Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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A. Laurence Baxter Francis C. Blair Edith Cugley G. Morton Daller WiLLARD S. ElSBREE Ella Falck Walton C. Ferris Elizabeth Griscom John M. Hilgert Herbert L. Hutchinson Henrietta Keller F. Norto n Landon Marian Satterthwaite Paul Sharpless Howard K. Shaw Richard W. Slocum Winnie Weihenmayer Carolien White li)

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■•••■• ( (Lontents BEFORE THE MIRROR ALMA MATER CLASSES FRATERNITIES HONOR SOCIETIES ACTIVITIES ATHLETICS BEHIND THE MIRROR I ) 14

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Ol)e Alumni Association In the fall of 1869 Swarthmore College opened its doors to students, and graduated its first class in June, 1873. On the 8th of May, 1875, a meeting of the classes of ' 7}t and ' 74 was held for the purpose of organizing an Alumni Association, and a committee was appointed to draft a constitu- tion. The two classes met again. May 29th, 1875, adopted a constitution and elected officers, the President being Maria C. Pierce, ' 7} , and the Secretary, Mary Hibbard, ' 74. The other officers were as follows : Vice Presidents, Herman Hoopes, ' 74; Lowndes Taylor, ' 7i Elizabeth C. Miller, ' 7i ; Treasurer, Esther T. Moore, ' 73 ; Executive Committee, Ferris W. Price, ' 74, Helen Magill, ' 7i, and Ellen H. Evans, ' 74. The charter of the Association was obtained in 1881 and the Association was incorporated January 16th, 1882. The purpose of this Association is best told in the words of Article 11, of the Constitution, namely — The object of this Association shall be to promote union and good feeling among Alumni, and to advance in all proper ways the interests of Swarthmore College. In pursuance of this ideal the Alumni Association has been most keenly interested in many of the activities of the college and its pressing needs. In September, 1878, William Seaman, Joseph T. Bunting and Edward Martin were appointed on a committee to confer with the Athletic Associa- tion of the College to encourage and increase interest in sports. ' ' From this time to the present, similar committees have been appointed and the Alumni ha e aided the college athletics both materially and also by timely encouragement and advice. Soon after the fire in 1881, money was collected fo r buying books for the library, and about ten years later the Alumni Library Endowment Fund was established. The money contributed toward this was invested, and the income is used annually to purchase new books. The interest of the Alumni Association in the Phoenix has never flagged and there ha e been Alumni Phoenix Committees and Alumni Editors of the Phoenix throughout its career. The Alumni have shown their loyalty and interest in the College in many ways, working sometimes through the organ of the Association and sometimes individually. In times of financial crisis in the college history, the members of the Association have contributed liberalh ' . Several portraits that hang in Parrish Hall are the gifts of Alumni and it has become a custom for the classes to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their graduation by bestowing some gift upon their Alma Mater. The Library Chimes, the ' 89 Gateway, the Sproul Observatory, t he oaks along the walks to Wharton Hall, and various other gifts bear testimony to this happy custom. 16