T horne, H elen M aria,
T oerring, H elene Carlotta,
T ourny, E mma E loise,
T ownsend , E ric B eresford,
T sakonas , A xel E ebiger H.,
T urner, H enrietta J ackson ,
T wining , F lorence W ood,
T yler , M ary E lizabeth ,
T yson , J osephine E lizabeth ,
U hl , B aymond W illiam ,
V alentine , A lan 0.,
V arian , D orothy B eid,
V ernam , Mary H eadley,
V irden, M arjorie F rances,
W alker, H arry E dward,
W alker, N ellie L ee,
W alter, E lizabeth A nn ,
W aples, J ames E dward,
W are, M arian Cleveland,
W are, W illiam P ettit ,
W arner, M arion Shoemaker ,
W ashburn , Charlotte Graves,
W ashburn , B uth M ekeel,
W assman , Charles W eyman ,
W atson , E lizabeth A tkinson ,
W ay , V irginia ,
W ebb, Samuel B entley ,
W eber, E leanor,
W ebster, H arold S hoemaker ,
W eihenmayer , W innie M iller,
W eiss, L ena A melia ,
W ellington, F rances,
W est, George M alcolm,
W estcott, M ilton B iley ,
W etzel, H arriet E lizabeth ,

Major Subject.

Elect. Engin.,

Residence.

Wakefield, Ky.
Besançon, France.
English,
Philadelphia.
English,
Philadelphia.
Mech. Engin., West Chester.
E istory,
J enkintown.
Mech. Engin., Ogontz.
Camden, Del.
French,
Glen Cove, N. Y.
French,
Kennett Square.
Biology,
Kennett Square.
Moorestown, N. J.
Eistory,
Philadelphia.
Camden, N. J.
Chemistry,
Baltimore, Md.
Chemistry,
Glenolden.
Belvidere, N. J.
Pub. Speaking, Ivy land.
Mathematics,
Philadelphia.
Latin,
Philadelphia.
Lansdowne.
Glen Cove, N. Y.
Biology,
Bridgeport.
Biology,
Trenton, N. J.
French,
Lewes, Del.
Chem. Engin., Trenton, N. J.
Norristown.
Swarthmore.
Chem. Engin., Hammonton, N. J.
Biology,
Salem, N. J.
Salem, N. J.
English,
Horsham.
French,
Washington, D. C.
Chappaqua, N. Y.
Biology,
Bellaire, Ohio.
E istory,
Doylestown.
Mathematics,
Glen Cove, N. Y.
Elect. Engin., West Chester.
Biology,
Norristown.
Mech. Engin., Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
English,
Newton Falls, Ohio,
Baltimore, Md.
Mech. Engin., Sayre.
Pol. Science,
Gradyville.
Trenton, N, J,

students

Name.
W hite, Carolien H ayes ,
W hite, E milie H inds,
W hite, B ussell,
W hiteside, B eatrice,
W hittier, J ohn W ilmot ,
W ich, E velyn E ngel,
W ickersham , F rancis D ale,
W iese, J oseph F rederic,
W ildman, F lorence M arshall ,
W ildman , J osephine ,
W illiams , A nne Shourds,
W illiams , F rances B aker ,
W illiams , M orrisa W aln ,
W illiamson , B obert M organ,
W illiard, M ildred E stelle,
W ills , E lizabeth B eatrice,
W ilson, Grace T aylor,
W ilson, M ary E lizabeth ,
W ilson, B alph E rdman,
W ise, M alcolm B ose,
W ithers, L ydia L ois,
W oodrow, A line M athieson ,
W oodward, B uth H arriet,
W orrell, H arriet E lizabeth ,
W right, B ernice,
W right, J ames B alph ,
Y arn all, M eta D.,
Y oung, D orothy,
Y oung, E dith ,
Y oung, F rances W illard,
Y oung, H elen Gertrude,
Y oung, J anet Graham ,
Y oung, W illiam Carleton,
Y oung, W illiam Curtis,
Zane, Charles B ollin,
Z aktman , J osephine D ean ,
Zeiser, M yra J eanne,

1918-1919

Major Subject.

93
Residence.

Atlantic City, N. J.
Plainfield, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Wilkes-Barre.
Bussellville.
Parkesburg.
Langhorne.
Langhorne.
Bridgeton, N. J.
History,
Norristown.
Pol, Science,
Glenolden.
Philadelphia.
Englishj
Philadelphia.
Mathematics,
Berwyn.
Lansdowne.
Toughkenamon.
English,
Chemistry,
Leesburg, N. J.
Clifton Heights.
Elizabethtown.
French,
Bidgewood, N. J.
Latin,
Mendenhall.
Biology,
Ogden.
■Williamson School. 1
Pol. Science,
Chemistry,
Chester.
Y’ eadon.
English,
Pub. Speaking, Easton.
Mathematics,
Swarthmore.
English,
Philadelphia.
Mathematics, West Chester.
Philadelphia.
French,
Mech. Engin., Atglen.
Chemistry,
Millville, N. J.
Chemistry,
Leesburg, N. J.
Philadelphia.
English,
Wilkes-Barre.

English,
Mathematics,
Engineering,
French,
Engineering,
Biology,
Mech. Engin.,

G EO G RAPH ICAL DISTRIBU TION OF STUDENTS
Pennsylvania .....................................................
313
New J e r s e y ............................. ................................................... L 70
New Y ork ............................................................
31
Indiana .......................................................................................
12
District o f Columbia..................................................................... 11
Delaware ........................................................................................
9
Maryland .......................................................................................
9
Ohio ............................................................................. •.................
g
Kentucky .................................................
4
Connecticut ................................................................
3
3
Iowa ...............................................................................................
Virginia .....................
3
Prance ........................................................................... ............ _ _
2
1
Alabama ..................... .............. | .................................................
California ......................................................................................
1
l Colorado .............................
1
Florida ...........................................................................................
1
Georgia ..........................................................................................
1
Hawaii ..................
1
I ll in o i s .............................................
1
M a in e ........................
1
Missouri ........................
1
West Virginia .................................................
1
Wisconsin ......................................................................................
1
Vermont ................
1

Total ..................................................................

94

487

FE LLO W S AND SCHOLARS, 1918-19
*Joshua Lippincott Fellow : J ohn E wing Orchard, A.B., 1916.
Lucretia M ott Fellow : E dith W ilson .M endenhall, A.B., 1918.

Student,

Columbia University.
*John Lockwood Memorial Fellow : W alter H arrison Mohr, A.B., 1914.
Eannah A. Leedom Fellow :
M.L., 1886.

Charlotte B rewster J ordan, B.L., 1882;

Student, Madrid, Spain.

Martha E. Tyson Fellow : E dna A nna T yson , A.B., 1909.

Student.

Swarthmore-University o f Pennsylvania Scholar: F rances E mma Smith ,
A.B., 1918.

Student, University of Pennsylvania.

Western Swarthmore Club Scholar: W alton Canby F erris, 1922.
Trenton Swarthmore Club Scholar: No award, 1918-19.
Deborah Fisher Wharton Scholar: I sabel B riggs M yers , 1919.
Samuel J. Underhill Scholar: M arguerite P endleton D rew , 1920.
Anson Lapham Scholar: A line M athieson W oodrow, 1921.
Woman’s Medical College o f Pennsylvania Scholar: E mily L ois V an L oon,
A.B., 1918.
William C. Sproul Scholars: E dgar Z avitz P almer, 1919. J ohn M addux
H ilgert, 1921.

F rank H enr4 L emke , 1922.

Philip M. Sharpies Scholars:
Y oung, 1919.
tin ,

1920.

mond,

J acob N evyas , 1919.

A rthur W ilfred Gardiner, 1920.

S amuel B ently W ebb, 1921.

1921.

J esse R oger Moore, 1922.

H elen Gertrude
H elen M oore M ar­

D orothy M cClellan H am ­
M ary B lanche M cMullen,

1922.
Philadelphia Board o f Education Scholars:
H elen V ogdes M acartney , 1920.
MTT.nREn E stelle W illiard, 1920.
garet
lauer,

W ilson E mbrey, 1921.
1921.

E sther G. T aylor, 1919.

H enrietta A lbert S mith , 1920.
B eatrice W hiteside, 1920.

E lizabeth K nabe, 1921.

M ar­

E mily H al -

J osephine T yson , 1921.

h V. Williamson Scholars:
N assau , 1922.

Friends’ Central School, D orothy P atten

J ackson M iller B lackburn , 1922.

E lizabeth R oberts M iller, 1922.

George School,

Swarthmore Public High School,

E lizabeth T aylor Sellers, 1922.*
* The graduate studies have been deferred on account of services connected with the
war.
95

96

S W A R TH M O R E COLLEGE B U LLETIN

H OLDERS 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; Professor o f Preneh
Philology, University o f Chicago.
B enjamin F ranklin B attin , A.B., 1892; studied in Berlin; Ph.D., Jena,
1900. Lecturer in the German Language and Literature, Swarthmore
College.
1894- 95.
D avid B arker R ushmore, B.S., 1894; M.E., Cornell University, 1895;
C.E., Swarthmore, 1897. Engineer, General Electric Co., Schenectady,
N. Y.
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, 1906. 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,
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. M ajor in Sanitary Corps, U. S. Army. Walter Reed Gen­
eral Hospital, Tocoma Park, Washington, D. C.
1903-04.
A lbert Cook M yers , B.L., 1898; M.L., 1901; studied in Universities of
Wisconsin and Harvard. Historical Writer.

HOLDERS OF T H E JO S H U A LIPPIN COTT F E LLO W SH IP

97

1904- 05.
Marion V irginia P eirce, A.B., Swarthmore, 1903; A.M., University of
Chicago, 1904; studied in Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, and
Collège de Prance in Paris, and in the Libraries o f Madrid. Inter­
preter, Aviation Section, Paris, France.
1905- 06.
L ewis F ussell , B.S., 1902 ; M.S., 1903 ; E.E. and Ph.D., University o f W is­
consin, 1907. Assistant Professor o f Electrical Engineering, Swarthmore College.
1906- 07.
Louis N ewton B obinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911;
studied in University o f Halle and Berlin, 1906-07 ; Fellow in Cornell
University, 1907-08. Probation officer, Municipal Court o f Philadelphia.
1907- 08.
Samuel Copeland P almer, A.B., 1895 ; A.M., 1907 ; A.M., Harvard Uni­
versity, 1909; Ph.D., H id., 1912. Assistant Professor o f Biology,
Swarthmore College.
1908- 09.
Mary E liza (N orth ) Chenoweth , A.B., 1907 ; A.M., 1910 ; studied in
Oxford University, England.
1909- 10.
Mary T albott (J anney ) Coxe, 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. Assistant Professor o f Biology,
Swarthmore College.
1911- 12.
J ohn H imes P itman , A.B., 1910; A.M., 1911; studied in University o f
California. Assistant Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy, Swarth­
more College.
1912- 13.
I ola K ay E astburn, B.L., 1897; A.M., 1906; Ph.D., University o f Penn­
sylvania, 1913; Professor o f German, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
1913- 14.
E dwin A ngell Cottrell, A.B., 1907; A.M., Harvard University, 1913.
Professor o f Political Science and Director o f the Bureau o f Govern­
mental BeSearch, University o f Ohio.
6

98

S W A R TH M O R E COLLEGE BU LLE TIN

1914-15.
F rederick M yerle Simons , J r ., A.B., 1909; A.M., 1912; studied in the
University o f Chicago, Industrial Engineer, Montgomery, Ward & Co.
1915-

16.

F rank H. Griffin , B.S., 1910; studied in Columbia University.
1916-

17.

R aymond T. B ye , A.B., 1914; A.M., Harvard University, 1915; Ph.D., Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, 1918.
1917-

18.

Charles J. I)Arlington, A.B., 1915; A.M., 1916.
1918-

Chemist with D uPont’s.

19.

J ohn E. Orchard, A.B., 1916.

H OLDERS OF TH E LU C R E TIA 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.M., Swarthmore, 1899.
1896-

97.

M ary S tone M cD owell , A.B., 1896; studied in Oxford University; A.M.,
Columbia University, 1903. Teacher, George School, Pa.
1897-

98.

S arah (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. Acting Dean o f Women, Swarthmore College.
1899-1900.
M ary E lizabeth Seaman , A.B., 1899; studied in Newnham College, Cam­
bridge. Teacher.
1900- 01.
A nna Gillingham , A.B., 1900; A.B., Radcliffe, 1901.
Culture School, New York, N. Y.
1901-

Teacher in Ethical

02. '

L illian W inifred (R ogers) I llmer , A.B., 1901; studied in Berlin.

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HOLDERS OF T H E LU CRETIA M OTT F E LLO W SH IP

1902-

03.

Margaret H ood T aylor, B.L., 1902; studied in Berlin.
1903A

04.

B oss, A.B., 1903; Ph.M., University o f Chicago, 1904.
French, High School, Flushing, L. I., N. Y.

n n ie

1904-

Teacher o f

05.

Charlotte B itzema B ogert, A.B., 1904; A.M., Columbia University, 1905.
1905-

06.

E lizabeth Ha ll , A.B., 1905; A.M., Columbia University, 1906.
Media Public School.
1906-

Teacher,

07.

B ertha Caroline P ierce, A.B., 1906; A.M., Cornell University, 1907.
Teacher.
1907- 08.
J eannette (C urtis ) Cons, A.B., 1907; A.M., 1909; studied in University
o f Berlin, Germany.
1908-

09.

L izzie S ykes J ames , A.B., 1908; studied in University o f Berlin, Germany;
A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1911; Ph.D., University o f Pennsyl­
vania, 1914. Teacher o f Latin and German, William Penn High School,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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., Badcliffe College, 1912.
merton, N. J., High School.
1912-

Teacher in Pal-

13.

Caroline H allowell Smedley, A.B., 1912; A.M., 1918; studied in Univer­
sity o f California. Assistant in Mathematics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College.
1913- 14.
E sther M idler, A.B., 1913; studied in University o f Berlin, Germany.
1914-

15.

M arie Safford (B ender) D arlington, A.B., 1914; A.M., University o f
Chicago, 1916.

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1915- 16.
R eba M ahan Camp , A.B., 1915; A.M., Radeliffe College, 1916.
o f Mathematics, High School, Latrobe, Pa.
1916-

Teacher

17.

A nna M. M icheneb, A.B., 1916; A.M., Columbia University, 1917.
o f Municipal Research, New York City.

Bureau

1917- 18.
H ilda A. L ang, A.B., 1917; studied" in University o f Wisconsin.
1918-

19.

E dith W. M endenhall, A.B., 1918; student, Columbia University.

H OLDERS OF TH E JOHN LOCKW OOD M EM ORIAL
FE L L O W SH IP
1910-11.
E dwin Cakleton M acD owell, A.B., 1909; studied in Harvard University;
M.S., Harvard University, 1911; Ph.D., Ibid., 1912. Friends’ Recon­
struction Unit, 53 Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France.
1911-12.
H enky F erris P rice, A.B., 1906; studied in University o f Pennsylvania;
A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1913; Ph.D., University o f Penn­
sylvania, 1915. Teacher o f Mathematics, Portland, Ore., High School.
1912- 13.
W alter F rank R ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, 1914. Consulting Chemical Engineer, U. S. Gov­
ernment.
1913- 14.
H elen P rice, A.B., 1907; studied in University o f Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Professor o f Greek and Latin, Ox­
ford College, Oxford, Ohio.
1914-

15.

H elen H eed, A.B., 1905; studied in Radeliffe College; A.M., Radeliffe
College, 1915. Teacher o f English, High School, Pleasantville, N. Y.
1915-16.
F rances D arlington, A.B., 1896.

Teacher.

HOLDERS OF T H E M A R T H A E. TYSON F E LLO W SH IP

1916-

101

17.

Jachel K night , B.L., 1898; A.M., 1909; student University o f Iow a; stu­
dent, Haverford Graduate School.
1917Jalph L inton, A.B., 1915.

18.

Private in artillery, A. E. E., Prance.
1918-

Walter H arrison M ohr, A.B., 1914.

19.
Y. M. C. A. war work.

30LD ERS OF THE HA NNA H A. LEEDOM FELLO W SH IP
1913-

14.

Arthur P ercival T anberg, A.B., 1910; A.M., 1913; Ph.D., Columbia
University, 1915; studied in Columbia University. Chemist, E. I.
duPont de Nemour Co.
1914- 15.
Archer T aylor, A.B., 1909; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1910;
studied in Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1915. A s­
sistant Professor o f German, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.
1915-

16.

I arold S. B oberts, A.B., 1912; A.M., Princeton University, 1915; student
in the University o f Wisconsin, 1915-17. U. S. Field Artillery.
1916-

17.

I annah B. (S teeile) P ettit, A.B., 1909; A.M., 1912; student, Yerkes Ob­
servatory. Astronomer.
1917- 18.
James M onaghan, J r ., A.B., 1913; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1918.
Instructor, School o f Aerial Photography, Ithaca, N. Y.
1918-

19.

Charlotte B rewster J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain. Translator.

HOLDERS OF TH E M A R TH A E. TYSON FE LLO W SH IP
1914-

15.

P elen P rice, A.B., 1907; studied in the University o f Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,
'University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Professor o f Greek and Latin, Ox­
ford College.
1915- 16.
Knne Shoemaker H aines , A.B., 1912; A.M., University o f Wisconsin, 1916.

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1916-17.
K atherine P rocter Green, A.B., 1907; A.M., Columbia University, 1917.
Teacher o f Latin in High School, Freehold, N. J.
1917-

18.

Charlotte B rewster J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain. Translator.
1918E dna A nna T yson , A.B., 1909.

19.

Student Columbia University.

H OLDERS OF TH E IV Y M ED AL *
1898. A nna B elle E isenhower , A.B., 1899; A.B., Badcliffe 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., Badcliffe, 1901.
1901. George A. Seaman , A.B., 1901.
1902. E lliott B ichaedson, B.S., 1902; C.E., 1905.
1908. Samuel T. Stewart , A.B., 1903.
1904. H allïday E. J ackson, A.B., 1904.
1905. Louis N. Bobinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911.
1906. T. H. D udley P erkins , A.B., 1906.
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. B ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, 1914.
1910. J ohn J ohnson, B.S., 1910.
1911. J oseph H. W illits , A.B., 1911; A.M., 1912; Ph.D., University of
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 B oy Ogden, A.B., 1914.
1915. T homas B ayard M c C a b e , A.B., 1915.
1916. H ugh F rederick D enworth , A.B., 1916; A.M., University o f Penn­
sylvania, 1918.
1917. W illiam W est T omlinson , A.B., 1917.
1918. F rederick Stockham D onnelly, A.B., 1918.

* This medal is placed in the hands of the faculty without restriction for such
disposition as may he deemed best. It is usually awarded for Character, Scholarship,
and Influence. Until the year 1910 it was known as the College Medal.

D E G R E E S C O N F E R R E D I N 1918
BACHELOB OF ABTS
In Biology.
E mily P reston B u ckm an ............................................Trenton, N. J.
E lizabeth B ulon M iller ............................................Biverton, N . J.
B eatrice K ent N ewcomer ..........................................Philadelphia. ..
E sther H ewes P h ilips ..............................................Plainfield, N. J.
V irginia P ostlethwaite . . . . . . ............................... New Bochelle, N. Y.
Mary E lizabeth P owers ............................................Lancaster.
E mily L ois V an L oon ..................................................Philadelphia.
In Chemistry.
Dorothea B ell ....................... |...................................New York, N. Y.
F rederick A nthony B oughton ......................... .. .Tuxedo, N. Y.
K enneth B ent B row n ................................................Pendleton, Ind.
G. W arren B r ya n ___ : ...................... ........................ Ingraham, 111.
In Chemical Engineering.
J ames E verett Anuck..................................................West Chester.
W illiam B alph Gaw throp .......................................Lancaster.
A llen I saac M yers . . .................................................. Hagerstown, Md.
Carl D avis P ratt ......................................................... West Chester.
W illiam S impson T aylor ............................................ Chester.
In Economics.
David M onroe B odine, J r........................................... Trenton, N. J.
Margaretta Cope 1..................................................... Philadelphia.
J ess H alsted . . ! .......................................................... Sheboygan, Wis.
Dorothy B elle P aine .................................................. Scranton.
Sarah T aylor B ogers. ; .................................. ....... .Asheville, N. ‘Cr
George L loyd W ilson ................... ..............................Bidley Park.
In English.
E lizabeth H olbert A ndrews . . . . ...........................Butherford, N. J.
Helen E lizabeth B allein ......................................... Winfield, Kans.
A bigail M ary E llsworth ......................................... Biverton, N. J.
J ane B eichner F aries ................................................Bala.
E sther N ichols H a l l ............................................... Chester.
George P assmore H a y e s . . . . ...................................West Chester.
Mariana M arkle . . 1................................................. CoateSville.
E dna M yrtle P owell ........................................ .... • • .Chester.
K atherine V irginia P rice ......................................... Brookline, Mass.
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W illiam J oseph R eilly ..............................................West Chester.
F lorence M ather Shoemaker ....................... ..........Philadelphia.
L ouise W ynkoop W aygood. ........................................GleHside.
Catharine W r i g h t ...... ............ .............................. . .Baltimore, Md.
In French.
Clara A tlee ...................................................................Riverton, N. J.
F lorence L ongstreth Cook ......................... , ..........Philadelphia.
L ouise K er L e w is ....................................................... . West Chester.
M arion T empleton R obertson................................. Philadelphia.
In German.'
M argaret R utherford L ittell ..................................Philadelphia.
In Greek and Latin.
F rances L aura B aird ................................................. Wilmington, Del.
H elen Gertrude Gaskill ............................................ Bala.
E lsie Ma y H ughes . ............................. ...................... Rutherford, N. J.
M abel M organ K urtz ..................................................Reading.
M ary L yndell L ukens ......................... ...................... Philadelphia.
E dith W ilson M endenhall ..................................... Toughkenamon.
A bigail I rene M oore................................................... York.
H elen M arie W estfall . . . ....................................... Milwaukee, Wis.
In History.
Geraldine M iles Co y . . . ' ........................................... Glencoe, 111.
H elen E lizabeth D arlington ................................. Pomeroy.
V irginia A valon Glenn ..............................................Punxsutawney.
W illetta B lanche K in g ........................................... Philadelphia.
Clarence P aul N a y . ..................................................Sheridan, Ind.
N ellie R uth R eese ......................................................West Chester.
E dmund R obert W illets, J r .....................................Trenton, N. J.
M argaret V ail W illets ..............................................Trenton, N. J.
H elen E lizabeth W ilson ..........................................Harrisburg.
In Mathematics.
E m ily Gail B e n ja m in . . ............................................Swarthmore.
Robert Sloss B lau ....................... C...................... ... .Cleveland, Ohio.
E thelwyn B o w e r ........................................................ New York, N. Y.
E va H elen Chappell .................................................. Barnesville, Ohio.
E wing T ibbels Corson . .............................................. Ocean City, N. J.
H elen Gertrude D eputy ............................................ Glenolden.
F rederick Stockham Donnelly ............................... Trenton, N. J.
D orothy A gnes J ohnson . .......................................... Alexandria, Va.
M ary Opal R obinson . ................................................ Winchester, Va.

DEGREES CONFERRED IN

J ohn W
E

thel

E

sther

T r i m m e r ......................................................... Mechanicsburg.

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o u n g ......................................................................Philadelphia.

In Political Science.
F

D a v id A

is h e r

N . J.
Petersburg.
i d e n e r ............................ ................................. Okmulgee, Okla.
H

o l m e s ......................................................... Riverton,

L a n d i s ................................................................. East

llen

D e a n Co p p e r W

In Psychology and Education.
C l a r e F r a n c e s R i c h a r d s o n ................................................ P h i l a d e lp h ia .
F rances E
M ary E

Sm

mma

it h

.............................................................. C h a th a m .

S n y d e r .............................................................. Q u a k e r to w n .

sther

E l e a n o r P a l m e r S t a b l e r ...................................................... S w a r t h m o r e .

In Public Speaking.
H elen
E lla

M

A

a r ie

B arbara B

A l ic e B

ir d

Ruth

is t l e r

K

.................................. ......................

t k in s

u c h e r ......................................................

F r i c k e .................................................................

Mary A . T

........................................................................

h a t c h e r ..............................................................

Merchantville, N. J.
Lansdowne.
Swarthmore.
Shenandoah.
Swarthmore.

In Civil Engineering.
Ralph

H

an derso n

H

e a c o c k ............................ ................. S w a r t h m

ore.

In Electrical Engineering.
H arold F

Louis
P

usey

N
B

reem an

B

a r n e s .......................................................S w a r t h m

ore.

J r.................... ...................... West Chester.
H e a l d ......................................................... Wilmington, Del.

D a v is ,

ic h o l s

ancroft

In Mechanical Engineering.
F rank

O t is

E

w e l l ............................... ....................................P h ila d e lp h ia .

G eorge M oore K

.................................................................W e s t C h e s te r .

nox

M ASTER OF ARTS.
In Astronomy.
H a ze l H e m p h il l B r o w

n

............................................ ............ Philadelphia.

A.B., Swarthmore College, 1916.
In Mathematics and Astronomy.
Ca r o l in e H

allow ell

S m e d l e y .........................................Los Angeles, Cal.
A.B., Swarthmore College, 1912.
In Psychology and Education.

L.

E

l o is e

V

est

............................................................................. Ottumwa,

A.B., Swarthmore College, 1915.

Iowa.

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M ASTER OF ARTS (Honorary)
R obert

M.

J a n n e y ............................

P h ila d e lp h ia .

E . P u s e y P a s s m o r e ................................................................'. .P h i l a d e l p h i a .

DOCTOR OF LETTE RS (Honorary)
E dgar F

ahs

Sm

it h

.......................................................................P h i l a d e lp h ia .

DOCTOR OF LAW S (Honorary)
I saac H. Clothier ............................... ........................ Philadelphia.
Hon. A.M., Swarthmore College, 1903.

COMMITTEE ON TRUSTS
CHARLES F. JE N K IN S,
West Washington Square, Philadelphia.
ISAAC H. CLOTHIER,
Eighth and Market Streets, Philadelphia.
HOWARD COOPER JOHNSON,
1210-1214 Commonwealth Building, Philadelphia.
JO SEPH SW AIN,
Swarthmore, Pa.
T. STOCKTON M ATTHEW S,
Calvert and German Streets, Baltimore, Md.
$

P H IL IP M. SHARPLES,
West Chester, Pa.

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