Swarthmorean 1940 October 11

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THE SWARTHMOREAN
REGISTER
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ADULT NIGHT
VOL. XII, No. 41
SWARTHMORE, PA., OCTOBER 11, 1940
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HIGH SCHOOL INITIATES NEW FIELD WITH
DEDICATION EXERCISES AND VICTORIOUS GAME
Speeches During Half of Football
Fray With Marple-Newtown
Last Friday
Swarthmore High School's brand
new, long awaited Rutgers avenue athletic field was formally dedicated last
Friday afternoon during the intermission of its victorious game with Marple-
Newtown. The brief ceremony was
shared by many civic leaders whose
words were relayed to the sizeable
crowd by amplifiers. The general atmosphere of rejoicing, the "feel" of victory and the perfect football weather
combined to make the occasion a memorable one.
Frank R. Morey, supervising principal of Swarthmore Schools, presented
Frank Reed, of the W. P. A., who paid
tribute to the large part Mr. Morey's
intense interest and cooperation had
played in the process of creating the
new athletic grounds. He related statistics on materials used in the construction of the field which was finished
with 23,175 pieces of sod. Mr. Reed
stressed that such improvements as this
new field did not just happen.
Mr. Reed turned the field over to
Roland L. Eaton, president of the
Swarthmore School Board, who expressed pride in the completion of this,
the first unit in a program set up by
the present school board which, if carried by succeeding boards, will provide
Swarthmore with the best recreation
facilities in Pennsylvania in the next
five years. Mr. Eaton was happy to
have shared in the establishment of the
new program and "to accept the field
and dedicate it to good sportsmanship,
to youth and to abundant life."
Mrs. Frederick W. Luehring, president of the Home and School Association representing the parents' interest
applauded the sportsmanship shown on
the new field and stressed her group's
::*.ti.rci: hi having every pupil participate in sports over and above the importance of just turning out winning
teams.
Burgess John H. Pitman gave a personal relation of the history of the
present field site recalling to many the
time when the area was wild ground
covered with trees and shrubs such as
still border it on three sides. Many
present also remembered the burning
of the old school building a block or so
away and thc subsequent acquisition of
the new plot and erection of another
building. The field behind the school
was used by men and boys during the
summer months and for practice but
two years ago was withdrawn for the
commencement of operations toward
the present improvement. The Burgess
cited, "games build strong bodies, tough
muscles, teach perseverence and good
sportsmanship. Games are rough but so
is  life!"
Jay Worrell, supervising principal of
the opposing team's school, Marple
Newtown, a player on the 1905 team of
Media High School, contrasted the
early days of high school football, when
the boys played on an empty deserted
lot because there was no other place
to play, with the present time.
The ceremonies closed with the singing of "God Bless America" to the accompaniment of the Swarthmore High
School band. The band maneuvered just
before the exercises opened. In addition to the new junior cheer leader,
Mildred McCowan, who turned out for
the first time Friday, there were the
freshly uniformed girls of the color
guard, Phyllis Simpson, Anna Lou Taylor, Doris Plumb and Marguerite
Dodge.
Roger Russell's camera recorded the above scene of the High School team in
action for the first time on its new football field, last Friday afternoon.
Harry Oppenlander, of the High School
faculty, snapped Mrs. Frederick W.
Luehring (above) at the field dedication ceremonies as she spoke in behalf
of the Home & School despite a broken
right arm sustained in a fall several days earlier; and the new color guard
(right) as the band played the school's Alma Mater.
RED CROSS ASKS    i MUSIC RECITAL
AID OF SEWERS DELIGHTS WOMEN
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Revival   of   Social   Season   Has Capacity Audience Applauds Art
Apparently Lessened Sympathetic Ardor of Former
Seamstresses
Sewers for Red Cross relief garments
are badly needed at the Woman's Club
on Mondays. The serious falling off in
attendance at these meetings may be
due to the pressure of social and domestic duties but this community's good
fortune in being able to pursue, pleasant
avocations should not deaden its consciousness that relief needs are becoming daily more urgent.
Since September 1 Swarthmore's Red
Cross production has dropped pitifully.
It seems impossible that women of this
town will not remedy that situation at
once by joining some group and giving
a certain amount of time each week
to working on Red Cross supplies.
There is work for every one. If you
cannot be away from home secure yarn
and knit there or contact Mrs. A. S.
Wickham or Mrs. Robert Bair for sewing which can be done at home. If you
do not sew or knit there are other
tasks which will speed the sewing
groups. Supplies must be called for
and delivered and volunteers are needed
for this necessary service. Seams must
be ironed and pressed and much sewing
time could be saved if hot drinks could
be served the all-day group at the
Woman's Club each Monday noon.
(Continued on Pane Four)
THE WEEK'S CALENDAR
Oberlin Avenue
FRIDAY,  OCTOBER  11
2:30 P. M. — Mothers'  Club. Methodist  Church
5:30 to 7:30 P. M. — Oyster   Dinner jueinoaiai.   vuiuui
• SATURDAY.   OCTOBER   12
Coll.-,.  vs.  Snsauchanna • • • -ggw Jgjj
2:30 P.M. — Football:
2:30 P. M. — Soccer:  Collegw   vs.  Temple	
SUNDAY, OCTOBER  13
11:00 A. M. — Morning- Worship • •: -  . , «_-.{„„. House
8:15 P.M. —Lecture by Dr. Wm. A. Neilson Friends  Meeting* Mouse
MONDAY. OCTOBER 14 ,   a  _
10:00 A. M. to 4:00 P. M. — Red Cross Sewing- ™«' harvard Avenue
4:00 to 6:00 P.M. —W. 1. L. Tea 730 Harvaro Avenu
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15
12:00 Noon — Business  Association	
2:30 P.M. — Lecture: "What Do We Mean Liberty".
WEDNESDAY.  OCTOBER 16
School  Holiday PoHin-r  Places
7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. —Conscription   Registration...... •••••• £   ^? Avenue
8:30 P. M. —Daughters of British Empire 922 Strain *£v£"~ HaU
2:30. P. M. — Legion   Auxiliary............ • • • • .'woman's C uh.
8:00 P. M. — Evening- Section Fashion Show. Bridge Borough Hall
8:00 P. M. — Council  Meets	
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17 Woman's Club        J
7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. —Girl Scout Rummage Sale.....•••  ^^on Ave-flfe--"^
2:00 P. M. — Friendly Circle 19 Soutn x-ruiw«
.Local Churches
 Ingleneuk
.Woman's Club
ists After Presentation of
Charming Program
Mrs. Anthony Ventner, pianist, and
Mrs. Samuel Harris, contralto, gave a
lecture recital at the clubhouse Tuesday afternoon to a large and appreciative audience.
Mrs. Ventner traced the development
pf music from the early forms; the beginnings of polyphony and the gradual
infiltration of folk music into the sacred music which gave rise to all secular music and instrumental compositions. Some of the early composers
were discussed, but the "giants" of
music from the time of Bach to the
Romantic School received the most attention.
The program, which followed the talk,
gave illustrations from the Classic and
Romantic Schools of music. Mrs. Ventner is an accomplished pianist. Her
playing of Bach's Partita and the first
movement of Beethoven's Sonata, Opus
90, was a delight to hear. Her accompaniment of Mrs. Harris' singing was
equally beautiful.
Mrs. Harris has a rich and sympathetic contralto voice. She sang the aria
from Xerxes by Handel, two lieder by
Mozart, Schubert's Wohin, Brahms'
Standchen and Beau Soir by Debussy.
As an encore Mrs. Harris sang an old
English  Folk song, No John, No.
Mrs. Roland Eaton presided at the
stated meeting. After the program the
new members were welcomed into the
club.
To   Hear   Wilton  President
Dr. Paul Swain Havens, President of
Wilson College, will address the members of the Woman's Club next Tuesday at 2:30 P. M. Local alumnae of
Wilson will be guests of the Club for
the afternoon. Dr. Havens' topic will
be "Toward a Definition of Liberty".
Local Aid in British War Relief
Mrs. John R. Bates, of North Chester
road, is organizing a Swarthmore unit
of the British War Relief Society, Inc.,
and asks that anyone interested in obtaining information concerning membership or desiring to help in any way
telephone her at Swarthmore 2484.
The organization aids the British by
knitting for the armed forces, sewing
for   children  apjj  coht^ib^,tylg, money
«OTt4ioip1la,ls/&e*iIe,caHeIns and.Aec-
J-nessities; fox:*bojh^ citilian"=ym&
Conscription Registration
at Polls
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The first U. S. peace time con-,
scription registration of men 21
years of age to 35 inclusive will
take place locally at the three
polling places next Wednesday
from 7 A. M. to 9 P. M.
The College avenue school
building is therefore the registration center for men in the northern precinct, Borough Hall the
location for the eastern precinct,
and the Rutgers avenue school
the focal point for the western
precinct.
Precinct election officials will
be in charge of registration at
each polling place.
COMPANYHGETS
ESCAPING POLICE
FRASER SAYS U.S.
IN TIGHT SPOT
Warns   Junior   Club   Members
Triple Alliance is Directed
at U. S.
"America and the War Crisis," was
the theme of Dr. Herbert F. Fraser's
address to the Junior Club on Tuesday
evening, October 8.
An appreciative and very attentive audience heard Dr. Fraser relate the events
leading to the present day crisis, and
the United States' position in it
Dr. Fraser said, in part:
"We have been inclined to take foreign affairs lightly, but now we are in
a critical position. The triple alliance is,
undoubtedly, directed against us. We are
between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
There is a great possibility of a two
ocean war, at one and the same time.
Diplomacy must steer us clear.
"Our first danger would be in the
conquest of England. Help to Great
Britain should be increased and aid to
Japan cut. Belligerency against Japan
would lessen our support to Great Britain, as we would need ourselves the supplies which would help Britain. We must
be certain of our policies, maintain thc
friendship of China, and do nothing to
help Japan.
"We are not neutral, we are non-belligerent. We must pursue the policy of
non-belligerency as long as we possibly
can."
In closing, Dr. Fraser, who is professor of Economics at the College, said,
"We must exalt our ideals and fight to
maintain them; look to our defense, primarily naval, supplemented by aerial;
mobolize power; promote unity; support
Great Britain and maintain an informed
public opinion."
The Junior club is grateful to have
had Dr. Fraser as its guest.
LEGION AUXILIARY TO
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
A full membership meeting is urged
for the first of the season's gatherings
of the American Legion Auxiliary on
Wednesday, October 16. The session will
begin at 2.30 P. M. with Mrs. James
Desmond, of Chester, installing the new
officers. Plans will be made for the com
ing season and tea will be served follow
ing the business discussion. Hostesses will
:e Mrs. Rex I. Gary and Mrs. Robert
Sheppard.
Last week's rummage sale was the
first attempt of the Auxiliary to raise
money by this method and it proved to
be a great success. In spite of rain 80
came to the preview Wednesday evening
to make choice purchases. The sale con
tinued from 7 A. M. to 5 P. M. the next
day. All goods remaining unsold at the
close of the sale were given to the Ches
ter Rescue Mission.
In the future Mrs. L. J. Servais will
receive old magazines and silk stockings at her home, 231 Dickinson avenue,
or will call for them in response to a
telephone call to Swarthmore 1041. The
magazines and old'stockings will be tak
en to the Coatesville Veterans' Hospital
promptly.
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Evening Section to
Model Fashions
The clubhouse on Park avenue will be
the scene of a colorful and interesting
parade when Dame Fashion holds sway
with a fall and winter fashion show,
sponsored by the Evening Section of the
Swarthmore Woman's Club, on Wednesday, October 16, at 8 P. M. Gowns
will be modeled by members of the club.
Following the Fashion Show there will
be a bridge party. Refreshments will be
served. There will be door prizes as well
as table prizes. Mrs. L. C. Hastings, telephone Swarthmore 265-W, should be
called for reservations.
Local Reorganized Home Guard
Tests Plan to Bottle Up
Swarthmore
Nearby police departments were bombarded with queries Thursday night of
last week, many observers fearing
Swarthmore had been taken over by
Martians or some like calamity had be-
iallen here. However there was no reason for alarm to the general citizenry
tor the maneuver sought its protection
rather tnan harm.
Company H, commanded by Captain
j. Kirk McCurdy, after regular weekly
urill held m tne Swartnmore High
ocnooi gymnasium, dispersed its mem-
oers to various points oi the borough
attempting to cover all thoroughfares
.catling out of Swartnmore in a test to
ace now eiiective sucn a measure could
oe in case oi need. At y 1*. M. the men
ieit tne gym and at y :lo the stage was
set for tne trial.
Captain Aivin J. Herr and Patrolman
Henry A. peirsol, jr., in one oi tne borougn ponce cars endeavored to leave
tne town unknown to the men in new
Kiiaki trousers and shirts wnose rittes
were formidauie tnough ancient. For 13
minutes tne ponce were unsuccessful in
getting out oi tne borougn, ail the while
Keeping in communication with headquarters by two-way radio. At y -28 with
car lights out sneaking up the Harvard avenue extension toward South
Chester and Fairview roads, then turning down tne dirt ruts behmd the row
ot new houses along Sproul road just
outside Swartnmore (known as Swarthmore Park) the police car succeeded in
getting about a few hundred yards outside tne borough when it was detected
oy Thomas A. Meryweather, of Company H.
captain Herr's wife blundered headlong into the midst of the excitement
wnen she coincidently started out to
unvc tu uie drug store. Ignorant ot the
exact nature of her husband's commission oi tne evening she was naturally
somewhat startled when accosted at
tne first corner and the car subjected
to a search. The procedure repeated
at tne next corner, apparently the Company H members tnere feared some
suuterfuge on the part of the wily police captain and recalled well the French
caution "cherchez la femms".
That was certainly one night the
Captain had some tall explaining to do
when he crossed his threshold.
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ADULTS REGISTER TONIGHT
This evening will mark the opening of
bwartiimores third annual Adult Wight
at School when a record breaicing enrollment is expected in the filteen popular
courses. Registration tonight is at the
ritgh School between » and 9 o'clock,
wnue the ten weeks of classes start next
Monday, October 14, at 8 P. M.
After several months of careful planning the curriculum committee, headed by
G. .baker Thompson, has completed detailed arrangements for the most ambitious educational program in the school's
history. The number of courses is three
greater than last year, and the committee
lias been successful in obtaining a distinguished faculty group to handle the
classes.
In response to many requests during
the past week, a course in Elementary
Spanish has been added to the curriculum. It will be taught by Alfred Jacob,
Oxford University graduate who recently
spent four years in Spain directing the
work of the English Friends' Service
Commission.
At the registration tonight prospective students will have an opportunity to
discuss these courses in detail with the
instructors. The enrollment will be in
charge of a committee headed by Mrs.
A. F. Jackson. Anyone who is unable to
get to the High School may enroll at
the first class next Monday, or by writing to Mrs. Jackson, 226 Park avenue.
School Holiday Wednesday
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By proclamation of Governor
James October 16 will be a school
holiday throughout the State. The
local schools will cooperate with
the State-wide observance of
Registration Day.
At the request of the County
Election Board Swarthmore
school teachers will be at the
polling places to assist the official
election officers with the registration procedure.
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