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VOL. IX, No. 22
SWARTHMORE, PA., MAY 28, 1937
$2.50 PER YEAR
MEMORIAL PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR MONDAY BY LEGION POST
Borough  Groups  to  Parade  to
Cemetery; Smith Memorial
Dedication Later
The annual Memorial Day services
will be held in Swarthmore next Monday under the auspices of the Harold
Ainsworth Post of the American Legion. The members of the Post will
assemble at Post Headquarters, Borough Hall, at 9 a. m., and proceed with
the. exercises at the Memorial Tablet
under the direction of Post Commander
Alben T. Eavenson, 3rd. As part of
these exercises, flags will be placed in
front of the tablet by Swarthmore Boy
Scouts in memory of deceased veterans.
The Memorial Day Parade, consisting of a Firing Squad of U. S. Marines,   the   Temple   Band   of   Chester,
Company H Veterans of the Spanish
American War (which formed the
Home Guard during the World War),
local American Legion Post and Auxiliary, the Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, Brownie Pack, and the Fire
Company, will be formed in front of
Borough Hall by Vice-Commander Oscar J. Gilcreest. It will proceed along
Park avenue to Eastlawn Cemetery for
exercises at the grave of Past Commander Charles F. Seymour.
The address will be made by Burgess John H. Pitman and will be followed by a prayer by Rev. David
Braun.
The parade will then proceed along
Park, Yale and Rutgers avenues to
the Rutgers Avenue School, to participate in the ceremony of dedicating
a bronze memorial tablet to be placed
in the school building in memory of
Past Commander Frank N. Smith. The
exercises will be conducted by ' Past
Commander Frank R. Morey, and the
address of dedication will be delivered
by Past Commander John A. Murphy.
The ceremonies will be concluded with
a prayer by Rev. Clarence F. Carter,
after which the parade will disband.
The Legion Post has accepted the
invitation of Mr. Carter to attend
morning services at the Swarthmore
Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday,  May 30.
W. I. L. HEARS
MRS. BLANSHARD
Year's Reports  Given   and  Annual. Elections Held
Wednesday
Mrs. Brand Blanshard was the guest
speaker at the final spring meeting of
the Women's International League,
which was the. occasion for annual reports ffoWritie" officers—and "chairmen
of committees. Among the reports was.
that of the chairman of the Swarthmore
branch, Mrs. Edward A. Jenkins. She
referred to the great loss that had
come this year through the death of
Mrs. Bonsall, who had organized the
education committee.
The new chairman of this committee,
Mrs. Roy P. Lingle, reported several
interesting pieces of work. One of these
has been, in conjunction with Miss
Brinton, secretary of the national literature section, the compiling of a list
of approved books and magazines,
which will soon be published. The committee was shocked to find so many
popular magazines for boys carrying
advertisements of firearms and illustrations portraying violence. An award
of five dollars will again be given at
the High School commencement to the
boy or girl of the senior class who has
done most for the cause of Peace.
A Toy committee has been formed,
which is doing a much-needed piece of
work. Mrs. J. Howard Smith, chairman of this committee, reported that
their policy is to work at the problem
from the bottom up rather than from
the top down; namely, to encourage
parents to be peace-minded in their
selection of toys, rather than to urge
stores to sell only non-warlike toys. In
ether words the effort is to make the
demand control the supply. A small exhibit of toys is planned for the autumn,
"good" vs. "bad", to be set up in the
smaller communities in Delaware county, preferably under the auspices of
the P.T.A., or similar organizations
in the community. Why encourage
children to destroy and kill, when it
is just as thrilling to build, to heal,
and to save?
Mrs. Robert C. Disque, chairman of
the legislative committee, reported that
the Hill-Sheppard bill, much modified
and less drastic, but still a dangerous
bill, had been reported out of committee. The meeting voted to send a letter
of protest against the passage of this
bill.
Miss Olive Cleeves, chairman of the!
membership   committee,   reported   310
members    in    Swarthmore.    Between
eight   and   nine   hundred   dollars   was
contributed to the Peace Chest.
The names of the following persons
were proposed by the nominating committee and  were  elected:     chairman,
Mrs..'.Edwaird  A.  Jenkins;  vice-chair-
'.ijaan, Mrs:. Robert C. Disque; secretary,
;MrsV .Roy  P*  Lingle;  treasurer,  Mrs.
Phjfip" Hr Jewett; mejnbefs of execute -bc^rd-^Mrs. Harold L. B. Speight,
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Hornets Lose, Win, Tie; Holiday
Game
The Swarthmore Hornets played their
first home game of the season last Thursday evening on the Rutgers Avenue field
and were defeated 4 to 1 by the visiting
team, Bergdoll. A gala program had been
arranged with Judge Albert Dutton Mac-
Dade tossing the ball to open the event.
A close game resulted throughout although
four runs were scored against the locals
due to errors in the first inning.
-.- Saturday afternoon the.-Borough lads
rallied by defeating "Media at Media; 7-6,
in a rain postponement from May 13.
Jack Wolfe hit the winning run.
Tuesday evening's game at Upland resulted in a 4 to 4 tie. Dave Steigelman
pitched and struck out ten..
June l's game with Lenni has been
changed to provide a Memorial Day event
and will be played here at 2.45 P. M.
Monday, May 31.
Next Thursday there will be another
home game with Lima.
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COMMENCEMENT
AT COLLEGE
Alumni  Reunions   and  Graduation Events Week-End
After This
Invitations have been sent to all
alumni of the Swarthmore College to
attend the reunion of the alumni and
cx-Swarthmoreans on Friday, June 4,
and Saturday, June 5. Special reunions
are being held by the classes of 77,
'82, '87, '90, '92, '97, '02, '07, '12, '27, '32,
and '35.
The committees of the classes holding special reunions have been working for months getting their programs
ready, according to Mrs. Chester
Roberts, '90, secretary of the Alumni
Association, and a resident of College
avenue. Many have organized elaborate stunts and special costumes in preparation for the Parade of Reunion on
Saturday at 2:30 P. M. on Alumni
Field.  Prizes will be awarded at 3:15
. M. in such competitions as the best
stunt, the best parade, and the man
and Woman coming from the greatest
distance.
The Commencement Week program
will begin at 10:30 A.. M. Friday, when
Dorwin Cartwright, as Ivy Orator, delivers the address at the Ivy Planting.
Following this the Class Day exercises
will be held on the President's lawn.
That evening the first informal meeting of the alumni will take place at
luiner in the college dining room.
Saturday to be Alumni Day
Saturday will be Alumni Day, with
Frank W. Fetter, '20, president of the
Alumni Association, acting as master
of ceremonies. In the morning all alumni attending Commencement Week
exercises will be asked to register in
the reception parlor of Parrish Hall
for the information of the class committee and other alumni present. .
The day will begin «t 10:45 A. M.-
with the annual meeting of the alumni
•   • (Contimumd «'» Pttom Might)   .
Men and Wheat
Men march in the harvest heat
Past fields to the fife's thin cry.
The men can see the wheat
Wave, as the ranks go by.
They  see  the ripened yield
Who'll never reap the grain,
They march to another field
Where they shall leave the slain.
The wheat shall be next year's bread
When rain has mixed with mire
The men with the flag ahead
a\nd the fifer's ditty of fire.
The  sheaves  of  men  lie  flat
And are buried where they bleed,
But what dread food is that?
And what mouths does it feed?
RIDGELEY  TORRENCE.
(Reprinted by special permission of the
New Republic).
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ORCHESTRA IN
DEBUT SUCCESS
Local   Musicians   Delight   Audi*
ence in First Public
Concert
A real musical treat was given to
Swarthmore last Thursday evening in
the High School auditorium when the
Swarthmore Symphony Orchestra gave
its first public concert. Although organized but recently by Dr. William F.
G. Swann, director of the Bartol Foundation, and not complete in all sections
the orchestra has already reached a
high state of perfection as its beautiful rendition last week attested.
• Much of the credit for the excellent
playing is due to Dr. Swann's ability
as an organizer and director. His very
thorough Wednesday night rehearsals
all winter in the library of the Bartol
Foundation, as well as his own fine
musicianship and deep knowledge of
music have molded the group into an
organization -scarcely- surpassed by*.any.
heard this season.
The orchestra is fortunate, too, in
having as its concert meister Lucius
Cole, an excellent violinist, whose fourteen years of experience with the Philadelphia Orchestra and many more
years as a successful teacher and virtuoso must be invaluable to the group.
Many well known local people contributed to the success of the evening,
Dr. A. V. B. Orr and Dr. W. E. Danforth in the cello section; Dr. R. C.
Disque, double base; Antonica Fairbanks and Richard Sanford, second
violins; Mrs. Swann and Mrs. Danforth, violas; as well as players from
Philadelphia, Allentown, Chester, Sixty-
Ninth Street, and other communities.
Special mention should be made of the
trumpet playing of Mildred Sizer and
Frank Hamilton. That this was unusually fine for a non-professional group
was fully appreciated by the audience.
A very interesting addition was the
new electric instrument, the oscillion,
invented by Dr. Danforth, of the Bartol Foundation. Made of a complicated
system of tubes and wires and played
on a small boxlike keyboard the device
gave forth the peculiarly sweet tones
of the bass clarinet.
The program opened with the Leonora Overture Opus 72 A Number 3,
by Beethoven, followed by the First
Movement of Cesar Franck's D Minor
Symphony, all the harmony of the
music being most ably brought out by
the local orchestra. Next came Romance Opus 40, for violin and orchestra, by Beethoven, played by the orchestra and Mr. Cole, who after the
intermission played three solo numbers with piano accompaniment by
Ruth von Hagen. An encore, Andan-
tino, by Martini-Kreisler, was given as
a result of the enthusiastic reception of
this accomplished musician.
Then followed the haunting sadness
and spirited rhythms of Valse Triste,
by Jean Sibelius, exceptionally well
plaved by the orchestra, and last, Rossini's lovely William Tell Overture.
The large and appreciative audience
showed its warm enjoyment of the concert by remaining en masse at the
conclusion to hear some of the music
again as recorded by an instrument
lent for the occasion by the Franklin
Institute.
The hope of the orchestra is to make
Swarthmore a musical centre of real
significance, just as it is now the center of so many other educational mr
terests. -.   .-     -   ■
ALBEN T. EAVENSON, 3rd
LOCAL SESSION
OFL.W.V.HELD
Out of Town Speakers and Annual Reports Heard at "Mrs.
William J. Carson's
The hope that "we are gjJufg- to consider all legislation in reiatic«36;i;he cost
we must pay in orderto.carry the social"
was expressed by Mr& Willis T. Spivey,
of Westtown, speaking . at the. annual
meeting oV the- Sw|r.thmore:Xeague of
Women   Voters   on 'Tuesday   afternoon.
The meeting, ■ which" .was. held at the
home of Mrs/ WUliam'JJ Carson, on
Lincoln Avenue,"completed . the year's
work of ;.the ' League.
"We must have;"liandardsTjy "which to.
j purchase, giving the consumer a guarantee
of quality," "Mrs. Spivey who js state
chairman of the department of government
and economic \vel fare asserted. "We must
remember that a bargain isn't a bargain un-'
less we include economic security for the
worker; and we must protect the manufacturer from unscrupulous competition,
offering him a reasonable return on invested capital.
Mrs. Charles "Cadwalladenrof'Marcus
Hook, county chairman of t65 .department
of government and child jwetfarei: emphasized the need vfor . recreational opportunities in Delaware.County. ~     •
A report on the State.-.convention of
Mr. and Mrs. Guenther Froebel extend the League last week ntAltoona, at which
an invitation to Swarthmore residents and I MrA David "Prince,, of Guernsey Road,
friends to visit their, home at 425 North jwas reelected state chairman, was given
Swarthmore Avenue and view the poppies tbv Mrs- Robert K. Endersn.the Swarth-
which will be in bloom along their drive:more League's delegate. ■•7.
on Memorial Day. These poppies originated! Mrs. Prince in informal remarks ex-
from seeds which were sent from Flanders j plained that the League's policy always
Field twenty years ago toMrs. Froebers!has been that local leagues would take
As Commander of the local American
Legion  Post Mr.  Eavenson, heads the
arrangements   for   Swarthmore   Memorial Day exercises next Monday.
Flanders Poppies Bloom Here
mother, Mrs. W..C. Burns of San Antonio,
Texas, where they bloomed on San Jacinto
Day, April 21, which is the day on which
Texas commemorates its heroes. Poppies
from Mrs. Burns' garden were used on
no stand on state ~ or "feHeral measure
without the sanction of the state" or national League^
Mrs. Hugh F. Denworth read a. report
prepared by Mrs. Theodore. W. Crossan
San Jacinto Day to decorate the Alamo on  the   Ideal   study   grpup:onborough
which  is  the cradle  of  Texas  Liberty, government held recently.       -
Mrs.  Froebel  planted   the   poppies  here . Thestudy group on   Collective Bargain-
five years ago and they are just becoming !ng J^ ** ^^y^?05*^! reported
acclimated  and  should  furnish  a  timely **J*™' r£/T. Johnson.^-^ -
Durmg.the ronchepn-winch preceded the
meeting Tdis's Edith "Kinskern played
selections on the accordion., A. committee
headed by Mrs." J.' Paul Brown was in
charge.
&nd~beautiful sight'/:
MARY LYON SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
A musical vesper on Sunday, May 30,
at 5:15, will open the Commencement
Week Program at Wildcliff Junior
College and The Mary Lyon School,
Swarthmore. Vocal solos by pupils of
Mrs. Elizabeth T. McCloskey, organ and
piano selections by pupils of Miss Mary
MacElree, and numbers by the combined
glee clubs, under' the direction of Henry
Hotz, will complete the program.
"The Brontes", dramatic incidents in
the lives of the famous authoress-sisters
while at home in the moor-land rectory
of their father, will be presented Monday
evening May. 31, in the Miller Crist
Auditorium. Chloe Doerr, Majprie Porter
and Mary Dartt play the roles of Emily,
Ann, and Charlotte.
Henry Hotz is directing the romantic
operetta, "Rob Roy" by Smith and
de Koven which will, be sung Tuesday
night June 1. Mary Crist of Swarthmore,
and Sue Sagendorph, of; Lansdowne, have
leading roles inttiis colorful tale of Scot
tish Highland raids on the Borders. Preceding the operetta 7'the Seniors will en
tertain at a garden party from 5 until 8.
Graduation Exercises on Wednesday
evening, June 2, will follow the dinner
Mr. and Mrs. H. Miller Crist are giving
to parents of the graduates. The Commencement Address will be delivered by
the Rev. Rex Stowers Clements, of Bryn.
Mawr, who will discuss "The Marks of
True Education."'
Business      Association      Makes
Fourth of July
Donation
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LOCAL PANEL AT
PUBLIC FORUM
The Swarthmore Business ^Association, at its regular monthly meeting
held at Strath Haven Inn Wednesday,
May 19, appropriated' twenty-dollars
for the Community Fourth of .July
celebration. This sum is divided equally
between the daytime activities and the
Fireworks fund.
Titus J. Ewig is chairman of the
committee which will, .supervise the
events during the day.    -;
The committee in charge of the evening program, including-the fireworks
display, consists pf Peter E. Told,
chairman, Burgess John H.'Pitmaji, and
Roy Delaplaine.        '■■'...    ~~    aI-
Dinner was served'to the members of
the Association immediately preceding
"the business meeting.    -—^-i.     i--"
Dr. Emil Lengyel Leader of Discussion at High School Last-
Wednesday Evening
Mrs. Mildred Scott .Olmstead, of Rose
Valley, and Troyer Anderson and
Howard; Kirk, of Swarthmore, were;
members of a panel which discussed
"Spain; Forces of War ^ Snd ""Peace,":
under thei direction of .Dr.r.rJsn.il Lengyel in the Swarthmore High: School
music room Wednesday evening, May
26. ':'   -:
Sponsored by the Delaware County
Public Forums, the "event "keenly stirred the' interest of- the "audience.
"The Spanish civil Avar is an incident
of the World War which America
entered twenty years ago. The rebels
of Spain are backed by the Fascist
'International' of Italy, Germany and
Portugal, -while the loyalists have the
backing of Russia, and the sympathy
of liberal public opinion in the last
remaining democracies of Europe. This
is va war of ideas, in which fascism
and anti-fascism are at grips. It-is
also a war of the 'have not', countries
against the 'haves.' By controlling a
future Fascistic government- in Spain,
Mussolini hopes tb strengthen his.position in the Mediterranean, where he
is trying to dislodge England and bring
about the downfall of the British Empire. As to Hitler, he.needs Spanish
raw material, and'help against France
in a future war,"" such was the leader's
contention, which brought forth spirited expressions of varied opinions from
the floor. ;
Table Needed
The Nursing Office of the
Community Health - Society is
very, anxious to~ secure a table
for effice use. Perhaps you have
an old kitchen table which you
no .longer need and which- you
might like to donate to this
. worthy cause. The_ appropriate
size needed is ;24."-ihches.ib3-. 42
inches, about 29-inches in.height.
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