Swarthmore Woman Suffrage League Readies Merger
The Swarthmore Woman Suffrage League at Mrs Puseys home discusses adopting a party form of organization to unite State county and local groups. County chair Mrs C E Martin and Mrs L Smith attend as they note stronger publicity and political work through a state led structure. The group votes to merge into the Woman Suffrage movement.
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Swarthin Woman Suffrage League
Swarthmore Woman Suffrage League
Woman Suffrage
Prizes Awarded for Swarthmore Peace Essay Contest
The Woman's Peace Party of Swarthmore announced prizes for essays on Brotherhood of Nations. Mary Kerney won five dollars for high school age, Dorothy Tomlinson won three dollars for grammar grade, Ambrose A. Arnold won two dollars, with honorable mention to Sarah E. Bitler. The paper plans to publish extracts later.
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Woman's Peace Party of
Swarthmore
Brotherhood of Nations
Swarthmore Preparatory School
Mary Lyon School
Mary Kerney
Dorothy Tomlinson
Woman's Peace Party
Ambrose A. Arnold
Sarah E. Bitler
SwarthMore News
Baccalaureate Address at Swarthmore College
Swarthmore College marks its forty year milestone with Er nest Bicknell of the American Red Cross delivering the baccalaureate sermon for the class of 1916. The service at Parish Hall is set for 11 30 a m on Sunday June 11. Bicknell has held multiple leadership posts in Red Cross and reform work and will speak on The Ideals of American Red Cross. All are invited to attend.
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Swertmore College
American Red Cross
Ernest ‘Icknell
Chris
Red Cross
Bicknell
Vincennes
Indiana
Tripolis
Ndiar
Board of Charities
Chicago Bureau of Charities
National
National Association For
Washington Playgrounds Association
Swarthmore Campus Amid Cherry Blossoms and Pastoral Echoes
An affectionate reminiscence on Swarthmore College celebrating April blooming cherry trees and verdant grounds. The piece recalls Arnold and Wordsworthian tones as students read poetry under trees, with J. R. Hayes invoking Hemian echoes and a tribute to Thyrsis.
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Swarthmore
Spenser
Arnold
Oxford
Lawn fete to aid scholarship fund and elderly women
A lawn fete Saturday June 10 starts at 3 pm at 214 Harvard Avenue hosted by the S P M. Delights include homemade bread cakes candy ice cream, a gypsy tent, plum tree feature, Chinese lanterns and music. Proceeds go to the Community Welfare Club scholarship fund and two elderly women.
The Piper performed by Mary Lyon School students
Monday afternoon the quaint drama The Piper by Josephine Preston Peabody was acted by Mary Lyon School students before parents and friends. The scenes unfolded on the green lawn under apple trees with the gray stone building as backdrop and onlookers calling from the windows.
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Josephine Preston Peabody
Mary Lyon School
Swarthmore College Commencement Week Highlights
Swarthmore College outlines a week of events for commencement including Class Day on June 9 with The Merry Wives of Windsor, Alumni Day baseball vs Rutgers, Sunday baccalaureate by Earnest Percy Bicknell, ivy planting by Hugh F Denworth, Commencement speaker Governor Samuel M Ralston of Indiana, and a seniors banquet and dance at Strath Haven Inn on June 12.
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The
Merry Wives of Windsor
Rutgers
Earnest Percy Bicknell
Red Cross Society
Hugh F. Denworth
Mt. Vernon
Samuel M. Ralston
Indiana
Strath Haven Inn
Fourth of July Pageant Plans At Swarthmore
Swarthmoreans anticipate a stellar Fourth of July pageant with plans for the parade line of march divisional formation and float construction. Decorations conveyance for children and costumes for comic features are also being prepared ahead of the event.
Bold Robbery at Rev Cochran Home on Harvard Avenue
Thief entered the occupied residence of Rev J W Cochran on Harvard Avenue at 8 o clock Tuesday evening May 23 and fled with thirty five dollars a pocketbook a scarf pin and other valuables not yet identified. Entry method unknown.
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J. W. Cochran
D. D
Harvard Avenue
Swarthmore Preparatory School Commencement
The 24th annual Swarthmore Preparatory School commencement will be in the school gymnasium at 10 30 A M on Thursday June ? class of twenty will graduate. Orators include Edmund Morris Fergusson Jr Russel A Yarnall Clinton E Walters Jr of York Pa and Alan C Cavell of Brooklyn N Y. Rev Charles Wesley Burns of Philadelphia delivers the address. Music awards diplomas and songs follow. Public invited. no invitation needed.
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Swarthmore Preparatory School
Edmund Morris Fergusson, Jr
Russel A. Yarnall
Swarthmore
Clinton E. Walters, Jr
York
Alan C. Cavell
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Wesley Burns
Philadelphia
Birthday celebration lights up Vassar Avenue neighborhood
A festive birthday party for two boys on Vassar Avenue last Monday night drew a cheerful crowd of youths. The lawn games and piazza refreshments featured flags and Japanese lanterns, creating a lively neighborhood gathering.
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Vassar Avenue
Notable Musical Event At Preparatory School Concert
The Preparatory School concert last Saturday featured Mr. Gabriel Hines, pianist, and Mr. Charles N. Granville, baritone, drawing the largest audience in the venue's history. Hines showed brilliancy and fine tone, Granville delivered engaging songs including Pagliacci Prologue, and a new piece Mortality composed by Hines for Granville, published by M Witmark & Sons.
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Gabriel Hines
Charles N. Granville
Hines
Granville
M. Witmark & Sons
New York City
Dr Battin Sails for Europe on World Peace Mission
Dr. Benjamin F. Battin Swarthmore College German professor on leave as International Organizer for the World Alliance sailed May 29 1916 aboard the S S Nieuw Amsterdam Holland American Line for Rotterdam. He expects to be gone several months returning for the college opening.
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Benjamin F. Battin
Swarthmore College
World Alliance For
S. S
Niew Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Auto Escapade Ends Across Garage After Purchase
Dr. John Roxby bought a Studebaker and, on first use, drove through the garage demolishing the back steps. The machine and driver landed unharmed beyond the wreckage.
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John Roxby
Obituary for Mrs Ulysses Grant Quinn Died May 24
The daughter of Captain and Mrs Thomas J Dolphin died at her parents home on Wednesday May 24. The burial will be at Calvary Cemetery Saturday morning.
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Ulysses Grant Quinn
Thomas J. Dolphin
Calvary Cemetery
Swarthmore Community Activities And Notices
News notes list June events at the Ideal theater and local churches in Swarthmore. Social items mention Philadelphia visitors, residents moving to Harvard, Misses Hill at Memorial Day events, and faculty and student movements including Barber Memorial School and Oxford teaching closure. Other items cover Junior Chautauqua week, Dodge car interest, and departures of Mrs Webster and Mrs Ward from Swarthmore.
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Margaret M. Barber
Mae Lyndh
Swarthmore
Alabama
Barber Memorial School
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. R. Hayes
DR. Battin
Europe
the Ideal
Morton
Friends’ First Day
Trinity and Methodist Churches
Presbyterian Church
Friends’ Meeting
the Presbyterian Church
Misses Barr
George C. Gorham
Miss Gorham
Park Avenue
Harvard
Margaret
Ruth Hill
Collingdale
B. E. Effing
Ridley Park
Paul W. Webster
E. G Ward
Jennie Yerkes
Adam Waldner, Sr
Ruth Moyer
Ashland
Frank Waldner
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