Swarthmorean 1932 July 1

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Swarthmore, Pa., July 1, 1932
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DEFEND BRINGING
GAMBLERS HERE
Citizens   Say   Borough   Should
Accept Responsibility of
Giving Justice
SMITH    CRITICISES    POLICE
Various  reactions  to the  remarks  of
Burgess William R. Landis that men arrested  in   Chester  raids   should   not  be
brought  to Swarthmore for trial,  were
heard throughout the borough this week.
Two    Swarthmoreans   offered    their
thoughts on thc subject for publication.
Morris H. Fussell declared that the borough should not shirk its responsibility
if able to administer justice.   The other
communication from Charles A. Smith is
more of   an attack on the  local  police
force pointing out that if the state police find Magistrate David Ulrich a suitable justice to hear their cases, why are
not   Swarthmore's   local   police  cases
taken to him instead of to William Mor-|
gan. magistrate of Springfield Township?
June 25, 1932.
To the Editor of the Swarthmorean:
Dear Sir:
I read in the Swarthmorean of June
24th, that there has been both official and
public denunciation of the recent ar-
raingment of gamblers arrested in raids
in Chester before Magistrate Ulrich. It
is indeed a matter for concern and pity
that members of the community should
so far forget their responsibility as to
object to the carrying out of justice.
It is undeniable that the bringing to
Swarthmore of these men may easily
provoke dangerous situations, that some
of those arrested may hold a grudge
against Swarthmore. Yet how can we
say that identical conditions would not
arise elsewhere, no matter to what part
of the county these men are taken? Can
Swarthmore deny its courts to justice,
and still hold its self-respect? Decidedly
it cannot. Wc cannot-have our cake and
eat it, too. If we want a peaceful and
law-abiding community we must share
the burden of responsibility. Swarthmore, to maintain its own integrity and
pride must be an integral part of the
State; it cannot and shall not draw aside
the hem of its garment, shall not try to
keep continually aloof from the harsher
and more responsible parts of the machinery, at the same time enjoying the
benefits which responsibility gives everyone.
There is also stated in the Swarthmorean that it is "a great compliment to
this community, since it implies that there
is no other place in the county where the
State Police can be assured of the conviction of these frequenters of gambling
establishments". Alas! The question is
not so simple as that; we can be assured
that no compliment was intended. It is
obvious that, insofar as Swarthmore is
foremost in the county in doubting the
validity of the sacro-sanctity of Senator
McClure's rule, the present State Administration is using Swarthmore's Magistrate primarily as a slap at Senator McClure. The implication that Swartli-
morc is the only place where convictions
may be obtained was intended. Let us
not, however, blind ourselves as to the
source of the implication.
Let   us  above  all   relegate   selfishness
and political cowardice to the realms of
chaos forever, that it may never be said
that Swarthinore is afraid to give justice.
Sincerely yours,
Morris H. Fussell.
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June 28, 1932
Mr. Editor:
According to the Swarthmorean of last
week Burgess Landis is quite .concerned
for the fair name and reputation of
Swarthmore. Because the State officials
arc bringing the prisoners taken in the
raids on the racketeers and gamblers in
Chester to Swarthmore for trial, the
Burgess is quite unhappy. Why worry
about this matter, Mr. Burgess. Leave
the responsibility where it belongs—under the jurisdiction of the State officials.
Some of your townsmen believe that this
type of law-breaking comes before our
Committing Magistrate because of the
confidence that the State officials have in
the fairness and efficiency of Squire Ullrich and to head off all possible interference of the County political Boss.
Rather tell us Mr. Burgess, why our
local police organization so persistently
insists upon taking all cases that came
under their jurisdiction to Squire Morgan—on Baltimore Pike—in Springfield
township—for trial. Don't you know
that in most of the cases so handled the
law is flagrantly violated? Is this arrangement also planned to protect the
good name of Swarthmore or is it in or
der to square accounts with our Magistrate because the latter does not see fit
to penalize every case brought before
him for trial? You know—of course,
Mr.' Burgess—that trial should be made
before the nearest Committing Magistrate—where the arrest is made. „Give us
candidly, your version of the case. Some
of us honestly believe that it is due to
pettiness upon the part of our police
organization. If you can explain this
belief away we would be glad to have
you do so. Any explanation that will
strengthen the confidence of our citizens
in the efficiency and fairness of our police force will be well worth while and
good publicity.
C. A. Smith.
H* S* Senior's Essay Tells
Facts About Borough's History
The essay on the "History of Swarth-1 railroad,   bounded   by   Yale    Avenue,
more" compiled by Richard Griffin, grad- Cresson   Lane,   Harvard  Avenue,   and
PLAYGROUND TENNIS
MATCHES CONTINUE
On Friday of last week Morgan
Smith again won the daily tennis tournament at thc playground at thc College Avenue scliool. Sargent Brewster
was the runner up with about thirty
boys and girls competing. Last Saturday approximately eighty-six children
and twenty adults used the tennis
courts. In thc Junior tennis tournament
twenty-five boys and sixteen girls are
entered. In the first rounds, Jack
Wright defeated Bill Paterson, Thomas
Clay defeated David Print/, and Richard Sanford defeated John Chaffee.
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OUTDOOR WEDDING
AT "PITWILLOW FARM"
A most charming out-of-doors wedding took place Saturday, June 25th,
at 4.30 in the afternoon at "Pittwillow",
the country home of Mr. and Mrs. N.
O. Pittinger of Swarthmore, when their
niece, Miss Mary Osborne, of Fort
Wayne, Indiana, was married to Donald
Bryant of White Plains, New York,
the Reverend Peter DeRinter, of Nottingham, Pa., officiating. The processional followed the slope of the beautiful lawn from the old stone house to
Black Run, which flows through the
grounds" and onllie banks' of which" an
improvised altar of daisies, ferns, and
wild roses had been arranged.
The bride, who was given in marriage by her uncle, N. O. Pittenger, was
beautifully gowned in white suede lace.
She carried white roses and lilies of
the valley. Her sister, Miss Lucy Osborne of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the only
attendant, wore an ashes of roses gown
and blue accessories. She carried delphinium and roses. Cullen Bryant was
thc best man.
After an informal reception a garden
dinner was served on the lawn, followed by the cutting of the wedding
cake. Some of the guests went swimming in the "Pittwillow" natural swimming pool, after which everyone gathered around a great fire built on the
banks of the stream.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have gone to
Vermont for a vacation trip, after
which they will be at home in Albany,
N. Y., where they are both teachers
in State College. Mrs. Bryant travelled
in a charming blue and coral dress
with a fur-trimmed blue coat and blue
accessories. Mr. Bryant has done both
graduate and undergraduate work at
Cornell, and his bride is graduated from
Indiana University, where she was a
member of Sigma Kappa sorority and
Pennsylvania University, where she was
awarded her Master of Arts degree.
Thc   mother  of   the  groom  wore   a
cream-colored lace dress with a flowered jacket and the mother of the bride
wore   flowered   chiffon   with   a   velvet
jacket.   Both   wore   shoulder  corsages.
With the exception of the houseparty
already  at   "Pittwillow",   most   of   the
guests  motored  down  during thc  day
from Philadelphia or New York to the
farm, which is located on the Octororo
Creek,   in   thc   Southwestern   part   of
Chester   county.   Thc   guests   included
Ruby, Ashwood, and Lewis Bryant, of
White   Plains,  Mrs.   Frank  B. Adams
and daughter,  Mrs.  Thomas  D.  MacMillan,   of   Orange,   New   Jersey,   Mr.
and   Mrs.  Clifford   F.  Rossweiler,   Mr.
and Mrs. Kenneth Bainbridge, Mr. and
Mrs. Ellwood B. Chapman and daughter, Miss Julie and Mrs. N. O. Pittenger and son, John Chapman Pittinger,
all of  Swarthmore;   Ray  P. Hunt, of
Philadelphia;   Grace   Martin,   of   Chicago;   Mrs.   Oscar   M.   Pittinger   and
daughter, Miss Martha, of Indianapolis,
Ind.; Helmuth Valdorf, of New York
and   Berlin;   and   Mrs.   John   Stcmpel,
Miss Marjorie Hendren, and Miss Josephine Myers, all of New York City.
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Messrs. Williamfiand Stanley Taylor
of Yale avenue sayed on Saturday for
France. ^1 4
uate in this year's class at the High
Scliool, is concluded in this week's issue
of thc Szcarthmorcan.
Development   of   Home-building    in
Swarthmore—Although it was not until
1893 that Swarthmore was incorporated
as a borough of Delaware County, yet
1880 is thc more outstanding date of the
two as the beginning of the town  of
Swarthmore  for this reason. Up until
1880 Swarthmore had never even been
thought of as a town, or even a village.
All that it consisted of in thc way of
homes was a group of tcn or twelve
farmhouses.   However,   about   1880   a
company was formed called thc West-
hill land company, established for the
sole purpose of developing home-building in Swarthmore on thc north side of
the railroad. This company, the first of
its kind in Swarthmore, was run by the
Ogdens. Among thc houses which were
built in those early days and arc still
standing are the  Robinson house,  thc
Garrett   house, and  the   Miller  house,
the latter now being used as the home
of   the   president   of  thc   college,   Mr.
Frank Aydelotte.
The second company of this kind to
be formed was thc Swarthmore Improvement Company, which-was organized in thc later '80's. This company
opened a tract on the south side of the
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Chester Road. It was operated by Mr
Sylvester Garrett, Mr. Simmons Kent,
and Mr. E. I. Scott. Soon after this the
College Tract Resident Company was
organized and took in all the laud
around thc station which used to bc
the college farm. The business end of
this company was directed by Mr.
Clarence Scott. And finally Mr. F. M.
Simmons organized a company to develop the only tract of land left in the
immediate vicinity of the station, that
on which now stands thc Mary Lyon
School and tlie many lovely homes surrounding it. However, Swarthmore is
still growing, and growing fast. At present we havc the Gillespie tract expanding thc town on the south and Swarthmore Crest and thc Emmons tract
doing the same on thc north.
Before I forget it, I should like to tell
you something about Park Avenue, for
this street has a little history all its
own. When all of these home development tracts began to build the beautiful
old homes wiiich Swarthmore residents
are so proud of now, it was natural
that roads began to be built to erect
these homes on. Many plans were submitted as to how these streets should be
laid out, and Park Avenue, one of thc
first to be constructed, had a very defi-
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Busy Day of Events Promised for
Swarthmoreans Who Spenil
Holiday Here
AFTERNOON BASEBALL GAME
To Broadcast
An organization, known as: "The Junior Theatre of the Air'", under the
joint direction of "Harry G. Forster
and Julie Chapman, of thc Players'
Club,  is  presenting  a  series  of   radio
ULVERSTON SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES CHANGES
Dr. E. L. Terman has been busy this
week shaping and completing plans  for
the opening of the work of the second
.        , .  ..      ,,.,„   ,Wt3.»>.t ycar °i t,,e Ulverston School in Septcm-
broadcasts over station WIP, WFAN .^   Ris abscncc ffom Swarthmore dur.
on each Sunday of July and August
at 3 to 3.30 P. M. Thc broadcasts arc
in - the form of dramatic presentations
and will include historical sketches,
fairy stories, tales of the Klondyke, etc.
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HEDGEROW ANNOUNCES
JULY 4TH PRODUCTION
Six plays by contemporary American
writers and one by a famous Russian
arc lo be offered in the program for
next week at thc Hedgerow Theatre in
Rose Valley. Thc first is a special matinee   performance  at  three  o'clock  on
Monday   to   celebrate   the   Fourth   of
July, and the play is Susan Glaspell's
"Inheritors" whicli has now become the
traditional   revival  for both   Memorial
Day and Independence Day at Hedgerow. The Monday night show also has
been   selected   from   thc   repertory   to
accommodate the holiday spirit of  gayer
mood,—Virginia Farmer's adaptation of
Stephen Leacock's travesty melodrama,
"Cast Up by the Sea". Lynn Riggs is
represented twice in the week, on Tuesday   by   his   poetic   and  lusty  comedy
'Roadside", and on Friday by his newest and very different work, "The Cherokee Night". Tlie only comedy mystery
show in the repertory, "Solitaire Man"
by the Spcwacks will be given one of
its   infrequent  presentations  on   Wednesday night; on Thursday night Anton Chekhov's drama of Russia before
the Revolution, "The Sea Gull" will be
shown.   The   Saturday  night   performance   next   week   is   Eugene   O'Neill's
"The Emperor Jones", with Arthur Rich
in thc title role and Jasper Deeter in
the part of the Cockney trader.
"Thc   Emperor—Jones"  is  thc   show
for  tonight,  and  for  tomorrow   night,
Shaw's "Heartbreak House".
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Retained on List
In last week's Swarthmorean it was
announced that the name of Herbert Bassett had been added to the five local insurance brokers to receive a share of
the insurance of the Swarthmore School
District. This was in error since Mr.
Bassett has been on tlie list to receive a
share of the insurance for several years
and his name was not one of the new
ones added to the list.
Thc new concerns to receive some of
the business arc Mrs. A. M. Baird, and
Peter E. Told. Charles Smith, Charles
Parker, Herbert Bassett, Louis Cole
Emmons, and E. C. Walton have been
receiving a portion of the business for
several years.
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Mrs.   Harold   Ogram   of   Riverview
v.
road has been thc guest of her mother
at Rchoboth Beach for thc past two
weeks.
ing six weeks of thc summer as director
of the First Annual Swartlnnore Boys-
Camp-on-Wheels, necessiated making the
School-plans more definite at this time.
Many residents of Swarthniore have
been deeply interested in the work of the
Ulverston during the past year. Some
have expressed surprise coupled with
satisfaction that the school could so firmly establish itself in this or any other
community during such a serious financial depression. The past ycar has been
one when many schools of its kind have
closed. A proof of its fixed place in the
educational world has been furnished by
the fact that during such a year thirty
students were enrolled and were so happy
and successful in their first year of
work at the school. Thc objectives of
MASTERY of fundamentals through
individualized instruction, of guidance in
creative self-expression and self-control
through the building of proper study
habits, the release from grade levels and
"scliool marks" to compete against ones
own best past record as well as competition with others, have all had their share
in winning the school its place.
During the past few weeks enough interest  has   been  revealed   in  the  second
year's enrollment to warrant the administration and advisory Board in planning
to strengthen and extend the offerings of
the  school   in  several  aspects   for  next
year.    (Mrs.)   Dora Wilson, whose native   tongue  is   French   and   who  is   an
especially talented teacher is joining the
staff on full time as Head of the French
Department.    William Baker, at present
with the Progressive Educational  Association in Washington, D. C. is also joining the staff on full time to direct activities  in   Creative   Dramatics,   in   English
and also to organize a Commercial Department.    Courses in Business and Office  Work will  be offered  to  regularly
enrolled students as elective work, as well
as to local students who wish to get a
business training and thus to enroll  for
late afternoon or evening courses under
the expert leadership of Mr. Baker.   The
advanced mathematics courses next year
will   be   in  charge   of   Arthur    Hayne
Mitchell, a local resident witlr a brilliant
record as  an engineer.    In addition   to
Mr.   Terman,   who  has  charge  of   Per-
sonel and  educational  guidance work of
the  school, the other  teachers  to  be  on
the staff next year are Miriam Jenkins
Elsbree, who, in its first year, organized
the   English    Department,    Mrs.   A.   M.
Lackey in charge of Creative Art, Mrs.
Roy Delcplainc—Instrumental Music and
Latin,   Mrs.    Robert    E.    Carels—Vocal
Music, Mrs.   Donato  Colafemina  Director of the Orchestra. Mr. Harold Snyder
for the past two years on the staff of
Swarthmore   College   will   give   an   advanced course in Social Science and Mr.
Franz von  Bitter,  an  honor  student at
the college will give beginning work in
German.
All is in readiness for Swarthmorc's
annual Fourth of July celebration Monday. A larger nuniber of Swarthmore
cans are expected to be in town and take
part in the day's activities than in previous years and there will be something
doing every minute.
"This year's prograni will bc almost
identical with last year's. Prizes for thc
different events are being contributed by
thc business houses and children's prizes
are being purchased "from funds provided
by the Business and Civic Association.
The day's prograni is as follows:
I.
9:00 A. M.—Children's Parade, forming at Borough Hall. John H. Pitman in
charge.
Prizes will l>e awarded for the best
decorated boy's bicycle; the best decorated Kiddie Kar. Prizes will also bc
awarded for the best decorated doll
coach; for the prettiest costume and the
most original costume. There will also
be a prize for thc best decorated float
and thc most unique float. Two Scout
prizes will be awarded, one for the
Troup making the best showing and giving the best exhibition of marching, and
one for the best individual Scout. Prizes
for the best appearing baby and baby
coach. Entries must be no older than
three years.
II.
9:00 A. M. — Quoits Tournament.
South Chester Road, opposite Prep
School.    William Watson in charge.
Awards will be made to the winners in
the singles tournament and to the two
winners in the doubles matches.
III.
9:00   A.    M.—Golf    driving   contest.
College campus, north of the R. R., east
of Chester Road.    Clarence Hannum in
charge.
Prizes to the man and woman making
the longest drives.
IV.
10:00 A. M.—Field program of games
and   races   for  children.     Mrs.   William
Earl     K i st 1 e r    and    Mars.    Harold
Griffin iu charge.   Near baseball field.
Events for boys and girls between four
and fourteen years of age. Varied program of games and races.
V
11:00 A. M.—Program of games and
stunts for adults at Chester Road baseball diamond. Numerous prizes.
George Corse and Robert Sharpies in
charge.
VI.
1:00 P. M.—Hose attaching contest by
two teams from the Fire Company.
VII.
2:00   P.   M.—Swimming  at   Emmon's
Pool.
Division for boys and girls thirteen or
under. Division for boys and girls fourteen or over. Four prizes. Charles
Sniith in charge.
VIII.
3.00   P.   M.—Swarthmore   Community
team vs. Crother Bros.
IX.
Tennis Tournament all day on Tennis
Club    courts    at    Swarthmore    College.
Prizes to winners of singles and doubles
for  men  and  women.     Boys  and   Girls
Tennis   Tournament   at      College   Av*,.
School.
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WESTWARD BUS TRIP
TO BEGIN MONDAY
The first Swarthmore "Westward
Ho," tour directed by Dr. E. L. Terman
of the Ulverston school will leave
Swarthmore July 4 at 7:30 A. M. Thc
previous day, the party will meet at
Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The
tour to the Pacific Coast and return
with visits at interesting points enroute
including Yellowstone National Park
and Yoscmitc, will be made in a Greyhound Yellow Coach.
The personnel of the party is as follows : Director, E. L. Terman; Director
of Water Activities, Tutor, Walter
Ucla; Director of Camping, Bruce
Cook; photographer, Walter Scham;
bus driver, Al Summerville; Swarthmore boys, Burton Richards, Robert
Wilson, Nathan Suplee, Powell Richards, Dayton Gibson. West Chester
boys, Edward Jefferis, Francis Hippie,
Richard Moors, Donald Dowlin, Ellis
Miller, Harry Cann and Charles Cann.