Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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THE micros @F IS! THE COLI EGE PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF MANAGERS ROBERT M. JANNEY Page Eighteen

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THE micros @F ISK THE COT.I EGE Founders ' Day, 1914 OUNDERS ' DAY fell on October Twenty- fourth ' . Unfor- tunately the day was rather cloudy ; but the weather at no time was sufficiently bad to interfere with the exercises. Hun- dreds of Alumni and friends of the College returned to cele- brate the Anniversary, and to the holiday array of students were added trainloads of enthusiastic visitors. The formal celebration began at one-thirty in the after- noon when the classes, led by the Seniors in caps and gowns, marched down the Asphaltum in a double line, and formed a hollow hexagon on the Campus. The column was headed by President Swam, Isaac Clothier, then President of the Board of Managers; Dr. MacDonald, editor of the Toronto Globe and speaker for the occasion ; and J. Allen Baker, Member of Parliament. One of the most interesting features of the procession was the string of Swarthmoreans-to- be following the undergraduates. It was composed of prospective students carrying pen- nants bearing numerals from ' 19 to ' 36, and included a number of little tots scarcely able to make their way alone between the lines of applauding spectators. When the forma- tion was complete, each class sang its song and gave its yell. A departure from custom was instituted this year by the introduction of the Founders ' Day song by the whole stu- dent body, words and music for which were written by Herbert L. Brown, ' 1 6. Shortly after the singing, the exercises were resumed in the out-of-doors auditorium. Isaac Clothier opened the meeting with an appropriate speech introducing Dr. MacDonald. The speaker is a large, powerfully-built orator with a voice eminently adapted to open- air lecturing. He based his address on the war, comparing the deplorable conditions in Europe with the peaceful relations existing between the neighboring nations in America. The theme of the oration was Peace, and as the great audience followed the carefully chosen words disclosing his intimate knowledge of American relations, it was easy to un- derstand why Dr. MacDonald was selected as chief executive of the World Peace Foun- dation. Mr. Baker succeeded the main speaker with a few remarks, and the meeting closed with Alma Mater. The crowd hastened to the gridiron, where the Garnet team defeated Ursinus, 7 to 0. The evening of Founders ' Day was devoted to a play in Collection Hall, a peace drama called In The Vanguard, by Katrina Trask. The cast was made up entirely of students selected after tryouts by the coach, Mrs. Lippincott. Although entirely too didactic for general presentation, it was so ably interpreted that the interest of the audience both in the personnel of the cast and the subject of the drama assured its success at Swarth- more. The plot depicts a young man torn between the old ideals of the warrior and the inore modern ideal of a hero of the durable. At, the outbreak of the war he enKsts, witnesses the horrors of war, and refuses to re-enlist, returning home to be shunned by his townsfolk. One of the few persons who remain faithful to him is a wealthy peace advo- cate who employs the youth to take charge of his affairs. The boy ' s sweetheart finally realizes the truth; they are united; and the play ends happily with the union of the lovers, and the horrors of war still lingering in the minds of the audience. Page Seventeen

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THE COLLEGE Board of Managers President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Robert M. Janney Wilson M. Powell, Jr. Howard Cooper Johnson Charles M. Biddle Term Expires Twelfth Month, 19 5 Robert M. Janney -------- Philadelphia Mary C. Clothier ------- Wynnewood Wilson M. Powell, Jr. - - - - - - New York, N. Y. Edward Martin, M.D. -------- Philadelphia Wm. W. Cocks --------- Westbury, L. I. Lucy Biddle Lewis -------- Lansdowne Philip M. Sharples - ------ West Chester Mary Hibbard Thatcher ------- Swarthmore Terms Expires Treelfth Month, 19 6 Charles F. Jenkins -------- Philadelphia Robert H. Walker ------- Baltimore, Md. Emma C. Bancroft ------- Wilmington, Del. Harriett Cox McDowell ------ Brooklyn, N. Y. George M. Lamb, Jr. ------- Baltimore, Md. Howard W. Lippincott ------- Philadelphia Mary W. Albertson - - - - - - . - Westbury, L. L Abigail Foulke Pim --------- Penllyn Term Expires Twelfth Month, 1917 Howard Cooper Johnson ..-..- Philadelphia Hetty Lippincott Miller ------ Riverton, N. J. Joanna W. Lippincott ------- Philadelphia Marianna S. Rawson ------- Brooklyn, N. Y. Rowland Comly -------- Philadelphia Henry C. Turner ------- New York, N. Y. Daniel Underhill ------- Brooklyn, N. Y. Elsie Palmer Brown ------- Washington, D. C. Term Expires Twelfth Month, 1918 Isaac H. Clothier -------- Philadelphia .Caroline H. Worth - - - - - - - - Coatesville Edmund Webster - - - - - - - - Philadelphia Emma McIlvain Cooper ------ Camden, N. J. Rebecca C. Longstreth ------- Haverford William C. Sproul --------- Chester Robert Pyle --------- West Grove Pase Nineteen