Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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develop his manly qualities is to treat him like a man, and not like a boy. Irritating restraints tend to arrest the development of a manly frame of mind. On the other hand, if the student is to have the unrestraint of a man so long as he is manly, he must be held strictly to account of his deeds as soon as he relapses into the boy again. His success in college discipline was fine, as might have been expected from the theories of education which he entertained. During this first year of President De Garmo ' s administration, although several changes were required in the corps of assistants, the only change in the Faculty was the resignation of Gerrit E. H. Weaver, A. M., Professor of German, who left, at the opening of the year, to pursue more advanced studies in the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, and his classes were taken by Marie A. Kemp, a graduate of Swarthmore of the Class of ' 79, who had recently returned from some years ' study abroad. In this twenty-third year, while the whole number of students was 204, there were but 26 below the grade of Freshmen in the Sub-Collegiate Class, against 41 in this Class when first organized a year before, and thus the College proper this year numbered 178 against 165 of the previous year, thus showing a steady gain in the right direction. An important change was made at this time in the Departments of French and German. Instead of alter- nating as heretofore, each study was now to be pursued continuously for two years, and in the last semester of each year the Scientific and Engineering students were to substitute scientific for literary French or German, to enable the young men to read more readily foreign books bearing on their branches of study. A very important change in the general management and control of the College made at this time should here be explained. Anxiety having been frequently expressed as to the future of Swarthmore, because of the ownership of stock upon which it was originally based, it was at this time proposed that a corporation be formed, consisting wholly of members of our religious society, and that this corporation hold all the stock of the College that could be collected, and exercise the control hitherto exercised by the stockholders. This was agreed to by a stock vote of a very large majority of the 20,000 shares of stock issued, no votes being cast in the negative; and seventy corporators were named, with power to fill their vacancies caused by death, resignation, or loss of membership in our religious society, and the number of living members was never to be permitted to fall below thirty-two. This important change should forever preserve the institution under the care of the Religious Society of Friends. It was believed that this would relieve the minds of some who would gladly aid in increas- ing largely the endowments of the College, as its future, as a Friends ' College, was thus permanently secured. 14

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jFacult anb Unsttuctors Josepb Swain President of the College. B. L.. Indiana University (1883); M. S. (1885); LL. D.. Wabash College (1893). Student of Mathematics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh (1885-86). Instructor in Mathematics and Zoology. Indiana University (1883-85); Assistant U. S. Fish Commissioner (1884) : Professor of Mathematics, Indiana University (1886-91) ; Professor of Mathematics, Leland Stanford, Junior, University (1891-93) ; President of Indiana University (1893-1902) ; Member of National Council of Education; President of Swarthmore College (from 1902). Elijabetb Powell 36on Dean. A. M.. Hon.. Swarthmore College (1897). Dean, Swarthmore College (from 1886). Author of Words by the Way (two volumes). Honoran, ' Member of B K. ]£ war5 Ibicfts IDagill Emeritus Professor of the French Language and Literature, and Lecturer on French Literature. A. B.. Brown University (1852); A. M. (1855); LL. D., Haverford College (1886). Professor of Latin and French, Swarthmore College (1869-70) ; President (1870-90) ; Professor of French Language and Literature (from 1890). Author of Magili ' s French Grammar; Magill ' s French Prose and Poetry; Magill ' s Modern French Series. Member of A K E and B K. 16