Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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DEAN HUNT Dean Hunt is Swarthmore, his duties, very extensive and rather un- definable. Having been relieved by Associate Dean Moore and Assistant Dean Carrell of some of the admissions work, he now centers his atten- tion on the problems of the men students in college and on the general fimctions of the whole institiuion. This affable, sandy-haired Westerner with his dry humoi and engag- ingly crooked smile is one of the most popular men on campus. Famous for his passion for Milton and Bach— an amateur movie enthusiast for his movies of Western scenes. The surest way to his heart, he says, is through Jackson Hole. THE DEANS DEAN COBBS Relying on her easy southern charm and poise, Miss Cobbs has slipped easily into her second year of Deanship in one of Swanhmorcs most dif- ficult jobs. Friend and ad iser to the upperclass women, and oiganizer of a series of teas designed to bring closer together student and professor, she also represents .Swarthmore to new and prospecti e freshmen while perform- ing her remarkable balancing of both names and strawberrv ice cream. In addition to the full routine of the all-important inteniewing of, and passing judgment on the hopeful, directing the feminine half of the school ' s administration, and teaching Latin and Greek to those vith a classical bent, she claims that she e en finds time to relax with an occa- sional game of bridge or a crossword puzzle from the Times.

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THE PRESIDEIVT JOHN W. NASON A college president is all things to all men. To the Board of Managers he represents the administration, faculty, and student body; to the stu- dent body he represents the Board of Managers. To all of us he repre- sents the idea of Swarthmore education, education as development of the mind and of the individual, rather than the accumulation of knowl- edge and the learning of a profession. Calm, dignified, efficient, John Nason has known many colleges and universities from the inside: Carleton, Muhlenberg, Harvard, Pennsvl- vania and Oxford; and his degrees include both Doctor of Laws and Doctor of Literature, but we prefer to remember him in shirtsleeves pitching the faculty to victory over the girls ' softball team. Sincere and approachable, he is an integral part of all that goes on at Swarthmore.

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JAMES A. PERKINS Mr. Perkins, although only in his second year as vice-president, is a well-known Swarthmorean having graduated from here in 1934. This year the majority of his time has been spent in the capacity of executive chairman of the five million dollar campaign. This work requires a great deal of traveling and speech making, but has not removed Mr. Perkins entirely from campus life. Here he works in close contact with President Nason, serves on several committees and takes over the presi- dential duties in Mr. Nason ' s absence. His informality makes him easy to approach his constant teasing is the bane of the occupants of the 2nd West offices. For relaxation, he and his wife (class of 1936) and their children head for Buck Hill on weekends. •% MR. CARRELL Jep Carrell, our Young Man in a Hurry and new Assistant Dean of Men, received a Franklin and Marshall degree while in the Marines although he originally be longed to Swarthmore ' s class of ' 45. With Deans Hunt and Moore, he shares the work of interviewing freshmen applicants plus coaching the freshman soccer team and carrying through his graduate work at Penn. MR. MOORE John Moore, having left the Swarthmore Philosophy Department for a more active life, divides his time between the many duties of an Asso- ciate Dean and of the executive director of the National Council on Re- ligion in Higher Education. Using his organizing ability to co-ordinate his multiple jobs, as Associate Dean, he handles much of the admissions procedme, and he is entrusted with the important job of acting as the veterans ' faculty adviser.