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VOL. IX, No. 36
SWARTHMORE, PA., SEPTEMBER 3, 1937
$2.50 PER YEAR
FLOWER SHOW
14th JANTf 15th
D. E. TRUEBLOOD
HERBERT G. WOOD
All   Local   Amateur   Gardeners
Welcome in Annual Fall Event
of Woman's Club
.Members of the community are
auain reminded of the Flower Show
to be held in the Swarthmore Woman's
C'uib House, on Park avenue, Tuesday
and Wednesday, September 14 and 15.
Programs may be procured at The
Swarthmorean . office, the Bank, and
at the College Pharmacy.
Photographic reproduction of Swarthmore gardens will be featured in a
new class of thc show. Pictures should
not be smaller than eight by ten inches.
Don't forget to notify Mrs. Charles
Parker, of The Swarthmore, before
September 8 if you want to be one of
thc first ten applicants whose entries
will be received for this year's other
innovation, "afternoon tea tables for
two" (no flat silver).
Those entering "Pictures of the Garden" are asked to bring them to
the Women's Club House, on
Monday, the 13th, between 3 and
6 p. m., that thev may be placed.
Flowers and table arrangements will
he entered Tuesday from 9 to 12 a. m.
All non-professional gardeners in
Swarthmore and vicinity are cordially
invited. Those not caring to exhibit
may enjoy, seeing what their neighbors
have done, and perhaps have refreshments out under the lawn umbrellas.
Mrs. Henry A. Peirsol is chairman
of the flower show committee. Those
entering photographs or pictures
should notify Mrs. Charles Russell, of
Ogden avenue, or Mrs. Peirsol.
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HOLD LONGWOOD
YEARLY MEETING
Meeting to be Addressed by Re-
.— nowned Speakers Including
Dr. Holmes
The 85th Longwood Yearly Meeting
will occur Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12, at Longwood, on
the Baltimore Pike, two miles east of
Kennett Square, Pa. An exceptionally
interesting program in which several
speakers will participate has been
arranged by Dr. Jesse H. Holmes, of
Moylan.
Opening on Saturday morning the
program for that day's session is as
follows:
10:30 A.M. Address:    "The    Soul    of
Democracy",   Ralph   Gawthrop,   of
Wilmington.
2:00 P.M. Address:   "Fascism  in   Europe", Jim Liefprinck, of Holland.
3:00 P.M. Address :    "Democracy    in
Europe",   Rev.   J,   B.   MacCallum,
of the Walnut Street Presbyterian
Church.
On Sunday morning at 11 A. M. the
meeting will be addressed by Dr. Jesse
H. Holmes, retired professor of  Philosophy   at   Swarthmore   College,   and
president of the  Philadelphia Federation    of    Teachers    on    the    subject
"Equality of Freedom of Both or Neither.'*
The afternoon program for Sunday
»s as follows:
2:00 P.M. Address: "Fascism in America", E. J. Lever, C.I.O. organizer
of  Philadelphia.
•• :00 P.M. Address :    "Democracy    in
America", Alfred Bingham, Editor
of Common Sense, N. Y.
Box   luncheons   can   be   carried   or
luncheon    may    be    secured    on    the
bounds. The music will be under the
direction of J. Russell Hayes, "Ye Olde
Fiddler."
Speakers at the second open meeting of the Friends World Conference which
will be held in the Swarthmore College Field House at 8:15 Sunday evening,
September 5. The third open meeting, a symposium on "Quakerism in My
Country," by representatives of foreign nations, will be the last of the conference which is being held here September 1 to 8.
COUNCIL IN ROUTINE
SUMMER SESSION
Swarthmore ;Borough Council met
Wednesday evening in a typical summer session, concerned wholly with reports of progress on work already well
underway, and other routine business.
In thc matter of sidewalk repairs,
eighty-five property owners have already paid for the work done on their
sidewalks and most of them have expressed satisfaction with thc work done
and have appreciated thc advantages
passed on to them through the cash
in advance method of payment adopted by thc Council.
Jacob Meschter, chairman of the
property committee, made the following
report on the work on trees which has
been done in thc Borough this year:
New trees planted       114
Cost of new trees .$112.02
Number of trees pruned       774
Number of trees trimmed... 2762
Number of trees removed.. 89
Number  of  trees  on  which
surgery was performed.. 13
Great satisfaction was expressed with
thc quality and the effectiveness of the
work done under this project and Mr.
Meschter and thc Borough Secretary
were instructed to make plans for the
continuation of such service if a further grant of WPA labor is obtainable.
All members of Council were present
except   T.   E.  Hessenbruch.  The   Burgess    and    the    Solicitor    were
present.
NEW BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY
Republican Candidates' Dinner
Two Games Labor Day
The  Swarthmore  Hornets  will  play
two home games next Monday on thc
Rutgers   avenue    field.   The   morning
game will be at 10.30 and the other at
3   P.   M.
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Indians Triumphant
The Swarthmore Indians defeated the
Philadelphia Lacrosse Club, 9-7, Wcd-
ncsdsiy evening at thc P. M. C, Chester. Percy Belfield, Jr., was back in
the game for the first time and scored
three goals. Four goals were made by
Bill Skelly, one by Bill Hickman, and
one  by   Porter  Waite.
Next Wednesday the Chester Comets
will meet the Philadelphia Lacrosse
Club, and on the following Saturday
a game between the Indians and Baltimore is scheduled.
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SUMMER RECREATION
NOT ENDED
TRAINING FOR
FOOTBALL BOYS
Thirty-Four   Swarthmore   High
School Lads Left Sunday
With Coaches
On Wednesday, September 8, at 6.30
P. M. at Pierre's, Sixty-ninth and Walnut streets, there will be held a Republican County Candidates' Dinner,
which all county voters arc urged to
attend.
All the Republican County Candidates
who are campaigning for thc nomination
at the primary election of September 14,
have accepted this opportunity to
present in person their qualifications, or
their records in office, as the case may be.
These include the sitting judges of thc
County Common Pleas Courts, and the
Republican aspirants for both the Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts as well as
for the offices of Sheriff, County Controller, Clerk of the Courts, Coroner and
Jury Commissioner.
YVhile this dinner is sponsored by the
Republican Women's organization, men
arc cordially invitee!, and many_.are taking
advantage of this last minute opportunity
of looking over their party's primary
candidates before making their personal
choice.
Thc dinner is under the joint sponsoring of thc Women's Republican
Club of Delaware County, of which
Mrs. Joseph H. Hinkson is president,
and the recently organized Upper
Darby Council of Republican Women,
of which Mrs. Homer K. Emmons is
president.
In spite of the fact that the event
is sponsored by women's organizations,
men arc cordially invited and many
also arc taking advantage of this last minute
opportunity of looking over their
party's candidates before making their
personal choice.
. . Reservations must be made before
The list of new books acquired in noon of Septcnlbcr 7 and can be made
the past two weeks and now ready through Mrs. J. Passmore Cheyney,
for    circulation    in    the    Swarthmore  telephone  Swarthmore 590-R.
Public   Library,   is  as   follows:  ♦♦*	
Bailey, I've Been to London; Bloom, j To Show "Little America" at Inn
Laughter in Cheyne Walk; Davis, An
On Friday last fifty-nine local boys
saw thc Phillies beat thc St. Louis
Cards in both halves of a double
header. The boys were taken to Baker
Bowl by A. P. Smalley, Samuel Raymond, Joseph Reynolds, James Davis,
John Delaplaine, Thomas Bateman,
Charlie Manata, Samuel Raymond, Jr.,
and Alex Witmer, Captain John Rogeri
and Clifford Rumsey lent cars.
The Summer Recreation Committee
expresses its appreciation to these men
for their cooperation.
The wet weather has prevented the
playing of the past four games. The
last game played between thc Pirates
and Cards was well played throughout.
At the beginning of the last half of
the fourth inning the score stood 4-4.
Kirk, who was pitching for the Cards,
walked E. Johnson, A. Polk and H.
Robinson, filling thc bases. Hassell
struck out and Clarkson closed the
proceedings with a home run that was
well lammed.
Thc Pirates lead the league 7-3. Weather permitting, games will be played
on Wednesday and Friday evenings
of this week.
"Flowers For The Flowerless"
uointcd; Day, Life With Mother;
Delafield, Nothing Is Safe; Gibbs,
Ordeal in England; Hcyer, They
Found Him Dead; Lamson, Whirlpool;
Lincoln, Storm Girl; Mclntyre, Ferment; Norris, You Can't Have Everything; Paul, Life and Death of a
Spanish Town; Roberts, Victoria Four
Thirty; Sharp, Nutmeg Tree; Swan-
First Rebel; Stevenson, Miss
Book;    Wentworth,    Down
son,
Bunclc's
Under.
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Last Thursday's Winners
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Arnold moved
up to first place at last week's meeting of thc Thursday Night Bridge
Club. Mrs. Philip Kniskern and Mrs.
Walter Shoemaker were second.
The '"Flowers for the Flowerless"
will he carried on through thc month
of September under the auspices of
Trinity Episcopal Church. Any one
wishing to contribute flowers may notify Mrs. Richard Tunis, chairman.
Flowers have been taken early each
Friday, beginning in June, to the Philadelphia General Hospital and distributed through the wards. During August a bushel of half-pint jars was collected each week, to be used for small
bouquets, which were greatly appre-
cited at the hospital. Inquiries as to
what flowers were most popular resulted in requests for bright colors,
especially marigolds, as the patients
"liked   the   smell."
On the evening of September 21, the
American Florists Association will hold
"Little   America"—travel   picture   of a very elaborate Flower, Fashion Show
:hc second Byrd Antartic expedition; a'at   Convention   Hall,   Philadelphia,   the
W.   C.   Fields'   comedy,   "The   Barber entire proceeds will go to "Flowers for
Coach William C. F. Ziegenfus and
his boys of the Swarthmore High
School football varsity team left
Sunday for Camp Dwight, the Y.
M. C. A. Camp at Downingtown,
where they will be in training until
noon  Saturda}', September 4.
Various   coaches  have  been  secured
to speak to thc boys after thc evening
meal.  Opening the week, on  Monday,
Nick  Robinson, secretary of the Philadelphia   Board   of   Football   Officials,
was     thc     guest.    His     subject    was
"Rules   and    Rules   Changes   of   the
Game This Year." On Tuesday an All-
Atnerican   tackle  from  the University
of Pittsburgh was scheduled. Wednesday  saw  Jud Timm, of  P.  M.  C,  at
the  Camp; Thursday, Glenn Killinger,
of   West   Chester;  and  Friday,  Alvin
Julian, of   Muhlenberg College. These
occasions     arc     reminiscent     of     the
annual Swarthmore High School football   banquet,  when  the   local   players
and their families and friends turn out
to  hear an  array of similar speakers
from   the   field.
The program arranged gets the
boys out of bed at 7 o'clock for a
swim before breakfast, which is
served at 8 A. M., and followed by a
blackboard talk at 8.30. They are
on the field from 10 to 11.45. Another
swim precedes a 12.15 dinner, after
which a rest period is in force
until 1.30. Then they go onto the field
again until 5.15, have another dip, and
eat at 5.45. Thc speeches follow and
everyone is in bed by 9.30. It
seems Coach Ziegenfus really means
to whip a winning team out of this
year's material. Bob Gerner, assistant
coach, accompanied him to the camp
and various members oi" the school
football committee and parents arrived
for  visits   during  thc  week.
The boys listed for samp were: John
Craemer, captain; George Balsley, Joseph Collins, Ted Dingle, Calvin Gerner, William Gorman, Andrew Haig,
Clarence Hartman, Stanley Hill, Winthrop Mellen, Clifford Renshaw, John
Richards, James Brown, Joseph Busch,
Robert Clarson, Robert Delaplaine,
Wendell Dunn, Ernest Lange, William
Polk, James Robinson, Walter Snyder,
Hillyard Sweeney, Robert Thorpe,
George Ticknor, George Troxell, William Black, Richard Haig, Ted Hel-
muth, Roland Ullman, William Wet-
len, Drew Parsons, Bill Effing, Wilson
Burke and Harry MacMillan, Manager.
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Shop"; and selected short subjects will
constitute  the  weekly  movie   program
at   thc   Strath.   Haven   Inn  this  evening, Friday, at 8.15 o'clock.
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Local Jurors For Civil Court
The following Swarthmoreans were
among those drawn at Media to serve
as jurors in the September term of
Civil Court: second week, November
1,—Harry E. Hartman, William Allen
Brown, Jr., Willard P. Tomlinson,
Miss Marian Chaffee and Mrs. Charles
L. Bolton; third week, November 22,—
Mrs. A. M. Allison.
thc   Flowerless".  This  promises   to  be
an outstanding event. Anyone wishing
to   attend   should   communicate   with
Mrs. H. A.  Peirsol, garden  chairman
of thc Swarthmore Woman's Club.
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Ben Palmer Junior Forester
Benjamin Palmer, son of Dr. Samuel
C. Palmer, formerly of- Ogden avenue,
has been promoted to the rank of
Junior Forester in the Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters.
He is now located at a state camp outside of Clearfield,  Pa.
SCHOOL DAYS BEGIN AGAIN SEPT. 8
NEWS NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Powell removed
Monday to the Arrott Arms Apartments
111 Frankford, their former home town,
after living in Swarthmore for sixteen
years.
Their yhome at 235 Dickinson avenut
has been purchased by Mr. and Mrs.
Claude J. Faultier,; of Penfield, who with
their two children will move in shortly.
Mr. Faulner is tennis coach at Swarth-
m°re College.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McGrew and two
daughters who have been living in the
n?me of Professor. and Mrs. Wolfgang
Koehler and daughter, at 401 Walnut lane,
*°f the past two months while the Koeh-
,ers were in Maine, are now occupying
i the apartment of a friend in The Swarth-
j more for several months. Their daughter,
Jayne, will return to thc University of i
Washington, at Seattle, thc end of thc
month to enter her sophomore year. Mr.
McGrew is superintendent of construction
of thc new Scott Paper plant in Chester
and with his family came east from
Portland, Ore., where he had been on
the Bonnerville Dam project on the
Columbia River for his company, Stone
and Webster Engineering Corporation, ol
Boston.
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Joseph Celia, of the Celia Shoe Shop,
Park avenue, recently returned from a
week's vacation in Wildwood, N. J., the
first vacation in his thirty-four years.
The school beUs will ring again next Wednesday, September 8, calling the boys
and girls of Swarthmore to their studies after the summer vacation. Daring the
first few days the elementary grades will have morning sessions only. The high
school classes will begin in full the second day, the first day being morning
session only.
Laws Wins New Award
The picture of a road and farm house
near Media which Ernest R. Laws, of
Columbia avenue, entered in Class III
of the Evening Public Ledger Photograph Contest has won two awards.
Having won the first prize in the second week of thc contest it won the
final prize of ten dollars in Class III.
Mr. Laws is now eligible for the National Newspaper Contest for Amateur
Photographers conducted at Washington,  D.  C.
Teaches Botany in West
Dr. Edgar T. Wherry, of Oberlin
avenue, has returned from a three
mouths trip in the west. From the end
of June to the first week in August
he was engaged in teaching field botany
at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, a summer school near Crested Butte, in thc high mountains of
Gunnison   county,  Colorado.
The Laboratory occupies the site of
the abandoned mining town of Gothic,
at 9,500 feet altitude, with mountains
rising several thousand feet higher on
all sides. Thc climate is invigorating,
and even in midsummer there is frost
nearly every night. Grazing is restricted by the Forest Service, and accordingly wild flowers abound. To spend a
summer there is an interesting experience.
Dr. Wherry collected several hundred
specimens of plants for herbaria, and
has prepared an article on the ferns of
Colorado as a result of the season's
field   work.
Dr. and Mrs. Wherry, returned last
Thursday.
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