Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Faculty and Instructors, WILLIAM WILFRED BIRDSALL, President and Professor of Pedagogy. B. S,, Earlham College (1873); A. M. (i ELIZABETH POWELL BOND, Dean. A. M., Swarthmore College (1897). Author of IVonis by the Way. EDWARD HICKS MAGILL, Emeritus Professor of the French Language and Literature, and Lecturer on French Literature. A. B., Brown University (1852); A. M.. Brown University (1855); LL. D., Haverford College (1886). Member of A K E and B K. Author of Magill ' s French Grammar; Magill ' s French Prose and Poetry; Magill ' s Modern French Series. ARTHUR BEARDSLEY, Emeritus Professor of Engineering and Librarian of Friends ' Historical Library. C. E., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1867); Ph. D., Swarthmore College (1889). Member of A K E. WILLIAM HYDE APPLETON, Professor of Greek and Early English. A. B., Harvard (1864); A. M.. Harvard (1867); LL. B., Harvard (1869); Ph. D., Swarthmore College (1888). Member of X t and B K. Editor of Greek Poets in English I ' erse. SUSAN JANE CUNNINGHAM, Edward H. Magill Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Sc. D,, Swarthmore College (18 19

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Another important change was made at this time : Class C, which had been used as a Model School in the Teachers ' Department, being now dropped, it was decided to abandon this school of practice, and to open a course in the Science of Teaching, for those intending to become teachers, and the Professor to be appointed was to use the class itself as the practice or model class, thus obviating the necessit) ' of a school of small children for this purpose. Thus, the College proper was, little by little, being evolved from the large mixed College and Preparatory School. About 1,200 volumes were added to the Library this year, for more than half of which we were in- debted to gifts of our friends, Stephen DarHngton, W. J. Youmans, Joseph M. Truman, Jr., Dilhvyn Par- rish, and Joseph C. Turnpenny ; and Friends Historical Library was considerably increased by gifts from Howard M. Jenkins, Charles Thompson, Dillwyn Parrish, Eli M. Lamb, Lydia H. Hall, and Lydia Jackson. Increased attention was given this year to the Department of Physical Culture, and Walter W. Ford, A ' l. D., was appointed to train the students in accordance with the carefully graded system of Dr. Sargent, of Harvard College ; and Susan P. Stackhouse, M. D., was appointed Lecturer on Physiology and Hygiene to the young women, and Dr. Dolley gave a similar course to the young men. At this time the report of the students ' standing in scholarship in exact figures, indicating the per- centages, was abandoned, and the present system of first, second, third, and fourth grades was established. A full report of this prolific year would lead me quite beyond the limits prescribed by the Halcyon, and I must close with this remark, again repeated by the Managers at this time. They say : Let us again remind you that th€ one great need of the College, to place it beyond all question upon a safe and secure foundation, is the endowment of Professors chairs, in all of t he leading and essential departments. ' The next chapter will show that this reiterated counsel did not go very long unheeded. 18

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WILLIAM CATHCART DAY, Professor of Chemistry. A. B., Johns Hopkins (1880); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins (1883). Member of Ben. SPENCER TROTTER, Professor of Biology and Geology. M. D., University of Pennsylvania (1883). Author of Lessons in the New Geography. GEORGE ARTHUR HOADLEY, Professor of Physics. C. E., Union College (1874); A. M., Union College (1877). Member of K A. FERRIS WALTON PRICE, Isaac H. Clothier Professor of the I.,atin Language and Literature. A. M., Swarthmore College (1887). Member of B K. MARIE A. KEMP HOADLEY, Professor of the German Language and Literature. ' A. B., Swarthmore (1879); A. M., Swarthmore (1S92). Member of B K. WILLIAM ISAAC HULL, Joseph Wharton Professor of History and Political Economy. A. B., Johns Hopkins (i88g); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins (1892). Member of Ben. WILBUR MORRIS STESTE, I. V. Williamson Professor of Engineering, and Director of the Workshops. B. S,, Dickinson (1886); Sc. D., Dickinson (1893). Member of A e. Author of Applied Photometry. JESSE H. HOLMES, Professor of History and Biblical Literature. B. S., University of Nebraska (1884); Ph. D., Johns Hopkins (1890). Member of B K. 20