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VOL. 19-—No. 15
SWARTHMORE PA*f FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1947
$3.00 YEAR
BAND CONCERT
NEXT WAY NUE
Musical Treats Set
For Annual
Benefit
The Swarthmore High School
Band is completing1 preparations
for its ninth annual benefit concert to "be given in the high school
auditorium at 8 o'clock on Friday
evening, April 18. The band is
functioning this year under the
leadership of its" new director,
Robert  M,  Holm.
This ever-popular organization1
has delighted the public with its
many appearances in the community during recent years. The
personnel of the concert band is
slightly larger than that of the
marching band which plays for
the football activities each fall.
The program prepared for this
year will present a number of
very tuneful selections, such as
Strauss' "Emperor Waltz," "The!
Grand March" from Wagner's
"Tannhauser" and selections from
Kern's "Showboat." One of the
newer numbers will be "March of
the Free Peoples" by Capt. Thomas
F. Darcy, Jr. in comemoratlon of
the landing preparation and
achieving of the D-Day. The feature number after intermission will
be the march,, presenting twirling
by the drum majorettes, Christine
Ford, Cynthia Homire, Marjorie
Lewis, I<ois Linton, and Carol Ann
Mosteller, led' by the drum major,
Helene Powera Interspersed will,
be several special solo numbers*—
a clarinet solo by H. - WestOn"
Clarke, a 'trombone solo by Cbarles
Laws, .and a trumpet solo by Raymond Wilson. Weston Clarke will
conduct "The Washington Post
March," he being the only high
school musician from the Philadelphia suburban area to be selected to participate' in the recent
State Band Festival at Lebanon.
The instrumentation of the
group will include this year, for
the first time, a newly acquired
set of tympani which will be featured in several of the heavier se-
leetiona Steven Spencer and Emily
Pritchard will share vocal honors
* in a medley from Jerome Kern's
"Showboat."
Seniors participating in this,
their last high school concert, include Graham Foster, Weston
Clarke, Steven Spencer, Leonard
Mygatt, Lois' Booth, Barbara
Earnshaw, David Morey, and
George Warren.
The band is being assisted in
its planning and in the selling of
tickets by the Band Parents' Committee, consisting of Dr. Robert
C. Disque, Chairman; Walter H.
, Dickinson, Treasurer; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Boyle, Mr. and Mrs.
H. W. Clarke, Mr. and Mra R. D.
Fetherolf, Mr. and Mra Henry E.
Ford, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C.
Franck, Mr. and Mra E. R. Laws,
Mr. and Mra H. D. McCray, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Ogram, Mr. and
Mrs. Steven Spencer, Mr. and Mrs.
Stuart R. Thorbahn, and Mr. and
Mrs.   R.   Whitney  Tucker.
LOCAL ART EXHIBIT
The annual Exhibition of
Pictures and Sculpture will bo
held at the Woman's Club from
April. 22 to 27. Exhibitors must
be over 18 years of age and residents of Swarthmore; or if
not residing in the borough,
must have previously lived here
and continuously exhibited with
the club. All members of thc
club are eligible.
Exhibitors may enter two
pieces of work. Pictures may be
in any medium but must be
framed.
Work should be brought to
the club .house Sunday after,
noon, between 2 and 5 o'clock.
Name, title, and prjce should be
on the back of each painting.
CENTURY'S BRIDAL
COSTUMES SHOWN
Feminine  Interest'
Centers on
Display
"A Pageant of Brides" will be
presented at the next meeting of
the Woman's Club of Swarthmore
on Tuesday, April 15, when bridal
gowns and finery from 1825 to 1947
will be modeled during the program arranged by the Literature
Department, Mrs. Harold G. Griffin chairman, and directed by Mrs.
George P. Warren, drama chairman, assisted by Mrs. Anthony L..
Ventner, chairman of music.
Precious heirlooms, dating back
into the fourth generation, will
be modeled *by^club~members: and
daughters and nieces, against a
background of music of the period with comment on the popular
literature of the time by Mrs. C.
H. Jeglum in a program that
promises to delight all feminine
hearts. Trousseaus and bridal ac-
cesorles will be on display under
the supervision of Mrs. Owen W.
Gay who will be at tlie club house
from 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. to receive articles which will be loaned
for  exhibit.
The 1825 costume was worn by
an aunt of Mrs. Chester Roberts
and will be modeled by the great,
great grandniece of the bride,
June Keighton. An 1837 gown
worn by the grandmother of Mrs.
Herbert Bassett will be worn by
Mra Peyton H. Bray. 1875 fashions, as worn by the mother of
Helen,McLain, will be modeled by
Mrs. Henry Coles while the dress
worn by the mother of Mrs. A.
F. Jackson in 1882 will be shown
by Mrs. C. Russell Phillips. An
1883 model, the gown of the
mother of Mrs. Edward M. Bassett,
will be worn by Mra J. Randolph
Roess, followed by two 1888 models
originally worn by Mrs. J. Everton Ramsey and the mother of
v Margaret Price which will be
shown by Mrs'. J. F. Taylor and
Cornelia McKernon. The gown of
Mrs. Jesse H. Holmes, worn in
1892 will be displayed by Mary
Ann Dickinson while Elinor Karns
will model her grandmother's
dress of 1897.
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THIS WEEK'S  CALENDAR
Friday, April 11'
9:00 to 12:00 P.M.—Young Marrieds* Social Dance.
-Woman's Club
6:00, 7:30 & 9:30 P.M.
Saturday. April 12
-Jr. Assemblies_|—-
Sunday* April IS
11:00 A.M.—Morning Worship	
Monday. AprU 14
8:20 P.M.—"The Late George Apley" 	
-Riesday, April 15
2:00 P.M.—Pageant of Brides :	
8:00. P.M.—Hobby Night (Junior Club).
8:20* P.M.—'Tlie Late George Apley"	
Wednesday, April 16
9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.—Mutual Exchange (Preview).
8:20 P.M.—'-The Late George Apley"
-I^nrsday, April 17
9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.—Mutual Exchange 8al«
8:15 P.M.—Cooper Foundation Lecture ...
8:20 P.M.—'The Late George Apley"
- Woman's Club
Local Churches
 Players Club
. Woman's Club
. Woman's Club
.—Players Club
-Woman's Club
.-Players Club
-Woman's Club
 Clothier
... Players Club
FOSTER, WILCOX
TAKE AWARDS
Two   Seniors   Win
Scholarship
Merits
• Two Swarthmore High School
seniors, Duncan G. Foster, Jr., and
Andrea Wilcox, today received
word that they had been awarded
certificates of merit by the Pepsi-
Cola Scholarship Board as runners-
up for the 126 four-year college
scholarships being granted this
year. As certificate of merit winners, they will receive fifty dollar
awards when they enter college
next fall.
' Announcement of the awards was
made by G. Baker Thompson, principal of Swarthmore High, who
stated that 38,364 candidates elected to represent 9,157 of the nation's
high schools participated in this
contest, which is financed by the
Pepsi-Cola Company as one of its
public services. Three thousand two
hundred and six Pennsylvania students from 636 public, private and
parochial schools entered the competition, Principal Thompson said.
Of Swarthmore High's two winners, Duncan G. Foster, Jr., 17, is
the son of Dr. and Mrs. Duncan 6.
Foster, 15 Crest Lane. He plans to
enter the United States Coast Guard
Academy following his graduation
in June.
Andrea Wilcox, 18, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Clair Wilcox of 510
Ogden Avenue, plans'to enroll at
Swarthmore College in the autumn
where she will major in' political
science or psychology.
., The tw^f^l-tultlon coUejgre *wHp-
larabips granted ' in-' Pennsyfvariia
this year were won by Clarkson
Palmer, a student at George
School, and Nancy E. Remley,
a senior at Allentown High
School.
COLLEGE REPORTS
TUITION RISE
Increase   in   Board,
Tuition Begins
September
Swarthmore College today announced an increase in tuition from
$500 to $600 and an increase in its
charges for board from $600 to
$550. These. will go into effect
with the academic year beginning
in September.
In announcing the change President John W. Nason stated: "We
have been reluctant to take this
step but have no alternative if wc
are to maintain the high quality of
education for which Swarthmore
has been noted. At a time when the
return on fixed investments has
been gradually dwindling and the
Cost of operation has increased by
40 percent, this situation can be
met only by the new charges and
by additional contributions to endowment and to current income."
Mr. Nason went on to point out
that many other private colleges
either have made or are contemplating making increases in their
charges. Mount Holyoke has recently announced an additional
charge of $200, and Vassar'College
one of $25,0. Yale University's tuition next year will be $600. The additional .$50 for board and room
marks the first increase Swarthmore has made in this area since
1931.
Mr. Nason emphasized that every
possible help would be given to
those students and prospective applicants who could not afford the
new charges, so that "regardless of
financial limitations, the best qualified students may attend Swarthmore."
Swarthmore is.now engaged in a
$5,000,000 campaign, the.principal
objectives -of .which - are ; to raise
faculty salartes and -to- provide
more scholarship funds.
Junior Assemblies to Meet
The Formal Spring Party for the
Junior Assemblies will be held in
the Womans' Club tomorrow evening, with the seventh grade meeting at 6 o'clock, the ninth .at
7:30, and the 10th grade at 9:30
o'clock. The Committee chairman,
Mra Thomas W. Hopper, and Mr.
Hopper, will attend, as will -Mrs.
W. Edward Medford, the treasurer, and Mr.  Medford.
Chaperoning the seventh grade
will be Mr. and Mrs. David P. Wisdom, Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn,
Mrs. D. Malcolm Hodge, and the
class hostess, Mrs. Alban E. Rogers,
and   Mr.   Rogers.
The chaperons for the ninth
grade will be Mr. and Mra Robert
Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Lukens, Mr. and Mrs. J. ;Roy Snape,
Mrs. Henry C. Ford, class .hostess
and   Mr.   Ford.
Dr. and Mrs. Walter B. Keighton .will chaperon the 10th grade
assisted by Mrs. Carrol P, Streeter, hostess, and Mr. Streeter. The
decorations for the party are in
charge of Mrs. Ford and Mrs.
Streeter assisted by members of
the  ninth and tenth grades.
MRS. J. L MICHAEL
TO HEAD CLUB
Speaker Stirs Club
to Back Health
Bills
Mrs. John E. Michael was elected president of the Woman's Club
at its. biennial elections Tuesday.
Mrs. F. BE.. Forsythe was named
"first vlce-pre*ddiaht,^M
K. Morse' second vice-president,
Mra Thomas K. Brown, Jr., recording secretary, Mra A. W.
Stuart corresponding secretary,
Mra A. W. Bass, Jr., treasurer,
Mrs. D. Reed Geer, Mrs. Charles
R. Russell, Mrs. Peter E. Told,
Mra S.^ Murray Viele directors,
and Mrs*. J. F. Beatty, Jr., Mra S.
T. Carpenter, Mrs. Norman
Hulme, Mrs. C. Russell Phillips
members of the admissions committee. These officers will be installed at the club's inaugural
luncheon on May IS.
Mra   Peter   E.   Told,   president,
conducted the stated meeting of
chu vvToi an's Club of Swarthmore
on Tuesday when reports of -various chairmen followed the regular business of the Club.
The Peace Service Committee,
Mrs. Frank G. Keenen, chairman,
reported three birthday parties had
been given to veterans at the Valley Forge Hospital, with cake, ice
cream and soft drinks being served
to about 40 veterans at each party.
The sale of candles makes such entertainment possible, and members
were asked to continue their purchases so that such work can go
on.
Club membership has reached
a total of 354, according to the report of the membership chairman,
Mrs. B. W. Collins, presented by
Mrs. A. R. O. Redgrave.
Mrs. Told recounted the General
Federation's appeal for Near East
Relief Centers and reminded the
group that a donation of only $2.20
will provide-one Greek child with,
a daily hot meal, clinical service,
vocational training, elementary education, and advice and help in
employment for one year. Individual contributions should be given
to Mrs. S. Murray Viele, club treasurer, and will be forwarded with
the Health and Welfare Committee's contribution of $22.
Members were reminded of the
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Attend Luncheon
Mr. and Mra George Maclntyre,
Mrs. Percy G. Gilbert, and Mra
Harold G. Griffin of Swarthmore
attended the luncheon opening the
Salvation Army Drive at the Belle-
vue l Stratford, Thursday when
Evangeline Booth was guest
speaker.
Club's Comprehensive
Mutual Exchange
Final plans were made for the
general exchange sale by Mrs.
George W. Sweet and her committee on Monday, April 7. following
the luncheon given club officers
directors, and chairmen by Mrs.
Peter  E.  Told,  club  president.
Items for sale are to be brought
to the club house on Wednesday.
April 16, between, 9 a. m. and 4
p.m. The sale will open at 9 a.m.
Thursday, April 17, and continue
to 9 p.m. Money and unsold items
should be claimed between 1 p.m.
and 4 p.m. on Friday, April 18.
All clothing submitted must be
clean and mended and marked
with size and approximate price.
ARTICLES IN DEMAND
Every type of household item,
children's, men's and women's
clothing, jewelry, garden plants,
vases" and gardening tools, books
for all ages, Girl Scout uniforms,
pictures and picture* frames, camping and sporting equipment, furniture and rugs are included among
the lists of articles that will be
gladly received. In addition, there
will be a baked goods sale in the
library, and gay aprons will be on
display for sale in another booth.
Favorite recipes will be traded and
sold. Proceeds of each sale wil! go
75 "percent to the original owner
of the article and 25 percent to
the Woman's Club.
Members of the committee in
charge of the various dlspayq
Include:
•Children's Clothing: Mrs. J.
Paul Brown, Mrs. Avery P. Blake.
Mrs. Wm. A DeCaindry.
Adult's dothing:  Mrs.  Francis
R, Forsytae, Mrs. J. Burriss West.
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LOCAL CLUB HCIS
POPULAR WAY
Hodge Leads In "The
Late George
Apley"
"The Late George Apley" a gentle comedy, in three acts and an
epilogue, will be produced April 14
by the. Players Club. The play will
be repeated nightly through April
19 with Malcolm Hodge, the play's
director, in the title role.
William J. Burk, Clerk of County
Courts and a well-known sports-
writer, will appear in a supporting
part. Others in the cast will be
Elizabeth' "May Roberts, Margaret
H. I^timer. Vfr*#fllla Jtf- WJJson,
Mary 1*. Plowman, Jane Prichard,
Helen C. Reed, Betty J. Graeber,
Marye B. Flanagan, Edmund O.
Cramp, "Washington West, Jr., J. D.
Narbeth, Kennith R. Balsley, Fred
A. Hardcsty an.l Morris E. Smith.
On the production staff will be
Jonathan Prichard and Walker
Penfield. stage managers; Paul
Snyder and Jini- Donahue, electricians; Mildred "Simpers, prompter; .
Elizabeth May Roberts, costumes
and Sally McFadden, music.
The sets for the production have
been executed by Ernest and Virginia Federoff, Bill and Beth Bush,
Paul Banks and William James
Stevens, Jr.
Mrs. David McCahan is chairman of the property committee £or
the production. Serving with her
are Mra Charles Andes and Mrs.
C. Russell Phillips. •
The life and times of a Boston "v   -   .-■, , |
conservative   are  portrayed ■■ .With     -    ^ DD */>!
^r^^mmWo- In  this   rjimt-iy. o* *      s-/J »/J
Boston manners. "The Late George •'■>]
Apley" is a dramatisation of John
P. Marquand's 1988 Puiltser Prise
novel of the sarnie name.
The story is pleasantly nostalgic
of an era when no gentleman was
even seen.outside his bedroom in
his shirt sleevea While George
Apley is a distinct character, h'e represents a type that is familiar—
in , fact "George Apleys" can still
be found in Philadelphia as well
as Boston.
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