Commencement_June_6_1927

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CO!.1:S?TCg,:r::IT t
June 6, 1927,
The ];ll.st Je5.r ;,as be~n _ ~riol of Ullparcllelc<l l;robrdsB
in the academic 0,70 rk for ;'1hich t!,e Colle~a 1'r inul.ril~· en st a, PerltlJ..?5
~he presellt ::;eni~r cl .. 59 is typlcal of ~!l~.t proGress in ::lore th'-ll one
re8~ cct. It \las four years IJ.~"O t::." l!\r,;est ::lnss v.hi~":-. ever eJ:tered
the Cv'l .. v~ •• r.I!ll1J~r~ at tLu1; 1m" 193 Iilembcrs, 3evcnt./-it \.U' er
cent of tho.;c '.".110 entered are ",rudu:;.tln., tode;y. Tlle unusually 1 "-I'£;e
pureentu..;e of tee c1a3s "/hic1! has co c "hro ........ h to brad lation b c.n
In:3.1eatio,, both of "ound 'l.uality and fd. t!-.!'u1 ';crk on the II'rt of t1£
So far as size i s ~otC erned, tLc elass is not Iilcrel
tLc larGest 0110 we lIuY" ever had but probllbly the lar;;est that IH) cllall
,1<\ve at least for a 10110 time to come. Our l1mi t ati on of numb ers !lJld
the very h1.)1 I ercenta.,;e of Swarthmore s~dCllts oVr.o go straj,J.t throu.;h
lrem the Fremmar, class to brOOUAtioll '."Iill te:"d steadilJ LO bring the
four classoi3 of the College nc/;rer and neal'er to the sara:; ake ,
Durin,; the pe.st acu.e.emic :fear the Co11""e has roceived
fr<lil its Alumni and. friends gifts for various purposes cmountin.; to a
total of over)400, 000 . ~ong these the lar~est is the fund r~ the
building of the Cl othier L!emorial Audi 'orium, Given by various 'net100rB
of the Clothier f~lly, auountlng at Iresent to jUdt over ~300,OOO ,
The Collcc;e roe received fran the General Dl.ucation Board ~:40,OOO for
the 3upport of Honors WOlil: and 1a s the assurance of :';60,000 for !Ext .;e6:r.
The fund for the 1ui1dinb of ;;he Biddle c;emoricl Librar,r has been increased
during the ear by Borethillo over 016,000, the .:;ift of Clet:cnt !.'. . JliiJle,
and the el.dowll.ellt of 1;h" Library he ... been increased by C20,OOO from
.Villian! . and ama C. Banero ft.