Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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SWflt THlVIOt E ' S P ESlDEflTS. Edw ard Parrish. HE first President of Swarthmore College began his short but emi- nently useful career in Philadelphia, in the year 1822. His early education was obtained in the Friends ' schools of that city. This completed, he entered the College of Pharmacy, from which institution he was graduated when but twenty years of age. Thoroughness and exactness in the practice of his profession soon won for him an enviable reputation. Later in life, in recognition of his merit, he was made President of the American Pharmaceutical Association. Mean- while, he had been performing m st acceptable service as a lecturer in the College of Pharmacy, and been contributing largely to periodicals devoted to the interests of his profession. About this time the Society of Friends was agitating, and not without cause, the subject of higher education, under its own care and influence. The conservatism of earlier times was beginning to give place to more lib- eral views upon the subject, as the need of a more thorough culture became apparent. Many prominent Friends were interested in the work, and Edward Parrish was among the first to labor earnestly in its behalf. Naturally, we may say, he became the leader of the movement which culminated in the founding of Swarthmore College. In this great undertaking, fraught as it was with difficulties and discouragements, he labored with tireless energy. 26

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BOAf D OF |VIA|MAGEJ S. JOSEPH WHARTON, President. TEFJIVI EXPIFJES TWELiFTH MONTH, 1892. EDWARD H. OGDEN, CATHERINE UNDERHILL, 314 Vine Street, Philadelphia. Jericho, L. I. ELI M. LAMB, CLEMENT M. BIDDLE, 1432 McCuLLOH St., Baltimore, Ms. 815 Arch Street, Philadelphia. ANNA M, HUNT, EDWARD STABLER, JR., LANS30WNE, Pa. 3 South Street, Ba.timohe, Md. SUSAN W. LIPPINCOTT, HANNAH H. WOODNUTT, Cinnaminson, N. J. 1816 Arch Street, Philadelphia. TERIW EXPIRES TWELFTH JVIONTH, 1893. JOHN T. WILLETS, jANE P. DOWNING, 303 PrAR- Street, New York. 1613 Race Street, Philadelphia. CHARLES M. BIDDLE, SARAH H. POWELL, 507 Commerce Street, Philadelphia. 324 West 58th Street N-w York. DANIEL UNDERHILL, HELEN COMLY WHITE, Jericho, L. I. Lansdowne, Pa. EMMOR ROBERTS, ELIZABETH P. PASSMORE. MooRESTOwN, N. J. Oxford Pa TERIVI EXPlt ES TWEUFTH MONTH, 1894. ISAAC H. CLOTHIER. SOPHIA U. WILLETS, Sth and Market Sts., Philadelphia. Manhasset L I JAMES V. WATSON, EDMUND WEBSTER, 718 Franklin Street, Philadelphia. 1155 S. Br3ad Street, Philadelphia. HERMAN HOOPES. EMMA MclLVAIN, 516 Minor Street, Philadelphia. 59th Street and Elmwood Ave.. Phi..jv. ANNIE SHOEMAKER, REBECCA C. LONGSTRETH, 15th and Race Sts., Philadelphia. Sharon Hill, Pa. TERM EXPIRES TWEIiFTH MONTH, 1895. JOSEPH WHARTON, WILSO N M. POWELL, P. 0. Box 1332, Philadelphia. 324 W. 58th Street. New York. •••M. FISHER LONGSTRETH, mARY C. CLOTHIER, Sharon Hill, Pa. Wvnnewood, Pa. MARY WILLETS, WILLIAM M. JACKSON, 309 Chestnut Street, Trenton, N. J. 335 W. 18ti Street. New York. LYDIA H. HALL, RACHAEL W. HILLBORN. Swarthmore, Pa. Swarthmore, Pa. Decea ' ed.

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Edward Parkish, First President of Swarthmore College.