Swarthmorean 1932 March 4

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Vol. IV,    No. 9
Swarthmore, Pa., March 4, 1932
$230 Per Year
CELIA REFUSED
PERMIT AGAIN
Council Refuses to Make Except
tion for New Front
Addition
WILL     TRY     AGAIN     SOON
Business Men's Frolic Is
Topic of Much Conversation
Joseph Celia met defeat once more
before borough council at the last meeting of that body when his request for
a permit to extend his building out to
the sidewalk was again refused. Mr.
Celia, who conducts a shoe repair shop
at Park avenue has been trying to
have an exception made in his instance
and a permit granted ever since the
zoning ordinance was passed requiring
all structures in the business zone to be
set back fifteen feet.
Mr. Celia declared that hc failed to
get a permit for erecting his building
out to the sidewalk when the zoning
ordinance was passed, only through a
technical mistake. He feels that he is
being discriminated against in that all
of the other stores along the south
side of Park avenue are set out to the
sidewalk while his is set back.
In his most recent request for an
exception to the zoning law and the
granting of a pertqp, Mr. Celia presented plans to council for a one-story
addition in front of the present building, which would be similar in appeal-
ance to the structure now used as. a
place of business and residence by
Paul M. Paulson.
Council in refusing to grant an exception admitted that Mr. Celia had
suffered because of the location of his
store, but that they were inclined to
follow the example of previous councils
in deciding against. grantinjgdB'Rper-
mit. They were particulariy^raBne,nced
against permitting the construction of
Echoes of the Swarthmore Business
Men's Association banquet held last
Thursday night at the Strath Haven
Inn have been heard around Swarthmore during the past week and perhaps
a more detailed account of the program
than was given in last week's issue is
warranted.
The entertainment of the evening
started early in the program when
Toastmaster Burt P. McKinnie announced the Virgin Island Chorus. This
chorus was made up of Peter E. Told,
Fred Boughton, Robert Bair, Robert C.
Glenn, Ned Pyle and Robert E. Sharpies. Only one costume was an authentic
Virgin Island outfit however. This was
worn by Mr. Sharpies and consisted of
a grass skirt loaned for thc occasion
by Miss Molly Flynn, who recently returned from serving with Dr. Pearson
on the Virgin Isles. The other "girls"'
wore abbreviated chorus girl costumes
and blond wigs.
The chorus made its appearance to
the tune of "Now's the Time to Fall in
Love", for which new words had been
written by Robert C. Glenn as follows:
Potatoes  are  cheaper,  tomatoes  are
cheaper,
Now's the  time  to shop  Swarthmore.
The butcher the baker, thc candlestick
maker,
Bargains they will give galore.
Ain't you shamed to shop around in
Philadelphia,
When we fellows, if wc must, would go
to Hell fr ya?
So buy from us because we're handy,
We'll treat you fine and dandy,
Now's thc time to shop Swarthmore.
The singing of this number was followed an an eccentric dance in whicii
all of the ladies of the chorus lost their
wigs. The girls then assumed thc roles
of cigaret girls and distributed smokes
among the guests.
Thc next number on the program was
a beauty contest which was directed by
COMPLETE FIRE DRILL
IN FIFTY-FIVE SECONDS
A fire drill at the College avenue
school building Thursday afternoon resulted in a very good record for getting
every teacher and pupil out of the
building. Only fifty-five seconds elapsed
from the time thc fire bell was rung
until the last pupil and teacher left the
building.
Thc drill was occasioned by thc presence of Dr. Arthur Bassett, president
of thc board, who was visiting the
building. Hc asked Frank R. More}'
how efficient thc fire drill was and Mr.
Morey immediately gave him a demonstration.
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Lecture at Woman's Club
On Tuesday, March 15 at 2:30 P. M.
at the Woman's Club, Mr. Dan McCowan
will give a lecture with lantern slides:
"A Naturalist in the Canadian Rockies".
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A charge of fifty cents will be made to
Chorusgirl Sharpies. A great variety of | non-members of the Woinan's Club,
wigs, beards, false teeth, hats, ears,
glasses, etc. were distributed among
the tables aud each table was permitted
to fix up one entry in the contest. Paul
Paulson and Roger W. Coleman, -who
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BASKETBALL SEASON
CLOSES.AT HI SCHOOL
Although the basketball season has not
been entirely successful at the High
School this year, the team proved its
strength in the later part of its schedule.
On Friday the 26th, the Garnet team was
defeated by Collingdale, the league
champions, by the close score of 20-17.
A week before this the home team
trounced Eddystone. Altogether, Swarthmore suffered twelve defeats and chalked
up five victories. March 3rd, the Garnet
team goes to the P. M. C. Chester Arm
ory to play Lansdowne in the Kiwanis
the 'front' adTitioT proved V Mr"Cel | ^[^^^Hi.^lL™ S!« ^V*^
lia because they felt that it would not
add "to"the attractiveness of the b'usT-
ness district at this point. Several members of council expressed, the.- opinion
that they would be more inclined to act
favorably on the request had the plans
called for a two story addition.
Mr. Celia when interviewed a few
days following the meeting said that
he thought hc had made it clear that
he would build either a one or a two-
story front addition. He said that he
planned to place the matter before
council again soon and ask them to approve a two-story front addition of
attractive design,
William S. Bittle appeared at the
meeting of council to protest against
the possible granting of the exception.
He said that it would shut off the view
of his apartment house and that in case
the permit were granted he would seek
an injunction to have the work held
up.
MRS. FARLEY SPEAKS
BEFORE WOMAN'S CLUB
The meeting of the Woman's Club
held last Tuesday afternoon, was in
charge   of  the   Literature   Section,   of
which Mrs. Jesse H. Holmes is chairman. In the absence of Mrs. Holmes,
Afrs. Earl Kistler, President of""the club,
presided, and presented Mrs. Sarah S.
Farley, a member of the club, who read
her carcfulb' prepared and thought-
provoking  paper   on   "Emerson,   Tho-
LEGION ORGANIZES
DRIVE FOR JOBS
TREE PROBLEMS
INTEREST COUNCIL
Propose    Committee    to    Study
Conditions and Make
Recommendations
PLAN       NEW       ORDINANCE
Workers for Districts Throughout Community Named and
Date of Drive Set
CANVASS       EVERY       HOME
Final Plans for Swarthmore's drive
against unemployment which is being
sponsored by the Harold Ainsworth Post
of the American Legion in conjunction
with other Legion Posts throughout the
country and the A. F. of L., were announced at a special meeting of workers
held in the Legion rooms Wednesday af-
reau,   and  the  Transcendental   Move- ternoon at 5 o'clock.
All indications are that one of borough
council's most constructive steps this
spring, which will entail little or no cost
to the tax payers, will be the formation
of a tree committee or commission of
three or five residents of the community
to promote the planting and care of shade
trees along the streets of the town.
At the last meeting of council, J. Archer Turner expressed great interest in
the creation of such a committee and
Harry Miller agreed that the problem of
planting new trees and caring for the old
ones was of vital importance to residents
and property owners. Borough solicitor
Albert N. Garrett was instructed to prepare an ordinance providing for the creation of such a committee to be presented
and voted upon at last night's meeting
of council.
Mr. Miller and Mr. Turner both pointed out to the other members of council
the number of trees between the streets
and the sidewalks in the residential district that were either dead last fall or in
an unhealthy condition. Mr. Turner says
that he believes this spring will show a
large number of trees have died during
the winter.
Council's idea of combatting this condition is to have a committee consisting of
one member of council, a representative
of the college who is an authority on
trees and tree culture, and one or two
residents of the borough. All problems
coming before council relating to. trees in
the borough would be turned over to this
ment.
.    Wednesday, March  16th has been set committee   whichs   would   make   recom
Mrs.   Farley   spoke   of   the   current|as zero day in the drive.    On this eve- me™atKuS    .
will play either   Sharon Hill H.  b. or j veneration for the antique in furniture, j ning between the hours of 7:15 and 10      fhe c'ni'u'ltc^ would not only seek to
china,  and glass,  amt-^pperrled-fOf  .1**o'clock, "the battalion  commanders", cap-
SpringfiekK-
Coach Zigenfus predicts a good season
next year. This seems probable because
quite a few members of this year's team
are in the Junior class. McWilliams,
Powell, Wray, Strauffer, Maddox and
Norman Madison are all first string fellows who will be back next year. McWilliams and Powell played exceptionally well during the past season.
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S. H. S. promises a good baseball team
this year, Ted Smith, a junior this year,
was a sensational pitcher last year. Al-
thogh the date has not been announced
when practice will start, many Of the
Senior boys have decided to give the
game a try this season.
Injures foot in
leaving train
HOME AND SCHOOL
MEETING MARCH 11
"Guiding childhood's leisure" is the
topic for the next Home and School Association meeting, on Friday evening,
March 11, at 8:00 P. M. The meeting
is set for that evening in order to secure
Dr. V. V. Anderson director of the Anderson School, Staatsburg, New York,
as speaker.
Dr. Anderson is on the program of
Schoolmen's Week at the University of
Pennsylvania. He is internationally
known for his psychiatric work as personnel director of the R. H. Macy Company in New York, a position which he
held for a number of years prior to
founding the boys' school which he directs.
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Fortnightly
Mrs. Francis Warren will entertain
the Fortnightly at her home on Walnul
Lane on Monday, March 7th at 2:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Piper will review Stepping Westward by Laura E. Richards, daughter of
Julia Ward Howe. Mrs. Richards has
written a remarkable autobiography into
which she brings entertaining stories of
the great and unusual people she has met.
.   Several    memhers    will    contribute
sketches.
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Correction
The request has been made that the
statement in last week's Swarthmorean
that the holdup at Cornell and Yale
avenues was committed by a colored
man, be corrected. The witnesses declare that the man was white. No arrest has yet been made.
Dr. Arno Viehoever of Rutgers avenue
was painfully injured last Thursday
morning while alighting from a Philadelphia bound train at the 32nd street
station. The two principal hones in his
right foot were broken and his ankle
badly sprained. He has been confined at
the Presbyterian Hospital since the accident and will probably be unable to
leave for several more weeks.
Mr. Viehoever is very anxious to
learn the names of any Swarthmoreans
who might have witnessed thc accident
since he .was knocked unconscious and
did not regain his senses until anyone
who might have seen the accident had
disappeared. Anyone who went in to
Philadelphia on the 7:43 last Thursday
morning, February 25, and knows anything about the accident is asked to
get in touch with Mrs. Viehoever or
with The Swarthmorean.
Thc day preceding the accident, Dr.
Viehoever spoke at Washington before
the National Organization for Visual
Ii.struction. The title of this lecture was
"Harnassing the Moving Pictures for
the Teaching of Biology." The lecture
was so enthusiastically received that hc
was invited to repeat it at the New
York Teachers College, but is prevented
from doing so by the accident.
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PROGRAM TO DISCUSS
ECONOMIC PLANNING
like veneration for antique people and
literature, and compared the simple
flow of the great New England literature of a hundred years ago with modern slang.
The paper touched lightly upon the
physical events of Emerson's life, but
traced the development of his mental
and spiritual development as revealed
in his writings and lectures; and
stressed his leadership in the great
transcendental movement as expressed
in the cultured American thought of his
da3'.
The genius of Thoreau, who chose
to be rich by making his wants few
and supplying them himself, was acknowledged during his lifetime onlj' by
such men as Emerson and his immediate associates; yet it was Thoreau
who was the founder of Nature study
as we know it today, for Burroughs
was a disciple of Thoreau.
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IRMA ZIMMER GIVEN
GOLDEN EAGLET AWARD
A public discussion on National Economic Planning will be held at the Friends'
Meeting house on the College campus
Friday evening, March 11. The discussion will be led by Dr. Lewis L. Lor-
win of the Brooklings Institution, Washington, D. C. and Dr. Alvin H. Hansen
Professor of Economics, University of
Minnesota. Dr.'Joseph H. Willits will
preside.
At the District Six Court of Awards,
held at the Upper Darby Junior High
school on Friday evening, March 26th,
Irma Zimmer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Zimmer, was awarded the
Golden Eaglet, the highest award offered to a girl scout. Mrs. George Zimmer, Captain of Troop 6, received a
First Class Badge.
Thc girls from Troop 6 receiving
Proficiency Badges at this time were
June Avery, Cynthia Wickam, Barbara
Bassett, Lydia May Lodge, Betty Schobinger, Irma Zimmer, Irene Blasdel,
Betty Cleaves, Jane Richardson, Pris-
cilla Claydon, Dorothea Dodd. And
from Troop 194 Margaret Shoemaker,
S3'lvia Swann, and Florence Cleaves. -
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HI SCHOOL SENIOR
PLAY SELECTED
tains, lieutenants and privates of the
campaign will visit every home in
Swarthmore to secure a pledge of a
minimum of four hours work, a month
at a minimum wage of 30c an hour.
After the pledges have been secured,
unemployed men and women will be sent
out to do the work through the Employment Bureau in Borough Hall.
The organization of workers which
will conduct the drive has been created
in military fashion with battalions and
companies under the command of a colonel, captains and lieutenants. Dr. John
Murphy will act as Colonel of the entire
organization.
There are three battalions each working in one of the borough's three election precincts. In the first battalion
north of the railroad, the commanding
officer is J. Paul Brown, Mayor Brown
will also be a member of Company A of
which Elric S. Sproat is captain. Major
Brown's district will be from Ogden and
Walnut lane to Swarthmore avenue to
the Pike to Ogden avenue. Captain
Sproat with Lieutenants Dr. W. T. Johnson and Joseph H. Willits will have
from Ogden and Cedar aves. to Crum-
wald to Elm to Cedar and Ogden. Lieut.
R. C. Powell will take the district, from
Swarthmore avenue and Parrish road to
Pike, west on Pike to Swarthmore avenue to starting point. James Douglass
and Dr. E. L. Mercer will have from
Chester road and Swarthmore avenue to
Pike to Parrish to Swarthmore avenue
to Chester rd. W. B. Bullock and J.
Horace Walter, will have from Cedar
Lane and Ogden avenue to Swarthmore
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POSTOFFICE TO CLOSE
SATURDAYS AT NOON
encourage the p!.nilinyaiiflc«rt ol trees
at all times but would make a survey oi
the borough >tr?cts and make recoin
mendations of trees that needed care.
Eventually the committee might ask
the borough to start a small nursery of
trees in cooperation with the college
where the property owners could secure
new trees at a very small cost.
One of the first problems which the
new tree organization will have to face
will be that of dealing with the Philadelphia Electric Company in their policy of
trimming trees that interfere with electric wires. At the present time, the situation on Elm avenue is very acute and
the Electric Company and the Borough
are at a standstill as to what to do with
the large shade trees that the utility
company, declares are interferring with
the electric wires.
The college is said to be very much
interested in the proposed tree committee and are anxious to do everything possible to cooperate in improving the shade
trees of the borough streets.
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Charles E. Fellows
"Trelawney of the Wells**, a play in
four acts by A. W. Pinero, was first
presented at the Court Theatre in London, 1898, and later produced at the
Lyceum Theatre, New York City. This
play is to be given by the Swarthmore
High School seniors on the evening of
April, 15.
The leading characters are portrayed
by William- Hickman, Caroline Warner,
and Biddle Heg. Lesser roles are taken
by Ruth Darlington, Hugh Calhoun,
Walter Hickman, William Taylor, Virginia Basset, Norman Wilhelmy, Betty
j Taylor and Mary Devereux.
The Swarthmore post office will close
on Saturdays at noon in accordance with
the forty-four hour week regulation of
the post office department. This order
is to become effective March 5.
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Harold C. Sprague
Harold C. Sprague, who for fifteen
years was an instructor at the Swarthmore Prep School during Arthur Tom-
linson's administration, died at his home,
10020 194th street, Hollis, Long Island
N. Y. on Feb. 24th. During his years at
the Prep school here he was well known
in the community. He taught science and
was Mr. Tomlinson's assistant. He was
67 years old at the time of his death and
was principal of the Brooklyn' High
School, Brooklyn, N. Y. His son, Harold C. Sprague Jr., is a senior at Swarthmore College this year and was called
home by his father's death.
Swarthmore lost another old resident
last week when Charles Edwin Fellows,
Harvard and Cornell avenues, died at
his home following about a week's illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Oliver Bair's, in Philadelphia.
Thc Rev. J. J. Guenther, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Dr. John Ellery
Tuttle. Interment was at Arlington.
Mr. Fellows moved to Swarthmore
with his wife about 21 years ago, having formerly lived in Glenolden. He
was known as a tremendously fine man,
who was devoted to his family and to
his church. Particularly during the past
few years he has been active in the
Trinity church here. His relationship
with his children was one of his characteristics especially admired by his
friends.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
MacPhearson Fellows, a daughter,
Mary, and two sons, Charles and Raymond.
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Seek Bus Franchise
Petitions urging that a franchise be
granted for a bus line to operate between 69th street and Swarthmore have
been in circulation during the past
week and are said to have been signed
by hundreds of-residents of the borough. The petition states that the route
of the line would be up and down Chester road to a terminus at Fairview
road, the extreme southern point in the
borough.