Swarthmore Delegates Go To Negro Conference

Swarthmore Delegates Go To Negro Conference

Swarthmore College

The "Swarthmore Delegates Go To Negro Conference" article lists the schools that were represented in the conference, the names of Swarthmore delegates that attended, and mentions that the conference was supposed to be hosted by Swarthmore the previous year.

Swarthmore Phoenix

Swarthmore College

1931-04-28

This item has been edited from its original form for clarity by the '24 '31 Students Study Race team.

Swarthmore College Archives

English

Text

19310428_003.jp2

Swarthmore, PA
1931

SWARTHMORE DELEGATES GO TO NEGRO CONFERENCE

The conference to discuss the welfare of the negro race and the question of inter-racial relations which it was designed to hold at Swarthmore last year saw its consummation in a meeting held at Bryn Mawr college last Saturday, April 25. There were present delegations from Cheney and Howard, colored schools, and from George Washington, Haverford, Vassar, and other institutions.
An unofficial representation was present from Swarthmore, consisting of Peter Nehemkis, '31, Fritz Silber, '32, Dorothy Slee, '32, Margaret Paxson, '31, Lois Hall, '31, Catherine Rambo, '32, Edwina Embree, '34, Kenneth Mikeljohn, '30, and Eugene Thoenen, '33.

Paper