Before Sunrise
The oaks of Magill Walk are silhouetted against a color-streaked sky early one cold morning.
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October 30th, 1929- The Day a Cow Entered Parrish
In the wake of Halloween, I think it’s appropriate to celebrate the 80th anniversary of one of the more wonderful pranks ever pulled at Swarthmore: the Cow Episode. On December 4, 1929, the editor of the Phoenix received a letter from the owner of Crumwald, a nearby farm with some loose connections to the college.
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#1: 12/11/2007 at 3:07 p.m.
In 1879 two rows of 31 Quercus bicolor, or swamp white oaks were planted lining the path leading from the train station up to Parrish Hall. The original plant order was for pin oak, Quercus palustris, but thankfully they were not available at the time.
Many of the oldest specimens alive today are original to this 1879 planting.
— R. Maurer | Unregistered, Swarthmore