Tag: sesquicentennial
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Premiere of Peace Talks for Chorus and Orchestra by James Matheson ’92
Founders Day Concert with the Swarthmore College Chorus and the Swarthmore College Orchestra December 5, 2014; 8:00 p.m. Lang Music Building Swarthmore College (directions) (Universal moment of silence at 8:00 PM EDT) Featuring the premiere of Peace Talks for Chorus and Orchestra by James Matheson ’92, commissioned for the Swarthmore Sesquicentennial The program will also include works for…
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Peace drama performed 100 years ago on campus
This story in The Phoenix, Swarthmore College’s student newspaper, from October 27, 1914, only three months after the start of World War I, was brought to our attention this week. The clipping below reports on the performance of a Founders’ Day “peace drama” about one soldiers’ struggle with the horrors of war, his return home, and…
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Science and Compassion: John W. Thompson’s Trajectory From Swarthmore to the Nuremberg Trials
Science and Compassion: John W. Thompson’s Trajectory From Swarthmore to the Nuremberg Trials A lecture by Paul Weindling Wednesday, November 12, 2014 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Kohlberg Hall, Scheuer Room Swarthmore College (directions) Paul Weindling’s lecture will focus on his research contained in his new book, John W. Thompson: Psychiatrist in the Shadow of…
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Thanks to Mary Walton for her lecture on Alice Paul ’05 and Mabel Vernon ’06
We would like to thank author Mary Walton for her lecture this afternoon on the courageous work of Swarthmore alums Alice Paul ’05 and Mabel Vernon ’06 in their organizing and nonviolent campaigns to secure the vote for women in the United States. A standing-room only crowd of people from the Swarthmore community and the…
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Mark your calendars: Alice Paul ’05, Mabel Vernon ’06, and the Battle for the Ballot
Mark your calendars for the College’s first sesquicentennial celebration event, a talk by author Mary Walton: A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul ’05, Mabel Vernon ’06, and the Battle for the Ballot Mary Walton September 19, 2013; 4:15 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall, Swarthmore College Maps and directions Download a flyer On September 19th, Peace and Conflict Studies and…
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150 years ago: A College Founded in Wartime
Cleaning one’s office can be a chore, but it also encourages one to stumble across gems that were set aside in the rush of an academic year. In my cleaning today, I came across one of Chris Densmore’s sesquicentennial historical pieces from the July 2012 Swarthmore College Bulletin. 150 years ago: A College Founded in…