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Newspaper
Swarthmore News
Location
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
3
A historical wartime plea presents an oat meal loaf as a cost and nutrition saver. The recipe uses compressed yeast, oats ground through a meat grinder, and a mix of wheat flour with rolled oats to yield two crusty loaves. It notes oats store well and egg muffins as a half and half option.
The Swarth News reports that the Nassau scholarship for Washington DC training school for women is short of funds and too few men are available to cover the obligation. Mrs. Lizzie DeArmond seeks contributions while Hon. William P. Potter aids through the paper. Local land plots and gardening projects are described with community workers Abigail L. Jardson and the Armstrong and Union II associations coordinating plots for children.
Obituary notes Mrs Stephen A Dando born 1834 in Minersville, lifelong Methodist E church member. Survived by daughters Jennie Straub and Chas E Steel and brothers Chas R Kear Harrison A Kear Frank G Kear. Medical care, community mourns loss of devoted Christian mother.
Swarthmore College faculty approve the action urging continued college study for students during and after the war. Pennsylvania colleges join in stressing that liberal arts students should stay in school when possible and that technical fields are equally valuable to national service. Officials note under 21 students can serve best by remaining in or entering college to support reconstruction and national needs.
A fine monthly issue presents papers by J W Ledoux former committee head. It features educational nation representatives in Philadelphia detailing technical training and origins of the institution. Includes illustrations of four school buildings and presidents halls with faces like Chessman Herrick Girard College Swarthmore and Dr Joseph. The fortieth volume on engineering formation is highlighted.
A Swarthmore College message urges students to serve during the war and reconstruction. It states for every student who leaves, another should enter to fill the place and notes the right of individual conscience while balancing duty to country with college training.
In a wartime spirit of patriotism a community in Ridley Falls organized a Christmas effort for immigrant children. Volunteers collected gloves and wreaths, shared treats, and secured a large U S map from Uncle Sam to decorate the school walls. A ceremony marked the map’s arrival as part of the festivities.
A child in Uncle Sam attire presented a map to Ridley Falls School Wallingford Pa after a speech written by the young teacher. The tale recounts President Wilson’s gift to the school and the audience’s cheers for a merry Christmas and new year.
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