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SWARTHMORE, PA., MARCH 29, 1935
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COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW
OPENS NEXTTUESDAY
Large  Cast  to   Be   Featured  in
Hodge's Production at
Players Club
When "Counsellor-at-Law" opens at the
Players' Club next Tuesday evening, April
2nd, under the direction of D. Malcolm
Hodge, an unusually large cast will vie for
the approval of the audience.
The Director has eliminated only four
of the very small parts, which still leaves
a cast of twenty-five, one of the largest
ever to appear in a Players' Club production.
Counsellor-at-Law was written by Elmer
Rice, one of the outstanding American
Playwrights, and was first produced at
the Plymouth Theatre, New York City on
November 6, 1931.
Like most of Mr. Rice's plays, Counsellor-at-Law is a vivid portrayal of a section
of American life, commonplace, yet interesting and absorbing.
By reason of the many and diverse types  Federal   Bureau   of   Investigation   of   the
required to make up the cast, opportunity   Department   of   Justice   in   Washington,
L. W. V. to Meet Early
"A Study of (he Constitution" will be
presented by. Dr. Roland Pennock, Assistant Professor of Political Science at
Swarthmore College, at the monthly .meeting of the Swarthmore League of Women
Voters to be held at the Woman's Club
House at 2.30 P. M. on Tuesday next.
Attention is called to the earlier hour of
meeting.
Mrs. Daniel R. Goodwin has announced
the formation of a group for the study of
county government. The meetings will be
held at her home, 510 Walnut Lane, at 2
o'clock, April 4th, 11th and 18th.
POLICE SCHOOL ENDS
FIRST SIX SESSIONS
Bureau of Investigation Sends Department Heads to Instruct
Policemen
ADOLPH VOGEL
An unusual opportunity has been afforded to the police officers of Delaware
County by J. Edgar Hoover, Chief of the
was afforded to enlist many new players'
who   have   not   heretofore   appeared   in
Players' Club productions.
Stafford W. Parker, William T. Brown,
John David Narbeth and D. Malcolm
Hodge are veteran players of many years
experience and need no introduction to the
Players' Club audiences.
Margaret Vlachos appears as the Switchboard Operator, a very different role from
those which she has heretofore taken in
Thirteenth Chair, Growing Pains, and
Twelfth Night. It is felt that she has now
found her proper niche, that of a juvenile
comedienne.
Helen B. Schoff, who played the prim
secretary in Enter Madame is likewise seen
in a very different role, that of Zedorah
Chapman, recently acquitted of murdering her husband, and Angela Mason, as
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DR. THOMAS JENKINS
DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Was Visiting Son Prior to Coming East to Make His Home
in Swarthmore   .
Dr. Thomas Atkinson Jenkins, distinguished philologist, president in 1927 of
the Modern Language Association of
America, and from 1901 until his retirement in 1933 a professor of French at the
University of Chicago, died Sunday, March
24, at Berkeley, Cal., of pneumonia, after
an operation. He was in his sixty-seventh
year.
Dr. Jenkins, whose home was at 5411
Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, had been
visiting for some time at Berkeley a son,
Francis A. Jenkins, associate professor of
physics   at   the   University   of   California.
A native of Wilmington, Del., he was
graduated from Swarthmore College in
1887 with a B. A. degree. He took a
Bachelor of Philosophy degree at the University of Pennsylvania the next year and
hif doctorate of philosophy at Johns Hopkins in 1894. Swarthmore conferred on
him the honorary degree, Doctor of Literature, in  1924.
After being an instructor and professor
in romance languages at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., for five years, and
teaching French at Swarthmore for a year,
Dr. Jenkins went to Chicago. Since 1911
he had been a member of the editorial
board of the Modern Philological Association. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa
honorary society and Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Dr. and Mrs. Jenkins were expecting to
return to Swarthmore this summer. Plans
for their new house on Ogden Avenue were
in the hands of the builder.
Dr. Jenkins was the son of Mary Anna
Jenkins and the late Howard M. Jenkins,
of Gwynedd,  Pa.
Surviving him, beside his mother, are
his widow, the former Marian Magill,
daughter of the late Dr. Edward H. Magill,
for many years President of Swarthmore
College; three sons, Edward M., of Somer-
ville, N. J.; Francis A., of Berkeley, Cal.,
and Wilmer A., of Fort Wayne, Ind.; three
brothers, Charles Francis Jerkins, of Ger-
mantown, President of the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College; Edward A.
Jenkins, of Swarthmore; and Arthur H.
Jenkins, of Jenkintown; and two sisters,
Mrs. I. D. Webster and Florence Jenkins,
both of Gwynedd, Pa. Howard M. Jenkins, of Swarthmore, is a grandson of Dr.
Jenkins.
D. C. The first six sessions at the Police
School, held at Swarthmore College, were
in charge of Mr. L. C. Shilder, head of the
Fingerprinting Section; Mr. E. P. Coffey,
head of Technical Laboratory, and Mr.
W. H. D. Lester, Assistant Director of the
Bureau in charge of Administration. Mr.
Lester was a Rhodes Scholar after graduating from the University of Mississippi
about ten years ago. Later in May additional experts will be sent to review the
following subjects: Evidence, Preparation
of Cases, Testimony, Interrogation of Witnesses, etc., as related to Federal Law.
The Pennsylvania State Police assumed
responsibility for instruction on Tuesday,
March 26th, and during the next six sessions of twelve hours will deal with the
Principles, Practice, and Rules of Patrol-
ing, Observation, Care of Vacant Properties, Riots, Undercover Work, Systems of
Communication, Firearms, Disarming
Prisoners, "jiu-jifSU and" Handcuffs.
LIBRARY BOARD IN
MONTHLY MEETING
Reports of Various Chairmen and
Officers Made on Monday
Evening
The Board of Directors of the Swarthmore Public Library held its monthly meeting on Monday, March 25th, at 7.15. Reports were presented by the Librarian and
Treasurer and the Chairmen of the various
committees, showing the steady use of the
library by the community and thc continual
efforts to make the library of "practical use
to the borrowers.
Mr. Roland L. Eaton, President, announced that the remodeling of the Library
Rooms would be postponed until May.
An interesting number of new books
have been purchased and placed in circulation and the list will appear soon in
the Swarthmorean. The tentative budget
permits a slight increase in the amount of
money to be spent for new books both in
the juvenile section and in the adult section.
There was animated discussion of the
advisability of a reserve list for fiction and
thc Library Committee is to make a report
upon this at the next meeting.
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At Monthly Meeting
Paris Quintet to Play Here
The Paris Instrumental Quintet will be
heard in Clothier Memorial, Swarthmore
College, at 8.15 Thursday evening, April
4th, under the auspices of the Cooper
Foundation. The Quintet, which recently
came to this country for the Chamber of
Music Festival at the Library of Congress
in Washington, D. C, consists of the following instruments: Violin, viola, 'cello,
flute, and harp.
Friends of the college are cordially invited to attend the concert next Thursday
evening, when the Quintet will play mostly
the works of Mozart and French composers.
Conductor of the Main Line Orchestra, which will give its annual concert
in Clothier Memorial, Swarthmore
College,   on April   11.
Mrs. Edwin A. Yarnall, of Swarthmore,
spent Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week at Pennhurst State School, where she
attended the meeting of the Board of
Trustees and made her usual monthly inspection of the institution, as chairman of
the House Committee.
SPRING CONCERT TO
BE HELD APRIL 11
Annual Visit of Main Line Orchestra to Provide for Local
Scholarships
The program for the annual spring concert of thc Main Line Orchestra, to be held
in the Clothier Memorial on Thursday
night, April 11th, has just been announced
by the conductor, Adolph Vogel. The program Wloyrs:   1. Ba'!\   Wgyptjj.i:, Lui^fni
a. Andante Sostenuto, b. Andante cspres-
sivo—allegro non troppo; 2. a. Fervent Is
My Longing, Bach-Cailliet; b. From an
Indian Lodge, MacDowell; 3. Gallia, Gounod, Swarthmore High School Chorus; 4.
Overture, Leonora No. 3, Beethoven, conducted by Dr. F. W. G. Swann; 5. Violin
Concerto, G Minor, Allegro moderato—
Adagio, Bruch, George Ockner, soloist; 6.
Overture, If I Were King, Adam.
This concert is being sponsored by the
parents of the Senior Class of the Swarthmore High School and the teachers of the
public schools. Its purpose is to provide
funds for scholarships to be awarded at
commencement time. Last year at the
June, 1934, commencement, two scholarships were awarded to members of the
graduating class as a result of the concert
held last year, one in the amount of $200
and the other $125. It is hoped that the
attendance this year may permit equal
awards to be made.
The Committeee of parents of the Senior
Class sponsoring this concert includes thc
following: Mrs. L. A. Whitsit, Chairman;
Mrs. Alice M. Baird, Mrs. William T. Clay,
Mrs. Carl Cleaves, Mrs. E. Fullerton Cook,
Mrs. George M. Ewing, Mrs. H. G. Griffin,
Mrs. Herbert C. Gross, Mrs. Edson S. Harris, Mrs. Gurdon Jones, Mrs. W. W. Mitchell, Mrs. John E. Michael, Mrs. A. V. B.
Orr, Mrs. W. Burton Richards, Mrs.
George B. Ramsey, Mrs. S. S. Rutherford,
Mrs. Herbert Sanford, Mrs. Howard B.
Stavers, Mrs. A. S. Thorn, Mrs. F. A. Vos-
ters, Mrs. A. S. Wickham and Mrs. A. G.
White.
HOME AND SCHOOL
MEETING APRIL 12
Representatives of About Thirty
Colleges to Be Present on
"College Night"
An unusual opportunity for prospective
college students and their parents to learn
about college opportunities will be offered
at the April meeting of the Swarthmore
Home and School Association on Friday
night, April 12th, according to the announcement just made by Mr. William
Craemer, President of the Association.
Mr. Craemer announced that Dean Max
McConn, of Lehigh University, has been
secured as the main speaker for this meeting, which is to be known as College Night.
He will deliver his famous address on
"Who Should Go to. College."
After the main address the invited representatives of about thirty colleges will
hold conferences in the various classrooms
of the school, one in each room. Parents
and high school pupils will have the opportunity of conferring with these representatives,  to  be informed  as to  college
AGNES E ERICH
DIES SUDDENLY
Wife of Judge David M. Ulrich
Succumbed Monday After
Short Illness
Agnes Moore Ulrich, for more than
twelve years a resident of Swarthmore, died
at.the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roland
G. E. Ullman, of Harvard Avenue, on
Monday evening of this week, following
a brief illness.
Mrs. Ulrich was the daughter of Hiram
W. and Katharine Spencer Moore, of Wilmington, Delaware. Her parents were
both members of old Quaker families which
had settled in Delaware at the time of
William Penn.
During the first years of her marriage
she lived in Newark, Delaware, later moving to Chester, where Mr. Ulrich's family
had been identified with the growth and
development of the city from early days.
While Mrs. Ulrich did not move to
Swarthmore until 1922, she had been a
frequent visitor here while her daughter
attended Swarthmore College and later
when she was married and settled here.
During that period she built up a wide
circle of friends so that when Mr. and
Mrs. Ulrich established their home on Rutgers Avenue, she merely increased well-
grounded contacts and became an interested
and active member of the community.
At the Easter services, eleven years ago,
she joined the Swarthmore Presbyterian
Church by transference letter from the First
Presbyterian Church of Chester.
She was an active member of the
Woman's Club and interested in the
Players' Club of Swarthmore.
She is survived by her husband, David
M. Ulrich; her daughter, Eliza Katharine
Ulrich Ullman; three grandchildren, David
entrance requirements, course opportunities, costs, and other points on which they Ulrich, Roland G. E., Jr., and Agnes Eliza-
desire• information. Dean Robert C. Dis- beth Ullman, all of Swarthmore, as well as
que, of Drexel Institute, a member of the
Attend Annual Meeting
Twelve members of the Woman's Association of the Swarthmore Presbyterian
Church attended yesterday the annual
meeting of the Fourth District of Chester
Presbyterial Societies for National and
Foreign Missions, held at the Olivet Presbyterian Church, Prospect Park, Pa.
Chester Citizens' Forum
Friends' Yearly Meeting
Many Swarthmoreans have been attending the sessions of the Friends' Yearly
Meeting being held this week in Philadelphia. On Sunday afternoon Patrick Malin,
of Swarthmore, was the speaker at the
Fourth and Arch Street Meeting House.
Swarthmore School Board, and Frank R.
Morey, are co-operating in developing the
plans for this meeting. " Pupils and parents
of the Nether Providence and Springfield
High Schools are being invited to attend
this meeting.
'MASTER SKYLARK'
NEXT JUNIOR PLAY
Merry England in Days of "Good
Queen  Bess"  Scene  of
April's Production
In the next play for Juniors at the
Swarthmore Players' Club the audience
will be transported to merry England—
Stratford-on-Avon and London during thc
days of Queen Elizabeth. Such famous
personages as William Shakespeare, Ben
Jonson, and Tour Heywood will appear
with "good Queen Bess" herself.
There will be old friends as well as new
ones in the cast this time—both Juniors
and Seniors. Among the younger actors
will be Tommy Marshall, Carter Smith,
Morris Bassctt, Bickley Parker, Tommy
Jackson, Sidney Gittens, James Smith, Arthur Mcrywcather, and a new little actress,
Betty MacDonald.
Senior members of the speaking cast in-
elude Helen Hall, Winifred MacDowell,
Clarence Myers, Ray Burk, William Price,
F. V. Brewster, T. Lawton Slaugh, Stafford
Parker, Vincent Motter, James Johnstone,
and Charles Deacon.
The play, which is called "Master Skylark," was originally dramatized for the
300th anniversary in 1916 of Shakespeare's
death. The Swarthmore production is
under the direction of Elizabeth May
Roberts and Ellen W. Delaplaine, of the
Junior Committee. Settings are being designed by Barbara Dolman, which assures
their excellence.
by two sisters, Mrs. L. D. Davis and Miss
Kathleen Moore, both of Wilmington, Del.
The funeral services will be conducted
today, Friday, March 29th, at "two in the
afternDon, from her late residence, 127
Rutgers Avenue, Swarthmore.
James Wilson Graham, Professor of English at the P. M. C, will speak on "The
Unpopularity of a -Great Poem and a1
Great Story" at the Chester Citizens'
Forum, in the Y. W. C. A. Building, Chester, next Thursday evening, April 4th, at
8.15 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend these meetings of the Chester Citizens' Forum which are free to all.
Attend Important Dinner
Among those Swarthmoreans who attended the dinner held in honor of George
H. Dern, Secretary of War, on Tuesday,
at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Philadelphia
Ordinance District and the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce, were: Major R. L.
Maxwell, Major G. A. Bagby, Joseph Bates,
Carl Chaffee, William Argyle and James B.
Douglas. There were many distinguished
men from Washington, New York, Pittsburgh and other points present. The occasion was in celebration of the seventeenth
anniversary of the Philadelphia Ordinance
District, of which Major Maxwell is Secretary.
Install New Main and Fire Plug
The Philadelphia Gas and Electric Company is installing a new four inch gas main
on the east side of Park Avenue from
Harvard Avenue to the railroad station.
Most of the main will be laid just inside
the curb although some of it will be placed
in the street.
A new fire plug is being placed by the
Borough on the east side of North Chester
Road   almost   opposite   to   the   Benjamin
West House.
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Fashion Show and Bridge
The Junior Woman's Club will show
clothes from Sack's, 69th Street, in connection with a bridge party at the Woman's
Club House next Wednesday evening,
April 3rd, at 8 o'clock.
The mannequins who will display the
forthcoming fashions will include Mrs.
A. G. Miller, Mrs. Ralph Hayes, Mrs.
Leonard Frescoln, Mrs. Clifford Banta,
the Misses Kathryn and Mildred Simpers,
Berna and Connie Nickerson, Virginia Bassett, Mildred Bond, Martha Keighton, and
Betty Hayes. Marion Troxell, Katrina Bogardus, and Fritz Fries will model children's wear.
Tickets will be obtainable at the door.
The proceeds are to be contributed to the.-
club's philanthropic fund.
Junior-Senior Dance Held
The Junior-Senior Dance of the Swarthmore High School was held in the gymnasium last Friday evening. The committee in charge included Ralph Rhoads,
William Gittens, Donald Lange, Howard
Dingle, Philip Snyder, and Francis Vosters.
SIGNAL LIGHTS IMPAIRED
Fortnightly to Meet April 1st
Mrs. Earl P. Yerkes will be hostess to the
Fortnightly on Monday, April 1st, at 2.30
o'clock.
Miss Josephine Beistle will review one
of the finest and most entertaining of the
new book, "Shipmates," by Isabel Hope-
still Carter.
Mrs. T. E. Hessenbruch and Mrs. Herbert Sanford will speak on literary topics.
Signal lights at the Swarthmore Avenue
crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad having been broken several times during the
last few days, an explanation of the
seriousness of an act of this kind is given
in the hope that it may prevent further
trouble.
The danger to which it subjects those
using the crossing should be evident to
anyone. The public has become accustomed
to the signals and assumes that the crossing is safe when the lights are not flashing.
Therefore a fatal collision might occur
while the lights are not functioning. The
danger to the one who broke the light
lies in the severe penalties provided by
law. Such an act if done wilfully and
maliciously is a felony, punishable by a
fine not exceeding $10,000 and imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years.
Should anyone be killed in an accident resulting therefrom, the act becomes first
degree murder.
ELLIOTT RICHARDSON,
Borough Secretary.
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