Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As of Fall 2018, the DG has merged with The Phoenix. See the about page to read more about the DG. On the
At this spring’s Commencement ceremony, Interim President Constance Hungerford will bestow honorary degrees on an esteemed musician and educator, a Delaware Supreme Court Justice and a renowned plant geneticist. John Alston, the founding director of the Chester Children’s Chorus, will receive one
It was late evening when the professors arrived. The college lay deep in rainy mist. There was nothing to be seen of “Perfection,” for mist and darkness surrounded it, and only the faintest marks of chalk showed where the concept of “Perfection”