Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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mittee on the College Presidency, after long and earnest attention to the service for which they had been appointed, offered the name of William Dudley Foulke, of Richmond, Indiana, who was unanimously elected to the office of President, to take eft ' ect Third month ist, 1891, but soon after this a severe family affliction prevented his accepting this appointment, and President Appleton continued to occupy the place until the close of the College year. The only changes in the Faculty this twenty-first year were the resignation of Henry W. Rolfe as Professor of Latin, and the appointment of Ferris W. Price to a full professorship and membership of the Faculty, on his return from his year ' s study abroad; and the appointment as full Professors and members of the Faculty of Dr. Spencer Trotter and Milton H. Bancroft. The need of a separate gj mnasium for the young women claimed the attention of the Board at this time, and it was decided to appoint a small committee to cooperate with the Somerville Literary Society to secure a girls ' gymnasium in connection with their proposed new building. We will close this brief account of two }-ears ' work of the College by the following quotation from the report of the Board of Managers made at this time : ' ' The year has not passed without bereavements, and we regret to record the death of a worthy co- laborer, Sarah H. Merritt, of Brooklyn, New York. Within the year, also, there have been called onward two of our former highly-valued Managers. Mary T. Longstreth was for many years most untiring in her devotion to the best interests of the College, and her gentle nature won for her the love of her asso- ciates. Her departure has been followed by that of Anna M. Ferris, who leaves a like record of efficient service to the cause of higher education. Her superior qualities, both of mind and heart, under the in- fluence of Divine love, endeared her to those of us whose privilege it was to labor with her. We desire to acknowledge the kindness of the family of Edgar Allen Brown, a deceased student of the Class of ' 90, in complying with his request and donating for the use of the College library the sum of $5,000. H

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Professor of the French Language and Literature, the new office to begin with the commencernent of the College vear in the autumn of 1890. A resolution of recognition of their appreciation of the services of the President was also placed upon record, and a copy furnislied him, and he spent the following year, 1889-90, in France, making additional preparation for the duties of his professorship, to which, after this generous recognition of the Board, he resolved to devote the remaining years of his active life. At this time the Board appointed Professor William Hyde Appleton as Acting President. Having been for seventeen years intimately connected with the work of the institution, and conversant with most of the minutiae of its management, he brought into his work, besides his love for the College and an earnest desire to promote its welfare wherever possible, a reserve force of experience and acquaintance with those already employed, which had been and must continue to be of great advantage. Professor Ferris W. Price was at this time granted a year ' s leave of absence to pursue his studies abroad, to be better prepared for the duties of his professorship. As the second decade of the College approached its close, those who best understood the working of the College grew more and more dissatisfied with the attempt to work a College and a large Preparatory School together under the same system of government. Upon this subject, the following passage from the report of the Board of Managers, in Twelfth month, 1889, will be found of interest : The Board of Managers feel that the past year has been one of progress in the career of the College. At its beginning the Board approved the dropping of the lowest class, and in Ninth month, 1889, for the first time, but two preparatory classes were admitted. This course has proved a wise one, and at the meeting in Twelfth month it was decided to discontinue, after the present year, the second preparatory class, thus having below the College only one class to be known as the Subcollegiate class. ' ' The result of this was most satis- factory, and promised the entire elimination of the Preparatory School and the placing of the College fully abreast of other colleges. Twenty-first Year, 1889-90. — At the opening of this year, Professor William Hyde Appleton, who had been Acting President the past year, was unanimously chosen President. Much as the Board of Managers desired to secure his valuable services permanently in this position, he was prevailed upon to accept only on condition that he should occupy the chair temporarily, until a successor could be appointed, as he felt that his duties as Professor were more congenial to him, and that he could better serve the College in that position than as President. At the meeting of the Board in Twelfth month, 1890, the Com- 13

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