Swarthmorean 1931 January 17

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Vol. Ill,    No. 2
Swarthmore, Pa„ January  17, 1931
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WOMEN WRITERS
OF SWARTHMORE
•    WILL SPEAK
Literary Committee in Charge of
Program Next
Tuesday
WILL    DESCRIBE    METHODS
NO STORY HOUR
DURING JANUARY
For those members interested in literature, the program of the Woman's Club
of next Tuesday, will probably be the
most interesting of the season. Mrs. J.
V. S. Bishop, chairman, has invited five
of the women writers to be the guests of
the club.
Taken alphabetically, they are Mrs. E.
H. Bonsall, who edits an Episcopalian
quarterly and has written several books
on biblical subjects. Perhaps the best
known is "Famous Hymns, with Stories
and Pictures". Dr. Isabelle Bronk, who
was connected with Swarthmore College,
has written several books, among them
"Children of Versailles." Dr. Bronk
also contributes so many well known
magazines.
Grace Livingston Hill, has lived at 215
Cornell avenue for many years and
Who's Who credits her with many "best
sellers" dating from 1894 to the present.
The titles include many volumes we have
all read.
Jean Lilly (Mrs. Scott B.) of 133 Og-
den Avenue has written "The Seven Sisters" and her most recent book is "False
Face" which won the Dutton Mystery
Prize of the month in which it was published.
Isabel Briggs Myers (in private life,
Mrs. Clarence G. Myers of 321 Dickinson) won the prize offered jointly by the
Frederic A. Stokes Company and Mc-
Clures Magazine for her novel "Murder
Yet. To Come". The prize was $7,500
and the story ran as a serial in Smart
Set due to the consolidation with Mc-
C'u«-e'.<> M^garine-   ,^
Mrs. Harold Goodwin, Chairman of
Education of the Woman's Club, called
a meeting of her committee at her home
last Friday and plans were made for
future work. It was decided to meet the
first Friday of each month at thc homes
of the members. Mrs. Earl P. Yerkes
was chosen secretary for the group. The
Edmonds act was chosen as the subject
for study and investigation for the winter's work.
At the request of the Health Centre
there will be no Story Hour for the
children of Swarthmore during January.
All programs for the next four
months, have been planned and are as
follows: February," a Birthday Hour
for Famous Friends"; March "An
Opera in Music and Story"; April "A
Surprise"; and May "Interesting China."
The committee assures the disappointed ones this month (for several appeals
have come to us to have the Story Hour
real soon) that this January program
will be given at some future date when
thought advisable. The children of
Swarthmore sent a great deal of Christmas joy to the children in outlying districts with the gifts which were brought
to the Woman's Club at the last Story
Hour in December.
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JANE ADDAMS GUEST
OF DR. AND MRS. HULL
Every Effort Being Made
To Control Mumps and Measles
The Board of Health Committee
wishes to make further appeal to the
public in helping check the present outbreak of measles and mumps. Special
attention should be given each child
morning and  evening in order  to note
used were correct and that it did not
seem that there were any further precautions to be taken. The State Department does not advise the closing of
schools.
"When a household is quarentined for
mumps, the patient may be released as
suspicious symptoms. It is also advised soon as he has recovered but the doctor
that children be kept from large gather-1 must notify the Board of Health Headings. Parties, club meetings, etc., should quarters. Susceptible cases must remain
be postponed. j quarentined for the balance of the 21 day
"To those who have become alarmed at period.   Those who have previously had
the spread of these diseases we wish to the disease may go to school providing
say that we have had conferences with
several local physicians and all have said
that nothing further can be done to prevent the spread of the infection," health
officers state.
Children   are   being   inspected   care-
there is a record on the Board of Health
Book.
"If the family lived elsewhere at the
time, the record must be secured from
the previous residence.
"The measles rule is the same, except
fully by the school nurse each day, all that the child may not return until after
showing symptoms are being excluded, .ten days and then only when the doctor
"The Board of Health recently held a' has noified headquarters. Susceptibles
conference with Dr. J. Clinton Starbuck. j must remain out for the 16 day period,
county medical director, and he also Signs may be put on only after the phys-
stated that the preventive measures being ician has reported the case."
McBRIDE PRAISES
WORK OF DRYS
Anti-Saloon   Head   Pleads   With
Swarthmoreans to Uphold
Constitution
SAYS   PROHIBITION   WORKS
SCOTCH ARTIST-POET
TO LECTURE HERE MONDAY
Jane Addams
Jane Addams, founder of Chicago's
Hull-House, has been thc house guest
of Dr. and Mrs. William I. Hull, of
Walnut Lane, this week while here
as the speaker before the Women's
International League for Peace and
Freedom. Miss Addams is president of
the League and spoke at Friends' Meeting House, Fifteenth and Race streets,
last night. On Thursday she spoke at
Collection  at  Swarthmore  College.
Miss  Addams,  whose  work   for  the
„     .   . . ^     _r       .uplift of the poor won her as far back
Mrs. Goodwin has procured Dr. Mary  as   19,0   lhc   distinction   o{   I)Ci„g   the
Wentworth   McConaughy,    Mental   Hy-  first woma|1 to roccivc an honorary dc-
On the evening of January 19th, at
8 o'clock, in the Friends Meeting House
on the college campus, an able and interesting Scotchman, Prof. Ian Holbourn,
will lecture on "The Need of Art in
Life."
As architect, poet, city-planner, painter
and sportsman, Prof. Holbourn • has a
varied appeal. He not only discourses
on art, architecture, poetry and the like,
but by his own practice in these fields he
speaks with freshness and authority.
To lovers of the picturesque he is a
romantic figure,—a world traveler who
has journeyed over a million miles; a
survivor of several shipwrecks, one being that of the "Lusitania", and lastly, he
is the Laird of Fughley, a wild and lonely island off the coast of Scotland.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
who wish to hear the lecture.
Members  of  the  Society of  Friends
will   be   interested   to  learn  that   Prof.
Holbourn is a  Scotch Quaker, being a
member of Edinboro Yearly Meeting.
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HOME AND SCHOOL
MEETING POSTPONED
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
RE-ELECTED AT BANK
grce  from Yale, has spent more than
forty years in Social Service Work.
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LEGION CHARITY BALL
REMARKABLE SUCCESS
A  brilliant and colorful assembly at-
giene Consultant, Mt. Holyoke College,
and Lecturer in Pyschology and Mental
Hygiene, Swarthmore College, in a
course of four lectures on the subject of
"Everyday Child Management Problems." The first will be held on the
evening of January 20th; Mrs. Louis L.
Servais, Mrs. Oscar J. Gilcrecst and
Mrs. Herbert Paul will be the hostesses.    ^    ,  ,     . .     .   ,   . T „„•
The committee also decided to ask tc»dcd thc annual American Legion
representatives from the Rose Valley j Benefit dance last evening at the Mary
School if they would speak before the Lyon School auditorium, wiicre beauti-
Woman's Club members on some phase fu\ surroundings, charming people, and
of Progressive Education. delightful  entertainment conspired to
I provide  a   most  enjoyable  evening,  and
(stamped thc effort of the Harold Ainsworth  Post to aid local  relief,  in large
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Sarah U. Burnley
Thc Home and School meeting scheduled for last Monday evening was postponed on account of the amount of illness among children in the borough.
On January 26, a general meeting of
officers and chairmen and members of
committees of the Associations will be
held at the high school building. The
first part of the meeting will be devoted
to making those present better acquainted, while the latter part of the meeting
will consist of committee meetings to
discuss the work of each group.
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Trinity Church Notes
Last Tuesday afternoon, the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Swarthmore National Bank and Trust
Company was held and all of the directors and officers were reelected. Edward B. Temple was reelected president
and J. Everton Ramsey and C. Percy
Webster were reelected as the two vice-
presidents. Elric S. Sproat is cashier
and trust officer and Harold Ogram is
the assistant cashier and assistant trust
officer. 13 directors were reelected, namely, Haldy M. Crist, Albert N. Garrett,
Joseph E. Haines, William E. Kistler,
John F. Murray, John W. Pittock, Vincent S. Pownall,, J. Everton Ramsey,
Claud C. Smith, Elric S. Sprout, Edward B. Temple, William H. Thatcher,
and C. Percy Webster.
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BOROUGH HALL TO
HAVE NEW ROOF
Word was received here yesterday of letters, with the word SUCCESS,
the death of Mrs. Sarah Updegraff j Thc following communication was re-
Bumlcy, 78, widow of the Rev. Charles ccjmi froin tbe Post Commander George
W.   Burnley,   formerly   of   Swarthmore.   corse:
She died Sunday in Evanston, 111., at the «Tb'c nlembers of the Post and the
home of her daughter, Mrs. James M. j j>a(ijcs Auxilliary unite in thanking our
Stiller. Interment was at Williamsport, fenow citizens for their whole hearted
Tuesday. | co-operation  and  generous  support,  and
Mrs. Burnley was a lineal descendantitake tb;s ()CCasion to specifically thank
of-a family which settled in Germantown ^Jr j.j ^j Qr-lst for tbe ]arge si,are be
in 1682. She is survived hy only one of contributed to thc success of the event,
her three children and by six grand- , j)y generously donating the facilities of
children. Her husband at one time own- \ ,lis scbooi for tbe dance. Mr. Crist's
cd a great deal of real estate^ in Swarth- : friendliness to our Post has been con-
more in the vicinity of the Grange. | spjcuous jn the past, and it is a matter
j of   pride  and  a  real  joy  to count  him
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"Tom"  Best
*,,    .    .       lom     Df    ,    , ,,   .among the number of our staunch sup-
Word    has    been  received   here  that The Post also desires to thank
To™'   ?*$,. d!c.d   '"'   Saturiay  m  * j most heartily the individuals who  f urn-
hospital in Witchita, Kansas as the result { ^ at[ractivc       ters/»
of burns received in an automobile acci- j    „Thc (,ance committcCf headcd by Rob.
D-     ,, f  i   c     '.i r^ii„„Jert T. Bair, the Ladies Auxiliary of the
"Tom"  a tended  Swarthmore  College individuals who, in addi-
and  later  lived  in  the  Shirer  building,
and  worked   in   this  vicinity.   He   was
unusually large in size and played on the
line with the College football team.
It is reported that in the auto accident
tion   to   subscribing,   aided   in   supplying
the refreshments deserve all credit and
praise  for their trojan work in making
the dance successful from every angle.
"Announcement of  the results  accru
which  caused    his  death,     Tom    was,. .^ reljcf Fund wi„ be
thrown  free of  the car and was_ unin-     J^ g or demands
jured but received fatal burns when he;   p tW   fum, ghouM |jc ma(,c (,ircct to the
endeavored to rescue two of his friends  Comniun;t     Health   Socicty>   whose   in_
in thc blazing car.
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Miss Helen K. Taylor of. Riverview
avenue has completed her course at thc
Pierce School of Business Administration and will be" graduated at', thc
Academy of Music next Wednesday''eve:
ning.
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vestigation and recommendation, will
govern d i s b u r s e m cuts. Thc Legion
desires to confine the benefits strictly to
local needs in Swarthmore and thc immediate vicinity, but will investigate and
consider any need, within the limits of
tlie "fund,' brought to its attention."
The annual meetings of the Woman's
Auxiliary of Trinity Church and of the
Women's Guild were held last week.
Reports were made of the work done
by the women during 1930 and much
progress was shown. Thc officers of
the Auxiliary for 1931 arc: President,
Mrs. Frank Colton Irvine; Vice-president, Mrs. Albert Hill; Secretary, Mrs.
Edna M. Dickinson. Mrs. William H.
Brearlev was elected Treasurer to sue-
cecd Mrs. George DuBoise, who resigned. The officers of the Guild were
reelected: Mrs. Lovett Frescoln, President; Mrs. E. O. Langc, Vice-President; Mrs. F. P. Byerly, Secretary;
Mrs. Charles A. Stern, Treasurer.
The women of the parish have resumed their All-day meetings at "Thc
Lodge" and are sewing every Thursday for the poor of the vicinity.
The members of Trinity Guild for
Older Girls have changed their meeting night from Tuesday to Thursday.
They arc sewing for thc needy, under
the direction of the Community Center.
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Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts wishing to join Troop II
please meet at the Woman's Club House
at 9:30 Saturday morning or telephone
the new Captain, Mrs. Ross Marriot,
Swarthmore 34.
Eighty Girl Scouts attended the Fly
Up ceremony last Saturday when Dorothy Paulson was welcomed to the Scout
Troop from her Brownie Pack.
Fifteen Brownies received the Golden,
which is the highest award. Mrs. Onyx
has joined the leaders ranks and is helping the Scouts prepare for a song contest There will be a Scout Tea on January 31.
Swarthmore Borough council at its
regular meeting Thursday evening deliberated long and earnestly before letting the contract for reshingling the roof
of borough hall. Of the three bidders
for the job, two enclosed checks insufficient to cover the five per cent which
is supposed to accompany the bid.
The bid of Gillespie and Company was
$1400, William Kimmell & Son $2,378
and Clarke and Harvey $2500. Gillespie's
check was $10 short and the Kimmell check $3.65 short. The bid
was finally awarded t o Gillespie
and Co. after a.long discussion of technicalities as regarding bids. The following motion was made by Councilman
Leonard C. Ashton. and seconded by
Councilman Joseph S. Bates:
"That the bid of Gillespie and Company for a shingle roof on Borough hall
be accepted. The action is taken upon
the advise of the assistant solicitor that
council may waive the shortage of $10
in the amount of the certified check accompanying this bid— the insufficiency
being relatively small, the need of a new
roof urgent, and this bid being $978
lower than the next higher bidder, and
$1100 lower than the highest bid. Council feels justified in accepting this bid
which is by far the lowest of thise sub-
mited for the further reason that this
bidder has satisfactorily performed other
contracts for the borough and his responsibility is unquestioned. The solicitor is instructed to require fully sufficient surety-bonds as required by law."
The question of a sidewalk along Rutr
gers avenue from Yale avenue to the
new school building was discussed and it
was decided to notify the syndicate that
work must begin on the walk at once
in order to show good faith in the agreement between the borough and the syndicate. This agreement stated that the
walks would be built within thirty days
which time has already elapsed.
Council approved the replacing of the
present telephone box system for communicating with policemen throughout
thc borough with an electric light flasher
system. The present bells will be replaced with these lights so that when an
officer in the residential part of the borough is wanted, the light will flash. The
bell system was inedequate in that it
could not be heard from any distance
while a light may easily be seen.
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Mrs. George Ashton was lately in New
York where she heard Mary Strickler
play. Mary was a pupil of Mrs. Ash-
ton's and has now won a scholarship in
the Juilliard Foundation for Piano Playing.
F. Scott McBride
F. Scott McBride, leader of thc Anti-
Saloon League in this country, urged
Swarthmoreans Wednesday evening to
observe and uphold the Eighteenth
Amendment as the most fitting celebration of the Eleventh Anniversary of
Prohibition this year. The meeting was
held at the Methodist Church under the
auspices of the Swarthmore branch of
the W. C. T. U. and replaced the
Prayer Meeting Services in the
churches of the borough.
Dr. McBride, who is a fiery orator,
gave an address intended tc revive lhe
enthusiasm of his listeners for prohibition and convince them of its success.
He declared that the Wets have nothing to propose but thc abolishment of
prohibition. The chief recommendation
of the Wets is a program similar to
that in Canada where Liquor is controlled by the Government.
"The plan in Canada is not the success that the Wets would have you believe," Dr. McBride declared. "Government control of liquor means liquor
control of government. This system in
Canada is bringing about the greater
sale of liquor than ever before. We cannot solve the liquor problem by a system which brings about the greater
sale of liquor."
Dr. McBride declared that thc principal of prohibition is fundamental because it prohibits at the source instead
of trying to effect a cure. Prevention
is the fundamental remedy for any
undesirable condition.
Dr. McBride further traced the reasons why Prohibition should be supported by pointing out that the people
were behind it. He described the growth
of the movement from small meetings
in rural communities to the point where
it was ratified by the different states.
"Thc Wet press has a great influence
in this country and is trying to make
people believe that Prohibition is not
wanted. The manner in which the
Amendment was brought about, however, shows that it was more universally desirable than any other amendment to the constitution."
"Without prohibition we would have
no constructive move and the saloon
system would have gotten worse," Dr.
McBride declared. "It is impossible to
have light wines and beers without
having saloons. There is nothing to
stop saloons today, anyone can put up
a bar in his home or on the street corner. Thc prohibition of liquor is the
only thing that can destroy the evil
influence of thc saloon."
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Hirst-Pfeil
A very attractive wedding was solemnized on Saturday, January 10th in the
Swarthmore Presbyterian Church when
Miss Beatrice Elizabeth Hirst, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hirst became the bride of Mr. Adolph H. Pfeil,
Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa. The bride was
given in marriage by her father. Mrs.
William G. Phillips, eldest sister of the
bride, was matron of honor, and Mr.
Ralph Pfeil, brother of the groom, was
the best man. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John EUery Tuttle, D.
D. After a short honeymoon the newly-
weds will reside in West Philadelphia.