Swarthmore College - Halcyon Yearbook (Swarthmore, PA)

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DEAN EVERETT L. HUNT Ever since his arrival in Swarthmore in 1925, Dean Hunt has been a self-styled student ' s attorney ; he believes it is the Dean ' s job not to make and enforce rules, but to see that the rules established by the students and faculty bring about the happiest and most successful level for all concerned and to represent the interests of the individual student to whom the mechanical rules do not apply. Dean Hunt is the affable advisor to all men on any matter— his concern is always for the indi- vidual as well as the group. He also interviews visiting prospective students, and handles most of the veterans ' applications. An extremely busy administrator, he is also a much-valued professor, teaching classes and seminars in literary criticism and his beloved Milton. And with Mrs. Hunt, the Dean is much in demand as chaperone for social functions— re- member them at a recent T. P. blowing soap bubbles? Yet in spite of being one of the busiest men on campus, this jovial Westerner somehow manages to find time to listen to his Bach recordings or to rvui through his movies of the West. Dean Hunt, with his warm-hearted friendliness and understanding, has become one of Swarth- moi e ' s most prized possessions. DEAN SUSAN P. COBBS Not only does Miss Cobbs handle the duties of a Dean of Women— the interviewing of applicants, the advising of students on problems of any nature— with great skill and charm, but she is also a member of the Classics Department. That southern accent proclaims her as a former resident of Alabama, and also provides, with her amused consent, any of the college mimics with an entertaining subject. And she herself is remembered for her part in the recent skit of the Club Roccatorso. In residence at Benjamin West House, Miss Cobbs gives teas for freshman girls, furnishing herself with a chance to know them all person- ally, and for the girls to meet each other and feel at home.

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CRUM LEDGE GATES AND FACULTY ROW

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VICE PRESIDENT JAMES PERKINS No stranger to the HALCYON is Mr. Perkins; Sports editor for the ' 36, he was reported to be a scholar, conscientious and tirorough ... a ready conversationalist . . . and the possessor of a decisive firm type of personality. He was a member of the well-sung Economics Honors group of that year. Before returning to Swarth- more in ' 40, he served on the Princeton faculty, and in the OPA and FEA. As chairman of the campaign, his worries run into the millions, and yet he managed to assume the additional duties created by President Nason ' s leave of absence this fall. COMPTROLLER CHARLES G. THATCHER Calm, even, quiet, efficient, Mr. Thatcher pays the bills. Under his direction and control, Swarthmore functions: buildings grounds, business offices, house director, dining room— all are part of his ultimate responsibility. The making of the budget, payment of salaries, and departmental expenditures also fall under his jinisdiction. But his connection with Swarthmore is more than of checks and ledgers. He was graduated in the Class of ' 12, and married into that of ' 13. Prof, to the slide-rule pushers, Mr. Thatcher was head of the Engineering department for ten years. Whenevr you are all mixed up and feelin ' sick o ' men Just go to Old Charles Scarrett and he ' ll fix you up again You ' d think him just a slow old cus with no chance at all for fame, Biu he ' s mighty fine to have around, he ' s always just the same. -HALCYON 1912