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Former Librarians Hitd White Beards Continued from Page 4A. as far as the first classes in 1869. library has grown tremendously in 23 years," Dr. Tolles tells you! But he can remember Vividly the time when "weeks would go by and nobody came." The big task, he says, was "to get word around that it was a good research library." The library recently attracted researchers from California and Great Britain. Dr: Tolles is the fourth, librar- ian of the Friends Library--and the youngest.

He turned 49 last Saturday. "They think I have a long white beard," he muses. The three librarians who preceded him were retired professors who had beards. First Curator The director says much credit for the Jane Addams collection goes to Ellen Starr' Brinton, first curator. About half of the collection was in the Library of Congress.

She went to Washington and got it. Dr. Tolles has traveled extensively--not as much as he formerly did and looked into a lot of attics for historic quaker items. A painting of a Quaker woman which hangs on one of the library walls was discovered in a barn in Maine. A Swarthmore faculty member since 1941, Dr.

Tolles formerly taught at Harvard, where he obtained his bachelor and master of arts degrees and a doctorate of philosophy in American civilization. He is married to the former Ellen Smith; a Radcliffe College graduate who is going to college again to obtain a teaching certificate. They haye three children Ellen Tolles Baker, James M. Tolles, 19, a student at Kalamazoo College, and Katie, 14, a student at Swarthmore High School. Dr.

Tolles remembers many interesting stories dbout the library i some students amusingly referred to as "The Fiends' Library." He recalled with a chuckle the day when William Bacon Evans of Moorestown, N.J., spotted a coed smoking. The visitor liked people and said thee to everyone. When he saw the coed puffing away he smiled and remarked: "I am very glad to have met thee. When thee decides to up smoking I shall be very glad." HICKS ORIGINAL This version of The Peaceable Kingdom by famed primitive Quaker poet Edward Hicks hangs on one of the walls of the Friends Historical Library. The library also has another original Hicks oil painting.

All the World Loves a Loser (But Nobody Remembers Him) Winning candidates in presi- dential elections are at feast remembered by school-chil- dren. But losers, famous at the time of their candidacies, are as familiar as a guy named Albert Wibbledon. the losers pictured here all ran in the 20th century. How many do you recall? Answers below. '(8061) pus (0061) --9 '(OZGl) auw-iKH -ap uBAMg sSuiuuaf i Xq XOQ --g a A -a? '(I '(9T6T) sueAg '(9861) Xq pajuaj -ap uopuiri 'K Temperature the development of color in cats, especially Siamese cats.

In cold climates, the entire animal darkens more than normally. Siamese type of coloration Is also found occasionally in rabbits and other animals. In which it is often known as layan." MAGAZINE Quick Quiz Q--Who was the first Negro to be a guest in the White House? A--In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt was host at a dinner for the Negro educator, Booker T. Washington. How many islands make up the Thousand Islands group? A--No complete count has ever been made, because some of the islands are only small points of rock above the water.

But there are at least 1,700 islands in the group. Q--How many regional banks are there in the Federal Reserve System? A--Twelve. Q--What are variable stars? A--Stars whose brightness is not constant but whose light changes from time to time. ApHI 25,.