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: 9/4/2007 at 8:32 p.m.
Nice lighting on the second-to-last photograph. The shadow is a nice touch!
— Miles Skorpen | Staff
#2: 9/5/2007 at 6:51 p.m.
Crazy freshmen these days!
— Urooj | Unregistered, Swarthmore