Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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THE micros or mn THE COtLBGE Our dear friend is a Democrat; he is a Single Tax advocate; he is a sympathizer with Suffragists; he is in general a Fearless Champion. Some people even call him a Quaker. But whatsoever we call him, Jesse Holmes careth not, not he, — just so long as we don ' t call him a Republican ! IV. To recapitulate : — from Iowa, That land of waters, winds, and buffalo. He came by way of wide Nebraska ' s plains And classic shades of culture, to the East, To Baltimore and eke to Washington, — This Democratic Western Quaker youth — And settled finally at old Swarthmore, Where, after many years of faithful teaching And fruitful eloquence anad friendly deeds. He reaches now the height of his career. The dedication of this Book to him By Nineteen-Sixteen ' s kind and genial Class. V. William Penn once uttered some pithy and rememberable words about George F ox. Let me now, in bidding thee farewell. Gentle Reader, use them here for the sub- ject of this sketch: In all things he acquitted himself lil e a man, pea a strong man, a neXD and heavenly-minded man; a divine and a naturalist, and all of God Almighty ' s making. ' J. R. H., ' 88. Page Eleven

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THE COLLEGE The Present College Year HIS year, while not marked by much material advance, is no exception to the fact that each year finds Swarthmore more fully equipped to give to students in college better education under better conditions than ever before. The laboratories and libraries have had substantial additions in apparatus and books. A nevy walk has been built from the station to Whar- ton Hall. A new water lilter has been erected, so that not only the Springfield water supply, but the water from our own plant, is wholesome for all purposes, including drinking. The farmhouse has been refitted and transformed into a neat, comfortable, small infirmary. This is one of the additions that we wish we might never have use for, but experience has taught us that it is wise to be prepared to take care of contagious disease. A small tract of land on the north of the college ground has been purchased to straighten that boundary. The smoke nuisance, caused by the use of soft coal at the heating and lighting plant, has been removed by changing the equipment in the powerhouse and the use of hard coal. Two bequests have been made to the college during the past year: One of $5,000 from the late William C. Smith, of Saratoga Springs, New York; and one of $500 from the late Mary Lewis, of Media, Pennsylvania. A new athletic field has been located east of Chester Road and west of College Avenue, and $10,000 have been subscribed toward the erection of a grandstand, grading, filling, and other necessary improvements. The continued raising of standards, both for admission and work in college, is evi- dent. The mid-term reports of the first semester indicate that both preparation for entrance and the grade of work done during the term are of a higher order. We have at this time a larger list of applicants for future years than ever before. The alumni and others are now having the names of their children placed on the ap- plication list at a very early age, and often many years before they are ready for col- lege. The parents of one family recently entered five children. Such a condition is hopeful in securing standards of character and scholarship. The college grows stronger in its facidty each year, by the retention of growing men and women of the faculty, and by adding younger teachers of a similar type. We have to record, however, a loss during the past year, through the retirement of Dr. George A. Hoadley, who has been a tower of strength to Swarthmore for many years. Dr. Harvey Cornelius Hayes, of the Harvard faculty, has been appointed to the Chair of Physics. One of the incidents connected with the retirement of Doctor Hoadley is the trans- fer of the Department of Electrical Engineering from the Department of Physics to that of Engineering, in charge of Dr. George F. Blessing; Civil, Mechanical, and Electri- cal Engineering are now under his direction. Dr. William I. Hull, Professor of History and International Relations, was given sabbatical leave of absence during the present year. The policy of giving teachers such leave of absence is manifesting itself in the larger usefulness of the teaching force. It is a compliment both to Swarthmore and to Dr. Benjamin F. Battin, Professor of German, that he has, with the consent of the Managers of Swarthmore, accepted a call from the Carnegie Church Foundation, to spend this year in Europe in the interests of International Peace. The student life is growing more wholesome from year to year. Several customs have been modified or abolished. The contest between the Freshmen and Sophomores, Page Thirteen