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SWARTHMORE
COLLEGE
BULLETIN
CATALOGUE ISSUE
1954-1955
SWARTHMORE
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PENNSYLVANIA
The Bulletin, of which this publication is Volume LII, No. 1, is published
monthly, except July and August, by Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa.
Entered at the post office at Swarthmore, Pa., as second-class matter,
in accordance with provision of the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912.
(Printed in U. S. A.)
Clothier M emorial
Parrish H all
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
BULLETIN
CATALOGUE ISSUE
1954-1955
SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
Volume L II
Number 1
September, 1954
Directions for Correspondence
For information about:
GENERAL COLLEGE POLICY
Courtney Smith, President
ADMISSIONS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
For men: Dean Everett L. Hunt
For women: Dean Susan P. Cobbs
RECORDS, TRANSCRIPTS AND CATALOGUES
John M. Moore, Registrar
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Edward K. Cratsley, Vice-President
Charles G. Thatcher, Business Manager
VOCATIONAL PLACEMENT AND GUIDANCE
Deborah Wing, Assistant Dean ( for Women)
W. Park Woodrow, Vocational Adviser ( for Men)
ALUMNI AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS
Joseph B. Shane, Vice-President
GENERAL INFORMATION
W. Park Woodrow, Director of Publicity
DIRECTORY OF STUDENTS
Obtainable upon request to the Registrar
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
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SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
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Table of Contents
Calendar ...........................................................................................................................
P ersonnel ........................................................................................................................
The Corporation and The Board of M an ag ers..........................................
Alumni Association Officers and Alumni C o u n c il.............................................
The F a c u lty .........................................................
Divisions and Departments
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Standing Committees ..................................................................
Administrative Officers and Assistants ..................................................................
I ntroduction to Swarthmore College .........................
Admission ..................................................................................................................
Expenses ............................................................................................
Student Aid and Scholarships ...............................................................................
Educational Resources .................................................
College L i f e ................................................................................................................
Student Community .................................................................................................
T he Educational Program ...................................................
Program for Freshmen and Sophom ores..............................................................
Program for Juniors and S e n io rs...........................................................................
Honors W ork ...........................................................................................................
Pre-Medical Program ..............................................................................................
Faculty Regulations . ..................... . .............................. j ................ .......................
Requirements for Graduation ...............................................................................
Advanced D e g re e s.....................................................................................................
Awards and Prizes ...................................................................................................
Fellowships ................................................................................................................
Courses o f I nstruction ..............................................................................................
Astronomy ..................................................................................................................
B io lo g y ..........................................
Chemistry ....................................................................................................................
Classics ........................................................................................................................
Economics ............... ......................... -.........................; ..........................................
Engineering .............................................................
English L ite ra tu re .....................................................
Fine Arts ....................................................................................................................
History ........................................................................................................................
International Relations ............................................................................................
Mathematics ...............
Modem Languages and Literatures .......................................................................
Music ............................................................
Philosophy and Religion ........................................................................................
Physical Education for M e n ..........................................
Physical Education for W omen .............................................................................
Physics .............................. .J. .............. ......................................................................
Political Science .......................................................................................................
Psychology and Education ....................................................................................
Russian Studies .........................................................................................................
Reference Section ........................................
Visiting Examiners ...................................................................................................
Degrees Conferred ...................................................................................................
Enrollment Statistics ...............................................................................................
Selected Publications About Swarthmore C o lle g e .............................................
Index ...........................................................................................................................
P lan of College G rounds ........................................................................................
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College Calendar
1954
Fall Semester
September 16 -1 8 .......................Freshman placement days
September 20 . ......................... Registration, 1: 30 p. m.
September 21 ...........................Classes and honors seminars begin
October 5 ................................. Meeting of the Board of Managers
November 2 .......... .................. Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
November 13 ...........................Mid-semester reports
November 25-27 ................ Thanksgiving recess
Annual Meeting of the Board of Managers
December 7 .........................
December 18 ..........................Christmas recess begins, 12:00 noon
1955
January
January
January
January
January
January
January
January
3 ................................. Christmas recess ends, 8: 00 a. m.
4 .................................Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
14 ...............................Registration for spring semester, 1: 30 p. m.
15 ...............................Classes and seminars end
17 ............................... Honors seminars begin for spring semester
17-18...........................Review period for course students
19 ............................... Mid-year examinations begin
29 ............................... Mid-year examinations end
Spring Semester
February 1 ...............................Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
February 2 ...... .................
Classes begin
March 1 ..................................... Meeting of the Board of Managers
March 19 .................................Mid-semester reports
March 2 6 ................................... Spring recess begins, 12: 00 noon
April 4 ..................................... Spring recess ends, 8: 00 a. m.
April 5 ..................................... Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
April 30 ................................... Honors seminars end
May 3 ....................................... Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
May 12 ..............................
Written honors examinations begin
May 14 ..................................... Classes end for seniors
May 19 .....................................Classes end
May 20 ..................................... Enrollment in classes for fall semester, 1: 30 p. m.
May 20-21 ...............................Review period for course students
Senior comprehensive examinations
May 21 ..................................... Written honors examinations end
May 23 ..................................... Final examinations begin
May 26-28 .................................Oral honors examinations
June 1 ....................................... Final examinations end
June 3 ................... ................... Meeting of the Board of Managers
June 4 .......................................Alumni Day
June 5 .......................................Baccalaureate Day
June 6 .......................................Commencement Day
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College Calendar (Tentative)
1955
Fall Semester
September 15-17 ....................... Freshman placement days
September 19 ...........................Registration, i t 30 p.m.
September 20 ...........................Classes and honors seminars begin
October 4 .................................Meeting of the Board of Managers
November 1 .............................Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
November 12 ...........................Mid-semester reports
November 24-26 .....................Thanksgiving recess
December 6 .............................Annual Meeting of the Board of Managers
December 17 ...........................Christmas recess begins, 12: 00 noon
1956
.January
January
January
January
January
January
January
January
3 .................................Christmas recess ends, 8: 00 a.m.
3 .................................Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
13 ............................... Registration for spring semester, 1: 30 p. m.
14 ...............................Classes and seminars end
16 ...............................Honors seminars begin for spring semester
16, 17 .............. .
Review period for course students
18 ...............................Mid-year examinations begin
28 ...............................Mid-year examinations end
Spring Semester
February 1 ...............................Classes begin
February 7 ...............................Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
March 6 ...................................Meeting of the Board of Managers
March 17 .................................Mid-semester reports
March 24 .................................Spring recess begins, 12: 00 noon.
•April 2 .....................................Spring recess, ends, 8: 00 a. m.
April 3 .................................... Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
April 28 ................................... Honors seminars end
May 1 ....................................... Executive Committee of the Board of Managers
May 10 .....................................Written honors examinations begin
May 12 ..................................... Classes end for seniors
May 17 .....................................Classes end
May 18 .....................................Enrollment in classes for fall semester, 1: 30 p.m.
May 18, 19 .............................Review period for course students
Senior comprehensive examinations
May 19 .....................................Written honors examinations end
May 21 .....................................Final examinations begin
May 24-26 ...............................Oral honors examinations
May 30 ..................................... Final examinations end
June 1 ....................................... Meeting of the Board of Managers
June 2 .......................................Alumni Day
June 3 .......................................Baccalaureate Day
June 4 ....................................... Commencement Day
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The Corporation
Claude C. Sm ith , President
1617 Land Title Building, Philadelphia 10, Pa.
P h ilip T. Sharples , Vice-President
Twenty-Third and Westmoreland Sts.. Philadelphia 40, Pa.
E leanor Stabler Clarke, Secretary
Crumwald Farm, Wallingford, Pa.
H elen G awthrop W orth , Assistant Secretary
1115 Brandon Lane, Westover Hills, Wilmington, Del.
E. Lawrence W orstall, Treasurer
421 Chestnut St., Philadelphia 1, Pa.
Board of Managers
Emeriti
H etty Lippinco tt M iller , Riverton, N. J.
E lsie Palmer Brow n , 1622 Twenty-ninth Street, N. W., Washington 7 D C
C lem ent M. Biddle, P. O. B ox 743, Church St. Sta., New York 8, N. Y. ’
Edith W ilson J ackson, 317 North Chester Road, Swarthmore, Pa.
Lydia Foulke T aylor, 23 Summit Avenue, Larchmont, N. Y.
Barclay W hite , 22 North Thirty-sixth Street, Philadelphia 4, Pa.
Life Hiembers
Frank A ydelotte, 88 Battle Road, Princeton, N. J.
E leanor Stabler C larke, Crumwald Farm, Wallingford, Pa.
Isaac H. C lothier , J r ., 801 Market Street, Philadelphia 5, Pa.
M ary Lippinco tt G riscom , 314 East Central Avenue, Moorestown, N. T.
R obert E. Lamb, 3429 West Indiana Avenue, Philadelphia 32, Pa.
H adassah M. L. Parrot, 1025 Westview Street, Philadelphia 19, Pa.
C laude C. Sm ith , 1617 Land Title Building, Philadelphia 10, Pa
H elen G awthrop W orth , 1115 Brandon Lane, ^estover Hills, Wilmington, Del.
Term Expires December, 1954
Ru t h P otter Ash ton , 409 Elm Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa.
Isabel J enkins Booth , 54 The Strand, New Castle, Del.
Richard C. B ond, 1300 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.
T heodore W iding , 800 Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia 7, Pa.
♦A mos J. P easlee, Clarksboro, N . J.
♦E llen F ernon Reisner , 43 Wooddale Road, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia 18, Pa.
Term Expires December, 1955
H ilda Lang D enw orth , 301 Elm Ave., Swarthmore, Pa.
T homas B. M c Cabe, Front and Market Streets, Chester, Pa.
A n n a Engle T aylor, 8240 Fairview Road, Philadelphia 17, Pa.
Boyd T. Barnard, 914 Lincoln-Liberty Building, Philadelphia 7, Pa.
♦C aroline Biddle M alin , 305 West 18th St., New York 11, N. Y.
♦J ack B. T hom pson , Clifton Forge, Va.
Term Expires December, 1956
T. Stockton M atthews , Garrett Building, Baltimore, Md.
C. N orman Stabler, 230 West Forty-first St., New York, N. Y.
H oward S. T urner , 103 Lebanon Hills Drive, Pittsburgh 28, Pa.
P h il ip T. Sharples , Twenty-third and Westmoreland Streets, Philadelphia 40, Pa.
♦N orman H. W inde , Ridley Creek Road, R. D. 2, Media, Pa.
♦V irginia Brow n G reer, Farnum Road, Media, Pa.
* Nominated by the Alumni Association.
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Term Expires December, 1957
P hebe U nderhill Seaman , Jericho, N. Y.
E lisabeth H allowell Bartlett , 1922 Mount Royal Terrace, Baltimore 17, Md.
N icholas K elley , 70 Broadway, New York 4, N. Y.
E. Lawrence W orstall, 33 Dudley Avenue, Lansdowne, Pa.
♦A nn e P hilips B lake , 215 North Rd., Lindamere, Wilmington 3, Del.
♦C harles P. Larkin , J r ., Crozer Building, Chester, Pa.
C o m m it t e e s
o f the
Board
The President is ex-Officio a member of Every Committee
Executive
Boyd T. Barnard
R u t h P otter Ashton
Frank A ydelotte
I sabel J enkins Booth
E leanor Stabler Clarke
Isaac H . C lothier , J r .
H ilda Lang D enworth
M ary Lippinco tt G riscom
Robert E. Lamb
H adassah M. L. P arrot
T homas B. M c Cabe
A mos J. P easlee
P h ilip T. Sharples
T heodore W iding
E. Lawrence W orstall
H elen G awthrop W orth
Finance
T homas B. M cC abe
P h ilip T. Sharples
C laude C. Sm ith
E. Lawrence W orstall
T heodore W iding
N icholas K elley
C harles P. Larkin , J r .
Instruction and Libraries
Caroline Biddle M alin
P hebe U nderhill Seaman
H oward T urner
T heodore W iding
N orman H . W inds
H elen G awthrop W orth
C laude C. Sm ith
R uth P otter Ashton
Frank Aydelotte
A n n e P hilips B lake
H ilda Lang D enworth
H adassah M. L. P arrot
Property
A mos J. P easlee
E llen Fernon R eisner
J ack B. T hompson
N orman H. W inde
Robert E. Lamb
Boyd T. Barnard
I sabel J enkins Booth
M ary Lippinco tt G riscom
Trusts
T homas B. M c Cabe
Boyd T. Barnard
Richard C. Bond
I saac H. C lothier , J r .
T. Stockton M atthews
C. N orman Stabler
E. Lawrence W orstall
Household and Student Affairs
M ary Lippinco tt G riscom
E lisabeth H allowell Bartlett
E leanor Stabler Clarke
T heodore
H ilda Lang D enworth
V irginia Brow n G reer
A n n a Engle T aylor
W iding
Nominating
Robert E. Lamb
Caroline Biddle M alin
R ut h P otter A shton
P h ilip T. Sharples
Frank A ydelotte
E leanor Stabler C larke
* Nominated by the Alumni Association.
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Alumni Association Officers
1953-1955
President, M orris L. H icks ’32, Suburban Station Bldg., Philadelphia 3, Pa.
Vice-President for Men, T homas S. N icely ’30, 271 Forest Drive, Short Hills, N . J.
Vice-President for Women, N ancy D eane P assmore '30, Box 209, Rutledge, Pa.
Secretary, F lorence Lyons G owing ’36, 635 Parrish Road, Swarthmore, Pa.
Alumni Council
Zone I
T erm Expires
J une
J. Stokes Clem ent , J r . ’34, 1363 Old Ford Rd., Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Charles E. Rickards ’27, 555 Hansell Road, Wynnewood, Pa.
1956 J o h n W. D utton ’28, c/o J. M. Fronefield, Wayne, Pa.
W m . A. Limberger, M.D., ’23, Green Ledge Farm, R.D. 4, West Chester, Pa.
1957 Robert G. H ayden ’47, Baltimore Pike, Swarthmore, Pa.
A lbert W . P reston , J r . ’23, 56 Park Ave., Crafton, Pittsburgh 5, Pa.
W illiam D. T aylor '36, "Mytholme,” Box 542, Coatesville, Pa.
1955 J ean W eltmer Stetson ’38, 144 N. Highland Rd., Springfield, Pa.
Barbara Briggs W inde ’31, 805 Princeton Rd., Wilmington, Del.
1956 An n Lapham Frazer ’38, 146 Scenic Road, Springfield, Pa.
Louise D avis M ulloy '24, Winding Lane, R. D. 3, Media, Pa.
1957 An n a Bancroft Coles ’23, 125 E. Oak Ave., Moorestown, N. J.
E lizabeth Seaman D awes '34, 20 Benjamin West Ave., Swarthmore, Pa.
M ary W ilson Ridpath T9, Presidential Apts., City Line, Philadelphia 31, Pa.
1955
Zone II
1955 N orris C. Barnard T9, 410 Topping Hill Rd., Westfield, N. J.
1956 W illiam B. P late ’26, 7 Crest Acre Court, Summit, New Jersey
1957 J o h n L. D ugan , J r . ’43, 58 Whitney Road, Short Hills, N. J.
1955 A ldyth Longshore C laiborn ’33, 64 Blake Road, Hamden 14, Conn.
1956
Lucinda W hite Lohr ’43, 42 St. Johns Ave., Mt. Tabor, N . J.
1957 E lizabeth Bartleson Booth ’26, 38 Canterbury Lane, Westfield, N. J.
Zone III
1955
P h ilip A. Crowl '36, Dept, of the Army, Historical Division, Room 1E565
Pentagon, Washington 25, D. C.
1956 O rrick M etcalfe ’26, 305 S. Broadway Street, Natchez, Miss.
1955 R ut h J ackson Boone ’30, 7420 Wyndale Lane, Chevy Chase 15, Md.
1956 Caroline Lippincott F orman ’28, Easton, Maryland.
Zone IV
1955
1956
1955
1956
Charles C. P rice , III, ’34, 201 W . North Shore Drive, South Bend, Ind.
V ictor R. J ose, ’43, 215 N. W. Tenth Street, Richmond, Ind.
E lizabeth P ollard F etter ’25, 580 Orchard Lane, Winnetka, 111.
Laurama Page P ixton ’43, 1207 Elmwood, Evanston, 111.
1957
1957
Edward A. J akle ’40, 11634 Winding Way, Los Altos, Calif.
W inifred Cammack B ond ’43, 1230 Wabash St., Pasadena 3, Calif.
Zone V
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The Faculty
Courtney Sm ith , President..................................... .............................. 324 Cedar Lane
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.
Edward K. Cratsley, Vice-President— Financial Operation and Control, and
Professor of Economics.......... .'.................................... 925 Strath Haven Avenue
B.A., College of Wooster; M.B.A. and D.C.S., Harvard University.
J oseph B. Sha ne , Vice-President— Public Relations and Alumni Affairs, and Pro
fessor of Education ....................................................................Cunningham House
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., University of Pennsylvania.
* Susan P. Cobbs, Dean and Professor of Classics.......................................West House
B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; M.A., New York University; Ph.D.,
University of Chicago.
Everett L. H u n t , Dean and Professor of E nglish ........................... 604 Elm Avenue
B.A., Huron College; M.A., University of Chicago; D.Litt., Huron College.
J o h n M. M oore , Associate Dean, Registrar and Professor of Philosophy,
2 Whittier Place
B.A., Park College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; M.A., Harvard Uni
versity; Ph.D., Columbia University.
G ilmore Stott , Associate Dean and Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
318 Dartmouth Avenue
B.A. and M.A., University of Cincinnati; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University;
M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University.
C harlotte A. T inker , Assistant D e a n ......................................... Swarthmore College
B.A., Wellesley College.
D eborah W ing , Assistant D e a n ..................................................... Swarthmore College
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., RadclifFe College.
Charles G. T hatcher , Business M anager.....................................613 Ogden Avenue
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.E., Cornell University; M.M.E., Johns Hopkins
University.
E m er iti
A lfred M ansfield Brooks, Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts . . . . Gloucester, Mass.
B.A., and M.A., Harvard University; M.A., Indiana University.
H enry J ermain M aude Creighton , Professor Emeritus of Chemistry,
High-Solas, Glen Margaret, Nova Scotia, Canada
B.A., M.A. and LL.D., Dalhousie University; M.Sc., University of Birmingham;
D.Sc., Das eidgenössische Polytechnikum, Zürich.
P h ilip M arshall H icks, Professor Emeritus of English literature .. Avondale, Pa.
B.A. and M.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Ross W. M arriott, Professor Emeritus of M athematics.......... 213 Lafayette Avenue
B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., University of
Pennsylvania.
H enrietta J osephine M eeteer , Professor Emeritus of Greek and Latin,
309 Warwick Road, Haddonfield, N. J.
B.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Samuel Copeland P almer , Professor Emeritus of Botany,
26th and Chestnut Streets, Chester, Pa.
B.A. and M.A., Swarthmore College; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
P rofessors
M ary A lbertson , Professor of H isto ry ........................................... 405 Walnut Lane
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College.
Solomon E. Asch , Professor of Psychology.....................................513 Elm Avenue
B.S., College of the City of New York; M.A. and Ph.D., Columbia University.
G eorge J. Becker, Professor of E nglish .......... ._.............................. 401 Walnut Lane
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of Washington.
Richard B. Brandt, Professor of Philosophy.....................• ............ 521 Elm Avenue
B.A., Denison University; B.A., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., Yale Uni
versity.
* Absent on leave, fall semester, 1954-55.
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H einrich Brinkmann , Professor of M athematics...........................403 Walnut Lane
B.A., Stanford University; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Samuel T. Carpenter, Isaiah V. Williamson Professor of Civil and Mechanical
Engineering................................................... .............................. 612 Ogden Avenue
B.C.E., C.E. and M.S., Ohio State University.
W illiam J. Cope, Professor of Mechanical Engineering.........................6 Crum Ledge
B.S. in M.E., University of Utah; M.E., Stanford University; Sc.D., in M.E.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Edward H. Cox, Edmund Allen Professor of Chemistry...................8 Whittier Place
B.S., Earlham College; M.A., Harvard University; Sc.D., University of Geneva.
W . C. Elmore, Professor of P hysics.........................Baltimore Pike, R. D. 3, Media
B.S., Lehigh University; Ph.D., Yale University.
Robert K. Enders, Isaac H. Clothier, Jr., Professor of Biology . . . .311 Elm Avenue
B.A. and Ph.D., University of Michigan.
M ason H aire, Visiting Professor of Psychology...................................4 Crum Ledge
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University.
H oward M alcolm J enkins, Henry C. and J. Archer Turner Professor of Engineer
ing ........................................................................................ 506 North Chester Road
B.A. and E.E., Swarthmore College.
W alter B. Keighton, J r ., Professor of Chem istry...........................311 Cedar Lane
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Princeton University.
W olfgang K ohler, Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology,
603 Elm Avenue
Dr. Phil., University of Berlin; D.Sc., University of Pennsylvania, University
of Chicago, Kenyon College.
H arold M. M arch, Professor of F rench............................... 317 North Chester Road
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Yale University.
J ohn D. M cCrumm , Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Palmer Mill Road, R. D. 1, Media
B.S. and M.S., University of Colorado.
*J. Roland Pennock , Professor of Political Science.........................3 Whittier Place
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Edith Philips, Susan W . Lippincott Professor of French ..................517 Elm Avenue
B.A., Goucher College; Docteur de l’Université de Paris.
Frank C. Pierson, Professor of Economies................................... 740 Ogden Avenue
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Columbia University.
W illiam C. H. Prentice, Professor of Psychology..................
1 Whittier Place
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Charles B. Shaw , lib ra ria n ............................................................606 Ogden Avenue
B.A., M.A. and L.H.D., Clark University.
L. R. Shero, Professor of G ree k............................................. 651 North Chester Road
B.A., Haverford College; B.A., University of Oxford; M.A. and Ph.D., Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
A lfred J. Swan , Professor of Music (on joint appointment with Haverford College)
519 Walnut Lane
B.A. and M.A., University of Oxford.
Frederick B. T ollés, Howard M. Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research,
and Director of the Friends Historical Library...........................606 Elm Avenue
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.
JP eter van DE K amp , Professor of Astronomy and Director of Sproul Observatory,
602 Elm Avenue
Cand. and Docts., University of Utrecht; Ph.D., University of California; D.
Phil., University of Groningen.
Robert M. W alker, Professor of Fine A r t s ..................................... . 6 Whittier Place
B.A. and M.F.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University.
JH ans W allach, Professor of Psychology...................................805 Harvard Avenue
Dr. Phil., University of Berlin.
* Absent on leave, fall semester, 1954-55.
t Absent on leave, 1954-55.
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C lair W ilcox , Joseph Wharton Professor of Political Economy,
510 Ogden Avenue
B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ohio State University; Ph.D., Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
E lizabeth Cox W right , Professor of E n g lish ...........................Rose Valley, Moylan
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
A s s o c ia t e P r o f e s s o r s
Lydia Baer, Associate Profesor of G erm an.................Brookside Road, Wallingford
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
D ennison Bancroft , Associate Professor of P hysics.............. 733 Harvard Avenue
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University.
♦M onroe C. Beardsley, Associate Professor of Philosophy........ 133 Rutgers Avenue
B.A. and Ph.D., Yale University.
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P aul H. Beik , Associate Professor of H isto ry ...................................4 Whittier Place
B.A., Union College; M.A. and Ph.D., Columbia University.
P h ilip W. Carruth , Associate Professor of Mathematics.................515 Ejm Avenue
B.A., Hamilton College;
M.A., Syracuse University;
Ph.D., University of
tJoSEPH D. Conard, Associate Professor of Economics ..................... 132 Park Avenue
B.A. Grinnell College; M.A., University of California.
R obert H. D u n n , Associate Professor of Physical Education for Men,
811 Westdale Avenue
B.S., Temple University.
Lewis H. E lverson, Associate Professor of Physical Education for Men,
519 Walnut Lane
B.S., University of Pennsylvania.
E. J. Faulkner , Associate Professor of Physical Education for Men,
235 Dickinson Avenue
tjAMES A. Field , J r ., Associate Professor of H isto ry.................. 612 Hillborn Avenue
B.S., M.A., and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Launce J. F lemister , J r ., Associate Professor of Zoology,
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Rogers Lane and Plush Mill Road, Wallingford
B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., Duke University.
D uncan G raham Foster, Associate Professor of Chem istry.............. 15 Crest Lane
B.A. and M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.
M ilan W . G arrett, Associate Professor of Physics . . . 336 North Princeton Avenue
B.A. and M.A., Stanford University; B.A. and D. Phil., University of Oxford.
G ilbert P. H aight , J r ., Associate Professor of Chemistry.......... 409 College Avenue
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Princeton University.
F redric S. K lees , Associate Professor of E nglish ...............................525 Elm Avenue
B.A., Bowdoin College.
♦Laurence D. Lafore, Associate Professor of H isto ry.................. 506 Ogden Avenue
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
Luzern G. Livingston , Associate Professor of Botany,
422 Highland Avenue, Morton
B.S., Lawrence College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin.
IG erard J. M angonb , Associate Professor of Political Science........ 512 Elm Avenue
B.A., College of the City of New York; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
N orman A. M einkoth , Associate Professor of Zoology,
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431 West Woodland Avenue, Springfield
B. of Ed., Southern Illinois Teachers College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of
Illinois.
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B ernard M orrill , Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering . . . .The Damsite
B.S. in M.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.M.E., University of
Delaware.
* Absent on leave, spring semester, 1954-55.
f Absent on leave, 1954-55.
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I H elen F. N orth , Associate Professor of Classics
120 South Chester Road
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University.
Virginia Rath, Associate Professor of Physical Education for Women,
B.A., Hollins College; M.A., Columbia University.
735 Yale Avenue
K arl Reuning , Associate Professor of G erm an...........211 South Swarthmore Avenue
Dr. Phil., University of Giessen.
+Hedley Rhys, Associate Professor of Pine Arts . . 146 South Rolling Road, Springfield
B.A., West Virginia University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.
J ames D. Sorber, Associate Professor of Spanish and Director of Musical Activities,
404 Walnut Lane
B.A., Lehigh University; M.A., University of Nebraska.
M urray S. Stedman, J r., Associate Professor of Political Science . . . 1 Crum Ledge
B.A., Williams College; M.A. and Ph.D., Columbia University.
W illis J. Stetson, Associate Professor of Physical Education for Men and Director
of A th letics................................................. 144 North Highland Road, Springfield
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., University of Pennsylvania.
N eal A. W eber, Associate Professor of Z o o lo g y..................................... West House
B.A. and M.S., University of North Dakota; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard Uni
versity.
Stephen E. W hicher , Associate Professor of E n g lish ...................5 Whittier Place
B.A. Amherst College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Harvard University.
tPAUL Y lvisaker, Associate Professor of Political Scien ce.......... 8B Whittier Place
B.S., Mankato State Teachers College; M.P.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
A s s is t a n t P r o f e s s o r s
E lisa Asensio , Assistant Professor of Spanish,
Oakley Road and Railroad Avenue, Haverford
M.A., Middlebury College.
Carl Barus, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering...................2 Crum Ledge
B.A., Brown University; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
W illiam H. Brown, J r., Assistant Professor of Economics,
Crum Creek Road, Media
B.A. and Ph.D., Yale University.
Frederick S. Burrell, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Rose Valley Road, R. D. 3, Media
B.S. in E.E. and M.S., Kansas State College; M.E., Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
O tto Butz, Assistant Professor of Political Science...................Swarthmore College
B.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Princeton University.
H ilde D. Cohn , Assistant Professor of G erm an.................................515 Elm Avenue
Dr. Phil., University of Heidelberg.
D avid Cowden, Assistant Professor of E nglish.....................302 North Chester Road
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Bruce D earing, Assistant Professor of E n g lish ...............................614 Yale Avenue
B.A,, Allegheny College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Iowa.
Edward A. Fehnel , Assistant Professor of Chem istry.......................600 Elm Avenue
B.S., M.A. and Ph.D., Lehigh University.
Arthur G ladstone, Assistant Professor of Psychology.......... 915 Harvard Avenue
B.S., Queens College; M.S. and Ph.D., Yale University.
H enry G leitman, Assistant Professor of Psychology........ 302 North Chester Road
B.S., College of the City of New York; Ph.D., University of California.
Frédéric J. G rover, Assistant Professor of F rench...............................8 Crum Ledge
L. és L., University of Paris; Ph.D., University of California.
W illiam H ordern, Assistant Professor of R eligion............ 317 North Chester Road
B.A., University of Saskatchewan; B.D., St. Andrew’s; S.T.M. and Th.D., Union
Theological Seminary.
Samuel L. H ynes, Assistant Professor of E nglish ........ .......................3 Crum Ledge
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., Columbia University.
t Absent on leave, 1954-55.
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Roy F. Linsenmeyer , Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering,
99 Dartmouth Avenue
B.S., in C.E., University of Pittsburgh; M.S.E., University of Michigan.
f Peter M adison, Assistant Professor of Psychology............ . . . . ..........^ Crum Ledge
B.S., University of Oregon; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.
Charles B. M cLane , Assistant Professor of Political Science .. 223 Kenyon Avenue
B.A., Dartmouth College; Certificate of the Russian Institute, Columbia Univer
sity.
Irene M oll , Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women,
805 Harvard Avenue
B.S. in Ed., University of Kansas; M.A., Texas State College for Women.
Edgar R. M ullins , J r ., Assistant Professor of Mathematics,
317 North Chester Road
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois.
Charles W. N ew lin , Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering,
204 Sunnybrook Road, Springfield
B.C.E., Rose Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Harvard University.
M ay E. P arry, Assistant Professor of Physical Education for Women,
317 North Chester Road
B.A., Swarthmore College; B.S., Temple University.
P h ilip C. P rager, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
132 North Highland Road, Springfield
B.S. in M.E., University of Pittsburgh; M.M.E., University of Delaware.
A lbert Sutherland R oe , Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts,
146 South Rolling Road, Springfield
B.A., M.F.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University.
D avid Rosen , Assistant Professor of M athematics.............. 317 North Chester Road
B.A., New York University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Richard S. Rudner , Assistant Professor of Philosophy.................. .. 5 Crum Ledge
B.A., Queens College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
*W illis D. W eatherford , Assistant Professor of Economics .. .915 Harvard Avenue
B.A., Vanderbilt University; B. D., Yale University; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard
University.
JM erton J. W illis , Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering .. .915 Harvard Avenue
B.C.E., University of Washington; M.S., Cornell University.
In stru cto rs
K urt K. Bohnsack , Instructor in B iology...................... ... . 302 N orth Chester Road
B.S., Ohio University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan.
R obert D. Cross, Instructor in H isto ry......................................915 Harvard Avenue
B.A. and M.A., Harvard University.
P h ilip D. Curtin , Instructor in H isto ry................................................. 7 Crum Ledge
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University.
G race Freed, Instructor in Classics...........................7024 Chew Street, Philadelphia
B.A., M.A., University of. Pennsylvania.
P hyllis G reifinger , Instructor in Physics ...................................Swarthmore College
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University.
Richard H enson , Instructor in Philosophy.....................................519 Walnut Lane
B.A., Colorado College; B.S., Villanova College; M.A., Swarthmore College.
O lga Lamkert , Instructor in Russian : ...............................................510 Elm Avenue
Diploma, Demidoff Teachers Training College, Russia.
C lark P. M angelsdorf, Instructor in Civil Engineering.......... 607 Hillborn Avenue
B.S., Swarthmore College; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
P eter Riesenberg, Instructor in H isto ry.....................................805 Harvard Avenue
B.A., Rutgers University, M.A., University of Wisconsin, Ph.D., Columbia Uni
versity.
G arwood R odgers, Instructor in Electrical Engineering.............. Swarthmore College
B.S., Texas Technological College; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
D avid G. Sm ith , Instructor in Political Science...........................Swarthmore College
B.A., M.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University.
t Absent on leave, 1954-55.
♦ Absent on leave, spring semester, 1954-55.
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J eanne T heis , Instructor in F rench.......................................120 South Chester Road
B.A., Swarthmore College.
J o h n W erntz , Instructor in Psychology.....................................835 Harvard Avenue
B.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Arne A. W yller, Instructor and Research Associate in Astronomy,
805 Harvard Avenue
Cand. Mag., Oslo University.
L ecturers
and
A s s is t a n t s
Leendert Bi NNen d ijk , Lecturer in Astronomy,
276 West Park Lane, Clifton Heights
Ph.D., University of Leiden.
A lice Brodhead, Lecturer in Psychology and Education,
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227 N. Swarthmore Avenue
B.S. and M.A., University of Pennsylvania.
F. H ilary Conroy , Lecturer in H isto ry................Rose Tree Road, Route 2, Media
B.S., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California.
Barbara Elmore , Director of Arts and C ra fts.......... Baltimore Pike, R. D. 3, Media
Sarah F lemister , Lecturer in Biology,
Rogers Lane and Plush Mill Road, Wallingford
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., Duke University.
H elen M anning H unter , Lecturer in Economics . . . . 5 College Circle, Haverford
Ph.D., Radcliffe College.
P h ilip E. J acob, Lecturer in Political Science............ 14 South Swarthmore Avenue
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Princeton Uni
versity.
Barbara P earson Lange, Director of Dramatics and Lecturer in English,
319 Cedar Lane
J. Earl N ess, J r ., College Organist...............................2034 Pine Street, Philadelphia
Mus.B., Curtis Institute of Music; A.A.G.O.
W illiam Reese , Lecturer in Music .............................Haverford College, Haverford
B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Berlin.
A very B lake, Assistant in Physical Education for M e n .............. 49 Amherst Avenue
A. W ayne Conger, Observer (part-time) in Astronomy,
Brooke Hall, Baltimore Pike and Lemon Street, Media
G omer H. D avies, Assistant in Physical Education for Men .. .Swarthmore College
B.S., East Stroudsburg State Teachers College; Ed.M., Temple University.
Laurence W. Fredrick, Assistant in A stronom y.......................Swarthmore College
B.A., M.A., Swarthmore College.
E dith F lather , Assistant in A stronom y.................................... .Swarthmore College
B.A., Mt. Holyoke College.
Sarah Lee Lippincott , Research Associate in Astronomy .. .120 South Chester Road
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Swarthmore College.
Rebekah M c Cahan , Special Adviser to Foreign Students . .607 Strath Haven Avenue
B.A., Wilson College; M.A., Columbia University.
J ames J. M cAdoo, Assistant in Physical Education for Men,
513 East Bringhurst Street, Germantown
J ames H . M iller , Assistant in Physical Education for Men,
834 Seventh Avenue, Prospect Park
M.S., University of Pennsylvania.
H oward D. Sipler , Assistant in Physical Education for Men . . 120 Harvard Avenue
B.A., Swarthmore College.
Susan Stern , Assistant in Physical Education for Women,
542 Shoemaker Road, Elkins Park
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College.
P aul Stofko , Assistant in Physical Education for Men,
1008 Hempstead Road, Pennfield Downs, Havertown
B.S., University of Pennsylvania.
A lice P utnam W illetts , Assistant in Physical Education for Women,
124 Guernsey Road
B.S., Temple University.
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D
I.
iv is io n s a n d
D
epartm ents
Division of the Humanities— G eorge J. Becker , Chairman.
Classics, L. R. Shero , Chairman.
English Literature, G eorge J. Becker, Chairman.
Fine Arts, R obert M. W alker, Chairman.
History, M ary A lbertson , Chairman.
Modern Languages, Edith P hilips , Chairman.
Music, A lfred J. Sw an , Chairman.
Philosophy and Religion, Richard B. Brandt, Chairman.
Psychology and Education, W illiam C. H. P rentice , Chairman.
II.
Division of the Social Sciences—M ary A lbertson , Chairman.
Economics, C lair W ilcox , Chairman.
History, M ary A lbertson , Chairman.
Philosophy and Religion, Richard B. Brandt, Chairman.
Political Science, J. Roland P ennock , Chairman.
(Murray Stedman, Acting Chairman, first semester.)
Psychology and Education, W illiam C. H. Prentice , Chairman.
III.
Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences—
H einrich Brinkm ann , Chairman.
Astronomy, P eter van de K amp , Chairman.
Biology, Robert K. Enders, Chairman.
Chemistry, Edward H. Cox , Chairman.
Electrical Engineering, H oward M. J enkins , Chairman.
Mathematics, H einrich Brinkm ann , Chairman.
Physics, W illiam C. E lmore , Chairman.
Psychology and Education, W illiam C. H. P rentice , Chairman.
IV.
Division of Engineering—J o h n D. M cCrumm , Chairman
Civil Engineering, Samuel T. Carpenter , Chairman.
Electrical Engineering, H oward M. J enkins , Chairman.
Mechanical Engineering, W illiam J. Cope , Chairman.
Chemistry, Edward H. Cox , Chairman.
Mathematics, H einrich Brinkm ann , Chairman.
Physics, W illiam C. E lmore, Chairman.
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St a n d i n g C o m m i t t e e s
of the
Faculty
1954-55
Moore, Chairman.
Beik, Brinkmann, Cobbs, Hunt, McCrumm, Philips.
academic requirements :
( m e n ) : Hunt, Chairman.
Bohnsack, Cobbs, McLane, Moore, Prager, Shane, Stetson, Stott.
admissions
( w o m en ) : Cobbs, Chairman.
Curtin, Elmore, Hunt, Whicher, Wing.
admissions
Stetson, Chairman.
Carpenter, Cox, Faulkner, Mullins, Rath, Shane, Thatcher, Weber.
athletics :
P rizes : Walker, Chairman.
Brown, Bohnsack, Curtin, Jenkins, Keighton, Stott, Wing.
awards and
Shane, Chairman.
Bancroft, Cross, Dearing, Enders, Lange, Sorber.
collection :
Klees, Chairman.
McCrumm, Pierson, Prentice, Rosen, Shane, Sorber, Swan, Walker, Whicher.
cooper foundation :
Becker, Chairman.
Brinkmann, Hordern, Meinkoth, Moore, Morrill, Pierson, Prentice.
curriculum :
f e l l o w sh ip s : Beik, Chairman.
Cohn, Enders, Fehnel, March, Newlin, Weber, Whicher.
SWARTHMORE
Jenkins, Chairman.
Albertson, Cobbs, McLane, Meinkoth, Stott, Woodrow.
fellowships from other institutions :
Smith, Chairman.
Albertson, Becker, Brinkmann, Cobbs, Cox, Hunt, Jenkins, McCrumm, Moore,
Philips, Wilcox.
instruction :
Cowden, Chairman.
Baer, Beik, Cope, Fehnel, Hordern, Shaw, Wright.
library :
Asch, Chairman.
Elmore, Jenkins, Tolies, Wright.
master of arts :
Meinkoth, Chairman.
Bowie, Cross, Gladstone, Keighton, Stott.
pre -medical program :
Classes: Moore, Chairman.
Bancroft, Barus, Carruth, Cowden, .Shero, D. Smith.
schedule of
Hunt, Chairman.
Beik, Cobbs, Hordern, Lange, Prentice, Shane, Stott, Wing.
student affairs :
Livingston, Chairman.
Garrett, Linsenmeyer, Reuning, Shero, Tolies.
travel allowance :
secretary to th e faculty :
Jenkins.
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Administrative Officers and Assistants
P r e sid e n t ’s O f fic e
President, Courtney Sm ith , B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Secretary, J anet G. B ourne .
V ic e -P r esid en ts ’ O f fic e
Vice-President— Financial Operation and Control, Edward K. Cratsley.
B.A., College of Wooster; M.B.A. and D.C.S., Harvard University.
Vice-President—Public Relations and Alumni Affairs, J oseph B. Sha ne .
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., University of Pennsylvania.
Secretaries, D oris M usgrave, M ildred A. Scott .
D ea n s ’ O ffic es
Deans:
P. Cobbs, B.A., Randolph-Macon Woman’s College; M.A., New York
University; Ph.D., University of Chicago.
Everett L. H u n t , B.A., Huron College; M.A., University of Chicago; D.Litt;,
Huron College.
* Susan
Associate Deans:
J o h n M. M oore , B.A., Park College;
B.D., Union Theological Seminary;
M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Columbia University.
G ilmore Stott , B.A. and M.A., University of Cincinnati; B.A. and M.A.,
Oxford University; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University.
Assistant Deans:
Charlotte A. T inker , B.A., Wellesley College.
D eborah W ing , B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Radcliffe College.
Head Residents in Dormitories:
V irginia von Frankenberg , Parrish Hall; B.A., University of Nebraska.
Sara M. Little , Worth Dormitory; B.A., Smith College.
J eanne T heis , Palmer Hall; B.A., Swarthmore College.
H elen C. Bowie , Pittenger Hall; B.A., University of Colorado.
Sarah Lee Lippincott , Roberts Hall; B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A.,
Swarthmore College.
Secretaries to the Deans:
M yrtle R. K eeny , B.A., Dickinson College.
A lma Lingham .
Frances W ills Slaugh , B.A., Swarthmore College.
R egistrar ’s O f fic e
Registrar, J o h n M. M oore, B.A., Park College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary;
M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Columbia University.
Secretaries, D orothy C. A llen .
R osamond W. G arrett, B.A., Wilson College.
* Absent on leave, fall semester, 1954-55.
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Lib r a r y S t a f f
College Library
Librarian: Charles B. Shaw , B.A., M.A., and L.H.D., Clark University.
Technical Services Librarian: M artha A. Connor , B.S., M.A., University of
Pennsylvania; B.S. in L.S., Drexel Institute.
Assistant Librarians:
Cataloging: E lizabeth L. H arrar, B.A., University of Delaware; M.A.,
University of Pennsylvania; B.S. in L.S., Drexel Institute.
E lizabeth S. Sharpless , B.A., Swarthmore College; B.S., in L.S., Drexel
Institute.
Order: C atherine J. Sm ith , B.A., Swarthmore College; B.S. in L.S.,
Drexel Institute.
Assistants: M ary C. K erbaugh, B.A., University of Pennsylvania;
G ail C. T icknor , B.M us., Boston Conservatory of Music. 1
Readers Services Librarian: H oward H . W illiams, B.A., Lake Forest College;
M.A., and B.S. in L.S., Columbia University.
Assistant Librarians:
Circulation: D oris Beik , B.A., and B.S. in L.S., New York State College
for Teachers.
D avid P eele , B.A., M.A., Swarthmore College; M.S. in L.S., Western
Reserve University.
Periodicals: M ary G. T ait , B.A., Wells College; B.S. in L.S., Drexel In
stitute.
Assistants: J osephine Sm ith , B.A., Swarthmore College; A n n e P erkins ,
B.A., University of Delaware.
Friends Historical Library
Librarian: Frederick B. T olles, B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., Harvard University.
Assistant Librarian: fDoROTHY G. H arris, B.A., Wellesley College; B.S. in L.S.,
Drexel Institute.
Assistant: M ary G. O gilvie, Monmouth College, Columbia University.
Secretarial Assistant: J anet P hilips , B.A., University of Rochester.
Cataloger: M ildred H irsch , B.S. in L.S., Columbia University.
Swarthmore College Peace Collection:
Curator: M ary G. Cary, B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., University of
Pennsylvania; B.S. in L.S., Drexel Institute.
Honorary Curators of the Friends Historical Library
F rank A y d e l o t t e ......................................................... 88 Battle Road, Princeton, N. J.
C lem ent M. Biddle . . . .P. O. B ox 743, Church Street Station, New York 8, N. Y.
A n n a P ettit Broomell .........................429 West Stafford Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
A n n a G riscom E l k in t o n ................................. 741 Harvard Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa.
LaV erne Fo r b u s h ........................................... 5014 Embla Avenue, Baltimore 10, Md.
J ames R. F r o r e r ...............................................................2 Talley Road, Wilmington, Del.
W illiam H u b b e n ..................................................1515 Cherry Street, Philadelphia 2, Pa.
H annah Clothier H u l l .............................Swarthmore Apartments, Swarthmore, Pa.
H adassah M. L. P a r r o t .................................1025 Westview Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
J esse M e r r it t ................................................... Box 2, Farmingdale, Long Island, N. Y.
Richm ond P. M i l l e r ...........................6356 Woodbine Avenue, Philadelphia 39, Pa.
Edith V erlenden Pa s c h a l l ............... 86 South Lansdowne Avenue, Lansdowne, Pa.
J ane P. R ushmore .................................................................................... Riverton, N. J.
C. M arshall T a y l o r ......................................... 140 Cedar Street, New York 6, N. Y.
Advisory Council of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Courtney Smith, Chairman; Devere Allen, Frank Aydelotte, Clement M. Biddle,
Anna Cox Brinton, Merle Curti, Emily Cooper Johnson, Ray Newton, Ernst Posner,
Joseph B. Shane, Charles B. Shaw, Frederick B. Tolies, E. Raymond Wilson.
t Absent on leave, 1954-55.
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B u s in e s s M a n a g e r ’s O
f f ic e
Business Manager, C harles G. T hatcher , B.A., Swarthmore College, M.E., Cornell
University; M.M.E., Johns Hopkins University.
Accountant, G. Caroline Shero , B.A., Swarthmore College; M.B.A., University of
Pennsylvania.
Assistants, G race R. Babbitt, G ertrude G erould, Lois Riggs.
Purchasing Agent, Lewis T. Cook , J r ., B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.S., Penn
sylvania State College.
Secretary, E lizabeth H. P hillips , B.A., Swarthmore College.
Manager of Bookstore, J ean M. Sorber.
Stenographic Staff, M arian Ransburg, E mily Bonsall .
Switchboard Operators, Ayme G osman , E dna Corson , J ean W oodward.
H
o use
D
ir e c t o r ’s
O
f f ic e
House Director, Sara M. Little , B.A., Smith College.
Assistant to the House Director, K athryn A. D avisson, J an et D. V eeder.
S u p e r i n t e n d e n t ’s O
f f ic e
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, H arry W ood.
Director of Arthur Hoyt Scott Horticultural Foundation, J o h n C. W ister, B.A.,
Harvard University, D.Sc., Swarthmore College.
Consulting Engineer, A ndrew Sim pson , B.A., Swarthmore College; M.S., Cornell
University.
Assistants to the Superintendent, Clifford R enshaw , Sr ., A rlington A ckerman .
Secretaries, V eronica Sullivan , F rancis K avanagh.
D
i e t i t i a n ’s
O
f f ic e
Dietitian, R ut h E. Carr, B.S., Simmons College.
Assistant Dietitian, H ilda H opkins Sm ith , B.S., Simmons College.
A lum ni
Fund O
and
f f ic e s
Director, K athryn Bassett.
Alumni Recorder, E lnora Cox Swartz .
Secretaries, Sara Shields Sha ne , B.A., Swarthmore College; E leanor B. J arratt,
B.A., Vassar College.
P u b l ic it y O f f i c e
Director, W . P ark W oodrow , B.A., Swarthmore College.
H
ealth
S e r v ic e
Physician, M orris A. Bowie , B.A., University of Colorado; M.D., Harvard Uni
versity. Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine.
Consulting Psychiatrists:
Leon J. Saul , B.A. and M.A., Columbia University; M.D., Harvard University.
J. W . Lyons, B.A., University of Scranton; M.D., University of Pennsylvania.
Diplomates, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (P ).
Nurses:
An n e A ustin , R.N., Regina L. H oltzman , R.N., M ary M cCullough , R.N.,
E. E lizabeth M cG eary, R.N.
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ítwy
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Introduction To
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
Introduction to Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College, founded in 1864 by members of the Religious Society
of Friends, is a small co-educational college situated eleven miles southwest
of Philadelphia. In accordance with the traditions of its Quaker background,
Swarthmore students are expected to prepare themselves for full, wellrounded lives as individuals and as responsible citizens through exacting in
tellectual study supplemented by a varied program of sports and extra
curricular activities.
The college campus contains about 300 acres of rolling wooded land in
the borough of Swarthmore in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The borough
of Swarthmore is a small residential suburb within half an hour’s commuting
distance of Philadelphia on the West Chester branch of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Situated near the intersection of U. S. Route 1 (Baltimore Pike)
and Pennsylvania State Highway 320, Swarthmore is easily accessible by car.*
Because of its location, Swarthmore College students are able to combine
the advantages of a semi-rural setting with the opportunities offered by
Philadelphia. Especially valuable is the cooperation made possible with three
other nearby institutions, Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges and the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
O b je c t iv e s
and
P u rpo ses
The purpose of Swarthmore College is to make its students more valu
able human beings and more useful members of society. It shares this
purpose with other educational institutions, for American education is a
direct outgrowth of our democratic principles. Democracy is based on the
infinite worth of each individual. It can operate successfully only when
men are willing to seek together a common good. It depends upon knowl
edge and understanding of the complex problems of modern society. The
debt of our educational system to democracy is equalled only by the debt
of democracy to education.
While a common purpose underlies all American education, each school
and college and university seeks to realize that purpose in its own way.
Each must select those tasks it can do best. Only in this way can it be
most effective. Only by such selection can it contribute to the diversity and
richness of educational opportunity which is a part of the American heritage
and the American strength.
T h e R e l ig io u s T r a d i t i o n
Swarthmore College was founded by the Religious Society of Friends and
it seeks to illuminate the life of its students with the spiritual principles of
• To reach the college, motorists should turn off U. S. Route 1 to State Highway 320 in the direc
tion of Chester and continue south along Chester Road in the borough of Swarthmore about half a
mile until reaching College Avenue. There a right turn is made to the college campus.
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that Society. Although it has been non-sectarian in control since the begin
ning of the present century and although the children of Friends are in a
minority, the college seeks to preserve the religious tradition out of which
it sprang.
The essence of Quakerism is the individual’s responsibility for seeking
truth and for applying whatever truth he believes he has found. As a way
of life, it emphasizes hard work, simple living, and generous giving; personal
integrity, social justice, and the peaceful settlement of disputes. The college
does not seek to impose on its students this Quaker view of life, or any
other specific set of convictions about the nature of things and the duty
of man. It does, however, have the two-fold aim of encouraging conscious
concern about such questions and unceasing re-examination of any view
which may be held regarding them. That is the kind of ethical and
religious character which Swarthmore seeks to develop.
T h e C o m m u n it y L if e
Swarthmore is a small college by deliberate policy. Its enrollment in
normal years is about 850 students, of whom 400 are women and 450
are men. It is semi-rural in location, residential and co-educational in
character. These features create an ideal environment for personal growth.
Co-education provides the most natural environment for both men and
women, who in their common work and play come to value each other for
their true worth. Almost all of the students live in the college dormitories
and eat together in the dining room. A large number of faculty houses
are within campus boundaries, making it possible for students to have valu
able social contacts with their professors outside the classroom. The resi
dential character is the basis for a community life in which the ideals of the
college influence every member. Growth in emotional maturity, necessary
both for personal satisfaction and for effective action, is an integral part of
the total educational program.
For this reason the college encourages a wide variety of extra-curricular
activities. Participation in sports has many values, social as well as indi
vidual. Membership in student organizations is important. In practising
parliamentary procedure and in facing the victories and defeats of elective
office, students learn to live together, ironing out the clash of personalities
and the friction of different views. They learn the effectiveness of enthus
iasm and the frustration of indifference. They learn to soften their un
critical intolerance as they struggle to live successfully together. They learn
the meaning of responsibility as they become responsible for their activities.
T h e E d u c a t io n a l P r o g r a m
Swarthmore’s educational program is based on the philosophy that selfdiscovery and self-development are more valuable than the simple demon
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strative method of teaching. Therefore, whenever it is possible, students
are encouraged to make their own analyses, based on original source material
or on laboratory experiments.
Believing also that a liberal education is based on knowledge of many
areas of human experience, the college requires that freshmen and sopho
mores take a wide variety of courses. This plan allows them to test their
ability in subjects they have already studied and to explore new fields. By
the end of their sophomore year, students are expected to make two de
cisions: first, what their field of concentration will be for the last two years;
and second, whether they prefer to take "honors work” or to continue
their study in regular courses.
Honors work, more fully described on pages 56 to 58, is a method
of study open to juniors and seniors who have shown independence and re
sponsibility in their academic work. They are freed from classroom routine
and meet with their instructors in small weekly seminar groups for dis
cussion and evaluation of their work. Since an honors student pursues only
one major and one related minor subject during a semester, this system
facilitates greater concentration and greater independence than is possible
under the usual academic routine. The development of the "honors” or
seminar method was begun under President Aydelotte in 1922, and because
of its success, it has been widely imitated in other institutions.
A c a d e m ic C o m p e t e n c e
Democracy demands a broad base of intelligent understanding of issues.
It also necessitates a high order of excellence in those who are destined to
become its leaders. Swarthmore can best serve society by the maintenance
of high standards. It is peculiarly fitted by tradition and performance for
this essential role, and it is precisely this readiness to do a particular job
well that gives the College its value in the educational mosaic of American
democracy.
Education is largely an individual matter, for no two students are exactly
alike. Some need detailed help, while others profit from considerable
freedom. The program of honors study, in which Swarthmore pioneered,
is designed to give recognition to this fact. It is the most distinctive feature
of our educational program. For many students it provides an enriching
and exciting intellectual experience. It has as its main ingredients freedom
from class work, maximum latitude for the development of individual
responsibility, concentrated work in broad fields of study, and close associa
tion with faculty members in small seminars. The honors program and the
course program are parallel systems of instruction for students during their
last two years. Both are designed to evoke the maximum effort- and develop
ment from each student, the choice of method being determined by individ
ual need and capacity.
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A college is never static. Its purposes and policies are always changing
to meet new demands and new conditions. The founders of Swarthmore
would find in it today many features they neyer contemplated when they
shaped the College in the middle of the nineteenth century. Swarthmore,
if it is to remain alive, must be forever changing. And many people are
continually engaged in shaping its destiny—the Board of Managers, ad
ministration, faculty, students, alumni, parents, and the community as a
whole. The goal is to achieve for each generation, by means appropriate
to the times, that unique contribution and that standard of excellence which
have been the guiding ideals of Swarthmore from its founding.
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Admission
Inquiries concerning admission and applications should be addressed to
the Deans of the College: from men, to Dean Everett L. H unt; from
women, to Dean Susan P. Cobbs.
G
eneral
St a t e m e n t
In the selection of students the college seeks those qualities of character,
social responsibility, and intellectual capacity which it is primarily concerned
to develop. It seeks them, not in isolation, but as essential elements in the
whole personality of candidates for admission.
In the competition for admission preference is given to the children of
Friends and alumni who can meet the requirements. It is also the policy
of the college to have the student body represent not only different parts
of the United States but many foreign countries, both public and private
secondary schools, and various economic, social, religious, and racial groups.
Selection is important and difficult. No simple formula will be effective.
The task is to select those who give real promise of distinction in the quality
of their personal lives, in service to the community, or in leadership in their
chosen fields. Swarthmore College must choose its students on the basis of
their individual future worth to society and of their collective realization of
the purpose of the college.
Admission to the freshman class is normally based upon the satisfactory
completion of a four-year program preparatory to advanced liberal study.
Applicants are selected on the following evidence:
1. Record in secondary school;
2. Recommendation of the school principal or headmaster and of others
who know the applicant;
3. Ratings in the Scholastic Aptitude Test and in three Achievement Tests
of the College Entrance Examination Board. In some cases, special
tests may be given by the college.
4. Personal interview with one of the Deans or an appointed representa
tive.
5. Reading and experience, both in school and out.
Applicants must have satisfactory standing in school, and in aptitude and
achievement tests, and should show strong intellectual interests. They should
also give evidence of sturdiness of character, promise of growth, initiative,
seriousness of purpose, and a sense of social responsibility. As future mem
bers of the college community, they should represent varied interests, types,
and backgrounds.
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P r epa ra tio n
Applicants are urged to make their choice of college as early as possible
in order to plan the work of their school years with the assistance of the
Committees on Admission. In general, preparation should include:
1. Skills: The following skills are essential to success in college work
and should be brought to a high level by study and practice through
out the preparatory period:
a. The use of the English language with accuracy and effectiveness in
reading, writing, and speaking.
b. The use of the principles of arithmetic, algebra, and plane geometry.
c. The use of one, or preferably of two, foreign languages to the point
of reading prose of average difficulty at sight, and of writing and
speaking with some ease and proficiency.
2. Subjects: All, or almost all, of the preparatory course should be com
posed of the subjects listed in the following four groups. Variations
of choice and emphasis are acceptable although some work should be
taken in each group.
History and Social Studies: American, English, European, and ancient
history; political, social, and economic problems of modern society.
Literature and A rt: American, English, and foreign literature, ancient
and modern; music, art, architecture.
Natural Science and Mathematics: chemistry, physics, biology, astron
omy; algebra, geometry, trigonometry. A college major in science
or engineering presupposes substantial work in algebra, in plane and,
if possible, solid geometry, and in trigonometry.
Languages: English, Latin, Greek, German, French, Spanish, other
European or Oriental languages. Applicants who expect to major
in science are strongly advised to include German and, if possible,
French in their school programs.
A p pl ic a t io n s
and
E x a m in a t io n s
Applications must be filed in the office of the Deans by February 15
of the year in which the candidate wishes to be admitted. An application
fee of $5.00, which is not refundable, is required of all candidates.
All applicants for admission are required to take the Scholastic Aptitude
Test and three Achievement Tests given by the College Entrance Examina
tion Board.
The Achievement Test in English Composition is required of all candi
dates; the other two Achievement Tests are chosen by the candidate from
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two different fields. Candidates for engineering must take the test in Ad
vanced Mathematics.
In 1954-55 these tests will be given in various centers throughout this
country and abroad on December 4, January 8, March 12, May 21 and
August 10. Applicants are normally expected to take the required tests in
March of their Senior year. Scholarship candidates are urged to t-akp the
Scholastic Aptitude Test in December or January, and other applicants may
do so if they wish. Those who wish to take die tests for practice at the
end of the Junior year are encouraged to do so. All such applicants must
repeat the tests in their Senior year, however, in order to give themselves
the advantage of maximum preparation.
Application to take the tests should be made directly to the College
Entrance Examination Board, Box 592, Princeton, New Jersey. A bulletin
of information may be obtained without charge from the Board. Students
who wish to take the tests in any of the, following western states, territories,
and Pacific areas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Hawaii, Al
berta, British Columbia, Mexico, Australia, and all Pacific Islands including
Formosa and Japan, should address their inquiries and send their applica
tions to the College Entrance Examination Board, Box 9896, Los Feliz
Station, Los Angeles 27, California. Application should be made to the
Board at least a month before the date on which the test will be taken.
No additional tests are required of candidates for scholarships. They
must, however, write for a special application blank at least two weeks in
advance of the date on which applications for admission are due. Informa
tion concerning scholarships will be found on pages 33 to 40.
Notices of the action of the Admissions Committee will be mailed about
May 1.
A dvanced Sta n d in g
For favorable consideration, applicants for advanced standing must have
had a good scholastic record in the institution from which they wish to
transfer, and must present full credentials for both college and preparatory
work and a letter of honorable dismissal. They must take the Scholastic
Aptitude Test and three achievement tests given by the College Entrance
Examination Board if these tests have not been taken previously.
As a general rule, students are not admitted to advanced standing later
than the beginning of the sophomore year. Four terms of study at Swarthmore College constitute the minimum requirement for a degree, two of which
must be those of the senior year.
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Expenses
Charges per academic year of two semesters:
Board, room, and tu itio n ......................................................... $1,450*
General fee . . ; ........................................................................
100
Total ch arg es.................................................................................$1,550
While a general charge for board, room and tuition is made, this may
be divided into $750 for tuition and $700 for board and room. The general
fee of $100 per year covers the costs of student health, library and laboratory
fees, athletic fees, arts and crafts, and the support of several other extra
curricular activities.
An additional deposit of $25 per semester is required of each student,
payable in advance, to cover incidental bills. Students may charge purchases
at the college bookstore, and certain other charges agreed to by the Business
Office. When this deposit has been exhausted a new one will be required
immediately. Any unused balance is returned at the time of graduating or
leaving college.
One half of the total sum is due not later than Registration Day at the
beginning of the fall semester. Bills are mailed before the opening of the
current term. Payments should be made by check or draft to the order of
S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e . A student is not a registered student at Swarthmore College, nor on any class roll, until his bill is paid. Correspondence
about financial matters should be addressed to the Accountant, Miss G. Caro
line Shero.
No reduction or refunding of tuition can be made on account of absence,
illness, voluntary withdrawal, or dismissal from college. No reduction or
refund will be made for failure to occupy the room assigned for a given
term, nor is the general fee refundable. In case of absence or withdrawal
from the college and provided due notice has been given in advance to the
Business Manager, there will be a refund for board for any time in excess
of six weeks. Exceptions will be made for students who are required by
the draft to leave during the course of the academic year. In these cases
tuition, general fee, board and room charges will be refunded on a pro rata
basis.
T h e T u it io n P l a n
Many of the parents of students may wish to pay all tuition, fees, and
residence charges on a monthly basis. It is now possible to arrange this
» An advance deposit of *25 is requited of all new students in order to reserve a place in
college for the coming year. A similar depcisit of *15 is required of returning students. These
deposits are credited against the bill for tuition, board, and room.
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under The Tuition Plan. The cost is four percent greater than when pay
ments are made in cash in advance. Details of its operation will be furnished
by the College with the first semester’s bill in September.
A c c id e n t
and
Si c k n e s s I n s u r a n c e
The college makes available both accident and accident and sickness in
surance to students through John C. Paige & Company of Boston, Massa
chusetts. The accident coverage alone, which is strongly recommended for
all students, is required of all students who participate in intercollegiate
athletic activities. This coverage costs $5.00 per year (12 months) for
women and $10.00 for men. A combined accident and sickness policy is
also available at an annual cost of $18.00 for women and $22.00 for men.
Application forms are mailed to each student during the summer.
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T he College Library
Sprout Observatory
Student Aid and Scholarships
The college furnishes scholarships and financial assistance to a Substafl*
tial number of students from its general funds and from special endow
ments. About fifty scholarships are awarded to freshmen each year. During
the current academic year the college has granted about $125,000 for
scholarships. About one-quarter of that sum is provided by the endowed
scholarship listed below. The income from many of these endowments
is assigned each year to entering freshmen in accordance with the will
of the donor and in his name. Where satisfactory records have been
maintained these awards are normally renewed annually from the general
funds of the College. Seniors who have had substantial aid may in some
cases be asked to finance themselves in part from a College loan fund.
All awards are based upon the college record, the financial need of the
family as revealed in confidential statements to the Scholarship Committee,
and the efforts of the student in earning his own expenses. All applica
tions for scholarships are handled by the Committee on Admissions and
Scholarships and should be addressed to the Deans.
G r a n t s -i n -a id , to a lim ite d n u m b e r , m a y b e a w a r d e d t o s tu d e n ts of
a v e ra g e s c h o la s tic s ta n d in g a n d fin a n c ia l n e e d w h o c o u ld n o t e a r n a ll th e y
n e e d w i t h o u t s e rio u s d e tr im e n t t o t h e i r a c a d e m ic w o rk .
C o l l e g e E m p l o y m e n t affords opportunity to earn money by regular
work at current wage rates in one of the college offices, shops, laboratories
or libraries. A student may hold a college job in addition to a scholarship
or a grant-in-aid. The distribution of jobs among those authorized to hold
them is made by the Student Employment office. Residents of the borough
of Swarthmore often send requests for services to the college, which co
operates in making these opportunities known to students. Last year over
four hundred students secured work through this office. Many students
earn from eight to ten dollars a week and still maintain an excellent
scholastic standing.
S c h o l a r s h ip s
for
M
en
The G e o r g e F. B a k e r S c h o l a r s h ip s . The George F. Baker Scholar
ships, awarded for the first time in 1950, have been given to the college
as part of a national scholarship program. They are the gift of the George
F. Baker Foundation and will be awarded to four freshmen men each year.
The actual amount of the scholarships, in part determined by financial need,
will be a maximum of $1,200 for each year of the student’s college career.
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Students will be chosen for these awards primarily on the basis of achieve
ment and promise of leadership in business, government and the professions.
O p e n S c h o l a r s h ip s f o r M e n . Swarthmore College awards annually
five four-year scholarships to men entering the freshman class. These
scholarships, based on the general plan of the Rhodes Scholarships, are
given to candidates who, in the opinion of the Committee of Award, rank
highest in scholarship, character and personality. The amount of the annual
award varies from $100 to $1,000 according to the financial need of the
winner.
The T h o m a s B. M c C a b e A c h i e v e m e n t A w a r d , established by Thomas
B. McCabe ’15, provides an annual scholarship of $1,000 open to entering
freshmen men. Applicants must be residents of Delaware or the Eastern
Shore counties of Maryland or Virginia. Selection will be based on achieve
ments which give promise of leadership, and emphasis will be placed on
ability, character, personality, and service to school and community.
T h e S c o t t A w a r d a t Sw a r t h m o r e . A scholarship established by the
Scott Paper Co. of Chester, Pa., in honor of its former president, Arthur
Hoyt Scott of the Class of 1894. Given for the first time in 1953, it will
be awarded annually for the next five years to an outstanding sophomore who
plans to enter business after graduation and who demonstrates the qualities
of scholarship, character, personality, leadership, and physical vigor. The
award provides the recipient with $1,000 for each of his last two years in
college.
The S c o t t B . L il l y S c h o l a r s h i p , endowed by Jacob T. Schless of the
Class of i9 l4 at Swarthmore College, was offered for the first time in 1950.
This scholarship is in honor of a former distinguished Professor of En
gineering and, therefore, students who plan to major in engineering will be
given preference. The stipend will be a maximum of $900 a year for
four years; the exact amount of the award will be determined by the
financial needs of the winning applicant.
The A a r o n B. I v in s Sc h o l a r s h i p is awarded annually to a young man
of the graduating class of Friends Central School, Overbrook, Philadelphia.
It is awarded under the following conditions. The recipient must have
been a student at Friends Central for at least two years, he must have good
health, high grades, and must be the best all-around student in his class de
sirous of entering Swarthmore College. This scholarship, awarded by the
faculty of Friends Central School, and subject to the approval of Swarth
more College, has a maximum value of $650.
The H o w a r d C o o p e r J o h n s o n S c h o l a r s h i p , established by Howard
Cooper Johnson ’96, provides approximately $500 a year. It is awarded on
the basis of all-around achievement to a male undergraduate who is a mem
ber of the Society of Friends.
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The T. H. D u d l e y P e r k i n s M e m o r ia l S c h o l a r s h i p is awarded annually
to a young man selected by a committee of the faculty appointed by the
President of the college for the purpose. The award having a maximum
value of $500 will be made on the basis of qualities of manhood, force of
character and leadership; literary and scholastic ability; physical vigor
as shown by participation in out-of-doors sports or in other ways.
The M i l l e r -F l o u n d e r s S c h o l a r s h ip of $500 per year is awarded to a
freshman man who resides in and has attended school in Delaware County,
Pennsylvania. To be eligible for the award the student must have clearly
demonstrated leadership in scholastic achievement and in extra-curricular
activities during his high school program. The scholarship is usually awarded
in alternate years and is renewable provided a satisfactory record is maintained.
The W il l i a m G. a n d M a r y N. S e r r il l H o n o r s S c h o l a r s h i p is a
competitive Scholarship for Men, awarded to a candidate for admission to
the college, based upon the general plan of the Rhodes Scholarships.
The annual stipend is $375. Preference will be given to men who
are residents of Abington Township, including Jenkintown and Glenside,
Montgomery County, Pa., but if there is no outstanding candidate from this
locality, the scholarship will be open to competition generally.
The Sa r a h K a i g h n C o o p e r S c h o l a r s h i p , founded by Sallie K . Johnson
in memory of her grandparents, Sarah Kaighn and Sarah Cooper, is awarded
to a man in the Junior Class who is judged by the faculty to have had, since
entering College, the best record for scholarship, character, and influence.
The value of this scholarship is approximately $225 annually.
S c h o l a r s h ip s
for
W
om en
O p e n S c h o l a r s h ip s f o r W o m e n . Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. White, of
the Class of 1875, on the occasion of the Fiftieth Reunion of that class,
established three open competitive scholarships for women, in the names of
Howard White, Jr., Serena B. White, and Walter W . Green. These
scholarships are given to candidates who, in the opinion of the Committee
of Award, rank highest in scholarship, character and personality. The
amount of the award varying from $100 to $1,000 is determined in the
same way as the scholarships for men.
The A l u m n a e S c h o l a r s h i p , established by the Philadelphia and New
York Alumnae Clubs, is awarded on the same basis as the Open Scholarships.
It is awarded for one year and has a maximum value of $500.
The A n n i e S h o e m a k e r S c h o l a r s h ip is granted annually to a young
woman of the graduating class of Friends Central School, Overbrook, Phila
delphia. The recipient must have been a student at Friends Central for at
least two years, she must have good health, high grades, and must be the
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best all-around student in her class desirous of entering Swarthmore College.
This scholarship, awarded by the faculty of Friends Central School, and
subject to the approval of Swarthmore College, has a maximum value of
$500.
The G e o r g e K. and S a l l ie K. J o h n s o n F u n d provides $450 a year,
to be used, at the discretion of the President of the College, in granting
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.
T h e M a r y C o a t e s P r e s t o n S c h o l a r s h i p F u n d . A sum of money has
been left by will of Elizabeth Coates, the annual interest of which will be
about $450. This amount is given as a scholarship to a young woman
student in Swarthmore College, preferably to a relative of the donor.
The H a r r ie t W . P a is t e F u n d is limited by the following words from
the donor’s will: "the interests to be applied annually to the education of
female members of our Society of Friends (holding their Yearly Meeting at
Fifteenth and Race Streets, Philadelphia) whose limited means would ex
clude them from enjoying the advantages of an education at the college.”
The value of this scholarship is approximately $350 annually.
T h e M a r y T. L o n g s t r e t h S c h o l a r s h i p was founded by Rebecca C.
Longstreth in memory of her mother and is to be awarded annually "at
the discretion of the President of the College to assist a young woman
student to pursue her studies in the College.” The value of this scholarship
is approximately $225 annually.
The J e s s ie S t e v e n s o n K o v a l e n k o S c h o l a r s h i p F u n d , the gift of
Michel Kovalenko in memory of his wife, provides an annual income of
$225. This sum is to be awarded to a student, preferably a woman, who
is in her junior or senior year and who is a major in astronomy, or to a
graduate of the college, preferably a woman, for graduate work in astronomy
at Swarthmore or elsewhere.
The income of the K a p p a A l p h a T h e t a S c h o l a r s h i p F u n d , given by
members and friends of the Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity at Swarthmore,
is awarded annually to a woman student. The award amounts to approx
imately $125 annually. One or more members of the fraternity who are
on the Board of Managers serve on the Committee of Award.
The M a r y W o o d F u n d provides approximately $65 a year and may be
awarded to a young woman who is preparing to become a teacher.
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The M a r s h a l l P. S u l l i v a n S c h o l a r s h i p F u n d , established by Creth
and Sullivan, Inc. in memory of Marshall P. Sullivan of the Class of 1897,
provides $1,000 anually for one or more scholarships. Preference will be
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given to graduates of George School, but if no suitable candidate applies
from this school, graduates of other Friends schools or other persons will be
eligible.
The RCA S c h o l a r s h i p , provided by the Radio Corporation of America
is awarded to a young man or woman who is making a creditable academic
record in the field of science or engineering at the under-graduate level.
This scholarship provides $800 a year and the appointment is usually made
for the junior or senior year.
The E d w a r d C l a r k s o n W i l s o n S c h o l a r s h i p . A scholarship with
an annual value of $625 has been established at Swarthmore by friends of
Edward Clarkson Wilson, ’91, formerly Principal of the Baltimore Friends
School. It will be awarded each year to a former student of the Baltimore
Friends School, who has been approved by the faculty of the school, on the
basis of high character and high standing in scholarship. In any year when
there is no outstanding candidate from the students of the Baltimore Friends
School, the scholarship may 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.
The D o n a l d R e n w i c k F e r g u s o n S c h o l a r s h i p , established by Mrs.
Amy Baker Ferguson, in memory of her husband, Donald Renwick Ferguson,
M.D., of the Class of 1912, who died during the Second W orld War, is
awarded to a young man or woman who is looking forward to the study of
medicine. The scholarship will pay a maximum of $600.
The A m e r ic a n C y a n a m id C o m p a n y S c h o l a r s h i p of $600 per year is
awarded to an outstanding junior or senior who is majoring in chemistry.
The C l a s s o f 1915 S c h o l a r s h ip F u n d was established on the occasion
of the Twenty-fifth Reunion of the Class and provides an income of ap
proximately $550. This sum is to be awarded either to freshmen or other
students, with preference given to descendants of the members of the Class
of 1915. The Business Manager, the Deans, and members of the Class
of 1915 designated by Thomas B. McCabe shall constitute the Committee
of Award. This Fund will become a part of the General Endowment of the
College on Alumni Day, 1970.
The D a n i e l U n d e r h i l l S c h o l a r s h i p , given by Daniel Underhill ’9 4 ,
in memory of his grandfather, Daniel Underhill, member of the first Board
of Managers, provides $500 annually for a deserving student in need of
financial aid.
The A m e r i c a n V is c o s e C o r p o r a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i p of $500 per year is
awarded to an outstanding sophomore or junior who is majoring in engineer
ing, chemistry, or physics.
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The W e s t i n g h o u s e A c h i e v e m e n t S c h o l a r s h i p of $500 per year is
awarded to a high ranking major in electrical or mechanical engineering for
the senior year.
The R a c h e l W . H i l l b o r n S c h o l a r s h i p was founded by Anne Hillborn Philips of the Class of 1892 in memory of her mother, with the
stipulation that the income shall go to a student in the junior or senior
class who is studying for service in the international field. Preference will
be given to a Friend or to one who intends to contribute to world under
standing through diplomatic service, participation in some international
government agency, the American Friends Service Committee, or similar
activities. The annual income amounts to approximately $450.
The J o n a t h a n K. T a y l o r S c h o l a r s h i p , in accordance with the donor’s
will, is awarded by the Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Monthly Meet
ing of Friends. This scholarship is first open to descendants of the late
Jonathan K. Taylor. Then, while preference is to be given to members of
the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends, it is not to be confined to them
when suitable persons in membership cannot be found. The value of
this scholarship is approximately $450 annually.
The P h e b e A n n a T h o r n e F u n d provides an income of approximately
$2,250 for scholarships for students needing pecuniary assistance whose
previous work has demonstrated their earnestness and their ability. This
gift includes a clause of preference to those students who are members of
the New York Monthly Meeting of Friends. These scholarships are awarded
by the college under the regulations fixed by the board.
The W e s t b u r y Q u a r t e r l y M e e t i n g , N . Y., S c h o l a r s h i p , amounting
to $250, is awarded annually by a committee of that Quarterly Meeting.
The S a r a h A n t r i m C o l e S c h o l a r s h ip was founded by her parents in
memory of Sarah Antrim Cole of the Class of 1934. Preference in awarding
the scholarship is given to applicants residing in Franklin County, Ohio, but
if no suitable candidate applies from this county, other persons will be
eligible. The value of the scholarship is approximately $250 a year.
The J a m e s E. M i l l e r S c h o l a r s h i p . Under the will of Arabella M.
Miller, who died Sixth Month 24th, 1922, the sum of $5,986 was awarded
to the Cambridge Trust Company, Trustee under the will of James E.
Miller, to be applied to scholarships in Swarthmore College. An annual
income of approximately $200 is available and may be applied toward the
payment of board and tuition of students of Delaware County (preference
to be given to residents of Nether Providence Township) to be selected
by Swarthmore College and approved by the Trustee.
The Cm O m e g a S c h o l a r s h ip was established by members and friends
of the Chi Omega Fraternity. The income provides an award of approx
imately $225 annually to a member of the freshman class who is in definite
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need of financial aid. Preference is given to daughters or sons of members
of the fraternity, but if in any year such a candidate does not apply, the
committee will select a freshman woman to receive the award. Applications
should be sent to the Office of the Deans before January 1st of the year
in which the award is to be made. A member designated by the Fraternity
serves on the Committee of Award.
T h e D e lta G a m m a Sc h o l a r sh ip . The Delta Gamma Fraternity pro
vides a fund of which the annual income is approximately $135.00. This
sum is to be awarded to a blind student at Swarthmore College in need of
financial assistance. In any year in which there is no such candidate the
fund may be awarded to a freshman woman.
The income from each of the following funds is awarded at the discretion
of the college to students needing pecuniary aid:
The B arclay G. A t k in s o n Sch o la r sh ip F u n d .
The R ebecca M. A t k in s o n Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
The W il l ia m D orsey Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
T h e G eorge E llsler Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
The J o s e p h E. G il l in g h a m F u n d .
T h e T h o m a s L. L eed o m Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
The Sarah E. L ip p in c o t t Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
T h e M ark E. R eeves Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
The M ary Sp r o u l Sc h o l a r sh ip F u n d .
T h e H e l e n Sq u ie r Sc h o l a r sh ip F u n d .
The J o s e p h T. S u lliv a n Sch o la r sh ip F u n d .
T h e D ebo ra h F. W h a r t o n Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
T h e T h o m a s W o o d n u t t Sc h o la r sh ip F u n d .
The Sa m u e l W il l e t s F u n d yields an income of approximately $4,300
annually, "to be applied to educate in part or in whole such poor and deserv
ing children as the Committee on Trusts, Endowments and Scholarships
of said college may from time to time judge and determine to be entitled
thereto.”
In addition to the above fund, Samuel Willets gave scholarships in the
name of his children, F red erick W il l e t s , E dward W il l e t s , W a lter
W il l e t s , and C a r o l in e W . F r a m e . These scholarships have the value of
$225 each. They are awarded by the respective parties, their heirs or as
signs, or in the event that the heirs do not exercise their right, by the col
lege authorities
The % V. W il l ia m so n Sc h o la r sh ips . Ten scholarships of the value
of $150 each are offered to graduates of designated Friends schools: two
each to graduates of Friends Central and George School, one in the boys’
and one in the girls’ department: and one each to New York Friends
Seminary, Baltimore Friends School, Wilmington Friends School, Moorestown Friends School, Friends Academy at Locust Valley, Sidwell Friends
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School and Brooklyn Friends School. Any income not utilized in accord
ance with these conditions is used for free scholarships in accordance with
the will of the donor.
F r ie n d s C o l l e g e S c h o l a r s h ip s . Swarthmore College, with a group of
other Friends Colleges, has established scholarships to enable students from
the smaller Friends Colleges to spend a year at one of the three cooperating
colleges in the Philadelphia area: Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore.
These scholarships will be granted in varying amounts according to need
and ability.
Sp e c ia l L o a n F u n d s
Several loan funds are administered by a committee to which application
should be made through the Business Manager of the college.
T h e C l a s s o f 1913 L o a n F u n d was established by the Class of 1913
at their twenty-fifth reunion. Both principal and income are to be used
to provide a loan fund for students in the three upper classes. Individual
students may borrow up to $200 in any one year, the loans to be repayable
within five years with interest at four percent.
T h e C l a s s o f 1916 L o a n F u n d was established by the Class o f 1916
at their twenty-fifth reunion. The fund is designed to provide loans to
senior students, preferably descendants of members of the Class of 1916, or
to other students at the discretion of the administering committee. The
loans are repayable not later than five years after graduation, with interest
at the rate of four percent.
The J o h n A. M il l e r L o a n F u n d was established by the Class of 1912
at their twenty-fifth reunion. Both principal and income are to be used to
provide a loan fund for students in the three upper classes. Individual
students may borrow up to $200 in any one year, such loans to be repay
able within five years with interest at four percent.
The P a u l M. P e a r s o n L o a n F u n d was established by a number of
Dr. Pearson’s friends as a memorial for perpetuating his life and spirit.
Both principal and income may be used for loans to students, repayable not
later than five years after graduation, with interest at the rate of four percent.
The S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e S t u d e n t L o a n F u n d was established by
Mr. Clarence J. Gamble, who, feeling such a fund to be of unusual benefit
to worthy students, gave a sum to the college on condition that the Board
should set aside an equal amount to be added to the fund. Both principal
and income may be used for loans to students, repayable not later than
five years after graduation with interest at the rate of four percent.
The E l l is D. W il l ia m s F u n d . By the will of Ellis D. Williams, a
legacy of $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 gradua
tion, with interest at the rate of four percent.
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Educational Resources
The primary educational resources of any college are the quality of its
faculty and the spirit of the institution. Second to these are the physical
facilities, in particular the libraries, laboratories and equipment.
Laboratories, well equipped for undergraduate instruction and in some
cases for research, exist in physics, chemistry, zoology, botany, psychology,
astronomy, and in civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. The Sproul
Observatory, with its 24-inch visual refracting telescope, is the center of
much fundamental research in multiple star systems. The Edward Martin
Biological Laboratory provides exceptional facilities for work in psychology,
zoology, botany, and pre-medical studies. Recent additions to Beardsley Hall
increase the facilities for laboratory instruction and research in engineering.
The S w a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e L ib r a r y , in part the gift of Andrew Car
negie, contains reading rooms, offices and a collection of 173,000 volumes.
Some 5500 volumes are added annually. About 750 periodicals are re
ceived regularly. The general collection, including all but the scientific and
technical books and journals, is housed in the library building, situated on
the front campus. An addition providing storeroom for 150,000 volumes
was erected in 1935. The library is definitely a collection of books and
journals for undergraduate use. The demands of honors work, however,
make necessary the provision of large quantities of source material not
usually found in collections maintained for undergraduates. It is a point
of library policy to try to supply, either by purchase or through inter-library
loan, the books needed by students or members of the faculty for their
individual research.
In addition, the library contains certain special collections—the British
Americana collection, the Wells’ Wordsworth and Thompson collections,
and a collection of the issuances of 413 private presses.
A number of special features enrich the academic background of the col
lege. Among these are the following:
The B id d l e M e m o r ia l L ib r a r y is an attractive fire-proof structure of
stone and steel given by Clement M. Biddle, ’96, in memory of his father,
Clement M. Biddle, who served for over twenty years as a member of the
Board of Managers or as an officer of the Corporation of the College. This
Library contains two important Collections: the Friends Historical Library
and the Swarthmore College Peace Collection.
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The F r ie n d s H is t o r ic a l L ib r a r y , founded in 1870 by Anson Lapham,
is one of the outstanding collections in the United States of manuscripts,
books, pamphlets, and pictures relating to the history of the Society of
Friends. The library is the central depository for the records of Friends
meetings belonging to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Race Street). More
than 1,000 record books have been deposited; many of them have been
reproduced on microfilm, for which a reading machine is available. The
William Wade Hinshaw Index to Quaker Meeting Records indexes the
material of genealogical interest in the records of 307 meetings in various
parts of the United States. Notable among the other holdings are the
Charles F. Jenkins Whittier Collection (first editions and manuscripts of
John Greenleaf W hittier), the Mott Manuscripts (over 400 autograph
letters of Lucretia Mott, antislavery and women’s rights leader), and the
Hicks Manuscripts (more than 300 letters of Elias Hicks, a famous Quaker
minister). The Library’s collection of books and pamphlets by and about
Friends numbers approximately 20,000 volumes. Ninety Quaker periodicals
are currently received. There is also an extensive collection of photographs
of meeting houses and pictures of representative Friends. It is hoped that
Friends and others will consider the advantages of giving to this Library
any books and family papers which may throw light on the history of the
Society of Friends.
The Sw a r t h m o r e C o l l e g e P e a c e C o l l e c t i o n , a section of the Friends
Historical Library, is of special interest to research students and others
seeking the records of the Peace Movement. Beginning with Jane Addams’
personal papers and books relating to peace, the collection contains a rich
variety of the documents of early peace groups as far back as the first peace
committees in England and the United States about 1815, as well as rare
peace posters from many lands, and correspondence and writings of peace
and arbitration leaders. Individual writings on peace date back to about
1642. The collection includes some 750 titles of magazines and bulletins
devoted to peace, published in the United States and abroad during the
past 120 years. There are about 160 titles of bulletins and magazines cur
rently received in eleven languages from 25 countries. This collection is the
official depository for the leading peace organizations in the United States.
A more complete description of the collection will be found in the Guide to
the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, A Memorial to Jane Addams,
published by the College and available for loan on request.
The W il l i a m J. C o o p e r F o u n d a t i o n provides a varied program of
lectures and concerts which enriches the academic work of the college. The
Foundation was established by William J. Cooper, a devoted friend of the
college, whose wife, Emma Mcllvain Cooper, served as a member of the
Board of Managers from 1882 to 1923. Mr. Cooper bequeathed to the
college the sum of $100,000 and provided that the income should be used
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"in bringing to the college from time to time eminent citizens of 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.” Admission to all programs is without charge.
The Cooper Foundation Committee works with the departments and with
student organizations in arranging single lectures and concerts, and also
in bringing to the college speakers of note who remain in residence for a
long enough period to enter into the life of the community. Some of these
speakers have been invited with the understanding that their lectures should
be published under the auspices of the Foundation. This arrangement has
so far produced eight volumes:
Lindsay, Alexander Dunlop. ' The Essentials of Democracy. Philadelphia,
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1929.
Lowes, John Livingston. Geoffrey Chaucer and the Development of His
Genius. New York, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934.
Weyl, Hermann. Mind and Nature.
sylvania Press, 1934.
Philadelphia, University of Penn
Americans. Recovery Program, by A. A. Berle, Jr., John Dickinson, A.
Heath Onthank . . . and others . . . London, New York, etc., Oxford Uni
versity Press, 1934.
Madariaga, Salvador de. Theory and Practice in International Relations.
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1937.
Streit, Clarence Kirshman. Union Notv; a Proposal for a Federal Union
of the Democracies of the North Atlantic. New York, Harper, 1939.
Krogh, August. The Comparative Physiology of Respiratory Mechanisms.
Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941.
Wilcox, Clair, Editor. Civil Liberties under Attack. A series of lectures
given in 1950-51. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1951.
The A r t h u r H o y t S c o t t H o r t i c u l t u r a l F o u n d a t i o n . About three
hundred acres are contained in the College property, including a large
tract of woodland and the valley of Crum Creek. Much of this tract
has been developed as an horticultural and botanical collection of trees,
shrubs and herbaceous plants through the provisions of the Arthur Hoyt Scott
Horticultural Foundation, established in 1929 by Mrs. Arthur Hoyt Scott
and Owen and Margaret Moon as a memorial to Arthur Heyt Scott of the
Class of 1895. The plant collections are designed both to afford examples
of the better kinds of trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants1which are hardy
in the climate of Eastern Pennsylvania and suitable for planting by the
average gardener, and to beautify the campus. There are exceptionally fine
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displays of Japanese cherries, flowering crab apples and tree peonies, and a
great variety of lilacs, rhododendrons, azaleas, daffodils, iris, herbaceous
peonies, hemerocallis and chrysanthemums. Many donors have contributed
generously to the collections. (For full information see Bulletin of Swarth
more College, Vol. xxxvii, No. 5.)
The
B r o n s o n M. C u t t i n g M e m o r ia l C o l l e c t i o n o f R e c o r d e d
was established at Swarthmore College in 1 9 3 6 by a gift of approx
imately four thousand phonograph records, a radio-phonograph, books and
musical scores, from the family of Bronson Murray Cutting, late Senator
from New Mexico. Its object is to make the best recorded music available
to the undergraduates, faculty, and friends of Swarthmore College, in co
operation with the work of the college Department of Music. The collec
tion is kept up to date with current additions.
M
u s ic
The B e n j a m i n W e s t S o c ie t y , an organization of alumni, members of
the faculty and friends of the college, is building up a collection of paint
ings, drawings, and etchings, which are exhibited as space permits in vari
ous college buildings. The Society owes its name to the American artist of
the eighteenth century who was born in a house which still stands on the
Swarthmore campus, and who became President of the Royal Academy.
T h e P o t t e r S p e e c h C o l l e c t i o n , established in 1950 with accumulated
income of the William Potter Public Speaking Fund, includes a wide variety
of recorded poetry, oratory, and drama. It is designed to make available to
the Swarthmore College community and friends the best examples obtain
able in recordings of literature intended for the ear as well as the eye.
Among the three hundred items are included full-length versions of Shakes
pearean plays, contemporary poets reading their own work, and traditional
poetry read by professional speakers. The Department of English Literature
administers the collection and selects current additions.
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College Life
H
o u s in g
Swarthmore is primarily a residential college, conducted on the assumption
that an important element in education comes from close association of
students and instructors. Most students live in dormitories. Many mem
bers of the faculty live on or near the campus.
Residence Halls
There are four dormitories for men: Wharton Hall, named in honor
of its donor, Joseph Wharton, at one time President of the Board of Man
agers, and three buildings on the former Mary Lyon School property.
The women’s dormitories include the upper floors in the wings of Parrish
H all; W orth Hall, the gift of William P. Worth, 1876, and J. Sharpless
Worth, ex-1873, as a memorial to their parents; Woolman House; Palmer,
Pittenger and Roberts Halls on South Chester Road.
All freshmen are assigned to rooms by the Deans. Other students choose
their rooms in an order determined by lot. Special permission must be ob
tained to room outside die dormitories.
Students may occupy college rooms during vacations only by special ar
rangements with the Deans and payment of the required fee. Freshmen are
asked to leave college immediately after their last examinations in the spring
so that their rooms may be used by Commencement visitors.
Dining Rooms
All students, both men and women, have their meals in two adjoining
College Dining Rooms in Parrish Hall. The dining rooms are closed during
all vacations.
R e l ig io u s L i f e
The religious life of the college is founded on the Quaker principle
that the seat of spiritual authority lies in the Inner Light of each individual.
The Society of Friends is committed to the belief that religion is best ex
pressed in the quality of everyday living. There are accordingly no com
pulsory religious exercises, save in so far as the brief devotional element in
Collection may be so considered. Students are encouraged to attend the
churches of their choice. Episcopal, Presbyterian, Methodist, and Christian
Science churches are located in the borough of Swarthmore; Catholic and
other churches in the nearby towns of Morton, Media, and Chester. The
Swarthmore Meeting House is located on the campus. Students are cordi
ally invited to attend its meeting for worship on Sunday. Extra-curricular
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groups with faculty cooperation exist for the study of the Bible and the
exploration of common concerns in religion.
An assembly of the college, called Collection, is held at 10: 00 a. m. every
Thursday in Clothier Memorial; attendance of students is required. There
is regularly a period of silence according to the Friendly tradition and, when
these are in keeping with the remainder of the program, the singing of
hymns and a reading from the Bible. Lasting from one-half to threequarters of an hour, Collection normally includes an address; but this is
varied by die occasional introduction of musical, dramatic, and other pro
grams.
St u d e n t W
elfa re
Health
The college physician holds daily office hours at the college, where stu
dents may consult him without charge. A student must report any illness
to the college physician, but is free to go for treatment to another doctor if
he prefers to do so.
At the time of admission each student must present a brief medical his
tory and health certificate, prepared by the family physician on a form
supplied by the college. Pertinent information about such matters as
physical reserve, unusual medical episodes, severe allergies, or psychiatric
disturbances will be especially valuable to the college Health Service. All
new students must have been successfully vaccinated against smallpox within
five years, in accordance with Pennsylvania State law.
The college physician gives physical examinations to all students at the
beginning of each year. There is close cooperation with the Departments of
Physical Education. Recommendations for limited activity are made for
those students with physical handicaps. In some cases a student may be
excused entirely from the requirements of the Physical Education Depart
ments.
The college health program includes an annual chest x-ray which is com
pulsory for all students. Should the student fail to meet his x-ray appoint
ment, he is required to have one taken at his own expense.
There are two infirmaries, one for men and one for women. The in
firmary for men is in Section F of Wharton H all; the women’s infirmary
is at die east end of Parrish Hall. A registered nurse is in charge of each,
under the direction of the college physician.
Each student is allowed ten days care in the infirmaries per term without
charge unless the services of a special nurse are required. After ten days,
a charge of $2.00 per day is made. Students suffering from a communicable
disease or from illness which makes it necessary for them to remain in bed,
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must stay in the infirmary for the period of their illness. A charge is made
for special or expensive medicines and certain immunization procedures, but
ordinary medicines are furnished without cost.
The medical and infirmary facilities of the college are available to students
injured in athletic activities or otherwise, but the college cannot assume ad
ditional financial responsibility for medical and surgical expenses arising
from accidents. Accident insurance coverage is, therefore, required for all
students participating in athletics and is recommended for all others. (For
details see p. 32.)
The college psychiatric consultants hold office hours by appointment each
week. A student may have from one to three interviews, for which a fee
of five dollars is charged by the college. The purpose of this service is to
be of help to all types of emotional problems.
Vocational Advising
The college provides vocational information and advice to assist students
in their choice of a career. Conferences and field trips are planned periodi
cally and interviews are arranged with prospective employers. Help is offered
to students in finding employment. In addition, summer work is planned
to give students job experience in various fields.
Alumni Office
The Alumni Office keeps records of the addresses of all living graduates
and alumni of the college. It helps edit the Swarthmore alumni magazine,
and acts as liaison for the college with all alumni and alumni groups, inter
preting to them the present plans and policies of the college.
Publicity Office
The Publicity Office does a two-fold job. It helps prepare the several pub
lications put out by the college known as Swarthmore College Bulletins.
These include the alumni magazine, the President’s Report, the Catalogue,
the Student Handbook, the Viewbook, and other miscellaneous issues. In
addition to this, the Publicity Office, through the largely student operated
News Bureau, works with the press and other communications media in pub
licizing news that is of interest to the general public.
Student Advising
The Deans and their assistants hold the primary responsibility for advising
all students. However, there are many other advisers available to each
student.
Each freshman is assigned to a faculty member who acts as his course
adviser until this responsibility falls to the chairman of the student s major
department at the end of his sophomore year. Faculty members have also
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been appointed as advisers for each of the men’s varsity athletic teams.
They work closely with the team, attending practice as well as all home
and away games.
A number of junior and senior students, selected with the approval of the
faculty, serve as assistants to the faculty course advisers in helping freshmen
with their adjustment to the academic program.
Members of the senior honorary societies, Book and Key and Mortar
Board, cooperate with proctors, student advisers, and representatives of other
student organizations in helping the Deans with the placement program
conducted during freshman week. A group of upperclass women, under the
direction of the Women’s Student Government Association, serve as coun
selors for all freshman women, several counselors being assigned to each
freshman hall. There are also student proctors in each of the men’s dorm
itory sections.
Special problems may be referred by the Deans to the college physician
or to the consulting psychiatrists.
T h e St u d e n t C o m m u n i t y
Student Conduct
In general the association of men and women in academic work and social
life is to be governed by good taste and accepted practice rather than by
elaborate rules. The Society of Friends has historically been conservative in
social matters, and its influence within the college community is one of the
important factors in making Swarthmore what it is. Certain rules, however,
are of sufficient importance to deserve attention here:
1. The possession and use of liquor on the campus is forbidden, as is
drunken conduct.
2. No undergraduate may maintain an automobile while enrolled at the
college without the permission of the Deans. This rule prohibits equally
the maintenance of an automobile owned by students and those owned by
other persons but placed in the custody or control of students. Day students
may, with the permission of the Deans, use cars in commuting to college.
3. It is college policy to discourage premature marriages by ruling that if
two undergraduates marry, only one may remain in college. Some exceptions
have been provided in the case of veterans and upperclass students and
information about them may be obtained from the Office of the Deans.
College rules which affect the entire college community are discussed and
formulated by the Student Affairs Committee, which is composed of mem
bers of the college administration, faculty, and student body. This com
mittee delegates to student government agencies as much authority in the
administration of rules as they responsibly accept,
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Student Council
The semi-annually elected Student Council represents the entire under
graduate community and is the chief body of student government. Its
efforts are directed toward the coordination of student activities and the
expression of student opinion in matters of college policy.
Committees of the Council include the Budget Committee, which regulates
distribution of funds to student groups; the Community Service Committee,
which administers welfare projects; the Elections Committee, which super
vises procedure in campus elections; and the Social Committee, see below.
The Curriculum Committee cooperates with a similar committee of the
faculty in the discussion of matters relating to the academic program of the
college. In addition to these, there are several joint Faculty-Student Com
mittees, whose student membership is appointed by the Council: Collection,
Cooper Foundation, Motion Pictures, Men’s Athletics and Student Affairs.
Men’s Student Government
The men students of the college are represented by the Men’s Executive
Committee, a group elected to take responsibility for specified problems
which have to do primarily with dormitory life. The Men’s Judiciary
Committee, selected by the Men’s Executive Committee, has jurisdiction over
cases where male undergraduates have violated college rules in the dormi
tories or on the campus, with the exception of the fraternity lodges. The
fraternities have established a Fraternity Judiciary Committee to enforce col
lege rules as they pertain to fraternities and fraternity lodges.
Women’s Student Government
All women students are members of the Women’s Student Government
Association, headed by an Executive Board elected to promote a great variety
of women’s interests. This board includes the hall presidents and the chair
men of certain important committees: Conduct, which maintains social
regulations; Personnel, which has a special concern for helping freshmen;
Vocational, which assists the women’s Vocational Director; Somerville,
which arranges the program for Somerville Day, on which alumnae are
invited to return to the College, and fosters student-alumnae relationships.
Social Committee
An extensive program of social activities is managed by the Social Com
mittee appointed by the Student Council. The program is designed to appeal
to a wide variety of interests, and is open to all students, At no time is
there any charge for college social functions,
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Extra-Curricular Activities
In addition to the foregoing organizations, Swarthmore students have an
opportunity to participate in a program of extra-curricular activities wide
enough to meet every kind of interest. No credit is given for work in such
varied fields as sculpture, play-writing, publishing the college newspaper or
playing the cello in the orchestra. However, the college encourages a stu
dent to participate in whatever activity best fits his personal talents and
inclinations, believing that satisfactory avocations are a necessary part of life
for the well-rounded individual.
In music, Professor Sorber of the Department of Modern Languages, is
director of the extra-curricular musical activities. He leads the college chorus
and will also direct the college orchestra in 1954-55 in the absence of Pro
fessor van de Kamp of the Astronomy Department. There are chamber music
groups, madrigal groups, and public performances of the musical works of
students in composition. There is an excellent college record collection,
there are facilities for private practice, and there are student tickets for the
Philadelphia Orchestra. The Cooper Foundation presents a distinguished
group of concerts each year.
There are faculty advisers or special instructors for the Little Theatre
Club, Print Club, the Camera Club, the Sculpture Group, the drawing and
painting groups, the creative writers, and the modern dancers. Many other
student groups for the discussion of public affairs, the integration of the
sciences, the presentation of student radio programs, and the editing of col
lege publications, conduct their own affairs with occasional advice from the
faculty.
A handbook describing more fully all these activities and many others,
written by the students themselves, can be had upon request from the Office
of the Deans.
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T
he
E ducational P rogram
of
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE
General Statement
Swarthmore College offers the degree of Bachelor of Arts and the degree
of Bachelor of Science. The latter is given only in the Division of Engineer
ing; the former, in the Divisions of the Humanities, the Social Sciences,
and Mathematics and the Natural Sciences.* Eight semesters of resident
study, which are normally completed in four years, lead to a Bachelor’s
degree.
The selection of a program will depend upon the student’s interests
and vocational plans. Programs in engineering, pre-medical courses, and
chemistry, for example, are the usual preparation for professional work in
these fields. Students planning a career in law, business, or government serv
ice find majors in the humanities or social sciences of great value.
The purpose of a liberal education, however, is not primarily to provide
vocational instruction, even though it provides the best foundation for one’s
future vocation. Its purpose is to help students fulfill their responsibilities
as citizens and grow into cultivated and well rounded individuals. A liberal
education is concerned with our cultural inheritance, the world of thought,
and the development of aesthetic, moral, and spiritual values.
It is necessary for most students to concern themselves with the problem
of making a living. But this concern should not lead them to a specializa
tion that is too early and too narrow. They still have need of broadening
the scope of their experience. Particular skills may afford readier access to
routine employment, but positions of greater responsibility will be occupied
by those who are equipped to think their way through new problems and
to conceive of their functions in a larger context of time and place. Liberal
education and vocational training may be the joint products of a common
process, and the courses here offered should be selected with this large
purpose.
For this reason, all students, during die first half of their college program,
are expected to complete the general college requirements, to choose their
major and minor subjects, and to prepare for advanced work in these sub
jects by taking certain prerequisites. Five full courses or their equivalent
in half courses constitute the normal program for each of the first two
years. Each course represents from eight to twelve hours of work a week
including class meetings, laboratory periods and individual preparation.
The program for upper class students affords a choice between two meth
ods of study: Honors Work, leading to a degree with Honors, and General
Courses. An honors student concentrates on three related subjects which he
studies by the seminar method. At the end of his senior year he must take a
* For groupings of departments, see page 17.
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battery of eight examinations on the work of his seminars, set by outside
examiners. (The system will be explained more fully below.)
A student in general courses has a somewhat wider freedom of election
and takes four full courses or their equivalent in each of the last two years.
At the end of his senior year he is required to pass a comprehensive examina
tion given by his major department.
The program for engineering students follows a similar basic plan, with
certain variations which are explained on page 87. Courses outside the
technical fields are spread over all four years.
In addition to scholastic requirements for graduation, all students must
meet certain standards of participation in Physical Education as set forth
in the statement of those departments (see pp. 129-131) and must attend
the Collection exercises of the college (see p. 46).
■The course advisers of freshmen and sophomores are members of the
faculty appointed by the Deans. They are assisted by a number of student
advisers. For juniors and seniors the advisers are the chairmen of their
major departments or their representatives.
Program for Freshmen and Sophomores
The curriculum for the first two years is designed primarily to contribute
to a student’s general education by giving him an introduction to the methods
of thinking and the content of knowledge in a variety of fields important to
a liberal education.
1. The traditional humanistic, studies—those studies through which man
learns to understand himself and his relationship to his fellows as indi
viduals, and the enduring values in human experience.
2. The social sciences—those studies through which man learns to under
stand the nature of organized society, past and present, and his relationship
to it.
3. The natural sciences—those studies through which man learns to
understand his physical environment, both organic and inorganic, outside of
his own individual and social being.
All students must include in their program:
1. One year course in the natural sciences to be selected from Physics 1-2,
Chemistry 1-2 or 3-4, Astronomy 1-2, Biology 1-2. By special provisions,
students may meet this requirement in 1954-55 by a course consisting of
one semester of mathematics (Mathematics 7) and one semester of
astronomy (Astronomy 8 ).
2. One year course in the social sciences, either Economics 1-2 or Political
Science 1-2.
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3. Two semester courses in the humanities. Students majoring in the Di
visions of Engineering and of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences shall
select these courses from among philosophy, history, literature (English or
foreign), fine arts, music and religion. Students majoring in the Divisions
of the Humanities and the Social Sciences shall select from the same
subjects, but must include a semester course in literature (English or
foreign) and may include any course in philosophy except Philosophy 1,
which partially meets the requirement described below.
4. In addition, one year or two semester courses in departments outside the
division in which the major work is to be done. Students majoring in
the Humanities or the Social Sciences shall fulfill this requirement by
Philosophy 1 and Psychology 1. Students majoring in the Division of
Mathematics and the Natural Sciences may offer psychology in partial
or complete fulfillment of this requirement, as well as any introductory
course listed in the catalogue in the Divisions of the Humanities and
the Social Sciences.
In addition to these general requirements, there are the following special
requirements:
5. All students majoring in the Humanities and the Social Sciences shall
take History 1-2.
6. All students except those majoring in engineering must include in their
program sufficient work in a modern or classical language to complete
course 4 or its equivalent. This may be met in whole or in part by
secondary school preparation as measured by the appropriate achievement
test of the College Entrance Examination Board.
Not more than one year in any one department will be counted toward
the fulfillment of requirements 1-5. Students entering college with special
preparation in any one of these subjects may apply for exemption.
In addition to the requirements listed above, prerequisites must be com
pleted for the work of the last two years in major and minor subjects, and
sufficient additional electives must be taken to make up ten full courses. In
the Divisions of the Humanities and the Social Sciences it is strongly recom
mended that these electives shall include:
H alf courses (preferably in the first semester of an academic year) in
at least two of the following: Foreign Literature (classical or mod
ern, either in the original or in translation), Fine Arts, Music.
A full course in whichever social science (Economics or Political Sci
ence) is not taken in fulfillment of the general requirements.
A third half course in a natural science or a half course in Mathematics
or courses in each of these.
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It is expected that, after completion of the minimum courses in the gen
eral program of the first two years, the student will devote the remainder
of his sophomore year to preparing himself for more advanced study of
those subjects which have most interested him and to other courses which
will increase the range of his knowledge. He should decide, as early in
his sophomore year as possible, upon two or three subjects in which he might
like to major and should consult the statements of the departments concerned
as to required and recommended courses and supporting subjects. In most
cases he is advised to take not more than one semester of work in any sub
ject beyond the first course.
The requirement in foreign language (either classical or modern) is
such that an exceptionally well prepared freshman may demonstrate his
completion of it before entering college by his rating in an Achievement
Test given by the College Entrance Examination Board. The results of the
tests indicate, however, that most students need to devote from one to four
terms to further language study. The desired standard is normally met on
the basis of four years’ work in high school, or of three or two years’ work
in high school followed by one or two' terms in college. If a student
fulfills the requirement with a language which he begins in college, he will
need to study it for four terms. If he fulfills it with a language begun
elsewhere, his progress toward the degree of competence demanded is
measured by a placement test. This may be one of the achievement tests
of the College Entrance Examination Board which he has taken as a re
quirement for admission. Additional placement tests are given when neces
sary by the Swarthmore departments of language.
Physical education is required of all students (except veterans) in the first
two years. The requirements are stated in full on p. 61 and in the state
ments of the departments of Physical Education.
Program for Juniors and Seniors
W
o r k in
Course
The work of juniors and seniors in course includes some intensive,
specialized study within a general area of interest. This comprises enough
work in a single department (designated as a "major” ) to make an equiva
lent of four full courses. Work taken during the first two years may be
counted toward fulfillment of the major requirements but not more than
six full courses or twelve half courses may be taken in the major field.
Before graduation the student must pass a comprehensive examination in his
major subject.
A student must choose his major subject at the end of the sophomore
year, and apply formally through the Registrar to be accepted by the division
concerned. The decision will be based on an estimate of his ability in his
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major subject as well as on his record. If a student does not secure di
visional approval, he cannot be admitted to the junior class.
A student’s course adviser during his junior and senior years is the
chairman of his major department (or a member of the department desig
nated by the chairman) whose approval he must secure for his choice of
courses each semester.
In addition to major and recommended supporting subjects, juniors and
seniors usually have room for at least one elective a year.
The completion of eighteen full courses, with a minimum average of C,
normally constitutes the course requirement for a degree. A student may
carry extra work after the freshman year with the approval of his course
adviser and of the Committee on Academic Requirements, provided that
his record in the previous year has been satisfactory.
H
onors
W
ork
Honors work is a system of instruction designed to free from the limita
tions of class-room routine those students whose maturity and capacity
enable them to do independent work. Students who are chosen toward the
end of their sophomore year to read for honors are exempt from further
course requirements. Instead, during their junior and senior years they
study a few subjects intensively and independently.
They meet their instructors weekly in small seminars lasting from three to
four hours. In these meetings it is customary for students to present frequent
papers, although the methods of stimulating discussion vary greatly. In
scientific subjects additional time is spent in the laboratory. A student in
the honors program ordinarily takes two seminars each semester, making a
total of eight seminars during his last two years. Departments sometimes
permit their major students to substitute for one seminar the preparation
of a thesis.
If a department, supported by the division concerned, is of the opinion
that seven seminars instead of eight, plus one full course or two half
courses, form a better educational program than the usual eight seminars,
such a program will be allowed, and will be completed by seven examinations
instead of eight.
A student whose work shows unusual distinction but who has not elected
to read for honors at the end of his sophomore year may be permitted to
take the regular honors examination and receive the degree of honors recom
mended by the visiting examiners. H e must petition the division concerned
for this permission before the end of his seventh semester and must submit
a list of eight examinations which he feels prepared to take.
Honors work involves a concentration of the student’s efforts upon a
limited and integrated field of studies. He chooses seminars in three (or
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sometimes four) allied subjects, and customarily devotes at least one-half
of his time to a single department in the line of his major interest, in which
he is expected to demonstrate real achievement. Combinations of seminars
are not governed by rigid rules but must be approved by the departments
and divisions in which work is taken. Combinations involving seminars
from two divisions must be approved by the divisions involved.
No examinations or grades are given from semester to semester, although
it is customary for honors students to take practice examinations at the end
of the junior year over the work covered thus far. These papers are read
by the instructors concerned and are used as a basis for advice and guidance
for the work of the senior year. At the end of the senior year honors
students take written and oral examinations given by examiners from other
institutions.*
The student should attain a degree of proficiency which will enable him
to meet a rigorous and searching examination. This examination is designed
to test his competence in a field of knowledge rather than his mastery of
those facts which an instructor has seen fit to present in seminar. This is
one of the chief ends for which the system of visiting examiners has been
instituted. The examiners first set a three-hour written examination on the
subject of each seminar, and after reading the written examination have an
opportunity to question each student orally, in order to clarify and enlarge
the basis of their judgment of the student’s command of his rhaterial.
Upon recommendation of the examiners, successful candidates are awarded
the bachelor’s degree with honors, with high honors, or with highest honors.
Highest honors are awarded only to those who show unusual distinction.
When the work of a candidate does not, in the opinion of the examiners,
merit honors of any grade, his papers are returned to his instructors, who
decide, under rules of the faculty, whether he shall be given a degree in
course.
Students admitted to honors work who prove unable to meet the require
ments or who for other reasons return to regular classes may receive pro
portional course credit for the work they have done while reading for
honors.
Regulations governing possible combinations of major and minor sub
jects in the four divisions appear below. Lists of seminars offered in prep
aration for examinations follow departmental statements.
C o m b in a t io n s
of
M a jo r s
and
M in o r s
for
H
onors
W
ork
Division of the Humanities
Major and minor subjects include English Literature, Fine Arts, French,
German, Greek, History, Latin, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, and Span
ish. At least half of the student’s time will probably be devoted to his
major subjects, the remainder being divided between two related subjects.
* For list of examiners in June 1954, see page 146.
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Division of the Social Sciences
Major and minor subjects include Economics, History, Philosophy, Psy
chology, and Political Science. Students in this division normally devote
half their time to their major subject, dividing the remainder among related
minor subjects according to plans approved by the division.
Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences
Major subjects include Botany, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Mathe
matics, Physics, Psychology, Zoology; related minor subjects include the
subjects listed, and Astronomy and Philosophy. At least half of the student's
time will probably be devoted to his major subject, with the remainder
divided between two other related subjects within the division.
Division of Engineering
Major subjects for honors work in this division include Civil Engineering,
Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Enginering; a minor may be taken
in either or both of the engineering departments in which the student
does not have his major, or in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Economics.
At least one-half of the student’s time will be devoted to his major in en
gineering. The degree granted is the B.S. in Engineering.
P rocedure
for
A d m is s io n
to
H
onors
W
ork
A candidate for admission to honors should consult the chairmen of his
prospective major and minor departments during the second semester of his
sophomore year and work out a program for his junior and senior years.
This proposed program must be filed in the office of the Registrar who
will forward it to the division or divisions concerned. The acceptance of
the candidate by the division depends in part upon the quality of his
previous work as indicated by the grades he has received but mainly upon
his apparent capacity for assuming the responsibility of honors work.
The names of accepted candidates are announced later in the spring. The
major department is responsible for drawing up the original plan of work,
for supervising the candidate’s choice of seminars in all departments and
for keeping in touch with his progress from semester to semeter. The
division is responsible for approval of the student’s original program and
any subsequent changes in that program. Proposals for combinations of
subjects or departments not provided for in the divisional arrangements
must be approved by the divisions involved.
P r e - M e d ic a l P r o g r a m
The pre-medical student’s program is planned and his work supervised
by the Pre-medical Advisory Committee. There is more than one program
of courses by which a student may prepare himself for admission to medical
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school. In mapping out a program for each student the Committee keeps
in mind (a) the particular interests of the student, (b) the entrance re
quirements of the medical schools of the student’s choice, (c) the need for
an understanding of basic social problems and the cultivation of a sensitive
ness for the enduring values in the arts and literature, and (d) the value
of intensive work in at least one field.
Students who plan to meet medical school requirements will ordinarily
take Biology 1-2; Chemistry 1-2, either 25 or 28-29 (some medical schools
require a full course in organic chemistry) and 26; English Composition;
Mathematics 1-2; Physics 1-2; Zoology 11 and at least one other half
course; a modern foreign language, preferably German, to a point equivalent
to the completion of course 4. The work of the junior and senior years may
be taken in the honors program or in course. Intensive work may be
carried out in a single field or in closely related departments. Pre-medical
students may fulfill the major requirements in any department of their own
choice, or they may fulfill the requirements by completing three full courses
in each of two related departments in the devision of mathematics and the
natural sciences. In the latter case the comprehensive examinations will be
arranged jointly by the departments concerned.
Although some students have been admitted to medical schools upon the
completion of three years of college work, most medical schools strongly
advise completion of four years of college.
Faculty Regulations
A ttendance
at
Classes
and
Collection
Members of the faculty will hold students responsible for regular at
tendance at classes and will report to the Deans the name of any student
whose repeated absence is in their opinion impairing the student’s work.
The number of cuts allowed in a given course is not specified, a fact which
places a heavy responsibility on all students to make sure that their work
is not suffering as a result of absences. Since freshmen must exercise par
ticular care in this respect and since the faculty recognizes its greater re
sponsibility toward freshmen in the matter of class attendance, it is expected
that freshmen, especially, will attend all their classes.
W hen illness necessitates absence from classes the student should report
at once to the nurses or to the college physician.
The last meeting before vacation and the first meeting after vacation
in each course must be attended. The minimum penalty for violation of
this rule is probation.
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Absences from Collection are acted upon by the Deans as instructed by
the faculty. All students are allowed two absences from Collection each
term.
G rades
Instructors report to the Deans’ office at intervals during the year upon
the work of students in courses. Informal reports during the semester
take the form of comments on unsatisfactory work. At the end of each
semester formal grades are given in each course under the letter system,
by which A means excellent work, B good work, C fair work, D poor work,
and E failure. W signifies that the student has been permitted to withdraw
from the course by the Committee on Academic Requirements. X desig
nates a condition; this means that a student has done unsatisfactory work in
the first half o f a year course, but by creditable work during the second half
may earn a passing grade for the full course and thereby remove his con
dition.
Inc. means that a student’s work is incomplete in respect to specific assign
ments or examinations. All work for a course must be completed before the
scheduled date of the final examination unless an excuse has been granted
by the Committee on Academic Requirements. In the absence of such an
excuse, the student.who fails to complete his work will receive a failing grade
for that portion of the work which is incomplete. If an Inc. is received, it
must normally be made up in the term immediately following that in which
it was incurred. A date is set at the end of the first six weeks of each term
when make-up examinations must be taken and late papers submitted. Under
special circumstances involving the use of laboratories or attendance at
courses not immediately available, a student must secure permission to extend
the time for making up an incomplete until the second term following. This
permission must be given in writing and filed in the Office of the Registrar.
Any not made up within a year from the time it was imposed shall be re
corded as E, a failure which cannot be made up.
Reports are sent to parents and to students at the end of each semester.
For graduation in general courses, a C average is required; for graduation
in honors work, the recommendation of the visiting examiners.
Extra
or
F ewer Courses
A regular student is expected to take the prescribed number of courses
in each semester. If more or fewer courses seem desirable, he should con
sult his course adviser and file a petition with the Committee on Academic
Requirements. A student who wishes to take fewer than the normal number
of courses should register for the regular program and file a petition to drop
one or more courses. .
Applications involving late entrance into a course must be received within
the first two weeks of the semester. Applications involving withdrawal
from a course must be received not later than the middle of the semester.
6Q
Examinations
Any student who is absent from an examination, announcement of which
was made in advance, shall be given an examination at another hour only
by special arrangement with the instructor in charge of the course.
No examination in absentia shall be permitted. This rule shall be in
terpreted to mean that instructors shall give examinations only at the college
and under direct departmental supervision.
Summer School W ork
Students desiring to transfer credit from a summer school are required
to obtain the endorsement of the chairman of the department concerned
before entering upon the work, and after completing the work are required
to pass an examination set by the Swarthmore department.
P hysical Education
Physical education is required of all women and non-veteran men in the
freshman and sophomore years, unless an excuse is granted by the college
physician. A minimum of three periods per week shall be required. If any
semester’s work of the first two years is failed, it shall be repeated in the
junior year. No student shall be permitted to enter his senior year with a
deficiency in physical education.
Exclusion
from
College
The college reserves the right to exclude at any time students whose con
duct or academic standing it regards as undesirable, and without assigning
any further reason therefor; in such cases fees will not be refunded or
remitted, in whole or in part, and neither the college nor any of its officers
shall be under any liability whatsoever for such exclusion.
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Requirements for Graduation
Bachelor
of
Arts
and
Bachelor
of
Science
The degree of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science are conferred
upon students who have met the following requirements for graduation:
1. The candidate must have completed eighteen full courses or ten courses
and eight seminars with an average grade of C.
2. He must have complied with the course requirements for the first two
years.
3. He must have met the requirements in the major and supporting fields
during the last two years.
4. He must have passed satisfactorily the comprehensive examinations in
his major field or met the standards set by visiting examiners for a degree
with honors.
5. H e must have completed four terms of study at Swarthmore College,
two of which have been those of the senior year.
6. He must have completed the physical education requirements set forth
on page 61 and in the statements of the Physical Education Departments.
7. H e must have attended the Collection exercises of the College in accord
ance with the regulations (see page 46).
8. He must have paid all outstanding bills and returned all equipment
and library books.
Advanced Degrees
M aster
of
A rts
and
M aster
of
Science
The degree of Master of Arts or Master of Science may be conferred
subject to the following requirements:
Only students who have completed the work for the Bachelor’s degree
with some distinction; either at Swarthmore or at another institution of
satisfactory standing, shall be admitted as candidates for the Master’s degree
at Swarthmore.
The candidate’s record and a detailed program setting forth the aim of
the work to be pursued shall be submitted, with a recommendation from
the department or departments concerned, to the Committee on the Master’s
Degree. If accepted by the Committee, the candidate’s name shall be re
ported to the faculty at or before the first faculty meeting of the year in
which the candidate is to begin his work.
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The requirements for the Master’s degree shall indude the equivalent
of a full year’s work of graduate character. This work may be done in
courses, seminars, reading courses, regular conferences with members of
the faculty, or research. The work may be done in one department or in two
related departments. The catalogue statements of departments which offer
graduate work indicate the courses or seminars which may be taken for
this purpose.
A candidate for the Master’s degree shall be required to pass an examina
tion conducted by the department or departments in which his work was
done. He shall be examined by outside examiners, provided that, where
this procedure is not practicable, exceptions may be made by the Committee
on the Master’s Degree. The department or departments concerned, on the
basis of the reports of the outside examiners, together with the reports of
the student’s resident instructors, shall make recommendations to the faculty
for the award of the degree.
At the option of the department or departments concerned, a thesis may
be required as part of the work for the degree.
A candidate for the Master’s degree will be expected to show before ad
mission to candidacy a competence in those languages deemed by his depart
ment or departments most essential for his field of research. Detailed
language requirements will be indicated in the announcements of departments
which admit candidates for the degree.
The tuition fee for graduate students who are candidates for the Master’s
degree is $600 per year, and the general fee for these students is $25 per
semester.
A dvanced Engineering D egrees
The advanced degrees of Mechanical Engineer (M.E.), Electrical Engineer
(E.E.), and Civil Engineer (C.E.), may be obtained by graduates who
have received their Bachelor’s degree in Engineering upon fulfilling the
requirements given below:
1. The candidate must have been engaged in engineering work for five
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 application.
3. He must make application and submit an outline of the thesis he ex
pects to present, one full year before the advanced degree is to be conferred.
4. The thesis must be submitted for approval one calendar month before
the time of granting the degree.
5. Every candidate shall pay a registration fee of $5 and an additional
fee of $20 when the degree is conferred.
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Awards and Frizes
The J o h n W. N ason Award, a gift of a friend of the College in honor
of the Eighth President, is presented, normally at Commencement, to one or
more members of the total staff of the College, or to members of their fam
ilies, who have made a distinctive contribution, beyond the scope of their
normal duties, to the life of the College community. The Award is made by
the Instruction and Libraries Committee of the Board of Managers upon the
advice of the President of the College and consists of a formal citation and
a monetary award of $1,000.
The Ivy Award F und was created by a gift from Owen Moon, ’94. The
income of the fund is placed in the hands of the faculty for award on Com
mencement Day to a male member of the graduating class. The qualifica
tions for the Ivy Award are similar to those for the Rhodes Scholarships
and include (a) qualities of manhood, force of character, and leadership;
(b ) literary and scholastic ability and attainments. These have been phrased
by the donor in the words "leadership based upon character and scholarship.”
The O ak Leaf A ward was established by David Dwight Rowlands of
the Class of 1909. It was later permanently endowed in memory of him by
Hazel C. Rowlands, ’07, and Caroline A. Lukens, ’98. The award is made
by the faculty each year to the woman member of the Senior Class who is
outstanding for loyalty, scholarship and service.
The M cCabe Engineering A ward, founded by Thomas B. McCabe,
1915, is to be presented each year to the outstanding engineering student
in the Senior Class. The recipient is chosen by a committee of the faculty
of the division of Engineering.
The Crane Prize, a memorial to Charles E. Crane, Jr., of the Class of
1936, is an award of about $20, given for the purchase of philosophical
books, and presented annually to the junior who, in the opinion of the
department, has done the best work in Philosophy and Psychology.
The A. Edward N ewton Library Prize of $50, endowed by A. Edward
Newton, to make permanent the Library Prize first established by W . W.
Thayer, is awarded annually to that undergraduate who, in the opinion of
the Committee of Award, shows the best and most intelligently chosen col
lection of books upon any subject. Particular emphasis is laid in the award,
not merely upon the size of the collection but also upon the skill with which
the books are selected and upon the owner’s knowledge of their subjectmatter.
The K atherine B. Sicard Prize of $5, endowed by the Delta Gamma
Fraternity in memory of Katherine B. Sicard, ex ’34, is awarded annually
to the freshman woman who, in the opinion of the department, shows great
est proficiency in English.
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W harton Hall, a Dorm itory for M en
W orth D orm itory for W om en
P ublic ¿ peaking Contests. Prizes /or annual contests in public speak
ing are provided as follows: The Ella Frances B unting Extemporary
Speaking F und awards prizes totaling $45 for the best extemporaneous
short speeches. The O w en M oon F und provides the Delta Upsilon
Speaking Contest prizes totalling $25 for the best prepared speeches on
topics of current interest.
The W illiam P lummer Potter P ublic Speaking F und was estab
lished in 1907. The income of the fund is used to sponsor three different
annual contests: (1) the Potter Public Speaking Contest prizes totalling
$100.00, (2) the Potter Poetry Contest, $50.00, (3) the One-Act Play Contest,
$50.00. The Potter Fund has also been used to establish a collection of
dramatic and poetic records.
The Lois-M orrell P oetry A ward, given by her parents in memory of
Lois Morrell of the Class of 1946, goes to that student who, in the opinion
of the faculty, submits the best original poem in the annual competition for
the award. The award, consisting of $100, is made in the spring of the
year. All entries should be submitted by April 1.
The J ohn R ussell H ayes Poetry Prizes, of approximately $25 for a
first prize and $15 for a second prize, are offered for the best original poem
or for a translation from any language. Manuscripts should be ready by
April 1 of each year.
Fellowships
Three fellowships are awarded annually by the faculty, on recommendation
of the Committee on Fellowships, to graduates of the college for the pursuit
of advanced work under the direction of the faculty or with their approval.
Applications for fellowships must be in the hands of the committee by April
15. Applicants for any one of these fellowships will be considered for the
others as well.
These three fellowships are:
The H a n n a h A. L eed o m F e l l o w sh ip of $500, founded by the bequest
of Hannah A. Leedom.
The J oshua Lippincott F ellowship of $600, founded by Howard W.
Lippincott, of the Class of 1875, in memory of his father.
The J o h n Lockwood M emorial Fellowship of $600, founded by the
bequest of Lydia A. Lockwood, New York, in memory of her brother, John
Lockwood. It was the wish of the donor that the fellowship be awarded
to a member of the Society of Friends.
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Four other fellowships are open to graduates of Swarthmore College
under the conditions described below:
The Lucretia M ott Fellowship, founded by the Somerville Literary
Society and sustained by the contribution of its life members, has yielded
an annual income since its foundation of $525. It is awarded each year
by a committee of the faculty (selected by the society), with the concur
rence of the life members 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 M artha E. T yson F ellowship, founded by the Somerville Literary
Society in 1913, is sustained by the contributions of life members of the
society and yields an income of $500 or more. It is awarded biennially by a
joint committee of the faculty and the society (elected by the society) with
the concurrence of the life members of the society to a woman graduate
of Swarthmore College, who has entered or plans to enter elementary or
secondary school work. The recipient of the award is to pursue a course
of study fitting her for more efficient work in an institution approved by the
Committee of Award.
Sigma X i R esearch F ellowship. The Swarthmore Chapter of Sigma
Xi appoints, from time to time, as funds are available, Fellows with re
search grants with a maximum value of $1,000. The holders of this fellow
ship are usually associates of the chapter who have shown conspicuous ability
in graduate studies. The purpose of the chapter in awarding these fellow
ships is to relieve worthy students from teaching and other distracting
duties so that they may concentrate as much as possible upon their research.
Applications for these fellowships should be made to the secretary of the
chapter not later than the middle of March. Appointments will be an
nounced about the middle of April.
The P hi Beta K appa F ellowship of $150, founded by the Swarthmore
Chapter of the national honor fraternity, is awarded each year at the dis
cretion of the Committee on Fellowships on the basis of intellectual distinc
tion to a member of the senior class who proposes to pursue graduate study
and scholarly work.
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Co u r s e s
N umbering
of
of
Instruction
Courses
and
Seminars
A system of uniform numbering is used in all departments.
numbered as follows:
1 to
Courses are
9—introductory courses
11 to 49— other courses open to students of all classes
51 to 69— advanced courses limited to juniors and seniors
101 to 199—seminars for honors students and graduate students.
Full courses the numbers of which are joined by a hyphen (e. g., 1-2)
must be continued for the entire year; credit is not given for the first
semester’s work only.
Astronomy
P rofessor: P eter
I nstructor
and
K amp , Chairman and Director of
Sprout Observatory f
van de
R esearch A ssociate: A rne A. W yller
L ecturer : L. Bin n en d ijk
R esearch A ssociate: Sarah L. Lippincott
R esearch A ssistants: Edith Flather
Laurence W . Fredrick
O bserver: A. W ayne Conger (part-time)
Astronomy deals with the nature of the universe about us and the methods employed
to discover the laws underlying the observed phenomena. The elementary courses
present the problems in broad outlines and trace the growth of our knowledge of the
facts and the development of more comprehensive theories. The advanced courses con
sider some of these problems in detail; the order in which they may be taken depends
upon the extent of the student's mastery of mathematics and physics.
The principal instrument of the Sproul Observatory is the twenty-four-inch visual
refractor of thirty-six-foot focal length, used almost exclusively for photography. The
instrument has been in continuous operation since 1912 and provides a valuable and
steadily expanding collection of photographs. A number of measuring and calculating
machines are available for the measurement and reduction of the photographs. The
principal program of the Observatory is an accurate study of the distances, motions
and masses of the nearer stellar systems.
Advanced study in conjunction with the research program of the Observatory may
be arranged in consultation with the Director of the Sproul Observatory. The Students’
Observatory contains a six-inch visual refractor, a nine-inch photographic telescope, and
a transit instrument. The Sproul Observatory is open to visitors on the second and
fourth Tuesday nights of each month, except those Tuesday nights that fall in a vaca
tion period. Visitors thus have an opportunity of seeing, in the course of a year, many
celestial objects of various types.
1-2. D escriptive A stronomy . Mr. Wyller.
Full Course
These courses provide an introduction to the methods and results of astronomy.
Fundamental notions of physics are studied as they are needed to provide an
scientific basis for the course. These courses are prerequisite for all
further work in astronomy. Three class periods each week, practical work to
be arranged.
8. I ntroduction to A stronomy . Staff.
Spring Semester
This course is designed to give the student an acquaintance with some of the
problems in astronomy, the methods of investigation, and results obtained.
Emphasis is placed on the overlapping of astronomy and the other sciences. Those
planning to take additional work in astronomy should enroll in Astronomy 1-2.
Three class periods each week.
t Part-time leave, 1954-55.
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11. D ouble Stars. Mr. van de Kamp.
The two body problem. Theory and observational technique of visual, spec
troscopic and eclipsing binaries. Special attention is given to the photographic
study of both resolved and unresolved astrometric binaries. The masses of binary
components and of unseen companions.
Prerequisite: Mathematics 11-12.
12. P hotographic Astrometry. Mr. van de Kamp.
Fall Semester
The long-focus refractor. Photographic technique, measurement and reduction
of photographic plates. Choice of reference stars. Attainable accuracy. Appli
cation to the problems of parallax, proper motion, mass-ratio, and perturbations.
Resolved and unresolved astrometric binaries; orbital analyses.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 1-2, and Astronomy 1-2.
13. I ntroductory A strophysics. Mr. Wyller.
Spring Semester
Selected topics in atomic physics and theory of radiation with subsequent appli
cations to the problems of absorption lines and radiative transfer in stellar
atmospheres.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 11-12.
14. G alactic and Extragalactic Structure .
Fundamental data. Interstellar matter, nebulae, stars. Variable stars. Structure
and rotation of the galactic system. Extragalactic objects. The concept of popu
lations. Age, origin and evolution of the universe.
Prerequisites: Mathematics 1-2 and Astronomy 1-2.
Students who intend to pursue astronomy as a major subject in course should
have Astronomy 1-2 during the freshman or sophomore year; advanced courses in
Astronomy selected from the list given above, combined with work in mathematics,
constitute the further requirement.
H o n o r s S em in a rs
in
A stro n o m y
Prerequisites for admission to honors seminars in Astronomy, either as a major or as
a minor, are the completion of the following courses: Mathematics 11-12, Astronomy
1-2, a course in general Physics, reading knowledge of French or German.
101. D ouble Stars.
102. P hotographic Astrometry.
103. Astrophysics.
104. G alactic and Extragalactic Structure .
105. Eclipsing Binaries .
G ra dua te W o r k
In conformity with the general regulations for work leading to the Master’s degree
(see page 62), this department offers the possibility for graduate work.
Candidates for the Master’s degree will normally take four honors seminars, selected
from those listed in astronomy, mathematics or physics, in consultation with the
faculty member under whose direction the work is to be done. A thesis may be
substituted for one of the seminars.
Candidates for the Master’s degree must have a good reading knowledge of two
modern languages.
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Biology
Professor: Robert K. Enders, Chairman
A ssociate P rofessors: Launce J. Flemister
L uzerne G. Livingston
N orman A. M einkoth
N eal A. W eber
I nstructor : K urt K. Bohnsack
Lecturer : Sarah C Flemister
Through its elementary course, the Department of Biology introduces the student
to a comprehensive view of those principles, problems and phenomena common to all
organisms, with animals and plants interpreted on a comparative basis. The advanced
courses in the Biological Sciences (except Genetics) deal specifically with plant biology
(botany), or animal biology (zoology) and are listed under these respective headings.
Following the broad review of the plant and animal kingdoms as given in the course
in general biology, advanced work is taken up in two different ways: first, specific
aspects of the broad subjects are treated in a comparative manner as in anatomy and
physiology; second, broader aspects of a specific subject are treated as in entomology,
parasitology, embryology, genetics and developmental plant anatomy. The structural
and functional consideration is extended to include problems of interdependence of
organisms in the structure and function of plant and animal societies and the influence
of physical, chemical and biological factors in the survival of those societies.
R equirements
for
M ajors
in
Course
A student may major in biology, botany, or zoology. Students in course should
include the following supporting subjects in their programs, in addition to the four
full courses in their major subject: chemistry, including one semester in organic
chemistry, one course in physics, one course in mathematics and a modern language
(German preferred) through course 4. These courses are required for majors in
botany or zoology. The program for biology majors may be modified, but any program
must be approved in advance by the department.
Biology
1-2. G eneral Biology. Staff.
Full Course
An introduction to the study of living things. A consideration of the properties
of protoplasm and the structure of the cell; a brief survey of living forms, both
plant and animal. The methods by which animals and plants maintain themselves,
grow and reproduce, and a discussion of the mechanism of heredity. Some time
will be devoted to the interrelationships of plants and animals in communities,
and the place of man in the whole structure. Evidence for and against theories of
evolution will be discussed.
Two lectures and one discussion period, one three-hour laboratory per week.
Credit is not given for a single semester of this course.
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20. G enetics . Mr. Bohnsack.
.
Spring Semester
A study of the fundamental principles of inheritance _as they apply to living
organisms generally. The course includes a detailed consideration of the principles
of Mendelian inheritance, an analysis of the underlying chromosomal mechanisms,
the gene theory, and the relationship of the principles of genetics to evolution, to
plant and animal improvement, and to man.
Three lectures per week, with assigned problems and laboratory and/or library
projects in lieu of formally organized laboratory work.
Prerequisite: Biology 1-2.
Botany
16. D evelopmental P lant A natomy . Mr. Livingston.
Alternate Years, Spring Semester
The fundamentals of anatomy of seed plants approached from a developmental
standpoint. The structure and behavior of meristems, problems and processes of
differentiation, and a detailed analysis of cellular, tissue and organ structure in
higher plants.
Two lectures and two three-hour laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite: Biology 1-2.
18. Survey of th e P lant K ingdom . Mr. Livingston.
(Offered in 1953-54)
Alternate Years, Pall Semester
A comparative study of the structure, reproduction, and life habits of the algae,
fungi, mosses, and lower vascular plants from a phylogenetic viewpoint. Partic
ular attention is given to current concepts of evolutionary relationship from the
standpoints of both comparative morphology and paleobotanical evidence.
Two lectures and two laboratories or field trips per week.
Prerequisite: Biology 1-2.
67. P lant P hysiology. Mr. Livingston.
Alternate Years, Spring Semester
An integrated study of the physiological processes of higher plants, including
general cellular physiology, water relations, mineral nutrition, enzyme action,
photosynthesis, metabolic processes, translocation, the physiology of growth and
development, and related topics.
Two lectures, one discussion period, and one laboratory period per week.
Prerequisites: Biology 1-2, Chemistry 1-2, Organic Chemistry desirable.
68. Biology
of
Bacteria . Mr. Livingston.
Alternate Years, Pall Semester
An approach to the study of bacteriology with principal emphasis on the con
sideration of bacteria as organisms, rather than as causative agents of disease, etc.
The morphology, physiology and biochemistry, and classification of bacteria.
Two lectures and two laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisites: Biology 1-2, Chemistry 1-2, Organic Chemistry desirable.
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69. T axonomy of Seed P lants . Mr. Livingston.
(Offered in 1953-54)
Alternate Years, Spring Semester
A study of the classification and evolutionary relationships of seed plants, includ
ing a detailed consideration of the characteristics of the more important families
of flowering plants. A study of the methods of identification and recognition of
the local flora, both native and horticultural.
Two lectures and two laboratories or field trips per week.
Prerequisite: Biology 1-2.
H onors W ork
The seminars given each year vary according to the choices of the students and the
convenience of the department.
111. P lant P hysiology.
An extension of the area covered in course 67, with particular emphasis on a
critical study of original sources, both classical and current. The seminar discus
sion is accompanied by a full day of laboratory work each week.
112. P roblems of G row th and D evelopment .
A correlated anatomical and physiological approach to developmental plant an
atomy and morphogenesis. The seminar discussion is accompanied by a full day
of laboratory work each week.
113. G enetics .
An extension of the area covered in course 20, with particular emphasis on cur
rent research in the field of inheritance in all its aspects. The seminar discussion
is accompanied by a full day of laboratory work each week.
114. T axonomy and D istribution o f F lowering P lants .
An extension of the area covered in course 69, integrated with a study of plant
geography and distribution. Seminar discussions and field work, supplemented by
laboratory work.
Zoology
11. Comparative V ertebrate A natomy . Mr. Weber, Mr. Meinkoth. Fall Semester
This course normally follows General Biology. It deals with the comparative
and unique aspects of the anatomy of the integument, skeleton, muscular, digestive,
respiratory, circulatory, excretory and nervous systems of the various vertebrate
types. Classification, phylogeny and adaptive radiation are considered with stress
placed on anatomical adaptations to the various habitats. The protochordates,
lamprey, dogfish, necturus and cat are studied as representative forms in the
laboratory. The course has three lecture and two laboratory meetings per week.
This course is among those required by medical schools.
Mr. Flemister.
Spring Semester
A general consideration of the functional processes in animals with emphasis
placed on mammals and other vertebrates. The aspects of adaptation of the
animal to environmental stress are treated in such a way as to serve the
individual student’s area of concentration. In preparation the introductory
course in Biology is desirable. Two lectures, one conference and one laboratory
period per week.
12. E lementary P hysiology.
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51. H istology. Mrs. Flemister.
Pall Semester
This course consists of a detailed study of the microscopic structure of vertebrate
tissues, together with the functions of such tissues. In the laboratory the student
examines both prepared and living material, and becomes familiar with the prin
ciples of microtechniques. Three lectures and two laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisites: 1-2, 11.
52. Embryology. Mrs. Flemister.
Spring Semester
A study of development of vertebrate anatomy. The lectures are concerned with
an investigation of the events which precede development, an analysis of the
development processes, and a brief survey of the contributions of the field of ex
perimental embryology. Laboratory periods are devoted to the embryology of the
frog, chick and pig. Three lectures and two laboratory periods per week.
53. Entomology . Mr. Weber.
Spring Semeter
The study of insects and their relatives, their morphological and physiological
adaptations and their effect on man. Each student will prepare a study collection
from field trips.
54. Biology o f P arasitism . Mr. Meinkoth.
Alternate Years, Spring Semester
A consideration of parasitology with reference to evolution and adaptation to the
parasitic habit. Surveys are made of parasites in native animals. Classification,
life cycles and epidemiology are reviewed.
Prerequisite: 11 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.
55. Field Z oology. Mr. Weber.
Pall Semester
Emphasis is on the living animals as they occur in nature, their systematics,
relationships to the environment, habits and distribution. Most of the work
will be done on field trips.
56. I nvertebrate Z oology. Mr. Meinkoth.
Alternate Years, Fall Semester
A course designed to acquaint the student with the fundamental morphology,
classification, phylogeny and special problems of the invertebrate phyla.
Three lectures and two laboratories per week. Occasional field trips.
Prerequisite: 11 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy.
57. Comparative P hysiology.' Mr. Flemister.
Fall Semester
A course of lectures and laboratory experiments treating functional processes
from the standpoint of adaptation of the animal to its environment. These
processes in representative animals are compared in order to follow their elabora
tion from the more general to the more specialized. '
Two lectures, one conference and two laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisites: Comparative Anatomy and Organic Chemistry.
58. P hysiological Ecology. Mr. Flemister.
Spring Semester
A course of lectures, discussions and experiments concerning the physiological
adaptations of representative animals to environmental stress. Requirements and
availability of optimum conditions of temperature, oxygen, food-stuffs and the
maintenance of ionic independence are critically appraised.
Two lectures, one conference and two laboratory periods per week.
Prerequisite: 57 Comparative Physiology. Offered Spring term of even years.
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61. Biology for Seniors . Mr. Enders.
Spring Semester
A course designed to integrate the student’s knowledge in abstract sciences with
living animals, both captive and wild, and to give an opportunity to work on
some phase of Biology of interest to him.
63, 64. Special T opics. Staff.
Full or Half Course
For advanced students. Open to those who, on account of fitness, have arranged
a program of special work in the department.
70-71. F undamentals of Systematics. Academy of Natural Sciences.
This course presents the study of variation, speciation, and the evolution of tax
onomic categories. It acquaints the student with the use of the methods and tech
niques of cytology, genetics, statistics, and plant and animal distribution in solving
taxonomic problems. Each student will attack an individual problem in the
taxonomy of some group of plants or animals.
One hour lecture, 4 hours laboratory. Saturdays 8-1.
H ono rs W ork
Honors students majoring in Zoology must take four seminars in the department
and a minor of two seminars in another department within the division. Some freedom
is offered in the selection of the two seminars, or four half courses, which normally
would fulfill a second minor. The selection should support the area of the major
and must be approved by the division.
Students anticipating an honors program in Zoology must complete in the first
two and a half years the following: Biology 1-2 and Zoology 11, Chemistry 1-2
and Chemistry 25, Mathematics 1-2, and Physics 1-2. In addition, the following must
be completed before admission to Honors to qualify for a minor in the departments
indicated: Mathematics: Mathematics 11-12; Physics: Mathematics 11-12 and
Physics 11-12; Psychology: Psychology 1, 2, and 3; Chemistry: Mathematics 11-12.
A minor in Chemistry is fulfilled by the completion of Chemistry 55-56 and Chem
istry 61-62 during the junior year and the submission of these two as papers for
external examination.
Prerequisites for students in the Honors Program with a minor in Zoology consist
of three half courses in Biology and Zoology (including 1-2). In addition, 104
requires a full course in Physics and a half course in Organic Chemistry.
Seminars: The following seminars prepare students for examinations for a degree
with Honors.
101. Biology of P arasitism . Mr. Meinkoth.
An intensified version of course 54 with emphasis on individual student projects,
and an acquaintance with both the classic problems and the current literature deal
ing with the phenomenon of parasitism.
Mrs. Flemister.
A study of the structure and function of the cell. Living material will be ex
amined and the modern microscopical techniques employed in the laboratory.
102. Cytology.
Mr. Enders, Mr. Weber.
An analysis of reproduction and development. The laboratory work includes
individual projects by the students, a study of developmental anatomy of the chick
and pig and frog, and the observation of living material under normal and
experimental conditions.
103. Embryology.
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104. Comparative P hysiology. Mr. Flemister.
An intensive consideration of the physical and chemical phenomena underlying
the function of animals. A comparative approach is maintained in order to
consider the progression from more general to the more specialized adjustments,
acclimatizations and adaptations of animals to physical, chemical and biological
stresses in the environment. The terminal portion of the laboratory program is
devoted to the pursuit of original, independent work by the student. Prerequisites
for this seminar are courses in Comparative Anatomy and Organic Chemistry.
Offered in the Fall term.
106. Entomology . Mr. Weber, Mr. Bohnsack.
Following a survey of insects in general a detailed study of one aspect of the
field will be undertaken. This will involve use of a scientific library and inde
pendent work on one topic.
110. Special T opics.
The Staff.
Open to students who, having satisfied all requirements, desire further work in
the department. Frequently this will include acting as junior assistants in the
research of staff members.
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Chemistry
P r o fesso r s : E dw ard H . C o x , Chairman
W a lter B. K e ig h t o n , J r .
A ssociate P ro fesso rs : D u n c a n G . F oster
G il b e r t P. H a ig h t , J r .
A ssistant P r o fe sso r : E dward A. F e h n e l
The aim of the Department of Chemistry is to provide a sound training in the
fundamental theories and basic techniques of the science rather than to deal with
specialized branches of the subject. The courses offered are designed to meet the
needs of three classes of students:
1. Students with a primary interest in the humanities or social sciences, who turn
to chemistry as a scientific study of general educational value. Chemistry 1, 2
offers training in the scientific approach to problems, experience with the lab
oratory method of investigation, and a presentation of some of the major intellec
tual achievements of chemistry.
2. Students who seek training in chemistry as a supplement to their study of astron
omy, botany, engineering, mathematics, medicine, physics, or zoology. These
students should consult with their major department and with the chemistry
department concerning the chemistry courses most suitable to their needs.
3. Students who consider chemistry their major interest. These students will take
Chemistry 1, 2 and Mathematics 1, 2 in their freshman year; Chemistry 28 and
29, Mathematics 11, 12 and Physics 1, 2 in their sophomore year; Chemistry 26,
27 in their junior year, and Chemistry 61, 62 in their senior year. Some students
interested in chemistry as a scientific study of general educational value, but with
no intention of pursuing chemistry as a profession, will find these basic courses
sufficient for their needs. Others, including those who expect to practice chem
istry as a profession, will take, in addition to the above courses, Mathematics 51,
52 and Physics 11, 12 in their junior year, and in the senior year, Chemistry 56
and 65. This latter curriculum—together with the general college requirements
outlined on pages 52 to 56—satisfy the minimum requirements of the American
Chemical Society for professional training in chemistry. Major students are ex
pected to have a reading knowledge of German before graduation.*
* Students who have completed the foreign language requirement in another language may
satisfy this requirement by taking German 7-8.
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1. I ntroductory Chemistry . Mr. Haight and Staff.
F all S em ester
A study of some of the central concepts and fundamental principles of chemistry,
showing how the basic facts of the science are collected and interpreted, how
the theories or fundamental laws are arrived at, and how they are used in
explaining or predicting the behavior of matter. No previous training in
chemistry is required. Students who enter college with exceptional training
in chemistry are encouraged to take a placement examination during freshman
orientation week. If found to be sufficiently well prepared they may omit
Chemistry 1 and start with Chemistry 2 in the spring term.
One semester. Prerequisite for all other courses in Chemistry.
Three lectures and recitation periods and one four hour laboratory period weekly.
2. I ntroductory Chemistry . Mr. Haight and Staff.
Spring Semester
This course is a continuation of Chemistry 1, with particular attention to the
development and application of the principles studied In Chemistry 1. In the
laboratory some of the principles are illustrated and applied through qualitative
analysis.
One semester.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 1.
Three lectures and recitation periods and one four hour laboratory period weekly.
25. O rganic Chemistry Survey. Mr. Cox.
Spring Semester
A one-semester survey of the field of organic chemistry with special emphasis on
nomenclature, structural relationships and general relations of the more important
classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. No attempt is made to solve in
tricate problems in syntheses. This course is terminal, designed for students who
are not majoring in chemistry or for students who do not require the niore in
tensive study of organic chemistry provided by Chemistry 28-29.
One semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2.
Two lectures, one conference and one four hour laboratory period weekly.
26. I ntroductory Q uantitative A nalysis. Mr. Foster.
Fall Semester
The theory and practice of inorganic quantitative analysis. Acid-base, oxidationreduction and precipitation titration methods are studied, and the application
of the laws of chemical equilibrium to analytical methods. Laboratory exercises
consist of the analysis of unknowns illustrating these principles, chosen with a
view to simplicity and without involving separations.
The course is designed to fulfill the needs of certain students who will have no
more opportunity to study analytical chemistry (e. g. pre-medical students) and
as a prerequisite for Course 27.
One semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 1-2.
One lecture, or conference and eight hours of laboratory per week with a second
conference within the laboratory time if needed.
27. Advanced Q uantitative A nalysis. Mr. Foster.
Spring Semester
More advanced gravimetric and volumetric analyses are performed than those
undertaken in Chemistry 26. Separation procedures, instrumental analyses, and
an introduction to gas analysis are included.
One semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 26 with a minimum grade of C. Eight
hours of laboratory work per week, with conferences as needed.
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28-29. O rganic Chemistry . Mr. Cox and Mr. Fehnel.
F u ll Course
This course is designed for chemistry majors and others who require more thor
ough training in the principles and practice of organic chemistry than is given by
Chemistry 25. It is a prerequisite for admission to the Honors Seminar in Organic
Chemistry. The first semester is devoted largely to a consideration of aliphatic
compounds and the second to aromatic compounds. In addition, some elementary
aspects of the chemistry of alicyclic and heterocyclic compounds, biologically in
teresting materials, dyes and plastics are included. Synthetic methods in organic
chemistry are emphasized.
Two semesters. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2.
Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
55. I ntermediate O rganic Chemistry . Mr. Fehnel.
Fall Semester
A continuation of Chemistry 25, with emphasis on more advanced reactions,
methods of synthesis, mechanisms, and structural theory. Laboratory experi
ments are selected to illustrate the more important synthetic methods and to
develop skill in the use of fundamental organic laboratory techniques.
One semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 25 with a minimum grade of C.
Three lectures and two laboratory periods per week.
To be discontinued after 1954-55.
56. Advanced O rganic C hemistry . Mr. Fehnel.
Fall Semester
Selected topics in organic chemistry, including resonance theory, reaction mechan
isms, molecular rearrangements, free radicals and other topics of current inter
est. The laboratory periods are devoted to qualitative organic analysis and to
library and problem work in connection with the identification and characterization
of organic compounds.
One semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 29 with a minimum grade of C.
Three hours of conference and six hours of laboratory work per week.
Not offered 1954-55.
61-62. P hysical Chemistry . Mr. Keighton.
Full Course
The principles of theoretical chemistry are studied and a number of numerical
exercises are worked; the gaseous, liquid and solid states, solutions, colloids,
elementary thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, the kinetics
of chemical reactions. In the laboratory the student uses a variety of physicalchemistry apparatus.
Two semesters, credit given only for the completion of both semesters.
Prerequisites: Quantitative analysis, calculus, and general physics.
Three lectures and one laboratory period weekly.
65. Advanced I norganic Chemistry . Mr. Haight.
Spring Semester
The periodic classification of elements is studied from the point of view of
correlation of structure and properties. Consideration is given to such topics
as atomic and molecular structure, coordination complexes, metal carbonyls,
intermetallic and interstitial compounds, modern concepts of acids and bases,
chemistry of the transition metals and rare earths and other phases of inorganic
chemistry.
One semester. Prerequisite: Chemistry 61 either previously or concurrently.
Three hours of conference and lectures per week.
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69. Special T opics. Staff.
Fall and Spring Semesters
An elective half-course which provides an opportunity for qualified advanced
students to undertake original investigations in the field of chemistry. The course
is designed to give the student practical experience in the application of the
scientific method to the solution of a research problem, to develop facility in the
use of advanced laboratory techniques, and to stimulate interest in current devel
opments in chemical research. A thesis is required in lieu of a final examination.
Students who propose to take this course should consult the appropriate instructor.
One semester.
Approximately ten hours of laboratory work and conferences per week.
H onors W ork
Before admission to honors work the chemistry major will have completed Chem
istry 1, 2, 28, 29, Mathematics 1, 2, 11, 12, and Physics 1, 2. The honors program
includes Chemistry 105, 101 in the junior year and Chemistry 106, 102 in the senior
year, with four other seminars usually in biology, mathematics, or physics.
101. E lementary P hysical Chemistry . Mr. Keighton.
Spring Semester
The gaseous, liquid, and solid states, solutions, colloids, elementary thermo
dynamics, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, the kinetics of chemical reactions.
Prerequisites: Quantitative analysis, calculus, and general physics.
One four-hour seminar and one eight-hour laboratory period weekly for one
semester.
Course 61-62 gives parallel preparation for the honors examinations.
102. A dvanced P hysical Chemistry . Mr. Keighton.
Spring Semester
Topics such as the following: thermodynamics, the Debye-Hiickel theory of
strong electrolytes, the structure of matter, chemical kinetics including photo
chemistry and acid-base catalysis.
Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry 61-62, or 101.
One four-hour seminar and one eight-hour laboratory period weekly.
105. Q uantitative Analysis. Mr. Foster.
Fall Semester
A combination of the content of courses 26 and 27 designed to prepare honors
candidates for an honors examination.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 1, 2.
A three-hour seminar and twelve hours of laboratory work per week.
106. Advanced O rganic Chemistry . Mr. Fehnel.
Fall Semester
A more intensive study of the same general area covered in Chemistry 56, in
cluding laboratory work in qualitative organic analysis.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 29.
One four-hour seminar and six hours of laboratory work per week.
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Classics
Professors: Susan P. C obbs *
L. R. Shero , Chairman
A ssociate Professor: H elen F. N orth f
I nstructor : G race E. Freed
The Department of Classics offers courses in Greek and Latin that are designed to
develop a capacity for the fruitful study of works written in those languages. A
knowledge of Greek is particularly valuable for students of modern literature, phi
losophy, or the Christian religion; a knowledge of Latin, for students of the romance
languages, mediaeval history, or law. Study in either field is helpful for the broad
ening and deepening of a student’s educational experience.
Another group of courses (numbered from 31 on) deals with the history of the
Greeks and Romans and with various aspects of their culture that have been of special
significance for the modern world. These courses presuppose no knowledge of the
Greek or Latin languages and are open without prerequisites to all students.
R equirements
and
R ecommendations
for
M ajors
Greek or Latin may be offered as the major subject either in course or in honors
work. Major students in course are normally required to complete during the first
two years either Intermediate Greek (course 11-12) or Introduction to Latin Literature
(course 11-12). Both of these courses are prerequisite for honors seminars for a
major student and one of them for honors seminars for a minor student. The course
in Ethics (Philosophy 11) and a course in the history of either Greece or Rome are
also recommended for major students either in course or in honors work.
Major students in honors work may substitute for one of the four seminars normally
required in this department either the seminar in Plato given -by the Department of
Philosophy or a thesis. Students of Latin may substitute a seminar in Greek for one
of their seminars in Latin (or vice versa).
Greek
1-2. E lementary G reek . Mr. Shero.
Full Course
The essentials of Greek grammar are covered and easy selections from Greek
literature are read.
11,12. I ntermediate G reek . Mr. Shero.
Pull Course
Selections from Homer, a play of Euripides, and Plato’s Apology are read.
13, 14. G reek R eading. Miss North.
Full Course
The reading of some of the masterpieces of poetry and of prose, including selec
tions from lyric poetry and from Herodotus and a play of Aeschylus or Sophocles,
is supplemented by a survey of the history of Greek literature. Credit is given
for each semester. The course will be offered only when required.
15,16. Advanced G reek R eading. Mr. Shero.
Full Course
The works read are determined by the interests and needs of the members of the
class but will usually include portions of Thucydides, some speeches of the
Attic orators, and a comedy of Aristophanes. Credit is given for each semester.
The course will be offered only when required.
* Absent on leave, first semester, 1954-55.
t Absent on leave, 1954-55,
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Latín
1-2. E lementary Latin . Mr. Shero.
Full Course
The course is designed for students who begin Latin in college or who are not
prepared to enter Intermediate Latin, and it normally covers the equivalent of two
years’ work in secondary school. The course will be offered only when required.
3 ,4 . I ntermediate Latin . Miss Freed.
Full Course
The course is primarily concerned with the reading of Virgil’s Aeneid. For
the benefit of students who have had only two years of preparatory Latin, a brief
introductory period is devoted to a review of the fundamentals of Latin grammar.
Credit is given for each semester.
11,12. I ntroduction to Latin Literature . Miss Freed.
Full Course
The course aims to give some conception of the scope and characteristic qualities
of Latin literature. The reading includes selections from comedy and from
Cicero’s essays in the first semester and the Odes of Horace in the second.
Credit is given for each semester. It is open to students who have had four
years of preparatory Latin or who have completed Intermediate Latin.
13. Catullus and E legy. Miss Freed.
Fall Semester
A study of the poems of Catullus and the elegiac poets.
14. M ediaeval Latin . Miss North.
Spring Semester
The reading done in this course consists of prose and verse selected chiefly from
the writings of mediaeval Latin authors, with particular emphasis on history,
philosophy, satire, and poetry. Some attention is given, early in the course, to
Christian authors, such as Minucius Felix, St. Jerome, and St. Augustine, in
order to clarify the transition from ancient to mediaeval modes of thought and
expression.
Ancient History and Civilization
31. H istory of G reece . Mr. Shero.
Fall Semester
The course is devoted to the study of the political and social history of the
Greek states to the time of the Hellenistic kingdoms. This is preceded by a
brief survey of the Oriental civilizations by which the Greeks were influenced.
Special attention is given to the 6th and 5th centuries B. C. Considerable reading
is done in the primary sources in translation. The course is normally given in
alternate years and will be offered in 1954-55.
33. G reek Civilization . Mr. Shero.
Fall Semester
Special stress is laid on those aspects o f Greek culture which have had most
significance for the modern world, and a detailed study is made of some of the
masterpieces of Greek art and of Greek literature (in translation). The course
is given when there is sufficient demand.
34. H istory o f Rom e . Mr. Shero.
Spring Semester
The course is devoted to the study of the political and social history of Rome to
the time of Constantine. Special attention is given to the last century of the
Republic and the first century of the Empire. Considerable reading is done in
the primary sources in translation.
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35. C lassical Archaeology . Mr. Shero.
The methods of archaeological investigation in general and the contributions of
archaeology to our knowledge of Greek and Roman life and art are studied.
A visit is paid to the University of Pennsylvania Museum. The course is
given when there is sufficient demand.
36. G reek Literature in T ranslation . Miss Freed.
Spring Semester
The works read in this course include the Iliad and the Odyssey, much of Greek
tragedy and comedy, selections from the historians, the lyric and elegiac poets,
and the Ionian physicists, and, in its entirety, the Republic of Plato. These works
are considered both from the point of view of literary criticism and in relation to
their influence on the development of western thought.
37. Latin Literature
in
T ranslation — Classical and M ediaeval. Miss North.
Pall Semester
The works studied in this course range in time from the age of the Roman Re
public to the twelfth century after Christ and are selected from those masterpieces
written in the Latin language which possess significance for the history and
literature of Western Europe, and which retain their value when read in trans
lation. They include, from the classical period, such major authors as Cicero,
Lucretius, Virgil, Livy, and Seneca; from the Latin Fathers, St. Jerome and
St. Augustine; and from the Middle Ages, Boethius, Prudentius, Bede, the chief
figures of the Carolingian Renaissance, and the writers of Mediaeval Latin hymns
and secular poetry. The course is given when there is sufficient demand.
39. C lassical M ythology in Literature and Art . Mr. Shero.
Pall Semester
The course is designed to give familiarity with those myths and legends that
have served as material for writers and artists from ancient times to the present.
Plays, both ancient and modern, based on the more influential myths are read,
and a study is made of the manner in which the themes have been handled in
painting and sculpture of various periods. Special attention is given to the use
made of stories from mythology by recent writers. The course is given in
alternate years and will be offered in 1955-56.
X. G reek and Latin N omenclature . Miss North.
Pall Semester
This course is designed to assist students of the biological sciences in understand
ing terminology derived from Greek and Latin. Principles of word formation,
the meaning of common roots, the nature of combining forms, and rules for
English pronunciation are stressed. The class meets one hour a week and is not
counted towards a degree.
H o n o r s Sem in a rs
101. Latin Language. Miss Freed.
This seminar serves as an introduction to classical philology, stressing the study
of the Latin language in its development from Indo-European to the Vulgar Latin
period. It also includes practice in reading and writing Latin, and an introduction
to epigraphy and palaeography. The seminar is given in the fall semester and
will be offered in 1954-1955.
102. Latin H istorians. Mr. Shero.
This seminar combines a survey of Latin historical writing to the end of the
Silver Age with intensive study of selected books of Livy and Tacitus. The
seminar is given in the spring semester and will be offered in 1954-55.
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103. Latin Epic . Miss North.
This seminar traces the development of Roman epic poetry, with particular
emphasis on the De Rerum Natura of Lucretius and the Aeneid of Virgil. Some
attention is also given to early Roman epic, as represented by the Annales of
Ennius, and to the period of its decline, typified by Lucan’s Pharsdia. The
seminar is given in the fall semester and will be offered in 1955-56.
104. Latin Comedy and Satire. Mr. Shero.
Representative comedies of Plautus and Terence are read, and a study of the
Satires and Epistles of Horace and the Satires of Juvenal is supplemented by a
general survey of the development of Roman satire. The seminar is given in the
spring semester and will be offered in 1955-56.
In addition, seminars in Greek literature and in particular periods of ancient history
will be offered when required.
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Economics
P r o f e s s o r s : C l a ir W
il c o x ,
Chairman
E dw ard K . C ratsley
F r a n k C . P ie r s o n
A s s o c ia t e P r o f e s s o r :
A
s s is t a n t
J o s e p h D . C oN A R D f
P ro fesso rs: W
W
Lecturer: H
elen
M. H
il l i s
D. W
il l i a m
eatherford
*
H . Br o w n , Jr.
unter
The courses in economics are designed: first, to acquaint the student with the insti
tutions and the processes through which the business of producing, exchanging, and
distributing goods and services is organized and carried on; second, to train him in
the methods by which the operation of these institutions and processes may be analyzed;
and third, to enable him to arrive at informed judgments concerning relevant issues
of public policy.
Course 1-2 is prerequisite to all other work in the department except courses 3 and
4. Students intending to major in economics are also advised to take courses 3 and
4 and Political Science 1-2. Sophomores are not permitted to take courses 50 to 60,
inclusive, unless they will be unable to fit them into their programs during the last
two years. Majors in course are required to take courses 50 and 51 in the junior year.
Majors in honors are advised to take seminar 103 and either 101 or 102.
1-2. I ntroduction to Economics . Messrs. Brown, Conard, Pierson, Weatherford,
Wilcox and Mrs. Hunter.
Full Course
This course is designed both to afford the general student a comprehensive survey
of the field and to provide students doing further work in the department with a
foundation upon which to build. It explains the organization and operation of
free, planned, and mixed economies and analyzes the major problems involved in
the allocation of resources, the distribution of income, the maintenance of in
dustrial stability, and the provision of social security, and in international
economic relationships.
3. A ccounting . Mr. Cratsley.
Fall Semester
Analysis of the problems of business organization and finance, banking, taxation
and public regulation requires familiarity with the methods of corporate account
ancy. It is the purpose of this course to equip the student with the rudiments
of accounting that he will need to employ in his advanced courses and' seminars
in economics.
4. Statistics. Mrs. Hunter.
Spring Semester
A large part of the literature of the social sciences presents generalizations based
upon the results of statistical investigations. The validity of such generalizations
is often dubious. It is the purpose of this course, by providing the student with
an elementary knowledge of statistical methods, to enable him to appraise the
studies that he will encounter in his later work.
* Absent on leave, second semester, 1954-55.
t Absent on leave, 1954-55.
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Spring Semester
The determination of prices in economic theory and in business practice. The
distribution of income. Deterininants of the level of income and employment.
50. Economic 'Theory . Kir. Brown.
51. M oney and Banking . Mr. Weatherford.
Vail Semester
The organization and operation of the commercial banking system in the United
States. Central banking and the Federal Reserve system. Monetary policy and
economic stability.
52. P ublic F inance . Mr. Brown.
Vail Semester
The revenues and expenditures of Federal, state, and local governments. The
principles of taxation and borrowing. Budgetary control and debt management.
Fiscal policy and economic stability.
53. Business Administration . Mr. Cratsley.
Spring Semester
The problems which confront the business executive. Internal organization and
management. Marketing and merchandising. Risk, speculation, and insurance.
Case studies of business policy.
54. Business Finance . Mr. Brown.
Spring Semester
Corporate organization and finance. Investment banking and the securities
markets. Financial policy and economic stability.
55. Labor P roblems. Mr. Pierson.
Vail Semester
The structure and functions of labor unions. Employer approaches to labor
relations. Analysis of wage policies. Government control of labor relations.
56. Social Economics . Mr. Weatherford.
Spring Semester
An examination of the extent, consequences, and causes of poverty, insecurity, and
inequality. An appraisal of economic reforms; social insurance, medical care,
housing, the social use of the taxing power, the "welfare state."
57, 58. P ublic Control of Business. Mr. Wilcox.
Vail semester: competition and monopoly in American industry, enforcement and
interpretation of the anti-trust laws, delivered pricing, the patent system, regula
tion of extractive industries and distributive trades. Spring semester: regulation
of municipal utilities, transportation, communications; American agricultural
policy; control of prices in war-time; public ownership and operation of industry.
59. Business Cycles. Mr. Pierson.
Spring Semester
Theories of business fluctuations. Applications of modern income theory to
business cycles. Patterns of cyclical behavior and of long-term economic change.
Implications for public policy. Prerequisite: Economics 51.
60. I nternational Economics . Messrs. Conard and Wilcox.
Spring Semester
The theory and practice of international trade, the balance of payments, foreign
exchange, national commercial policies, international investment; world economic
development; relations between free and controlled economies.
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H onors W ork
101. F inance and Fiscal P olicy . Mr. Brown.
Spring Semester
Corporation finance, investment banking, insurance, the securities and com
modities exchanges, public regulation of financial practices. The expenditures
and revenues of federal, state, and local governments, the principles of taxation
and borrowing. Fiscal policy and economic stability.
102. M onetary Economics and B usiness F luctuations .
M r. Pierson.
Fall Semester
The monetary framework of capitalism. Theories of commercial and central
banking. Income and employment in the Keynesian system. Causes of cyclical
instability and long-term change.
103. Economic T heory . Messrs. Conard and Brown.
Each Semester
Contemporary economic theory: price determination, the functional distribution
of income, the level of employment. The function served by economic theory for
Smith, Marx, and contemporary students. Criticism of theory in the light of
empirical studies and simplifying assumptions.
104. P ublic Control o f B usiness. Mr. Wilcox.
Fall Semester
The anti-trust laws, the patent system, price discrimination, delivered price sys
tems, resale price maintenance. The control of prices and production in agri
culture, bituminous coal, petroleum and urban markets for fluid milk. Public
regulation of municipal utilities, transportation and communications. Price con
trol in war-time. The public ownership and operation of industry.
105. I nternational Economics . Messrs. Conard and Wilcox.
Spring Semester
The theory of international trade. Monetary problems, cyclical fluctuations, and
international monetary cooperation. Restrictionism and discrimination, cartels,
commodity problems, shipping, aviation and telecommunications. Relations be
tween free and controlled economies. Post-war reconstruction, economic develop
ment and international investment. International economic organization.
106. Labor and Social Economics . Mr. Weatherford.
Each Semester
Poverty, inequality, mid insecurity. Labor legislation, organization, collective
bargaining, wage-policy and the public control of labor relations. Public as
sistance, social insurance, medical care, housing, free income and the social use
of the taxing power. Regional planning. The "welfare state.”
T hesis
A thesis may be substituted for a course or a seminar under exceptional circum
stances and by special arrangement.
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Division of Engineering
J o h n D . M c C r u m m , Chairman
(The staff members of the Division of Engineering
are listed under their respective departments)
The engineering profession of today requires of its followers skill and resourceful
ness as well as an integrated and thorough education in the natural and social sciences.
The educational plan of the Division has been prepared with these requirements in
mind. The objective of our program is to train the student professionally while
providing the foundation of a liberal education. This is accomplished by educating
the student in the professional disciplines of the engineer, such as critical analysis,
humanistic studies, and the communication of ideas, as well as training in the tech
niques of the engineering sciences. Specifically, the three Engineering Departments
intend that each student shall (1) master the fundamental concepts of Engineering;
(2) extend this mastery in the field of Civil, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
with a view to later professional practice; (3) obtain a sufficient amount of general
education to enable him to understand how his engineering activities fit into the
great purposes of society.
A student who intends to major in Engineering * follows a common course of study
for the first two years. This course adheres as far as possible to the general college
program for freshmen and sophomores (see page 53), and prepares the student
for his professional work of the junior and senior years. At the end of the sophomore
year, the student may enter his major field of Civil, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineer
ing. The last two years are largely spent in his major field. The three curricula of
the Engineering Departments lead to the degree of Bachelor of Science; these
auricula are accredited by the Engineers’ Council for Professional Development.
Each curriculum provides that the student of Engineering will take about one-fifth
of his work in the Divisions of the Humanities and Social Sciences, one-fourth of
his work in the Departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics, and the re
mainder of his work in the three Departments of Engineering. All students devote
their last two years: (1) to certain basic courses required of all engineers; (2) to
fulfilling the major requirements of one of the departments of Engineering; (3) to
developing their special interests. It is possible for students in any of the three
departments whose interests lie in the field of administration, physics, mathematics,
or chemistry, to elect courses having a more direct bearing on these subjects.
The entire engineering program is outlined on the pages following. First is given
the detail of the curriculum for the freshman and sophomore years. Modifications
in this program may be made in individual cases, but it is essential that this body
of work be completed before the junior year. Next follows a description of certain
general courses in engineering open to all students. This is followed by an outline
of the curriculum and a description of the courses offered by each major department.
* High school students intending to enter Engineering should take algebra, advanced algebra,
plane and solid geometry, and trigonometry in secondary school.
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O u t l in e
English Literature
Chemistry
Algebra and Trigonometry
Engineering Drawing
Surveying I
Social Science Elective
B asic E n g in e e r in g C u r r ic u l u m
F irst T w o Y ears
Second Semester
Freshman Year
English Composition
Chemistry
Analytic Geometry
Descriptive Geometry
Surveying II
Social Science Elective
Physics
Differential Calculus
Statics
Materials & Shop Processes
Non-technical Elective
Sophomore Year
Physics
Integral Calculus
Dynamics
* Electric & Magnetic Circuits
Non-technical Elective
o f the
for th e
First Semester
G e n e r a l C ourses
G El. E ngineering D rawing . Mr. Morrill and Mr. Prager.
Fall Semester
Instruction in the use of drafting equipment; study of fundamental principles
of engineering drawing; practice through rendering of detailed elements and
machine assemblies; lettering and sketching. Required for freshman engineers.
Open to all students.
Two three-hour periods per week.
GE2. D escriptive G eometry . Mr. Morrill and Mr. Prager.
Spring Semester
An extension of the basic conception of orthographic projection as applied to
the location and definition in space of three-dimensional structures; analysis of
the geometric relation of distances, angles, intersections of lines and planes;
development of surfaces; emphasis upon practical applications of descriptive
geometry in the various fields of engineering. Required for freshman engineers.
Open to all students who have had GEl or equivalent.
Two three-hour periods per week.
GE11. M aterials and Sh o p Processes. Staff.
Each Semester
Study of elementary metallurgy of ferrous and non-ferrous materials; investigation
in the laboratory of various engineering materials as they are affected by stress,
temperature, and heat treatment; analysis of purposes and practice in use of
machine tools with emphasis on their performance with the variety of materials
used in manufacturing processes.
Three class periods per week; two three-hour laboratories each week.
GE51. I ndustrial M anagement . Mr. Cope.
Spring Semester
Study of organization and management of industrial enterprises; historical back
ground and evolution of present-day scientific practices; significance of arrange
ment of physical plant, production control, financial policies, wage payment, and
personnel relations. Open to all students.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
GE57. Engineering Economy . Mr. Carpenter.
Spring Semester
A study of the methods of determining the relative economy of engineering alter
natives; compound interest and the calculation of annual cost, present worth and
prospective rates of return. A method of analysis which the engineer uses when
he investigates a proposed course of action to decide whether it will prove to
be economical. Open to all students.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
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Civil Engineering
P rofessor: Samuel T. Carpenter , Chairman
A ssistant Professors: Roy F. Linsenmeyer
Charles W. N ewlin
M erton J. W illis f
I nstructor : Clark P. M angelsdorf
The work of the Civil Engineer involves design, research, administration, and
construction, in the following fields: buildings, bridges, aircraft, soils and founda
tions, hydraulics and hydroelectric power, city and regional planning, sanitation and
public health, highways, airports, railways, and other projects of a public or private
nature, with their economic justification.
Emphasis is placed on the broad scientific and humanistic education required for an
understanding of fundamental principles, based on the conviction that those possessing
such a background will contribute most to the future progress of the profession.
The basic sciences treated in Civil Engineering concern structures, foundations, ma
terials and their properties, and hydraulics.
Students may elect to enter the Civil Engineering honors program at the beginning
of the junior year, although the establishment of an honors seminar depends upon the
number of students who wish to enroll. Excellent facilities and opportunities are
available to students who may wish to do research as part of their educational program.
Standard P rogram
Fall Semester
CE51 Mechanics of Materials
EE51 Electrical Apparatus I
ME51 Thermodynamics I
Elective
for
Course Students
Spring Semester
Junior Year
CE52 Structural Theory
EE52 Electrical Apparatus II
ME54 Fluid Mechanics
Elective
Senior
CE53 Civil Engineering Design I
CE55 Soil Mechanics and Foundations
CE56 Sanitary Engineering
Elective or Thesis
Year
CE54 Adv. Structural Theory
CE57 Civil Engineering Design II
GE57 Engineering Economy
Elective or Thesis
C El Surveying, I.
Mr. Newlin, Mr. Mangelsdorf.
Fall Semester
A study of the basic procedures used in making surveys for engineering work,
including the use, care, and adjustment of instruments, note keeping, linear and
angular measurements, leveling, traversing, stadia surveys, topographic mapping,
calculation of areas, and drafting room methods. Open to all students who have
had trigonometry in high school or college. (1 recitation and 1 3-hour laboratory
per week.)
CE2 Surveying, II. Mr. Newlin, Mr. Mangelsdorf.
Spring Semester
A continuation of CE 1, covering celestial observations, preparation of profiles
and maps from field notes, elements of photogrammetry, highway curves and
earthwork, plane table surveys, and land surveying.
Prerequisite: CE 1. (1 recitation and 1 3-hour laboratory per week.)
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C E ll Statics. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Linsenmeyer, Mr. Newlin.
Fall Semester
Concept and definition of force, scalar, and vector quantities; combination and
resolution of forces; principle of moment and couples; graphical and analytical
conditions for equilibrium; stress diagrams, cables; centroids of areas, volumes,
and masses; area and volume theorems. Open to students who have taken
Mathematics 1 and 2. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour laboratory per week.)
CE12 D ynamics. Mr. Linsenmeyer.
Spring Semester
Principles of dynamics, motion of a particle, Newton’s laws, general equation of
motion, rectilinear motion, displacement, velocity, speed, and acceleration; simple
harmonic motion, free and forced vibration; inertia forces, work and energy,
momentum and impulse; curvilinear motion; kinetic energy of rotation; balancing
of rotating bodies; relative motion, angular momentum; combined translation
and rotation.
Prerequisite: C E ll and Mathematics 11. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour laboratory
per week.)
CE51 M echanics
of
M aterials. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Linsenmeyer, Mr. Newlin.
Fall Semester
This course deals with the internal stresses and changes of form which always
occur when forces act upon solid bodies. The mechanics involved in the design
of simple engineering structures is presented so that the student may realize
the problems which must be solved in order to secure the required strength and
stiffness in such structures. The laboratory work of this course is planned to
clarify the theoretical considerations of beams, columns, combined stress, torsion
and methods of strain measurement.
Prerequisite: C E ll, Statics, and Mathematics 12. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour
laboratory per week.)
CE52 Structural T heory . Mr. Linsenmeyer, Mr. Newlin.
Spring Semester
Analysis of determinate and indeterminate structures. A study of stresses in
truss and rigid frame systems, influence lines.
Prerequisite: CE51 Mechanics of Materials. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour labora
tory per week.)
CE53 Civil E ngineering D esign— I. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Linsenmeyer. Fall Semester
An introduction to the design of structures. Fundamental considerations of struc
tural members and connections for metallic, concrete, and timber structures, in
cluding buildings, bridges, and aircraft.
Prerequisite: CE52 Structural Theory. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour laboratory
per week.)
CE54 Advanced Structural T heory . Mr. Carpenter.
Spring Semester
A study of complex indeterminate structural systems and advanced mechanics of
materials. Photoelasticity and the study of structural models.
Prerequisite: CE52 Structural Theory. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour laboratory
per week.)
CE55 Soil M echanics
and
F oundations . Mr. Linsenmeyer, Mr. Newlin.
Fall Semester
The principles of soil mechanics as related to the structural stability of soils under
internal and external force systems. Foundations for buildings, bridges, highways,
and airports are extensively treated. Research in soil mechanics. (3 recitations
and 1 3-hour laboratory per week.)
S>0
CE56 Sanitary Engineering . Mr. Linsenmeyer.
Fall Semester
The activities of the sanitary engineer, including the development and purification
of water supplies; sewerage and sewage disposal. Also relates sanitary engineer
ing to the broad field of public health, and includes subjects dealing with hydrol
ogy and advanced hydraulics.
Prerequisite: ME54 Fluid Mechanics. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour laboratory
per week.)
CE57 Civil Engineering D esign—II. Mr. Carpenter, Mr. Linsenmeyer, Mr. Newlin.
Spring Semester
A continuation of Civil Engineering Design I. Planning, analysis, and design
of engineering structures and foundations. Additional topics in concrete with
ordinary and pre-stressed reinforcement.
Prerequisite: CE53 Civil Engineering Design—I. (3 recitations and 1 3-hour
laboratory each week.)
CE58 Civil Engineering E lective . Staff.
Spring Semester
Elective course with subject dependent on a group need or interest. Past groups
have studied advanced soil mechanics, theory of elasticity, transportation, or ad
vanced hydraulics. Available only on request, and as deemed practicable, to sec
ond semester senior students.
CE69 Civil E ngineering T hesis . Staff.
The time allotted to a civil engineering thesis is generally one semester. The
subject matter of the thesis must be approved by the department chairman six
weeks before the beginning of the semester. Excellent facilities exist for inde
pendent investigations in structures, soils, and materials.
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Electrical Engineering
Professors: H oward M. J enkins , Chairman
J ohn D. M cCrumm
A ssistant P rofessor: Carl Barus
I nstructor : G arwood M. Rodgers
Electrical Engineering deals largely with the development and application of precise
notions of electricity and its allied physical sciences in the broad field of the conversion,
transmission, control, and utilization of electrical energy for the purposes of trans
mitting power and communicating intelligence. The program in Electrical Engineering
gives full recognition to the natural sciences basic to the profession, and includes
considerable work in the Humanities and Social Sciences, since the needs of the
profession are best served by engineers who are vitally aware of the society in which
they work.
The educational objectives of the Department are to provide the student with a
thorough understanding of the fundamental principles of the natural sciences related
to Electrical Engineering, and to inculcate in the student the confidence to apply these
principles to new situations. Considerable emphasis is placed on the experimental
evidence underlying these fundamentals, and mathematical methods are used to facili
tate the application of these principles. Since most engineering problems can be
solved only by making certain simplifications, the student is encouraged to examine
problems critically and to make such simplifying assumptions as are possible without
destroying the significance of the results. The importance of the presentation of
work is also stressed, the student being required to gain some proficiency in com
municating the results of his work clearly, completely, and in a well organized form.
The courses in Electrical Engineering are each a series of inquiries dealing with
fundamental concepts of electrical phenomena. The common aim is to carry the
student to such a point that he will understand the basic sciences involved and can
apply this knowledge to the problems of his later professional practice.
Unless specifically modified, the requirements for course students are listed below;
it is expected that majors will maintain a "C” average or better in the required
electrical courses.
Standard Program
for
Course Students
First Semester
Second Semester
Junior Year
EE54 Electronics
EE 56 Engineering Analysis II
ME54 Fluid Mechanics
Elective
EE53 A. C. Circuit Theoty
EE55 Engineering Analysis I
CE51 Mechanics of Materials
ME 51 Thermodynamics I
Senior Year
EE58 Electrical Machinery II
EE62 Networks and Fields II
Technical Elective
Elective
EE57 Electrical Machinery I
EE59 Vacuum Tube Circuits
EE61 Networks and Fields I
Elective
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EE12 Electric and M agnetic Circuits.
Spring Semester
The experimental basis of electricity and magnetism; elementary electrostatics
and magnetostatics; voltage, current power, energy. Bilateral and linear networks
with constant driving voltages. Induced electromotive forces; capacitance and
inductance; elementary problems in ferro-magnetism.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisites: Physics 1 and to be preceded or accompanied by Integral Calculus.
EE51-52 E lectrical A pparatus I and II.
Full Course
Theory of direct-current generators and motors; fundamentals of control for direct
current machines. Topics include flux, generated voltage, armature reaction, com
mutation, torque, speed, voltage and speed regulation, losses, efficiency, and effects
of control on motor characteristics. Relations of simple harmonic electromotive
forces and currents, power, power factor; single phase circuits; polyphase cir
cuits, balanced and unbalanced. The construction, characteristics, and operation
of alternators, induction motors, transformers, synchronous motors, mercury arc
rectifiers and their regulating and control devices.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE12 Electric and Magnetic Grcuits.
EE53 A lternating Current Circuit T heory .
Fall Semester
A systematic study of single and polyphase electric circuits under steady state
conditions.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE 12 Electric and Magnetic Circuits.
EE54 E lectronics.
Spring Semester
Motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields; thermionic emission;
the high vacuum diode; electrical discharges in gases; rectifiers and thyratrons;
power supplies and filters; the triode; multi-electrode tubes; voltage amplifiers.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE53 A. C. Grcuit Theory.
EE55 Engineering A nalysis I.
FallSemester
Formulation and application of the method of engineering analysis based upon
fundamental physical laws, mathematics, and practical engineering considerations.
Emphasis is placed on the professional approach to the analysis of new, bona
fide engineering problems. A study is made of the common physical and mathe
matical aspects shared by different systems such as mechanical, thermal, electrical
and acoustical. The theory and application of ordinary differential equations is
systematically covered.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisites: EE12 Electric and Magnetic Circuits, and Integral Calculus.
EE56 Engineering Analysis II.
SpringSemester
Further analysis of physical systems, employing the following branches of mathe
matics: Gamma and Bessell functions, Fourier series and other infinite series,
partial differential equations, and boundary value problems, conformal mapping,
dimensional analysis, the Laplace transform.
Three class periods per week.
Prerequisite: EE55 Engineering Analysis I.
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EE57 E lectrical M achinery I.
Fall Semester
Physical aspects of electromechanical energy conversions; conversions and princ
iples of such conversions; basic concepts of machine performance and the
analysis of rotating electrical machinery and transformers; D-C machines, analysis
of performance and applications.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE53 A.C. Circuit Theory.
EE58 E lectrical M achinery II.
Spring Semester
Synchronous machines, performance, effects of saturation and saliency; polyphase
induction machines; fractional horsepower motors; rotating control devices;
self-synchronous machines; electrical transients and the dynamics of coupled
systems.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE57 Electrical Machinery I.
EE59 V acuum T ube Circuits.
Fall Semester
An introduction to the analysis and design of circuits containing vacuum tubes.
The circuits studied include: voltage and power amplifiers; modulators and
detectors; oscillators and pulse generators.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisites: EE53 A.C. Circuit Theory; EE54 Electronics, and EE56 Engineer
ing Analysis II, or equivalent.
EE61 N etworks and Fields I.
Fall Semester
A study of electrical networks, such as artificial lines, transmission lines with
distributed parameters, and electric wave filters.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisites: EE53 A.C. Circuit Theory, and EE56 Engineering Analysis II.
EE62 N etworks and Fields II.
Spring Semester
An introduction to electromagnetic field theory. The topics discussed are:
Maxwell’s hypothesis; propagation and reflection of electromagnetic waves;
antennas; wave guides and resonant cavities.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE61 Networks and Fields I.
EE63 E lectrical I nstrumentation .
Fall Semester
A study of the fundamentals of electronics and electronic circuits, particularly
those involved in measuring systems and control, designed primarily for chemists,
biologists, mathematicians and psychologists.
Three class periods per week; one laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: Physics 1-2.
EE71 E lectrical E ngineering T hesis . Staff.
An engineering thesis may be substituted for a course or for the examination on
the subject matter covered in a seminar, by special arrangement with the staff.
H onors
The four following seminars are offered by the Department to prepare in part for
examinations for a degree with Honors. Students who plan to take honors seminars
in Electrical Engineering should note that Circuit Theory is a desirable preparation
for Electronics (although not a prerequisite if a seminar in Electricity and Magnetism
has been taken). Adequate training in electrical machinery, and the Circuit Theory
seminar or its equivalent, are prerequisites for the seminar in Servomechanisms. Some
knowledge of A.C. Circuit Theory is a prerequisite for the Machinery Seminar.
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101. Circuit T heory .
A systematic treatment of the transient and steady-state analysis of electrical net
works. The operational methods of analysis based on complex algebra and the
Laplace transform are studied. These methods are then used to investigate the
performance of single and polyphase systems, the general two-terminal pair, long
transmission lines, and electric wave filters. The seminar is accompanied by a
full-day laboratory. Not offered 1954-55.
102. E lectronics .
A study of electron ballistics and the characteristics of electron tubes and their
application in amplifiers, modulators, detectors, oscillators, pulse generators, etc.
Some elementary aspects of radiation and ultra-high frequency techniques may be
included. The seminar is accompanied by a full-day laboratory.
103. Servomechanisms .
A systematic investigation of the characteristics of closed cycle control systems
and their components. The mechanisms may be any combination of electrical,
thermal, mechanical or hydraulic systems. Synthesis rather than analysis is
stressed thus requiring use of the more powerful methods of the Laplace trans
form, and a study of transfer function loci and equations in the complex domain.
Modern techniques are employed; extensive reading in the literature is expected
of each student. There is one full-day laboratory per week, in addition to the
seminar.
104. M achinery .
An intensive study of the basic aspects shared in common by transformers and
rotating electrical machinery. A further study of the operating characteristics and
the engineering application of electrical machines as specific direct current and
alternating current devices. There is one full-day laboratory per week, in addi
tion to the seminar. Not offered 1954-55.
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Mechanical Engineering
P rofessor: W illiam J. Cope , Chairman
A ssociate Professor: Bernard M orrill
A ssistant Professors: Frederick S. B urrell
P hilip C. P rager
The curriculum in Mechanical Enginereing is planned to develop the student through
scientific training for positions in manufacturing industries, with organizations engaged
in power production, and in the field of transportation. Based upon the fundamental
sciences of physics, chemistry, and mathematics, the program aims to provide a
background for the solution of the variety of problems related to the design, con
struction and operation of engineering equipment used in industrial establishments.
The arrangement of courses is intended also to prepare mechanical engineers for such
activities as those which deal with fabrication of products and the eventual assump
tion of managerial responsibilities, as well as research and development work leading
to new products.
Coincident with the need for a broad and fundamental technical training, all of the
engineering profession should be conscious of the impact upon society resulting from
their efforts. To stimulate this awareness, students are encouraged to choose electives
in the Humanities and Social Sciences throughout their undergraduate careers.
Standard P rogram
for
Course Students
Junior Year
CE51
EE51
ME 51
EE55
Spring Semester
EE 52 Electrical Apparatus II
ME52 Thermodynamics II
ME54 Fluid Mechanics
Elective
Fall Semester
Mechanics of Materials
Electrical Apparatus I
Thermodynamics I
Engineering Analysis
Senior
ME53 Thermodynamics III
ME55 Adv. Fluids and Heat Transfer
ME63 Kinematics and Design
Elective
Year
ME62 Adv. Strength of Materials
ME64 Engineering Design
GE51 Industrial Management
Elective
ME51 T hermodynamics I. Mr. Morrill, Mr. Burrell.
Energy and first law of thermodynamics; application of general energy equation
to steady-flow and non-flow processes; properties of liquids; vapors, gases, mix
tures; reversible cycles; second law of thermodynamics; entropy.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: Integral Calculus.
ME52 T hermodynamics II. Mr. Cope.
Extension of ME51; analysis of steam cycles basic to modern power plant prac
tice; heat balance calculations; flow of elastic fluids through nozzles and orifices;
combustion; air-conditioning; refrigeration. Study of application of fundamental
principles as exemplified in steam power stations with emphasis upon design and
test of fuel firing equipment, furnaces, boilers, air preheaters, economizers; aux
iliary equipment such as pumps, condensers, fans. Class and laboratory investi
gations supplemented by field trips.
Prerequisite: ME51.
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ME53 T hermodynamics III. Mr. Morrill.
Extension of ME51 and ME52; analysis of gas cycles basic to internal combustion
engine practice; behavior of real gases and mixtures; general thermodynamic
equations; combustion of liquid and gaseous fuels; gas compression. Study of
application of fundamental principles as demonstrated in design, test and opera
tion of spark-ignition and compression-ignition engines, gas turbines and com
pressors. Class and laboratory investigations supplemented by field trips.
Prerequisites: ME51 and ME52.
ME54 F luid M echanics . Mr. Prager, Mr. Burrell.
An introductory course in fluid statics; kinematics; equation of continuity; steady
flow energy and momentum; dynamics of an ideal fluid; dimensional analysis and
similitude; incompressible flow in closed conduits and compressibility phenomena.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisites: Integral Calculus, ME51 Thermodynamics.
ME55 Advanced F luid M echanics and H eat T ransfer . Mr. Burrell.
Theory of fluid mechanics in turbines, pumps, fans, jets, fluid couplings, funda
mental principles of heat transfer by conduction, free and forced convection,
radiation; parallel and counterflow heat exchangers; insulated pipes and related
equipment; relation to practical engineering problems.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: ME54 Fluid Mechanics.
ME62 Advanced Strength o f M aterials. Mr. Burrell.
Review of stress and strain; torsion; bending; beams on elastic foundations;
thick cylinders; failure of metals under stress; plastic flow; influence of stress
concentration and working stresses.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: ME61 Applied Mechanics.
ME63 K inematics and D esign . Mr. Prager.
A study of the complex motions and velocities of machine linkwork and gearing;
design of cams, screws, fastenings, belts, straight and curved frames, gears and
shafting.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisite: EE55 Engineering Analysis.
ME64 Engineering D esign . Mr. Morrill.
Design of elements under rotational stress; various classifications of fits; vibra
tion analysis leading to isolation and engine balancing; lubrication and bearing
design; design of machine assemblies.
Three class periods per week; one three-hour laboratory each week.
Prerequisite; ME63 Kinematics and Design.
ME71 M echanical Engineering T hesis. Staff.
With departmental approval, an undergraduate may undertake a thesis project
as a portion of the program in the senior year.
H onors
The following five seminars are offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineer
ing as part of the students’ preparation for examinations for a degree with Honors.
Students who plan to take Honors seminars should note that Engineering Analysis is
a desirable preparation for the seminars in Strength of Materials, Design, and Fluid
Mechanics, and that the seminar in Thermodynamics is also a prerequisite for that in
Fluid Mechanics.
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ME 101 T hermodynamics.
A study of energy and the laws of thermodynamics with emphasis on the broader
aspects of the subject and with applications to a wide variety of systems. The
properties of liquids, vapors, gases and mixtures. Reversible cycles. Analysis of
actual cycles and engineering machines. The seminar is accompanied by a full
day laboratory each week.
ME102 Strength of M aterials.
A comprehensive study at both elementary and advanced levels of stress and
strain in bending, shear and torsion. Elastic deformation; failure under stress,
stress concentration, working stress and limit design. The seminar is accom
panied by a full day laboratory each week.
ME 103 M echanical Engineering D esign .
Motion, velocity and acceleration in linkwork and gearing. Design of cams,
fastenings, gears, shafting and frames. Design of elements under rotational
stress. Vibration analysis. Fundamentals of lubrication. Design of machine as
semblies. The seminar is accompanied by a full day laboratory each week.
ME104 F luid M echanics .
Compressible and incompressible subsonic and supersonic fluid flow. Energy and
momentum. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Dynamics of an ideal fluid.
Shock phenomena. Theory of fluid flow in turbines, pumps, fans, and jets. Free
and forced convection in heat exchangers. The seminar is accompanied by a full
day laboratory each week.
ME 106 T hesis .
An individual thesis project involving some original investigation, analysis, or
experimentation and a report. The exact program to be adjusted to individual
needs.
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English Literature
Professors: G eorge J. Becker, Chairman
Everett L. H unt
Elizabeth Cox W right
A ssociate Professors: Fredric S. K lees
Stephen E. W hicher
Assistant P rofessors: D avid Cowden
Bruce D earing
Samuel L. H ynes
L ecturer : Barbara P earson Lange
This department might more properly be called the Department of Literature in
English, since it offers a study both of literature originally written in the English
language and of works translated from other tongues. Literature is considered as a
fine art, as a cultural record, and as a guide to the student’s interpretation of his
own experience in life. The program of courses and seminars comprises four
approaches to the subject: the intensive study of the work of major writers, examina
tion of the literature produced in certain limited periods, the historical development
of the major literary types, and the grouping of various types or forms on the basis
of their subject matter or point of view. The general purposes of this study are
the broadening of the student’s understanding and enjoyment of literature, the de
velopment of a basis for intelligent criticism, and the provision of a foundation for
further study in the field. Stress is also laid upon accurate reading and writing
through critical explication of texts and criticism of student papers.
R equirements
for
M ajors
in
Course
The work of the major in this department in course normally consists of at least
four full courses in the department, including Modern Literature in the first year,
either Chaucer or Milton in the second year, a full course or two half courses in
one of the types (numbers 21-26 below) in the third year, and Shakespeare and the
Senior Conference in the final year. The comprehensive examination at the close of
the senior year is based on this work, but also includes questions on other courses
offered by the department for those prepared in these fields. A reading list in
English and American literature is given to all majors to act as a guide in the
selection of courses and to independent reading in preparation for the Senior Confer
ence. Majors are expected to take a semester’s work in either Fine Arts or Music
and are advised to take a semester’s work in some foreign literature. Students ex
pecting to do graduate work shall acquire a reading knowledge in the languages
required by the schools they propose to attend.
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C ourses
1. M odern Literature : Introduction to Literary Study. Staff.
Each Semester
An introduction to the critical study of the four principal types of literature:
poetry, drama, novel, and non-fictional prose. The materials are drawn chiefly
from modern American literature for the purpose of emphasizing the relationship
of literature to life through the study of works produced from backgrounds
fam iliar to the student in terms of his own experience.
Prerequisite to all other literature courses offered by the department.
5. Composition . Staff.
Each Semester
Training in the writing of non-fictional prose. Designed to meet the require
ments of Engineering and Pre-Medical students. Other students admitted on
the basis of need for this work.
6. Argument . Mr. Becker and Mr. Hunt.
The analysis and orderly presentation of large bodies of material in speech and
writing. The work comprises a series of short analytical papers, a research
paper of some magnitude, and a series of argumentative speeches. Admission
only with consent of the instructor.
11. M ilton and th e 17th Century . Mr. Hunt and Mrs. Wright. Each Semester
Paradise Lost, selections from Milton's shorter poems, The Old Testament,
Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress, and the lyrics of John Donne are read. Study is
made of narrative, epic, and lyric writing, and the relationship of the literature to
the thought of the period.
12. Chaucer . Mr. Klees.
Tall Semester
R ifling of Troilus and Criseyde, The Canterbury Tales and some of the minor
poems in the original Middle English, with greater attention to the literary
than to the linguistic aspects.
16. Satire . Mr. Dearing.
Spring Semester
An historically oriented consideration of some of the principal satires in world
literature, with emphasis upon interpretation and evaluation as literature.
17 Social Criticism . Mr. Becker.
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Swarthmore College Catalogue, 1954-1955
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1954 - 1955
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