. Halcyon. Photo by Sally. ALUMN %^ moreansan Witsttxn ^tDartl)more Club The Western Swarthmore Club originated in December, 1903, when at an informal dinner about a dozen Swarth-met and organized the Chicago Swarthmore Club. The Chicago Club met for a year or so at irregular intervals,d having elected Francis E. Broomell to the Secretary and Treasurership, decided to widen its field and offer an annualfree scholarship, consisting of board, room and tuition. The Club was then called the Western Swarthmore Club, and itsmembership increased to upward of sixty graduates in the West. The scholarsh


. Halcyon. Photo by Sally. ALUMN %^ moreansan Witsttxn ^tDartl)more Club The Western Swarthmore Club originated in December, 1903, when at an informal dinner about a dozen Swarth-met and organized the Chicago Swarthmore Club. The Chicago Club met for a year or so at irregular intervals,d having elected Francis E. Broomell to the Secretary and Treasurership, decided to widen its field and offer an annualfree scholarship, consisting of board, room and tuition. The Club was then called the Western Swarthmore Club, and itsmembership increased to upward of sixty graduates in the West. The scholarship is open for competition to all high andpreparatory school graduates west of the Allegheny Mountains, and the Club has sent seven students through the freshmanyear, and has been the means of inducing more than twice that number to choose Swarthmore. In this way all the principalhigh schools in the Middle West hear of Swarthmore every year, and the scholars carry her good name wherever they Western Swarthmore Club


Size: 1736px × 1439px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookidhalcyon1914unse, bookyear1