The Class of 2009’s Perfect Day
By Carol Brévart-DemmAt 9 a.m., on May 31, the day of Swarthmore’s 137th Commencement, the sky was a uniform gray. Relatives and friends of graduates, waiting in line by the Field House for the golf-cart “taxi service” to the Scott Amphitheater, looked up anxiously. At the first few drops of rain, umbrellas, held at the ready, shot [...]