Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Swarthmore College, SWARTHMORE, Pa. INCORPORATED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, 1864. First Class Graduated 1873. COLOR— Garnet. Cheer: ' Rah, ' rah! ' Rah, ' rah, ' rah! ' Rah, ' rah! ' Rah, ' rah, ' rah! Swarthmore ! 10

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may be indebted, perhaps, to his Welsh ancestry. Third, his evenness of temper and unfailing kindness. I never knew a man so remarkable in this particular. Fourth, Dr. Jones has been a hard student ever since I have known him, and he has been informed in regard to the subjects he has attempted to teach. The summer of 1889 Dr. Jones spent in Europe, and in 1891 he went abroad with his family. They made a home in Oxford, Heidelberg, Munich, and Dresden, and traveled, to some extent, throughout the conti- nent. In July, ' 93, Dr. Jones took the degree of Ph. D. at the Univer- sity of Heidelberg, and became Professor of English Literature at Swarth- more in January, 1894. Under Dr. Jones, literature is not merely a collection of literary mas- terpieces, but is a criticism of life, it is a record of life ' s struggles, its vic- tories and failures. It affects every student ' s view of life, and the study of literature is thus not a diversion for idle hours. As President Cook has said. Dr. Jones is informed upon the subject which he teaches, and he requires his classes to think deeply, to think broadly, and to think exactly. He pos- sesses, to a peculiar degree, the power to interest his classes, and he rarely fails to arouse their enthusiasm over whatever selections of literature he takes up with them as a study. He is ever ready to advise, to explain, to help, but he requires work. This summer of 1895, Dr. Jones spent in European travel, and visited many distinguished university men of England and Germany. From the home of Lord Tennyson he brought an ivy for the Class of ' 97. His writings comprise The Ethical Element in Literature, published in 1891 ; The Growth of the Idylls of the King, a scholarly and valuable record of the development of Tennyson ' s masterpiece, published in 1894; and articles written, from time to time, for American, English, and Ger- man magazines. This is a mere sketch of the beginning of a man ' s life. Dr. Jones accomplishes what he attempts ; he is a man of character, ability, and influ- ence ; his life is before him, and we may well believe that the world will be richer and better because of his life. 9

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Swarthmore College. its origin, and some notes upon its early history. By Edward H. Magill. CHAPTER in. T the opening of the fifth year of the College, in the autumn of 1873, four of the six members of the first graduating class re- turned as resident graduates. Of these, L. Maria C. Pierce, A. B., was appointed Assistant Instructor in German and in English Branches; Elizabeth C. Miller, A. B., Assistant Instructor in French and in English Branches, and Esther T. Moore, A. B., Assistant Instructor in Mathematics; while Helen Magill, A. B., pursued her studies toward a second degree. The Faculty of seven continued the same as the previous year. The whole number of officers of government and instruction now reached 26, and the whole number of students 269, of whom 93 were members of the college classes, the rest being members of the Preparatory school. It will be observed that there continued to be a steady increase in the number of college students in proportion to those in the Preparatory school. The development of the college proper, until it could take full rank with its sister colleges much longer established, continued to be kept steadily in view. To this end the pursuit of one of the three regular courses of study now provided, the classical, the scientific, and the engineering course, was constantly encouraged, with a result that about 87 per cent, of the college students were following one of these three courses, the rest, through various causes, being classed as irregular. The views of the Man- agers upon this subject are thus expressed in their report for this year : It II