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SWARTHMORE, PA., JUNE 25, 1937
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PLAN TO
ENJOY
THE FOURTH
IN
SWARTHMORE
FRANKLIN HEATH
DIES AT INN
DR. FRANK AYDELOTTE
Preparations for the Fourth of July
celebration are swiftly moving toward
completion and Swarthmoreans may again
look forward to a day of activity and
enjoyment.
The keynote of the program for the
Fourth has always been the attempt by
the Fourth of July Committee to furnish
a variety of interesting activities to take
the - place of the more "explosive" type
of celebration popular in other commun-
ties. This method of creating a "safe and
sane" Fourth has been highly successful
jn_past years and should continue to be
more so each year, especially since the
inauguration, last year, of the evening
display of fireworks at the Rutgers avenue school.
If the parents of the community would
contribute toward the operation of this
. display a portion (or all) of the money
customarily spent for the purchase of
fireworks for their children, the community as a whole could enjoy one spectacular celebration, carefully supervised, instead of hundreds bf ineffective and dan
gerous ones. For that reason the .Com
mittee again urges that contributions be
made as soon as possible at Michael's
College Pharmacy, Shirer's Drug Store,
the Swarthmore National Bank or at the
office of The Swarthmorean.
The children's games, an important
feature in the eyes' of the youngsters,
will be held at the Rutgers avenue school
from the center of town where the traffic
will undoubtedly be very heavy and thus
protect the children and the drivers at
the same time.
The many events which have proven
their popularity in previous years will be
included again this year. Tennis balls will
whistle merrily about the College courts
as the annual tournament takes place and
members of the Fire Company will submit to the baptism which inevitably
climaxes their demonstration of skill.
The clinking of quoits and the solid
smack of bat on horsehide will blend to
provide sweet music for spectators downtown. Aquatically-inclined members of
the community will churn the waters of
Emmons' Pool and exhibit their skill
from the end of the board.
There will be many other tried-and-
true features to provide color, entertainment and exercise including the parade
for the children and, possibly, a driving
contest for the golfers who have been
somewhat neglected in previous years,
There is every reason to believe that
this year's celebration will surpass even
the "glorious Fourth" experienced by the
community last year. For this the people
of the town are indebted to the hard
working Fourth of July Committee which
has never failed to provide Swarthmore
with a "Fourth" as safe as it is enjoyable.
The forthcoming issue of The Swarthmorean will carry a list of events giving
the time, and place of each event and the
This  will  (end  to keep "them   removed j name, of the person or persons in. charge.
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
Diphtheria   Immunization   Desired; Health Examination
Blanks Provided Now
Children who will enter the Swarth
more Kindergarten next fall should be
registered within the next few weeks,
so that all details of the registration
may be completed now rather than
during the busy days connected with
the opening of school in the fall. Children who will be five years of age
prior to February 1, 1938, may be admitted to kindergarten in September.
Children whose sixth birthday comes
prior to February 1, 1938, may be admitted to the first grade of the Swarthmore schools for the year 1937-38. Their
parents are asked to complete registration now at the School District office
in the high school building at the corner of College and Princeton avenues.
The children need not be presented,
but birth or baptismal certificates and
vaccination certificates, if available,
should be presented.
Each child, before he begins his
school career, should have a thorough
physical examination in order that he
may begin school free from remediable
physical defects.
Since younger children are more susceptible to diphtheria than older ones,
toxoid; immunization should be provided t for children before they begin
school. Parents are urged to have their
children immunized by the family physician at this time because the school
is no longer able to have this treatment administered to pupils as heretofore. The State Department of Health
no longer provides the school with
necessary materials.
For the convenience of parents and
physicians in reporting the examination
results to the school health authorities,
a pre-school health examination form
is provided. This form includes the
principal items of health in pre-school
children. Parents are asked to have the
physicians direct' their examination along
'he line indicated in this form. In order
that the school's information regarding each child's health may be asfcom-
plete as possible, parents are urged to
return the reports to the school nurse,
in care of Miss S. Chadwick, _t the
CoUege avenue school
Honored  at  Univ.  of Michigan
Mrs. William A. Jaquette, of Elm
avenue, returned Saturday night from
the one hundredth anniversary celebration of the founding of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Mrs. Jaquette represented the Phila.
j delphia alumnae and was a guest of
honor last Thursday at one of the teas
given for alumnae during the celebration week. One of the scholarships
given annually by the Philadelphia
alumnae was named this year for Mrs.
Jaquette, who was a founder of the
group and an active member.
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REPORT MADE OF
ANNUAL PICNIC
June Meeting of Friendly Circle
Held Last Week at Home of
Mrs. Dwight Cooley
The regular monthly meeting of the
Friendly Circle was held Thursday afternoon, June 17, at the home of Mrs.
Dwight  Cooley,  on  Columbia  avenue.
Mrs. Benjamin Collins reported a
profit of $121.25 from the annual picnic held June 15 at the home of Mrs.
J. Horace Walter, on Cedar lane. $80
of these proceeds will be donated
to Camp Sunshine, Thornton, to help
with summer vacations for undernourished boys and girls in this district.
The remainder of the sum will go toward other causes in local relief in
which the Circle is interested.
A contribution of $3 from the boys
of Edward Thatcher's First Day
School class will be given to the Health
Center to be used for some specific
purpose.
After the reading of a letter from
the Community Health Society suggesting ways in which the Circle could
render aid, it was decided to give $1
for a tooth extraction, $3.50 for lenses
for a little girl's glasses, $14 to help
with expenses of a fifteen-year-old colored boy who needs institutional care,
and $10 toward rent for the family
of a man who must go to a tuberculosis
sanitarium.
The Circle wishes to thank all members who assisted in making this year's
picnic a success and also Miss Blanch
Wiley and Mrs. John Trevethick, who
save so much of their time in helping
Mrs. G. L- Alston make candy. A round
yellow and black tray was left at the
event and the owner may claim by
calling at Mrs. Dwight Copley's home.
Resident  of  Strath  Haven  Inn
Since  1926 Was Beloved by
Many Swarthmore Friends
Franklin Wilbur Heath passed away
at 8:45 Monday evening, June 21, at
the Strath Haven Inn, where he had
made his home since October, 1926. He
had been receiving treatment in the
Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, for
two weeks and had contracted pneumonia upon his return to Swarthmore
one week prior to his death.
Mr. Heath, who was born in Ithaca,
N. Y., on May 19, 1861, was the son
of John and Cythera Reed Heath. In
June, 1888, he married Fannie A. Webster, of Buffalo, N. Y., who died in
January, 1923. Two daughters, Charlotte and Janet, now Mrs. Albert LeRoy Eltinge, of Monomonock Inn,
Caldwell, N. J., and Mrs. Richard T.
Randall, Jr., of North Chester road,
Swarthmore, survive.
A former resident of Oak Lane and
Jenkintown, Mr. Heath had had a very
interesting and active life. From 1890
until 1900 he was manager and editor
of the Buffalo Daily Review and the
Farmers* Journal; 1900, secretary of
the Buffalo Printers' Board of Trade;
1901 to 1903, assistant secretary of
Matthews-Northrup Company, Buffalo;
1902, president Buffalo Typothatae;
1902-03, Master, Highland Lodge, Free
and Accepted .Masons; 1903 to 1905,
secretary, New York Printers' Board
of Trade; 1905-08, assitant secretary,
United Typothatae of America; 1908
to 1913, secretary, United Typothatae
of America; 1913 to 1927, secretary,
Typhothatae of Philadelphia. From
1916 until 1925 he maintained a farm
near Norristown for pleasure rather
than for profit.
His education he acquired by attending the Ithaca schools, and Cornell
University^and_by,Jollowing throughout his life a keen interest in knowledge of all branches. He had written
magazine articles and books on printing and organization, being the author
cf "History of Printing in Philadelphia
from 1685", "History of Typothatae of
Philadelphia," and "History of Philadelphia Printers' Board of Trade."
While living in Swarthmore he attended the Presbyterian Church here.
He was generally beloved for his pleasant disposition and humor.
Mr. Heath spent much of his leisure,
especially in his later years, working
on the family geneology which was
particularly interesting, as his ancestors
on both sides were prominent in the
making of the early history of the
United   States.
Dr. Wilmot Gateson, of the Church
of the Saviour. Philadelphia, officiated
at the services, which were held at 11
o'clock yesterday morning at Oliver
Bair's, Philadelphia. Interment was private.
OXFORD HONORS
PRES. AYDELOTTE
Swarthmore   man   who   received   rare
degree at Oxford University, England,
this week.
FINAL SCHOOL
AWARDS MADE
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LIBRARY BOARD MEETS
A meeting of the board of directors of
the Swarthmore Public Library Association was held Monday June 21, at 7:15
P. M. The directors in attendance were:
Roland L. Eaton, Mrs. Harold G. Griffin,
Mrs. Passmore Cheyney, Mrs. Peter E.
Told, Guenther H. Froebel.
The report of the treasurer and the
chairman of the finance committee was
presented by .Mrs. J. Passmore Cheyney,
treasurer.
By unanimous vote the weeks of August
9 to 23 were set for the vacation of the
librarian, Mrs. Erwin Tschebull. During
these weeks the library will be closed but
readers will be permitted to borrow
double the allowance of books, and fines
will be suspended for one week preceding
and one week following the two weeks
the library is closed. This plan was
inaugurated last August and proved so
satisfactory that it will be repeated this
year,
The property committee through Mr.
Froebel, was authorized to buy a reading
lamp for use on the table in the reference
and periodical alcove on the stage. This
lamp is necessitated by the increasingly
general use of this alcove which is made
very secluded and quiet by the shelves
recently acquired.
The meeting was adjourned until September 27 in accordance with the policy
adopted at the April meeting of holding
quarterly instead of monthly directors'
meetings.
Winners Not Previously Named
Announced Following Last
Friday's Closing Exercises
Additional awards announced at the
Swarthmore High School "Moving-Up
Day" exercises on Friday, June 18, included the following: Silver medal,
awarded by the Delaware County
Chapter of the D. A. R. to the student
having the highest average in United
States History—Ruth Detlefsen;
League of Nations Award: first prize,
Ruth Egee, $5.00; second prize, Doris
Polk, $3.00; honorable mention, Billy
Anne Mitchell and Crawford Fetter;
Scholarship Cup to junior with highest
academic standing, Ruth Egee.
Junior High School athletic awards
went. to Jane Argyle, Marian Kirk,
Dorothy Wilson, Frances Turner, and
Marie Hauger for varsity girls' basketball; Betty MacDonald, Joy Price,
Frances Turner, Jean Willits, and Dorothy Wilson for lacrosse; Guy Bates,
William Piper, Toppy Nason, Jack
Corse, William Black, Joe Gary, Arthur
Meryweather and John Naisby for
boys basketball; Allan Hall, Jeffery
Kirk, John Naisby, Harrison Robinson,
Peter Miller, David Morgan and Scott
Lilly for track; junior varsity letters,
Donald Palmer, Robert Bair, Walter Hannum, Timmy Mercer, Elsie Bernard, Ella Wilson, Ruth Child,
Adelaide Cleaves, Helen Ludwig, Claiborne Steele and Mary Wilcox.
Perfect attendance presentations for
1936 were made as follows:
Second grade—Helen Hoot, certificate; third grade—Betty Widdowson
and Mildred McCauley, seals, and Norman Robinson, certificate; fifth grade
—Patty Tunis, certificate, and Gilbert
Widdowson, seal; sixth grade—Ned Rutherford, Graham Chew, Richard Hoot,
Laura   Hopkins,   Charlotte   Maas,   and
Helen Whitecar, certificates, and Rob-
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Graduates From Banking School
Harold Ogram, of Riverview road, assistant cashier of the Swarthmore National
Bank and Trust Company, will be graduated at the first annual commencement
of the Graduate School of Banking at
Rutgers University, Brunswick, N. J.,
Friday evening, July 2.
The Graduate School was founded in
1933 and is conducted by the American
Institute of Banking. Mr. Ogram has attended the school for the past four summers and carried on Intensive work during the winter.
Degree Given Recognizes Years
of Educational Work Having
International Emphasis
Among the honorary degrees to be
conferred by Oxford University on
June 23, is the degree of Doctor of
Civil Law for President Frank Aydelotte, of Swarthmore College. This
rare recognition by Oxford University
marks the many years of service President Aydelotte has rendered to the
cause of international understanding
and to the United States.
Dr. Aydelotte was one of the early
Rhodes Scholars from this country,
being a member of the second group to
be sent. His college, Brasenose College, has this year elected him an Honorary Fellow. He held the Rhodes
Scholarship from Indiana from 1905
to 1907 after having graduated from
Indiana University and taken a Master's degree from Harvard. Dr. Aydelotte has been given honorary degrees
by Allegheny College, Yale University,
University • of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Oberlin College and
by his Alma Mater, the University of
Indiana. Before and after holding the
Rhodes Scholarship President Aydelotte was engaged in school and college teaching and was a professor at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
from 1915 to 1921, immediately preceding his election to the presidency of
Swarthmdre College.
President Aydelotte holds a number
of important positions in the educational foundations of the country, being
a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching and
of the World Peace Foundation, and
chairman of the Educational Advisory
Board of the John Simon Guggenheim
Memorial Foundation. He is secretary
for the Institute for Advanced Study
at Princeton, and a Senator of the
United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa.
He was president of the Association
of American Colleges in 1925 and is
the author of a number of books in
thc field of English literature and in
the interpretation of an Oxford education.
Shortly after taking up the presidency of Swarthmore College, Dr. Aydelotte undertook a reorganization of the
work of the college, which represented
a pioneer exploration of the possibilities of advanced honors work on the
undergraduate level. This has sometimes been regarded as a close approximation to Oxford methods, but several
unique features distinguished it from
the tutorial system in vogue at Oxford. The method of instruction and
examination, however, conserves to an
unusual degree the advantages enjoyed by advanced students at Oxford who
are brought into intimate contact with
their tutors.
President Aydelotte has been the
American Secretary to the Rhodes Trustees since 1919 and directs the work
of the state and district committees
which select each year thirty-two
young American men to enjoy the advantages of two or three years residence at Oxford. Among those receiving the same degree along with President Aydelotte are the Prime Minister
of New Zealand, Michael J. Savage,
the British Secretary of State for the
Colonies, William G. A. Ormsby-Gore,
M. P., and Sir Herbert Baker, Cecil
Rhodes'   architect.
Contributions  Necessary
For the Fourth!
The evening display of fireworks
on the Fourth must be financed
through the generosity of the community. For that reason everyone is
urged to contribute immediately to
any of the following members of
the display committee: Roy Delaplaine, chairman, Charles Troxell,
Joseph Reynolds, Charles Fischer,
Ferris Mitchell, Charles Russell,
and James Powell.
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Must Repair Sidewalks
Next Month
Notification has just been received
at the office of Borough Secretary Elliott Richardson that the W. P. A.
project for local sidewalk repairs has
been authorized. It is expected the work
will begin the middle of July.
In the meantime each person whose
sidewalk is ih poor condition will be
notified he must repair it. At the same
time letters will be sent stating the
W. P. A. labor granted the Borough
for the purpose is available to do
the work if the property owners desire
to have it done by the Borough, in
which case they will be asked to provide or pay for the materials used.
This offers an unusual opportunity for
the Borough walks to receive much
needed reconstruction at a saving to
the property owners.
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