Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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TME • J H 3 3 ' MALCYOn The Year Act I (The stage is set with budding leaves, green new grass, warm sunshine, tops down on roadsters, girls sitting in windows of Parrish.) An exciting discussion of new Women ' s Student Government rules is in progress. The rules pass, the girls are free and college men gain an equal footing with outsiders. Alas, the privileges are but fleeting! (The curtain falls to indicate the passing of one short week, known as spring vaca- tion. As it rises, we see three portraits and a railing where once was the Pet, and furnishings are now over-stuffed in green and rust, with a home-like atmosphere.) People are going to supper whenever they wish. Green glass plates, then pink ones, appear, along with the famous strawberry short-cake or an orange . Crum takes on civilized airs with paths and shrubbery, although some long for the old days of the forest primeval. Exciting baseball games, lacrosse games, track meets, and tennis matches follow in quick succession. May Day, with even the water tower decorated in spring array of orange and black. Nymphs trip around the May poles despite bitter breezes and frozen toes. The men crown their king of May, with fitting ceremonies, and the fair sex follow suit with their queen. The famous, or infamous, raid takes place in Wharton, and Swarthmore once more reaches the front pages of the nation ' s newspapers. Tap night is held, with suspense at the breaking point. Seven new neophytes are dragged to their fate while the whole college looks on. The girls are serenaded m the annually customary fashion, with trucks and automobiles galore to carry the gay Romeos. Rehearsals, rehearsals, rehearsals, and the freshmen women crash through with a grand show. Mortar board elections are announced. Honors exams begin; we lesser students note the haunted looks on the faces of our brilliant brethren, and start studying in earnest. We cram and worry, but somehow senior comprehensives come and pass, regular finals do likewise, and soon it is all over for the year. Prexy ' s lawn suffers that prophecies, histories, and wills can be read. Graduates receive suitable gifts from colored porters whose identity is ill-concealed. Alumni return in hoards — even Dean Valentine is not above wearing a clown suit for the glory of the class of ' 21. The alumni dance is a big success, as is also the junior play, The Piper . Then comes Baccalaureate, and the Ivy Oration. An excellent Commencement is the first held in Clothier, with no room to spare. The senior dance is under way as the curtain falls on the happy scene. Act II (Three months later. The actors are tanned and radiant. The scene has an early autumn appearance, with occasional crisp days to send the summer on its way) . Crowds of new actors appear, soon to be distinguished by red dinks or berets, and large tell-tale signs. They take placement exams, make friendships, and wait expectantly. Upperclassmen are back, and things really begin. Men rush and are through with it; the women hold a W. S. G. A. reception, and drag their rushing on for weeks. Class

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THE 1 ? 3 3 M A L C Y H MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY HEAD — Arnold Dresden, Ph.D Udward H. Magill Prof, of Mathematics and Astronomy John Anthony Miller, Ph.D., F.R., A.S. Director of Sprout Observatory and Research Professor of Astronomy Ross W. Marriott, Ph.D Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy John Himes Pitman, A.M Associate Professor of Mathematics and Asf.onomy Michel Kovalenko, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy Alice M. Rogers, A.B Research Assistant in Mathematics Holbrook M. MacNeille, A.B Instructor in Mathematics Dorothea Kern, M.A Research Assistant in Astronomy MUSIC HEAD- -Alfred J. Swan, A.B Director of Music PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION HEAD — Brand Blanshaid, Ph.D Professor of Philosophy Jesse Herman Holmes, Ph.D Professor of Philosophy John W. Nason, M.A Instructor in Philosophy Theodore M. Greene, Ph.D Lecturer in Philosophy PHYSICAL EDUCATION HEAD — Robert Dunn, B.S Director. Physical Education for Men Virginia Rath, M.A Director. Physical Education for Women Virginia Neal Brown, A.B Assistant in Physical Education for Women May E. Parry, A.B., B.S Assistant in Physical Education for Women George R. Pfann. B.A Instructor in Physical Education for Men Dorothy L. Ashton, A.B,, M.D Lecturer in Hygiene Franklin S. Gillespie, A.B., M.D Lecturer in Hygiene PHYSICS HEAD — Winthrop R. Wright, Ph.D Morris L. Clothier Professor of Physics Milan W. Garrett, D. Phil Assistant Professor of Physics George Arthur Hoadley, D.C Emeritus Professor of Physics PHYSIOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY HEAD — Walter J. Scott, Ph.B Instructor in Physiology and Zoology John G. Farrow, B.A Laboratory Instructor in Physiology and Zoology POLITICAL SCIENCE HEAD — Robert Clarkson Brooks, Ph.D Joseph Wharton Professor J. Roland Pennock, A.M Instructor Harold E. Snyder Instructor Paul Lewinson, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Political Science ROMANCE LANGUAGES HEAD — Louis Cons, B.esL., L.esL., Susan W, Lippincott Professor of French Language and Literature Charles R. Bagley, A.M., B.Litt Associate Professor of French Margaret Pitkin Bainbridge, Ph.D Assistant Professor of French Edith Philips, D.U.P Associate Professor of French Mercedes C. Iribas, B.S.E Instructor in Spanish Enrique Bustos, A.B Assistant in Spanish Elizabeth H. Brooks, A.B Language Tutor Leon Wencilius, L.es.L., Th.D Instructor in French Isabelle Bronk, Ph.D Emeritus Professor of the French Language and Literature Robert Elson Turner, D.U.P Acting Associate Professor of French Margaret Wencelius, M.A Part-time Instructor in French LIBRARY Charles B. Shaw, M.A Librarian John Russell Hayes, LL.B Librarian of Friends Historical Library ARBORETUM John C. Wister Director of Arthur Hoyt Scott Arboretum Absent on leave. of Political Science in Political Science Political Science I

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THE- l ' ?33- MALCYOH receptions are held for the freshmen, and the table parties look as if they were for the freshmen too. Finally everything is settled ; studying begins. Swarthmore scores on Penn — free hair cuts and lots of happiness despite the final defeat. More exciting football games follow, while the soccer team is having a fine season. Dr. Eyler Simpson talks on Mexico to enthusiastic audiences. The school feels the depression; accordingly the juniors turn out in old clothes for their dance, despite the formal affair held by the seniors. The mixed chorus concert is a success. The Little Theatre Club proves that Ann Harding isn ' t necessary to make Holiday a success. The village celebrates the opening of the new underpass, with awe-inspiring officials, parades, and everything. The Chest Fund puts on a real campaign that goes over the top in fine shape. Then comes the Hamburg Show, proving that the lion isn ' t dead after all. The men in ballet costumes are even better than those in the evening dress of former years. And you can ' t kill a man by running swords through him! The Haverford soccer game for charity is exciting enough to compensate for losing by so very little. The Greek Gods haven ' t a chance with these superior Swarthmore co-eds , even with big blaA cigars to help the men along. This victory closes the usual successful season of the girls ' hockey team. We give up our turkey to help the unemployed. That short but awful period before Christmas, with term papers under way and days dragging out interminably. The D. U. ' s have a speaking contest as usual, and give the prizes to the Phi Psi ' s — honestly. The basketball season starts propitiously; we hope for a good season, and our wishes prove to be fulfilled. Inter-fraternity games take up all our afternoons. The D. U. ' s and Kappa Sigs play a game for charity. Finally comes Christmas; — packing, exchanging presents, the best Christmas dance ever, crowded trains departing as the curtain falls. Act III (Two weeks later. The men ' s gym presents a new appearance, with the useless and dangerous balcony removed.) Everyone returns for the hectic cram before exams. The girls give a winter dance that proves a big success, although everyone is almost snow-bound in the first real storm of the year. Professor Lowes of Harvard packs the Meeting House for his splendid lectures on Chaucer. Men ' s Night is held, with a notable Swarthmore alumnus back to talk to the male faction, while the girls are left out in the cold. The school is excited about the problem of the women ' s fraternities. Various re- forms or abolition are discussed, with no decision except to retain fraternities in some form. Voting, voting, and more voting. Then mid-years, with their usual strain and wearisomeness. No snow for Skytop, but a grand time anyhow for the Swarthmore crowd. Grades come out, being unani- mously acclaimed far too low. Green cards, white cards, schedule sheets, fees, registra- tion in the gym, and the new semester is under way. Spring fever epidemic is starting early, as sunshiny days and star-lit nights make books seem odious. Flowers are in bud, and the feeling of spring is in the air. Light- heartedness and gaiety fill the scene as the final curtain falls on another year at Swarthmore. 1