Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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ij Cbe lb a I c ? on Zbc Spirit anb Iprootees of Swavtbmoic A COLLEGE, like any other institution or enterprise, must increase its facilities for usefulness from time to time if it is to command public confidence. It is profitable to ask ourselves occasionally what a year has brought forth for us. It is also instructive to ask this same question concerning Swartli- more. Does Swarthmore show encouraging progress since the pub- lication of the Halcyon of 1904? A statement of fact should give us an answer. Material Additions. Two sections of Wharton Hall, the new dormitory for men, have been completed. The building is well arranged, modern, and beautifully located. Fifty-five young men have found their college home therein during this year. Its popu- larity is shown by the fact that the majority of the upper classmen chose rooms in this hall, and many more students desired rooms here than could be accommodated. There is need of a new section to Wharton Hall as soon as funds are provided for the purpose. There is also need for additional dormitory accommodations for women. The new men ' s dormitory is named in honor of Joseph Wharton, President of the Board of Managers, who has made numerous gifts to Swarthmore, among them the $50,000 for this building. A new Chemistry building has been completed at a cost of nearly $35,000. This building was made possible by the consent of one of the large contributors to the endowment fund that this amount from his gift to the College should be used for this purpose. The fire of last year, which started in the Chemistry lecture room in Science Hall, probably hastened the erection of the hall of Chemistry by one year. This building has now been in use several months. There is none more complete of its kind owned by any small college in the United States. In some particulars it is superior to any

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ITbelbalcvon j2 otlier hall of Chemistry in this country. That it is appreciated by the students is shown by the way they crowd into its laboratories. Many work here not only during their required hours, but at other times. This building furnishes an illustration of how good equip- ment contributes to earnestness in the pursuit of a subject as well as to more satisfactory results. This chemical building with its equipment is tyj ical of what Swarthmore should have in every one of her science departments. The rooms damaged by the tire of last year in Science Hall have been repaired and refitted for the work in Physics and Engineering, and Professors Hoadley and Stine have been asked to di de this whole building in such a way as the work of their departments re- quire. Thus, the crowded condition in the Physical and Engineering- departments has been partially relieved, the equipment much in- creased. The generous gift of $1,000 from Morris L. Clothier has materially assisted in this direction. There are still urgent needs, as the following paragraph from the Managers ' recent report The large increase in the number of students in the En- gineering department has emphasized the fact that we should spend several thousand dollars next year to improve this department. Recent investigation shows that the engineers who have gone out from Swarthmore feel that they are equipped for the work as fully as men who go out from larger and more expensive schools. This standard Swarthmore should continue to hold, but with the tremen- dous stride in the Engineering schools throughout the country we cannot hope to hold our jslace or our students without increasing equipment, while we raise our standard and improve our methods as well. Besides much additional ap]iaratus, we should have new shops. ' ■ Such recognition from our Managers makes it probable that these needs will soon be met. Two residences for professors have been completed on the College grounds. The building of residences for the Faculty on the