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VOL. VI, No. 38
SWARTHMORE, PA., SEPTEMBER 21, 1934
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ENGINEERS
ON LONG SURVEY
Students to Complete Project of
Concentrated Surveying
This Week
The Swarthmore College Engineers' Long
Survey began on Monday, September
17. The group, composed of boys of last
year's freshman class, returned to college a week early in order to complete this
project. Some of the students had been
taking the two-week shop course with
George Bourdelais, which ended last week.
All of these and others (the entire class)
have gone on this trip for a week's concentrated surveying at Chester Heights,
where they are surveying territory under
the conditions of actual surveying and will
produce a topographical map of the country covered.
Preston Roach, of Swarthmore, is back
with the group in this work, which is
under the direction of Professor Scott
B. Lilley, of the Civil Engineering Department.
The company, accompanied by one of
the college cooks, left at 8 A. M. on
Monday and expects to be finished by Saturday, September 22, starting early and
working late each day.
A cabin on Chester Creek, Elam Road,
Concord Township, is housing the group,
which consists of about twenty boys in
all, divided into smaller parties of three
or four boys each.
UNUSUALLY BRILLIANT FLOWER
SHOW ENJOYED BY SWARTHMOREANS
FRANK R. MOREY
POST COMMANDER
New Officers Installed at Meeting
of Harold Ainsworth Post
on Monday
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A Community Ball is being planned by
the Harold Ainsworth Post of the American Legion, to be held in the new high
scboo* ^y-nfrashrm- aluitly -aftj cuiiujIl-
tion in January or February. This, winter's social event is to be similar to the
ones held in previous years in the Mary
Lyon School and in Parrish Hall. The
Legion Auxiliary and citizens of the community are planning to co-operate to make
it a big event of the winter.
This decision was reached at the September meeting of the Legion, held last
Monday night in the Legion rooms in Borough Hall. Other plans for the winter
months include co-operation of the Legion
Auxiliary with their welfare work among
needy veterans' families in Swarthmore
and vicinity. The ladies provide for the
needy, and the men of the Legion assist
in raising funds. During the spring, the
members of the Post will entertain, as
heretofore, the inmates of the Veterans'
Hospital of Perryville. Maryland, where
many of the mental wrecks of the war
are still being cared for.
The new officers who were installed at
the meeting include: Post Commander,
Frank R. Morey; Vice-Commander, George
Gillespie; Adjutant, Edward Gillespie, and
Finance Officer, Howard Hopson. These
officers were installed by the retiring Commander, Robert Bair. As one of the first
acts in office, the new Commander appointed his assistant for the year: Executive Committee to include the officers and
Frank N. Smith, Robert Bair, Ferris Mitchell, George Fenno and Dr. John Murphy.
George Gillespie was appointed the head of
the Membership Committee and the House
Committee, Ferris Mitchell to head the
Entertainment Committee, George Corse
the Charity Ball Committee, Edward Gillespie the Turkey Shoot Committee, Clarence G. Myers the Welfare and Legal Aid
Committee and Robert Bair the Perryville
Entertainment Committee.
The delegates to the County Committee
are Robert Bair and Frank N. Smith. The
Sergeant-at-Arms is Captain John Rogeri.
Reverend Thomas Meryweather was reappointed Post Chaplain and Dr. George
Warren, Post Historian.
The October meeting is to be Past Commanders' night, at which time it is hoped
to have all living Past Commanders present as guests for the evening. In the near
future it is hoped to have a father-and-
son banquet for the hundred or more ex-
service men of Swarthmore and vicinity.
Frank N. Smith was appointed chairman
of the committee to make plans. The
meeting closed with brief exercises in observance of Constitution Day. The speaker
was Frank N. Smith, who gave a very
scholarly and interesting account of the
genesis of our Constitution, with special
reference to the development of the powers
of the Supreme Court to declare acts of
Congress  unconstitutional.
Complete List of Prize Winners
in Ninth Annual Exhibit
at Woman's Club
The Swarthmore Woman's Clubhouse
was transformed into a colorful garden
yesterday as it formed the background for
the ninth annual flower show of the garden section of the club. This magic was
performed by an efficient committee under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Arthur R. O.
Redgrave.
As one entered the door facing the erstwhile stage, a woodland scene met tbe
eye, a rippling waterfall splashing into a
little rock bordered pool, under the shade
of many different kinds of trees, while on
every side were flowers from Swarthmore
gardens.
David Rust, of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society; George C. Edmondson,
of Henry A. Dreer, Inc.; Mrs. Cecil H.
Vaughan and Mrs. Marjorie Sulzer were
the judges.
The complete list of prize winners is as
follows:
PART I
Section A—Dahlias
Class 1 (decorative, one bloom in a container)—A. R. O. Redgrave, first; Harry
Liebeck, second; Mrs. J. H. Perkins, third;
Harry Liebeck, honorable mention on two
exhibits other than that with which he
won second prize.
Class 3 (any other variety of dahlias,
except pompons, one bloom in a container)
—Mrs. Thomas Simpers, second.
Class 4 (decorative dahlias, three blooms
in a container)—E. B. Chapman, first and
second; Mrs. J. H. Perkins, third.
Class 5 (cactus or hybrid cactus, three
blooms)—E. B. Chapman, first, second and
third.
Class 6 (five blooms, any variety or
color, color effect and arrangement to
count)—E. B. Chapman, first, second, third
and honorable mention; Mrs. Osterman,
honorable mention.
Class 7 (eleven blooms, any variety,
quality of blooms- t«* cwwtX—A.. R-. Q-
Redgrave,. first; Harry Liebeck, second;
Mrs. I. D. Wood, third.
Class 9 (collection of dahlias grown
from seed, variety of blooms to be considered)—Mrs. J. H. Perkins, first; Mrs.
Lyle Whitsit, second; Mrs. McMillan,
third.
Class lp (best seedling dahlia from seed
set in 1934)—Mrs. J. Horace Walter, first.
Section B—Gladioli
Class 12 (three spile, one variety)—
Mrs.  Jenkins, second.
Section C—'Roses
Class IS (hybrid tea, three blooms, one
or more varieties)—Mrs. Olmes, second;
Mrs.  Blades, third.
Class 17 (hybrid tea, shades of pink, one
bloom)—Mrs. J. Seal, first; Mrs. I. D.
Wood, second; Mrs. Ralph Rhoads, third;
Dr. George Warren, honorable mention.
Class 18 (hybrid tea, shade of red, one
bloom)—Mrs. S. E. Putnam, first; Mrs.
I. D. Wood, second.
Class 19 (hybrid tea, shades of yellow,
one blocm)—Mrs. C. W. Olmes, first; Mrs.
Ralph S. Hayes, second.
Class 20 (hybrid tea, white, one bloom)
—Mrs. J. Perkins, first.
Class 21 (hybrid tea, salmon, one bloom)
—John Kistler, second; R. S. Hayes, third.
Class 22 (collection of hybrid tea, limited to seven blooms in one receptacle)—
Mrs. I. D. Wood, first; Mrs. D. G. Follett,
second.
Section D—Garden Flowers
Class 23 (African daisy, five blooms)—
Mrs. H. B. Passmore, first.
Class 25 (asters, annual, five blooms,
purple)—Mrs. Blades, first; Mrs. G. Armitage, second.
Class 26 (asters, annual, five blooms,
lavender)—Mrs. G. Armitage, first; Mrs.
Blades, second.
Class 28 (asters, annual, five blooms,
pink)—Mis. G. Armitage, first; Mrs. A.
Smalley, second; Miss L. Perkins, third.
Class 29 (asters, annual, five blooms,
white)_Mrs. Henry Hoot, first; Mrs. G.
Armitage, second.
Class 30 (calendulas, five blooms)—Mrs.
E. Jenkins, first; Mrs. George Armitage,
second; Mrs. Blades, third.
Class 32 (cockscomb, one bloom)—J.
Horace Walter, first; Mrs. J. Horace Walter, also first, with seven wool flowers for
which there had been no special class.
Class 35 (cosmos, pink, fifteen blooms)—
Mrs. A. Smalley, first; Mrs. H. Hoot, second; Mrs. George Zimmer, third.
Class 36 (cosmos, white, fifteen blooms)
—Miss L. Boyt, first.
Class 38 (delphinium, three spikes)—b.
Milton Bryant, first.
Class 39 (dianthus, nine blooms, any
color)—Mrs. McMillan, first.
Class 40 (eupatorium, .perennial, five
sprays)—Mrs. G. Zimmer, first; Mrs. C. D.
Mitchell, second; Mrs. T. K. Brown, third.
Class 42 (gaillardia, annual, nine blooms)
—Mrs. I. D. Wood, first; Mrs. Van Allen,
second; Mrs. Joseph Seal, third.
Class 43 (gaillardia, perennial, nine
blooms)—Mrs. George Armitage, first;
Mrs. Charles G. Thatcher, second.
Class 44 (Japanese anemone, seven
blooms)—Mrs. William Vlachos, Sr., first;
Mrs. Rhoads, second.
Class 45 (lantanas, seven stalks)—Mrs.
S. S. Rutherford, first.
Class 47 (marigold, Josephine, tall,
single, nine blooms)—Margaret Campbell,
first; Mrs. John Detlefsen, second; Mrs.
Seal, third; Mrs. Alfred Longwell and Mrs.
J. H. Walter, honorable mention.
Class 48 (marigold, small French, nine
blooms)—Margaret Campbell, first; Miss
L. Perkins, second; Mrs. C. Noyes, third;
Mrs. H. B. Passmore, honorable mention.
Class 49 (marigold, large, five blooms,
light shades)—Mrs. Blades, first; Dr.
Channell, second; Mrs. H. B. Passmore,
third.
Class 50 (marigold, large, five blooms,
dark shades)—Mrs. T. K. Brown, first and
second; Mrs. Ross Marriott, third; Mrs.
A. R. O. Redgrave, honorable mention.
Class 50-A (singles)—Mrs. George Armitage, first; Dr. George P. Warren, second;
Mrs. T. K. Brown, third.
Class 51 (nasturtiums, collection fifteen
blooms)—Mrs. Ewing, first; Mrs. George
Armitage, second; Mrs. Beck, third; Mrs.
Blades and Mrs. T. K. Brown, honorable
mention.
Class 52 (petunias, collection eleven
blooms)—Miss L. Boyt, first; Mrs. George
Armitage, second; Mrs. S. M. Bryant,
third.
Class 56 (scabiosa, nine blooms)—Miss
L. Boyt, first; Margaret Campbell, second;
Mrs. George Armitage, third.
Class 57 (snapdragon collection)—Mrs.
G. D. Blasdel, first; Mrs. George Armitage,
second; Mrs. P. Willis, third.
Class 58 (strawflowers collection)—Mrs.
Wr EL. Elsbree* second...
Class 59 (verbenas collection)—Mrs.
George Zimmer, first.
Class 60 (zinnias, white, five blooms)—
Dr. George P. Warren, first; Miss L. Boyt,
second; Mrs. S. Rutherford, third.    1
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MANY STUDENTS
NEWLY ENROLLED
Enrollment at Opening of School
Exceeds by 31 That of Last
Year
With the opening of schools for the new
year, the enrollment is 862 boys and girls,
just 31 more than on the opening day
last year. This increase of 4% over last
year is at the rate of growth that has
been maintained for several year. It is
26 pupils more than at the close of school
in June.
Eighteen Ridley Township High School
pupils have transferred to their own high
school, which will shortly be completed.
Twenty-two pupils have moved away from
Swarthmore during' the summer. Fifteen
pupils living in Swarthmore have transferred to other schools, a loss that is compensated by a gain of 15 former pupils
returning to the Swarthmore schools.
A total of 107 pupils have enrolled in
Swarthmore schools for the first time this
year. This is nearly a 12% turnover in
one year. Of these, 43 are in the kindergarten, and the others in the other grades.
Enrollment of the College Avenue School
is 214, exactly the same as a year ago;
in the Rutgers Avenue School 218 as
against 202 a year ago; and in the high
school, 430 as against 415 a year ago. All
high school classes are larger except the
eighth and tenth grades. At present there
are 70 pupils in the graduating class.
The newly enrolled students in the upper
four classes include: Ninth grade—Philip
Banta, Estella Chapman, Ruth Egee, Andrew Haig, Jane Helmuth, Stanley Lee,
Emily McAllister, Donald Prim, Joan
Scott, Ernest Vigners, Mary Wetten, Kenneth White, Elizabeth Dickerson, Russell
Levis, Elizabeth Allyn, Lois Bernard, Jane
Drinkard and Samuel Gray. Tenth grade
—EDa Curlette, Edward Jennings, Samuel
Raymond, Bill Shay and Susan Wolters.
Eleventh grade—Webster Allyn, Marjorie
Faison, Donald Lange, Mary Jane Walters and Robert Walters. Twelfth grade-
Allen Berry, Robert Byerly, Ted Cook,
Alberic DeLaet, Paul Paulson, Betty Price,
Murray Pritchard, Cynthia Wickham and
Joan Tooker.
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HEALTH SOCIETY
ENDS BUSY SUMMER
Work Accomplished During Past
Few Months Reported at
Last Thursday's Meeting
The September meeting of the Community Health Society of Central Delaware County was held on September 13
in Borough Hall, Swarthmore, with the
president, Mrs. A. F. Jackson, presiding.
Miss Charlotte Eaton, supervising nurse,
gave the following report of the Nursing
Service for the summer months:
The Red Cross nurses of the Community
Health Society have continued their program of nursing and health education
throughout the summer months in spite of
heat, humidity or other obstacles. Due
to vacation time, we have carried on with
but two-thirds of our usual nursing staff
from June to  September.
The total visits during the summer were
1,274, an average of 425 a month. During
June, 206 nursing visits were made, during
July 211, and during August only 176. Of
these, but three were deliveries, two in
June and one in July. The time made
free through the decrease in bedside nursing was used to excellent advantage in
health teaching visits to mothers of infants and runabouts. In August, 56 more
visits were made to infants than in July,
and 100 more visits to preschools.
This summer an analysis of the average
daily number of visits per staff nurse and
supervising nurse was made, covering a
period of one year.. It was interesting to
find that one staff nurse makes about 2,518
visits in one year, 209 a month, or 9.4
a day. The supervisor, who carries the
added problem of administration and
supervision, makes about half that number.
During our office secretary's one-week
vacation in July, we were most fortunate
to have substitutes for the office nearly
every day through the efforts of Mrs. T.
Harry Brown, president of the Friendly
Circle, and others. Those assisting the
work in this fashion were: Mrs. H. A.
Peirsol*. Mrs, A.. B.. Redgrave^ Mjss Mary
Dingle, Mrs. Eslinger, Mrs. W. N. Spangler,
Mrs. T. Harry Brown, Mrs. Ivar Meurling,
Mrs. George Ewing and Miss Lydia Rues.
Throughout the summer our nurses have
stressed the need of parents caring for the
physical defects of their children. With
our assistance, thirteen tonsillectomies were
performed, nine pairs of glasses obtained,
three children were given complete eye
examination and found to have good
vision, and three boys were circumsized.
During the summer arrangements were
made for admittance to clinics and hospitals of 51 patients.
Volunteers who transported patients included Mrs. Harold Barnes, Mrs. Alan C.
Wood, Mrs. William Thorp, Mrs. Ivar
Meurling, Miss Peggy Ford, Miss Mary
Dingle, Mrs. William T. Ellis, Mrs. William Bradley, Mr. Thomas Pratt, and the
Strath Haven Inn chauffeur.
Our total clinic attendance for the seven
centers during the summer was 31. The
nurses are now attempting to spend more
time at clinic helping the individual
mothers and answering their queries about
the best regime for Ruth or George. This
is possible when there are enough volunteers to aid by weighing and measuring
the children and taking charge of the clinical records.
The Fairview Road clinic has been discontinued. We are grateful to Mrs. Mamie
Zuppo for having allowed the organization
the use of one of her rooms. Mothers
formerly attending this clinic are cordially
invited to the "Milmont Clinic," held the
second Wednesday of each month in the
Lutheran Community Church building,
Woodlyn.
Mothers in Morton, where there is now
no health clinic, are invited to bring their
infants and preschool children to the Avon-
dale clinic, held the third Friday of each
month. If transportation is desired by
Morton mothers or Fairview Road clinic
mothers, it may be arranged through the
Community Health .Society, Swarthmore
362.
Student Suppers Tonight
The Swarthmore Meeting and the local
churches will have their Student Suppers
this evening at 6 o'clock. The Friends
will hold their Supper at Whittier House
and the Presbyterian and Methodist Suppers will be held in the Assembly Rooms
of those churches. The Rev. and Mrs.
J. J. Guenther will have the Supper for
the Episcopal students at the Rectory.
As in former years a general invitation
in the name of the Meeting and the
Churches was sent to all new students who
have no denominational Churches in
Swarthmore.
PASTORATE FOR
DONALDMcGARRAH
Son of Rev. A. F. McGarrah Receives Unanimous Call to
Brooklyn Church
Mr. Donald McGarrah, of Amherst Avenue, last week received an unusual honor,
for so young a man, in the form of a
unanimous call to the pastorate of the
Beverly Avenue Presbyterian Church of
Brooklyn, N. Y. Out of many names,
the church committee invited Mr. McGarrah to supply Sunday, September 9.
The congregation was so impressed by
his sermon and services that, at a meeting
after the service, it extended a hearty and
unanimous call for him to begin work
immediately.
Mr. McGarrah is the son of Rev. A. F.
McGarrah, D.D. He conducted the Community Vacation Bible School this past
summer, and has been a member of the
Presbyterian Church since his family
moved from New York to Swarthmore in
1926. He studied for two years in Swarthmore College, two years at Wooster College in Ohio, one year at the University
of Pennsylvania, and two years at Theological College in Pittsburgh. In each
school, he won special scholarship recognition.
The church has about 250 members, a
building recently erected, and is located in
a splendid section of the city. Because of
their enthusiasm, Mr. McGarrah returned
to Brooklyn on Wednesday, September 12,
to conduct their mid-week service and to
help organize an immediate church and
Sunday School efficiency program for the
year. Licensed last spring by the Presbytery of Pittsburgh, Mr. McGarrah expects to do graduate work for the next
two years in Columbia and other New
York City schools in connection with hit
pastoral work.
HOW THE SCHOOL
DOLLAR IS SPENT
Report   Shows   Entire   Expenditures and Percentages Used
in Various Fields
The total expenditures of the Swarthmore School District for the fiscal year
ending July 2, 1934, were nearly $2,500.00
less than the budget adopted by the School
Board a year ago. This saving, effected
by economical handling of financial matters, was revealed in the annual financial
report, presented by the Secretary, Elizabeth A. Lueders, at the Board meeting
recently.
Mrs. Lueders' report shows that the entire expenditures by the School District
for the year just closed totaled $160,436.10,
or $11,591.89 less than the year before, in
spite of increased enrollments. Of this
year's totals, $120,576.89 were for current
expenses involved in the operation of
schools, $38,275.62 for debt service and
$1,583.59 for capital outlay. The current
expense costs include six items, as follows:
A—General Control  $4,260.06
B—Instruction    91,955.24
C—Auxiliary Agencies       3,387.27
D—Operation of Plant  15,285.85
E—Maintenance of Plant.. .    1,415.28
F—Fixed Charges       4,273.19
Considered from the per cent viewpoint,
it is found that the school dollar was spent
in the past year in the following proportions:
General Control          3%
Instruction        57%
Auxiliary Agencies          2%
Operation        10%
Maintenance          1%
Fixed Charges        3%
Total Current Expenses...    76%
In addition, Debt Service required 23%
and Capital Outlay 1%.
It is interesting to note the sources
from which the funds were derived to
finance the needs of the School District.
Speaking again in terms of the dollar, the
largest source of funds was from local
taxes, amounting to 58% for current taxes
and 11% delinquent taxes, a total of 69%.
Next largest source was state appropriation, amounting to 15%; then tuition of
non-resident pupils, 10%; temporary loans
against unpaid taxes, 6%.
In actual figures, Mrs. Lueders' report
shows that the year's income was derived
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Girl Scout Troop No. 16 to Meet
Girl Scout Troop No. 16 will meet at
the Girl Scout House on Saturday at 9.30
A. M. All girls should come prepared for
a good year of scouting.
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