Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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For many years the Alumni business meeting was lield on tiie aflerntjon of Commencement Day, and the banquet which velc(jmes tiie graduating class to the company of Alumni occurred the evening of the same da) ' . Occasionally, when there was some special reason for doing so, an invitation was extended to all ex-members of graduated classes, as well as to the graduates of the college, to attend this Alumni Banquet, and in 1905 it was decided to extend this privilege each year. In 1906 yVlumni Uay was established. This day belongs wholly to Alumni and ex-students, and all the activities of the day are carried on by them. Class reunions are held, class gifts are presented to the College, there is a business meeting where many things pertaining to the welfare of the College are considered, games are played, the Senior Play in the outdoor auditorium is repeated, and last but not least, there is the dimier in honor of the graduating class, where most inspiring speeches for the betterment and advancement of the college are delivered, as there are among the Alumni and ex-students many men and women who possess the happy faculty of expressing their loyalty and the loyalty of the whole body of Swarthmoreans in a most effecti ' e and delightful way. e Swartl)more (ToUege .-Alumni .-Association Officers for 1920-21 President Francis W. D ' Olier, ' 07 John R. Sproul, ' 17 - Nora Stabler Worth, ' 03 Maurice E. Griest, ' 04 Vice Presidents Moorestown, N. J. Chester Bryn Mawr Hamilton, Ohio Secretary and Treasurer Abby Mary Hall Roberts, ' 90 - - - Swarthmore Directors Term Expires June, 1921 Charles Palmer, ' 82 Charles T. Brown, ' 98 David D. Rowlands, ' 09 George H. Brooke, ' 93 Channing Way, ' 97 - Helen S. Brown, ' 00 Term Expires June, 1922 Chester Moorestown, N. J. Sheboygan, ' is. Philadelphia West Chester Moorestown. N. J- 17

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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

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X estern Swartl)more (Tlub Tlie Western Swarthmore Club was organized in December, 1903. It started at an informal dinner where about a dozen former Swarthmoreans had gathered to listen to ex-President Magill. A happy suggestion resulted in the immediate formation of the Chicago Swarthmore Club. Upon electing Francis E. Broomell, ' 93, Secretary and Treasurer, the Club began to take on a larger aspect. It was reorganized and named the Western Swarthmore Club, with the membership now over four hundred. Each year the Western Swarthmore Club sends a scholar to Swarthmore. This scholar must be a graduate of a well-established school of the college preparatory type, located west of the Allegheny Mountains. The scholarship is competitive and is given to the applicant who best fulfills the requirements of (1) excellence and force of character, (2) capacity as shown by success in studies and other school activities, and (3) good physique and excellence in exercises and sports. President Vice President Secretary Treasurer (Bovcrnlng oar6 c. rroll h. sudler, ' 88 Fred M. Simons, Jr., ' 09 Harry A. Olin, ' 19 Arthur G. Hoadley, ' 02 William T. Battin, ' 96 Francis G. Blair, ' 97 Francis E. Broomell, ' 93 Howard S. Evans, ' 03 Roland B. Flitcraft, ex- ' 99 Russell C. Hoadley, ' 10 T. Atkinson Jenkins, ' 87 William V. Kerns, ' 13 William S. Marshall, ' 88 Marshall Pancoast, ' 99 James J. Schock, ' 13 Feed M. Simons, Jr.. ' 09 Ralph Stone, ' 89 Carroll H. Sudler, ' 88 Mrs. William E. Sweet, ' 88 Newton E. Tarble, ' 13 Mark Thistlewaite, ' 01 James E. Verree, ' 83 I. Daniel Webster, ' 89 Conrad A. Wickam, ' 11 Edith M. Winder, ' 01 18