Swarthmore College Alumni Bulletin 1940-10-01

Volume V
Number 1

October, 1940

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ALUMNI COUNCILS BEGIN YEAR OF ACTIVE WORK
RAYMOND K. DEN WORTH, '11, PRESIDES AT FIRST MEETING
BY THOMAS S. NICELY. '30

A fter following the old custom of mixed tables in the
College dining room the Alumni Councils convened in the
Board Room of Clothier Memorial for their first joint
meeting of the year, on Friday, September 27, at
9 :3 0 P.M .
The meeting was called to order by President Raymond
K . Denworth, ’l l . He outlined the structure of the
Alumni Councils, which consist of fifteen men and fifteen
women elected by all alumni from five geographical
zones. Each Council in turn elects an Executive Com­
mittee of five members. Committees are appointed from
the entire alumni .body to handle specific problems. W ork­
ers are needed and anyone interested in serving on a com­
mittee should communicate with the President at 1429
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Reports of
committees were received and consideration was given to
a number of important matters.
C O M M E M O R A T IV E P L A T E S — Chairman Anna O.
Eberle, T3, reported sales of more than one hundred
dozen plates. As these are being made in England the
delivery, while confidently expected, is uncertain as to
date. Designs are being made for both after dinner cof­
fee cups and bread and butter plates.
A L U M N I A W A R D — This committee was appointed
last year to carry out a resolution passed by the Councils,
reading: “It shall be the policy of the Swarthmore College
Alumni Association from time to time to recognize a con­
tribution to the honor of Swarthmore on the part of any
alumnus or alumna by the presentation o f a suitable award,
and a committee shall be appointed to consider the advisa­
bility of making such an award for the first time in
1941.”
Reba Camp Hodge, T 5, chairman, urged all
alumni to cooperate by sending suggestions to her at 111
Ogden Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.
IN A U G U R A T IO N — Chairman Frank H. Griffin, TO,
of the Alumni Committee, gave a resume of the program
planned for the Alumni Homecoming in connection with
the inauguration of President John W . Nason on Satur­
day, October 26. The Board of Managers has invited all
alumni (including husbands and wives) to attend an in­
formal dinner at six o’clock in the evening. R eservations
M U S T be m ade in advance.
G A R N E T L E T T E R — Chairman Elisabeth Bartlett,
’12, advised that the printing of class notes in The Garnet
Letter was not interfering with Alumni subscriptions to
the Phoenix. A fter an active discussion it seemed the
consensus that the class notes were a welcome addition to

the Letter and should be continued and enlarged. News
items of prominent alumni should also be encouraged and
sent in by alumni to the Alumni Executive Secretary at
the College.
A L U M N I G A T H E R IN G S — A committee to consider
the purposes and principles of alumni homecomings and
to formulate plans therefor will be appointed shortly. A
lengthening of homecoming periods was suggested so that
alumni could observe the students and faculty when the
college is in normal operation. The principal problem is
the matter of housing.
A L U M N I FU N D — William W . Tomlinson, ’17, “Ad­
visor without Portfolio,” summarized a detailed report
which will be mailed to all members of the Alumni Coun­
cils. Starting this year an Alumni Fund will be built up
by vountary yearly contributions from all the alumni. It
is contemplated that this Fund will replace the former
system of alumni dues. A discussion followed on whether
an intensive drive should be conducted to collect this
money and the purposes for which the fund would be
used.
R E P O R T O F T H E A L U M N I E X E C U T IV E S E C ­
R E T ARY:— Carl K . Dellmuth, ’31, Alumni Executive
Secretary, summarized an eleven page report on the ac­
tivities of his office since its creation in July, 1938. This
report had previously been mailed to all members of the
Councils. He outlined the methods that were being used
to achieve the objectives of his office. These are: (1) To
supervise the keeping of alumni records; (2) To stimu­
late a better college-alumni understanding, and (3) To
develop a program of vocational guidance and placement
for men students.
V A C A N C Y ON B O A R D O F M A N A G E R S— Presi­
dent Denworth announced that the Nominating Commit­
tee of the Board of Managers had asked for a suggestion
from the Councils for a candidate to fill the vacancy caused
by the recent death of David B. Rushmore, ’94. A fter
discussion and deliberation it was decided that in view of
the importance of the matter a request should be made for
further time for consideration.
The following Alumni Association representatives were
present: O fficers— Raymond K . Denworth, ’l l , President,
Ethel H. Brewster, ’07 and J. Edward Clvde, ’23, VicePresidents, Carl K. Dellmuth, ’31, Alumni Executive Sec­
retary. Council M em bers: Zone 1, Herbert L. Brown,
( Continued on P ag e 4)

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INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT MARKED BY SIMPLICITY
Alumni Complete Plans for Homecoming, Oct. 26th
October 26th has been set as the date for the inaugura­
tion of John W . Nason as President of Swarthmore Col­
lege. It has also been decided to designate this time as
the annual Alumni Homecoming Day. Thus the date
takes on a double significance to hundreds of former stu­
dents who will return to the campus to share in the joint
celebration.
Festivities get under way the night before at a formal
dinner which is tendered to the delegates of other col­
leges and universities. These delegates will be the guests
of the Board of Managers and the Faculty. The in­
auguration ceremonies begin at 10:45 A.M. Saturday with
the academic procession to Clothier Memorial. Charles
F. Jenkins, President of the Corporation will be the Pre­
siding Officer and Elisabeth Hallowell Bartlett, T2, of the
Board of Managers will read the Scripture. The speak­
ers will be President Donald J. Cowling of Carleton Col­
lege, Mr. Nason’s alma mater, and Frank Aydelotte, Mr.
Nason’s predecessor. Immediately following will come
the Inaugural Address. The special guests and delegates
will be entertained at luncheon immediately, following the
inauguration.
Arrangements have been made to serve a buffet lunch­
eon to the Alumni in W hittier House at 1 2 :30 P.M .
Tickets can be purchased at fifty cents per person. Res­
ervations for the luncheon must reach the College not
later than Wednesday October 23.
At 2 :15 P.M . the College will be host to the Alumni at
the football game with Oberlin. E a ch Alum nus will be
given two com plim entary tickets providing reservations
are received and called f o r at the Alum ni office in P arrish
Hall by 2 :0 0 P .M . O ctober 26th. Absolutely no Alumni
tickets will be available at the gate.
Immediately following the game Alumni are invited
to a tea dance in Collection Hall. This event is being re­
peated for the third consecutive year and serves the dual
purpose of getting warm and brushing up on current ball­
room technique.
The feature attraction of the Homecoming Celebration
will be the Alumni Testimonial Dinner for John W .
Nason at 6 :00 P.M . in the Field House. The Board of
ALUMNI AND ALUMNAE
Sometime after Christmas the Philadelphia Alum­
nae Club is planning to hold a Bridge-Dance at Col­
lege for the benefit of the Alumnae Club Scholarship
Fund. A committee is now working on the program
and as plans develop you will hear more about it.
Save some old-time pep for this occasion. A big
turn-out is wanted for this mid-winter alumni frolic.

Managers have graciously invited the Alumni to this a f­
fair as their guests— a notice of which you should have
received a few days ago. This invitation is also extended
to wives and husbands of Swarthmoreans. T ickets avail­
able by reservation only. Raymond K . Denworth, ’l l ,
President of the Alumni Association will act as toastmas­
ter and Mr. Nason will deliver the principal speech,
A special feature of this program will be a short ad­
dress by Felix M. Morley, newly elected president of
Haveiford College. Ethel Brewster, ’07, of the faculty,
Robert E . Kintner, ’31, Washington Journalist, Sally
Powell Huntington, ’30, and Joseph W illits, ’l l , of the
Rockefeller Foundation will also extend greetings to the
honored guest. This is distinctly an alumni gathering and
delegates from each of our alumni groups throughout the
country will be present.
Plans are now completed to accommodate a tremendous
crowd of returning alumni and we again ask your co­
operation in making your reservations as soon as possible.
ATTENTION, ALUMNI!
The College Library desires to complete its file of
college publications. W ill anyone having back is­
sues of any college publication,.particularly the Phoe­
nix and College Bulletins and Catalogues, and wish­
ing to dispose of them, please communicate with
Miss Mary Gocher, In Charge of Periodicals,
Swarthmore College Library.

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COLLEGE ANNOUNCES NEW FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
R E S ID E N T JO H N W . N A SO N has recently an­
nounced a number of new faculty appointments for
the coming year. Included in this group are four alumni
of the College.

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Dr. Paul T . Strong, ’30, becomes the college physician
for men in place of the late Dr. Franklin S. Gillespie, ’22.
Dr. Strong graduated from Jefferson Medical College in
Philadelphia and later was the physician at Mt. Herman
School in Massachusetts. F or the past two years he has
been engaged in the general practice of medicine in the
Borough of Swarthmore.
Frank C. Pierson, ’34, joins the faculty as Assistant
Professor of Economics. For several years after his
graduation from Swarthmore, Mr. Pierson was engaged
in banking. During the second semester of 1936-37
and the first semester of 1937-38, he was a mem­
ber of the faculty as an instructor.
In 1938 he re­
ceived his M.A. degree at Columbia University and he
expects to finish work on his Ph.D. in 1941. Rita
Tamblyn Pierson, his wife, is a member of the class of
1935.
Jean B . Walton, ’35, received her M.A. from Brown
University in 1940 and returns to the College to teach
mathematics and to assist in the office of the Dean of
Women. From 1936 to 1939, she taught at the Moorestown Friends School in New Jersey.
The fourth alumna to be added to the college staff is
Betty W alker, ’39, who becomes a member of the Depart­
ment of Physical Education, in charge of horseback riding.
Other faculty appointments include Foster Rhea Dulles
who has been made acting Assistant Professor of History.
Dr. Dulles graduated from Princeton in 1921 and re­
ceived his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia in 1928 and
1940 respectively. He is the author of several books, in­
cluding “ T h e Old China T rad e”, “A m e rica In the P a ­
cific”, “F o rty Y ears o f A m erican -Jap an ese R elations” .
He has received much attention this year for ffis book,
“A m erica L ea rn s to P lay ”, a history of popular recreation.
Dr. Richard A. Crutchfield, formerly Research Associ­
ate in Psychology at the College, becomes an Instructor.
A fter taking his B .S . at the California Institute of Tech­
nology in 1934, he received his Ph.D. at the University of
California in 1938. He was Instructor in Psychology at
Mt. Holyoke College in 1939-40.
Dr. Helen Campbell comes from the University of Utah
as Instructor in the Department of Psychology-Education.
Both her undergraduate and graduate work were done at
the University of California.
Mrs. Alice Kinsman Brodhead has been added to the

staff of the English Department as a part-time Instruc­
tor in English. Mrs. Brodhead received her B .S . and
her M.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.
W alter Shinn, who graduated this year from the Uni­
versity of Pennsylvania, joins the Department of Psysical Education for Men as a member of the football coach­
ing staff. Mr. Shinn was football captain at the Uni­
versity in 1939 and was mentioned on several All-Amer­
ican teams.
The following leaves of absence have been granted to
the faculty for the "coming academic year: Philip M.
Hicks, ’05, Professor of English; Patrick Murphy Malin,
Assistant Professor of Economics. Both of these leaves
are for one year. Frank R. Kille, Assistant Professor of
zoology,Howard M. Jenkins, Associate Professor of Elec­
trical Engineering and Morris Martdelbaum, Assistant
Professor of Philosophy, for one semester each.
The College Faculty is now composed of 93 full time
members and 20 who do part-time work. 28 of this com­
bined total of 113 are former Swarthmore undergraduates.
ALUMNI COUNCILS BEGIN YEAR OF ACTIVE WORK
( Continued fro m P ag e 2)
T6, Frank H. Griffin, TO, Thomas S. Nicely, ’30, Elbe
Simons Bassett, TO, Hilda Lang Denworth, T 7, Anna O.
Eberle, T3, and Reba Camp Hodge, T 5 ; Zone 2, Allin H.
Pierce, T 9 ; Zone 3, Samuel Dean Caldwell, ’34 and Elisa­
beth H. Bartlett, T2. Zones 4 and 5, the midwest and
west coast areas were not represented.
In addition the following attended by special invitation:
Charles E. Rickards, 27, President, Swarthmore Club of
Philadelphia, Lydia W . Roberts, ’97, President, Swarth­
more Alumnae Club of Philadelphia and William W .
Tomlinson, ’17; Benson Bowditch and Joanna Hill, Presi­
dent and Vice-President, respectively, of the Senior Class
(1941) ; and Holly Ross, ’37, Barbara McCone, and B ar­
bara Pearson Lange, ’31, of the Office of the Alumni E x ­
ecutive Secretary.
MIDWESTERN ALUMNI
On Saturday, October 19th Swarthmore plays Earlham
in football at Richmond, Indiana. The game starts at
2:15 P.M . and large groups of alumni are planning to
be on hand. This is the one chance for Midwesterners to
see a Garnet team in action— arrange to meet old friends
in Richmond on the 19th.
The 1940 Alumni Register will be ready for
distribution on or about October 21st. Those who
have not ordered a copy may do so by writing to
the Registrar at the College.

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PRESIDENT NASON EXTENDS GREETINGS TO ALUMNI
H E R E are over six thousand living alumni of
Swarthmore College scattered throughout the United
States and foreign countries. Fortunately after nine years
of teaching at the college I know some of you already.
Others I know about, and I hope that within the next
two years I shall be able to meet many more of you as
I travel about the country. You have been very kind
to me in my new position, and I want to take this oppor­
tunity of thanking the many alumni who have written
to me during the summer. It has given me a new aware­
ness of the very deep interest of all Swarthmore alumni
in their college and that in turn has given me a certain
sense of confidence that, with your advice and help, we
can keep Swarthmore moving steadily in the direction in
which she should go.

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In this connection I am reminded of a question which
I was asked the other day: “To whom does Swarthmore
College belong?” Legally, of course, the property, the
funds, and the final determination of policy are vested
in the Board of Managers. In one sense it can be said
that the Board is the College. The college, however, ex­
ists for the students, and I am sure that if you asked a
student^the question, “what group really is the college,”
he would reply, “the student body.” On the other hand,
while the students come and go, sometimes more quickly
than they like, the faculty remains. Its members do the
work of teaching, the work for which the college as an
institution primarily exists, and they have much to say
about policy. The quality of the faculty largely deter­
mines the quality of the college. I know there are times
when members of the faculty tend to think that they are
the college; for they are the ones who give all their time
and energy and thought to making it a success.
On Founders’ Day, however, on Alumni Day, on any
day when the alumni return in large numbers, it is obvious
that you feel that the college belongs to you. And in a
very real sense it does. Once a student, you are forever
after an alumnus. Once an undergraduate, whether for
four years, three years, two years, or only one, you have
a special relation to the college which no one else has.
It is yours. It creates in you— or so it would seem at
least from the number who return, who send their chil­
dren here, who write to the officers in praise or criticism
—an interest in and loyalty to the college which follows
you all your days.
That is as it should be. Swarthmore College is not
just its Board or its faculty or the students or the alumni.
It is all of these groups combined, and the college needs

you alumni with your interest and your loyalty just as
much as it needs its students and its faculty and its Board
of Managers. I hope that everyone of you will return
to the college more frequently, will follow the progress
of the college more closely and understandingly, will be
more ready with your help and advice and criticism. We
at the college may feel that sometimes your criticisms are
unjustified, but their expression gives us an opportunity
to explain what we are doing and why we are doing it.
We may not always take your advice— indeed, you do
not always agree with each other— but we can and will
profit by it. Swarthmore is your college and Swarth­
more needs your continuing interest and deep concern.
I hope you will all help me to keep Swarthmore the great
college she has been, is, and ought to be.
JO H N W . N A SO N
PHILADELPHIA ALUMNI CLUB HOLDS FIRST
LUNCHEON OF THE YEAR
The first Swarthmore Club meeting of the academic
year was a luncheon held by Philadelphia Alumni on
Wednesday October 2nd at the University Club. Charles
E. Rickards, ’27, President of the Club, announced that
seventy-five members were in attendance, five of whom
were members of the Board of Managers. President
John W. Nason, guest of honor, was introduced by
Charles F . Jenkins, President of the Corporation, who
pointed out that the committee, which had selected our
new President, had examined the credentials of over two
hundred men. In his remarks Mr. Nason reminded his
audience that several of his predecessors, and even the
founders of the College; had been faced with a war torn
world. He stressed the need of cooperation by all groups
of Swarthmoreans and extended a special invitation to
Alumni to come to him personally with any problem or
suggestion involving the College. His brief remarks were
enthusiastically received by the large turn-out, many of
whom were attending the luncheon for the first time in
many years.
Lew Elverson and Bob Dunn, head coaches in football
and soccer, gave their traditional preview of the chances
for their respective teams. Elverson praised the fine
spirit of this year’s squad which he characterized as
“green, fast and scrappy.” Bob Dunn reported that the
117 men out for soccer were being handled by four
coaches. He was non-committal about the number of
games we should win but pointed out that much of the
season’s success depends on the outcome of the first con­
test with Lehigh.

Fall Homecoming Day, October 2 6 th

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SWARTHMORE ATTRACTS LARGE NUMBER QTU1
BY DEAN FRANCES BLANSHARD

The number of women students who have come to
Swarthmore this fall is not the largest in the history of
the College but certainly one of the most varied.

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cludes eight former residents of foreign countries : two
from Germany, two from France, and one each from Bel­
gium, England, India and Siam.

There are eight trans­

fers who represent a geographical area extending from
California to Paris.

Two came from Mills College and

Stanford University in California; two from middle west­
ern institutions : Flora Stone Mather College in Cleveland
and Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. New York
sends one
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Syracuse University and one

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Two crossed the ocean last June in order to

be sure of arriving : one, a former student in University
College at Exeter, one from the Cours Kaiser in Paris.
It is a satisfaction to have also a good nucleus from the
“Swarthmore Fam ily”, twenty-eight daughters of Friends
and Alumni.

jobs is of the best. Having grown up at George School,
she knew dormitory life well before she became head of
a small dormitory at Pembroke College in Brown UniJ
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an M.A. in Mathematics. She had also served her ap­
prenticeship as a teacher of mathematics at Moorestown
Friends School.
Her own undergraduate career at
Swarthmore inspires confidence that she knows her way I
about. She was President of the Women’s Athletic Asso- 1
ciation, a member of Mortar Board, Sigma X i and Phi
Beta Kappa, and was graduated with highest Honors in
Mathematics. Add to that that she is “every inch George
W alton’s daughter.”
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W e are living up to our reputation of at­

tracting daughters of educators : this year there are fifteen
whose fathers or mothers are teachers in high school or
university, college presidents or research scientists.
In addition to Woolman and Bassett Houses which have
been women’s dormitories for several years, we have taken
another on Walnut Lane, the Foote House, just next to
the red brick faculty houses, and across from Woolman.
Here there are ten freshmen, luxuriating in sleeping
porches, fire places, and charming maple furniture, Miss
Stilz’s latest discovery. W e are trying the experiment of
putting this house in the charge of two seniors, Henrietta
Kirn, President of the W omen’s Student Government
Association, and Margery Brearley. They keep in close
touch with Nora Booth, ’32, who lives npw in Woolman
House and stands ready to help in the direction of all
three Walnut Lane dormitories. Bassett House trans­
lated into a Maison Française, chaperoned by Miss
Monaco of the Department of Romance Languages, is
acquiring a French atmosphere with its continental break­
fasts on Sunday mornings.
The women in Parrish Hall are unusually well
looked after this year with a new resident at the east
end to balance Miss Stilz at the west. Jean Walton, 1935,
is ensconced in the pleasant corner room which used to
be the Dean’s Parlor. She comes in a triple capacity as
adviser of students in Parrish Hall, assistant to the Dean
and instructor in Mathematics. Her training for all three

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this year according to reports from physical examinations.
W e are improving our methods of discovering any who
need special attention by giving both men and women the
opportunity of having chest x-ray photographs taken at a
nominal cost. The Women’s Infirmary has a new nurse, f
Mrs. Mabel R. Rigby.
A t the moment plans are on foot for organizing a stu­
dent. Red Cross centre, sponsored by Mortar Board and
guided by two Alumnae in the Borough, Elbe Simons
Bassett, 1910 and Reba Camp Hodge, 1915. The interest in such a project has sprung up so warmly as to show
what we have never doubted, that our students are eager
to help give relief to victims of the W ar.

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The Alumni Office announces the appointment of two
new staff members for the coming year. Barbara Pear­
son Lange, ’31, becomes Mr. Dellmuth’s secretary replac­
ing Holly Ross, ’37, who has resigned to take a position
in New York, and Barbara Fenwick McCone will super­
vise the keeping of alumni records.

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Mrs. Lange was a student at Swarthmore for two
years after which she entered Yale Drama School. She
has taught speech and acting at Scripps and at Stanford
University and returns to Swarthmore after a year in
Berkeley, California where she was secretary to a playwright. She is the sister of Drew, ( T 9 ) ,-and Leon, ( ’20),
Pearson, and Mrs. Lockwood Fogg, Jr . ’35.

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Class of 1928. She has a wide acquaintance with Swarthmoreans and is the wife of Howard McCone, ’27. Dur- ;
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to the compilation of facts for the alumni Register.
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05TUDENTS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
BY DEAN EVERETT HUNT

When a London chemist put up the sign “Bismuth as
usual during altercations”, there was something heroic
about it, but it would be somewhat less than heroic for a
safe and comfortable college to adopt “business as usual”
as the motto for its seal. The Freshman Class this year
represents unusual business in response to an unusual
situation.

Last Spring it seemed quite possible that many

college boys would be in the Army before this, and a
larger group than usual was selected from the exceptional
number of applicants.

A fter the hundred boys had been

assigned all the available rooms in the dormitories other
applicants appeared whom it was difficult to refuse.

A

Danish scientist who happened to be in this country when
the Germans marched into Denmark was unable to re­
turn.

He succeeded in getting his family over, and one

of the boys is now in Swarthmore.

A member of the

staff of the British Embassy entered his son quite late for
reasons gntirely beyond his controh

From South Amer­

ica, France, India and China came boys who probably
would not have applied under normal circumstances. One
student refugee scholar appointed a year and a half ago
is still interned in a military camp, but there is reason
to expect him at Swarthmore shortly.

Altogether we

now have 126 Freshman boys and 8 new students enter­
ing with advanced standing.
A house near the old preparatory school has been
furnished for fifteen students, and some Faculty mem­
bers have been able to take boys into their homes.

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present all are comfortably housed, and if it is at some
expense to the College, it would seem to be only a moder­
ate contribution to the opportunities of youth to carry on
education as usual.
Many Faculty members are vocal in their opposition to
any enlargement of the College, and at their first meeting
of the year a committee was requested to investigate the
Dean’s ability to count, and to serve as a fact-finding com­
mission which might report to the Board of Managers if
they desired more information on the most effective size
for a college with the resources and facilities of Swarth­
more.
As yet only one student has withdrawn from College
to enter the Army. Others are considering it, but in
general the boys seem glad enough to have the prospect

of the college year ahead of them. The Admissions Com­
mittee will welcome advice from those who know what the
situation is likely to be next year.
For the first time the number of men in residence at
the College exceeds the number of women. When the
day students are taken into account the preponderance of
men is substantially increased. There are some advan­
tages in this situation. One of the indictments against a
co-educational college is that the non-vocational subjects
such as history, philosophy and literature are elected by
the women to such an extent that the men stay away. At
any rate the students in men’s colleges elect these subjects
in much greater numbers. At Swarthmore the feminine
preponderance in the arts is increased by the fact that a
considerable number of Freshmen enter engineering.
This weakens the humanities and does not really provide
enough men for the engineers. One answer to this prob­
lem is to increase the number of men by equalizing the
number of men and women in liberal arts, and accepting
an additional quota for the school of engineering. An
objection to this is that for social purposes in the com­
munity life of the College, it makes little difference
whether a man is an engineer or a major in Greek or
English. From this point of view it seems that the sexes
should be equalized for the community as a whole. These
are matters to be considered in determining whether the
present exceptional enrollment should be allowed to be­
come permanent.
The number of children of Alumni, and of younger
brothers and sisters of students now in College, continues
to increase, and Miss Lukens will doubtless publish the
list elsewhere.
Conversation with Freshmen on how they happened to
be interested in coming to Swarthmore indicates that the
biggest single factor is the enthusiasm of students now
in College in talking to their friends. This enthusiasm,
of course, is based on the results of educational policy, of
good teaching, beautiful surroundings, healthy social life,
and the general reputation of the College. The Deans do
not need to go about seeking students exhibiting pic­
tures, or distributing advertising to high school Seniors.
The mousetrap philosophy is often declared to be out­
worn in an age of advertising, but the number of Fresh­
men who have applied this year because of friends at
Swarthmore, suggests that if a good college is built, many
students will find their way to it. The College evidently
is not in the condition of the locomotive which had to stop'
in order to blow its whistle.

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VARIED ATHLETIC PROGRAM ATTRACTS MANY TO FALL SPORTS
In some respects these spicy fall afternoons at Swarthmore remind one of a three ring circus. This realization
came to us the other day as we were taking a leisurely
stroll to the village. W e had turned the corner at W orth
Dormitory when our attention was called to the Women’s
Tennis Courts across Chester Road. W hite clad girls
filled every court and others were standing by waiting
their turn. Several hundred feet to the South— on Cun­
ningham Field to be exact— an additional fifty girls were
extending themselves in tryouts for one of Swarthmore’s
three field hockey teams. W e were reminded that since
early in 1935 no varsity opponent had been successful in
lowering the colors of a Garnet Hockey team. The fi­
nesse which manifested itself on this particular afternoon
seemed to suggest the possibility of that record’s remain­
ing intact throughout the 1940 season.
Soon after passing the Library we paused for a look
up the front campus. Here touch football was in full
swing and two well supervised teams were engaged in
this comparatively new sport which is particularly adapted
to those who can run forever without tiring.
Shouts from across the railroad were sufficient evidence
of Bob Dunn’s soccer boys in action and we proceeded in
that direction to find not one but four squads going
through ‘fundamentals’. In fact something over one hun­
dred men are in competition for places on one of our soc­
cer teams— the largest number to compete for a single
sport in the history of the College. As we approached the
Field House on our way up the back road we were forced
to one side by the cross-country squad of thirty men which
was on the first lap of its daily six or eight mile jog. In ­
side the Field House a number of golf addicts were using
the dirt area for brushing up on their chip shots and in
the far alcoves a like number were going through daily
calesthenics and corrective exercises.
Thoroughly convinced at this point that there must be
one peaceful spot on the campus we decided to take refuge
in Crum Woods. As we approached the path at the rail­
road bridge Betty W alker and her equestrian proteges—
some dozen or more— gave warning that Crum’s bridle
paths at this time of day were safe only for the horseman,
not the pedestrian.
Having seen such a diversity of athletic talent we con­
cluded a tour would not be complete without a visit with
the football squad so we headed for Alumni Field. W e
scarcely noticed Ed Faulkner giving instruction to a full
crowd on the M en’s tennis Courts, but this is such a
regular occurrence the year round, our oversight was
excusable.

‘R u ff’ was standing outside Hall Gymnasium and we
paused to chat with him long enough to learn that “every­
one is in good shape except for a few blisters, bruises and
turned ankles.” ‘R uff’ came to Swarthmore in September
1903 and in starting his thirty-eighth year at the Col­
lege has the same quiet and friendly regard for ‘his boys’
as ever.
A handful of alumni joined us as we reached the foot­
ball practice field where already gathered were the fathers
of several team aspirants. One look at the parents and
you could read in their faces the anxiety which comes
with the desire to see their boy on the first team. Thirty
varsity men and the same number of freshmen were tear­
ing in to each other since the fight for positions is nearing
its final phases. Forward passing, downfield blocking,
and tackling were being stressed and we marvelled at
spirit of the varsity squad which lost all but five of last
year’s undefeated team.
A three ring circus ? Better yet a many ring circus.
And every man and woman being instructed by a group
of competent coaches. W e hadn’t time to watch badmin­
ton, handball, swimming, fencing and bowling— the fact
is we had walked so far we couldn’t go a step farther.
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The Varsity coaches of our fall teams have been con­
sulted about the prospects for the year. This is what they
have to say:
L e w E lverson — football— “W ith only five returning
lettermen, two of whom played regularly last year, we
should not expect another undefeated team. Our squad
is largely composed of sophomores who will gain experi­
ence as the season progresses. W e will be unusually light
and fast. The spirit is excellent and we will give a good
account of ourselves.”
B o b Dunn— soccer— “An excellent group of sopho­
mores will join several lettermen and jayvees to form
this year’s team. Potentially we are very strong but an
injury or two could play havoc with our plans.”
Tow nsend S cu dder— cross-country— “I t ’s the largest
squad since I have been at Swarthmore. Say nothing
more.”
M ay P arry — women’s hockey— “Please don’t say un­
defeated team. While we have nine returning letterwomen we also have seven opponents anxious to break
our, streak.”

Program of Events for Homecoming Hay
• S a tu r d a U )
10:45 A. M. Inauguration Ceremony, Clothier
Memorial
Presiding Officer, Charles F. lenkins, President

of the Corporation

Elisabeth Hallawell Bartlett, '12
Donald J. Cowling, President Carleton College
Frank Aydelotte, Director of The Institute for
Advanced Study
lohn W. Nason, President of Swarthmore
College
Buffet

Luncheon,

Whittier

House, 50 cents per person
Served by a committee of Swarthmore
Friends for the benefit of the American
Friends Service Committee
is Executive Secretary for the Chinese In­
dustrial Cooperatives, and his present ad­
dress is 10 Ta Tieh Chieh, Ma Cheosg,
Kwantung, (via Kwangchowwan) China!
Zeke helps to promote these cooperatives,
which are much like the R.F.C. in helping
to give the small merchant a start. He
writes:
“My post is in the Kwangchowwan area
— French leased territory^-which you can
find by spotting the little peninsula that
sticks out of China’s southern coastline to­
ward Hainan Island. Only wish that I
could speak the damned language . . .
Cantonese. It’s terrific. Mandarin is not
so bad.” . . . “In short, the prize way to
help decent people has been found, and
we’re helping people to keep alive and keep
others alive.”
The other wanderer is Roger Cooper
who has been in Venezuela for the past six
months. Carl Dellmuth recently received a
very interesting letter from Roger and
kindly sent it on to me. Here are some
excerpts from it.
“First of all let me say that Venezuela,
outside of the principal cities, is a back­
ward republic (directly due to the tyranny
of its recent dictator, Juan Vicente Go­
mez) but it is immensely wealthy in natu­
ral resources and can become one of the
most progressive countries in South Amer­
ica. Its present chief executive General
Lopez Contreras, has instituted marvelous
reforms during the last three years. Ven­
ezuela is the only country in South Amer­
ica:—no doubt in the world—without any
foreign or domestic debt. Oil, ‘oro ne­
gro,’ is the chief industry.
“I regret indeed that it will be impos­
sible to come North next month for our
Fifth Reunion. However, I shall keep my
fingers crossed and hope to be in Swarth­
more for the tenth.”
Agnes Metcalfe Brod and John S. Brod
( ’34) are the proud parents of a son, John
William, born June 19, 1940.
1936

Class Secretary: Margaret M. Tilton

Football,

Alumni Field

Swarthmore

vs

Oberlin,

2:30 P. M.

Soccer, Swarthmore vs Lafayette, Prep.

4:30 P. M.

Alumni-Student Tea Dance— Collection

Hall

Speakers

Alumni

2:15 P. M.

School Field

Scripture Reading

12:30 P. M.

Octal,er 26 tk

6:00 P. M.

Alumni Dinner, Field House

Toastmaster, Raymond K. Denworth, '11
Greetings From Alumni Clubs
Speakers

Ethel Hampton Brewster, '07
Joseph H. Willits, '11
Robert E. Kintner, '31
Sally Powell Huntington, '30
President Felix M. Morley of Haverford
President John W. Nason of Swarthmore
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6201 Ventnor Avenue
Ventnor, New Jersey
As usual, Shilly is responsible for a
large part of this report. After an eve­
ning’s visit with her, I came home with
a number of interesting items. First of
all, I know you all will join me in wishins' 3 great deal of happiness to our most
recent brides, Charlotte Jones whose mar­
riage to^ Stephen Edmund Newman of Salt
Lake City took place June 14, and Betty
Emmel who was married to Charles Libby
Ives and is living somewhere in Connecti­
cut. Also our congratulations to John Al­
bertson whose engagement to Eleanor Har­
den of Maplewood has been announced.
Shilly, who has a prize winning baby of
her own, you know, also told me of two
new members of the younger set, Suzanne,
daughter of Charles and Mary Elma White
Price, and Elizabeth Wright whose mother
is the former Libby Coffin. And while we
are on the subject of babies, I ’ve heard,
via Gibby, that the Jim McCormacks have
a son who should be just about three
months old bv this time.
Among visitors to the shore this summer
were Kay and Buzz Parrish. They were
about to dash off to Detroit where Buzz
worked with General Motors until taking
uo his professional duties in the School of
Commerce, Northwestern University. Kay
and Buzz are living at 1219 Noyes St.,
Evanston. Illinois.
Jjggs Jacobs, who has been visiting in
Chicago, reports that Helen Bower is still
a resident of the Windy City and that
Emily Dodge alco spent the summer there
studying at the University of Chicago.
Priscilla Johnson Patton took time off
from watching the building of her new
house to report that she had seen Euretta
Davis Falconer and her small son way last
February. Why didn’t you tell us, Euretta
and Mac? Prissy was hoping to move to
her new home in August so her present
address should be Redstone Drive, Wash­
ington, Pennsylvania.
From an anonymous source, comes the
news that Mary Laird, after teaching in

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Pomona College for a year, was married
on June 26, 1939 to Mr. Frederic Graeser
and is living at 451 Harrison Avenue,
Claremont, California. I was awfully glad
to hear of Mickey’s whereabouts because
I ’d completely lost track of her.
Sometime in May, a letter from Garry
reached me. At that time, he was prepar­
ing for final exams at the Medical School
of the University of Pennsylvania. On
July 1, he was to enter Cooper Hospital,
Camden, New Jersey, to serve his interneshin.
Phil Croll tells me that- he and Gutchy
and Blumy spent a grand and glorious vacation^ in the _Maine woods this summer.
Phil is working “on special studies and
nroblems for the management at Sun Oil” ;
Gutchv is still with S.E.C. in Washington;
and Blumv is winding up his thesis for his
Doctor’s degree. From the same inform­
ant, I hear that^ Bill Bradbury is collaborat­
ing on the writing of a text book to be
used for one of the courses he’s teaching at
Hobart. Also that Sid and Carol Keyes
Cadwallader with daughter Lyn are again
at home in Langhorne after spending a
month with the Keyes family on their
Vermont farm.
Clayton Farraday, vacationing in Ocean
City, came to see me and to report on a
number of 36’ers. Clayton is teaching Bi­
ology at Friends Central. He tells me that
Leonore Boyer Dunn is secretary in the
Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, Pennsyl­
vania ; that Otto Huntington is completing
her medical training in St. Louis; and
that Jack Osborne was last heard from
en§aged in business in the vicinity of New­
town, Pennsylvania.
And now, you know, we have a Fifth
Reunion looming on the horizon. June
may seem a long way ahead, but it’s not too
far distant to start planning to be on hand
come Alumni Day. Phil (Jenkintown)
Croll has been appointed chairman of fes­
tivities and his committee will be announced
soon. If any of you have any pet ideas,
do get in touch with Phil whose address is
264 Mather Road, Jenkintown, Pa.
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