Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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Blanshard Brooks Brewster Creichton Dresden Dunn MacLeod Goddard Manning HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS BRAND BLANSHARD A graduate of the University of Michigan in the class of 1914, Dr. Blanshard received his M.A. from Columbia in 1918. his B.S.C. at Oxford in 1920, and after fulfilling the requirements of Ph.D. in 1921 at Harvard, he returned to Mich- igan as assistant professor of philosophy. In 1925 he came to Swarthmore as associate profes- sor, advancing in 1928 to a full professorship. ETHEL H. BREWSTER Miss Brewster was graduated from Swarthinore in 1907 and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. In 1916 she came to Swarthmore as assistant professor of Greek and Latin, becoming associate professor in 1923 and professor in 1928. At present she is chairman of the division of the humanities and of the committee on fellowships. ROBERT C. BROOKS Robert Clarkson Brooks, Joseph Wharton Pro- fessor of Political Science and head of that department, holds degrees from Indiana and Cornell Universities. Recognized as an authority on political parties, democracy, and Switzerland, he has written several books on these subjects. Recently he has received the honorary degree of Doctor Rerum Politicarum from the Univer- sity of Berne. H. JERMAIN CREIGHTON Dr. Creighton received his A.B. and M.A. degrees from Dalhousie University. Halifax. From 1908-1910 he held the Royal 1851 Exhibition Science Research scholarship. He took his M.S.C. at the University of Birmingham. After studying at Heidelberg, he received his D.S.C. from the Federal Polytechnic, Zurich. In 1912 he came to Swarthmore after lecturing at Dalhousie, and In 1923 became head of the chemistry depart- ment. ARNOLD DRESDEN Having received an S.M. d egree from the Uni- versity of Amsterdam in 1903, Dr. Dresden ob- tained his Ph.D. in 1909 from Chicago University. He taught mathematics at the University of Wisconsin from 1912 until 1927 in the sub- sequent capacities of instructor, assistant profes- sor and associate professor, and came to Swarth- more in 1927. He has been president of the Mathematical Association of America. ROBERT DUNN Mr. Dunn, coach of soccer and baseball, re- ceived his B.S. degree from Temple University. In 1925 he became an assistant in the physical education department at Swarthmore. He was made an instructor and acting head of the de- partment in 1931. Last year he became an assistant professor. HAROLD GODDARD Dr. Goddard has been an institution at Swarth- more for a quarter of a century. Graduating with an A.B. from Amherst in 1900, he added llie M.A. and Ph.D. degrees to his title in 1903 and 1908 at Columbia. He began his career as instructor in mathematics at Amherst, then joined the English staff at Northwestern, and in 1909 came to Swarthmore as professor of English literature, which department he now directs. ROBERT B. MacLeod Dr. Macleod received his A.B. at Magill in 1926 and his M.A. the following year. As a recipient of the Moyse Travelling Fellowship he studied in Germany in 1928. After getting his Ph.D. at Columbia, Dr. MacLeod became instruc- tor of psychology at Cornell in 1930 and came to Swarthmore as head of that department in 1933. FREDERICK J. MANNING In Dr. Manning we find a combination of soldier and scholar. Graduating from Yale in 1916, he continued his study, which was inter- rupted by military service in the field artillery. In 1919 he returned to academics, becoming an instructor at Yale until 1925, when he received his Ph.D. In that year he came to Swarthmore as assistant professor of history, and in 1931 reached his present status as full professor. g

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Frances B. Blanshard, Dean of Women € ■ WHAT WE ALL WANT „„ , ,„„. temporary writer, is to be quite sure that there is something which makes it worth while to go on living in what seems to us our best way, at our finest intensity. If you find this in college, you will have gained e best that it can give you. Frances Blansharp. ■THE COLLEGE STUDENT of today can take nothing for granted. Society is not waiting to offer him, on his graduation, a variety of ap- pealing opportunities. Men will not take him at his own valuation. His future, so far as his happiness and his usefulness is concerned, will depend upon something more than technical com- petence and specific training, important as these are. The questions which he will have to answer, sooner or later, are searching questions. Has he learned how to accept and measure up to responsibility? Has he learned how to cooperate with others, avoiding self importance and undue sensitiveness, and appreciating the best points in people very different from himself? Has he realized that man does not live by bread alone but remains unsatisfied unless he discovers the intangible w ' ealth which is hidden in his heart, the capacities which place truth and beauty within his reach? Life will press for an answer to these ques- tions. Harold E. B. Speight. Harold E. B. Speight, Dean of Men

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jNewport Palmer Phillips bCOTT Rath SWANN Wilcox Thatcher Wright HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS CLARA P. NEWPORT Mrs. Newport received her A.B. degree from Swarthmore in 1903, her Ph.D. from the Univer- sity of Wisconsin in 1908, and studied German and French at the University of Berlin, the Sor- bonne. College de France, and the University of Munich. Instructor in Latin at Swarthmore in 1908 and 1909, and the following year acting assistant professor of German, she left to be German instructor at the University of Kansas, but returned to Swarthmore in 1912. SAMUEL PALMER Receiving his A.B. from Swarthmore in 1895, Dr. Palmer taught at Swarthmore Preparatory School until 1907. when he took his M.A. In 1909 he became an acting professor of biology and geology, but left to obtain an M.A. and, in 1912, a Ph.D. at Harvard. Returning to Swarth- more, he taught and also became graduate man- ager of athletics. EDlTfl PHILIPS Miss Philips was graduated from Goucher with an A.B. in 191.3. She received her Doc- tureate from L ' Lniversiti de Paris in 1923. From 1928 to 1929 she was a Guggenheim fellow in French, after which she came to Swarthmore. In 19.30 she was made assistant professor, and soon after a full professor. VIRGINIA RATH Miss Rath hails from the sunny South. She took her A.B. at Hollins College, taught two years at the University of Texas, two years at Virginia State Teachers ' College, and one year at her Alma Mater after receiving her M.A. in Education at Columbia. She has been an instruc- tor of physical education at Swarthmore since 1931 and this year was made assistant professor. WALTER J. SCOTT Dr. Scott received his A.B. from Lafayette College in 1917. and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1925 and ' 31. After serving as instructor of zoology and physi- ology at the University of Tennessee Medical School from 1922 to ' 24 and assistant instructor in the Medical School at Penn in 1924. he came to Swarthmore in 1927. ALFRED J. SWANN Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, educated at Oxford, manager of children ' s colonies in Siberia for the American Red Cross following the Rus- sian Revolution. Professor Swann is now head of the .Swarthmore and Haverford Music depart- ments. Professor .Swann has written books on .Scriabin and Modern Music, contributed to musical journals, composed music, and edited the Swarthmore Choral Series. CHARLES G. THATCHER Mr. Thatcher has run the whole gamut of Swarthmore honors as student, instructor, assis- tant professor, associate professor, and chairman of the Division of Engineering. He did once abandon our campus fair for Cayuga ' s waters, receiving the degree, M.E., at Cornell in 1916, but this intermission was ended in 1918 when he returned to Swarthmore. CLAIR WILCOX Doctor Wilcox, B.S., M.A., Ph.D., spent eight years as instructor at Lafayette, University of Pennsylvania, and Ohio State University. In 1927 he came to Swarthmore where in 1931 he received a full professorship in economics. He has held also numerous public offices and is the author of several books on economic sub- jects. WINTHROP WRIGHT Dr. Wright, Morris L. Clothier professor of physics, received his A.B. degree from the Llni- versity of Michigan in 1909. From 1909 to 1912 he was instructor at the Georgia School of Tech- nology. In 1912 he became an assistant in physics at Columbia, where from 1913 to 1915 he was Tyndall fellow. In 1915 he went to Michigan and received his Ph.D. there in 1917. In 1919 he came to Swarthmore as an assistant professor after being assistant physicist at the Bureau of Standards. In 1929 he became a full professor.