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Wharton Hall.
Sproul Observatory.
Hall Gymnasium.
Parrish Hall.
Servants* Dormitory.
Tennis Courts.
Beardsley Hall.
Science Hall.
Somerville Gymnasium.
The Library.
The Hall o f Chemistry.
Students* Observatory*
The Benjamin West House.
The Meeting House.
Professors* Residences.
The President*8 House.
The Dean’ s House.
The Farm House.
The Heating and Lighting Plant.
Memorial Gateways.
Water Tank.
The Swimming Pools.
Whittier House.
Book and Key House.
Hicks Hall.
The Railroad Station.
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Lodge.
Delta Upsilon Fraternity Lodge.
Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity Lodge.
Worth Dormitory.
Hockey Field.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
B u l l e t in

CATALOGUE NUMBER
F IF T Y -S IX T H

YEAR

1924-1925

SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA

Printed for the College
Vol. X X II, No. 3

Third Month, 1925

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

SESSION DAYS OF COLLEGE IN BOLD-FACE TYPE
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COLLEGE CALEN DAR
1925
First Month 6 ................................... College Work resumes at 8.00 a. m.
First Month 23................................. Registration and Enrollment in Classes
fo r the Second Semester 9.00 a. m. to
12 M.
First Month 23 ................................. Mid-Tear Examinations begin at 2.00
P. M.
First Month 29........ ............ ........ First Semester ends.
Second Month 2 ..............................Second Semester begins.
Second Month 23............................College Work suspended for the day.
Third Month 10.................................Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Fourth Month 4 ............................. College Work ends at noon for the Spring
Recess.
Fourth Month 14........................... College Work resumes at 8.00 A. m .
Sixth Month 5 .................................. Final Examinations begin.
Sixth Month 11................................ Final Examinations end.
Sixth Month 12............................... Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Sixth Month 12.................................Class Day.
Sixth Month 13.................................Alumni Day.
Sixth Month 14 .................................Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month15.................. .............. Commencement
Sixth Month16 to Ninth
Month 16 Summer Recess.
Ninth Month15.................................Freshmen Orientation Day.
Ninth Month 16................................. Matriculation, Registration and Enroll­
ment in Classes.
Ninth Month 17................................. College Work begins at 8.00 a . m .
Tenth Month 6 ................................ Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Tenth Month 24............................. Founders’ Day. Class Work suspended
fo r the day.
Eleventh Month 25......................... College Work ends at 1.00 p . m . for
the Thanksgiving Recess.
Eleventh Month 30......................... College Work resumes at 8.00 A. M.
Twelfth Month 1 .....................
Annual Meeting o f the Corporation.
Twelfth Month 19........................... College Work ends at noon for the Christ­
mas recess.

1926
First Month 5 ................................. College Work resumes at 8.00 A. M.
First Month 21 ................................. Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for the Second Semester 8.30 A. M. to

12 M.
First Month 21 ................................. Mid-Year Examinations begin at 2.00
p. M.
First Month 28......................... ..
First Semester ends.
Second Month 1 .................................Second Semester begins.
Second Month 22............................. College Work Suspended for day.
Third Month 9 ................................... Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Third Month 27................................. College Work ends at noon fo r Spring
recess.
Fourth Month 6 ..................... ......... College Work resumes at 8.00 a. m.
F ifth Month 28
.................. Final Examinations begin.
Sixth Month 3. . ...............................Final Examinations end.
Sixth Month 4 ................................. .Meeting o f Board o f Managers.
Sixth Month 4 . ..................................Class Day.
Sixth Month 5 ....................... ........... Alumni Day.
Sixth Month 6 ..................Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month 7 ......................... .
Commencement.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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College Grounds .................................................... ■- Fronting Title

L unab Ca l e n d a r ............................................................................. ...................

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College Calendar ............................................ .. •............................................
T he B oard op M anagers ............................................................ * .............. ■•
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Administrative Officers .............................................................................

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Swarthmore College: ...................
Location and Foundation........
Buildings and Grounds.............
Social L ife .................................
Religious L ife ...........................
Students’ Societies ...................
College Publications . . .
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Honorary Scholarship Societies
Libraries and Reading Rooms

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E xpenses : ..................................................
Dining Room Rates fo r the Faculty
Infirmary Regulations .....................

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F ellowships

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S cholarships

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A dmission :
Subjects required fo r Admission..............................................................
Examinations o f College Entrance Board..............................................
Definition o f Entrance Requirements......................................................
Limitation o f Enrollment .........................................................................
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Advanced Standing .....................................................................................
R equirements for Graduation ................................................
Undergraduate Course o f Study.......................................
Quality Points ................................
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Extra or Less Hours............................................................
Prescribed Studies ................................................................
M ajor Subject ........................................................ ...........
Elective S tu d ie s ........................... '......... .. ••.....................
Honor Courses ............................. ................ ......................
Division o f English Literature.................................
Division o f Social Sciences........... •. •.....................
Division o f Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics
Division o f F r e n c h ..................... ........................ .. ••
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Requirements foe Graduation— Continued:
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Division o f the Classics . •■................................................................. 51
Language Requirements fo r Honor Students................................ 52
Rule Covering Students Dropping Honors W ork......................... 52
Uniform Curriculum for the Freshman Year in A rts........................... 53
Uniform Curriculum for the Freshman and Sophomore Years in
Applied Science ..................... ............................................................. ®4
Course Advisers ............................................................................................ ®®
Extra Work Done Outside of Classes..................................................... 56
Summer Sehool Work ................................................................................. 5®
Removal o f Conditions ...........................................
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System o f G ra d e s..................................... .................. .............
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Absences from Examination ....................................................................
57
Absences from C la sses.............................................................................. 5®
Exclusion from College ....................... -• .......................... ......................
5®
Degrees:
Bachelor o f Arts ............................................................................................ ®®
Master o f A r t s ......................... .......................... ..................................••••• ®®
Advanced Degrees in Engineering............................................................... ®1
Departments and Courses of I nstruction :
English .....................................................................................
62
Public Speaking ...................................................................
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Public Speaking Contests and Prizes...................................................... ®7
French and Spanish ............................... ............................................... .. • ®9
German Language and Literature...........................................
73
Greek and Latin ............................................................................................ 75
History and International Relations......................................................... 78
Political Science ............................................................
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Economics ............................................................................................. .. ••• ®2
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History o f Philosophy and R eligion ............................ ..........................
Education . . . . . . . . . . . ............................................................................
88
Fine Arts ........................................................................................................
91
Biology .............................................................. .................. .. ‘ •................. 22
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering..........................................
94
Chemical Engineering .............................
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Engineering, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical....................... •.............. 104
Mathematics and A stron om y .............................................................
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Physics ....................... .......................................... .....................................'» 123
Physical Education ................
125
R egister of Students, 1924-25......................................................................... 129 *
Geographical D istribution of Students . .............................
142
H olders of F e l l o w s h ip s ............................................................................ .. • 143
H olders of the I vy M edal .............................................................................. 151
H olders of the Oa k L e a f -Medal ................................................................... 151
D egrees Conferred in 1924 ......................................................................... •• 152

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TH E CORPORATION
W ilson M. P owell, President,
7 Wall Street, New York.
Charles F. J enkins , Vice President,
232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
H etty L ippincott M iller, Secretary,
Riverton, N. J.
E. P usey P assmore, Treasurer,
307 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

BOARD OP MANAGERS
Term expires Twelfth Month, 1925
J oanna W harton L ippincott, 1712 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
H oward Cooper J ohnson, 2113 Packard Bldg., Philadelphia.
Hetty L ippincott M iller , Riverton, N. J.
E lsie P almer B rown , 1622 Twenty-ninth Street, N.W., Washington, D. C.
Henry C. T urner, 244 Madison Avenue, New York.
D aniel U nderhill, 50 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
E sther H. Cornell, 43 Willow Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
R obert E. L amb , 841 North Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia.

Term expires Twelfth Month, 1926
R ebecca C. L ongstreth, Haverford Pa.
W illiam C. Sproul, Chester, Pa.
Caroline H. W orth , Coatesville, Pa.
Robert P yle , West Grove, Pa.
J oseph Sw ain , Swarthmore, Pa.
E dward B. T emple, Swarthmore, Pa.
W alter R oberts, M.D., 1732 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
F rances M. W hite, Cardington, Pa.

Term expires Twelfth Month, 1927
E dward M artin , M.D., 135 South Eighteenth Street, Philadelphia.
W ilson M. P owell, 7 W all Street, New York.
W illiam W. Cocks, Westbury, Long Island, N. Y.
L ucy B iddle L ewis , Lansdowne, Pa.
P hilip M. Sharples, West Chester, Pa.
M ary H ibbard T hatcher , Swarthmore, Pa.
M ary W harton M endelson, 639 Church Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia.
I saac H. Clothier, J r ., 801 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Term expires Twelfth Month, 1928
E mma C. B ancroft, Wilmington, Del.
Charles F. J enkins , 232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
H arriett Cox M cD owell, 310 Kenmore Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.
A bigail F oulke P i m , Young Friends’ Assoc., 15th and Cherry Streets.
Philadelphia.
Robert H. W alker, 914 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md.
T. S tockton M atthews , South and Redwood Streets, Baltimore, Md.
M ary L ippincott Griscom, 314 E. Central Avenue, Moorestown, N. J.
E. P usey P assmore , 307 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.,

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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
The President is ex Officio a Member of Every Committee
Executive
H oward Cooper J ohnson, Chairman, H enry C. T urner,
M ary L ippincott Griscom,
Rebecca C. L ongstReth ,
M ary W harton M endelson,
J oanna W. L ippincott,
E dward B. T emple ,
E mm a C. B ancroft,
E. P usey P assmore,
Caroline H. W orth ,
Charles F . J enkins ,
L ucy B iddle L ew is ,
I saac H. Clothier, J r.,
P hilip M. Sharples ,
W alter R oberts.
P rances M. W hite ,

Finance and Audit
E dward B. T emple, Chairman,
M ary H ibbard T hatcher,

L ucy B iddle L ew is ,
W alter R oberts.

Instruction
H etty L ippincott M iller,
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Chairman,
M ary H ibbard T hatcher,
Rebecca C. L ongstreth,
H enry C. T urner,
W illiam W . Cocks,
E sther H. Cornell,
H arriett Cox M cD owell,
M ary W harton M endelson,
Robert P yle ,
E lsie P almer B rown .

Building and Property
P hilip M. S harples, Chairman,
Caroline H. W orth ,
Charles P . J enkins ,

R obert P yle ,
I saac H. Clothier, J r.,
R obert E. L amb .

Trusts
Charles F. J enkins , Chairman,
Howard Cooper J ohnson ,
T. S tockton M atthews ,

P hilip M. S harples,
E. P usey P assmore,
I saac H. Clothier, J r.

Library
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Chairman,
E lsie P almer B rown ,
D aniel U nderhill,
P rances M. W hite ,

Charles F . J enkins ,
H arriett Cox M cD owell,
W illiam W. Cocks ,
R obert H. W alker .

Household
E mma C. B ancroft, Chairman,
J oanna W. L ippincott,
Caroline IL W orth,

A bigail F oulke P im ,
M ary H ibbard T hatcher ,
M ary L ippincott Griscom .

Nominating Committee
H oward Cooper J ohnson , Chairman, E. P usey P assmore,
E mma C. B ancroft,
Caroline H. W orth ,
J oanna W. L ippincott,
H enry C. T urner,
R obert H. W alker ,
J oseph Sw ain ,
E dward B. T emple.

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TH E F A C U L T Y *
F rank A ydelotte, B.Litt., L.H.D., LL.D., President o f the College
324 Cedar Lane
J oseph S w ain , LL.D., President Emeritus o f the College...........Swarthmore
J ohn A nthony M iller, Ph.D., F. B. A . S., Vice-President o f the College

and Edward E . Magill Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy.. . .
Cunningham House
R aymond W alters, M.A., Dean .............................................. 6 Whittier Place
E thel H ampson B rewster , Ph.D., Dean of Women and Associate Professor
o f Greek and Latin .....................................................................West House
E lizabeth P owell B ond, A.M., Hon., Dean Emeritus......................................
6300 Greene Street, Germantown, Philadelphia
W illiam H yde A ppleton, LL.D., Emeritus Professor o f the Greek Language
and Literature...........The Colonial, 11th and Spruce Sts., Philadelphia
George A rthur H oadley, D.S c., Emeritus Professor o f Physics...................
518 Walnut Lane
Spencer T rotter, M.D., Isaac B . Clothier, Jr., Professor of Biology . . . . . .
Darlington and Miner Streets, West Chester
W illiam I saac H ull, Ph.D., F. B. Hist. S., Isaac E . Clothier Professor
o f History and International Relations....................... 504 Walnut Lane
J esse H erman H olmes, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy.. .5 Whittier Place
I sabelle B ronx , Ph.D., Susan W. Lippincott Professor of the French Lan­
guage and Literature ..........................................317 North Chester Boad
Gellert A lleman , Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry...............8 Whittier Place
H arold Clarke Goddard, Ph.D., Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor o f
English...............................................................................3 Whittier Place
R obert Clarkson B rooks t Ph.D., Joseph Wharton Professor o f Political
Science............................................................................ 104 Cornell Avenue
H enrietta J osephine M eeteer, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor o f Greek and
Latin ........................................................................................315 Cedar Lane
Clara P rice N ewport^ Ph.D., Professor of the German Language and Lit­
erature............................................................................... 730 Ogden Avenue
T homas K lingenberg U rdahl, Ph.D., Professor o f Economics.......................
5233 Locust Street, West Philadelphia
* Arranged, with the exception of the administrative officers, in the order of appoint­
ment in the different grades,
t Absent on leave, Second Semester, 1924-25.
t Absent on leave, 1924-25.

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W ill Carson R tan , J r., Ph. D., Professor o f Education.. .1 Whittier Place
L ewis F ussell , Ph.D., Professor of Electrical Engineering........................
Eiverview and Baltimore Avenues
A lfred M ansfield B rooks, A.M., Professor o f Fine A rts ...........................
513 Ogden Avenue
W eston E arle F uller, C.E., Professor o f Civil Engineering (Chairman of
the Division of Engineering)..........................................205 Elm Avenue
D ouglas L aurel D rew , M.A. Oxon., Professor o f Greek. . . 143 Park Avenue
J ohn R ussell H ates , A.B., LL.B., Librarian....................... 517 Elm Avenue
E lbert BussELLt, Ph.D., Lecturer in Biblical Literature. .540 Walnut Lane
Ross W . M arriott, Ph.D., Associate Professor o f Mathematics.....................
213 Lafayette Avenue
Samuel Copeland P almer, Ph.D., Associate Professor o f Biology .................
Ogden Avenue and Walnut Lane
H enrt J ermain M aude Creighton, M.A., M.Sc., D.Sc., Associate Professor
o f Chemistry.........................................................................515 Elm Avenue
W inthrop R. W right^ Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physics .........................
4 Whittier Place
P hilip Marshall H icks , Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English...................
Wharton Hall
J ohn H imes P itman , A.M ., Assistant Professor o f Mathematics and Astron­
omy ............................................................................... ..3 28 Yassar Avenue
Charles Garrett T hatcher, M.E., Assistant Professor o f Mechanical En­
gineering .....................................................................307 Lafayette Avenue
E ugene L eR ot M ercer, M.D., Assistant Professor o f Physical Education..
North Chester Road
R ot P etran L ingle, A.M., Litt.B., Assistant Professor o f English..............
108 Cornell Avenue
Charles R. B aglet, A.M., B.Litt., Assistant Professor o f French .................
Wharton Hall
H ott H opewell H udson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f English...................
16 Oberlin Avenue
J ames A. N tswander , Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f Mathematics and
Astronomy......................................................................... 133 Ogden Avenue
H enrt W. N ordmeter, Ph.D., Acting Assistant Professor o f German...........
730 Ogden Avenue
t Absent on leave 1924-25.

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P aul M. P earson, Litt.D., Honorary Lecturer in Public Speaking...............
516 Walnut Lane
E dith M. E verett, M.A

Volunteer Lecturer in Education........ ......................
1022 Cherry Street, Philadelphia

J eanette H. Sherman , M.D., Lecturer in Hygiene ............................................
14 West Ridley Avenue, Ridley Park
S. W. J ohnson , Lecturer in Accounting ................................. Amherst Avenue
P rank G. Speck , A.M., Lecturer in Anthropology ...........103 Cornell Avenue
A rthur W. F erguson, Ph.D., Lecturer in Education.... .18 Amherst Avenue
George E merson B arnes, D.D., Lecturer in Biblical Literature...................•
6376 City Line, Philadelphia
H arold W . D odds, Ph.D., Lecturer in Municipal Government,.......................
Princeton, N. J.
K ate W . T ibbals, Ph.D., Instructor in English..................... 319 Cedar Lane
Claude C. S mith , A.B., LL.B., Instructor in Law ...................Baltimore Pike
Robert E rnest Spiller, Ph.D., Instructor in English...........3 Whittier Place
B lanche J. P oulleau Crawford, C.A.P., Instructor in French .....................
5832 Beaumont Avenue, Philadelphia
H oward M alcolm J enkins , E.E., Instructor in Electrical Engineering. . . .
West House
.M ercedes C. I ribas, Instructor in Spanish..........................................................
507 South 48th Street, West Philadelphia
A m philis T hrockmorton M iddlemore, Instructor in English. .West House
E rrol W eber D oebler, C.E., Instructor in Civil Engineering.........................
521 Elm Avenue
A ndrew Simpson , B.A., Instructor in Mechanical Engineering.......................
133 Ogden Avenue
H ermann B ernhard, Ph.D., Instructor in Chemistry.. .Brooke Hall, Media
W illiam M. B laisdell, A.B., Instructor in Economics and Political Science
319 Cedar Lane
D ean B. M cL aughlin , M.S., Instructor in Mathematics and Astronomy... .
211 College Avenue
A lfred H. Croup, B.S., Instructor in Physics ................... 350 Yassar Avenue
E lizabeth P. L anni Ng, A.B., Director o f Physical Education of the Women
West House
W alter A ntonio M atos, B.A., P . R. A. S., Volunteer Observer in the Sproul
Observatory.....................................................................309 College Avenue

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F rank F itts , Assistant in the Physical Education o f the Men .......................
216 8. Chester Boad
O nderdonk, A.B., Eesearch Assistant in Mathematics and
Astronomy.................................................................. ..335 Park Avenue

M arjorie

E. W inifred Chapman , Assistant in the Physical Education o f Women ........
West House
E sther B riegel, A.B., Assistant in History. .1202 Locust Ave., Philadelphia

H ONORARY CURATORS OF TH E F R IE N D S ’
H ISTO R IC A L L IB R A R Y
Charles F. J enkins , Chairman

. . 232 South 7th Street, Philadelphia

A lbert Cook M yers , Secretary

...................................................... Moylan

Clement M. B iddle.....................

105 Chambers Street, New York City

A melia M ott Gummere .............

................................................Haverf ord

Louis N. R obinson .....................

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J ane P. R ushmore .......................
Caroline J. W orth .....................

411 College Avenue

....................... ..Riverton, N. J.
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A D M IN IST R A T IV E O FFIC E R S AND ASSISTAN TS
F rank A ydelotte, B.Litt., L.H.D., DL.D., President o f the CollegeJ ohn A nthony M iller, Ph.D., Vice-President.
R aymond W alters, M.A., Dean.
E thel H ampson B rewster, Ph.D. Dean of Women.
J ohn R ussell H ayes , A.B., LL.B., Librarian.
N icholas O. P ittenger, A.B., Comptroller.
Chester R oberts, Superintendent.
E lla M ichener, Assistant to the Dean of Women.
Caroline A ugusta L ukens , L.B., Alumni Seconder.
A nne C. B rierley, Dietitian.
A lice W. Sw ayne , Assistant Librarian.
K atherine M. T rimble, Library Cataloguer.
R achel F esler, A.B., Secretary to the President.
J ulia R. Y oung, A.B., Secretary to the Dean.
J osephine Z artman , A.B., Secretary to the Dean of Women.
B ess M cClellan , A.B., Secretary to the Comptroller.
Gertrude Sullivan , Stenographer to the Dean.
E lizabeth R. H irst t, Bookkeeper.
Grace E. R edheffer, Assistant Bookkeeper.
E dna B. Corson, Assistant Bookkeeper.
A nna D ennison , Matron o f Worth Dali.
A nna G. M eans , Matron o f Wharton Dali.
M artha B aer, Assistant Matron of Parrish Dali.
M ary E. Cook, Director o f the Laundry.
D ollie B. Coleman , Graduate Nurse in Parrish Dali.
Susan S. H aines , Graduate Nurse in Wharton Dali.
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Swarthmore College is situated in the Borough of Swarthmore, eleven miles southwest of Philadelphia on the Octoraro
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Swarthmore is connected
with Broad Street Station by nineteen inbound and twenty-two
outbound trains daily, the running time of which varies from
nineteen minutes on express schedule to thirty-six minutes on the
local schedule. Three trolley lines, running cars at fifteen- to
thirty-minute intervals, also connect with Philadelphia elevated
and surface lines.
The College buildings and campus occupy a commanding posi­
tion upon a wooded hill not far from the center o f the town.
The Delaware River is about four miles distant. More than two
hundred acres are contained in the College property, including
a large tract of woodland and the beautiful rocky valley of
Crum Creek.
There are over twenty College buildings.
The enrollment o f the College is limited to five hundred
students.
The total of the College endowment is more than three million
dollars.
The College was founded in 1864 through the efforts of mem­
bers of the Religious Society o f Friends, for the purpose of
securing to the youth o f the Society an opportunity for higher
educational training under the guarded supervision and care
of those of their own religious faith. Other applicants are ad­
mitted on the same terms as Friends, and nothing of a sec­
tarian character exists in the instruction or in the management
o f the College. According to its first charter, membership on the
Board of Managers o f the College was limited to persons belong­
ing to the Society of Friends. The purpose of this restriction
was not to establish sectarian control, but to prevent forever
the possibility of such control by any sectarian element which
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restriction is now believed to be no longer needed and is omitted
from the revised charter. The intention o f its founders was to
make the promotion of Christian character the first considera­
tion, and to provide opportunities for liberal culture while main­
taining a high standard of scholarship. These aims have been
followed in the administration of the institution.
BUILDINGS
Parrish Hall is a massive stone structure, with its central por-.
tion separated from the two wings by fireproof compartments.
The central building, 348 feet long and five stories high, fu r­
nishes assembly room, lecture rooms, museum, parlors, dining
hall, and offices. The wings are four stories high. The ground
floor of each wing is used for lecture and recitation rooms; the
remaining floors contain the dormitories of the women students.
The Dean of Women and several instructors and matrons reside
in the building.
Wharton Hall, the dormitory for young menj is named in
honor o f its donor, Joseph Wharton, late President of the Board
o f Managers. The capacity o f the hall is about two hundred.
It stands in the west campus on the same ridge as Parrish Hall,
and commands a view of the Delaware River valley.
W orth Hall, a dormitory for seventy young women students,
is an attractive building of native stone, with mottled slate roofs,
including six cottages, contiguous but distinctive in design. It
is located on the east side o f the campus, near Chester Road and
College Avenue. The building and its equipment were the gift
of the late W illiam P. Worth, ’76, and the late J. Sharpless
Worth, ex-’73, as a memorial to their parents.
The Science Hall is a two-story stone building devoted chiefly
to the departments o f Physics, Biology and Education. It
contains physical and biological laboratories. The east wing of
this building includes a new biological laboratory named in
honor of Professor Spencer Trotter,' commemorating the thir­
tieth anniversary of the graduation o f the class o f 1890.
The Hall of Chemistry is a red brick building, two stories
high, and contains a finished basement. The basement has an
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proof combustion room, a laboratory for gas analysis, a photo­
metric dark room, large stock room, and cloak and toilet rooms.
On the first floor are offices, and laboratories for quantitative
analysis and for general chemistry. The large amphitheater
lecture room, seating one hundred persons and extending to the
basement, is reached from this floor. The second floor contains
the organic laboratory, the laboratory for qualitative analysis,
•the laboratory for physical chemistry, the laboratory for elec­
trolytic chemistry, and the library. Two balance rooms, one on
the first floor and one on the second floor, contain balances
mounted on columns built independently of the foundations and
floors o f the building. The laboratories are equipped with all
the necessary modem apparatus. The'' chemical library contains
scientific and technical books pertaining to chemistry, and com­
plete sets o f five of the leading chemical journals. Through the
generosity o f Mrs. Peter T. Berdan, the library has received a
complete set of the publications of the London Chemical Society,
and a set o f the Journal o f the London Society of Chemical
Industry, presented by Mrs. Berdan as a memorial to her son,
Frederick T. Berdan, a member o f the Class o f 1890.
The Sprout Astronomical Observatory, equipped by former
Governor William Cameron Sproul, ’91, contains nine rooms.
On the first floor are an office, a departmental library, a com­
putation room, two class rooms, and a shop room. On the second
floor are a lecture room seating seventy-five persons, a dark
room, and the dome room. The dome is a steel structure covered
with copper, forty-five feet in diameter. It is revolved by an
electric motor. Practically all the classes o f the department of
Mathematics and Astronomy, and some classes of other depart­
ments are held in the Observatory.
The chief instrument of the equipment is an equatorial re­
fractor of twenty-four inches aperture, and thirty-six feet focal
length, the mounting and optical parts of which were made by
the John A . Brashear Co., Ltd. The mounting is modern and
convenient, motors being provided for winding the clock and
moving the telescope. The driving clock is electrically con­
trolled. A disc driven by a sidereal clock situated on the north
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is provided with the usual oculars, helioscope, position micro­
meter, double-slide plateholder, and three ray filters.
There is also a photographic telescope o f nine inches aper­
ture and forty-five inches focal length, mounted after the de­
sign of the Bruce telescope at Yerkes Observatory. The instru­
ment is provided with a heavy mounting, a heavy driving clock,
coarse and fine position circles, a guide telescope, and such other
accessories as make it an effective and convenient instrument.
There are also two measuring engines for measuring five-by­
seven photographic plates. One of these was built by Brashear,
the other by Gaertner. There is also a blink microscope.
Stephen Loines has given to the observatory a Polar Equa­
torial a new type of telescope, designed and built by the Alvan
Clark and Sons’ Corporation. W ith this type of telescope the
observer is enabled to make his •observations while seated in a
warm room. It is housed in the Sproul Observatory.
The Students’ Astronomical Observatory, situated on the
campus a short distance southeast of Parrish Hall, is especially
equipped for the purposes o f instruction. It contains a refract­
ing telescope of six inches aperture, mounted equatorially, fitted
with the usual accessories, including a position micrometer and
a spectroscope. The observatory also contains a transit instru­
ment of three inches aperture, a mean time and a sidereal clock
and a chronograph. Mounted in a room adjoining the transit
room is a Milne seismograph, presented by Joseph Wharton,
which records photographically all vibrations of the crust of the
earth. The latest addition to this observatory building contains
the photographic telescope referred to above.
The Library Building. On the lower east campus, near the
Benjamin West House, stands the Library, a fine specimen of
the English Scholastic Gothic style. The Library was built and
furnished through a gift to the College from Mr. Andrew
Carnegie and is maintained from the income on a sum sub­
scribed by several friends o f the College. The building is con­
structed of local granite, with terra cotta and Indiana limestone
trimmings and was erected under the supervision o f Edward L.
Tilton, o f New York. In the second story of the entrance tower,
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Historical Library; in the third story, are placed the Wes minster chimes of four bells and the Seth Thomas Clock pres­
ented to the College in June, 1910, by M orns L. Clothier, 90,
in commemoration o f the twentieth anniversary of the gradu­
ation of the Class of 1890. The first floor of the mam building
contains a stack room and a large reading room finished m dark
oak The reading room is two stories high, with a gallery round
three sides. On this gallery open the seminar rooms, and the
tower room devoted to the Friends’ Historical Library , e ow ,
are alcoves containing reference books and other books in com­
mon use.
Beardsley Hall is a three-story building of concrete block con­
struction, with interior work all o f reinforced concrete. It
represents a modern type o f factory building. The ground floor
contains the forge and foundry, the second floor the machine
shop and the third floor the woodworking department.
Hicks Hall, a three-story stone building, is the headquarters
of the Division of Engineering. This building was erected in
1920 and was given by Frederick C. Hicks, Swarthmore, class of
1893, and dedicated to the memory of the Hicks family of Long
Island, Isaac Hicks, Elias Hicks, Benjamin D. Hicks and Aflce
A. Hicks. The first floor is largely taken up by the mechanical
laboratory, and contains, in addition, instrument rooms, research
laboratory, class room, office and lavatory. The second floor con­
tains the electrical laboratory, electrical research and instrument
rooms, a small drawing room for junior and senior students,
offices and class rooms. The third floor has a large drawing room
for underclass work, an auditorium capable o f seating 175 stu­
dents, a library containing about 1500 volumes, a class room and
offices.
? The Wm. J. Hall Gymnasium for men is a two-story stone
building. On the first floor are offices, examining room, and the
main exercise hall, a room 50 by 80 feet, equipped with appar­
atus for individual and class work and a good court for basket­
ball. A trophy room and running track are on the second floor.
In the basement are lockers, shower baths, a dressing room for
visiting teams, and handball courts.
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Somerville Literary Society, is used as a gymnasium for the
women. It is furnished with apparatus adapted to the Swedish
system o f gymnastics. In the basement are dressing rooms,
showeis, and lockers for the use o f day students who take work
in the department of Physical Education.
There are two Swimming Pools in separate stone buildings,
one fo r the women and another for the men. These pools were
presented to the College by Philip M. Sharpies. The building
which contains the women’s swimming pool is connected by a
corridor with Somerville Hall, and the men’s pool is connected
in like manner with the William J. Hall Gymnasium.
The Heating and Lighting Plant. A central heat, light, and
power plant is housed in a single-story brick structure, situated
south of the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks.
Other buildings upon the campus are the Meeting-house, the
Benjamin W est House (birthplace of Benjamin West, P. R. A.,
erected in 1724), the President’s House, the Dean’s House, Cun­
ningham House (the residence o f the Professor o f Astronomy and
Mathematics), residences for members of the Faculty, a laundry
building, a lodging house for the domestic servants, and farm
buildings.
The Cloisters, a new development, is the group o f lodges for the
men’s fraternities and the Wharton Club, now in course of erec­
tion on the west campus facing Wharton Hall. These buildings,
of native stone, are to be connected by cloisters.
Swarthmore Field and Alumni Field provide facilities for
outdoor athletics of the men. Swarthmore Field comprises the
football and lacross grounds, and a quarter-mile cinder track
with a two hundred and twenty yards straight-away. Alumni
Field, contiguous with Swarthmore Field, provides a baseball
ground and an auxiliary football field. The men’s tennis courts
are in front of Wharton Hall. The front campus affords addi­
tional playing fields for lacrosse, soccer and girls’ hockey.
Cunningham Field, the women’s athletic ground, includes a
part o f the east campus across Chester Road. This, and an area
west o f W orth Dormitory, furnish space for English field hockey,
tennis and basketball. Cunningham Field was given by stu­
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Susan J. Cunningham, who was for many years Professor of
Mathematics and Astronomy.
SOCIAL L IF E
Swarthmore, as a coeducational institution, undertakes to pro­
vide college life in a home setting; to supply an atmosphere in
which manly and womanly character may develop naturally and
completely. The intercourse o f the students is under the care
of the Dean o f Women and her assistants, who aim to make it a
means o f social culture.
RELIGIOUS L IF E
The daily sessions of the College include a gathering of
students and instructors for the reading o f the Bible, or for
some other suitable exercise, preceded and followed by a period
of silence. Students under twenty-one years o f age are expected
to attend either Friends’ Meeting, held every First-day morning
in the Meeting House, or, at the request of their parents, the
church in the borough o f the religious denomination to which
they belong. A class to which all students are invited is held
at 10.00 on First-day mornings for the consideration of religious
subjects.
STU D EN TS’ SO CIETIES
The Cercle français holds frequent meetings and is open to
all students in the French Department after the middle of their
first year. Its object is to afford increased opportunities for
acquiring a practical knowledge of the French language.
The Scientific Society is an organization of the students and
faculty interested in the newer scientific development. It meets
on the first Tuesday o f each month. The program consists of
lectures and discussions, about one third of which are given by
scientific men not connected with the College.
The Classical Club meets once a month during the College
year. Addresses and papers are given on subjects which em­
phasize the broader aspect of classical culture and civilization.
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to listen to papers and addresses upon topics of literary and
dramatic interest.
The Somerville Forum is an outgrowth of the Somerville Lit­
erary Society which was established in 1871. A ll women
students are active members. There is one meeting a month,
conducted by persons of prominence and authority, for the dis­
cussion o f problems of vital interest to women. The final meet­
ing in April known as Somerville Day, is a meeting of alumnae
and active members.
The Engineers’ Club has for its purpose the reviewing of re­
cent discoveries and achievements in engineering, discussing
questions not raised in the class room, giving power in the
presentation of topics, promoting intimacy between faculty and
students, and providing guidance in the engineering vocations.
Meetings are held once in each month in the Beardsley Hall
Library. Students majoring in engineering are eligible for
membership.
The Polity Club is an organization of students of the College
who meet twice a month for the study and discussion of social
and political problems.
The Economics Club, composed o f students majoring in eco­
nomics, has occasional meetings during the college year.
The Athletic Association is an organization o f the men for the
encouragement o f physical training and athletic sports.
The W om en’s Athletic Association is a similar organization of
the women students.
Musical Clubs. In addition to other activities, the musical
interests of the students find expression in the musical clubs.
The Girls’ Glee Club gives a public concert each spring. The
Swarthmore College Glee and Instrumental Clubs, composed of
men, give several local concerts and also concerts in various
cities under alumni auspices on tour during vacation periods.
Christian Associations. The religious life among the students
is furthered by the Young M en’s and Young W om en’s Christian
Associations. Formal and informal receptions and other social
functions are given with the object o f promoting fellowship and
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Sunday evening, the young men meeting in Wharton Hall and
the young women in Parrish Hall.
No student organization o f the College may incur any finan­
cial obligation, or make any contract involving a monetary con­
sideration, without first obtaining' the sanction of the President
of the College, or o f the proper faculty committee under whose
supervision the organization is placed. Students contemplating
a new organization must first consult the President of the
College. I f he desires to grant them permission to effect such
an organization, he will advise the student representatives of the
particular faculty committee under whose supervision the or­
ganization is placed.
COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
Two periodicals are published by the students under the super­
vision o f the fa cu lty: The Phoenix, a weekly publication, is de­
voted to undergraduate journalism; The Portfolio, a literary
magazine o f the undergraduates, is published quarterly; the
Halcyon is published annually by the Junior Class.
The Swarthmore College Bulletin is published quarterly and
contains a record of the matters of permanent importance in
the progress of the College.
H O N O RARY SCH O LARSH IP SO CIETIES
The Swarthmore chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the national
society for the recognition o f scholarship, was organized in 1896.
Each year a certain number o f students in the senior class, or
the junior class, having the highest standing are elected to mem­
bership.
The Swarthmore chapter of Sigma Tau, the national society
standing for scholastic attainment in engineering, was established
in 1917. Members are chosen from among senior or junior stu­
dents majoring in civil, or electrical, or mechanical engineering.
The Swarthmore chapter o f Sigma X i, the national scientific
society for the promotion o f research, was granted a charter in
1922. Students may become associate members after two and
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members of the society, they evidence promise of research ability,
and may become members after they have produced a piece of
research worthy o f publication.

L IB R A R IE S AND READ IN G ROOMS
The libraries of the College collectively contain about sixty
thousand volumes.
The chief sources o f income for increasing the collection in
the college library are these: the Edgar Allen Brown Fund,
the Alumni Fund, the General Library Fund, the Carnegie L i­
brary Fund, the George Taber Fund, the Clement M. Biddle
Fund, the Elizabeth Powell Bond Fund, and the Friends’ His­
torical Library Fund.
Residents o f the borough of Swarthmore are free to use the
library.
The Friends’ Historical Library, founded by the late Anson
Lapham, of Skaneateles, N. Y., contains a valuable and growing
collection of Friends’ books, tracts, and early writings (many
very rare), photographs of representative Friends, other objects
of personal and historic interest, and manuscripts relating to the
Society and its history. This collection is carefully stored in
the Library, and it is hoped that Friends and others will deem
it a secure place in which to deposit books and other mate­
rial in their possession which may be of interest in connection
with the history o f the Society. Such contributions are solicited,
and should be addressed to the Friends’ Historical Library,
Swarthmore, Pa. The library is accessible to all persons in­
terested in the doctrines and history of Friends, and ample
arrangements are provided for its use for consultation and for
reference.
Moreover, the great collections of books in the library of the
University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Library and its
Ridgway Branch, the Mercantile Library, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, as well as those in the special and technical
libraries of the city, are open to the use o f students under proper
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especial utility in connection with the various departments of
the College, are referred to in the departmental statements.
The Library and the departmental reading rooms are supplied
with reference books and the leading literary, scientific, and
technical journals.
The Library hours are 8.00 a . m . to 10.00 p. m . Monday to
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E X PE N SE S
The charge for tuition is $250 a year, payable in advance. No
reduction of the tuition charge can be made on account o f ab­
sence, illness, dismissal during the year, or for any other reason
whatever, and no refunding will be made on account of any said
causes.
The charge for board and residence is $450, of which at least
half is payable in advance. The remainder is due on the first of
January. Of this charge $280 is the charge for board; $170
is room-rent.
I f any student for any reason whatsoever shall withdraw or
be withdrawn from College, no portion of the payment for roomrent shall be refunded or remitted.
In case o f illness and absence from the College extending over
a continuous period of six weeks or more or withdrawal from
the College for a continuous period o f six weeks or more, there
will be a special proportionate reduction in the charge for board
provided that written notice be given to the Superintendent at
the time of withdrawal, or, in ease the student is ill at home, as
soon as possible after the illness is proven. Oral notice will
not be sufficient to secure this allowance.
Bills for the first payment are mailed before the opening of
the College year and bills for the second payment are mailed
before the first o f January following. Payments shall be made
by check or draft to the order of Swarthmore College,
S warthmore, P a . Every student is responsible for prompt
payment when due.
In case bills for the first semester are not paid by November 1st,
and bills for the second semester by March 1st, students owing
such bills may be excluded from all college exercises.
Students withdrawing or dismissed from College on or before
the end o f the first semester receive no benefit from scholarships,
as scholarships are credited at the beginning o f the second
semester.
A ll students except upper class women choose rooms accord­
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year women choose rooms by lot. In order to reserve a room
in any one of the dormitories each student must make a deposit
of $25 when the room is chosen. O f this amount $15 will be
deducted from the first payment for board and room. The re­
mainder will be held as a fund to cover breakage or any other
damage to College property, and the loss involved if a student
fails to occupy the room reserved for him. No part of the room
deposit will be returned if the student fails to occupy the room.
When the amount of a student’s breakage exceeds $5, the un­
expended balance is returned and a new deposit is required.
Special students who enroll for less than the prescribed num­
ber o f hours will be charged according to the number of hours
carried at the rate o f $10 per credit hour.

DINING-ROOM RATES FOR M EM BERS OF T H E F A C U L T Y

The rates for the year 1925-26 are as follow s: Per college
year, $300; per month, $40; per week, $9.50; single breakfast,
30 cents; single lunch, 40 cents; single dinner, 75 cents; dinners
per month, $22.50; lunches per month, $12; breakfasts per
month, $8. The college year for instructors and administrative
officers begins with the Saturday preceding Registration Day,
and ends with the Saturday following Commencement Day, but
does not include the Christmas vacation. Instructors and officers
who wish meals before the beginning or after the end o f the
college year are expected to make arrangements in advance at
the Superintendent’s office.

COLLEGE CLOSED DURING C H R ISTM A S RECESS

The College is closed during the Christmas recess. Students
who desire to remain in Swarthmore or its vicinity at that time
may secure board at moderate charge in homes recommended by
the faculty. Students who desire to remain at the College dur­
ing the spring recess will be charged a proportionate sum for
board. Students leaving property in any college building dur­
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after their last examination is over in the spring in order that
their rooms may he used hy Commencement visitors.
Students purchase their own books, stationery and drawing
instruments, which may be obtained at the College Bookstore at
low rates. A reasonable rate is charged for laundry1work done
at the College.
A fee of $10 a semester is charged in every laboratory science,
except in Chemistry.
The fees in the department o f Chemistry and Chemical En­
gineering are as follow s: F or the course in Assaying, no fee, but
students pay for all breakage and all materials used; for the
course in Mineralogy $3 a semester; for all other courses in
this department $15 a semester. In addition to the abovenamed fees every student graduating in the department of
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is charged $25 in lieu
of fees for apparatus and materials used, in connection with his
thesis. This last named fee is payable at the beginning o f the
second semester of the Senior year.
A fee of $10 for each semester will be charged for each course
in surveying, mechanical laboratory, electrical laboratory or
illumination.
Students are charged a fee o f $1 a semester for the use of gym­
nasium and swimming pools. This amount includes locker rental.
The expenses o f a student at Swarthmore, beyond the pay­
ments made directly to the College, vary according to the indi­
vidual. Budgets reported by present students show that total
expenditures for tuition, board, books, clothing, and recreation
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IN FIR M A R Y REGULATIONS
1. Students suffering from any o f the communicable diseases
(contagious or infectious) must reside in the infirmaries for the
period o f their illness.
2. Students suffering from illness which makes it necessary
for them to remain in bed must reside in the infirmaries fo r the
period of their illness. It is the duty of the College to protect
as far as possible the health of students, this applying to those
who are in good health as well as those who are ill.
3. F ees.— A fee of $1.50 per day shall be paid by those occupy­
ing the infirmaries. A fee of twenty-five cents shall be charged
to those not occupying the infirmaries for each meal served them.
4. A bsence p r o m Classes.— When illness demands absence
from classes the student in question should report at once his dr
her case to the nurses or resident physician. Excuses will not be
granted to those failing to comply with this rule.
5. Students shall have the opportunity to select their own
physician. The resident physician, E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D., in
charge of both infirmaries, is available by appointment for ex­
amination or advice on matters o f health. No charge is made
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F E LLO W SH IPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
FE LL O W SH IPS

The J oshua L ippincott F ellowship of $650, founded by
H oward W . L ippincott, A.B., o f the Class of 1875, in memory
of his father, is awarded annually by the faculty, with the con­
currence of the Instruction Committee, to a graduate o f the
College of at least one year’s standing for the pursuit of gradu­
ate study under the direction of the faculty or with their ap­
proval. Applications for the Joshua Lippincott Fellowship for
the year 1926-27 must be received by the Faculty before Febru­
ary 20, 1926.
The L ucretia M ott F ellowship, founded by the Somerville
Literary Society and sustained by the contributions of its life
members, has yielded an annual income since its foundation of
$525. It is awarded each year by a committee o f the faculty
(selected by the society) , with the concurrence o f the life mem­
bers of the society, to a young woman graduate o f that year who
is to pursue advanced study at some other institution approved
by this committee.
The J ohn L ockwood Memorial F ellowship of $650 was
founded by the bequest of Lydia A . Lockwood, o f New York,
in memory of her brother, John Lockwood. It was* the wish
of the donor that the fellowship be awarded to a member of the
Society o f Friends. It is to be awarded annually by the faculty,
with the consent of the Instruction Committee, to a graduate
of the College of at least one year’s standing, for the pursuit of
graduate studies under the direction of the faculty or with their
approval. Applications for this fellowship for 1926-27 must be
received by the faculty by February 20, 1926.
The H annah A . L eedom F ellowship of $400 was founded
by the bequest o f Hannah A. Leedom. It is awarded annu­
ally by the faculty, with the consent o f the Instruction Com­
mittee, to a graduate of the College o f at least one year’s stand­
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the faculty or with their approval. Applications for this fel­
lowship for 1926-27 must be received by the faculty by Febru­
ary 20, 1926.
The M art h a E. T yson F ellow ship o f $450, founded by the
Somerville Literary Society in 1913, is sustained by the contribu­
tions of life members o f the society. It is awarded annually
by a joint committee of the faculty and the society (elected by
the society) with the concurrence of the life members of the
society to a woman graduate of Swarthmore College, who has
taught successfully for two years after her graduation, and ex­
pects to continue teaching. The recipient of the award is to
pursue a course of study fitting her for more efficient work in
an institution approved by the Committee o f Award. Applica­
tions for this fellowship for 1926-27 must be received by the
Committee of Award not later than February 1, 1926.
scholarships

1. The W estbury Quarterly Meeting, N. Y., S cholarship
is awarded annually by a committee of that Quarterly Meeting.
2. Each of the following funds yields annually about $200 and
is awarded at the discretion o f the College to students needing
pecuniary aid, whose previous work has demonstrated their ear­
nestness and ability:
(a) The R ebecca M. A tkinson S cholarship F und.
(b ) The B arclay G. A tkinson S cholarship F und .
(c) The T homas L. L eedom S cholarship F und .
(d ) The M ark E. R eeves S cholarship F und.
(e) The T homas W oodnutt S cholarship F und .
( / ) The S arah E. L ippincott S cholarship F und.
3. The A nnie S hoemaker S cholarship, a free scholarship
for board and tuition, is awarded annually to a young woman
graduate o f Friends’ Central School, Philadelphia.
4. The H arriet W . P aiste F und is limited by the following
words from the donor’s w ill: “ the interest to be applied an­
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Friends (holding their Yearly Meeting at Fifteenth and Kace
Streets, Philadelphia) whose limited means would exclude them
from enjoying the advantages of an education at the College.”
5. The M ary W ood F und is limited by the following words
from the donor’s w ill: “ the income thereof to be, by the proper
officers thereof, applied to the maintenance and education at
said college of one female student therein, one preparing for
the avocation o f a teacher to be preferred as the beneficiary,
but in all other respects the application of the income of said
Fund to be in the absolute discretion of the college.”
6. The W illiam C. Sproul S cholarship. William C. Sproul,
a graduate of the Class o f 1891, offers annually a scholarship
to a graduate of the Chester High School. This scholarship may
continue throughout the college course. Details may be secured
from the principal of the Chester High School.
7. The following scholarships are offered for work done in the
College in 1924-25. They are of the value of $200 each o f resi­
dent, and $100 each for day students, and are awarded in each
instance to that member of each o f the respective classes who
shall be promoted without conditions, and shall have the best
record o f scholarship upon the regular work o f the year:
(a) The D eborah F isher W harton S cholarship will be
awarded to a member of the Junior Class.
(b) The S amuel J. U nderhill S cholarship will
awarded to a member o f the Sophomore Class.

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(c ) The A nson L apham S cholarship will be awarded to
a member of the Freshman Class.
8. The S amuel W illets F und provides several scholarships
for resident students needing pecuniary aid, whose previous work
has demonstrated their earnestness and ability. They will be
awarded at the discretion o f the Committee on Trusts. A ppli­
cation should be made to the President o f the College.
9. The I saac S tephens S cholarships.
$50 per year.

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10. The I. V. W illiamson S cholarship for P reparatory
Schools. Ten scholarships of the value o f $150 each for resi­
dent students, and $75 each for day students, are offered to
members of classes graduating in 1924 in the following schools:
1 to Friends’ Central School (B oy s’ Depart­
ment) .......................................................... Philadelphia.
1 to Friends’ Central School (G irls’ Depart­
ment) .......................................................... Philadelphia.
1 to Friends’ Seminary .......................................New York, N. Y.
3 to Friends’ S c h o o l................................. .
.Baltimore, Md.
1 to Friends’ S c h o o l............................................Wilmington, Del.
1 to Friends’ High S c h o o l................................Moorestown, N. J.
1 to Friends’ Academy .....................................Locust Valley, N. Y.
1 to Friends’ Select S c h o o l.............................. Washington, D. C.
1 to Brooklyn
Friends’ School.................. Brooklyn, N. Y.
I to George School (B oy s’ Department) ....G e o r g e School, Pa.
1 to George School (G irls’ Department) ....G e o r g e School, Pa.

These scholarships are awarded under the following condi­
tions :
(а) There must be two or more candidates from each school
for the scholarship.
(б) The candidates will be required to take the examinations
of the College Entrance Examination Board.
The
scholarship will be awarded only to that candidate who
makes a passing grade o f 60 per cent in each subject
required for admission and who makes the highest aver­
age grade.
(c) Examinations must be completed before July 1 preceding
the year' o f admission to College. A candidate may
take any examination for which his preparation is com­
plete in any year of the college preparatory course.
(d ) No scholarship will be awarded to applicants who fail to
be admitted without conditions.
(e) Every holder o f such scholarship must pursue in College
the studies leading regularly to the degree of Bachelor
of Arts.
( /) The College reserves the right to require some form of
service from students receiving scholarships from the
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11.
For the year 1924-25, Swarthmore College offers three
scholarships o f $150 each for resident students and $75 each for
day students, to members o f classes graduating in 1924 in the
following schools:
I to Swarthmore Preparatory S c h o o l...............Swarthmore, Pa.
1 to Swarthmore Public High School.................Swarthmore, Pa.
1 to The West Chester High School...................West Chester, Pa.

These scholarships will be awarded under the same conditions
as the I. Y. Williamson scholarships described under Caption 10.
12. T he P hcebe A nne T horne F und provides several scholar­
ships for students needing pecuniary assistance whose previous
work has demonstrated their earnestness and their ability. This
gift includes a clause o f preference to those students who are
members o f the New York Monthly Meeting of Friends. These
scholarships are awarded by the College under the regulations
fixed by the Board. Application should be made to the Presi­
dent o f the College.
13. The Western Swarthmore Club offers every four years in
conjunction with the College one competitive scholarship of $700
for each of the four years. The scholarship is open for competi­
tion to all high and preparatory school graduates west of the
Allegheny Mountains. Students interested are requested to
apply to the President o f the Club.
14. The M ary Coates P reston S cholarship F und . A sum
of money has been left by will of Elizabeth Coates to Josephine
Beistle, of Swarthmore, as trustee, the annual interest of which
Will be about $300. This amount is given by the trustee as a
scholarship to a young woman student in Swarthmore College,
preferably to a relative o f the donor.
15. The W om an’s Medical College o f Pennsylvania offers a
scholarship of $175, full tuition, to a young woman graduate
of Swarthmore College. This amount is to be given annually
during the four years of medical work, thus having a total value
of $700 to the student receiving the scholarship.
16. The Ivy Medal is placed in the hands of the faculty by a
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The regulations govern­

ing the award are as follows:
m The idea behind the Ivy Medal is in general the Rhodes Scholarship
qualifications, including (a ) qualities of manhood force o f character, an
leadership; (b ) literary and scholastic ability and attainments. This
been phrased by the donor in the words “ leadership based upon character
and scholarship.”
,
(2 ) It is the wish o f the donor that the medal should not be awarded on
a mere basis o f averages. Instead, it is desired that the winner should be a
man who gives promise o f distinction either in character or in intellectual
attainments, as opposed to a man who has merely made the most o f mediocre
(3 ) On the other hand, it is the wish o f the donor that the medal should
not go to a man who, while showing excellence in some one respect, has fallen
seriously below the standard in others.

17. The Oak Leaf Medal is placed in the hands of the faculty
by a friend of the College, to be awarded on Commencement Day
to a young woman member o f the graduating class for loyalty,
scholarship, and service.
18. The J onathan K. T aylor S cholarship, in accordance
with the donor’s will, is awarded by the Board of Trustees of the
Baltimore Monthly Meeting o f Friends. This scholarship is first
open to descendants o f the late Jonathan K. Taylor. Then, while
preference is to be given to members of the Baltimore Yearly
Meeting o f Friends, it is not to be confined to them when suit­
able persons in membership cannot be found.
19. The T. H. D udley P erkins M emorial S cholarship pro­
vides for the board and tuition of one young man. It is given
for the academic year 1924-25 to the best young man candidate
as judged by a committee of the faculty appointed by the Presi­
dent of the College for the purpose. The award will be made
and the following points determined by the credentials of the
secondary school from which the successful candidate is a
graduate.
First. Qualities of manhood, force of character and leader­
ship, 50 points.
Second. Literary and scholastic ability and attainments, 30
points.
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These requirements are similar to the conditions of the Rhodes
Scholarship. This scholarship is founded in honor o f T. H.
Dudley Perkins, Swarthmore, 1906, who died in the service of
his country on Tenth Month 20th, 1918. The qualifications re­
quired o f the holder of this scholarship are such as Dudley Per­
kins possessed in a marked degree. The donors o f this scholar­
ship are his wife, Alice Sullivan Perkins, ’04; his sister, Marion
Perkins Jessup, ’94; and his brother, E. Russell Perkins, ’l l .
20. The Sarah K aighn Cooper S cholarship, founded by
Sallie K. Johnson in memory o f her grandparents, Sarah Kaighn
and Sarah Cooper, is awarded by the faculty to the member o f
the Junior Class who shall have, since entering College, the best
record for scholarship, character, and influence. The value of
this scholarship for the year 1924-25 is $250.
21. The duP ont S cholarship. The E. I. duPont de Nemours
& Company, of Wilmington, Del., offers two annual scholarships
of $350 for the purpose o f encouraging advanced students to
continue the study of chemistry. The scholarships are to be
granted to Senior or graduate students who make chemistry or
chemical engineering their m ajor subject.
22. S warthmore College Open S cholarships. Swarthmore
College in 1922 established experimentally five annual open com­
petitive scholarships for men, not confined to any particular
school, locality, subject o f study, or religious denomination.
These scholarships are based upon the general plan o f the
Rhodes Scholarships and are given to candidates who show
greatest promise in :
(1) Qualities of manhood, force o f character and leadership.
(2) Literary and scholastic ability and attainments.
(3) Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or
in other ways.
The regulations under which these scholarships will be awarded
in 1925 are as follows:
The stipend o f a Swarthmore College Open Scholarship will
be five hundred dollars ($500) a year, which will cover the
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Each scholarship is tenable for four consecutive years, subject
to the maintenance of a high standing in the college.
A candidate to be eligible must:
(а) Be between the ages of 16 and 21 on September 1st of the
year for which he is elected.
(б ) Be qualified to enter Swarthmore College on certificate
with fifteen units o f credit as prescribed in the college catalogue.
(c) Not have attended another college or university.
Each candidate must secure the endorsement o f the principal
of his preparatory school and not more than two candidates may
be selected to represent a particular school in the competition for
any one year.
Scholars will be selected without written examination on the
basis (1) of their school record as shown by the material called
for in the application blank and (2) of a personal interview
with some representative of the college. It is expected that these
interviews can be arranged in practically any part of the United
States so as to make it unnecessary for candidates to travel any
considerable distance. Application blanks duly filled out and
accompanied by the material specified must reach the Dean of
Swarthmore College on or before A pril 16, 1924. References
will be followed up, interviews arranged in various parts of the
country, and the awards announced about June 15.
The winners for 1924-25 are (in alphabetical o r d e r ): John
W. Dutton, of George School, Bucks County, P a.; Roy J.
Kersey, of Palmyra, New Jersey, High School; Holbrook M.
MacNeille, of Summit, New Jersey, High School; Thoburn Max­
well, o f Technical High School, Indianapolis, Ind.; John C.
Willever, of Summit, New Jersey, High School.
The alternates in order of rating a re: Malcolm B. Petrikin, of
Chester, Pa., High School; Merl R. Barnes, o f Albany Academy,
Albany, New Y ork ; S. A. Higginbottom, o f Wilbraham Acad­
emy, Wilbraham, Mass.; M. N. Morrison, o f Abington Township
High School, Abington, P a.; Joseph E. Bell, o f Northeast High
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There were one hundred and thirty-one candidates from
twenty-two states. Interviews with the leading candidates were
conducted in various parts o f the country by representatives of
the Committee o f Selection, including Swarthmore Alumni and
former Rhodes Scholars. The Committee o f Selection comprised
President Aydelotte, Dean Raymond Walters, Dr. Robert C.
Brooks and Dr. E. L. Mercer of the Swarthmore Faculty, How­
ard Cooper Johnson o f the Swarthmore Board o f Managers,
Professor Joseph H. W illits o f the University o f Pennsylvania,
and Carroll A. Wilson, o f New York, an ex-Rhodes Scholar.
23. The J ames E. M iller S cholarship. Under the will of
Arabella M. Miller, the sum o f $5,986 was awarded to the Cam­
bridge Trust Company, Trustee under the will o f James E'.
Miller, to be applied to scholarships in Swarthmore College. An
annual income o f approximately $340 is available and may be
applied toward the payment o f board and tuition of students of
Delaware County (preference to be given to residents o f Nether
Providence Township) to be selected by Swarthmore College
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ADM ISSION
The subjects required for entrance to Swarthmore College are
as follows:
Elementary A lg e b r a ..........
Plane G eom etry...................
English .................................
Foreign L a n g u a g e ...............
H is to r y ...........f ......................

.. .1
.. .3
...2
...1

Advanced A lg e b r a .............
...y 2
‘ Solid G eom etry...................
...y 2
‘ Plane Trigonometry .........
Latin ...................................... 2, 3 or 4
G r e e k ..................................... 2, 3 or 4
French .................................... 2, 3 or 4
German ................................. 2, 3 or 4
Spanish ............................... 2, 3 or 4
Ancient H is to r y .................
Medieval and Modern H istory.. .. .1
Modern H is t o r y .................
. . .1
. . .1
English H is t o r y .................
American History .............
. . .1
Civil Governm ent.................
■■ ■ %
.. .1
Physics ...............................
Chemistry ...........................
...l
Botany .................................
or 1
or 1
Zoology ...............................
Physical G eograph y...........
or 1
Freehand D ra w in g ............. ..y2 or 1
Mechanical D r a w in g ........ ..y2 or 1
...3
Satisfactory Free Electives

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unit
units
units
unit
unit
unit
unit
units
units
units
units
units
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
units

* Required for admission for engineering students.

Required subjects, eight
and one half units.

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These requirements may be met
(1) B y passing examinations of the College Entrance E x­
amination Board or
(2) B y satisfactory certificates from accredited schools.
The basis for admission is the twofold one of scholarship and
personal qualities. The procedure fo r determining these is
(1) To inspect the examination record or the school record
o f the applicant to ascertain scholastic qualifications
and
(2) To interview the applicant and consider recommenda­
tions of persons acquainted with the applicant to
judge as to personal qualities.
E xaminations , J une 15-20, 1925
College E ntrance E xamination B oard
The application for examination should be addressed to the
College Entrance Examination Board, 431 West 117th Street, New
York, N. Y . It should be made upon a blank form to be obtained
from the Secretary o f the College Entrance Examination Board.
I f the application be received sufficiently early the examina­
tion fee will be $9.00 for candidates examined in the United
States and Canada and $20.00 for candidates examined else­
where. The fee, which should accompany the application, should
be remitted by postal order, express order, or draft on New
York to the order o f the College Entrance Examination Board.
Applications and fees of candidates who wish to be examined
outside o f the United States and Canada should reach the Sec­
retary o f the Board at least six weeks in advance of the first day
o f the examinations, that is, on or before May 4, 1925.
Applications and fees o f candidates who wish to be examined
in the United States at points west o f the Mississippi River or in
Canada should be received at least four weeks in advance o f the
first day o f the examinations, that is, on or before May 18, 1925.
Applications and fees o f candidates who wish to be examined
in the United States at points east of the Mississippi River or
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in advance o f the first day of the examinations, that is, on or
before Monday, May 25, 1925.
When the candidate has failed to obtain the required blank
form o f application for examination the usual examination fee
will be accepted if the fee arrives not later than the specified
date accompanied by a memorandum containing the name and
address of the candidate, the exact examination center selected,
and a list o f all the subjects in which he expects to take the
Board examinations.
Applications received later than the dates named will be ac­
cepted when it is possible to arrange for the examination o f the
candidates concerned, but only upon the payment of an addi­
tional fee.
A list of the places at which examinations are to be held in
June, 1925 will be published about March 1. Requests that the
examinations be held at particular points, to receive proper con­
sideration, should be transmitted to the Secretary of the College
Entrance Examination Board not later than February 1. The
designation o f the center to which the candidate will go for
examination is regarded as an indispensable part of the candi­
date’s application for examination.
Detailed definitions o f the requirements in all examination
subjects are given in a circular of information published annu­
ally by the College Entrance Examination Board. The edition
published December 1, 1923 was designated as Document 111.
A new edition which will be designated as Document No. 114 will
appear December 1, 1924. Upon request a single copy of this
document will be sent to any teacher without charge. In general
a charge o f twenty cents, which may be remitted in postage, will
be made.
A dmission by Certificate. Graduates of Friends’ Schools
and of high schools and preparatory schools approved by the
faculty and Instruction Committee may be admitted to the Col­
lege on certificate of the principal. The faculty admits these
students on trial, and reserves the right to change their classifi­
cation or to decline to continue their connection with the College
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certificating students may be withdrawn from any school whose
pupils are found to he deficient.
Certificates issued by the College Entrance Examination
Board will he accepted in place of examinations on the subjects
therein certified to as passed. See page 38 for information as
to the examination held by this Board. Additional informa­
tion, i f needed, may he obtained by addressing The Secretary
o f the College Entrance Examination Board, 431 West 117th
Street, New York, N. Y .
Graduation from an acceptable four years’ high school course
or its equivalent is required for admission to the Freshman class
on certificate.
D E FIN ITIO N OF ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS
I t is to be carefully noted that the subjects included among
the entrance requirements are rated as strictly as possible ac­
cording to the time that should have been devoted to prepara­
tory work in each.
In regard to a unit of admission requirements, the faculty of
Swarthmore College has approved the following statement, which
has been adopted by the National Conference Committee on
Standards o f Colleges and Secondary Schools, the College En­
trance Examination Board, and the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching:
A unit represents a year’s study in any subject in a secondary
school, constituting approximately a quarter o f a full year’s
work.
This statement is designed to afford a standard o f measure­
ment for the work done in secondary schools. It takes the fouryear high school course as a basis, and assumes that the length
o f the school year is from thirty-six to forty weeks, that a period
is from forty to sixty minutes in length, and that the study is
pursued for four or five periods a week. B y this standard a
satisfactory year’s work in any subject cannot be accomplished
under ordinary circumstances in less than one hundred and
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ganized on any other than a four-year basis can, nevertheless,
estimate their work in terms o f this unit.
The total number o f units required on this basis for admission
to Swarthmore College is fifteen.
In accordance with a resolution adopted in 1908 by the Mod­
ern Language Association o f America and a similar one adopted
in 1914 by the Association o f M odem Language Teachers o f the
Middle States and Maryland, it is recommended that the schools
preparing students for Swarthmore College prescribe adequate
aural and oral tests for all candidates who desire to present a
foreign modern language in satisfaction of requirements for ad­
mission.
Detailed definitions o f the requirements in all subjects listed
under the general statement on page 37, including lists of ex­
periments in the natural sciences are given in a special cir­
cular o f information published annually by the College Entrance
Examination Board. The edition published December 1, 1924,
was designated as Document No. 114. Copies o f this document
may be obtained from the Secretary o f the Board, 431 West
117th Street, New York, N. Y . Upon request to the Board a
single copy will be sent to any teacher without charge. In gen­
eral a charge o f twenty cents, which may be remitted in postage
stamps, will he made.
LIM ITA TIO N OF ENROLLMENT
The size of the Freshman class each year is determined by the
resolution of the Board o f Managers which limits the total en­
rollment o f the College to 500 students, 250 men and 250 women.
From the applicants for admission in any year who meet fully
the entrance requirements of the College, the members o f the
Freshman class are chosen in the order o f merit. In the deter­
mination o f scholarship, breadth o f reading and interest in in­
tellectual matters are considered as well as school grades. As
to character, the qualities sought are the simplicity, moral
earnestness and idealism which have been traditionally associ­
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Preference is given to candidates who are children of Friends
and o f Alumni o f the College provided their school records meet
in all respects th standards set by the College for admission.
When the merits o f two candidates are approximately equal, it
is considered fair that preference should he given to the earlier
application.
Candidates for admission should make early application.
Record of their school work for the first three years, signed by
the school Principal should he submitted one year prior to ad­
mission. Application blanks and certificate blanks are furnished
by the Dean of the College upon request. Certificates are re­
turned to the school Principals in the spring for the record of
the Senior year.
Applicants whose school records are good are invited to call
at Swarthmore College at suitable times during the fall and win­
ter for interviews. Persons living too far from Swarthmore to
make this possible are interviewed by representatives of the
College in any part o f the United States.
The names of the women applicants accepted for admission
are announced as soon as possible after February 1, and the
names o f the men applicants as soon as possible after May 1,
o f the year of admission.
A D V A N C E D STANDING
F or favorable consideration, applicants for advanced stand­
ing must have had a high scholastic record in the institution
from which they desire to transfer, and must present full creden­
tials for both college and preparatory work and a letter o f hon­
orable dismissal. In general, students are not admitted to ad­
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REQUIREM ENTS FO R GRADUATION
THE GENERAL UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OF STUDY

The degree o f Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon those who
complete the undergraduate course as outlined below. This
course is based upon uniform requirements for admission, and
upon certain studies which are prescribed for all matriculates.
In addition to securing this fundamental uniformity, it provides
for the varied needs and capacities o f individuals by permitting
a wide range o f election on the part of the student or his ad­
viser; and it seeks, also, to provide a thorough training, extend­
ing over three or four years, in some one department o f study.
The requirement of a thesis from a candidate for the Bachelor’s
degree is left to the option of the head o f the department in
which the m ajor is taken.
Candidates for graduation in the Department of Liberal Arts
are required to complete one hundred and twenty-four ‘ |hours ’ ’
in addition to the prescribed work in physical education. For
the number of hours required for graduation in the Departments
of Engineering and in the Department o f Chemistry, see the
courses o f study outlined under the various departments. The
foregoing are minimum requirements. Students may he re
quired to complete additional “ hours” fo r graduation as penal­
ties for absences from collection or from class room, laboratory,
or other college exercises. A n “ hour” signifies one recitation or
lecture (or its equivalent) a week throughout one college semes­
ter. A recitation or lecture is regularly fifty-five minutes long,
and the preparation o f the student is estimated at an average
of two hours for each class exercise. In the Departments of
Engineering, Biology, and Chemistry a laboratory period is
three hours in length. In other departments, where additional
work is required outside o f the laboratory, the laboratory period
is two hours in length. It is designed to make the laboratory
exercise, as nearly as possible, equivalent in its demands to the
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the Departments of Liberal Arts is seventeen for each semester
of the freshman year and fifteen for each semester of the sopho­
more, junior, and senior years. The prescribed number of hours
for students majoring in Engineering ranges from fifteen to
twenty fo r each semester.
Quality Points.^-An average quality grade shall be required
for graduation, and for the purpose o f determining this quality
grade, numerical values called “ points,” shall be given to the
grade letters, as follow s: for grade A , three points for each
semester hour o f course in which the grade is received; for
grade B, two points; for grade C, one point; for grade D, no
point. The grade D is sufficient to pass a course, hut does not
count any point.
In accordance with this valuation the requirements in
“ points” for graduation of all students, both those in Arts and
in A pplied Science,, is one hundred and twenty-four. This is a
requirement for A rts students o f an average grade of C. In
other words, Arts students are required for graduation to pres­
ent one hundred and twenty-four hours o f credit and one hun­
dred and twenty-four points. Students in Applied Science will
be required for graduation to present the number o f hours of
credit now prescribed (ranging from one hundred and thirtytwo to one hundred and forty-eight) and one hundred and
twenty-four points.
E xtra or Less Hours.— Students are not allowed to carry more
nor less than the prescribed amount of work except in special
cases approved by the Committee on Prescribed and Extra
Work. Students often find it difficult, however, to make out a
course o f study for the exact number o f hours, and for this
reason a variation o f one hour more or less than the prescribed
number o f hours may be allowed by the course adviser. In such
cases the endorsement o f the course adviser must be secured in
writing on the Enrollment Card.
Students desiring to carry more than one hour in excess of
the prescribed number, or more than one hour below the pre­
scribed number, must make application to the Committee on
Prescribed and Extra W ork on a regular form provided for the
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low C in any subject or below B in more than one department
during the preceding semester shall be permitted to enroll for
more than one hour in excess of the prescribed number. For
students entering from other schools or colleges these grades shall
be determined from their entrance certificates. No application
of a student to enroll for more or less than the perscribed num­
ber of hours shall be considered by the committee unless accom­
panied by the written endorsement of the course adviser.
I.
Prescribed Studies.— These studies must be taken by all
students who are candidates for graduation, unless for special
reasons permission to substitute some other work is obtained
from the proper faculty committee. The whole o f the first year
is devoted to five o f the prescribed studies with one elective.
The time and order in which the remaining studies are taken
may vary according to the requirements o f each department.
The prescribed work, amounting to forty-three hours, exclusive
of the Physical Education, includes the following studies:
Group 1. English.— Ten hours, four of which must be taken
in English Composition, and six in English Literature.
Group 2. Greek, Latin, French, German, Spanish.— Twelve
hours in any one o f these languages, or six hours in each o f two.
I f a language is begun in College it must be pursued for two
years.
Group 3. Twelve* hours, in the following departments: His­
tory, History of Religion and Philosophy, Economics, Political
Science, Education, and the Fine Arte.
Group 4. Biology, Chemistry, Physics.— Six hours, to be taken
in any one o f the three departments, and to include at least one
credit-hour of laboratory work throughout a year.
Group 5. Mathematics, Astronomy.— Six hours, to be taken in
either one o f the two studies.
Group 6. Physical Education.— F or the prescribed amount of
work in this department, see the statements under the Depart­
ment of Physical Education.
Students who fail in the required courses o f the freshman
year shall enroll in these courses during the sophomore year.
* Students in the Departments of Jhe applied sciences are required to take nine
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No deviation from this rule will be allowed except on the writ­
ten endorsement of the course adviser, and after notification to
the professor in charge o f the subject in which the student
failed.
All prescribed studies must be completed or in actual process
of completion at the beginning o f the senior year except in cases
where such prescribed work is not offered until the second semes­
ter o f the senior year.
No substitution of elective for prescribed work where more
than one semester is involved shall be permitted after the be­
ginning o f the senior year, nor in any case after the beginning
o f the second semester of the senior year.
Application for permission to substitute an elective for a pre­
scribed study must be made to the Committee on Prescribed and
Extra W ork on a regular form provided by the Dean for the
purpose.
Students in engineering and applied science will take an ex­
amination in Plane Trigonometry before entering upon the study
o f Analytic Geometry. Those who do not show a sufficient
knowledge of the subject in this examination will take a course
in Plane Trigonometry in College as an extra study not to be
counted for credit toward graduation.
II.
Major Subject.— Every candidate for graduation is re­
quired to select the work o f some one department as his major.
In most cases the selection may well be postponed until the be­
ginning of the second year. In the department thus chosen the
student must complete eighteen hours as a minimum (the pre­
scribed work done in the m ajor study to be included in this
minimum), and the professor in charge may, at his option, de­
termine the work o f thirty-six hours, provided six hours shall
not be in his own department. I f the major study is one of the
languages, at least six hours o f the prescribed work must be
taken in another language. No matter how much credit may
have been given on entrance, no student is allowed to graduate
who has not been enrolled as a student of Swarthmore College
at least one year and who has not had in the College at least
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I f the major study is changed from any branch of Engineer­
ing to a department in Arts, the number o f credit hours then
on record will be adjusted to the basis of 124 hours.
III.
Elective Studies.— The remaining work required for grad­
uation may be elected from any department or departments of
the College.
The following subjects are open to election, in so far as the
exigencies of the college programme will permit:
Anthropology,
Art,
Astronomy,
Bible Study,
Biology,
Botany,
Chemistry,
Economies,
Education,

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

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

HONOES COUESES
Students who are capable of doing more independent work than
that required to fulfill the ordinary requirements for the A.B.
degree are allowed to volunteer at the end of the Sophomore
year to read for the A.B. degree with honors.* Admission to
*The theory underlying this honors work was outlined by President Aydelotte
in his inaugural address at Swarthmore College on October 22, 1921, in the follow­
ing words:
“ Perhaps the most fundamentally wasteful feature o f our educational institutions
is the lack of a higher standard of intellectual attainment. W e are educating more
students up to a fair average than any country in the world, but we are wastefully
allowing the capacity of the average to prevent us from bringing the best up to the
standards they could reach. Our most important task at the present is to check this
waste.
“ The method of doing it seems clear: to give to those students who are really inter­
ested in the intellectual life harder and more independent work than could profitably
be given to those whose devotion to matters o f the intellect is less keen, to demand of
the former in the course o f their four years’ work, a standard of attainment for the
A.B. degree distinctly higher than we require o f them at present and comparable,
perhaps, with that which is now reached for the A.M.
. ‘‘* d o ? ot believe that we should deny to the average, or below average, student the
benefit of_ a college education. He needs this training, and we need his humanizing
presence in the colleges, bnt we should not allow him to hold back his more brilliant
companions from doing that high quality of work which will in the end best justify
the time and money which we spend in education.
“ With these abler students it would be possible to do things which we dare not
attempt with the average. We could allow them to specialize more because their own
alertness of mind would of itself be sufficient to widen their intellectual range and give
tStr hat acquaintance with other studies necessary for a liberal point of view.
We could give these better students greater independence in their work, avoiding
the spoon-feeding which makes much of our college instruction of the present day of
secondary school character. Our examinations should be less frequent and more com­
prehensive and the task o f the student should be to prepare himself for these testa
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the status of an honors student depends upon the quality of the
applicant’s work in the first two years. In the consideration of
this record, special aptitude is regarded as o f more importance
than a mere high average of grades all round. Honors students
are excused from the ordinary examinations and course require­
ments. Instead, they are expected to spend two years in master­
ing a certain definitely outlined field of knowledge over which
they are examined at the end of their two years’ work. Their
instruction is mainly individual, and a large part o f their work
is done independently by their own reading. It is open to Honors
students to attend as many or as few o f the regular classes of
the College as they desire, though they are guided in this respect
by the advice of the Chairman o f the division in which they are
reading. The comprehensive examinations at the end o f their
course consist of from ten to twelve three-hour papers followed
by an oral examination. These tests are conducted not by the
persons who have had charge o f the preparation of the candidates
but by professors from other institutions. On the basis of these
examinations, Honors students are given the degree o f Bachelor
o f Arts with Honors of the first or second or third class as their
merits may deserve. Candidates whose work is not of a high
enough quality to entitle them to any of these classes may be
given the ordinary A.B. degree without Honors.
Honors work is' carefully organized but not so narrowly
specialized as to fall in any case within the limits of a single
department. Instead, each honors course is given by a group of
departments combined into a division. The divisions in which
honors work is now being offered, together with the requirements
in each, are as follows:
DIVISION OF ENGLISH LITERATURE

The Honors course in the Division o f English Literature is
conducted jointly by the Departments of English, History, and
Philosophy. The Committee in charge consists of Dr. Goddard,
English, Chairman; Dr. Hull, H istory; Dr. Holmes, Philosophy;
and President Aydelotte and Dean Walters, English.
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from the Fourteenth Century to the Nineteenth, with its neces­
sary background o f social and political history. The main part
of the work is comprised in the study of six topics outlined below.
Honors students are left to prepare for themselves those portions
of English History and Literature not covered by the special
topics.
I. English Literature of the periods of Chaucer, Shakespeare,
and Milton.
II. The Social and Political History of England from the
Black Death to the Restoration of Charles II.
III. The Transition in England from Mediaeval to Modern
Thought during the Renaissance and the Reformation..
IY . E nglish Literature from the French Revolution to the End
of the Nineteenth Century.
V. History of England from the French Revolution to the
end of the Nineteenth Century.
V I. Philosophy and Science in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth
Centuries.
The set books required of all students are announced in a list
published two years in advance and may be changed after each
two-year period.
DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Honors course in the Division o f the Social Sciences is
conducted jointly by the Department of Political Science, Eco­
nomics, History, Education, Anthropology, and Philosophy. The
Committee in charge consists of Dr. R. C. Brooks, Political
Science, Chairman; Dr. Urdahl, Economics; Dr. Hull, History;
Dr. Ryan, Education; Dr. Trotter, Anthropology; Dr. Mercer,
Public Health, and Dr. Holmes, Philosophy.
The course covers prescribed hooks in political philosophy, in
philosophy and ethics, in anthropology, and in economic history
and economic theory. The general topics considered by the group
include history of political ideas; political institutions o f the
United States and Great B ritain; historical and economic aspects
o f American history; money and currency; industrial develop­
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study o f the leading economic forces that have shaped the politi­
cal and social institutions of the United States.
The prescribed hooks and books suggested for supplementary
reading are listed two years in advance, the list may be changed
at the end o f each two-year period.
DIVISION OP MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY, AND PHYSICS

The Honors work in the Division of Mathematics, Astronomy,
and Physics is conducted jointly by these departments o f the
College. The Committee in charge consists o f Dr. Miller, Mathe­
matics and Astronomy, Chairman; Dr. Marriott, Mathematics
and Astronom y; and Dr. Wright, Physics.
The course presumes a grounding in preparatory and cultural
subjects. A s fundamental for reading for honors in this division
the students must have taken in class, under instructors, Trigo­
nometry, Algebra, Plane Analytic Geometry, Solid Analytic
Geometry, Calculus, Advanced Calculus and Differential Equa­
tions. The Honors course then takes up Spherical Trigonometry,
Theory of Equations, Theory of Determinants and their A ppli­
cation, Infinite Series and Infinite Products, Introduction to the
Theory of Simpler Functions, Theory o f Finite Differences and
Interpolations, and a short history o f Mathematics, Astronomy,
or Physics. Three or four subjects are selected from the follow­
ing: Theory o f Differential Equations, Mechanics, Theory of
Probability, Advanced Analytic Geometry, Theory o f Vectors,
Theoretical Physics. The student who majors in Astronomy will
read in addition the Theory and Practise of Determining Stellar
Parallax, or Photometry, or Theory o f Orbits.
DIVISION OP FRENCH

The work of students reading for honors in French is directed
by Professors Bronk and Bagley. This work comprises:
(a) A practical knowledge o f the French language as it exists
today, with the power to write, speak and pronounce it with some
degree o f excellence; also an acquaintance with French literature
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by following in cursu thirty-six hours of class-room work given
here at the College.
(b) Familiarity with the history o f France, its civilization, arts,
etc., as well as with the history and development of the French
language from the earliest times. This latter is to be obtained by
studying Nyrop, Grammaire historique de la langue française,
Part I, and Brunot, Histoire de la langue française, Parts I-IY.
The ability to read the simpler literary monuments of the Old
French period in their original form is required.
(c) A thorough and rather detailed study o f some one field or
epoch of French literature or of some one writer.
(d ) A good reading knowledge of either Italian or Spanish and
the ability to pronounce this language.
A t the weekly conference hours honors students give reports in
French and all discussion is carried on in French.
DIVISION OF THE CLASSICS

The work o f students reading for Classical Honors is directed
by the Professors o f the Department o f Greek and Latin. The
course includes, as stated subjects, the Greek and Latin lan­
guages, Greek moral and political philosophy, the histories of
ancient Greece and Rome, and, as optional subject, Greek and
Roman fine art. Students follow one or the other o f the follow­
ing programs according to whether they elect Greek or Latin as
a major language.
(a) F or Classical Honors with Greek as major.
Seven prescribed studies as follows : Greek and Roman History,
Greek Tragic Drama, Greek Philosophy, Greek Epic, Greek Prose
Composition and unseen Translation, Roman Satire, Roman
Epistolary and Biographical Literature.
Two elective studies from the following : Greek orators and his­
torians, Greek Comedy, Greek Lyric, Greek and Roman Archæology.
(b) For Classical Honors with Latin as major.
Seven prescribed studies as follows : Greek and Roman History,
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Prose Composition and unseen Translation, Greek Tragic Drama,
Greek Philosophy.
Two elective studies from the follow ing: Roman Epistolary
and Biographical Literature, Roman Novel, Roman Lyric, Greek
and Roman Archaeology.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQU IREM EN TS FOR HONORS STUDENTS

To take effect as stated below in 1924-25 and succeeding years,
the following language requirements must be met by all candi­
dates for graduation with honors in the English Group, the
Group in the Social Sciences, and such of the other groups as
may accept i t :
A reading knowledge o f two of the following languages, at
least one o f which must be chosen from the first lis t:
List L French, German, Spanish, Italian.
List II. Latin, Greek.
Honors students are urged to complete these language require­
ments at the end of the Sophomore year or at the earliest possible
date hereafter. In any event they must present themselves for
examination in one language before the end o f their Junior year,
and in the second language before the end o f the first semester
o f their Senior year. However, for Seniors during the year 192425 the requirement shall be one language examination before the
end o f the first semester and the second examination at least
three weeks before the final oral examination.
RU LE COVERING CASES OF STUDENTS DROPPING HONORS W O R K

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

Hours per Week

See
Page

62
63
119
121
69-77
125

Class

Mathematics 252.................
or

Lab’y

Credits

3

3
Descriptive Astronomy. . . .

3

Elective.................................
2
13

17

Second, Semester
62
63
119
121
69-77

Major Study or Elective. . .
Mathematics 253.................
or
Descriptive Astronomy. . . .

125

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

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THE COURSES OF STUDY IN APPLIED SCIENCE

The degree o f Bachelor of Arts in Mechanical Engineering, in
Civil Engineering, in Electrical Engineering, in General Engi­
neering, in Chemical Engineering, and Chemistry, is conferred
upon students who complete the prescribed work as outlined
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UNIFORM CURRICULUM FOR THE FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE
TEARS IN APPLIED SCIENCE

The curriculum for the first and second years o f the fouryears’ courses leading to degrees in the Departments of Mechan­
ical, Civil, Electrical, General, and Chemical Engineering is the
same in nearly every respect. For their first and second years
students in Chemistry as applied science and in Chemical En­
gineering follow the same courses as given below except that
women students take certain electives instead o f the prescribed
courses, where specified.

FRESHMAN YEAR

COURSES IN APPLIED SCIENCE

Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

See
Page
119
119
69-77
62
94
113
113
125

Mathematics 252---Mathematics 253 —
Group 2 ...................
English 1 (b )..........
Chemistry 171........
Engineering 191---Engineering 2 2 3 ....
Physical Education.

Algebra..................
Trigonometry.......
Language...............
Composition. . . . . .
General Inorganic.
Drawing................
Surveying..............
Totals.

Lab’y

Credit

3
2

3
2
2
1
2

15

12

17

Second Semester

119

120

69-77
62

66

94
113
114
125

Mathematics 252 ...
Mathematics 254 ...
Group 2 ................*.
English 1 (b )..........
English 17c. . . . * . . .
Chemistry 171........
Engineering 193----Engineering 200 . . .
Physical Education.

Algebra..................................
Analytic Geometry..............
Language..............................
Composition........................
Extempore Speaking...........
General Inorganic................
Descriptive Geometry.
Principles of Manufacturing
Totals.

2
3
3
2
1
2

...—

2
15

3
6
3

2
3
3
2
1
3
2
1

12

17

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SOPHOMORE YEAR

COURSES IN APPLIED SCIENCE

Hours per Week

First Semester

Class

See
Page
Solid Analytic Geometry. . .

120
120
69-77
97
123
113
114
125

Lab’y

2
3
3
1
3

_
_

2
2

__

16

12

Credits

2
3
3
3
3
2
2

6
6

18

Second Semester
120
120
69-77
97
123
114

Mathematics 256
Mathematics 257
Grou{> 2 . . ............
Chemistry 1 8 5 ...
Physics 271.........
Engineering 234.

115
125

Engineering 201...
Physical Education

Integral Calculus..................
Analytic M echanics.. . . . . .
Language..............................
Quantitative Analysis.........
General Physics. . . %............
Elements of Electrical En­
gineering ...........................
Mechanics Problems............
Totals

3
3
3
1
2
2
2
16

_
—

■

—

6
3
___

3
12

3
3
3
3
3
2 1
1
18

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COURSE A D V ISE R S
A ll students are expected to confer with their respective
course advisers before enrolling in classes. The professor in
charge of the major subject will serve as course adviser for
each student who has chosen a m ajor subject. The President
will designate the course adviser for students who have not
chosen their major subjects.
E X T R A W O R K DONE OUTSIDE OF CLASSES
No student will be granted credit for work in excess of that
regularly listed on the Enrollment Card unless permission to do
so is granted by the Committee on Prescribed and Extra W ork
at the written request of the course adviser. A ll students ex­
cept those desiring credit for intercollegiate debating must gain
permission of the Committee on Prescribed and Extra Work
before the work is entered upon.
SUMMER SCHOOL W O RK
Students desiring to transfer credit in a prescribed subject
from a University Summer School are required to secure the
endorsement of the head of the department concerned before
entering upon the work.
REM O VAL OF CONDITIONS
Members o f the graduating class must make up all outstanding
conditions and deficiencies by the end of the first semester of
the senior year, and no student whose record is not then clear
shall be considered a candidate for graduation in that year.
A ll conditions must be made up in the semester immediately
following that in which the work reported as conditioned was
done, and as early in the semester as possible; except that by
special permission of the professor concerned the time for mak­
ing up the condition may be extended to the second semester
following in case (1) the course for which the condition was
imposed was not repeated until said second semester, and (2) it is
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make up part or all of the class or laboratory work involved at
the time the course is repeated. A ny condition not made up
within a year from the time it is imposed shall thereafter have
the effect upon the records o f an “ E ,” i. e., complete failure,
which cannot he made up.
SYSTEM OF GRADES
Reports of students’ work are received at the Dean’s office four
times a year; at the end of each semester and at each mid­
semester. A ll grades are mailed to parents at the end of each
semester, and are also given out to students at each mid-semester
and at the end o f the first semester.
The following system of marking is used by instructors: A
(excellent, 100-90 per ce n t.); B (good, 89-80 per ce n t.); C
(fair, 79-70 per ce n t.); D (poor, 69-60 per cent.) ; E (fa ile d );
W (w ithdraw n); Cond. (Conditioned).
The mark “ conditioned” shall be reported for only two rea­
sons: (1) for unsatisfactory work in a semester course in which
the condition may be removed by doing satisfactory work either
in another semester course which involves the subject-matter of
the first course or in the second semester of a year’s course; (2)
when the work of a course is complete; that is, when the work
done in the course is satisfactory with the exception o f a small,
definite part of i t ; for example, the writing of a theme, the read­
ing of an assignment, or the taking o f a final examination. The
mark “ conditioned” shall not be given to a student whose work
in a course has been below the passing grade. Such a student
shall be reported “ E ” (failed).
When the reports o f grades are filed at the Dean’s office, the
exact character of the conditions imposed will be defined, and
the nature o f the work required to remove conditions reported
in writing. The student will then be notified by the Dean of the
terms o f the conditions.
ABSEN CES FROM E X A M IN ATIO N
Any student who is absent from an examination, announce­
ment of which was made in advance of the date of the examina­
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hour only after presentation by the student to the instructor in
charge of the course (1) of a certificate from the Committee on
Absences that the student has submitted a written statement
satisfactorily explaining the cause making the absence from ex­
amination imperatively necessary, and (2) o f a receipt from the
office of the superintendent fo r a fee o f $2. This fee shall be
remitted only in the case of duly certified quarantine. In case
o f continuous illness the maximum fee shall be $5.
No examinations in absentia shall be permitted. This rule
shall be interpreted to mean that instructors shall give examina­
tions only at the college and under direct departmental super­
vision.
ABSEN CES PROM CLASSES
Each instructor shall make on the form provided for the pur­
pose daily reports of student absences to the offices o f the Dean.
A ll powers of supervision and discipline over student absences
are vested in a Committee on Absences to be composed o f the
Dean, the Dean of Women, both ex ojficio, and three other fac­
ulty members appointed annually by the President of the Col­
lege, who shall designate the Chairman o f the Committee from
among its members.
In dealing with all student absences the Committee on A b­
sences shall classify them either (a) as allowable absences, or (b)
as disallowed absences. Allowable absences are absences which
in the opinion o f the Committee on Absences are incurred for
sufficient cause. B y sufficient cause is meant any grounds for
absence which would justify failure to keep a stated business
appointment; provided, however, that no absence shall be con­
sidered allowable by the Committee on Absences unless a writ­
ten explanation o f it is made by the student incurring it on a
form provided for this purpose at the Dean’s office. Such ex­
planation must be made by the student in advance of the absence,
when possible. Written explanations of all absences must be
filed at the Dean’s office within three college days after the
absence, or such absences will be disallowed automatically.
A ll absences not coming under the definition o f allowable ab­
sences shall be considered disallowed absences subject to dis­
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of the latter character the Committee on Absences may warn
students, parents or guardians; may place students on probation
and fix the terms of said probation; and may require students
to make hours of credit for graduation in addition to the require­
ments as stated in the Catalogue; provided that, in the case of
students who reach the end of the first semester of their senior
year with a penalty o f less than one full hour of credit imposed
under this section, said penalty may be removed by the Com­
mittee on Absences. For the year 1924-25 students will be
penalized one-half credit hour for each disallowed absence after
the fifth.
For each disallowed absence on days beginning or ending all
vacations and holidays, including the summer vacation, students
shall be required to make one half hour credit for graduation
in addition to the requirements as stated in the Catalogue. A b­
sences penalized under this section cannot be subject to discipline
provided under other sections of these rules.
Students shall have the right to a hearing before the Commit­
tee on Absences in cases involving the imposition o f credit penal­
ties by the Committee, and the right to petition the faculty in
cases where, after such hearing has been given, they are dissatis­
fied with the decision o f the Committee. In all questions involv­
ing the number of a student’s absences the reports of Instructors
shall be considered authoritative.
EXCLUSION FROM COLLEGE
The College reserves the right to exclude at any time students
whose conduct or academic standing it regards as undesirable,
and without assigning any further reason therefor; in such cases
the fees due or which may have been paid in advance to the Col­
lege will not be refunded or remitted, in whole or in part, and
neither the College nor any o f its officers shall be under any
liability whatsoever for such exclusion.

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D EGREES
BACHELOR OP ARTS

The degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred upon students
who have complied with the requirements for graduation as
stated on pages 43 to 59.
M A S ÏE R OP A R TS*

1. The degree of Master of Arts may be conferred upon
graduates of Swarthmore College or o f other institutions of
satisfactory standing who have spent at least a year in residence
at this College, pursuing a systematic course o f non-professional
study approved by the faculty. The amount o f work required
of candidates fo r the Master’s degree consists o f the equivalent of
thirty credit hours in courses o f instruction of advanced grade,
o f which at least twenty hours shall be in a m ajor subject and
the remainder in a minor subject to be approved by the professor
in charge o f the major subject. A ll candidates must have ful­
filled the requirements for the Bachelor’s degree before entering
upon graduate work. In no case will the Master’s degree be con­
ferred upon students in less than one year after the conferring
o f the Bachelor’s degree. It must be understood, however, that
only students o f ability and maturity will be able to finish the
work in one year. No person will be recommended for the
Master’s degree who shall not have attained a grade of A or B
on exarhination in each subject.
Each candidate for the Master’s degree must prepare a satis­
factory thesis on a subject assigned by the professor in charge
of the major subject, and must pass a final oral examination
before a committee o f the faculty composed o f the professors in
charge o f the major and minor subjects respectively, and three
other members of the faculty appointed by the President o f the
College. A majority vote of this committee is required for
* Candidates holding the degree of Bachelor of Science, who have fulfilled all the
requirements prescribed for the degree of Master of Arts, may at their option receive
the degree of Master of Science.

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favorable recommendation to the faculty. This examination will
be held only when notification of the intention to appear for
examination is given to the Dean on or before the first of April
of the year in which the candidate desires to receive the degree.
The thesis must be presented on or before May 25th of the
year in which the candidate desires to receive the degree, and
a bound copy o f the thesis must be deposited in the college library
by July following.
Every candidate shall pay the regular tuition for each year of
residence and a diploma fee of $5.

ADVAN CED D EG REES IN CIVIL, M ECHANICAL, AND
E LE C TR IC A L ENGINEERING
The advanced degrees of Mechanical Engineer (M. E .), Elec­
trical Engineer (E .E .), and Civil Engineer (C .E .), may be ob­
tained by graduates who have received their Bachelor’s degree
in engineering upon the fulfilling o f the requirements given
below:
1. The candidate must have been connected with practical
engineering work for three years since receiving his first degree.
2. He must have had charge of engineering work and must
be in a position o f responsibility and trust at the time of
application.
3. He must make application and submit an outline o f the
thesis he expects to present, one full year before the advanced
degree is to be conferred. A fter this application is made he
will receive an outlined course of study to pursue during the
year.
4. The thesis must be submitted for approval, and satisfactory
evidence given that the reading requirement has been met one
calendar month before the time of granting the degree.
5. Every candidate shall pay a registration fee o f $5 and an
additional fee of $20 when the degree is conferred.

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D E P A R T M E N T S A N D C O U R SE S O F IN S T R U C T IO N
English
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Harold C. Goddard. Dr. Philip M. Hicks, Dr. Hoyt H.
Hudson, and Mr. Roy P. Lingle are-Assistant Professors; Miss
Amphillis T. Middlem'ore, Dr. Robert E. Spiller, and Dr. Kate
W . Tibbals are Instructors.
The purpose o f the work in English is to encourage the writ­
ing o f clear, forceful, idiomatic English, and to arouse and
foster love o f good literature. A special effort is made to keep
in view, at all times, the application of the works studied to the
life and problems o f the present day.
The requirements and electives in Composition may be seen
below. O f the courses in English Literature, Course 4 fulfills the
prescription in English Literature, and is a prerequisite to all
other courses in English; Courses 8 ,1 0 ,1 1 ( b ) , and 12 are open to
all students who have completed Course 4 ; Courses 6, 7, 9 and
11 (a) are open to all students who have completed six additional
hours elected from Courses 8, 10, 11 (b), and 12, and also, with
the consent o f the instructor, to Juniors and Seniors whose major
subject is not English; Course 14 is open as stated under that
course.
1. Composition. Assistant Professors Hicks, Hudson, and Lingle, Miss Middlemore, Dr. Spiller, and Dr. Tibbals.
Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Prescribed, in the Freshman year, for all candidates for graduation. Short and
long themes and regular conferences throughout the year, together with assigned
collateral reading.

2 (a ). Second Year Composition.

Dr. Tibbals.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Prerequisite, Course 1. This course continues, along more advanced lines, the work
o f the Freshman year, emphasis being placed upon expository writing.

2 ( b ) . Journalism.

Assistant Professor Lingle.

Two hours a w eek throughout the year. Not offered in 1924-25.
A course in the writing of news and special feature articles. The history and pres­
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Dr. Spiller.

Two hours a week throughout the year.

Offered annually.

A course in creative writing without specific assignments, except occasionally in
individual cases. The work is conducted through reading of original work, conference,
criticism and self-assignment. Open to those who have completed Course 1 and who
are not taking any other writing courses at the same time, but primarily intended for
those who look upon writing at least as an avocation. Enrollment must be accompanied
by some writing done within the preceding six months.

3 (a ). Narrative Writing.

Professor Goddard.

Two hour8 a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
The chief emphasis of this course is on the short story: the analysis of its structure
and practice in writing it. In the second semester some time is devoted to the writing
of one-act plays.

3 ( b ) . Poetics and Literary Criticism.

Dr. Tibbals.

One or two hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
The course is devoted to the study of the theory of poetry and the history and theory
of criticism. Lectures and discussions with papers involving the careful study of a
few masterpieces.

E N G LISH LANGUAGE AN D LITERATURE

4. General Introduction to English Literature. Assistant Professors Hicks
and Lingle, Miss Middlemore, Dr. Spiller, and Dr. Tibbals.
Three hours a week throughout, the year. Offered annually.
The first semester o f Course 4 is devoted to a general introduction to the study of
literature. Representative examples o f lyric and narrative poetry, of the drama, novel,
and essay are discussed and criticised in the classroom. The second semester is given
to a rapid survey o f the history o f English literature from the Anglo-Saxon to the
Victorian period. A large amount o f collateral reading and frequent written reports
are required during both semesters.
Course 4 is prescribed in the Freshman year for all candidates for graduation,
except as noted under 4 (a) .

4 (a ). Special Readings in English Literature.
Two hours a week throughout the year.
A survey o f the field of English literature emphasizing the more important writers
and periods. Required for graduation o f all Engineering students in lieu of Course 4.

6. Chaucer.

Professor Goddard.

Two hours a week during the second semester. Not offered in 1924-25.
After an introductory study of Middle English grammar and phonology, Course 6
is devoted to a careful reading of a number o f the Canterbury Tales, several of the
Minor Poems, and the Troilus and Criseyde. In 1924-25 a part of the material of this
course is given in connection with Course 10 (a).

7. The English Drama.

Assistant Professor Lingle.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
Course '7 deals with a selected period or aspect o f the English drama.
Course 7 must be continued throughout the year. .

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Dr. Tibbals.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually
A critical study o f several selected plays o f Shakespeare and more rapid reading
of the rest of his works.
Course 8 must he cQntinued throughout the year.

9. Prose Fiction.

Assistant Professor Hicks.

Three hours a w eek throughout the year. Offered annually.
Course 9 deals with a selected period or aspect of English fiction, or takes up in
more detail the works of a single author.

10. English Poetry.

Professor Goddard and Miss Middlemore.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
The work of this course is devoted to a selected period or aspect of English poetry.
In 1924-25 two courses in English Poetry are offered: 1 0 (a ). An Introduction to
Poetry, by Professor Goddard, three hours a week throughout the year; and 10 (b ),
Nineteenth Century Poetry, by Miss Middlemore, three hours a week throughout the
year.
Course 1 0 (b ) must be continued throughout the year.

11. English Prose.

Professor Goddard and Dr. Spiller.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
The purpose o f Course 11 is to present the development of English thought and of
the religious, social and political ideals of the English people, as embodied in the prose
literature of a selected period.
In 1924-25 two courses in English Prose are offered: 11 (ay Social Ideals in Con
temporary Prose, by Professor Goddard; and 11 (c ), Eighteenth Century Prose, by
Dr. Spiller.
Course 11 must be continued throughout the year.

12. American Literature.

Assistant Professor Lingle.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
A survey o f the history o f American literature, emphasis being placed upon the
nineteenth century and upon leading writers.

14. Special Topics.

Professor Goddard.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
The purpose of Course 14 is to cover periods and topics not fully treated in the
other courses o f the department, and to offer, also, opportunity for the detailed study
of selected authors.
Course 14 is intended primarily for Seniors majoring in English; it is open to others
only by special permission.

14 (b ). Research Method.

Dr. Spiller..

One hour a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
This course aims to furnish preparation for graduate work in English and Ameri­
can language and literatures. It comprises a study of where to find and how to use
books, with instruction in the preparation and writing of critical and research papers.
The work consists in a number o f bibliographical problems with instruction and dis­
cussion, and the writing o f one research paper on a subject chosen by the student.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors who are majoring in English and to members
o f the English Honors Group. Can be taken in conjunction with Course 14.

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Professor A. M. Brooks.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
Study o f the Divine Comedy as a work o f consummate literature. Special atten­
tion is given to the life and art of the century that produced it.

The Philadelphia libraries o f particular value in connection
with work in the department o f English are the following: the
Library o f the University of Pennsylvania; the Philadelphia
Library; the Mercantile Library; the Free Library of Phila­
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Public Speaking
The instruction in Public Speaking is designed to develop and
train the voice as an efficient instrument o f self-expression and
literary interpretation; to give training in the principles and
practice of effective public speaking, and in the production o f
drama.
In the belief that frequent practice in speaking is the requisite
for the best results, one hour courses are provided to meet the
needs of students who may desire to continue this practice
throughout their college term.
The classes meet in small sections in order that each student
may receive the personal criticism o f the instructor.
15. General Survey o f Speech Training.

Assistant Professor Hudson.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
A brief historical review of the subject combined with a study of and drill in the
principles of voice training, oral reading and speaking.

16. The One-Act Play.

Assistant Professor Hicks.

Three hours a w eek throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course aims to familiarize students with the problems of dramatic production.
Four public performances are given during the year. It includes also a study of the
Little Theatre movement and of the One-Act Play as a literary form.

17. Extempore Speaking.

Assistant Professor Hudson.

One hour a week throughout the year. Offered annually
This course is designed to help students acquire the ability to present their own
ideas clearly and effectively. Representative speeches of business and professional
men are studied, and students present short speeches before the class each week.

18. Argument.

Assistant Professor Hudson.

One hour a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course deals with the theory and practice of argumentative discourse. Foster’s
Argumentation and Debating is used as a text. Course 18 should be taken by stu­
dents seeking credit for Intercollegiate Debating.

19. Public Discussion.

Assistant Professor Hudson.

One hour a week d/uring each semester. Offered annually.
This course aims to familiarize students with the employment of the various methods
of persuasion that are effective in public discussion. Weekly practice in speaking is
continued, speech topics being drawn from questions of current interest.

20. Seminar in Speech and Dramatic Training.

Assistant Professor Hicks.

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

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INTERCOLLEGIATE DEBATE

Students enrolling for Intercollegiate Debate may receive from
one to three hours credit at the discretion of the Instructor, de­
pending upon the quality of the work done. Candidates for the
debate squads must complete all required reading and attend
weekly practice djaring the debating season.
The debates are held under the supervision of the Debate
Board, an undergraduate body including all students who have
represented the College in forensic contests, and the coach of the
debate teams.
Public Speaking Contests and Prizes
The Swarthmore Chapter o f Delta Sigma Rho, the national
honorary forensic society, elects to membership each spring stu­
dents who have done distinguished work in debate and other pub­
lic speaking contests. To be eligible, students must have engaged
in forensic activities for two years and must have represented
the College in an intercollegiate contest.
The public speaking contests, which are conducted by the De­
bate Board, are designed to bring out the ability o f the students
and to stimulate interest in forensic events.
The Delta Vpsilon Prize Speaking Contest provides a prize of
$25 for the winner. The sum of $500 has been given to the
College by Owen Moon, Jr., Class of 1894, the interest from
which is to be used for this purpose.
The Ella Frances Bunting Prizes for the Extemporaneous
Speaking Contests are provided by a gift of $1,000 from E. M.
Bunting, of New York. Two prizes o f $25 are offered, one con­
tested for by the men and one by the women students.
The Phi Kappa Psi Prizes in Public Speaking, offered by the
local chapter o f that fraternity, are open to competition among
preparatory schools. The contest is held at the College annually
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The Potter Prize Contest for Extemporaneous Debate is open
to all students and prizes of $12, $8 and $5 are offered for the
best individual speeches. This contest was founded by the late
Justice Wm. P. Potter, and is continued as a memorial to him.
The Sophomore-Freshman Debate is open to all members of the
two classes excepting those who have represented the College in
intercollegiate contests. The medals for the members of the win­
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French and Spanish
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Isabelle Bronk. Mr. Charles R. Bagley is Assistant
Professor, Señorita Mercedes C. Iribas is Instructor in Spanish,
Madame Blanche Poulleau Crawford is Instructor in French,
and Miss Margaret Pitkin is Student Assistant.
The courses of study in French are designed to afford a certain
degree of literary culture, as well as to impart thorough train­
ing in the grammar and linguistics of the language. Until the
end of the second year the authors studied are all selected from
those o f modern times and the greatest attention is given to
colloquial French. The student is then ready to be brought into
contact with the more artificial (rhetorical) forms o f expression
constantly occurring in the higher grades o f literature. The fact
that French is a living tongue is kept ever in view. F or this
reason but little English is used in the classroom. Free com­
position, dictation, memorizing, and conversation are required
throughout the courses. Much attention is given to pronunci­
ation, practical phonetics being taught in all courses, and the
relations o f modem French to classical, popular, and low Latin
are brought often before the students.
The courses in Spanish are arranged with a view to giving, as
far as possible, a practical knowledge o f this language, and also
some idea o f the modem literature o f Spain.
From eleven to fourteen courses in French are offered each
year. The class in Course 21 is divided into two sections, the
class in Course 22 into five, the class in Course 23 into two.
Students who are prepared in Elementary French, as defined
by the College Entrance Examination Board, enter Course 22;
those who are prepared in Intermediate French enter a specially
arranged section o f this same course; those who are prepared in
Advanced French, as defined by the College Entrance Exam­
ination Board, enter Course 23.
Students who elect French as a m ajor study are required to
complete the work of five full years, or thirty “ hours,” and to
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The first semester’s work in Elementary French and Elemen­
tary Spanish will not be accepted toward a degree unless followed
by the work of the second semester in the same language.
Some o f the lists of works studied, as given below, are subject
to a slight modification.
21. Elementary French.

Assistant Professor Bagley and Madame Crawford.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course is intended for those who begin French in college. Its aim is to enable
the students to read ordinary French with ease, to understand to some extent the lan­
guage when spoken, and to form simple sentences, both oral and written.
Fraser and Squair, Shorter French Course, and Allen and Schoell, French Life.
Open to all students.

22. Reading o f Nineteenth Century French Prose and Poetry, Grammar, and
Composition. Professor Bronk, Assistant Professor Bagley, Madame
Crawford, and Miss Pitkin.
Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course is designed to supplement and extend Course 21. Prose composition and
drill upon the essential principles o f the grammar are continued; much attention is
given to idioms and synonyms; the reading becomes more rapid; and French is made
almost exclusively the language of the classroom.
Fraser and Squair, Shorter French Course, continued, De Sauzé, Grammaire française.
Modem plays and selected works of Balzac, Bazin, Coppée, Erckmann-Chatrian, Daudet,
Hugo, Maupassant, Mérimée, or others.
Prerequisite, Course 21 or its equivalent.

23. Seventeenth Century French History and Literature, and Composition.
Professor Bronk and Madame Crawford.
Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course is conducted mainly in French. Particular attention is given to the
social as well as to the literary tendencies of the time, and the students present reports
upon pertinent topics as well as abstracts of the works read.
Lectures on the history and society of the seventeenth century. Corneille, L e Cid
and H orace; Molière, Les Précieuses ridicules and L e Bourgeois Gentilhomme ; Racine,
Andromaque and Athalie; La Fontaine, Fables (ed. Hachette) ; Hill and Smith,
Advanced French Composition, Part I.
Prerequisite, Course 22 or its equivalent.

24. Advanced French Prose Composition. Assistant Professor Bagley.
Two hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
The aim o f this course is to give increased facility in the writing of the French
language, by means o f intensive study of chosen models and translation and paraphrase
o f English into French. Much free composition is also required. Frequent conference
periods care for the students’ individual needs.
Hill and Smith, Advanced French Composition, Part II.
Prerequisite, Course 23 or its equivalent.

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25. Practical Phonetics.

Assistant Professor Bagley.

Two hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.
This course is designed to give the student increased facility and greater precision
in spoken French, by means of a scientific study of the sounds of the French language.
Phonetic dictation, readings in French, conversation, etc. Paul Passy, Sounds of the
French Language.

26. Seventeenth Century French Prose. Madame Crawford.
Two hours a week d/uring the first semester. Offered in 1924-25.
This course is conducted in French.
Informal lectures are given and these are
accompanied by discussions of the works studied, by collateral reading, and by reports.
Selections from Descartes, Discours de la Méthode; from Pascal, Les Provinciales
and P en sées; from La Rochefoucauld, Maximes; from Bossuet, Oraisons funèbres;
from Madame de Sévigné, L ettres; and from La Bruyère, L es Caractères.
Prerequisite, Course 23 or its equivalent.

27. Balzac.

Madame Crawford.

Two hours a week during the second semester. Offered in 1924-25.
A survey o f the novel in France and a study o f Balzac’s representative works. In
French.
Prerequisite, Course 23 or its equivalent.

28. History o f the French Novel.

Madame Crawford.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1925-26.
The French novel is here considered both in its origins and development and in its
portraiture of life. Morillot’s L e Roman en France depuis 1610 jusqu'à nos jours is
used as a textbook, and representative novels are read by the students outside of the
class. The course is conducted in French.
Prerequisite, Course 23 or its equivalent.

29. French Drama. Assistant Professor Bagley.
Two hours a week during the year. Offered in 1925-26.
The drama from its beginnings to the present day, with especial emphasis on the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Lectures, reading and discussion in class of representative plays, parallel reading,
and essays.
Prerequisite, Course 23 or its equivalent.

30. Nineteenth Century French Literature. Assistant Professor Bagley.
Two hours a week during the year. Offered in 1924-25.
Lectures, reading, discussions, and reports. In French.
Prerequisite, Course 23.

31. Twentieth Century French Literature.

Professor Bronk.

One hour a week throughout the year.
Lectures, reading, discussions, and reports. In French.
Prerequisite, Course 23.

32. Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Bousseau.

Offered in 1924-25.

Professor Bronk.

One hour a week throughout the year. Offered in 1925-26.
A thorough study o f the lives and works o f these two writers. In French.

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33. French Lyric Poetry and Versification.

Professor Bronk.

One hour a week throughout the year. Offered in 1925-26.
A study o f lyric poetry from Villon to the end of the nineteenth century. An ex­
amination of French verse-structure from its origin to the present. The work is given
in French. Canfield’s byrice is used as a textbook and is supplemented by further
reading from the poets studied.
Prerequisite, Course 23.

34. Outline Course in French Literature.

Professor Bronk.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course is designed as a review and extension of the courses in literature
already pursued. Much attention is devoted to the literary monuments of the Old
French period, these being read as far as possible in Modern French translations.
The literature of the Renaissance is then taken up,' after which consideration is given
to the movements and tendencies of later times, the different writers and their works.
The ouside reading is both wide and varied. This course is conducted in French,
by means of lectures, collateral reading, reports, and research work. Pellissier
Littérature Française, is used as a handbook.
Open to advanced students who are able to speak and understand the French
language. Credit for three hours, is given.

35. Elementary French

Conversation.

Assistant Professor Bagley and

Madame Crawford.
One hour a week throughout the year. Offered annually.

36. Advanced French Conversation.

Madame Crawford.

One hour a week throughout the year. Offered annually.

37. Elementary Spanish.

Miss Iribas.

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Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course aims to give a knowledge of the essentials o f Spanish grammar, the
ability to read ordinary Spanish with ease, and some practice in conversation. Hills and
Ford, First Spanish Course; Cuentos Modernos.

38. Second-year Spanish.

Miss Iribas.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually
Crawford, Spanish Composition; reading o f six modern novels and plays, and conversation based upon these works.

39. Third-year Spanish.

Miss Iribas.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Cervantes, Novelas ejemplares; selections from Don Quixote; Lope de Vega, La Uoza
de CAntaro, La, Estrella de Sevilla; Calderon de la Barca, La Yida es Bueno, El Alcalde
de Zalamea. Composition and conversation.

The French Library is supplied with the treatises and books
o f reference necessary to illustrate the courses given. It is en­
riched annually by important additions.
Occasional public lectures are given by French scholars or
ftien and women of note.
The Cercle Français meets once a month during the academic
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German Language and Literature
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Clara Price Newport, t Mr. H. W. Nordmeyer is A ct­
ing Assistant Professor.
The elementary courses o f study in this department are de­
signed primarily to equip the student with a working knowl­
edge o f the German language as a key to the treasures o f Ger­
man science, philosophy, and literature, and the more advanced
courses are intended to impart a knowledge of the development
of German literature and to foster appreciation o f its master­
pieces.
In the classroom, translation into English is discontinued as
soon as possible and expressive reading of the German text is
substituted, and German is made the classroom language as early
as possible. The idiomatic sentence and modern colloquial lan­
guage form the basis o f the work in composition. Reading and
translation at sight are cultivated. The attainment o f a correct
literary understanding and of genuine appreciation of some of
the best things in German literature is regarded as the highest
aim.
Other texts may at times be substituted for some of those
indicated.
The first semester’s work in Courses 41, 42, 43, and 49 will not
be accepted toward a degree unless followed by the work of the
second semester.
Students who desire it are given an opportunity to carry on,
under direction, correspondence with students in Germany.
Facilities in Philadelphia and vicinity o f especial value to
work in the department o f German are as follow s: the general
and special libraries of Swarthmore College, University of Penn­
sylvania, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia
Public L ibrary; Germanic collections of the museums in Memorial
Hall, Drexel Institute, University o f Pennsylvania Museum;
services in German at several churches; several daily and weekly
newspapers; lectures at the German Society.
tAbsent on leave daring 1924*25.

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41. Elementary German.

Professor Newport.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
B. J. Vos, Essentials of German; Bierwirth and Herrick, Ährenlese; Leander, Träu­
m ereien; Storm, Immensee; Baumbach, D er Schwiegersohn. Persistent training, in
composition, conversation, and expressive reading.

42. Advanced German.

Professor Newport.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Review of grammar, practice in composition, conversation, and expressive reading,
and, principally, reading o f some recent short stories, of a representative modern play,
of lyrics and ballads, and o f one o f Schiller’s masterpieces.
Prerequisite, Course 41 or equivalent.

43. Lessing— Schiller.

Professor Newport.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
A survey of the lives and works o f these authors with special attention to Lessing’ s
Minna von Barnhelm, Emilia Galotti, and Nathan der Weise, Die Erziehung des
Menschengeschlechts, and to Schiller’s ballads and poems, selected prose writings, and
five o f the dramas.
Prerequisite, Course 42 or equivalent.

44. Goethe.

Professor Newport.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Goethe’ s W erke, Goldene Klassiker-Bibliothek. A careful study of Goethe’s life and
works. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite, Course 43 or equivalent.

49. Scientific German.

Professor Newport.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Wallen tin, Grundziige der Naturlehre; Greenfield, Introduction to Chemical German;
Scholz, German Science Reader; Wait, German Science Reader; Dippold, A Scientific
Germa/n Reader. For students majoring in pure and applied science. This course
prepares the student to read the new material along scientific lines whicn Is continually
coming out in German books and periodicals.
Prerequisite, Course 42 or equivalent.

52. Recent German Literature.
Three hours a week, second semester. Offered in 1924-25.
A rapid reading course in important modern authors.
Only open to students who have taken German courses beyond Course 44.

53. German Conversation and Composition.
Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1923-24.
Constant practice in the use o f idiomatic German both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite, Course 42 or equivalent.

55. The German Drama in the Nineteenth Century.
Three hours a week, first semester. Offered in 1924-25.
The development of the drama in Germany since the plays of Goethe and Schiller,
with special attention to Kleist, Grillparzer, Hebbel, Ludwig, Anzengruber, Hauptmann,
and Sudermann.
Prerequisite, fluency in reading and speaking German.

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Greek and Latin
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor D. L. Drew. Dr. Ethel Hampson Brewster is Asso­
ciate Professor. Course 70 is conducted by Professor Alfred
Mansfield Brooks.
The aim o f the department is primarily to create an apprecia­
tion of the masterpieces of Greek and Latin literature and to
trace their influence upon modern thought and letters; atten­
tion is given to the political institutions of both Greece and
Rome and their survival in present times, to philosophy and
religion, to private and social life, and to art and architecture
as exemplified by existing remains in sculpture and painting and
in private and public buildings. Use is made of illustrative
material belonging to the College and of the collections of the
University Museum o f Philadelphia.
Special attention is called to Courses 61 and 62 in Greek and
71 in Latin, which are provided for those who, previous to en­
tering college, have not been able to complete the preparatory
work required for admission to the Freshman courses.
Students who enter College with three or four years of Latin
will elect Course 72; those who enter with two or three years of
Greek will elect Course 64.
A Teachers’ Course in Latin (78) is offered for Seniors and
Juniors who expect to take positions as teachers of Latin and
Greek in public and preparatory schools. Those who elect this
course must before the end of the Senior year have pursued at
least Courses 72a, 72b, 73a, 73b, and 75; the directors o f the
department will recommend as teachers of Latin only those who
have completed these courses satisfactorily. Such students are
expected also to take at least Course 61 in Greek.
GREEK

61. Beginners ’ Course, Grammar; selected
dramatic theory. Professor Drew.

readings;

Sophocles,

Greek

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course is provided for those who have not had an opportunity of studying
elementary Greek in the preparatory school.

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62. Xenophon, Anabasis, Book I, and Aristophanes, Clouds.
Drew.

Professor

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Three hours « week during the first semester. Offered annually.
A continuation o f Course 61. Students who complete this course are admitted in
the second semester to Course 63.

63. Demosthenes, Public Speeches.

Professor Drew.

Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.

64. (a ) Selected Dialogues of Plato, including the Crito, Apology, and
Phaedo. Lectures on the doctrines o f the various schools o f
Greek philosophy. Professor Drew.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
Students who enter college with at least two years of Greek elect this course.

64. (6 ) Greek tragedy, ASsehylus, Prometheus; Sophocles, Antigone; Euri­
pides, Alcestis. Professor Drew.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.

65. (a ) Historical Prose; selected books o f Herodotus and Thucydides;
some account o f the early Greek historians. Professor Drew.
Two hours a week during the first semester. Offered as required.

68. Greek Prose Composition.

Professor Drew.

T'l,'° hours a week during the second semester. Offered as required
The purpose o f this course is to give facility in the writing of simple Greek prose.

69. The New Testament.

Professor Drew.

Two hours a week during the first semester. Offered as required.

70. Greek and Boman Architecture.

Professor Brooks.

Three hours a week during the first semester.

90.

The History o f Greece.

Offered in 1923-24.

Professor Drew.

Two hours a week, throughout the year. Offered in 1925-26.
The history o f Greece, from the earliest times to the death of Alexander the Great
The course aims to give, through lectures, collateral reading, and reports, a history
of Greek civilization. Much attention is paid to art, literature, religion, private life, etc.
LATIN

71. Sub-Freshman Latin.
Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered as required.
I his course is arranged for those who are not prepared to take the regular Fresh­
man elective. It includes a study o f grammar, etymology, technical terms, mythology,
and selective readings.

72. (a ) Livy, X X I and X X I I .

Professor Drew.

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Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually
See note under Course 72 h.

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72. ( b ) Virgil, Eclogues and Aeneid.

Professor Drew.

Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.
Courses 72 a and 72 & form the regular Freshman elective.

73. (a ) Horace, Odes and Epodes; studies in the private and social life o f
the Romans. Associate Professor Brewster.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
See note under Course 73 &.

73. (&) Cicero ?s Essays, Selections; Catullus. Associate Professor Brewster.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.
Courses 73 a, 73 b form the regular Sophomore elective.

75. Latin Language and Prose Composition.

Professor Drew.

Two hours a w eek throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
This course includes a review of forms and syntax, etymology, the translation of
Latin at sight, and practice in reading, writing and speaking Latin.

76. (a ) Tacitus, Germania and Agricola.

Associate Professor Brewster.

Two hours a week during the first semester.

76. (&) Plautus, Terence, and Martial.

Associate Professor Brewster.

Two hours a week during the second semester.

76. (c) The Letters o f Cicero and Pliny.

Offered in 1925-26.

Associate Professor Brewster.

Two hour8 a week during the second semester.

78. Teachers 1 Course.

Offered in 1924-25.

Associate Professor Brewster.

Two hour8 a week during the first semester.

76. (d) Roman Satire.

Offered in 1924-25.

Offered in 1925-26.

Associate Professor Brewster.

Two hour8 a w eek throughout the year.

Offered in 1925-26.

Lectures and reports upon Caesar, Cicero, Virgil, and other Latin authors commonly
read in the preparatory schools. For admission to the course see the introductory
announcement on page 71.

79. Latin Sight Reading.
Two hour8 a week throughout the year, one hour credit. Offered as required.
The work of this course is almost exclusively confined to the classroom and requires
no outside preparation except for an occasional report upon the life and works of the
author studied. Selections from Ovid and from a variety of prose and verse writers
will be read.

91. The History o f Rome.

Professor Drew.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
The history of Rome from the earliest times to the beginning of the Barbaric
Invasions. The course stresses the Roman genius for organization and administration
and the significance of “ Romanization” in the civilization of the past and the present.

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H istory and International Relations
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor William I. Hull. Senior Students majoring in His­
tory are the departmental assistants. Professor D. L. Drew, of
the Department of Greek and Latin, conducts Courses 90 and 91,
on the History of Ancient Greece and Rome.
The courses are conducted by means of classroom lectures and
library work, which are co-ordinated by the students in written
outlines and reports. The purpose o f the department is to afford
training in the discriminating use of historical materials; to
cultivate the historical and international habit of mind; and to
develop a general knowledge of European, English, and United
States history, as a whole, together with a more detailed knowl­
edge o f certain great epochs, institutions, and personages in the
history o f western civilization.
90. The History of- Greece.

Professor Drew.

Two hour8 a week throughout the year. Offered in 1925-26.
The history of Greece, from the earliest times to the death of Alexander the Great.
The course aims to give, through lectures, collateral reading, and reports, a history of
Greek civilization. Much attention is paid to ,art, literature, religion, private life, etc.

91. The History o f Rome.

Professor Drew.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
The history of Rome from the earliest times to the beginning of the Barbaric
Invasions. The course stresses the Roman genius for organization and administration
and the significance of “ Romanization” in the civilization of the past and the present
Special attention is given to problems that are common to the “ Two Great Republics,
Rome and the United States.”

92. European History and Diplomacy.

Professor Hull.

Two hour8 a week throughout
(а ) Mediaeval Europe and the Renaissance.
Offered
(б ) Modern Europe, from the Renaissance to the World War.
Offered
(c ) The World War, Its Causes and Results.
Offered

93. English History and Diplomacy.

three years.
in 1925-26.
in 1926-27.
in 1924-25.

Professor Hull.

Three hours a week throughout three years.
(а ) England, to 1603.
Offered in 1924-25
( б ) England, 1603-1925.
Offered in 1925-26.
(c ) The History of Empire.
Offered in 1926-27.

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94. American History and Diplomacy.

Professor Hull.

Three hours a, week throughout three years.
(a ) American History to 1789.
Offered in 1926-27.

(¡>) The United States, 1789-1877.

Offered in 1924-25.

(«) The United - States, 1877-1925, and American Diplomacy.

Offered in 1925-26.

95. International Law and Government.

Professor Hull.

Two hour8 a week throughout two years'.
( a ) International Law.
Offered in 1925-26.
( h) International Government.
Offered in 1924-25.

96. History Teachers ’ Course.

Professor Hull.

One or two hours’ credit for each semester. Offered annually.
This course is designed for senior majors in the Department of History, and is
intended primarily to give the theory and practice of aims, methods and aids in the
teaching of history. General history is reviewed in a seminar discussion, with Wells’ s
“ Outline o f History” as its basis; while the practical work of the course is done in
neighboring schools, and in connection with Courses 92 to 95.

97. History Readings as prerequisite to Honors Courses.
Students desiring to read for Honors in the Social Sciences are expected to have had
the equivalent o f Courses 94 a and 94 h ; in the English Honors group, the equivalent
of Courses 93 a and 93 h ; in the Romance or the Teutonic groups, the equivalent of
Courses 92 a and 92 h ; in the Classical group, the equivalent of Courses 90 and 91.

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Political Science
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Robert C. Brooks, assisted by Mr. William M. Blaisdell.
The primary aim of the courses offered in political science is
to prepare students for intelligent and effective citizenship.
To this end an effort is made to interpret the political life and
movements o f our time in city, state, and nation. Particular
attention is given to criticisms of existing institutions and pro­
posals for their reform. Governments and parties in the lead­
ing foreign nations of the world are considered not only because
of their intrinsic importance, but also for the valuable sug­
gestions they may yield for the solution of our American
problems.
Though the courses in political science are designed primarily
to produce intelligent and effective citizenship, they should also
prove more immediately helpful to those who intend to enter
politics, law, public service, journalism, business, or the teaching
of civics. Students who expect to devote themselves to advanced
study and research in political science should be able to lay the
foundations for such work in the undergraduate courses offered
by this department.
Unsupported by collateral study in economics and history much
of the significance o f political science will be lost. Psychology,
philosophy, and anthropology are also valuable aids. A reading
knowledge of German or French should be acquired as soon as
possible by students o f political science, and both o f these are
essential fo r graduate study in this field. Training in English
and public speaking is highly desirable.
Changes in advanced courses to be made from year to year
will enable students to take more work in political science than
is here scheduled.
101. American Political Parties and Party Problems.

Professor Brooks.

Three hours a week during second semester. Offered annually.
A study of the growth, organization, aims and methods of political parties in the
United States, with particular reference to the financing of parties, primary and con­
vention system, and electoral reforms generally.
Open to all students except Freshmen.
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102. American Federal Government.

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Professor Brooks.

Three hours a week during first semester. Offered in 1925-26.
A study o f the present structure and functions ofl the Federal Government of the
United States. Designed as a continuation o f Course 101.
Open to all students except Freshmen.

103. Government and Parties in England and Continental Europe.
fessor Brooks.

Pro­

Three hov/rs a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
An outline study o f ' the framework o f government and the organization, methods,
and aims of the leading political parties of England, France,-.Switzerland, and Ger­
many. Particular attention is given to the constitutional documents of the countries
studied and to the more accessible sources o f official information regarding theta.
Wherever, possible, comparisons are drawn between the political institutions and prob­
lems o f the countries studied and those of the United States.
Open to all students.

105. Municipal Government in the United States. , Professor. Brooks.
Two hours a week during the. first semester. Offered in 1924-25.
A somewhat detailed study o f municipal organization and functions in thè United
States. Particular attentioá will be given tò the city o f : Philadelphia. Reform pro­
posals,, such as the commission plan, the .city manager plan, short ballot, and the; work
of bureaus o f municipal research, will be discussed.
Prerequisite, Courses 101, 102, or 103, or the equivalent of one of these.

106. American State Government.

Professor Brooks.

Two .hours a week during the first sem ester.j Offered in 19,25-26.
Á stiidy o f the organization and functions o f state government in the United States,
with particular’reference to Pennsylvania. The legislative branch will be given special
attention in this course . for the present.
Prerequisite, Courses 101, KÎ2, òr 103, or the equivalent of one of these.

107* Political Motives.

Professor. Brooks.:

Two hour s a week throughout the year. Offered in 1924-25.
A study of the motives influencing men in their political activities, particularly as
rèvéaled in biographies and autobiographies of American leadèrs of recent date.
. Open only to Juniors and .Seniors.

108. Political Ideas.

Professor Brooks.

Two hours a week during first semester. Offered in 1924-25.
A Study o f political ideas from Plato to Sir Henry Maine.
:• Open only to H onor. Students.. -

109. Special Readings in Politichi Science.

Professor Brooks.

Two hours a w eek during second semester. Offered annually.
Assigned." readings, reports and conferences designed to prepare students along de­
tailed lines in which they-are specially, interested or to correct deficiencies in their
earlier preparation. Required o f all students majoring in the Department of Political
Science preferably in thèir Senior year, but may also be taken during their ju n io r year.

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E conom ics
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Thomas K. Urdahl. Mr. Claude C. Smith and Mr.
William M. Blaisdell are instructors.
Good citizenship implies intelligent citizenship. The broadest
purpose of college instruction in Economics is to contribute to
the former by the cultivation o f the latter. From this point o f
view the study of Economics should appeal to all students. In
a narrower way, work in Economics should prove useful to those
who intend to devote themselves to law, business, journalism,
philanthropy, or the public service. Finally, for those who wish
to prepare for investigation or teaching in this field, college in­
struction, with its closer personal relation between student and
teacher, should provide suitable preparation for graduate study
and research in larger institutions.
The courses in law are designed to give to the student an in­
sight into legal reasoning and a general knowledge of the funda­
mental legal relations which govern our society. It is expected
that these courses will serve as a helpful introduction to pro­
fessional study for those who aim to prepare themselves for the
life of the law yer; that those students who desire to equip them­
selves for active business life will be aided by an intelligent
study o f principles which lie at the basis o f commercial life;
and that in the systematic study o f the science o f the law all will
acquire not merely an understanding o f legal rules, but also an
appreciation of their justice, wisdom, and harmony.
Collateral work in Political Science, History, German, and
French is strongly recommended for all who intend to devote
much time to Economics. A knowledge of general biological
theory, of psychology, and of philosophy would add greatly to
the value of work done in this department.
No; credit will be given in courses which run throughout the
year, unless the work o f the entire year is taken.
The advanced courses will be changed from year to year, thus
enabling students to take more work in the department than is
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Professor Urdalil and Mr. Blaisdell.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
The first part of this course consists o f a study of the fundamental laws and prin­
ciples' of economics; the second part deals with the application of these laws to the
public questions of the day, such as those connected with the tariff, taxation, currency,
trusts, trade unions, strikes, socialism, and the railroads.
Not open to Freshmen.

112. Money, Credit, and Banking.

Professor Urdahl.

Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
The work of this course will be divided into three parts: (a ) a study of the prim
ciples of money, credit, and banking; (b ) a study o f the exemplification of those princi­
ples in the monetary and banking history o f certain countries; (c ) a study of presentday currency and banking problems in the United States. As a supplement to the
class-room work, visits will be made to the mint and to banking institutions in Phila­
delphia.
Prerequisite, Course 111 or its equivalent.

113. Public Finance.

Professor Urdahl.

Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered in 1925-26.
The subject matter o f this course will be the nature of governmental wants, public
expenditures, budgets, and budgetary legislation, the development of tax systems, the
different kinds of taxes, the theory o f incidence, the problem of distribution, practical
ideals for a tax system in the United States, and the theory and extent of public debts.
Prerequisite, Course 111 or its equivalent.

114. Corporation Finance, and Problems o f Business.

Professor Urdahl.

Three hours a week during the second semester.
Offered in 1925-26 alternately with 120.
The historical development, the. changes in structure, the organizing, the financing,
the management, the economic and, social problems of business are considered in detail.
Prerequisite, Course 111.

135. Criminology.

Professor Urdahl.

Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered in 1925-26.
Three general subjects are treated in this course. The first has to do with the
theory and data o f criminality. The second subject deals with criminal law and crimi­
nal procedure. The third relates to penalogy. Visits are made to the various penal
and reformatory institutions in Philadelphia and vicinity.
Open to all students.

116. Modern Philanthropy.

Professor Urdahl.

Three hours a week during the first semester.. Offered annually.
The large public questions involved in the relief o f the indigent and in the care
o f the insane, the feeble minded, and other dependents. Visits are made to representa­
tive institutions in Philadelphia and vicinity.
Prerequisite, Course 111.

117. Resources and Industries.

Professor Urdahl.

Three hours a w eek throughout the year. Offered annually.
The first semester will be devoted to a study o f the evolution of Industrial society
and the economic organization o f modern society. During the second semester special
emphasis will be laid upon the development o f commerce and the history of commerce.
The class will visit industrial establishments. Open to freshmen.

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118. The Development o f Economic Theory.

Professor Urdahl.

One hour a week throughout the year.
The evolution of economic thought from the writings of the mercantilists and
physiocrats down to the present day. Especial attention will be given to the various
schools o f thought and to their influence in shaping public policy.
Required o f senior majors.

119. Labor Problems.

Professor Urdahl and Mr. Blaisdell.

Two hours a week during the second semester. Offered in 1925-26.
The course deals with a large group of problems growing out of the relations of
capital to labor. After a thorough analysis of the theory of wages, the class will study
labor organizations, industrial warfare, conciliation and arbitrations, minimum wage,
and a large group of problems that lead to labor legislation.

120. Investments.
Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered in 1924-25.
The course is designed to give the student a general knowledge of the principles
governing investments in stocks, bonds, mortgages and other securities.

126. Business Law.

Mr. Smith.
Second semester (1924-25).

126. (a) Advanced Business Law.
Business organizations and associations and the advantages and disadvantages of
each, including formation, financing, management, merger, consolidation and dissolu­
tions; rights and liberties of incorporators, owners, stockholders, directors and officers
as between themselves and the public; outstanding rights; practical problems; cases
illustrating the law. Prerequisite: Elementary Business Law Course; Junior stand­
ing. Three hours. Second semester.
First semester (1925-26).

126. (Z>) Elementary Business Law.
Origin and sources o f law; elementary principles of law, with special reference to
the law and principles of contracts; sale and transfer of real estate and personal
property; bailments. Practical problems. Cases illustrating the law. Prerequisite:
Sophomore standing. Three hours. First semester.
Second semester (1925-26).

126. (c) Elementary Business Law.
Commercial paper, including all kinds o f negotiable instruments; guaranty and
suretyship; insurance; bankruptcy; decedents’ estates, including inheritance taxes and
transfer o f property. Practical problems. Cases illustrating the law. Prerequisite:
Elementary Business Law, first semester; Sophomore standing! Three hours. Second
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H istory o f Philosophy and Religion
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Jesse H. Holmes. The course in Bible Study (131) is
given by Dr. George Emerson Barnes.
The object of the courses is to give an introduction to the
principal religions and philosophies o f the world and a more
detailed study o f a few o f them. A second and equally important
object is that of initiating and developing the habit of critical
and independent thought.
The work is presented by means of lectures, recitations, dis­
cussions, and preparation o f themes. A small but carefully
selected museum of religious curios, an excellent library and
several hundreds o f lantern slides are available for teaching to­
gether with the usual equipment of maps, charts and pictures.
131. Bible Study.

Dr. Barnes.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Intended to give such general knowledge o f the Bible, its origin, contents, and
qualities as literature, as should be possessed by all intelligent people. The work of
the student will consist largely of indicated readings in the Old and New Testaments.
The class work will include lectures, recitations, study of maps, pictures, etc.

132. History o f Religions.

Professor Holmes.

Two hours a week first semester. Offered annually.
A brief study o f primitive religions and o f the principal religious systems of the
world. Menzies, History of Religions, and Barton, The Religions of the World, have
been used as text books.

133. History o f Christianity.

Professor Holmes.

Two hours a week, second semester. Offered in 1924-25.
A survey of the history o f the Christian Church beginning with the period of the
Book o f Acts and coming down to the present time. Especial attention is given to the
origin and growth of doctrine, and o f the various Christian sects. Allen, Continuity of
Christian Thought, and Pfleiderer, Development o f Christianity, have been used as
text books.

134. Ethics.

Professor Etolmes.

Three hours a week, second* semester. Offered annually.
A study o f “ the science o f conduct and character.” It will include an introduction
to the various systems o f ethical theory, an attempt to find a sufficient basis for moral
principles, and extended discussion of the application o f such principles to life and con*
duct. Drake, Problems of Conduct, has been used as a text book.

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135. Introduction to Philosophy.

Professor Holmes.

One hour a week, second semester. Offered 1923-24.
Lectures and recitations on some o f the fundamental problems of philosophy. I t is
intended to supply a vocabulary and an interest in the subject which will open the way
to further reading or study.

136. History o f Science.

Professor Holmes.

Two hours a week, first semestert Offered 1924-25.
The beginnings of curiosity and of explanation: the beginnings o f organized knowl­
edge. Attainments in science o f the ancient nations, and its development down to our
time. Sedgwick and Tyler, History of Science, has been used as a textbook.

137. Scientific Methods and Results.
Two hours a week, second semester. Offered in 1924-25.
The basic assumptions and logic of science. Methods of observation and experiment.
Natural L aw ; its meaning and value- The general principles accepted in the various
sciences, and the open problems: evolution, relativity, electron theory of matter, etc.

138. History o f Philosophy.

Professor Holmes.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
After a brief introductory glance at the early Greek philosophies, especial attention
is given to Socrates and to the systems of Plato and Aristotle. Some time is devoted
to the development of philosophical systems in the period centering about the beginning
o f the Christian era; the growth culmination, and decline of scholasticism, are studied,
and the appearance o f the modern critical spirit. In the second semester the work is
directed to the modern systems. Especial attention is given to the philosophy of evo­
lution. Thilly, History of Philosophy, and Cushman, Beginners* History of Philosophy,
have been used as textbooks.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.

139. General Psychology.

Professor Holmes.

Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
This course aims to introduce the student to the science of psychology through mod­
ern experimental methods together with lectures, demonstrations, and clinical observa­
tions. It also aims to lay the foundations for more advanced work in psychology and
courses in other departments that demand a knowledge of the fundamental principles
of mental activity.

Some o f the greatest archaeological collections of the world are
near enough to be made use o f by Swarthmore students, and
visits to museums, exhibitions, etc., are frequently possible.
Especially to be noted is the Archaeological Museum o f the Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, with its remarkable collections illus­
trating the civilizations of Babylonia, Assyria, and E g yp t; its
display o f amulets, charms, etc., from many parts o f the w orld;
its Buddhist Temple, and collections o f similar materials from
among the American Indians, the Esquimaux, and many other
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A Museum o f Religions has been started at Swarthmore, which
has already a valuable collection o f religious curios from China,
Japan, India, and elsewhere. Additions to this collection will he
welcomed.
Mention should also he made of the great libraries of Phila­
delphia, and o f the lecture courses, often by the great scholars
o f the world, at Drexel, Franklin, and Wagner Institutes, and
at the University of Pennsylvania, in addition to those offered
at Swarthmore. The most famous preachers, statesmen, and
orators are frequently to be heard in Philadelphia, and the
opportunities thus afforded are brought to the attention Of
students.

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Education
The instruction in the Department of Education is under the
direction o f Professor W . Carson Ryan, Jr. Miss Edith Everett
and Dr. Arthur W . Ferguson are lecturers in education.
Courses in this Department are designed to meet the need of
two groups o f students: (1) Those who, while not intending to
teach, desire, as citizens and workers in other fields, to know
something of the current conditions and problems of American
education; (2) those who wish to prepare for teaching.
Course 140, the introductory course in education, is intended
to meet the needs o f both groups by furnishing a general survey
o f the field. The remaining courses are designed mainly for those
who plan a teaching career, but they are open to mature students
interested in education, regardless of whether they expect to teach
or not. The courses are arranged to meet the new (1922) require­
ments of the Pennsylvania Provisional College Certificate, which
are representative of requirements in the more progressive States.
Eighteen hours in education are required for this Certificate,
twelve prescribed and six elective. The twelve prescribed hours
are covered by the following Swarthmore courses : Introduction
(140), 3 hours; Educational Psychology (141), 3 hours; Labora­
tory Teaching (146), 6 hours. The six hours o f electives may be
taken from any other education courses offered in Swarthmore
College, including teachers’ courses given by other departments.
It is expected that students will take general psychology (139),
before educational psychology (140). Students in honors courses
planning to teach should have taken Education 140 and 141 in
the sophomore year and should plan for Education 146 in the
senior year with the remaining six hours to be arranged.
The College has a Teachers ’ Appointment Committee, of which
Professor Ryan is chairman. The Committee assists graduates of
the College in securing teaching positions, and its services are
available for earlier graduates o f the College as well as for mem­
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COURSES OP IN TRU CTION

140. Education, Introductory Course.

Professor Eyan.

Three hours a week during the first semester.
This is a general course covering the field of education from the point of vievr
o f the Citizen. For students intending to teach or attempting to choose a vocation,
it furnishes an introduction to the career of teaching. For the student who does not
intend to teach it offers a survey of current educational conditions and problems in
their relation to present world situations. National, state and local provision for edu­
cation; public and private schools; health education; vocational education and guid­
ance ; rural education; adult education; progressive education; school organization
and control, and school finance, are some of the topics treated.

141. Educational Psychology.

Professor Ryan.

Three hours a week during the second semester.
This course treats o f psychology in its application to education. The main topics
considered are individual differences, inheritance o f mental traits, measurement of
intelligence, rate and progress o f learning, transference of training, psychology of
school subjects,

142. Secondary Education.

Miss Everett.

Two hours a week during the first semester.
The aims and organization o f secondary education, with special emphasis on the
place of each o f the high school subjects.

143. Elementary Education.

Miss Everett.

Two hours a week during second semester.
A brief survey of the aims, content, and methods of elementary education, with
special reference to reorganization o f .elementary and secondary education.

144. History o f Education.

Dr. Ferguson.

Two hours a week throughout the year.
The modern period, from 1789 to the present, is considered during the first semester;
the second semester is given to the earlier beginnings. In the first semester the general
topics include the beginnings of national education in France, Germany, England, and
the United States; the American battle for free schools; new theory and subject matter
o f education; current tendencies and expansions. The work of the second semester
covers Greek and Roman education, the contribution of Christianity, education in the
mediasval w orld; the revival of learning, the reformation and education, scientific
method and the schools. Lectures, discussions, outside reading. Either half of the
course may be taken separately.

145. Educational Measurement.

Professor Ryan.

Two hours a week during second semester.
A detailed study of tests and scales in current use. (Not given in 1924-25.)

146. Laboratory Teaching.
Three hours a week throughout the year.
Visits, intensive observation, and teaching, with one weekly conference hour. This
is the Senior course for teachers. Emphasis in observation and participation in the
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student expects to enter. Students planning to teach elementary grades will have
opportunity to observe and teach in this field, but will be held for additional work
sufficient to satisfy state requirements for elementary teaching.

147. School Administration.

Professor Ryan.

Two hours a week during first semester.
This course deals with the problems of organization, administration, and supervision
of elementary and secondary schools in city, county and state. (Not given in 1924-25.)

148. Social Work and the School.

Miss Everett.

Two to four hours a week through the year.
This course is given in co-operation with the Department of School Counseling and
Training o f The White-Williams Foundation o f Philadelphia. It consists of at least one
half-day each week of supervised field work with the counselors in the public schools;
and a fortnightly conference with the Supervisor of the Department for discussion of
particular problems and interpretation of the work. The aim of the course is (1 )
to enable those who intend to be teachers to enter teaching with an understanding of
some o f the social causes of school difficulties, and some knowledge of social resources,
and (2 ) to give those students who are interested in social work as a profession an
opportunity to get a brief practical contact with one kind of social case work.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors.
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149. Special Topics in Education.

Professor Ryan.

Two hours a week throughout the year.
An opportunity will be offered for advanced students to carry on investigation of
special topics in the field o f education. Some o f the topics studied in recent years have
been: English in the high school; rural schools; the platoon school plan; kindergarten
and pre-school education; the teaching o f French; the place of mathematics in educa­
tion; measurement in high school English; tests and measurements in junior high
school; biology and education; the play movement in education; education in the
American dependencies.

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COURSES GIVEN B Y O TH ER DEPARTM ENTS

78. Teachers’ Course in Latin.

Assistant Professor Brewster.

Two hours a w eek throughout the year. Offered annually.
Lectures and reports upon the text o f Caasar, Cicero, Virgil, and other Latin authors
commonly read in secondary schools.
Prerequisites: Latin 72a, 72b, 73a, 73b, 75, 76; two courses in Education for
those who wish credit in Education.

98. Teachers’ Course in History.

Professor Hull.

One or two hours* credit fo r each semester. Offered annually.
This course is designed for Senior majors in the Department of History, and is
intended to give the theory and practice o f aids, methods, and aims in the teaching of
history.

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Fine Arts
PROFESSOR ALFRED M . BROOKS

The purpose of the courses is to lead to and increase under­
standing o f the Fine Arts. The work consists of illustrated
lectures on the plastic and graphic arts: architecture, sculpture,
painting, and the allied arts, together with collateral reading and
first-hand examination of objects of art. The principles of art
and their application in masterpieces are studied not only with
reference to the intrinsic value of the masterpieces but with a
view to developing good taste, for it is by knowledge and memory
o f fine things only that power can be acquired to fix the standards
by which to form such taste.
Graphic Arts. Study of drawing as the foundation of all the
pictorial arts, together with special consideration of painting, en­
graving and etching. Three hours a week throughout the year.
Not open to Freshmen.
Introduction to the Fine Arts. A general course on the sig­
nificance and history o f Art, covering architecture, sculpture,
painting and the allied arts. Three hours a week throughout
the year.
Greek and Roman Architecture. Study of classic architecture.
Three hours a week, first semester.
Mediaeval and Renaissance Architecture. Study of the influ­
ence o f and changes wrought on classic architecture throughout
the middle ages and Renaissance down to the present time. Three
hours a week, second semester.
A rt and Taste. Study o f the principles of design with special
reference to house furnishing. The aim o f this course is to dis­
cover how the principles are applied in some of the acknowledged
masterpieces of art, and to consider their possible application to
personal and present ends. One hour a week, first semester.
Dante. Study of the Divine Comedy as a work o f consummate
literature. Special attention is given to the life and art.of the
Italian thirteenth century that produced it. Three hours a week
throughout the year.

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B iology
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Spencer Trotter, M.D. Dr. Samuel Copeland Palmer is Associ­
ate Professor.
The courses in Biology are designed to give a broad view of
the facts o f life as part o f a liberal education. The successful
completion o f the several courses for the degree o f A.B. is pre­
paratory to the study o f Advanced Biology, Medicine, Forestry,
or of Agriculture. Students are thus enabled to enter the technical
schools o f the leading universities in the above named branches.
Courses in both Physics and Chemistry are required as en­
trance by the medical schools.
The courses are arranged so as to present a logical sequence
throughout the four years of college work for students making
Biology their major subject.
Students making Biology their major will be required to take
one year o f Chemistry or Physics, and the equivalent of two
college years in a modern language.
The requirement by the foremost medical schools of the coun­
try of two years’ preparation in Biology is fulfilled by these
courses in Swarthmore College.
These courses likewise lead to the post-graduate work o f the
university.
The Academy of Natural Sciences, Logan Square, Philadelphia,
affords valuable matter for study and reference both in its col­
lections and library. The museum of the Wagner Free Institute
o f Science, Seventeenth Street and Montgomery Avenue, Phila­
delphia, contains valuable aids to study. The Library o f the
University o f Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Library, cor­
ner Locust and Juniper Streets, are available for consultation
and research. The Wistar Institute of Anatomy, Thirty-sixth
Street and Woodland Avenue, contains valuable material for
study in connection with the pre-medical courses.

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PLAN OP STUDY POR MAJOR STUDENTS

Freshman
or
Sophomore
Sophomore

155. General Zoology, one year, six hours.
156. General Botany, one year, six hours.
157. (a ) Physiology, first semester, two hours.
157. (6 ) Biology in Relation to Disease, second semester,
two hours.

J unior

161. Advanced Biology, one year, six hours.
163. Genetics and Eugenics, one year, four hours.
162, Embryology, one year, six hours.

Senior

165. Anthropology,

two hours.

166. Human Anatomy, one year, six hours.

Total number of hours for Major— minimum, thirty hours.
155. General Zoology.

Professor Trotter.

Three hours a week throughout the year.
Open only to Preshmen or Sophomores. Class limited.

156. General Botany.

Offered annuall%

Professor Palmer.

Three hours a week throughout the year.
Open only to Preshmen or Sophomores. Class limited.

157. (a ) Physiology.

Offered annually.

Professor Trotter.
Two hours a week during first semester.

157, (6 ) Biology in Relation to Disease (M icrobiology).

Offered annually.

Professor Palmer.

Two hours a week during second semester. Offered annually.

161. Advanced Biology.

Professors Trotter and Palmer.

Open to Juniors and Seniors for advanced special work.
Hours to be arranged with professor.

162. Embryology.

Professor Palmer.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors majoring in Biology.

163. Genetics and Eugenics.

Professor Palmer.

Two hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.

164. General Bacteriology.

Professor Mercer and Miss Ruch.

Open to a limited number of students in connection with Course 157 (b ).

165. Anthropology.

Professors Trotter and Speck.
Two hours a week throughout the year.

166. Human Anatomy.

Professor Trotter.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Open only to Pre-medical students in Senior year.

170.

Geology.

Professor Trotter.
Two hours a week throughout the, year.

Open to students above Preshman class.

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Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Gellert Alleman. Dr. H. Jermain Creighton is Associ­
ate Professor of Chemistry, and Dr. Hermann Bernhard is In­
structor in Chemistry.
This department does not aim to develop specialists in any
particular branch of chemistry, but presents opportunities for
a comprehensive general training in this science.
The successful completion of the courses in Chemistry will
enable the student to enter upon graduate work at any lead­
ing university, or will be of material assistance to him in various
technical pursuits in which he may be engaged. Those intending
to prepare for the medical profession will find it advantageous
to follow several o f the elementary courses here offered
The new and commodious chemical laboratory, with its splen­
did equipment, lends every advantage to thorough and modern
instruction in this department.
Students who major in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
must have a reading knowledge o f German before entering upon
the chemical work pursued during the third year. They should
also be thoroughly familiar ivith elementary mathematics.
The course in Chemistry, as Applied Science, is prescribed for
the first and second years. The course in Chemical Engineering
is prescribed for four years.
Students may m ajor in Chemistry, in a course in Arts, re­
quiring 124 hours for graduation ; in Chemistry, as Applied
Science, requiring 132 hours for graduation; in Chemical En­
gineering, requiring 140 hours for graduation.
171. General Inorganic Chemistry. Professor Alleman, Associate Professor
Creighton, and Dr. Bernhard.
Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Lectures, demonstrations, written exercises, individual laboratory practice, and
weekly conferences on the general principles involved in elementary chemistry. This
course includes work similar to that outlined in Smith, College Chemistry.
In the laboratory each student performs about two hundred experiments which are
selected from Smith, Laboratory Outline o f General Chemistry. Credit in this course
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Associate Professor Creighton.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
The theory and practice involved in the detection o f the chemical elements. Special
attention is paid to the application of the electrolytic dissociation theory to analysis,
and the metallic and nonmetallic elements are studied more fully than in Course 171.
Demonstrations, conferences, and individual laboratory work. The textbooks used are
A. A. Noyes, Qualitative Analysis, and Talbot and Blanchard, Electrolytic Dissociation
Theory; Baskerville and Curtman, Qualitative Analysis, is also recommended. Dur­
ing the second semester, students make Quantitative determinations of a number of
typical ions and become familiar with the elementary principles of Quantitative Analysis.
The equivalent of nine hours o f laboratory work per week through the year, carry­
ing a credit o f three hours for each semester. Credit in this course is not assigned
until the completion o f the entire course at the end of the year. Prerequisite, 171.

173. Elementary Quantitative Analysis.
hard.

Professor Alleman and Dr. Bern-

Three hours a week during one semester. Offered annually.
Complete analysis of potassium chloride, copper sulphate, calcite, haematite, apatite,
sphalerite, clay, Portland cement, and coal.
For students taking Engineering as their major subject. Nine hours of laboratory
work per week throughout one semester, carrying a credit o f three hours. The time is
arranged to suit individual requirements. Prerequisite, 172.

174. Quantitative Analysis.

Professor Alleman.

Three hours a week throughout the year.' Offered annually.
Demonstrations and laboratory work involving methods in gravimetric and volu­
metric analysis.
Required o f students who select Chemistry as their major subject; open as an elective
to all others who have taken Courses 171 and 172 at this institution, or their equiva­
lent elsewhere. The equivalent o f nine hours of laboratory work per week throughout
the year, carrying a credit o f three hours for each semester. The time is arranged to
suit individual requirements. Prerequisite, 172.

175. Advanced Quantitative Analysis.

Professor Alleman.

Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.
Examination of foods and food products, and their adulterants. W ork in toxicology,
analysis of sewage, and the sanitary analysis of water.
Required o f students who select Chemistry as their major subject; open as an elec­
tive to all other students who have had sufficient knowledge of chemistry to follow the
course. The work on sewage and water analysis is particularly adapted to students
in engineering. The equivalent o f nine hours of laboratory work per week during the
second semester, carrying a credit of three hours. The time is arranged to suit indi­
vidual requirements. Prerequisite, 174.

176. Physical Chemistry.

Associate Professor Creighton.

Three hours a week during the second semester. Offered annually.
Lectures and laboratory work. The work covered in the lecture course includes the
thermodynamic laws; the gaseous, liquid, and solid states o f matter; physical mixtures;
the theory of dilute solutions; modern theory of the structure of matter; the kinetic
theory of gasses; the relation between chemical structure and physical properties;
chemical statics and dynamics; and thermo-chemistry. Stress is laid on the applications
of thermodynamics to chemical processes. In the laboratory students make observations
on the behavior of solutions, determine molecular weights by physical methods, measure
velocities o f reactions and familiarize themselves with the use of the refractometer, the
spectroscope; and the polariscope. The following books are recommended: Nernst,

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Theoretical Chemistry; Noyes and Sherrill: Physical Chemistry; Getman¡.Outlines of
Theoretical Chemistry; Findlay: Practical Physical Chemistry.
Two lectures and three hours per week o f laboratory work. Required of students
who select chemistry as their major study. Prerequisites, 174 and 272.

177.. Organic Chemistry.

Professor Alleman and Dr. Bernhard.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Lectures,, demonstrations, written exercises, and laboratory work. This course in*
eludes, the work as outlined in Remsen, Organic Chemistry. In the laboratory, stu­
dents make and study the various organic preparations as given in Remsen, Organic
Chemistry.
Required of all students who select Chemistry as their major subject.

178. Organic Chemistry (Advanced Course).
Bernhard.

Professor Alleman and Dr.

A continuation o f Course 177. Lectures and laboratory work. In the laboratory,
students .make, all the preparations (not previously made, in Course 17 7), as given in
Gattermann, Praxis des Organischen Chemikers. A knowledge of German is required.
Required o f all students who select Chemistry as their major -subject.

180. Electro-Chemistry.

Associate Professor Creighton.

Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
Lectures and laboratory work. The lecture course includes the study of electrolysis;
the theory o f electrolytic dissociations; conductivity of electrolytis; mobility of the ions;
application of the law o f mass action to electrolytic dissociations; relation between the
chemical structure and the dissociation constant; homogenous equilibria; ionic product
and the heat o f dissociation o f water; hydrolysis; theory of neutralization indicators;
amphoteric electrolytis; heterogeneous equilibria; , electrolytic dissociation in nonaqueous solutions; electromotric force and concentration cells; polarization and de­
composition voltage; industrial electro-chemical process. The laboratory work in this,
course is arranged so that the student may obtain ,exact, practical information regarding
the application o f electricity to chemical manufacture, and become proficient in the.
measurement o f electrical conductivities and electromotive forces, and in making electro­
chemical analyses. The laboratory course also includes the testing of Faraday’s laws and
the measurement o f transport numbers, the absolute migration velocity of ions, decom­
position voltage and heat o f neutralization. The following textbooks are recommended:
Creighton and Fink, Principles and Applications of Electrochemistry; Le Blanc, Text­
book o f Electro-Chemistry; Perkin, Practical Methods of Electro-Chemistry; Fisher,'
Praktikum der Elektrochemie, and Smith, Electro-Chemical Analysis.
Required of all students who select Chemistry as their major subject; open as an
elective to all other students who have a sufficient knowledge of chemistry aiid of
physics to follow the course. Prerequisite, 174 and 176.
The number o f students in this course is limited to six.

181. Assaying.

Professor Alleman.

One hour a week during the first.semester. Offered annually.
Fire assays o f ores o f gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, and qf numerous metallurgical
products. The textbook used is Furnam, Practical Assaying.
Three hours o f laboratory work per week during the first semester, carrying a credit
of one hour.
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182. Mineralogy.

Professor Alleman.

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Two hour8 a week during the second semester. Offered annually.
This Course, consists o f lectures on crystallography and descriptive mineralogy; and
the determination o f minerals by the blow-pipe. Moses and Parsons, Mineralogy
Crystallography and Blow-pipe Analysis, is used as a guide. Prerequisite, 170.

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183. Physical Chemistry (Advanced Course). Associate Professor Creighton.
One hour a week during the first semester.

Offered annually.

A continuation o f Course 176.

185. Engineering Chemistry.

Associate Professor Creighton.

Three hours a week throughout the year. Offered annually.
This course is for engineering students only. Lectures and laboratory work. Brief
courses in the theory and practice of qualitative and quantitative analysis. The work
covered in the lecture course includes the chemistry of materials and a brief survey
of some of the applications and engineering problems o f chemistry. Prerequisite, 171.

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Chemical Engineering
The extensive demand made on the part of various industries
for men trained both in Engineering and Chemistry, has influ­
enced the establishment of a course which will afford preparation
along these special lines. The course, as arranged, includes all
the prescribed work required for the degree o f A.B. Ample
opportunity is also afforded the student in the choice o f elective
studies. The course, faithfully followed, will give the student
a liberal education, and, in addition, special training in Chemical
Engineering. The course as outlined follows:
FRESH M AN TEAR

Thirty-five “ hours” of prescribed work.
See Uniform Curriculum on page 54.
SOPHOM ORE T E A R

Thirty-seven “ hours” o f prescribed work.
See Uniform Curriculum on page 55.

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COURSE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING— JUNIOR YEAR
Hours per Week

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COURSE IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING— SENIOR YEAR
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Economics 111 or 112 or 113
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E N G IN E E R IN G
Civil, Mechanical and Electrical
The Division o f Engineering includes the three Departments
o f Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
The instruction in the Department o f Electrical Engineering
is under the direction o f Dr. Lewis Fussell, Professor of Elec­
trical Engineering. Professor Weston E. Fuller is in charge of
the Department o f Civil Engineering. Assistant Professor
Charles 6 . Thatcher is head o f the Department of Mechanical
Engineering. Mr. Howard M. Jenkins is Instructor in Electri­
cal Laboratory. Mr. E. W . Doebler is Instructor in Civil Engi­
neering. Mr. Andrew Simpson is Instructor in Mechanical
Engineering. Mr. S. W . Johnson is Lecturer in Engineering
Accounting. F or the year 1924-25, Professor Fuller is Chair­
man o f the Division.
The courses in Engineering are designed to train men in the
fundamental principles that underlie the branch in which they
are majoring, and to give such engineering and practical work
as time and equipment will permit.
The location o f the College near Philadelphia, and the im­
portant manufacturing centers in its vicinity, enables students
to visit a great variety o f industrial and engineering works.
The success o f an engineer has come more and more to depend
upon his ability to meet men o f education and culture on equal
terms; hence, courses in liberal arts are carried throughout the
four years, in the belief that they will ultimately benefit the
students. The technical courses of study are arranged and con­
ducted with the purpose of imparting preparation for immedi­
ate usefulness in the office, drafting room or field, as well as to
give a sound foundation for more advanced work. Undergrad­
uates are encouraged to engage in engineering work during the
summer vacation.

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Engineering Equipment
The equipment for surveying is complete and up to date,
including compasses, transits, solar attachments, dumpy and
wye levels.
The equipment for experimental work in the Material Testing
Laboratory includes the following main units:
100,000 lbs. Olsen Tension Machine; 15,000 lbs. Olsen Tension Machine;
50,000 in. lb. Olsen Torsion Machine; TJpton-Lewis Fatigue Testing Ma­
chine; White Souther Endurance Testing Machine; Fairbanks Cement Test­
ing Machine; Olsen Cement Testing Machine; Shore Scleroscope; Brinnell
Hardness Testing Machine; Stewart Heat Treatment Furnace.

There is also a complete set of accurate instruments for meas­
uring sizes and deformation of test pieces.
The Hydraulic Laboratory contains at present:
125-gallon d ’ Olier Volute Pump; Gould Triplex Geared Pump; 12" Pelton
Impulse Wheel; 6 " Trump Reaction Turbine; Nash Centrifugal Pump with
Electric Dynamometer; Weirs, nozzles and Venturi tubes for measurement
o f hydraulic flow.

The Steam Engine Laboratory has the following main units:
10" x 24" Wetherill Corliss Engine; 8" x 13" x 10" Ideal Tandem Com­
pound Engine; 7 % K W G. E. Curtis Turbine; Wheeler Surface Condenser;
6" x 8" Horizontal Slide Valve Engine.

The engines and turbines are fitted so as to run either con­
densing or non-condensing, and there is a complete set of neces­
sary equipment for testing.
In the line o f Internal Combustion Engines, there a re:
40 H.P. Two-cylinder vertical Bruce Macbeth Gas Engine; 5 H.P. Otto
Gas Engine; 25 H.P. Otto Gas Engine; 10 H.P. Quincy Gasoline Engine;
12 H.P. Mietz and Weiss Oil Engine; Rider-Eriesson Hot Air Engine;
Essex six-cylinder Automobile Engine with 90 H.P. Sprague Electric Dynamo­
meter.

Particular attention is paid to the testing of fuels and lubri­
cants, for which purpose the following apparatus is available:
Junker Gas Calorimeter; Parr Coal Calorimeter; Standard Universal V is­
cosimeter; Thurston Friction Testing Machine; Orsat Flue Gas Apparatus;
Electric Furnaces and Chemical Balances for Coal and Ash Analysis.

The College power plant is used for study and for testing
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Five Return Tubular Boilers o f 125 and 150 H.P. capacity; two 75 K W
and one 50 K W Harrisburg Engine Generators; also Gas Collectors, Water
Meters, D raft Gauges and other necessary testing instruments.

The Electrical Engineering Laboratory occupies the major
portion o f the second floor of Hicks Hall, and contains equip­
ment for performing experimental work both in alternating and
direct currents.
A t the western end is a sub-station, for the conversion o f alter­
nating current to direct, which supplies the needs o f the nearby
buildings and furnishes an example o f modern practice. There
is available 100 K .W . o f direct current and 60 K.W . of alter­
nating at a large number of different voltages. The motors,
generators, transformers, etc., are set on sixteen low platforms,
so arranged as to make easy the connection of apparatus for
use. Each table has eight wires, which run through floor ducts
to a plug-type switchboard of eight panels, where the individual
circuits may readily be connected in series, in parallel or to
power.
The following are available for test:
One Motor Generator set, 50 K.W ., 125 volt D.C., from 220 volt, 3-phase,
60-cyele; two Motor Generator sets, 25 K.W ., 125 volt D.C., from 220 volt,
3-phase, A.G., one Motor Generator set, 2.5 K .W ., 10 volts D.C., from 125
volts D.C., one Motor Generator set, 7.5 K.W ., 110 volts A.C., 1, 2, or 3-phase,
20-70 cycles from 125 volts D.C., two Rotary Converters, synchronous, 7.5
K .W ., 125 volts D.C., from A.C., 1, 2, or 3-phase, 60 cycles; one Rotary Con­
verter, synchronous, 5 K .W ., 125 volts D.C., from 2-phase, 60-cycle.
I nduction M otors.
One 25 H.P., 220 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle, variable speed; one 7.5 H.P.,
220 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle, variable speed; one 7.5 H.P., 220 volt, 2 phase,
60 cycle, constant speed; one 5 H.P. 110 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle, constant
speed; one 5 H.P., 110 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle, variable speed; one 2 H.P.,
110 volt, single phase, 60 eyele, constant speed; one Synchronous Generator,
7.5 H.P., 220 volt, 1, 2, 3, 6 or 12 phase, 60 cycle; one Induction Potential
Regulator, 110 volts input, 20 to 200 volts output; one Synchronous Motor,
25 H.P., 220 volt, 3 phase, 60 cycle.
T ransformers.
Three 25 K Y A , 2200 volts to 220 volts; three 20 K V A , 2200 volts to 220110-77 volts; one 15 K V A , 2200 volts to 220-110 volts; two 5 K V A , 2200
volts to 220-110 volts; three 1 K V A , 2200 volts to 110-55 volts; two 8 K VA,
110 volts, 2 phase to 110 volts, 3 phase, Scott; two 4 K V A , 110 volts, 2 phase

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to 110 volts, 3 phase, Scott; one 5 K V A , 110 volts to 5 volts; one 2 K V A ,
110 volts to 40,000 volts; one 3 K V A , street lighting, 6.6 amp.
D. C. Generators.
One 10 K W , 125 volts compound; three 4 K W , 125 volts compound; one
4 K W , 125 volts shunt; one 5 K W , 125 volts compound; one 18 K W , 125
volts compound.
V ariable Speed D. C. M otors.
One 2 H.P., 110 volt, 525-2625 rpm., Lincoln type; one 1 H.P., 110 volt,
410-1640 rpm., Interpole; one 27 H.P., 220 volt, 950 rpm ; one 30 H.P.,
220 volt, 550 rpm.

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

A ll engineering students will be required to obtain experi­
ence in shop work. Such students as may so desire may do a
portion or all o f the required work outside o f the College. Such
work shall be o f a nature to be approved by the faculty of the
Engineering Division, and shall be general enough to be equiva­
lent to the work required in the College shops. Those students
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plan to the faculty for approval prior to doing the work, and
shall obtain from a responsible official of the company, in whose
factory they have been employed, a certificate of satisfactory
work done, in such detail as may be required by the faculty.
The amount o f time devoted to shop work in the factory shall
be at least twice that required in the College shop, and a greater
amount o f time may be required unless the work is well divided
among different branches o f shop practice. I f the work done
outside the College is deemed sufficiently complete to be a satis­
factory substitute for a part but not for all of the College
course, then the student will be required to take only that por­
tion o f the work in College in wrhich his outside experience is
considered deficient.
The work in the College shop will be conducted during a period
o f four weeks immediately preceding or following the College
year. The required work will be conducted for a period of four
weeks o f forty-four hours per week.
The machine shop occupies a large portion o f the second
floor of Beardsley Hall. It is arranged so that the machine and
bench work are entirely separated. A large tool room is cen­
trally located and is in charge of an assistant who supplies indi­
vidual tools on a check system, as is done in commercial shops.
The machine shop contains an assortment of tools including
screw-cutting engine lathes; speed lathes, simple and backgeared; a planer; a complete universal milling machine with
milling cutters; a shaper; a twist-drill grinder, and two vertical
drill presses; a lathe-center grinder; plain and swivel vises;
lathe chucks, universal and independent; also drill chucks,
chucks for milling machine and vises for planing; surface
plates; standard gauges, and a complete equipment o f small
tools.
The equipment of the machine shop includes two Hamilton
engine lathes, 16 in. by 6 f t . ; a Lodge & Shipley lathe, of similar
size; a W hitney wet tool grinder, and a 16 in. by 8 ft. Champion
engine lathe of rugged design for the demonstration of high­
speed cutting tools. The gearing on all lathes is covered by
guards or casings to prevent accidents.
The woodworking shop extends through the entire length of

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the third floor of Beardsley Hall. A ll the woodworking ma­
chinery is o f the latest design, and each unit has a direct motor
drive and is equipped with approved safety devices. The equip­
ment includes the following machines:
24-inch Oliver Hand Planer and Jointer; 36-ineh Oliver Single Surfaces;
38-inch Oliver Band Saw; Oliver Universal Wood Trimmer; Colburn Uni­
versal Circular Saw; Mummert, W olf and Dixon Oil Tool Grinder; 6-inch
Bench type Oliver Hand Jointer; Post Drill Press and Boring Machine;
24-inch Oliver Wood Turning Lathe; eight 12-inch Oliver Motor Head Wood
Turning Lathes.

The tool room is equipped with all small tools and necessary
stock for a complete course in elementary pattern making and
woodworking.
The forge shop. This equipment, on the ground floor of the
building, consists o f ten fires and one additional master fire.
The forges are operated on the down-draft principle, and were
designed and constructed for this shop by the Buffalo Forge
Company.
The foundry is also located on the first floor, and has a gasheated cupola or furnace for melting metals in crucibles. The
additional equipment consists o f moulding benches, flasks and
other accessory apparatus.
Fees. A fee of ten dollars for each semester is charged for
each course in surveying, mechanical laboratory, electrical lab­
oratory or illumination, and a fee of twenty dollars for the
four-week summer course in shop work, and proportionate
charge for shorter periods of required work.

The M ajor in Engineering
Four courses are offered in Engineering, all of which are
designed to train men in the fundamental principles and to give
as great an amount as possible of practical engineering work.
To those who desire to specialize along a particular branch,
there are offered the three courses leading to a degree of A. B.
in Electrical, Civil or Mechanical Engineering.
To meet the requirements o f students who anticipate entering
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value, but who do not care to specialize, a General Engineering
course is offered. The tremendous industrial development of
the country has greatly broadened the field for men who have
a knowledge of the fundamentals of engineering, creating a
demand for managers and executives who combine business and
financial ability with engineering knowledge.
A total of 148 credit hours is required for graduation in Civil,
Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, and 140 credit hours in
General Engineering. Of the nineteen hours of electives in the
general course, at least eight must be in engineering.
H onors
A few exceptional students will be given the opportunity to
read for honors during their Senior year in the Division of
Engineering. A course o f reading and study will be assigned
in this division along the lines o f Civil, Mechanical, Electrical
or Administrative Engineering. The first three partake o f the
nature of more extended investigation along the lines of Civil,
Mechanical or Electrical Engineering. Reading for honors in
Administrative Engineering will entail a wider study than
usual in the work of the Honors Division o f Social Science.
Advanced Degrees in Civil, Mechanical, and Electrical
Engineering
(See page 61)

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COURSE IN ENGINEERING
FRESHMAN YEAR
Hours per Week

First Semester
See
Page
119
119
69-77
62
94
113
114

Class
Algebra................
Trigonometry. . . .
Language...........
Composition. . . . .
General Inorganic
Drawing..............
Surveying............

Mathematics 252
Mathematics 253 (a)
Group 2 .....................
English 1................. ,
Chemistry 171..........
Engineering 1 9 1 ....
Engineering 2 2 3 ....

Totals. . .

Lab’y

Credits

3
2
3
2
2
— ■
1

—
—
—
3
6
3

3
2
3
2
3
2
2

13

12

17

2
3
3
2
2

_
_
_

2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
17

Second Semester

Extemporaneous Speaking..

1

3
6
3
—

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

13

12

_
‘ 66

English 17.......... ................

COURSE IN ENGINEERING
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Hours per Week v_

First Semester
See
Page

Class

120
• 120
69-77
123
97
114
113

Solid Analytic Geometry. . .
Engineering Chemistry........

3
2
3
3
1
2
14

Lab’y

Credits

6

3
2
3
3
3
2
2

12

18

—
—
___

6
___

Second Semester
120
120
69-77
123
97
115

Mathematics 256
Mathematics 257
Group 2 ...............
Physics 271.........
Chemistry 185. .
Engineering 234.

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Integral Calculus..................
Analytic Mechanics.............
Language..............................
Engineering Physics............
Engineering Chemistry. . . . .
Elements of Electrical Engi­
neering.................................
Mechanics Problems............
Totals......................

_

3
3
3
2
1

—
—.
3
6

3
3
3
3
3

2
— .

__
3

2
1

14

12

18

N o t e :—All students majoring in Engineering will be required to have 5 credits in shop
work, and 1 credit in the Long Survey, making a total of 148 hours credit for Civil, Electrical
and Mechanical Engineers, and 140 for majors in General Engineering.

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COURSE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
JUNIOR YEAR
First Semester

Hours per Week

See
Page
123
114
113
115
116
115

Class
Physics 272.........................
Engineering 215...................
Engineering 202....................
Engineering 235....................
Engineering 236...................
Engineering 226....................
Elective.................................

Mechanics of M aterials.. . .

Credits

4

Electrical Machinery Lab...

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

Lab’y

3

11

12

3

2

1
2

3

2
2

11

12

18

18

Second Semester
115
113
115
116
114
114
115

Engineering 225....................
Engineering 203....................
Engineering 235....................
Engineering 236.................... Electrical Machinery Lab...
Engineering 212...................
Engineering 218................... Experimental Laboratory...
Engineering 227.................... ♦Municipal Engineering........
Elective............................... .
Totals.................... .

>

COURSE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
SENIOR YEAR
First Semester

Hours per Week

See
63
113
113
114
114
115

Class
English 4 (a )........................
Engineering 208....................
Engineering 199...................
Engineering 276....................
Engineering 220................... Experimental Laboratory...
Engineering 229.................... ♦Highway Engineering..........
Elective............•................ ...
Totals......................

2
12

Lab’y

Credits

3

2
2

3

18

Second Semester
63
113
114
113
115

English 4 (a ).........................
Engineering 208....................
Engineering 198....................
Engineering 228....................
Elective.................................

6

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

10

6

2
18

* Railroads, Course, 226, and Highway Engineering, Course 229, will be offered alternate
years to junior and senior students, first semester. Municipal Engineering, Course 227, and
Concrete, Course 228, will be offered alternate years to junior and senior students, second
semester.

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COURSE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
JUNIOR Y EAR
Hours per Week

First Semester
See
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Class

123
114
113
116
116

2
—
—

3
—
3
—
3
—

9

9

3
4

Mechanics of Materials. . . .

—

Direct Current Theory........
Direct Current Laboratory .

Lab’y

Credits
4
4
1
2
2
5
18

----------.
Second Semester
115
113
116
116
114
114

Engineering 225.
Engineering 203.
Engineering 237,
Engineering 238.
Engineering 218
Engineering 212
Elective............

4
—
2
__ ■
1
2

Hydraulics............................
Hydraulics Problems...........
Direct Current Theory........
Direct Current Laboratory .
Experimental Laboratory...
Heat Engines........................

9

Totals

__
3
—
3
3
3

4
1
2
2
2
3
4

12

18

I

COURSE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SENIOR YEAR
Hours per Week

First Semester
See
Page
63
113
114
114
116
116
113

Class
English 4 (a ). . .
Engineering 208.
Engineering 216.
Engineering 220.
Engineering 240.
Engineering 241.
Engineering 197.
Elective..............

Lab’y

Credits

Special Readings................ ..
Accounting. . . ......................
Power Plants........................
Experimental Laboratory...
Alternating Current Theory
Alternating Current Lab... .
Plant Design........................
Totals.

11

12

63
114
113
114
114
114

English 4 (a )........................ Special Readings..................
Engineering 209................... Engineering Economics. . . .
Engineering 208.................... Accounting............................
Engineering 216.................... Power Plants............ ........
Engineering 220................... Experimental Laboratory. ..
Engineering 211.................... Gas Engines..........................

3
2
3
3

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

12

1

1 coco 1 1 1 1

Second Semester
3
2
3
3
2
2
3

6

18

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college

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b u l l e t in

COURSE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
JUNIOR YEA R
First Semester

Hours per Week

See
Page
123
114
113
116
116
116

Class
Physics 272..................... .
Engineering 215...................
Engineering 202.................
Engineering 237................. ,
Engineering 238‘, 'r j j ........
Engineering 239...................
Elective.....................

Mechanics of Materials. . .
Mechanics Problems............
Direct Current Theory........

Lab’y

Credits

4
2

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

10

3

2

12

18

Second Semester
115
113
116
116
114
114
117

Engineering 225.................
Engineering 203...............
Engineering 237...............
Engineering 238.............
Engineering 218.............
Engineering 212.............
Engineering 246.............
Elective...............................

Direct Current Theory.. .

2

Experimental L aboratory..

1

3

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

10

12

18

COURSE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
SENIOR YEAR
First Semester
See
Page
63
114
114
116
116
116
113

Hours per Week
Class

Lab’y

English 4 (a )........................
Engineering 216...................
Engineering 240...................
Engineering 241...................
Engineering 242.................
Engineering 208.................
Elective.................................

Experimental Laboratoiy...
Alternating Current Theory
Alternating Current Lab___
Central Stations...................

3
2
3
13

3

3
2
2
3

6

18

Second Semester
63
114
113
116
117
117
117

Cred:ts

English 4 (a )........................
Engineering 208...................
Engineering 243...................
Engineering 246...................
Engineering 249...................

Engineering Economics.......

2

_

Polyphase Laboratory.........
Electric Transmission........

1
3
15

6

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COURSE IN GENERAL ENGINEERING
JUNIOR Y EAR
Hours per Week

First Semester
See
Page
123
114
113
115
116

Lab’y

Class
Physics 272........
Engineering 215.
Engineering 202.
Engineering 235.
Engineering 236.
Elective..............

Engineering Physics..........
Mechanics of Materials. . .
Mechanics Problems..........
Electrical Machinery.........
Electrical Machinery Lab..

—

3

2

- 3 1—

3

—

Totals.

4
4
1
2
2
3

3

3
4
—

.

16

9

9

Credits

Second Semester
115
113
115
116
114
114

Engineering 225.
Engineering 203.
Engineering 235.
Engineering 236.
Engineering 212.
Engineering 218.
Elective............

Hydraulics............................
Hydraulics Problems...........
Electrical Machinery...........
Electrical Machinery L a b ...
Heat Engines........................
Experimental Laboratory.. .
Totals

2
im .
2
1
—

—
3
3
3
—

4
1
2
2
3
2
2

9

12

16

4

—

3

COURSE IN GENERAL ENGINEERING
SENIOR YEA R
Hours per Week

First Semester
See
Page

Class

Credits

—
—
3
—

2
3
3
2
6

8

3

16

English 4 (a )........................ Special Readings..................
Engineering 208................... Accounting...........................
Engineering 209.................... Engineering Economics.......

3
3
2

. —^

3
3
2
8

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

8

—

16

63
114
114

Lab’y

Experimental Laboratory...

2
3
3
—\
— •

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191. Engineering Drawing.
Six hours during the first semester.
Linear drawing, lettering, model and object sketching of machine parts.

193. Drawing and Descriptive Geometry.
Six hours a w eek during the second semester.
Elements o f descriptive geometry.
Prerequisite, Course 191.

Isometric drawing.

Two hours credit.

Empirical design.

195. Machine Design.
Six hours a week during the first semester.

Two hours credit.

Kinematic drawing and elementary machine design.
Prerequisite, Course 193.

197. Plant Design.
Six hours a week during first semester.

Two hours credit.

Lectures, drawing-board work and computations involved in design of hydro­
electric and steam power plants.

198. Structural Design.
Six hoursy second semester.

Two hours credit.

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

199. Bridge Design.
Two hours credit, first semester.
Theory o f the design o f steel bridges.

200. Principles of Manufacturing.
One hour credit, second semester.
A course for Freshman Engineers, consisting of lectures and demonstrations in shop
practices. Trips to nearby manufacturing plants.

201. Mechanics Problems.
Problems in motion, work and energy, friction, etc.

202. Mechanics Problems.
Three hours a week, one hour credit, during first semester.
Computations for stresses and design o f beams, columns, shafts, etc.

203. Hydraulics Problems.
Computations dealing with hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.

204. Shop.
Four weeks d/uring the summer following either the
Freshman or Sophomore year. Five hours credit.
This covers pattern making, forge and foundry, and machine work.

208. Engineering Accounting.
Three hours recitation each semester.

Three hours credit.

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209. Engineering Economics.
Two hours a week during second semester.
Contracts, specifications, valuation, rate making.
operation.

Two hours credit.

Economics of construction and

211. Gas Engines.
Second semester.

Two hours credit.

Theory and laboratory work.

212. Heat Engines.
Two hours recitation, one laboratory period, second semester.

Three hours credit.

Elementary thermodynamics of steam and gas engines.

213. Materials o f Construction.
Two hours a week during the first semester.

Two hours credit.

This course consists of a study o f the physical properties and methods of manufac­
ture of the various materials used in engineering construction.
Prerequisite, Course 171.

215. Mechanics o f Materials.
Four hours a week during first semester.

Four hours credit.

Properties of materials; their action under stress; mechanics of riveted joints;
beams and plates in flexure; columns; shafts in torsion; spheres and rollers under
compression; combined stresses; stresses and deflections due to sudden loads and
impact; internal friction and fatigue of materials. Practical applications of the prin­
ciples discussed.
Prerequisites, Courses 256, 257 and 271.

216. Power Plants.
Three hours a week during each semester.

Three hours crédit.

Theoretical and practical consideration o f steam power plants.
Prerequisites, Courses 171, 257 and 272.

218. Experimental Laboratory.
One lecture, three hours laboratory a week during tho second semester.
Two hours credit.
Testing o f various materials o f engineering and a study of different types of
loading.
Prerequisites, Courses 213 and 215.

220. Experimental Laboratory.
Three hours each semester.

Two hours credit.

This course covers laboratory work, recitations and written reports. The course
covers calibration of instruments, tests o f engines, boilers, pumps and hydraulic equip­
ment, testing of fuels and lubricants.
Prerequisites, Courses 225, 232, and must accompany Course 216.

223. Surveying.
Four hours a week during the first semester.

Two hours credit.

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

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225. Hydraulics.
Four hours a week drwring the second semester.

Four hours cred/it.

Hydrostatic pressures; velocity o f flow ; flow from orifices and tubes, through pipes
and flumes, over weirs, in channels and rivers.
Dynamic pressures; prater wheels, turbines, pumps.
Prerequisites, Courses 215, 257, 272.

226. Railroads.
Five hours a week during the first semester.

Three hours credit.

Theory of location, construction and operation. Field work on preliminary and
final surveys. Plans, profiles and estimates for a typical section.
Prerequisites, Courses 223 and 230. Offered alternate years.

227. Municipal Engineering.
Two hours a w eek during the second semester.

Two hours cred/it.

Water supplies; design, construction and operation of waterworks; pumping filtra­
tion; modern sewage practice.
Prerequisite, Course 225. Offered alternate years.

228. Concrete.
Two hours a week during the second semester.

Two hours credit.

Properties of materials; methods of construction; theory of reinforced concrete
design. Tests and formulas; use of diagrams and tables; design of buildings, bridges,
arches, dams.
Prerequisite, Course 215. Offered alternate years.

229. Highway Engineering.
Two hours a week during the second semester.

Two hours credit.

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

230. The Annual Survey.
One week d/wring the summer following either the
Freshman or Sophomore year. One hour credit.
One week of continuous work in surveying, and mapping, including the running of
levels and o f a topographical survey by the stadia method. Required with Course 223.

234. Elements of Electrical Engineering.
Two hour8 lecture, second semester, Sophomore year.

Two hours credit.

An introductory theory course for direct add alternating currents, including a
conception and manipulation o f the fundamental electrical quantities, solution of cir­
cuits, and is a foundation for the study o f dynamo-electric machinery. Required of
all those majoring in engineering.

235. Electrical Machinery.
Two hour8 lecture throughout the Junior year.

Two hours credit.

A comprehensive course supplementing 234 for all others except those majoring in
Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, and required of majors in Civil and Chemical
Engineering. Consists o f a study o f the electrical and mechanical design, charac­
teristics and applications of the more usual types o f alternating- and direct-current
machines.
Prerequisite, Course 234.

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236. Electrical Machinery Laboratory.
Three hours a week throughout the Junior year.

Two hours credit.

This laboratory work consists of a series of jobs or problems of a practical nature
intended to give a working knowledge of the operation and testing of electrical
machinery, including direct current motors and generators, batteries and transmission,
alternating current generators, motors, transformers and converters, etc.
Prerequisite, Course 234, and must accompany Course 235.

237. Direct Current Theory.
Two hours a week throughout Ju/nior year.

Two hours credit.

A detailed study o f the theory of direct currents, direct-current generators, motors
and their applications. Required of all majors in Electrical or Mechanical Engi­
neering.
Prerequisite, Course 234.

238. Direct Current Laboratory.
Three hours a week throughout the Junior yea/r.

Two hours credit.

This laboratory work consists o f a series of jobs or problems of a practical nature
intended to give a working knowledge of the construction, operation and testing of
direct-current machinery, and includes elementary electrical measurements.
Prerequisite, Course 234, and must accompany Course 237.

239. Illumination.
One hour lecture and three hours laboratory a
week for the first semester. Two hours credit.
The theory o f light distribution, together with a study of illuminants.
lighting systems for particular installations.

Design of

240. Alternating Current Theory.
Three hours a week throughout the Senior year.

Three hours credit.

The theory of alternating currents, with especial references to single-phase genera­
tors, motors and transformers.
Prerequisite, Course 237.

241. Alternating Current Laboratory.
Three hours laboratory a week throughout the first semester.

Two hours credit.

A laboratory course consisting o f the testing o f single-phase instruments, generators,
motors, transformers, etc. It includes an elementary investigation of transient phe­
nomena, and is an introduction to polyphase applications.
Prerequisite, Course 238, and must accompany Course 240.

242. Central Stations.
Two hours a week for the first semester.

Two hours credit.

A study o f the electrical design, installation, equipment and economic operation of
central stations.
Prerequisites, Courses 234 and 237. .

243. Polyphase Currents.
Three hours a week for the second semester.

Three hours credit.

An elementary course in the theory and application of polyphase machinery and
appliances.
Prerequisites, Courses 240 and 241.

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244. Polyphase Laboratory.
Three hours laboratory a week throughout the second semester.

Two hours credit.

A laboratory course in the testing of polyphase motors, generators, converters, and
investigations of special systems and pieces of equipment.
Prerequisites, Course 241, and must accompany Course 243.

245. Electric Railways.
Two hours a week for the second semester.

Two hours credit.

A study o f the equipment and operation of trolley lines and the electrification of
steam roads.
Prerequisites, Courses 240 and 241, and must accompany Course 243.

246. Conference and Seminar.
One hour a week for the second semester.

One hour credit.

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

247. Electric Transmission.
Two hours a week d/aring the second semester.

Two hours credit.

Theory and practical considerations of transmission o f electric energy.

248. Communication.
Two hours a week during the second semester.

Two hours credit.

This course covers laboratory work, recitations, written reports and problems dealing
with modern electric methods o f communications. It includes a comprehensive study
o f systems and apparatus for telegraph and radio, and a more detailed investigation
o f the principles, apparatus, systems and economics of telephonic communication.
Prerequisites, Course 234 and one semester o f either 235 or 237.

249. Electrical Transients.
One hour lecture, second semester, three hours laboratory.

Two hours credit.

A lecture and laboratory course in elemental transient phenomena and the appli­
cation o f their principles to commercial quantitative problems. It is based on labora­
tory work with actual circuits and electrical conditions, utilizing an oscillograph for
the permanent record. Prerequisites, Courses 237 and 241.

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

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Mathematics and Astronom y
The instruction o f this department is under the direction of
Professor John A . Miller. Dr. Ross W . Marriott is Associate
Professor. Mr. John H. Pitman and Mr. James A. Nyswander
are Assistant Professors, and Mr. Dean B. McLaughlin is In­
structor. Miss Marjorie Onderdonk is Research Assistant. Mr.
Walter A. Matos is Voluntary Observer. Mr. Murat Louis
Johnson is Non-Resident Lecturer in Mathematics of Insurance.
The undergraduate courses in Mathematics are designed to
meet the wants o f students desiring later to do graduate work;
to teach mathematics in the preparatory schools; to pursue
engineering or other technical courses; to enter professions
requiring a knowledge of mathematics, such as actuarial work,
statistical work and expert accounting.
The College requirement of six hours of Mathematics for all
candidates for graduation may be satisfied by passing three
hours o f Course 252 and Course 253, or by passing Courses 251
and 253, or by passing six hours o f Astronomy. The first of
these three alternatives is recommended. Students majoring in
Mathematics will take the first year Courses 252 and 253.
The graduate courses are offered in Astronomy. These are
flexible, designed to meet the need of the individual student.
The equipment o f the Observatory is best suited to astronometrical and kindred problems. The various eclipse expeditions
from the Observatory have yielded considerable eclipse data.
A description of the instrumental equipment for Astronomy
may he found on pages 15 and 16. The teaching staff is at
present devoting as much time as is consistent with their teach­
ing duties to studies in stellar parallax with the 24-inch tele­
scope, to photography with the 9-inch doublet, and to the study
o f eclipses o f the sun. Students interested in either o f these
problems may work with advantage in conjunction with one of
the professors. Results o f departmental studies are published in
the Sproul Observatory publications and in various scientific
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Tuesday nights o f each month, except those Tuesday nights that
fall in a vacation period. Visitors thus have an opportunity of
seeing, in the course o f a year, many celestial objects of various
types.
A departmental library is located on the first floor of the
Observatory. It contains about 2,000 volumes and is suf­
ficiently complete to make it a good working library. It is
reasonably supplied with standard treatises, particularly those
published in the last two decades. It contains complete sets of
nearly all the American mathematical and astronomical peri­
odicals, and sets (some o f which are complete; some of which
are not) of the leading English, German and French periodi­
cals. This library receives the publications of many o f the lead­
ing observatories in exchange for the publications of the Ob­
servatory.
COURSES IN

M A TH E M A T IC S

251. Solid Geometry. Assistant Professor Pitman.
Three hours a week during first semester.

Offered annually.

Phillips and Fisher, Solid Geometry.

252. Freshman Mathematics. Associate Professor Marriott and Assistant
Professors Pitman and Nyswander, and Mr. McLaughlin.
Three hours a week during the first semester, and two hours
a week during the second semester.
Offered annually.
The fundamental algebraic operations and their laws of combination; development of
the function concept; a short review of factoring and simultaneous equations; the
transformation theorems; remainder theorems; symmetric functions; binomial theorem;
permutations and combinations; series; theory of equations; determinants and elimi­
nation. The text is largely supplemented by problems that require the student to set
up his own equations. Fine, College Algebra.

253. Trigonometry. Associate Professor Marriott and Assistant Professors
Pitman and Nyswander, and Mr. McLaughlin.
Three hours a p eek during second semester.

Offered annually.

The trigonometric ratios; reduction of trigonometric identities; solution of trigo­
nometric equations; inverse functions; solution of triangles and use of tables. Palmer
and Leigh, Trigonometry.

253. (a) Trigonometry for Engineers.

Mr. McLaughlin.

Two hours a week during first semester. Offered annually.
This course is designed to give students majoring in Engineering the work usually
covered in Course 253. These students are required to have satisfied the admission
requirements in Plane Trigonometry.

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254. Analytic Geometry. Assistant Professor Nyswander.
Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
Theory o f Cartesian and Polar co-ordinates; the straight line; the conic sections;
the general equation o f the second degree; an introduction to Analytic Geometry of
three dimensions. Pine and Thompson, Co-ordinate Geometry.
Prerequisites, Courses 252 and 253.

254. (a) Analytic Geometry for Engineers. Mr. McLaughlin.
Three hours a week during second semester.
Osgood and Graustein, Analytic Geometry.
Prerequisites, first semester o f Course 252 and Course 253 (a ).

255. Differential Calculus.

Offered annually.

Associate Professor Marriott.

Three hours a week during second semester. Offered annually.
A study o f text, supplemented by an occasional lecture. Love, Differential and
Integral Calculus.
Prerequisite, Course 254.

255. ( a ) Differential Calculus for Engineers. Associate Professor Marriott.
Three hours a week during first semester.
Prerequisite, Course 254 (a ).

256. Integral Calculus.

Associate Professor Marriott.

Three hours a week during the first semester. Offered annually.
A study o f text, supplemented by lectures. Love, Differential and Integral Calculus.
Prerequisite, Course 255.

256. ( a ) Integral Calculus for Engineers. Associate Professor Marriott.
Three hours a week during second semester.
Prerequisite, Course 255 (a ).

257. Analytic Mechanics. Assistant Professor Nyswander.
Three hours a w eek during second semester. Offered annually.
Composition and resolution of forces; center of gravity; moments; velocity; accel­
eration; collision o f bodies; the integration o f simple equations of motion. One of
the purposes of the course is to develop facility in applying mathematical formulae and
methods to the investigation o f physical phenomena.
Miller and Lilly, Analytic
Mechanics.
Open to students who have credit in Course 256 or 256 (a ).

258. Elementary Functions. Assistant Professor Nyswander.
Two hours a w eek during first semester.
Prerequisite, Course 254,

259. Solid Analytic Geometry.

Offered annually.

Assistant Professor Nyswander.

Two hour8 a week during second semester. Offered annually.
Pine and Thompson, Co-ordinate Geometry, supplemented by lectures.
Prerequisite, Course 255.

259. (a) Solid Analytic Geometry. Assistant Professor Nyswander.
Two hours a week during first semester.
Osgood and Graustein, Analytic Geometry.
Prerequisite, Course 256 (a ).

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Professor Miller.

Three hours a week during first semester. Offered annually.
Total'and partial derivatives; theory of infinitesimals; development of series; definite
integrals; approximations. The aim o f the course is three-fold; to ground the stu­
dent ifi the elementary work which has preceded it; to afford the merest introduction
in the theory of functions; and to develop- skill in the application of the principles
of the Calculus to Geometry, and Mechanics. Osgood, Differential and Integral Calculus.
Open to students having credit in 257, 258, and 259.

261. (a) The Mathematics of Investment and Insurance. Associate Profes­
sor Marriott and Mr. Johnson.
Two hours a week during second semester. Offered annually.
The theory o f compound interest; annuities;, sinking funds; interest rates; theory
of Probability; mortality tables. Completion o f this course, Courses 251-256, and an
introduction to the theory of Finite Differences should enable the student to proceed
with , the examinations for admission to the Actuarial Society of America. Skinner,
Mathematical Theory of Investment.
,Prerequisite, jOourse 252.

265. Differential Equations.

Associate Professor Marriott.

Three hours a week during second semester. Offered annually.
A study of ordinary and partial differential equations, with their applications to
geometrical, physical, and mechanical problems. Murray, Differential Equations.
Prerequisite, Course 256.

266. (a) Mathematical Analysis. Associate Professor Marriott.
Three hours a week during first semester, and two hours a week during second semes­
ter. Given in 1922-28.
An introduction to higher mathematical analysis, including the number concept from
a standpoint of regular sequences; number fields and domains; properties of func­
tions o f real and complex variables, linear transformations and collineations; matrices
and invariants. The course is intended as a transition from the elementary to the
higher mathematics.
Open to Seniors and Graduates majoring in Mathematics.

266. (b) Vector Analysis.

Associate Professor Marriott.

Three hours a week during first semester. Given in 1920-21.
The method of Gibbs and Heaviside. The operations with Vectors, illustrated by
applications to physical problems. Gibbs, Vector Analysis.

COURSES IN ASTRONOMY

262. Descriptive Astronomy.

Professor Miller.

Three hours a week during the year. Offered annually.
A study of the fundamental facts and laws o f Astronomy, and of the methods and
instruments o f modern astronomical research. The course is designed to give informa­
tion rather than to train scientists. A study of the textbook will be supplemented by
lectures illustrated by lantern slides from photographs made at various observatories.
The class will learn the more conspicuous constellations and have an opportunity to
see the various types o f celestial objects through the telescope. The treatment is nonmathematical. Moulton, Introduction to Astronomy.
Prerequisite, Solid Geometry and Trigonometry.

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263. Practical Astronomy. Assistant Professor Pitman.
Three hours a week during1 the first semester. Given 1924-25.
Theory and use of the transit instrument; determination of time; the latitude of
Swarthmore; theory of the determination of longitude.
Intended for students of
Astronomy and Engineering and those desiring to take the civil service examinations
for positions in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Prerequisites, Courses 255 and 262.

264. Orbit Computation.

Assistant Professor Pitman.

Three hours a week during second semester. Offered 1924-25.
Central orbits; computation of the orbit of a comet or an asteroid. Leuschner’ s
Short M ethod; Tisserand, Determination des Orbites.
Open to Seniors and graduates.

267. Method o f Least Squares.

Assistant Professor Pitman.

Three hours a week during first semester.
The law of errors; the probability curve; adjustment of observations; weights and
probable errors. The theory will be applied to practical problems in astronomy. A
few supplementary lectures will be given on the methods of interpolation and mechani­
cal quadratures.
Merriman, Least Squares.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.

268. Special Courses.
(a ) Graduate students may work either in Mathematics or Astronomy with one
of the professors on any problem on which the professor is working. The student
is encouraged to become familiar with the literature of the problem and to ground
himself in its fundamental principles.
In astronomy he may participate in actual observations at the telescope; in the
measurement o f photographic plates; and in the reduction of observations.
The number o f hours credit is arranged with each student personally.
( b) Undergraduate students may under direction prepare papers upon subjects
requiring a rather extensive examination of the literature of a given subject.

268. (c) Stellar Parallax: Professor Miller.
The theory o f trigonometric parallax. The measurement and reduction of paral­
lax plates.
Discussion of errors.
The theory of spectroscopic parallaxes.
Other
methods.
Open to graduate students.

269. Celestial Mechanics.

Professor Miller.

Three hours a week during second semester.
Moulton, Introduction to Celestial Mechanics. ■

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Physics
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Associate Professor Winthrop R. Wright. Mr. A. H. Croup is
is instructor.
The department offers two courses in general physics which
are of the same general content and calibre. These courses cover
the fundamental principles of the science in their relation to the
other sciences and to general experience. The lecture and recita­
tion work is supplemented by experiments for which the labora­
tory is well equipped.
Advanced courses are offered in special branches of the sub­
ject and such changes will be made in these courses from year
to year that a student may obtain a comprehensive, though neces­
sarily elementary, view of the domain of modern physics. The
department aims to prepare students through these courses for
post-graduate study, for research work in industrial laboratories,
or for the teaching of physics in secondary schools. For any
of these advanced courses a thorough grounding in mathematics
and chemistry is essential. A n elementary knowledge of the lan­
guages is of practical value in physics and a reading knowledge
of scientific German should be obtained early.
T H E COURSES IN P H Y SIC S

270. General Physics.
Four hours for the year.

Offered annually.

Three recitation periods and one laboratory period each week. This course is not
open to majors in Engineering. It is an introductory course of college grade, and,
while there is no prerequisite, a familiarity with trigonometry is desirable.

271. Engineering Physics.
Three hours for the year.

272. Engineering Physics.
Four hour8 for the first semester.

Offered annually.

The course in Engineering Physics is a three-semester course in general physics, and
is engineering physics only in the sense that it meets the schedule requirements of en­
gineers. The first two semesters are listed as 271 and the third as 272. One labora­
tory period a week is included during the second and third semesters.
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273. Electrical Measurements.
Two hour8 for the second semester. Offered alternate years.
One recitation and one three-hour laboratory period each week. The underlying
principles o f electrical measurements are presented and their application is shown in
the more important laboratory methods. The experiments include the precise measure­
ment of resistance, current, potential difference, quantity, capacity, inductance, and
the magnetic properties of iron. Given 1922-23.
Prerequisite, 270 or 272.

274. Atomic Physics.
Two hours for the second semester. Offered annually.
Two lectures each week. The subject includes an elementary discussion of the
more prominent developments in physics during the last twenty-five years. It centers
around the problem o f the constitution o f matter and presents the simpler aspects
of cathode and Roentgen rays, photoelectricity, thermoelectricity, radioactivity, and
spectrum analysis in their bearing on this question.
Prerequisite, .270 or 272.
27 5.

Advanced Physics.

Hours to he arranged.
The above number and title cover such courses in the branches of physics for
which the demand arises and the equipment o f the department is adequate.
An advanced laboratory course in the use o f physical instruments such as resis­
tance theremometers, thermocouples, prism spectrographs, refractometers and similar
devices o f precision is given during the first semester. This is designed primarily
for those who will have use for such instruments in the allied sciences of astronomy,
biology, chemistry, and engineering.
These courses are open to students who are properly qualified in the judgment of
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Physical Education
The Physical Education of the College is under the direction of
E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D., Assistant Professor of Physical Educa­
tion. He is assisted in the courses for men by Mr. Frank Fitts,
and for women by Miss Elizabeth Panning, Miss E. W inifred
Chapman and Dr. Jeanette Sherman.
The aim of the department o f Physical Education is to pro­
mote the general physical well being of the students, and to
assist them to gain the hygienic, corrective, and educative effect
of rightly regulated exercise.
In order that this object may be better attained, and to assist
the director in gaining a definite knowledge of the strength and
weakness of the individual, a careful physical examination and
medical inspection (eye, nose, and throat) is required, which
serves as a basis for the work.
All students must take the prescribed work in Physical Educa­
tion. It is strongly recommended that, before entering College,
each student undergo a thorough visual examination and be fitted
with glasses, if there is a need for them.
The Health Laws of the State of Pennsylvania require suc­
cessful vaccination against smallpox before a person can enter a
private, parochial or public school as a student.
F or a general statement in regard to the facilities for physical
training at Swarthmore see pp. 18-19.

, REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN

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

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COURSES FOR MEN

1. Physical Education.

Dr. Mercer and Mr. Fitts.

Two hour8 a week throughout the year ( two sections).
This course is required o f all first-year men, who may elect from the following dur­
ing the fall months, opening of college to Thanksgiving recess: Football, lacrosse,
cross-country, track, and tennis.
Ending o f Thanksgiving recess to spring recess: The classes meet in the gymnasium
and the work consists of gymnastics and athletics so fitted to the student’ s life that it
will be both beneficial and pleasant.
Ending of spring recess to Commencement, election may be made from the following:
Baseball, lacrosse, track, and tennis.
Freshman will be required to attend one swimming period weekly.

2. Physical Education.

Dr. Mercer and Mr. Fitts.

Two hours a week throughout the year ( two sections).
This course is required of all second-year men. The plan and nature of the work is
similar to Course 1, but more advanced.

3. Physical Education.

Dr. Mercer.

Juniors and Seniors, one hour each week ( optional)
From Thanksgiving recess to the spring recess, gymnastic exercises and recreative
games.

4. Hygiene. Dr. Mercer.
One hour a week from Thanksgiving Recess to Spring Recess
This course is required of all first-year men. Offered annually.

REQUIREMENTS FOR WOMEN

One hour of exercise each day except Sunday is required of
all resident and non-resident women throughout their college
course. F or Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors two
of these periods must be taken in supervised class work. On the
other days o f the week some form o f outdoor exercise must be
taken. This may be tennis, riding, walking, tramping, or swim­
ming Exceptions to these requirements are made only for
physical disability and at the discretion of the college physician,
in which case suitable work is prescribed. One period o f swim­
ming per week is required o f all students except Juniors and
Seniors who have passed the required tests.
A ll gymnastic work, games and swimming are under the per­
sonal supervision of the instructor.
First year students are required to attend a course of lectures
in Personal and Sex Hygiene, given once a week during the first
semester.

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Application for information in regard to the regulation cos­
tume for athletics and gymnastics should he made to Director
of Physical Education of the Women.
COURSES FOR WOMEN

1.

(a ) First Tear Hockey.

Miss Lanning.

Two periods per week.

Fall to Thanksgiving.

Offered annually.

Required of first year students.

( 6 ) F irst Year Educational Gymnastics.

1.

Miss Lanning.

One period per week. Thanksgiving to Spring.
Required o f first year students as a continuation of 1 (a ).
Elementary marching, tactics, calisthenics and games.

1.

(c ) First Year Track and Field Events.
Two periods per week.

Offered annually.

Miss Lanning.
Spring to June.

Offered annually.

Elective in place of Courses 15 and 16.

2.

(a ) Second Year Hockey.

Miss Lanning and Miss Chapman.

Two periods per week.

Fall to Thanksgiving.

Offered annually.

Required of second year students.

2.

(6 ) Second Year Educational Gymnastics.

Miss Chapman.

One period per week. Thanksgiving to Spring.
Required of second year students as continuation of 2 (o ).
More advanced than course 1 (h ).

2.

(c ) Second Year Track and Field Events.

Offered annually.

Miss Lanning and Miss Chap-

man.
Two periods per weelc.
Elective in place o f Courses 15 and 16.

3.

(a ) Third and Fourth Year Hockey.
Two periods per week.

Offered annually.

Spring to June.

Miss Chapman.
Fall to Thanksgiving.

Offered annually.

Required o f third and fourth year students.

3.

(6 ) Third and Fourth Year Educational Gymnastics.

Miss Chapman.

One period per week. Thanksgiving to Spring. Offered annually.
Required of third and fourth year students as continuation of 3 (a ).
More advanced than 2 (b ).

3.

(e ) Third and Fourth Year Track and Field Events.

Miss Lanning and

Miss Chapman.
Two periods per week.

Spring to June.

Offered annually.

Elective in place of Courses 15 and 16.

4. Moderate Gymnastics.

Miss Chapman.

One period per week. Thanksgiving to Spring. Offered annually.
For students physically unable to do the full required gymnastic work.

5. Elementary Apparatus.

Miss Lanning and Miss Chapman.

One period per week.

Thanksgiving to Spring.

Offered annually.

Elective with Courses 1 i& ), 2 (6 ) and 3 (a ).
Elementary Exercises on horse, parallel bars, buck, flying and traveling rings.

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6. Advanced Apparatus.

Miss Lanning.

One period p er week. Thanksgiving to Spring.
Elective with Courses 1 (&), 2 (&) and 3 ( a) .
More advanced exercises than Course 5.

7. Elementary Dancing.

Offered annually.

Miss Lanning.

One period p er week. Thanksgiving to Spring. Offered annually.
Elective to all students.
Aesthetic, natural and interpretive dancing.
Members of this class are eligible to participate in the Spring May Dances.

8. Advanced Dancing.

Miss Lanning.

One period p er week. Thanksgiving to Spring. Offered annually.
Open to students who have an elementary knowledge of dancing;
Aesthetic and advanced folk dancing (More advanced than Course 7 ).
Members of this class are eligible to participate in the Spring May Dances.

9. Special Corrective Gymnastics.

Miss Lanning’.

One hour per week. Fall to June.
Advised for students who need special attention because of poor carriage, slight
curvations of the spine, etc.
Daily work on the part o f the students is in addition to a period once a week with
the instructor.

10. First Year Basket-ball.

Miss Lanning.

One hour per week.
Open to all first year students.

11. Second Year Basket-Ball.

Thanksgiving to Spring.

Miss Chapman.

One hour per week.
Open to all second year students.

Thanksgiving to Spring.

12. Third and Fourth Year Basket-Ball.

Offered annually.

Miss Lanning and Miss Chapman.

One hour per week. Thanksgiving to Spring.
Open to all third and fourth year students.

13. Varsity Hockey.

Offered annually.

Offered annually.

Miss Lanning.

Three hours p er week. Fall to Tha/nksgiving. Offered annually.
Required o f all members o f Varsity Squad instead of Class Hockey.

14. Varsity Basket-ball.

Miss Lanning.

Three hours p er week. Thanksgiving to Spring. Offered annually.
Required o f all members o f Varsity Squad instead of Class Basket-ball or Gym­
nastics.

15. Swimming.

Miss Lanning, Miss Chapman, and Assistants.

One period per week throughout the year. Offered annually.
Required of all students, except Juniors and Seniors, who have passed tests.
Ability to swim is part o f requirement in Physical Education.

16. Tennis, Hiking and Horseback Biding.
Two periods per week. FaU to Thanksgiving and Spring to June.
Elective in place of Courses 1 ( c ) , 2 ( c ) , 8 ( e ) , and 15.

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STUDENTS, 1924-25
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Name

Major Subject

Address

A dams , N an Smitham ,
A lgeo, B radley Canfield, J r.,
A lthouse, M ary E lizabeth ,
A ndrews, B rice F ogg,
A ndrews, M ary K enderdine,
A renander, Carl A lfred,
A yres , J ohn U nderwood,

Social Sciences, Nesquehoning.
Engineering, Oreland.
English,
Sellersville.

B acon, T homas Sterling,
B aird, H azen V irgil,
B aker, A rthur Gorham ,
B arclay, M arjorie L ucyle,
B arcus, W illiam H erman ,
B arr, Cameron Cardoza,
B arr, Orlando N orman,
B arry, J ohn W ilson ,
B artleson , E lizabeth ,
B artlett, E dward T iffon, J r .,
B atten , M aurice,
B attin , E lsie , >B attin , I saac L ucius,
B aum , L eBoy Gilbert,
B each, E dna Gertrude,
B each , M artha Spurlock,
B eers, D onald E dwin ,
B ennett, I sabelle M a y ,
B erry, H arold Silver,
B est, T homas G.,
B iddle, Caroline Cooper,
B iddle, E lizabeth B rosius,
B ishop , E llis Graham ,
B ond, A udrey Shaw ,
B onner, E leanor,
B ooth, George M artin ,
B ornet, J osephine S cull,
B owen, J anet L yle ,
B ower, B uth V irginia ,
B owers, D orothy D unn ,
B owers, Gertrude H amilton ,

Chem. Engin., Wallingford.
Civil Engin.,
Swarthmore.
Biology,
Washington, D. C.
English,
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Chem. Engin., Darby.
Mec. Engin.,
Swarthmore.
Economics,
Gladwyne.
Economics,
Aldan.
Chester.
Biology,
Economics,
Upper Darby.
Chemistry,
Lansdowne.
Latin,
Philadelphia.
Mathematics, Philadelphia.
Engineering,
Summit, N. J.
Chester.
Pol. Science,
Chester.
English,
Paterson, N. J.
Education,
Montclair, N. J.
English,
Lansdowne.
Chemistry,
Medicine Lodge, Kan.
Economics,
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
History,
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
English,
Swarthmore.
Pol. Science,
French Honors, Swarthmore.
Washington, D. C.
Education,
Plainfield, N. J.
Chemistry,

English,
Engineering,
Elect. Engin.,

Pol. Science,
French,
History,

Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Newark, N. J.
Philadelphia.

Bala.
Philadelphia.
Wilmette, 111.
Lansdowne.
Lansdowne.

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Name

Major Subject

B ranen , W illiam T homas ,
B eann , M aegaeet H athew ay ,
B rocheeeux, Oecile A medee,
B eooks, E leanoe E lizabeth ,
B rooks, B obeet Clarkson ,
B rown , B eadway ,
B eown , D oeothy W ain weight ,
B eown , M aetha E nglish ,
B eown , M ay Gertrude,
B eown , Y ieginia N eal,
B rowne, Cicely Cushman ,
B uchanan , L ucille J eanette,
B uckwell , Carolyn Cook,
B urdsall, B enjamin R ogers,
B urdsall, E llwood Richard ,
B urdsall, R obert H aviland ,
B urling, A lice Gertrude,
B urr, M arvin Y ard,
B urt, D oeothy E thel ,
B ush , A rchibald Graham ,
B ush , V incent Gilpin ,
B utlee, George V incent,

Biology,
English,
French,
English,
Philosophy,
Economics,

Lewistown.
Piedmont, Calif.
Conshohocken.
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Moorestown, N. J.
Lakewood, Ohio
French,
Denver, Col.
English,
Swarthmore.
History,
Washington, D. C.
Latin,
Raleigh, N. C.
English Honors, Philadelphia.
History,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mathematics, Port Chester, N. Y.
Pol. Science,
Port Chester, N. Y.
Mathematics, Port Chester, N. Y .
English,
Brooklyn, N. Y .
Mathematics, Riverton, N. J.
History,
Lansdowne.
Economics,
Riverton, N. J.
Elect. Engin., Riverton, N. J.
English,
Maplewood, N. J.

Campion , A nna L ouise,
Carl, K atharine Corinne,
Castle , A bnee L incoln, J r .,
Chan , K am H on,
Chandler, George K eighley,
Chapman , Cornelia V andeeV eer,
Chapman , J ames W right,
Chapman , J ulie V andeeV eer,
Chaeriere, J ean ,
Child , E dna M ay ,
Cisney , Gladys ,
Clayton , E lizabeth E liason ,
Clement , E redrika M artha ,
Clement , J ohn B erton,
Clevenger, Genevieve,
Cliff , A lbert Cairns ,
Clothiee, George B all,
Clothier, Louis K etterlinus ,
Clothiee, R obert B aird,
Coale, S k ipw ith R obinson,
Cocks, Catharine B onnee,
Cocks, M ary E lizabeth ,

Mathematics, Media.
Education,
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Wayne.
Chemistry,
Hong K ong, China.
French,
Landenberg.
Social Sciences, Swarthmore.
Engineering,
Pleasantville, N. Y.
English,
Swarthmore.
English,
Collingswood, N. J.
Biology,
Glenolden.
English,
Richmond Hill, N. Y.
History,
Middletown, Del.
Millbrook, N. Y.
Biology,
Trenton, N. J.
Chemistry,
Winchester, Va.
French,
Philadelphia.
Pol. Science,
English Honors,Wynnewood.
Mathematics, Wynnewood.
Engineering, Rochester, N. Y.
Riverton, N. J.
Economics,
Comwall-on-Hudson, N. Y.
English,

Address

Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y.

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.Name -

Major Subject

131
Address

Coles, W illiam Colson, J e.
Colket, E lizabeth P axson ,
Colket, J ames H amilton , J e.,
Conover, M yra ,
Conrad, D orothea N ewton
Cornell, R uth E lizabeth ,
Corse, M argaret B ell,
Coughlin, J ohn J ames ,
Coulter, I nez V ictoria,
Creer, F lorence R uth ,
Crowl, F red Sherwood,
Cudlip, Catherine A nne,

Economics,
Moorestown, N. J.
Mathematics, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Elect. Engin., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mathematics, Collingswood, N. J.
English,
West Chester.
Mathematics, Wilmington, Del.
Chemistry,
Washington, D. C.
Pol. Science,
Elizabeth, N. J.
Pol. Science,
Bellwood.
Social Sciences, Philadelphia.
Economics,
Philadelphia.
English,
Iron Mountain, Mich.

D allam , J ohn M ortimer, 3d.
D avis , H oward L angworthy , J r.
D eane, Olive V irginia ,
D eGroot, J ohn Reed ,
D elaney, M argaret L ouise,
D enkhaus , W alter F red,
D ickey , A lice E.,
D onal, J ohn S cott, J r.,
D onath , P aul F red,
D owdy, F rances E yster ,
D river, A gnes J uanita ,
D udley, D onald Goodnow,
D unham , H arold H athaw ay ,
D unn , J ames M.,
D unnells, D orothy Gould ,
D utton , J ohn W althon ,

English,
Philadelphia.
Elect. Engin., Glenolden.
History,
Ridley Park.
Economics,
Morristown, N. J.
English,
Sayre.
Elect. Engin., Colwyn.
English,
Washington, D. C.
Elect. Engin., Elkins Park.
Pol. Science,
Philadelphia.
Latin,
Philadelphia.
Social Sciences, Harrisburg.
Economics,
Washington, D. C.
English Honors, Dayton, Ohio.
Pol. Science,
Chester.
French,
Pittsburgh.
Pol. Science,
Lansdowne.

E ckerd, Samuel Godwin,
E iche, R obert E dward,
E ngle, E m m a P easlee,
E ngle, M abel M iller,
E nnis , R uth L illian ,
E vans , A rthur H aines ,
E vans , R uth A nn ,
E wig , T itus J ohn ,

Economics,
English,
Latin,
Philosophy,
Mathematics,
Pol. Science,
English,
Elect. Engin.,

Darby.
Reading.
Clarksboro, N. J.
Lancaster.
Paterson, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
West Pittston.
Morton.

F airbanks , A nthony M ead,
F airbanks , Charles M iguel,
F airbanks , E dmund TJsina ,
F eeser, P aul E dward,
F elter, E sther Cathryne ,
F etter, T heodore H enry ,

Elect. Engin.,
Mech. Engin.,
Elect. Engin.,
Elect. Engin.,
English,
Pol. Science,

Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Chester.
Baltimore, Md.
Princeton, N. J.

132

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Major Subject

Address

F in k , T. B oss,
F ish , M arjorie,
F isher , Charles E.
F isher , Galen M erriam, J r .,
F ix , Clifford E rnest,
F laig, A lexander W esley ,
F letcher, H elen F rances,
F oberg, M arian A lberta,
F ogg, F rances E lizabeth ,
F ollwell, A lice E lizabeth ,
F oote, E leanor J ustice,
F ord, H enry Crawford,
F oster, T homas H. L atimer ,
F uter, M arie E lizabeth ,

Economics,
Washington, D. C.
Economics,
Webster Groves, Mo.
Chemistry,
Collingdale.
Voi. Science,
Pleasantville, N. Y .
Social Sciences, Twin Falls, Idaho.
English Honors, Pottsville.

Gailey , E dwin D ukes ,
Garrett, A lbert N icholson, J r.,
Gedney, E ugene V erschoyle,
Gesner, M yra L eedom,
Gibbons, M artha ,
Gillette, George K elsey , J r .,
Gilmore, Gertrude,
Goldsmith , E rma ,
Goman, L loyd,
Goodwine, N elda A rdis,
Gordner, M. L ucile,
Gore, H arriet. W illard,
Gourley, B uth A nne ,
Gowdy, W illiam A ndrew ,
Gowing , A gnes,
Graham , B obert W hitmore,
Griest, K atharine E lizabeth ,
Griffiths , F lorence E dna ,
Griffiths ,* H elen V irginia ,
Grove, Charles B ryant ,
Guttormsen , A ndrew W estlund,

Elect. Engin.,
French,
Pol. Science,
French,

H adley, Charles F razer, J r.,
H aines , Charles L awrence,
H all , Samuel W arren, J r .,
H all , W illiam Scott,
H allowell , B oger W harton,
H anan , L eonard M cD owell,
H anburgbr, E m ily ,
H arper, P hyllis F earey,

. Merchantville, N. J.
Biology,
Elect. Engin., Linwood, Md.
Dover, Del.
Economics,
Dover, Del.
History,
Penllyn.
Economics,
Greenwich, Conn.
French,
Ashland.
English,
Mathematics, Swarthmore.

English,
English,
English,
Pol. Science,
Engineering,
Pol. Science,

Bedford.
Camp Hill.
Hancock’s Bridge, N. J
Maplewood, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Port Allegany.
Beaver.
York.

Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Chappaqua, N. Y .,,
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
South Hanson, Mass.
Economics,
Emlenton.
French,
Bernardsville, N. J.
History,
Chester.
Pol. Science,
Friona, Texas.
Montgomery.
Biology,
Mount Vernon, N. Y .
English,
Oak Lane.
English,
Philadelphia.
Biology,
English Honors, Philadelphia.
English Honors,Brooklyn, N .Y .
Mathematics, Guernsey.
Millburn, N. J.
English,
Norristown.
English,
Washington, D. C.
Pol. Science,
Everett, Wash.
Pol. Science,

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133

Name

Major Subject

H arris, R ussell R obert,
H arvey, P hoebe S carlett,
H athaw ay , R ebecca,
H aworth , E velyn H ope,
H ay , George A ndrews,
H ayes , Samuel L inton, J r.,
H earne, Carolyn,
H emmerly, D avid K ornbau,
H enderson, W . Carlton,
H eppe, M ildred K atharine ,
H errmann, A nne R uth ,
H ershey , M argaret E lizabeth ,
H ickey , E stelle L iggett,
H icks , L ydia T.,
H odge, Charles Gordon, J r .,
H odge, E mlyn M agill,
H odge, H anson H aines ,
H ofpman, J essie R ebecca,
H opkins , M argaret B edell,
H opper, M ary E lizabeth ,
H ormann , E lizabeth D oris,
H ornaday, M ary J osephine,
H osking , H erbert T ags, J r.,
H oskinson , F lorence A ddys,
H oward, R hoda E sther,
H oward, W illiam F inley ,
H owarth , R obert, 3d,
H ull, E dith D ixon ,
H ull, E lizabeth P owell,
H umpton , Charles B roomell,
H unt , L awrence A lexander,
H unter, F riend D avis,
H urtt, J ulian W oodland,

Economics,
English,
Physics,

Newark, N. J.
Media.
Chevy Chase, Md.
Primos.
Pol. Science,
Chester.
Economics,
Norwood.
English,
Swarthmore.
Economics,
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Millville, N. J.
Aldan.
English,
History,
Washington, D. C.
English,
Gap.
Philadelphia.
English,
Political ScienceRosljn. Heights, N. Y.
Mathematics, Philadelphia.
Royal Oak, Mich.
English,
Mathematics, Philadelphia.
Chadd’s Ford.
History,
Mathematics, Ozone Park, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
English,
Pottsville.
Latin,
Washington, D. C.
Pol. Science,
Philadelphia.
Pol. Science,
Washington, D. C.
English,
Chester.
Economics,
Economics,
Rahway, N. J.
Chester.
Pol. Science,
Baltimore, Md.
English,
Swarthmore.
English,
Coatesville.
Pol. Science,
Engineering, White Plains, N. Y .
Cape May, N. J.
English,
Georgetown, Md.
Economics,

I rish , E verett U nderhill,
I srael, A delaide E leanor,
I vins , George H arvey,

Mech. Engin.,
French,
History,

J ackson , M ary R ebecca,
J ameson , M argaret Stone,
J emison , A lice S pencer,
J enkins , E dward Cope,
J enkins , E lisabeth A lice ,
J enkinson , A lice M owry ,
J ohnson, A lbert S idney, J r .,

English,
Pol. Science,
Mathematics,
Pol. Science,

Address

South Orange, N. J.
Swarthmore.
West Chester.
Kelton.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Gwynedd.
Asbury Park, N. J.
Swarthmore.

134

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Name

Major Subject

Address

J ohnson, R obert E merson L amb ,
J ohnston, W illiam L indsay ,
J ohnstone, M argaret,
J olls, Gertrude M ary ,
J ones, E unice M organ,
J ones, N orris,

Chemistry,
Economics,
English,
Latin,
Biology,
Fine Arts,

Philadelphia.
Lansdowne.
Cambridge, Mass.
Philadelphia.
Georgetown, Del.
Swarthmore.

K altreider, N olan L evi,
K ane, J ohn K ent , J r.,
K eare, S pencer R ay ,
K earns, S erena B uckman ,
K eller, A lbert D ietz,
K endall, Gratia Y ashti ,
K endig, R oscoe P hilip ,
K ennedy, A nne,
K ennedy, F lorence Schock,
K ern , D orothea A gatha,
K ern , R uth E dith ,
K ersey, R oy J ames ,
K erwin , R uth A nna ,
K ing, M arretta P owell,
K istler, P aul M ilton,
K oehnline, M organ C.,
K orn, L ewis J.,
K rell, M ae E lizabeth ,
K ressley, H elen E lizabeth ,

Biology,
History,
Civil Engin.,
History,
Vol. Science,
Latin,
Mech. Engin.,
Pol. Science,
Chemistry,
Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Biology,
French,
English,
Biology,
Economics,
Economics,
French,
Education,

Red Lion.
Radnor.
Chester.
Norristown.
York.
Edge Hill.
Port Chester, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Palmyra, N. J.
West Chester.
Williamsport.
Wilkes-Barre.
Bellaire, Ohio.
Clifton Heights.
Tamaqua.
Kutztown.

L aeore, R obert W hite ,
L amb , B eatrice A therholt,
L ang, E dward F rederic,
L angford, M ary F rances,

Elect. Engin.,
Mathematics,
Mech. Engin.,
History,

L apham , M arjorie,
L atshaw , J. Grace,
L awrence, J ean Cooper,
L ee, R obert F etter,
L eech, Clara E leanore,
L ees, M ary S proul,
L entz, George W illiam ,
L ewis , E lizabeth ,
L ewis , M argaret J osephine,
L ew is , Ora K atharine ,
L ewis , P arker B urdette,
L eypoldt, J ack B radley,
L iberton, D orothy,

Narberth.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Croton-on-Hudson,
N. Y.
French,
New York, N. Y.
History,
Swarthmore.
Pittsburgh.
English,
Pol. Science,
Coshocton, Ohio.
English,
Washington, D. C.
French,
Swarthmore.
Pol. Science,
Chester.
History,
Chester.
Hagerstown, Md.
Latin,
History,
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Buffalo, N. Y .
Mathematics, Maplewood, N. J.
English Honors, Philadelphia.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name

Major Subject

135
Address

L ightfoot, T homas Culver,
L imberger, Charles H enry,
L indahl , R obert L eslie,
L ippincott, Caroline B iddle,
L ippincott, H elen N eedles,
L ippincott, J. E dward,
L ippincott, J ohn H aines , J r.,
L ippincott, J ohn W illard,
L ippincott, R ichard,
L ivezey, M ary M iller,
L ocke, M iriam A delaide,
L ongacre, R uth ,
L ucas, W illiam H enry,
L udebuehl, R ichard Owens ,
L ukens , M arguerite,
L undy, H arry L ew is ,

Elect. Engin.,
Economics,
Civil Engin.,
B istory,
English,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
English,
Mathematics,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
Biology,
Civil Engin.,

Latrobe.
West Chester.
Chicago, 111.
Riverton, N. J.
Atlantic City, N, J.
Riverton, N. J.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Medford, N. J.
Riverton, N. J.
Norristown.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Norristown.
Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh.
Upper Darby.
Port Allegany.

M cA llister, H enry ,
M cCabe, E lizabeth Selby,
M cCafferty, F rances D orothy,
M cCauley , R uth ,
M cCloy , E lizabeth F oster,
M cCone, H oward T homas ,
M cCook, W illiam Cameron,
M cF eely, E dward Cary ,
M cF eely , R ichard H arding,
M cH enry, Grace E llis ,
M cK eag, George W ilson ,
M acadam , M arjorie M artin ,
M acD ougall, A lexander D uncan ,
M acL ennan , J ean H arrower,
M acN eille, H olbrook M ann ,
M ackey , M argaret E mm a ,
M affitt , J ames S trawbridge, 3d,
M arot, L awrence P usey ,
M arsh , J ean M ontgomery,
M arsh , R ebecca,
M arshall , Clayton A ugust,
M athues , A llen R andall,
M axw ell , Charles T hoburn,
M eade, F lorence Octavia,
M ears, Charles E dmund,
M elick , V irginia,
M eloney, A nna R ebecca,
M erriam, M ylon ,

Economics,
Economics,
English,
Bistory,
Latin,
English,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
Bistory,
Pol. Science,
English,
Pol. Science,
Civil Engin.,
Mathematics,
English,
Engineering,
Elect. Engin.,
Biology,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
Education,
Pol. Science,
English,
Mathematics,
English,
French,
English,

Denver, Col.
Selbyville, Del.
Drexel Hill.
Beaver.
Philadelphia.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Lansdowne.
Collingswood, N. J.
Wilmington, Del.
Summit, N. J.
West Chester.
Summit, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
Perry Point, Md.
Swarthmore.
Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Media.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Camden, N. J.
Swarthmore.
West Chester.
Brooklyn, N. Y.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN

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Name

Major Subject

Address

M errill, K . D orothy,
M erritt, L ouise S uttermeister,
M erryman , D orothy Corse,
M etcalfe, Orrick,
M eyer, D avid Charles ,
M eyer, M ary E leanor,
M iller, A melia Catherine ,
M iller, B etty ,
M iller, E lizabeth ,
M iller, Griffith Stansbury ,
M iller, J ames B ussell ,
M iller, J ohn S cott, J r.,
M iller, W ilfred H enry ,
M ilne , J ohn S tuart, J r.,
M ode, K atherine ,
M ode, M arjorie,
M offitt, E lizabeth B ender,
M olitor, J. Clinton ,
M olloy, Kobert K ern,
M oore, H arold E arl,
M oore, H elen G.,
M oore, H erbert F isler,
M oore, K athleen ,
M oore, T homas , J r.,
M oyer, L. D onald,
M urray, E lizabeth ,
M urray, Olive,

English,
English,
English,
Pol. Science,
Mech. Engin.,
Biology,
Biology,
Biology,
Mathematics,
Economics,
Economics,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
Economics,
Mathematics,
French,
English,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Biology,
Biology,
Economics,

English,
English,
English,

Washington, D. C.
Ithaca, N. Y .
Baltimore, Md.
Natchez, Miss.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Phoenixville.
CollegeviUe.
Bala-Cynwyd.
Philadelphia.
Cynwyd.
Wallingford.
West Chester.
Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Del.
Wilmington, Del.
Philadelphia.
Swedesboro, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Elizabeth, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Clayton, N. J.
Onancock, Ya.
Philadelphia.
Fleetwood.
Philadelphia.
Viola, Del.

N eely, J ohn W arner,
N eren, J ohn A lbert,
N euenschwander , W illiam J., J r.,
N icely , E dith ,
N ickles , E meline H aines ,
N ickles , T heodore E gbert, J r .,
N orton, M inter H olmes,
N ourse, B ebecca D arby ,

Chem. Engin.,
Mech. Engin.,
Economics,
Biology,
Economics,
Civil Engin.,
Chemistry,
Biology,

Philadelphia.
Boanoke, Ya.
Sistersville, W . Va.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Chester.
Dawsonville, Md.

Ogden, Carroll E dwards,
Ogden, W illiam F rederick, J r .,
Oppenlander, H arry E dward,
Osborne, M argaret M a y ,
Osler, H oward B enjamin ,

Economics,
Elect. Engin.,
German,
Biology,
Economics,

Ogden.
Natchez, Miss.
Philadelphia.
Berwyn.
Haddonfield, N. J.

P ace, L illian E dith ,
P ace, M ary F rances,

Economics,
Pol. Science,

Falls Church, Va.
Falls Church, Ya.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name

Major Subject

137

Address

P aiste , H enry T homas , J r .,
P almenberg, M arion E lsa ,
P almer, E dwin L ew is , J r.,
P almer , E ogers,
P almer, Samuel Copeland, J r .,
P appano, J oseph E ugene,
P arkhurst , L ouise M axine ,
P arkhurst , M ary V irginia ,
P arks , J enny M aria ,
P arris, T homas Godfrey,
P arrish , E dward D illw yn ,
P arry, M a y E lizabeth ,
P assmore, M ary Cattelle,
P atterson, Grace P rances,
P axson , A lice Carolyn ,
P ennock, J. B oland,
P ercy, Sarah E lizabeth ,
P erdew, B ichard M.,
P erry, M ary M arcia,
P etrikin , M alcolm B ruce,
P hilips , A nne H illborn,
P hillips , B uth ,
P ickett, W illiam Clendennin ,
P ilgrim , George P almer,
P inder, E velyn K nowlton ,
P late, W illiam B ernhard,
P latt, Sara P rances,
P lowman , Garrett H ynson , J r.,
P lowman , George,
P ollard, E lizabeth Garrett,
P oore, J eannette B egena,
P orter, F rances,
P owell, A nna E lizabeth ,
P ratt, B etty T anguy ,
P ratt , M arian B aldwin ,
P ratt, Sarah D arlington,
P rice, M ary Gahring ,
P rice, B ichard D onald,
P rosser, E dna J ean ,
P ugh, E lizabeth K line ,
P urvis, B uth M arion,
P usey , M argaret V irginia ,

Pol. Science,
Chester.
Biology,
Hammonton, N. J.
English,
Hammonton, N. J.
English,
Pueblo, Colo.
Elect. Engin., Philadelphia.
Biverton, N. J.
Economics,
Biology,
Philadelphia.
English,
Butte, Mont.
Education,
Philadelphia.
Eng. Honors, Swarthmore.
Pol. Science,
Chatham.
French,
Lakeville, Conn.
Social Sciences, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
English,
Swarthmore.
Chester.
Pol. Science,
French,
Wilmington, Del.
English,
Pomeroy.
Aldan.
Economics,
Economics,
Philadelphia.
Mathematics, Metuchen, N. J.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Economics,
Mathematics, Metuchen, N. J.
Mech. Engin., Bidley Park.
Pol. Science,
Bidley Park.
Eng. Honors, Swarthmore.
English,
Philadelphia.
English,
Swarthmore.
Moorestown, N. J.
English,
West Chester.
English,
French,
West Chester.
West Chester.
English,
History,
Glyndon, Md.
Philadelphia.
Pol. Science,
Eng. Honors, Philadelphia.
French,
Haverford.
French,
Philadelphia.
Chemistry,
Philadelphia.

E amsey , F rances W alker ,
B athmell , T homas K .,

Chemistry,
Biology,

Elect. Engin., Philadelphia.
Tenafly, N. J.
English,
Economics,
Primos.
Social Sciences, Chicago, 111.
Swarthmore.

B ig Stone Gap, Va.
Moore.

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Address

Name
R attey , E dna M arie,
R eaney, K atherine E stelle,
R eddie, A lice Gale ,
R edefer, F rederick L ovett,
R eed, K atherine,
R einhardsen , M ilton D ouglas,
R ettew , Granville R aymond ,
R eynolds, Samuel R obert M.,
R ichards, P eirce L., J r .,
R ickards, Charles E dwin ,
R ittenhouse, K atherine E dna ,
R itter, H elen M arie,
R oberts, H orace, J r.,
R oberts, L ydia W illiams ,
R oberts, M ary H ooton,
R obison, M ary L ouise,
R ogers, A lice M.,
R ounds, H ilah ,
R ubinow , Olga F annie ,
R ubins , N ell A nderson,
R uch , H ilda Grace,
R uddick, Girard B liss ,
R ulon, W atson B irds all , J r.,
R umble, E lisabeth W inifred,
R umble, F rank M., J r.,
R ush , Catharine H err,
R ush , H elen F rances,
R ust , W illiam J ohn ,

Major Subject

Economics,
Chemistry,
Biology,
Economics,
Mathematics,
English,
Mathematics,
Pol. Science,
Eng. Honors,
English,
French,
Mathematics,
English,
Biology,
English,
Biology,
English,
Mech. Engin.,
English,
Elect. Engin.,
English,
English,
Economics,

College Park, Md.
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
West Chester.
Swarthmore.
Lansdowne.
Moore.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Moorestown, N. J.
Wallingford.
Moorestown, N. J.
Bethlehem.
Moorestown, N. J.
Vestal, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Bristol, Tenn.
Flicksville.
Ardmore.
Philadelphia.
Rutledge.
Rutledge.
Lancaster.
Waynesburg.
Philadelphia.

Salmon , Charlotte Susan ,
Samuel, R ichard A rthur,
Sanders, Gertrude B erliner,
S auter, A lberta E milie ,
S avage, R amona T eresa,
S cott, H elen D ukes ,
Seaman , A yres Cromwell ,
Seddon, W illiam T ranor,
Sellers, E dward,
Sellers, F lorence Garrett,
Sellers, J ames H effner,
Sellers, M arjorie Cadwallader,
Service, R uth M arion,
Seymour, R alph F letcher,
Shallcross, E sther,
S hane , J oseph B rooks,

English,
Chemistry,
Biology,
History,
English,
English,
Engineering,
Economics,
Engineering,
English,
Pol. Science,
Pol. Science,
French,
Social Sciences,
English,
History,

Ashland, Ky.
Springfield.
Washington, D. C.
Philadelphia.
Jaekson Heights, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Holmes.
Swarthmore.
New Haven, Conn.
Reading.
Swarthmore.
Washington, D. C.
Ravinia, 111.
Middletown, Del.
Philadelphia.

Mathematics, New York, N. Y.
French Honors, Fort Sill, Okla.
Easton, Md.
English,
Chem. Engin., Great Neek, N. Y.

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Name

Shantz , B enjamin Soper,
Shantz , H omer L eRoy, J r .,
S harples, E lizabeth F oulke,
Sharpless , B evan P ercival,
Shellman , R uth ,
Shoemaker , A nna M cI lvain ,
S hoemaker , E dna M argaret,
S hoemaker , J ack Comly ,
Shreiner, L eah W olfenden,
Shuster, F rank M axwell ,
S ieger, R uey M ay ,
Silver, D avid F ranklin ,
S immons , W illiam L incoln, J r.,
Simon , W alter Oswald ,
Sjostrom , A nna E lizabeth ,
Slesinger, T ess ,
S mith , A nna M aude,
S mith , H enry A lbert,
S mith , H orace H arrison,
S mith , J oseph, J r .,
S mith , M ay J osephine ,
S mith , N ewlin R ussell,
S m ith , R uth B lackburn ,
S m ith , T imothy E dward,
S mithers , T heodore,
Snyder, K atharine J osephine ,
Somerville, M argaret,
Spang, H elen Z ugenfus,
Spangler, Charles A nthony ,
Spear, E milie Stanfield,
Spence, F rances Covey,
Spillman , M urray K emp ,
S tabler, R obert M iller,
S tamford, E lizabeth ,
Steinlein , E dith K atherine ,
Stetzer, A nne J eanette,
S tidham , A lfred,
Strang, H oward K nepley ,
Studdiford, W alter Speer,
Suckow , T heodore,
Sullivan , M ary T homson ,
Sundberg, A nna B enedict,
SwARTZLANDER, ELLEN BRYAN,
S wope , J ohn H enry ,
Sym ons , R obert H enry,

Major Subject

Address

Washington, D. C.
Biology,
Washington, D. C.
Biology,
English Honors, Baltimore, Md.
Mathematics, Ward.
Wilmette, 111.
Devon.
Norristown.
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Mount Lebanon.
English,
Wilmington, Del.
Economics,
Lancaster.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Chemistry,
Philadelphia.
Pol. Science,
Philadelphia.
Chemistry,
Glenside.
Latin,
New York, N. Y.
English,
Bangor.
English,
Rutledge.
Pol. Science,
Xenia, Ohio.
Pol. Science,
Chem. Engin., Stockton, N. J.
Swarthmore.
English,
Swarthmore.
Pol. Science,
Locust Valley, N. Y.
English,
Washington, D. C.
Pol. Science,
Chester.
Pol. Science,
Mathematics, Philadelphia.
Washington, D. C.
English,
Lebanon.
English,
Swarthmore.
Biology,
Flushing, N. Y .
French,
Eng. Honors, Easton, Md.
Philadelphia.
Biology,
Washington, D. C.
Biology,
Swarthmore.
Wilmington, Del.
English,
Mathematics, St. Davids.
SocicU Sciences, Washington, D. C.
Mech. Engin., Philadelphia.
Washington, D. C.
Economies,
Paterson, N. J.
Engineering,
Elkins Park.
English,
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Biology,
Doylestown.
Biology,
Social Sciences, Darby.
Brooklyn, N. Y .
English,

Chemistry,

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Major Subject

T annehill , E sther M errill,
T aylor, Gertrude N aomi,
T aylor, H erbert K ., J r.,
T aylor, J onathan K .,
T errells, M ary H ayden ,
T est, L aurence J osiah ,
T est , W illiam B oger,
T hoenen, Grace Y iroinia ,
T homas , Muriel I.,
T hompson , A nn E ntwisle ,
T hompson , J ack ,
T hompson, L ois,
T hompson , R ichard F airchild,
T homson , E sther M ary ,
T horn, Columbus W illiam ,
T ilton, Charles E dward,
T ily , S tephen B., J r .,
T ollinger, W illiam P reston,
T onn, N atalie E lsa ,
T ownley , F rederick S tanton ,
T ownley , R aymond A lbert,
T ownsend , H arriet S hepard,
T ownsend , H enry L ister,
T rimble , Selden Y ., J r.,
T roy, D orothy F lorence,
T urner, K atharine ,
T urner, L ydia P arry,

Address
Zanesville, Ohio.
West Chester.
Elkins Park.
Bound Hill, Va.
Swarthmore.
Moorestown, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
Sistersville, W. Va.
Mahanoy City.
New Kensington.
Pol. Science,
Chester.
English,
Washington, D. C.
Eng. Eonors,
Mount Vernon, N. Y,
English,
Philadelphia.
Elect. Engin., Bidley Park.
English,
Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Economics,
Bala-Cynwyd.
Philosophy,
Paoli.
Social Sciences, Union Hill, N. J.
Mathematics, Newark, N. J.
Pol. Science,
Newark, N. J.
Webster Groves, Mo.
Pol. Science,
Wallingford.
Pol. Science,
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Eng. Eonors, Wilmette, 111.
E istory,
Brooklyn, N. Y .
Pol. Science,
Swarthmore.

U nger, J acob P axton ,
H rdahl, V aleska ,

English,
Mathematics,

Indianapolis, Ind.
Philadelphia.

V an B rakle, E lizabeth ,
Y anderkleed, E ugene P arks ,
V an F ossan , V irginia P reston,
V an H art, T heodore George,
V an K leeck, W m . B ensselaer, J r .,
V an W egen, P aul M iller,
V aughan , E lizabeth L ippincott,
Y isk n isk k i , E lizabeth W est,
V olze, Georgiana E laine ,

French,
Chem. Engim.,
Astronomy,
Economics,
Elect. Engin.,

Washington, D. C.
Collingswood, N. J.
Lisbon, Ohio.
Lansdale.
Bidley Park.
Collingdale.
Biverton, N. J.
Montclair, N. J.
New York, N.Y.

W agner,
W alker ,
W alker,
W alker,

English,
Chemistry,
English,
Economics,

Name

D orothea E loise,
Catherine ,
E lla V irginia ,
J oseph P hilip ,

Chemistry,
Mathematics,
Economics,
Biology,
E istory,
Engi/neering,
Chemistry,
English,
English,

English,
English,

WestHoboken, N. J.
Selma, Ohio.
Norristown.
Dobbs Ferry, N. Y.

SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name

W alter, L awrence P assmore,
W alton, E lizabeth ,
W alton, M argaret L yle ,
W altz, F rank H uber,
W aples , F rances E.,
W ard, M uriel,
W ard, R obert A llen ,
W asser, B enjamin W ayne ,
W atson, M arietta,
W ay , M argaret E vans ,
W enzinger, Carl J oseph,
W hetzel, L ucy Gertrude,
W hite, B ertha D eane,
W hitten , R obert K .,
W iding, T heodore,
W iessler, A lbert F rancis ,
W ilcox, E dmund Quincy ,
W ilde, Charles H oward,
W illiams , A nna R ose,
W illiams , H elen P riscilla ,
W illiams , M argaret B oughton,
W illiamson , H elen M cK issick ,
W illis , A nna E lizabeth ,
W ilson , E sther H amilton ,
W ilson , W alter H erbert,
W ilt, E lmer D elany , J r.,
W inchester , E lizabeth H elen,
W inde, N orman H enry ,
W irtz , M argaret,
W itsil , M argaret Cotton,
W oerner, P aul L eslie,
W oodward, H elen E lizabeth ,
W right, E lizabeth M orton,
W right, M ary ,
W ynn , E lizabeth ,

Major Subject

Civil Engin.,
Biology,
Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Mathematics,
Biology,
Economics,
Mathematics,
French,
French Honors,
Elect. Engin.,
English,
Eng. Honors,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
Chemistry,

Mathematics,
English,
English,
Pol. Science,
Engineering,
French,
Engineering,
Biology,
Education,
Civil Engin.,
English,
English,
Mathematics,
■French,

141

Address
West Chester.
Moorestown, N. J.
Iron Hill, Md.
West Chester.
Hammonton, N. J.
Englewood, N. J.
Narberth.
Monon, Ind.
Philadelphia.
Media.
Philadelphia.
Ithaea, N. Y.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Wilmington, Del.
Philadelphia.
Lansdowne.
Lansdowne.
Moore.
Media.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
WestChester.
North Wales.
Toughkenamon.
Ridley Park.
Glenside.
Phmnixville.
Waukesha, Wis.
Allentown.
Chester.
Newark, N. J.
West Chester.
Philadelphia.
Norristown.
Camden, N. J.

Y arnall , H elen Gillespie ,
Y oder, Christine M yers ,

Biology,
English,

Philadelphia.
Richmond Hill, N. Y.

Z endt, H elen E velyn ,
Z uydhoek, J ohanna Gesina ,

History,
Mathematics,

Souderton.
Pleasantville, N. Y .

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GEO G RAPH ICAL D ISTRIBU TION OF STUDENTS
Pennsylvania ............
312
New Jersey ............................................................................................ 78
New York ......................................................................
53
District o f Columbia ........................................................................... 25
Maryland .........................
15
Delaware ....................................................................'...........................
15
Ohio ........................................................................................................
8
7
Virginia ........................... N....................................................................
Illinois ............
6
I n d ia n a ....................................................................................................
3
C o lo ra d o ..........................
3
Connecticut .......................................................................................
3
K e n tu c k y ...............................
2
Massachusetts .......................................................................................
2
Michigan .....................................................
2
Missouri ..............................................................
2
M ississippi.......................................
2
Montana ................................................................................................
1
West V ir g in ia .......................................................................................
2
California .................................
1
China ........................................, .................... .......................................
1
Idaho ........................................
1
Iowa ..............................................................
1
Kansas ....................................................................................................
1
North C a rolin a ..................
1
Oklahoma ...............................................................................................
1
Tennessee ...............................................................................................
1
Texas ............................................................................................
1
Washington ............................................................................................
1
Wisconsin ...............................................................................................
1

Total............................. ....................................................... 552

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

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144

1905-06.
L ewis F ussell, B.S., 1902; M.S., 1903; E.E. and Ph.D., University o f W is­
consin, 1907. Professor o f Electrical Engineering, Swarthmore College.
1906- 07.
L oots N ewton E obinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911;
studied in Universities o f Halle and Berlin; 1906-07; Fellow in Cornell
University, 1907-08.
1907- 08.
S amuel Copeland P almer , A.B., 1895; A.M., 1907; A.M., Harvard Uni­
versity, 1909; Ph.D., Ibid., 1912. Professor o f Biology, Swarthmore
College.
1908- 09.
M art E liza (N orth ) Chenoweth , A.B., 1907; A.M., 1910; studied in
Oxford University, England.
1909- 10.
M art T albot (J ann et ) Cox , A.B., 1906; studied in University o f Berlin,
Germany.
1910- 11.
S amuel Copeland P almer , A.B., 1895; A.M., 1907; A.M., Harvard Uni­
versity, 1909; Ph.D., Ibid., 1912. Professor o f Biology, Swarthmore
College.
1911- 12.
J ohn H imes P itman , A.B., 1910; A.M., 1911; studied in University of
California. Assistant Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy, Swarth­
more College.
1912- 13.
I ola K ay E astburn , B.L., 1897; A.M., 1907; Ph.D., University o f Penn­
sylvania, 1913; Professor o f German, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.
1913-14.
E dwin A ngell Cottrell, A.B., 1907; A.M., Harvard University, 1913.
Professor o f Political Science, Leland Stanford Junior University.
1914- 15.
F rederick M yerle Simons , J r ., A.B., 1909; A.M., 1912; studied in the
University o f Chicago. Deceased.
1915- 16.
F rank H. Griffin , B.S., 1910; A.M., Columbia University, 1916; studied
in Columbia University. Chief Chemist, The Viscose Company, Marcus
Hook, Pa.
1916-17.
R aymond T. B ye , A.B., 1914; A.M., Harvard University, 1915; Ph.D., Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, 1918. Assistant Professor o f Economics, Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania.

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1917- 18.
Charles J. D arlington, A.B., 1915; A.M., 1916.
Pont de Nemours & Company.

145

Chemist with E. I. du

1918- 19.
J ohn E. Orchard, A.B., 1916; A.M., Harvard University, 1919; Ph.D.,
Ibid., 1923. Assistant Professor, Economie Geography, School o f Busi­
ness, Columbia University.
1919- 20.
P aul F leming Gemmill , A.B., 1917 ; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
1925; Assistant Professor o f Economics, University o f Pennsylvania.
1920- 21.
J oseph E vans Sands, A.B., 1917 ; M.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1921.
1921- 22.
D etlev W ulf B ronk , A.B., 1920; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1922.
Instructor, University o f Michigan.
1922- 23.
D avid M athias D ennison , A.B., 1921; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1922;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1924. International Education Board Fellow, Copenhagen,
Denmark.
1923- 24.
W illiam M orse B laisdell, A.B., 1921; student, University o f Grenoble,
France.
1924-25.
K atharine D enworth , A.B., 1914.

H OLDERS OF TH E LU C R E TIA MOTT FELLO W SH IP
1895- 96.
H elen B right (S m ith ) B rinton, A.B., 1895; studied in Oxford Univer­
sity; A.M., Swarthmore, 1899.
1896- 97.
M ary S tone M cD owell, A.B., 1896; studied in Oxford University; A.M.,
Columbia University, 1903.
1897- 98.
Sarah (B ancroft) Clark , B.S., 1897; studied in Newnham College, Cam­
bridge.
1898- 99.
E dna H arriet R ichards, B.L., 1898; studied in Berlin; A.M., Columbia
University, 1904. Fellow and Instructor, University o f Wisconsin,
1921-’22.
1899-1900.
M ary E lizabeth Seaman , A.B., 1899; studied in Newnham College, Cam­
bridge; A.M., Adelphi College, 1905. Teacher.

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1900- 01.
A nna Gillingham , A.B., 1900; A.B., Radeliffe, 1901; A.M., Columbia Uni­
versity, 1910. Teacher in Ethical Culture School, New York, N. Y.
1901- 02.
L illian W inifred (R ogers) I llmer , A.B., 1901; studied in Berlin.
1902- 03.
M argaret H ood (T aylor ) Simmons , B.L., 1902; studied in Berlin Uni­
versity.
1903- 04.
A nnie R oss, A.B., 1903; Ph.M., University o f Chicago, 1904.
French, High School, Flushing, L. I., N. Y.

Teacher o f

1904- 05.
Charlotte R itzema B ogert, A.B., 1904; A.M., Columbia University, 1905.
1905- 06.
E lizabeth H all, A.B., 1905; A.M., Columbia University, 1906.
Media Public School.

Teacher,

1906- 07.
B ertha Caroline P eirce, A.B., 1906; A.M., Cornell University, 1907.
Teacher, Holman School, Philadelphia.
1907- 08.
J eannette (C urtis ) Cons, A.B., 1907; A.M., 1909; studied in University
o f Berlin, Germany.
1908- 09.
E lizabeth Sikes (J ames ) N orton, A.B., 1908; studied in University of
Berlin, Germany; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1911; Ph.D., Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, 1914.
1909- 10.
H elen H arriet P orterfield, A.B., 1909; studied in University o f Chicago.
1910- 11.
J ean H amilton (W alker ) Creighton , A.B., 1910; studied in University
o f Chicago.
1911- 12.
A nna H eydt, A.B., 1911; A.M., Radeliffe College, 1912. Teacher in Palmerton, Pa., High School.
1912- 13.
Caroline H alloIvell (S medley) Colburn, A.B., 1912; A.M., 1918; studied
in University o f California.
1913- 14.
E sther M idler, A.B., 1913; studied in University o f Berlin, Germany.
Social Worker.

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1914- 15.
Marie Safford (B ender) D arlington, A.B., 1914; A.M., University of
Chicago, 1916.
1915- 16.
B eba M ahan (C a m p ) H odge, A.B., 1915; A.M., Radcliffe College, 1916.
1916- 17.
A nna M. M ichener, A.B., 1916; A M., Columbia University, 1917; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, 1921; Economic Research.
1917- 18.
H ilda A . L ang, A.B., 1917; studied in University o f Wisconsin; A.M., Uni­
versity o f Pennsylvania, 1921.
1918- 19.
E dith W. (M endenhall ) H ates , A.B., 1918; A.M., Columbia University,
1919.
1919- 20.
Gladys A manda R eichard, A.B., 1919; A.M., Columbia University, 1920;
Instructor, Barnard College, Columbia University.
1920- 21.
H enrietta A lbert Smith , A.B., 1920.
1921- 22.
A line M athieson (W oodrow) R obertson, A.B., 1921; studied in University
o f Glasgow, Scotland.
1922- 23.
H enrietta I da (K eller) H owell, A.B., 1922; A.M., Radeliffe College, 1923.

Gertrude M ale, A.B., 1923;

1923- 24.
A.M., University o f Wisconsin, 1924.

1924- 25
Gertrude P aula K napp , A.B., 1924; Student, Somerville College, Oxford,
England.

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

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1911- 12.
H enry F erris P rice, A.B., 1906; studied in University o f Pennsylvania;
A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1913; Ph.D., University o f Penn­
sylvania, 1915. Professor o f Mathematics, Pacific University, Forest
Grove, Oregon.
1912- 13.
W alter F rank R ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, 1914. Consulting Chemical Engineer, U. S. Gov­
ernment and State o f Pennsylvania. Professor o f Engineering, Carnegie
Institute o f Technology.
1913- 14.
H elen P rice, A.B., 1907; studied in University o f Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Teacher o f Latin, Shipley School,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
1914- 15.
H elen H eed, A.B., 1905; studied in Radcliflie College; A.M., Radcliffe
College, 1915. Teacher o f English, High School, Pleasantville, N. Y.
1915- 16.
F rances D arlington, A.B., 1896; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1916.
Teacher.
1916- 17.
R achel K night , B.L., 1898; A.M., 1909; Ph.D., University o f Iowa, 1919.
Deceased.
1917- 18.
R alph L inton , A.B., 1915; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1916. Anthro­
pologist, Field Museum, Chicago.
1918- 19.
W alter H arrison M ohr, A.B., 1914; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
1921. Teacher, George School.
1919- 20.
E sther E. B aldwin , A.B., 1909; A.M., Columbia University, 1913.
1920- 21.
George P assmore H ayes , A.B., 1918; A.M., Harvard University, 1920.
Acting Professor o f English, Robert College, Constantinople.
1921- 22.
F rank W hitson F etter, A.B., 1920; A.M., University o f Princeton, 1922;
A.M., Harvard University, 1924. Teacher, Princeton University.
1922- 23.
M argaret (P owell ) A itken , A.B., 1919; A.M., 1921.

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1923- 24.
W alter H alsey A bell, A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924, Swarthmore College.
1924- 25
E dgar Z. P almer, A.B., 1919; Graduate Student, University o f Wisconsin.

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

In­

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

W. R alph Gawthrop , A.B., 1918.

1922- 23.
Instructor, Ursinus College.

1923- 24.
W illard S. E lsbree, A.B., 1922; A.M., Columbia University, 1924.

Teacher,

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1924-25
W alter A bell, A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924. Graduate student o f fine arts in
Europe.

H OLDERS OF TH E M A R TH A E. TYSON FE LLO W SH IP
1914- 15.
H elen P rice, A.B., 1907; studied in University o f Pennsylvania; Ph.D.,
University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Teacher o f Latin, Shipley School,
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
1915- 16.
A nne Shoemaker (H aines ) M artin , A.B., 1912; A.M., University o f W is­
consin, 1916.
1916- 17.
K atherine P rocter Green, A.B., 1907; A.M., Columbia University, 1917.
Teacher o f Latin in High School, Pleasantville, N. Y.
1917- 18.
Charlotte (B rewster ) J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain.

Translator.

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

Teacher

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

Teacher

1920- 21.
B eulah (D arlington ) P ratt , A.B., 1890; A.M., Teachers College Columbia
University, 1922. Principal, Friends’ School, West Chester, Pa.
1921- 22.
R hoda A . L ippincott, A.B., 1917 ; A.M., Columbia Universiy, 1922. Teacher
o f French, Madison, N. J., High School.
1922- 23
Grace Cochran, A.B., 1917. Student, Certificat d ’ Aptitude d ’ enseigner
la français à l ’étranger, Sorbonne, France, 1922.
1923- 24
M ildred E. (W illard ) E ry , A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924, University o f Penn­
sylvania.
1924- 25
Caroline P. M yrick , A.B., 1914; A.M., Radeliffe College, 1916. Graduate
student, Radeliffe College.

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H OLDERS OF TH E IY Y M EDAL*
1898. A nna B elle E isenhower , A.B., 1899; A.B., Radcliffe College, 1900;
A.M., IIria., 1907.
1899. M aky G. L eiper, B.L., 1899.
1900. M ary S. H aviland, B.L., 1900; A.B., Radcliffe, 1901.
1901. George A. Seaman , A.B., 1901. Deceased.
1902. E lliott R ichardson, B.S., 1902; C. E. 1905.
1903. Samuel T. Stewart , A.B., 1903.
1904. H alliday R. J ackson , A.B., 1904.
1905. L ouis N. R obinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911.
1906. T. H. D udley P erkins , A.B., 1906. Deceased.
1907. A mos J. P easlee, A.B., 1907; LL.B., Columbia University, 1911.
1908. H erman P ritchard, B.S., 1908; A.M., 1911.
1909. W alter P. R ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ph.D.,
Columbia University, 1914.
1910. J ohn E. J ohnson , B.S., 1910.
1911. J oseph H. W illits , A.B., 1911; A.M., 1912; Ph.D., University o f
Pennsylvania, 1916.
1912. H erman E lliott W ells, B.S., 1912.
1913. H enry L ee M essner, A.B., 1913.
1914. A lbert R oy Ogden, A.B., 1914. Deceased.
1915. T homas B ayard M cCabe, A.B., 1915.
1916. H ugh F rederick D enworth , A.B., 1916; A.M., University o f Penn­
sylvania, 1918.
1917. W illiam W est T omlinson , A.B., 1917.
1918. F rederick Stockham D onnelly, A.B., 1918.
1919. Charles M anly H owell , A.B., 1919.
1920. D etlev W ulp B ronk , A.B., 1920; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1922.
1921. A lan C. V alentine , A.B., 1921. Rhodes Scholar in attendance at
University at Oxford.
1922. R ichard W illiam Slocum, A.B., 1922.
1923. A rthur J oy R awson , A.B., 1923.
1924. R ichmond P earson M iller, A.B., 1924.

O A K L E A F M EDAL*
1922. B arbara (M anley ) P hilips , A.B., 1922.
1923. I sabelle S haw (F ussell ) E wing , A.B., 1923.
1924. Gertrude P aula K napp , A.B., 1924.

* The terms of the award of these medals are found in an earlier part of the
catalogue.

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D EG REES CONFERRED IN 1924
B achelor

of

A rts ■with H onors

In English,
Gertrude P aula K napp I ............................................Palmyra, N, J.
Carolyn A rmitage K rusen I I .................................Philadelphia.
Charles B arker M uth I I I ..................... |................West Chester.
M ary S wartzlander I I ................... .......................... Doylestown.

In the Social Sciences
E sther M ay B riegel I I ............................................. Philadelphia.
H erbert E yres Cliff I Y ..........................................East Stroudsburg.
R ichmond P earson M iller I I I ...............................Reading.
H. M erle M ulloy I I I ........................... ...................... Drexel Hill.

BA C H E LO R OF ARTS
With the Major in Biology
E lizabeth S tewart B e a n .......................................... Bala-Cynwyd.
E liza M oore F isher ....................................................Swarthmore.
F lorence W olverton Green ...................................... Swarthmore.
M ahlon Carleton H inebaugh ...................................Oakland, Md.
Gertrude H ollin gsw orth ......................................... Ardmore.
J anet K r a l l ................................................................. Lansdowne.
Sidney E lizabeth R ollick ......................................... Philadelphia.
George W illoughby Stephenson ............................ Philadelphia.
H elen V an E tten ....................................................... Milford.
H olland W il l ia m s o n ................................................. Danville, 111.

In Chemistry
A mos D o tte r er ..............................................................Wayne.
T homas O tto H ertzberg....................... ■...................Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
K enneth P ayne M a rtin ............................................Richmond Hill, N. Y.
M iriam F rances N aylor ............................................ Allentown, N. J.
L ois L ee V anderkleed............................................... Collingswood, N. J.

In Chemical Engineering
B odine B rinton B arrett ...........................................Philadelphia.
Charles A lfrep P a x so n ......................... .................... West Chester,

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In Economics
J ohn Charles A dams ................. ..................................LimsdownA
L ew is Sim m s A tars , J r .............................................. Alloway, N. J.
C. Clifford B arnes ....................................................... Swarthmore.
B obert P ierce B odine ................................................. Trenton N. J.
R uth E leanor B onner ................................ ................Kutztown.
E dgar M attern B rill ................................................. Philadelphia.
Clarence H oward Carr ............................................... Pleasant Mount.
Samuel L ouis Cornish ............................................... Collegeville.
E lizabeth S t . J ohn B urton .....................................Philadelphia.
B ussell M anson H e ath ............................................. Great Falls, Mont.
Carl F rederick K nauer ............................................. Holmesburg.
L a T elle M. L aF ollette ............................................. Charleston, W . Ya.
F rank Clark L ong . . , , . . . . , . . . , . ............................ Ridley Park
F rederick A llen M usselman ...................................Chester.
F lorence E lizabeth R ogers....................................... Corry.
D avid R ose .....................................................................Chester.
D avis W ilbur S hoemaker ......................................... Fox Chase.
D avid R obert W atson ..................................................Chester.
Chester Girard A tkinson Z ucker .........................Elizabeth, N. J.

In Education
L uther L loyd L inderman ....................... .................. Monocaey.
R obert M oss T aylor ....................................................Philadelphia.

In English
H elen M ary B each ...................................................... Chester.
Mary P arke B icking .................................................... Downingtown.
L ivingston L ord B la ir ................................................Springfield, 111.
H elen L ouise D a v is ........................... ......................... Johnstown.
D orothy D e n lin g e r ..................................................... New York N. Y.
A nnette E ngell .......................................................... Philadelphia.
D orothy M iller E v an s . ..............................................Media.
E sther J osephine F ish e r ..........................................Glen Ridge N. J.
Catherine F itzhugh .................................................. Ridgewood, N. J.
E lizabeth H a m il t o n ...........: ...................................... Wilkinsburg.
E sther J ackson H ic k s ..............................................Westbury, L. I., N. Y.
A nne P arker H u n t . ................................................... Peoria 111.
M argaret J e s s e n ......................................................... Hightstown, N. J.
M arian L yston J ones .................................................. Harrington, Del.
M ary H obson J ones ............. ..
Pottstown.
M argaret D ennison L evering................................... Philadelphia.
M arian J ordan L odge.................................................. Paulsboro, N. J.
F rederick R am say L ong .............................................. Chester.

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M art Crouse M elvin ..................................................Denton, Md.
M art M oore M iller ..................................................... Spencerville, Md.
Sara A lice Schrack .................................................... Coatesville.
V irginia S m ith ............................................................ Evanston, 111.
L ois M aud W alker ....................................................... East Orange, N. J.
M art F ell W alter ......................................................Swarthmore.
E lizabeth A dele W eiler ........................................... Glenolden.
Catharine W ilson ...................................................... Lansdowne.
W aldemar P arker W ood........................................... Coatesville.
Gertrude W alton Y arnall ........ ...............................Yeadon.
J osephine D ean Z artm an .......................................... Philadelphia.

In French
Beading.
Elizabeth, N. J .
Verona Beach, N. J.
Coaldale.
Shenandoah.
West Chester.
Lansdowne.

E liza B anson B rooke.............
E leanor P rovost Carmichael
M argaret E stella D riscoll .
H elen V. D u j t t . .....................
Catherine B oth Garner ........
M ildred F awcett W ilson . ..
B iddell Y oung ........................

In History
M argarett H errmann ........ .......................................Washington, D. C.
B obert Colsher H ubbs ................................................Philadelphia.
D orotht B eaumont L app ........................................... W estchester
D orotht B egister S nipfen ....................................... Philadelphia.
E lmer E llsworth T ittle .-....................................... Lebanon.

In Latin
M art E lizabeth S h in n .............................................. Swarthmore.
J ennie B t a n ................................................................. Forest Grove.

In Mathematics and Astronomy
L aura I sabel F ritts .................................................... Philadelphia.
N ellie M a t H enderson ............................................. Millville, N. J.
E arl L arkin W illia m s ............................................... West Chester.

In Political Science
W illiam A rment B u rn s .........................................
Gu t W itherston D a vis ............................................
A llan K uhn Grim
D orotht M cClaren ................................................
F rederick Starling, J r ...........................................
K enneth Charles W alter .....................................

Chester.
Glenolden.
Kutztown.
Connellsville.
Alden.
Shawnee-on-Delaware.

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In Civil Engineering
J ames Charles T i l t ................................................... Cynwyd.

In Electrical Engineering
E dward A tkinson Green ........................................... Kennett Square.
T homas Sumner Oliver ............................................. Chester.
J. H oward T hompson, J r.......................................... Kennett Square.
A lbert J ames W illiams , J r.................................... Media.

In Mechanical Engineering
R obert H arold L loyd ................................................. Philadelphia.
H erbert Cadwallader M ode......................................Wilmington, Del.
R oger S idwell R ussell .............................................. Baltimore. Md.
T homas T homson T aylor ................................ .......... Elkins Park.

M A STE R OF AR TS
With the Major in Biology
E dward L. Caum

With the Major in Fine Arts
W alter H alsey A bell

Electrical Engineer
P aul M itchell H ess ,
A.B., Swarthmore College, 1920.
George A lfred P owell,
A.B., Swarthmore College, 1921.

Mechanical Engineer
W alter H aines D ickinson ,
A.B., Swarthmore College, 1921.
G. D onald Spaceman ,
A.B., Swarthmore College, 1917.

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IN D E X

C h e m istry, H a ll o f, 14
C h u r c h o r M e e tin g , A tte n d a n c e a t, 19
C h ris tia n A s s o c ia tio n s , 2 0
C iv il E n g in e e r in g , 1 0 9
C la s sica l C lu b, 19
C la ssics, D iv is io n o f, 51
C lo iste rs, T h e, 18
C o -e d u ca tio n , 19
C ollege E n t r a n c e E x a m in a tio n B o a r d ,
38
C ollege P u b lic a tio n s , 21
C om m ittees o f th e B o a r d o f M a n a g e r s, 7
C o n d itio n s , R e m o v a l o f, 56
C o n te n ts, T a b le o f, 4
C o u rs e A d v is e r s , 5 6
C o u rs e o f S tu d y , G e n e ra l U n d e r g r a d u ­
a te, 4 3
x
C u n n in g h a m F ie ld , 18
C u n n in g h a m H o u s e , 18
C u ra to rs, F r ie n d s ’ H is t o r ic a l L ib r a r y ,

A b s e n c e s fr o m C lasses, 58
A b s e n c e s fr o m E x a m in a tio n , 5 7
A d m in is tr a tio n O fficers, 12
A dmission, R equirements for, 37
C ertifica te, A d m is s io n b y , 39
C olleg e
E n tra n ce
E x a m in a tio n
B oard , 38
D e fin itio n , o f E n t r a n c e R e q u ir e ­
m en ts, 4 0
C olleg e E n t r a n c e E x a m in a tio n s , 38
A d v a n c e d S ta n d in g , 42
A lu m n i F ie ld , 18
A p p lie d S c ie n c e , C o u rs e o f S tu d y in , 5 4
A r t, D e p a r tm e n t o f a n d C o u r s e s / 9 1
A s tr o n o m ic a l O b s e rv a to rie s, 1 5, 16
A s t r o n o m y a n d M a th e m a tics , D e p a r t ­
m e n t o f , a n d C o u rs e s in , 1 1 8
A thletic A ssociation, 20
W o m e n ’ s A th le t ic A s s o c ia tio n , 2 0
A t h l e t i c F i e l d s , 18
A lu m n i F ie ld , 18
C u n n in g h a m F ie ld , 18
S w a r th m o r e F ie ld , 18
A tt e n d a n c e at M e e tin g o r C h u r ch , 19
A u r a l a n d O r a l T e s ts in F o r e ig n M o d ­
ern L anguages, 41
B a c h e lo r o f A r t s D e g r e e , 4 3
B e a r d s le y H a ll, 17
B io lo g y , D e p a rtm e n t o f , a n d C o u rs e s, 92
B oard of Managers, 6
O fficers a n d C om m ittees o f the
B oard, 7
B uildings , 14
A s tr o n o m ic a l O b s e rv a to rie s, 15
B e a r d s le y H a ll, 17
B e n ja m in W e s t H o u s e , 18
C h em istry, H a ll o f, 1 4
C loisters, T h e , 18
C u n n in g h a m H o u s e , 1 8
H a ll G y m n a siu m ( f o r M e n ) , 17
H e a t, L ig h t a n d P o w e r P la n t, 18
H ic k s H a ll, 17
L ib r a r y B u ild in g , 16
M e e tin g H o u s e , 18
P a r r is h H a ll, 1 4
P r e s id e n t ’ s H o u s e , 18
S o m e r v ille H a ll (G y m n a s iu m f o r
W o m e n ) , 17
S c ie n c e H a ll, 1 4
S p r o u l O b s e rv a to ry , 15
S tu d e n ts ’ O b s e r v a to r y , 16
S w im m in g P o o ls , 18
W h a r t o n H a ll (M e n ’ s D o r m it o r y ),
14
W o r t h H a ll, 1 4
B u lle tin , S w a r th m o r e C ollege, 21
Calendar, College, 3
L un ar, 2
C e rcle fr a n ç a is , 19
C ertifica te, A d m is s io n b y , 3 9
C h e m ic a l E n g in e e r in g , C o u rs e in , 98
C h em istry, D e p a r tm e n t o f, a n d C o u rs e s
in , 9 4

11
C u r r ic u lu m
fo r
th e
F resh m an
and
S o p h o m o r e Y e a r s i n A p p lie d S cie n ce ,
54
D e fin it io n o f E n t r a n c e R e q u ir e m e n ts , 4 0
Degrees, 60
B a c h e lo r o f A r ts , 6 0
E n g in e e r in g , 61
M a s te r o f A r ts , 60
D e g r e e s C o n fe r r e d in 1 9 2 4 , 1 5 2
D epartments and Courses of I n ­
struction :
B io lo g y , 9 2
C h e m is try a n d C h e m ic a l E n g in e e r ­
in g , 9 4
E c o n o m ic s , 82
E d u c a t io n , 8 8
E n g in e e r in g , C h em ical, 9 8
E n g in e e r in g , C iv il, 1 0 9
E n g in e e r in g , E le c tr ic a l, 1 1 1
E n g in e e r in g , M e c h a n ica l, 1 1 0
E n g lis h , 62
F in e A r ts , 9 1
F r e n c h a n d S p a n is h , 69
G e r m a n , 73
G r e e k a n d L a tin , 75
H is t o r y
and
I n te r n a tio n a l R e la ­
tio n s, 78
H is t o r y o f R e lig io n a n d P h ilo s o p h y ,
85
L a tin , 75
Law, 84
M a th e m a tics a n d A s tr o n o m y , 118
P h y s ic a l E d u c a t io n , 125
P h y s ic s , 123
P o litic a l S c ie n c e , 80
P u b lic S p e a k in g , 66
D in in g R o o m R a t e s f o r F a c u lty , 25
D ormitories, 14
P a r r is h H a ll, 1 4
W h a r t o n H a ll, 1 4
W o r t h H a ll, 1 4

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Economics, Department of, and Courses,
82
E d u c a t io n , D e p a rtm e n t o f, a n d C ou rses,

88

E d u c a t io n , P h y s ic a l, 1 2 5
E le c tiv e S tu d ies , 4 7
E le c tr ic a l E n g in e e r in g , 1 1 1
E n g in e e r in g , D e g r e e s in , 61
E n g in e e r in g S h op s, 17
E n g in e e r s ’ C lu b, 2 0
E n g lis h C lu b, 2 0
E n g lis h , D e p a r tm e n t o f, a n d C o u rs e s, 62
E n g lis h
L ite r a tu r e ,
D iv is io n
o f,
in
H o n o r s C ou rs es, 4 8
E n t r a n c e R e q u ir e m e n ts , 37
E n ro llm e n t, L im ita tio n o f, 4 1
E x a m in a tio n s , C ollege B o a r d , 3 8
E x c lu s io n fr o m C ollege, 59
E x p e n s e s , .24
E x t r a W o r k O u ts id e o f C lasses, 56
E xtra or L ess H o u rs, 4 4
F a c u lty , 8
F ee s, T u it io n , L a b o r a to r y , etc., 2 4
F e l l o w s h ip s a n d S c h o l a r s h ip s , 28
H a n n a h A . L eedom , 28
J o h n L o c k w o o d M e m o ria l, 28
J o s h u a L ip p in c o t t F e llo w s h ip , 28
L u c r e t ia M o tt F e llo w s h ip , 28
M a rth a E . T y s o n , 2 9
O p e n S ch o la rs h ip s , 3 4
T . H . D u d le y P e r k in s M e m o ria l,
33
S ch o la rsh ip s , L is t o f, 29
H o ld e r s o f F e llo w s h ip s , 1 4 3
F r e n c h a n d S p a n is h , D e p a rtm e n t of,
a n d C ou rs es, 69
F r e n c h , D iv is io n o f H o n o r s , 5 0
F r ie n d s ’ H is t o r ic a l L ib r a r y , 2 2
C u ra to rs, 11
F r ie n d s ’ M e e tin g , 19
G e r m a n L a n g u a g e a n d L ite r a tu r e , D e ­
p a rtm e n t o f, a n d C o u rs e s, 73
G r a d e s , S ystem o f, 5 7
G r a d u a tio n , R e q u ir e m e n ts fo r , 4 3
G r eek L a n g u a g e a n d L ite r a tu r e , D e ­
p a r tm e n t o f, a n d C o u rse s, 75
Gymnasia, 17
H a ll G y m n a siu m ( f o r M e n ) , 17
S o m er v ille H a ll ( f o r W o m e n ) , 17
H a lc y o n , T h e , 21
H a ll G y m n a siu m , 1 7
H e a t, L ig h t a n d P o w e r P la n t , 18
H ic k s H a ll, 1 7
H is t o r y a n d In t e r n a t io n a l R e la tio n s , D e ­
p a rtm e n t o f, a n d C ou rs e s, 78
H o n o r s C ou rs es, 4 7
H o n o r a r y S c h o la r s h ip S o cie tie s , 2 1
In fir m a r y R e g u la tio n s , 2 7
I v y M ed a l, 3 2
R e g u la tio n s o f A w a r d , 33
H o ld e r s o f , 1 5 1
L a b o r a to r y F ees, 2 6
L a n g u a g e R e q u ir e m e n ts f o r H o n o r S tu ­
d en ts, 5 2
L a t in L a n g u a g e a n d L ite r a tu r e , D e p a r t ­
m e n t o f , a n d ” ‘C ou rs es, 7 5
L a w C ou rs e, 8 4
L e e d o m F e llo w s h ip , H a n n a h A ., 2 8
H o ld e r s o f , 1 4 9
L ibraries and R eading R ooms, 2 2
• F r ie n d s ’ H is t o r ic a l, 2 2
L ib r a r y B u ild in g , 16
L ib r a r y F u n d s , 2 2
L im it a tio n o f E n ro llm e n t, 4 1

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L ip p in c o t t F e llo w s h ip , T h e J o sh u a , 2 8
H o ld e r s o f, 1 43
L o c a t io n a n d F o u n d a t io n o f the C o l­
lege, 13
L o c k w o o d M e m o ria l F e llo w s h ip , J o h n ,
28
H o ld e r s o f , 1 4 7
M a jo r S u b je c t, 4 6
M a n a g e r s , B oa r d of, 6
O fficers
and
C om ittees
of
the
B oard, 7
M a p o f C ollege G r o u n d s , F a c in g T itle
Page
M a s te r o f A r ts D e g re e , 60
M a th e m atics a n d A s tr o n o m y , D e p a rtm e n t# o f , a n d C ou rses, 1 1 8
M a th e m a tics , A s tr o n o m y , a n d P h y s ic s ,
D iv is io n o f H o n o r s , 5 0
M e c h a n ic a l E n g in e e r in g , 1 1 0
M e e tin g a n d C h u r c h A tte n d a n c e , 19
M e e tin g H o u s e , 18
M o tt F e llo w s h ip , L u c r e t ia , 2 8
H o ld e r s o f , 1 4 5
M u s ic a l C lu bs, 2 0
O b s e rv a to rie s, A s tro n o m ica l, 1 5, 1 6
O p en S ch o la rsh ip s , 3 4
O r a t o r ic a l A s s o c ia tio n s a n d P r iz e s , 66,
67
P a r r is h H a ll, 14
P e r k in s ,
T.
H.
D u d ley ,.
M e m o ria l
S ch o la rsh ip , 33
P h ilo s o p h y a n d R e lig io n , D e p a r tm e n t o f,
a n d C o u rs e s, 85
P h oen ix , T h e , 2 1

Physics, Department of, and Courses,
123

P hysical Education, General State­
ment , 125
P h y s ic a l E d u c a t io n o f M e n , 1 2 6
P h y s ic a l E d u c a t io n o f W o m e n , 1 2 7
P o litic a l S c ie n c e , D e p a r tm e n t o f, a n d
C o u rs e s, 8 0
P o lity C lu b , 2 0
P o r t fo lio , T h e , 21
P r e s c r ib e d S tu d ie s , 4 5
P r e s id e n t’ s H o u s e , 18
P riz e s , O r a to r ic a l, a n d A s o c ia tio n s , 6 6 ,
67
P ublications, College, 21
B u lle tin , S w a rth m o re C ollege, 2 1
H a lc y o n , 2 1
P h oen ix , 2 1
P o r t fo lio , 21
P u b lic S p e a k in g C o u rse s, 66
C o n te sts a n d P r iz e s , 6 6
R a ilw a y F a c ilitie s , 13
R e lig io n a n d P h ilo s o p h y , D e p a rtm e n t of,
a n d C o u rs e s, 85
R e m o v a l o f C o n d itio n s , 5 6
R e q u ir e m e n ts f o r A d m is s io n , 3 7
R e q u ir e m e n ts f o r G r a d u a tio n , 43
S ch o la rsh ip s , L is t o f, 29
S cie n tific S o c ie ty , 19
S o c ia l L ife , 19
S o c ia l S c ie n c e s , D iv is io n o f, in H o n o r s
C o u rse s, 49
S o m e r v ille F o r u m , 2 0
S o m e r v ille
H a ll
(G y m n a s iu m
fo r
W o m e n ), 17
S p a n is h , 69
S p r o u l O b s e rv a to ry , 15
S ta tes, S u m m a r y o f S tu d e n ts b y , 1 4 2
S t u d e n t s ’ S o c i e t i e s , 19
A th le tic A s s o c ia tio n s , 2 0
Cercle^ fr a n ç a is , 19
C h ris tia n A s s o c ia tio n s , 2 0

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C la s sica l C lu b, 19
E c o n o m ic s C lu b , 2 0
E n gin eers* C lu b , 2 0
E n g lis h C lu b, 19
M u s ic a l C lu bs, 2 0
P o lit y C lu b , 2 0
S c ie n tific S o c ie ty , 19
S o m e r v ille F o r u m , 2 0
W o m e n ’ s A th le tic A s s o c ia tio n , 2 0
S tu d e n ts , 1 9 2 4 -2 5 , 1 2 9
S um m er S ch ool W o rk , 5 6
S w a r th m o r e F ie ld , 18
S w im m in g P o o ls , 18
S y s tem o f G r a d e s , 5 7
T u it io n a n d O th e r F e e s, 2 4

T y s o n F e llo w s h ip , T h e M a rth a E ., 2 9
H o ld e r s o f , 1 5 0
U n d e r g r a d u a t e C o u r s e o f S t u d y , 43
G e n e ra l, 43
E le c tiv e S tu d ie s , 4 7
M a jo r S u b je c t , 4 6
P r e s c r ib e d S tu d ie s , 4 5
U n derg raduate
S t u d e n t s , 1 9 2 4 -2 5 ,
129
S u m m a ry b y S ta tes, 1 4 2
W e s t, B e n ja m in , H o u s e , 18
W h a r t o n H a ll, 1 4
W o m e n ’ s A th le tic A s s o c ia tio n , 2 0
W o r t h H a ll, 1 4