Swarthmorean 1931 April 18

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Vol. IH,    No. 15
Swarthmore, Pa., April 18, 1931
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STRESS NEED FOR
SOCIAL WORKER
Nurses   Now   Doing  Work  That
Should be Done By
Special Worker
UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES
Realizing that a special worker for
social service is a necessary addition
to the present staff of the Community
Health Center with headquarters in
Borough hall, a number of women are
organizing a campaign for funds in the
communities in this district that would
benefit most by this improvement.
"If the experience of this winter has
taught Central Delaware county anything, it is that of preparation for emergency," says one woman active in
the work of the Relief Committee here.
"Our four nurses have given sixteen
percent of their time to family service
work. Therefore, looking conditions
squarely in the face, we are brought to
the realization that a special worker
for social service is necessary.
"A small group of women representing our Community Health Society is
starting on a campaign for funds and
support from the towns that will benefit by such an' undertaking. At the
meeting on April ninth, it was suggested that a worker be procured, providing that the community was ready
with its support, to work into the field
through the coming summer and be
ready for what might come next winter. The requirements were repeatedly
stressed by the women at their meeting. The committee in charge of this
undertaking is as follows: Mrs. A. F
Jackson, chairman, Mrs. Thomas Saf-
ford, Mrs. Eugene L. Hofmann, and
Mrs. Wm. Johnson. Mrs. Martin B
Young, Mrs. George C. Barber, 3rd,
and Mrs. Bassett Ferguson have also
joined thc committee in agreeing that
the worker must be a woman of very
high moral calibre, having had training
to give her understanding and outlook
in the psychology of a needy family
and with patience and sympathy toward all.
"There are three hundred people in
the Broomall section and our nurses
and doctors are needed there. If
Broomall is included in this plan, Delaware County will be the first in thc
State fully equipped to take care of the
sick and thc needy. Othcr towns represented in this district arc Holmes
Folsom, Morton, Rutledge, Springfield,
Ridley Park and Swarthmore. Mrs.
Young, president of thc Community
Health Society, and thc twenty-odd
other women present at the meeting
pledged their support to this undertaking. If citizens generally arc interested it will certainly go through
this year.
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"NEIGHBORLY NIGHT"
PROGRAM WEDNESDAY
The "Neighborly Night" program for
the benefit of the Unemployed Fund of
Swarthmore will be held next Wednesday evening at the Woman's Clubhouse.
Mrs. William R. Landis, in charge of
the sale of tickets reports that nearly all
of the 300 seats in the clubhouse have
been sold and that no tickets will be on
sale at the door.
The rehearsals for the play directed by
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Mitchell,
"Would You Believe It" are in progress
and Miss Hill and Mrs. Perry are working out interesting plans for the spelling
match.
Donate Colefemina will also contribute
several musical selections as will the
College quartette.
SCHOOL BOARD
NAMES TEACHERS
Few Changes Mark Public School
Teaching Staff for
1931-32
Home  And School  Historical
Pilgrimage  This   Afternoon
Final plans for the historic tour of
Swarthmore this afternoon have been
made, and the program below will be
carried out At each place during the
hours noted, there will be someone in
charge to tell of the features of special
interest.
2:00 o'clock—meet at the High School.
2:00-2:40    o'clock—v i s i t    the    "Blue
Church."
2:15-3:00 o'clock—visit marker of Jane
Lownes' cave.
2:30-3:30 o'clock—visit Benjamin West
House and Friend's Historical Library.
3:00-3:45 o'clock—V i s i t the Leiper
Quarry and site of first railroad and snuff-mill.
It is hoped that parents and children
together will take this tour. The committee in charge cannot assume responsibility, for children, and so if parents are
unable to come, they are asked to place
their children in the care of some other
adult making the trip. There will be cars
to help in the transportation from place
to place. If there are any members of
the community who will have extra room
in their cars, it would be appreciated if
they would notify Mrs. Delaplaine, Mrs.
Lingle, or Mrs. Bonsall, before 12:00
Saturday. The tour is open to anyone
in the community who is interested, and
is absolutely free of charge. It is not
necessary to take the whole trip, but
group may join or leave the party at will.
NEW  TEACHERS   SELECTED
ZONING CONFERENCE
AT 69TH ST. TUESDAY
The Delaware County Zoning Conference will be held Tuesday, April 21, at
8:00 P. M. at the auditorium of the
Delaware County Real Estate Board,
69th & Walnut Streets. A cordial invitation is being extended to County,
Township and Borough Officials and persons interested in the subject of Zoning
to attend this gathering. No admission
charge. There is plenty of free parking
space near the place of meeting.
The progress which Zoning is making
in the County will be considered but the
special feature of the meeting will be an
address by Roland S. Wallis, representing the Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia Tri-State District. His talk will be illustrated. This
will afford an excellent opportunity "for
all who are interested in the future development of the County to learn some of
the extensive plans which are now being
prepared to care for the proper future
development of Philadelphia and its environs. The Committee in charge of
arrangements are Robert S. Shaw, R. E.
Kraber, H. L. Simon and L. H. Le-
Baron.
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The Swarthmore School board at its
regular April meeting acted upon the
election of teachers for the public schools
for the school year 1931-32. Under state
law each teacher has a continuing contract which continues in force year after
year unless terminated either by the
school board or the teacher. In these
cases, therefore, the action taken was a
matter of determining salaries and positions.
The following teachers were re-elected for the ensuing school year:
High School: Mildred S. Avery,
French; Elizabeth K. Barten, Science;
Lillian M. Barton. Social Studies; Charles A. Brinton, Mathematics and Administrative Principal; J. Eugene Duncan, * Mathematics; Margaret B. Ilamel,
Social Studies; Hanna E. Kirk, English;
Ann S. Larkin, Librarian; Hermine W.
Meyer, German; James H. Miller, Jr.,
Mathematics; Albert D. Spaeth, Science;
Grace T. Wilson, Latin; Anna E. Woodward, English.
Special Teachers: Virginia Allen,
Physical Education; Esther M. Cherry,
Household Arts; Benjamin Cook, Industrial Arts; Claudia A. Hancock, Fine
Arts; Theresa A. Young, Helping
Teacher; William C. F. Ziegenfus,
Physical Education;
College Avenue Elementary: Celeste
Bel ford, First grade; Marion L. Green,
Second grade; Carolyn Forstner, Third
grade; Lydia L- Reinhardt, Fourth
grade; Henriette J. Weber, Fifth &
Sixth grades; Dorothy Wilson, Kindergarten.
Rutgers Avenue School: Lillian
Hewes, Principal and teacher of 3rd
grade; Mary L. Hubley, First grade;
Lucy E- Johnson, Union; Janet Krall,
Second grade; Margaret L. Moore and
Kathryn M. Moran, Fifth & Sixth
I grades; Margaret L. Price, Kindergarten; Eleanore W. Pusey, Fourth grade.
Resignations were received from several teachers and accepted with an expression of appreciation for past service:
Catherine Craven, English; Frances
Hayes, Fifth & Sixth grades; Alice S.
Jemison, French & Latin; Carrie B.
Phinney, Music; Katherine Smedley,
English & Social Studies; Dorothy E.
Thompson, Third grade.
The board elected the following teachers to new positions and to fill positions
vacated by resignations: :
Doris Van De Bogart of Hudson, N.
Y., A. B., Mount Holyoke, B. Ed., University of Cincinnati, Supervisor of
Music.
Helen B. Hall, A. B. Wellesley, English and Social Studies, Junior High
School.
Marjorie E. Kay of Denver, Colorado,
A. B. and A. M., University of Iowa.
Fifth & Sixth grades, Social Studies.
Jane Michener of Swarthmore, A. B.
Swarthmore College.   French and Latin.
Marcia Perry, A. B. Swarthmore College.    English.
SIR PHILIP GREET
HERE IN "MACBETH"
Company  of  Players  Will   Give
Performance in Clothier
Memorial
IN   SWARTHMORE   BEFORE
On Saturday evening, April 18th The
Swarthmore College Little Theatre Club
will sponsor an appearance of Sir Philip
Ben Greet, well known English actor
and producer, and his company of players in a performance of "Macbeth". The
play will be given in the Clothier Memorial Auditorium and will begin at 8:15
o'clock.
The only other visits which the Ben
Greet Players have made to Swarthmore
»as in r9i2 when tln,y gave one of their
first performances of "Macbeth" in the
United States. Since that time they have
made repeated tours of this country, the
most recent transcontinental tour before
the present one which they are now
completing having been made in 1929-30.
At that time they appeared at such universities as Columbia, Brown, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and many others, never failing to
bring the most favorable criticisms, and
possessing what most productions lack,
the magnetic power of drawing crowds.
The company returned to America this
year by insistant demand of leading universities and cities at which they appeared last year and by request of many
which were unable to secure them last
season. They will return to England in
the latter part of April after the most
extensive trip which they have ever
taken in America.
Sir Philip Ben Greet himself has been
on thc stage for fifty years and has
taught more actors than perhaps any
other' living man. He is famous as one
of the greatest living authorities on the
English drama, and his Shakespearean
productions have helped to set the standard in both England and America. In
recognition of a life devoted to the cause
of drama in education, he was knighted
by King George V of England, in June,
1929.
WOMAN'S CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
COUNCIL HEARS
OF DETOUR PLANS
Temporary     Roadway     Across
Tracks at Chester Road to
be Built at Once
BUY     NEW     POLICE     CAR
Mrs.   Wm.   Earl   Kistler  Chosen
President to Succeed Mrs.
Jesse H. Holmes
NEW    DIRECTORS    CHOSEN
Mrs. William Earl Kistler was chosen
president of the Swarthmore Woman's
Club at the election of officers held on
Tuesday. The program of the meeting
consisted of a talk on Current Politics
by Mrs. John Y. Huber, Jr., of Haverford.
The other officers chosen to serve for
the coming year were first vice president,
Mrs. Roland L. Eaton; second vice presidents, Mrs. Arthur E. Bye, Mrs. Harold .Goodwrh, aiirt Mrs. f.~ Warren PaZx-
son; recording secretary, Mrs. John A.
Detlefson; Corresponding s e c r e tary,
Mrs. William Hanny; treasurer, Mrs. J.
Horace Walter; and new directors, Mrs.
Jesse Herman Holmes, Mrs. William A.
Raiman, Mrs. W. D. Wermouth, and
Mrs. George Zimmer. The admission
committee consists of Mrs. John R.
Brownell, Mrs. William J. Cresson, Mrs.
Philip H. Jewett, and Mrs. Harry L.
Miller.
Mrs. Huber, the speaker for the afternoon, is a daughter of the late Judge
John Faber Miller, and was well qualified to speak upon her interesting subject.
She told her listeners that to understand politics one must understand two
things which concern politics, "questions
of leadership" and "regulation of Public Utilities".
"It is a vital question of the day as to
government ownership of utilities and
as to how far they shall go", the speaker
said.
In speaking of "Women in Industry"
she said that investigators had found that
most accidents occur around eleven o'clock and late afternoon, thus proving
that it was when the workers are tired,
that accidents happen.
Mrs. Huber proved that she was conversant with all the political issues.    In
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Gellert Alleman, Jr.
It was Gellert Alleman, Jr., not Gilbert
Alleman, as printed in last week's paper,
whose high standing as a Freshman at
Lehigh University has ranked him among
the fast six of the college. The young
man it question is a son of the distinguished Chemist,. Dr. Gellert Alleman.
Tom Crosby
Many Swarthmoreans will be grieved
to hear of the death week before last of
Tom Crosby. Tom was connected with
the Swarthmore Chautauqua for many
years and also with the Ford agency in
Swarthmore and later in Chester. He
roomed for many years over the American store on Park avenue. He had
been in poor health for some time and
died and was buried at his home town,
Fredericksburg.
Detours  will   be   established   around;
the Chester road grade crossing where
the new underpass is to be built, within   the   next   ten   days.   Residents   of,
Swarthmore,   merchants,   and. the   fire:
company,  will  enjoy  the   convenience,
however,    of    a    temporary    roadway;
across   the  tracks  just    east   of   the
present  Chester  road  crossing.
That the temporary roadway cutting off from Chester road in such a
way as to necessitate the removal of
the traffic light at Park avenue and
Chester road, would be ready for use
when the present roadway was cut off,
was assured at the meeting of Council Thursday night. Joseph S. Bates,
who is serving along with J. Archer
Turner and Wm. Sproul Lewis as a
committee to consider problems regarding the underpass that may arise
between meetings of council, made the
announcement
Swarthmore police will do everything possible to limit the use of the
underpass to residents of the community. Whether it will be a two wa3>-
road or will permit only one car at-a
time is not yet known. It will be built
at a cost of about $500, of which the
borough will pay thc 15% that they
are paying of the entire expense of
thc underpass. The Pennsylvania Railroad, however will furnish a watchman   night  and  day.
During thc next few days traffic
along South Chester road just south of
the  R. R. will probably be reduced to
| a single line with no pa. king in the
business block. This will be while the
retaining wall of the east side of the
underpass is being built. When thc
wall is completed traffic will be allowed
to move along Chester road as before.
During the next few days detour
signs will be placed at North Chester
road and Swarthmore avenue and Cedar Lane and Swarthmore avenue.
These signs will block off half the road
and explain that through traffic is obliged to proceed down Swarthmore
avenue to Yale, and west to South
Chester road again. Similar signs and
obstructions will direct traffic moving northward around by Yale and
Swarthmore  avenues.
Detour signs will also be placed at
Woodland avenue and the Baltimore
pike.   Providence   road  and   the   Balti-
. more   pike,   and   Providence   road   and
I Sproul  road.
j During the next few days the trees
along the west side of Chester road
on the college campus north of thc
railroad will be removed and contrary
to past announcements these trees will
not be replanted. Upon investigating
the cost of removing the trees, the R.
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BLACKFRIARS PRESENT
>       ANNUAL PLAYS APRIL 24
SIR PHILLIP BEN GREET
high school will give their annual
High School will give their annual
presentation of three one act plays
next Friday evening in the high school
audtiorium.
The plays chosen for this year are
"The Man in the Bowler Hat" by A.
A. Milne, "The Valiant" by Holworthy
Hall and Robert Middlemass, and
"Station YYYY" by Booth Tarking-
ton. There will be a special dance and
orchestra numbers between  the plays.
The casts include many experienced
players, such as Walter Wernhcr,
Charles Hearne, Henry Hartman, Eleanor Whitmore, Kay Wood and .Sam
Butler and many promising new ones
such as Biddle Heg, Ruth Brill, Harry
Johnson, Christine and Alice Robinson,
Walter and William Hickman, Bill
Kurtzhalz, Brooks Sanford, Ellen
Pearson, Everett Walters and Eleanor
j Wcrmouth.
Curtain scenery is being tried for thc
first time recently. It is expected to be
very effective. The orchestra and
dancing club arc working hard and
their part of the program will certainly
he  a success.
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