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THE SWARTHMOREAN
VOL. XV, No. 15
SWARTHMORE, PA., APRIL 16, 1943
$2.50 PER YEAR
Adults to Provide
Youth Clubroom
Citizens' Committee Head Chairs
H. S. Meet Addressed by
Faust and West
Swarthmore high school students are
to have a club, complete with dub
room, pool table, ping pong and juke
box. Plans are proceeding rapidly for
the renovation and occupation of the
old Green's Dancing Academy quarters.
At the same time, the young people are
progressing with an organization that
will permit them to enjoy the club
quarters with a necessary minimum of
supervision. This much at least of definite accomplishment emerged from two
meetings held at the beginning of the
week to discuss recreational facilities
for the community.
The job of working out plans for this
group of students lies in the hands of
the Swarthmore Citizens Committee,
the ^Recreation Association, and a board
representing the Youth Group according to a statement made by Mrs. J.
Burris West, president of the Recreation. Association of Swarthmore. She
spoke at.the town meeting held last
Monday under the joint sponsorship of
the Home and School Association, the
Recreation Association of Swarthmore
and the Swarthmore Citizens' Committee.
The Monday meeting followed a mass
meeting of high school students on Sim-
day afternoon, with George Armitage as
temporary chairman and Edith Thatcher as temporary secretary. The meeting heard'reports of various committees
on proposals for the organization of a
club which would occupy the available
quarters at Green's.
It was agreed to organize the club
along municipal lines with a mayor,
council and other necessary officials, including <a tax collector. The latter is of
interest because the young people-have
further agreed to undertake the job of
organizing Aheir »pj«ft^jificjessary furid
raising.
As the first step in the organization
of the club, committees have been appointed to work on the various angles
of the use of the club quarters. A temporary council has been appointed to
work on plans for a permament organization. Members of this council are
Gordon Bierman, Anne Bradford,
Mardy Jean Crosby, William B. Horsey,
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School Holiday
The Swarthmore Public Schools
will be closed all day on Good Friday, April 23.
HIGH SCHOOL BAND PUTS BEST FACES FORWARD
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In spite of a few impish grins last Friday** band picture reveals its usual natty appearance. Its general pulchritude will
be equaled by excellent musicianship in its fifth anniversary concert tonight.
GIRL SCOUTS IN
RALLY HERE
Local Scout and Brownie Leaders
Hosts at Annual Juliette'Low
"Penny Party"
The annual "penny party" for Delaware County Girl Scouts was a great
success Saturday. Nearly 3001 girls and
leaders 'representing 86 out of 115
troops in'the county met at* the Woman's Club to honor Juliette Low who
founded the organization in 1912. Each
troop delegation brought pennies for
the Memorial Fund, pennies amounting
to $106.95, collected from every Scout
as a token of friendship to other Scouts
throughout the world.
When these pennies are added to
those received all over the nation, a
large relief fund is built up. Last year
this income was $18,508.88, of which
$7,803.03 was spent for war relief;
$396.77 for leaders' training Scholarships awarded to young women students from other nations; $191 fpr
emergency relief appropriation; $50 for
assistance to a young Chinese leader;
and $141 for "camperships" to young
evacuees in this country.
Agnes- Dix Ruber led group singing
while the audience assembled, then
Troop 16 of Swarthmore opened thc
program with two humorous sketches
made a little funnier because at the
last minute Nan Pitman and Betty
Brookhart, unrehearsed, took the parts
of two brand new measlers. Mrs. Clement Borton commissioner and Miss
Hodge and Miss Nicholson of headquarters staff greeted the girls and
helped to receive the gifts as they were
dropped into a gaily decorated" basket'
Splendid moving pictures of Troop 66
of Springfield showed how Scouts hike
and camp, their safety measures, courtesy to others, and fun in" nature. Although these were amateur films, they
told a real story and were thoroughly
enjoyed.
Troop 71 of Lansdowne closed the
meeting with an impressive flag ceremony. Girls carrying flags of other
nations told how Scouting has spread
all oyer the world, and how it can
contribute to friendship through service and a better understanding among
young people. Folk songs of other
countries- were sung, accompanied by
a small orchestra in the troop.
Deadline Set Ahead
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In observance of good Friday
The Swarthmorean will be published on Thursday next week.
The deadline for news and advertising copy is therefore 12
noon Tuesday.
Awarded Fellowship
Richard R. Haig a student at the
University of .Rochester has been
awarded" a ^Silowship^aT tire" Institute-
of Gas Technology at Illinois Institute
of Technology. A chemical engineering
major, Haig is the holder of a $2,000
Rochester Prize Scholarship and a
member of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity.
The son of Richard G. Haig, an engineer with the Sun Oil Company, he
is a graduate of Swarthmore High
School where he was on the football,
tennis and chess teams, and a member
of the chorus.
Success of the meeting was largely
due to the hard work and cooperation
of Swarthmore Brownie and Intermediate leaders and mothers. Mrs. Charles
Israel presided.
DONATE BLOOD
AT THE COLLEGE
Dr. Frank Kffle Heads Efficient
Set-up There While Borough
Red Cross Units Cooperate
Swarthmore College students and
staff donated 130 pints of blood to the
Mobile Blood Donor Unit of the Southeastern Chapter of the American Red
Cross Wednesday. Thirteen silver buttons were given to third time donors,
and Herbert Sonthoss of the college
faculty made his sixth donation.
Mrs. Phelps Soule Red Cross Blood
Donor chairman for the borough who
directed the day's program expresses
her appreciation to the various units
of college and town who collaborated
Dr. Frank Kille headed the Central
Committee of the college. Mrs. Everett
L. Hunt worked with him on the final
appointment sheet and in sending reminder cards. Veronica Sullivan of the
superintendent's office of the college
was in charge of appointments
Student assistants on canvassing and
publicity were Eleanor Caddick and
Oscar Powell. Mrs. Ruth McClung
Jones and Otto Hebel, custodian of the
Martin Biological Laboratory, carried
out the physical rearrangement of the
rooms used by the unit. Mrs. Jones'
class assisted in this sizeable task.
Ruth Carr, college dietitian arranged
special diet tables to insure fat free
lunches for donors. The college invited
the staff of the Mobile Unit to have
lunch in the college dining room before
starting the work.
Red Cross volunteer units of the borough which assisted in the efficient
running of the day .worked in shifts.
Mrs. Walter N. Suplee directed the 'J
Canteen with the assistance of Mrs.
Paul Cleaver, Mrs. Oscar Eggert, Mrs.
R. B. Runyan, and Mrs; M. A. Vogel.
Nurses' Aides who assisted were Mrs;
Wayne Randall, Mrs. Warren Tyson,
Mrs. H. S. Toole and Mrs. Edwin W.
Crosby. Participating members of the' ^_.;
Motor Corps were Elizabeth Bassett/'". ••■*£
Mrs. John R. Bates, Mrs. Francis Taylor, Mrs. Samuel Ayers and Mrs. David
Wadleigh.
The following Gray Ladies contributed their services: Mrs. Leonard Ash- ,
ton, Mrs. Walter James, Mrs. Franklin
S. Gillespie, Mrs. Hervey Schumacher,
Mrs. Charles G. Thatcher and Mrs. E.
L. Mercer.
Three members of the Staff of the
Community Health Society worked
throughout the day. Mrs. Leonard
Ashton acted as one of the Registrars.
Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Margaret Clarke
Neal, both permanent members of the
Swarthmore Blood Donor committee
also assisted.
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WOMAN'S CLUB INVITES CELEBRITIES IN VAN LOON STYLE AND PRESTO!
A famed English ruler, a Roman dictator who won Cleopatra, the jolly old saint, the
"Swedish nightingale," a novelist whose American scene encompassel blood bounds and
ice cakes, all Join (left above) a group of United States patriots about tbe July table at
the Gab's birthday dessert Tuesday afternoon. Standing left to right sve Uncle Sam,
Santa Claus, Abraham Linecln, Julius Caesar, Queen Victoria, Thomas Jefferson, and
George Washington with his hatchet. Seated are Harriet Beecher Stowe and Jenny Limd.
If you're determined to get to the heart of things you'll find, in the, same order, dub
Mrs. R. L. Eaton, Mrs. T. Barry Brown, Mrs. \C. Russell PhfiOips, Mrs. O. W.
Gay, Mrs. Robert L. Coates, Mrs. T. K. Brown, Mrs. E. P. Yerkes, Mrs. R. G. E. Ullman (in
whom genius burned brightly long before the Frolic), and Mrs. Samuel C Harris. Right
above: strange company for tbe Marquis de Lafayette (a September son) to keep — the
March Lamb and Lion. Their grouping about the lovely red and white February setting
which; Mrs. W. F. Faragher had arranged reflects the photographer's influence. Mrs.
Joseph B. Pope impersonated Lafayette, and behind the baffling >jnash* are. Mrs. Benjamin W. Coffins and Mrs. H. S. Toole. Another scene at the Tuesday celebration appears
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