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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
B u l l e t in
CATALOGUE NUM BER
SIX T Y -F IR ST Y E A R
1929 -1930
SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
Printed for the College
Vol. X X V I I , N o. 3
Third M onth, 1930
Entered at the Post-Office at Swarthmorc, Pa., as second-class matter
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COLLEGE CALENDAR
1930
First Month 3 ............................. .. .College re-opens at 8.00 a . m .
First Month 22................................... Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for the Second Semester, 10.00 A. m . to
12.00 M.
First Month 30................................... Mid-Year Examinations end.
Second Month 3 ................................. Second Semester begins.
Second Month 22............................... College work suspended for the day.
Third Month 4 ................................... Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Third Month 29................................. College work ends at noon for the Spring
Recess.
Fourth Month 8 ................................. College work resumed at 8.00 A. M.
F ifth Month 1 ................................... Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for First Semester, 1930-31, 2.00 P. m .
F ifth Month 21 ................................. Honors Examinations begin.
F ifth Month 26................................. Senior Comprehensive Examinations be
gin.
F ifth Month 28................................ Final Examinations begin.
Sixth Month 4 .................................. Final Examinations end.
Sixth Month 6 ................................... Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Sixth Month 6 .................................. Class Day.
Sixth Month 7 .................................. Alumni Day.
Sixth Month 8 .................................. Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month 9 .................................. Commencement.
Sixth Month 9 to Ninth Month 18. Summer Recess.
1930-1931
Ninth Month 18..................................Matriculation, Registration and Enroll
ment in Classes.
Ninth Month 19.................................College work begins at 8.00 A. m .
Tenth Month 7 ...................................Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Tenth Month 25................... .............. Founders’ Day. College work suspended
for the day.
Eleventh Month 2 6 . . . . , .................College work ends at 1.00 for the Thanks
giving Recess.
Twelfth Month 1 ............................... College work resumed at 8.00 A. m .
Twelfth Month 2 ............................... Annual Meeting o f the Corporation.
Twelfth Month 19.............................. College work ends at noon for the Christ
mas Vacation.
1931
First Month 6 ...................................College work resumed at 8.00 A. M.
First Month 22.................................Registration and Enrollment in Classes
fo r the Second Semester, 10.00 a . m . to
12.00 m .
First hfonth 22.................................Mid-Year Examinations begin at 2.00 p . m .
First Month 29.................................Mid-Year Examinations end.
Second Month 2 ................................. Second Semester begins.
Second Month 23............................... College work suspended for the day.
Third Month 3 ....................................Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Third Month 28................................. College work ends at noon for the Spring
Recess.
Fourth Month 7 ................... ..............College work resumed at 8.00 A. m .
F ifth Month 1 ....................................Registration and Enrollment in Classes
for the First Semester, 1931-32, 2.00
p. M.
F ifth Month 20................................. Honors Examinations begin.
F ifth Month 25................................. Senior Comprehensive Examinations be
gin.
F ifth Month 27............................................... Final Examinationsbegin.
Sixth Month 3 .................................... Final Examinations end.
Sixth Month 5 ................................... Meeting o f the Board o f Managers.
Sixth Month 5 ......................... ..
.Class Day.
Sixth Month 6 ...................................A lu m n i Day.
Sixth Month 7 ................... ............... Baccalaureate Day.
Sixth Month 8 ..................... ..
Commencement.
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TA B LE OP CONTENTS
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Map op College Grounds .................................................... Fronting Title
L unar Calendar ................................................................................................
2
College Calendar ..............................................................................................
3
T he B oard op M anagers .................................................................................
6
Committees op the B oard op M a n a g e r s ....................................................
7
T he F aculty ......................................................................................................
8
Administrative O fficers............................................................................... 12
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE ....................................................................................... 13
Location and F ou n d a tion ........................................................................... 13
Buildings ...................................................................................................... 14
Social L ife ...................................................................................................
20
Beligious L ife .............................................................................................
21
Students’ Societies ..................................................................................... 21
College Publications ................................................................................... 23
Honorary Scholarships .......................................................... .................... 23
Libraries and Beading Booms ................................................................
23
The Potter Fund .........................................................................................
25
The William J. Cooper Foundation .................................................... 26
Expenses .............................................................................................................. 26
Infirmary Begulations ............................................................................... 28
F ellowships and S cholarships ................................................................ 30
A dmission ............................................................................................................ 40
Subject Bequirements ............................................................................... 41
College Entrance Examination B o a r d ........................... ........................ 43
Advanced Standing ..................................................................................... 45
B equirements por Graduation ........................................................................ 45
Extra or Less H ours................................................................................... 47
Prescribed Subjects ..................
47
Elective Studies ................................................................... ...................... 50
M ajor Subject ............................................................................... .............. 50
Honors Courses ............................................................................................ 51
Division o f English History, M odem History Philosophy, and
Fine Arts .................................................................. . . .............. 52
Division o f the Social Sciences......................................................... 55
Division o f Mathematics, Astronomy, and Physics..................... 59
Division o f F r e n c h ...............................
61
Division o f the C la ssics..................................................................... 62
Division o f German ...........................................................................
63
Division o f Chemistry ....................................................................... 64
Division o f Education .......................................................................
65
Division o f E n g in eerin g .................................................................... 66
Division o f Physiology-Zoology ......................................................
66
Division o f B o t a n y ......................
67
Foreign Language Bequirements for Honors Students............... 67
Buie Covering Cases o f Students Dropping Honors W o r k .. . . 67
Uniform Curriculum for the Freshman Year in the Courses in Arts 68
Course Advisers ................. .................................................. ...................... 69
Extra W ork Done Outside o f Classes.................................................... 69
Summer School W o r k .............................................. .................................. 69
Bemoval o f C on dition s...............................................................................
69
System o f G r a d e s ............................................ ........................................... 70
Absence from Examination ...................................................................... 71
Absences from Classes ............................................................................... 71
Exclusion from College .............................................................................
72
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
D egrees ......................................................
Bachelor o f A r t s ..................... ....................
Bachelor o f Science ................... I ............ ..
Master o f Arts ............................................
Master o f S c ie n c e ........................................
Advanced Engineering D e g r e e s ...............
D epartments and Courses o r I nstruction :
Botany ............................................................
Chemistry ......................................................
Economics ......................................................
Education ..................................................
Engineering ..................................................
English ..........................................................
Fine A r t s ............................................
German Language and Literature......... ,
Greek and L a t i n ................... ........................
History and International Relations
Mathematics and Astronomy .....................
Music ...................................... ¡¡at...........
Philosophy and Religion .............................
Physical Education .......................................
Physics .................................................. .........
Physiology and Z o o lo g y ........................... ’
Political S cien ce ............................................
Romance Languages ....................................
Course in Bibliography .............................
Students, 1929-30 ........................................
Geographical D istribution of S tudents
H olders of F e l l o w s h ip s ...................................
H olders of the I vy M edal . . . . . . . ’
’ . .
Holders of the Oa k L eaf M edal
D egrees Conferred in 1929.................
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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
TH E CORPORATION
W ilson M. P owell, President,
71 Broadway, New York.
Charles P. J enkins , Vice-President,
232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia
H etty L ippincott M iller, Secretary,
Biverton, N. J.
Charles T. B rown , Treasurer,
518 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia.
TH E BOARD OF MANAGERS
Term expires Twelfth, Month, 1930
B ebecca C. L ongstreth, Haverford, Pa.
Caroline H. W orth , Coatesville, Pa.
B obert P yle , West Grove, Pa.
E dward B. T emple, Swarthmore, Pa.
W alter E oberts, M.D., 1732 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
P rances M. W hite , Walnut Lane, Swarthmore, Pa.
Clement M. B iddle, P. O. B ox 743, City Hall Station, New York.
Term expires Twelfth Month, 1931
E dward M artin , M.D., Orchard Farm, Beatty Eoad, Media, Pa.
W ilson M. P owell, 71 Broadway, New York.
W illiam W . Cooks, Westbury, Long Island, N. Y.
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Lansdowne, Pa.
P hilip M. S harples , West Chester, Pa.
M ary H ibbard T hatcher , Swarthmore, Pa.
M ary W harton Mendelson, 639 Church Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia.
I saac H. Clothier, J r ., 801 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Term expires Twelfth Month, 1933
Charles P. J enkins , 232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia.
B obert H. W alker , 914 Fidelity Building, Baltimore, Md.
T. Stockton M atthew s , South and Bedwood Streets, Baltimore, Md.
M ary L ippincott Griscom , 314 East Central Avenue, Moorestown, N. J.
Charles T. B rown , 518 Ludlow Street, Philadelphia.
A da Graham Clement , Meeting House Eoad, Jenkintown.
L ydia F oulke T aylor, 17 Summitt Avenue, Larchmont, N. Y.
Term expires Twelfth Month, 1933
J oanna W harton L ippincott, 1712 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
H oward Cooper J ohnson , 801 Market Street, Philadelphia.
H etty L ippincott M iller, Biverton, N. J.
_
E lsie P almer B rown , 1622 Twenty-ninth St., N.W ., Washington, D. C.
H enry C. T urner, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York.
D aniel U nderhill, 50 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
B obert E. L amb , 843 North Nineteenth Street, Philadelphia.
COMMITTEES OP THE BOARD OP MANAGERS
COMMITTEES OF TH E BOARD
T h e President is ex OfHcio a M em ber o f E v ery Com m ittee
Executive
H oward Cooper J ohnson , Chairman, M art L ippincott Griscom ,
R ebecca C. L ongstreth,
E dward B. T emple,
J oanna W. L ippincott,
Charles F. J enkins ,
Caroline H. W orth,
I saac H. Clothier, J r.,
L ucy B iddle L ew is ,
W alter R oberts,
P hilip M. Sharples,
R obert E. L amb ,
M ary H. T hatcher,
Charles T. B rown ,
H enry C. T urner,
F 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
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Chairman,
R ebecca C. L ongstreth,
W illiam W. Cocks,
R obert P yle ,
E lsie P almer B rown ,
A da Gf
H etty L ippincott M iller,
M ary H ibbard T hatcher ,
H enry C. T urner,
M ary W harton M endelson,
F rances M. W hite ,
m Clement .
Building and Property
P hilip M. Sharples, Chairman,
Charles F. J enkins ,
R obert P yle ,
I saac H. Clothier, J r .,
R obert E. L amb ,
M ary L ippincott Griscom .
Trusts
Charles F. J enkins , Chairman,
I saac H. Clothier, J r .,
H oward Cooper J ohnson ,
T. Stockton M atthews ,
Charles T. B rown .
Library
L ucy B iddle L ew is , Chairman,
F rances M. W hite ,
E lsie P almer B rown ,
Charles F. J enkins ,
D aniel U nderhhl ,
W illiam W. Cocks,
R obert H. W alker .
Observatory Committee
J oanna W. L ippincott, Chairman,
E dward M artin ,
M ary H ibbard T hatcher ,
W alter R oberts.
Household
M ary L ippincott Griscom , Chairman, Caroline H. W orth,
J oanna W harton L ippincott,
L ydia F oulke T aylor.
A da Graham Clement
Nominating Committee
H oward Cooper J ohnson, Chairman, Caroline H. W orth ,
J oanna W harton L ippincott,
H enry C. T urner,
R obert H. W alker ,
E dward B. T emple .
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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
TH E FACU LTY
F rank A ydelotte, B.Litt., D.Litt, LL.D., President.............324 Cedar Lane
R aymond W alters, M.A., Deem o f the College....................... 6 Whittier Place
F rances B. B lanshard , M.A., Dean o f Women ....................... 600 Elm Avenue
A lan C. V alentine , M.A., Dean o f Men, Assistant Professor o f English..
Copples Lane, W allingford
J ohn A nthony M iller, Ph.D., Director o f Sprout Observatory and Re
search Professor o f Astronomy ................................. Cunningham House
George A rthur H oadley, D.S c., Emeritus Professor o f Physics ...................
518 Walnut Lane
Spencer T rotter, M.D., F.R.G.S., Emeritus Professor o f Biology .................
Darlington and Miner Streets, West Chester
W illiam I saac H ull, Ph.D., F. R. Hist. S., Howard M. Jenjoins Professor
o f Quaker History ........................... ............................ 504 Walnut Lane
J esse H erman H olmes, Ph.D., Professor o f Philosophy .602 W. Elm Avenue
I sabelle B ronk , Ph.D., Emeritus Professor o f the French Language and
Literature ...................................................................317 N. Chester Road
IG ellert A lleman , Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry..................... W allingford
H arold Clarke Goddard, Ph.D., Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor
o f English.......................................................................... 3 Whittier Place
R obert Clarkson B rooks, Ph.D., Joseph Wharton Professor o f Political
Science.. . . .................................................. .................. 104 Cornell Avenue
Clara P rice N ewport, Ph.D., Professor o f the German Language and
Literature .............................................. .............................. 609 Elm Avenue
H enrietta J osephine M eeteer, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor o f Greek and
Latin .........................................................................................315 Cedar Lane
W ill Carson R ya n , J r ., Ph.D., Professor o f Education. .1 Whittier Place
L ew is F ussell , E.E., PhD., Professor o f Electrical Engineering...................
451 Riverview Avenue
♦Alfred M ansfield B rooks, A.M., Professor o f Fine Arts, 513 Elm Avenue
Samuel Copeland P almer, Ph.D., Professor o f Botany and Embryology..
712 Ogden Avenue
E verett L. H unt , M.A., Professor o f Rhetoric and Oratory...........................
604 Elm Avenue
H enry J ermain M aude Creighton, M.A., D.Sc., Professor o f Chemistry..
515 Elm Avenue
E thel H ampson B rewster , PhD., Professor o f Greek and Latin .................
West House
A rnold D resden, Ph.D., Edward H. Magill Professor o f Mathematics and
Astronomy ............................................................................606 Elm Avenue
f Absent on leave, 1929-30.
* Absent on leave, Second Semester, 1929-30.
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R oss W. M arriott, Ph.D., Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy...........
213 Lafayette Avenue
tBRAND B lanshard , Ph.D., Professor o f Philosophy.............600 Elm Avenue
L. B. Shero, Ph.D., Professor o f Greek........................... 651 N. Chester Boad
W inthrop B. W right, Ph.D., Morris L. Clothier Professor o f Physics.........
4 Whittier Place
L ouis Cons, B. es L., L. es L., Susan W. Lippincott Professor o f French
Language and L iterature ............................................317 N. Chester Boad
H erbert F. F raser, M.A., F. B. Econ. S., Professor o f Economics...............
521 Elm Avenue
S cott B. L illy , B.S., C.E., Professor o f Civil Engineering...........................
133 Ogden Avenue
Charles B. Sh a w , M.A., Librarian............................................5 Whittier Place
J ohn B ussell H ayes , LL.B., Librarian o f Friends Historical Library.. . .
517 Elm Avenue
P hilip M arshall H icks , Ph.D., Associate Professor o f English...................
519 Walnut Lane
E ugene L eB oy Mercer, M.D., Associate Professor o f Physical Education..
North Chester Boad
Charles Garrett T hatcher , M.E., Associate Professor o f Mechanical En
gineering (Chairman o f the Division o f Engineering).........................
613 Ogden Avenue
Charles B. B agley, A.M., B.Litt., Associate Professor o f French ...............
607 H illbom Avenue
F rederick J. M anning , Ph.D., Associate Professor o f History .......................
215 Boberts Boad, Bryn Mawr
J ohn H imes P itman , A.M., Associate Professor o f Mathematics and As.tronomy.................................................................. ..
328 Yassar Avenue
E dward H. Cox, M.A., D.Sc., Associate Professor o f Chemistry.....................
8 Whittier Place
Clair W ilcox, Ph.D., Associate Professor o f Economics...............................
302 N. Chester Boad
R obert E rnest Spiller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f English.......................
2 Whittier Place
fHowARD M alcolm J enkins , E.E., Assistant Professor o f Electrical En
gineering ......................................................................................West House
fANDREW Simpson , M.S., Assistant Professor o f Mechanical Engineering..
519 Walnut Lane
F rances M. B urlingame, Ed.M., Ed.D., Assistant Professor o f Education..
508% N. Chester Boad
G. F. T homas , Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f Philosophy.........Wharton Hall
M ary A lbertson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f History ...............................
730 Ogden Avenue
f Absent on leave, 1929-30.
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SWARTHMOEE COLLEGE BULLETIN
M ichel K ovalenko, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f Mathematics and As
tronomy...................................................................219 Swarthmore Avenue
M ilan W. Garett, D.Phil., Assistant Professor o f Physics .............................
223 S. Chester Boad
T eoyee Steele A nderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f B istory ...............
8 Whittier Place
D uncan Graham F ostee, Ph.D., Assistant Professor o f Chemistry...............
302 N. Chester Boad
J ohn J. M atthews , A.B., Assistant Professor o f Mechanical Engineering..
Chester Heights
D w ight K . A lpeen , S.M., Acting Assistant Professor o f Electrical Engi
neering ........................................................................... 132 Butgers Avenue
A lfred J. S w an , Director o f Music.............................................. Haverford, Pa.
Mercedes C. I ribas , Instructor in Spanish................................. Gladstone, Pa.
*M arie-E m m a B otjrdin B acheb, B.S., Professor at-is-Lettres, Instructor in
French . . ...................................................................................... West House
E lizabeth F. L anning , A.B., Instructor vn Physical Education and Director
o f Physical Education for Women ................................. 12 Park Avenue
W alter J. S cott, P h .B, Instructor in Physiology and Zoology .....................
207 Tale Avenue
George A . B ourdelais, Instructor in Engineering. .903 E. 20th St., Chester
L ib ia B aer, M.A., Instructor in German................................. 510 Elm Avenue
F ranklin B rewster F olsom, A.B., Instructor in English. .519 Walnut Lane
F eedeeio S. K lees, A.B., Instructor in English ................... 519 Walnut Lane
M argaret P itkin , Ph.D., Instructor in French ...............736 Harvard Avenue
E thel Stilz , Ph.B., Instructor in Fine A rts .........................................C olleg e
J. B oland P ennock , A.M., Instructor in Political Science. .519 Walnut Lane
A ubrey H. Smith , M.S., Instructor in Mathematics...........519 Walnut Lane
J. W . T hompson , A.B., Instructor in Biology ....................... 519 Walnut Lane
B h e n e M. Galloway , A.B., Instructor in Political Science...........................
302 N. Chester Boad
'L ee A melia W eiss F rank , Instructor in French ............................................
P aul M. P earson, Litt.D., Honorary Lecturer in Public Speaking...............
516 Walnut Lane
E dith M. E verett, M.A., Lecturer in Education...........1421 Bace St., Phila.
S. W . J ohnson , Lectwrer in Accounting ..................................Amherst Avenue
A rthur W . F erguson, Ph.D., Lectwrer in Education.__ 18 Amherst Avenue
L ou is N. B obinson, Ph.D., Lecturer in Economics...........411 College Avenue
E leanor H. B alph , M.D., Lecturer in H ygiene...........................................
2049 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
P aul F. Gemmill , Ph.D., Lecturer in Economics... .316 Dickinson Avenue
* Resigned, March 28, 1930.
1March 28-June 9, 1930.
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W aldo E. F isher , Lecturer in Industrial Management... .609 Elm Avenue
'F rank G. Speck , Ph.D., Lecturer in Anthropology. . . .103 Cornell Avenue
•Alfred H allowell , Ph.D., Lecturer i/n Anthropology......................................
University o f Pennsylvania
M rs . E. C. B rooks, A.B., Language Tutor......................... 104 Cornell Avenue
B ichard W . Slocum, A.B., LL.B., Part-time Instructor in Law .....................
902 Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Bldg., 123 S. Broad St., Phila.
B obert D unn , Assistant in Physical Education for Men ...............................
2217 North Front Street, Philadelphia
J ohn M oore, A.B., Assistant in Physical Education for M en , .....................
214 North 33rd Street, Philadelphia
A lice M. B ogers, A.B., Eesearch Assistant in Mathematics...........................
209 Butgers Avenue
V irginia N eal B rown , A.B., Assistant in Physical Education for W om en..
12 Park Avenue
M ay E. P arry , A.B., B.S., Part-time Assistant in Physical Education for
Women ............................................................ 541 Pelham Boad, Mt. A iry
H elen B. Chapin , A.B., Eesearch Assistant in Fine Arts
H ONORARY CURATORS OF TH E B ID D LE MEMORIAL
L IB R A R Y
Charles F. J enkins , Chairman.........232 South Seventh Street, Philadelphia
A lbert Cook M yers , Secretary.................................................... Moylan, Penna.
Clement M. B iddle...................P. O. B ox 743, City Hall Station, New York
A melia M ott Gummere ............................................................ Haverford, Penna.
L ouis N. B obinson ...................................................................411 College Avenue
J ane P. B ushmore ...............................................................Biverton, New Jersey
1 Second Semester, 1929-30.
* First Semester, 1929-30.
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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., D.Litt., LL.D., President.
B aymond W alters, M.A., Dean o f the College.
F rances B. B lanshard , M.A., Dean o f Women.
A lan C. V alentine , M.A., Dean o f Men.
Charles B. S haw , M.A., Librarian.
J ohn B ussell H ayes , LL.B., Librarian o f Friends Historical Library.
N icholas O. P ittenger, A.B., Comptroller.
Chester B oberts, Superintendent.
A ndrew Simpson , M.S., Resident Engineer.
E thel Stilz , Ph.B., House Director.
Caroline A ugusta L ukens , L.B., Alumni Recorder.
A nne C. B rierley, Dietitian.
A lice W. S wayne , Assistant Librarian.
K atherine M. T rimble , Library Cataloguer.
V irginia L. Coleman , A.B., Assistant Library Cataloguer.
Marian K ing Chaffee , A.B., B.S., Library Desk Assistant.
Mary Gocher, A.B., B.S., Library Periodical and Binding Assistant.
M ary G. A nderson, A.B., Library Desk Assistant.
E mm a M. A bbett, Secretary to the President.
J ulia B. Y oung, A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f the College.
W ilhelmyna M. P oole, Stenographer to the Dean o f the College.
t J osephine Z artman N ichols, A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f Women.
A nne H. P hilips , A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f Women.
B ichard H. M cF eely , A.B., Secretary to the Dean o f Men.
D orothy M errill, A.B., Secretary to the Comptroller.
E meline H. N ickles , A.B., Head o f Stenographic Bureau.
E lizabeth B. H irst, Bookkeeper.
Grace E. B edheffer, Assistant Bookkeeper.
E dna B. Corson, Assistant Bookkeeper.
A nna D ennison , Matron o f Worth Hall.
A nna G. M eans , Matron o f Wharton Hall.
Marth a B aer, Assistant Matron o f Parrish Hall.
D ollie B. Coleman , Graduate Nurse in Parrish Hall.
Susan S. H aines , Graduate Nurse in Wharton Hall.
J ane B. M itchell , Night Chaperon in Parrish Hall.
t Resigned, December 31, 1929.
GENERAL STATEMENT
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Swarthmore College is situated in the Borough of Swarthmore, eleven miles southwest o f Philadelphia on the Octoraro
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Swarthmore is connected
with Broad Street Station by twenty-two inbound and twenty-two
outbound trains daily, the running time o f which varies from
twenty-one minutes on express schedule to thirty-six minutes on
the local schedule. Three trolley lines, running ears 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 fa r from the center o f the town.
The Delaware River is about four miles distant. Two hundred
and thirty-seven acres are contained in the College property,
including a large tract o f woodland and the beautiful rocky
valley o f Crum Creek.
There are over twenty College buildings.
The enrollment o f the College is limited to five hundred
students.
The total o f the College endowment is five and one-half
million dollars.
The College was founded in 1864 through the efforts o f mem
bers o f the Religious Society of Friends, for the purpose of
securing to the youth o f the Society an opportunity for higher
educational training under the guarded supervision and care
o f those o f their own religious faith. Other applicants are ad
mitted on the same terms as Friends, and nothing of a sec
tarian character exists in the instruction or in the management
o f the College. According to its first charter, membership on the
Board o f Managers o f the College was limited to persons belong
ing to the Society o f Friends. The purpose o f this restriction
was not to establish sectarian control, but to prevent forever
the possibility o f such control by any sectarian element which
might otherwise have come to be represented on the Board. This
restriction is now believed to be no longer needed and is omitted
from the revised charter. The intention o f its founders was to
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make the promotion o f Christian character the first considera
tion, and to provide opportunities for liberal culture while main
taining a high standard o f scholarship. These aims have been
followed in the administration o f the institution.
BUILDINGS
Parrish H all is a massive stone structure, with its central por
tion separated from the two wings by fireproof compartments.
The central building, 348 feet long and five stories high, fu r
nishes assembly room, lecture rooms, museum, parlors, dining
hall, and offices. The wings are four stories high. The ground
floor o f each wing is used for lecture and recitation rooms; the
remaining floors contain the dormitories o f the women students.
The House Director and several matrons reside in the building.
'Wharton H ail, the main dormitory for men students, is named
in honor o f its donor, Joseph Wharton, late President o f the
Board o f Managers. The capacity of the hall is about two hun
dred. It stands in the west campus on the same ridge as Parrish
Hall, and commands a view o f the Delaware River valley.
W orth H ail, a dormitory for seventy women students, is an
attractive building o f native stone, with mottled slate roofs,
including six cottages, contiguous but distinctive in design. It
is situated on the east side o f the campus, near Chester Road and
College Avenue. The building and its equipment were the gift
o f the late William P. Worth, ’76, and the late J. Sharpless
Worth, ex-’73 as a memorial to their parents.
Woolman H ouse, at Elm Avenue and W alnut Lane, is a
smaller dormitory for men students. The house and grounds
were given to the College by Emma C. Bancroft.
The Science H all is a two-story stone building devoted chiefly
to the departments o f Physics, Biology and Education. It
contains physical and biological laboratories. The east wing of
this building includes a new biological laboratory named in
honor o f Professor Spencer Trotter, commemorating the thir
tieth anniversary of the graduation o f the class o f 1890.
The H ail o f Chemistry is a red brick building, two stories
high, with a finished basement. The basement has an assay
laboratory furnished with wind and muffled furnaces, a fire
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proof combustion room, a laboratory for advanced organic chem
istry, a laboratory for gas analysis, a research laboratory, a
photometric dark room, a small lecture room seating fifteen per
sons, stock rooms, and cloak rooms. On the first floor, are o f
fices, the laboratory for physical and electro chemistry, the
laboratory for general chemistry, stock rooms, and a balance room
which contains balances mounted on a column built indepen
dently o f the foundations and floors of the building. The amphi
theatre lecture room, seating one hundred persons and extending
to the basement, is reached from this floor. On the second floor
are offices, the laboratories for organic chemistry, qualitative
analysis and quantitative analysis, two small research laboratories,
two balance rooms, and the library. The chemical library has an
excellent collection of books pertaining to chemistry and files of
twenty-six leading chemical journals, many o f which are com
plete. Through the generosity o f Mrs. Peter T. Berdan, the
library has received a complete set o f the publications o f the
London Chemical Society and a set o f the Journal o f the Society
o f 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 Sproul Astronom ical Observatory contains nine rooms.
On the first floor are offices, a departmental library, a computa
tion room, class room, and a measuring room. On the second
floor are a lecture room seating seventy-five persons, a dark
room, and the dome room. Practically all the classes o f the de
partment o f Mathematics and Astronomy are held in the Obser
vatory.
In 1906, former Governor William C. Sproul, ’91, gave to
the College a fund for the purchase of the equipment o f the
Observatory.
The chief instrument of the equipment is an equatorial re
fractor o f twenty-four inches aperture, and thirty-six feet focal
length, the mounting and optical parts o f which were made by
the John A. Brashear Co., Ltd. The mounting is modern and
convenient, motors being provided fo r winding the clock and
moving the telescope. The driving clock is electrically con
trolled. A disc driven by a sidereal clock situated on the north
side o f the pier reads right ascensions directly. The telescope
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is mounted in a dome room forty-five feet in diameter. The
dome is a steel structure covered with copper and is revolved by
an electric motor. The telescope is provided with the usual
oculars, helioscope, position micrometer, double-slide plateholder,
and ray filters.
There is a photographic telescope of nine inches aper
ture and forty-five inches focal length, mounted after the de
sign o f the Bruce telescope at Yerkes Observatory. The instru
ment is provided with a heavy mounting, a heavy driving clock,
coarse and fine position circles, a guide telescope, and such other
accessories as make it an effective and convenient instrument.
There are two measuring engines for measuring five-by-seven
photographic plates. One o f these was built by Brashear, the
other by Gaertner. During the year 1928-29 there has been
added a heavy screw measuring engine for the measurement of
photographic plates, 18 inches square, built by Dr. H. D. Curtis,
of the Allegheny Observatory. There is also a blink microscope.
Stephen Loines has given to the Observatory a Polar Equa
torial, designed and built by the Alvan Clark and Sons’ Corpora
tion.
The Observatory possesses equipment used for solar eclipse
observations. There is a twin camera consisting o f two photo
graphic quadruple lenses o f six and three-quarter-inch aperture
and fifteen feet focal length. W ith this instrument it is possible
to make simultaneously two photographs, each eighteen inches
square. There are three driving clocks, one a very heavy clock
made by Klages Brothers o f Pittsburgh, Pa., and two lighter
ones made by Dr. H. D. Curtis, o f the Allegheny Observatory. A
number o f lenses o f various apertures and focal lengths, includ
ing one six-inch portrait lens, and one three-inch portrait lens,
are used for special problems.
The members of the Observatory staff have conducted five
eclipse expeditions:
Brandon, Colorado, 1918.
Yerbanis, Mexico, 1920.
New Haven, Connecticut, 1925.
Benkoelen, Sumatra, 1926.
Takengon, Sumatra, 1929.
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The Students’ Astronom ical Observatory, situated on the
campus a short distance southeast o f Parrish Hall, is equipped
for the purposes of instruction.
It contains a refracting
telescope o f six inches aperture, mounted equatorially, fitted
with the usual accessories, including a position micrometer and
a spectroscope. The observatory also contains a transit instru
ment o f three inches aperture, a sidereal clock and a chrono
graph. Mounted in a room adjoining the transit room is a Milne
seismograph, presented by the late Joseph Wharton, which
records photographically the E -W components o f vibrations of
the crust o f the earth. The latest addition to this observa
tory building contains the photographic telescope referred to
above.
The Library Building. On the lower east campus, near the
Benjamin West House, stands the Library, a fine specimen of
the English Scholastic Gothic style. The Library was built and
furnished through a gift to the College from the late Andrew
Carnegie and is maintained from the income on a sum sub
scribed by several friends o f the College. The building is con
structed o f local granite, with terra cotta and Indiana limestone
trimmings and was erected under the supervision of Edward L.
Tilton, o f New York. In the third story, are placed the West
minster chimes o f four bells and the Seth Thomas Clock, pre
sented to the College in June, 1910, by Morris L. Clothier, ’90,
in commemoration o f the twentieth anniversary o f the gradu
ation o f the Class o f 1890. The first floor o f the main building
contains a stack room and a large reading room finished in dark
oak. The reading room is two stories high, with a gallery ’round
three sides. On this gallery open the seminar rooms; below
are alcoves containing reference books and other books in com
mon use.
The Friends H istorical Library was founded in 1871 by the
gift o f the late Anson Lapham, a Friend. F or some forty years
this collection o f books by and about Friends, their faith and
their history, was built up by the late Arthur Beardsley, pro
fessor o f engineering.
In memory of the late Clement M. Biddle, a prominent philan
thropist o f the Society o f Friends, his son, Clement M.
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Biddle, Jr., o f the Class o f 1896, has given to the college a new
wing, added to the south end o f the college library. Here, in a
substantial fire-proof building o f stone and steel, there will be
ample quarters fo r the preservation and display of our growing
collection o f books on Quaker history, religion, and literature,
together with such allied ethical and humanitarian subjects as
anti-slavery, care o f Negroes and Indians, woman suffrage, and
also local history.
It is hoped that Friends Meetings will deposit here their
manuscript records for permanent safe-keeping and fo r con
sultation.
A n interesting feature is the Friends museum, on the mez
zanine floor o f the large reading room. Here will be ex
hibited such antiques as old furniture, costumes and portraits
which will serve to review the family life o f the old-time Ameri
can Quaker. Already, many Friends have contributed old let
ters, journals, family histories, marriage certificates, samplers,
daguerreotypes, personal relics, wills, deeds, and the like.
Equipped as it is, the new structure will offer an ample and
pleasant place to study Quakerism in all its branches and
Friends are invited to make the library and museum a deposi
tory for every sort o f material illustrating the religion and
home-life of members of the Society in its various eras.
Beardsley H all is a three-story building o f concrete block con
struction, with interior work all o f reinforced concrete. It
represents a modern type of factory building. The ground floor
contains the forge and foundry, the second floor the machine
shop and the third floor the woodworking department.
H icks H ail, a three-story stone building, is the headquarters
o f the Division o f Engineering. This building was erected in
1920 and was given by Frederick C. Hicks, Swarthmore, class o f
1893, and dedicated to the memory o f the Hicks family o f Long
Island, Isaac Hicks, Elias Hicks, Benjamin D. Hicks and Alice
A. Hicks. The first floor is largely taken up by the mechanical
laboratory, and contains, in addition, instrument rooms, research
laboratory, class room, office and lavatory. The second floor con
tains the electrical laboratory, electrical research and instrument
rooms, offices and class rooms. The third floor has drawing
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rooms, an auditorium capable of seating 175 students, a librarycontaining over 2,000 volumes, a class room and offices.
The William J. H all Gymnasium for men is a two-story stone
building. On the first floor are offices, examining room, and the
main exercise hall, a room 50 by 80 feet, equipped with appa
ratus for individual and class work and a court for basketball.
A trophy room and running track are on the second floor.
In the basement are lockers, shower baths, a dressing room for
visiting teams, and handball courts.
Som erville H all, erected in 1893 through the efforts o f the
Somerville Literary Society, is used as a gymnasium for women
students. It is furnished with apparatus adapted to the Swedish
system o f gymnastics. In the basement are dressing rooms,
showers, and lockers for the use o f day students.
There are two Swimming Pools in separate stone buildings,
one for the women and another for the men. These pools were
presented to the College by Philip M. Sharpies. The building
which houses the women’s swimming pool is connected by a
corridor with Somerville Hall, and the men’s pool is connected
with the William J. Hall Gymnasium.
The H eating and Lighting Plant. A central heat, light, and
power plant is housed in a single-story brick structure, situated
south o f the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks.
Other buildings upon the campus are the M eeting-house, the
Benjam in W est H ouse (birthplace o f Benjamin West, P. R. A.,
erected in 1724), the P resident’s H ouse, the D ean’s H ouse, Cun
ningham H ouse (the residence o f the Professor o f Astronomy and
Mathematics), residences for members o f the Faculty, a laundry
building, a lodging house for the domestic servants, and farm
building.
The Cloisters, a new development, is the group o f lodges for
the men’s fraternities and the Wharton Club, now in course of
erection on the west campus facing Wharton Hall. These build
ings, of native stone, are to be connected by cloisters.
The Bond Memorial Building. The Bond Memorial Building
and the women’s fraternity lodges form an integral part o f the
W orth Dormitory group in design, construction and spirit. Bond
Memorial, named in honor o f the late Dean Elizabeth Powell
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Bond, is a social center for all women students. It contains a
large living room on the first floor, committee rooms on the sec
ond floor, and locker rooms, showers and kitchen in the base
ment. The tower o f the building is situated at the main entrance
to the W orth Quadrangle; it has guest rooms in its upper floors.
The Clothier Auditorium . Construction is under way for the
erection on the campus o f an auditorium in memory o f the late
Isaac H. Clothier, for 48 years a member o f the Board of Man
agers and President o f the Board for seven years. The building
will be the gift o f the late Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, o f Wynnewood, who was a member o f the Board for 25 years, and other
members o f her family.
Swarthmore Field and Alum ni F ield provide facilities for
outdoor athletics o f the men. Swarthmore Field comprises the
football and lacrosse grounds, and a quarter-mile cinder track
with a two hundred and twenty yards straight-away. There is
a permanent grandstand, seating 1,800 persons, the gift of
Morris L. Clothier, ’90. Alumni Field, contiguous with Swarth
more Field, provides a baseball ground and an auxiliary football
field. The men’s tennis courts are in front o f Wharton Hall.
The front campus affords additional playing fields for lacrosse,
soccer and girls’ hockey.
Cunningham Field, the women’s athletic ground, includes a
part o f the east campus across Chester Road. This, and an area
west o f W orth Dormitory, furnish space for English field hockey,
tennis and basketball. Cunningham Field was given by stu
dents, alumnae, and friends of the College as a tribute to the late
Susan J. Cunningham, who was for many years Professor of
Mathematics and Astronomy.
SOCIAL L IF E
Swarthmore, as a coeducational institution, undertakes to pro
vide college life in a home setting; to supply an atmosphere in
which manly and womanly character may develop naturally and
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.
SOCIAL AND RELIGIOUS LIFE
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RELIGIOUS L IF E
There is a daily assembly o f the College at 9.00 A. m . from
Monday to Friday, inclusive. The “ Collection” on Tuesday and
Thursday is held in Collection Hall, Parrish H all; attendance
o f students is required. This program, which ordinarily lasts
fifteen minutes, is devoted to addresses or musical renditions,
preceded by a period of silence, according to the Friendly tra
dition. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday there is a meeting
in the Friends Meeting House, on the campus, at which atten
dance is voluntary.
Students under twenty-one years o f age are expected to at
tend either Friends Meeting, held every First-day morning
in the. Meeting House, or, at the request of their parents, the
church in the borough of the religious denomination to which
they belong. A class to which all students are invited is held
at 10.00 on First-day mornings for the consideration o f religious
subjects.
STU DEN TS’ SOCIETIES
The following are departmental societies o f undergraduates of
the College who held monthly meetings during the academic year :
The Cercle Français
The Chemistry Club
The Classical Club
The Engineers Club
The English Club
The German Club
The Philosophy Club
The T rotter Biological Society.
The programs o f these clubs include the presentation of papers
and addresses by undergraduates and frequently by visiting
scholars and scientists. The William J. Cooper Foundation
regularly makes financial appropriation toward the travel ex
penses o f these outside speakers.
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The Somerville Forum is an outgrowth o f the Somerville Lit
erary Society, which was established in 1871. A ll women
students are active members. There is one meeting a month,
fo r the discussion o f problems o f vital interest to women. The
final meeting in April, known as Somerville Day, is a gathering
o f alumnae and active members.
The L ittle Theatre Club is an organization designed to promote
interest in dramatics and to encourage the production o f the
best modern plays by the talent of the student body. Membership
in the club is based on worthy performance in major roles of at
least two college productions or ability in stage management and
lighting effects.
The Forum is an organization o f students o f the College who
meet for the study and discussion o f social and political problems.
The A th letic Association is an organization o f the men for the
maintenance o f physical training and athletic sports.
The W om en’s A th letic Association is a similar organization of
the women students.
Musical Organizations. The Swarthmore College Orchestra
and Mixed Chorus give musical and dramatic productions in
the College and outside. A n opera is produced once a year, and
in addition there may be various concerts. The Swarthmore Col
lege Glee Club, for men only, gives concerts in various cities
under alumni auspices.
No student organization o f the College may incur any finan
cial obligation, or make any contract involving a monetary con
sideration, without first obtaining the sanction o f the President
o f the College, or of the proper faculty committee under whose
supervision the organization is placed. Students contemplating
a new organization must first consult the President o f the College.
COLLEGE PUBLICATIONS
Two periodicals are published by the students under the super
vision o f the fa cu lty: The Swarthmore Phoenix is the weekly
newspaper o f the undergraduates; The M anuscript, a literary
magazine o f the undergraduates, is published quarterly; the
H alcyon is published annually by the Junior Class.
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The Swarthmore College B ulletin is published quarterly and
contains a record o f the matters of permanent importance in
the progress o f the College.
HONORARY SCH OLARSH IP SOCIETIES
The Swarthmore chapter of Phi B eta Kappa, the national
society for the recognition of scholarship, was organized in 1896.
Each year a certain number o f students in the senior class, or
the junior class, having the highest standing are elected to mem
bership.
The Swarthmore chapter o f Sigma Tau, the national society
standing for scholastic attainment in engineering, was established
in 1917. Members are chosen from among senior or junior stu
dents majoring in civil, electrical, mechanical, general or chemical
engineering.
The Swarthmore chapter o f Sigma X i, the national scientific
society for the promotion o f research, was granted a charter in
1922. Students may become associate members after two and
one-half years in college provided that, in the opinion of the
members o f the society, they evidence promise o f research ability,
and may become members after they have produced a piece of
research worthy o f publication.
L IB R A R IE S AND READ IN G ROOMS
The libraries of the College collectively contain about seventy
thousand volumes.
The chief sources of income for increasing the collection in
the college library are these: the Edgar Allen Brown Fund,
the Alumni Fund, the General Library Fund, the Carnegie Li
brary Fund, the George Taber Fund, the Elizabeth Powell Bond
Fund and the Friends Historical Library Fund.
Residents of the borough o f Swarthmore are free to use the
library.
The Friends Historical Library, founded by the late Anson
Lapham, o f Skaneateles, N. Y., contains a valuable and growing
collection o f Friends’ books, tracts, and early writings (many
very rare), photographs o f representative Friends, other objects
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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 o f Friends, and ample
arrangements are provided for its use for consultation and for
reference.
Moreover, the great collections o f boobs in the library o f the
University o f Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Library and its
Ridgway Branch, the Mercantile Library, the Free Library of
Philadelphia, as well as those in the special and technical
libraries of the city, are open to the use o f students under proper
regulations. The Philadelphia library resources, which are of
special utility in connection with the various departments of
the College, are referred to in the departmental statements.
The Library and the departmental reading rooms are supplied
with reference books and the leading literary, scientific, and
technical journals.
The Library hours are 8.00 a .m . to 10.00 p .m . Monday to
Friday and 8.00 a .m . to 5.00 p .m . on Saturday.
P ublic D ebate and D iscussion
Students enrolling fo r Public Debate may receive from one to
three hours’ credit at the discretion of the Instructor according
to the work done.
The debates are held under the supervision o f the Debate
Board, an undergraduate body including all students who have
represented the College in public debate, and the faculty ad
viser o f debating. In addition to the intercollegiate debates,
usually held on the campus, student speakers appear before
various clubs and discussion groups in Philadelphia and vicinity.
The Swarthmore Chapter o f Delta Sigma Rho, the national
honorary forensic society, elects to membership each spring
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students who have done outstanding work in debate and other
public speaking contests. To be eligible, students must have
engaged in forensic activities for two years and must have repre
sented the College in an intercollegiate contest.
The public speaking contests, winch are conducted by the
Debate Board, are designed to bring out the ability of the
students and to stimulate interest in forensic events.
The Delta Upsilon Prize Speaking Contest provides a prize of
$25 for the winner. The sum o f $500 has been given to the
College by Owen Moon, Jr., Class o f 1894, the interest from
which is to be used for this purpose.
The E lla Frances Bunting Prizes fo r the Extem poraneous
Speaking Contests are provided by a gift o f $1,000 from E. M.
Bunting, o f New York. Two prizes o f $25 are offered, one con
tested for by the men and one by the women students.
The Peace Association o f Friends in Am erica offers a first
prize o f $25, and a second prize of $10 for the best orations on
Peace written by students and delivered in a public contest in
which there shall be not less than five competitors.
The P otter Prize Contest for Debate is open to all students and
a prize of $25 is offered for the best individual speech. This
contest was founded by the late Justice ¥ m , P. Potter, and is
continued as a memorial to him.
The Sophomore-Freshman Dehate is open to all members o f the
two classes. The medals for the members of the winning team
are provided by the Potter Fund for the Encouragement o f Public
Speaking.
THE PO TTE R FUND
The Potter Fund for the Encouragement o f Public Speaking
consists of five thousand dollars bequeathed to the College by the
late Jessie Bacon Potter in memory o f her husband, Justice
William PI inner Potter. This fund maintains the Potter Prize
Contest; its other uses are determined from time to time by the
President of the College and the professor in charge o f public
speaking.
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THE W IL L IA M J. COOPER FOUNDATION
The William J. Cooper Foundation was established by William
J. Cooper, a devoted friend o f the College, whose wife, Emma
Mcllvain Cooper, served as a member o f the Board o f Managers
from 1882 to 1923. Mr. Cooper bequeathed to the College the
sum o f $100,000 and provided that the income should be used
“ in bringing to the College from time to time eminent citizens
o f this and other countries who are leaders in statesmanship,
education, the arts, sciences, learned professions and business, in
order that the faculty, students and the College community may
be broadened by a closer acquaintance with matters of world
interest.” The Faculty, Staff and students are admitted without
charge.
E X P E N SE S
The charge for tuition is $400 a year, payable in advance.
For students matriculated in the College before February, 1928,
the tuition charge will be $350 a year. No reduction o f the
tuition charge can be made on account o f absence, illness, dis
missal during the year, or for any other reason whatever, and
no refunding will be made on account of any said causes.
The charge for board and residence is $500, of which at least
half is payable in advance. The remainder is due on the first of
January. O f this charge $300 is the charge for board; $200
is room-rent.
I f any student for any reason whatsoever shall withdraw or
be withdrawn from College, no portion o f the payment for roomrent shall be refunded or remitted.
In case o f illness and absence from the College extending over
a continuous period o f six weeks or more or withdrawal from
the College for a continuous period 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 o f withdrawal, or, in case the student is ill at home, as
soon as possible after the illness is proved. Oral notice will
not be sufficient to secure this allowance.
Bills for the first payment are mailed before the opening o f
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the College year and bills for the second payment are mailed
before the first of January following. Payments shall be made
by check or draft to the order o f Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, P a . Every student is responsible for prompt pay
ment when due.
In case hills for the first semester are not paid by November
1st, and hills for the second semester by March 1st, students
owing such hills may be excluded from all College exercises.
Students withdrawing or dismissed from College on or before
the end o f the first semester receive no benefit from scholarships,
as scholarships are credited at the beginning o f the second
semester.
A ll students except upper class women choose rooms accord
ing to date o f application for admission. A fter the Freshman
year women choose rooms by lot.
A deposit o f $50 will he required o f each student, payable
with the regular September hill, to cover incidental bills includ
ing books, laundry, telephone and room breakage. When this
deposit has been exhausted a new deposit will be required
immediately. A ny unused balance will be returned at the end
o f each year.
Special students who enroll for less than the prescribed num
ber o f hours will be charged according to the number of hours
at $15 per semester hour.
Faculty rates for the dining-room are: Per college year, $300;
per month, $40; per week, $9.50; single breakfast, 30 cents;
single lunch, 45 cents; single dinner, 65 cents.
The College dining-room is closed during the Christmas and
spring recesses. The College dormitories are closed during the
Christmas recess. Students who desire to remain in Swarth
more or its vicinity at that time may secure hoard at moderate
charge in homes recommended by the faculty. Students leaving
property in any College building during the summer recess do
so at their own risk.
A ll Freshm en students will leave the College immediately after
their last examination is over in the spring in order that their
rooms may he used by Commencement visitors.
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Students purchase their own books, stationery and drawing
instruments, which may be obtained at the College Bookstore at
low rates.
A fee o f $10 a semester is charged in every laboratory science,
except in Chemistry.
The fees in the department o f Chemistry and Chemical En
gineering are as follow s: For the course in Assaying, no fee, but
students pay for all breakage and all materials used; for the
course in Mineralogy $3 a semester; for all other courses in
this department $15 a semester. In addition to the above-named
fees every student graduating in the department o f Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering is charged $25, in lieu o f fees, for
apparatus and chemicals used, in connection with his thesis.
This last named fee is payable at the beginning of the second
semester o f the Senior year.
A fee o f $10 for each semester will be charged for each course
in surveying, mechanical laboratory, electrical laboratory or
illumination.
Students are charged a fee o f $1 a semester for the use o f gym
nasium and swimming pools. This amount includes locker rental.
The expenses o f a student at Swarthmore, beyond the pay
ments made directly to the College, vary according to the indi
vidual. Budgets reported by present students show that total
expenditures for tuition, board, books, clothing, and recreation
range from $1,100 to $1,500 for the academic year.
IN F IR M A R Y REGULATIONS
1. Students suffering from any of the communicable diseases
(contagious or infectious) must reside in the infirmaries for the
period of their illness.
2. Students suffering from illness which makes it necessary
for them to remain in bed must reside in the infirmaries for the
period o f their illness. It is the duty of the College to protect
as far as possible the health o f students, this applying to those
who are in good health as well as those who are ill.
3. F ees.— A fee o f $1.50 per day shall be paid by those occupy
ing the infirmaries. A fee o f twenty-five cents shall be charged
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to those not occupying the infirmaries for each meal served out
side o f the dining-room.
4. A bsence from Classes.— W hen illness demands absence
from classes the student in question should report at once his or
her case to the nurses or resident physician. E xcuses will not be
granted to those failing to com ply with this rule.
5. Students shall have the opportunity to select their own
physician. The resident physician, E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D., in
charge o f both infirmaries, is available by appointment for ex
amination or advice on matters o f health. No charge is made
for this service.
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F E LLO W SH IPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
FELLOWSHIPS
The J oshua L ippincott F ellowship of $600, founded by the
late H oward W . L ippincott, o f the Class of 1875, in memory
o f his father, is awarded annually by the faculty, with the con
currence o f the Instruction Committee, to a graduate o f the
College o f at least one year’s standing for the pursuit o f gradu
ate study under the direction of the faculty or with their ap
proval. Applications for the Joshua Lippincott Fellowship for
the year 1931-32 must be received by the faculty before Febru
ary 14, 1931.
The L uceetia M ott F ellowship, founded by the Somerville
Literary Society and sustained by the contributions o f its life
members, has yielded an annual income since its foundation of
$525. It is awarded each year by a committee o f the faculty
(selected by the society), with the concurrence o f the life mem
bers of the society, to a young woman graduate of that year who
is to pursue advanced study at some other institution approved
by this committee.
The J ohn L ockwood M emorial F ellowship o f $600 was
founded by the bequest o f Lydia A . Lockwood, o f New York,
in memory o f her brother, John Lockwood. It was the wish
of the donor that the fellowship be awarded to a member o f the
Society o f Friends. It is to be awarded annually by the faculty,
with the consent o f the Instruction Committee, to a graduate
o f the College o f at least one year’s standing, for the pursuit of
graduate studies under the direction o f the faculty or with their
approval. Applications for this fellowship for 1931-32 must be
received by the faculty by February 14,1931.
The H annah A . L eedom F ellowship of $500 was founded
by the bequest o f Hannah A . Leedom. It is awarded annu
ally by the faculty, with the consent o f the Instruction Com
mittee, to a graduate o f the College o f at least one year’s stand
ing for the pursuit o f graduate studies under the direction of
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the faculty or with their approval. Applications for this fel
lowship fo r 1931-32 must be received by the faculty by Febru
ary 14, 1931.
The Martha E. T yson F ellowship o f $450, founded by the
Somerville Literary Society in 1913, is sustained by the contribu
tions o f life members of the society. It is awarded annually
by a joint committee o f the faculty and the society (elected by
the society) with the concurrence o f the life members of the
society to a woman graduate of Swarthmore College, who has
taught successfully for two years after her gfaduation, and ex
pects to continue teaching. The recipient o f the award is to
pursue a course of study fitting her for more efficient work in
an institution approved by the Committee o f Award. Applica
tions for this fellowship for 1931-32 must be received by the
Committee o f Award not later than February 1, 1931.
SCHOLARSHIPS
1. The W estbury Quarterly M eeting, N. Y., S cholarship
is awarded annually by a committee o f that Quarterly Meeting.
2. Each o f the following funds yields annually about $250 and
is awarded at the discretion o f the College to students needing
pecuniary aid, whose previous work has demonstrated their
earnestness and ability:
(a )
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(/)
The R ebecca M. A tkinson Scholarship F und.
The B arclay G. A tkinson S cholarship F und.
The T homas L. L eedom S cholarship F und.
The M ark E. R eeves S cholarship F und.
The T homas W oodnut S cholarship F und.
The S arah E. L ippincott S cholarship F und.
(g )
The W illiam D orsey S cholarship F und
(A.) The J oseph T. S ullivan S cholarship F und.
(i) The D eborah F. W harton S cholarship F und.
3. The A nnie S hoemaker S cholarship, a free scholarship
o f $500 for the first college year, is awarded annually to a young
woman graduate o f Friends’ Central School, Philadelphia.
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4. The H arriet W . P aiste F und is limited by the following
words from the donor’s w ill: “ the interest to be applied an
nually to the education of female members o f our Society of
Friends (holding their Yearly Meeting at Fifteenth and Race
Streets, Philadelphia) whose limited means would exclude them
from enjoying the advantages o f an education at the College.”
5. The M ary W ood F und is limited by the following words
from the donor’s w ill: “ the income thereof to he, 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 o f the income o f said
Fund to be in the absolute discretion o f the College.”
6. The H ilda Clarke Memorial S cholarship of $100 is
awarded annually to a woman undergraduate o f the College.
7. The following scholarships were offered fo r work done in the
College in 1928-29. They are o f the value o f $200 each for resi
dent, and $100 each for day students, and are awarded in each
instance to that member of each o f the respective classes who
shall be promoted without conditions, and shall have the best
record of scholarship upon the regular work o f the year:
(а) The Samuel J. U nderhill S cholarship will be
awarded to a member o f the Sophomore Class.
(б ) The A nson L apham S cholarship will be awarded to
a member o f the Freshman Class.
8. The Samuel W illets F und provides several scholarships
for resident students needing pecuniary aid, whose previous work
has demonstrated their earnestness and ability. They will be
awarded at the discretion o f the Committee on Trusts. Appli
cation should be made to the President of the College.
9. In addition to the above fund, Samuel Willets gave four
scholarships in the name o f his children, F rederick W illets,
E dward W illets, W alter W illets, and Caroline M. F rame.
These scholarships are awarded by the respective parties, their
heirs or assigns, and are o f the value of $250 each.
10. The I. V. W illiamson S cholarship for P reparatory
S chools. Ten scholarships o f the value o f $150 each for resi
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dent students, and $75 each for day students, are offered to
members o f classes graduating in 1930 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.
1 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 School .............................. Moorestown, N. J.
1 to Friends’ A ca d em y .......................................
Locust Valley, N. Y.
1 to Friends’ Select S c h o o l.............................. Washington, D. C.
1 to Brooklyn Friends’ S c h o o l........................ Brooklyn, N. Y.
1 to George School (B oy s’ Department).......
George School, Pa.
1 to George School (G irls’ Departm ent)....... George School, Pa.
These scholarships are awarded under the following condi
tions :
(a) The candidates will be required to take the examinations
o f the College Entrance Examination Board in Senior
English, Algebra A and one foreign language. The
scholarship will be awarded only to that candidate who
makes a passing grade o f 60 per cent in each subject
required for admission and who makes the highest aver
age grade.
(b) 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.
(c) No scholarship will be awarded to applicants who fail to
be admitted without conditions.
( d) Every holder of such scholarship must pursue in College
the studies leading regularly to the degree o f Bachelor
o f Arts.
11. The H elen E. W . S quier S cholarship, originally one of
the Anson Lapham Scholarships, is awarded annually by Mrs.
Chester Roberts, o f Swarthmore, to a student in need o f financial
aid. The scholarship has the value o f $250.
12. T he P hebe A nna T horne F und provides several scholar
ships for students needing pecuniary assistance whose previous
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work has demonstrated their earnestness and their ability. This
gift includes a clause of preference to those students who are
members o f the New York Monthly Meeting o f Friends. These
scholarships are awarded by the College under the regulations
fixed by the Board. Application should be made to the Presi
dent o f the College.
13. The W estern S warthmore Club offers in conjunction
with the College one scholarship o f $700 open for competition
to all high and preparatory school graduates west of the Alle
gheny Mountains. Students interested are requested to apply to
the President o f the Club.
14. The Mary Coates P reston S cholarship F und. A sum
o f money has been left by will o f Elizabeth Coates to Josephine
Beistle, of Swarthmore, as trustee, the annual interest o f which
will be about $350. This amount is given by the trustee as a
scholarship to a young woman student in Swarthmore College,
preferably to a relative of the donor.
15. The J oseph E. Gillingham F und, with an annual income
of $2,500 was bequeathed to the College in 1907 with the stipu
lation, ‘ ‘ I request but I do not direct that part of the income of
this legacy may be used for free scholarships for meritorious
students.”
16. 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 o f the Baltimore Yearly
Meeting o f Friends, it is not to be confined to them when suit
able persons in membership cannot be found.
17. The T. H. D udley P erkins Memorial S cholarship of
$600 is given for the academic year 1930-31 to the best young
man candidate as judged by a committee o f the faculty appointed
by the President of the College for the purpose. The award
will be made and the following points determined by the cre
dentials o f the secondary school from which the successful can
didate is a graduate. F irst. Qualities of manhood, force o f char
acter and leadership, 50 points. Second. Literary and scholastic
ability and attainments, 30 points. Third. Physical vigor as
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shown by participation in out-of-door sports or in other ways,
20 points.
These requirements are similar to the conditions o f the Rhodes
Scholarship. This scholarship is founded in honor of T. H.
Dudley Perkins, Swarthmore, 1906, who died in the service of
his country in 1918. The qualifications required o f the holder
o f this scholarship are such as Dudley Perkins possessed in a
marked degree. The donors of this scholarship are his wife,
Alice Sullivan Perkins, ’04; his sister, Marion Perkins Jessup,
’94; and his brother, E. Russell Perkins, ’l l .
18. The 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 of
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 1929-30 is $250.
19. S warthmore College Open S cholarships. Swarthmore
College in 1922 established experimentally five a.nnna.1 open com
petitive scholarships fo r men, not confined to any particular
school, locality, subject o f study, or religious denomination.
These scholarships are based upon the general plan o f the
Rhodes Scholarships and are given to candidates who show great
est promise in :
(1) Qualities o f manhood, force o f character and leadership.
(2) Literary and scholastic ability and attainments.
(3) Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or
in other ways.
The regulations under which these scholarships will be awarded
in 1930 are as follows:
The stipend o f a Swarthmore College Open Scholarship will
be five hundred dollars ($500) a year, which will cover the
greater part o f a man’s college expenses.
Each scholarship is tenable for four consecutive years, subject
to the maintenance o f a high standing in the College.
A candidate to be eligible must :
(a)
Be between the ages o f 16 and 21 on September 1st of the
year for which he is elected.
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(6 ) Be qualified to enter Swarthmore College on certificate
with fifteen units of credit as prescribed in the College catalogue.
(c) Not have attended another college or university.
Each candidate must secure the endorsement of the principal
o f his preparatory school and not more than two candidates may
be selected to represent a particular school in the competition for
any one year.
Scholars will be selected without written examination on the
basis (1) o f their school record as shown by the material called
for in the application blank and (2) o f a personal interview
with some representative o f 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 15, 1930. References
will be followed up, interviews arranged in various parts of the
Country, and the awards announced early in June.
The awards for 1929-33 a re:
Joseph David Coppock, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind.
Stephen Mann MaeNeille, Summit Sigh School, Summit, N. J.
Henry Lloyd Pike, Baltimore Friends’ School, Baltimore, Md.
Bobert Vernon Sehembs, Barringer Sigh School, Newark, N. J.
The T. H. Dudley Perkins Memorial Scholarship, awarded on
the same basis as the Open Scholarships, went to William Henry
TCain, o f the York Collegiate Institute, York, Pa.
This year there were 110 candidates from 19 states. Candidates
were interviewed in various parts o f the country by representa
tives o f the committee o f selection, including Swarthmore alumni
and former Rhodes scholars. The committee o f selection com
prised President Frank Aydelotte, Dean Raymond Walters, Dean
Detlev Bronk and Dr. E. L. Mercer, of the Swarthmore F aculty;
Howard Cooper Johnson, ’96, and Joseph H. Willits, ’l l , o f the
Swarthmore Alumni and Carroll A. Wilson, o f New York, an exRhodes Scholar.
20. The J ames E. M iller S cholarship. Under the will o f
Arabella M. Miller, the sum o f $5,986 was awarded to the Cam
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bridge Trust Company, Trustee under the will of James E.
Miller, to be applied to scholarships in Swarthmore College. An
annual income of approximately $340 is available and may be
applied toward the payment of board and tuition o f students of
Delaware County (preference to be given to residents o f Nether
Providence Township) to be selected by Swarthmore College
and approved by the Trustee.
21. S warthmore College Open S cholarships for W omen.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. White, o f the Class o f 1875, on the oc
casion o f the Fiftieth Reunion o f that class, established three open
competitive scholarships for women, founded in the names o f
Howard White, Jr., Serena B. White, and W alter W . Green.
Each scholarship is tenable for three years and one appointment
will be made each year. These scholarships are not confined to
any particular school, locality, subject or study, or religious de
nomination. They are based upon the general plan o f the Rhodes
Scholarships, and will be given to candidates who show greatest
promise in :
(1) Qualities o f womanhood, force o f character and leader
ship.
(2) Literary and scholastic ability and attainments.
(3) Physical vigor, as shown by interest in outdoor sports or
in other ways.
The regulations under which these scholarships will be awarded
are as follow s:
The stipend o f each scholarship will be five hundred dollars
($500) a year, which will cover the greater part o f a woman’s
college expenses.
Each scholarship is tenable for three consecutive years, sub
ject to the maintenance o f high standing in college. Holders of
these scholarships will in their Senior year be eligible for other
scholarship appointments available in the college.
In case any appointment has to be forfeited for scholastic or
others reasons, the scholarship will be awarded competitively for
the unexpired term ; preference in making the award will be given
to original competitors for the scholarship who may be in college.
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A candidate to be eligible m ust:
(a) Be between the ages o f 16 and 21 on September 1st of
the year for which she is elected.
(b ) Be qualified to enter Swarthmore College with fifteen
units of credit as prescribed in the college catalogue,
pages 40-43.
(c) Not have attended another college or university.
Each candidate must secure the endorsement of the principal
o f her preparatory school and not more than two candidates may
be selected to represent a particular school in the competition
for any one year.
Scholars will be selected without written examination on the
basis (1) o f their school record as shown by the material called
for in the application blank and (2) o f a personal interview with
some representative o f 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
o f Women o f Swarthmore College on or before November 15,
1930. References will be followed up, interviews arranged in
various parts o f the country, and the awards announced about
February 1, 1931.
There were 132 candidates for the White Open Scholarships
for Women for 1929-30, representing 14 states and the District
o f Columbia. Interviews with the leading candidates were con
ducted in various parts of the country by representatives o f the
Committee of Award and by Swarthmore Alumni. The Com
mittee o f Award comprised President Frank Aydelotte, Dean
Raymond Walters, Dean Frances Blanshard, Professor Ethel
Hampson Brewster, Lucy Biddle Lewis, o f the Swarthmore
Board o f Managers, and two alumnae o f the College, Alice Smedley Palmer, ’89, and Anna Michener, ’16.
Three scholarships were awarded for 1929-30:
D orothy F inkenaur , Curtis High School, Staten Island, N. Y.
K atherine E owe, South Philadelphia Sigh School for Girls, Philadel
phia, Pa.
E lsie Cromwell W illiam s , Brooklyn Friends’ School, Brooklyn, N. Y.
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22. The Swarthmore A lumnae S cholarship established by
the Philadelphia and New York Alumnae Clubs, is awarded on
the same basis as the Open Scholarships.
23. The E dward Clarkson W ilson S cholarship. A scholar
ship with a capital fund o f $2,500 has been established at
Swarthmore by friends o f Edward Clarkson Wilson, ’91,
formerly Principal of the Baltimore Friends School. The annual
value o f this scholarship is $125. It will be awarded each year
to a former student of the Baltimore Friends School, who has
been approved by the faculty o f the School, on the basis
o f (1) high character; (2) high standing in scholarship. The
scholarship is open to Freshmen at Swarthmore, to members of
all religious denominations. In any year when there is no out
standing candidate from the students o f the Baltimore Friends
School, the scholarship will be awarded to another young man
or woman who shall meet the required standards and who is
approved by the School faculty and the College.
24. The Sallie K. J ohnson F und provides $500 a year, to be
used, at the discretion o f the President o f the College, in grant
ing financial aid to young women during their senior year, it
being the donor’s desire that the President must be satisfied that
the applicant is fitted to become a desirable teacher.
25. The Ivy Medal is placed in the hands of the faculty by a
friend o f the College, to be awarded on Commencement Day to
a male member o f the graduating class. The regulations govern
ing the award are as follows:
(1 ) The idea behind the Ivy Medal is in general the Rhodes Scholarship
qualifications including (o ) qualities o f manhood, force o f character, and
leadership; (6 ) literary and scholastic ability and attainments. This has
been phrased by the donor in the words “ leadership based upon character
and scholarship.”
(2 ) 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
abilities.
(3 ) On the other hand, it is the wish o f the donor that the medal should
not go to a man who, while showing excellence in some one respect, has fallen
seriously below the standard in others.
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26. The Oak Leaf Medal is placed in the hands o f the faculty
by a friend o f the College, to be awarded on Commencement Day
to a young woman member o f the graduating class for loyalty,
scholarship, and service.
L oans
The E l l is D. W i l l i a m s F u n d . B y the will o f Ellis D. W il
liams, a legacy o f $25,000 was left to the College, the income from
which is to be used for loans to students, repayable not later
than five years after graduation, with interest at the rate of
four per cent per annum.
ADM ISSION
Admission to Swarthmore College is competitive, the basis of
selection being evidences o f sound scholarship and o f high char
acter.
In the determination o f scholarship the factors considered are:
(1) Success in school studies, as shown by the school record.
Banking in the highest quarter o f the candidate’s class
at school is, in general, the minimum for consideration.
Good ratings in examinations o f the College Entrance
Examination Board will be considered as evidence of
sound scholarship.
(2) Outside reading and activity which demonstrate genuine
interest in literary or scientific matters.
(3 ) The Scholastic Aptitude Test o f the College Entrance
Examination Board.
Candidates fo r Septem ber 1931, may take the Scholas
tic A ptitude Test in June, 1930*
As to character, the qualities sought are the simplicity, moral
earnestness and idealism which have been traditionally associated
with the Society o f Friends and with Swarthmore College.
Preférence is given to candidates who are children of Friends
or o f Alumni o f the College, provided they meet in all re
spects the standards set by the College fo r admission. I f
such candidates do not rank in the highest quarter o f their
* The application for the Test should be addressed to the College Entrance
Examination Board, 431 West 117 Street, New York City.
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school class, they may be given opportunity to qualify by
passing certain examinations o f the College Entrance E x
amination Board, including the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
The size o f the Freshman class each year is determined by the
resolution o f the Board o f Managers which limits the total en
rollment o f the College to 500 students, 250 men and 250 women.
Candidates for admission should make early application.
Record of their school work for the first three years, signed by
the school Principal, should be submitted one year prior to ad
mission. Application blanks and certificate blanks are furnished
by the Dean o f the College upon request. Certificates are re
turned to the school principals in the spring for the Record of
the Senior year.
Applicants whose school records are good are invited to call
at Swarthmore College at suitable times during the year for
interviews. Persons living too far from Swarthmore to make
this possible are interviewed by representatives of the College in
any part o f the United States.
The applications o f women applicants must be filed by
December 15 and o f men applicants by A pril 15.
The names o f the women applicants accepted fo r admission
are announced as soon as possible after March 1, and the names
o f the men applicants as soon as possible after May 1, of the
year o f admission.
S ubject R equirements and P rocedure op the
A dmissions Committee
Requirements may be met
(1) B y passing examinations o f the College Entrance E x
amination Board or
(2) B y satisfactory certificates from accredited schools.
The basis for admission is the twofold one o f scholarship and
character. The Admissions Committee’s procedure fo r deter
mining these is ,
(1) To inspect the applicant’s examination record or school
record and
(2) To interview the applicant and to consider personal
letters o f recommendation.
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The subjects required for entrance to Swarthmore College are
'as follows:
Elementary Algebra............................1%
Plane Geometry....................................1
English ................................................. 3
tForeign L a n g u a g e ............................. 4
H is to r y ..................................................1
units
unit
units
units
unit
Bequvred subjects, ten and
one half units.
Advanced A lg e b r a ............... .............%
•Solid G eom etry..................... ........ y2
•Plane Trigonometry ........... ........ y2
Latin ...................................... .2, 3 or 4
Greek ...................................... .2, 3 or 4
French ................................... .2, 3 or 4
German .................................. .2, 3 or 4
Spanish ................................. .2, 3 or 4
Ancient History ................... .............1
Medieval and M odem H is to r y .........1
M odem History ................... .............1
English History ................... .............1
American History ............... .............1
Civil G overnm ent................. .............y2
Physics . . . . . , v . . BBS. . . . . . .............1
Chem istry............................... .............1
Botany ...................................
Z o o lo g y ................................... . Vs or 1
or 1
Physical Geography ............ .
Freehand D ra w in g ..............
Mechanical Drawing............ ••% or 1
Satisfactory Free Electives .............3
unit
unit
unit
units
units
units
units
units
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
unit
units
Optional subjects four
and one half units.
t Two
u n it s a r e a c c e p t a b l e f o r a d m is s io n
of
e n g i n e e r i n g B tu d en ts.
* R e q u ir e d f o r a d m is s io n f o r e n g i n e e r i n g s tu d e n ts .
Detailed definitions o f the requirements in all subjects listed
above, including lists o f experiments in the natural sciences are
given in a special circular o f information published annually
by the College Entrance Examination Board. Copies o f this
document may he obtained from the Secretary o f the Board, 431
West 117th Street, New York, N. Y . Upon request to the Board
a single copy will be sent to any teacher without charge. In
general a charge o f twenty cents, which may be remitted in
postage stamps, will be made.
ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS
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COLLEGE ENTRANCE E X A M IN ATIO N BOARD
E x a m in a t io n s
of
June
16-21, 1930
The College Entrance Examination Board will hold examina
tions in June, 1930, at nearly 400 points in the United States
and abroad.
A list o f places at which examinations will be held will be
published about March 1, 1930. Requests that the examinations
be held at particular points should be transmitted to the Sec
retary of the College Entrance Examination Board not later
than February 1, 1930.
Detailed definitions o f the requirements in all examination
subjects are given in a circular of information published annually
about December 1. Upon request to the Secretary o f the Col
lege Entrance Examination Board a single copy o f this docu
ment will be sent to any teacher without charge. In general,
there will be a charge of twenty-five cents, which may be re
mitted in postage.
A ll candidates wishing to take these examinations must make
application by mail to the Secretary o f the College Entrance
Examination Board, 431 West 117th Street, New York City.
Blank forms for this purpose will be mailed by the Secretary of
the College Entrance Examination Board to any teacher or can
didate upon request by mail.
The applications and fees o f all candidates who wish to take
the examinations in June, 1930, should reach the Secretary of
the Board not later than the dates specified in the following
schedule :
F or examination centers:
In the United States east o f the Mississippi
River or on the Mississippi........................ May 26,1930
In the United States west o f the Mississippi
River or in Canada.......................................May 19,1930
Outside o f the United States and Canada
except in A sia............................ ..................May 5,1930
In China or elsewhere in the Orient............ A pril 21,1930
Every application for examination which reaches the Secre
tary o f the Board on or before the scheduled date should be
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accompanied by an examination fee o f $10.00, which may he re
mitted by postal order, express order, or draft on New York to
the order o f the College Entrance Examination Board.
A n application which reaches the Secretary later than the
scheduled date will be accepted only upon payment of $5.00 in
addition to the regular examination fee.
When a candidate has failed to obtain the required blank form
o f application the regular examination fee will be accepted if
the fee arrive not later than the date specified above, and i f it
be accompanied by a memorandum with the name and address
o f the candidate, the exact examination center selected, and a
list o f the subjects in which the candidate is to take the Board
examinations.
Candidates who have failed to file applications fo r examina
tion may be admitted by the supervisor to all examinations ex
cept the Scholastic Aptitude Test upon payment o f a fee of $5.00
in addition to the regular examination fee. Such candidates
should present themselves at the beginning o f the period o f regis
tration. They will receive from the supervisor blank forms of
application which must be filled out and transmitted to the Sec
retary of the College Entrance Examination Board.
In order to exhibit their tickets o f admission, to learn their
examination numbers, and to obtain seats in the examination
room, candidates should report for a morning examination at
8.45 and for an afternoon examination at 1.45. An examination
will close for candidates admitted late at the same time as for
other candidates. The examinations will be held in accordance
with the time, Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time, observed
in the local public schools.
No candidate will be admitted to the Scholastic Aptitude Test
late, that is, after 9.00 a . m .
The Scholastic Aptitude Test, which will be held on the morn
ing o f Saturday, June 21, 1930, may be taken upon the com
pletion o f the school course or at the end o f the third year of
secondary school work. Each candidate desiring to take this test,
even though he is to take no other examination, must file with
the Secretary o f the College Entrance Examination Board the
usual application for examination. Application blanks will be
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION
45
sent to any teacher or candidate upon request by mail to the
Board. I f the Scholastic Aptitude Test is taken in connection
with other examinations no additional fee is required; i f taken
alone the fee is $10.
A week or more in advance o f the Scholastic Aptitude Test
each candidate who is to take the test will receive a booklet con
taining, with explanations and instructions, a specimen test, the
blank spaces of which are to be filled in by the candidate. In
order to secure admission to the test the candidate must present
not only his ticket of admission but also this booklet with the
spaces filled in as requested. The supervisor will admit no can
didate to the examination room without this booklet.
AD V A N C E D STANDING
F or favorable consideration, applicants for advanced stand
ing must have had a high scholastic record in the institution
from which they desire to transfer, and must present full creden
tials for both college and preparatory work and a letter of
honorable dismissal. In general, students are not admitted to
advanced standing later than the beginning o f the Junior year.
REQUIREM ENTS F O R GRADUATION
Swarthmore College offers (1) General courses leading to the
degree o f Bachelor o f Arts and to the degree of Bachelor of
Science, and (2) Honors courses leading to these same degrees
with Honors.
The General course requirement for the Bachelor of Arts de
gree calls for 120 semester hours in prescribed and elective sub
jects, with a like number o f quality points. The requirement
for the Classes o f 1930 and ’31 remains 124 semester hours
and 124 quality points. The Bachelor o f Science requirements
for the Departments o f Engineering and o f Chemistry range
from 132 to 140 semester hours, with 120 quality points. The
prescribed number o f hours for General students in liberal arts
is 15 fo r each semester and for General students in engineering
and in chemistry ranges from 17 to 20 for each semester. Each
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candidate for graduation in the General courses is required to
select some one department as his major and is held for com
prehensive examination in his major at the close o f his senior
year.
F or the first two years under the Honors plan, students take
regular courses and meet the usual requirements as to prescribed
subjects and semester-hour and quality-point regulations. Then,
i f they have shown ability and promise in some one o f ten fields
o f knowledge, they may be admitted to that field for independent
study and weekly group discussions under the Swarthmore
Honors plan. Honors students are relieved from class recitations
and specific hour requirements during their junior and senior
years and instead prepare for a series o f comprehensive examina
tions at the end o f their senior year, drawn up by external
examiners. The scope and details of the Honors plan are given
on pages 51-68.
In addition to scholastic credits for graduation, all students
are held for physical training as set forth on pages 123-125, and
for attendance at Collection exercises o f the College, as stated
on page 21.
Definition o f Terms. A semester hour, as used in the fore
going statement, signifies one recitation or lecture (or its
equivalent) a week throughout one semester o f 15 weeks, ex
clusive o f the week or more devoted to final examinations. A
recitation or lecture is regularly 55 minutes long, and the prepa
ration o f the student is estimated at an average 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
of the laboratory, the laboratory period is two hours in length.
The meaning of the term quality point is as follows: A nu
merical value called a point is given to the grade letters on this
basis: for grade A, three points for each semester hour of course
in which the grade is received; for grade B, two points; for
grade C, one poin t; for grade D, no point. The grade D is suf
ficient to pass a course, hut does not count any point. In ac
cordance with this valuation, the requirements in points for
graduation o f students in General courses both in liberal arts and
PRESCRIBED SUBJECTS
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in engineering and chemistry, is 120. This is a requirement for
liberal arts students of an average grade o f C.
E xtra or Less H ours.— 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.
It is sometimes difficult to make out a course o f study for the
exact number of hours, and for this reason a variation of one
hour more or less than the prescribed number o f hours may be
allowed by the course adviser. In such cases the endorsement of
the course adviser must be secured in writing on the Enrollment
Card.
Students desiring to carry more than one hour in excess of
the prescribed number, or more than one hour below the pre
scribed number, must make application to the Committee on
Prescribed and Extra W ork on a regular form provided for the
purpose by the Dean. No student whose marks have fallen be
low C in any subject or below B in more than one department
during the preceding semester shall he permitted to enroll for
more than one hour in excess of the prescribed number. No
application o f a student to enroll for more or less than the pre
scribed number of hours shall be considered by the committee
unless accompanied by the written endorsement o f the course
adviser.
PRESCRIBED SUBJECTS
The curriculum prescribed for the A.B. degree, effective with
the class entering Swarthmore in September, 1927, provided that,
in place o f a quantitative requirement o f hours, there is a quali
tative standard o f attainment in subjects considered essential to a
liberal education. Students who pass examinations set to test
proficiency in prescribed subjects are excused from specificaally required courses and allowed to devote the hours thus
released to more advanced work.
The plan affords flexibility in the work o f the first two years
in order to meet individual needs o f students, especially o f those
who have done superior work in good schools.
I.
Prescribed, Studies.— These studies are to be taken by all
students for graduation, except in cases where unusually well
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qualified students gain exemption by examination. The whole
o f the first year is normally devoted to five of the prescribed
studies with one elective.
The time and order in which the remaining studies are taken
may vary according to the requirements of each department.
Group 1. English.— Six hours o f reading and writing known
as Freshman English, or, for students who pass at entrance to
College an examination set to test proficiency in English, six
hours o f free electives in English or foreign literature or the
Fine Arts.
Group 2. Foreign Languages.— (a) proficiency in one foreign
language (Greek or Latin or French or German) or (b) a read
ing knowledge o f two foreign languages, one o f which must be
Greek or Latin or French or German. Spanish or Italian may
be presented as the second language.
(a) Proficiency.
The degree o f proficiency required is the ability to read and
translate with facility average works o f reference; to write
simple prose and (in the case of modern languages) to under
stand and reply to questions in the language. Such proficiency
would ordinarily be gained by students
(1) Who have had a thorough training in the language in a
good secondary school for four years or more and who give
evidence o f this by passing creditably an examination set
upon entrance to College: or
(2) W ho pass examinations of equivalent difficulty after
one or more years of College work.
(b ) Beading Knowledge.
B y a reading knowledge is meant ability to read and translate
simple stories and to consult effectively works of reference in
the two foreign languages offered. The measure o f reading
knowledge required would ordinarily be gained by students
(1) Who have had a thorough training in the language in a
good secondary school for two years or more, and who give
evidence o f this by passing creditably an examination set
upon entrance to College: or
(2 ) Who pass creditably in College examinations set to test
their reading knowledge as defined above.
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Group 3. Twelve hours in the following departments: History
istory o f Religion and Philosophy, Economies, Political
Science, Education and Fine Arts. (The requirement is nine
hours fo r students in Engineering and in Chemistry.)
Group 4. Biology, Chemistry, Physics— Six hours, to be taken
m any one o f the three departments, and to include at least one
credit-hour o f laboratory work throughout a year.
Group 5. Mathematics, Astronomy— Six hours, to be taken in
either one o f the two studies; or, no requirement o f hours for
students who pass at entrance to College an examination de
signed to test:
a. Ability to understand a reading problem o f moderate diffi
culty.
b. A moderate degree o f manipulative skill in Algebra, includ
ing factoring and the solving o f simple simultaneous equations and quadratic equations o f moderate difficulty.
c. Ability to make and to understand graphs.
d. Ability to read definitions and to understand exactly what
they mean.
e. Ability to solve originals o f moderate difficulty in Plane
Geometry.
Beginning with the class entering in Septem ber, 1930, rmthe-
Iteretofore' ?°* IS * required subject f or al1 A B - students as
Group 6. Physical Education— For the prescribed amount
ot work m this department, see the statements under the De
partment o f Physical Education.
Students who fail in the required courses o f the freshman
year shall enroll in these courses during the sophomore year.
No deviation from this rule will be allowed except on the writ
ten endorsement o f the course adviser, and after notification to
faded.
^
“
ChargC ° f thC SUbjeCt in Which the ^ d e n t
AU prescribed studies must be completed or in actual process
completion at the beginning o f the senior year except in cases
where such prescribed work is not offered until the second semes
ter ot the senior year.
No substitution of elective for prescribed work where more
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than one semester is involved shall he permitted after the be
ginning of the senior year, nor in any case after the beginning
of the second semester of the senior year.
Application for permission to substitute an elective for a pre
scribed study must be made to the Committee on Prescribed and
Extra W ork on a regular form provided by the Dean for the
purpose.
.
,
II.
E lective Studies.— The remaining work required tor grad
uation may be elected from any department or departments of
the College.
„
The following subjects are open to election, m so tar as tne
exigencies o f the College program will perm it:
Accounting,
Astronomy,
Bible Study,
Botany,
Business Law,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Education,
Engineering,
English,
Eine Arts,
French,
Geology,
German,
Greek,
History,
History o f the Quakers,
History o f Keligion,
History o f Science,
Latin,
Mathematics,
Philosophy,
Physics,
Physiology,
Political Science,
Psychology,
Public Speaking,
Spanish,
Zoology.
III.
M ajor Subject.— Every candidate for graduation is re
quired to select the work of some one department as his major.
In most cases the selection may well be postponed until the be
ginning of the second year. In the department thus chosen the
student must complete 18 hours as a minimum (the pre
scribed work done in the major study to be included in this
minimum), and the professor in charge may, at his option, de
termine the work o f 36 hours, provided six hours shall
not he in his own department. I f the major study is one of the
languages, at least six hours of the prescribed work must be
taken in another language.
Seniors in the General courses o f the College are held for final,
comprehensive examination in the field covered by the depart
ments in which they have m ajored; they are exempt from the
ordinary final examinations in their major subject. The final
comprehensive examinations are given preceding the ordinary
final examinations in May.
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51
I f the m ajor 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 o f 120 hours.
HONORS COURSES
Students who are capable o f doing more independent work
than that required to fulfill the ordinary requirements for the
A.B. degree are allowed to volunteer at the end of the sophomore
year to read for the A.B. degree with honors.* Admission to
the status o f 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 o f 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.
A
* The theory underlying this honors work was outlined hy President Aydelotte
in his inaugural address at Swarthmore College on October 22, 1921, in the followwords •
. ,7 er,hai’S f® ™°S‘ ,undamentally wasteful feature of our educational institutions
s the lack of a higher standard of intellectual attainment. We are educating more
students up to a fair average than any country in the world, but we are wastefully
allowmg 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
The method of doing it seems clear: to give to those students who are really inter
ested in the intellectual life harder and more independent work than could profitably
be given to those whose devotion to matters of the intellect is less keen, to demand of
the former, in the course of their four years’ work, a standard of attainment for the
•B. degree distinctly higher than we require of them at present and comparable,
perhaps, with that which is now reached for the A.M.
“ I do not believe that we should deny to the average, or below average, student the
benefit of a college education. He needs this training, and we need his humanism*
presence in the colleges, but we should not allow him to hold back in his more brilliant
companions from doing that high quality of work which will in the end best justify
the time and money which we spend in education
•r ‘Wi*h th,ese abler students it would be possible to do things which we dare not
attempt with the average. We could allow them to specialise more because their own
alertness of mind would of itself be sufficient to widen their intellectual range and give
them that acquaintance with other studies necessary for a liberal point of view.
“ We could give these better students greater independence in their work, avoiding
the spoon-feeding which makes much 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 of the student should be to prepare himself for these tests
through his own reading and through the instruction offered by the college.”
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large part o f their work is done independently by their own
reading. Honors students attend several group meetings a week,
variously arranged as to subjects in the different divisions. They
may attend as many or as few o f the regular classes o f the
College as they desire, though they are guided in this respect
by the advice o f the Chairman of the division in which they are
reading. The comprehensive examinations at the end o f their
course consist o f from ten to twelve three-hour papers followed
by an oral examination. These tests are conducted not by the
persons who have had charge o f the preparation of the candidates
but by professors from other institutions. On the basis o f these
examinations, Honors students are given the degree of Bachelor
o f Arts with Honors, with High Honors, or with Highest Honors,
as their merits may deserve. Candidates whose work is not o f a
high enough quality to entitle them to any o f these classes may
be given the ordinary A.B. degree without Honors.
Division o f English Literature, M odern History, Philosophy,
and Fine Arts
The Honors work in this division is conducted jointly by the
Departments of English, History, Philosophy, and Fine Arts.
The following combinations of semester seminars in the
different subjects are possible:
1. English Literature 4
Philosophy
2
History
2
2
4
2
2
2
4
2. English Literature 4
Philosophy
2
Fine Arts
2
2
4
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
3 2
2 3
3 3
ENGLISH LITERATURE
The seminars in English literature proceed from generai
studies of the work of major writers to the study o f a selected
period and finally o f a special topic.
1.
A n intensive study o f the more important work of Chaucer
and Shakespeare with special reference to their lives and times.
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53
2. A continuation o f the purposes and plans of the preceding
semester, based on the work of three or four major writers o f
centuries after Shakespeare, representative, as far as possible, of
different periods, forms, and movements. F or 1929-30 the writers
selected were: Milton, Swift, Keats, Meredith.
3. Studies o f the forms, movements, and principal writers of
a limited period, as, The Elizabethan Era, The Restoration and
Eighteenth Century, The Romantic Revival, The Modern Period
(1832 to the present).
4. The study o f a special topic. The work o f this semester
offers an opportunity to carry further interests developed during
earlier parts o f the course. It will include, usually, the prepara
tion o f a critical paper or thesis.
Students attending three semester seminars in English Litera
ture will take 1, 2, and 3. Those attending two such seminars
will take 1 in their Junior year and either 2 or 3 in their Senior
year.
PHILOSOPHY
1. Moral Philosophy. A study, historical and critical, o f the
chief systems o f ethical thought.
2. History o f Modern Philosophy. A study of the develop
ment o f European thought from Bacon and Descartes to the
present day.
3. The Classic Problems o f Philosophy. An intensive study of
selected problems in metaphysics and the theory o f knowledge.
F or students who attend two semester seminars in philosophy,
1 and 2 are recommended. Those attending four such seminars
will consult the department staff regarding their selection o f a
fourth.
(F or details as to these Honors seminars, see succeeding
pages.)
PINE ARTS
1. Medieval English Architecture from the Conqueror to and
including Henry V II, 1509.
2. English Landscape Painting to the death o f Turner.
Prerequisites for students reading for honors in this division
are (1) Course 4, Survey o f English Literature, (2) two three-
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hour courses in Philosophy, (3 ) The History o f Europe, Course
No. 1, and at least the second semester of The History of Great
Britain, Course No. 2.
HISTORY
1. The History o f Great Britain, 1450-1914.
Required of all students combining Honors work in history and English Literature.
Lectures on this period are offered in connection with History 2, as described in the
list of regular history courses given below. Honors students will supplement the
lectures by weekly individual conferences with the instructor, special reading and
reports. No student will be admitted to the more advanced seminars in special
periods of English history until History 2 or this unit have been completed. Students
who have taken History 2 before entering Honors work can postpone the individual
conferences until Senior year if they prefer.
2. Tudor England.
The political, economic, constitutional, and intellectual development of the English
people, 1450-1603; the transition from medieval and feudal to modern and national
ideas and institutions. A seminar. After History 2, or the History of Great Britain,
1450-1914.
3. Stuart England.
The political, economic, constitutional, and intellectual development of the English
people, 1603-1714; the Rebellion, the Commonwealth and Protectorate, the Restora
tion, and the Revolution of 1688. A seminar. After History 2, or the History of
Great Britain, 1450-1914.
4. Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century.
The political, constitutional, economic, and diplomatic history of Great Britain,
1783-1914; the problems involved in the readjustment of British institutions to the
conditions of life in the industrial era; the romantic movement; the lives and letters
of the statesmen, reformers, thinkers, and some of the writers during this period.
A seminar. After History 2, or the History of Great Britain, 1450-1914.
5. The Origins o f the W orld War.
An intensive, critical study of the documents and the controversial literature for
this problem. A reading knowledge of French is essential; a reading knowledge of
German is valuable. Students are expected to have attended, or to attend, the lec
tures on this subject in Course 10. A seminar, limited in number; special permission
must be secured from the instructor.
6. History Thesis.
Seniors who secure special permission in advance can devote their third or fourt
unit of history to a thesis based on the sources for a topic growing out of one of their
seminars, or for any topic for which adequate sources are available (as in the Friends
Historical Library) and which is approved by the department. The history depart
ment is ready to accept thesis subjects developed from the student s work m Englis
literature whenever they are susceptible of historical treatment.
Students taking two units of history must take the History
of Great Britain, 1450-1914, and one o f the seminars offered on
Tudor England, Stuart England, or Great Britain in the Nine-
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teenth Century. History 1 is prerequisite to any Honors seminar
in history. History 7, The Renaissance, History 8, the Puritan
Rebellion, and History 12, Historical Fiction, will be valuable
for the seminars on Tudor and Stuart England; History 9, the
History of Europe in the Nineteenth Century, and History 10,
the History o f Europe since 1900, will be valuable for the seminar
on Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century.
Division o f the Social Sciences
The Honors work in the Division o f the Social Sciences is
conducted jointly by the Departments o f Political Science, Eco
nomics, History and Philosophy. Students are permitted to do
an equal amount o f work, i.e., two semester seminars, in each of
the four subjects named above; or they may devote themselves
to any three o f them. In the latter event they may elect either
(1) to take four semester seminars in one subject and two each
in two others; or (2) to take three semester seminars in each of
two subjects and two in one other. (Details as to this work are
given on succeeding pages.)
Students who wish to read for honors in this division should
take during the first two years o f their college work, preferably
in the sophomore year, the following courses in each o f the three
(or four) subjects they expect to present for the final compre
hensive examination: The History o f Europe; either American
Political Parties and American Federal Government, or Govern
ments and Parties; Principles of Economics; and either Logic,
or Scientific Methods, and either Introduction to Philosophy, or
a course equivalent to the latter.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
1. History o f Political Philosophy.
It is the purpose of the readings in the History of Political Philosophy to acquaint
students with the ideas which have been expressed by the most original thinkers
regarding the origin, nature, and purposes of the state, and the obligations of citizens.
In addition to these inclusive headings they are expected to note and make com
parisons on the following: nature and uses of political philosophy, of political science;
the status of women; slavery and labor systems; business, money, interest (usury),
foreign trade, property, communism, and other economic problems in their political
aspects; military training and war; classification of forms of government; theory of
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revolutions; contract theories of the state; sovereignty; separation of powers, checks
and balances; definitions of law; materialistic conception of history; and the guild
state. Particular attention is to be given to the philosophical doctrines which have
influenced the constitutions of England and the United States, thus interrelating the
study of political theories with the study of political institutions.
2. Political Institutions o f the United States.
Readings in the Political Institutions of the United States are designed to introduce
the student to the present structures and functions of this government in considerable
detail, to enable him to understand the principal problems which confront it and
the principal solutions which are offered to these problems. While the primary organs
and functions of the government are to receive a major share of attention, supple
mentary assignments deal with the civil service, state and local government, party
organizations, public opinion, the church, and certain typical social and economic
organizations. No attempt is made to deal with the historical development of the Con
stitution of the United States, the student being expected to prepare himself in this
field by his own reading or by the readings offered in history and in the history of
political philosophy. Similarly he must develop the economic and ethical aspects of
American political problems on his own account or with the aid of readings offered
in these fields.
3. Contemporary Democracies and Dictatorships.
Readings in Contemporary Democracies and Dictatorships are designed to develop
the nature of democracy as contrasted with other forms of government, to familiarize
the student with the general structure and functions of the principal democratic
governments of the world today, and more particularly with the criticisms which are
made with greatest force against these governments. Ancient and Medieval democracies
are not considered, but the. student is expected to have familiarized himself somewhat
with them in his readings in history and in the history of political philosophy.
Among dictatorships attention is centered in Fascism in Italy and Sovietism in Russia
with the purpose of ascertaining how far their practice has succeeded in remedying
defects ascribed to democracy.
4. A Special Topic in Political Science.
Students who wish to present a fourth subject in political science should make
application to do so before the end of their Junior year. If granted, a theme will
be selected and reading assigned to be accomplished during the ensuing summer
vacation and, as far as other honors obligations permit, during the first semester of
the Senior year. The writing of the thesis will he carried on during the second
semester of the Senior year, weekly meetings with the instructor being arranged for
consultation regarding further reading and the work of composition. Theses must
he completed and typed for submission to outside examiners one week before the
beginning of the written examination period.
5. International Law and Organization.
No attempt is made in this seminar to cover the whole of this vast field. Students
are expected to learn what international law is, how it has developed and how it
operates. To this end, selected portions, particularly of the law of peace, will be
studied in some detail, using all available source material: cases, incidents, treaties,
and the works of publicists. Attention will also be given to such organs of inter
national government as, the League, World Court, Hague Tribunal, etc.
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ECONOMICS
1. The Economic History o f the United States.
/This course of reading will deal with the chief topics of American economic history.
The Colonial economy will be first studied briefly, and the student will then proceed
to the national period. The economic causes of the Revolution and the economic
influences in the formation of the Constitution will be traced. The rise of manu
facturing, the western movement and agriculture, slavery and the Civil War will be
studied in some detail. Transportation, the growth of big business and governmental
regulation, the tariff, banking and currency, national finance, and the labor move
ment will, because of their present-day significance, receive a larger proportionate
share of attention.
2. Economic Problems.
It is the purpose of this seminar to acquaint the student with the factors which
must be taken into consideration in attempting to solve a number of contemporary
economic problems. Topics covered will include the development of consumer credit,
modern methods of corporate finance, public policy with reference to industrial combi
nation, the control of cyclical fluctuations in business, the shaping of Federal tax policy,
the protective tariff, international indebtedness, trade unionism and the settlement of
industrial disputes.
3. The Development o f Economic Thought.
This is a critical and historical study of the writings of the most eminent econo
mists from the Mercantilists to the present day. The selections from the Mercantilists
and the Physiocrats given by Monroe in “Early Economic Thought” will be read first,
to be followed by selected readings from the writings of Adam Smith, Malthus,
Ricardo, J. S. Mill, Karl Marx, Henry George, W. S. Jevons, J. B. Clark, Alfred
Marshall, Thorstein Veblen, and Gustav Cassel. In addition every student will be
required to read “The History of Economic Doctrines,” by Gide and Rist.
4. Social Economics.
This seminar covers in greater detail the ground covered in the course in Eco
nomics No. 7, Social Economics, investigating the sources of waste and inefficiency in
modern industry, attempting to discover the extent to which business contributes to
human welfare, examining conflicting interpretations of the economic system presented
by a number of contemporary writers and concluding with a critical analysis of various
proposals for economic reform.
HISTORY
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The History o f Great Britain, 1450-1914.
Tudor England.
Stuart England.
Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century.
The Origins o f the W orld War.
(These units are described in the section above on the Division of English Litera
ture, etc.)
6. The Supreme Court and American Industrial Society.
American constitutional history, with especial emphasis on recent Supreme Court
decisions involving economic concepts and affecting the social and economic organi
zation of American society. Most of the work is done in the cases; some knowledge
of economic and political theory is taken for granted. A seminar, limited in num
bers; special permission must be secured from the instructor.
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7. History Thesis.
Seniors who secure special permission in advance can devote their third or fourth
unit of history to a thesis based on the sources for a topic growing out of one of
their seminars, or for any topic for which adequate sources are available (as m the
Friends Historical Library) and which is approved by the department. The history
department is very ready to accept thesis subjects developed from the student’s work
in economics, political science, or philosophy whenever they are susceptible of historical
treatment; it is also ready to direct groups of three or more students writing theses
on related topics.
8. International Law and Organization.
This seminar can, with special permission, be counted as a unit of history by Honors
students majoring in history.
A ll students in this Division who choose history as one of
their three or four subjects must take at least one unit in a
period of English history; students who have completed His
tory 2 can take one of the seminars in English history or the unit
on the History of Great Britain, 1450-1914, while all other stu
dents must take the latter unit. The second history unit must
he one of the seminars in English history, or the seminar on the
Origins o f the W orld War, or the seminar on The Supreme Court
and American Industrial Society. Third or fourth units are to
be selected in consultation with the department. History 1 is
prerequisite for any Honors work in history. History 3 and
History 4, the History o f the United States, are valuable for
advanced work in economics or political science, and for the
seminar on the Supreme Court. History 7, the Renaissance, His
tory 8, the Puritan Rebellion, and History 12, Historical F ic
tion, are valuable for any Honors work in English History.
History 9, the History o f Europe in the Nineteenth Century, and
History 10, the History o f Europe since 1900, are valuable for
the seminars on Great Britain in the Nineteenth Century and
the Origins of the W orld War.
PHILOSOPHY
Honors study in philosophy may be pursued in combination
with many different subjects. Honors students in the Social
Sciences, English Literature, Mathematics, Classics, French,
German, Biology and Chemistry are all allowed, subject to the
approval o f their divisional staff, to offer philosophy as one
subject for their final Honors examination. Students who so
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elect are expected (1) to have completed before entry into
Honors study at least two semester courses o f three hours each
in philosophy, and (2) to take not less than two nor more than
four o f their eight examination papers in this field.
Papers for which the department of philosophy is already
undertaking to prepare Honors students are as follow s:
1. Moral Philosophy.
Honors instruction in moral philosophy is given in the first semester of each year,
the staff of the department co-operating in giving it. The work is of a much more
advanced character than is expected in courses. An extended syllabus of reading has
been prepared and may be secured on application to a member of the staff.
2. History o f Modern Philosophy.
Honors instruction in this field is given in the second semester of each year by all
members of the department. Extended syllabus of readings, paper-topics and review
questions to be had on application.
3. The Classic Problems o f Philosophy.
Preparation in this subject consists of a semester of reading and discussion in meta
physics and the theory of knowledge. Typical topics of study are: the nature of
truth, the issue between realism and idealism, the problem of body and mind, causation
and the question of freedom, the nature of the self, problems of space and time.
4. Logic and Scientific Method.
This subject is approached at about the level of difficulty offered by Joseph’s In tr o
duction to L og ic. It is designed primarily for students in the scientific divisions,
though both deductive and inductive types of reasoning are reviewed. Given as called
for.
Students who offer two subjects in philosophy at their final
examination will ordinarily be expected to offer 1 and 2 above,
though with the approval o f the divisional staff other subjects
may be offered instead.
Division of Mathematics, Astronom y, and Physics
The Honors work in the Division of Mathematics, Astronomy
and Physics is under the direction o f a committee consisting of
Professors Dresden, Garrett, Marriott, Pitman and Wright.
Students who expect to do Honors work in the Division of
Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics, should arrange their work
during the first two years in such a way as to have completed
before the beginning o f the Junior year the introductory courses
in Algebra, Trigonometry, Plane Analytical Geometry and Cal
culus, the introductory course in Physics and should have a
reading knowledge o f German. It is strongly recommended that
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an required work be completed by the end of tbe sophomore year.
Their work during the Junior and Senior years should be
designed to perfect and extend their knowledge o f the intro
ductory subjects and to give them a fair measure of mastery m
a number o f more advanced subjects. They wül normally be ex
pected to take eight examinations at the end of their Senior
year. The fields to be covered by the examinations are to be
selected, in consultation with the committee in charge, from the
foUowing list:
L 2 S £ S T o S a ^ Differential Equations. Analytic Geometry, Projective Geom
etrt w
ot Equktions, Modern Algebraic Theories Analytic MechamcB Vec or
Analysis, Theory of Probabilities, Theory of Functions of a Complex Varmble, P
sophical Aspects of Mathematics.
2’ (^neral^Survey
Practical Astronomy including Measurement and
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Theory and Practice of Stellar Parallax, Theory of OrbRs, CelesLal
Mechanics.
3. Physics.
Electricity, Light, Heat, and Atomic Physics.
The distribution of the fields for examination over the three
departments represented in this Division, and the particular
fields in these departments to be selected will be determined each
year in accordance with the special interests o f the students
concerned. It will, however, be expected that, m general, at
least one field be selected from each o f the three departments
and that more concentrated study, covering at least four Helds,
b© carried on in one o f tbe departments.
p h y s ic s
Honors courses which include Physics may be pursued in the
following combinations. The subjects in each group are m alpha
betic order and the division o f time between them is dependent
upon the m ajor interest o f the student.
I. Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics
II. Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
III.
Chemistry, Physics, Physiology and Zoology
The following branches of physics are available for Honors
work: Electricity, light, heat, and atomic physics. Any one oi
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these branches is expected to occupy about one-half of a student’s
time fo r one semester. Laboratory practice and the reading of
theoretical physics are arranged to supplement each other. Two
years o f college mathematics and one year o f college physics are
prerequisite.
A student who desires to pursue physics primarily will be
expected to prepare himself for four papers in physics, two in
mathematics, and two in chemistry. A paper in astronomy or
in scientific method may be substituted for one o f the chemistry
units where it seems desirable. General inorganic chemistry is
prerequisite for Honors work in chemistry. The language re
quirement is to be met by a reading knowledge o f ordinary and
scientific German.
Division o f French
The Honors Course in French aims to give students a good
understanding o f the various forms o f French civilization
through extensive and intensive study in four main fields:
history, language, ideas, literature. The amount o f time devoted
to these different phases o f civilization may be shown by the
ratio of 1, 3, 1, 3. In addition, each student is required to do
special work on some restricted subject in one o f these four fields.
Students who plan to work in this field should arrange to take
the following elective courses during their Freshman and Sopho
more years: History 1, Philosophy 6 (b ), and Latin 1, (unless
they have had four years o f Latin in High School).
This course runs through the Junior and Senior years of
undergraduate work. A t the end o f the Senior year, students
who are candidates for the degree o f B.A., with Honors in
French will be examined by outside examiners in the following
subjects (nine examinations, maximum duration o f each exam
ination : three hours) :
A. History.
1. Political development of France. Society and art in relation to literature.
B. Language.
2. Outline history of the French language as given in Nyrop’s Gram m aire historique
de la langue fra n çaise, Vol. I, Part 1 ; and in the introduction of the Ghrestomathie
du M oyen A g e, by Langlois and Paris. This means a general knowledge of the develop
ment of the language from classical Latin to modern French; a knowledge of the
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simpler rules of historical grammar, and the ability to read extracts from the Ohreatomentioned above. The Ohanaon de B oland will be read in the original
(Jenkins’ edition).
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3. Practical phonetics. A detailed knowledge of the sounds of modern French;
ability to pronounce correctly, to converse fluently, and to transcribe sounds of modern
French in the international phonetic alphabet.
4. Spanish or Italian. The ability to read and translate either Spanish or Italian
prose of ordinary difficulty; also the ability to understand and reply to simple questions in one of these languages.
m athie
C. Ideas.
5. History of ideas in France from the Middle Ages to Bergson.
D. Literature.
6. French Literature, §j A general knowledge of French literature from the be
ginnings to the end of the seventeenth century, with special study of certain texts.
7. French Literature, II. A general knowledge of French literature of the eighteenth
and the first half of the nineteenth centuries, with special study of certain texts.
8. French Literature, III. A general knowledge of French literature from 18501925, with special study of certain texts.
Special Subject.
9 An intensive study of an approved subject dealing with language, history, or
literature, to be carried on independently by each student under the supervision of
the tutor in charge.
A ll papers, with the exception o f number 4, will be set in
French. Candidates will be required to use French exclusively
in the seminar meetings and in the final examinations, written
and oral.
Paper number 4 is usually handled by the local department.
At the discretion of the examiners, however, it may be included
in the final examinations.
Numbers 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 o f the regular
college courses in French (see Swarthmore College catalogue for
1930, pp. 134-136 are recommended as part preparation for
papers 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
A list of the texts which have been used for special study in
preparation for papers 6, 7 and 8 will be furnished the ex
aminers each year before the examination papers are set.
Division o f the Classics
The work of students reading fo r Classical Honors shall in
clude the following subjects:
(1 ) History o f ancient Greek and Roman civilization;
(2 ) Intensive study o f a special period o f Greek or Roman history (e. g.,
Solon to the end o f the Peloponnesian War, the Gracchi to N e r o );
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(3 )
(4 )
(5 )
(6 )
Greek
Greek
Greek
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philosophy;
or Latin prose composition and sight reading;
or Latin prose authors (a selected g rou p );
or Latin poets (a selected g rou p );
Two additional subjects may be taken in some other Honors
division or selected from the following list, including 1':
(1 ')
(2 ')
(3 ')
(4 ')
(5 ')
(6 ')
(7 ')
(8 ')
An additional group o f selected authors, Greek or Latin;
A second additional group o f selected authors;
Prose composition and sight reading in the second language;
New Testament Greek;
Greek and Boman archaeology;
Greek and Boman religion;
Greek and Boman literary theory;
Greek and Boman political thought.
In connection with the work for subjects 2, 3, 5, and 6 the
student will be expected to attend seminars; weekly papers will
be required in the history and philosophy seminars, less fre
quent papers in the others; a long paper on either a historical
or a philosophical topic will be required o f the student toward
the end o f his Junior year. The work o f the student in subjects
1 and 4 and in subjects 7 and 8, i f taken in this Honors division,
will be guided and tested in tutorialhours, which thestudent
will be expected to attend each week. The usual schedule o f
seminars will be as follow s:
Odd years: 1st semester— Latin prose authors.
2nd semester— Special period o f Roman history.
Even years: 1st semester— Latin poets.
2nd semester— Greek philosophy.
Division of German
The work o f students reading for honors in German is directed
by Professor Newport.
The requirements are as follows:
(a) The power to write and speak German fluently and cor
rectly.
(b ) A thorough acquaintance with German literature from the
beginnings. The monuments written in Old High German may
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be read in translation into modern German.
High German must be read in the original.
Those in Middle
(c )
Two elective studies from the following: The Develop
ment o f the German Language; Philosophy with special stress on
German Philosophy; History o f Germany from the Earliest
Times; Economics and Political Science with special reference to
the achievements o f the Germans in these fields.
Division of Chemistry
Honors instruction in Chemistry, conducted in seminars, lec
tures, and in the laboratory, is provided in Inorganic Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, and in Theoretical Chemistry. In both organic
and theoretical chemistry students are prepared for either one
or two papers (an elementary' paper and an advanced p a p e r);
in other subjects for one paper only. In organic and theoretical
chemistry Honors instruction is given throughout the year; in
the other subjects in one semester of each year. A n extended
program o f study, paper-topics and review questions is in the
course o f preparation and when ready may be obtained on appli
cation to the Professor of Chemistry.
Honors students in the divisions of Mathematics, Astronomy
and Physics, Physiology-Zoology, and Engineering are permitted,
subject to the approval o f the staff of their division, to offer
Chemistry as one subject for their final examination, provided
they have completed at least six hours in Chemistry before start
ing to read for Honors.
Students majoring in Chemistry who propose to read for
Honors in this division should have taken, prior to entering
upon this work, the courses prescribed on page 76 or page 77.
Those majoring in Chemistry, in Arts, may be admitted to
Honors work at the beginning o f their Junior year, and, in A p
plied Science, at the beginning o f their Senior year, provided
they have shown satisfactory proficiency in their work of the
preceding years. In addition to their Honors study, students
majoring in Chemistry, in Arts, are required to take a course in
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quantitative analysis and to complete their language requirement
during their Junior year.
Honors students in Chemistry, in Arts, are required (a) to
distribute their Honors work between three Departments in the
Division o f Mathematics and the Natural Sciences, and (b) to
take at the end o f their Senior year eight examination papers
as follows:
!• Not less than four nor more than five papers in Chem
istry, distributed as follows: Inorganic Chemistry (one
paper), Organic Chemistry (one or two papers), Theo
retical Chemistry (one or two pa p ers);
II. One paper in Physics;
III. The remaining papers in subjects selected from the fol
lowing : Mathematics, Physics, Philosophy, PhysiologyZoology and Bio-Chemistry.
Records o f laboratory work are to be ready for submission to
the external examiners at least a week before the beginning of
the written examination period.
Honors students in Chemistry, in Applied Science, are re
quired to take at the end o f their Senior year four examination
papers. A ll o f these papers may be taken in Chemistry or in
the subjects o f any o f the following combinations:
I. Chemistry and Engineering.
II. Chemistry and Mathematics.
III. Chemistry and Physics.
Records of laboratory work are to be ready for submission to
the external examiners at least a week before the beginning of
the written examination period.
Division of Education
Education Honors work is usually taken as a minor in con
nection with a major in Social Studies, English, or one o f the
other recognized divisions.
Pour units are offered as follow s:
Educational Psychology
Modern Scientific Method in Education
Philosophy o f Education
Educational Sociology
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F or students taking the Education minor a field work pro
gram is arranged to meet the observation and practice teaching
requirements of Pennsylvania and other states. A limited num
ber o f students will, however, he admitted to Education Honors
as majors. Prerequisites for Honors work in education are the
Introduction to Education (Education No. 1) and Educational
Psychology (Education No. 2 ). The readings and conferences
are supplemented by a systematic program of school visits.
Division of Engineering
The Honors work o f the Division o f Engineering is conducted
jointly by the Departments of Civil, Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering. A t the end o f the Sophomore year those excep
tional students who are qualified may make application for per
mission to read for Honors in engineering. This means that
each student, with the aid o f the Engineering faculty, de
signs his own regime so as to advance his technology or to cover
more economic or industrial subjects than the rigid engineering
program permits. Laboratories for research are available for
students in Honors.
Division of Physiology-Zoology
Three combinations of Honors Courses are available for stu
dents in this division: Physiology, General Zoology and Bio
physics. In each case the work extends throughout the Junior
and Senior years but it is so arranged as to permit every student
to carry the equivalent o f three hours o f non-scientific course
work during that period.
A . Physiology. The work in this group is designed to meet
the needs o f pre-medical students and those primarily interested
in the physiological aspects of zoology. The Honors Courses
required in this combination are Physics, Bio-physics, Physiology
o f Muscle and Nerve, Physiology o f Circulation and Respiration,
Organic Chemistry, Comparative Anatomy, Cytology (including
Histology and Em bryology), Scientific Method and Logie.
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B. General Zoology. This combination o f courses offers a
broader training in the general field o f zoology than is possible
under A . The Honors units include Comparative Anatomy, An
thropology, Organic Evolution, Physiology o f Muscle and Nerve,
Physiology o f Circulation and Respiration, Cytology (including
Histology and Em bryology), Organic Chemistry, Scientific
Method and Logic.
C. Bio-physics. The Departments o f Physics and Physiology—
Zoology jointly offer this group o f courses for those students
who have interests and ability in both the physical and natural
sciences. The combination is designed to train students for re
search in one o f the most promising fields o f scientific investiga
tion. Eight units o f Honors work are taken and must be so
selected as to include two in Physics, two in Physiology, one in
Mathematics, one in Chemistry, one in Bio-physics and one in
Cytology.
Division of Botany
Honors work in the Division o f Botany is open to those who
have qualified by good work in science courses during the first
two years o f College, and who have fulfilled the College require
ments in Mathematics and Language.
W ork in this division is given in Morphology, Cytology, Physi
ology, Evolution, Taxonomy, Genetics and Biological History.
The Honor student may also present Physics, Zoology or Chem
istry as part o f his program in Botany Honors, subject to the
approval o f the staff of the division.
Laboratories fo r research are available for students reading
for Honors.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR HONORS STUDENTS
Beginning with September, 1930, the foreign language require
ments o f Honors students will he the same as o f all students of
the College. (See page 47.)
RULE COVERING CASES OF STUDENTS DROPPING HONORS WORK
It is, o f course, expected that Honors students will continue
normally in Honors work for two years, being examined only at
the end o f that time, except fo r a reading knowledge o f lan
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guages as provided in the regulations dealing with that subject.
Only reasons of a grave character justify a student in giving
up Honors work, or the faculty o f the group in dropping a stu
dent, prior to the end o f the two-year period. Whenever neces
sary such action should be decided upon immediately prior to
the end o f a semester. In all such cases the student involved
shall take an examination in each of the subjects covered during
his continuance in Honors work, and be given hours o f credit
equivalent to the total number o f hours he would have earned
in ordinary courses during the same period, with grades deter
mined by the degree o f success attained in the said examina
tions. The number o f hours o f credit to be assigned the student
in each subject he has pursued in Honors work shall be deter
mined by the head o f the Honors group concerned in consultation
with his colleagues o f the same group.
E X T E R N A L EXA M IN E R S, HONORS EXAM IN ATION S,
1929
The following professors in other colleges and universities
served as examiners in the Honors examinations in May, 1929,
setting and grading the written papers, conducting oral exam
inations, and determining the ratings o f the Honors graduates
of the Class o f 1929:
Eng. Literature
Dr. H oyt H. Hudson
Princeton University
Professor Eobert Seoon
Princeton University
Philosophy
Dr. Walton H. Hamilton
Tale University Law School
History
Dr. Conyers Bead
University o f Chicago
History
Dr. Eobert M. Maclver
Columbia University
Economics
Dr. Albert A. Bennett
Brown University
Mathematics
Dr. Charles P. Obvier
University o f Pennsylvania
Astronomy
Dr. George Winchester
Eutgers University
Physics
Dr. Wm. C. Greene
Harvard University
Classics
P rof. Bancroft Beatley
Harvard University
Education
Dr. Henry C. Bazett
University o f Pennsylvania
Physiology
Dr. E. L. Bang
University o f Pennsylvania
Genetics
Pres. Harvey N. Davis
Stevens Institute o f Technology Engineering
Westinghouse Elec. & M fg. Co. Engineering
Mr. Mansfield Dudley
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COURSE A D V ISE R S
The course advisers of Freshmen and Sophomores are the
Dean of the College, the Dean of Men and the Dean o f Women.
For General students in the Junior and Senior classes, the ad
visers are the professors in charge o f the subjects they have
selected as majors ; and for Honors students the advisers are the
heads o f their Honors divisions.
Effective with the class entering in September, 1930, the
course advising o f Freshman and Sophomores will be done by
the Deans in cooperation with the Heads of Departments in
which the students are majoring. A student who has chosen his
major will plan his course with the aid of one o f the Deans and
o f the Head o f his Major Department, both of whose signatures
must appear on his registration card. Until a student chooses a
m ajor he is advised by one o f the Deans.
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 Work
at the written request o f the course adviser. A ll students ex
cept those desiring credit for intercollegiate debating must gam
permission o f the Committee on Prescribed and Extra W ork
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 obtain the
endorsement o f the head of the department concerned before
entering upon the Work.
REM O VAL OF CONDITIONS
Members of the graduating class must make up all outstand
ing conditions and deficiencies by the end o f the first semester of
the Senior year, and no student whose record is not then clear
shall be considered a candidate for graduation in that year.
A ll conditions must be made up in the semester immediately
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following that in which the work reported as conditioned was
done, and as early in the semester as possible; except that by
special permission o f the professor concerned the time for mak
ing up the condition may be extended to the second semester
following in case (1) the course for which the condition was
imposed was not repeated until said second semester, and (2) it is
considered necessary by the professor that the student should
make up part or all o f the class or laboratory work involved at
the time the course is repeated. A ny condition not made up
within a year from the time it is imposed shall thereafter have
the effect upon the records o f an E, i. e., complete failure, which
cannot be made up.
SYSTEM OF GRADES
Instructors report to the Dean’s office four times a year upon
the work o f students in the General Courses. A t mid-semesters
the reports simply indicate Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory. A t
the end o f each semester formal grades are given in each course
under the letter system, by which A means excellent work; B
means good work; G means fair work; D means poor work, and
E shows failure. W signifies withdrawn and Cond. signifies
conditioned in the course.
Report are sent to parents four times a year, and to students
at mid-semesters and at mid-year.
The mark “ conditioned” shall be reported for only two rea
sons: (1) fo r 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 o f
the first course or in the second semester o f a year’s course; (2)
when the work o f a course is complete; that is, when the work
done in the course is satisfactory with the exception o f a small,
definite part o f i t ; for example, the writing o f a theme, the read
ing o f an assignment, or the taking o f a final examination. The
mark “ conditioned” shall not be given to a student whose work
in a course has been below the passing grade. Such a student
shall be reported E (failed).
When the reports o f grades are filed at the Dean’s office, the
exact character o f the conditions imposed will be defined, and
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the nature o f the work required to remove conditions reported
in writing. The student will then he notified by the Dean o f the
terms o f the conditions.
ABSEN CES FROM E X A M IN ATIO N
A ny student who is absent from an examination, announce
ment o f which was made in advance o f the date o f the examina
tion, shall he given an examination at another than the scheduled
hour only after presentation by the student to the instructor in
charge o f the course (1) o f a certificate from the Committee on
Absences that the student has submitted a written statement
satisfactorily explaining the cause making the absence from ex
amination imperatively necessary, and (2) o f a receipt from the
office o f the superintendent for a fee o f $2. This fee shall be
remitted only in the case of duly certified quarantine. In case
o f continuous illness the maximum fee shall be $5.
No examinations in absentia shall be permitted. This rule
shall be interpreted to mean that instructors shall give examina
tions only at the college and under direct departmental super
vision.
ABSENCES FROM CLASSES
Each instructor shall make on the form provided for the pur
pose daily reports o f student absences to the offices o f the Dean.
A ll powers of supervision and discipline over student absences
are vested in a Committee on Absences to be composed o f the
Dean o f the College, the Dean o f Men, the Dean o f Women, ex
Officio, and other faculty members appointed annually by the
President o f the College, who shall designate the Chairman of
the Committee from among its members.
The absence regulations fo r 1930-1931 are as follow s:
1. The following allowances must cover absences for all causes,
including short periods o f illness, except that one-half absences
shall be counted for each hour of absence due to representing
the College away from home on athletic and debate teams.
2. Each student shall be allowed as many absences from class
in each course per semester as there are hours in that course, i. e.,
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three absences for a three-hour per week course, two absences
for a two-hour per week course.
3. A n y student with an average o f 2.3 or above shall be
allowed double this number of absences; this ruling is to become
effective the semester following the recording o f the grades in
the Dean’s Office.
4. A t its discretion the Absence Committee may excuse ab
sences in excess of two-thirds the allowed number, when such
absences are due to prolonged illness.
5. A student absent from his last scheduled class before any
holiday or vacation, or absent from his first scheduled class after
any holiday or vacation, shall be required to make one hour
credit for graduation in addition to the requirements as stated
in the College Bulletin.
6. Each unexcused absence in excess o f the number allotted
for each course under the proposed system shall be penalized by
the loss o f one hour’s credit toward graduation.
7. A ll excuses for absence shall be acted upon exclusively by
the Absence Committee.
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.
D EGREES
BACHELOR OP ARTS
‘
•
BACHELOR OP SCIENCE
The degrees o f Bachelor o f Arts and Bachelor o f Sciences are
conferred upon students who have complied with the require
ments for graduation as stated on pages 45-50.
DEGREES
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MASTER OF ARTS
MASTER OF SCIENCE
1. The degrees of Master of Arts and Master of Sciences may
be conferred upon graduates o f Swarthmore College or o f other
institutions of satisfactory standing who spend at least a year
in residence at this College, pursuing a course of study approved
by the faculty. Each candidate for the Master’s degree must
prepare a satisfactory thesis on a subject assigned by the
professor in charge o f the m ajor subject, and must pass a final
oral examination before a committee o f the faculty. In recent
years comparatively few students have been accepted for work
for the Master’s degree. Terms for admission and for fulfillment
of the faculty requirements will be supplied upon application
to the Dean.
ADVANCED ENGINEERING DEGREES
The advanced degrees o f 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 of responsibility and trust at the time of appli
cation.
3. He must make application and submit an outline o f the
thesis he expects to present, one full year before the advanced
degree is to be conferred. A fter this application is made he
will receive an outlined course o f study to pursue during the
year.
4. The thesis must be submitted for approval, and satisfactory
evidence given that the reading requirement has been met one
calendar month before the time o f granting the degree.
5. Every candidate shall pay a registration fee o f $5 and an
additional fee o f $20 when the degree is conferred.
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D E P A R T M E N T S A N D CO U R SES O F IN S T R U C T IO N
Botany
Professor Samuel Copeland Palmer is in charge o f the work
o f this Department. The purpose o f this Department is to give
an opportunity to the student to secure a broad knowledge o f the
fundamentals o f biology as based on the botanical sciences. Be
sides the courses in botany a course is given in geology, which
is useful to the student in understanding the principles o f evolu
tion, earth contours, soils, and problems in distribution. The
course in genetics covers not only the principles o f good breed
ing o f plants and animals generally, but includes the application
o f these to man and race betterment. Attention is given also to
forestry, which is destined to become a question o f ever increas
ing importance to mankind.
Numerous libraries, museums and parks in and around Phila
delphia offer unusual opportunities to students to carry on in
vestigations in the botanical sciences.
1. General Botany.
Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
This course is designed to give the student a broad view of the general field of
Botany. Ability to nse a microscope is a necessary part of this course.
2. Plant Physiology. Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.
A course with laboratory work designed to give the pupil an insight into the
fundamentals of plant function.
3. Evolution, Genetics, and Eugenics. Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
The first part of this course is designed to give the student an insight into the
theories of Evolution and closely related subjects. The greater part of the course deals
with the fundamental principles of Genetics. Some time is given toward the end of
the course to the application of the principles of Genetics to Eugenics.
4. Taxonomy. Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.
This course is devoted to a study of the horticultural as well as native species and
varieties of the campus and woods. A large number of species are available for
comparison.
9. Special Topics. Professor Palmer.
Open to Seniors who wish to do special advanced work. Hours to be arranged with
the professor.
10. Geology. Professor Palmer.
T hree hours a w eek secon d sem ester.
A lecture course in general geology designed to acquaint the student with the forces
at work fashioning the earth into its present form. Some time will be given to the
study of Historical Geology, with special reference to the problem of evolution.
COURSES
OF
INSTRUCTION
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Chemistry
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor H. Jermain Creighton. Dr. Edward H. Cox is Asso
ciate Professor and Dr. Duncan G. Foster is Assistant Professor
o f Chemistry; Walter B. Keighton, Jr., is Assistant.
This department does not aim to develop specialists in any
particular branch o f chemistry, but to present opportunities for
comprehensive training in the fundamental principles o f the
science. Upon successful completion of the courses given by the
department, a student is prepared to take up graduate work in
chemistry at any leading university or to secure a position in
one o f the many industries employing chemists. Those who
possess ability for advanced study and research are strongly
urged to take one or more years o f graduate work, since in this
way they will do much to increase their proficiency in their
careers as chemists.
Students intending to prepare for the medical profession will
find it to their advantage to take as many as possible o f the fol
lowing courses in Chemistry: Nos. X, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9. O f these,
Courses Nos. 1, 2, 6 and 7 are the more important for the pre
medical student.
Students majoring in Chemistry may follow either one o f two
courses o f study: (1) A course leading to the degree o f A.B., re
quiring 120 semester hours in prescribed and elective subjects
with a like number o f quality points; (2) A course leading to the
degree o f S.B., requiring 140 semester hours in prescribed and
elective subjects, with 120 hours o f quality points. Both of these
degrees may be taken with honors. A statement o f the Honors
courses in the Division o f Chemistry is given on pages 64-65.
Students proposing to take the degree o f A.B. in Chemistry
are advised to select in their freshman and sophomore years the
courses given in the accompanying table. It is essential that
these courses be selected by all students who expect to enter the
Honors Division o f Chemistry, in Arts, in their Junior year.
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FIRST TEAR
Hours per Week
First Semester
or
History of Ethics...........................
Total Hours.......................
Second Semester
3
3
2
3
3
2
Total Hours.......................
16
SECOND YEAR
Hours per Week
First Semester
3
3
4
3
3
Total Hours.......................
16
Second Semester
3
3
4
3
2
Total Hours.......................
15
The course in Chemistry in Applied Science, leading to the
degree o f B.S., includes all the prescribed work in chemistry re
quired for the degree o f A.B. as well as training in certain en
gineering subjects which will be o f great value to the student
who wishes, after graduation, to secure a position in certain in
dustries or to enter upon the study of chemical engineering at
some graduate school. The course in Chemistry in Applied
Science is prescribed for four years as follows:
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FRESHMAN YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week
First Semester
Class
Literature and Composition----
3
2
3
3
2
-- L '
—
---
1
2
3
6
3
—
Totals.........................
16
12
Algebra...................................
Analytic Geometry..................
German..................................
Literature and Composition....
General Inorganic...................
Engineering Problems.............
Drawing and Shop Practice....
2
3
3
3
2
— -
Credits
Lab’y
.
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
—
18
Second Semester
Mathematics 1 ....
Mathematics 4 .---Group 2...............
English 1.........\. .
Chemistry 1.........
Engineering 1.......
Engineering 3......
Physical Education
Totals
—
2
15
—
—
3
6
6
3
3
3
3
2
2
15
18
—
—
SOPHOMORE YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week
First Semester
Engineering 5.............................
Drawing and Shop Practice....
Physical Education.....................
Totals.........................
Class
Lab’y
Credits
3
3
1
3
—
2
2
_
6
3
6
3
3
3
4
2
—
—
14
15
17
—
Second Semester
Engineering 6.............................
Elements of Electrical En
gineering .............................
Totals.........................
6
3
3
3
3
3
4
2
2
—
2
17
9
18
3
3
3
1
3
— .
—
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JUNIOR TEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week
First Semester
Lab’y
Credito
2
2
1
9
3
3
6
2
3
3
3
3
3
10
21
17
2
2
9
3
-1
2
3
3
3
3
Chemistry 14.............................. Chemical Thermodynamics and
Equilibrium...........................
2
—
2
Totals.........................
11
13
16
Class
2
3
Totals.........................
Second Semester
2
3
SENIOR YEAR
COURSE IN APPLIED SCIENCE
Hours per Week
First Semester
Economics or
History or #
Totals.........................
Class
Lab’y
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
Credits
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
14
9
18
6
2
3
6
3
12
2
3
4
15
18
3
Second Semester
Economics or
History or %
Political Science..........................
Chemical Thermodynamics
2
3
13
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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
1. General Inorganic Chemistry.
Cox and Poster.
Professor Creighton, Associate Professors
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
Lectures, demonstrations, written exercises, individual laboratory practice, and
weekly conferences on the general principles involved in elementary chemistry. This
course includes work similar to that outlined in Deming, G eneral Chem istry.
In the laboratory each student performs experiments which are selected from Deming
and Aronson’s E xercises in G eneral Chem istry. Credit in this course is not assigned
until the completion of the entire course at the end of the year.
2. Qualitative Analysis.
Assistant Professor Foster.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
The theory and practice involved in the detection of the commoner chemical elements
and radicles. Lectures, problems and laboratory work. The text-book used is A. A.
Noyes, Qualitative Analysis. One hour lecture and six hours of laboratory work per
week for one semester, carrying a credit of three hours. Prerequisite, General Inor
ganic Chemistry.
3. Quantitative Analysis I.
Assistant Professor Foster.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
The principles involved in the elementary gravimetric estimation of the commoner
chemical elements, with laboratory work illustrating these methods and including the
complete analysis of a number of compounds, such as sodium chloride, copper sulphate,
apatite, etc. One hour lecture and six hours of laboratory work per week for one
semester. Credit: three hours. The text-book used is Talbot’s Quantitative Chemical
Analysis. H. A. Pales' In orga n ic Q uantitative A nalysis is also recommended. Pre
requisite, Qualitative Analysis.
4. Quantitative Analysis H .
Assistant Professor Foster.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A laboratory course in the principles of volumetric analysis. Nine hours of labora
tory work per week for one semester, with occasional lectures and conferences. Credit:
three hours. The text-books used are the same as in Course 3. Treadwell-Hall’s
A nalytical Chem istry is used as a supplementary reference. Prerequisite, Quantitative
Analysis I.
5. Quantitative Analysis I I I .
Assistant Professor Foster.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A laboratory course in combustion and gas analysis. The determination of carbon
and hydrogen, nitrogen, sulphur and the halogens in organic compounds; the analysis
of steel and the analysis of illuminating gas. Nine hours of laboratory work per
week with conferences when necessary. Credit: three hours. Text-book: Gatter
mann’s P ra xis des organischen Chem ikers , with Treadwell-HaU’s A nalytical Chem istry
as a reference. Prerequisite, Quantitative Analysis II.
6. Introduction to Physical Chemistry.
Professor Creighton.
T h ree hours a w eek d u ring the secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
Lectures and laboratory work. An elementary course which is given primarily for
students taking Physiology-Zoology as their major subject. The following text-books
are used: Senter, Outlines o f P hysical C hem istry ; Findlay, P ra ctical P hysical Chem
i s tr y ; Findlay’s P hysical Chem istry fo r Students o f M edicine is recommended as a
supplementary text. Prerequisite, General Inorganic Chemistry.
6«. Introduction to Physical Chemistry.
Professor Creighton.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
This course is the same as Course 6, without laboratory work. It is given primarily
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for major students in chemistry, as preparation for Course 10, but is open to all
students who have completed General Inorganic Chemistry. Text-book: Senter, Out
lines o f P hysical Chem istry,
7. Elementary Organic Chemistry.
Associate Professor Cox.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
Lectures, demonstrations, written exercises, and laboratory work. This course in
cludes the work as outlined in Oonant, O rganic Chem istry, and Worrall, P rin cip les of
O rganic C hem istry. In the laboratory, students make and study the various organic
preparations as given in Adams and Johnson, L ab ora tory E xp erim ents in O rganic
Chem istry.
Prerequisite, General Inorganic Chemistry. Required of all students
who select Chemistry as their major subject.
8. Organic Chemistry (Advanced Course).
Associate Professor Cox.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
A continuation of Elementary Organic Chemistry. Lectures, laboratory work, and
training in library reference search. In the laboratory, students carry out the syn
thesis of more difficult compounds than in Course 7. Frequently the original papers
must be consulted in order to carry out these syntheses. The lectures follow texts
of the type of Schmidt-Rule’s O rganic C hem istry. Prerequisite, Elementary Organic
Chemistry. Required of all students who select Chemistry as their major subject.
9. Bio-chemistry.
Associate Professor Cox.
Tw o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
Offered annually.
This course is given primarily for students taking Physiology-Zoology or Biology as
their major subject. The lectures cover the subject-matter as outlined in Sumner,
B iological Chem istry, and Bordansky, In trod u ctio n to P hysiological Chem istry. Labora
tory experiments are taken from Hawk and Bergeim, P ra ctical P hysiological Chem istry.
Prerequisite, Elementary Organic Chemistry.
10. Physical Chemistry.
Professor Creighton.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
Lectures and laboratory work. The work covered in the lecture course includes the
thermodynamic laws; the gaseous, liquid, and solid states of matter; physical mixtures;
the theory of dilute solutions; modern theory of the structure of matter; the kinetic
theory of gases; 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 of reactions and familiarize themselves with the use of the refractometer, the
spectroscope; and the polariscope. The following books are recommended: Getman,
O utlines o f T heoretical C h em istry; Findlay, P ra ctica l P hysical C hem istry.
Lewis,
A S ystem o f P hysical Chem istry, is used as a reference.
Two lectures and three hours per week of laboratory work. Required of students
who select chemistry as their major study. Prerequisites, Courses in Qualitative
Analysis and General Physics.
11. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.
Professor Creighton.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
A lecture course on advanced inorganic chemistry.
completed General Inorganic Chemistry.
12. Sub-Atomic Chemistry.
O ffered annually.
Open to all students who have
Professor Creighton.
T w o hour» a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
O ffered alternate years.
A lecture course which deals largely with the principles of valency and molecular
constitution from the standpoint of the present-day concept of the structure of the
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atom. Among the topics discussed are the following: atomic theories, periodic classifi
cation of the elements, the nuclear atom and atomic number, atomic structure and
periodic classification, elementary principles of valency, electro and co*valency, co
ordination, co-valency maxima, stable valence groups, and a detailed consideration
of the periodic groups. Prerequisite, Course 1. Given 1930-31.
13. Electrochemistry.
Professor Creighton.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester .
O ffered annually.
Lectures and laboratory work. The lecture course includes the study of electrolysis;
the theory of electrolytic dissociation; conductivity of electrolytes; mobility of the ions;
application of the law of mass action to electrolytic dissociation; relation between the
chemical structure and the dissociation constant; homogenous equilibria; ionic product
and the heat of dissociation of water; hydrolysis; theory of neutralization indicators;
amphoteric electrolytes; heterogeneous equilibria; electrolytic dissociation in nonaqueous solutions; electromotive force of concentration cells; polarization and de
composition voltage; industrial electro-chemical process. The laboratory work in this
course is arranged so that the student may obtain exact practical information regarding
the application of electricity to chemical manufacture, and become proficent in the
measurement of electrical conductivities and electromotive forces, and in making electro
chemical analyses. The laboratory course also includes the testing of Faraday’s laws and
the measurement of transport numbers, the absolute migration velocity of ions, decom
position voltage and heat of neutralization. The following text-books are recommended:
Creighton and Fink, P rin cip les and A pplications o f E lectroch em istry ; Fisher, Praktxkvm
der E lektroch em ie ; Allmand and Ellingham, A pplied E lectrochem istry. Required of
all students who select Chemistry as their major subject; open as an elective to all
other students who have a sufficient knowledge of chemistry and of physics to follow
the course. Prerequisites, Quantitative Analysis I and Introduction to Physical Chem
istry. The number of students in this course is limited to six.
14. Chemical Thermodynamics and Equilibrium.
Professor Creighton.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
O ffered alternate years.
Prerequisite, Physical Chemistry. Given 1931-32.
15. Engineering Chemistry.
Assistant Professor Foster.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered a/nnually.
A course in elementary qualitative and gravimetric quantitative analysis and the
study of engineering materials. It coincides with Qualitative Analysis during the
first semester and with the laboratory work of Quantitative Analysis during the second
semester, but meets separately for conferences or lectures during the second semester.
Text-books: A. A. Noyes, Qualitative A n a lysis; Leighou, Chem istry o f E n gin eerin g
M aterials.
Credit, six hours for the entire year. Prerequisite, General Inorganic
Chemistry. •
Economics
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Herbert F . Fraser. Dr. Clair W ilcox is Associate
Professor, and Richard W . Slocum is Instructor in Business
Law. Dr. Louis N. Robinson is Lecturer on Criminology. Dr.
Paul Gemmill is Lecturer on Financial Organization.
The courses in economics are designed to give the student a
general view of the way in which the economic activity of
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m odem times is carried on, and are not intended to offer train
ing in the technique o f any particular occupation. It is the view
o f the department that its main purpose is to develop an attitude
o f mind which will promote intelligent citizenship. Collateral
work in political science, history, and philosophy is recommended
to those who intend to devote a major portion o f their time to
economics. Course No. 1, Introduction to Economics, is a pre
requisite for a major in economics and for Social Science Honors.
The courses in economics may be classified as (A ) regular
courses offered by the members o f the department, (B ) supple
mentary courses offered by other instructors in co-operation
with the department and (C ) Honors Seminars in Economics.
A. COURSES IN ECONOMICS
1. Introduction to Economics.
Professors Fraser and W ilcox.
Offered, annually .
This course describes the way in which goods are produced, marketed and con
sumed. Brief consideration is given to the principles of value and distribution. Tha
various forms of economic activity are outlined, and the nature of the institutions and
associations through which this activity takes place is explained. Incidental considers
tion is given to specific problems such as corporation finance, money and banking
taxation, trade unionism, the tariff, etc.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
2. Financial Organization o f Society. Dr. Gemmill.
Three hours a w eek during the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
A study of the development of the modern system of money, credit, and banking,
and of the relation of this development to the growth of large scale production and
exchange. Special attention will be given to the problems of investment banking, to
the stock exchange, commercial banks, savings banks, consumptive credit institutions,
and the Federal Reserve System. The quantity theory of money and the business
cycle will be discussed. Some comparisons will be drawn between American and
European credit and banking practice.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.
3. Public Finance.
Associate Professor Wilcox.
T h ree hours a w eek d u ring the second sem ester.
O ffered annually.
The nature and purposes of public expenditures; financial administration and the
budget; public borrowing; federal, state and local tax systems; the shifting of taxes
and the distribution of the tax burden.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.
4. Economic Theory.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r. N ot offered in 1929*30.
The evolution of economic thought from the writings of the Mercantilists and the
Physiocrats down to the present day. Special attention will be given to the study of
the neo-classical theory of value and distribution. Required of senior majors.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
5. Labor Problems.
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Professor Fraser.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout th e yea r.
O ffered annually.
The course deals with a large group of problems growing out of the relations of
capital to labor. After a thorough analysis of the theory of wages, the class will study
labor organizations, industrial warfare, conciliation and arbitration, minimum wage,
and labor legislation.
6. International Trade and Policy.
Professor Fraser.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
The first part of the course deals with the economic aspects of foreign trade. After
an analysis of the theory of international trade the class will consider the practical
problems, financing, marketing, transportation, etc. The second part of the course
deals with the relation of governments to trade, and attention is directed to protective
tariffs, reparations, inter-ally debts and economic imperialism.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.
7. Social Economics.
Associate Professor Wilcox.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
This course investigates the sources of waste and inefficiency in modern industry,
attempts to discover the extent to which business contributes to human welfare, examines
conflicting interpretations of the economic system presented by a number of contempo
rary writers and concludes with a critical analysis of various proposals for economic
reform.
8. Business Law.
Mr. Slocum.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
Principles of law and practical problems, primarily for the guidance of business
men and women: contracts, negotiable instruments, sales of real estate and personal
property, bailments, bankruptcy, decedents' estates, partnerships, corporations. Not
open to students intending to enter law school.
Prerequisite, Junior standing.
B. COURSES OFFERED IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT
1. Criminology. Dr. Louis N. Robinson.
T w o hour8 a w eek during the secon d sem ester. N ot offered in 1930.
This course deals with the causes of crime, criminal law and procedure, penology,
prison reform and the repression of crime.
Engineering.
Accounting.
S. W . Johnson.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
See under Department of Engineering.
Engineering.
Industrial Management.
Mr. Fisher.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.
See under Department of Engineering.
Engineering.
Engineering Economics.
Professor Lilly.
T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester.
See under Department of Engineering.
A statement o f the Honors Courses in the Division o f Social
Sciences is given on pages 55-59.
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Education
The instruction in the Department of Education is under the
direction of Professor W . Carson Ryan, Jr. The staff includes
Professor Ryan, Assistant Professor Prances M. Burlingame,
and Edith M. Everett and Dr. Arthur W . Ferguson, Lecturers.
Courses in this department are designed to meet the need of
two groups o f students: (1) Those who, while not intending to
teach, desire, as parents, citizens and workers in other fields, to
know something o f the current conditions and opportunities in
American education ; (2) those who wish to prepare for teaching.
Course No. 1, the introductory course in education, is intended
to meet the needs o f both groups by furnishing a general survey
o f the field from the social and civic point o f view. Course No. 2
supplements this with a study o f the scientific approach in
educational psychology. The remaining courses are designed
mainly for those who plan a teaching career, but they are open
to students interested in education, regardless o f whether they
expect to teach or not. The courses are arranged to meet the
requirements for the Pennsylvania Provisional College Certifi
cate, which are representative 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 (No. 1 ), 3 hours; Educational Psychology
(No. 2 ), 3 hours; Laboratory Teaching (No. 17), 6 hours. The six
hours o f electives may be taken from any other education courses
offered in Swarthmore College, including certain courses given
by other departments. Students planning to teach in elementary
grades are expected to take six hours in this field and to supple
ment the practice teaching requirement accordingly. Students
in Honors Courses planning to teach should have taken Educa
tion No. 1 and No. 2 in the freshman or sophomore year and
should plan for Education No. 17 in the Junior or Senior year
with the remaining six hours to be arranged.
Placement o f graduates o f the College in teaching positions is
carried on by the Department o f Education in co-operation with
the College Appointment Office, the Pennsylvania State Teacher
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Bureau, and other agencies. This service is available for pre
vious graduates o f the College as well as for Seniors.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
Jr. Education, Introductory Course.
Professor Ryan.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
This is a general course covering the field of education from the point of view of
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; the junior high school; riiral education; adult education; educational finance;
school surveys; progressive education; religious education; international relations in
education, are among the topics treated.
Chapman and Counts’ P rincip les of E du cation is used as a basic text, but is sup
plemented by numerous required books and pamphets.
2. Educational Psychology.
Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T hree hours a w eek during the second sem ester.
This course treats of psychology in its application to education. The students are
asked to read a wide variety of source material in this field. Class discussions, lec
tures, experiments, and demonstrations are based on this reading, which covers the
general fields of intelligence, measurement, learning, individual differences, transfer
ence of training, and the psychology of the various school subjects. The practical
application of theoretical psychology to the educative process is stressed throughout
the course. Skinner, Gast and Skinner, R eadings in E ducational P sych ology , is used
as a basic text.
3. General Psychology.
Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
This course includes an elementary treatment of the various phases of psychological
theory which are of the greatest use to human beings, as well as a comparative and
critical survey of the major tenets of the chief schools of psychology in existence
today. Gates, E lem entary P sych ology , is used as a basic text, in connection with
selected readings from many sources.
4. Mental Hygiene.
Assistant Professor Burlingame.
Tw o or three hours a w eek during th e second sem ester.
An attempt is made in this course to present the best existing knowledge concern
ing the achievement and maintenance of mental health. The course includes a treat
ment of the interrelations of physical and mental health, the management of environ
ment so as best to secure mental health, conditions facilitating the formation of good
study habits, and a description of normal psychological development of boys and girls
from birth to maturity. In addition to its present value to students in self-direction,
it presents material which is of major importance to prospective teachers, as well as
to prospective parents.
5. Elementary Education.
Miss Everett.
T w o hours a w eek d/uring the first sem ester.
The principles of progressive education as demonstrated in the nursery school, the
kindergarten, and the country day school. Problems of adapting these principles and
methods to the limitations of the public school system.
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6. Secondary Education.
Miss Everett.
T w o hours a w eek during th e secon d sem ester.
The aims and organization of secondary education and the new adjustments neces
sary to make the best nse of the junior high school. Special emphasis will be placed
on the necessity for understanding adolescent personality and the influence of the
teacher’s attitude on its successful development.
7. History o f M odem Education.
Hr. Ferguson.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
The general topics include the beginnings of national education in France, Germany,
England, and the United States; the American battle for free schools; new theory
and subject-matter of education j current tendencies and expansions.
8. History o f Education, Earlier Period.
Dr. Ferguson.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
Greek and Roman education, the contribution of Christianity, education in the
medieval world; the revival of learning, the reformation and education, scientific
method and the schools. (Alternates with Education 10.)
9. Educational Measurement.
Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
A study of the measurement movement, including tests of intelligence and achieve
ment in common use, together with attempts to measure in other fields— attitudes,
character, will-temperament. Consideration of statistical treatment of test results is
included.
10. Problems o f Secondary Teaching.
Dr. Ferguson.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
Rise of the American high school; aims and objectives of American secondary edu
cation; problems of organization, administration, supervision, instruction and com
munity relationships in high school teachings.
(Alternates with Education 8.)
11. Social W ork and the School.
Miss Everett.
T w o to fo u r hours a w eek throughout the year.
This course is given in co-operation with the Department of School Counseling and
Training of The White-Williams Foundation of Philadelphia. It consists of at least one
half-day each week of supervised field work with the counselors in the pubilc schools;
and a fortnightly conference with the Supervisor of the Department for discussion of
particular problems and interpretation of the work. The aim of the course is (1)
to enable those who intend to be teachers to enter teaching with an understanding of
some of the social causes 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 to students who have taken Elementary or Secondary Education or Mental
Hygiene. A few others may he accepted after conference with the instructor.
12. School Administration.
Dr. Ferguson.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
Organization and administration of education is dealt with in this course from the
point of view of the citizen, school board member, or student of political affairs, as
well as of the teacher and future school administrator.
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13. Extra-Curricular Activities.
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Assistant Professor Burlingame.
T hree hours o> w eek during th e first sem ester.
An introduction to the philosophy and psychology of play and a survey of extra
curricular activities in elementary and secondary schools, with special reference to the
junior high school. Each member of the course is expected to make a special study
of one type of extracurricular activity or of some particular phase of the whole field.
14. Vocational Guidance.
Professor Byan.
T hree hours a w eek during the second sem ester.
A survey of the fields of vocational education and vocational guidance. Methods
and content of vocational training programs; visits to Smith-Hughes’ work in public
high schools; studies of occupations; counseling, placement, follow-up.
15. Special Topics in Education.
Professor Byan.
T w o o r th ree hours a w eek throughout the year.
An opportunity will be offered for advanced students to carry on investigation of
special topics in the field of education. Some of the topics studied in recent years have
been: English in the high schools; the teaching of social studies; rural schools; modern
methods in the elementary school; kindergarten and pre-school education; education
and delinquency; the place of mathematics in education; dramatics in high school;
biology and education; international relations; religious education; education in the
American dependencies; athletics in school and college; the new education in Europe;
the visiting teacher movement.
16. Comparative Education.
Professor Byan.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
An attempt is made in this course to survey the educational situation in the dif
ferent nations of the world in respect to national and international policy, educational
programs present and future, extent and scope of provision of different types of
education.
17. Laboratory Teaching. Professor Byan.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea/r.
Visits, intensive observation, and teaching, with one weekly conference hour. This
is the Senior course for teachers. Emphasis in observation and participation in the
case of each member of the course will depend upon the type of teaching which the
student expects to enter. Students planning to teach elementary grades will have
opportunity to observe and teach in this field, but will be required to do additional
work sufficient to satisfy state requirements for elementary teaching.
Teachers’ Courses in Other Departments.
Credit in education is given for certain courses in other departments, especially
“ Teachers’ Course in Latin” (12); “History Teachers’ Course” (9, 10, 11); and the
English Speech Seminar. For detailed descriptions of these courses see the announce
ments under the appropriate department.
A statement of the Honors Course in Education is given on
page 65.
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E N G IN E E R IN G
The Division of Engineering includes the three Departments of
Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The teaching staff
for 1929-30 is as follow s: Charles G. Thatcher, Associate Professor
o f Mechanical Engineering, Chairman o f Division; Lewis Fussell,
Professor o f Electrical Engineering; Scott B. Lilly, Professor of
Civil Engineering; Howard M. Jenkins, Assistant Professor of
Electrical Engineering (absent on lea v e); John J. Matthews,
Assistant Professor o f Mechanical Engineering; Dwight K.
Alpern, Acting Assistant Professor o f Electrical Engineering;
S. W. Johnson, Lecturer in Accounting; W aldo E. Fisher, Lecturer
in Industrial Relations; George A. Bourdelais, Superintendent
o f Shops.
The courses in Engineering are designed to train men in the
fundamental principles that underlie all branches of engineer
ing science, and to offer such advanced courses in Civil, Elec
trical, and Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Management
as time and equipment will permit.
The location o f the College near Philadelphia and the impor
tant manufacturing centers in its vicinity enables students to
visit a great variety of industrial and engineering works.
Basic Requirements for Engineering Degrees
A ll candidates for the Engineering degree are required to pass
the prescribed courses shown on pages 89 to 91, the “ Course
in Engineering,” and to complete 136 credit hours with 120
quality points (see page 45);
The degree awarded to graduates o f the Engineering Division
is Bachelor o f Science (B .S .). A ll candidates for this degree
must pass 9 hours in one or more o f the following subjects:
History, history o f religion and philosophy, economics, political
science, education and fine arts, or industrial management.
Engineering students may elect but are not required to take
courses in foreign languages.
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Additional Requirements for General Engineering
The candidate for the B.S. in General Engineering must ful
fill the above requirements, but may use his elective hours as he
sees fit. He may elect but is not required to take any advanced
Engineering courses.
Additional Requirements for Civil, Electrical and Mechanical
Engineering Degrees
The candidate for B. S. in Civil, Electrical or Mechanical
Engineering must fulfill all the above requirements and in
addition must pass not less than 12 hours o f such advanced
Engineering courses as may be prescribed by the faculty o f the
division.
Honors W ork in Engineering
A statement in regard to reading for honors in Engineering
appears on page 66.
COURSE IN ENGINEERING
FRESHMAN TEAR
Hours per Week
First Semester
Class
3
2
3
2
Totals.........................
Lab’y
1
3
6
3
2
_
13
12
Second Semester
2
3
3
2
Engineering 3.. ; ........................
Drawing and Shop Practice.. ..
—
___
3
6
6
___
2
Totals.........................
12
15
Credits
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
17
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COURSE IN ENGINEERING
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Hours per Week
First Semester
Engineering 5.............................
Drawing and Shop Practice... .
Totals....................... .
Class
Lab’y
3
1
3
2
6
3
Credits
3
3
4
2
2
3
—
2
6
—
_
11
15
17
3
1
3
6
3
3
3
4
Second Semester
Elements of Electrical
Engineering.........................
Engineering 7.............................. Drawing and Shop Practice... .
Engineering 6.............................
Totals.........................
—
—
2
6
—
__
2
2
3
11
15
17
2
—
COURSE IN ENGINEERING
JUNIOR YEAR
Hours per Week
First Semester
Class
Lab’y
Credits
3
2
_
1
_6
3
2
1
3
2
3
3
9
12
17
3
Engineering 10............................ ElectricalMachineryLaboratory
Totals.........................
3
3
Second Semester
4
3
Engineering 10............................ Electrical Machinery Laboratory
2
_
Totals.........................
9
3
3
3
9
4
1
3
2
2
2
3
17
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COURSE IN ENGINEERING
SENIOR TEAR
Hours per Week
First Semester
Class
4
3
2
Totals.........................
Lab’y
3
_
_
3
9
6
2
1
3
2
6
Credits
4
1
3
2
2
5
17
Second Semester
Totals.........................
_
__
3
8
9
2
3
3
2
2
5
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1. Engineering Problems.
S ix hours a w eek throughout the ye a r . Tw o hours cred it each sem ester.
Problems of elementary nature designed to teach the student a scientific method
of attack, theory and use of slide rule.
2. Surveying.
F ou r hours a w eek , first sem ester. T w o hours credit.
Surveying instruments and their adjustment. Practice in chaining, leveling, triangu
lation, running traverse, taking topography, stadia work, preparation of profiles and
maps from field notes.
3. Drawing and Shop Practice.
S ix hour8 a w eek , second sem ester. Tw o hours credit.
4. Materials o f Engineering.
T w o hours a w eek, first sem ester. T w o hours credit.
This course consists of a study of the physical properties and methods of manu
facture of the various materials used in engineering construction. Several trips are
made to nearby industrial plants.
5. Drawing and Shop Practice.
S ix hours a w eek , first sem ester. T w o hours credit.
Noth.— Courses 8, 5, 7 introduce the student to modem shop and drawing room
practice. Pattern making, foundry, forge and machine tool operations are carried on
in the shop, in close relationship to the drawing room. In the three semesters each
student learns the principles of the shop processes as well as the making and checking
of working drawings.
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6. Elements o f Electrical Engineering.
T w o hours lectu re, secon d sem ester, S ophom ore y e a r .
T w o hours credit.
This is an introductory theory course for direct and alternating currents, and
includes a conception and manipulation of the fundamental electrical quantities, solu
tion of circuits, and is a foundation for the study of dynamo-electric machinery.
Required of all those majoring in engineering.
7. Drawing and Shop Practice.
S ix hours a weeJe, second sem ester. Tw o hours credit.
8. Mechanics Problems.
T hree hours a w eek, first sem ester. One hour credit.
Problems in motion, work and energy, friction, etc. This course is taken with
the course in Analytic Mechanics and supplements it.
9. Electrical Machinery.
T hree hours lecture throughout the Junior yea r. T hree hours credit.
A comprehensive course supplementing 234 for all those majoring in Engineering.
Consists of a study of the electrical and mechanical design, characteristics and appli
cations of the more usual types of alternating and direct-current machines.
Prerequisite, Course 6.
10. Electrical Machinery Laboratory.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the Junior yea r.
T w o hours credit.
This laboratory work consists of a series of jobs or problems of a practical nature
intended to give a working knowledge of the operation and testing of electrical
machinery, including direct current motors and generators, batteries and transmission,
alternating current generators, motors, transformers and converters, etc.
Prerequisite, Course 6, and must accompany Course 9.
11. General Design.
S ev en hours a w eek , first sem ester. T hree hours credit.
Practical problems of actual plant, shop and electrical layout.
Prerequisites, Courses 3, 5, 23.
12. Mechanics o f Materials.
F ou r hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. F ou r hours credit.
Properties of materials; their action under stress; mechanics of riveted joints;
beams and plates in flexure; columns; shafts in torsion; spheres and rollers under
compression; combined stresses; stresses and deflections due to sudden loads and
impact; internal friction and fatigue of materials. Practical applications of the
principles discussed.
Prerequisites, Courses Engineering 4, Mathematics 13, and Physics 2.
13. Mechanics Problems.
T hree hours a w eek , second sem ester.
One hou r credit.
Computations for stresses and design of beams, columns, shafts, etc. This course
is taken with and is supplementary to Course 12, Mechanics of Materials.
14. Heat Engines.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.
Tw o hours credit.
Elementary thermodynamics of steam and gas engines. Properties of the working
substances. The course is sufficiently complete to explain the economic and technical
considerations of power generation.
Prerequisites, Courses Physics 2, Chemistry 1, and Mathematics 13.
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15. Experimental Laboratory.
T h ree hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.
Testing of strength of engineering materials and studies of different types of
loading.
Prerequisites, Courses 4 and 12.
16. Hydraulics.
F ou r hour8 a w eek , first sem ester.
F ou r hours credit.
Hydrostatic pressures; flow from orifices and tubes, through pipes and flumes,
over weirs, in channels and rivers.
Dynamic pressures; water wheels, turbines.
Prerequisite, Course 12.
17. Hydraulics Problems.
Three^ hours a w eek , first sem ester.
One hour credit.
Computations dealing with hydrostatics and hydrokinetics. This course is taken
with and is supplementary to Course 16, Hydraulics.
18. Accounting.
T hree hours a w eek , each sem ester.
T hree hours credit.
An introduction to the theory and practice of accounting.
19. Power Plants.
Tw o hours a w eek each sem ester. Tw o hours credit.
Theoretical and practical consideration of steam power plants.
Prerequisite, Course 14.
20. Experimental Laboratory.
Three hours a w eek , each sem ester.
T w o hours credit.
This course covers laboratory work, recitations and written reports. The course
covers calibration of instruments, test of engines, boilers, pumps and hydraulic equip
ment, testing of fuels and lubricants. This course is taken at the same time as
and coordinates with Course 19.
21. Engineering Economics.
Tw o hours a w eek, secon d sem ester.
Tw o hours credit.
Contracts, specifications, valuation, rate making. Economics of construction and
operation.
22. Plant Design.
(S even hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. T hree hours credit.
Lectures, drawing-board work and computations involved in design of hydro
electric and steam power plants.
23. Drawing and Descriptive Geometry.
F ou r hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
Tw o hours credit.
Elements of descriptive geometry, Isometric drawing and practical problems for
the development of visualizing and imagination.
24. Structural Design.
S ix hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.
Tw o hours credit.
Problems in design of structures, dams, plate girders, reinforced concrete, etc.
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25. Bridge Stresses.
Tw o hours a w eek , second sem ester. T w o hours credit.
Theory of the design of steel bridges.
26. Bailroads.
F ou r hours a w eek , first sem ester. T w o hours cred it.
Theory of location and construction. Field work on preliminary and final surveys.
Prerequisites, Courses 2 and 30. Offered alternate years.
27. Municipal Engineering.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.
T w o hours credit.
Water supplies; design, construction and operation of waterworks; pumping filtra
tion; modern sewage practice.
Prerequisite, Course 16. Offered alternate years.
28. Concrete.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.
Properties 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 12. Offered alternate years.
29. Highway Engineering.
T w o hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.
Lectures and recitations. A study of present types of pavements and their economy
under various conditions. Offered alternate years.
30. The Annual Survey.
One w eek during the sum m er follow ing either the
Freshm an o r Sophom ore y ea r. O n e hou r cred it.
One week of continuous work in surveying and mapping, including the running of
levels and of a topographical survey by the stadia method. Required for all engineer
ing students.
31. Plane Table Surveying.
T hree hours a w eek , secon d sem ester. One hou r credit.
Practice in mapping and taking topography by plane table methods.
32. Electrodynamics.
T w o h o w s a w eek , secon d sem ester. T w o hou rs credit.
This course is a study in considerable detail of the properties of electric circuits of
different types. Sequences and effects which follow from given initial conditions are
predicted by applying fundamental laws.
33. Illumination.
One hou r lectu re and three hours laboratory a
w eek fo r the first sem ester. T w o hou rs credit.
The theory of light distribution, together with a study of illuminants. Design of
lighting systems for particular installations.
34. Alternating Current Theory.
T h ree hours a w eek , first sem ester, S en ior yea r.
T hree hours credit.
The theory of alternating currents, with especial references to generators, motors,
and transformers.
Prerequisite, Course 9.
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35. Alternating Current Laboratory.
T h ree hours a w eek , first sem ester, S en ior y ea r. O ne hour cred it .
A laboratory course consisting ol the testing of instruments, generators, motors,
transformers, etc.
Prerequisite, Course 10, and must accompany Course 84.
36. Central Stations.
T w o hour8 a w eek fo r the first sem ester. T w o hours cred it.
A study of the electrical design, installation, equipment and economic operation of
central stations.
Prerequisites, Courses 6 and 9.
37. Electric Railways.
T w o hours a w e e k fo r the secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.
A study of the equipment and operation of trolley lines and the electrification of
steam roads.
Prerequisites, Courses 34 and 35.
38. Conference and Seminar.
O ne hou r a w eek fo r the secon d sem ester.
One hou r credit.
This period will be devoted to the presentation and discussion of papers of research
or investigation, and will in many instances be devoted to inspection trips or other
methods of information assimilation from outside sources.
39. Electric Transmission.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
Tw o hours credit.
Theory and practical considerations of transmission of electric energy.
40. Communication.
T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester.
T w o hours credit.
This course covers laboratory work, recitations, written reports and problems dealing
with modern electric methods of communications. It includes a comprehensive study
of systems and apparatus for telegraph and radio, and a more detailed investigation
of the principles, apparatus, systems and economics of telephonic communication.
Prerequisites, Course 6 and one semester of 9.
41. Electrical Transients.
O ne hour lectu re, secon d sem ester, three hours laboratory. Tw o hours credit.
A lecture and laboratory course in elemental transient phenomena and the appli
cation of their principles to commercial quantitative problems. It is based on labora
tory work with actual circuits and electrical conditions, utilizing an oscilligraph for
the permanent record.
Prerequisites, Courses 9 and 34.
42. Special Electrical Laboratory.
H ou rs as arranged.
The above number and title cover such courses in the Department of Electrical
Engineering for which an individual demand may arise. These special courses are
open to students majoring in Electrical Engineering who are properly qualified in the
judgment 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.
43. Advanced Shop.
S ix hours a w eek , first sem ester.
T w o hours credit.
Acetylene welding. Soldering. Pipe fitting. Short-cut shop methods.
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44. Fuels and Combustion.
F ou r hours a w eek, secon d sem ester. Tw o hours credit.
Study of solid, gaseous and liquid fuels. Carbonization of coal. Studies in com
bustion.
Prerequisite, Course Chemistry 2 or 15.
45. Internal Combustion Engines.
F iv e hours a w eek , first sem ester. T hree hours credit.
A study of the thermodynamic theory and mechanical design and construction of
modern Diesel and automotive engines.
46. Aerodynamics.
F ive hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.
T hree hours credit.
An introductory study of aerodynamic theory and experimental methods.
47. Industrial Management.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
T hree hours credit.
A survey study of the organization and administration of industrial activities, includ
ing also the history and growth of manufacturing, modern industrial characteristics,
production control methods, standards, and employee relations.
48. Factory Management.
O ne hour lectu re, one three-hour p eriod, secon d sem ester. T w o hours credit.
This includes manufacturing methods with particular reference to: choice of
machines, methods and materials, production planning and control, factory layouts,
costs and job studies. The facilities of the engineering shops will be available for this
course.
49. A rt Metal and Woodworking.
T hree or six hours a w eek .
O ne or tw o hours credit.
This course is designed especially for non-engineering students to give them a
chance to express themselves with their hands. It considers metal and woodworking
as a form of art and instructs students in how to use their hands in such art.
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 materials testing
laboratory includes the following main units:
100,000 lbs. Olsen Tension Machine; 15,000 lbs. Olsen Tension Machine;
50,000 in. lb.
Olsen Torsion Machine; Upton-Lewis Fatigue Testing
Machine; Fairbanks Cement Testing Machine; Shore Scleroscope; Brinnell
Hardness Testing Machine; Stewart Heat Treatment Furnace.
There is also a complete set o f accurate instruments for mea
suring sizes and deformation o f test pieces.
The hydraulic laboratory contains:
Worthington, Nash and d ’ Olier Centrifugal Pumps varying in capacity
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from 125 to 900 gallons per minute. One o f the pumps is driven by an
electric dynamometer and another through a torsion dynamometer. There
is also a Gould Triplex Pump. A variety o f weirs, nozzles, venturi tubes and
water meters is available fo r testing these pumps and fo r other hydraulic
measurements. Two small modern, commercial, hydraulic turbines, both
impulse and reaction, are arranged for complete tests.
In the steam engine laboratory there a re:
Three engines: Corliss, Tandem Compound and Simple Slide Valve, all of
which are connected fo r testing. Two steam turbines: one, a G. E. Curtis
single-stage, and the other a two-stage, especially designed fo r laboratory
use. F or the testing o f these engines and turbines there are Bepublic,
Brown and Bailey Plow Meters, a Wheeler Surface Condenser and a Schutte
Koerting Jet Condenser. This laboratory has also a very complete selection
o f gauges, indicators, injectors, steam traps, etc.
The internal combustion engine laboratory contains:
Several modem engines, including lib e rty , Wright, Packard and Lawrence
Aeroplane and Dirigible Engines. A Union Aeroplane Engine and an Essex
six-cylinder Automobile Engine are connected to a Sprague Electric Dynamo
meter. Somewhat older engines are: Twin-cylinder Vertical Bruce Macbeth
Gas Engine; two Otto Gas Engines; Quincy Gasoline Engine, Mietz and
Weiss Solid Injection Oil Engine. A complete set o f testing instruments,
including a Bureau o f Standards Balanced Diaphragm Indicator, is avail
able.
Particular attention is paid to the testing o f fuels and lubri
cants. The following apparatus is used for the purpose:
Junker Gas Calorimeter; Parr Coal Calorimeter; Thurston and Saybolt
Viscometers; Thurston Friction Testing Machine; several Orsat Flue Gas
Analyzers; Electric Furnaces and Chemical Balances for Coal and Ash
Analysis.
F or the study o f refrigeration the laboratory contains two
refrigeration machines. Close by, on the campus, a four-ton
York Ice Plant is in daily operation.
Not only laboratory apparatus, hut all the college mechanical
equipment as well, is used for test. In the college heating plant
there are:
A modern stoker fired Babcock and W ilcox Boiler completely arranged
for testing, with coal scales, water and steam flow meters, draft gauges and
automatic combustion control apparatus; Permutit Water Softener; two
75 K .W . and one 50 K .W . Harrisburg Engine Generators, and three Beturn
Tubular Boilers.
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The college water works contains:
Boberts and Continental Jewel Gravity Filters; a Wallace and Tiernan
Chlorinator and a two-stage Be Laval Pump, as well as complete apparatus
for water analysis, control and testing.
Students have free access to this equipment at all times. The
privilege o f operating this equipment is available on request.
The Electrical Engineering Laboratory occupies the major
portion o f the second floor o f Hicks Hall, and contains equip
ment for performing experimental work both in alternating and
direct currents.
A t the western end is a sub-station, for the conversion o f alter
nating current to direct, which supplies the needs o f the nearby
buildings and furnishes an example of modern practice. There
is available 100 K.W . o f direct current and 60 K.W . of alter
nating at a large number o f different voltages. The motors,
generators, transformers, etc., are set on low platforms, so ar
ranged as to make easy the connection o f apparatus fo r use. Each
table has wires, which run through floor ducts to a plug-type
switchboard, where the individual circuits may readily be con
nected in series, in parallel or to power.
The following are available fo r test:
One motor generator set, 50 K .W ., 125 volt D.C., from 220 volt, 3-phase,
60-cycle; 2 motor generator sets, 25 K.W ., 125 volt D.O., from 220 volt,
3-phase, 60-cycle A .C .; one motor generator set, 2.5 K.W ., 10 volts D.C., from
125 volts D.O.; one motor generator set, 7.5 K .W ., 110 volts A.C., 1, 2, or
3-phase, 20 to 70 cycles from 125 volts D.C.; two rotary converters,
synchronous, 7.5 K .W ., 125 volts B.O., from A.O., 1, 2, or 3-phase, 60 eycles;
one Botary Converter, synchronous, 5 K.W ., 125 volts D.C., from 2-phase,
60-cycle; one double current generator, 10 K .W ., A.C. or D.C.; one sine
wave set composed o f 7.5 H.P., D.C. motor and 2 alternating current gen
erators, 2 or 5 K .W . rotable stators; one motor generator set, 1 K.W.,
A.C. or D.C., A.C. frequency 170 to 250.
I nduction M otors
One 25 H.P., 220 volt, 3-phase, 60-cyele, variable speed; one 5 H.P.,
110 volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle, variable speed; one 5 H.P., 110 volt, 3-phase,
60-cycle, constant speed; one 2 H.P.,-110 volt, single phase, 60 cycle, con
stant speed; one 2 H.P., 110 volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle, constant speed; one
5 H.P., double squirrel cage, 2 voltage, 3-phase, 60-cycle; one 3 H.P.,
repulsion start, single phase, 60-cyele; one induction Potential Eegulator
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110 volts input, 20 to 200 volts output; one Synchronous Generator, 25 H.P.,
220 volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle; Induction Potential Regulator 2200 volts, 60cycle, giving 2020 or 2380 volts output. Synchronous motor, 25 H.P., 220
volt, 3-phase, 60-cycle.
T ransformers
Three 25 K V A , 2200 volts to 220 volts; three 20 K V A , 2200 volts to
220-110-77 volts; one 15 K V A , 220 volts to 220-110 volts; two 5 K V A , 2200
volts to 220-110 volts; three 7.5 K V A , 2200 volts to 220-110 volts; two
8 K V A , 110 volts, 2-phase to 110 volts, 3-phase, Scott; two 4 K V A , 110
volts, 2-phase to 110 volts, 3-phase, Scott; one 2 K V A , 110 volts to 40,000
volts; one 3 K V A , street lighting, 6.6 amp.; six 5 K V A , 2200 to 110-220
volts; one saturated iron core reactor regulator; one 3 K V A , street light
ing, 6.6 amp.
D irect Current Generators
One 10 K .W ., 125 volts compound; one 5 K.W ., 125 volts compound; one
18 K .W ., 125 volts compound, with interpoles; one 4 K.W ., 125 volts
compound.
D irect Current M otors
One 7.5 H.P., 125 volts compound; one 3 H.P., 125 volts series; one
1 H.P., 110 volts interpole; one 3 H.P., series wound, 125 volts.
V ariable Speed D.C. M otors
One 2 H.P., 110 volt, 525-2625 rpm, Lincoln type; one 30 H.P., 220 volt,
950 rpm, shunt wound.
F loodlighting E quipment
Three 500 watt, outdoor floodlights; twelve 1000 watt, modern outdoor
floodlights.
The equipment includes high-grade ammeters, voltmeters
and wattmeters which make it possible to read closely any cur
rent from .001 to 1,500 amperes and any pressure from .001 to
3,000 volts. A vibrating reed frequency meter, a synchroscope,
a contactor 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 hanks, water barrels, rheostats and starting boxes
are provided. The department owns and operates a complete
radio station, with experimental and amateur licenses known as
3YJ and 3AJ.
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F or the work in illumination there are a Bunsen photometer
of semi-portable type, a three-meter Queen photometer with
Lummer-Brodhun screen, revolving head, etc., and two portable
illuminometers. Many types o f lamps and types o f glassware
are at hand, and a study is made o f the various types o f lighting
around the College to determine where each would be best
applied for interior or outdoor work.
SHOP WORK
A ll engineering students are required to obtain experience in
shop work. Students who so desire may do a portion or all of
the required work outside o f the College. Such work shall be
o f a nature to be approved by the faculty o f the Engineering
Division, and shall be general enough to be equivalent to the
work required in the College shops. Students desiring to sub
stitute shop work in factories shall submit their plan to the
faculty for approval prior to doing the work, and shall obtain
from a responsible official o f the company, in whose factory they
have been employed, a certificate o f satisfactory work done in
such detail as may be required by the faculty. The amount o f
time devoted to shop work in the factory shall be at least twice
that required in the College shop, and a greater amount o f time
may be required unless the work is well divided among different
branches o f shop practice. I f the work done outside the College
is deemed sufficiently complete to be a satisfactory substitute for
a part but not for all o f the College course, then the student will
be required to take only that portion of the work in College in
which his outside experience is considered deficient.
The work in the College shop will be conducted during the
College year and also during a period of two weeks immediately
preceding or following the College year. The required work will
be equivalent to a period o f four weeks o f forty-four hours per
week.
The machine shop occupies a large portion o f the second floor
o f Beardsley Hall. A large tool, room is centrally located and is
in charge o f an assistant who supplies individual tools on a check
system, as is done in commercial shops.
The machine shop contains an assortment o f tools including
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screw-cutting engine lathes; speed lathes, simple and backgeared; planers; universal milling machines; shaper; twist-drill
grinder; vertical drill presses; lathe-center grinder; surface
plates; cutter and surface grinder; automatic and plain turret
lathes; power saw; acetylene welding outfit; standard gauges
and a complete equipment o f small tools.
The woodworking shop extends through the entire length of
the third floor o f Beardsley Hall. A ll the woodworking ma
chinery is 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:
36-inch Oliver Single Surfaces ; 38-incli Oliver Band Saw ; Oliver Universal
Wood Trimmer; Colburn Universal Circular Saw; Mummert, W olf and Dixon
Oil Tool Grinder; 6-inch Bench type Oliver Hand Jointer; Post Drill Press
and Boring Machine; 24-inch Oliver W ood Turning Lathe; eight 12-inch
Oliver Motor Head W ood Turning Lathes.
The tool room is equipped with all small tools and necessary
stock for a complete course in elementary pattern making and
woodworking.
The forge shop, on the ground floor o f the building, consists
o f ten fires and one additional master fire. The forges are oper
ated on the down-draft principle, and were made by the Buffalo
Forge Company.
The foundry is also located on the first floor, and has a gasheated cupola or furnace for melting metals in crucibles. The
additional equipment consists of moulding benches, flasks and
other accessory apparatus.
FEES
A fee o f $10 for each semester is charged for each course in
surveying, mechanical laboratory, electrical laboratory or illu
mination, and a fee o f $5 per credit hour for shop work, and
proportionate charge for shorter periods o f required work.
TRIPS
Trips taken by groups o f students to nearby plants and
factories constitute a valuable feature of the Engineering course.
Some o f the plants frequently visited are :
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Bethlehem Steel Company
Victor Talking Machine Company
Philadelphia Electric Company
Naval Aircraft Factory
Conowingo Hydro-Power Development
Atlantic Steel Company
Delaware River Steel Company
Sun Shipbuilding Company
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
A whole-hearted spirit o f co-operation between the industries
and the College has been found at all points o f contact.
English
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Harold C. Goddard. Professor Everett L. Hunt has
charge o f the work in Public Speaking. The instructing staff
includes Dr. Goddard, Professor Hunt, Associate Professor
Philip M. Hicks, Assistant Professor Robert E. Spiller, Assistant
Professor Alan C. Valentine, Frederic S. Klees and Franklin B.
Folsom, Instructors, and Dean Raymond Walters.
The purpose of the work in English is to encourage the writ
ing and speaking of clear, forceful, idiomatic English, and to
arouse and foster love o f good literature. A special effort is made
to keep in view, at all times, the application o f the works studied
to the life and problems of the present day.
O f the courses listed below, Freshman English, six hours, is
required o f all students except those exempted in the placement
examinations, who may substitute for it an equal number of
hours o f elective work in English. In addition to this at least
four hours in English, other literatures, or Fine Arts, must be
presented by all students for graduation. Course 4, Survey of
English Literature, is required of .all English majors for gradua
tion and is prerequisite to Honors work in English. Exemption
from this requirement will be allowed by an examination given
at the close o f each year and covering the entire field of the
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course. Reading lists for this purpose will be supplied upon
request.
1. Freshman English.
Dean Walters, Mr. Folsom and Mr. Klees.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
A general introduction to literature and composition.
2. Practice Course in Writing.
Mr. Klees and Mr. Folsom.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
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 or been exempted
from Course I and who are not taking any other writing courses at the same time, but
primarily intended for those who look upon writing at least as an avocation. Enroll
ment must be accompanied by some writing done within the preceding six months.
The class is divided into two sections, the more advanced of which is conducted as a
weekly seminar.
4. Survey o f English Literature.
Assistant Professor Spiller, Assistant
Professor Valentine, and Mr. Klees.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
A review of the history of English thought and literature from Anglo-Saxon times
to the present. Required of English majors and prerequisite to Honors work in
English; elective for all others.
5. Survey o f American Literature.
Assistant Professor Spiller.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered a/nnually.
A review of the history of American thought and literature from the period of settle
ment to the present, with emphasis upon the major authors of the nineteenth century.
6. Chaucer.
Professor Goddard.
Tw o hours a w eek during the second sem ester. N ot offered in 1929-30.
C anterbury Tales, several of the Minor Poems, and the
Troilus and C riseyde.
A study of a number of the
7. The English Drama.
Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r. N ot offered in
1929-30.
Course 7 deals with a selected period or aspect of the English drama.
Course 7 must be continued throughout the year.
8. Shakespeare.
Associate Professor Hicks.
Three hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
A critical study of several selected plays of Shakespeare and more rapid reading
of the rest of his works.
Course 8 must be continued throughout the year.
9. The English Novel.
Associate Professor Hicks.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered a/nnually.
A study of the development of the English novel from its beginnings to the present
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10. Poetry.
Professor Goddard and Hr. Folsom.
Two
ot
three hours a w eek throughout the year. O ffered annually.
The work of this course is devoted to a selected period or aspect of English poetry.
In 1929-80 two courses in Poetry are offered: 10 (a), An Introduction to Poetry,
by Professor Goddard; 10 (b), Nineteenth Century Poetry, by Mr. Folsom.
11. English Prose.
Professor Goddard and Assistant Professor Valentine.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annuaUy.
The purpose of Course 11 is to present the development of English thought and of
the religious, social, and political ideas of the English people, as embodied in the prose
literature of a selected period. In 1929-30 two courses in English Prose are offered:
11 (a), Social Ideals in Contemporary Prose, by Professor Goddard, and 11 (b),
Nineteenth Century Prose, by Assistant Professor Valentine.
Course 11 must be continued throughout the year.
12. Special Topics in American Literature.
Assistant Professor Spiller.
1929-30.
A seminar course dealing with a selected group of American writers. Those studied
in 1929-30 were Irving, Cooper, Melville, Mark Twain, and Henry Adams.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered in
14. Special Topics. Professor Goddard.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
The purpose of Course 14 is to cover periods and topics not fully treated in the
other courses of 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.
15 (a). Public Speaking.
Professor Hunt.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
Offered annually.
A course intended to develop knowledge of and proficiency in effective public speak
ing. Assigned readings in the field of public discussion, analysis of persuasive
speeches, and constant practice in speaking before the class.
15 (6 ).
Interpretive Heading.
Professor Hunt.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
Oral interpretation of prose and poetry, with special attention to the Bible and
Shakespeare. Course 15 (6) should be taken by students who expect to elect Course
16 (b), The One-Act Play.
16 ( o ) . Play Production.
Associate Professor Hicks.
O ffered in 1929-30.
This course aims to familiarize students with the problems of dramatic production
through the presentation of several public performances during the year. The develop
ment of English drama is studied through representative plays of various periods.
Three hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
16 (6 ). The One-Act Play.
Associate Professor Hicks.
O ffered in 1930-31.
The aim of this course is similar to that of 16 (a), with which it alternates; the
material differs in being drawn from modern drama. The course includes a study of
the Little Theater movement and of the One-Act Play as a literary form.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
17. Extempore Speaking.
Professor Hunt and Mr. Eolsom.
One hour a w eek throughout the yea r.
Offered annually.
A course designed to help students to think clearly and speak effectively before an
audience. Speeches before the class each week.
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18. Debating.
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Professor Hunt.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r. O ffered annually.
A study of brief-drawing, rules of evidence, types of argument, detection of fallacies,
and dialectical method in connection with the public discussion of persistent social,
economic, and political questions.
20. Seminar in Speech and Dramatic Training. Associate Professor Hicks.
This course provides opportunity for advanced study under individual instruction
to students who have completed scheduled courses in either field. Prom one to three
hours’ credit may be given, depending upon the work assigned.
A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f English
is given on page 52.
Dante.
Professor A. M. Brooks.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.
Study of the Divine Comedy as a work of consummate literature. Special atten
tion is given to the life and art of the century that produced it.
Greek 11.
Greek Drama in English.
Professor Shero.
1929-30.
In addition to the study of the Greek plays themselves, the influence of Greek
drama on later Literature will be studied. No knowledge of Greek is required.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. O ffered in
Latin 14.
Roman Drama in English.
Professor Brewster.
Three hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester . O ffered in
1930-31.
In addition to the study of Latin plays themselves, the interrelation of Greek and
Roman Drama will be studied, and the influence of Roman Drama on later Literature.
No knowledge of Latin is required.
Fine Arts
PROFESSOR ALFRED M. BROOKS AND MISS STILZ
The purpose o f the courses in the Fine Arts is mainly critical
and appreciative rather than practical. The work consists of illus
trated lectures on the plastic and graphic arts: architecture,
sculpture, painting, and the allied arts, together with collateral
reading and first-hand examination o f objects o f art. The prin
ciples o f art and their application in masterpieces are studied not
only with reference to the intrinsic value of the masterpieces but
with a view of developing good taste, for it is by knowledge and
memory of fine things only that power can he acquired to fix
standards by which to form such taste.
1. Graphic A rts. Study o f drawing as the foundation of all
the pictorial arts, together with special consideration o f painting,
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engraving and etching. Three hours a week throughout the year.
Not open to Freshmen.
2. A rt Survey. A general course on the significance and his
tory o f Art, covering architecture, sculpture, painting and the
allied arts. Three hours a week throughout the year.
3. Greek and Homan A rchitecture. Study o f classic architec
ture. Three hours a week, first semester.
4. Mediaeval and Renaissance A rchitecture. Study o f the influ
ence o f and changes wrought on classic architecture throughout
the middle ages and Renaissance down to the present time.
Three hours a week, second semester.
5. Dante. Study o f the Divine Comedy as a work o f consum
mate literature. Special attention is given to the life and art of
the Italian thirteenth century that produced it. Three hours a
week throughout the year.
6. In terior Decoration. Principles o f color and design as ap
plied to the planning and furnishing o f houses. Three hours a
week.
German Language and Literature
Professor Clara Price Newport is in charge o f the department.
She is assisted by Lydia Baer as Instructor.
The chief objective in elementary courses is the ability to read
simple material which gradually increases in difficulty. This pre
pares the student for careful and intelligent comprehension in
the larger fields o f history, science, philosophy or literature. Every
student takes active part in reading and writing German and
in class conversation as a means toward the more effective accom
plishment of this end. Reading and translation at sight, and the
importance o f the German idiom are stressed.
In the advanced courses literary, historical and cultural values
are more definitely emphasized. Students are helped in develop
ing appreciation and the ability to express themselves adequately.
The first semester’s work in Courses 1, 2, 3 and 5 will not be
accepted toward a degree unless followed by the work o f the
second semester.
Students who desire it are given an opportunity to carry on,
under direction, correspondence with students in Germany.
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Facilities in Philadelphia and vicinity o f especial value to
work in the department of German are as follows: the general
and special libraries o f Swarthmore College, University of Penn
sylvania, Haverford, Bryn Mawr, Drexel Institute, Philadelphia
Public Library; Germanic collections o f the museums in Me
morial Hall, Drexel Institute, University o f Pennsylvania
Museum; services in German at several churches; several daily
and weekly newspapers; lectures at the German Society.
1. Elementary German.
Professor Newport and Miss Baer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year. O ffered annually.
Hagboldt and Kaufmann, Gram m ar and In d u ctive R ea d in g s; Storm, Im m en see;
Baumbach, D e r S chw iegersohn. Persistent training in composition, conversation, and
expressive reading.
2. Advanced German.
Professor Newport and Miss Baer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.
O ffered annually.
Review of grammar, practice in composition, conversation, and expressive reading,
and, principally, reading of some recent short stories, of a representative modern play,
of lyrics and ballads, and other suitable material.
Prerequisite, Course 1 or equivalent.
3. Lessing— Schiller.
Professor Newport.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
A survey of the lives and works of these authors with special attention to Lessing’s
M inna v on Barnhelm , Em ilia Galotti, and N athan der W eise , L aok oon, and to Schiller’s
ballads and poems, selected prose writings, and five of the dramas.
Prerequisite, Course 2 or equivalent.
4. Goethe.
Professor Newport.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r. Offered in 1929-30.
Goethe’s W erk e, G oldene K lassiker-B ibliothek. A careful study of Goethe’s life and
works. Conducted in German.
Prerequisite, Course 3 or equivalent.
5. Scientific German.
Miss Baer.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
Wallentin, Grundzuge der N aturlehre, and independent reading adapted to individual
needs. For students ^majoring in pure and applied science. This course prepares
the student to read the new material along scientific lines which is continually coming
out in German books and periodicals.
Prerequisite, Course 2 or equivalent.
6. Recent German Literature.
Professor Newport.
T hree hours a w eek , secon d sem ester.
O ffered in
1931-32.
A rapid reading course in important modern authors.
Only open to students who have taken Course 4.
7. German Conversation and Composition.
Professor Newport.
O ffered in 1931-32.
Constant practice in the use of idiomatic German both orally and in writing.
Prerequisite, Course 2 or equivalent.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
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8. The German Drama in the Nineteenth Century.
Professor Newport.
O ffered in 1930-31.
The development of the drama in Germany since the plays of Goethe and Schiller,
with special attention to Kleist, Grillparzer, Hebbel, Ludwig, Anzengruber, Hauptmann,
Sudermann, Hoffmansthal, Wedekind and Schnitzler.
Prerequisite, fluency in reading and speaking German.
T hree hours a w eek , second sem ester.
9. Outline Course in German Literature.
Professor Newport.
1930-31.
A survey of the literature of Germany from the earliest times, with copious readings
from the most important authors.
Prerequisite, Course 4 or equivalent.
T hree hours a w eek , second sem ester. O ffered in
A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f German
is given on page 63.
Greek and Latin
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor E. H. Brewster. Dr. L. R. Shero is Professor o f Greek.
Fine Arts Course No. 3 is conducted by Professor A lfred Mans
field Brooks.
The aim o f the department is primarily to create an apprecia
tion o f the masterpieces o f Greek and Latin literature and to
trace their influence upon modern thought and letters; atten
tion is given to the political institutions of both Greece and
Rome and their survival in present times, to philosophy and
religion, to private and social life, and to art and architecture
as exemplified by existing remains in sculpture and painting and
in private and public buildings. Use is made o f illustrative
material belonging to the College.
Students who enter College with three or four years o f Latin
will elect Course No. 2 ; those who enter with two or three years
o f Greek will elect Course No. 3.
A Teachers’ Course in Latin (12) is offered for Seniors and
Juniors who expect to take positions as teachers o f Latin in pub
lic and preparatory schools. Those who elect this course must
before the end o f the Senior year have pursued at least Courses
Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10; the directors of the department will
recommend as teachers o f Latin only those who have completed
these courses satisfactorily, or, in the case o f Honors students,
those who have completed satisfactorily Courses Nos. 2, 3 and 10.
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Students majoring in Latin are required to take Courses 1 and 2
in Greek.
GREEK
1. Elementary Greek: Grammar, selected readings, collateral study o f the
Greek character and genius. Professor Shero.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y e a r , O ffered annually .
Courses 1 and 2 are provided for those who have not had an opportunity of study
ing Greek in the preparatory school. No credit is allowed unless the language begun in
college is pursued for two years. Full credit for the two years is given upon the
completion of Course 2.
2. Intermediate Greek: Readings from Greek masterpieces (prose authors,
Homer, Euripides.) Professor Brewster.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
Offered annually.
3. Homer: Rapid reading o f several books o f the Iliad and the Odyssey,
with study o f the two epics in their entirety. Professor Shero.
Tw o hours a w eek during th e first sem ester.
4. Lysias and Demosthenes:
Selected speeches.
O ffered annually.
Professor Shero.
Tw o hours a w eek during the second sem ester. O ffered annually.
5. P lato:
Selected dialogues.
Professor Shero.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. O ffered as required.
6. JEschylus and Sophocles:
Selected plays.
Professor Shero.
T w o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. Offered as required.
7. Historical Prose:
Selected books o f Herodotus and Thucydides.
Pro
fessor Shero.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. O ffered as required.
8. Greek Language and Prose Composition.
Professor Shero.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered as required.
9. New Testament Greek: The Acts o f the Apostles and the Epistle to the
Galatians. Professor Shero.
Tw o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
10. The History o f Greece.
O ffered as required.
Professor Shero.
1930-81.
A study oi Greek civilization in its most significant aspects to the time oi the
Hellenistic Kingdoms, preceded hy a brief survey of the Oriental civilization by which
the Greeks were influenced. Special attention will be given to the 6th and 5th
centuries B.C.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester. N ot offered in
11. Greek Drama in English.
Professor Shero.
1930-31.
This course is supplementary to Course 10 (The History of Greece) and will be
offered in the same years as that course. In addition to the study of the Greek plays
themselves, the influence of Greek drama on later literatures will be studied. No
knowledge of Greek is required.
T h ree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester. N ot offered in
Pine Arts.
3.
Greek and Roman Architecture.
Professor A . M. Brooks.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
O ffered as required.
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LATIN
1.
Sub-Freshman Latin.
.
T hree hou™ » week throughout the year. O ffered as required.
This course is arranged for those who are not prepared to take the regular Fresh
man elective. It includes a study of grammar and selective readings from Crnsar,
Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and other authors. No credit unless the language begun in
college is pursued for two years.
2. Livy, Selections. Professor Brewster.
Three hours a w eek during
Bee note under Course S.
3. Horace, Odes and Epodes.
the first sem ester.
Offered annually.
Professor Brewster.
T hree hours a w eek during the second sem ester.
Offered annually.
Courses 2 and 3 form the regular Freshman elective.
4. Letters o f Cicero and Pliny.
Professor Shero.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
See note under Course 5.
O ffered annually
5. Catullus and Virgil, Eclogues and Georgies. Professor Shero.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester . O ffered
Courses 4 and 5 form the regular Sophomore elective.
6. Tacitus, Agricola and Germania.
Professor Brewster.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. Offered in
7. Homan Satire.
annually.
1930-31.
Professor Brewster.
T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester. N ot offered in
8. Plautus, Terence, and Martial.
1930*31.
Professor Brewster.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester. N ot offered in
1930-31.
9. Lucretius, De Benrn Natwra. Professor Brewster.
T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester. Offered in
10. Latin Language and Prose Composition.
1930-31.
Professor Shero.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the year. O ffered in 1928-29.
This course includes a review of forms and syntax, the translation of Latin at sight
and practice in reading and writing Latin.
11. Latin Sight Heading.
Professor Brewster.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ne hou r cred it.
O ffered 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 a variety of prose and verse writers will be read.
12. Teachers’ Course.
Professor Brewster.
1930-81
Lectures and reports upon Cassar, Cicero, Virgil, and other Latin authors commonly
read in the preparatory schools. For admission to the course see the introductory
announcement on page 108.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. N ot offered in
13. The History o f Home. Professor Brewster.
,
Three hours a w eek during the first sem ester. O ffered in 1930-31.
. e history of Rome from the earliest times to the beginning of the Barbaric in
vasions. The course stresses the Roman genius for organization and administration.
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
14. Roman Drama in English.
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Professor Brewster.
1930-31.
This course is supplementary to Course 13 (The History of Rome) and will be
offered in the same years as that course. In addition to the study of Latin plays
themselves, the interrelation of Greek and Roman Drama will .he studied, and the in
fluence of Roman Drama on later literature. No knowledge of Latin is required.
T hree h o m e a w eek during the second sem ester. O ffered in
A statement of the Honors Course in the Division of the
Classics is given on page 62.
H istory and International Relations
The staff for instruction in this department includes Professor
William I. Hull, Associate Professor Frederick J. Manning,
Assistant Professor Mary Albertson and Assistant Professor
Troyer S. Anderson.
Requirements for students who major in history do not turn
on any particular total o f credit-hours, but rather upon the com
pletion of such courses in history, together with related courses
in the social sciences, literature, philosophy, the fine arts, etc.,
as, in the opinion o f the department, will facilitate a well-rounded
preparation for the Comprehensive Examinations in history. A
reading knowledge o f French and some acquaintance with the
principles o f economic theory are essential for an intelligent appre
ciation of history. Most graduate schools require a reading knowl
edge of French, German, and Latin for any graduate degree in
history.
The Comprehensive Examination fo r major students at the end
o f their Senior year include questions on the following topics:
(1) European History (2) British History (3) The History of
the United States (4) The Origins o f Civilization and Ancient
History. Major students are expected to answer general ques
tions in each o f these fields, and more specific questions in at
least two of the fields. They should know something o f the
principles of historical method, bibliography, and the develop
ment of historical thinking and writing. A seminar is offered
in Senior year in which these last topics are considered, in con
nection with special individual work in the source-materials for
some one historical problem.
The survey-course in European History, the only course open
to Freshmen (except by special permission from the department)
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is a prerequisite for any o f the other courses in European or
English History, and for any Honors seminars in history.
1. The History o f Europe. Assistant Professor Albertson, Assistant Pro
fessor Anderson, Associate Professor Manning.
T hree h o m e a w eek throughout the yea r. Offered annually.
A general survey of the origins and development of European civilization from the
decline of the Roman Empire to the present day. Given in as small sections as possible.
Especially designed for Freshmen, hut open to all classes. Prerequisite to other courses
in European or English history, and to any Honors works in history.
2. The History o f Great Britain.
ciate Professor Manning.
Assistant Professor Albertson and Asso
T hree hours a w e e k fo r one sem ester. O ffered annually.
Lectures, reading, and reports on the history of Great Britain, with the main emphasis
on the period since 1450. After History 1. Honors students who combine attendance
on these lectures with weekly individual conferences and reports can offer this subject
as one of their units for final examination.
3. The History o f the United States up to the Civil War.
f essor Manning.
Associate Pro-
Tw o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered in 1930-31.
Lectures on the colonial period, the Revolution, the Constitution, the Jacksonian period.
Students are required to read extensively in the best secondary literature and to present
reports based on the original sources. Special reading to count for three hours* credit.
Not open to Freshmen.
4. The History o f the United States from the Slavery Controversy to the
Present Time. Assistant Professor Anderson.
T w o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered in 1931-32.
The Civil War and Reconstruction, followed by a study of the industrial transforma
tion of the United States since the Civil War and its effects on American history. A
continuation of course number 4. Special reading for three hours’ credit. Not open to
Freshmen.
5. Greek 10.
The History o f Greece.
Professor Shero.
O ffered in 1929-30.
A study of Greek civilization in its most significant aspects to the time of the
Hellenistic kingdoms, preceded by a brief survey of the Oriental civilizations by which
the Greeks were influenced. Special attention will be given to the 6th and 6th
centuries B. 0.
T h ree hours a w e e k d u ring the first sem ester.
6. Latin 13.
The History o f Rome.
Professor Brewster.
O ffered in 1930-31.
The history of Rome from the earliest times to the beginning of the Barbaric In
vasions. The course stresses the Roman genius for organization and administration.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
7. The Renaissance. Assistant Professor Albertson.
T hree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. Offered in 1930-31.
Lectures, reading, and reports on the history of Europe during the fourteenth, fifteenth,
and sixteenth centuries. After History 1 Und preferably after or together with History 2 .
Honors students who combine attendance on these lectures with weekly individual
conferences and reports can offer this subject as one of their units for final examination.
Should be valuable for major or honors students in English, French, German, the
Classics, or Fine Arts.
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8. The Protestant Eevolution.
Professor Hull.
T w o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered annually.
Lectures, prescribed readings, and special reports on the history of the Protestant
Revolution in England and on the Continent.
9. The Puritan Eevolution.
Professor Hull.
T w o hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered annually.
Lectures, prescribed readings, and special reports on the history of England under
the stuarts (1608-1714).
10. The History o f Europe in the Nineteenth Century.
Anderson.
Assistant Professor
T hree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered in 1930-81.
Lectures, reading, and reports on the development of Europe since the period of the
French Revolution. After History 1.
11. The History o f Europe since 1900. Assistant Professor Anderson.
T hree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester . O ffered in 1929-30.
Lectures, reading, and reports on the origins, history, and results of the World War.
After History 1. Should be taken by students who plan to work in the Honors seminar
offered on the Origins of the World War.
12. An Introduction to the Study o f Law. Associate Professor Manning.
T hree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester.
An approach to the study of law through lectures and readings on English constituttonal history, together with an introduction to the case-system based on intensive study
of the simpler cases in Property, Crimes, Torts, and Constitutional Law. Especially
designed for students who wish to find out something of what the study of law means
and involves. Preferably after History 1 and History 2. To be offered whenever sufficient
Seniors are ready to take it.
13. Historical Fiction.
Assistant Professor Albertson.
T hree hours a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered in 1929-30.
A rapid survey of the historical literature for two or three historical periods, including
the Renaissance; followed by lectures, reading, and reports on the historical fiction, drama,
etc., which has been based on those periods. After History 1. Should be of especial
interest to major students in any literature as well as to students of history.
14. International Law. Professor Hull.
Two hours a w eek throughout the y ea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
This course is open to Juniors and Seniors, and is designed to present the outlines
of the international law of peace, war, and neutrality. The principles of the science are
illustrated by a weekly discussion of current international problems.
15. International Government. Professor Hull.
Two hours a w eek throughout the yea r. Offered in 1930-31.
. ThlB fonrso is open to Seniors and Juniors. It traces the historic development of
international government and illustrates its strength and weakness, its achievements
and attempts, by a weekly discussion of current international problems.
16. The History o f Quakerism. Professor Hull.
B y special appointm ent, and w ith sem inar credits.
This work is done, not in the regular undergraduate courses (except in connection
with Course 9), but in individual conference with the instructor. It includes studies in
Quaker biography and literature, and in Quaker solutions of social problems. Combined
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with, the use of hooks and pamphlets, in which the Friends Historical Library is rich,
opportunity is given for research in the Quaker archives, housed in the Biddle Memorial
Library, and in the varied current activities of Friends centered around Philadelphia.
17. History Seminar for Senior M ajor Students.
One a ftern oon a w eek fo r one sem ester. O ffered annually.
Informal meetings with various members of the department, for reports and dis
cussions in connection with preparation for the departmental Comprehensive Examina
tion. Credit hours to be adjusted to the needs of individual students.
History Readings as prerequisite to Honors Courses.
Courses Greek 10 and Latin 13 are prerequisite to reading for Honors in the
Classics; Course 1 is a prerequisite to reading for Honors in any group including history;
these courses must be taken in the Freshmen or Sophomore years. Course 2 is essential
for the history seminars in the Social Science or English groups. Courses 3 and 4 are
essential for students who plan to read American economic or constitutional history in
the Social Science group. All history lecture courses are open to all who may be interested
to attend.
For Honors Courses in History, see pp. 57-58.
Mathematics and Astronom y
The staff for instruction in this department consists o f Pro
fessor Arnold Dresden, Professor Ross W . Marriott, Associate
Professor John H. Pitman, Assistant Professor Michel Kovalenko,
and Instructor Aubrey H. Smith. Alice Rogers is Research
Assistant. Murat Louis Johnson is non-resident Lecturer in
Mathematics o f Insurance. The Reverend Walter A. Matos, for
fifteen years a volunteer observer in the Sproul Observatory,
died on August 18, 1929.
Dr. John A. Miller, Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy,
since 1906, retired from active teaching on June 30, 1929, to
become Research Professor o f Astronomy. Dr. Miller continues
as Director of the Sproul Observatory.
The College requirement o f six hours o f mathematics for
graduation may be satisfied by passing course 2. Students
who contemplate majoring in mathematics or reading for honors
in the Division of Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics should
take courses 1, 3 and 4 in their Freshman year. They should also
acquire a reading knowledge o f French and Scientific German,
if possible, before the beginning o f their Junior year.
Graduate courses are offered in the department. These are
given from time to time in accordance with the needs o f the in
dividual student.
A department library is located on the first floor of the
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Observatory. It contains about 3,000 volumes and is sufficiently
complete to make it a good working library. It is reasonably
supplied with standard treatises, particularly those published in
the last two decades. It contains complete sets o f nearly all the
Amercian mathematical and astronomical periodicals, and sets
(some o f which are complete; some of which are not) o f the
leading English, German and French periodicals. This library
receives the publications o f many o f the leading observatories in
exchange for the publications o f the Sproul Observatory.
The equipment o f the observatory is best suited fo r astrometric and kindred problems. The various eclipse expeditions
from the Observatory have yielded considerable eclipse data.
A description o f the instrumental equipment for astronomy
may be found on pages 15 and 16. The teaching vstaff is at
present devoting as much time as is consistent with their teach
ing duties to studies in stellar parallax with the 24-inch tele
scope, to photography with the 9-inch doublet, and to the study
of eclipses of the sun. Students interested in any o f these prob
lems may work with advantage in conjunction with one o f the
professors. Results o f departmental studies are published in
the Sproul Observatory publications and in various scientific
journals.
The Observatory is open to visitors on the second and fourth
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 o f various
types.
COURSES IN MATHEMATICS
1. College Algebra.
Professor Marriott and Mr. Smith.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester, and two hours a w eek during
the second sem ester. O ffered 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.
2. Freshman Mathematics. Professor Dresden, Assistant Professor Kova
lenko and Mr. Smith.
T hree hours each w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
This course is intended for those students who expect to do only one year’s work
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in mathematics. A study ol the elementary algebraic and transcendental functions
and their applications to various fields of knowledge as mechanics, physics, chemistry,
biology and economics. The construction and interpretation of graphs is emphasised.
The essentials of trigonometry.
Currier and Watson, General Mathematics.
3. Trigonometry. Assistant Professor Kovalenko and Mr. Smith.
Tw o hours a w eek .
O ffered each sem ester.
The trigonometric ratios; reduction of trigonometric identities, solution of trigo
nometric equations; inverse functions; solution of triangles and use of tables. Students
who expect to major in this department, in Physics, Chemistry or Engineering should
take this course during the first semester of their Freshman year.
4. Analytic Geometry.
Associate Professor Pitman, Assistant Professor
Kovalenko and Mr. Smith.
T hree hours a w eek .
O ffered each sem ester.
Theory of Cartesian and Polar co-ordinates; the straight line; the conic sections;
the general equation of the second degree.
Prerequisites, first semester of Courses 1 or 2 and Course No. 3.
5. The Mathematics o f Investment and Insurance.
Professor Dresden and
Mr. Johnson.
T w o hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.
O ffered in alternate years.
The theory of compound interest; annuities; sinking funds; interest rates; theory
of Probability; mortality tables. Completion of this course, Courses Nos. 12 and
and an introduction to the theory of Finite Differences should enable the student to
proceed with the examinations for admission to the Actuarial Society of America.
Skinner, M athem atical T heory o f In vestm en t.
Prerequisite, Course No. 1.
11. Differential Calculus.
Professor Marriott and Professor Dresden.
T hree hours a w eek .
O ffered each sem ester .
Prerequisite, Course No. 4.
12. Integral Calculus.
Assistant Professor Kovalenko, Professor Marriott
and Professor Dresden.
T hree hours a w eek .
O ffered each sem ester.
Prerequisite, Course No. 11.
13. Analytic Mechanics.
Associate Professor Pitman.
Three hours a w eek during first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
Composition and resolution of forces; center of gravity; moments; velocity; accel
eration; collision of bodies; the integration of simple equations of motion. One of
the purposes of the course is to develop facility in applying mathematical formula, and
methods to the investigation of physical phenomena. MiUer and Lilly, Analytic
M echanics .
Prerequisite, Course No. 12.
14. Theory o f Equations.
Professor Dresden.
Three hours a w eek during first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
Operations on Complex numbers. Solutions of cubic and quadratic equations. . Gen
eral properties of polynomials. Separation and calculation of roots of numerical equa
tions. Dickson, F irst Course in the T h eory o f E quations.
Prerequisite, Course No. 4.
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15. Solid Analytic Geometry.
Professor Dresden.
Three hours a w eek during second sem ester.
Co-ordinate G eom etry.
Offered annually .
Fine and Thompson,
Prerequisite, Course No. 12.
16. Advanced Calculus.
Professor Marriott.
T hree hours a w eek during first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
Total and partial derivatives; theory of infinitesimals; definite integrals; approxi
mations. The aim of the course is three-fold; to ground the student in the elementary
work which has preceded it; to give an introduction to more advanced topics; and
to develop skill in the application of the principles of the Calculus to Geometry, and
Mechanics. Osgood, A dvanced Calculus.
Prerequisites, Courses Nos. 12, 14, 15.
17. Differential Equations. Professor Marriott.
T hree hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A study of ordinary and partial differential equations, with their applications to
geometrical, physical, and mechanical problems. Murray, D ifferen tial Equations.
Prerequisite, Course No. 12.
31. Undergraduate Reading Course in Mathematics.
Undergraduate students may, under direction, prepare papers upon subjects requir
ing a rather extensive examination of the literature of a problem.
51. Mathematical Analysis.
Professor Marriott.
T h ree hours a w eek during first sem ester, and th ree hours a w eek during
second sem ester.
An introduction to higher mathematical analysis, including the number concept from
a standpoint of regular sequences; number fields and domains; properties of func
tions of 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.
52. Vector Analysis.
Professor Marriott.
T hree hours a w eek during first sem ester.
The method of Gibbs and Heaviside. The operations with Vectors, applications to
physical problems. Gibbs, V ector Analysis.
53. Theory o f Functions o f a Complex Variable.
Professor Marriott.
T hree hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.
Goursat, M athem atical
Mathematics.
Analysis, V ol. I I .
Open to Graduates and Senior Honors in
54. Partial Differential Equations o f Physics.
Professor Marriott.
T hree hours a w eek during second sem ester.
Open to Graduates and Senior Honors in Mathematics.
55. Theory o f Functions o f a Deal Variable.
Professor Dresden.
Three hours a w eek throughout the y e a r .
A study of the fundamental concepts, including continuity, differentiability and
integrahility; the theory of sets; the integral of Lebesgue.
Open to Graduates and Senior Honors students.
61. Graduate Beading Course in Mathematics.
Graduate students may work in Mathematics with one of the professors on any
problem on which the professor is working. The student is encouraged to become
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familiar with the literature of the problem and to ground himself in its fundamental
principles. The numbers of hours* credit is arranged with each student.
COURSES IN ASTRONOMY
1. Descriptive Astronomy.
Associate Professor Pitman.
T hree hours a w eek d/uring the y e a r .
O ffered annually.
A study of the fundamental facts and laws of Astronomy, and of the methods and
instruments of modern astronomical research. The course is designed to give informa
tion rather than to train scientists. A study of the text-book will be supplemented by
lectures illustrated by lantern slides from photographs made at various observatories.
The class will learn the more conspicuous constellations and have an opportunity to
see the various types of celestial objects through the telescope. The treatment is non*
mathematical. Duncan, A stronom y.
Prerequisite, Solid G eom etry and Trigonom etry.
2. Practical Astronomy.
Associate Professor Pitman.
G iven 1928-29.
Theory and use of the transit instrument; determination of time; the latitude of
Swarthmore; determination 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, Mathematics No. 3 and Astronomy No. 1.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
31. Undergraduate Reading Course.
Undergraduate students may, under direction, prepare papers upon subjects requir
ing a rather extensive examination of the literature of a problem.
51. Orbit Computation.
Associate Professor Pitman.
T hree hov/rs a w eek during secon d sem ester.
52. Method o f Least Squares.
1928-29.
Leuschner’s
G iven in
Central orbits; computation of the orbit of a comet or an asteroid.
Short M eth od ; Tisserand, D eterm ina tion des Orbites.
Open to Seniors and Graduates.
Associate Professor Pitman.
T hree hours a w eek during second sem ester.
Prerequisite, Mathematics No. 11.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.
53. Theory and Practice o f Interpolation.
Associate Professor Pitman.
T h ree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
Prerequisite, Mathematics No. 11.
Open to Juniors and Seniors.
54. Stellar Parallax. Associate Professor Pitman.
The theory of trigonometric parallax. The measurement and reduction of paral
lax plates. Discussion of errors. The theory of spectroscopic parallaxes. Other
methods.
Open to graduate students. Given in 1928-29.
55. Celestial Mechanics. Associate Professor Pitman.
Moulton,
T hree hours a w eek during first sem ester. G iven in
In trod u ction to Celestial M echanics.
1929-30.
A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f Mathe
matics, Astronomy and Physics is given on pages 59-61.
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61. Graduate Reading Course.
Graduate students may work in Astronomy with one of the professors on any
problem on which the professor is working. The student is encouraged to become
familiar with the literature of the problem and to ground himself in its fundamental
principles. He may participate in actual observations at the telescope; in the measure*
ment of photographic plates; and in the reduction of observations. The number of
hours credit is arranged with each student.
M usic
A
lfred
J . S w a n , D ir e c t o r
I. The courses in music are intended for students who are
anxious to acquire a better understanding and appreciation of
this art. To the student who is a performer they will he an aid
in the choice, arrangement, and grasp o f his material; to the
student who merely wants to listen more intelligently to the
music that he hears in concert halls and churches they will give
an insight into the history, the foundations, and the craftsman
ship of the great works o f musical art. The instruction com
bines a clear presentation o f the whole historical epoch and
its ideals in life and art with an analysis of its most representa
tive music. In this way the study o f e. g. the 18th Century in
music would begin with a picture o f contemporary life and
manners in Italy and Germany and the resultant widely-different
types o f art, and then proceed to analyze and compare arias of
Scarlatti and Leo on the one hand, and Bach and Händel on the
other. A fter applying himself to such comparative studies, the
student should be able to discern between the style of various
composers from hearing their music played. The vast scope of
music history necessitates its division into two courses:
A. Music, H istory and Analysis. The period o f history
treated here is from about 1150 to 1800, and the analysis com
prises folk songs, plain chant, and the songs of the trouba
dours (melody, rhythm ), the vocal music o f the Flemings and
Italians (polyphony), and the instrumental music from
Monteverdi to the early Beethoven (harmony). No previous
acquaintance with musical theory or practice is required
for this course, and such technical matters as are necessary
for the study o f the scores are taken up at the outset.
Three hours w eekly through the year.
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B. M odern music. This course is devoted to the 19th
and early 20th Centuries in m usic: the later Beethoven, the
Romanticists, the national schools o f opera (German,
Italian, Russian, French), Impressionism, the effect o f the
war of 1914, and the present outlook. This course may be
taken independently o f the preceding, but students are not
advised to do so unless they have had some musical ex
perience and are acquainted with the works o f the classics.
Two hours weekly through the year.
II. The Swarthmore College Mixed Chorus, Orchestra, and
Glee Club are open to all students who are able to participate
in the performance o f opera, madrigals, folk-songs, symphonies,
and concertos. Rehearsals are held in Bond Hall and Collection
Hall at 7 p .m . on Mondays and Tuesdays. Try-outs are held
several times a year.
Musical Organizations. The Swarthmore College Orchestra
and Mixed Chorus exist fo r the purpose of musical and dramatic
productions in the College and outside. One or two concerts a
year are given, or, instead, some opera is produced. The Swarth
more College Glee Club, fo r men only, gives concerts in various
cities under alumni auspices.
Philosophy and Religion
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professors Jesse H. Holmes and Brand Blanshard. George F.
Thomas is Assistant Professor. One course is given by Dean
Frances Blanshard.
The purpose o f the department on the philosophical side is
to familiarize the student, so far as may be, with the principal
historic systems o f thought, to acquaint him with the chief issues
that arise in the course o f philosophic reflection and the consid
erations that have been offered for their solution, and to afford
a discipline in independent thought. The work is conducted by
means o f lectures, recitations, discussions and the frequent writ
ing o f papers.
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COURSES IN PHILOSOPHY
1. Logic.
Professor Blanshard.
T hree h o m e a w eek first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A study of the chief types of reasoning, inductive and deductive. Special attention
is given to the analysis of concrete cases of reasoning and to practice in the detec
tion of fallacies.
2 (a ). Introduction to Philosophy.
fessor Thomas.
Professor Blanshard; Assistant P ro
T hree hours a w eek . O ffered each sem ester .
A review of the relations of philosophy to science and religion, a statement of its
classic problems and a preliminary study of some of the principal answers. Paulsen’s
In trod u ction to Philosophy is used as a basis.
2 ( 6 ) . Metaphysics. Assistant Professor Thomas.
T hree hours a w e e k secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
This may be considered as a continuation of Course 2 (a). A consideration of the
nature and tests of truth, an analysis of fundamental concepts, and study of selected
problems as raised by modem thinkers from Descartes to Bergson.
3. History o f Ethics.
Assistant Professor Thomas.
T w o hours a w eek first sem ester. (N o t offered in 1928-30.)
An introduction to theoretical ethics through its history. The emergence of prob
lems and fundamental concepts is noted in selections from the greatest ethical thinkers
of the Greek, Christian, Medieval, and Modern periods.
4. Ethics.
Professor Blanshard; Assistant Professor Thomas.
T hree hours a w eek secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A study of “the science of conduct and character.” It will include an introduc
tion to the various systems of ethical theory, an attempt to find a sufficient basis
for moral principles, and discussion of the application of such principles to conduct.
Paulsen’s S ystem o f E thics is used as a basis.
5 (a ). The History o f Science.
Professor Holmes.
T w o hours a w eek first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
The beginnings of curiosity and of explanation; the beginnings of organized knowl
edge. Attainments in science of the ancient nations, and its development down to our
time. Sedgwick and Tyler, H istory o f S cien ce, has been used as a text-book.
5 (S ). Survey o f Present-Day Science.
Professor Holmes.
T w o hours a w eek second sem ester.
O ffered annually.
The basic assumptions and logic of science. Methods of observation and experiment
Natural law; its meaning and value. The general principles accepted in the various
sciences, and the open problems: evolution, relativity, electron theory of matter, etc.
6 (a and 6 ). History o f Philosophy.
Professor Holmes.
Three hours a w eek throughout the year.
O ffered annually.
The first half year is devoted to ancient and medieval philosophy, the second to
modern philosophy. In ancient philosophy, special attention is given to the Republic
of Plato and the Ethics of Aristotle. The study of modern philosophy begins with
Descartes and reviews in outline the chief systems to the present day. The attempt
is made to acquaint the student with the various philosophies, so far as possible, at
first hand through readings from their own works. The readings are co-ordinated
with the aid of Weber and Perry’s H istory o f Philosophy and other similar works.
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Mrs. Blanshard.
T w o hours a w eek first sem ester .
A historical and critical study of the principal theories of the nature of beauty,
designed especially for students of English Literature. The study is conducted
through lectures, discussions, papers, and assigned readings. Oarritt's T h eory of
B eau ty is used as a starting point.
8. The Thought Process.
T w o hours w eek ly .
H ou rs to be determ ined.
The aims of the course are: To define intelligence, to fix the relations between logic
and psychology in its study, to sketch its growth, to analyze the process of reflection,
to discover the chief sources of error in thinking, and to study the relation of intelli
gence to instinct and to feeling. Open to approved students. Honors and General.
COURSES IN RELIGION
11. Bible Study. Assistant Professor Thomas.
O m itted in 1929-30.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered annually.
Intended to give such general knowledge of the Bible, its origin, contents, and
qualities as literature as should be possessed by all intelligent persons. The work of
the student will consist largely in indicated readings in the Old and New Testaments.
12, (a ). History o f Religions. Professor Holmes.
T w o hours a w e e k first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A brief study of primitive religions and of the principal religious systems of the
world. Menzies, H istory o f R eligion, and Barton, The R eligions o f the W orld, have
been used as text-books.
12. ( b ) . History and Problems o f Christianity. Assistant Professor Thomas.
Tw o hours a w eek secon d sem ester.
A survey of the history of the Christian Church beginning with the period of the
Book of Acts and coming down to the present time. Especial attention is given to the
origin and growth of doctrine, and of the various Christian sects. Allen, C ontinuity
o f Christian Thought, Pfleiderer, D evelopm en t o f Christianity, and Guighebert, Chris
tianity, have been used as text-books.
A statement of Honors W ork in Philosophy is given on page
58.
F or use in connection with the courses in religion, there is a
small hut carefully selected museum of religious curios, an excel
lent library and several hundreds o f lantern slides, together with
the usual equipment of maps, charts and pictures. Additions to
this collection will be welcomed. Some o f the greatest o f all
archaeological collections are near enough to be made use o f by
Swarthmore students, and frequent visits to them are possible.
Especially to be noted is the Archaeological Museum of the Uni
versity o f Pennsylvania, with its remarkable collections from
Babylonia, Assyria and Egypt, its Buddhist Temple, and its ex-
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hibition o f objects o f interest to tbe student of religions, from tbe
American Indians, tbe Esquimaux, and many other peoples.
Physical Education
Tbe Physical Education o f tbe College is under the direction of
E. LeRoy Mercer, M.D., Associate Professor o f Physical Educa
tion. H e is assisted in tbe courses for men by Robert H. Dunn,
and for women by Elizabeth Lanning, Virginia Brown, May
Parry and Dr. Eleanor Balph.
The aim o f the department o f Physical Education is to pro
mote tbe general physical well being o f the students, and to
assist them to gain the hygienic, corrective, and educative effect
o f rightly regulated exercise.
In order that this object may be better attained, and to assist
the director in gaining a definite knowledge of the strength and
weakness of the individual, a careful physical examination and
medical inspection is required, which serves as a basis for the
work.
A ll 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 fo r them.
The Health Laws o f the State o f Pennsylvania require suc
cessful vaccination against smallpox before a person can enter a
private, parochial or public school as a student.
For a general statement in regard to the facilities for physical
training at Swarthmore see pp. 19-20.
REQUIREMENTS FOR MEN
Two hours a week o f regular prescribed work are required of
all men in the first and second year classes.
Intercollegiate contests in various athletic and aquatic sports
are conducted by the Athleic Association, but under the super
vision o f the Athletic Committee and the Director o f Physical
Education, who may at any time forbid any man entering a con
test whose physical condition is not satisfactory.
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COURSES FOR MEN
1. Physical Education.
Dr. Mercer and Mr. Dunn.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y e a r (tw o s ectio n s).
This course is required of all first-year men, who may elect from the following dur
ing the fall months, opening of college to Thanksgiving recess: Football, lacrosse,
cross-country, track, and tennis.
Ending of Thanksgiving recess to spring recess: The classes meet in the gymnasium
and the work consists of gymnastics and athletics so fitted to the student’s life that it
will be both beneficial and pleasant.
Ending of spring recess to Commencement, election may be made from the following:
Baseball, lacrosse, track, and tennis.
2. Physical Education.
Dr. Mercer and Mr. Dunn.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r ( tw o sectio n s).
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. Hygiene.
Dr. Mercer.
O ne hour a w e e k from Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.
This course is required of all first-year men.
Offered annually.
REQUIREMENTS FOR WOMEN
Three hours o f exercise each week is required of all resident
and non-resident women throughout their college course. For
Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors two o f these
periods must he taken in ^supervised athletics or gymnastics.
Exceptions to these requirements are made only for physical
disability and at the discretion o f the college physician, in which
case suitable work is prescribed. One period o f swimming per
week is required o f all students except Juniors and Seniors who
have passed the required tests.
A ll gymnastic work, games and swimming are under the per
sonal supervision o f the instructor.
First year students are required to attend a course of lectures
in Personal and Sex Hygiene, given once a week during the first
semester.
Application for information in regard to the regulation cos
tume for athletics and gymnastics should he made to Director
of Physical Education o f the Women.
1. Hockey.
* COURSES FOR WOMEN
Miss Lanning, Miss Parry and Assistant.
T w o periods p er w eek .
Fall to Thanksgiving.
Required of first- and second-year students and elective for third- and fourth-year
students.
Varsity Hockey required of squad members instead of class hockey.
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2. Archery.
Miss Lanning and Assistant.
T w o period s p er w eek .
FaU to Thanksgiving R ecess and S pring R ecess to June.
Elective for third* and fourth-year students in the Fall.
Spring.
3. Horseback Biding.
Open to all students in the
Mr. Bowen.
T w o period s p er w eek .
Fall to Thanksgiving.
R ecess and S prin g R ecess to June.
Elective for all students.
The Women's Athletic Association has made it possible for the individual student
to pay a minimum rate for the course rather than the customary Biding fee.
4. Swimming.
Miss Lanning, Miss Parry and Assistant.
O ne p eriod p er w eek throughout the year.
Beginners, Intermediate, or Advanced Class instruction in strokes, diving or life
saving is required of all first- and second-year students.
Class instruction or one free period of swimming per week is required of thirdand fourth-year students who have not passed stated tests.
Varsity swimming is required, Thanksgiving Recess to Spring Recess, for squad
members. Two periods per week are taken in place of Class Swimming and one
gymnastic class.
5. Educational Gymnastics.
Miss Lanning and Assistant.
O ne p eriod p er w eek .
Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.
Required of first-, second-, and third-year students.
Marching, tactics, calesthenics, and games.
6. Elementary and Advanced Apparatus.
O n e p eriod p er w eek .
Miss Lanning and Miss Parry.
Thanksgiving R ecess to S pring R ecess.
Open to all students.
The course includes work on the horse, parallel bars, rings, Swedish boom and
climbing ropes.
7. Elementary and Advanced Dancing.
One p eriod p er w eek .
Miss Lanning.
Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.
Open to all students.
Elementary classes include natural, interpretative and character dances.
Advanced classes include more advanced work in technique and pantomime.
8. Special Corrective Gymnastics.
Miss Lanning.
One p eriod p er w eek .
Thanksgiving R ecess to S prin g R ecess.
Advised for students who need special exercise because of incorrect posture, poor
physical development, or minor orthopedic defects.
Daily exercise is necessary on the part of the student in order to gain beneficial
results.
Physics
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Winthrop R. Wright. Dr. M. W . Garrett is Assistant
Professor.
The courses in physics are designed to meet two basic needs;
first, that o f the student who desires a comprehensive view of the
underlying ideas o f physical science, and second, that of the
student who requires physics for professional reasons. The
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courses in General Physics and Atomic Physics together fulfill
the first requirement, though the treatment is necessarily nonmathematical and somewhat elementary. The course in General
Physics is accepted by medical schools and, in connection with
the course in Engineering Physics, it also meets the requirements
for engineering.
Advanced work in physics is given in Honors sections when
ever possible. A detailed statement o f the Honors work in
physics is given on pages 59-60. Where the Honors method is
not possible, arrangements may be made to obtain the desired
work in the course in Advanced Physics. In general the require
ments in mathematics and chemistry applying to entrance upon
Honors work in physics apply to the course in Advanced Physics.
The Physics Library is located in the Science Building and
contains several hundred volumes in addition to files o f ten of
the more important physical periodicals, both American and
foreign.
The laboratories are equipped for the elementary experiments
in all branches o f physics and for advanced experiments in
electricity and optics. A small shop in the department permits
the construction o f special apparatus for instructional and
research purposes.
1. General Physics.
F ou r hour8 throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
Three recitations and one laboratory period of two hours each week. This course
presupposes no previous training in physics and is open to students of any year.
This course is prerequisite for students of engineering and of medicine and for
those intending to pursue any Honors work in physics.
2. Engineering Physics.
T w o hours during the first sem ester . O ffered annually.
This is a continuation of General Physics and presents in more detail those parts of
mechanics, heat, and electricity which are widely applied in engineering. Bequired
of engineering majors. One lecture and one laboratory period each week.
3. Electrical Measurements.
T w o hours fo r th e secon d sem ester.
One recitation and one three-hour laboratory period each week. The underlying
principles of electrical measurements are presented and their application is shown in
the more important laboratory methods. The experiments include the precise measure
ment of resistance, current, potential difference, quantity, capacity, inductance, and
the magnetic properties of iron.
Prerequisite, General Physics.
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4. Atomic Physics.
Tw o hour8 fo r the secon d sem ester.
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 of the constitution of matter and presents the simpler aspects
of cathode and Roentgen rays, photoelectricity, thermoelectricity, radioactivity, and
spectrum analysis in their bearing on this question.
Prerequisite, General Physics.
5. Advanced Physics.
H o u rs to he arranged.
It is expected that advanced physics will usually be confined to the Honors work.
This course is provided to fit the needs of those who desire special work in experi
mental physics and may be arranged in any branch of physics.
Physiology and Zoology
The instructing staff o f this department consists of Walter J.
Scott, Instructor in Physiology and Zoology; John W . Thompson,
Jr., Instructor in Anatomy; Dr. F. G. Speck and Dr. I. A . Hallowell, Lecturers in Anthropology.
The purpose o f the department is to give students a thorough
and comprehensive view o f the nature and mechanism of animal
life and o f the more important generalizations o f the zoological
sciences. It endeavors to meet the needs of students who are
primarily interested in gaining a rather general view o f zoology
and physiology, as well as those who desire a more thorough and
comprehensive training in preparation for the life o f a pro
fessional zoologist, for secondary school teaching, or graduate
study in medicine, physiology or zoology.
Courses 1-A, 2-A, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been arranged to satisfy
the needs o f the general student and do not assume the neces
sity for giving a training in preparation fo r more advanced
courses. They aim to give rigorous training in scientific methods
and to present a complete view of the subject which must there
fore be lacking in detail. Courses 1-B and 2-B are for those stu
dents who plan to take advanced work in the department and
are therefore able to sacrifice some breadth in these beginning
courses for the more important details that are necessary as a
foundation for the later work.
It is assumed that those students who desire to specialize in
this field will, as a rule, be sufficiently able and interested to
avail themselves o f the unusual opportunity for advanced work
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offered by the Honors Courses in Physiology-Zoology. F or those
who do not elect to do so a number o f advanced courses o f a
fundamental nature are offered each year. These courses are
usually offered in alternate years and it is therefore important
that students plan their program a year in advance.
A t the present time the department occupies the east wing
o f Science Hall. The elementary laboratories are equipped with
modern apparatus for experimental work in all o f the fields of
physiology and zoology and offer unusual facilities for individual
work. The advanced and research laboratories are being developed
to meet the needs of the Honor and graduate student and are being
equipped for work in all phases o f the several sciences. Due to
close relationships with the Departments o f Physics and Electrical
Engineering the-available electrical equipment is unusually fine
and offers exceptional opportunities for work in electro-physiology.
The departmental library contains a large collection o f modern
works in these fields and complete files o f the leading American
and English journals.
1 (a ). General Zoology.
Mr. Scott and Mr. Thompson.
T h ree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r .
O ffered annually.
Lectures and conferences covering the more important aspects of invertebrate and
vertebrate zoology, including comparative morphology and physiology, ecology, evolu
tion, elementary embryology and genetics, distribution, etc. In the laboratory the
student makes an experimental study of these various problems.
1 ( 6 ).
A course similar to the above but designed for students anticipating further courses
in this field. The lecture hour is the same as that for 1 (a), but the conference
period is devoted to more advanced and detailed subjects.
2 (a ). Elementary Physiology. Mr. Scott.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the first sem ester . O ffered annually.
This course is open to all students. This is a consideration of the physiology of
muscle, nerve, circulation, respiration, central nervous system, special senses, and
digestion. The treatment is designed to give a broad understanding of the mechanism
of the human body.
The course may be taken with or without laboratory work. The limited number^
admitted to the laboratory perform standard experiments on living tissue and on
themselves as subjects.
2 ( 6).
A course similar to the above but designed for students anticipating further courses
in this field. The lecture hour is the same as that for 2 (a), but the conference
period is devoted to more advanced and detailed subjects.
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3. History o f Zoology.
T w o hour8 a w eek during the first sem ester.
A general course of lectures tracing the evolution of Zoology. Special attention is
paid to the philosophical aspects of the science and its influence on the development of
civilization. Open to students who have had no preliminary courses in Zoology.
4. Zoology and Social Problems.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
A lecture course for students in the social sciences and similar fields of specialization.
It will treat such aspects of zoology as eugenics, population, food supply, public health,
insect problems, elementary anthropology, etc. No prerequisites.
5. Anthropology. Drs. Speck and Hallowell.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r .
Lectures and conferences on physical anthropology and ethnology. No prerequisites.
6. Organic Evolution.
T w o hours a w eek during the second sem ester.
A general survey of the evidence for the theories of evolution, the factors respon
sible for the evolutionary changes and an historical review of the development of
the science. No prerequisites.
7. Vertebrate Anatomy.
Mr. Thompson.
F ou r hours a w eek d/uring the secon d sem ester.
This course is devoted to a study of vertebrate systems, dissections of the cadaver
and weekly conferences.
Prerequisites, 1 and 2.
8. Histology.
Mr. Thompson.
T hree hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
The work of this course is primarily designed to give a rigorous training in micro
scopic technique. Some time is also devoted to a study of the physico-chemical structure
of protoplasm and the physiology of cells. The latter part of the semester is given to
comparative histology. Prerequisites, 1 and 2.
9. Embryology.
Mr. Thompson.
T hree hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
Lectures and laboratory work on the embryonic development of certain invertebrates
and vertebrates. Special attention is given to modern methods of experimental embry
ology. Prerequisites, 1, 2, and 8.
10. Mammalian Physiology.
Mr. Scott and Mr. Thompson.
Tw o hours a w eek during the secon d sem ester.
A laboratory course of experiments illustrating the more important features of
the circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems. Prerequisites, 1 and 2.
11. Review o f Current Literature.
Members o f the Staff and Seniors.
O ne hou r a w eek throughout the year.
Weekly reports and discussions on the more important articles in current physio
logical and zoological journals. Open only to juniors and seniors.
12. Bio-Physics.
T hree hours a w eek d/uring the first sem ester.
A course of lectures, discussions and laboratory exercises on some of the physical
phenomena that are of importance to the biologist. Among the topics considered are:
energy exchanges in the body, osmotic pressure, surface energy, colloids, physical
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structure of protoplasm, hydrogen ions and the living organism, light and its effects
on tissues, etc. Prerequisites, I and 2.
13. Comparative Neurology. Mr. Seott and Mr. Thompson.
A laboratory course in comparative neuro-histology with special reference to the nervous
system of man. Second semester, every other year. Prerequisites, courses 1, 7 and 8.
F or Honors Courses in Physiology-Zoology, see pages 66-67.
Political Science
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Robert C. Brooks, assisted by J. Roland Pennoek and
Mrs. George Galloway.
The primary aim o f the courses offered in political science is
to prepare students for intelligent and effective citizenship.
To this end an effort is made to interpret the political life
and movements o f our time in city, state, and nation. Particular
attention is given to criticisms o f existing institutions and pro
posals for their reform. Governments and parties in the leading
foreign nations o f the world are considered not only because
o f their intrinsic importance, but also for the valuable sugges
tions they may yield toward the solution o f our American
problems.
Though the courses in political science are designed primarily
to produce intelligent and effective citizenship, they should also
prove more immediately helpful to those who intend to enter
politics, law, public service, journalism, business, or the teaching
o f civics. Students who expect to devote themselves to advanced
study and research in political science should be able to lay the
foundations fo r such work in the undergraduate courses offered
by this department.
Unsupported by collateral study in economics and history much
o f the significance of political science will be lost. Psychology,
philosophy, and anthropology are also valuable aids. A reading
knowledge o f German or French should be acquired as soon as
possible by students o f political science, and both o f these are
essential for graduate study in this field. Training in English
and public speaking is highly desirable.
Changes in advanced courses to be made from year to year
will enable students to take more work in political science than
is here scheduled.
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1. Government and Parties in England and Continental Europe.
Brooks, Mrs. Galloway.
Three hours a w eek throughout the y e a r .
Professor
O ffered annually.
An outline study of the framework of government and the organization, methods,
and aims of the leading political parties of England, France, Switzerland, and Ger
many. Particular attention is given to the constitutional documents of the countries
studied and to the more accessible sources of official information regarding them.
Wherever possible, comparisons are drawn between the political institutions and prob
lems of the countries studied and those of the United States.
Open to all students.
2. American Political Parties and Party Problems.
Professor Brooks.
T hree hours a w eek during second! sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A study of the growth, organization, aims and methods of political parties in the
United States, with particular reference to the financing of parties, primary and con
vention system, and electoral reforms generally. Open to all students except Freshmen.
3. American Federal Government.
Mr. Pennoek.
T hree hours a w eek d u ring first sem ester.
O ffered annually.
A study of the present structure and functions of the Federal Government of the
United States.
Open to all students except Freshmen.
4. Municipal Government in the United States.
Mrs. Galloway.
O ffered in 1928-29.
A somewhat detailed study of municipal organization and functions in the United
States. Particular attention will be given to the city of Philadelphia. Reform pro
posals, such as the commission plan, the city manager plan, short ballot, and the work
of bureau# of municipal research, will be discussed.
Tw o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
5. American State Government.
Professor Brooks.
O ffered in 1928-29.
A study of the organization and functions of state government in the United States,
with particular reference to Pennsylvania. The legislative branch will be given special
attention in this course for the present.
T w o hours a w eek during the first sem ester.
6. Political Motives.
Professor Brooks.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
A study of the motives influencing men in their political activities, particularly as
revealed in biographies and autobiographies of American leaders of recent date.
Open only to Juniors and Seniors.
7. Political Problems o f Today.
Mr. Galloway.
1929-30.
A review of the principal political problems international and internal confronting
the world today, and of the proposed solutions therefor. Open to Seniors majoring
in the department and in allied departments, to Sophomores preparing to read for
honors, and, without credit, to Honors students.
T w o hours a w e e k during the first sem ester. O ffered in
8. Special Readings in Political Science.
Professor Brooks.
Tw o hours a w eek during secon d sem ester.
O ffered annually.
For the college year 1928-29 .the reading in this course was upon the American
Political Novel, works of recent date being preferred. As in Course 6 above, the
principal aim of the course was to study the motives of political activity.
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9. American Constitutional Law. Mr. Pennock.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
The legal framework and operation of American government as developed by the
Supreme Court. The method is that of the case system. This course should be taken
with or after Course No. 3.
A statement o f the Honors Course in the Division o f the
Social Sciences is given on pages 55-59.
Romance Languages
The instruction in this department is under the direction of
Professor Louis Cons. The teaching staff includes Associate
Professor Charles R. Bagley; Señorita Mercedes C. Iribas, In
structor in Spanish; Mme. Marie Bourdin Bachor, Instructor
in French; and Dr. Margaret Pitkin, Instructor in Romance
Languages.
The courses in French for the first two years are designed to
impart a thorough training in the grammar and the phonetics
of the language along with the ability to read modern French
with facility. Until the end o f the second year the authors
studied are all selected from those o f the nineteenth and twen
tieth centuries, and the greatest attention is given to colloquial
French. A t the beginning o f the third year the emphasis is
shifted gradually from the language to the literature, the history
and the other phases o f French civilization. The fact that
French is a living tongue is kept ever in view; with very few
exceptions, all courses are given in French. Much attention is
given to pronunciation, and the relations o f modern French to
classical, popular, and low Latin are often brought before the
students. Free composition, dictation, memorizing, and conver
sation are required throughout the courses. The general object
o f the instruction in French is first to teach the student the
language while giving him glimpses of the civilization which lies
beyond; then when he has mastered the language sufficiently, to
bring him in direct contact with the French civilization, as far
as that is possible, through the study of France, her literature,
history, art, philosophy, and ideas. Majors and Honors Students
in this department are encouraged to spend some time in France;
i f possible, to do a part o f their undergraduate work there.
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The courses in Spanish are arranged with a view to giving a
practical knowledge of the language and also a general idea of
the literature of Spain. Special attention is given to the study
o f contemporary Spanish literature. Spanish is the language of
the classroom.
The course in Italian is, for the present, primarily a reading
course, designed to give students enough fundamentals and prac
tice to enable them to develop the ability to read modem Italian
with pleasure and profit. Pronunciation is taught, not only for
its practical value, but also as an aid to translating and reading
without translating.
The class in Course 2 is divided into four sections, the class
in Course 3 into two, and the class in Course 2c into two sec
tions. There are also two sections of Spanish 2.
Students who are prepared in Elementary French, as defined
by the College Entrance Examination Board, enter Course 2 ;
those who are prepared in Intermediate French enter a special
section o f 2, called 2s; those who are prepared in Advanced
French, enter Course 3. Also those students who, at the time of
entering college, pass the advanced placement test are admitted
to Course 3. Experience has shown that students who enter col
lege with three years or more of preparation in French usually
do well in their college work, and that those who enter with only
two years of French often have difficulty with college French.
Students prepared in Elementary Spanish enter Course 2 ; those
prepared in Advanced Spanish enter Course 3. The course in
Italian is open to all students.
Students who elect French as a m ajor study are required to
complete the work o f five full years, or thirty semester hours,
in French, and to take Courses 6 and 16.
The first semester’s work in Elementary French and in Ele
mentary Spanish will not be accepted towards a degree unless
followed by the work o f the second semester in the same language.
Some of the lists o f works as given below are subject to slight
modification from year to year.
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1. Elementary French.
Dr. Pitkin.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year.
Offered annually.
This course is intended for those who begin French in college. Its aim is to enable
students to read ordinary French with ease, to understand to some extent the spoken
language, and to form simple sentences, both oral and written.
Bovée. P rem ière année de français, and Hills and Dondo, Contes dram atiques .
2. Reading o f Contemporary French Prose and Poetry, Grammar with Com
position and History. Professor Cons, Associate Professor Bagley,
Madame Bâcher and Dr. Pitkin.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
This course is designed to extend and supplement Course 1. Prose composition and
grammar drill are continued; much attention is given to idioms and synonyms; the
reading becomes more rapid; and French is made almost exclusively the language of
the classroom. Free composition on the history of France alternates with grammar
review and set composition on an assigned passage.
Selected works of Balzac, Bazin, Coppée, Erckmann—Chatrian, Daudet, Hugo, Mau
passant, Mérimée, Dumas, A. France, or others.
Bovée, D eu xièm e année, de fra n ça is; Fraser and Squair, S h orter F ren ch C o u rse;
Barton and Sirich, F ren ch R ev iew Grom m ar and Com position .
Lavisse, H istoire d e F ra n ce (Cours Moyen), edited by Green and Vaillant.
2 (c ). Elementary French
Madame Bâcher.
Conversation.
Associate
Professor
O ne hour a w eek throughout th e year.
Bagley,
O ffered annually.
3. Introduction to French Classicism, Romanticism, and Realism. Composi
tion and History. Associate Professor Bagley and Madame Bâcher.
T hree hours a w e e k throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
This course is a general study, in French, of the three great movements in French
literature, and a special study of representative texts of each period. Particular atten
tion is given to the historical background of the different periods; free composition is
based on chapters from Malet’s H istoire de F ra nce. Class discussion in French is
required, and occasionally original essays on outside reading are read and criticised
in class. Grammar review and composition on assigned subjects alternate with free
composition on history.
Corneille: L e C id ; Racine, A n d rom aq u e; Molière, L e B ou rgeois G entilhom m e; Lamar
tine, G raziella; Musset, P oésies et O n n e badine p a s ; Flaubert, T rois C o n tes; Mau
passant, Selections from G u y de M aupassant (Schinz) ; Koren, F ren ch C om position;
Malet, H istoire de F ra nce, edited by Doolin.
4. Advanced Freneh Conversation.
Madame Bâcher.
O ne hou r a w eek throughout the year.
5. Advanced French Prose Composition.
O ffered annually
Dr. Pitkin.
Tw o hou rs a w eek dmrimg the first sem ester.
Offered annually.
The aim of this course is to give increased facility in the 'writing of the French
language, by means of intensive study of chosen models and translation and paraphrase
of English into French. Much free composition is also required. Frequent conference
periods care for the students’ individual needs.
Armstrong, S yn ta x o f the F ren ch V e r b ; Bassett, L a Carte de F ra n ce .
6. Practical Phonetics.
Dr. Pitkin.
O ffered annually .
This course is designed to give the student increased facility and greater precision
Tw o hour s a w eek during th e secon d sem ester.
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in spoken French, by means oi a scientific study of the sounds of the French language.
Phonetic dictation, readings in French, conversation, etc.
Nicholson, P ra ctical In trod u ction to F ren ch P hon etics.
7. Seventeenth Century French Literature.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
Lectures, reading, discussion, essays.
Prerequisite, French 3.
O ffered in
1929-30.
In French.
8. Special Topics o f French Literature.
Professor Cons.
T w o hour8 a w eek throughout the y ea r.
O ffered annually.
An intensive study of selected writers and works of French literature.
9. Nineteenth Century French Literature.
Associate Professor Bagley.
Offered in 1928-29
In French.
T w o hours a w eek during the y ea r.
Lectures, reading, discussions, and reports.
Prerequisite, Course 8.
10. Twentieth Century French Literature. Professor Cons.
T w o hou/re a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered in 1928-29.
Lectures, reading, discussions, and reports. In French.
Prerequisite, Course 3. This course alternates with the course on the Novel.
11. Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Madame Bacher.
One hour a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered in
1929-30
A thorough study of the lives and works of these two writers. In French.
12. French Lyric Poetry and Versification.
Madame Bacher.
O ffered in 1928-29.
A study of lyric poetry from Villon to the end of the nineteenth century. An ex
amination of French verse-structure from its origin to the present. The work is given
in French. Canfield’s L y rics and van Roosbroeck’s A nthology o f M odern F ren ch P o etry
are used as text-books. These are supplemented by further reading from the poets
studied.
Prerequisite, Course 3.
O ne hour a w eek throughout the y ea r.
13. History o f the French Novel. Professor Cons.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
The French novel is here considered both in its origins and development and in its
portraiture of life. Morillot’s L e R om an en F ra nce depuis 16 10 jusQu’ h n os jo u rs is
used as a text-book, and representative novels are read by the students outside of the
class. The course is conducted in French.
Prerequisite, Course 8 or its equivalent.
14. French Drama.
Associate Professor Bagley.
T w o hours a w eek during the yea r. O ffered in 1929-30.
The drama from its beginnings to the present day, with especial emphasis on the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Lectures, reading and discussion in class of representative plays, parallel reading,
and essays.
Prerequisite, Course 8 or its equivalent. In French.
15. History o f Ideas in France.
Associate Professor Bagley.
T w o hour8 a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
( F o r Juniors
and S en iors on ly.)
During the first semester a general survey is made of the publication of important
ideas, their development, controversies which they stimulate, the reactions which they
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cause, from the foundation of the University of Paris to the present day. During the
second semester a detailed study is made of certain theories, problems—educational,
religious, economic, and political. Descartes, Rousseau, and Bergson are studied as
intensively as time allows. Mimeographed copies of notes and bibliography are fur
nished for each student.
16. Outline Course in French Literature.
Dr. Pitkin.
Tw o hours a w eek throughout the y ea r .
O ffered annually.
This course is designed, as a review and extension of the courses in literature already
pursued. Much attention is devoted to the literary monuments of the Old French period,
these being read as far as possible in Modern French translations. The literature of
the Renaissance is then taken up, after which consideration is given to the movements
and tendencies of later times, the different writers and their works. The outside read
ing is both wide and varied. This course is conducted in French, by means of lectures,
collateral reading, reports, and research work.
Open to advanced students who are able to speak and understand the French
language. Credit for three hours is given.
For the Honors Course in French, see pp. 61-62.
Spanish
1. Elementary Spanish.
Miss Iribas.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the y e a r . O ffered annually.
This course aims to give a knowledge of the essentials of Spanish grammar, the
ability to read ordinary Spanish with ease, and some practice in conversation. Hills
and Ford, F irst Spanish C ou rse; C uentos M odernos.
2. Second-year Spanish.
Miss Iribas.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the year. O ffered annually.
S panish C om position; reading of six modern novels and plays, and con
Crawford,
versation based upon these works.
3. Third-year Spanish.
Miss Iribas.
T hree hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
O ffered annually.
A study of Contemporary Spanish Texts.
Italian
1. Beading Italian.
Wilkins’ first
Dr. Pitkin.
T w o hours a w eek throughout the yea r.
Italian B ook , and short stories irom contemporary
O ffered annually,
writers.
COURSE IN BIBLIOGRAPHY
A course in bibliography will be offered in 1930-31, with two
meetings a week for discussion. The more important part o f the
work will be the daily assignment o f problems which will send
the student to the reference books, periodicals and other literature
in the College Library. The course will also require the compila
tion o f a bibliography. Enrollment is to be limited. The in
structor will be Librarian Shaw. The course carries a Credit of
three semester hours.
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STUDENTS, 1929-30
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Name
A bbott, T heodora Gladys ,
A ckart, D orothy A gnes,
A dams , Olive E m ily ,
A lden, F rancis Carter,
A lstaetter, W illiam R aoul,
A moss , Cornelia P. C.,
A ndrews, H elen M argaret,
Arnold , H osmer B radford,
A shby , H onora J ane ,
A tkinson , J oseph L.,
A tkiss , L incoln,
B aker , Clifford Carl,
B aker, E. Sidney,
B aker , H enry D avis ,
B aker , T homas Melville,
B aldwin , A rthur F rank ,
B altz , E dith M ay ,
B amberger, B etty L oynd,
B att , B arbara B urroughs,
B attin , W illiam I ngram , J r .,
B aur, M arguerite E mma ,
B each , B eatrice F ullerton,
B echtold, A lice B idings,
B ender, B ichard Oliver,
B ennett, A nna E lizabeth ,
B ennett, C atherine H odgens,
B essemer , H elen Cecile,
B etts , J ohn M. C.,
B etts, M ary E lizabeth ,
B iddle, A nna L.,
B iddle, Clement M iller, J r.,
B ishop , E obert F orsythe,
B lum , W illiam , J r.,
B ockius, D avid L ukens , J r.,
B ohn , E hoda T hompson ,
B ond, E ichard Clarkson ,
B oone, W illiam A nton ,
B ooser, J ames H enry ,
B ooth, H elen L.,
B ooth, Katherine B avi,
B ooth, N ora B avi,
B ooth, B obert L.,
Major Subject
English,
English,
Economics,
Chemistry,
English,
Economics,
English,
Economics,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
Phys. fy Zoology,
Economics,
Economics,
Engineering,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
French,
French,
Engin. Honors,
History
English Honors,
French,
Chemistry,
English,
French,
English Honors,
Chemistry,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Education,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Chemistry,
Mathematics,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Education,
Botany,
Address
Merion.
Wilmington, Del.
Washington, D. C.
Philadelphia.
Savannah, Ga.
Benson, Md.
Woodstown, N. J.
Santa Barbara, Calii.
Philadelphia.
Palmyra, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Vineland, N. J.
Hagerstown, Md.
Trenton, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Bidgefield, Conn.
Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Del.
Montclair, N. J.
Atlanta, Ga.
Philadelphia.
New Haven, Conn.
Lansdowne.
Bidley Park.
Hastings-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Montclair, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
Washington, D. C.
Doylestown.
Biverton, N. J.
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Chevy Chase, Md.
Philadelphia.
Greenwich, Conn.
Upper Darby.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Harrisburg.
Plainfield, N. J.
Bennington, Vt.
Bennington, Vt.
Plainfield, N. J.
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Name
B oreman, W illiam I ngram,
B oston, Gu t D ouglas,
B owman , E dith,
B oter, H oward E avenson,
B reoht, J ohn M organ,
B recht, Sarah W.,
BRiDfi, M arie T herese,
B riggs, B arbara,
B ringhurst, L ouis S.,
B rinton, M argaret H ickman ,
B rooke, H elen Caroline,
B roomell, K enneth F oster,
B rown , H arry F ranklin ,
B rown , H oward F.,
B rown , J essie ,
B uckwell , D onald E verett,
B urton, I rw in G.,
Calhoun , H elen P auline ,
Calvert, M arjorie M cGee,
Calvert, W illiam Geery,
Calvin , M ary B lanche ,
Calwell , B uth ,
Cannon , M ott D w ight ,
Carnine , J ean F rances,
Carter, H arold F rederick,
Case , W esley B ird,
Castle , E ebecca S choch,
Chambers , E lisabeth H.,
Chambers , T homas S.,
Chapman , A nne Stevenson,
Chapman , M ariana ,
Cheng, Charles Chia -I,
Chipley , Carroll B unting ,
Christian , F rank Sharp ,
Cleaver, B uth B lackburn ,
Clement , A da Graham ,
Clepper, W . W endell,
Cleveland, W illiam H enry , Jr.,
Cline , B uth A ntes ,
Cocklin , H elen E ckels,
Cocks, F lorence,
Coles, H enry B., J r.,
Coles, M arvin B oberts,
Colona, M ary B arbara,
Colson, M arian L illian ,
Major Subject
English,
English,
English,
Economies,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
English,
English,
English,
Edu. Honors,
English,
Pol. Science,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
English,
English,
Economics,
History,
English,
English,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Chem. Engin.,
English,
Philosophy Hon.,
Chem. Honors,
History,
Phys. Sf Zoology,
Pol. Science,
French Honors,
Economics,
English,
English,
English Honors,
French,
French,
Pol. Science,
English,
English,
Latvn,
Address
Parkersburg, W. Ya.
Berlin, Md.
Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Beading.
Norristown.
Norristown.
Philadelphia.
Yonkers, N. Y.
Felton, Del.
Oxford.
Baltimore, Md.
Chicago, HI.
Las Cruces, N. Mex.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Swedesboro, N. J.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Norwood.
Butherford, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Flushing, N. Y.
Denver, Colo.
Port Monmouth, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Wayne.
New Lisbon, N. J.
Beading.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Pleasantville, N. Y.
Foochow, China.
Bellefonte.
Ithan.
Butledge.
Jenkintown.
Sharon.
Tulsa, Okla.
Easton.
Flushing, N. Y.
Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y.
Moorestown, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
Wilmington, Del.
Woodstown, N. J.
STUDENTS
Name
Colson, J oseph E ngle,
Conklin , Gakret E dward,
Connor, R alph L ibby,
Cook, R uth E rnestine ,
COOKENBAOH, JOHN MONTGOMERY,
Cookman , M ary deW aele ,
Coolidge, R uth A lden,
Coppock, J oseph D avid,
Corbit, J ohn D arlington, J r .,
Cornell, J ulien D avies,
Creager, M ary L ouise,
Cresson, W illiam J ames ,
Crider, J ames L eland, J r.,
Croll, Gustina Ma y ,
Crosse, B arbara J ane ,
Crowl, J ohn A xtell ,
Crowl, P aul ,
Curtiss, W illiam B ryn ,
D ann , D eirdre M a y ,
D avenport, W illiam R obert,
D avies , A lbert Oram ,
D avis , H enrietta T hornton,
D avis , M argaret Genevieve,
D avis , R uth J anet ,
D awes , E dmund,
D eane, N ancy ,
D eA rm and, A nna J anney ,
D eininger, D orothy F ritch ,
D eL aney , E dwin Griswold,
D ellmuth , Carl K.,
D eL ong, B etty ,
D ent, P atricia K athleen ,
D eP uy , C. E dward,
D espard, M argaret B leecker,
D ewees , M argaret L ucretia,
D iamond, H ym an ,
D ickey , J ohn M iller,
D ickinson , E lizabeth W inslow ,
D itter, D orothy E. C.,
D oak , J ames B urnley ,
D onahower, H enry F ranklin ,
D ouglas, J ames B acon, J r.,
D owdy, P rice,
D owning , J ames V ernon,
D ownton , W illiam , J r .,
Major Subject
Engineering,
English Honors,
Education,
Economics,
English,
Pol. Science,
Phys. Zoology,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English,
Engineering,
History,
French,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
French,
Phys. Zoology,
English,
English,
Education,
English,
English,
English,
English,
Chem. Engin.,
Economics,
English Honors,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English,
History,
Chem. Honors,
Philosophy,
English,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
Economics,
Phys. ty Zoology,
Chemistry,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
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Address
Woodstown, N. J.
Newburyport, Mass.
Stoneham, Mass.
Swarthmore.
Penfield.
Swarthmore.
West Medford, Mass.
Peru, Indiana.
Beading.
Central Valley, N. Y.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Swarthmore.
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Jenkintown.
Newark, N. J.
Dayton, Ohio.
Dayton, Ohio.
Washington, D. C.
Bichmond Hill, N. Y.
DuBois.
Camden, N. J.
Bristol.
Mystic, Conn.
Haddonfield, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Bidley Park.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Sayre.
Camden, N. J.
East Greenville.
Washington, D. C.
Stroudsburg.
Detroit, Mich.
Paoli.
Long Island City, N. Y.
Oxford.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Media.
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Moore.
East Norwich, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
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Name
D raper, Constance,
D resden, M ark K enyon ,
D udley, E sther E lizabeth ,
D udley, W inston M ansfield ,
Education,
Engineering,
Address
Canton, Mass.
Swarthmore.
Charleston, HI.
Oakmont.
E aton, F rances E.,
E aton, W illiam W right,
E den, F ranklin Carnell,
E mhardt, A melia A manda ,
E mhardt, Catherine H igley,
E mley , A delaide L ancaster ,
E vans , Gillespie Stevenson,
E vans , J anet E lizabeth ,
E vans , J ohn W ainwright , J r .,
E yler, A n na D orcas,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Physics,
Economics,
French,
History,
Chemistry,
English,
English Honors,
Mathematics,
Education,
Harrisburg.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Washington, D. C.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Ridley Park.
St. Michaels, Md.
Baltimore, Md.
F ahringer, J ean T enche ,
F alconer, E lizabeth ,
F arquhar, Caroline M iller,
F arquhar, K atherine D are,
F ergus, J ohn H oward,
F erguson, B assett ,
F ernon, E llen W atson ,
F erris, B arton P urdy,
F inkenaur , D orothy V ernon,
F isher , H elen ,
F isher , L ouise I rene,
F isher , M ary E leanor,
F isher , Sally ,
F lanagan , H elen ,
F letcher, H elen B.,
F lexner , E leanor,
F oster, Catherine M arguerite,
F oster, J ohn B urt,
F ox, B ichard M iddleton,
F rantz, W ilbert P.,
F uller, A da P almer ,
F ussell , L ew is , J r.,
F ussell , M orris H ardy,
English,
Audenried.
Montclair, N. J.
Kennett Square.
Kennett Square.
Media.
Bidley Park.
Philadelphia.
Port Chester, N. Y.
West New Brighton, N. Y.
Leonia, N. J.
Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Pottsville.
Arlington, Vt.
Philadelphia.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Faribault, Minn.
Morrisville.
Media.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Gardner, W arner W inslow ,
Garrett, H elen,
Garett, Caspar S harpless ,
Garett, Sylvester S harpless ,
Garrigues, Cecilia Al m a ,
Gates , H elen J osephine,
Geare, M arion W est ,
Major Subject
English,
Elec. Engin.,
Chemistry,
History,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
French,
English,
English Honors,
Mathematics,
Edu. Honors,
English Honors,
English,
English,
Elec. Engin.,
Economics,
Engineering,
Economics,
Economics,
History,
New York, N. Y.
Elkins Park.
Swarthmore.
Pol. Science,
Elkins Park.
French Honors, \ Elmhurst, N. Y.
English,
Wilmette, 111.
English Honors,
Swarthmore.
STUDENTS
Name
Gee, N eville Craig,
Gedting, M aradel
Gill , L ew is Merritt,
Glunt , D avid,
Good, M abel V irginia ,
Gould, R obert L isle ,
Graves, J anet ,
Green, M ontgomery M.
Greenspan , B enjamin ,
Grey , M erida
Grumpelt, H elen L illian ,
Gurney, Margaret
H a , J erome,
H adeler, R obert E.
H adley, H elen R ebecca,
H adley, H enry ,
H adley, R uth Geraldine,
H all , W inifred L ois,
H ammell , Charles B ertram ,
H amming , M arian ,
H arbold, E lizabeth R eiser,
H ardester, A llen L emuel,
H arlan , J oseph ,
H arvey, J ean E lizabeth ,
H arvey, N ancy R idings,
H arvey, W illiam M iles,
H arshbarger, L aura E ugenie,
H askell , D avid Charles,
H askell , Grace Chappell ,
H atfield, E m m a Catharine ,
H aviland , B enjam in Carpenter,
H ead, R alph B urdette,
H eadley, H elen M argaret,
H earne, E lorence N orton,
Helm , R uth H offmeier,
H errmann , W alter W illI am,
H erschleb, K atherine E lizabeth ,
H erzberg, R uth A rilla ,
H ettinger, E loise E veline S.,
H eusner, A lbert P rice,
H eward, H arry, J r.,
H icks , M orris L evick ,
H ick , W illiam M ott,
H lebel, E lizabeth ,
H iller, E ldredge M ilton,
Major Subject
Economics,
English,
English,
Engineering,
Chemistry,
Mathematics,
English,
English,
Botany,
Mathematics,
Math. Honors,
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Address
Cranford, N. J.
Lansdowne.
Swarthmore.
Rutherford, N. J.
Riverton, N. J.
Towson, Md.
Philadelphia.
Winchester, Va.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Harrington Park, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
Peking, China.
Dayton, Ohio.
Wayne.
Wayne.
Leonia, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
Absecon, N. J.
Ridgewood, N. J.
Lancaster.
Crisfield, Md.
Baltimore, Md,
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
E. Stroudsburg.
Engineering,
Pittsburgh.
Warrensburg, N. Y.
Engi. Honors,
Lookout Mt., Tenn.
Danville, 111.
English,
Millville, N. J.
Economics,
Greenfield, Ohio.
Economics,
Madison, N. J.
English,
Swarthmore.
English Honors,
Elizabethtown.
English,
Boonton, N. J.
German,
New York, N. Y.
Pol. Science,
San Diego, Calif.
Reading.
Latin,
Phys. 4 Zoology, York, Neb.
Philadelphia.
Economics,
Lansdowne.
Engineering,
Glen Cove, N. Y.
Engineering,
Wien, Austria.
French Honors,
Flushing, N. Y.
English,
Economics,
Economics,
English,
Engineering,
Phys. fy Zoology,
Education,
Economics,
English,
English Honors,
Economics,
Economics,
English,
142
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name
H iller, L ouise H emstreet,
H imes , Catharine W irt,
H oadley, F lorence A rnold,
H oadley, George B urnham ,
H olman , A rthur Charles ,
H olmes, D enise E lizabeth ,
H ood, A lbert L., J r.,
H oopes, R oger K irk,
H oskinson , H elen M urray,
H oward, N ancy ,
H owland, A llen D yer,
H owland, E m ily H inton ,
H ubbell, D aniel S outhwick ,
H udson , H oward Sampson ,
H ull, J ames D ixon , J r.,
H ull , M argery M oore,
H umphries , Charles F rederick,
H unt , Charles H owland ,
H unt , K atherine ,
H unt , R a y P erkins ,
H urlock, E lm a A.,
Major Subject
English,
Mathematics,
Engi. Honors,
Chem. Engin.,
Economics,
Education,
English Honors,
Economics,
Chemistry,
English,
English,
Economics,
Elec. Engm.,
Fine Arts,
Engineering,
English,
I ngersoll, W illiam H arrison, J r.,
I sport, L ouise Gertrude,
I ves, B arbara Olmstead ,
Engineering,
English,
J ackson , Caroline A lberta,
J ackson , E dith W h so n ,
J ackson , E dward L ovett,
J ackson , R uth W h s o n ,
J anney , E leanor,
JAQUETTE, H. ARABEL,
J enkins , E leanor F oulke,
J ewett , L awrence,
J ohlin , R uth A nn ,
J ohns , E dward J anney ,
J ohnson , H oward Cooper, J r.,
J ohnson , H oward W eston,
J ohnson , K atherine T urner,
J ones, Carolyn W eller,
J ones, H arold D egner,
J ones, J. R ussell,
J ones, W illiam T homas ,
J ordan, L eah E lizabeth ,
J oyce, George T .,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Pol. Science,
Address
Flushing, N. Y.
New Oxford.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Union City, N. J.
Kenilworth, 111.
Philadelphia.
West Chester.
Washington, D. C.
Brooklyn, N. Y .
Philadelphia.
Swarthmore.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Pleasantville, N. J.
Baltimore, Md.
Baltimore, Md.
Sunnyside, N. Y.
White Plains, N. Y.
White Plains, N. Y.
Morton.
Springfield.
Maplewood, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Upper Montclair, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Bala-Cynwyd.
Soc. Sci. Honors, Philadelphia.
French,
New Hope.
English,
Swarthmore.
English,
Gwynedd.
Elect. Engm. Hon., Swarthmore.
Nashville, Tenn.
French,
Pol. Science,
Media.
Moylan.
Economics,
Engineering,
Swarthmore.
Huntington Valley.
Education,
New York, N. Y.
Pol. Science,
Philadelphia.
Engineering,
Vineland, N. J.
Natchez, Miss.
English Honors,
New Castle, Del.
English,
Swarthmore.
STUDENTS
143
Name
K ain , B ichard M organ,
K ain , W illiam H enry ,
K eefer, T homas Sym th , J r .,
K ehew , N ox M cCain ,
K eller, D orothy,
K eller, H orace D ietz, J r .,
K erlin , Kathryn E.,
K err, Clark ,
K imball , Charlotte,
K intner , R obert E dmonds,
Kirsch , W illia Sc E ugene,
K istler, J onathan H.,
K nauer, Ottilie R uth ,
K ohn , M a x ,
K unca, F rank F rederick,
K urtz, A nna L ouise,
Address
York.
York.
Engineering,
Ardmore.
Economies,
Bradford Woods.
Highland Park,. 111.
Pol. Science,
Elec. Engim.,
York.
English Honors,
Keyser, W . Ya.
Pol. Science,
Jacksonwald.
Wollaston, Mass.
Soc. Sci. Honors, Stroudsburg.
Eng. Sr Edu. Hon., Clementon Heights, N. J.
English,
Tamaqua.
English,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Economics,
Philadelphia.
Trenton, N. J.
Economics,
Wilmington, Del.
English,
L afore, H elen D orothy,
L amb , E llen B ooth,
L amey , R obert H awthorn ,
L amond , Marcia ,
L apham , E dward M organ, J r .,
L apham , T homas W illets ,
L arzelere, L ois D ay ,
L awrence, M abel E xton ,
L each , R ichard W illiamson ,
L eber, E dward Charles,
L eCron, J ohn R ussell,
L ee, W illiam F iss ,
L egate, M ary E lizabeth ,
L eigh, P hilip ,
L ew is , D avis L evis, J r .,
L ew is , R obert George,
L illy , M ary A lice,
L inch , J ohn E dinger,
L ippincott, E dward N eedles,
L ippincott, J oshua Gordon,
L ittlewood, M argaret,
L ongshore, A ldyth L eCompte,
L ongshore, M alcom R ettew ,
L oram, H ilda M argaret,
L oram, J oan M arion,
L owrey, L awson Gentry , J r .,
L udlow, B enjam in H arrison, J r.,
L utton , E dwin Scott,
L yn n , T heodore J ohn,
English,
Major Subject
English Honors,
Engineering,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
French,
English,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
Engineering,
Economics,
French,
Pol. Science,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Engineering,
English,
Economics,
English,
Economics,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Narberth.
Philadelphia.
Chester.
Upper Darby.
Port Washington, N. Y.
Port Washington, N. Y.
Upper Darby.
Philadelphia.
Atlantic City, N. J.
West Nyack, N. Y.
Drexel Hill.
Swarthmore.
Pleasantville, N. Y.
Atlantic City, N. J.
Elkins Park.
Newark, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Atlantic City, N. J.
White Plains, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Elkins Park.
Elkins Park.
Rondebosch, S. Africa.
Rondebosch, S. A frica.
Bronxville, N. Y.
Ardmore.
Pittsburgh.
Camden, N. J.
144
SWABTHMOBE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name
M ac Cracken , J ames P aul,
M ac K night , M arg a r e t A dele,
M ac M urchy , D ouglas A rnott,
M acN eille, Stephen M ann ,
M cCloskey , A lexander J ames ,
M cCord, Charles B ertram ,
M cCune , W illiam Stanley ,
M cD iarmid , N orman H ugh,
M cH ale, H arry F rank ,
M cK enzie, M ary E mma ,
M cL ain , B enjam in ,
M cY augh , R ogers,
M ahon , Samuel ,
M altbie, M argaret M cCurlçy,
M arch , L ouis Charbonnier,
M arr, J eannette I sabelle,
M arsh , F lorence L ouise,
Martin , M argaret,
M a r t in r a t e , E leanor F oulke,
M arvin , W inifred J ohnston ,
M eckling, Gustav Charles ,
M eikle john , K enneth A lexander ,
M elchoir , V irginia T hompson ,
M ercer, L oretta K .,
M erritt, V irginia S utermeister,
M erryman , W illiam B lanchard,
M iohener, J ane W orthington,
M iller, F ranklin , J r .,
M iller, M a x B runen , J r.,
M iller, P riscilla Grace,
M ilne , M orton A ubrey,
M itchell , A llen B obert, 3rd.,
M itchell , B alph M olyneux ,
M ode, A nne Gray ,
M ohan , M arjorie B rauer,
M olarsky , Osmond,
M oore, M argaret J ane ,
M oore, B obert D onald,
M oore, T homas B ichard,
M orris, K atherine ,
M user, Y vonne Georgette,
N ehem kis , P eter B aymond ,
N ewcomb, E lizabeth B eed,
N icely , T homas Shryock,
N ichols, I rene S cott,
Major Subject
Economics,
English,
Philosophy,
Mathematics,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
Phys. Sr Zoology,
Economics,
Phys. Sr Zoology,
Botany,
Mech. Engin.,
Botany,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Chem. Honors,
Economics,
English,
French,
French,
English,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Pol. Science,
Engineering,
Latin Honors,
Mathematics,
Engineering,
English,
Economics,
Economics,
Engineering,
English,
Engineering,
Engineering,
English,
English Honors,
History,
Engineering,
Address
Philadelphia.
New York, N. Y.
Bidley Park.
Summit, N. J.
Chester.
New Boehelle, N. Y.
Petoskey, Mich.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Pittsburgh. '
Kinderhook, N. Y.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Baltimore, Md.
Newtown Square.
Bacine, Wis.
Mt. Pleasant.
Upper Darby.
West Chester.
New Haven, Conn.
Philadelphia.
Madison, Wis.
Lansdowne.
Philadelphia.
Ithaca, N. Y.
Baltimore, Md.
Swarthmore.
St. Louis, Mo.
Kew Gardens, N. Y.
Phoenixville.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Harrisburg.
Overbrook Hills in Merion.
Drexel Hill.
Nutley, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Biverton, N. J.
Biverton, N. J.
Bethesda, Md.
Bidgewood, N. J.
Newark, N. J.
Browns Mills, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Bichmond Hill, N. Y.
145
STUDENTS
Name
N ickel, M iriam ,
N oyes, E dward L ee,
Ogburn, H oward B eynolds,
Ogden, M ary A nn ,
Ogle, D orothy,
O ’N eill, I da,
Orr, M argaret Caroline,
Owen , B ale H illemann ,
Ozias , George W ashington ,
P almenberg, M ary L ouise,
P almer , Clara W hitford,
P almer, M ary D ixon ,
P ark , T homas Ckeigh, J r.,
P arker, Samuel J ackson ,
P arrish , H enry L.,
P arry , J ohn Carle , 3rd.,
P assmore, E dward M artindale,
P assmore, E lizabeth P usey,
P assmore , F rances D arlington,
P assmore, B ichard E rskine ,
P assmore , B uth A nna ,
P atterson, E velyn T aylor,
P atterson, K atherine D oerr,
P atton , E da B rill ,
P axson , Margaret,
P erlofp, W illiam H arry ,
P flaumer, A rthur,
P hillips , B utherford T.,
P ierce, E lsie M arian ,
P ike , H enry L loyd,
P ittman , A lbert J ames ,
P ollock, J ohn B irch,
P oole, W illiam ,
P orter, F ranklin ,
P otter, B ay L eslie ,
P otts, C. W illiam ,
P owell, E lsie K n app ,
P ressler, M ildred,
P rice, D avid L ukens ,
P ugh, Charles E dmund,
P usey, E dna N ichols,
P usey, E leanor Y eatman ,
P yle , D orothy H ester,
P yle , Stephen J ohn,
Major Subject
English Honors,
English,
Pol. Science,
Edu. Honors,
Economics,
History,
English,
English,
English,
Engineering,
Engineering,
Economics,
Economics,
English,
Economics,
English,
History,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
Chemistry,
Economics,
French,
Engineering,
Economics,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English,
Engineering,
Fine Arts,
Edu. Honors,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Economics,
French,
English,
Economics,
Address
Tuckahoe, N. Y.
Dallas, Texas.
Chicago, HI.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Catonsville, Md.
Philadelphia.
Muncie, Ind.
Ardmore.
Centerview, Mo.
Spring Valley, N. Y.
Wilmington, Del.
Stroudsburg.
Swarthmore.
West Chester.
Biverton, N. J.
Gwynedd Valley.
Butte, Mont.
Philadelphia.
Nottingham.
Media.
Glen Mills.
Cynwyd.
Philadelphia.
Yeadon.
Swarthmore.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia.
New Castle, Del.
Catonsville, Md.
Hpper Darby.
Drexel Hill.
Wilmington, Del.
Swarthmore.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
New York, N. Y.
Washington, D. C.
Swarthmore.
Haverford.
West Chester.
West Chester.
Ardmore.
Lansdowne.
146
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name
Quinn , K athleen Gakbery,
Major Subject
English,
R adford, Manson ,
R ambo, Catherine B eatrice,
R aw nsley , M elville Collins,
R awson , P riscilla A lden,
R ead, Margaret,
R edman , R obert,
R eeves, E dythe E lizabeth ,
R einhold, F rances L illian ,
R eynolds, E dwin J ames ,
R eynolds, J ean ,
R eynolds, M arian S medley,
R eynolds, T homas J esse ,
R ickards, A nna Margaret,
R idgway , A nna M ary ,
R oberts, M artha ,
R oberts, W alter H ooton,
R obinson, W alter H adley,
R oosen, George R alph ,
R oth, E dward J ohn,
R oth, Susan ,
R owe, K atherine Chambers ,
R oyse , M ary E lizabeth ,
R udy, H enry Cox,
R unge, D oris H elene,
R ush , Sylvia L ouise,
R ushmore, L eon A., J r .,
R ussell, L aurence M yers ,
R ussell , S usan M ary ,
R yan , Carson Y an D ewater ,
English Honors,
Economics,
Chemistry,
English,
English,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Pol. Science,
Engineering,
English,
English,
Salmon , H elena Y anderslice,
Sargent, Sarah ,
Satterwhite , T homas B ranscomb,
S cales, W inifred T herese,
S carlett, E va L ouise,
English,
English,
Economics,
Chemistry,
English,
English,
English,
Economics,
SCATTERGOOD, ELIZABETH DARLINGTON,
SCHAFFNER, BERTRAM H E N R Y ,
S chembs , R obert V ernon,
S chiller, B abette,
Seaman , E sther,
Seaman , H elen U nderhill,
Seaman , H enry B owman , J r.,
Seltzer, A nn E lizabeth ,
Seyburn , E dward R eynolds,
History,
French,
English,
Engineering,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English Honors,
Engineering,
English,
Pol. Science,
Economics,
German,
English,
Engi. Honors,
English,
English,
French,
Mathematics,
Economics,
Engineering,
Address
Cynwyd.
Haverford.
New York, N. Y.
Chester.
Hamilton, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Sayre.
Drexel Hill.
Philadelphia.
Media.
Washington, D. C.
Malvern.
Upper Montclair, N. J.
Moore.
White Plains, N. Y.
Moorestown, N. J.
Moorestown, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Reading.
Washington, D. C.
Conshohoeken.
Philadelphia.
Terre Haute, Ind.
New York, N. Y.
Wilmington, Del.
Johnstown.
Roslyn, L. I., N. Y.
New Windsor, Md.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Swarthmore.
Ashland, Ky.
New York, N. Y.
Lexington, K y.
Caldwell, N. J.
West Chester.
West Chester.
Erie.
Hillside, N. J.
Chicago, 111.
Wilmington, Del.
Glens Falls, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Patterson, La.
STUDENTS
Name
Sharfman , N elson A mes,
Sharfman , W arren L.,
Sicher, J ane E leanor,
Sigman , Clara L ucretia,
Sinclair , D aniel , 3rd.,
S ipler, H oward D wight ,
Sjostrom , E rik L eander,
Skinner , J ohn P erry,
Slee, D orothy E lizabeth ,
S medley, K atherine ,
S miley , E dith ,
S mith , Constance E nid,
S mith , E lizabeth L ee,
S mith , H elen M itchell,
S mith , L oyd B ainey ,
S mith , P aul Cecil,
S mith , W. J erome,
Snyder, Grace Sellers,
Snyder, W alter F.,
Sonneborn, K athryn M arie,
SONNEMAN, BOBERT CHARLES,
Spaulding, E lizabeth J.,
Spencer, M argaret E lizabeth ,
Sprague, H arold F uller,
Sprogell, H arry E dward,
Spurrier, M ary L u,
Stafford, H elen Georgia,
Stahl , B enjamin F ranklin ,
Staley , M arion,
Stamford, H enry P arker,
Stammelbach , Marie E lizabeth ,
Starbard, M arjorie M abelle,
Starling, J ames T homas ,
Stauffer, B uth Caroline,
Steckel, J osephine,
Stetson, W illis J oseph,
Steyens , E dward E.,
Stiokney , D avid W alter,
Stidham , Sara L ouise,
Stieglitz, W illiam I rving,
Stirling, E lizabeth S myth ,
Stokes, J ohn H., J r .,
Stratton, V irginia B arnes,
Strayer, P aul J ohnston ,
Strong, P aul T heodore,
Sullivan , J oseph T homas ,
Major Subject
Address
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Norristown.
Darby.
Glenside.
Bronxville, N. Y.
Whitemarsh.
Cornwall, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
Bryn Athyn.
Salem, N. J.
Phys. 4 Zoology, Salem, N. J.
Dallas, Texas.
Physics,
Engineering,
Haddonfield, N. J.
Economics,
Swarthmore.
Harrisburg.
History,
Latin,
Merehantville, N. J.
Education,
Philadelphia.
Pol. Science,
York.
Economics,
Dallas, Texas.
English,
Wilmington, Del.
Engineering,
Hollis, N. Y.
Pol. Science,
Lansdale.
English,
New York, N. Y.
History,
Lancaster.
Chem. Engin.,
Sharon Hill.
English,
Borne, N. Y.
Phys. 4 Zoology, Swarthmore.
French,
Beaver.
English,
Bidgewood, N. J.
Hopkinsville, Ky.
Math. Honors,
Harrisburg.
English,
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Economics,
Melrose Park.
Economics,
Sea Isle City, N. J.
Soc. Sci. Honors, Montclair, N. J.
French,
Washington, D. C.
Engineering,
Highland Park, 111.
Wilmington, Del.
Phys. 4 Zoology, Swarthmore.
Education Honors, Neosho, Mo.
New York, N. Y.
Phys. 4 Zoology, Vineland, N. J.
Economics,
Elkins Park.
Economics,
Pol. Science,
English,
History Honors,
English,
Phys. 4 Zoology,
French,
Engineering,
Social Sciences,
English Honors,
English,
Chemistry,
148
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
Name
Major Subject
Address
Covington, Va.
East Orange, N. J.
S underland, D ouglas A ykroyd ,
S w ain , H enry George,
Phys. $•Zoology,
Math. Honors,
T aylor, Clara B ond,
T aylor, H enry W ebster,
T aylor, J ackson ,
T aylor, W illiam , J r.,
T emple, M ary B eaumont,
T erry, E unice Golding,
T estwuide , B obert L ouis,
T hoenen, E ugene D avid,
T homas , Sylvia E mma ,
T hompson , H azel E dna,
T hompson , K atherine E astburn,
T hompson , V irginia A nne ,
T homson , H. B rown ,
T omashevsky , A lla ,
T omassetti, A lfonso E dmund,
T omlinson , A nne E lizabeth ,
T omlinson , M ary N aomi,
T ownsend , H elen,
T remain , J osephine M aria,
T roll, H aradon W.,
T upfer, M ary Caswell ,
T urner, D onald Carré,
T urner, H oward H aines ,
T urner, H oward Sinclair ,
T urner, B ichard T ownsend ,
T urner, Selina E lizabeth ,
T yler , M ary W oolman,
T yson , W illiam B obert,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
Engineering,
Economics,
History,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English,
Economics,
Pol. Science,
English,
Soc. Soi. Honors,
Mathematics,
Engineering,
Education,
Economics,
English,
English,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Chemistry,
Economics,
Pol. Science,
Chem. Engin.,
Economics,
English,
English,
Chem. Honors,
Swarthmore.
Swartlimore.
Swarthmore.
Media.
Swarthmore.
Trenton, N. J.
Sheboygan, Wis.
Sistersville, W. Va.
Plushing, N. Y.
Bockville Centre, N. Y.
Philadelphia.
Elkhart, Ind.
Basking Eidge, N. J.
New York, N. Y.
Camden, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Montclair, N. J.
Washington, D. C.
St. Clairsville, Ohio.
Upper Montclair, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Chester.
Biverton, N. J.
Pottsville.
U nderwood, D orothy E stelle,
U nderwood, M ildred L ee,
Education,
English,
Woodbury, N. J.
Pottsville.
V ail , L awrence Cutler,
V ansant , W ilbur M onroe, J r.,
V inson , K atherine K err,
V ISK N ISK K I, DAULTON G.,
V lachos, M ary A nn ,
V olkmar , D aniel Stephen ,
V olkmar, N ina ,
French,
English,
Plainfield, N. J.
Philadelphia.
Cleveland, Ohio.
Montclair, N. J.
Swarthmore.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
W agner, H arold E dmund,
W alker , J ohn E dward,
W alling , A nna ,
W alling , B osamond E nglish ,
W alls , E lizabeth P hillips ,
English,
Engineering,
English,
Engineering,
Economics,
Economics,
Pol. Science,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English,
Darien, Conn.
Pox Chase.
New York, N. Y.
New York, N. Y .
Upper Darby.
149
STUDENTS
Name
W alter, J oseph H., J r.,
W alters, R aymond , J r.,
W alton, E dward H aviland,
W alton, J anet ,
W alton, J ean ,
W alton, J oseph H aviland,
W alton, L ew is E dwin ,
W alton , L oots Stockton, J r .,
W ardell, A lice J osephine,
W arren, Katherine B aker,
W ayland -S mith , H elen M iller,
W ebster, M ariana ,
W ebster, M erritt Samuel ,
W elfling, W eldon W oodrow,
W ertheim , B arbara,
W est, H elen L ouise,
W estwood, H oward Carter,
W etzel, Caroline V elma ,
W hitehead , R alph Carroll,
W illiams , E lsie Cromwell ,
W illiams , F rank H.,
W illiams , M argaret,
W illis , Ma r y H elen,
W illis , R ichard B.,
W ilson , H ouston,
W ilson , Katherine A dair,
W ilson , L awrence W illard,
W ilson , R aymond H iram , J r.,
W ilson , R obert H enry ,
W ilson , T homas A ndrew ,
W inde, Stanley I rving,
W indle, L ouise F.,
W olf, D orothy F rances,
W ood, M artha M arion,
W oodman, M artha E lizabeth ,
W ood-S mith , J ane M axw ell ,
W orth, A nne ,
W orth, C. B rooke,
W orth, J ohn Sharpless ,
W right, Orville R eisler,
Y ard, E lizabeth H ickcox,
Y ard, M olly A lexander,
Y erkes, L ouise K insey ,
Y oder, R alph W ickersham ,
Z abriskie , E dith M argaret,
Z erweck , M arian ,
Z immer , K urt,
Major Subject
Economics,
English,
Engineering,
Phys. Sr Zoology,
French,
Mech. Engin.,
Economics,
Economics,
Economics,
English,
Phys. Sr Zoology,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Math. Honors,
History,
Chemistry,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
English,
Mech. Engin.,
French Honors,
Education,
Engineering,
Pol. Science,
English,
Economics,
Math. Honors,
English,
Chemistry,
Engin. Honors,
History,
Latin Honors,
Fine Arts,
English,
English,
English,
Phys. 4" Zoology,
Economics,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Pol. Science,
English Honors,
Economics,
Soc. Sci. Honors,
Engineering,
Address
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Oxford.
Swarthmore.
Swarthmore.
Ward.
Altoona.
Pleasantville, N. Y.
Swarthmore.
Oneida, N. Y.
Gwynedd.
Cheyney.
Coudersport.
New York, N. Y.
East Aurora, N. Y.
Teeumseh, Neb.
Trenton, N. J.
Pittsburgh.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dayton, Ohio.
Ridley Park.
North Wales.
North Wales.
M ilford, Del.
Philadelphia.
Muskegon, Mich.
Duncannon.
Philadelphia.
Wilmington, Del.
Waukesha, Wis.
West Chester.
Lancaster.
Edgemoor, Del.
Middletown, N. Y.
Pittsburgh.
Claymont, Del.
St. Davids.
St. Davids.
Baltimore, Md.
Evanston, HI.
Evanston, I1L
Chicago, 111.
Richmond Hill, N. Y.
Hohokus, N. J.
Newark, N. J.
Swarthmore.
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GEO G RAPH ICAL DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENTS
Pennsylvania ........................................................................................ 280
New York ..................
80
New J e r se y ..............................................................
80
Maryland .............................................
18
Delaware ...........................................
17
District o f Columbia ......................................................................... 14
Illinois ..................................................................... ... , . ..................... 13
Ohio ......................................................................................................
9
Connecticut ....................................................................
6
Indiana ................................................................
5
Michigan ..........
5
W is co n sin ....................... 1........................................... ........................
5
Massachusetts ...........................................
6
Kentucky .............................................................................................
3
Missouri .........................................
3
Iowa ......................................................................................................
3
Tennessee ..............................................................................................
3
Texas ...............................
3
Vermont ...........................................
3
West Virginia ...............................................................................
3
California .......................................
2
China ...................................................
2
Georgia ................................................................................................
2
Nebraska ....................................................................
2
Virginia ...................................
2
South A f r i c a ........................................................................................
2
Austria ..................................................................................................
1
Colorado .....................................
1
Florida ......................................................................
1
Louisiana ..............................................................................................
1
Minnesota ............................................................................................
1
New M e x ic o ........................
1
Oklahoma .................................................................................
1
Mississippi ..............................................................
1
T otal
579
HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS
151
HOLDERS OP THE JOSHUA LIPPINCOTT FELLO 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 B ushmore, B.S., 1894; M.E., Cornell University, 1895;
C.E., Swarthmore, 1897; Se.D., 1923. Consulting Engineer.
1895- 96.
H oward W hite , J r ., B.S., 1895; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1896; C.E.,
Swarthmore, 1900. Deceased.
1896-97; 1897-98.
J ohn W. Gregg, B.L., 1894; A.M., Cornell University, 1898; LL.B., George
Washington University, 1905. Lawyer.
1898-99.
E llwood Comly P arry , B.L., 1897; studied in Berlin; M.L., Swarthmore,
1900; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1903. Professor o f German
and French, Central High School, Philadelphia.
1899-1900; 1900-01.
J ohn E dwin W ells, B.L., 1896; M.L., 1899; A.M., Columbia, 1900; Ph.D.,
Yale University, 1915. Head o f the Department o f English, Connecti
cut College for Women.
1901- 02.
M ary Gray L eiper, B.L., 1899; studied in Berlin.
1902- 03.
B ird T homas B aldwin , B.S., 1900; A.M., Harvard University, 1903; Ph.D.,
Ibid., 1905.
Deceased.
1903- 04.
A lbert Cook M yers , B.L., 1898; M.L., 1901; studied in Universities of
Wisconsin and Harvard. Historical Writer.
1904- 05.
M arion V irginia (P eirce) F rank , A.B., Swarthmore, 1903; A.M., Uni
versity o f Chicago, 1904; studied in Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne,
and Collège de France in Paris, and in the Libraries o f Madrid.
152
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
1905- 06.
L ew is F ussell, B.S., 1902; M.S., 1903; E.E. and Ph.D., University o f Wis
consin, 1907. Professor o f Electrical Engineering, Swarthmore College.
1906- 07.
L ou is N ewton R obinson, A.B., 1905; Ph.D., Cornell University, 1911;
studied in Universities o f Halle and Berlin, 1906-07; Fellow in Cornell
University, 1907-08. Director, with Russell Sage Foundation. Lec
turer in Economics, Swarthmore College.
1907-08.
Samuel Copeland P almer , A.B., 1895; A.M., 1907; A.M., Harvard Uni
versity, 1909; Ph.D., Ibid., 1912. Professor o f Botany, Swarthmore
College. Studied abroad 1927-28.
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.
Samuel Copeland P almer, A.B., 1895; A.M., 1907; A.M., Harvard Uni
versity, 1909; Ph.D., Ibid., 1912. Professor o f Botany, Swarthmore
College. Studied abroad 1927-1928.
1911- 12.
J ohn H imes P itman , A.B., 1910; A M ., 1911; studied in University o f
California. Associate Professor o f Mathematics and Astronomy, Swarth
more College.
1912- 13.
I ola H a t E astburn, B.L., 1897, A M ., University o f Pennsylvania, 1907;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1913; Professor o f German, Brenau College, Gainsville,
Ga.
1913- 14.
E dwin A ngell Cottrell, A.B., 1907; A.M., Harvard University, 1913.
Professor o f Political Science, Leland Stanford Junior University.
1914- 15.
F rederick M terle 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. Technical
Manager, The Viscose Company, Marcus Hook, Pa,
HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS
153
1916-17.
R aymond T. B ye , A.B., 1914; A.M., Harvard University, 1915; PhJ)., Uni
versity o f Pennsylvania, 1918. Professor o f Economics, University
o f Pennsylvania.
1917-18.
Charles J. D arlington, A.B., 1915; A.M., 1916.
Pont de Nemours & Company.
Chemist with E. I. du
1918-19.
J ohn E. Orchard, A .B ., 1916; A.M ., Harvard University, 1920; Ph.D.,
Ibid., 1923. Associate Professor, Economic Geography, School o f Busi
ness, Columbia University.
1919-20.
P aul F leming Gemmill , A.B., 1917 ; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
1925; Professor o f Economics, University o f Pennsylvania.
1920-21.
J oseph E vans Sands, A.B., 1917; M.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1921.
Physician.
1921-22.
D etlev W ulf B ronk, A.B., 1920; M.S., University o f Michigan, 1922;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1925. Johnson, Professor o f Biophysics and Director o f
the Johnson Foundation for Medical Physics, University o f Pennsyl
vania, School o f Medicine.
1922-23.
D avid M athias D ennison , A.B., 1921; A M ., University o f Michigan, 1922;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1924. International Education Board Fellow, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 1924-27. Assistant Professor o f Physics, University o f
Michigan.
1923-24.
W illiam M orse B laisdell, A.B., 1921; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania,
1927. Studied in Paris. Instructor in Economics, Swarthmore College,
1928-29. Research Fellow o f the Institute o f Economics o f the Brookings
Institution, Washington, D. C., 1929-30.
1924-25.
K atharine D enworth , A.B., 1914; M.A., Columbia University, 1921.
Ph.D., Ibid., 1927. Principal, Bradford Academy, Bradford, Mass.
1925-26.
George P assmore H ayes , A.B., 1918; A M ., Harvard University, 1920.
Ph.D., Ibid., 1927. Professor o f English, Agnes Scott College, De
catur, Ga.
1926-27.
M arvin Y ard B urr, A.B., 1925; A.M., Columbia University, 1927. Graduate
Student and Assistant in Elementary Education, Columbia University.
154
SWABTHMOKE COLLEGE BULLETIN
1927- 28.
D orothy F lorence T roy (Y oung), A.B., 1926; M.A., Columbia University,
1928. Instructor in English, Swarthmore College, 1928-29.
1928- 29.
D orothea A. Kern , A.B., 1927; A.M., University o f Chicago, 1928. Instruc
tor in Mathematics, Cascadilla School, Ithaca, N. Y.
1929- 30.
E lizabeth H ormann , A.B., 1927. Graduate Student, University o f Penn
sylvania.
HOLDERS OP TH E LU C R E TIA MOTT FE LLO W SH IP
1895- 96.
Helen B right (S m ith ) B rinton , A.B., 1895; studied in Oxford Univer
sity; A.M., Swarthmore, 1899.
1896- 97.
M ary Stone M cD owell, A.B., 1896; studied in Oxford University, A.M.,
Columbia University, 1903.
1897- 98.
S abaw (B ancroft) Clark , B.S., 1897; studied in Newnham College, Cam
bridge.
1898- 99.
E dna H arriet R ichards , B.L., 1898; studied in Berlin; A.M., Columbia
University, 1904. Fellow and Instructor, University o f Wisconsin,
1921-22. Teacher o f German in High School.
1899-1900.
M ary E lizabeth Seaman , A.B., 1899; studied in Newnham College, Cam
bridge; A.M., Adelphia College, 1905. Teaeher.
1900- 01.
A nna Gillingham, A.B., 1900; A.B., Eadeliffe, 1901; A.M., Columbia Uni
versity, 1910. Teacher in Ethieal 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 ) (S immons ) T aylor, B.L., 1902; studied in Berlin
University.
1903- 04.
A nnie R oss, A.B., 1903; Ph.M., University o f Chicago, 1904. Chairman o f
M odem Language Department, High School, Flushing, L. I., N. Y .
Charlotte R itzema (B ogert)
University, 1905.
1904- 05.
Santos , A.B., 1904; AJ1., Columbia
dos
HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS
155
1905- 06.
E lizabeth H all , A.B., 1905; A.M., Columbia University, 1906. Teacher o f
English, Media High School.
1906- 07.
B ertha Caroline P eirce, A.B., 1906; A.M., Cornell University, 1907.
Head o f Department o f Latin and Greek, Beaver College, Jenkintown,
Pa.
1907- 08.
J eannette (C urtis ) Cons, A.B., 1907; A.M., 1909; studied in University
o f Berlin, Germany.
1908- 09.
E lizabeth S ikes (J ames ) N orton, A.B., 1908; studied in University o f
Berlin, Germany; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1912; Ph.D., Ibid.,
1914.
1909- 10.
itttt.vm 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., Radcliffe College, 1912.
and French, State Teachers’ College, Kutztown, Pa.
Teacher o f Latin
1912- 13.
Caroline H allowell (S medley) Colburn, A.B., 1912; A.M., 1918; studied
in University o f California.
1913- 14.
E sther M idler., A.B., 1913; A.M., Columbia University, 1929; studied in
University o f Berlin, Germany. Social Worker.
m arte
1914- 15.
Safford (B ender) D arlington, A.B., 1914; A.M., University of
Chicago, 1916. Deceased.
1915- 16.
R eba M ahan (C am 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.,
Ibid., 1921; Economic Research.
1917- 18.
H ilda A . (L ang ) D enworth , A.B., 1917; studied in University o f Wiscon
sin; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1921.
1918- 19.
Edith W . (M endenhall) H ayes , A.B., 1918; A.M., Columbia University,
1919.
156
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
1919- 20.
Gladys A manda B eichard, A.B., 1919; A.M., Columbia University, 1920;
Research Fellow in Anthropology, University o f California, 1922-23;
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1925; Holder o f John Simon Guggenheim
Fellowship for 1926-27. Studied at Hamburg, Germany. Assistant
Professor Anthropology, Barnard College, Columbia University.
1920- 21.
H enrietta A lbert S mith , A.B., 1920.
1921- 22.
A line M athieson (W oodrow) B obertson, A.B., 1921; studied in Univer
sity o f Glasgow, Scotland.
1922- 23.
Henrietta I da (K eller) H owell, A.B., 1922; A.M., Kadcliffe College,
1923. Teacher o f English, Simon Gratz High School, Philadelphia, Pa.
1923- 24.
Gertrude M alz, A.B., 1923; A.M., University o f Wisconsin, 1924; Ph.D.,
Ibid., 1928. Teacher o f Latin, Phebe Anna Thome School, Bryn Mawr,
Pa., 1928-29. Student, American School o f Classical Studies, Athens,
Greece, 1929-30.
1924- 25.
Gertrude P aula (K n app ) B awson , A.B., 1924; studied in Somerville
College, Oxford, England. Teacher.
1925- 26.
M argaret P itkin , A.B., 1925; Ph.D., University o f Chicago, 1928.
structor in Bomance Languages, Swarthmore College.
In
1926- 27.
A lice Carolyn P axson , A.B., 1926. Studied at Badcliffe College.
1927- 28.
Cecile (B rochereux) J arvis, A.B., 1927; M.A., University o f Pennsylvania,
1928. Teaching French, Haverford School.
1928- 29.
Gertrude Sanders, A.B., 1928. Studying at University o f Pennsylvania.
M argaret W orth , A.B., 1929.
1929- 30
Law Student, Tale University.
H OLDERS OF TH E JOHN LOCKW OOD M EM ORIAL
F E L L O W SH IP
1910-11.
E dwin Caelbton M acD owell, A.B., 1909; studied in Harvard University;
M.S., Harvard University, 1911; Sc.D., Ibid., 1912. Investigator, Cold
Spring Harbor.
HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS
157
1911- 12.
Henry F erris P rice, A.B., 1906; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1913;
Ph.D., Ibid., 1915. Professor o f Mathematics, Pacific University, Forest
Grove, Oregon.
1912- 13.
W alter F rank R ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ch.E., 1917;
Ph.D., Columbia University, 1914. Consulting Chemical Engineer, U. S.
Department o f Agriculture. Professor o f Engineering, Carnegie Insti
tute o f Technology.
1913- 14.
H elen P rice, A.B., 1907 ; Ph.D. University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Head
o f Latin and Greek Department, Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C.
1914- 15.
Helen H eed, A.B., 1905; A.M., Radcliffe College, 1915. Teacher o f Eng
lish, High School, Pleasantville, N. Y. 1925-26, student, Oxford Uni
versity, England.
1915- 16.
F rances D arlington, A.B., 1896; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1916.
Teacher.
1916- 17.
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; Ph.D.,
Harvard University, 1925. Assodate Professor o f Sociology, University
o f Wisconsin.
1918- 19.
W alter H arrison M ohr, A.B., 1914; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
1921. Teacher, George School.
1919- 20.
E sther E. B aldwin , A.B., 1909 ; A.M., Columbia University, 1913. Teacher,
South Philadelphia High School.
1920- 21.
George P assmore H ayes , A.B., 1918; A.M., Harvard University, 1920.
Ph.D., Ibid., 1927. Acting Professor o f English, Robert College,
Constantinople, 1921-25. Professor o f English, Agnes Scott College,
Decatur, Ga. Head o f Department.
1921- 22.
F rank W hitson F etter, A.B., 1920; A.M., University o f Princeton, 1922;
A.M., Harvard University, 1924. Ph.D., Princeton University, 1926.
Assistant Professor o f Economies, Princeton University.
1922- 23.
Margaret (P owell ) A itken , A.B., 1919; A.M., 1921.
158
SWABTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
1923- 24.
W alter H alsey A bell, A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924; Professor o f Art, Acadia
University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1924- 25.
E dgar Z. P almer , A.B., 1919; Ph.D., University o f Wisconsin, 1928. Asso
ciate Professor in Economics, College o f Commerce, University o f Kentucky1925-26.
E m m a T. E. (W illiam s ) V yssotsky , A.B., 1916. Graduate student, Univer
sity o f Chicago, 1925-26. Student, Harvard University Observatory,
1927-29. Eesearch Fellow, Leander-MeCormick Observatory.
1926- 27.
M argaret L yle W alton (M ayall ), A.B., 1925; M.A., Eadclifle College,
1928. Eesearch Assistant at Harvard Observatory.
1927- 28.
A lice P. Garwood, A.B., 1913. “ Certificate o f Play Production,” Depart
ment o f Drama, School o f Fine Arts, Yale University.
1928- 29.
J ames E oland P ennock , A.B., 1927; A.M., Harvard University, 1928.
structor in Political Science, Swarthmore College.
In
1929- 30
W alter B. B righton , Post-Graduate Student, Princeton University.
HOLDERS OF TH E H AN NAH A. LEEDOM FELLO W SH IP
1913- 14.
A rthur P ercival T anberg, A.B., 1910; A.M., 1913; Ph.D., Columbia Uni
versity, 1915. Chemist, E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co.
1914- 15.
A rcher T aylor, A.B., 1909; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1910;
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1915. Professor o f German Literature,
University o f Chicago.
Harold S. E oberts, A.B., 1912; A.M., Princeton University, 1915; student
in the University o f Wisconsin, 1915-17. Teacher o f French and
Spanish, St. P au l’s School, Garden City, N. Y.
1916- 17.
Hannah B. (S teele) P ettit , A.B., 1909; A.M., 1912; Ph.D., University o f
Chicago, 1919. Astronomer.
1917- 18.
J ambs M onaghan , J r ., A.B., 1913; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania, 1918.
1918- 19.
Charlotte (B rewster ) J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain. Translator and writer.
159
HOLDERS OF FELLOWSHIPS
1919-20.
P aul M. Cuncannon, A.B., 1915; A.M., Princeton University, 1920; Ph.D.,
Princeton, 1925. Assistant Professor o f Political Science, University o f
Michigan.
1920-21.
W illiam Christie M acL eod, A.B., 1914; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania,
1924. Instructor, Wharton School, University o f Pennsylvania.
1921- 22.
L eon M. P earson, A.B., 1920; A.M., Harvard University, 1922.
Oral English, Haverford School, Haverford, Pa.
Teacher,
1922- 23.
W. R alph Gawthrop, A.B., 1918; M.S., University o f Pennsylvania, 1924.
Patent Lawyer, du Pont Ammonia Co.
1923- 24.
Willard S. E lsbree, A.B., 1922; A.M., Columbia University, 1924; Ph.D.,
Ilid ., 1928. Assistant Professor o f Education, Teachers’ College, Colum
bia University.
1924-25.
W alter A bell, A.B., 1920; A.M., 1924. Studied in Prance. Professor
o f Art, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1926- 27.
Margaret P itkin , A.B., 1925; Ph.D., University o f Chicago, 1928.
structor in Romance Languages, Swarthmore College.
In
1927- 28.
Audrey S haw B ond, A.B., 1926; M.A., University o f Chicago, 1928. As
sistant, Department o f Romance Languages, University o f Illinois.
1928- 29.
Samuel R obert M. R eynolds, A.B., 1927, A. M., 1928.
University o f Pennsylvania.
Graduate Student,
1929- 30
E dward Sellers, A.B., 1929. Graduate Student in Mathematics, Brown Uni
versity.
H OLDERS OF TH E M A R TH A E. TYSON FE LLO W SH IP
1914- 15.
Helen P rice, A.B., 1907; Ph.D., University o f Pennsylvania, 1915. Head
o f Latin and Greek Department, Meredith College, Raleigh, N. C.
1915- 16.
A nne S hoemaker (H aines ) M artin , A.B., 1912; A.M., University o f W is
consin, 1916.
1916-17
K atherine P rocter (G reen ) "Vincent, A.B., 1907; A.M., Columbia Uni
versity, 1917. Teacher o f Latin in Newtown High School, New York,
N. Y .
160
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE BULLETIN
1917- 18.
Charlotte (B rewster ) J ordan, B.L., 1882; M.L., 1886; studied in Madrid,
Spain. Translator and writer.
1918- 19.
E dna A nna T yson , A.B., 1909 ; A.M., Columbia University, 1919.
o f English in High School, Newark, N. J.
Teacher
1919- 20.
D orothea (G illette ) M urray, A.B., 1914 ; A.M., Columbia University, 1920.
Teacher o f English, Friends ’ Central School, Philadelphia, Pa.
1920- 21.
B eulah (D arlington ) P ratt , A.B., 1890; A.M., Teachers College Columbia
University, 1922.
1921- 22.
R hoda A. L ippincott, A.B., 1917; A.M., Columbia University, 1922. Teacher
o f French, Morristown, N. J., High School.
1922- 23.
Grace Cochran, A.B., 1917. Student, Certificat d ’ Aptitude d ’ enseigner
le français à l ’étranger, Sorbonne, France, 1922. Graduate Student and
Research Assistant, State University o f Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
1923- 24.
M ildred E. (W illard ) F ry , A.B., 1920; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
1924‘
1924-25.
Caroline E. M yriok , A.B., 1914; A.M., Radcliffe College, 1916.
1925- 26.
. H owarth , A.B., 1920 ; M.A., Smith College, 1926. Research Asso
ciate, Harvard University Observatory and Mathematics Instructor, Penn
Hall, Junior College, Chambersburg, Pa.
ttbt.ew e
1926- 27.
D orothy (P lace ) P ucta, A.B., 1911; M.A., University o f Pennsylvania,
1927. Principal, Canistota, S. D., High School.
1927- 28.
E m m a T. R. (W illiam s ) V yssotsky , A.B., 1916. Student, Harvard Univer
sity Observatory, 1927-29. Research Fellow, Leander-McCormiek Ôbservatory.
1928-29.
E dna J ean P rosser, A.B., 1926; M.A., University o f Wisconsin, 1929.
Teacher o f English, Haddon Heights, N. J., High School.
1929-30
Gertrude Malz , A.B., 1923; A.M., University o f Wisconsin, 1924; Ph.D.,
Ibid., 1928. Student American School o f Classical Studies, Athens,
Greece, 1929-30.
HOLDERS OP THE IVY MEDAL
161
H OLDERS OF TH E IY Y M ED AL *
1898. A nna B elle E isenhower, A.B., 1899; A.B., Radeliffe College, 1900;
A.M., Ibid., 1907.
1899. M ary G. L eiper, B.L., 1899.
1900. M ary S. H aviland, B.L., 1900; A.B., Radeliffe, 1901.
1901. George A . Seaman , A.B., 1901. Deceased.
1902. E lliott R ichardson, B.S., 1902; C.E., 1905.
1903. Samuel T. S tewart, A.B., 1903.
1904. H alliday R. J ackson, A.B., 1904.
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 F. R ittman , A.B., 1908; A.M., 1909; M.E., 1911; Ch.E.,
1917; Bh.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. Herman 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 ulf B ronk , A.B., 1920; M.S., University o f Michigan,
1922; Ph.D., Ibid., 1925.
1921. A lan C. V alentine , A.B., 1921; A.M., University o f Pennsylvania,
1922. Rhodes Scholar, B.A. (Honors) Oxford University, 1925.
1922. R ichard W illiam Slocum, A.B., 1922; LL.B., Harvard University,
1925.
1923. A rthur J oy R awson , A.B., 1923.
1924. R ichmond P earson M iller, A.B., 1924.
1925. M arvin Y ard B urr, A.B., 1925; A.M., Columbia University, 1927.
1926. R ichard M elville P erdew, A.B., 1926.
1927. J ames R oland P ennock, A.B., 1927; A.M., Harvard University, 1928.
1928. D ouglass W innett Orr, A.B., 1928.
1929. T homas M cP herson B rown , A.B., 1929.
* The terms of the award of this medal are found in an earlier part of the catalogue.
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O A K L E A F M EDAL *
1922.
1923.
1924.
1925.
1926.
1927.
1928.
1929.
B arbara (M anley ) P hilips , A.B., 1922.
I sabelle S haw (F ussell ) E wing , A.B., 1923.
Gertrude P aula (K n app ) R awson , A.B., 1924.
I nez V ictoria Coulteb, A.B., 1925.
L ydia W illiams (R oberts) D unham , A.B., 1926.
K atherine J osephine (S nyder ) Sass Is, A.B., 1927.
M argaret Somerville, A.B., 1928.
H elen Caroline R obison, A.B., 1929.
* The terms of the award of this medal are found in an earlier part of the catalogue.
DEGREES CONFERRED IN
1929
163
D EG EEES CONFERRED IN 1929
BACHELOR OF A R TS W IT H HONORS
In the Division o f English, Literature, Modem H istory, Philosophy and
Fine Arts
A lbert E ngles B lackburn , J r. (with H on ors). . .Philadelphia.
M ary E lizabeth George (with H on ors).................Haverhill, Mass.
M arian M illicent H all (with Highest H on ors). .Washington, D. C.
M arion Comly H arris (with High H on ors)...........Moylan-Bose Valley.
M orris M athews L ee, J r. (with H on ors)...............Swarthmore.
J ames A lbert M ichener (with Highest Honors) . .Doylestown.
E varisto deM ontalvo M urray (w ithH igh Honors)New York, N. Y.
M ary H ooton R oberts (with High H on ors)...........Moorestown, N. J.
W anda M ay V easey (with High H on ors)...............Poeomoke, Md.
In the Division o f the Social Sciences
H oward A lison B aker (with H igh H on ors)...........Lansdowne.
J oseph D ukes Calhoun (with H on ors)................... Norwood.
M yer Cohen, J r . (with H igh H on ors)....................... Washington, D. C.
Olive O sgood F iler (with H on ors)........................... Camden, N. J.
George H a y K ain , J r. (with H igh H on ors).............York.
A rthur F. M agill (with High H on ors)................... Elkins Park.
W illiam M. R ice (with High H on ors)..................... Tulsa, Okla.
H arold E dward Snyder (with High H on ors).........Cincinnati, Ohio.
M argaret W orth (with Highest H on ors)...............Claymont, Del.
In the Division o f Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics
M ary A nderson (with High H on ors)..................... Philadelphia.
M artha J eannette Stauffer (with High Honors) Harrisburg.
In the Division o f the Classics
R oberta N orton (with Highest H on ors).................Chester.
In the Division o f Education
Helen M eredith H all (with High H on ors)...........Swarthmore.
In the Division o f Physiology-Zoology
T homas M cP herson B rown (with High Honors) .Washington, D. C.
H orace F enelon D arlington (with H on ors).........Poeopson.
D onald M yers H amilton (with H igh H on ors). . .Norwood.
W inona von A mmon (with Highest H on ors).........Washington, D. C.
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HONORS
In Electrical Engineering
D onovan B oucher Spangler (with H on ors).........Swarthmore.
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In Mechanical Engineering
J ames D owney E gleson (with High Honors) . . . .Essex Falls, N. J.
B A C H E L O R O F A E T S I N G E N E R A L CO U RSES
With the M ajor in Botany
Oliver H ammond Coles ................................................ Woodstown, N. J.
With the Major in Economics
Curtis L yon B arn es ................................................... Philadelphia.
P h ilip E lie Coleman , 3rd.......................................... Swarthmore.
E lmer F . Cope ............. ........................................................Philadelphia.
H oward T homas H allowell , J r .................. ............ Jenkintown.
M alcolm H odge.............................................................. Philadelphia.
J ohn F rancis M cB ride ............................................... Lansdowne.
W illiam Cameron M cCook (as o f 19 2 8 )................ Philadelphia.
W ilbur M orris M cF e ely ........................................... Lansdowne.
H orace M cGuire ...............: ......................................... D ayton, Ohio.
W alter A llen M u ir ................................................... W ollaston, Mass.
T homas P hilips Sharples .........................................Baltimore, Md.
With the Major in Education
J ane P erry Griest ........................................................Bamesboro.
A n n a W alton H u ll .................................................... Baltimore, Md.
W illiam D onald K elley (as o f 19 19 )..................Lansdowne.
E lizabeth K line P ugh (as o f 19 27 )......................... Haverford.
H arold E lam Snyder ..................................................Philadelphia.
With the M ajor in English
M ilton J. A tkin son .......................................................Mt. Holly, N. J.
P hilip Conklin B lackburn ........................................New York, N. Y.
R ebecca K irk B lackburn ............................................ Bedford.
J ulia M errill B laine ...................................................Poeomoke, Md.
M arion L illian B onner .............................................. Kutztown.
E leanor Stewart B urch ................................... ..
.Philadelphia.
M arion H. Collins ...................................................... Merchantville, N. J.
R obert Gates D a w e s .....................................................Philadelphia.
L ouise V andersaal E aton ..........................................Harrisburg.
A nne Carolyn F orstner ..............................................Philadelphia.
E lisabeth I ngram H oopes..........................................Avondale.
A lice H utchinson ........................................................ Plainfield, N. J.
A n n a S. L efever.......................................................... Philadelphia.
F rank H arrison M artin , J r....................................... Philadelphia.
E lizabeth M orton Ogden....................................... .Plainfield, N. J.
Gertrude K ervey P axso n ..........................................W estchester.
M ary E lizabeth P earson .......................................... .Narberth.
E leanor F rost P owell .......................................... .. Flushing, N. Y.
DEGREES CONFERRED IN
1929
B obert W eir Sedam (as o f 19 27 )............................... Washington, D. C.
D aniel F o x S m it h ....................................................... Medford, N. J.
Sophie M at.thilde Stern ............................................. Philadelphia.
E lizabeth L ouise T hompson .....................................Kennett Square.
M argaret B rosius W alton .........................................George Sehool.
With the Major m French
M art K athryn A nders ...............................................Norristown.
A lice E nteekin ...............................................................Swarthmore.
.Upper Darby.
H elen V ilona L arzelere ................................. ..
M ary M artin M agruder..............................................Baltimore, Md.
H elen Caroline B obison .............................................Lansdowne.
L ily Grace T i l t ........................................................... .Bala-Cynwyd.
M ary W alton ..................................................................Swarthmore.
With the Major in German,
E linor B recht ..............................................................Norristown.
Cora E lizabeth vonP almenberg .............................. Spring Valley, N. T.
With the Major in History
D avid J ohn A nderson ................................................. Morton.
E lizabeth Cla ck ........................................................... Havre, Mont.
A gnes L awson H ood................................................... Philadelphia.
B ertha B roomell H u ll ............................................... Baltimore, Md.
J ulia A n n K eh ew ........................................................Bradford Woods.
A lice A deline Stout ................................................... Memphis, Tenn.
Sylvia Chalfant W indle ........................................... West Chester.
With the Major in Latin
B oberta B oak ................................................................ Oakmont.
With the Major in Mathematics
M ercy B ebecca B icknell ............................................Oxford.
L inda A lice Chandler ................................................ Baltimore, Md.
Grace D awson H eritage ..............................................Swedesboro, N. J.
W alter B aymond Seibert ..........................................Bywood.
M ary A lice W illiam s ..................... ............................ Conshohoeken.
With the Major in Philosophy
S haler Stidham ........................................................... Washington, D. C.
With the Major in Physiology—Zoology
P aul M arshall J a m e s ................................................Philadelphia.
E lizabeth W hite B eynolds ....................................... Media.
Charles T horne B icker ............................................. Phillipsburg.
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With the M ajor in Political Science
J ambs B urgett B urr .................................................... Biverton, N. J.
H oward M ortimer D r ak e ........................................... Pittsburgh.
L ou is L aubach K u m pf ................................................Mt. Holly, N. J.
W illiam E dw in L ednum , J r................................... .. .Easton, Md.
W ill M cL ain , 3rd.......... ............................................... Pittsburgh.
D orothy Shoemaker ....................................................Washington, D. C.
F rancis F isher W h ite ................................................Atlantic City, N. J.
BACHELOB OF SCIENCE
With the Major in Chemistry
H oward J ohn W ood...................................................’ .Edgemoor, Del.
With the M ajor i/n Chemical Engineering
W illiam W esley D eL a n e y ......................................... Sayre.
F rederick George W eigand ....................................... Philadelphia.
With the Major in Civil Engineering
P arker P owell K in g ..................................................Williamsport.
F red J. P owell .............................................................. Flushing, N. Y.
With the Major in Electrical Engineering
B alfh S tryker Selover..............................................Brooklyn, N. Y.
W illiam B aldwin W ickersham ...............................Ardmore.
With the M ajor in General Engineering
V ictor B ussell Seloyer.............................................. Brooklyn, N. Y.
With the M ajor in Mechanical Engineering
Christian B ert A delman ............................................Washington, D. C.
J osiah W h ite ................................................................Atlantic City, N. J.
M ASTE E OF AB TS
With the M ajor in Physics
H oward J ames Curtis ........................... ..................... Washington, D. C.
Civil Engineer
L ew in H. U silton
•••............................. New York, N. Y.
Mechanical Engineer
Carl J oseph W enzinger .............................................. Buckroe Beach, Va.
IN D E X
Absences from Classes, 29, 71
Absences from Examination, 71
Administration Officers, 12
Curriculum for the Freshman and
Sophomore Tears in Applied Science.
76
Definition of Entrance Requirements, 41
Admission, Requirements for, 40
Subject Requirements, 41
College
Entrance
Examination
Board, 43
Advanced Standing, 45
Alumni Field, 20
Applied Science, Course of Study in, 76
Astronomical Observatories, 15, 17
Astronomy and Mathematics, Depart
ment of, and Courses in, 114
D egrees , 72
Bachelor of Arts, 72
Bachelor of Science, 72
Engineering, 73
Master of Arts, 73
Master of Science, 73
Degrees Conferred in 1929, 163
Departments
struction :
Athletic Association, 22
and
Courses
of
I n
Botany, 74
Chemistry and Chemical Engineer
ing, 75
Economics, 81
Education, 84
Engineering, Chemical, 75
Engineering, Civil, 88
Engineering, Electrical, 88
Engineering, Mechanical, 88
English, 102
Fine Arts, 105
German, 106
Greek and Latin, 108
History and International Rela
tions, 111
Latin, 110
Law, 83
Mathematics and Astronomy, 114
Music, 119
Philosophy and Religion, 120
Physical Education, 122
Physiology and Zoology, 126
Physics, 122
Political Science, 129
Romance Languages, 131
Dining Room Rates for Faculty, 27
Women’s Athletic Association, 22
Athletic Fields, 19
Alumni Field, 20
Cunningham Field, 20
Swarthmore Field, 20
Attendance at Meeting or Church, 21
Bachelor of Arts Degree, 72
Beardsley Hall, 18
Bibliography, 136
Board of Managers, 6
Officers and Committees of the
Board, 7
Botany, Geology, Department of, 74
B uildings , 14
Astronomical Observatories, 15
Beardsley Hall, 18
Benjamin West House, 19
Bond Memorial, 19
Chemistry, Hall of, 14
Cloisters, The, 19
Clothier Auditorium, 20
Cunningham House, 18
Friends’ Historical Library, 17
Hall Gymnasium (for Men), 19
Heat, Light and Power Plant, 19
Hicks Hall, 18
Library Building, 17
Meeting House, 18
Parrish Hall, 14
President’s House, 19
Somerville Hall (Gymnasium for
Women), 19
Science Hall, 14
Sproul Observatory, 15
Students’ Observatory, 17
Swimming Pools, 19
Wharton Hall (Men’s Dormitory),
14
Woolman House, 14
Worth Hall, 14
Bulletin, Swarthmore College, 23
Calendar, College, 3
Lunar, 2
Cercle français, 21
Cërtificate, Admission by, 40
Chemical Engineering, Course in, 75
Chemistry, Department of, and Courses
in, 75
Chemistry, Division of Honors, 64
Chemistry, Hall of, 14
Church or Meeting, Attendance of, 21
Civil Engineering, 89
Classical Club, 21
Classics, Division of Honors, 62
Cloisters, The, 19
Clothier Auditorium, 20
Co-education, 20
College Entrance Examination Board.
43
College Publications, 22
Committees of the Board of Managers, 7
Conditions Removal of, 69
Contents.Table of, 4
Cooper, William J., Foundation, 26
Course Advisers, 69
Course of Study, General Undergradu
ate, 68
Cunningham Field, 18
Cunningham House, 18
D ormitories , 14
Parrish Hall, 14
Wharton Hall, 14
Worth HaU, 14
Woolman House, 14
Economics, Department of, and Courses
81
Education, Department of, and Courses.
84
Education, Division of Honors, 65
Education, Physical, 123
Elective Studies, 50
Electrical Engineering, 88
Engineering, Degrees in, 73
Engineering, Division of Honors, 66
Engineering Equipment, 96
Engineering Shops, 18
Engineers’ Club, 21
English Club, 21
English, Department of, and Courses
English Literature, Division of,
Honors Courses, 52
Entrance Requirements, 40
Enrollment, Limitation of, 41
Examinations, College Board, 43
Exclusion from College, 72
Expenses, 26
Extra Work Outside of Classes, 69
Extra or Less Hours, 47
Faculty, 8
Fees, Tuition, Laboratory, etc., 28
in
F ellow sh ips and S cholarships , 30
Hannah A. Leedom, 30
John Lockwood Memorial, 30
Joshua Lippincott Fellowship, 30
Lucretia Mott Fellowship, 30
Martha E. Tyson, 31
Open Scholarships, 35
Open Scholarships for Women, 37
T. H. Dudley Perkins Memorial,
36
Scholarships, List of, 31
Holders of Fellowships, 151
167
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Fine Arts, 105
Foreign Language Requirements, 48
French, Division of Honors, 61
Friends' Historical Library, 17
Friends' Meeting, 21
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German Language and Literature, De
partment of, and Courses, 106
German, Division of Honors, 68
Grades, System of, 70
Graduation, Requirements for, 45
Greek Language and Literature, De
partment of, and Courses, 108
Gymnasia, 18
s;
Hall Gymnasium (for Men) 19
Somerville Hall (for Women), 19
Halcyon, The, 22
Hall Gymnasium, 19
Heat, Light and Power Plant, 19
Hicks Hall, 18
,
.
History and International Relations,
Department of, and Courses, 111
Honors Courses, 51
Division of:
Botany, 67
Chemistry, 64
Classics, 62
Education, 65
Engineering, 66
English. Literature, Modern His
tory, Philosophy and Fine Arts,
52
French, 61
German, 63
Mathematics, Astronomy and
Physics, 59
Physiology-Zoology, 66
Social Sciences, 55
Honorary Scholarship Societies, 23
Infirmary Regulations, 28
Ivy Medal, 39
Regulations of Award, 39
Holders of, 161
Laboratory Fees, 26
Language Requirements for Honor Stu
dents, 67
Latin Language and Literature, De
partment of, and Courses, 110
Law Course, 83
Leedom Fellowship, Hannah A., 30
Holders of, 158
Libraries and Reading Rooms, 23
Friends’ Historical, 23
Library Building, 17
Limitation of Enrollment, 41
Lippincott Fellowship, The Joshua, 30
Holders of, 151
Location and Foundation of the Col
lege, 13
.
Lockwood Memorial Fellowship, John,
30
Holders of, 156
Major Subjects, 50
Managers, Board op, 6
Officers and Committees of the
Board, 7
_
Map of College Grounds, Facing Title
Page
Master of Arts Degree, 73
Mathematics and Astronomy, Depart
ment of, and Courses, 114
Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics,
Division of Honors, 59
Mechanical Engineering, 88
Meeting and Church Attendance, 21
Meeting House, 19
Mott Fellowship, Lucretia, 30
Holders of, 154
Music, 119
Musical Clubs, 22
Oak Leaf Medal, 40
Holders of, 162
Observatories, Astronomical, 15, 16
Open Scholarships, 35
Open Scholarships for Women, 37
Oratorical Associations and Prizes, 24
Parrish Hall, 14
,
. ,
Perkins, T. H. Dudley, Memorial
Scholarship, 36
Phi Beta Kappa, 23 b
Philosophy and Religion, Department
of, and Courses, 120
Phoenix, The, 22 \
Physics, Department of, and Courses,
125
Physiology-Zoology, Division of Honors
in, 66
Physioaij Education, General State
ment, 122
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Physical Education of Men, 122
Physical Education of Women, 124
Political Science, Department of, and
Courses, 129
Portfolio, The, 22
Potter Fund, 25
Prescribed Studies, 47
President’s House, 19
Prizes, Oratorical, and Associations, 25
Publications, College, 22
Bulletin, Swarthmore College, 23
Halcyon, 22
Phoenix, 22
Portfolio, 22
Railway Facilities, 13
Religion and Philosophy, Department
of, and Courses, 120
Religious Life, 21
Removal of Conditions, 69
Requirements for Admission, 40
Requirements for Graduation, 45
Romance Languages, 131
Scholarships, List of, 31
Scientific Society, 21
Sigma Tau, 23
Sigma Xi, 23
Social Life, 20
( . _
Social Sciences, Division of, in Honors
Courses, 55
Somerville Forum, 22
Somerville
Hall
(Gymnasium for
Women), 18
Spanish, 136
Sproul Observatory, 15
States, Summary of Students by, 150
Students’ Societies, 21
, Athletic Associations, 22
Cercle français, 21
Classical Club, 21
Engineers’ Club, 22
English Club, 21
Forum, 22
Musical Clubs, 22
Scientific Society, 21
Somerville Forum, 22
Women's Athletic Association, 22
Students, 1929-30, 137
Summer School Work, 69
Swarthmore Field, 20
Swimming Pools, 19
System of Grades, 70
Tuition and Other Fees, 26
Tyson Fellowship, The Martha E., 31
Holders of, 159
Undergraduate Course of Study,
General, 68
Elective Studies, 50
Major Subject, 50
Prescribed Studies, 47
Undergraduate Students, 1929-30,
137
Summary by States, 150
West, Benjamin, House, 18
Wharton Hall, 14
Woolman House, 14
Women’s Athletic Association, 22
Worth H^ll, 14
Swarthmore College Catalogue, 1929-1930
A digital archive of the Swarthmore College Annual Catalog.
1929 - 1930
172 pages
reformatted digital