Roth Johnston Baseler Yming at Wo ants Club concert
The season’s event features Mrs Baseler as harpist and Joist of the evening with a varied program. Elgar Wares and The Snow appear by request plus harp solos and vocal numbers led by Mrs Werner Trumbower Miss Ruth Potter and Miss Lillian Heyburn. The ensemble performs pieces from Chaminade Faure Ravel and Rogers Chadwick in a cantata style finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woants
Club Auise
Mrseler
Elgar
Lahee
Werner Trumbower
Ruth Potter
Lillian Heyburn
Council Meeting Minutes Highlight Street Repairs and Finances
The February 17 council meeting approved last meeting minutes and the 1916 budget report from the Fire Association. Bids were invited for road resurfacing on Chester Road and surrounding streets, with sidewalk repairs noted on Yale and Harvard avenues. The milk ordinance passed and the session adjourned at 9 38 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Boland
Bassett
Chester Road
College Avene
Railroad
Yale
Lane Nue
Deauuilk
Engagement of Miss Alice F McHale to Mr Supplee
Announcement from Swarthmore notes the engagement of Miss Alice F. McHale to Mr. Supplee of Bryn Mawr Cynwyd Pa. The wedding is planned for early spring. Supplee is a New York businessman and Philadelphia club man with ties to Bala Cynwyd golf and other clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McHale
Swarthmore
Alice F. McHale
Supplee
Bryn Mawr J
Aronimink Sod Bala
Miss McHale
Main Line
Public stage of She Stoops to Conquer dazzle at Woman's Club
The Players' Club presented She Stoops to Conquer on February 17 and 18 at the Woman's Club House with a strong cast led by Thomas Downs Jr and Albert N. Garrett. Critics praised Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Updegraff for lively line delivery, Barnes for hosting, and Gould for directing, noting the scenic design and overall high performance level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Players’ Club
Woman's Club
Sir Charles Marlowe
Thomas Downs, Jr
Young Marlowe
Albert N. Garrett
Squire Hardcastle
Harold Barnes
George Hastings
A. F. Jackson
Tony Lumpkin
H. Chalmers Stuart
Diggory
Frederick A. Child
Tom Twist
Marlowe
Miss Hardcastle
E. T. Wilkins
Kistler
Kate Hardcastle
Mr. Garrett
Sik
Hastings
Dr. Jackson
Mrs. Hardcastle
Stuart
Childs
Barnes
Gould
Swarthmore
Swarthmore News Notes February–March item highlights
The Swarthmore News lists events for February 26 to March 3 including film at the Ideal Morton motion pictures and a Garnet vs Gray debate at Swarthmore Preparatory School. Church services are scheduled across local houses, a suffrage conference is set at Media, and a musical event planned by the Woman's Club House. The piece also notes personal items: Alice Howard in Presbyterian Hospital, Miss Nancy Battin visiting, and neighbors hosting bridges and daffodil decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ideal
Morton
Garnet and Gray
Swarthmore Preparatory School
YWCA Building in Chester Funded by $28 000 Gift
A prominent Chester YWCA building stands debt free thanks to a $28 000 donation from Mrs. J. Lewis Crozer of Upland. The center offers clubs, classes in dressmaking and languages, gymnasium facilities, a cafeteria, and supports women and girls through education, culture, and athletic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Young Women’s Christian Association
J. Lewis Crozer
Upland
Measuring Scale for Physical Growth and Physiological Age
Swarthmore professor Dr. Bird Baldwin presented a scale to the National Council of Education in Detroit. His research, from Chicago, New York, and Baltimore, covers 50,000 records with 1,000,000 individuals in 400 studies, linking height to adult stature and indicating tall children mature earlier.
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Bird ‘I. Baldwin
Swarthmore
National Council of Education
Detroit
Faculty Recital at Swarthmore School of Music Tonight
Faculty recital at the Woman's Club House tonight at 8 o clock features soprano Abbie R Keely cello Marguerite E Lippincott piano Margarette violin Ruth G Hill with accompanists Miss Henrietta Wagner and Miss Orianna Lippincott Admission free and open to all attendees
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swarthmore School of Music
Woman's Club House
Abbie R. Keely
Marguerite E. Lippincott
Hill
Margarette
Ruth G. Hill
Henrietta Wagner
Orianna Lippincott
Methodist Church Notes Sunday School Board Meeting
The Sunday School Board will meet Friday evening February 25 after the prayer meeting. The Ladies Aid Society holds a monthly meeting Wednesday afternoon March 1 in the church. A luncheon will be served at one o clock. Special exercises announced later for Sunday March 12. Congregation urged to contribute to church benevolences on Sunday February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday School Board
Ladies’ Aid Society
Ned
Swarthmore Leads in Who's Who in America Comment
The Evening Telegraph notes Swarthmore's high representation in Who's Who with 33 residents listed among about three thousand. Philadelphia ranks first, Pittsburgh second with 129 names, and Swarthmore exceeds many larger towns in this roster of distinction.
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Cosmopolite
Evening Telegraph
America
Swarthmore
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Scranton
Reading
Harrisburg
Williamsport
Erie
York
Wilkes-Barre
Kindness vs War In The Words Of Tennyson And Franklin
The excerpt contrasts noble kindness with royal power and blood, noting there has been no truly good war. It references Tennyson and Franklin as voices for peace, suggesting simple faith surpasses coronets in lasting virtue.
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Tennyson
Suffrage Conference at Media
Delaware County Woman Suffrage Party holds a conference at Media Hall of Science on Tuesday February 28 at 2 o clock Mrs Orlady and Mrs Dibert leaders of the State Suffrage Association to be guests Swarthmore supporters invited to attend if possible
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware County Woman Suffrage Party
Media
Hall of Science
Orlady
Dibert
Sident
State Suffrage Association
Swarthmore Son
Westminster Guild sale and meeting announced
The Westminster Guild plans a sale of pies cakes and candy on Saturday afternoon March 4 from two to five in the primary room. The regular meeting will be held Friday evening March 3 at eight at Miss Anna Stell's home 217 Harvard Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster Guild
Presbyterian Church
Anna Stell
Harvard Avenue
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Roth
Wures
Dorothy
B. Rondel
Harp
A. Chanson
B. Capricci
Rameau Faure Johnstone Baseler
Rogers Chadwick
Russe
Hass
Ravel Irs
Baseler
Chaminade H
the Woodpecker
Newin
Danse de Fee
Mrs. Baseler
Faure
Council
Nue
Elm Avenue
Ueuat
Walnut Lane
Dickinson Ave
Seton Avenue
Dartmouth
Park Avenue
the Borough
Chester Y
C. A. Building
Friends’ First Day School
Trinity and Methodist Churches
Friends’ Meeting
The
Methodist Church
Grandther
Tom
Sairey
St Allers
Lairey
Alice Howard
Presbyterian Hospital
Robert G. Erskine
Vassar Avenue
Miss Gilby
Nancy Battin
Chester Roberts
Bridge
Paul Pearson
William Taylor
Ed. Breck
Navy League
W. S. Hull
College Hall
Crum Creek
Robert Brown
Mrs. Snyder
Swarthmore News
Tee Chester
Franklin
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