Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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■ BEGINNING WHERE LAST YEAR ' S Halcyon left off, the 1936 Staff has attempted to get away still further from the stereotyped year book so well known to all. Let it be known, that we are not motivated simply by the desire to be different, but that it is our opinion that the old forms are exceedingly dull and unattractive, and have been used heretofore merely as an easy ex- pedient to take the place of work and originality. The 1936 Halcyon is, therefore, an attempt to present a kaleidescopic review of Swarthmore dur- ing the past year as interestingly as possible. And if you are not one by whom the new is tried, its too late now — we ' ve got your five dollars. Dedicated to NICHOLAS O. PITTENGER Comptroller of Sicarthmore College

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■ AT A TIME like this, when those who figure in the pages of the Halcyon feel a justifiable pride in their achievements in college, it is good to remember that what a person is and what he is going to be are more important than the things that he has accomplished hitherto. The successes and failures of college life are very real at the moment, but their permanent value is the effect which they leave on mind and char- acter. Life offers many opportunities to turn early failures into eventual success, and, alas, to turn early successes into failure. The dreams which a shy student dreams in college may mean more to him and to the world than any definite achievement which his friends or his teachers are able to measure and record. This is no reason for undervaluing achievement in the ex- amination room or on the athletic field or in any other of the thousand ways in which under- graduate life tests intelligence, character, and physical prowess. But it is a reason for courage in defeat, for humility in victory, and for a large tolerance toward those who do not fit into any conventional mold, whose achievements the coarse finger and thumb of college standards may have failed to plumb, but who may for all that have a contribution of great value to make to the world. Frank Aydelotte. ■ THAT WAS AN architect with a vision and great sense of propriety who placed over the portals of his handsome high school, in a nearby town, the motto. Enter to Leam. Go Forth to Serve. I never pass without admiring the archi- tectural monument he has raised and then tlie eye falls and lingers on his stimulating message which will endure as long as one granite stone rests on another. I would have wished our early architects might have carved an inscription such as this over Swarthmore ' s portals. But I know this thought and wish filled the hearts of the founders and that hope of its fulfillment sur- rounds each successive class as it goes forth. May this then be the message of the Board for the Class of 1936. Render your service with brave hearts and level heads and their by-products of high courage and common sense. With sym- pathy for the ills of mankind, its mistakes and shortcomings. With understanding begot of what you have learned. With faith in the Eternal Goodness of God. When your turn comes, as it will in a few fleeting months, to close Swarth- more ' s doors behind you, may you in full measure Go Forth to Serve. Charles F. Jenkins. Frank Aydelotte President Charles F. Jenkins, President of the Board of Managers