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November 11, 2004


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Quakerism, past and present

Imagine this: All it took to be admitted to Swarthmore College in the 1870s was a membership in the Religious Society of Friends or the son or daughter of a shareholder of the college’s land, according to Richard Walton’s “Swarthmore College: An Informal History.”

Back then, the mission of the college was to provide a protected place for education of Friends, where Quakers would be trained academically, morally and spiritually, sheltered from the influences of the outside world.

As Willi…

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