Call Number:

003.159

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

John F. Gummere, "Sixty-eight, thirty-eight, one hundred and forty-eight years" (HCS.003.159) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1981

Creator:

Gummere, John Flagg

Form:

memoirs

Abstract:

An essay titled "Sixty-eight, thirty-eight, one hundred and forty-eight years" written by John F. Gummere about three events: his first visit to the Haverford campus in 1913, his first time serving as the college's Secretary of the Corporation in 1942, and the founding of Haverford College in 1833.

John F. Gummere graduated from Haverford College in 1922 and received his Ph.D. in Indo-European languages from the University of Pennsylvania. He taught at William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia and served as headmaster from 1941 to 1968. After his retirement he taught Latin and English at Haverford and contributed a weekly column, "Words, Etc.," to The Philadelphia Inquirer. He was a long-time member of Haverford College's Board of Managers and was a founder of the National Association of Independent Schools.

An essay titled "Sixty-eight, thirty-eight, one hundred and forty-eight years" written by John F. Gummere about three events: his first visit to the Haverford campus in 1913, his first time serving as the college's Secretary of the Corporation in 1942, and the founding of Haverford College in 1833.