Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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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.

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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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MISS MORAN Young, auiatlive, tfficiem Alice Moian, Associate Dean ol Women, is also in her second successful year at Swarthmore. As ach isor to the Con- duct Committee, adviser to the Social Committee, and administrative coordinator of student activities in general, Miss Moran has numerous, varied responsibilities demanding her constant attention. .She shares with Miss Cobbs the task of interviewing prospective Swarthmore co-eds, and her office keeps tabs on the state of campus life through the VSG.A books. MR. THATCHER As comptroller, Mr. Thatcher probably has the most thankless job at Swarthmore College. It is his job to allocate funds in such a manner so as to pacify the desires of the student body, the various departments and activities. He performs this task with understanding, sinceritv and genuine interest in student welfare. In addition to this, Mr. Thatcher is responsible for procuring housing for members of the faculty and the married veterans. As an ex-engineer, he relies on his slide rule to pull him through the maze of figures his vork encounters. MRS. BEEMAN Swarthmore ' s answer to all employment problems, Mrs. Beeman, quietly and efficiently guides Swarthmore women into appropriate ca- reers or summer jobs. In her capacity as women ' s vocational director, she arranges field trips, conferences, vocational guidance tests, and keeps her memorable bulletin board crammed with interesting ideas. Apart from this she also shoulders the duties of Parrish House Director. Al- though she has been with the college for only two years, her pajama parties for Parrishites lia e become a tiadition.