Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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The graduates of 1947 ha e seen the beginning and end of one era and the beginning of another, and better one. They vary widely in age, in the experiences which the past four years have brought them, and in the plans which they have for the future. But they leave the college as a unit, and as a testimony to Swarthmore ' s survival over five years of confusion, change, and anxiety. They are a testimony to the return of its former unity, its plans, and its ideals to a college which, with these men and women as its first alumni, can look ahead to a new day of ex- l ansion, improvement, security, and peace.

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more— and a return to the pre-war schedule of two semesters, with the fall term beginning in late September. The Mary Lyons Annex ' as purchased to help house a greatly expanded student body; long lines formed outside the dining room, the post office and the bookstore. Swarthmore, like so many other colleges, was suffering from o er-crowding and an increased strain on equip- ment and facilities. But despite these new handicaps, the spirit of the old pre-ivar S varthmore -(vas beginning to sho ' iv through again. The year was an especially active one for the college. The five million dollar campaign fund drive was laimched; Swarth- more ' s AVC chapter gained new members and new strength; another O ' Rourke campaign (the second in the history of the class of ' 47) was held; the Phoenix, the News Bureau, and SN all grew greatly in size and importance; the faculty was ex- panded, courses revised and new seminars offered; new officers were built in Parrish, and a new building was erected on the campus; the return to peacetime brought some new esthetic ad- ditions to the life of the college; a redecorated Commons, music in the din.ng room . . . Swarthmore was reconverting fast, and the class of ' 47 was to leave a college very different from the one ■(vhich the) had entered in wartime ' 43. The senior class, of course, was active in all aspects of the new routine and the stepped-up activities of the college. For their class president they elected By Ebersole, veteran and Swarthmore man of pre-war vintage. Vice-president was ex-V-12 and class officer of long standing, Fuzzy Fausnaugh. The secretary was Teny Lorwin, ex-Phoenix editor and woman-about-campus. Treasurer was veteran Ken Allebach whose meteoric rise in status (he was president of the freshman class the year before) was typical of the chronological confusion in the pigeonholeing of veterans as to class. 22

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N I O R JOHN DONNELL BACON varied interests . . . outdoor boy . . . that car . . . innate charm . . . arthur murray . . . ping- pong fiend . . . takes his a ' s in his stride . . . phi sig forever . . . boyd ' s buddy . . . not lazy, just philosophical . . . limerick lover . . . party boy . . . quizzical look . . . slightly satirical ... a definite appreciation of the finer things in life . . . women, music, wine . . . jack. THOMAS LEES BARTLESON, JR. slender, short and usuall) dignified . . . sur- prising unexpectableness . . . cynical attitude merely a veneer over a sympathetic heart . . . intellectual interests include economics and chemistry . . . baseball, li ' l abner, and hillbilly music also hold fascination . . . favorite answer to requests for cigarettes— go away, i never saw you before in my life ... as he offers two or thiee . . . tom. LEO ARTHUR BORAH, JR. underslung Washington accent . . . outdoor man . . . aim in life ... to find a new string for his yoyo . . . slaves and stuff at the ingleneuk . . . and man, that ' s good! . . . prefaces all out- bursts with hey . . . english major . . . senti- mental leanings are bane of the department . . . lee. GEORGE HUNTZINGER CAVIN phi delt secretary . . . his third east harem . . . perennial bachelor . . . short but potent . . . i gotta type a report . . . eager . . . surrounded by du ' s . . . beats on schwertner . . . chubby and al- ways cheerful . . . which one shall i ask this time? . . . pool shark . . . lacrosse . . . the daddy of 306 . . . everybody ' s buddy. ROBERT LADD DECKER teed off here in ' 39 . . . but signed early with r.c.a.f. . . . taciturn . . . ec major . . . easy going boy . . . easv smile, plenty of savvy . . . more time in air than most pilots have in sack . . elinor, his charming wife. 24