Swarthmorean 1955 October 7

              United
Community
Campaign,
•v
BwiSfi
Sv/arthmor'e
■■n
-y-*v.:;kl'!
try"
;f'." »'.'-
/!•<
THE SWARTHMO
•SWARTH.MORK
collkgk
IB
,K
**;.
Continues
This
Week
VOLUME 27—-NUMBER 40
McCorkel To Address
Mothers Nub Thurs.
Luncheon-Bridge  Planned
For 1 P.M., Saturday,
October 22
Roy McCorkel, assistant executive director of CARE, India, will
be. the guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Swarthmore
Mothers Club to be held Thursday,
October 13, in McCahan Hall of the
Presbyterian Church. Mr. McCorkel will speak at 8 p.m. on the
theme, "East Meets West".
A resident of Cornell avenue,
Mr. McCorkel was associated with
CARE in Switzerland from June
1950 until 1951 as the regional
chief of missions for 14 countries
ranging from Finland to Malta.
During-the past 14 months he has
been working as assistant executive director of CARE in India.
Born ill Lolly, he received his
BA. degree from the CoUege of
Wooster, Ohio. Following graduation, he traveled around the
world, taught in India for a year,
and returned to the United States
to do graduate work at Yale University Divinity School where he
graduated with a B.D. degree.
Travels Extensively
In the meantime, he traveled to
Europe, visiting., most of the
European countries, including
Russia in 1936. In 1937, the year
of his graduation from Yale, he
attended the World Council of
Churches Conference of Christian
Youth at Amsterdam, Holland.
He has worked with the Student
(Continued on Page 12)
SWABXtTOOBE, FRIDAY,   October 7, 1955
$3.50 PER YEAR
Kraft Dancing Classes
Start Next Weak
Alice Kraft returns to the borough next week to begin her
classes in rhythmic dancing.
The children's class, scheduled
for Thursdays at 3:30 in the College Avenue Kindergarten room,
will begin on October 13, with
Mrs. W. T. Windsor Of Dickinson
avenue as chairman of the group.
The adult class, with Mrs. Edward Cratsley of Strath Haven
avenue handling registration details, will start its series on the
following morning, Friday, October 14, at 9 aon. in the Woman's
Club on Park avenue.
Exhibits Paintings
Parents' School Njgfo
Set for Tuesday
Traditional Program Will
Include Junior High
This Year
Swarthmore - Rutledge High
School will hold the annual
"School Night" for parents on
Tuesday, October 11, at 7:45 pjn.
in the high school building.
Again this year the program
will provide an opportunity for
teachers to outline briefly the
year's work and objectives, and
for the parents to meet their children's teachers. v
The plan this, year includes a
program for the parents of seventh and eighth grade students
organized around the several sections in those grades, and for the
parents of ninth, tenth, eleventh
and twelfth grade students around
grade plana and objectives associated with the year's work".
The program for seventh and
eighth grades will include a five
period schedule beginning at 7:45
p.m. as follows:
First period--7:45 to 8:15 in
Room 13—Mr. Bell, English and
social studies sections 8B and 8L;
Room 103—Mrs. Becker, English
and social studies sections 8K and
8M; Room 2—Mrs. Forrest, English and social studies, sections 7F
and 7T; Room 1 —Mr. Udovich,
English and social studies sections
7U and 7H.
Second Period—8:15 to 8:30 in
Room 13—Mr. Henderson, mathematics sections 8B and 8L; Room
103—Miss Zirkman, home economics sections 8K and 8M; Room
2—Mr. Miller, mathematics, sections 7F and 7T;; Room 1—Mrs.
Hoot, science sections 7U and 7H.
Third Period —. 8:20 to 8:45 —
Room 13, Miss Zirkmanp home
economics, sections 8B and 8L;
Room 103—Mr. Henderson, mathematics, sections 8K and 8M;
Room 2—Mrs. Hoot, science sections 7F and 7T;" Room 1 — Mr.
(Continued on Page 6)
Club Women Will Hear
'Columbus' Talk Tues.
Peter Campon To Address
Members at First
Slated Meeting
Peter T. Campon, an Italian immigrant of Binghamton, N. Y.,
will speak at the first stated meeting of the Swarthmore Woman's
Club next Tuesday, October 11,
at 2 p.m. at the clubhouse.
Emphasizing the Columbus Day
theme, Mr. Campon will speak on
"Columbus the Discoverer."
Recently saluted on a Harding
College radio program, "Land of
the Free" for the contributions he
has made to America, Mr. Campon
was referred to by Dr. George
Benson of Harding College, as "an
outstanding immigrant, who
brought all that was best of his
own native land and deposited it
in the great storehouse of American tradition."
Mr. Campon has been active in
the civic and .fraternal affairs of
his home jdty ;for a number of
years, wW'pi^dent\^
ton City; Council 1046-47 and a
City Councilman for 11 years. He
is also an organizer and past president of American Civic Association, member of the Elks, American War Dads, Sons of Italy, and
Past Grand Knight, Knights of
Columbus.
Mrs. Frank G. Keenen and Mrs.
John Scott will be hostesses for
the day, and at the tea table, Mrs.
Si Blair Luckie and. Mrs. F. -Harry
Bewley.
Attend Opening Tea
Close to 250 members and their
guests attended the opening tea on
Tuesday, which featured an exhibit of the artist, Walter Emerson
Baum. Hostesses for the day were
the club's new officers, and presiding at the tea tables were the
following past presidents:
Mrs. Robert Kline, Mrs. Roland
G. E. Ullman, Mrs. Haldy Miller
Crist, Mrs. Keenen, and Mrs. John
E. Michael; also> the past vice
presidents: Mrs. Walter Dickinson, Mrs. Birney Morse, Mrs. John
Pitman and Mrs. Lovett Frescoln
Fall flowers were by the garden
department, Mrs. Robert Grogan,
chairman.
Refreshments were   served   by
Mrs. William F. Taylor and the
(Continued on Page 12)
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Douglas
Have 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Douglas,
of North Chester road celebrated
the 50th anniversary of their wedding day on Tuesday.
Their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Conwell of
Columbia avenue and -their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. ahd
Mrs. Gordon Douglas of Springfield entertained at a family dinner at the Conwell home in celebration of .the occasion. Another
son, James, Jr. and his family
from Wilmington, DeL, were also
present.
Tea and Open House
Sunday to Honor Artist
Club   Invites  Community
To Display of Baum
Paintings
Art lovers and friends in the
community are invited to a tea
and open house this Sunday afternoon at the Swarthmore Woman's
Club, from 3 to 5 pjn., in honor
of the artist, Walter Emerson
Baum, many of whose paintings
have been on exhibit this week at
the clubhouse.
In this 26-picture collection are
some of .Mr. Baum's Pennsylvania
Dutch farmland scenes for which
he is so well known, and several
of his equally popular snow and
water studies!
Especially for the Swarthmore
exhibit M#r^ a
lanctocape in^'t^^SK&lern: vein, of
darker color ana bolder design;
called "Manayunk Street". Also
on display are 10 of his miniatures,
done in casein, and two of his
many . prize-winning pictures,
(Continued on Page 12)
Ford Robinson Gets
Curtis Appointment
Guernsey Rd. Man Named
Vice President of
Publishing Co.
The appointment of Ford F.
Robinson as a vice president of the
Curtis Publishing Company, was
announced this week by Robert
E. MacNeal, president of the Company. Mr. Robinson, who has been
serving as assistant secretary and
assistant treasurer, is also manager of the company's business department.
Mr. Robinson joined the company in 1931 as a superintendent
of agencies in Nebraska, South
Dakota, Iowa, Colorado, and Wyoming. In 1934, he came to Philadelphia as staff assistant to the
circulation sales manager, and five
years later moved to New York,
becoming sales manager and director of the Premium Service
Company, Inc., a Curtis subsidiary. He returned to Philadelphia
in 1944 to join the company's business department.
. An alumnus of the University of
Nebraska, Mr. Robinson resides on
Guernsey road.
Needlework Guild Sets
Nov. 8 for Ingathering
The Swarthmore Branch of the
Needlework Guild held its annual meeting at the Woman's Club
on Monday of this week. Mrs.
A. Sidney Johnson, Jr., president,
presided.
The following slate was presented by Mrs. Birney K. Morse,
chairman of the nominating committee:
President Mrs. Johnson; First
Vice-President Mrs. Bruce D.
Smith; Treasurer Mrs. J. Albright
Jones.
It was moved and seconded
that the secretary cast a unanimous vote.
Mrs. Henry I. Hoot, Mrs. Frank
H. Murray, and Mrs. Robert C.
Morrow, Jr., were appointed new
directors. Mrs. Edward Bassett
will substitute for Mrs. William
Thatcher, and Mrs. William Gill
for Mrs. Charles Brogan, Jr.
Ingathering for the guild will
be held Tuesday, November 8, between 9 and 10 a.m. A meeting
of the Woman's Club at 2 p.m.
will be followed by a tea and
exhibition of the guild's collection.
Tourpostef To Open
Players 45th Season
de Hartog Play Opening
Monday Features the
C F. Seymours
Jan de Hartog's popular play
'The Fourposter," dramatic version of a 35-year, marriage, opens
the Swarthmore Player's Club's
45th season Monday, October 10,
at the little threatre on Fairview
road.
Isabel R. Seymour and Charles
F. Seymour, Mr. and Mrs. in real
life, portray the only characters
in this drama, and together they
will tell the story of Agnes and
Michael during the years between
1890 and 1925.
Assisted by Maurice L. Webster,
Jr., Mr. Seymour has taken on
the double task of director. With
him behind the scenes are:
Robert M. Grogan, technical director; H. LeRoy McCune, stage
manager; electricians George Jar-
den, Henry Lemour, Allen Feda-
witz. Music is handled by Thomas
McFadden, and Dorothy K. Moore
is the prompter.
"Furnishing'' the scenery designed by Betty and Henry T.
Galey is Mrs. C. A. Packard and
her committee, Mrs. Lewis Good-
enough, Mrs. Gorton Brush, Mrs.
O. M. Hook. Mrs. William Fetzer,
Mrs. J. B. West, Mrs. Robert M.
Fudge, and Mrs. Robert M. De-
witt. ,
Although the de Hartog play
has seen production on Broadway,
(Continued on Page 6)
Methodists Initiate |
Eventide Service
Ten Week Series Will
Begin This Sunday
At 7:30
Lights will be burning later
on Sunday evenings at the
Swarthmore Methodist Church on
Park avenue, as the church institutes a Congregational Hymn
Sing. Old favorite gospel songs
will be a feature of the new Even,
tide Praise Services scheduled to
begin this Sunday evening at 7:30
for a 10 week fall and winter
series.
To assist with the song services,
the Delaware County Male Choir
has been engaged for the first
eight weeks. This group of men,
most of them soloists in their own
churches, is an interdenominational group that has been assisting with Sunday evening services
for 13 years. _
Asked if he thought families
were caught in the Sunday evening TV habit and might not
respond to these services, the Rev.
Mr. John C. Kulp, pastor of the
church, replied that "There has
been far too much request for
something like this for us to remain silent any longer. There is
nothing like this anywhere
around. It is natural, for people
who believe that Sunday evening
belongs to Christ and the Church."
Mr. Kulp went on to saylthat
^me^iof - ttfe1 best preachers in
the area have'been scheduled.
These include Dr^W. Vernon Mid-
dleton, executive secretary of National Missions of <*the Methodist
Church; Dr. Dwight S. Large,
pastor of First Methodist Church,
Germantown; Dr. Robert F.
Thomas, superintendent of Pitman
Center, Glovierville, Tenn.;, Rals-
(Continued on Page 6)
KAPPAS T6 MEET
Kappa Kappa Gammas will
meet Tuesday, October 11, at 111
Columbia avenue for a day of
sewing. The hostess, Mrs. EL L.
Conwell and her committee will
serve the luncheon marking fids
first meeting of the year.
Duck Club Members
To Dance Tommorrow
The Duck Club will open its
1955-56 season with a dance tomorrow night at the Swarthmore
Woman's Club, 118 Park avenue.
The club, with a membership of
75 couples, will hold six dances
this season at the. Woman's Club
and the old Mary Lyon School
gym, now headquarters of the
Army 24th AAA Group, 807 Harvard avenue, at Strath Haven
avenue.
The next two dances will be
held in the old Mary Lyon gym
November 19 and December 81.
Dances next February 10 and
March 31 will be held in the
Woman's Club and the season will
end April 29 at the old Mary Lyon
gym.
Music will again be provided by
Price Dowdy and Russ TTywnan
Swarthmore's 'Navy'!
Gets Marine Engine
Active Winter Planned
For Sea Explorer
Unit
After resting hard, aground for
the summer, Swarthmore's "navy"
moved one step nearer the briny
blue last week with the acquisition of an engine by the local Sea
Explorer unit, according to Skipper George S. Myers. Just when
it appeared that the boys might
have to man the oars or else break
out canvas to provide motive
power for the 36-foot LCPL acquired frdm the U.S. Navy, a suitable marine engine was obtained.
Thus ends a long search, but it
looks like smooth sailing for the
unit from now on/ with major
work completed on the craft ahd
a winter ahead to finish details
for an early spring launching.
Meantime, there's the job of
getting the crew ready, and the
boys have an active program
planned which includes fun as
well as studyx and training. On
next Friday and Saturday, October 14 and 15, the unit will
take part in the Scouting Fair at
Devon, where one of the features
will be a Sea Explorer land shipv
If learning by doing is the best
way after all, the borough and
the sponsoring lions Club will be
represented by proficient seamen
in the good ship SJE.& Leo Maris,
Skipper Myers says.. And he adds
that the boys are especially grateful to .those members of the community who have sent cash gifts
to help the Sea Explorers get flieir
ship ready for the water.
.*r'.-.  »•
■ m-. .•"S^> * imK4
./ifS
&»&*
2&j
Ai^