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SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, SWARTHMORE, PA. INCORPORATED BY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, 1864. First Class Graduated 1873 COLOR— garnet. YELL: ' Rah, ' rah! ' Rah, ' rah, ' rah! ' Rah, ' rah! ' Rah, ' rah, ' rah! Swarthmore! ii
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Part I- COLLEGE. Part II— CLASSES. Part III— LITERARY SOCIETIES. Part IV— FRATERNITIES. Part V— ATHLETICS. Part VI-CLUBS. Part VII-LITERARY DEPARTMENT.
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Swarthmore College ITS ORIGIN AND SOME NOTES UPON ITS EARLY HISTORY. By Edward H. Magill, LL. D. CHAPTER VI. Destruction and Reconstruction ofjthe College. HE previous chapter closed with an account of the work and condition of the College in its twelfth gj year (1880-81 ). during which the elimination of the Preparatory School began bythe omission of J-.v Tl ' the lowest class. Notwithstanding this omission, the number of students continued the same as the previous year (266), being the largest number thus far reached in the history of the Col- lege. During the summer which followed the Commencement of ' 81. an unusual amount of re- pairs and slight improvements was accomplished, including a general painting of the College anew, within and without. The subject of the need of a new Science Building continued to be actively considered, and early in the vacation Professor Beardslev, of the Engineering Department, visited Samuel YVillets. in Xew York, and presented the great need of the College in this respect, receiving from him the promise to give S10.000 toward the building proposed. The Professor felt that $35,000 would be needed to carry out the plans which he proposed, and next visited Joseph Wharton, who offered to give what Samuel Wil- lets would, but no more. Later the plans were so modified as to bring the price down to $25,000, when Joseph Wharton agreed to give the same as Samuel Willets, — S10.000 for the building, and add the $5,000 necessary for its equipment. It was therefore under very encouraging auspices that the students were assembled at the usual 12
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