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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE,
1877--78.
TO THE STOCKHOLDERS.
The Annual Meeting
Street
of the Stockholders
Meeting House, riiiladelphia, on the
Twelfth month, at three o'clock,
ing
is
p.
is
first
held iu Race
Third-day
in
Public notice of this meet-
M.
given in one or more newspapers published, respectively, in
Philadelphia,
New
York, and Baltimore.
It is desirable that
Catalogues, and
all
Stockholders should be furnished with the
other publications issued by the authority of
the College, as well as notices of the annual meetings.
In order that a correct record
may
be kept, Stockholders are
requested to forward to the undersigned, information of any failure
to receive this Catalogue, as well as notice of removal, or
in their P. 0.
chanoe
address hereafter.
ISAAC
H.
CLOTHIER,
Clerk of Stockholders^ Meeting^
801
Market Street, Philad'a.
»y"'i!"3a7 7010
Author:
Swarthmore
college
.
Title:
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ward
it,
(B.
—Applicants
will
properly filled out,
remove
to the
this leaf
and for=
President of the College.
FORM OP APPLICATION.
/ hereby
make
„_
application for the admission of
as a Student in
Swarthmore
my
College,
for a period not terminating before the close of the Cur=
rent College Year, and I agree not to ivithdraw
_.....
during the year except in consequence of sickness or other
unavoidable
imll
necessity.
I further agree that, if admitted,
comply with all the regulations of the College.
Parent or Guardian.
Applicants please
fill
carefully the following blanks
Full J^aine of Applicant, with age.
Address of Tarent or Guardian,
J
Course of Study the Student
Additional Information,
is to
follow.
N
1
NT
11
ANNUAL CATALOGUE
or
SWARTHMORB COLLRGE,
SWARTHMORE,
PA.
WITH MINUTES OF THE
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS
PHILADELPII
Frien'ps"
I
A:
Pook Association, 706 Arch Stkekt.
1S77.
.
CALENDAR.
1877-78.
1S77.
Sixth month 19th,
Third-day,
month 20th, Fourth-day,
Ninth month nth, Third-day,
Ninth month nth, Third -day,
Ninth month 13th, Fifth day.
Sixth
Commencement.
Summer Vacation
Examinations
for admission begin.
Examinations for admission
and old students
Ninth month 14th,
Sixth-day,
Twelfth month 3d,
Second-day,
begins.
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
completed
return.
Regular Exercises begin.
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Twelfth month 4th, Third -day,
Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Twelfth month 4th, Third day.
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Twelfth month 22d, Seventh day, Holidays begin.
187S.
month 2d,
month 3d,
Second month 12th,
Fifth month 4th,
Fifth month 6th,
Fifth month 14th,
First
Fourth -day,
First
Fifth-day,
Regular Exercises begin
Third day,
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Sixth
Sixth
month
month
loth,
17th,
Students return.
Seventh-day, Junior Day.
Second day.
Senior Examinations begin.
Third-day,
Senior Examinations completed, the re-
Second day.
Second day,
sult announced, and parts for Commencement assigned.
Annual Examinations begin.
Annual Examinations completed, and
Second-day,
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Third-day,
Fourth-day,
Commencement.
Summer Vacation
Third-day,
Meeting of the Board of Managers
Third-day,
Fifth day.
Examinations for admission begin.
Examinations for admission completed,
Sixth-day,
Regular Exercises begin.
the result announced.
month 17th,
Sixth month i8th,
Sixth month 19th,
Ninth month loth.
Ninth month loth,
Ninth month 12th,
Sixth
and old students
Ninth month 13th,
return.
Twelfth month 2d,
Second day.
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Twelfth month 3d,
Third-day,
Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Twelfth month 3d,
Third-day,
Meeting of the Board of Managers.
Twelfth month
1879.
begins.
First
First
month
month
2ist, Seventh-day,
Holidays begin.
2d,
Fifth-day,
Students return.
3d,
Sixth-day,
Regular Exercises begin.
CORPORATION
ttn^.
CLERKS.
ISAAC H. CLOTHIER,
SARAH
V.
CORLIES.
BOARD OF MANAGERS.
ISAAC STEPHENS,
MARTHA
JAMES
ANNIE COOPER,
V.
WATSON,
CLEMENT BIDDLE,
G.
McILVAIN,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
SARAH H. BAKER,
ELIZA H. BELL,
JOHN D. HICKS,
ROBERT WILLETS,
JOSEPH WHARTON,
HANNAH W. HAYDOCK,
ANNA M. FERRIS,
MARY T. LONGSTRETH,
M.
FISHER LONGSTRETH,
ANNIE SHOEMAKER,
ELLWOOD BURDSALL,
B. RUSH ROBERTS,
RACHEL T. JACKSON,
ANNA M. HUNT,
JOSEPH WILLETS,
ELI M. LAMB,
SAMUEL WILLETS,
CAROLINE UNDERHILL,
ELIZABETH S. WORTH,
JANE P. DOWNING,
CLEMENT
MARGARET G. CORLIES,
MARY C. BLACKBURN,
MARY W. COCKS,
M. BIDDLE,
DANIEL UNDERHILL,
EMMOR ROBERTS,
ISAAC H. CLOTHIER,
Ex-officio.
SARAH
F.
CORLIES,
TREASURER.
ROBERT BIDDLE.
;
1 1
Commerce
Street. Philadelphia.
Ex-officio.
§HItir$ mxh
§tsmmikn
uf i^t
^mvh.
PRESIDENT.
SAMUEL WILLETS.
SECRETARY.
M.
FISHER LONGSTRETH.
AUDITORS.
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JAMES
V.
WATSON.
INSTRUCTION.
JOSEPH WHARTON,
CLEMENT BIDDLE,
JOHN D. HICKS,
ANNA
M. FERRIS,
M.
HANNAH W. HAYDOCK,
ANNIE COOPER,
FISHER LONGSTRETH.
MUSEUM AND PHYSICAL LABORATORY,
ANNA
MARY
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JOSEPH WHARTON,
M.
T.
HUNT,
LONGSTRETH,
FRIENDS' HISTORICAL LIBRARY.
RACHEL
ANNA
T.
ISAAC STEPHENS,
ELI M. LAMB.
JACKSON,
M. FERRIS,
FINANCE.
CLEMENT
JAMES
M. BIDDLE,
V.
WATSON,
ISAAC H. CLOTHIER.
BUILDING AND PROPERTY.
CLEMENT
MARTHA
DANIEL UNDERHILL,
M. BIDDLE,
G.
RACHEL
McILVAIN,
JAMES
4
V.
WATSON.
T.
JACKSON,
SWARTIIMOh'l-: CO 1.
1.
1'.CE.
TRUSTS, ENDOWMENTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS.
SAMUEL WI r.K'lS,
l^ANIKL UNDICKI I.I,,
ISAAC H. CLOTIIIKR,
JOSEPH WHARTON,
CLEMENT M. 13IDDLK, Sec'y and Treas. of Committee.
I,
1
1
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
•CLEMENT BIDDLE,
DANIEL UNDERHILL,
RACIIICL T. JACKSON,
JOHN D. HICKS,
CLEMENT M. BIDDLE,
JANE
ISAAC
II.
CLOTHIER,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
MARTHA
G.
McILVAIN,
DOWNING,
HANNAH W. HAYDOCK,
ANNIE COOI'ER,
ANNA
P.
M. FERRIS,
MARY T. LONGSTRETH,
JOSEPH WHARTON,
ANNA M. HUNT,
JAMES V. WATSON,
M. FISHER LONGSTRETH, Ex-ojfuio.
*^H^uH^ 0! iauirnmiinl
THE PRKSIDENT.
THE MATRON.
EUOENE PAULIN.
MARIA
SANFORD.
L.
ARTHUR BEARDSLEY.
WILLIAM HYDE APPLETON^.
SUSAN
J.
CUNNINOHAM.
SAMUEL
S.
OREEN.
THOMAS
S.
FOULKE.
®ffit0r$
nfj
6au0rniUBnl
EDWARD
H.
anit !^n$lriiclion,
MAGILL.
A.M..
['RESIDENT.
PHEBE
^V.
FOULKE.
MATRON.
EUGENE PAULIN.
A.M.,
PROFESSOR OF THE LATIN AND FRENCH LANGL'AGES.
MARIA
L.
SANFORD.
PROFESSOR OF HISTORY.
ARTHUR BEARDSLEY,
C.E..
PROFESSOR OF MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING.
'WILLIAM
HYDE APPLETON,
A.M.
PROFESSOR OF THE CREEK AND GERMAN LANGUAGES.
SUSAN
J.
CUNNINGHAM,
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS.
SAMUEL
S.
GREEN,
M.S.,
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS.
7
SIVARTHMORE COLLEGE.
THOMAS
S.
FOULKE,
SUPERINTENDENT.
JOSEPH LEIDY,
M.D. LL.D,,
NON-RESIDENT PROFESS»R OF NATURAL HISTORY.
JOSEPH THOMAS,
M.D. LL.D.,
NON-RESIDENT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
ELI AS H. BARTLEY,
B.S.,
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY.
SUSAN
^V.
JANNEY,
INSTRUCTOR IN PENMANSHIP AND BOTANY.
MARY
L.
AUSTIN.
INSTRUCTOR IN LATIN.
ELIZABETH PAULIN,
INSTRUCTOR IN FRENCH.
ELIZABETH
O.
MILLER,
A.B.,
INSTRUCTOR IN FRENCH AND IN ENGLISH BRANCHES.
ESTHER
T.
MOORE,
A.B.,
INSTRUCTOR IN MATHEMATICS.
JOHN
B.
BOOTH,
A.B.,
INSTRUCTOR IN ENGLISH BRANCHES.
SIV/IA' rjIMOh-l'.
MARY
INSTRlItTOR IN
a.
M.
I.
/:(;/'..
PROCTER.
OKKMAN AM)
ELLEN
CO/.
IN
ICNfM.!-.!!
HRANCIIES.
GRISCOM.
INSTRUCTOR IN KREE HAND DRAVVINO.
M.
MARIE UNDERWOOD,
INSTRUCTOR
KATHARINE
IN
L.
ELOCUTION.
ROCKWELL,
LIBRARIAN.
jtll)^ttl$.
SENIOR CLASS,
CLASSICAL SECTION.
EuRR, Caroline E
Germantown, Pa.
Davis, Maybell P
Providence, R.
Dawson, Howard,
Gleim, Taoy a.
Hallowell, Mary P
Hawkins, Charles A.
Hunt, Rebecca S.
Martin, Edward
....
I.
Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
Lebanon, Pa.
Horsham, Pa.
.
.
Fawn
.
....
'
,
.
.
.
Grove, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
MODERN CLASSICAL SECTION.
HoLCOMB, William
Jackson,
P.
.
'
.
.
.
Anna E
Newtown, Pa.
Kennett Square, Pa.
ENGINEERING SECTION.
....
....
Hall, William J.
Johnson, Llewellyn H.
Roberts, Israel
.
Seaman, William
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
West
Chester, Pa.
Orange, N.
J.
Fellowship, N. J.
Brooklyn, L.
I.
CHEMICAL SECTION.
Palmer, Francis J
Shoemaker, C. Harry
lO
Brooklyn, L.
.
.
.
I.
Philadelphia, Pa.
SIVA A' I IIMORh COLLEGE.
JUNIOR
CLASS.
CLASSICAL SECTION.
Fender, William P
Ferris,
RalHton, Pa.
W. Lea
.
.
.
.•
....
....
....
Fitch, Joseph
HorPER, Lesley
Kemp, Marie A
Moore, Mary L
Rhoads, Jacob Z.
White, Josephine,
Wilmington,
D(;l.
Flushing, L.
f.
Havre de Grace,
Mil.
Harrisburg, Pa.
Sandy Spring, Md.
Pine Grove, Pa.
Yardleyville, Pa.
MODERN CLASSICAL SECTION.
Furnas, Elizabeth
Miller, Charles R.
WOODNUTT, i\BBY M.
Waynesville, O.
Xorth Point, Pa.
Rictimond, Ind.
SCIENTIFIC SECTION.
Coles, Isaac R.
Glen Cove, L.
LippiNCOTT, Elisha E.
Long Branch, N.
McCoMB,
Columbus, N.
S.
Craig
I.
J.
J.
SOPHOMORE CLASS.
CLASSICAL SECTI-ON,
Constable, Anne E.
Detrick, Lillie
.
Philadelphia, Pa,
Baltimore, Md.
Duncan, Lydia F.
Hall, Florence
Hallowell, Edith
Hillman, Myra T.
Kurtz, Georgine
Laing, George T.
Lawton, Albert R.
Magill, Gertrude ]>.
Moore, Thomas L.
Preston, Ellen M.
Turton, John, Jr.
"Willets. Fannie A.
.
.
.
.
Easton, Md.
West
Chester, Pa.
Sandj^ Spring,
Md.
Washington, D. C.
Reading, Pa.
Philadelphia. Pa.
Skaueateles, X. Y.
Swarthmore, Pa.
Sandy Spring, Md.
Columbia, Pa.
New York
Roslyn. L.
City.
I.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
•MODERN CLASSICAL SECTION.
Bedell, Ellen B.
Mary A.
CoNRow, Howard
Cocks,
F.
....
....
...
.
.
Deirick, William H.
Kirk, Fanny R
.
.
.
....
Pound, Robinson
Norristown, Pa.
Cornwall, N. Y.
Wilmington, Del.
Baltimore, Md.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Plainfield, N. J.
SCIENTIFIC SECTION.
Rockville, Md.
Hokendauqua, Pa.
High Bridge, N. Y.
HiGGiNs, Robert B.
Keiser, Edward H.
Marcher, Robert J.
Thorne, Howard E.
Walker, Charles P.
New York
Wood, Henry
Bristol, Pa.
Yonkers, N. Y.
S.
FRESHMAN
City.
CLASS.
CLASSICAL SECTION.
Burr, Walter L.
Canby, William, Jr.
CoNROW, Hannah A.
Clark, Bessie P.
Deacon, Anna H.
Dell, Josephine
Haslam, Katie
Kirk, Emma
Marshall, Elizabeth,
Marot, Mary S.
Germantown, Pa.
Baltimore, Md.
Mendenhall, Anna
Norton, Robert W.
Paulin, Eugene
Hamorton, Pa.
San Antonio, Texas.
Swarthmore, Pa.
.
Phillips,
Arthur W.
Roberts, Alice
Taylor, Helen
Tucker, Ernest F.
Williams, Susan T.
Cinnaminson, N. J.
Bangor, Me.
Mt. Holly, N. J.
Woodbury, N. J.
Penningtonville, Pa.
Brjm Mawr,
Pa.
Milwaukee, Wis,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Waterford, Va.
Fellowship, N. J.
West
Chester, Pa.
Paris, France.
Waterford, Va.
.
IVA />' / 7 /A/ (J A' /:
.V
MODKRN
AngelIj, Minnie
II.
Mary
Frenoit,
Margaret
Iloiu-'MAN,
IIoLME, Jennie
K ester,
»J
Gliont, N. Y.
WcHt Chfstcr,
.
I>.
.
.
Roselda
.
Lippincott, Caroline
LippiNCOTT, George
.
Reece, Lydia D.
Parry, Taoie
Satterfield, Clara
.
P:i.
Norristown, Pa.
Camden, N. J.
West Philadolpliia,
Salem, N.
S.
Shoemaker, Alvin
(J I:
SECTION.
CI-ASSICAr,
I[.
J.
Agnes
1. 1. 1:
.
Dallett, Elizabeth
Elliott,
L '0
West
Pa.
J.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Cueltenham, Pa.
Cheltenham, Pa.
Media, Pa.
Cinnaminson, N.
J.
Greensboro', Md.
T.
.
.
Baltimore, Md.
SCIENTIFIC SECTION.
Baker, Richard D.
Bond, Alfred H.
Cocks, William W.
Cox, Charles B.
Dallett, E. James
DoRON, Charles B.
Fennimore, Henry D.
Field, Charles C.
French, Samuel H.
Jones, A. Conrad
Musser, F. Reber
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
.
West
.
Germantown, Pa.
Lumberton, N. J.
.
Samuel
.
B., Jr.
Harry
B.
Charles E.
Smith, Percival C.
Thomas, J. Byron
I.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Conshohocken, Pa.
.
RusHMORE, Charles F.
Rushmore, Edward C.
SEAMiiN,
Chester, Pa.
Brooklyn, L.
.
Price,
Old Westbury. L. I.
Port Washington, L.
.
SiiARPLEss,
.
Muncy, Pa.
Upper Lehigh, Pa.
Cooksburg, X. Y.
Cooksburg, X. Y.
Brooklyn, L. I.
Media. Pa.
Brooklyn, L. I.
Cheyney, Pa.
I.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
14
SUMMARY.
CLASSICAL DEPARTMENT.
Senior Class
Junior Class
.
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Sophomore Class
Freshman Class
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MODERN CLASSICAL DEPARTMENT.
Senior Class
Junior Class
Sophomore Class
Freshman Class
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SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT.
Senior Class
Junior Class
Sophomore Class
Freshman Class
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©OfliitMS of
jItesM
M
Gottrses of ^tofly.
must sul^rait to tlic President
good moral character; and students
coming from another college must present certificates of honorable
dismission from the institution left.
Examinations for admission will be held on Third, Fourth, and
Fifth-days, the 10th, 11th and 12th of Ninth month, 1878.
Candidates must present themselves at the college at three o'clock, P.M.,
on Third-day, the 10th of Ninth month.
Every
iipi)licjiiit
for admission
satisfactory testimonials of
To
secure places, applications for admission for the next schol-
year should be made, as early as possible,
astic
President, enclosing the form found opposite the
b}'
letter to the
title
page of this
catalogue.
Candidates for advanced standing must first be examined for
admission to the Freshman Class; then in all the required studies
already gone over b}' the class for which they otfer themselves, and
in as
many
elective studies as
they would have pursued
if
they had
entered at the beginning of the course.
Especial attention
is
called to the importance of a
preparation in the studies required for admission.
is
a serious source of embarrassment to
rarely repaired
those
onW who
by subsequent study.
thorough
The want of
this
future progress, and
The work
is
arranged for
is
enter classes thoroughlj^ prepared.
Students are not considered as regular members of the College
until, after a residence of at least four months, the}' have been admitted to matriculation on satisfactory evidence of good
Before this
character.
the}' are
moral
students on probation.
The attention of parents and guardians is called to the arrangement of the Courses of Study'. In the Preparatory School and in
the lower College classes, most studies are required while in the
higher College classes many are elective. The pursuit of the regu;
whether students are candidates for degrees or not, is
the Junior year.
The studies of each class in any course are among the electives
for students of that class in any other course, if they are prepared
to pursue them, and pass the necessary preliminary examination.
lar course,
especially
recommended before reaching
15
CLASSICAL COURSE.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.
Candidates for admission to the Freshman Class will be examined on the following subjects and text-books, or their equivalents:
Latin. Harkness's Grammar Harkness's Reader Harkness's
—
Composition,
;
first
thirty lessons;
;
Caesar's Gallic
books; and Yirgil's ^neid, first two books.
French, Magill and Paulin's First Lessons
—
mar
;
War,
;
three
first
Magill's
Gram-
Magill's Introductory Reader.
—
Mathematics. Arithmetic Algebra, to Equations of the
Second Degree Davies' Legendre's Geometry, first three books.
English. English Grammar and Spelling; Modern Geography,
Ancient Geography (Baird's Classical
Descriptive and Physical
Manual); Physics (Rolfe and Gillet's Natural Philosophy); Barnes's
History of the United States Anderson's History of England ;
;
;
—
;
;
Smith's History of Greece.
COURSE OF STUDY.
This course of study has been very carefully arranged with
reference to general culhire; and it is also believed to be the best
foundation for a subsequent technical course of education, in any
may be chosen. Those whose time and means
permit are earnestly advised to add to this course, after graduation, the last two years of one of the departments of our scientific
It will be observed that scientific studies, in due proporcourse.
department which
will
tion, are introduced as essential parts of the Classical course.
Modern Classical Course.
The MODERN CLASSICAL COURSE,
of BACHELOR OF LITERATURE
is
for Completing
Conferred,
is
which the degree
the same as the follow-
Modern Languages, and one in
Early English, are substituted for the Ancient Languages.
ing, except that a fuller course in
i6
SWARTIfMORE COIJ.ECh.
FRESHMAN
17
CLASS.
No.of
Ex. per week.
— Huvkiicss's Grammar and Latin Proso Composition
Virgil's
continued Livy
French. — Magill's Grammar; Penel.on's Telc'^maque.
Latin.
yl<]nc'itl,
;
German. — Otto's Conversation Grammar; Der
Mathematics.
Davies' Legendre's Geometry,
History.
Neffe als Onkol
— Ohiey's Algebra, through Quadratic Equations
— LiddoU's
Ancient History.
—
Books IV-VI.
.......
History of
Rome
;
Schmitz's Manual o
....
English Literature. Lectures on English and General Litera
tare, (once a week first half year,)
Natural History. Zoology; Comparative Anatomy Compar
—
Elocution.
— Murdock
Speaker
;
.....
;
ative Physiology (Lectures)
and Russell's Yocal Culture
;
Coates's
........
—
Selections from English Classical Authors
clamations
Rhetoric and Composition.
Hart's Rhetoric
;
Essays
;
De
.
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
Greek.
— Goodwin's Grammar
Early English
;
Xenophon's Anabasis
.
.
4
2
;
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
i8
SOPHOMORE
CLA.SS.
No. of
Ex. per week.
— Harkness's Grammar and Latin Prose Composition
continued
.4
Cicero's Orations
2
French. — Magill's Grammar Magill's Prose and Poetry
Wilhelmi's Einer
German. — Otto's Conversation Grammar
3
muss heiratlien Lessing's Minna von Barnlielm.
Mathematics. — Cliauvenet's Plane Trigonometry^ Davies' Le2
gendre's Geometry, Books YII-IX.
English Literature. — Lectures on English and General Literature
.2
Stewart's Physics (Lectures)
Physics. —
2
Botany. — (After 4th month,
Natural History. — Zoology Comparative Anatom}^; ComparLratin.
;
Liv}-,
.
.
.
;
.
;
.
;
.
....
;
..........
Hill's
.
1
.
1st.)
;
(Lectures) Mineralogy, Geology and
week last half year,)
.1^
Elocution. Selections from Classical English Authors- Decla- 1
.1
mations, Original and Selected
Rhetoric and Composition. Quackenbos's Rhetoric Essays 1
ative
Physiology
Botany (once
a
.
.
.
.
.
—
.
—
.
;
ELECTiyE STUDIES.
— Goodwin's
Grammar Xenophon's Anabasis, Homer's
Greek Prose Composition Goodwin's Greek Moods
and Tenses
History.— Student's Gibbon; Student's History of France;
History of England (Lectures)
Early English
Greek.
;
Iliad,
;
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.4
.2
.2
SH'.IA'
TUMOR r. COL l.EGK.
JUNIOR CLASS.
E-r..
Latin.
— Horace's Odes;
cctuto,
De
Claris Oratorilms,
.
.
— Principles
Economy.
Political
De
Cicero's
and De Amicitia
.
.
of Political
Economy,
Carey (Lectures)
Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry (Lectures)
Natural History. Lectures on Mineralogy, Geology
Botany (once a week last half year)
Elocution. Declamations, Original and Selected
Rhetoric and Composition. Blair's Rhetoric Essays.
.
.
—
—
Son-
.4
Mill;
.2
.2
.
•
.
.
.
.
.
\
.
.
1
.
—
—
No. of
per vff.k.
and
1
;
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
{Two
—
to be Chosen.')
French, Magill's Grammar Bocher's College Series Dumas'
Napoleon &c.
German. Schiller's Maria Stuart and William Tell EichcnExercises in
dorff's Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
;
.
;
;
.
.
.
.
—
.4
;
;
writing
German
.
.
.
—
.
.
.3
Plato's Apology
Greek. Selections from Greek Historians
and Crito
Mathematics. Chauvenet's Spherical Trigonometry Olney's
Higher Algebra
History. History of the United States (Lectures); History of
Modern Europe (Lectures)
;
.
.
.
.
.
.
—
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
—
Early English.
.4
;
.
.
.
.4
.2
.2
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
SENIOR CLASS.
No. of
Ex. per week.
— Wayland, with Lectures (once a week
\
Moral Philosophy. — Wayland, with Lectures (once a week
half year)
\
Tacitus, Agricola and
Latin. — Horace's Satires and Epistles
Germania Selections from Juvenal
.4
History. — Guizot's History of Civilization De Tocqueville's
Mental Philosophy.
first
half year)
.
.
.
.
.
.
last
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
;
;
;
Democracy
in
States
.
America
Constitution of
;
.
.
—
Natural History. Lectures on Mineralogy,
Botany (once a week last half year)
Elocution,
the United
.2
'.
.
— Original Orations
Rhetoric and Composition.
.
—Essays
.
Geology
.
.
.
.
.
.
and
.
•
\
.1
.1
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
{Three
French.
— MagilPs Grammar
Moliere's Misanthrope
German.
— Goethe's Damas
—
,
;
&c.
;
Racine's Athalie
.
.
L-
;
.4
German Prose Exercises in WritHistory of German Literature (Lectures)
Sophocles' Antigone
Euripides' Alcestis
Demos-
ing
Greek.
to be chosen.')
Corneille's Cid
German
;
;
;
thenes'
De Corona
tures)
.
4
;
;
History of Greek Literature (Lec-
;
.
.
.
—
.
.
,4
Mathematics. Olney's Analj^tical Geometry 01ne5^'s Differential and Integral Calculus
.4
Chemistry. Experimental work in the Laboratory
4
Astronomy. Loomis's Astronomy Chauvenet's Spherical and
Practical Astronomy
.4
Early English.
;
.
—
—
.
.
.
.
;
,
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.2
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.
The
conditions of admission arc
Course, except that Latin
is
tlic
same
as for
tlie
Classical
not required, although a sufficient
knowledge of the construction to read easy Latin Prose is earnestly
recommended. It is also very desirable that all applicants for
admission should have had at least one year's instruction in Freehand Linear Drawing.
COURSE OF STUDY.
There are no Elective Studies in the first two years of this
In the Junior and Senior years students may elect either
all Chemical, or all Engineering studies, or from both departments.
While full courses in professional studies are thus provided for, it
will be seen that care has been taken to secure general culture., and
not to make of students of this course merely chemists or engicourse.
neers.
Chemical Department.
The work
in this
department occupies four years, and
to prepare students to
fill
is
intended
positions as teachers or analytical chem-
and to provide such a general knowledge of chemical science,
applications to the arts, for those who wish to take up the
special problems of technical chemistry, as will atford a good basis
ists,
and
its
for their subsequent investigations.
The department is also open to those students, of maturer age,
whose time is limited, and who wish to prepare themselves for positions requiring a knowledge of Chemistry.
A
partial course in medical chemistry has been arranged as an
elective, for the benefit of those
who
intend to study medicine or
pharmacj'' after graduation.
21
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
22
The Laboratory has been
fitted
up
in the
most approved man-
ner to accominodate twenty-four students at a time each desk being provided with running water, gas, and sink. The Laboratory
;
is
heated
baths,
b}'^
steam, and furnished with hoods, sand, steam and air
furnaces, balances,
a
good microscope, spectroscope,
&c.y
suitable for carrying on all ordinary Laboratory work.
Students will be charged only for chemicals and apparatus
actually used up.
No
charge
is
made
for gas.
Engineering Department.
The
object of this department
is
to furnish a
good foundation
in Mathematics, Physics, Mechanics, and Drawing, and their applications, for the student of Civil or Mechanical Engineering.
Its
graduates will be prepared to become immediately useful in the
oflSce or field, in
subordinate positions, and, after a
fair
amount of
The de-
practice, to design and take charge of important works.
partment is also open to those students whose time is limited, and
who do not intend to graduate, by whom partial courses in Surveying and Draughting can be pursued with great practical advantage.
The department is well provided with the necessary field instruments, and each student is made familiar with their uses and management. The Draughting room is well lighted from above, and is
provided with the Worcester Adjustable Drawing Tables, models,
drawings,
«fec.
Connected with the department
is
a machine shop, in which a
amount of practice is required of each student, who thus
becomes acquainted with the uses of the various tools, and learns
to avoid errors in designing, by being required to execute, from his
own drawings, parts of structures or of machinery. The shop is
certain
well provided with excellent tools, including a screw-cutting engine
A vertical engine and boiler of four horse
power, built for the department, is used both for running the
machinery, and for class illustration and instruction.
lathe, iron planer, &c.
SWARTI/MONIi COI.t.hCE.
FRESHMAN
23
CLASS.
JVb.
— Inoiganie Clieniistiy Lectures
— Construction of plane Prohlems
Chemistry.
Graphics.
0/
Ex, per viffck
(last
;
in
half year;
8
Geometry; use
of Drafting Instruments, India Ink, and Colors; Projections (first half year)
.
.
.
.
.8
— Olncy's Algebra, through Quadratic Equations
Geometry, Books IV — VI.
ChauDavies' Legend
Mathematics.
;
re's
;
venet's Plane Trigonometry
.
.
.
.4
de
Rochelle
2
—Magill's Grammar
German. — Otto's Conversation Grammar Der Neffc
Onkel 3
History. — Liddell's History of Rome; Schmitz's Manual of
Ancient History
.3
English Literature. — Lectures on English and General Litera-
French.
;
Si(;ge
la
.
.
.
.
als
;
.
.
.
ture, (once a week first half year)
Natural History. Zoology Comparative Anatomy Comparative Physiology (Lectures)
Elocution. Murdock and Russell's Vocal Culture
Coates's
Speaker; Selections from English and Classical Authors;
Declamations
Rhetoric and Composition. Hart's Rhetoric Essays
.
.
—
;
.
^
;
.
.
.
—
.1
;
.
.
—
.
.
;
.
.1
.
1
;
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
24
SOPHOMORE
CLASS.
No. of
Ex. per week.
— Laboratoiy practice Blow-pipe Analysis and De— Nason and Chandler Qualitative Anal^'sis — Thorpe
half year)
Descriptive Geometry. — Orthographic projections of the
Chemistry.
;
terminative Mineralogy
;
;
(first
.
— Projection
struction
—
.
.
.
.
.
.
Hill's Stewart's Ph3^sics (Lectures)
Botany.— (After
Mathematics.
.
;
Con-
;
of Problems in Descriptive Geometry, (last
half year,)
Physics.
.
8
.2
and Plane,
Drawing Tinting and Shading
Point, Right Line,
Graphics.
.
4th mo. 1st,)
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
— Davies' Legendre's Geometry, Books VII-IX.
Olney's Analytical Geometry
Integral Calculus
.
—
;
Olney's Differential and
.
.
.4
.
.
French. Magill's Grammar Magill's Prose and Poetrj^
Surveying. Gillespie, and Lectures
.
;
—
German. — Otto's
.
Conversation
Grammar
.
.
;
Wilhelmi's
.
ture
.
.
.
.
Einer
.3
.
—
Litera-
.1
.
.
2
.2
.
.
muss heirathen
English Literature. Lectures on English and General
.
.8
.2
.2
— Zoology;
Comparative Anatomy; Comparative Physiolog}^ (Lectures)
Mineralogy, Geolog}- and
1^
Botany, (once a week last half year)
Elocution. Selections from Classical English Authors Declamations, Original and Selected
Rhetoric and Composition. Quackenhos's Rhetoric Essaj^s 1
Natural History.
;
.
.
—
.
;
.
—
.
;
,1
—
;;
;
SWARI'IIMORl:
I'o l.l.l'Ji E.
25
JUNIOR CLASS.
No
of
Ef.. i>er vjeek.
Physics.
— Acoustics; Optics; Heat; Electricity
— Cluiuvcnct's Spherical Trigonometry
* Mathematics.
Jliglier
Political
Algebra
Economy.
— Principles
of Political
.
.
.
.
;
Mill
-1
•
•
—
.
-4
Economy
Carey (liectures)
Natural History. Lectures 011 Mineralogy,
Botany (once a week last half year)
Essays on Scientinc Subjects
2
.
Ohiey's
•
•
.
.
.
.
;
Geology
and
.
.
.
^-
.
•
•
1
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
A' B.
— The
Student must
e/ect either all the studies
equivalent in
I.
—
amount from
0/ one department, or their
both departments.
Chemical Department.
—
Chemistry. Practical Quantitative Analysis Mineral Analysis; Spectrum Analysis; Volumetric Analysis (Lectures) 18
3
Chemistry. Theoretical Cooke's Chemical Philosophy
—
;
—
.
n. Engineerings Department.
Engineering.
Geodesy
— Theory, Adjustment,
gineering Field Instruments
;
and use of En-
Farm Surveying
;
Leveling;
Topographical, Triangular, and Hydrographical Surveying
— Analytical Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
Descriptive Geometry. — Warped Surfaces and Intersections
Shades, Shadows, and Perspective and Applications
Graphics. — Topographical, Structure, and Machine drawing
Mechanics.
;
Principles
of
Mechanism
Visits
;
to
Special Machinery and Structures
Shop
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
*French or tierman may be substituted by students
in
2
.
2
and Sketches of
Practical Exercises in Engineering Field Work, or
chine
4
.
tlie
in the
.
.12
Ma-
.4
chemical department.
——
;
26
SVVARTHMORE COLLEGE.
.
SENIOR CLASS.
Mental Philosophy.
first half'
— Wayland, with
year)
Moral Philosophy.
.
.
— Wayland,
last half year)
Lectures, (once a week
.
.
.
—
Natural History. Lectures on Mineralogy,
Botany (once a week last half year)
Essays on
Scientific Subjects
*
Practical
Analysis
ganic
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
^
.
.
.
.
^
.1
;
.
Or-
Assaying
.28
.
Organic and Technical
.
.
.
.2
.
Engineering Department.
Road Engineering
structions
.
Determinations
Special
.
II.
Engineering.
.
Geology and
— Quantitative Analysis continued;
;
— Theoretical— Lectures on
Chemistry
^
Chemical Departtnent.
Chemical Preparations
Chemistry.
.
ELECTIVE STUDIES.
I
Chemistry.
.
.
with Lectures, (once a week
.
.
yo. of
Ex. per week.
— Stability
— Theory and Practice
Con-
;
of Structures, Building Materials,
Foundations and Superstructures, Bridge Engineering
4
Physical Mechanics Friction and other resistances. Stress and Strength of Materials, Practical Hydraulics, Practical Pneumatics
Machines General Theory of Machines, Theory of Prime Movers
4
Graphics. Plans, Profiles and Sections of Road Surveys MaWorking Drawings
chine and Structural Drawing
12
Practical Exercises in Field Work, and in the Machine Shop 6
Astronomy. Descriptive Astronomy and Determination of
..
Meridian, Time, Latitude and Longitude
.
—
Mechanics.
;
—
.
—
.
;
.
;
—
.
*Chosen
as in the Junior Class.
.4
DEGREES.
who complete
in
the
same.
examinations
the Classical Course, and pass the
upon
students
who
complete
conferred
is
The Degree of B. L.
the Modern Classical Course (see p. 15), and pass the examinaThe Degree of A. B.
is
conferred upon students
tions in the same.
The Degree of
B. S.
is
conferred upon students
who complete
the Scientiiic Course, and pass the examinations in the same.
The Degree of A. M. will be given, three years after gradution, to all
Bachelors of Arts
who
shall
have engaged, during that
who shall present an
period, in professional or literary studies, and
acceptable thesis.
The Degree of M.
to
all
L. will be given, three years after graduation,
Bachelors of Literature
who
shall
have engaged, during that
period, in professional or literary studies, and
an acceptable thesis.
The Degree of M.
S. will
to all Bachelors of Science
who
shall present
be given, three years after graduation,
shall have engaged, during that
who
period, in professional or scientific studies, and
who
shall present
an acceptable thesis upon some scientific subject.
The Degree of C. E. will be given, three years after graduation,
to all Bachelors of Science of the Engineering Department who
shall have engaged, during that period, in professional practice,
and who shall present an acceptable thesis upon subjects pertaining
to Civil Engineering.
Applications for the Second Degree in any course must be
made, and the thesis presented at least three months before commencement.
The Second Degree will also be conferred upon those Bachelors of Arts, of Literature, or of Science, who, as Resident
Graduates, shall continue their studies under the advice and direction of the Faculty for one year after graduation, and pass the
examinations in the same.
27
GENERAL INFORMATION.
SITUATION.
SwARTHMORE COLLEGE
Situated on the
is
West Chester and
Philadelphia Railroad, ten miles from Philadelphia.
the depot at Thirty-first and Chestnut Streets,
West
Cars leave
Philadelphia,
ten times dail3^
POST-OFFICE ADDRESS AND CITY OFFICE.
The
Post-Office address
is
Swarthmore, Delaware
Express packages may be sent to
left in care
of Friends'
Book
this address, or, if small,
Association, 706
Arch
Co., Pa.
may
be
Street, Phila-
delphia.
LIBRARIES.
The Libraries of the College now contain nearly three thousand
volumes. Each department of study is supplied with a good and
steadily increasing library of reference.
The General Librar}' is
accessible to all the students, according to the rules established by
the Faculty, and is open once a week during term time for the deand daily
by the students. It
livery of reading books,
for the delivery of
reference needed
is
open
books of
at all times to teachers
and members of the household.
Friends' Historical Library of Swarthmore, founded by
Lapham, which contains
a small
Anson
but increasing collection of
Friends' books, photographs of representative Friends, and
manu-
and its history, is at all times
cessible to teachers, students, and members of the household.
scripts relating to the Society
ac-
PHYSICAL CULTURE.
Regular daily exercise
in the
open
air is
encouraged, for which
the extensive grounds connected with the College afford ample
facilities.
The gymnasium
is
open every day for the voluntary
exercise of the students.
28
.
SWA/riJ/MOI^I: COLLEGE.
29
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES.
taken to inculcate the doctrine that religion is a
matter of practical daily life, and is not confined to the observance
of set forms or the promulgation of religious tenets, the regular
assembling for religious purposes is carefully observed. On First"While care
is
day morning a religious meeting is held, attended by students,
teachers, and members of the household, and occasionally by visiting Friends. The meeting is preceded by First-day school exercises, consisting
of the recitation of passages of Scripture prepared
different classes, and the reading of a portion
by members of the
of Scripture at the close.
The
daily exercises are opened
by a
general meeting for reading selected portions of Scripture, or other
suitable books, and imparting such
moral lessons as circumstances
seem to require, followed by a period of silence before entering
upon the
duties of the day.
VISITING
AND LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
Students should not be visited at the College on the first day
OF THE WEEK.
Leave of absence cannot be granted without a written request
from parents or guardians, which request should, in all cases, be
accompanied by reasons satisfactory to the Faculty.
Students may be visited, on week-days, by parents or guar
dians, or by near relatives, or others approved by parents or
guardians but general Adsiting is discouraged. Students must not
be interrupted in their studies or recitations at any time.
All persons who are interested in education, and who are desirous of examining the methods of instruction and discipline at
Swarthmore, will be welcome at any time, and should, when convenient, communicate with the President upon the subject in ad;
vance.
COMMENCEMENTS AND VACATIONS.
The College 3'ear begins on the second Third-day of Ninth
month, and closes with Commencement da}', which occurs on the
third Third-day of Sixth month.
Students are not admitted for a period terminating earlier than
the current college year, but,
any time during the
j^ear, if
when vacancies
exist,
may
enter at
prepared to join existing classes.
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE.
30
Besides the
week
summer
vacation there will be a vacation of one
at Christmas.
OUTFIT.
Although uo form of dress
simple attire as
is
prescribed for either sex, such
appropriate to school
is
life
is
earnestly recom-
Ear-rings, bracelets, necklaces, and elaborately
mended.
trimmed
dresses are prohibited.
Students should be supplied with six towels, six napkins, two
clothes-bags, a wrapper, slippers, umbrella, and the requisite toilet
articles.
Ever}' article must be
marked with the
name
full
of the
owner.
USE OF TOBACCO.
The use of Tobacco being
to
its use,
strictly prohibited, those addicted
unless prepared to renounce
it
entirely, should not
apply
for admission.
EXPENSES.
For resident students
per
j^ear,
of which $200
of First month.
first
is
the price of board and tuition
pa3'able in advance, and $150
A proportionate
deduction
who enter after the opening of
For day scholars the price is $200
students
is
the college
made
is $350
on the
to those
j^ear.
per year, of which one-half
payable in advance, and the remainder on the first of First month.
The day scholars dine with the resident students.
is
Books are furnished for the use of students without expense,
but they bu}' their own stationery and drawing implements. Students in Practical Chemistrj^ pay for the chemicals which they use
No additional charge is made in case of sickin the laboratory'.
ness unless extra expense
is
incurred.
There are no extra charges.
The price being made as low as experience shows
to be
com-
patible with prudence, while man}' of our expenses are annual in
and teachers and other
must be engaged in proportion
their character,
officers at fixed j^early sal-
aries,
to the
we
amount
cannot,
ate
paid, without loss.
is
number
case of withdrawals, return the
entered,
When
of students
full
propor-
the connection of a student
with the College shall terminate before the end of the period for
which payment has been made, by sickness, or any other cause,
SWARTIIMOKE
C()/,/./i(J /'..
31
approved by tlio Fiiciilly, tlic student may liave the privilege of
sending an ap[)rovcd suhstitiite, for the unexpired term, or may
apply, in writing, to tlie Treasurer, and a return will be made at
the rate of $25 per month, from the date of said application or
written notice
tliat
the place
is
vacated.
PAYMENTS.
to be made by check or draft to
Robert Biddle, Treasurer, No. 511 Commerce Street,
Payments are
the order of
Philadelphia.
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
GENERAL STATEMENT.
This school
and
is intended to prepare students for the Classical
Courses of the College, or to furnish a good praceducation to those desiring a shorter course. Most of the
Scientific
tical
studies pursued are required of
all,
but few being optional, as ex-
shown that young students make much more
satisfactory progress when pursuing a regularly required course,
even for a single year without any idea of graduation, than when
they select all their studies for themselves. The course of study
perience has clearly
in this school, while
it
is
an essential preparation for the two de-
partments of the College, is also believed to be the best training
for tho'se whose means and circumstances require that they should
finish their studies in the Preparatory School, or before reaching
the end. of the College course-. Attention is invited to the course
of study as here arranged, and the various Preparatory Schools
among Friends throughout the country are requested to conform
to
it,
as far as practicable,
and to prepare students
to enter our-
Freshman Class, either in the Classical or the Scientific course.
To secure this end, a thorough mastery of the elementary principles
of the subject taught, and not a mere knowledge of the text-books
required,
is
most earnestly recommended.
Subsequent
stud}''
can
rarely, if ever, atone for deficient preparation.
ORGANIZATION.
The School
G.
Classes
A
is at
present divided into three classes, A, B, and
and B are divided into
classical
and
scientific sec-
tions, preparing for these respective courses in the college.
GOVERNMENT AND INSTRUCTION.
The students of the Preparatory School are under the same
general management as the College classes. With a few excep32
J'NI'.PAR.VrOR V
tions, the
same general
SCHOOL.
rules iire applicable to
^
both, aiul the wtu-
dents of this school receive instruction 'IVoni teachers emplo^-erl
especially for this purpose, and also from professors and instructors
of the College.
EXPENSES. ETC.
The expenses of students of
this school are the
same
as those
of students of the College classes, and the various remarks under
the head of General Information* in the College Catalogue are
applicable alike to the College and the Preparatory School.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION.
Applicants for admission must be at least thirteen years old,
to the President, from their last teacher, satis-
and should submit
good moral character.
Examinations for admission will be held on Third, Fourth, and
Fifth-days, the 10th, Uth and 12th of Ninth month, 1878.
Candidates must present themselves at three o'clock, P. M. on Thirdday, the 10th of Ninth month. To secure places, applications for
admission for the next scholastic year should be made, as early as
possible, by letter to the President.
Candidates for admission to class C will be examined as follows
In Elements of English Grammar, embracing a knowledge of
the Parts of Speech, and their uses Reading and Spelling Geography of the United States Arithmetic, through Decimal Fractions.
Candidates for the advanced classes of the Preparatory' Scbool
will be further examined in the studies of the classes below that
which they propose to enter.
factory^ testimonials of
:
;
;
;
*See pages 29
—3O;
:
;
COURSES OF STUDY.
The only
elective studies in the Preparatory School are as follows
Natural History (lectures), elective in
all
the classes
Latin and French, elective in Class C.
CLASS
C.
No. of
Ex. per week.
—
Arithmetic. Brooks's Normal Written and Brooks's Normal
Mental Arithmetic, through Percentage
Geography. Guyot's Grammar School Geography Map Draw
.
—
ing
;
.
Grammar. — Swinton's Language
Lessons
— Ridpath's History of the United States
Reading and Speaking. — Phonetic Spelling Enunciation
Words; Monroe's Fifth Reader Declamations
Spelling. — Leach's Speller, and Dictations
History.
;
Composition
"Writing
.
of
......
.....
.
;
.
.
.
.
.
Free-hand Drawing
Elective Studies.
Latin.
— Harkness's Introductory Latin Book
— Magill and Paulin's First Lessons
French.
34
in
.
French
.
.2
.
2
I'Nr.i'ANA'ruN y
school.
35
CLASSICAL COURSE.
CLASS
B.
No. of
Ex. per week.
Latin.
— Ilarkness's Gram inar and Reader Caesar begun
— Ma/^ill Paulin's First Lessons in French Magill's
.
;
French.
aiul
4
;
IntrodiK'tovy Frcncli Reader
Arithmetic. Brooks's Normal Written and Brooks's Normal
Mental Arithmetic, completed
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
3
—
.3
Geography. — Warren's' Physical Geography
.2
History. Anderson's History of England
.3
Reading and Speaking. Phonetic Spelling; Enunciation of
Words; Ilillard's Fifth Reader Declamations
2
—
.
.
.
.
—
;
Spelling.
Composition
Writing
Free-hand Drawing
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
CLASS
Latin.
.
— Leach's Speller and Dictations
— Harkness's Grammar
;
.1
.1
.2
.2
.
A.
Compo
Harkness's Latin Prose
;
sition, first thirt}^ lessons
.
Cesar's Gallic War, continued
"Virgil's uEneid, begun
French. Magill's French Grammar; Magill's Introductory
French Reader
Mathematics. Brooks's Algebra to Quadratic Equations
Davies' Legendre's Geometry, Books I.-IIL
3
Physics. Elementary Physics and Chemistry— -Lectures
1
Uranography. (Twice a week first half-year)
.1
Physiology. — (Twice a week last half-year)
.1
History and Geography. Smith's History of Greece Review
of the History of the United States and England
Reading and Speaking. Hillard's Sixth Reader Murdock and
Russell's Vocal Culture Declamation
Spelling. General Exercises upon Lists of Difficult Words,
.....
,
—
—
.
.
.
.
—
.
.
—
.
.
.
.
—
;
—
;
;
—
Dictations
.
Composition
Writing
Free-hand Drawing
.
.
,1
.1
......
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2
.2
;
PREPARATORY SCHOOL.
36
SCIENTIFIC COURSE.
CLASS
B.
No, of
Ex. per week.
—
Arithmetic. Brooks's Normal Written and Brooks's Normal
Mental Arithmetic, completed
^English Grammar. Brown's English Grammar
French. Magill and Paulin's First Lessons in French; Magill's
Introductory French Reader
Geography. Warren's Physical Geography
History. Anderson's History- of England
Reading and Speaking. Phonetic Spelling Enunciation of
.
.
.4
.
—
.
.
4
—
.
.
.
.
.
—
—
Words
Spelling.
.
.
—
—
;
Reader
Hillard's Fifth
;
;
Declamations
Leach's Speller, and Dictations
Composition
^Vriting
.
.
.
.
Free-hand Drawing
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
— Brooks's
.
.
.
.
.
CLASS
Mathematics.
.3
.2
.3
.
.
.
.
.
2
.2
.1
.2
.2
A.
Algebra, to
Davies' Legendre's Geometry,
Quadratic
Equations
Book I-IV.
.
.
4
—Elementary Physics and Chemistry (Lectures)
^English Grammar. — Analj'sis and Parsing Merchant of
.4
Venice
Magill's Introductory
French. — Magill's French Grammar
Physics.
.
1
;
.
.
.
.
.
.
;
.3
.1
.1
French Reader
(Twice a week first half-year)
Physiology. (Twice a week last half-year
History and Geography. Smith's History of Greece Review
of the History of the United States and England
Reading and Speaking. Hillard's Sixth Reader; Murdock and
Declamations
Russell's Yocal Culture
.
Uranography.
.
.
—
—
.
.
.
.
.
.
—
;
.
3
—
;
Spelling.
— General Exercises
Composition
Writing
Free-hand Drawing
.
*Latin
may be
;
Dictations
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
substituted for English
parents or guardians.
.
Grammar
.2
.2
.1
.2
.2
in this course, at the request
of
|[i$t of
I'tuilcntjj in
ikt
CLASS
jttepratorg ^diool.
A.
CLASSICAL SECTION.
New York City.
New Garden, Pa.
BaNER, W. LLEWBIihYN
Barnard, Josephine
Brown, Charles L.
Brooklyn, L. I.
Sharon Hill, Pa.
Bunting, Martha
Butler, William
West
Chester, Pa.
Chandler, John B.
Chase, Charles A.
Clayton, Samuel L.
Shoemakertown, Pa.
Cooper, Bertha
Detrick, John U.
Woodbury, N. J.
Baltimore, Md.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Chester, Pa.
DowDALL, Hannah C.
Emerson, William S.
PouLKE, P. Fannie
Frtdenberg, Eugene L.
Green, Lydia S.
Hancock, Edward B.
Haslam. Elizabeth
Hollingsworth, Anna T.
Johnson, Sadie E.
Kater, Samuel
Knight, Eva B.
Knight, Jonathan C, Jr.
Miller, Margaret H.
RocKHiLL, Clement B.
.
.
.
.
RossiTER, Horace L.
Seipt, Maniltus D.
Seyburn, Edward I.
Avondale, Pa.
Camden, Del.
Buckingham, Pa.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Media, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Penningtonville, Pa.
Fallston,
Md.
Haverford, Pa.
Media, Pa.
Feasterville, Pa.
Feasterville. Pa.
Sandy Spring. Md.
Columbus, N. J.
Spring House, Pa.
Skippack. Pa.
Pattersonville, La.
37
PREPARATOR V SCHOOL.
-,s
TuRTON, Charles B.
New York
WesTj R. Anna
WORTHTNGTON, EmMA C.
WORTHINGTON, MaRY A.
King of Prussia, Pa.
Buckingham, Pa.
West Cliester, Pa.
CLASS
City.
A.
SCIENTIFIC SECTION.
Barber, Esther M.
BOWNE, GrEORGE I.
Brown, David H.
Elder, George R.
KuHN, Samuel C.
LuKENS, Nathan
Marshall, Samuel H.
Matthews, J. Franklin
Merritt, Caroline
Miller, Caleb S.
Philadelpliia, Pa.
Bordentown, N.
Johnstown, Pa.
.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Upper Darby, Pa.
Milwaukee, Wis.
N. J.
Poughkeepsie, N.
Plainfield,
Miller, Warwick P., Jr.
Moore, Joseph T., Jr.
Pabvin, Walter M.
Sharpless, John E.
Sharpless, Townsend
Speakman, William A.,
J.
Lincoln, Ya.
,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Chester, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Wallace, Pa.
Jr.
Taylor, Emilie L.
Yan Dyne, George E.
Brownsville, Pa.
Indianapolis, Ind.
CLASS
B.
CLASSICAL SECTION.
Allen, Yirginia
CoNRow, A. Alida
Germantown, Pa.
.
.
Crozer, Lillie C.
Dallett, Joseph H.
Deacon, Mary F.
Henderson, R. Mason
Jackson, Alice W.
Y
Sandy Spring, Md.
Sandy Spring, Md.
Sandy Spring, Md.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Trenton, N. J.
West
Chester, Pa.
Mt. Holly, N.
J.
Baltimore, Md.
Horsham, Pa.
I'RIil'ARA
rOR Y SCHOOL.
39
Patterson, IIknuv L.
Read, Ali'hkd II.
Starr, Edwin M.
Verree, Jamkk p].
Verrcovillo, Pa.
Woodnutt, Olemrnt a.
Riclunoiid, Ind.
riiilad(;l|)liia,
Pa.
NorriHlowii, Pa.
Richmond,
CLASS
Ind.
B.
SCIENTIFIC SECTION.
Carter, Vauj-x
Brooklyn, L.
Ciialpant, John M.
Clinb, George A.
Unionvillc, Pa.
Collins,
Edward
Roslyn, L. Y.
Pemberton, N.
B.
Corlies, Georue
J.
Poughkeepsie, N.
DowBALL, William
Avondale, Pa.
Crosswicks, N.
Ridgewood, L.
P.
Ellis, Francis S.
Garner, Charlotte
Grundy, Joseph R.
Hicks, Annie J.
S.
C.
1
J.
I.
Bristol, Pa,
Ridgewood, L. I.
Conshohocken, Pa.
Johnstown, Pa.
Jones, William P.
Keemle, Samuel
Keener, Charles
I.
Naples,
.
KissAM, William A.
Knight, J. Lincoln
111.
Little Neck, L.
L
Holland, Pa.
Lippincott, Alfred H.
McClenahan, Charles A.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Norton, Howard E.
Parvin, William R.
QuEVEDo, Desiderio G.
Reeves, Thomas W.
Smith, Philomon, J.
Seaman, Frederick A., Jr.
Thorne, Edward C.
Ironton, 0.
.
Port Deposit, Md.
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
Matanzas, Cuba.
.
Clarksboro, N. J.
Damascus, Md.
Madison, N. J.
Yonkers, N. Y.
CLASS
Allen, Benjamin F.
Allen, John M.
Buchholz, William M.
Burnley, Michael
C.
Germantowu, Pa.
Germantown. Pa.
Sharon, Pa.
Garrettsford, Pa.
.
PREPAKATOK Y SCHOOL.
40
Caldwell, Frank G.
Fowler, George R.
.
FuRMAN, Samuel G.
Hibbert, Decatur H.
Trenton, N. J.
Walling ford. Pa.
HooPES, Louis H.
Innes, Francis B.
Jones, M. Emma
Jones, Mortimer A.
LippER, Harry M.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Baltimore, Md.
Brookljm, L.
.
Marshall, Charles
Philadelphia, Pa,
Cienfuegos, Cuba.
I.
Germantown, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa
Milwaukee, Wis.
I.
Nicholas, William G.
Roxborough, Pa.
Pennock, Charles W.
Pyle, Carleton J.
Satterthwaite, Laura H.
Mortonville, Pa.
Wagner, Clyde R.
Wills, Hannah W.
Coatesville, Pa.
Trenton, N.
Fremont, 0.
J.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Wilson, Daisy
Dover, Del.
SUMMARY.
Class A,
49
Class B,
36
Class C,
21
Total in Preparatory School,
.106
GENERAL SUMMARY
COLLEGE AND PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Senior Class,
Junior Class,
.
16
.
14
Sophomore Class,
Freshman Class,
26
.
49
Preparatory Students,
106
Total,
211
SUMMARY
BY STATES
Pennsjdvania,
New
New
106
York,
31
Jersey,
26
Maryland,
Delaware,
21
4
Indiana,
4
Ohio,
3
Wisconsin,
3
Virginia,
3
District of Columbia.
Florida,
Illinois,
1
1
.
1
.
Louisiana,
I
Maine,
1
Rhode
Island,
1
Texas,
1
Cuba,
2
France,
.
1
Total,
211
41
MINUTES
OF
'inr';
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE
STOCKHOLDERS
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE,
TWELFTH MONTH, FOURTH,
1877.
:
MINUTES.
At the Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of
Swarthmore College, held at Race Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, Twelfth month 4th, 1877, due public notice having been
given, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter:
The minutes
ol'
the last
Annual Meeting were read and ap-
proved.
The
terras of oHice of the following
Managers expired
at this
time
Samuel Willets,
Clement M. Biddle,
Jane P. Downing,
Hugh
Louisa M. Stabler,
Mary C. Blackburn.
Margai-et G. Corlies,
Mcllvain,
Daniel Underhill,
To nominate
Charter,
viz.:
the officers of the Corporation, required by the
two Clerks and a Treasurer, to serve for the ensuing
year, and eight Friends,
who
are Stockholders, to
fill
the vacancies
Board of Managers, the following were appointed
Joseph Wharton, Jacob S. Bunting, Henry M. Laing, Dillwyn
Parrish, John D. Hicks, Eli M. Lamb, Susan M. Parrish, Louisa
J. Roberts, Annie Shoemaker, Lydia H. Hall, Jane D. Satterthwaite, Hannah H. Woodnutt, Thomas Mellor, Sallie J. Ash, Edward Hoopes and Isaac H. Cocks.
in the
A
:
communication signed by
a
committee of the Alumni of
the College, asking that their organization be represented in the
Board of Managers, by the
election of one of their
number, was
read and referred to the Nominating Committee for consideration.
The reports of the Board of Managers, the Treasurer, and the
Committee on Trusts, Endowments and Scholarships were read,
separately considered, approved, and referred to the incoming
Board for publication.
The Nominating Committee, having withdrawn
submitted the following nominations
for a
time,
:
45
MINUTES OF THE
46
CLERKS FOR ONE YEAR.
Sarah
Isaac H. Clothier,
F. Corlies.
MANAGERS FOR FOUR YEARS.
Samuel Willets,
Clement M. Biddle,
Daniel Underhill,
Jane
P.
Downing,
Margaret
G. Corlies,
Mary C. Blackburn,
Mary W. Cocks.
Emmor Roberts,
TREASURER FOR ONE YEAR
Robert Biddle.
To
serve as Inspectors of the Election, C. Newlin Pierce, Isaac
H. Cocks and Eli M. Lamb, were appointed.
An
above
election
officers
by
ballot
was
held,
and the Inspectors reported the
duly elected, without opposition.
The communication from the Alumni of the College, which
was referred to the Nominating Committee, received consideration,
and the Committee felt much satisfaction at this evidence of interbut it was not deemed adest in the College felt by the Alumni
;
visable to accede to the request at the present time.
The connection of our esteemed friend, Hugh Mcllvain, with
Management having for the present terminated, the
Stockholders being fully impressed with a sense of the services he
the Board of
has rendered to the College, feel desirous to place on record their
appreciation of the importance and value of said services, so cheerfully
and zealously performed by him
in the interest of
Swarthmore,
since its foundation.
Then adjourned.
ISAAC
SARAH
H.
F.
CLOTHIER,)
CORLIES, j
^,
,
^'^^'^^-
—
—
/'OI'/r/7'.f:.VfJ/
ANNUAL MhETLXC.
47
MANAGERS' REPORT.
At the
close of the eighth year since the opening of the Col-
Managers would respectfully sul)mit to the Stockhohlerj*
their Fourteenth Annual Report.
The number of students entered for the present year, is nearly'
lege, the
as great as at this time last year.
It is a gratifying
circumstance
to be able to report tiiat there seems to be an increasing disposition
to take advantage of the facilities offered
the diminution
in
numbers has been
in
by the College, and that
the lowest class of the
Preparatory School, with an increase in the number of students in
The number of College students is
considerably greater than in any previous year.
the npper College classes.
The
classification of the students is as follows
Seniors,
16
.
.
49
.
Class B,
.
.
36
21
Whole number
It will
.
26
Class C,
numbers
.
14
Sophomores,
Freshmen,
Class A,
"
.....
.....
......49
.....
.....
.
Juniors,
:
in the College,
"
"
.
Preparatory School,
.
105
.
106
be seen that the graduating class for the coming j-ear
number than ever before, the entire Junior
16, a larger
Class of last
3'^ear,
who were pursuing
a regular course, having
returned to graduate.
The courses of study provided continue
ical, Scientific,
and Literary
these courses as follows
Seniors,
;
as last year
— Classin
:
Classical
8
Juniors,
Scientific
8
6
Literary
2
3
Sophomores,
Freshmen,
Class A,
81
18
Class B,
12
23
No
:
and the students are distributed
14
6
6
14
18
13
division into Classical and Scientific Sections takes place
in Class C,
and
in Classes
B and A
the onlv difference between the
MLYL'IES OF THE
48
two courses is. that the Classical students take Latin instead of
The Literary or Modern Classical Course
English Grammar.
begins with the Freshman year, and those students who have pursued the Scientific Course in the Preparator}^ School, are prepared
either to enter regularly upon the Literary, or continue in the
This course,
Scientific Course, upon entering the Freshman Class.
which was established last year, opens the way to the completion
of a regular course of study, and the receiving of a degree, by
who
those
neither desire to take the full Scientific Course, nor to
pursue the study of the Ancient Languages.
The College has so progressed during the past year as to
in-
spire constantl}^ increasing confidence in the public mind, which
has been a source of great satisfaction.
The Managers have ever kept
who
in
view the interests of those
which Swarthmore
desire for their children the opportunities
but who do not wish for them a collegiate education.
Hence, great care is taken to secure the best possible facilities in
our Preparator3:^ School. To this end the courses of lectures for
afl'ords,
the older students, as far as practicable, are opened to the ^j-ounger
classes,
and
full
courses of Lectures on Chemistrj^ and Physics are
included in the Preparatory work.
The
duties, also, are
so
ar-
ranged that even the youngest students profit, both directly and
indirectly, by the large experience and ability of those engaged in
giving instruction in the higher departments.
lent
and
profitable course
is
three years, or even a single
received by those
j^ear, in
Thus, a
ver}^ excel-
who spend two
or
our Preparatory School, but
whose means or circumstances prevent their even entering upon the
regular work of the College.
The entire corps of Instructors of last year has been re-confirmed, with one additional Instructor in the department of Elocu-
whose services, thus far, have proved satisfactory.
The other departments i^emain under the charge of the same
Instructors as last year. A few words with especial reference to
tion,
each of these will not be without interest to the Stockholders.
The present course of mstruction in the Latin language
more complete and
Latin
is
now
satisfactory than
required in
all
it
is
has ever been before.
classes of the Classical Course, after
entering Class B, of the Preparatory School, until graduation.
in this department is now about as full as that required
any other American College. Several of our graduates have
Our course
in
I'OdR'l'EENTII ANNI'AI.
been admitted to the Junior Clays
in
MEETING.
49
Harvard, and not required
to pursue the study of Latin further in order to graduate, sliowing
the araoxuit of Latin read liere is deemed suflicient elsewhere.
The study of the Greek language has never held cxaetly the
place in our College Course that we could desire.
It has been entirely optional, and the result has been that each year we have
tiiat
graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, students wholly
unacquainted with one of the great classical languages of antiquity.
During the present yeai', however, we have a far larger number
of students pursuing the study of Greek, than ever before, and we
may mention
the peculiarly gratifying fact
the Classical Department
the Junior Class,
all
in
tliat,
the Senior Class,
of the students of
all
but two, and in
but one, have elected Greek.
The Modern Classical or Literary Course has been established
meet the wants of those who desire to give particular attention
to the Modern Languages, and especially to English.
While pursuing the French and German, English is carefully studied by
means of representative authors, such as Chaucer, Spenser, Shakspeare, Macaulay, and others, and lectures are given upon the histo
tory of the language, as seen in the successive stages of
its
devel-
The aim of the Department is to make our own English
Language the subject of the same critical examination as is bestowed, in the Classical Department, upon the Ancient Tongues.
It is sought, by means of verbal criticism to give to the student a
opment.
knowledge of the structure and correct use of our own language,
and, by the special study of authors, to awaken in him an enthu-
siasm for our
own
noble literature.
The study of the French and German Languages is required
during the Freshman and Sophomore j^ears, and elective during
the remaining two years of the course.
They are, however, very
generally elected b}* the Juniors aud Seniors, and thus, practically,
a course of four years is given in this department.
The aim of
the Instructors
lias
been to give the students a thorough gram-
matical, reading aud writing knowledge of these languages
next to
may
this, a
fair
amount of conversational
;
and,
practice, that they
be able to understand, and speak with tolerable facility-, the
language of ordinary life. The endeavor is made to apportion
fairly, for this double object, the time allowed for the study.
In
selecting the books read by the students, the practical end of
studying the languages has been kept in view, and such books as
MIXC^TES OF THE
50
At the
best farther this object have generally been chosen.
will
same
time,
has been considered that the students should be
it
made
acquainted with books of a higher character, and be introduced to
some of the master-pieces of the French and G-erman Literatures.
In the department of History, the course
same
is,
in general, the
some years. With the younger students, drill in specific facts, and exercises calculated to give familiarity with names, places and dates important in history, occupy
as has been pursued for
the principal part of the time
;
but as they advance in the course,
more and more attention is given to analysis of character, to the
causes of great movements, and the influence of events and of individuals upon the life of nations.
It is the constant aim not to
give undue prominence to political history to regard battles and
;
kings as important only so far as they hav^e advanced or retarded
the progress of a people in freedom, intelligence and morality, and
especially to
make
the lessons of the past a powerful incentive to
patriotism and virtue.
That the
stud}^ of Historj''
a mere exercise of the
may
memory, time
be a means of culture and not
is
always devoted to the cus-
toms, religion, art and literature of a nation fine passages of
prose or poetry commemorating historic events, are frequently
;
presented in class, and an effort
is
made
to
awaken an
interest in
the historic allusions and legends of works of
art.
the advanced classes, and advanced students in
all classes,
Students in
are en-
couraged to read standard works of history, by selecting for them
such portions as illustrate their class work, or as are calculated
to arouse and fix their attention.
Compositions upon historic subjects are required throughout the course, and an increasing interest
is shown in this part of the work, leading the students, in many
cases, to prepare quite elaborate and creditable theses upon-the subjects assigned.
The recent contribution, by
a
member
of the Board, of a
num-
ber of fine large photographs of ruins, temples, cathedrals,
has greatly increased the efficiency of this department.
will
This
etc.,
gift
be remembered with gratitude by the students, not merely
because
it
has kindled a deeper interest in the general subject, but
has proved the means for specific and valuable information which many of them could hardly have otherwise obtained.
There has been but little change in the management of the
Chemical Department during the past year. The instruction given
because
it
/
VK
k~^
.
ro URTF.
ill
this stii ly
instruction
is
paratory School, and
Freshman
ANNUAL MEETING.
diviflod into 'I'luM^roLic'il
given by
is
\''n[
I'.,
Class,
iliustratcid
ami Practical.
Theoretical
hictures to Class A, of the Pre-
in the College, to the Scientific
Section of
tlie
and the Classical Section of the Junior Class.
TiiG practical part of the instruction
Se(!tion in the
51
Sophomore
year,
is
required of the Scientific
and may be elected by the Classical
students in the Junior and Senior Classes.
The
special course in
Chemistry occupies the Junior and Senior years, and we shall this
year graduate the first class in this course since the opening of the
College.
A considerable amount of new apparatus has been added
during the past year, tlius increasing the facilities for both class
and laboratory instruction. The number of students
from other courses who elect advanced instruction in this stud}^ is
This year, for the first time, the Laboratory
increasing every year.
has as many students as the present arrangements will accommodate.
illustration
This, together with
the character of the
feeling that the department
is
work done,
gives us the
assuming, more than ever before,
due importance as a permanent and
efficient
its
department of the
College.
In addition to the partial course in Medical Chemistr}-, mentioned last year, we are
now
trying the experiment of introducing
a brief course of instruction in the Chemistry of substances and
processes met with in every day
at the request of a few students,
life.
and
This course was undertaken
is
chiefly practical or labora-
tory instruction.
The greatest present need of the Chemical department is
commodious lecture room, as most of the lectures are now given
a
in
the Laboratorj'.
Physics
is
taught by illustrated lectures to
Class
Preparator}' School, and, in the College, to the entire
Class,
and the
Scientific Section of the
Junior Class.
A
It is
this year to introduce a short course of instruction
of the
Sophomore
in
intended
physical
manipulation, or work in the Phj^sical Laborator}^, in connection
with the lectures to the Junior Class.
The need of
instruction in
the construction and use of physical apparatus has long been
and
it
felt,
has been deferred mainlv for want of means to procure the
necessar}" apparatus for this purpose.
The department of Mechanics and Engineering
stated in our Catalogue, to
furnish a good
is
intended, as
foundation in those
studies which pertain to the practice of the Civil or the Mechani-
MINUTES OF THE
52
cal Engineer.
Our experience has been
that,
not merely those
students w,ho expect to graduate, but those whose limited time and
means prevent their taking more than a very brief course in this
department, upon leaving us to learn trades, have found the studies
here pursued particularly valuable. While a liberal amount of
practical work is given, care is taken that the student understands
the reasons for the work done.
This is especially the case in
Draughting, which is the written language of the engineer, where
the student is frequently called upon to make the thing drawn,
Unusual facilities are
as a test of his knowledge of the subject.
aflforded for becoming familiar with the use of tools in the new
machine shop which has been constructed in the south end of the
Gj^mnasium. This shop measures about 24x40 feet, and contains
a four horse power engine and boiler, arranged to drive the machinery, and to serve as practical examples, and for experimental
purposes in the study of the steam engine, the engine being fitted
for the application of an indicator for calculating its efficiency under
varying conditions. The shop also contains a first-class screwcutting engine lathe, an iron planer, a speed lathe, vises, forge
and anvil and the minor tools necessary for a complete course of
instruction
practical
construct here, from
other tools to
in
department.
this
the
students'
afi'ord facilities, as
It is the intention
own drawings and
to
patterns,
the classes increase, for a greater
and to offer opportunities for students
to construct tools and machinery for themselves, as well as models
and apparatus for the department and the College. A proposed
change in the arrangement of some of the studies in this depart-
number of working students
;
ment, will give, hereafter, much more opportunity for practical
in the field and shop, without detriment to the important
work
theoretical studies.
The departinent of Pure Mathematics, continuing under the
same care as from the opening of the College, is in a very satisThe requirements for entering our Freshman
factory condition.
Class are here quite equal to the average of the best colleges in
the countr}^, and the amount and quality of work done during the
Colleo-e course will bear a very favorable comparison with that done
elsewhere.
the
first
year, of
Course
This important study
two years
all
is
required of
scientific students,
in their Senior year.
all
students during
in the Junior
and of students in the Engineering
An elective course in the higher math.
after entering the College,
and
Foi'irriU'.hnu
ematics, and
in th(!or('ti(!:il
anncal meeting.
and practical Astronomy,
53
is
also offered
Junior and .Senior years.
The course on Natural History consists in teaching, through
lectures and recitations, Systematic Zoology, with Comparative
to
tlic
classi(!a,l
studi^nts in
their
Anatomy and Physiology, supplemented b^' Mineralogy, Geology,
and IJotany, The lectures are accompanied by illustrations of natural specimens, models, drawings, and sketches on the blackboard.
The Museum has been formed with the view of illustrating the
Natural History course. It contains specimens fairly representing
all classes of the Animal Kingdom, mainly American, and of a
familiar character, which are considered best for the purposes of
instruction.
The collection contains most of the mammals of our
vicinity; about 1000 birds from the neighboring counties; and collections of reptiles, amphibians and fishes, mainly also from the
neighborhood. The other sub-kingdoms of mollusks, articulates,
radiates and protozoons are well represented.
Besides the Zoological department, the Museum contains upward of 2000 well selected
minerals, rocks and fossils, well adapted for instruction in Mineralogy and Geology.
The Departments of Penmanship and Free-hand Drawing are
under the same direction as last year, and continue to be satisfactory.
These important studies are required of all our students in
the Preparatory School and both courses are open to those college
;
students
who
desire to pursue them.
The Library- now numbers 2824 volumes, 229 having been
added during the present year. These have been chiefly by purchase, but among them is included a rare and valuable collection of
Mathematical works, donated to the College by the will of our late
beloved friend, and valued co-worker, Benjamin Hallowell, thus
showing his continued interest in the welfare of the college of which
he was one of the principal founders. The books purchased have
been selected with especial reference to the needs of the several
departments, and none for the purpose of
filling
up vacant shelves.
The result is that, each year, our library is becoming more and
more a practical working librarj^ of great and increasing value to
the College.
Friends' Historical Library numbers 472 volumes, and has been
by donations during the past year.
by those not regularly engaged in giving instructhe college, have been given as heretofore, but it is very
slightly increased
Some
tion in
lectures,
;;
MINUTES OF THE
54
desirable
that
means of improvement and general culture
this
should be more freely offered to our students, and the establishment
of a fund for this purpose, jnelding at least $500 a year, would be
a
ver}'- efficient
The
addition to our means of instruction.
harmonious
between the Faculty and Students, continue to be a source
of especial satisfaction to the Managers and our confidence in the
system of co-education is not only unabated, but strengthened by
the added experience of the past j^ear.
Now that the College is fully organized on a permanent basis,
and the necessarj? buildings have been constructed, furnished and
excellent discipline of the College, and the
relations
;
equipped, as must naturally be expected, the principal progress
made has been in the direction of the further development of the
courses of study, the enlargement of the Library, and the
Museum
of Natural History, additions to our apparatus, and in increasing the
various
facilities for
giving instruction in the lectures and in the
Yet the outside improvements have not been lost sight
of during the past year. The new Station on the Railroad has
class-room.
been completed, old buildings have been remoA^ed, and the long
delayed planting of trees upon the lawn has received proper atten-
The farm
tion.
also,
has been
much improved, and
the
crops
raised have been sufficient to cover the expense thus incurred.
It
has ever been the hope of the Managers that Swarthmore
may more and
moi'e inculcate and exemplify those principles and
that simplicity to which Friends bear testimony.
Great sacrifices
have been, made to found and establish this Institution of learning.
It has been, from the first, a labor of love and devotion.
The effort
was in harmony with it was the outgrowth of principles which it
is the mission of our Religious Society to cherish and promulgate
namely, the devotion of our means, not to display, but to real good
and the exercise of a judicious care that we may provide liberally
for all of those things which contribute to the moral and intellectual
advancement of coming generations. Although the outward and
material establishment of Swarthmore is well nigh finished
the
great work undertaken by its far-sighted founders is scarcely begun
and, unless it is to be dwarfed and hindered of its hoped for perfection, others must continually take up and carry on the work with
the same broad spirit of liberality in which it was conceived. A
certain grade and class of schools are self-sustaining, but higher
—
—
;
;
FOCk'TKF.NTII AX.VrA/. Arr.ETING.
education
lias
ever been, and must continue to be
contril)ution of the iircsent to
tiie
55
tlie self-sacrificing
future.
Ai)i)eals have been made in most of our Annual Keports for
means to endow the College in various respects, thus to increase
its usefulness, and make itavailable for a large number of students
who
cannot, at present, take advantage of the opportunities which
consequence of the expense incurred. Our Endowment fund, which is now capable of rendering assistance ,to a considerable number of students of limited means, has not been init
affords, in
creased since our last report, while the income from this fund has
There is another form of endowment to
which the Managers desire to direct the attention of the Stockholders.
This is the establishment of Scholarships, depending
upon proficiency in the studies pursued, and to be obtained by commaterially diminished.
$10,000 properly invested would furnish one
such scholarship, of $150, for each of the four College classes, and
in its moral effect, (giving that prominence to superior attainments
which ought to be expected in such an institution as Swarthmore,)
petitive examination.
would be of incalculable benefit in raising the standard of the
It is hoped that this matter will claim the serious attention of Friends having means at their command, who are considering the best way in which they may advance the scholarship of the
it
College.
rising generation.
The subject of a reduction
in the price of tuition has, at differ-
ent times, claimed the attention of the Board.
The
receipts since
the opening of the College have been considerably in excess of the
regular running expenses, but the necessit}^ of completing our out-
and adding improvements from time to time, has heretofore
The Board, at its meeting j^esterday, authorized the Committee on Trusts, Endowments and Scholarships, at their discretion, to admit any students in the Preparatory
School at the rate of Two hundred and Fifty Dollars per annum.
fit
prevented action in this matter.
We cannot conclude this Report without referring to the loss
which the College has sustained in the death of one of our InstructAt the time of the
ors, who was also one of our first graduates.
opening of the College, in 1869, Maria C. Pierce was entered as a
member of our first Freshman Class. During her course of four
^''ears, as a student, she always maintained a high position, both as
to chai'acter and scholarship, and she was graduated in 18T3 with
She was then immediately appointed
the first honors of her class.
56
MIXCTES OF THE
one of the Instructors in the College, and for three 3'ears filled
In
this position with honor, and with ever increasing usefulness.
1876 she was married to Samuel S. Green, our Professor of Physics, and accompanied her husband to Europe, a year's leave of
absence having been granted him to pursue his studies further
During her absence she was re-appointed as Instructor
on the da}' of
our Annual Commencement, she died in Paris after a brief illness.
Only those who have known her well, as a student and as an instructor, and have watched, with growing interest, her development
from year to year, can fully appreciate the great loss which the
abroad.
in the College, but just at the close of the year,
College sustains in her early death.
J'O I 'k' 7
A A'7 7/ A NNUA I.
'/•;
MR
I:
I 'INC.
57
TREASURER'S REPORT.
l\cii;iORT
BlUDi.E,
Treasiircry
College.
....
J^R.
1876.
I2th mo.
in arroKiil with Sioarfliiiure
4tli.
To
balance on hand,
?lo,658.oi
1877.
12th mo. 3d.
To amount
542.13
received for Rents,
"
Donations for
Improvement of
(Grounds, Isabel Williams,
•'
.Stationery
and Meals taken
the College,
Farm Products
On
50.00
at
1,045.90
329.00
sold,
Tuition Acc't,
71,178.66
.
^3,803.70
CR.
By amount
of S. Willets' fund
'rounds.
expended on1 ('round
(
paid on Construction Acc't,
"
Tuition Acc't.
"
"
for
74,888.87
.
Returned Tuition,
977-51
102.06
Protested Check,
"
Cash on hand
1,922,30
2,500.00
6.52
Interest,
Wdlet^' Fund,
S.
Cash on hand.
52. 206. 49
.
I.
119 95
3,406.44
183,803.70
We
it
have examined
t"ie
with his vouchers, anl finl
above repo.t of F.obert Biddle, Treasurer, compared
it
correct.
JAMES
V.
WATSON,
EDWARD TAYLOR,
Auditors.
AIINUTES
5S
01'
THE
Report of the Treasurer of the Committee on Trusts, Endowments and
Scholarships.
Clement M. Biddle, Treastirer, in account with Comtnittce on
inetits and ScJiolarships^ of Swarthmore College.
Endow-
Trusts,
IN^'ESTMENT ACCOUNT.
DR.
Endowment Fund.
General
Samuel
J.
^55,000 00
Underbill,
Isaiah V. Williamson,
10,000.00
^15,000.00
Educational
Endowment Fund.
Thomas H. Speakman,
100.00
Deborah F. Wharton,
5,000,00
Isaiah V. Williamson,
25,000.00
Special Scholarship Fund.
Westbury Quarterly Meeting,
5,000.00
Perpetual Scholarship Fund.
Anson Lapham,
10,000.00
Special
Endowment Fund,
Bayard
P. Blachly,
10,000.00
Loan without
2,500.00
Interest,
^72,600.00
CR.
Ground Rents, I. V. W., Philadelphia,
Swarthmore College Due Bills,
10,000 00
16,100.00
Equitable Trust Co., Bonds,
6,500.00
Schuylkill Navigation Co., Bonds,
Property 727 Chestnut St
,
]A,
5,000.00
25,000.00
Interest,
Mortgage Account,
10,000.00
572,600.00
We
it
have examined the account of Clement M. Biddle, Treasurer, compared
with the investments, and find
it
correct.
EDWARD TAYLOR,
JAMES
V.
WATSON,
Auditors.
I'Ol /< 7 /'.
/:
XT1 1
.1
A'^VC \4 /.
ME A TIXG.
59
Repori of the Treasurer of the Committee on Trusts, Endowments and
Scholarships— Continued.
INCOME ACCOUNT
DR.
233 91
Balance on hand I2th mo. 4th, 1876.
General Endowment,
[,020. 88
Educational Endowment,
1,841.53
Special
700 00
Endowment,
Perpetual Scholarship,
700.00
Special Scholarship,
350 00
84,846.32
CA\
General Endowment,
15.00
Educational Endowment,
Special
696.67
Endowment,
849.17
1.376.67
Perpetual Scholarship,
33850
Special Scholarship,
Cash
in Phila.
1,520-31
Trust and Safe Deposit Co.,
§4,846.32
For the year ending 12th mo. 3d, 1S77.
CLEMENT
M. BIDDLE,
Treasurer.
GRADUATES.
CLASS OF
Sarah fl. Acton, A. B.
Helen Magill, Ph. D.
1873.
Salem, N. J.
Cambridge, England.
.
Elizabeth C. Miller, A. B.
Esther T. Moore, A. B.
=^Maria C. (Pierce) Green, A.B.
Lowndes Taylor, A.B.
Swarthmorc College.
Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore College.
West
.
CLASS OF
Ellen H. (Evans) Price, A.B.
(Hall) Hickman, A.B.
^Alfred T. Haviland, B.S.
1874.
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
Amy W.
Street Road, Pa.
.
Millbrook, N. Y.
Mary
(Hibbard) Thatcher, A.B.
Herman Hoopes, B.S.
Ferris W. Price, A.B.
Elizabeth S. Woolston, A.B.
Darby, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
CLASS OF
John B. Booth, A.B.
Helen T. Comly, A.B.
Franklin H. Corlies, B.S.
Herbert G. Dow, A.B.
Chester, Pa.
1875.
Swarthmore College.
Byberry, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
.
Columbia College,
New York
Lizzie (Hanes) Taylor, A.B.
Edith R. (Hooper) Roberts, A.B.
Barton Hoopes, Jr., B.S.
Oliver Keese, Jr B.S.
,
J.
Reece Lewis,
A.B.
.
Titusville, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Titusville, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
John K. Richards, A.B.
William II. Ridgway, B.S.
Ironton, Ohio.
.
Coatesville, Pa.
*Deceased.
6o
J.
Media, Pa.
B.S.
Howard W. Lippincott,
Martha McIlvain, A.B.
Woodstown, N.
City
6i
(;h'.1/)(.177:.S.
CLASS OF
Frank L. Bassett, P).S.
Arthur W. Bradley, A,B.
1876.
Salem, X.
West
Frances Linton, A.B.
P]l1/AHETII J. LONOSTRETII, A.V).
.Iames T. McClure, B.S.
Emma McIlvain,
A.B.
Edwin Mitchell,
Jr.,
J.
Pliiladelphia, Pa.
.
Chester, Pa.
Sharon
.
Hill, Pa.
Phil.'ulelphia, Pa.
.
Philatleli>hia, Pa.
.
Ecole de Medecine,
A.B.
Paris, France.
JsAAC G. Smedley, B.S.
Herbert W. Smyth, A.B.
Mary Willets,
Wir.LTAM
P.
Willistown, Pa.
Harvard College,
Cambridge, Mass.
Maiden Creek, Pa.
.
A.V>.
Worth,
B.S.
Coatesville, Pa.
.
CLASS OF
Norman
B. Corson, A.B.
EuDORA Magill, A.B.
Jesse R. Norton, A.B.
.
.
.
,
.
,
.
.
Carroll R. Williams, A.B.
Florence M. Yeatman, A.B.
Joseph T. Bunting, B.S.
.
1877.
.
.
West
Chester, Pa.
Fairville,
.
.
Norristown, Pa.
Swarthmore, Pa.
Harvard College,
Cambridge, Mass.
.
Pa.
Philadelphia, Pa.
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Swarthmore College Catalogue, 1877-1878
A digital archive of the Swarthmore College Catalogue
1877 - 1878
74 pages
reformatted digital