Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Sw wrthmore College WARTHMORE COLLEGE is finely locz ted on a piece of high ground about twelve miles southwest of Philadelpliia, looking across to the Delaware River and the Xew Jersey slopes. The College campus consists of 200 aciej- of rolling and partly wooded land, bordering over a mile on Crum Creek ; it is acknowledged by all who visit it to be an estate of exceptional bea-uty B.nd va lue ; and it has the additional advantage of lying within the limits of one of the best regulated boroughs of Pennsylvania. Swarthmore College was founded and is maintained by the Society of Friends. It has always offered Us inmates a choice home atmosphere as well as the intimate personal contact of professor and student— both potent influences in character-building. The aim at Swarthmore has always been to develop the individuB.1 student while maintaining the good of a.11. For the accomplishment of its aims, Swarthmore has been and continues to be the Ideal Small College. The Com-se of Study is based on uniform requirements for admission. The work of the student is divided into three nearly equal parts : Prescribed, Elecdve, and Major. The prescribed work is limited to certain essential subjects of recognized VB.lue as a basis for general education ; the elective work gives free pla.y t.. individua.1 tastes ; the adoption of a major subject permits the student ' s own inclination to be given scholarly a.nd special training and development by persistent effort in one direction. Upon the completion of this undergraduate course of study, the Degree of B. A. is conferred ; for young men, wh o desire to fit themselves to become engineers, a prescribed course leads to the Degree of B. S. in Engineering. The Name Swarthmore stands for Location unsurpassed by any college site in America. Ideal home atmosphere and moral tone. Strong college spirit. Large and enthusiastic alumni clubs. Attractive social life. Intimate contact of the specialist professor and the student. Healthy athletic activities : Tennis. Hockey, Skating, Basket- ball, Foot-ball, Lacrosse, Track Athletics. Athletics carefully controlled. Intercollegiate debates, oratory, college publications. Joseph Sw .in, LL. D. ■President- Swewr t h m o r e, P e n n y 1 v a. n i a.

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