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THE RECORD
1954
Editor Montgomery T. Furth
Managing Editor Philip S. Benjamin
Editorial Associates Howard I. Kalodner, John H. Kelly
Editorial Staff
Harris C. Arnold, J. David Bhatty, Theodore G. Belote. M. Willis Bibbins, E. Kearney Carpenter, W. Wistar Comfort, James D. Crawford, Larry J. FiNKELSTEIN, PETER B. GoNTRUM, FREDERIC R. JAMESON, WiLLIAM M. PACKARD, Rodman S. Rothermel, Stephen H. Sachs, Robert A. Seeley, William B. Watson, William C. Wilson, John C. Wren
Sports Editor W. Wistar Comfort
Sports Staff John F. Benton, John C. Burton, Philip M. Forman, Thomas H. Garver, David H. Kelsey, Grant Morrow III, David R. Perry
Photography Editors
Peter I. Moore, Stewart L. Swihart
Photography Associates Thomas H. Garver, Alexander M. Goldfinger
Business Manager William G. Kaye
Adertising Manager John Y. Trumper
Circulation Manager Ira E. Kanter
Business Associates John S. Barrett, Richard L. McCandless, Donald C. Mead, William L. Newmeyer, John B. Perera, Richard D. Rivers
HAVERFORD COLLEGE, HAVERFORD, PENNSYLVANLA Professor Albert Harris Wilson
This book is dedicated to Professor Albert Harris Wilson, with the respect and the warm affection of the Class of 1954. CONTENTS
Index to Seniors 5 Seniors 6 The Composite Day 50 Class of 1955 56 Class of 1956 57 Class of 1957 58 Graduate Unit 59 Administration 60 Faculty 62 Philips Visitors 76 Students' Council 78
Council Committees . 80 Studentship 81 Activities 84 The Composite Meeting 94 Founders Club 97 Athletics 98 Patrons 122 Advertising 123 Note
This book is a very tallcy one. Unlike most college annuals, it was conceived in accord- ance with the notion that ten good words are worth a thousand pictures. Index to Seniors
Animann, Williuni B 14 Jones. Richard I. 42
liarwick, James P 44 KaliKlncr, Howard I. 16 barwick, Peter E 44 Kayc, William G. 16 18 Beatty, J. David 30 Kelly, John H. Bell Bcrtrand P., Ill 40 Kelsey, David H. 16 Belote, Theodore G 42 Keyscr. James M. B. Jr. 36
Beniamin, Philip S 10 Kindig, Stephen J. 34 Bibbins, Martin W 8 Klein, P. Richard 48 Bittol, William H., ]t 38 Koch, Heinz F. 22 Bourne, Richard B 22 Lcngcl, Lawrence M. 40 Brewer, Talbot M. 32 Lissfelt, Mark C. 10
Bull, Robert L., HI 32 MacDonald, Dondd G. 40 Burton, John C 32 March, Robert M. 26 Burtt, Howard G 16 Matthews, Norman E. 46 Carpenter, P. Kearney 22 Meads, William C 44 Comfort. W. Wistar 20 Miller, Franklin R., Jr. 36 Craij!, Paul P. 34 Miller, Kenneth L., Jr. 30 Crawford, James D. 24 Muth, D. Frederick 12 dcBerry, Joseph G. T 12 Perry, David R 26 Dunn, H. Michael 26 Polsky, Richard M. 44 Eaj;leton, S. John 6 Prager, Lutz A. .20 Euster, Roger 38 Reno, R. Ronald, Jr .30
Farrell, Austin J. 26 Rentschler, Thomas B. .22 Peeser, Robert P. 6 Rettew, John B., Ill .42 Pelstiner, James P 10 Rickert, Hiram D. .12 P. Pinkelstein, Larry J. 48 Rickctts, William 40 Forster, Stanley A. 46 Rothermel, Rodman S. 20 Frink, Orrin 38 Ruddick, C. Townsend, Jr 34 Fry, Charles L 8 Ruff, John K 30 Furth, Montgomery T 18 Sachs, Stephen H. 18 Gage, William H 14 Schofer, C. Edward 46 Gardner, Peter C 38 Seaver, Paul S. 18 Glatzer, Robert A. 36 Silver, Philip W -. 28 Gontrum. Peter B. 30 Silver, Richard W 34 Grimm, David L. 28 Singh, Amar 24 Hankamer, F. Peter R. 20 Steele, Edward M. 14
Hansen, Christian M., Jr. 24 Stern, Albert F 20 Swihart, Stewart L Hardman, Keith J. 14 12 Harris, James M 28 Taylor, Richard K 24 Harrison, Earl G 6 Thomas, E. J. Baylis 10 Harvey, John S. C, III 8 Thomas, T. Darrah 24
Haynes, William G., Jr. 36 Tcxid, George F., Jr. 32 Heller, Martin F 28 Trumper, John Y. 18 Veneziale, Hellwege, Conrad F., Jr. 16 Carlo M. 48 Hiers, Thomas S 32 Walton, John G. II 22 Hollingsworth, Edward P., Jr 42 Watson, William B 24 Howorth, H. Philip 46 Werner, E. Robert, Jr 42 Hummel, Jonathan A 16 Wheaton, Dan A 12 Hutton, Robert W 48 White. Christopher 6 In.eles, James D. 14 Wilson. William C 8 Jameson, Fredric R 36 Winston. Rudolph, Jr. 48 Johnson, L. Morris 46 Woll, Peter 34 Wren, John C. 10 Sterling John Eagleton PolUical Science Born September 20, 1932 Earl Grant Harrison, Jr. 615 St. Andrews Lane Sociology Silver Spring. Maryland Born Oaober 10, 1932 Fencing 2, 3; Golf 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Moylan - Rose Valley, Pennsylvania Club 2, 3, 4; Class Night 2, 3; WHRC Curriculum Committee 2; Customs Com- 1, 2, 3 mittee 3, 4, Chairman 3; Honor Cystem Committee 2, 3; Soccer 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Basketball, JV 1, 3.- Traw/'i 2, 3, 4; p'arj/o C/a* 1, 2, 3, 4; N^w/ 1, 2; Founders Club Award 1; Founders Club 1
II
Robert Paxson Feeser Political Science Born May 4, 1932 Christopher White Box 150 Biology Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania Born December 3, 1932 Class President 3, 4; Customs Commit- Westtown, Pennsylvania tee 2, 3; Honor System Committee A; Soccer 1, 2, 3, 4; Traf;^ 1, 2, 3; K«rjrfy Basketball 1, 2, 3, Ca/)/ai« 4; Go// 1, C/»^ 2, 3, 4; C/aj/ Nj'^y!)/ 1, 3; Biologi- 2, 3, 4, Captain 3; Karj/Vj' C/«A 1, 2, cal Sciences Club 3, 4; Mountaineers 3, President 4; Founders Club 3 2, 4 ALL-AMERICAN BOYS
The four nonentities on the opposite page represent a hitch-hiking hedonist (John), a crackpot idealist (Karl), ferocious and sinister Bob, and the monster glutton
Chris. Putrid jokes, sex, swearing, and even inhahng are tab(X) in the All American atmosphere of upper eighth entry. Dignified discussion and the harmonious synthesis of cultured intellect will always prevail in argument among these classical students.
John Eagleton is a man of many talents, not the least of which is his amazing ability to migrate occasionally to Washington and Neets on little or no cash. However, his income is constantly supplemented by the accomplished techniques of baby-sitting, caddying, and waiting, John loves to wait except for high grades in his major field of political science. Always cheerful, his conscience is clear enough to talk in his sleep. If you listen closely to these mumblings you can hear John's strategy for his checkmates, grand slams, repostes, and holes in one. For a man who claims that he does not know where he is going he is bound to get there.
Earl Harrison is the only person in college who can carry on an intelligent conversation while paying no attention to what he or anyone else is saying. Being one of Ira's boys, he has thoroughly mastered the sociological jargon; as a result he
is able to carry on brilliant conversations about anything or nothing to the amusement of his roommates. He possesses many admirable stiindards, all of which he wishes that he had broken at one time or another. Captaining the MAS championship soccer team, he ended his soccer career in an outstanding fashion. His personal charm, deep
conviction, and keen insight assure success in life, for which he has great zest. High man on the emotional stability chart and the most eligible bachelor in
this foursome is homespun Bob Feeser. The numerous governmental myths and
harangues of R(xhe and Co. have failed to opinionate and warp this steadfast lad.
His middle class morals only rarely appear paradoxical as the life of "Feez" is increas- ingly serene. Never under par, he has nevertheless captained the Fords' greatest golf team. Bob's unassuming leadership has also been effective in the administrative affairs of class president and again as the hustling captain on the basketball floor.
Modesty can not hide his strength and his genial nature will always, as it has at Haverford, bring Bob many friends.
Finally, there is the capable cartoonist Christ White who knows how to draw the line except for women. In this strange character we find a combination of Calypso, bagpipes, and banjo music, he mournfully staring into the distance. Mountain climber, accomplished ornithologist, star soccer fullback, Alaska adventurer, Chris was long ago converted to the realities of bugs, beetles, snakes, corpuscles, duodenums,
and skeletons: in short, Sharpless Hall. His car, or should one say taxi, become Eighth's avenue to BMC or rather faith, hope, and frustration. Although his future
is at present uncertain, it is promising. Martin Wyllis Bibbins History Born March II, 1932 Charles Luther Fry 25 Blossom Heath Philosophy Buffalo 21, New York Born March Freshman Introduction Committee 8, 1932 3; 37 Beckwith Terrace Spring Day Committee 3; Nautical Club Rochester 10, New York 2, 3, 4; News 1, 2; C/aw Ny,?>f>/ I, 2; Nautical Club 1. 2, K;V^ Commodore Drama Club 2, Business Manager 3, 3, 4; Karw/y C/»* President 4 2, 3, 4; Debating 1; Drama Club 1, 2, 3, Secretary 4; G/ee C/»i I; C/<«/j N;s/!)/ 2, 3, 4
John Sykes Curtis Harvey III History Born January 2, 1933 William Croft Wilson 532 Avonwood Road English Haverford, Pennsylvania Born May 31, 1931 Freshman Introduction Committee 4; Grahampton Lane News, Alumni Editor Class 3; Night Greenwich, Connecticut 2, 3; Drama Club 3, 4 Class Secretary 3, 4; Collection Speak- ers Committee. Chairman 4; Freshman
Introduction Committee 4; News 1, 2, 3, 4, News Editor 3; C/ajj N;^/)/ 1, 2, 3, 4; Drama Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Secretary- Treasurer 3; C7/^e C/ai 4; Record 4; /CG 1 HEARTBREAK HOUSE: MERION ANNEX I
Far beyond the busy hubbub ot the "on campus" life stands a brown and white, barn-like structure whose traditions reach far back into Haverford history. It was with two years of "experience" under West Chcsterian tutelage that Jack Harvey sallied forth as tlie Grover Whaien of Merion Annex to welcome this fifth-entry trio in the fall of 1953. With tiieir arrival (he Annex, usually the scene of light comedy in affairs dc la cocur. sadly watched the dark d(xir of romance shut on less talented romeos. During the college theatre season the President of the Drama Club, fresh from his exploits, knee-deep in the Yukon mud, stoically undertook his part as "Shane"
Dibbins to cope with the endless crises which confront such an organization. ("Thank you, Madam, for loaning us your fine antique chair for our set. Unfortunately, how- ") fulfilled rc-spon- . his ever, there was an open paint can nearby, and . . Bill has sibilities quietly and without complaint; his efforts have much furthered the Club, and his understanding guidance will be much missed. In four years he has been a loyal friend; we have appreciated his interest in us, his good taste, his friendly good humor. We look forward to his literal appearance on the architectural scene four years hence.
Charlie Fry is most commonly found rushing somewhere in his black Chewy convertible. He might be heading for a Nautical Club regatta, a procurement mission for the Drama Club, or his own personal procurement mission to Bryn Mawr.
Although a great admirer of things aesthetic, and more particularly feminine beauty and companionship, he found that Europe viewed from a bus full of laughing females was just too much. The American press reported that the bus slid off a soft shoulder and into a Dutch canal, but some of us think we know better. During his more stationary moments, Charles can be seen comparing the various ways of tackling a situation or delving into some deep philosophical problem. His helpful, cheerful attitude has made him a good friend to everyone. Jack Harvey, "The Third Man Theme", came to Haverford in his sophomore
year as a transfer student from Williams. He has been active in the News and the Drama Club, while his storehouse of information concerning current theatre and flick opportunities in the area has been a constant aid to his friends. In addition to this. Jacks room has provided an everfaithful sanctuary (sure sack) for weekend guests
in the Annex. As a history student at Haverford, he has shown particular interest
in the study of the nonexistence of feminine influence in the court system of Norman
England. His aim is to be a "Philadelphia lawyer", an end which he is sure to achieve.
Bill Wilson (of Greenwich) would give anybody anything he has, and frequently does. His plaintive query, "Has anybody seen my car?" can be heard at any time of the day or night, and he has been known to go for a week at a time without
having the slightest idea of where it is. Hiding beneath his suave exterior of unruffled
calm lies both a heart ever willing to take on the concerns of a troubled friend, and one of the most sarcastic tongues in captivity. A staunch advocate of capitalism,
Christianity and clear thinking, his unshakeable conviction that the opposition is merely confused leads to many unreconcilable arguments: ("Now, that isn't what "). you really mean. What you mean is . . . At any rate, his slow smile and especially his genuine friendship will not fade easily from our memory. Philip Schuyler Benjamin History Born September 29, 1932 James Purvin Felstiner 214 Windermere Avenue English Lissfelt Wayne, Pennsylvania Born May 28, 1932 Mark Cameron Curriculum Committee 4; Freshman In- 330 Oxford Road Political Science troduction Committee 3, 4; Basketball, New Rochelle, New York Born June 28, 1932 Manager 4; Varsity Club 4; Neu'S 1, 2, Class Treasurer 3; Student Adviser Col- 1515 Shady Avenue £i/j/or 5/a- 1", Pennsylvania 3, 4, Alumni Editor 2, Nfu'x 3; lege Development Program 3, 4; Pittsburgh Scholarship Neu^j Bureau 3, 4; Record. Managing
Edward Joseph Baylis Thomas Philosophy Christian Wren Born January 9. 1932 John 40 Rockglen Road English Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania Born August 4, 1931 Soccer 2, 3, 4 Jrack 3, 4; Varsity Club 317 College Avenue 3 4; C/ 10 LAST OF THE MOHICANS: MERION ANNEX H Although still the haven of the more socially minded, the proud facade of Merion Annex has withstcxKl in recent years an internal revolution of mtxJcstly sub- versive proportions. As sophomores under the benevolent tutelage of the third-floor barons, this auspicious conclave trundled beneath those hallowed buttresses the unfam- of iliar graces of "Rigoletto" and the freshman "Human Values Shelf". Three years Experiment in Intersexual Living has not destroyed these baroque refinements, but rather has graciously seasoned them with the more durable traditions which, in spite of the most ardent reforms, belong distinctively to the Annex Dean of extrinsic affairs and general Mother Hubbard of misplaced worries, "BEN!" Benjamin extinguished himself in the history department by becoming its first student chairman, pro tempore. Already bearing the signature of scholarship (his scholarship, Lunt's signature, or vice versa), he has secretly professed a will- ingness to abandon all for the dean's office of most any small institution. Aside from three fruitless years attempting the mastery of basketball score-keeping, he has been heard to speak more resolutely in the NEWS office, where he has dangled many a Crawfordian controversy tenderly from the gibbet. And, with the sympathetic encour- agement of his friends, he has cKcasionally tread the rocky path of debauchery. Jim ("Much Ado About Nothing") Felstiner looms as the phallic symbol of the students' council, owing undoubtedly to his inordinate stature in the affairs of love. A man of many convictions, most of them repeatable, he has managed to couch himself in the lap of power and still maintain his primary allegiance. He climaxed his social career at Haverford by having "a few" with the Board of Managers while faithfully serving the line of duty to one of his many committee responsibilities. Although an English student by avocation, his primary interests lie in painting, as a glance at any of his abstractions will tell you. Thrice widowed by the vicissitudes of fortune and time, Mark Lissfelt was forced to find himself an amazingly popular room-mate. In spite of the cries of 'Tittle Dictator" he pitted his unerring capability against the Sachs Machine and resolutely refused to believe any rumors of ascendancy to the throne, heir apparent, etc. In the academic circles he has attained an astonishing vocabulary of gutteral English whose similarity to spoken German is purely alcoholic. Political Science early claimed him as one of its most ardent victims, although the frequent lack of practical thinking does not induce him to speak of it vocationally. His contributions to the Intra-Mural program have made him a credit to his class. Enigmatic object. Nebula Andromeda, '"Well, how do I know what I'm thinking?", Baylis Thomas is undoubtedly the life-blood of all fruitless and fruitful thought in the Annex, take your choice. The only virgin of logic's allurements. Baylis has managed to keep his mind philosophical in spite of that department's best disciplin- arians. His untrammeled grace permeats all fields of endeavour with equal dexterity, including both athletic and artistic. If not the renaissance man, certainly to the female eye peering through the haze of nonchalance he is the classical. He is most human at the wheel of a car, however, where power is tastefully spiced with irres- ponsibility and boyish grins. description as easily as he does most things. Although the J. C. Wren escapes timely mention of the LATE John Dewey once finagled him an astronomical mark in social science, Jace is generally honest with everyone but himself, and even there a short drink will go a long way. Aside from his sister and a logger in the far West, he can look and drink anyboJy under the table. He usually displays the energy of a groundhog in February, and it is particularly unrewarding to tell him anything important before High Noon, which, by the way, is the only song he can sing. He is reserved in speech and friendship, but both are worth waiting for. 11 Hiram Donald Rickert Psychology Born June 13, 1932 Makefield Road Yardley, Pennsylvania Wrestling 2, 3, 4; Drama Club 3, WHRC 1; News A Dawson Frederick Muth Political Science Born July 18, 1932 Dan a. Wheaton 16 Maple Avenue English Shillington, Pennsylvania Born February 21, 1929 News 1, News Editor 2, Senior News 1531/2 East 74th Street Editor 3; Debating 1; ICG 3; WHRC New York, New York 3, 4; Phi Beta Kappa 3 Class Night 3 Joseph Gilbert Thorp deBerry English Born July 23, 1931 Stewart L. Swihart Sonora, Texas Biology Retue 3; Class Night 2, 3; Glee Club Born November 22, 1933 1. 2, 3, 4 26 Nonh Adams Carthage, Illinois Debating 2, 3, President 4; Record 3, Associate Photography Editor Photography Club 2, 3, 4, President WHRC 4 12 MERION ANNEX m The only Junior Phi Bete (or the only anyone else, for that matter) who drinks his bourbon (straight) from an iced tea glass, Fred Muth should have been born a Southern aristr(Krat. Quietly brilliant and endowed with a subtly devastating sense of humor, he turns out papers and repartee with equal facility. Founder and president of such organizations as The Society for the Suppression and Prevention of Euphem- time to give isms (Particularly As Practiced By Stxiologists) , he has also found active support and leadership to a small group of determined students who are struggling heroically to re-establish that magnificent custom of antiquity — the Bac- chanal. Possessed of an awesome equanimity and spirit of generosity, Fred will undoubtedly move from the F\nn Law School into the Reading legal scene with his customary aplomb. Dan Wheaton is addicted to spending his summers on a mountain top in the wilds of Washington ostensibly watching for fires, but secretly reading all the extant works of one Fyodor Dostoyevsky, an occupation which is enough to try anyone's stability. An avid Pogo supporter, party Democrat and New York Times subscriber, Dan still managed to retain his individuality. Proud possessor of an awesome hatred for Freud, McCarthy, and science, he nourished his venom with incessant cups of coffee. He graduated in January, and immediately went into seclusion in a desperate attempt to escape the grasping hand of the Army until graduate school convened in September. When seen on campus, which is seldom. Hi Rickert is usually driving a car, but these change in model and year with such alarming rapidity that it is impossible to keep track of them. An avid hunter who keeps his rifle beside his bed, he found even this third floor Merion Annex address far too unchic, and transferred his sphere of operations to a College Avenue retreat in the middle of his senior year. A veteran of the wrestling team, he manages to keep out of sight of the Athletic department the rest of the year, an enviable accomplishment. Hi does not believe in Bryn Mawr and generally imports his women. Q." ten gallon hat and boots have long pro- "J. G. T. B. X. de Berry, whose claimed his Texas ancestry, became this year by the addition of a gold-headed cane the only example of the species "Suthin' Gentleman" on campus. Best known for his gallant attempts to revive calling cards and duelling, de B. was one of the first to object strongly to the eat-and-run system in the dining room. This greatest of sitters- at-table was equally at home defending his honor and his dessert. Tex's major interest in the academic field was English and his minor was English. From the smoky seminar rooms of the Humanities he will sally forth with his cigarette holder at its usual jaunty angle to join in the raising of Texas cattle on his paternal and ancestral domains. Stu Swihart, as his position as manager of the debating society would tend to indicate, has a great love of this activity — both in and out of tournaments. He will argue with anyone and at any time and at the slightest provocation. Stu will, however, always give you a sporting chance by allowing you to pick the side of the issue that you want to defend. When he is not engaged thus, he is probably tinkering with things photographic or hi-fidelity, or admiring his accomplishments in these fields. And if he can manage to find time during the course of the day, he may conceivably study — but, most likely he will be persuaded by someone (anyone) to do something else (anything else). Somehow all this points logically to his being a biology major. 13 William B. Ammann English Born December 27, 1932 William Horace Gage 205 West 17th Street English Ocean City, New Jersey Born June 1, 1932 Keith Jordan Hardman, Jr. 5930 North 11th Street Biblical Literature Philadelphia 41, Pennsylvania Born May 20, 1931 Cross Country 1, 2, 3; Captain 4; Track 5329 Angora Terrace 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 2, 3, 4 Philadeiphia43, Pennsylvania Bond 1, 2, 3, 4 1 James Duncan Ingles Philosophy Born June 2, 1932 Edward Mathers Steele 6355 Lancaster Avenue chemistry Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania Born June 19, 1932 Philosophy Club 3, 4 236 East Benedia Avenue Havertown, Pennsylvania 14 CIRCUIT RIDERS "Study on weekends;' Bah, of course not!" Whether Bill Ammann's weekly vacation was merited by careful planning or was merely a part of his amazing ability to spirt exam questions and even more uncanny ability (o answer them with his preparation, cannot finally be established. Bill is reported to have been in the habit of making long, reflective explorations into the college book store, making his purchases with great care ("This is just the size and color I want!"). He is also an expert in Old English lettering, with which he adorned what was probably the most ornate Rhinie- button in the history of the college. Like a mother hen with her chicks, Bill Gage has been known to be "tfX)k" by his work. How can one blame him if, in trying to assemble his team and get them fed and delivered in time for the starting gun, he forgets his own racing togs.' Besides, Bill for the most part is as successful as he is sincere. When not studying or running, he is building flea-power radio stations for boy campers, or repairing full-size receivers for a fee. He will be missed at Haverford next year, but it is expected that he will be running the good race in his seminary work. Rugged to the point of riding the P. & W. as a decrepit senior, Keith Hardman still has his red hair and his red jacket. With the latter, he has managed to keep in the public eye, and incidentally to gain entrance to sporting events without charge. He has, as the only senior Bib Lit major (which puts him #1 in his "class") made some changes in the library: those desiring books on the subjects related to the Bible now save time by looking first in his carrel. Outside, Keith is active in youth work in his church, and has attained proficiency as designer and printer of Christmas cards. Sedate and outwardly serious, as a Phil major at Haverford is likely to be, Jim Ingles is nevertheless possessed of that ready smile and sense of humor essential to smooth the rough spots of life for himself and others. He almost deserted the cause of the Day students by submitting himself to the influences of the campus during his junior year. But, now back in (or out.') of the fold, he is training for life by denying himself the "new cuisine" at the College. He may even be trying acorns on the side as was suggested this year in Phil. 23. A local boy, and three years a commuter, Ed Steele is an astonishing fellow who not only gets to eight o'clock classes on time but shaves, breakfasts, and reads before them. He has shown no end of perserverence in laboring four years as left wing intramural soccer player before tasting victory. Ed is set for a life of medicine via chemistry, all the while dabbling in Chase Hall humanities. An unfortunate conflict led to physics at Bryn Mawr. ("Small class—only two guys, me and the Prof, and all those women.") A faithful weekend-work-camper, Ed has been the force behind the admirable program by which students have helped out at the Norristown Mental Hospitial. 15 Howard Isaiah Kalodner English Born December 16, 1933 William Gordon Kaye 1520 Spruce Street Political Science Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania Born August 15, 1932 David Hugh Kelsey ICG 2; Class Night I; Record, Editorial 34 Park Street Philosophy Associate 4; Phi Beta Kappa 3 Brookline 46, Massachusetts Born April 10, 1932 Collection Speakers Committee 3; ICG 1005 Baily Road 1, 2, 3, 4; PAA 2, 3, 4, Vice-President Yeadon, Pennsylvania 2- 3; Debating 1, 2; N^u'j 1, Advertising Ncu'j Rfrofi 4; WHRC 2, 3 Manager 2, 3, Business Manager 4; Record. Business Manager 3, 4; Circle Theatre 1, Alumni Prize 1; Founders Club 3 Howard Graham Burtt Psychology Born February 15, 1931 Conrad Frederick Hellwege 3410 Warden Drive Biology Philadelphia 29, Pennsylvania Born Oaober 23, 1931 Jonathan Acton Hummel Glee Club 1, 4 3428 Warden Drive English Philadelphia 29, Pennsylvania Born November 23, 1932 fencing 1, 2, 3; Nautical Club 1, 2, 3, 109 West Broadway 4, Secretary 2, Commodore 3; C/ajj Salem, New Jersey N;^^; 1 Dining Room Committee 2; Nautical Club 1, 2, Secretary 3, Commodore 4; Vari/>7 C/»* 2, 3, 4; IFHRC 1, Ad- vertising Manager 2, Publicity Director 2, C^;V/ Program Engineer 2, 3, /'''o- duction Manager 4 16 Jv. Jv. Jv. Howie Kalodncr, l'liil.i Kalodner is constantly challenged by his friends who yell "Good God, Kalod!" Bill Kaye's rather violent giggle, which may mushroom atomic fashion into a very red face and near-fit whenever a joke is told, has become his trademark. In his major department. Political Science, he is considered a political realist and expert on the very unromantic phenomenon of bossism. In any case, his very real ability to assess the financial needs of the News and the Record and to satisfy these needs with diligence and hard work, ha.s earned iiim the plaudits of the College. Bill has decided that his future lies in business, and wiiat is gootl for business, will hence- forth be gcxxl not only for the United States, but for Bill Kaye. After three years of trekking by F & W to Yeadon, Dave Kelsey became a resident student and destroyed his one legitimate reason for loafing in first entry, but this hasn't stopped him from continuing the daily visitation there. With each phil paper "Kelse" groans that he should have been a bib lit major, and as one of the few silent participants in the senior phil seminar, a unique phenomenon in its own right, he has been very successful in getting extensions on his Parker papers, while he reads another dozen obscure philosophical tracts. Headed for the ministry, congenial and friendly Dave performed the remarkable day-student feat of getting to know his classmates. HARDLY EVER SICK AT SEA A firm believer that Hi-Fi and high volume go hand in hand, "Skip" Burtt is the proud owner of a fine record collection which continues to grow by leaps and bounds. A friend of the classics, he can often be seen with Con at the Academy of Music. Preferring his boats with wheels under them, he has compiled an ency- clopedia of automobile advertising, filled with such salient facts as "the new Chrysler will be out November 20th at 10:29:59, I saw it two weeks ago." Sunny afternoons have found him on the back roads of Montgomery county in the whited sepulchre. Mr. Nautical Club, Con Hellwege can look back with pride at the resulting victory in a two year battle with Aldo and Roy for new boats, arguing, "Those penguins are falling apart." He sails summer, spring and fall and dreams about it all winter between calls from the athletic department. Invariably Con finished last at Navy and first at Penn, despite the attempts of his crew to kick him overboard. He has been heard to mutter softly, "Oh Lord, forgive me; I rode in a power boat and liked it." Despite this preoccupation for things nautical, he has found time to join the Army reserve and become a ninth entry Hi-Fi addict of the first order. Mike Hummel, who is the proud owner of a Hi-Fi uke, disdains the classics in favor of Dixieland to balance the musical bent of his roommates. The inheritor of the boats Hellwege won, as well as the hitter's worries, Mike has been accused of trying to kick the skipper overboard in the Philadelphia Sailing Championships. A victim of the radio station, he spends his mealtimes searching for engineers, after which he leaves directly for "bored" meetings. A voracious debater and Doc Harter's "never-in-shape wrestler", Mike plans to spend a few years in medical school which should prepare him to serve as the ship's surgeon on the infamous Tahiti Cruise. 17 Montgomery Thomas Furth Philosophy Born March 21, 1933 John Hagans Kelly 21 Pond Hill Road Economics Chappaqua, New York Born August 22, 1932 Stephen Howard Sachs Student Curriculum Committee: Chair- 1517 30th Street N.W. Political Science Philoso- man 3, 4; Students' Council 2; Washington 7, D.C. Born January 31, 1934 President 4; phy Club: Secretary 3, Neirj 1, News Editor 2, Senior News 3408 Forest Park Avenue Religion 2, President's Committee On Editor 3, Editor-in-Chief 4; Record: Baltimore 16, Maryland 3; Education Committee 2, 3; Track 1, Editorial Associate 4; Education Com- Students' Council 2, Secretary 3, Presi- Senior 2, 3; Record: Editor 4; News 3, mittee 2, 3; Collection Speakers Com- dent 4; Honor System Committee 2; Club 2, News Editor 4; Glee 1, 3; mittee 1, 2, 3; Campus Day Committee Committee On Freshman Indoctrina- Found- Octet 1, 2, 3; C/«j Night 2, 3; 1, 2, 3; P/4^ 2, 3, Secretary-Treasurer tion 3; PAA 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1; /n/ra- Rhodes ers Club 3; P>^; Be'" ^^appa 3; 2; /CC 1, 2, 3; Founders Club 3; P^' mural Committee 1, 2; Neu^j 1, 2; Rec- Scholar-Elect 4 ord Staff 4; C/<»jj Night 3; Founders Club 3 John Yewdall Trumper Born October 30, 1932 Paul Siddall Shaver 155 Summit Lane History Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Born March 19, 1932 Collection Speakers Committee 2; Rec- 1191 Stanyan Street ord: Advertising Manager 3, 4; Clee San Francisco 17, California Club 1, Librarian 2, Treasurer 3, 4; Honor System Committee: Chairman 4; C/djj N»«/i/ 2, 3, 4 JV Football 2; Nautical Club 2, 3, 4 18 FIRST ENTRY I The tight-lipped intensity which often characterizes philosopher Furth doc-s not belie iiis devotion to the logical rigor of the realistic metaphysical position, but fails to reveal his ability to cope with the intellectual irresponsibility of his r(X)mmates, who, untramrnclcd by intellectual convictions of their own, force him to meet them on a battleground of illogicality and rhetoric. PericKls of extracurricular endeavor during which he has compiled more activities than anyone else in the class, managed subtly to dictate academic policy to 50 unknowing faculty members, and to debunk in a half-hour class night show 291 years of organized Quakerism, have been interspersed with times of towering concentration which have enabled him to pierce deeply into his major field, and into many other fields in spite of his ingrained belief that realistic philosophy exhausts everything else. Awarded a RIkxJcs scholarship, Mont will spend two years at Oxford and, after carrying the realistic torch to that isle of idealism, will return to America, Harvard, John Wild, a Ph D., and a career of teaching and writing philosophy. John ( Kclll") Kelly, a paragon of multiple learning, is just as highly proficient in biology, chemistry, Rnglish, and history as he is in his major field of economics, where he is very formidable indeed. His solitary difficulty was with freshman mathematics, which difficulty, (he asserts) was simply due to the fact that the instructors failed to comprehend his reasoning in five-space. Practically drafted for the editorship of the News, he proceeded to turn out the best-l(X)king and best-reading College publication in recent years. Gilbert White early discovered that wise counsel resided beneath the calm and quiet exterior, and as a result Kell spent three years as a member of such Whitean conclaves as the Campus Day Committee; in his senior year, however, a New Kell appeared, declared his emancipation from such truck, and announced the inception of the Big Year at Bryn Mawr. The Year was only moderately Big, but was a promising departure in a commendable direction. His Excellency, the Rt. Hon. Steve Sachs, has about as hard a time from the denizens of 13 Lloyd as does anyone. If Furth faces intellectual irresponsibility, Sachs faces political treachery, from a hard core of reactionary roommates who love to drag their heels noisily in protest against each new facet of the Council's Positive Approach. Among all his troubles, though, this looms very small; such crosses as the honor system, malversation in WHRC, damaging waterfights and riots, and students in jail, all serve to support a quite satisfactory martyr complex sans anention of roommates. In reality, Steve has built the Council into a real instrument of government, partly through institu- tional changes, mostly through force of personality, and in addition has gained for himself a notion of the realities and possibilities of administration which will serv'e him well in the future. Likewise, his appreciative and perceptive (if intermittent) work in political science at Haverford should be to his advantage. John (J.Y.) Trumper likes money, auto accidents (for the twisted metal, not for the blood ) and twelve-cycle organ notes. A chemistry major, he is not specially fond of chemistry (it is merely a means to the goal of medicine), but has followed up at Haver- ford a real talent for German literature, plus large helpings of pol. sci. and philosophy, so as to become doubtless the paradigm of the med schools' ideal candidate, the truly liberally educated man. Although he arrived from high school intending simply to "get good grades without working for them", J.Y. has done some extremely fine work and has prepared himself excellently both for medicine and for a life productive in other respects as well. He will be married in June and will go on to Penn Med. Paul Seaver spent his first two years at Haverford wrestling around the room with Tom Englar, but this boncshattering activity did no harm to either of them. Paul is also a bit of a shower-taker and weight-lifter. However, this fails to tell the full story about Paul, who embodies a rare and happy combination of the highest moral conviction and the most acute practical savvy. Probably the best student of history seen around these parts in some time, Paul is as honest and as thorough intellectually as they come; hence his visits to 13 Lloyd have been at least partly vacations in the irresponsible atmosphere he finds there. The Iconoclasts have seldom disappointed him. At Haverford he has set an example of the finest kind, in courage, in conviction and in scholastic achievement. 19 Albert Fontheim Stern Sociology Born January 11, 1932 LuTz Alexander Prager 101 North Chatsworth Avenue Political Science Larchmont, New York Born June 24, 1932 Rodman Schantz Rothermel Dining Room Commiuee 1; HCSF 1, 3504 Callaway Avenue Engineering 3, 4, Co-chairman Football. 3; JV 1; Baltimore 15, Maryland Born April 30, 1932 Cross Country 2; Track 1, 4; Class 2, 3, Class Vice-President 3, 4; Curriculum 2205 Third Street Night 1, 2, 4; Glee Club Dr,w»4 3, 1; Committee 3, 4; HC5F 1, ICG 1, 2, Norristown, Pennsylvania C/tt* 2 President 3, 4; P/4.4 2, President 3, 4; Curriculum Committee 3, 4; Customs Nf«j I, 2, 3, 4; Record 2, Photography Committee 4; Engineering Club 3, 4; Editor 3; C/aij N<5/>/ 2, 3, 4; WHRC 4 German Club, Secretary 2; Photography Club 4; Mathematics Club 2, 3; Spanish Club 2: Wrestling 1; Rfcor N/^/!>^ 1, 3; G/ee C/a* 3, 4 ) /^ William Wistar Comfort Mathematics Born April 19, 1933 Friedrich Peter R. Hankamer 901 Rock Creek Road Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Born April 28, 1933 Class Treasurer 2; Education Committee 318 Walnut Avenue 1, 2; Student Affairs Coordinator 4 Greensburg, Pennsylvania Students' Council 3, 4, Treasurer 3 Curriculum Committee 4; Education Fencing, Tfnn;j, JV, 2; 77 1, 2, 3 Committee 2, 3; Freshman Introduction Neu'j 1, 5'/>or/j £ This heterogeneous quartet could never be called a clique; it is rather a com- bination of six individual friendships. First off, there's ScKiologist Al Stern, a pacifist who forsook the world and Spanish House for Our Beloved Society and Margaret Mead. A Horney man himself, Al practices temperance in all things save mcxleration, on which he is rabid. "I^)v:iblc Al" is known by his bedeviling roommates as the least irascible member of their graduating class. Al is normally a pleasant fellow, a man of varied interests (e.g., the theatre, hiking, Slavic literature), and a sociologist who believes he doesn't take himself t(X) seriously. Al, nobody's nebish now, may bl(K>m even more vigorously after graduation, when his free-thinking mind will be no longer subject to a confining academic discipline. Lutz Prager, who sleeps 24 hours on Sundays, considers that he knows more about on- and off-campus politics than any incumbent officer. Indcx-d, he may be correct. Constitutionally learned, his passion is the discovery of parliamentary loop- holes. Usually the self-appointed leader of the opposition movement, "LP" is as capable of construction as of obstruction: he masterminded, for example, the Haverford presidential coup at the 1953 convention of the ICG. Lutz is pro classical music, played very late and very loud, and is con open windows and swimming tests, which latter he cannot pass. Lutz writes good papers, which are invariably logical, turgid, without loose ends, and submitted in a flowery green ink script. A man of public affairs, his successful career may lie in civil service, foreign affairs, or law. Engineer "Roddy-Bcxiy" Rothermel takes a shower when he is happy and argues with Al when he is not. With interests almost exclusively in scientific fields, in which he excels. Rod has nearly single-handed made 14 Lloyd into the showplace of the campus. Interior decorating, however, like surveying and photography, take seats secondary to that of Engineering, which will later provide sustenance for Rod and the girl of his dreams, whose very existence has been known to worry the parlor- room philosopher. This concern need not be great, however, for Rod is meticulously neat, orderly and clean-shaven. A lover of fine music, Rod was moved to participate in a uniquely improvisational jam session one 5 a.m. with a select party of his class- mates. "Jocular Wis" Comfort, who later led this same party to Founders Bell, blows a tailgate sludgepump slide trombone. He also plays bridge, reads French novels, sleeps and studies unpredictably. "Wistar-a" distinguished himself while Students' Council treasurer by (a) getting on well with Aldo Caselli and (b) admining it, then retired gracefully into an elder statesmanship from which he emerged irregularly to write a short story or to begin to wonder vaguely about the advisability of consid- ering the possibility of getting a date. With his nearly-complete mastery of an intellectually honest duplicity, this Henry Clay of 14 Lloyd could make a fair career diplomat; with his perceptive devotion to mathematics, an excellent professor thereof. ERRATUM ( Peter Hankamer "Batman", "Han-Biff", "Tackhammer", et al. ) has received more guff than he deserved from the professional sadists in 13 Lloyd, who have felt called upon to criticize his haircut, his clothes, his witticisms and his posture, but he is extremely proud of all of these, which is enough for the First Entr)' Bubble-Busters. Actually Peter has become a very prominent figure on campus, the first port of call for anyone with troubles, and has even influenced campus politics considerably, as when in the 1953 Council campaign his furtive, whispered electioneering in Barclay earned him the name of "Peter ('Don't Let It Out Of This Room") Hankamer". He alternated his major between physics and music for two years before settling things by deciding on psych, but his future (as what he archly calls an "Audio Consultant" for rich hi-fi addias) appears rosy if noisy. He has made many friends, who wish him well. 21 *-»>^ Richard Bentley Bourne chemistry Carpenter Born February 12, 1932 Edward Kearney 346() North Summit Avenue Heinz F. Koch Milwaukee II, Wisconsin Born March 17, 1932 Engineering Class Treasurer 1; Collection Speaker 7200 North Barnert Lane Committee 2; Curriculum Committee Milwaukee 11, Wisconsin Born June 21, 1932 Track 4- Customs Committee 2; Football 1, 2, HCSF 2; Fencing. JV 1, 2; 2, 3 3026 Cheltenham Avenue B;o/««j' C/ai 3, 4 44, Pennsylvania 3; Basketball. }V 1; Tf<»f* 1, 2, 3, 4; Nautical Club 1; Philadelphia Club 2; Baseball Manager yarj(V> C/«i 2, 3, 4; Chemistry Club Chemistry Club 2, 3; Drama 3 Basketball, JV 1, 1, /CG .3; rHRC 2, Varsity Club 4; Neu'J, S/>or Thomas Beckett Rentschler Engineering Gardner Walton II Born August 23, 1932 John 685 Marcia Avenue Engineering Hamilton, Ohio Born June 14, 1932 Street Spanish Club 2, 3; Engineering Club 309 South 21st Brigantine, Jersey 3, 4; Class Night 1, 3; U^HRC 1, 2, 3, New Introduction Committee 4; 4, Sales Manager 2, 3; Campus Idiot 1, Freshman Football. 2, Manager 4; Nautical 2, 3, 4, 5 JV Club 1; Kar«Vy Club 4; Neu'x 1, 2; Photographic Club 1, President 2; Rec- with ord 1; C/«jr Nj^Af 1; Roomed Campus Idiot 2, 3, 4 22 ZAHNERISTS- Bright, able young men of science with no time for flicks, women, and similar trivialities, these five devised an ingenious, infallible way to be assigned neighboring rooms ill fiftl) entry, and as a result spent three years in Barclay. To Gilbert White their room was known as the "Red Ceil" and to a select portion of the student btxJy as a haven of conservatism, anti-alcoholism, religious fanaticism, and the home of an unique and popular used magazine collection. Dick Bourne, a staunch supporter and resident of the mid-west, retired from varsity football to become "Mr." Bourne, the lab assistant for Section I! of Chem. 13- By (he entl of his senior year his oxidation-reduction problems were almost as legendary as his appearances singing monotone with the Haverford College Glee Club. He nursed that carefully his fascination for science ( molecules, mitochondria, and mesons— in order) and his awe of the opposite sex: "Gosh she's a queen, though!" R.B, possc-ssed an even tcinper, was a serious minded conversationalist, had a store-house of bizarre stories about his acquaintances, and was a gfxxl friend to them all. Kearney Carpenter, the dapper young man from Milwaukee, proved to be a shrewd business man by gaining half interest in a 25 cent chair. An authority on Henry James, abstract art, and I.eptinotarsa larvae, he balanced a diversified course schedule for four years. Showing his emotions in only two situations—when confronted with gcxxl literature or small children ("Kids are neat") —he was unaffected by the constant nightly phone calls necessary to keep WHRC in operation ("Its the only college station in the country you can get by turning on the hot water faucet"). Social pressure saw to it that he was up for breakfast and lack of it saw him five minutes late to his library job every night. Heinz Koch, the press box tycoon and Mrs. Oakley's right hand man, managed to think up fourteen different ways to say Haverford lost its football game. A frustrated Chemistry major, familiarly known as "Dynamite", he was assiduous in his pursuit of friendship and sports and resigned towards the involved principles of engineering. He held down an impressive array of part time jobs, and still inanaged to play bridge, have dates (whenever no one was artnind to check up) and maintain an 85 average. Social pressure turned him towards republicanism and capitalism ("I want a DuPont daughter"), as well as cultivating his distinctive laugh—resembling the cry of a choking chicken. With no time for naivete or superficiality, Tom Rentschler spent many hours indoctrinating the innocent: "Don't be coy; sex is here to stay." To those who knew him well he provided a continual flow of jovial good humor, while his uncanny ability to spend afternoons in Tahiti made him the center of many a rainy day discussion. He was known to enjoy a good party, a good meal, and good music—and to be discriminat- ing in his judgement of fine wives. Yielding to social pressure, he studied, becoming an authority on the development of American transportation and distinguishing himself even in the cold hard eyes of Clayton Holmes. Involved in the intricacies of columns or gear trains, John Walton could separate himself from the physical world for an entire day. Out of these separations came an amazing comprehension of the physical sciences, and—before he had become acclima- tized—a case of jaundice. He combined his huge capacity for work and resjxDnsibility with meticulousness and efficiency in important things—attributes which allowed him to handle the football team capably and to use, invariably, 17 sheets of paper in doing 2-page engineering assignments. J.G. was the only one unaffected by social pressure, insisting to the last: "We've got to hang my grandmother's deer head somewhere." •Astute, careful, penetrating observers ot life and its basic principles—followers of Zahner. 23 James Douglas Crawford History Born May 31, 1933 William Braasch Watson 337 Wister Road Philosophy Wynnewood, Pennsylvania Born August 14, 1932 Christian M. Hansen, Jr. Curriculum Committee 3, 4; Honor Sys- Rosslyn Farms chemistry tem Committee 4; News 1, 2, 3, 4, Carnegie, Pennsylvania Born August 17, 1932 Editor Editor-in-Chief News News 2, 3; Class Vice-Prestdent 1; Customs Com- 1831 McGalliard Avenue Bureau Bureau Chief 4; Record 4; 3, mittee 2; Education Committee 1, 2, 3; Trenton, New Jersey Class Night 4; Debating 1; Drama 1, 3, Philips Visitors Committee 2, Chairman Collection Speakers Committee 4; Fresh- Club 2, 3, 4; Founders Club 3; 1, 3; Football 1, 2; Track 2, 3, 4; Rf!'»f man Introduction Committee 4; Cheer- Second Mathematics Prize 1; Public C/aj-j N/gy!); Dr^wna 2, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4; leading 3, 4; i'occfr, yV 1, 2, 3, 4; Speaking Prize 1; PA; Bf/a Kappa 3 (7/e^ C/«^ 3, 4; C;>c/e Theater 1; C/»* Kar«/y Club 4; C/dJj N/g/)/ 1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3 Drama C/«* 2; G/e^ Club 1, 2, 3, Treasurer 4 Richard Knight Taylor Sociology Born February 25, 1933 Amar Singh s 635 Mulford Road Political Science Wyncote, Pennsylvania Born January 6, 1933 Thomas Darrah Thomas Curriculum Committee 3; Philips Vis- 10 Windsor Place itors Committee 4 New Delhi, India Born April 8, 1932 Collection Speakers Committee 2, 3; 6 Raymond Street Philips Visitors Committee 4; Soccer, Chevy Chase 15, Maryland JV 1, K«ri(/)' 2, 3, 4; Fencing }V 2, Curriculum Committee 3; Philips Vis- Karij/)' 3; Cricket 1, 2, 3, 4; Varsity itors Committee 3, 4; Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Club 2, 3, Secretary-Treasurer 4; Neu'J Mountaineers 2, 3, President 4; Chem- 1; C/ .") l.ivingsionian exploits . . . . is fxcluding his Jim ("but, a . a Crawford noted — of —for having what is pcrliaps the largest siudcnt hbrary on campus. His consumption these rare historic and Htcrary items we will not vouch for, as we can for, say, his indulgence in somewhat more stimidating commcxlities. He is recognizable in class for his light and healthy readiness to accept the challenge of any professor who has overstepped the bonds of slow and patient historical or philosophical analysis. Jim's multifarious exploits into the extracurricular—as an efficient editor of the NF.WS, undying supporter of the opjxjsiiion, and commandant of the News Bureau —should stand him in good stead. He astounded the campus community by getting married this February, but said community recovered sufficiently to wish him luck. Should the inner light ever move Bill Watson to speak in mc-eting, we can safely predict a ripple of murmur will move along the meeting benches. In fact, were it not for his flaming red hair, even the undisillusionable cannot help but recall his startlingly realistic impersonation of Douglas Steere in Class Night of 1953. This proverbial genial aristcKrat, when not engaged in Spartan endeavour on the track field, may be occasionally beguiled into pensive philosophic speculation of some argument ("Now, what was it!''"). His ever-readincss to promote the cause of '54 is only—alas—held in check by the crafty smile of a young lady from Bryn Mawr. Since moving to Reese Manor at Five College Circle, harmonizing Chris Hansen has taken to bringing Flamin' Mamie out of the shower and onto the football field to replace the cheers he's forgotten. This well-rounded romeo has put hundreds of girls out of circulation by demanding a monopoly on scarlet and black socks, "size 13'/^, please." goalie, notice his attire. It is somewhat disillu- After four years as J. V. Stxcer people sioning to his four dates for the same gaine to discover after tactful questioning that today's socks are from his current steady. A conscientious—pre-med Chemistry major, Chris often expresses his enthusiasm during T. O.'s lecture "How 'bout that mutha!" Dick Taylor came to us in the fall of 1951 as a transfer student from Middlebury. He has brought with him a deep and contagious concern for the needs of the day, and in a courageous way he has sought to put this concern into constructive activity. He is able to find significance in those things which many of us take for granted. His dedication, his quiet warmth, his bright-eyed enthusiasm for everything from discussion to skiing, make Dick a man much to be respected; with affection we pay him tribute, and shall follow his career with interest always. If there ever were a protagonist for the international cosmof>olites, (something which he would seriously doubt), it would be Amar Singh. Indian by coincidence (both his parents were) and pride, Amar has fortunately b)een distracted from the usual subversive activities of furriners by a variety of interests and talents. His shadow-like contributions to Soccer have been as swift as they were elusive, and his soft-sp)oken eloquence on WHRC has nibbled up many a middle road. He has been known to smoke a bit and play a wicked brand of field hockey and cricket. If his studies in political science won't get him to the London School of Economics, he hoi>es an old rweed coat, which was there once before, will. The casual venturer mto the Stygian confines of the Chemistry research lab will, on most occasions, stumble across the long legs of Darrah Thomas. These stork-like appendages transport him from the etheral realms of radioactivity to the top of pre- cipitous cliffs on mountain climbing expeditions. These legs notwithstanding, most of us will remember Darrah for his weekly ten o'clock club activities. We have it from the grapevine that the first element discovered by him at the University of California will be called Seaborgium. And speaking of California, we are going to miss this rare combination of genius, Pogo, and Esslinger Premium. 25 Howard Michael Dunn Latin Born June 3, 1932 Austin James Farrell St. Michael's Rectory, South Street English Litchfield, Conneaicut Born June 10, 1932 Football. ]V 1, 2; Baseball 1, 2; Clan 151 Harvard Avenue Night 1, 2, 3, 4; G/d'e C/aA 1, 2, 3; Rockville Centre, New York yazz Bi»» Robert Morgan March chemistry Born May 22, 1932 David Reed Perry West Valley Green Road English Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania Born April 17, 1932 Chemistry Club 3, 4; Class Night 2, 3, 127 Centre Street 4 Milton, Massachusetts Freshman Introduction Committee 2, 3, 4; Soccer, ]V 1, 2; Fencing, Manager 3, 4; TeBBM. 7K 1. 2, Varsity 3, Cdp- fd;« 4; Varsity Club 3, 4; NfU'j 3, 4; /?srae 3, 4; Class Night 2; Drama Club 2, 3 26 — DIG THIS Mike Dimii, .1 Roinaii "who sure knows lu;w to live", is a firm believer tliat all Gaul is ciividcd into three parts: "Dixieland, Bop, and Swing." This potential I^tin teacher has, in iiis own words, "Blown kool duets with Howard", but with Arnold Post he ran into opposition. Due to his support from the Latin department, "the Krazy Man" was able to arrange the following academie" conveniences: ( 1 ) a professorial alarm clock for exams, (2) midnight seminars in comfortable surroundings. The music department too has had the delight of enjoying the Kat's blowing ktxM diminished ninths and augmented elevenths in his compositions. Its members who did not jive to such aiant garde techniques were labeled "squares", while the goateed side remained much more tolerant. Mikes roommate, Austin Farrell, probably the broadest broad English major in the College, has what can be termed a creative approach— in fact, in his pursuit of knowledge of the exotic he has managed entirely to avoid the library. Undaunted by a 2-to-9 A.M. limit on girls in dormitories, Austin's habit was to retire after 2 to receive telephone calls from around the globe; returning to his headquarters for meditation the sack—his visage was radiant evidence that he had flushed another covey of partridge. In addition, he claims to have been Haverford's only Communist operating on the roommate level; "How're ya fixed for blades.''" and "Dunn, will you fix me up with one of your friends.-* ' In spite of this share-all-things policy, he excelled in his own right as a Monday-morning quarterback, although lie was frustrated as a miler because he "couldn't find the way to the finish line for the smoke". Austin sees law as his future. Bob March, pleading landlord and social secretary of 22 Lloyd, is one of the few men in the class who can be said really to have had the interests of the class of 1954 at heart. His service during three Class Nights was herculean yet quiet, and he, if anyone, kept those enterprises organized. His attempts at regimentation in his room, however, foundered abysmally, and his "What the hell is this—Grand Central Station.^" was greeted only with jeers from his slothful tenants. Never a materialist, always an esthete, he combined the two areas anyway in a guiding maxim: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a young chemist wealthy". Bob should be successful anywhere patience counts, whether as an impresario or as the manager of a hotel for such dissolutes as his roommates. A man of measured merriment, Dave Perry applied himself diligently to his many interests at Haverford, and performed creditably in all of them. Possibly chief among these accomplishments was his rise, partly through native ability but mostly through grinding hard work, to the captaincy of the tennis team. An English major in spite of his high literary values, Dave did find time for books of the 25c variety, es{>ecially marriage manuals. With this background as a litterateur, it is small wonder that his soapbox forensics on the shortcomings of his roommates have become legendary. All of which seems to indicate a promising career in graduate school and later as a prep-school teacher. Martin Franklin Heller Political Science Born July 5, 1932 Philip Warrock Silver 8 Heller Drive Spanish Upper Montclair, New Jersey Born November 17, 1933 Soccer, JV 1; ICC 1, 2; Spanish Club 129 Maplewood Avenue 4 1, 2, 3, Philadelphia 44, Pennsylvania Philips Visitors Committee, Chairman 4; Soccer 2, 3, 4; Tracyt 2; Cricket 3, 4; Karw/)' C/«^ 2, 3, 4; i?e»'»f 2, 3, 4; Class Night 3; Drama Club 3, 4; Poetry Prize 3 ••1»^ ^Si David Leslie Grimm Born October 1, 1932 James Malcolm Harris 116 Old Lancaster Road Physics Berwyn, Pennsylvania Born November 3, 1930 Glee Club 1, 2 227 South Main Avenue Scranton, Pennsylvania 28 THE SPANISH TRAGEDY Martin HillcT, boy hoy, is ilic senior partner of the "Casa" and therefore its house president, a responsibility so dwarfed by his ability as to appear all but non- existent. Self-styktl and spasnioditally indignant victim of a concentrated "smear" attack by 105 rabid Hryn Mawrites, Martin is in reality one of the last living cxp>nents of the Hemingway theory of life, and has consequently been seen bartending in Spain, observing the political scene in Cuba, investigating the dope racket in Mexico, and developing his theory of the one-point landing in Philadelphia, much to the distress of hapless airport officials. In spare moinents he deigns to answer desperate appeals from Flushing Meadows, uniformed with (Jiamberlain umbrella anri sinister briefcase. Philip Silver, affectionately known as "Silvers", is a fifth act arrival to the Spanish Tragedy. He does not play bridge and stolidly refuses to learn, and thus is not subject to the frenzied fits of "manos" (Spanish bridge) which periodically sic-ze the inhabitants of the "Casa". A proficient linguist and athlete, Phil is rather catatonic about anything that is not Spanish, soccer, or cricket, accepting even the A.F.S.C. and the wilds of Xochimiico with his usual urbanity. His fine literary efforts, which have graced the pages of the Revue, were noble attempts to offset the French House inonopoly on that publication and give the Iberian influence its proper representation. David "Livingstone" Grimm, who can often be seen deep in the heart of an Acme super-market, has found even more to his liking the ministering in the spirit of his predecessor to the natives of the Main Line jungle at the Bryn Mawr Hospital (where he has been working). As it is, we shall have to confess that at long intervals he is seen in the vicinity of the Spanish House, for interviews with "The Senor" relative to his major. And at other times he has been found in the company of a safe number of senoritas (say, five) attending monthly meetings of the I.V.C.F., and distinguishing himself from the intellectual riff-raff by means of his Haverford blazer. A daytime frequenter of the campus, Jim Harris is best seen in the confines of the molecuhir layer research laboratory, where he endeavors to realize the whims of the physics department. His fascination for things optical is realized in his investigations of physical optics as well as his imaginative photography, mostly of nature, which is unfortunately known to the majority of the campus. Jim's trombone is a major asset of the renowned Haverford orchestra, taking up as much of his liesure time as is not devoted to his fiancee. June will bring a wife along with a diploma, after which comes more physics at Columbia. Kenneth Lee Miller, Jr. Biology Born May 31, 1932 James David Beatty 312 Jefferson Streer English Cape May, New Jersey Born March 15. 1933 Russell Ronald Reno, Jr. Class PresiJenr 1; Customs Committee 2017 North 7th Street Political Science 2, 3, 4; Honor System Committee. Philadelphia 22, Pennsylvania Born November 28, 1933 Chairman 2; Intramural Committee 2, 3, Freshman Introduction Committee 3; 714 Regester Avenue 4 Secretary 3; Students' Council 1, 3; ICG 3, 4; Fencing. JV 1,2, Varsity 3, Baltimore 12, Maryland Basketball. ]V 3; B/o/o«> C/a* 3, 4; 4; C/jJJ Njgibr 1, 2. 3, 4 Customs Committee 2, 3; Dining Room VtVf- G/ff Cy»* 1 Cmmittee 2; ICG 2, Secretary 3, President 4; Fencing. JV 1, Varsity 2, 3, 4; Ftfrjf/y C/»A 2, 3, 4; Cheerleading 2, 3, 4; Mountaineers 1, 2, 3 Secretary 4; Class Night 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1 2, 3, 4 Peter Baer Gontrum German Born February 13, 1932 John Keen Ruff Club Road chemistry Ruxton, Maryland Born February 19, 1932 Collection Speakers Committee 4; Fresh- 536 West 113th Street man Introduction Committed 4; Philips New York, New York Visiors Commiuee 4; News 3, 4; Record Football. JV 2, 3; Nautical Club 1, 3; 4; Reiae 4,- /CG 3; P/4^ 3; Fr^ncA Varsity Club 3, 4 Club 4; German Club 4; C/ajr N«>Af 3; Dr<«»tf C/«^ 3; G/ff C/«* 3, 4; WHRC 2, 3 30 F. J. G. H. The tlistingiiisliccl trio in fourth upper left have often been heard to remark, with all due modesty, that its not their fault if they are the greatest guys on campus. Impeccable ui their tastes for fine vintages, feminine pulchritude, and classical music, their after-hour dissertations ratine from the state of the nation to great literature and the evolution of man. Ken Miller, who handles the latter topic with consumate skill, is a budding physician and the only senior extant to start studying for an hour exam three weeks in advance. Cairrently an intramural star, he quit basketball his freshman year to replace the rtxjf of his house. His weekly excursions to a neighboring village have been as notorious as his phone calls to the —same location. Always hungry, he is ever ready to journey to the Comet or the Pizzeria "But Millers /( the best beer". A retiring soul, he has broken loose of late and discovered several new methods of relaxation. Since he has a neatness fixation, he is the only one of the three with housemaids' knee. Now, Dave Beatty likes his rcxjm messy and gripes at Ken —when the latter starts to clean it up. But then, Dave is the chief griper of the group "God, what a lousy meal!"—and is always ready to accompany Miller in search of f(X)d. Never arising before nine ("And that's even too early";, he spends his morning in the Coop, and religiously digests Pogo after the evening meal. A busy man of literary tastes, he has been known to break down and get a date. Often in a state of panic over the amount of work he has, this junior Cad Deanbury usually makes his deadlines. This brings us to Ron Reno, who never panics and consequently is never on time and always is elsewhere when wanted. He has an unheard of ability to sing in the morning and has the habit of breezing into the room with the cheerful query, "Hello, group, who's got a weed.''" A future lawyer and poll watcher, he is rather "ceceptable" to orthographic errors, but this may improve with time. At present, Dave proofreads his papers. A charter member of the mountaineers and hitch-hiker extraordinary, he has travelled all over the country in one way or another and is always ready to recount his often illegal, yet always hilarious, adventures. NINTH ENTRY ( "Lucky ) an athletic ex-star from Baltimore and an Peter Pierre " Gontrum, Epicuro-Miiterialist, put down his lacrosse stick to gather humanitarian insights, and became a disciple of Freud and Proust after finding that philosophy transcended him easily. He then joined Herr Pfund for mid-seminar refreshents and in this capacity became a notorious amasser of overdue library volumes. Known for his "friendly", if evil, grin, he numbered among his distinctions his entrepreneurship of most campus organiza- tions, his unbelievable pull with the Dean and with Radnor Hall, his glibness and his finesse. Next fall he will be off to Tigertown and probably the profession of law. John Ruff has elevated himself to a high status in the chemical world searching for unknown hormones in his honors work. John much regrets that he hasn't written a paper since his freshman year; however, athletically he has burned up the dart boards and has held several local cups. In reality, John has genuine scientific talent; after obtaining his Ph.D. at North Carolina, he hopes to make new discoveries in his chosen field of hormonal biochemistry, where his ability and, if suitably provoked, his industry should carry him far. 31 Robert Lee Bull III History of Art Born November 23, 1931 207 South Cassidy Road Columbus, Ohio Revue 4 George Farant Todd, Jr. Psychology Born December 20, 1931 260 South 2 1 St Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Talbot M. Brewer, JR. Football 1, 2; Wrestling Varsity Club 2; English 2, 3, 4; Class Night 1 Born March 16, 1932 Anna Maria, Florida Baseball, JV 2; WHRC 1, 2 John Campbell Burton Political Science Born September 17, 1932 Thomas Sefton Hiers 130 East End Avenue Chemistry New York 28, New York Born August 24, 1927 Collection Speakers Committee 2, 3, 4; 130 Cynwyd Road Football, Manager 3; Varsity Club 3, 4; Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania News 1, Sports Editor 2; Class Night 1 Chemistry Club 4; Clee Club 3, 4 32 BARCLAY EMIGRES liih.iha.iiiis (if till- h.illowfd halls of South Barclay for three years, this foursome, one less iliaii eiubarkeil upon the piirsiiii of knowledge in the fall of 1950, survived a move to Lloyd in their senior year. The toinb-like silence of South Barclay has testified to their absence this last year. George Todd, a soutlierner transplanted at an early age from the hills of Virginia, maintains the easygoing charm of his ancestral background. An athlete in his younger days, Cieorge was forced by injury to put that phase of his career behind him in his final two years. Instead, he turned to the analysis of ink blots and other psychological phenomena, antl has found these explorations into the realm of the inner ear more to his liking. Bob Bull, reputed to be the only worthwhile thing to leave Ohio since James Thurbcr, has shown himself to be fundamentally an esthete. While the uninitiatc-d may deride his lavish paintings, his tawny, leonine mane proclaims the true artistic bent of this Main Line Gaugin. Despite his scholarly years at Bryn Mawr, Bob has never been able to overcome the nickname of "Rocky" pinned on him by the Customs Committee of Rhinie days. Tad Brewer, scholar and connosseur of the finer things in life, maintained his Haverford residence as a stopping point between homes in Florida and Martha's Vine- yard. Although most of his time was spent in scholarly pursuits, Ted managed to find time to star in intramural sports, as well as to maintain an extensive knowledge of professional athletics. An authority on darts, he has spent many of his waking hours investigating this art at a local Quaker library of great renown. Sandy Burton, who deserted the above three for the quiet solitude of third entry this past year, may be characterized as a Dodger fan, a New Yorker and a slightly enlightened conservative in the political science department, in that order. He is confidently awaiting Br he toiled diligently as one of Mrs. Oakley's boys on the News Bureau. No word of this group would be complete without mention of the missing member. Private Robert Bookhammer, U.S.A. Bookie, a three year inhabitant of South who enlisted last year, may be absent in body, but his spirit lingers on over every gala occasion. The Army's gain was fifth entry's loss. Known best to the Glee Club boys as a barrel-toned baritone who hands out 100 octane cough drops that dissolve any larynx but his own, Tom Hiers' primary haunt is the Chemistry building. There, freshmen under his lab-assistant's thumb, and classmates imprisoned in the same laboratory with him. bear up under the full power of his cudgel-like wit, loosed between fits of despair over being five weeks behind in T.O.'s course. In spite of this bemoaned delinquency, this refugee from the labs of U. of P. and Rohm & Haas has earned some very tidy grades from the department of chemistry, and plans to continue in the field through graduate school unless pleasantly distracted by a soft job, a girl named Dolores, or both. 33 Paul Palmer Craig Mathematics & Physics Born July 29, 1933 Chester Townsend Roddick Old Wyomissing Road Greek Wyomissing, Pennsylvania Born January 27, 1933 Richard W. Silver Curriculum Committee A; Drama Club 23 West High Street English 1, 2; WHRC 1, 2, 3, 4, Technical Man- Painesville, Ohio Born May 1, 1933 ager 1, 2; Mathematics Prize 2 Nautical Club 1, 2, 3; Neivs 1; Ban Peter Woll Political Science Born January 6, 1933 Stephen John Kindig Oak Dale Farm Psychology Newtown, Pennsylvania Born August 14, 1932 243 East Market Street York, Pennsylvania Track 1, 2, 3, 4; WHRC 1, 2, 34 KaXoi KayaGoi Frcqircntcd less liy campus politicos tlv.in by ilic pcricxlic visitations of suth l(x;al tradesmen as the Aiclmore ite and beverage distributors. First Kntry lower right has remainetl, on the whole, .m island of gentlemanly leisure in ihc midst of frenzied political activity. Here between vigorous bouts with things mtellettiial, a valiant attempt ha.s been made to equate the good life with g(X)d living. Yet the Lucullian banquets and symposia were apparently but pleasant interludes in the pursuit of scholarship, science, and literature. In a brief but memorable plunge into the maelstrom of campus politics, Townie Ruildick applied his knowledge of Demosthcnean forensics to running for the Students' Council presidency, but, despite a vigorous campaign, was returned by the electorate to the study of ancient Greek literature. The first Post major in recent years, Townscnd's classical learnings arc proclaimed to all comers by the marble bust of Aeschylus that frowns from his bookcase. He has tried his hand at translating some of Marvcll's Latin lyrics into English verse, but a notable attept to render T. S. Eliot into Greek foundered on a "prickly pear". From an eager Rhinie soldering untold numbers of wires for WHRC, Paul Craig has progressed to a position of eminence where his major occupation is holding the hands of the physics department. A confirmed theoretician, at least he has been forced temporarily into the abhorred depths of engineering to father the physics department's spanking new subdivision of Microwave Spectroscopy. His few remaining moments of sobriety are spent bemoaning the financial ruin brought about by the simultaneous pursuit of Bryn Mawr and high fidelity respectively. Dick Silver, poet and faithful worshiper in the temple of the Humanities, has per- haps been most notorious for his extra-curricular activities. The skills he acquired at the feet of the pundits of the English department he daily put to good use in educating the rabbits at the Bryn Mawr biology lab. When not under the influence of the goddess Erato, most of his time was occupied by a more fleshly muse in the form of Miss D-G, his non-resident roommate. Yearning to be nearer the Heliconian heights, he has this year appointed himself concierge at Wyndham, the normal abode of that ravishing divinity, when she is not washing the dishes in First Entry. Quiet and concise, Pete WoU puts any of the senior class to shame with his certainty of plans for the years ahead. Moved by some inner light in the midst of his sophomore year, he was converted from the discipline of vectors and square roots to the social sciences, where he has remained rather fixedly ever since. Uninfluenced by the sports-writerish atmosphere of his fifth entry habitation, Peter has met the demands of the hardhead-realistic and bombastic elements in the political science department and emerged from the ordeal a better man because of it. Expecting to be married in June, his graduate work at Cornell will prepare him for a career in that most lucrative of professions: teaching. In the space of just tour years at the College, Steve Kindig has progressed from the position of owner of a Model "A" Ford to that of owner of a Cadillac, which in itself is no mean accomplishment. The toast of York, Pa., he has spent many an afternoon beneath the surface of the water in local quarries where he has been making skin-diving inspections for the federal government. Known for his pleasant nature and ready, ." bouyant laugh, Steve's standard greeting is a jaunty "Well! Hello there . . Never known to hurry, he applies the same principle to his academic work, which receives his attention in a freshmen-ridden second entry suite. 35 Robert Anthony Glatzer Psychology Born May 19, 1932 Frederic Ruff Jameson 18 West 70th Street French New York 23, New York Born April 14, 1934 William Geoffrey Haynes, Jr. Football, ]V 3; Track 1; Revue, Busi- 116 White Horse Pike Political Science ness Manager 4; Class Night 1, 2, 3; Haddon Heights, New Jersey Born April 19, 1933 Drama C/aii- 1, 2, 3, 4; (7/fe C/«* 1, Curriculum Committee 2, 4; Reiae, 4204 Princeton Avenue 2, 3, 4 Editor 3, 4; C/ajJ N»^A< 3; Drama Club Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3; P(!>« Beta Kappa 3 French Club 2, 3, 4; Revue 3, 4, F«rt>o« £i/<>or 3; C/ajx Night 2; Drama Club 2 Franklin R. Miller, Jr. English Born January 2, 1933 James M. B. Keyser, Jr. 1623 County Line Road French Villanova, Pennsylvania Born April 27, 1932 Revue 3, 4; C/<»jj N/'^A* 3; U^'HRC 2 Wissahickon and Inverness Roads Andorra, Pennsylvania Nautical Club 2, 3, 4; Re!'«e 4; Ffcwi:* C/«i 3, 4; Dramatic Club 2 36 ESTHETES I A Left Bank in tlic pond of Quaker asteiitism, French House preserves a unique reputation, unruffieil by frog-brunts from the Fond and the frowning eye of the Administration. Here ihc soft thongs of a toniuRiiial culture blend in quaint juxta- position with tlie demands of atademit existence, and tlie lives of these men have formed more than a slight bubble on that placid surface which is Haverford. Only the abrupt departure of one of the most cherished builders of tradition, Jean Wolf, has left a sadness among the revels heralded daily, nightly beneath its garrets. Bob Glatzer, the only four-year veteran of the French House, is immediately distinguished by his military bearing and his forthright manner of arguing a point. Scarred by a reputation inspired by some fancy dealing in the abortive musical "Once Over I-ightly", he has been known to call twenty-seven girls in one evening to get a date: "You'd think after four years here there 'd be at least inme girl who'd want to go out with me! " Lending dignity to the Glee Club, his major activity has been in dramatics, gracing the IcKal stages with a variety of roles, and proffering t(X)-little-heeded wisdom in the off-stage machinations of the Drama Club. Fred Jameson, who arrived at the house the next year, is the major defender of the literary Weltanschauung in this neck of the woods. As the much-misunderstood editor of the Haverford Revue, he can often be seen, clutching his specially pre-packed cigarettes, and with unkempt hair, debating some point of aesthetics with a disgruntled contributor. Apart from his one dramatic effort as the club-footed villain in the Duchess of Malji, this youthful Henry James is addicted to wine, project courses, Fulbright scholarships, raking books out of the library unsigned, writing unreadable sentences, and taking refuge in the many-rimes repeated playing of a certain Dixieland disc. Another three-year occupant of the House, Bill Haynes is a staunch upholder of the Four Greatest Pleasures of Life ("I think sleeping is one of the four greatest pleasures known to man."). Under his guidance, jazz has become a steady enthusiasm at the House, tempered only by the study of the detection of various styles, and the acquisition of a monstrous assortment of records. Perhaps the most socially sophisticated of the building's inhabitants, one is always certain of finding him present on the night of great parties, though, to be sure, one is not always sure that he will be in the most populous scenes of the gathering. Though a resident of the Maison for only one semester, Frank Miller has long made that edifice his point-of-rendezvous, and is often seen shambling towards it muffled in a ton of bear skin coat, blond hair tossed angrily in the wind. He has been known to spend hours in writing pornographic verse, and even more in describing elaborate "Dreams-we-doubr-ever-got-dreamed ". The choicest spot for creation of prose epics by same is a rcxjm filled with confused, pwnderous clouds of smoke, noise and people. And drawings, symbolizing symbolism, often crowd many vacant pages. Night finds him heading towards . . . but then, no one is quite sure where. Jim "Small Man" Keyser fled the intellectual wasteland of Fifth Entry to find haven in the vast third-fkxir barn of the Maison. This last he has furnished with heaps of battered paper-bound French novels, tattered remnants of first drafts, well-worn bop records, and pots of stale tea. Jim is probably not the only Haverford student known to dive into nearby doorways to avoid hostile professors with scholastic designs on him, but it is especially characteristic of him. Occasionally he forsakes the campus: the cry, "I know a girl in Bangor, tres sympathique, a la cuisse tres legerel" is often followed by abrupt departure in his archaic station-wagon, le Casse-pied, which can ascend steep hills only in reverse. 37 William Harold Bittel, Jr. Philosophy Born November 16, 1933 Roger Euster 105 Kensington Avenue Philosophy Trenton 8, New Jersey Born May 24, 1932 Fencing, 1, Varsity JV . 3,- . , 2, 4; Cross 4105 Brandywine Street, N. W. Country, Manager 3; Varsity Cluh 2, Washington, D. C. 3, 4 Football, JV 1, 2, 3; Fencing, IV 3; Class Night 1, 2; Circle Theatre, Presi- dent 1; Drama Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Orches- tra 1 Orrin Frink Russijin Born April 2, 1932 Peter Carleton Gardner 706 Sunset Road State College, Pennsylvania Music Born February 15, Glee Club 1, 2 1933 Box 229, Cumberland Hill Manville, Rhode Island Class Night 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Librarian 2, Secretary 3; Ocre* 2, 3, 4 38 ESTHETES, TOO "And wli.u kiiul of KM will you have? Wc have jasmine, mint, Russian caravan and lapsang souchong," says bon vivant Bill Bittcl as he tosses another piece of kindling imported from Ceylon onto the fire. Mr, Bittcl is a student of the art of gentlemanly living: always properly vested, among the cognoscenti of the finest in focxi and drink, and handy with the epee when the occasion requires it. A staunch Republican, Bill was our only phil major to anchor himself in that bedrock of negotiable reality. Statistics 23. To those who may want to know where to find him ten years from now, we say look for him on somebody's board of directors, in the insurance field most likely. Roger Kuster, having swept all before him at C One half of'54's Russian Affairs team is Orrin Frink, tall, dark, and not very scrutable. Orrin to most of us has been a nasal grin offering the uninspired, though pertinent intelligence that: "Well, fellows, there's a choice tonight: chocolate marsh- mallow or cherry custard." But, to those who sought him out in his native haunt 'way over there in Merion was revealed a more profound Orrin of deep insights into the way of the world and all flesh! "Reciprocity is the secret of life." In more casual moments Orrin does a mean version of the "Maple Leaf Rag." One of his important contributions to the sanity of campus life was as confidante to Roger Euster and counter|x>ise to the latter 's incredible energies, a relation given symbolic weight when Orrin stood as best man for Roger. Peripatetic music major, Peter Gardner has eked out the Haverford music depart- ment's offerings with courses at Bryn Mawr, Swarthmore, and Penn. Assiduous application of the esoteric contrapuntal techniques approved by Dr. Swan has left its mark: Pete's technique of calling square dances has lately begun to show influences of the Renaissance madrigal style. As yet, however, the Gardner Mass is free of any reverse effects. Pete has also been known for a highly-developed sense of social responsibility: he has gone frequently to weekend work camp, and he could always be depended on to get a girl back to BMC promptly by 2:05. Prospects for his immediate future include a trip to Africa accompanied by his oboe. 39 Bertrand Faugeres Bell III French Born April 15, 1931 Donald Gorme MacDonald 435 East 57th Street Chemistry New York, New York Born May 1, 1932 Soccer, ]V 1, 2, 3, 4; Cricket, Manager 2418 East Menlo Boulevard 4; Varsity Club 4; French Club 1, Secre- Milwaukee, Wisconsin tary-Treasurer 2; Glee Club 1, 2; Octet Cricket 2, 3, 4; Varsity Club 4; C/dJj 2, 3 N«^A; 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3 William P. Ricketts English Born May 5, 1932 Lawrence Meredith Lengel 216 East Laekworth Avenue Psychology Lantana, Florida Born May 29, 1931 Basketball, JV I, 2; Baseball, JV \, 2. 502 Montgomery Avenue 3: WHRC I, 2, 3, 4 Haverford, Pennsylvania 40 FAMILY MEN The Married Crew of the class has miishroomed in the past year. Only Ted liclotc came to college married; at last count there were nme, and this number was in prospect of more than doubling in the month of June. One can say the usual things about them: harder-working, more mature, greater sense of purpose etc., and in their case such a way of putting it would be, by and large, true. In addition, however, they had each a singular character—not surprising, but often ignored in non-coeducational, primarily- bachelor college annuals. In many ways the most singular was Tim Dell, probably one of the cleverest men in tiic class, and certainly one of the most erratic. Baffled by the natural sciences, he early decided not to learn any, which resulted in a four-year joust with the Dean; in contrast, his brilliant performance in literature stands out even more than it would have, had the College not been so unsympathetic as to insist on a limited-elective requirement involving Freshman Math. Tim settled down after his marriage to Phoebe Harvey, one of the nicest young ladies in the world, and managed to tuck away his necessities for graduation, while at the same time learning as much French and Spanish as anyone in the College. A dilettante at soccer and a professional at repartee, Tim laid plans for a teaching job in Jamaica which might or might not come to pass, but in which, if it did and if it interested him, he would turn in an outstanding job. Don MacDonald, one of the original members of the mfamous Merion Annex ive-group, gave up a promising career as a leading bon vivanr and exponent of the gay, carefree life of a bachelor to embark on a promising career as a leading bon vivant and exponent of the gay, carefree life of a husband and father. Milwaukee's answer to the charge that college life is an ivory tower, Mac waged a passionate one-man war against the forces of abstract thought, prohibition, Platonic relationships and the Democratic Party, fortifying himself between encounters with great draughts of incredibly dry M s and hasty rereadings of Machiavelli. When not in the chemistr)' lab (where he was engaged in the Herculean task of finding a cheap substitute for Ambassador scotch), his red-fringed dome could be seen at important social functions and in transit to and from his estates in Devon, where he pursued a life of cultivated leisure. A perceptively conceived statement about a book or work of art, a thoughtfully played hand of bridge, even an auto accident the night of one's engagement—when performed by Bill Ricketts— is done with the utmost generosity, kindness and discrim- inating taste. His likable manner and subtle humor have won him a place of respect among the class of '54, and although he may seem retiring and shy, his membership in the homecooking and diaper set would indicate that he is more forceful than most of us. Following graduation he plans to apply the faculties of an English major, first to the Marines and then to law study and practice in his wife's home state, Texas. Larry Lengel, a non-res student of psychology, presents an unfamiliar countenance to most Haverfordians because of his activities in the big cruel world which, unbe- knownst to some of his classmates, lies beyond the Strawbridge gateway on Lancaster Pike. His jobs have ranged from peddling insurance to mail clerking in a post office, and they have enabled him to pursue his studies here under the tutelage of Abe Pepinsky, panicularly in the field of guidance psychology as it pertains to education. He and his wife Jean plan to be located in Cambridge next year where Larry hopes to partake of Harvard's program offering a master's degree in teaching. 4\ Edward P. Hollingsworth, Jr. History Born April 26, 1932 Richard Irving Jones 148 Montgomery Avenue Psychology Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania Born October 16, 1932 John Barton Rettew III Customs Committee 2; Football 1, 2, 139 Ellis Road Psychology 3, Captain 4; Wrestling 1, 3; Varsity Havertown, Pennsylvania Born November 23, 1931 Club 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 4 Football 1, 2 28 Old Eagle School Road Strafford, Pennsylvania Football 1, 2, 3, Captain 4; Track 1, 2, 3; K Theodore G. Belote English Born February 27, 1912 Ervin Robert Werner, Jr. 4044 Chestnut Street chemistry Philadelphia 4, Pennsylvania Born May 2, 1932 P>!)/ Beta Kappa 3 620 Willowbrook Avenue Havertown, Pennsylvania 42 MORE FAMILY MEN Ned Hollingswortli is the only member of the class to have been a starter on the fixjiball team all four years, but his true love is wrestling. He won the '53 Swarthmorc meet with the only pin of the contest. The daily 1:30 A.M. constitutionals to Bryn Mawr were eliminated by his inarriage his junior year to Sally, who is one of the few to realize that under his calm, if moody, exterior smolders a fiery temper and an iron will. Despite the ball and chain, Ned has been seen with the boys this year, and has remained an active Ford. His studies with Rex Arragon to the contrary notwithstanding, Holly's brawn will be devoted to archeological diggings. Dick Jones, with his likable, friendly nature, is well on the way to building, with Barbara, a very happy family in nearby Havertown. Six and one half pound Debra Elaine arrived at the Jones household with the March winds and made it possible for Dick to flaunt fatherhood in the faces of the inncxent. A day student, his campus activities have been limited to cutting classes, and his Tuesday and Thursday "sicknesses" in years past have shown that Collection and Meeting were no exception. His work as a Psych major has prepared him for a career as a lawn mower tycoon or a gentleman farmer. Johnny Rettew, whose qualifications as a family man are now only a few months premature, had a wild and wcx^lly first two years at Haverford, but under Marge's steadying influence he has sobered to the point of becoming a staid middle aged Main Liner. Seeking refuge from academic struggles under Pepinsky's fatherly wing, John can best be remembered for his efforts on Walton Field and in the bookstore. A leader of calisthenics par excellence, his knee (the only one in captivity to go all directions; back, forth, sideways, and up ) made him an inspirational non-playing football co-captain this ye;u- after three seasons of hard work on the line. Another one of the class's married men, Ted Belote came to us as a sophomore and a day student. He deserted the ranks of the P & W regulars during his junior year in favor of a Studebaker of doubtful virtue, but periodic reappearances on the Pig and Whistle are the occasion of patient tolerance on the jxirt of the faithful. The one representative of the seminary-before-college school among the class's pre-theos, Ted is also a man with a career in reverse: from Washington, D.C. commercial radio to a Haverford junior Phi Bete. In the little time he gets here before he departs for home, his powers of concentration in the Library are awe-inspiring. Some congregation is in for some highly capable, literary, and scholarly sermons. It's a long haul from Havertown to Haverford, but Bob Werner, one of '54's bygone bachelors, and the hot rod Hudson make it day in day out. ( "Yes sir, that water injection is all right. Ya see, I've got little hoses hooked to the radiator and . . .") Bob was the originator of a new weapon against the athletic department which he used for effeaive, extra-long cutting of spring phys-ed: "Don't talk to me, Docherty says it's all right!" He spends much of his time in the Chem lab manufacturing T.N.T., the purpose of which we would not venture to ascertain. For three years, he held court in 'Veneziale's room, but his marital status has show-n him the trivial nature of such time consuming pursuits. 43 James Paul Barwick Hiitory Born September 26, 1933 Peter Edward Barwick 425 Linden Street Engineering Lititz, Pennsylvania Born October 4, 1934 Spring Day Committee. Chairman 3; 425 Linden Street Soccer, }V 2, Varsity 3, 4; Cricket 2, 3, Lititz, Pennsylvania C/;fjj Captain 4; KarjjVy C/»i 4; C/»i Soccer, JV 2, 3, 4; Cr«Vi^/ 2, 3, 4; C/ajj 2; Class Night 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3, N<,gA/ 2, 3, 4; G/e^ C/a* 2, 3, 4 4 William Custis Meads German Born August 29, 1932 Richard M. Polsky R. D. 2 Psychology Red Lion, Pennsylvania Born December 17, 1931 Fencing, JV 1; Ban*/, Director 1, 2, 3, 856 Merriman Road Theatre 4; C/«j Night 1, 2, 3; C;>f/ 44 KULTURE KORNER The total membership of two of Haverford's very unofficial fraternities are here the founflcrs and co-presidents of met m iem]x)rary truce. J. Barwick and Polsky are Beta Sigma, a frat' in the highest sense, devoted to women, race prejudice, and beer. P. Barwick and Meads originated the Riifiis Jones As,sociatc-s, devoted to staving off tile evils of the world, as represented in Beta Sigma. Both groups have active memixTS at Bryn Mawr, Smith, and various undisclosed points behind the Iron Curtain. A world traveler who IcariK-d cricket "where cricket is cricket",unassuming Jim Barwick exemplifies the harmonious union of Sparta and Athens: the athlete par excellence with an undying love for the arts. Sharpy's academic life suffers from two major and chronic complaints: the incurable call of the athletic field and acute pro- crastination (the latter in the advanced stages;. Jiin has a fine conscience which makes ratioii.ili/mg pauiful. The highlight of his last year has been a terrified adulation of one Wallace I'., but even in the face of overwhelming odds, Jim has perf Coming to Haverford frotii the American University of Beirut, Bootham, St. Aloysius, and the public schools of York, Pa., Peter Barwick lends a genuine strain of cosmopolitan individualism to our aggregation. Peter is a bright and shining lad of infinite faith in human kind; the precise rational machinations of his well-developed grey matter take second place only to his limitless idealism. As an eager (and able) athlete, he has played soccer and cricket with the greatest enthusiasm. Team spirit is his rule of thumb, and he is quick to analyze his own shortcomings and to offer constructive suggestions to all comers—be it in sports, bridge or Weltanschauung. He departs on June fifth for two years of alternate service in Germany, which is sure to be followed by a fruitful career in engineering. Known the campus over for his cosmopolitan accent ( which we believe to be the natural speech of all the farmers in his home town of Red Lion ) , Bill Meads can usually be seen with his pipe and his head buried in a book of Goethe. Always a favorite counselor of President White and Lady Beatty, he has won himself a host of friends at Haverford. And his perfectionist approach has shown through to the college's advantage in Bill's impressive musical career here: direction, accompanying, or singing. Because of his diligent studies, he is usually late starting for class, and can be spied hurrying across the campus, overcoat thrown over his shoulders, shouting "Hi, Ken!" "Lo, Frank", as he passes his friends. Never much of a threat on the athletic fields, he more than makes up for it with his high teas, which next year, unfortunately for those who follow, will have become but a legend. A transfer student from Denison, Dick Polsky has brought us several attributes which midwesterners can generally claim: a casual informality, a deep sense of loyalty, a friendliness based on complete sincerity, and lots of noise. His warm good humor shows itself many ways, not the least in the football stands at big games when, complete with beautiful blonde companion and raccoon coat, he may be recognized waving a 'Ford banner and shouting, "We want blood!" Dick is an artist of campus renown; his watercolors, if viewed obliquely from above, can be seen to have form, continuity, and feeling, while his posters are often remarkable in that they contain no message. His creative ability extends to the field of writing ( "Three more rejection slips and we can start papering" ) and his first novel is well under way. 45 Charles Edward Schofer chemistry Forster Born July 14, 1932 Stanley Albert 109 Grandview Boulevard Chemistry West Lawn, Pennsylvania Born September 26, 1932 Leonard Morris Johnson Chemistry Club 2, 3, 4; Class Night 3; 1639 Madison Street, N. W. Chemistry Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 Washington 11, D. C. Born June 11, 1931 Wrestling 1; Cross Country 3; Fencing 1235 West Main Street 2; Cricket 2, 3; Record 3; Photography Smethport, Pennsylvania Club 1, 2, Secretary-Treasurer 3; CAew- Freshman Introduction Committee 3, 4; ij/ry Club 1, 2, 3; /CG 2, 3; C/<«jj Football, ]V 1; Cross Country 2, 3, 4; N»^/!j; 1, 2, 3; rHRC 1, 2 Wrestling, }V 1, KarK/y 2, 3; Trac* 1, 2, 3, 4; Ktfrj;'/)- C/«4 2, 3, 4; Chemistry Club 1, 2, 3, Vice-President 4; BaW 1, 2; C/tfJ/ N(>/!)/ 1, 3, 4; Drama Club 1; G/t't? Club 1, 2, Business Manager 3, President 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4, B«rt- «fjj Manager 2; Founders Club 3 Norman Eakes Matthews Philip Howorth Born December 20, 1933 Harmon 216 North Candler Street Political Science Decatur, Georgia Born July 11, 1933 Class President 2; Class Treasurer 4; 638 Oakwood Lane Freshman Introduction Committee 2, Rock Hill, South Carolina Class Night 4; Drama 3, 4; C/ajJ N/^/!!« 1, 2. 3, 4; G/fe Club Record 4; 1, 2, 3, Orchestra 1, 4, Business 1, 2, 3; P*? Beta Kappa 3; Founders Club 1, 2; 2, 3, 4 Club 3 Manager 3; If^HRC 46 BLATANT AND LATENT Only one of the class of '54 has withsto(Ki four whole years of Barclay North's second floor. Undisturbed by the pre-rcnovation ash tan serenade, Ed Schofcr also managed two years witii Mo Johnson uniil the latter moved to Lloydian opulence. Ed then shifted his operations to a private office at the end of the hall. From this head- quarters he has kept up his phenomenal attendance record in the breakfast and glee clubs, and has remained a rock among North Barclay's ever-shifting freshman sands. Strictly a no-woman man, lid goes to Temple med with only second hand knowledge of the fair sex, but his dependability and persistence should enable him to remedy this or any other difficulty. The end of the second year witnessed another abdication, when Stan Forster also bounced from Barclay into 64 Lloyd's quixotic quartet. Frustrated at used car dealing and saki distilling, Stan kept his musical talents well-hidden, too, much to the relief of all witiiin earshot. More successful have been his spring trip adventures in Florida, where he procured some fresh fruit through the courtesy of some sleeping gendarmes. Other athletic pursuits included Cricket and leading his roommates in an all-event all-hours contest known as the "Crockathon". Stan has had a notable ability to work almost as hard as he goofed; his skill at raising his grade from 92 to 94 is unsurjxissed, and he is the class's only member to get into med school after three years at Haverford. Having forsaken Barclay's barbarity. Mo Johnson proceeded to grace fifth and sixth entries with the vocal and graphic arts. The latter have ranged from charcoal portraits to shaving cream murals, while his stable baritone can be heard in the front row of the glee club or in any convenient shower. After pinning his Swarthore wrestling opponent his sophomore year. Mo retired from active athletics and became the glee club's president in 195.^. He also has a record of no second drafts on any paper ( "You've just gotta be in the right mocxl, that's all , is known to prefer girls " ) and imported to the domestic variety. Another man of distinctive musical tastes is Norm Matthews, boy mystic. Exponent of the all-purpose guitar, he abandoned the glee club his senior year in favor of Ken 'Woodroofe's "Sing-Songs" and Bryn Mawr Square dances, where he finally learned the difference between Haverford and BMC. This ultimately led to his loss of membership in the Sunday breakfast union, and changed his reading habits from Pogo to the National Geographic. Despite these and his roommates' distracting influences he ground out a junior year Phi Bete and a Harvard Medical School acceptance. Flip Howorth is the final contributor to 5.^ Lloyd's general din. Flip's musical tastes run the full gamut from Palestrina to Progressive, and he applies them with cello, bongo drums, and an occasional basso profuso roar. His athletics are confined mainly to a rubber-legged dance he calls "The Shag", to which he tries to convert both male and female friends. Flip has two speeds, standing still and hell-bent ahead; exponent, critic, tolerator and enjoyer of everything and everybody, he did his best to minor in Small Talk. 47 Larry J. Finkelstein Chemistry Born January 25, 1933 Robert Wackerman Hutton 2308 74th Avenue Russian Philadelphia 38, Pennsylvania Born September 19, 1932 Paul Richard Klein Football 2, 3, 4; Fencing 1, 2, 3, 4; 42 Rosedale Road Tw* 2, 3, 4; KarjiV:)' C/ai 3, 4; /CG Overbrook Hills Born May 27, 1932 2; C/ajj N(«-!;; 1; Jazz Band 3, 4 Philadelphia 31, Pennsylvania 3202C Marshall Road Russian Club. Co-Chairman 2, 3, 4; Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania News 1, 2, 3, 4; Record 1, 3, 4; Band Cross Country 2; Cricket 1, 2, 3, 4; 1, 2, 3, 4; C/dJ/ N;gA/ 1, 2, 3,4; Orches- Varj;Vr C/ai 3, 4; Lippincott Prize in tra 2, 3, 4 History 2 Carlo Marcello Veneziale Chemistry Born Oaober 2, 1932 Rudolph Winston, Jr. 1622 South Broad Street chemistry Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Born May 12, 1933 Chemistry Club 3, 4, 5437 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tennis 1, 2, 3, 4; Kar/;>y C/«* 1, 3, 4; C/«jj N«>;!;< 1, 2, 3 48 FOUNDERS I.arry ("Tlic Fink") Finktlstein —^f-athcr of l'<>iin for anonymity in a world burdened by individual responsibility: "I got smart brains, that's why I'm a mass man this year." Known for the notes he leaves his friends all over the campus, Fink usually sets a rigorous schedule of study for himself each evening to which he adheres with all the precision of a mad chemist. From his house by the side of the road, he surveys with happily jaundiced eye a passing scene no less contradictory or uncertain than he. Whereas some people draw caricatures on the margins of their class notes, and others draw designs, Bob Hutton's notes are filled with maps. So is his room. And when it comes to rocks, railroads, Russian, and reed instruments, he is an expert on these as well. Not only can he tell you where to go, but he can tell you what rock formations you will see, which train to take, whether Russian is spoken there, and if it is, what they are saying. A resident student for the first time this year, Bob enthusiastically divided his free time between playing the bassotjn in the orchestra, and the clarinet in Haverford's versatile football and marching band. Dick Klein reveals a smile which is hard to capture in writing, but is still pretty effective; at any rate, it keeps him in voluminous correspondence, and as a long distance romantic he makes out better than most of the local mile-and-a-halfers. In his freshman year they gave him the Improvement Bat in Cricket and a gallon of linseed oil to keep him busy behind the reserve desk. By now, of course, he's a veteran deep-field and will be sparking Haverford's only no-time loser on to another North American championship. Dick fled from Lunt into Drake's suitcase and is diligently preparing there to race the recruiting officer all the way to Law School at the University of Chicago. Carl 'Veneziale, who follows the subtle path of science from Monday morning to Friday afternoon, shows his intestinal fortitude in choosing his courses with guts. His high esteem for purity and ethics makes him almost a proponent of partheno- genesis in human life, but not quite. All he wants are four suits and a Jaguar, but he has ventured the opinion that M.D.'s ought to be a little hungry so that they don't lose their feeling for people. Life assumed a new dimension when he lived with two sages and one mystic in Lloyd Hall, but the Founders' seminar helped stand him back on his head. Next year the University of Pennsylvania will doubtless help him back on his duff again. Known for his ability in the tennis courts all over the Philadelphia area, "Chessie" Winston has played a large role in the success of Norm Bramall's charges in recent years. Concessionaire extraordinaire, he has worn the beaten track from dorm to dorm in a quest for purchasers of his stationery. Unmistakable for his reserved attitude in the Intramural basketball league, Chessie will be remembered by most of us as the Ubangi chieftain in the infamous (but victorious) junior class night performance in 1953. A budding Chemistry major headed for med school next fall, he found himself merely existing from one Friday comp session to the next during his senior year. 49 THE COMPOSITE DAY [This section is not a parody, nor is it intended to represent the "average" day at Haverford College. It is "composite" because it is drawn together from a great many different days, and does not purport to show all the events or even the typical ones, but only a few, which might be taken as signifying, through their Haverford setting, the life of the undergraduate at any time and in any place.] THE DAY I: The Renewal Of Life 1. The Dismal Awakening The disheveled individual at the left arose exactly thirty seconds ago to greet a new day dawning on Haverford College. By ten o'clock or so, he will be sufficiently revived by two Sleep Periods (cut at 8, cut at 9) and three cups of coffee (see 4. The Gentle Awakening) to appear as an intelligent, sociable under- graduate. Now, though, it is 7:30. Wrapped in a deep fog, he blackly surveys the John. His expression is a scowl, and as for his conversation right now, fortunately pictures can't talk. To our knowledge, undergraduates do not say "good morning" to anyone but professors; to one another the vernacular is a grunt: "uh". 2. The Nauseous Awakening Breakfast, at Haverford anyway, is appreciated only by Ed Schofer and those students who like raw eggs with a celluloidal rind. The 7:30 crowd is almost entirely freshmen (and Engineer- ing majors, whose 8:00 classes begin at 7:45 and pity on you if you get there at 7:55). The first senior (after Ed) arrives at 8:01, and eight more make it at 8:09. At 8: 10 the waiters, hereto- fore sprawling flaccidly at a table removed as far as possible from their duties, awake enough only to manage a cigarette, spring in- to life and sprint to the doors, double-barring them against the 8:101/2 arrivals. These tardy fellows put up little struggle, be- cause ( 1 ) one can't argue with a sneering waiter through a two- inch door, and (2) the fetid odors of the dining hall have dis- couraged them anyway. They stagger to the Coop, where Dan Ely will arrive at 8:30, discover that his student helper is still in the sack, and grouch obscenely about it all morning. 3. The Rude Awakening Mr. L. A. Post, who has been up since six, arrives at the Greek Room at 8:05 to find one student out of a class of eight. Five more arrive by 8:15, which means .750 for the day and breaks the record. 50 — — Post: Mr. Seeley, must you chew a piece of toast in class? Seeley: Uh. (Gulps last bite.) No sir. Post: You ^cntlcrntn were going to translate to page 37 today? Now, Mr. — Rudditk: I tliink it was page 32. Post: Hmph. Oh yes. This class is going much too slowly. I translated 200 lines of Homer a day in prep school when 1 was preparing for the College Boards. (There follows a discourse on m cerning gestation ) . Well, Mr. Kelsey, what is the form of the verb in line 16, page 31-'' (Kelsey has been asleep.) Kelsey (Blinking.): Why, uh . . . (Long silence.) Post: No opinion.'' Mr. Allen. Allen (Instantly): Subjunctive middle second person singular. Post: Wrong, Mr. Allen Mr. Ruddick.' Mr Furth Mr. Seeley Mr. Gage. Nobtxly knows. (Long sigh.) It is an itnpcrattic. gentleinen. ((!lass tries to look interested.) Last year's class would have known that. (Setting a trap) Mr. Seeley, when is the soul formed.'' Seeley: At conception. Post ( Disappouited. ) : Hrrump. I didn't think you knew. Mr. Furth, please give the future indicative of the Greek verb "to be ". Furth: Uh. Kiro/iut, Kcrti, Kir (stalls.) Post: Mr. Furth, you're inore than usually confused this morning. Mr. Ruddick. (Ruddick rattles it off.) You see, Mr. Furth.'' Mr. Ruddick always gets it right. (Rud- dick is so surprised he drops his book.) Mr. Furth, did you know that Aristotle's great contribution to civilization was that he taught us how not to philosophize.' (Snorts, kicks desk, rattles desk drawers.) Furth (thinks this was imt Aristotle's great contribution.): No, 1 didn't. Post: Aristotle thinks the form of the offspring comes from the male and the marter from the female. How about the mule? What a philosopher. (Snorts.) Furth: Well— (About to start a speech.) Post: Mr. Gage, please translate the next section. Gage: Uh (Post translates the section himself at breakneck speed.) Post: Thank you, Mr. Gage. (Pounding feet on the porch announce the 8:59 arrival of Mike Dunn, who bursts gasp- ing into the room. Post does not glance at him. 9:00 bell rings.) Post: We forgot the sentences for today. Bring them next time. (No one does them either time.) Go to page 40 tomorrow. (Class goes to page 33.) 4. The Gentle Awakening The Coop, presided over by the often-amiable, sometimes-irascible Dan Ely, is the calm, bucolic setting in which most Haverfordians gradually rise to consciousness on most mornings. Later in the day it will be the scene of noiser and sometimes even raucous discussions, but from 8:30 until 10 it is quiet and morose, as undergraduates straggle in, drop heavily into chairs, and dejectedly inspect their mail, or (if no mail) even more dejectedly inspect their coffee or cigarette-smoke. Professors Wylie, Wish- meyer and Roche usually show up at some point and often succeed in starting a con- versation with someone. The only light spot is Jim Crawford, who bounds in at 9:30 and leaves at about 10:30 for his 10:00 class, having left some sparkling wit on the dull ears of students emerging from their sloth. Ernest Kurkjian is in a violent argument with four passive underclassmen, and Finkelstein, due to help E>an beginning at 8:30, has put in his appearance ( 10:00), wrangled with Dan for half an hour, and is taking an- other half hour in clearing the cups from the tables, pausing for a break at any table of students looking as if they might like to talk. The Coop Crowd breaks up at eleven, and or Collection wanders over to Meeting, to to hear J. Chandru Jawharsikhaly discourse on "I Was A Left-Wing Terrorist", or Clarence Pickett on "Soviet Russia, CKir Third Force". 51 THE DAY II: The Business Of Learning 5. The Lecture The Lecture, fast atrophying at Haverford in the face of In- tegrative Seminars, has not yet quite disappeared. Students" of Soc. Sci. 11-12 are still treated to Lectures which, taken together, are probably the most eclectic series ever strung together: Reid on social structure, Campbell on social psychology. Bell on social economics, Roche on social-political theory and Gordon on social stratification. Cook all this up with Ruth Benedict and Dunn & Dobzhansky and you have Soc. Sci. 11-12. Possibly the best Lecturers on campus are Meldrum and Roche, followed closely by Foss. 6. The Seminar During most days, the Seminar business booms; one of the best known is Humanities, graced until this year by Marcel ("Mephisto") Gutwirth, the greatest gimmick artist of them all (see Studentship, p. 81), who, it is hoped, will return in the fall to titillate and ravish new erogenous zones of Western literature. Shown here is Humanities with Larry Wylie, who has startled some observers by opining that the Iliad is at its core a pacifist manifesto of non- violence, but who has filled in competently in general. Another famous Seminar is in philoso- phy, whence on Tuesday evenings the shouts and screams of irate lovers of wisdom filter into the library's North Wing from the Rufus Jones Room, drowned out only by the sound of Aris- totle (or whoever is being discussed) turning over in his grave. An interesting feature of the Rufus Jones Room, incidentally, are the ashtrays, which are made of forty-milli- meter anti-aircraft shell casings ("The Rufus M. Jones Pacifist Ashtrays"); some ir- reverent students claim these were used to blow up an orphanage in World War I. The Seminar of Seminars, "Haverford 100", is the latest step in the creeping collectivization of the learning process. 7. The Lab Some students si>end every weekday afternoon of their un- dergraduate careers in Lab; on the other hand, at least one has been known to put in his first appearance in the Chem Lab on the day of his graduation, just to see what it looked like. Between these extremes lies the mass of Haverford students, some skilful, some bumbling ("Look, Mr. Benfey, see this little puddle on the table.' Well, that's Cation Procedure #16"). Some Labs are circuses (like physics), some run with adding-machine efficiency (like chemistry), some are tedious though instructive (like psych), and some just smell bad (like biology). You just can't generalize about Labs. You like 'em or you don't. 52 — — 8. The Game Since physical education is alleged to be part of H.ivcrford's curriculum, we suppose it should be in- cluded in the Business of Ixarning. However, it is generally more illuminating to turn one's attention to the goings on in the stands than to the field; here nonacademic education is carried on no less vigor- ously than among the athletes, and sometimes to more profit. The gentleman with the flask of water, for example, knows better than to gaze at the drc-.idful spectacle being enacted on the fofjtball field, where the Fords are being trod upon by mighty Ursinus. Some Games are more interesting than this one, and would be worth considering in them- selves rather than for their spectators: a track meet, for example, will reveal a harried Pop Haddleton switching runners into unexpected races to juggle the point score, apparently befuddled but actually extremely shrewd, in a befuddled sort of way. Other Games include the atrocious brand of intramural football played at Haverford and the deadly brand of intramural soccer, and, of course, Haverford's own bucolic brand of cricket. THE DAY III: Early Evening 9. Rehearsal The first business after supper is generally the Glee Club rehearsal, twice a week at 6:45, to which repair a hundred or so leather-lunged young bulls ready to roar their way gustily through "Casey Jones" or trample and snort through some cringing, helpless Requiem. At Rehearsal, Director Bill Reese is like a man coping with a calliope stuck at full volume; it's making music of a sort, all right, but it's awfully noisy and more than a little hard to control. Other Rehearsals spring up over the campus in early evening, while the Mass Men are howling at Glee Club; unlike the musicmakers, who are not deceived concerning their place in the aesthetic world, stu- dents at these other Rehearsals consider themselves to be upholding Art, and in this connection may be found rehearsing a play which is calculatedly ob- scure, or preparing for the stage some tripe of Oscar Wilde which, they think, constitutes the properly sophisticated attitude toward the cultural desert around them. 10. The Meeting The Nine Old Men file into the Students' Council Room, in lockstep: Sachs, Phelps, Brainard, Comfort, Felstiner, Borton, Greer, Smith, Matlack. Sachs lights cigarette. All light cigarettes. Sachs tips chair back, stares at hands on table. All tip chairs back, stare at hands on table. Sachs: Yeh, well. Uh. Well look, on this time limit thing. Guys think there's a suggestion that one minute after the time limit is immoral, but one minute before is moral. Obviously, they're wrong, right? Now Brainard: Well, uh, Steve 53 Sachs: Yeh, Charlie. Brainard: Yeh, well, I mean, it seems to me there's moral considerations to be considered in this thing, I mean, there's moral considerations. Sachs: Yeh, well, sure, Charlie, but you know damn well there's nothing moral about one minute before the time limit that isn't moral about one minute after the time limit. This is just administrative. Brainard: Yeh, well, sure, Steve, I just wanted to say there are moral considerations. Sachs: Sure, Charlie. What do you think, Paulding.^ Phelps: Yeh, well, Steve, I think there are moral considerations, but still it's just administrative. Sachs: Yeh, that's good, Paulding. How about it, Wis.^ Comfort: Yeh. Well, I think we ought to put this thing right on the damn line. Felstiner: I was talking to some of the fellows down in the Annex, and they thought there shouldn't be any time limit. Sachs: Get on that, Jim. We've got to sit on this thing. Felstiner: Sure, Steve. Borton: Yeh, well, gosh, I mean, well, sure. Smith (acidly) : Spit it out, Tony. Borton: Well, I just wanted to say, well, gosh, I mean, sure. Sachs: That's good, Tony. You all get that!'' All: Sure, Steve. Greer: Gee, Steve, I've gotta study. Matlack: I oughta go to bed, Steve. Sachs: Well, yeh. Okay, I guess that's about all. Now, get on this thing, you guys. All: Sure, Steve. 1 1 . The Library One might think that the Library was the place to go to accomplish a bit of academic work, but it's a pernicious place, which abounds in distractions and seems to have a soporific ef- fect on many undergraduates. However, if you can keep awake and keep your eyes oflF the switching Lower Merion High School girls who inhabit it in giggly swarms, you might learn something. Underclassmen frequent the Li- brary more than the older students; those up- perclassmen who study generally do it else- where, and those who don't often seek out the Library—when they do seek it out—precisely for the distractions it can almost unfailingly provide. THE DAY IV: Late Evening 12. The Date Relatively few students have the kind of social life which would lead them to in- clude a Date in their Composite Day; the Date is, in general, a weekend affair. How- ever, the five-Dates-a-week gentlemen consider it an indispensable part of the liberal education, and evening will find them, with Date, in their room, at the Hearth, on the nature walk, at a flick, in a car, or at a party. 54 '\: 1 3. The Books Most of the iiiulcrgradiiatc's work is done ai late hours, especially if the under- graduate IS a senioi, in which case ir is done at very late hours. Unless there's an exam the next day or it's one of those all-night-stand evenings to get that paper typed for the nioriiiiig class, sessions at the Hooks are in unstable equilibrium at that time of night, reaily on the slightest provocation to slide into the Mull Ses- sion (15.) or the Sack ( 16.; 14. The Radio WHRC comes into its own in late evening. On quiet nights, it pursues a schedule of disc-j(Kkey programs, ranging from the wry misanthropy of Fred Muth to the wild cacophony of Mike Dunn. During the spring riot season at Haverford, however, 'WHRC outdoes itself in on-the-spot reporting of who is now emptying a fire extinguisher at whom, what door has just been demolished and how, where the Barclay battalions are reforming for another charge, and why all students sitting on their duffs listening to WHRC should get out and join the melee. Also in- cluded are the opinions concerning the riot of Gilbert White, Mrs. Mays, Mr. Caselli, Mac, Richardson Dilworth (the D.A. of Philly), the Bryn Mawr police chief, Katy MacBride (pres. of BMC ) and Chuck Ncuhaus, all these opinions being rendered, with convincing mimicry, by Mr, Neuhaus. Although the Students" Council thinks otherwise, it is generally held among the under- graduates (seldom elsewhere) that campus riots are a Good Thing. 15. The Bull Session Everyone knows what Bull Sessions are about, but Haverford also claims Bull Sessions which deal with subjects other than those two. They may concern themselves with course work, poli- tics, amateur psychiatry, or just about anything; the essential part is that fleeting spark of interest. If the session fails to catch it, it dies a natural death; if it does, it goes on far into the night. 16. The Sack 55 CLASS OF 1955 In the fall of 1951 Mac made the statement "... this is the best freshman class ever . . . "Unfortunately, "best" classes entered the year before, and the year after, and the Juniors soon felt the massive intellectual pressure from above, and physical pressure from below. Consequently, the class has assumed the role of college solidifier, supplying the Students' Council with calm but efficient members, the athletic depart- ment with reliable and sometimes stellar players, and the classrooms with sound but only fleetingly brilliant thought. The class has shone in several respects, however. It won the Class Day wrestling rwo years running. It even produced rwo creditable Class Night shows, one (freshman year) providing the vehicle for the best actor award, and the other (junior year) astounding all by winning the competition for best show. Its Sophomore Class Night show . . . The Class of 1955 also staged a very fine Junior Weekend. By the time this is read, the Class of '54 will almost be history, and as the Class of '55 rolls in to take their place, we predict that nothing will stop them — save the Committee on Academic Standing. 56 CLASS OF 1956 Called upon by the Students' Council to initiate an inter-class rivalry as part of the new ( "be a daddy to the Rhinies" ) Customs program, the Sophomores spent the fall, as one observer remarked, "asserting their brains over the collective brawn of the Freshmen". Time after time, alert Sophomores foiled Rhinie raiding parties, ponded the more notorious Freshmen, and generally duped their way to uncontested leadership in the rivalry. Not until they conspicuously lost the tug-of-war match during the Juniata football game would the Sophomores admit that the Rhinies offered real competition. After the Customs period, the Sophomores considered more pressing matters: the traditional Sophomore Weekend was approaching, entirely "open"' of any athletic contests or other atractions. Compelled to simulate their whole weekend, the Sopho- mores rented some hay wagons and a commodious barn in Newtown Square, and presented a square dance on Friday evening to the music of Pete Gardner"s band. Saturday, the usual semiformal dance took place in Founders, with Lee Scott and Mike Dunn providing music. Financially the weekend was a loss for the class, but by all other standards it produced a challenge to the ingenuity of the ""average " dance weekend. The Sophomore Class had voted earlier in the year to adopt an orphan through the Foster Parents' Plan. The child will be a Greek girl, between the ages of six and eight. 57 CLASS OF 1957 This year's Rhinies were in the position of "guinea pigs" for the new program of Customs, heralded with loud trumpet-blasts by the Council the previous spring, and featuring many novelties designed to integrate them better into the life of the college than had been done by former, slap-'em-down methods of introduction to Haverford. The freshmen arrived on the campus three days earlier than usual, and spent the added time with members of the Council, Customs Committee and Honor System Committee, becoming acquainted both with campus life and with such important matters as the honor system. A freshman-sophomore rivalry was rigged up but soon ( with the assiduous attention of sophomores ) got going of its own accord; it resolved into a battle of brains {'56) vs. brawn ('57), and in the final analysis brawn won out, according to a Haverford tradition which must have been taught to the freshmen during that three-day period, since most Haverford freshmen come to the college thinking the prizes go to brains. At any rate, the victory of brawn ('57) was accomplished in the tug-of-war which culminated the Customs period, when the sophomores' tractor, lurking behind the grandstand, failed to arrive on time at the '56 (brains) end of the rope. The freshmen's Class Night show was better than average, even though it had to be rewritten after a bout with the censors. All in all, the Rhinies seemed to be turning into a respectible class; one can only conjecture as to whether this was because of their carefully-planned reception, but it is probable that the reception didn't hurt any and that they had a bit of merit in themselves before they came. 58 GRADUATE UNIT Haverford's unit in Social and Technical Assistance, a one-year training program for men and women interested in community development on an international scale, completed its third year this year, its first under Director Ted Hetzel, and succeeded in convincing skeptical undergraduates that is was a worthwhile experiment after all. The academic preparation of the group, more intense and rigorous than many undergraduates imagine, revolved around a course in sociology, anthropology and metiiodology from John Campbell and William Schwab, courses in the facts of international life from Irving Barnett William Reitzel, BMC's Hertha Kraus and itinerant UN personnel, and both formal and informal dashes of international manners and morals from Douglas Steere. Hetzel himself contributed a handy practical note by supervising a non-academic investigation of automobile engines, cameras, office equipment and the like. The highlight of the year was six weeks among the Cherokee Indians of North Carolina combining a sociological case study with a shakedown cruise in aid to underdeveloped areas. To Haverford undergraduates, however, the outstanding feature of the '54 gradu- ate unit has been its personnel. Conditioned by the experience of the past two years (or by exaggerations of that experience by cynical upperclassmen ) to exjsect at worst sanctimonious do-go Considering student self-determination to be sound educational policy, the Admin- istration takes an interested and helpful but restrained attitude toward the manage- ment of student affairs. Although the value of such a policy is apptarent in its more positive aspects in Haverford undergraduate life, from the independence of student government, press and theatre to the self-discipline of the project course, it is never- theless not without its pitfalls for both parties. The Adininistr.irion must wonder, for example, as it squirms through Class Night performances wearing forced smiles and strolls with Philips visitors amidst firecracker orgies on the Lloyd green, whether is hasn't created a Frankenstein's monster after all. And when "The Haverford Fifteen" languished in jail for their contributions to Bryn Mawr's May Day, some students wondered whether Roberts Hall's stand-pat, "let 'em rot " policy couldn't have been modified in favor of a shade more paternalism. Despite its drawbacks, however, the system pays heavy dividends and is a significant factor in the almost universal respect in which Haverfordians hold their Administra- tion. Principal architect of this and other progressive and successful departures in Haverford education is Gilbert White. A superb administrator and an even better diplomat, the President succeeds in blending the interests of faculty, students, alumni and friends of the College into a single constructive force by imparting to each a measure of his own high ideals for an educational institution which stimulates in- tellectual inquiry and moral responsibility. A more informal and somewhat less spiritual force in the life of the under- graduates is Archibald Macintosh, "Mac", '21. Over thirty-five years at Haverford enable him to handle his formal job — hand picking each freshman class — pretty much by ear and give him a better understanding of Haverford undergraduates than most undergrad- uates have of themselves. As a result Mac has managed to combine informal roles as both dis- ciplinarian and father-confessor with gratifying re- sults. In Roberts Lower Left, Dean William Cad- bury continues to bring an increasing degree of flexibility and casualness to the operation of his office as he begins to settle into his new job. His familiarity with the ins and oUts of premedical education contributes heavily to Haverford's suc- cess in that quarter, and his efforts to improve the calibre of the College's advisory system in general have begun to have their rewards. The office of Aldo Caselli, Comptroller and Business Manager, where efficiency is the cardinal virtue, is the battleground upon which student self-determination has most difficulty in proving Gilbert F. White President 60 Archibald Macintosh William E. Cadbury, Jr. Aldo Caselli Vice-President Dean Comptroller Sc Buiineii Manager itself. Even so, the past few years have seen the burden of financial administration of student activities pass from Whitall to the Students' Association, and in addition, some compictcnt handling of business snafus (e.g. in WHRC) by the students them- selves. Although Aldo himself is harrassed by student irresponsibility (as exemplified in riots, waterfights, snowballs, the disappearance of sheets, mattresses, furniture and fixtures, and various student "improvements" in the way of painting and rewiring), nevertheless he is secretly a bit admiring of the cleverer student ruses ( "Now the student-a knows-a, that if he pulls just one bolt-a, on this window-a . . ."). A finely cultured man, he refuses to abandon his Continental perceptiveness of life's finer things, despite all the peccadilloes of boorish students and the ratrace of life in the United States. Mrs. Alice M. Berry Gertrude M. Wonson Mrs. Maris M. Ogden Secretary to the Presideni Admissions Ojjice Secretary to the Dean Mrs. Edytha M. Carr FACULTY Astronomy Patient, affable Louis Green is a fine scientist and a fine man. The only man on the faculty whose work keeps two assistants busy full-time, he has sin- gle-handedly built the astronomy department into a real major field at Haverford and has been able to keep some of the brainiest student mathematicians at a dead run in pursuit of his lucid but lightning dem- onstrations. To the unscientific mob in Physical Science 11, however, he is the easygoing, slow but sure teacher who never tires of explaining to befud- dled freshmen how the law of inverse squares works. He is chairman of the faculty's Committee on Cur- riculum; here the same patient explanation has brought a little light to similarly befuddled faculty members. Louis C. Green Biblical Literature John Flight, one of the most learned gentlemen around these parts, teaches Bib Lit courses liked by everyone from the most belligerant fundamentalists to the most blase Philistines. His archeological col- lection of broken pots and shredded paper from the Old Testament world is less interesting to most stu- dents than the man's teaching itself, but has served to give him a laudable reputation in his field. It was rumored that he had retired from teaching after the first semester, a great disappointment to the students; in his work at Haverford he has be- come genuinely respected and admired by those perspicacious enough to take his course. He can look back on a highly successful and much-appre- ciated teaching career. John W. Flight 62 Leo Levenbrook Ariel Loewy Emmett R. Dunn Biology Emmett R. ("Dixie") Dunn, chairman of the biology ("Baahljy") department, loves snakes, toads, and other scaly and/or creeping things with a passion which sometimes startles amateurs in the field, but which has sufficiently impressed the American Society of Ichthyolo- gists and Herpetologists for that Society to elect him President. His lectures are opaque, but in individual work he becomes warm and re- warding, and justifies his high professional reputation as scientist and scholar. Ariel Loewy and Leo Levenbrook were newcomers to the depart- ment this year. Loewy, a pleasant young man, brought with him a very unpleasant pet, something called a "Myxomycin" which is amorphous, yellow-green, unicellular, and capable of growing hideously to a weight of one pound. The only virtue of this unattractive animal, it seems, is that when placed in the glove compartment of Loewy 's car it serves to frighten away automobile thieves. Howard K. Henry Levenbrook, who divided his time between Haverford and a laboratory for cancer research, was noted for his enthusiasm for his students and was mistrusted for his threat (never carried out) of re- quiring the men in the Entomology court to dissect the pituitary of a fly. His affection for insects, while not so apocryphal as Dunn's for salamanders, is just as strong, and he did once assign the dissection of the nervous system of the roach. The College was saddened to learn of the death in July, 1953, of Howard K. Henry, Associate Professor of Biology. He was held in uni- versal respect as a teacher, and his work at Haverford was of the high- est calibre. He has been and is sorely missed. 63 Chemistry Housing possibly the best department on campus, the Chem Lab perks along quietly and efficiently year after year, turning out what are supposed to be the nation's best pre-meds and some hotshot prospective chemists in ad- dition. Chairman William Meldrum must be rather tired by now of jokes concerning his ar- rival at the lab every morning before sunup, but that's what he does; his lectures are bril- liantly lucid and beautifully embellished with flashy lecture-table demonstrations. In compre- 4.-.' ^^ dlh. ifj|- hensives sessions, his fatherly kindness turns to unmerciful probing, as his majors have dis- covered to their discomfort, but in the long run \.-^x...^..,k.-r.:t^;-Vi&-^^t>»liKiSt.t \.-':',-:-f\}MfnS^^»n this is only another side of his fatherly kindness. Speaking of unmerciful probing, the past Otto T. Benfey, William B. Meldrum, Thomas O. Jones master at this sort of thing is Ted Benfey, soft- spoken demolisher of bulling students, who as- tounded the Class Night audience this year by getting up in the audience (on cue) and intoning loudly, "To hell with the Inner Light!" When not exposing student ignorance nakedly for all to gaze upon, he puts in time as President of an Association for Social Responsibility in Science and teaches a course in philosophy of science, which latter is reported excellent for lending a bit of perspective to Haverford's technical specialists. Thomas ("T. O.") Jones is an expert in nuclear chemistry who worked at Oak Ridge during the war in some position which is hard to pin down but which is always hilarious in the retelling. The cam- pus champion at keeping students rolling in the aisles, he intersperses enough chemistry between jokes, lewd eyebrow-raisings and kindergarten political opinions to Rive Haverford's best chemists (who are very numerous and very good) plenty to cut their teeth on. Like Meldrum and Benfey, he reduces the chem majors to terror in comp sessions, but he is a fine teacher and a very fair one. Economics Howard M. ("smiles when he screws you") Teaf is a tough customer in class, especially when you don't know what you're talking about, in which case he will reduce you to helpless gibberish in twen- ty seconds flat. His specialty is labor ec, in which he has much practical experience (arbitration et al.); in general, though he is very exacting, he has an amazing amount to give his students and gives it. He spent the year teaching and studying in the Netherlands, on an exchange with Dutch Philips Visitor Jan Tinbergen; his return in September is awaited with anticipation—and some trepidation—by his hard-working majors. Princeton-trained Phil Bell, in his second year at Haverford, has turned into a real success. He has worked out a good, lucid teaching style and has salted his classes with enough humor to keep even those students most enthusiastically indifferent to economics both awake and interested. He managed the foreign scholarship concession this year with dispatch and competence. Holland ( "Ho") Hunter, the not-very-near-Com- missioner of Haverford Township, now a national au- Philip W. Bell, Holland Hunter, Irving Barnett thority on Soviet railroads, teaches the course in Rus- sian ec and a number of others, newly given fancier names in the departmental face-lifting of September 1953 (plain old "Government and Business" has become "Industrial Market Organization and Public Policy"). His classroom acts, such as the "day in the life of the Soviet Commissar ", fall just short of being campus leg- ends, but his reputation for hard work and ability is more than justified, and his fame is expected to rise in- exorably and non-cyclically. Irving Barnett, here for his first year, taught en- tirely in the graduate unit in Social and Technical As- sistance, and hence was largely unknown to the under- graduates. Reports from Scull House, however, indi- cated that he was highly competent in his graduate course (agenq- intervention in underdeveloped areas) and a friendly acquaintance to the students in addition. Engineering say that Apologists for Haverford's engineering department like to to compete with those Hiivirford is not trying to train tcchnn.al automatons with dcvclopmg the npuicdly turned out by MIT, but is tontcrncd instead them for executive "broad view" in its engineering stiulents, preparing of a lightning-calculator [X)sts in industry rather than tlic unrcwardmg hfe as one might thmk, that in a purely technical position. This d(K-s not mean, the depart- rhcy arc relieved of learning much engineering; the students in ment work hard and gain a technical knowledge which is respectable, though pcrliaps not dazzling. Clayton Holmes, the chairman, likes to scare freshmen by assummg rep to thrive on it. , t c of mfmite Thctxlore ("Ted") Hetzel is quiet and shy, and possessed and other patience with his students' misplaced decimal points, though these is his errors must rend his soul, he being a very exact man. His first love spends Theodore B Hetzel work with the Friends' Service Committee, and in this connection he recondite Clayton W. Holmes many painstaking hours initiating female graduate students into the Norman M. Wilson mysteries of Automobile Mechanics. Norman 'Wilson bosses the machine shop in the basement of Hilles. he is a captive Real engineering majors are a blessing to him, because every winter drill presses by the bumb- witness to the atrocities wreaked upon his precious lathes and is expert gunsmith ling amateurs in the Non-Academic course in metalworking. He an and photographer. English The aggregation which comprises the English department, it diverse. The larg- has been said, may not be motley, but it certainly is it has also the est department on campus (eight faculty members), variously largest number of students, whom it influences even more than one might expect, inducing reactions from impatient disgust to enthusiastic and even eager approval. The chairman, Ralph Sargent, leads a large class through the an- is of nual ratrace of Shakespeare-in-one-semester, where the emphasis necessity upon who said what, rather than upon what it all means. A his sporty dresser, Sargent is ever open to suggestions for improving department, a fact which sometimes results in a horde of majors squirm- ing beneath some rather far-fetched innovations. Nevertheless, he manages to administer quite successfully a highly difficult conglom- eration of scattered courses and violently opposed ways of teaching them, and to see that most people emerge from beneath his aegis with at least some notion of what has gone on in English literature. The faculty's expert on Shakespearean pornography, he is reluaant to ex- pound it beyond an enigmatic reference or two. Edward ("Ned") Snyder is Haverford's epitome of sentimental scholarship. His favorite subject is poetry, which he embraces for its sound rather than for its sense, but he also teaches courses in drama, found in which is perpretrated some of the most atrocious acting to be read some more than worthwhile ma- anywhere, although the students if terial and are helped greatly by Snyder's historical background on it. Ralph M. Sargent 65 William H. Wishmeyer, Edward D. Snyder, Frank J. Quinn, Kenneth S. Wood roofe, Gerhard G. Friedrich He has been over-maligned for his theory of Hypnotic Poetry, which is not so dread- ful as many undergraduates like to make it, and which actually seems to sum up much of what there is to say about poetry. John ("Ahmed the Egyptian") Ashmead likes to pretend to be so cynical that he can never be disillusioned. Hence he manages to act perpetually surprised at any signs of perception he discovers in his students. Possibly the most acute man in the department, he brings his peculiar dyspeptic charm to bear both upon Human Values (Rhinie Division) and upon eighteenth and twentieth-century English lit. His courses are much sought-ifter and very rewarding. Kenneth Woodroofe, gift of Christ Church, Oxford, to Haverford, is at his best in Freshman English and sophomore Humanities, where his lively, almost giddy style skips merrily over the great and pregnant works there discussed. Not at all in the category of fun for the feeble-minded, however, Ken Woodroofe is able to mix horseplay with solid investigation, and gives his students some perceptive interpre- tations of the literature he treats. John Lester, absent this year for study at Oxford, is the precise and orderly librarian in spirit, and is bothered a bit by the loose ends which students persist in searching out and waving at him. It is unjust that such an unimpeachable Jack Merriwell should be dubbed "Dirty Jack the Pirate" by students, but such is under- graduate humor, and at least it indicates Lester's shining quality by pure incongruity. He is exhaustively thorough, and hence is most at home, and best in teaching, in Nineteenth Century Prose. Gerhard Friedrich, another Nineteenth Century man, is an extremely accurate fellow, who enjoys telling his classes with a conspiratorial air the inside truths about the classics, and sometimes even gives his classes a chance to repeat them back to him. His work with the freshmen has been outstanding; he has there (as well as in other courses) put his principal stress on making them think, a tack which the undergraduates have in general approved. William Wishmeyer must unavoidably be characterized as Walt Kelly's Albert the Alligator. In his worldly manner he destroys first middle class morality and then the instruments with which he destroyed it. It is rumored that during the fall of '53 he was blessed with a little philistine borne on the wings of an unutterable symbol. Frank Quinn, one of the most popular teachers on the campus, is like Woodroofe an Oxford man, and one of the most solid scholars around. His approach to litera- ture is flexible — any position, well-buttressed with sound argument, is acceptable — and his classes are a pleasure. He has given to students of English a mature and lively love of literature and of Frank Quinn. Gf.rman John A. Kelly, Alfred G. Steer, Harry W. Pfund John Kelly, head of the German department, is a delightful man with probably the best literary background and undoubtedly the most pixie wit on the campus. His reply to the gross manhandlings of German pronunciation by first-year students is only a mild, "Ach, die Aufsprache ist nicht so schon", but he can throw any seminar into laughter with his two-minute digest of the average German romantic novel, and those in his advanced courses report the absorption of great masses of material from him in the most painless fashion imaginable. He is a polished interpreter of Mozan and an erudite getitleman who is well worth knowing. Harry Pfund, the crisp, precise autocrat of the local version of Phi Beta Kappa, is a real lover of All Things Academic; this year he contributed the "Deutsche Lesezirkel" to the campus, where Haverford's Teutonophiles gathered to hear him read the leads in plays (and, when he got excited, all the roles). His courses are a bit dry for some, but he knows his stuff and is talented at imparting it. Alfred Steer, complete with German Shepherd dog, is by far the most Prussian in demeanor of the department; he commutes between Penn and Haverford dispensing the same accurate, hard-headed knowledge of the German language which made him head of the Language Division at the Nuremburg trials, concerning whose legal aspects, incidentally, he has grave reservations. A good, exacting teacher, he adds much to an already-excellent department. Greek and Latin Arnold Post, the world's greatest master of ad hominem ar- gument, is known for his translations of Menander, his curious but usually interesting analogies ( "Did you ever realize, Mr. Meads, that when you gaze at a flower you are staring into its genitals?"), and his consummate knowledge ofGreek literature and a vast storehouse of other things. If you're up on astron- omy, mytholog)', the history of the outhouse and non-miracu- lous interpretation of Biblical miracles, you'll like his courses Howard Comfort L. Arnold Post greatly, and will learn an .astonishing amount of Greek in the bargain. Only thick-skinned students should venture into the Greek Room, however; the jabs given even uninflated egos by this champion iconoclast will stick deeply if the recipient pays any attention to them. Although he likes to play the gruff old idol-smasher. Post is, beneath all that, a very kind and even sentimental man, who loves his students as much as his work. Classicist Howard Comfort is as comfortable on the cricket crease as he is while poring over his archeological relics or when folded and j,immed, all six feet plus of him, into his Renault. This versatile gentleman is, like Post, an expert at spotting and taking caustic note of student misapprehensions, and has the additional distinction of being the only Haver- ford professor who has taught a first-year grammar course by the lecture method. He is one of the finest representatives of a fine family. 67 History Thomas E. Drake, Wallace T. MacCaffrey The history department was given a terrific shot in the arm this year with the arrival of a man with the resounding name of Wallace Trevethic MacCaffrey, late of UCLA, trained at Reed and Harvard. Combining the best features of Lunt (facts) and Arragon (theories), he scared a number of freeloaders out of the department, and stunned the faithful few who remained with such astounding requirements of work that many of these wished they had gone the same way, despite the good accruing to their souls by staying. The possessor of perhaps the most uncoordinated walk ever seen on the Haver- ford campus, MacCaffrey also soon distinguished himself by forgetting something or other he meant to bring at almost every class, whether it was lecture notes, last week's papers or a fascinating book on social developments in the ninth century. Before long, however, he was recognized as one of the finest teachers and scholars on the faculty, and his students buckled down to work with the knowledge that they were studying under a man em- bodying the quintessence of learning, lucidity and insight. Thomas E. Drake, Curator of the Quaker Collection and Professor of History in that order, continued this year to expose his students to his bibliography and bibliophilia in American history, together with his Philosophy of Books ("You can't get a true appre- ciation of a book merely by looking at its title on a shelf; take it off the shelf, handle it, ") smell it . . . An expert on the ideological movements in American history, he is also an excellent guide on the annual tours to Old Philly and Gettysburg. Although his courses are sometimes sought out by the freeloaders mentioned above, they are rich with possibilities for the student who wants to pursue his own bent in historical inquiry, and Drake's mild erudition is most helpful to any student who is wise enough to utilize it. History of Art Richard Bernheimer all by himself makes this department one of the best to be found at Haverford. A brilliant, effervescent lecturer, he is doted upon ("Cinnamon- Bear" behind his back) by the students, although his odd pronounciations of French names can stymie them for weeks. He respects his classes for their interest in his subject and thus establishes a too-rare rapport conducive to the cooperative study of the world's great art. 68 MA'llirMATICS Robert C. James, Cletus O. Oakley, Albert H. Wilson, Paul B. Johnson Cletus Oakley, dynamiter of stumps and smokestack (cigars), is a very vigorous fellow given to beating the tar out of his faculty colleagues in handball and scaring the daylights out of freshman math students by his classroom bellowing. He also scares freshmen with his textbook, co-authored by himself and Carl AUcndiicrfcr, which accomplishes the seemingly impossible feat of making elementary mathematical logic difficult. Nevertheless, Clete is a very fine teacher — even better, perhaps, than he is a mathema- tician — and has turned out some majors who do him credit, especially in the fields of statistics and actu- arial mathematics. Robert James is one of the most universally-competent mathematicians anywhere, and he keeps his students hopping to keep up even with what he calls "simple" work. His exams are legendary: "Well, ." the highest grade on this one was 14, so I raised that to 97 and placed the others . . He astonished some student observers by actually finishing his house, acting in his capacity of master plumber, electrician and carpenter, and making it a most livable place besides; he accomplished this with the same self-effacing economy of time and exertion which characterizes his mathematics. Paul Johnson, spending a year at Haverford, has helped out by teaching the various courses in vari- ous geometries; he has been eager to become the students' friend, and by and large has succeeded in doing so. The indefatigable Albert Wilson, probably the best-loved man on the faculty, zipped through an- other year of "retirehicnt" with his perennial bounce. Untiring in his patient explanations to the annual crop of befuddled underclassmen, he gave his time and effort unstintingly, and won the highest regard of all who came in contact with him. Music The college catalogue remarks that Haverford's music department exists for the purpose of train- ing "enlightened workers in the field of music". At least one observer has been led to question whether this means piano tuners. Nevertheless, the music department is a very vigorous going concern, and bene- fits as many students as any other. Bill Reese, Autocrat of the Glee Club, smiles nervously when his hundred singers bellow on pitch for him, but tears up his music in a fit of rage when the imbecile croakings of his First Basses prove too much to be borne by his sensitive soul. Under his careful but some- times inspired direction, the Glee Club has grown in musical stature Alfred Swan, William H. Reese until such centers of culture as Vassar and Mount Holyoke are beg- J. ging for a chance to sing with them, although it may be simply that the Haverford horseflesh is improving in attractiveness. Alfred Swan makes a yearly appearance in Collection to direct a concert featuring the work of "his composers ' as he likes to call them. This affair provides the student body with a too-rare view of Swan, but he is generally at his best then, even though he has not recently managed to equal his remark of three years ago, concerning the effete music of a student whom he thought to resemble a "Pari- sian snob". His understanding of college precedure is pixillated to the point of chaos, but such disorder is, we are told, only the mark of an artist. 69 Philosophy Haverford's philosophy department shelters an ex-farmer turned globe-trot- ter, a fugitive jurist, and a doggedly clear-headed logician. The chairman, Douglas Steere, has much to offer in religious philosophy and nineteenth- century thought, but is absent so many semesters on missions for the AFSC as to be nearly an unknown quantity to his majors. When teaching at Hav- erford, the jovial Old King Cole of the department tends to veer either in- to Lives Of The Saints or into Human- istic Service To Depressed Peoples, but when both here and at last pinned Francis H. Parker, Douglas V. Steere, Martin Foss down to philosophy, he is highly ef- fective as a teacher and shows that he is worth all the time students have spent waiting for him. Martin Foss is an extremely stimulating interpreter and an uncompromisingly independent thinker Appealing perhaps most to the older, more mature students, his torrential delivery disconcerts some ob- servers, but to the student a little way along in philosophy, or to the perceptive observer of life his in- tensely characteristic slant is usually most illuminating. One has difficulty in detaching Fossian philo- oophy from Foss (hence his courses are dubbed Tossophy"), but one can learn much from the com- bination. Frank Parker, apostle of clarity, is rewarding any way you get him, individually or in class. In in- dividual work he IS perhaps at his best; here confused exposition is cut to pieces without apology ("not clear in the interest of precision. ) He occasionally sinks into desperate silence in the presence of foggy vocal expression. Rare instances of a whimsical and obscure humor, enormous patience with obstinate dull- ness, and the most obvious of puns mark his classroom work. Physics Thomas A. Benham, Richard M. Sutton Richard M. ("Mad Dick") Sutton, chairman and Chief Jester of the physics department, is known as the originator "fl of the appalling phrase, "put the Fizz in Physics!" In order to maximize the Fizz quotient, he de- monstrates nuclear fission with forty-seven mousetraps and ninety-five corks, illustrates the physical notion of Work in terms of moving a privy up a mountain using mountain-climbing tools, and distorts graphs drawn on the board to make them resemble more closely the female figure. As a result, Physics 13-14 is a tough hurdle for those students who need il- lumination from the teacher (i. e. for most students). With his magnum opus, the book Demonstration Physics, he has set forth his distinctive brand of pedagogy for the enlightenment of the rest of the scientific world. If you want to learn everything there is to know about electronics, the man to see is Thomas A. Benham, whose courses on the subject are highly cogent and highly difficult. He is a winning man, who sheds warmth as well as light on his field, and who has gathered around him the only genuine cenacle of faithful students on the campus. These may be found most evenings at his house engaged in discourses about any one of a number of things, but especially about high-fidelity amplification and the finer points of Bessel functions. 70 Political Science John P. Rrxhe Morton A. Kaplan Herman M. Somcrs Herman M. ("Red") Somers teaches a number of courses in the Department of Harsh Realities, beliefs in such foolish where he nails to the wall an average of five students a week when they venture "Truth". Classes with him notions as "justice", "right", "good", "the long run "."faith" or—especially— "Administration is the center ("squirmin' with Herman") are an inquisition, where the central rubrics, (1 ) Eflfective government is possible, of life" and (2) "All generalizations are false", are the only safe refuges. or at least thoroughly says he, only where responsibility is nailed down and ethics is out the window, in Washington, who has sublimated. A superb teacher, he is also a superb administrator, much in demand continues to snap at the managed to remain at Havcrford despite arm-twisting from the capital, and naive, "If you're not talking about method, you're not talking about anything." championship soccer team, is a real John Roche, professor of poli. sci. and member of the seniors' American life master of parody and irreverence {in re Douglas MacArthur: "The greatest sex substitute in first YMCA since the invention of the yoyo". In re Hegel: "Plato on a tricycle". In re St. Paul: "The the point; he is secretary"). However, Roche does pretty well at not letting the metaphors run away with European history, especially well versed in the syndicalist movements and the politics of American and approving attention. He and his publications in constitutional law and civil rights have received much by Europeans who refer to him is troubled by a doubt whether Truth is anti-democratic but is amused seek his counsel. as a sociological jurist. A fine teacher, he is a warm friend to the many students who he is more than Morton Kaplan, in his first year with the department, is a man with a system, which right, but it requires a eager to defend at the drop of an hour or two. It is so complex that it must be fellow from Freudian-Hegelian-Hobbesian approach to be understood. By all appearances he is a brilliant whom Haverford may have much to gain. international organi- Field Haviland, who spent the year in studying international economics, is an overcoat looks as if it's zation man through and through. An excellent teacher in discussion, whose further with his return. straight from the foreign service, he should enhance this fine department even Psychology John D. Campbell Abraham Pepinsky The psych department adopted a new "Get (a little) Tougher" policy this year. Carefully arranging an honors program which excluded all its majors, it adjusted a cello- phane facade which fooled no one. but showed commendable impulse. It looks forward head. to a more fundamental change next year, with the arrival of a new deparment Uncle Abe Pepinsky, father image of the Freshmen, gives his time selflessly to any local boys' clubs. His and all mental health problems, both at Haverford and at some in ad- willingness to test anybody for anything makes him indispensable to the students; dition he is an accomplished violist. John Campbell continued his emphasis on social psychology this year, giving his his en- students an accurate and scholarly, if one-sided, account of man as a function of of class. vironment. He is highly regarded by his students, both in and out 71 Public Finance and Taxation John Herndon, once the sole member of the poli. sci. de- partment, is now the local expert on taxation. He dislikes Keynes- ian economics and in text assignments habitually skips the chapters dealing with this approach ("I can't understand the graphs in this chapter"). In class he tells lengthy stories about J personal experiences which students find difficult to connect in any way with the course; his classes feature very enjoyable re- cesses for cookies and coke. Income tax is his forte, and if any- one wants to know about this, John Herndon is doubtless the man to look up. John G. Herndon Romance Languages French Having exchanged Indiana's straw hat for a beret and French bicycle, friendly, sincere Larry Wylie has brought to the French department a stress on literary values and the study of the life of the French people which is a welcome departure from the grammar-and-phonetics circuit usually found in college French courses to the exclusion of other, more important matters. He is a social scientist on the side, and his own case studies in France are brought to bear relevantly on his courses; he does not profess a knowledge of "surrealisme, existentalisme, fatalisme and determin- isme", but gives his students a firm reading knowledge and an understanding of what makes the French nation tick. Georges Auclair, here for one year on exchange with Laurence W. Wylie, Georges Auclair Marcel Gutwirth, has bossed the French House in a truly Gallic "grande maniere" and has set his classes on their ears with his erudite "explications du texte". He aston- ished his second-year classes by assuming that they knew enough French to understand his machine-gun delivery (they didn't, but they learned fast), but the sur- prises he had for his advanced students were all pleasant ones, in the form of penetrating and skilful dis- cussion and the ability to convey effectively his consummate command of his own language. He returned to France with rhe well-wishes of virtually all his students. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel J. Asensio Spanish The Senor A.sensio, in the words of Harold Clurman, is in- deed "beloved, benign and benevolent". Besides being a patient instructor to the "non-lingui", the "el Dr." has discovered TV, which he seems to have adapted successfully to his Latin tem- perament. It is believed that his cigarette holder is only a substi- titute for a swagger stick. With his Senora, he presides over Spanish House with a charm both literate and genteel. 72 Russian Frances deGraff, one of those rare specimens of Bryn Mawr professors who have adopted a motherly attitude to- ward Havcrford students, is from Leiden University in the Netherlands, has at various times been behind the Iron Cur- tain, and during World War II worked on Russian dic- tionaries for the U. S. Government She possesses also the most linguistically sensitive dog in this area; her "Tony" has been known to react to commands given in five differ- ent languages. She rules Russian at Bryn Mawr and Haver- ford with competence and aplomb. Frances deGraff Sociology Milton M. Gordon, Ira deA. Reid Ira ("Operationally Significant") Reid, who excels in the sociologists' art of making two (or more) words do where one would normally suffice, is a dynamic personality, who makes sociology not only a vocabulary exercise but a vital experience. He knows his field inside out, and if you can stand the terminology you will find great insight and per- ceptive observation concealed under all the obfuscations. Milton Gordon, a conscientious and welcome newcomer from Drew, is concerned primarily with American social strata and stuns his class by insisting that sociometry is a thrilling departure in sociology. Gordon shows a keen interest in the neighborhood community and has been very active in enlisting workers for his laudable community center in Philadelphia. 73 VARIOUS AND SUNDRY Bennett S. Cooper Lester C. Haworth Alumni Secretary Vice-President William Docherty, Roy E. Randall Patricia T. Docherty Assistant Director and Director, Physical Education Bookstore IS Miriam Nugent Dietician Mabel S. Beard William W. Lander, M.D. Bill Carter Resident Nurse College Physician Mail Room Richard O. Morsch Athletic Trainer Library Staff Mrs. G. G. Friedrich, Constance Hyslop, Anna B. Hewitt, Mrs. Doris H. Darnell. Elizabeth Delaney, Marija K. Krasauskas, Mrs. Lunetta Headley, Else Goldberger, Mrs. Esther Ralph, Mrs. Ruth Reese. 75 PHILIPS VISITORS The faculty has been augmented since the spring of 1952 by the bringing to the campus of the Philips Visitors, probably the most impressive series of intellectual swells ever to visit a college Haverford's size. Their influence has been profound; both scien- tists and statesmen have, on the whole, worked liard and effeaively to widen the stu- dents' perspective, and the Administration and students, on the other hand, have per- formed admirably in improving the program toward utilizing the advantages of the small college (principally close contact between students and teachers) while gaining some of those of the large one (such as the caliber of the men who visit it to teach). A Philips Visitor comes to the campus under the residual estate of William Pyle Philips, '02; he may stay anywhere from one day to one semester, but in any case his program is arranged to maximize personal contact with individual students and small groups. It is a highly commendable program. PHILIPS Visitors, 1951-1952 Sir John Boyd-Orr — Chancellor of Glasgow University; former Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization, U. N. Richard Courant — Professor of Mathematics and Director of the Insti- tute for Mathematics and Mechanics, N. Y. U. Gerard Kuiper — Research Professor of Astronomy, Yerkes Observatory Charles Malik — Minister of the Republic of Lebanon to the U. S. A. Henry Margenau — Higgins Professor of Physics and Natural Philosophy, Yale University Paul-Heruri Spaak — Chairman of the European Movement; former Prime Minister of Belgium 1952-1953 Marston Bates Professor of Zoology, University of Michigan Bart Bok Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University Harrison Brown Professor of Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology Ralph J. Bunche Director of the Division of Trusteeship, U. N.; President, American Political Science Association James Callaghan Member of Parliament from South Cardiff, 'Wales S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor of Astrophysics, University of Chicago Arthur Coble Emeritus Professor of Mathematics, University of Illinois Spaak Bunche Callaghan Chandrasekhar C. Daryll Fonle Professor of Anthropology, University of I-ondon Ardiibald Maclx-ish Boylston Professor of Rhetoric, Harvard University, former Assistant Secretary of State David Mitrany Adviser to Unilever, Limited; member, Institute for Advanced Siudy Jack R. Rces, M.D. Director, World Federation for Mental Health Hans Radcmacher Professor of Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania Eleanor R(x>scvc'lt Member, United States Dele>;ation to the U. N. Hugh S. Taylor Professor of Chemistry and Dc-an of the Graduate School, Princeton University 1953-1954 Roger Adams (li.nrni.m. Department of (Chemistry, University of Illinois Chester 1. Barnard President, National Science Foundation; former Presi- dent, New Jersey Bell Telephone Company W. Sterling Cole Member of the House of Representatives; Chairman, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy of the House and Senate Brock A. Chisholm,M.D. Former Director-General, World Health Organization, United Nations Charles A. Coulson Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University Haven Emerson, M.D. Emeritus Professor of Public Health, Columbia Uni- versity; former President of Board and Commissioner, Dcpt. of Health, New York City Enrico Fermi Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, University of Chicago Howard A. Rusk, M.D. Associate Editor, New York Times; Chairman, Dept. of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, N. Y. U. College of Medicine Glenn T. Seaborg — Professor of Chemistry, University of California William P. Shepard, M.D. — Vice President, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Joseph Stokes, Jr., M.D. — Bennett Professor of Pediatrics, University of Penn- sylvania, Physician-in-Chief, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Martin Schwarzchild Higgins Professor of Astronomy, Princeton University Jan Tinbcrgen Director, Central Planning Office of The Netherlands Albert W. Tucker Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University Walter H. Zinn Director, Argonne National Laboratory Raymond E. Zirkle Professor of Radiology, Institute of Radiobiology and Biophysics, University of Chicago MacLeish Seaborg TiNBERGEN ZiNN lUMII I STUDENTS' COUNCIL I Left to right, around table: Matlack, Kirby, Borton, Brainard, Sachs, Phelps, Greer, Mikhail, Sanson. Rear: Smith, Comfort, Felstiner, Mead. Groupthink On The Campus Good Government has come to Haverford. A benevolent Students' Council smiles through an iron mask at the Grass Roots, who have dates but reflect no dishonor on selves, dates or College, who break no windows, who keep clean financial accounts in campus organizations, and who assign an absolute maximum of one-third of their votes in Council elections to the odd candidates not previously on the Council, whose candidacy is much like the flight of the bird through the Anglo-Saxon hall, bounded before and after by obscurity. Leader this year in the Council's effective campaign of Crimestop was President Steve Sachs, Chief of Thinkpol, who, helped by the graduation of the incorrigibly Oldthink Class of '53, was able to pass on to his successor, Paulding Phelps, a con- stituency generally bellyfeeling toward the Regime. A doubleplusgoodthinker con- cerning the Honor System, in which he majored, Steve achieved that Groupthinkman's dream of promoting the most widespread discussion of the three-thirty time limit and having it all reach the same conclusion. Having disposed of Sexcrime, the Council turned to the widespread malversation and peculation in radio station WHRC, dis- covered by the unerring Treasurer, Charlie ("Walls Have Ears") Brainard. Public confessions were duly extracted and a pale and wan WHRC staff, very much ashamed of the Trust it had Violated, went back to work, washed clean once more by the momentarily-stern but ultimately-Allforgiving Council. Phelps, the Council Secretary, kept the masses well supplied with prolefeed (min- utes) which was anxiously scanned by undergraduates for news of their purged fellows. Others prominently connected with the Organization were Wis Comfort, Student Af- fairs Coordinator, the AUsee who contrived an ingenious scheme whereby no organi- zation could find a place to meet when one of the Council's "open meetings" was scheduled, and Annexman Jim Felstiner, who turned in a commendable performance in representing that festering sore of Oldthink, Merion Annex, without himself being tainted with Thoughtcrime, which was all anyone could expect. 78 riic (Councils attivitjcs during ilic year, summarizablc under the general heading of Getting Hveryont To Participate And Still Come Out With The Right Answers, were directed toward ( 1 ) indoctrination of tlie freshmen ( they actually used the word "indoctrination", a rare slip), (2) indoctrination concerning the Honor System and (3) sound and fury concerning the curriculum. As to the freshmen, these blcatmg sheep were brought to the campus three days earlier than the rest of the College, allowing the Customs Committee and the Council a field day for channeling impres- sionable mmds mto giHKlihinkful areas. There was no more Rhinie-baiting, no more black socks required at Meeting; the object wiis Integration — not into a class, as before, but into the College Community, devoid of the decadent and wicked class distinctions heretofore provoked by utterly crimethinkful Customs Committees. The Great Brainwash iti re the Honor System was led by Committee Chairman Paul Seaver, a master of doublethink who could talk morality while effectively instil- ling conformity. Featured here was the frequent Two Minutes Hate directed at the Council of 1930-51, who, it seemed, had thrown the Honor System pledges on the jloor for the nascent Class of '54 to sign; this "they tried to kill Big Brother" rou- tine was quite successful in promoting an attitude of fear and disgust toward the time, now ( praise be! ) long past, when the Council was not the center of campus life. The Committee on Curriculum, captained by Mont Furth, conducted several al- legedly searching investigations of academic f)olicy all of which managed to end in resounding approval of the statt/s quo, this conclusion being wisely encased in a num- ber of very minor suggestions not affecting the important aspects of the curriculum at all. The central rubric of this Committee ("What is, is good") and its facade of advocating individual work made it almost as gtxxl an example of doublethink as the Honor System Committee, since with all its grandiose pretensions nothing seemed to happen to materialize them. "The Machine? What Machine?" 79 The Student Curriculum Committee jfl .JD -JH a^^H ^S^H I Seated: Rothermel, Hankamer, Furth (chairman). Moss. Standing : Benjamin, Praper, Packard, Bourne, Isay. Not shown: Craig, Crawford, Fouike, Jameson, Klots. The Honor System Committee Feeser, Phelps, Wren, Smith, Seaver (chairman). Not shouii: Witherspoon. The Customs Committee Seated: Harrison, Borton (chairman), Scott, Arm- strong. Schwentker. Standing: Strotbeck, Morrow, Smith. Thomas, Weaver. Not shoun: K. Miller, Reno, Rothermel, Mead. 80 STUDENTSHIP Or, Thi- Art of Getting Through College Wnirotrr Actually Working (This short manual of the Art of Studentship is offered neither as a panacea for the weak intellect nor as an art which is in any way novel. It is not for the student who wishes merely to pass, but rather for the one who wishes to substitute for the somewhat tedious process of Learning the more spectacular devices of Insight, Integration, piercing Analysis and sweeping Synthesis. Wc believe that we are neither giving away any secrets nor opening the way for future student irresponsibility; there is nothing new about Studentship— in fact, all instructors were once students and, very probably, Srudent- mcn tlicm.selvcs. The three divisions we describe do not exiiaust the complete Studentman, but tliey always characterize him.) I. EXAMINATIONSHIP A. The Known/Written Ratio (or Efficiency Coefficient) This ratio may be defined as the relation of the amount which the Studentman knows about the subject in which lie is being examined, to the amount which he actually writes down. For the ideal Studentman, the ratio is 1; i.e. he has learned no more than would sei-ve his purposes in the examination. If the ratio is more than 1, the student is not a Studentman but a Grind; if it is less than 1, the student is writing beyond his knowledge, and enters the realm of Bulling. A most careful distinction must be made between Studentship and Bulling, for, although the rwo are related, Bulling is essentially a rambling discourse proceeding from ignorance, while Student- ship is essentially the acute employment of a minimum of knowledge to its maximum effectiveness. It should be mentioned that utilization of this Ratio presupposes acquaint- ance with the corollary art of Spotting. B. The Elliptical or Ambiguous Expression. Implied Knowledge 1. One aspect of this general area is the employment of a fact so as to emphasize not its crass factuality but, in some way, its vast implications. Hence the Studentman writes not that "Soviet coal production increased from 28 million tons in 1910 to 261 million tons in 1950", but that "The tumultuous forty years from 1910 to 1950 were replete with social and economic upheaval, manifested in such striking developments as the unparalleled increase in the production of solid fuel". Note that every part of the Studentman's sentence is factual, yet that it puts its stress on great trends which the reader of the examination knows in some detail, and that it is designed to call these details to his mind without actually stating them. In addi- tion, such a sentence gives an impression that the Studentman has a feeling for the tremendous importance of the events he is studying, a feeling which the instructor has doubtless tried earnestly to promote and which he sees evidenced infrequently, hence with great pleasure. 2. Another employment of the same practice is the dropping of names, either important or obscure. To illustrate: "The controversy between Osborn and Wolfson on this point bears heavily here", or, "Such was the import, for example, of Commissar Lobachevsky's recent statement", or, "We are in substantial agreement with Von Hugel on this point". Again, the desired effect here is to conjure up in the reader's mind a whole mass of details not explicitly stated; the Studentman need not mention exactly who took what side in the controversy between Osborn and Wolfson (whoever they are) or just what it was that Von Hugel said, but only state a general relevance. C. A Degenerate Gambit, Not Without Merit Some apprentice (Sophomore) Studentmen follow the practice of removing one leaf (four sides) from each examination bcwk before they begin writing, then proceed- ing to write the examination as they ordinarily would. The instructor is impressed by the number of books which the apprentice Studentman has filled, yet also with the extraordinary conciseness of his answers. 81 II. The Gimmick A. The Studentman, in attacking a problem, always gets a Gimmick. A Gim- mick is a twist put on a problem, an angle, whereby the alleged "point" of, say, a literary classic, stands out in great — and usually false — clarity. Generally the procedure is to state sweepingly the Gimmick which is supposed to sum up the core. of the problem for — example, "The root problem of Aeschylus' Agamemnon is the problem of the One and the Many" — and then to discuss at great length the Gim- mick (e.g. "the One and the Many") with only enough reference to the work (e.g. the Agamemnon) to prevent its occurring to the instructor that the Studentman isn't sticking to the point. The essence of the Gimmick is that it need not be at all what the author had in mind when he wrote his work; it is an imposition, an illegitimate distillation, and it excuses the fact that often a good many aspects of the work under consideration fail to conform to it, by claiming to be piercing the heart of the matter and discarding all the chaff. Since the history of human thought seems to have run in certain lines and to have been not entirely random, the Studentman can, by appli- cation of certain standard Gimmicks, explain most works of literature and much of philosophy and social science. B. Classes of Gimmicks 1. The Paradox The Paradox is the basic type of Gimmick. Some basic Paradox is selected which can be made to shed light on the subject, give or take a little distortion; two appar- ently contradiaory alternatives are shown to be, ultimately, One. The result is, of course, a gross oversimplification, but as has been pointed out, the Studentman phrases his discussion so as to sneer slightly at those who see only a complex welter of irreconcilables. He claims to be "cutting to the core" of the problem. A few fertile Paradoxes are: Definition is Negation (Hegel, Henry James, Machiavelli) Suffering is Purification (Homer, Shakespeare) Life is Death (Bible, early T S. Eliot) Death is Life (Death is Resurrection, From Death comes Life, Tomb is Womb) (Bible, late T S. Ehot) Seeming Evils may be Good (Plato, many others) Seeming Goods may be Evil (Plato, many others) One is Many; Many is One (anybody) Virtue presupposes Vice (Malraux) True Innocence presupposes Experience (Blake) 2. The Dilemma and the Dialectic The Dilemma is related to the Paradox; it, too, has seemingly opposed alternatives. However, where the alternatives of the Paradox are shown to be, finally, the same thing, those of the Dilemma or Dialectic are allowed to interact and form a Synthesis. What others call eclecticism and shun, the Studentman calls Synthesis and embraces. In this way he gets in the bare minimum of facts and yet relieves himself of taking a stand. This is also a good place for him to get in a few licks about how "The issue is terribly complex and impossible of simple solution" (see "Implied Knowledge", l.B.l) — before demolishing the complexity and presenting his own, super-simple solution to the probably irrelevant Dilemma proposed. Here are some sample Dialectics: Opposition and Reconciliation (Hegel, Marx) Identification through Opposition (Toynbee) The Height of Success contains the Seeds of Downfall (most playwrights) 3. Analogy This fecund type of Gimmick can only be touched upon here. Its principal employ- ment is in microcosm-macrocosm ploys — for example, "The life of Tolstoy's Ivan Ilyich represents minimally the life of mankind" (or "Man in Microcosm"), or, "Thus while Plato's State was like a man (man writ large), Hobbes' was like a whale (Leviathan), and Locke's had exploded into its component atoms". 82 C. A Short Ix'xicon of (.immick Kxpressions Absolmc. Rthuivc Minimal, Maximal, Minimajt Asyniptoie Nadir Complex (noun) Nexus Congeries 0"<-- and Many Continuum Paradox Dichotomy (or Great Dichotomy; Frtxedure and Substance Dimension ^"'^ Dynamism Riddle of Life Embryo Space-Time Esoteric, Exoteric Symmetry Antithesis Interstices Thesis & Juxtaposition Tomb is Womb Matrix Ultimacy MicrcKosm, Macrocosm Unity, Identity III. TOADYSHIP certain activities which, when The Studentm.in often finds ii profitable to carry on can most done ineptly, are obvious and revolting to the expert, bur which be of Pull, Boot- helpful if performed with finesse. Toadying goes also by the names skill and licking, Suck and Apple-polishing. Here the various ploys depend on the few. interests of the individual Studentman; we shall mention only a (seminars only) A. The "Only You & I Really Understand This" Ploy discussion go on for The studentman sits in class next to the instructor. He lets the growling half an hour or so, while he presents a demeanor of deep concentration and puzzlement (furrowed brow, etc.) — at his own thought, not the discussion. During the instructor thinks tliis time he inwardly notes the parts of the day's topic on which himself most eloquent. At some relevant point he turns to the instructor and asks (instructor thinks him a question which will allow him to express his favorite views tone not to self; "Good, searching question!"), and asks it in a low, conversational it's and meant for the mob at the other end of the table, giving an air of "look, you instructor answers, the Studentman's I who know what's really involved in this". As the instructor reaches face gradually fills with light; he nods at intervals, and, when the the the climactic stage in the argument, murmurs "Ah!" or '"Ves!" At the end of explanation, the Studentman murmurs "Yes, of course; that's good!" and flashes the ) then leans back, instructor an understanding look (one colleague to anothei . He batter laces his fingers and stares at the ceiling, patiently prepared to let the mob some more at the topic he and the instructor have pierced together. B. The "Interdisciplinary Cross-Fertilization" Ploy ("The Key to Everything") material of another. This is simply the practice of bringing to bear on one course the is in appears It is best to do this in such terms that the course the Studentman as the one which brings together and makes sense of the material learned ("But I didn't really understand it till now") in the others. C. Classroom Ploys to Avoid Being Called On 1. Intent paging through text, eyes riveted on it, brow furrowed 2. Ducking beneath table to tie shoe (crude; for emergency use only) 3. Thoughtful gaze out window 4. Filibuster on the one shred of knowledge possessed by Studentman 5. Creating of impression that Studentman is just on the point of piercing to the great unifying thread of the whole course (by telepathy: "Please — please don't interrupt the chain of thought") D. Miscellaneous Ploys 1. Casual reference to current periodicals in field 2. Casual reference (pejorative) to professor's rival on faculty 83 HAVERFORD NEWS ROCHE. "This is terrible; if it keeps up for six more months the Haverford News will find out about it!" Faculty Class Night Show, March, 1952. Ignoring such inherited onus as the above, and surmounting popular demands for vigorous yellow journalism by thumbnail lectures on the "responsibilities of the monop- oly newspaper and the " "New York Times philosophy of undergraduate publishing Edi- tor John Kelly was able in 1953-54 to maintain the Haverford News as a sober, detached ya sympathetic editorial voice. After a year of defending the front page from Sports Editor Arthur Kleins blasts at the athletic department and the editorial column from the libelous proclivities of certain of his editors, Kelly turned over to his successor Bill Packard a News neater and more mature, if less arousing, than the one he received. The year was marked by the assumption by the News of the responsibility of carry- ing to the alumni group the latest news about a building program which climaxed finan- cially about once a month and editorially at least twice as often. In addition, the News felt compelled to take a stand on campus issues and exhibited its moderate conservatism in its reserved yet definite opposition to dining room food, athletic admissions, and an active Founders Club, and in its dispassionate support of water fights within limits school spirit in moderation, and a three-thirty weekend time limit in toto. During the course of the year innumerable professors were profiled with discourag- ing regularity and sometimes disturbing inaccuracy by various members of the staff. To Senor News Editor Montgomery Furth fell the task of making English logic from the mumbled non sequiturs of a host of Collection speakers, while to Editors John Jordan and Bill Packard was given the job of probing into the past accompishments and Haver- ford activities of an ever growing swarm of Philips visitors. Managing Editor Gordon Shedd took a satisfactorily condescending attitude toward Bryn Mawr's dramatic efforts, and Lutz Prager could be counted on weekly to throw into outrage, by subtle misem- phases in reports of meetings, a Students' Council more sensitive to the nuances of ideo- logical line than a cell of Marxist exegetes. In his Across the Desk column Kelly chroni- The News Board: Furth, Jordan, Kelly, Packard, Anderson. Right: Packard and Schott. tat with cled informal campus happenings and occasionally exchanged libelous tit for John Roche. Tlie feature columns were generally claimed by reviews of plays, concerts, Haverford literary magazines, and by 1).V. Steerc, who kept Haverford mformcd of the situation in Africa from his mud hut in Uganda. The ur^.mi/ation of the l9'5V^'i Haverford News was informal to the point of chaos hut effective enough to assure the near weekly issue of some 4500 copies and de- livery of at least some of tiicse papers through the efTicienr circulation department of Peter Armstrong and Jack Dick. The characteristic sang froid of the editorial board was disturbed only on Thursday afternoons when editors Kelly and Shedd went to the prnitirs .ind smiult.uieously rewrote headlines, persuaded Sports Editor Klein that sports news must be confined to page three, and tried to keep on the job two printers and three linotype operators who valued work on the Haverford News a gorxl deal less than the maintainance of an eight hour day. Plagued by an engraver who overvalued (and con- .sequently under-employed) his acid, the News ran pictures which often gave the impres- sion of Rorshach tests but which were always fascinating if seldom intelligible. They were inserted in a balanced inakeup which was generally neater and more artistic than most ni the News' past. Arthur Klein and his assistant Johns Hopkins took charge of the sports page and departed from the usual presentation of box scores to throw their weight strongly behind league" and vi- such issues as the proposed and subsequently abandoned "potted ivy ciously against the twelve students who were so indifferent to Haverford athletics as to the remain in the library during a basketball game. Although being slowly swamped by advertising brought in by an assiduous advertising staff under Ira Kanrer, the spons de- department was able, through innovations such as the guest editors column and KJeins "Time Out" column, to gain a sizeable following. The thankless task department of the News was handled well this year by Alumni Editors George Anderson and Burtt Richardson, who interpreted Alumni Director Bc-n Cooper's announcements and capably recorded the vital statistics of Haverford's gradu- unprecedented ates. 'William Kaye was business manager and handled the office with an efficiency which resulted in a $300 surplus during the first semster of his tenure. Anderson and Furth Editor Kelly and successor Packard HAVERFORD DRAMA CLUB The Haverford Drama Club has not lately fallen slave to its box-office; neither has it held Broadway as a neon signal-guide. The Club's undertakings have been each one a challenge and a reward. In May 1953 a produaion of "The Duchess of Malfi" featured Bryn Mawr's Doris Kaiser and a sensitively designed set by Fritz Janschka. Directed by J. N. Smith, as- sisted by Professor Frank Quinn, the stylized treatment of this Elizabethan Webster tragedy portrayed an emotional intensity which may have stimulated the actors more than the audience. The presentation of Oscar Wilde's "A Woman Of No Importance" in the fall of revealed 1953 unusually sympathetic acting on the parts of Elsie Kemp and freshman Bill Moss. The play concerned a trusting woman deceived; her eventual triumph finds her more noble and more human than her deceptor, whom at long last she is able to de- scribe as "a man of no importance". In directing this production Rodney Clurman and Frank Quinn greatly improved the text through cutting; nonetheless the play itself failed to measure up either to the proferred acting or to the audience. 1953-54's second play was a story of a merchant family in the post-Civil War South: Hellman's "The Little Foxes". It concerned the fatal struggle of the tradition of Southern gentility against the invading, pernicious influence of industrial money grub- bing. The disillusioned, alcoholic Birdie, perceptively played by Constance Hicks, re- presented the best in of the old South; the fiery Regina (Clare Weigand) personified unprincipled selfishness as she took advantage of the current industrial developments; Regina's husband Horace ( Philip Howorth ) had always a superhuman, objective insight into the ultimate course of things. of Chaillot", and with April saw a presentation of Jean Giradoux' "The Madwoman in a world ordered by a kindhearted, it a pliilosophicai problem: would man be happier Muir, and John Kittredge methodical lunatic.-' The title character was played by Marilyn had the role of the suave, logical-minded corporation president. The Tliousand Two half-hour readings met with outstanding success. "Anne Of alarming iden- Days", featuring Elsie Kemp and Bill Packard, brought to its audience an directed a reading of "A tity with a queen beheaded. And at Christmas John Hawkins here, and the message had its Child Is Born"; there was more than entertainment impact. thought- The year has seen an increase in drainatic interest, a leaning toward more individual in- provoking, perhaps less understandable plays, and a greater emphasis upon rewarding re- terpretation of character. President Bill Bibbins has led the Club to more times his omis- lations with the Administration and the Students' Council, and many disastrous last- sion to complain over numberless crises has saved a production from founda- minute intrigue. The members' support has been enthusiastic, and a new, solid, tion for future success has been laid. JSPQ g O -.2 o >• C J2 - 2 rt Jh ^ o- -o c 3. j<; - "O iM qj C flj G a;" = 4:fH - " , S^ C 6 - " '^ 5! ^ ,^ S '= E-^'S J! .2 - - O M ~= ^ X "~-= i: U "5 - .- ^ ii! >. « oa ^^ 5^ 5 w > o - (U 5j O G c o ffl «/> - vn ™ > "^ x| s .> t ^ ^ 1^ rt "u -a till- :2 ... .S < c ^ c S 2 o ^ Ji =^^ s ,3K .2 S* *' "^ 2 ^ £ it" U-l-l>5 H Oh GLEE CLUB "You're nothing, NOTHING! " With this encouragement from William Reese echo- ing in its cars, the Glc-c Club has returned to another season of its own peculiar sort of music-making. If this article were to concern itself with the ofttimcs witty similes of its director, it might well cover more pages than the Record has available. Suffice it to say that Haverford College po.ssesses the only glee club whose members are requested, nay urged, to sing like ( I ) a group of rabbits chewing grass, (2; a Neanderthal caveman eating spinach ( the question whteher Neanderthals ever ate spinach is purely an aca- demic one and has never seemed to harm the force of the injunction), or (3) merely a group of students with their mouths full of applesauce. One wonders how the magni- ficent chorales of Heinrich Schutz would sound if rendered by a chorus of applesauce- stuffed mouths. The Club consists of a director, the aforementioned Mr. Reese, noted for his moun- tain climbing and baking as well as for his directing, an accomp>anist, Bill Meads, the only piano player with a mental block against F natural, a President, Mo Johnson, whose greatest desire was fulfilled when in class night he got a chance to sing like an Italian baritone, and (of course) a chorus, a herd of 95 tenors and basses with some of the strongest and most uncontrolled diaphragms in the business. This conglomeration re- hearsed faithfully two nights a week, the result of which was some pretty fair music. The opening program of the season was a concert with the Baldwin School, fol- lowed by one with Bryn Mawr—the obvious comparison will nor be made here. A]so in the pre-Christmas season was a trip to Westtown School for one of the regular bi-annual concerts. In late February and early March, the Glee Club invaded the areas of Allentown and Northhampton, to do battle with the choruses of Cedar Crest and Smith respectively. The Faure Requiem was the featured work at each of these concerts and was done rather well both times. The Smith concert marked the Glee Club's second attempt to surmont the vocal moat to a New England college. These concerts were followed by a spring trip with the Hollins College Choir which brought the combined clubs before alumni audiences in Lynchburg, Norfolk, Baltimore and Washington with the usual half-hour of demi-tasse and demi-talk at each place. The season ended with a comprehensive festival of the music of Heinrich Schutz. Some of the singing at that festival led to the remark that Haverford is the only college in the country which can boast of a glee club with stereophonic sound. One freshman adroitly summed up one of the current opinons about the glee club when he stated that being with the girls was fun, but that all that singing was kind of irritating. 89 WHRC WHRC, "the only radio station you can get by turning on the hot-water faucet", ex- panded its broadcasting time to a twenty- hour schedule this year in cooperation with affiliated Philadelphia stations. Under Presi- dent Amar Singh, other innovations took place with the help of doubled participa- tion in the station and the growth of an outstanding technical staff. A new UP tele- type machine made for the training of more and better newscasters, and a host of new programs high in originality and, every so often, quaUty, appeared. There was a financial snafu in the sec- ond semester which proved almost impos- sible to trace to its source; however, the Council, with its impossible-to-rattle Char- lie Brainard, moved in swiftly if loudly, and managed to straighten things out sufficient- ly for the clarion Voice Of Haverford to continue to sound. As the Record went to press, WHRC was expectantly waiting the outcome of WIP's College Radio Show Contest, to which it had hopefully entered its own It's Better Than Driving A Nail In Your Foot. John Hanson in the booth i4 — -— Doug Meaker at the microphone Ridge Bolgiano at the console 90 TAILGATE SLUDGEPUMP SMEAR Albright (trumpet), Dunn (piano), Comfort (trombone) Net ihau-ri: Finkclstein ( gui- tar ), Ihilstcail (trombone;, Pine (clarinet). Hunter (tlrums), Rapcr (bass). The Jazz Band, under the frenetic direction of Mike Dunn, boomed this year into a real place in Haverford's musical life. They played their own curi- ous variety of somewhat-disciplined noise to that center of culture, the Tower, and also to a number of fraternity-house dances and assorted orgies at Perm. In somewhat more restrained fashion, they provided music for the intermissions of some Haverford dances, and on at least one memorable occasion performed the dance music itself. THE HAVERFORD REVUE Twice a year a group of earnest, esthetically-minded, atheistic, morbidly introspec- tive youths gather in barren chambers to unleash from its mooring a new issue of the Haverford Revue, and twice a year the periodical promptly plummets like a cast-iron balloon into a sea of thundering indifference. The brunt of responsibility for these acts fell during the past year upon the maga- zine's sly Editor Fred Jameson. The better to do the deed, he chose to surround himself with the following group of incompetents: Seniors Bill Watson and Phil Silver, Juniors Dick Marek and Dick Fuller, and Sophomore Steph Chodorov. Scurrying across the campus murmuring "Excelsior!" in their divers fashions, the Six dug hard at campus talent, finding, occasionally, gems. Theirs it was to drag the campus Muse out of its sordid hiding-place, give it a good brisk bath, and set it up once more in tattered (and evidently no less sordid ) glory, where interested parties could give it the once-over. Well, it takes time. The Revue, once known to peddle filthy pictures, has now taken to flaunting the seamy miseries of this life under the alias of Art. According to some Dialectic of History revealed only to the editors of the Revue, this is merely the first rung of the literary ladder; the next will be a shabby gentility, and some day in the future a golden paradise of wholesomeness, godliness and happy endings will spread as far as the budget can reach. Back in the present, however, readers of the Haverford Revue have been jolted by such authors as: Roger Euster and his verbal shock-treatments, freshmen and their erratic but promising trial flights, Phil Silver and Dick Silver and their overworked muses, Townsend Ruddick ( Guest Artist ) and his translations of the ancient risque, and the editors and their inevitable deadline-eve performances. The visual arts have been encouraged also, in a way; cf. an incredible piece of business by Mr. F. Rush Miller, who must not be called by his prosaic first name (Frank) in his connection with the Revue. The Revue has carried on in this way for three years now. Six successive issues have been led to the guillotine of Public Opinion, but, as for the common cold, no cure has yet been found. 91 THE BRAWN TRUST The Varsity Club, heretofore with no reason for existence but the recognition of such minuscule athletic prowess as Haverford is able to muster, this year under- took with fair success two laudable projects: to provoke undergraduate interest in intercollegiate athletics and to show prospective freshmen around the campus. Under President Bob Feeser, both innovations showed some progress. First, however, grinding tradition necessitated the annual dance on Swarthmore Weekend, this year with Lee Scott & Orch. providing music. The dance succeeded in producing a large deficit. Nevertheless, members of the club introduced a large number of sub-freshmen to the Haverford campus, and even proposed changes in the usual type of introduction toward more diversity and attractiveness in the program. Furthermore, conceivably due to the efforts of the club, the student body began to show signs of interest in athletics, though partial credit must be assigned to such teams (e.g. soccer, or basket- ball vs. Swarthmore) as managed to win a few themselves. It all went to show that even the Varsity Club could accomplish something, once its attention was distracted (thanks to Bob Feeser) from placid admiration of its own gristle. 92 p. A. A. AND DEBATING The I'liblu Affairs Associaiioii is not —quite —so foolish an organization as its photograph would lead OIK- to believe. If has performed some remarkable coups in the undergraduate political world, cngineeretl by Boss Lutz Prager, and may possibly have given a few of its members a notion of the day-to-day workings of their government, although one may hope that their government is some- what more serious-minded ihan they, PAA is divided into two subsidiary organizations, the Political Affairs Forum (PAF; and the Haverford chapter of the Intercollegiate Conference on Government (ICG). Prager, narurally, was president of the whole works; the vice-president in charge of PAF this year was Ronald Reno, and the man directly over ICG was, until he left, Michael Shor. Other underlings were Koya Azumi (sec- retary of PAA), Han Brockman (treasurer) and John Thomas (publicity director and Gentle Per- suader of Women's Colleges). Possibly the most active, and certainly the noisiest arm of PAA, is the ICG, which each year politicks as far as it can in each of two conventions, the first regional, the second state-wide. In this arrangement the glory of glories for a college is that its candidate be elected State Speaker, the high- est position, at the state meeting. In 1953 the lightning struck Haverford for the second time in four years, as Michael Shor defeated Skinner of Dickinson for the Speakership; the credit for the victory belong to Shor and to Prager, who played smoke-filled-room in a Harrisburg hotel for the whole night preceding the election, finally bludgeoning into submission a highly unruly delegation from Temple. John Thomas, whose silky technique with the Miseracordia girls brought home their votes, was likewise instrumental, and no one quite knows what Haverford would have done without the Bryn Mawr girls, who followed Prager's commands satisfactorily placidly. In the regional convention of 1954, Haverford' ICG ran a candidate again, but overconfidence upset them and he lost. Until five minutes before the vote, this candidate was Steven Sieverts; how- ever, it was decided that Prager, being better-known, might attract some additional votes. He didn't. Getting back into the game, Haverford was able to wangle the regional endorsement for the chair- manship of the state Rules Committee, and simultaneously to skewer Temple in a number of ways, shouldering them out of the running both for state parliamentarian and for an assistant chairmanship of the state Rules Committee. The PAF was busy as well. It sponsored several speakers, drawing an attendance of fifty at most (including faculty, students from other institutions and friends of the College) and five at the least (including practically nobody). Speakers included a British Conservative MP, Brock Chis- holm, former director of the World Health Organization, the editor of the Huntington, Pa. Daily News, who had recently visited the the USSR, George Hallett (Haverford 15), executive secretary of the New York Citizens' Union (an outfit which knowing undergraduate politicos snidely label "goo- goo", meaning they're for Good Government), and two representatives of the Socialist Youth organ- ization. The PAF also participated in Professor Holland Hunter's abortive campaign for Commissioner of Haverford Township. Lett: Armstrong, Broughton, Gray. Center (from Stewart Swihart top): Supplee, Mikhail, Azumi. President, W. W. Comfort Right: Brockman, Prager, Thomas. Debating Society ) THE COMPOSITE MEETING (Fifth Day, 11:05 A.M. The Meeting House is quiet; soberly-clad gentlemen file silently onto the Facing Bench. There is an air of ascetic calm. Students are beginning to straggle in, and sit scatteredly in the benches. ) (11:15 A.M. A great herd of students, penned up outside the door by the bottleneck of attendance-takers, crashes into the room, meeting with baleful stares from the now- full Facing Bench—ivhich signify, "Meeting is supposed to begin at 11:15, not at what- ever time you boors choose to quiet down".) (11:20 A.M. Everyone is seated now, not without much shuffling and bumping. At the front of the House, there is a general air of devotion. In the middle, this is mixed with an eager air of learning, as undergraduates peruse Raintree County, Shorter College Ger- man, See, Look, Time, Studs Lonigan, Textbook for Social Science, The Astronomical Universe, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Lady Chatterley's Lover. At the back of the House, the Meeting Sweepstakes operates busily, computing pari-mutual data on who is likely to speak. Odds are shortest on W. B. Evans, longest on Macintosh.) ( Silence. (William Bacon rises.) WILLIAM BACON. A little girl once said: Physical things Must not be our goal. Meeting alone Can fill our soul. (Sits.) A STUDENT. (Mutters.) Burma-Shave. ( Silence. (Steere rises.) STEERE. This reference to a little girl brings to mind one of the richest personalities in my memory; he was a teacher in the native school when I was in Upper Uganda Colony doing general liason for the Committee during the war. These people had suf- fered (heh-heh) great deprivation and hardship, and when I saw that man for several weeks during this trying period, he stood out unforgettably through his indomitable spirit and his kind of—oh, kind of full sense of those around him. And though it was his destiny to have to endure much physical pain, his sufferings were never allowed to em- bitter his spirit or to depress his courage. He marched steadily forward on this path he had taken there, keeping before him always the highest aims, and he kindled in other minds something of his own generous passion for truth, humanity and freedom. For, when he was beset with adversity there, his unquenchable optimism never flagged, and in the darkest hours his rich humour remained a source of inspiration to those around him. And one story he used to tell us when we gathered there in his mud hut at twilight was about a virtually unknown little native nurse who had been trained at the Chil- un- dren's Hospital in Oxford while I was studying there with John J. Scatterrug, an forgettable teacher of such rich learning, with indomitable spirit, and a truly full kind 94 ) ) ) of sense of tliosc around liim, whose unquenchable optimism never flagged. And the flame that was this man's soul once cast its gleam over half a continent, and those of us who were privileged to sit at his feet there were thrilled to hear of his appointment to the General Liason Committee for Upper Uganda Colony, where the people as I say had suffered such (heh-heh) great deprivation and hardship, and where he stood out unforgettably through his kind of—oh, kind of indomitable spirit. (Sits.) (Silence.) (Two Students on opposite sides of the room get up simultaneously.) STUDENTS. I was . . . Uh . . . (They see each other. Both try again.) STUDENTS. Well, I was . . . Well, uh . . . ( They give up, sit down. (Another Student rises.) S'lTJDENT. (Shrill, brash, earnest.) It seems to me that nobody here gets a terrific spiritual jag out of compulsory Meeting, or at least I don't get any particular charge out of it myself, but then of course I'm not a Quaker. But something we can all do in com- pulsory Meeting is kind of kick around our problems, and let down our hair; after all, if we're going to have compulsory Meeting, we can all get together and kind of have a bull session about the things that bother all of us, like our studies, and girls, and stuff like that ... (he notices the glares from the Facing Bench) . . . well, uh, anyway . . . (Sits.) ( Silence. ( Williani Bacon rises. WILLIAM BACON. An humble philosopher once said, I do not know if truly: Meeting must not have Too much noise. Or how can we hear The still small voice? (Sits.) A STUDENT. (Distinctly.) Burma-Shave. (Reid rises.) REID. The evaluations of social groups with religious orientation often tend to under- estimate the significance of tensions, both religio-tropic and socio-tropic. Now tensions in themselves are not bad. Tensions may be functional or dysfunctional. Dysfunctional tensions give rise to non-veridical orientations on social issues. As a tentative hypothe- sis we might take the statement that whenever anyone, be he phenotypical or geno- typical in determination, is faced with dynamic integration, the artefacts of ethno- cehtrism effect the internalization of social mobility. Contrariwise, the disintegration of the marriarchate necessitates scatological authoritarianism in structure, function and 95 ) ) process. However, sociometric techniques can often determine behavioristic patterns re- suiting in operationally non-significant dysfunctional changes. Obviously, then, the re- ligio-oriented structure of Meeting is, considered interno-empirically, operationally significant at this time. (Sits.) ( William Bacon rises. WILLIAM BACON. Judges. 15.15: "And Samson took a jawbone and beat the a . . . er, the devil out of a thousand Philistines". (Sits, perplexed, shaking his head.) ( Silence. ( Benfey rises. ) BENFEY. I believe that our religious experience in Meeting is most valuable in that it heightens our innate feeling of inward guilt. This is most necessary for our unworthy lives, where guilt is the truest feeling. (Sits.) (Post rises.) POST. The Greeks liked puns; they would say that one could commit suicide by eat- ing gold leaf. He would die of inward gilt. { Waits till guffaws subside.) Anyway, the Greeks used gold leaf to cover the privy parts of sacred statues. (White knits brows.) 1 had some profound bit of wisdom to impart to you, but I can't recall it at the moment, so it'll have to wait. (Sits.) ( White looks relieved.) (The betting pool has been operating busily, making notation of payoffs as various in- dividuals rise.) (Macintosh rises.) (A stifled shout comes from the one long-shot gambler who bet on Macintosh. In the back, the sweepstakes chief rushes from the room. Macintosh has broken the bank.) % FOUNDERS CLUB ATHLETICS AT HAVERFORD 1953-1954 Athletics at Haverford are damned with an inability to attract crowds, to merit write-ups in Philadelphia papers—indeed to be even remotely considered the "big time"—and are blessed with a character-building non-professionalism which many of her opponents cannot boast. The men whose exploits over the past year are chronicled on the following pages have elected to give time and muscle, toil and sweat to what is hailed (with pride by some, with regret by some) as the most de-emphasized inter- collegiate athletic program in this country. Though this judgment is probably valid, many professors at Haverford tend to doubt its truth. Even de-emphasized sportsmen like to win, and to this end squads of participants in most standard sports and a few non- or sub-standard ones {e.g. cricket) may be discovered about the campus in on- and off-season practice. Thus, to an extent scholastic work is sacrificed, but in its place Haverford has gained, for example, the Middle Atlantic League Soccer championship two of the past four years, and the tennis title in the same league six of the past seven years. Athletic capability alone will secure admission to Haverford for no man, but once here many students choose to develop themselves and serve the college on the sports fields, rather than in the classroom or through extracurricular activities. Pictured above is a much-needed tangible incentive to athletic accomplishment, the recent gift of Albert L. Hood, friend of both Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. "Symbol of athletic supremacy" between the two instimtions, the Hood Trophy has been won (six times) more often than lost (two times) by Supreme Swarthmore, who is, we safely predict may , assured of a loss this year. The following pages are devoted to those men have effected that Haverford victory—the men who, with no reward but a requited love of the game, have spent much of their non-academic time at Haver- ford on the playing fields. 98 SOCCER By taking a liard-fought 2-1 game from Drcxel and tliereby ending a three- year series "f tics, Haverford's 1953 soccer team regained the Middle Atlantic soccer title after a two year lapse and finished off its intercollegiate season with an 8-1 record. The game lost to Temple, a soccer team of remarkable efficiency, was marked by fine defensive play and was, apparently, more of a surprise to Temple than a disappointment to Haverford. For the record, at any rate, the team clearly managed to outdo its immediate predecessors. For the spectator (and this was a great spectator year), the team seemed rarely to outdo itself. Defensive play was consistently good; offensive play was frequently erratic. This had some value in making certain easy games unnecessarily but excitingly close. The season opened with some fine play against Prmceton m a driving rain. Haverford's 1-0 victory indicates remarkably good passing, innumerable near-miss score attempts, and some fine goalie work by Baylis Thomas and, after Thomas injured his leg, by Sandy Frey. The play in the Lafayette game, the first Middle Atlantic League contest, was as sloppy as the weather in the Princeton game, but the Fords won 3-1, losing a shutout by a Maroon penalty kick late in the third quarter. They had little trouble with Muhlenberg (5-Oj and even less with Lehigh (7-0); in both drubbings, and particularly in the latter, the team produced a finer tyjse of play than the opposition demanded. This did not happen against Ursinus. A fast but otherwise unimpressive team, Ursinus very nearly ended the Fords' Middle Atlantic hopes by keeping them tied until the last four minutes of the game. The 3-2 score represents t. Captain Harrison Against Swarthmore 99 Kneeling: Silver, Barwick, Singh, Harrison (captain), Coroneos, Pearson, Matlack Standing: James Mills (coach), Frey, Broekman, White, Thomas, Bradbeer, Masland, Blanchard, Woznicki, Hamilton (manager) the ragged play and a Haverford backfield minus Jim Bradbeer, who injured a leg early in the game. Perhaps the two toughest opponents were the non-league Temple and Penn teams. The Temple game was the only one in which Haverford was clearly outplayed. The Owls won 2-1 on the strength of two first period tallies. During the last quarters the Fords' defensive play tighfened, forcing Temple's powerful line to shoot from the outside, but Haverford's goal was still heavily hammered. The Fords were never in a position to play consistently driving offensive soccer. Their only score, by Earl Harrison, followed one of the season's few really effective pass sequences as the ball went from mid-field to inside right Broekman to outside right Pearson to outside left Harrison. Temple's powerful, extremely accurate kicking capitalized not only on their own shots, but also on most of Haverford's ragged ones. Late in the season the Fords took the Penn game 3-2 from a fast, unbeaten, highly- rated team in what was about the best-played game of the year. The Ford backfield, with some excellent heading by Amar Singh in the third quarter, provided a strong defense in the first half, keeping the score tied 2-2. The second half was rough and hard fought, starting with a booting contest between defenses through much of the third quarter. A slightly Ford-controlled fourth period netted Harrison's winning score from an over- extended Penn goalie in the final two minutes. Haverford won the Hood Trophy contest with Swarthmore 1-0 in the most roughly played and closely-refereed game of the season. The lone second period Haverford goal, by Bruce Pearson on a pass from Doc Blanchard, was nearly tied when Swarthmore got, but muffed, a free penalty kick. Neither team had close control of the ball, each seeming to be more concerned with keeping it clearly out of their own territory than with a systemaric offcnst; there- was more long backfield booting than effective up-field passing. This, and the fact thai the Ford line had trouble working smtxjthly, kept the game fast and close. The Middle Atlantic contest with Drexel was, by all (xlds, the most frantic game. Though wild at goal attempts in the first half, the Fords repeatedly out-passc-d Drexel and persisted in prc-scnting their usual inviolable defense. In what started oflF as a definitely Ford-dominated third quarter the Drexel outside left got past Havcrford's backs to score against defenseless Sandy Prey. Scrapping frantically to keep their lead, Drexel dominated the fourth quarter until Jim Barwick got control of the ball and took it the length of the field. A short, hurried, hard kick through a swarm of defenders put the ball safely in the goalie's hands. The goalie, who seemed to have control of the ball, suddenly dropped it and Harrison shoved it through to tie the score. After a period and a half of overtime play consisting mainly of long backfield kicks and hasty, over-extended passes in play even more ragged than that of the four frantic preceding periods, Amar Singh captured the ball and dribbled down-field to pass off to Dick Forman. A straight, clean shot from Harrison on a pass from Forman won the Fords the title. It was a great spectator season not only because of the unpredictable type of offensive play and the good, occasionally brilliant defensive play, but also because of tiie characteristic gixxl perforjiiance of several of the Fords, some of whom have played for coach Jimmy Mills for the last time. Characteristic sights full-back Clive Coroncos lying on his left side deep in Ford territory and connecting with his right leg for a long boot up-field; Jim Bradbeer glowering up-field; goalie Sandy Prey's extensive, remarkably successful excursions out into the goal area to meet fast moving, attacking lines, snatching the ball and winging it in the general direction of the Ford line. Next year's Scarlet will sorely miss captain Earl Harrison, who led the team with nine points and spark-pluggetl the line, goalie Baylis Thomas, who got to score one point—a penalty kick in the Lehigh game, Amar Singh, who played particularly fine ball in the Drexel game, Jim Barwick, whose sure control in dribbling and passing netted four goals, and Chris White, whose dependable, hard-booting backfield work was essential to this year's strong defensive play. Also missed will be Phil Silver, who was kept from action by an early season injur)'. Bruce Pearson and Han Broekman each with four goals, Doc Blanchard with two, and an unidentified Lehigh man with one contributed the remainder of the season's twenty-five tallies. About these — except the Lehigh man, presumably — and Dick Forman, Lou Matlack, Sandy Frey, who showed himself an excellent goalie in the several games he finished for Thomas who was repeatedly forced out by an easily dislocated knee. Bill Masland, Clive Coroneos with his flashy, effortless ball handling, Lew Woznicki, and captain- elect Jim Bradbeer, who consistently managed to be where the play was to be with a minimum of running. Coach Mills will build next year's strong team. 1954 Captain Jim Bradbeer FOOTBALL An offensive attack stronger than any known to Ford grid-followers in recent years, a forward line defensively second to none that it faced all year, and the inspiring spirit of non-playing co-captain Johnny Rettew combined to allow the 1953 football squad to break a precedent of some two years' standing. After the season's first game, the sports page of the normally staid, conservative Haverford NEWS carried an eight-column headline, Haverford Downs Wagner for First Win in 15 Starts. There could be no doubt that, at last, the Fords had snapped out of it. With Phil D'Arrigo quarterbacking against Wagner for Haverford's T-formation backfield, Ortman, who rushed a total of 99 yards that afternoon, and Cohill, whose fine broken-field running netted nearly four yards a try, each scored behind good blocking. The Ford line and D'Arrigo halted a Wagner drive on the Haverford 6 nearly in the second quarter and thwarted thf only other Wagner threat late in the fourth quarter with the only sustained pass defense they could show all season. A week after this 13-6 viaory, the Fords played a superb game, their best of the year, and lost 13-27 to the best small-college aggregation in the east, the undefeated Indians of Juniata. Trailing 13-14 late in the final period, quanerback Regan gambled sensibly but unsuccessfully, calling for offensive plays where con- servatism dictated quick-kicks. The Fords twice lost the ball in their own territory on fumbles, as a strong Junuiata reserve bench out-bulled Haverford's linemen (four of whom played the entire game) to jar a tiring Ford backfield with hard, decisive tackles. With the exception of the damaging last five minutes of play, Haverford had consistently worried and threatened the visiting Indians, scoring once in the second quarter when Ortman high-jumped over the centre of the line from the Juniata yard-line four 3 plays after Cohill's interception on his own 45, and again early in the fourth period when Regan's long pass found Thomas on his knees in the Juniata end-zone. The following week linemen Braker, Cauffiel and Manchester again played the entire game against a determined but mediocre Ursinus team which, finding the Ford wall impregnable, won the game by throwing passes. Nine completed heaves into an impotent Ford defense netted the Bears 156 yards. Again, however, it was an understandable last-minute greed which beat the Fords. Having lost their 7-0 lead on a sixty-yard Ursinus touchdown pass near the end of the game, the young squad decided to "play for the win and not the tie", and accordingly threw a long pass which Ursinus' Clock intercepted and carried to the goal for a Ursinus win. With a record of one win and two losses, it was clear to all speculators that Haver- ford's strength lay in her line and running ability, her weakness in a backfield that could neither pass nor break up a pass. At Clinton the following Saturday, Haverford lost 13-0 to a very weak Hamilton squad. Co-captain Ned Hollingsworth, who had been consistently the mainstay of the line, was injured early in the game; the removal of this moral and physical prop so weakened the Fords that Hamilton outrushed, outpassed and generally outplayed the visitors. Only Ortman, who gained over eight yards per carry, treated Hamilton acceptably, and his efforts appeared very nearly single-handed. Though the Fords six times found themselves inside Hamilton's 20, intercepted passes, fumbles and penalties broke the back of every sustained drive. Hamilton finished the football career of 200-pound "Baby Bray" Manchester, mauled the Haverford line, and sent the Fords home on the disappointing end of a 13-0 score. An additional seven days were added to a scheduled one-week recuperation period when, following an open date, snow cancelled the Union game. With twenty days of rest behind them, the Fords met a winless Susquehanna team and produced the best offensive spurt in three years of Haverford football with fifteen points on the second half. Haverford's 22-13 victory was the result of good defensive line play, good downfield blocking by Alvord and Ortman in particular, and excellent running by backs Keeley and Cohill. Alternating carries early in the game, this last pair staged a 93 yard drive which climaxed in Cohill's touchdown, the first of the contest. After Susquehanna scored twice (on passes) and the half ended with Haver- ford trailing 7-13, Keeley raced 47 yards to put Ortman within easy striking distance of the goal. Haverford regained the ball shortly after this touchdown when centre Joe Torg blocked a quick-kick deep in Susquehanna territory. One play later, Cohill pranced over from the 9. Hoping to see Haverford establish a 3-3 season record, seven hundred Ford fans showed up at Swarthmore to see the Garnet win 20-7. After a scoreless first period, two bad breaics gave Swarthmore thirteen points: a) the referee called interference against Haverford on their own 12 yard line on a long but misdirected pass which potential receiver Jones could not handle. Three plays later Swarthmore scored; b) after a sensational goal-line stand later in the quarter, the best the Ford line had made all season, a pitch-out in the Haverford backfield went astray into the hands of dumbfounded Garnet lineman Hank Bode, who, lacking instructions to the contrary, fell with the ball in the direction he had been travelling. This play, demoralizing to the Fords who had a moment before withstood the concerted strength and drive of the entire Swarthmore team, gave the home squad a 13-0 half-time lead. Both teams returned to the second half defensively strong, and the third quarter was a succession of fourth-down kicks, Onman's long punts gaining the Fords about five yards on each exchange. Early in the last quarter, Regan, who had quarterbacked the entire game, directed a clutch pass from the Swarthmore 13 toward Alvord, who outleaped the three Garnet men covering him in the end-zone to score six points for the Fords. Freshman Dan Nauman, who had done most of Haverford's kicking off and converting throughout the season, cut Swarthmore's lead to six points when his extra-point attempt succeeded. After the kick-off, however, Swarthmore marched 65 yards without losing posses- sion of the ball to take a 20-7 lead. Though Haverford later threatened inside the Garnet 25, they could not score again. Thus Swarthmore won the game, sent Haver- ford home with a season's 2-4 win-loss record, and cut Haverford's Hood Trophy edge to 2-1. Viewed in conjunction with the accomplishments of recently past Haverford football squads, the 2-4 record cited above, and in particular the manner in which it was attained, is highly encouraging. Concisely speaking, the Fords looked good this year. One can justifiably minimize neither the loss of Ned Hollingsworth, bulwark of the line in every well played game of the season, nor of Johnny Rettew, the physically disabled, inspiring co-captain who regularly attended practices, helped coach the team, and appeared fully dressed at every game. But a host of underclassmen stand anxious, perhaps even able, to assume the duties of these men, the only seniors on the 1953 roster. The backfield remains intact. Coach Randall, who spent much of the season searching for a good passer, may have found him finally in scatback Regan, whose fine work in that department was praised publicly after the Swarthmore game by Philadelphia's two most prominent sports writers. Either Regan or the clear-thinking D'Arrigo might start at quarterback next year. Ground-gainers Ortman, Cohill and Keeley have all worked effectively (see above), and have virtually assured them- selves starting roles next fall. Freshman Don Hopkins and Hal Weaver, however, will see much backfield action next year. Barring substantially damaging injuries, that year will see the Fords win more than two out of six. CROSS COUNTRY Silltiig: Capo, Albri^jlu, Klots, W. Gaj;c, Hershey, Ftaltz, To^asaki, Mart Standing: Haddleton (Coach), Challcner, Friedman, Schwartz, R. Gage, Foster, Mclean, Crane, Price Awarded Varsity Letters Cornelius E. Klots 55 (20:04-19:45) William H. Gage '54, Captain (20:41-20:02) John W. B. Hershey '56 (21:43-21:06) Donald A. Crane '57 (23:19-21:12) Douglas C, Robinson '57 (22:07-21:25) Jonathan P. Albright '55 (22:40-21:43) John L Pfaltz '56 (22:43-21:44) Robert G. Schwartz '55 (injured) Awarded Numerals Harmon P. Howorth '54 David A. Kushner '56 '56 Robert J. Gage Most improv BASKETBALL Everyone likes to win, and the basketball team at Haverford College is no exception to that rule. In recent years, however, their appetites have only been insig- nificantly whetted in this regard. But the 1953-54 version of Coach Bill Prizer's "courtmen", as the more prosaic of the sportswriters are prone to call them, engaged in the most successful campaign in years in one of the college athletic department's least sucessful fields of endeavour. While a 5-9 season record might lead to a disastrous shakeup at nearby Villanova College, here at Haverford it has put an extra resonance into the ring of Founders' bell and kept a few more sports-loving students away from their books on Wednesday and Saturday nights from December to March. Captained by forward Bob Feeser, the team tallied a total of 919 points to their foes' 1037, as all five of the victories were scored in that leaky, Howard-Johnson- type structure known since 1900 as the Haverford College Gymnasium. Feeser, who took the college scoring honors in the previous campaign, fell to third position on the team with 128 points in the 14 games played. Sophomore Phil D'Arrigo led the field with 266 to his credit, highlighted by a brilliant 38 against P.M.C. in January. His driving layup kept spirit and hope alive in the darkest days early in the season and succeeded in gaining him the individual scoring championship in the Middle Atlantic League, Southern Division, with a 21.1 average for 10 games (he also led the League in free throws with 97 and in total points with 211). But Grant Morrow ( who, it is reported, was voted the most unpopular Haverfordian by the Swarthmore student body), could be most often relied upon to put up a literal fight for the basketball out on the court. Hardly a contest went by that did not find his monstrous form crashing to the hardwood floor amid a tangle of arms, legs, and sometimes even broken glasses. Morrow, however, boasting a 14.1 -point league average, succeeded in staying on his feet long enough to rack up 199 total p>oinis and take sixth place in the league scoring race. The basketball season is a long one, and making it c-vcn more difficult arc the breaks and interruptions which do not allow the ream ample opportunity to "get rolling" against the opposition. The first settion of the season was one of experimentation, when the team was merely trying out its legs (jn the court, and pretty wobbly they were at that time; all the opposition had to do was run against the Fords and tht^ had the ball game in their hip pocket. The first contest was a loss to Philadelphia Textile, 64-52, which was followed by two games on the Havcrford flcx)r. Tlie Susquehanna game was a pcx)rly played affair giving the Scarlet its biggest range of points over an opponent, 73-48, but signs of the kind of play that was to app>ear in February were evident in the loss to Moravian, 63-47. The second period began at the conclusion of the Christmas vacation when Haverford served as host to the League victor, Drexel, who proved her mettle, 84-47. Returning to the scene of last year's most sensational upset, the Fords found the Delaware Blue Hens too much for them on Delaware's own court despite the Scarlet's two point lead at the half, as they were pummeled with a 50 point barrage in the second half to lose, 69-40. At P.M.C., Haverford still lacked the punch needed to win, and D'Arrigos brilliant 38, including 20 free throws, was all they had to show for the 80-68 loss. Basketball was promptly put away in a far corner for the two-week time during which the academic really dcx;s triumph over the athletic: exam period. The remaining eight games showed a new team, refreshed by its intellectual pursuits and at long last ready to roll. The improvement came slowly and was not seen in all the players at once, but the cold February winds put a new vigor and drive into an aggregation which could easily have been characterized as slovenly before 1954's sec- ond month. Elizabethtown, who had run out of steam after an early season winning streak, fell prey to the Fords by a narrow margin, 77-75. Every season has its freak games, but no season ever witnessed such an experience as was had on the 10th of February when Haverford met Ursinus for the first of their two games. The crowd dispersed thinking that Haverford had lost a thriller, 79-80, as the scoreboard on the wall indicated. But, when scorekeeper Phil Benjamin figured his totals, the Ford point column read "81". Checking with the Ursinus manager, he found that the Bears' book was identical with his: both running scores showed Ursinus the victor, both totals gave it to Haverford. For a time, it was called "no contest ', but when the Collegevilleans refused to play the game over, Athletic Director Randall claimed the victory, 81-80. So it stands in the College's books today. The first Swarthmore game, played in their immense field house, was a close contest from beginning to end in which Haverford led at the end of the first and third quarters, Swarthmore being ahead at the finale, 69-65. By this time, the Ford quintet was in smooth-running operation. They played dead on meeting Drexel for the second time as the Engineers romped all over them, 91-63. The play of the next two games left little to be desired: in the first the Fords were the better team and beat P.M.C. 72-63, while in the second the superior forces of Coach Emerson's more able, more experienced squad left Haverford on the short end, 86-68, despite two brilliant comebacks which the Scarlet staged in the midst of the game trying to keep up. The second Ursinus game was one of the most thrilling seen all season, and featured Captain Feeser at his best, with that jump shot from the pivot position, for 23 points. With the game running into two five-minute overtimes, Ursinus won out (the margin again only one point) 95-94. Alumni Secretary Cooper has been predicting basketball victories over Swarthmore since 1919 when the sport was first played on an intercollegiate level here at Haverford, and after taking the "red-bellies" in 1952, few, save Cooper, suspected another win would be forthcoming for another seventeen years. But the third of March saw a capacity crowd witness the second Garnet defeat in thirty-eight games, since 1935. The Fords fought an uphill battle which was not decided until the last ten seconds of play when the score read 72-70. It was a pleasing finish for a healthy season. No basketball write-up would be complete without laudatory mention of this year's captain, big Bob Feeser, who in his four years at the College has rolled up a total of 568 points. His friendship and kindness as a helpful leader stand out clearly alongside his fine floor record. We hope that his successor, the scrappy Mr. Morrow, will lead his team to as healthy a finish as this one enjoyed. FENCING n? ^ w Henri Gordon (coach i, Masland (captain), Noble, Uittel, Johnson, Bcatty, Reno, Hagleton, Finkelstein, Greene, Perry (manager) Haverford's 1953-54 swordsmen recovered from an unimpressive 3-6 season in time to take second place in the third annual Middle Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association Championship (known to those who know it at all as MACFAChheld this year at Temple University. Against strong competition, Captain Bill Masland, with an 8-1 score, and Dave Beatty retained the Karl H. Spaeth sabre team trophy by winning first and third medals, while sophomore epeeman Dave Greene won second place in his event. The points thus gained gave the Fords their third consecutive second place in MACFAC competition; Johns Hopkins, winner of the tournament, edged the Scarlet by a two-point margin. Directed by one of America's finest coaches, likable R. Henri Gordon, the fencers improved remarkably during the 1953-54 campaign. Although losing to the same five teams which last year put the Fords on the losing end of a 2-5 record, this year's losses to these universities (to Lehigh 19-8, Princeton 18-9, Temple 17-10, Johns Hopkins 14-13, Penn 22-5) were more nearly respectable. Haverford had little trouble with Stevens (21-6), Lafayette (19-8) or newcomer Drew University (21-6), but succumbed to previously untested Rutgers, 17-10. Dave Beatty, with a 6-3 MACFAC log, took top seasonal honors with a 20-7 record. Bill Masland's 17-9 season count was second place for the Fords. Bill took 8 MACFAC points, losing only 1, while Dave Green (6-3) and Bill Bittel (5-4) also won for Haverford. Following are individual statistics for the 1953-54 season, and (in parentheses) the 1952-53 figures: In foil: Ronnie Reno 9-18, (6-15); Jay Noble 13-14, (1-15). In sabre: Bill Masland 17-9, (14-7); Larry Finkelstein 16-11, (9-11); Dave Beatty 20-7, (1-0). Inepee; Bill Bittel 10-17, ( 2-7 ); John Hagleton 11-13, ( 7-10) ; Dave Greene 14-13. Throughout the season, the Ford sabre team dropped only the first and last contests, to Lehigh (2-7) and Penn (3-6), while beating Rutgers (5-4), Drew (9-0), Stevens (8-1), Lafayette (8-1), Princeton (6-3), Temple (8-1) and Johns Hopkins (5-4). Dave Perr)''s two-year managerial reign transfers to John Wallace, while the 1954-55 captainq' goes from junior Bill Masland to his classmate Jay Noble. 109 WRESTLING Haverford's wrestlers had a good season in 1953-54; their four victories and three defeats featured a fracturing of Swarthmore, and were followed by a quite creditable showing in the Middle Atlantic matches at Gettysburg. The year, in fact, was the best since the undefeated Middle Atlantic championship team of 1941. The season began well with an upset victory over Delaware, where Tom Martenis, heavyweight, turned in the best performance of the day; behind on points, he pinned his opponent in the last fifteen seconds of the bout to bring the final score to 21-16. The expected came to pass with Lafayette—even worse than the expected, as only co-captain Jack Strorbeck was able to win, with a quick fall. Two other bouts were close: Koya Azumi lost 14-12 in the highest-point bout of the season, and co- captain Hu Sangree, wrestling at 130 pounds, getting a reversal at the last moment, lost only on time advantage, 4-3. Traveling to Lewisburg, the Fords tramped merrily upon Bucknell, ruining Bucknell's already-poor season. A week later, Coach "Doc" Haner's wily switching of weights almost foxed Muhlenburg, but not quite; at any rate. Old Reliable Strotbeck at 177 pounds managed to spot his opponent a near fall and still win on points. Back home for the rest of the year, the Fords proceeded to lose unexpectedly to Ursinus. 110 Here only co-captains San^rec and Strotbcck were able to win; however, in the 123 pound class Phil Forman put up a plucky battle against Ursinus' Ed Dawkins, the Middle Atlantic champion and one-time Olympic contender. This was the third and final loss for the team during the season. In the only evening meet of the year, the Scarlet gobbled up Drexel 231 3. At this one Tom Martcnis helped get the men in bed early with a pin in 1 :08, and Sangree took a five-point default from Muir due to the latter's difficulties with the Drexel dean. The bonccrushers did a very tidy job with Swarthmore, contributing to Haverford's highly probable Hood Trophy victory for 1953-54, and in addition providing the largest crowd of the season with a most satisfactory catharsis. Hu Sangree turned in the fastest pin of the season, 20 seconds. Ted Regan added another pin to the score, and Lou Miller succeeded in holding Swarthmore's co-captain to a tie. Hi Rickert waltzed through three periods but eked out a decision. In the heavier weights, the Garnet picked up points by pinning Andy Hirss and a vastly-outweighed Don Cohill, and Swarthmore's other co-captain managed a decision against Tom Martenis. However, the meet was nailed down when Jack Strotbeck won from Beattie on points, completing an undefeated season. During the year the junior varsity wrestled only Delaware, Drexel and Swarthmore; they won the last two for a 2-1 record. On the weekend following the Swarthmore triumph, the team traveled to Gettys- burg for the Middle Atlantic tournament. The results were fair to middling; Jack Strotbeck wrestled well to place second in the heavyweight class, Hu Sangree placed third at 130 pounds, and Hi Rickert wangled a third at 147. The team placed seventh with ten points, just ahead of last-place Swarthmore. The prospects for 1954-55 are hopeful. Only one man, Hiram Rickert, will be lost through graduation, and Doc Harter should be able to field a seasoned, aggressive team next winter with excellent results. KOYA AzuMi Against Drexel Jack Strotbeck Against Drexel TRACK 1953 Haverford's track team was prevented from having an undefeated season in 1953 dual and triangular competition by the maddening margin of exactly one and five-sixths points; however, the season was brilliant from the point of view of individual perform- ance, and the coaching of Alfred W. ("Pop") Haddleton paid off, as always, in one of the most creditable showings made by a Haverford team during the year. Unquestionably the finest athlete of the year was co-captain Fred Tabbutt, who (1) won the Walton Cup by amassing 123 points in intercollegiate competition, the highest total ever compiled by any Haverford trackman in Pop Haddleton's memory, which in this connection is infallible enough for anybody, ( 2 ) won the Middle Atlantic championship in both high and low hurdles, and (3) set new college records in the 220 yard dash (21.8 seconds) and the 120 yard high hurdles (15.2 seconds) besides tying the old record in the 220 yard low hurdles (24.4 seconds). He scored points in both dashes, both hurdles and the broad jump and in several meets was almost solely responsible for the team's victory. The season began with Haverford murdering a hapless Ursinus, 87% to 3854- Four days later, a string of twenty consecutive wins was broken when Haverford lost, 62 2/3 to 63 1/3 to Lehigh; although Lehigh was thoroughly outclassed in the running events (Haverford won every event but the 100, swept three places in the 880 and mile, took the first two places in the 440 and 220, and first and third in both hurdles), they defeated the Fords decisively in the field events, where Haverford had difficulty in placing as many as five men in five events. Only Baylis Thomas, who managed a tie for first in the pole vault at 12 1/2 feet, was able to make a creditable showing off the track. There followed two resounding victories, over Muhlenberg ( 80 to 46 ) and Penn- sylvania Military College (72-54); in the latter meet Tabbutt set his 220-yard dash record, breaking by two tenths of a second the 25-year-old mark of H. K. Ensworth, '29. Other winners were Eph Klots (880), Bob Seeley (two-mile), and Baylis Thomas (pole vault, where his 12 feet 8V4 inches missed the college record by one inch). The highlight of the year came on Saturday, May 9, when Haverford's trackmen outdid themselves to disembowel Swarthmore by the happy score of 88 to 38, the second most lopsided tally in the forty-year rivalry of the two colleges, exceeded only by Haverford's 98-28 victory in 1941. Tabbutt won three: the 100 (over Roeder and Laux of Swarthmore), the 220 dash (with Bob Lewis second and the Garnet's Laux Pint row. R. Gage, Liebold, Englar, Stein, B. Thomas, Broughton, Klinman, Friedman, Kushner, Shaw, Pact Second row. Stern, Shor, Arnold, Howorth, Kern, Kumm (co-captain), Tabbutt (co-captain), Hershey, Rettew, Weaver, A. W. Haddleton (coacK), Flint (manager) Third row: Barton, Mead, Pfaltz, Sieverts, Reeves. Seeley, Kindig, Klots, Garver (assistant manager) Top row. Lewis, Matthews, Kummer, Baker, Garrity, Alvord, W. Gage, Watson, Scott tliird), and tlif 220 hurdles (a Havcrford sweep, where Tabbutt was followed by Eric "Doc" Blancliard and Joe Stein ) In the quarter, Bob Lewis and Bob Schwartz nosed out Swarthmorc's Roberts, and in the half, the mile and the two-mile Havcrford romped unchecked: liph Klots, Stein and Bob CJage vottled up the half; Bill Gage, Schwartz and Bob Seeley took the two-mile; and in one of the day's most thrilling events, Seeley and Klots finished in a dead heat in the mile at 4:29H, ahead of Stein. The day's only disappointment came when Tabbutt, well ahead of a fast pack in the 120 highs, hit a hurdle and fell; he was unable to place, but Blanchard came on to win in a creditable 15.7. In the field events, as usual, Havcrford tended to lag, but in this meet was able to make a better showing than in previous ones. Baylis Thomas tied for a first place in the pole vault with Swarthmore's Howell at 12 feet 6 inches—not so good as his best, but g(x>d nevertheless. Tom Englar anil Art Leibold managed second and third places respectively in the broad jump behind the Garnet's CcKjper. Hal Weaver t second place in the javelin and discus, with Bill Watson third in the latter, and Hack Arnold and John Rettew placed second and third in the shot put. Finally, in the high jump, the Fords' Darrah Thomas and Dave Sutton tied for second, below the undistinguished jump of 5 feet 5 inches made by Swarthmore's Hopfield. Hence the Fords contrived to tickle the field events to the tune of 23 points, a very much better performance than was their wont, and with their characteristically excellent showing in running, gave the Hicksites a most decisive drubbing. This success was followed by a second squeaking defeat, this time at the hands of Albright in a triangular meet with Albright and Gettysburg. The final score was Albright 62 5/6, Havcrford 61 2/3, Gettysburg 29!/2. The narrow margin of loss reflected once again Haverford's impotence in the field events, as the running was as good as always, the best individual showing being Bob Seeley's near-record performance in the two-mile. The Middle Atlantic championships at Franklin and Marshall were better populated with Scarlet winners than in most years: the omnipotent Tabbutt came through with two victories, in the low hurdles (24.7 seconds) and the highs (15.2), and Bob Seeley scored first in the mile run with the good time of 4:26.6. Largely on the strength of these men, the team as a whole placed fourth with 24.5 points. Later, at the LC4A championships at Randall's Island, Tabbutt won his preliminary heat in the lows, in 24.7 seconds, but failed to score in the finals. At the Penn relays, a Ford mile relay team composed of Tabbutt, John Garrity, Schwartz and Lewis placed fourth in the Middle Atlantic Division. The team's record of 4 and 2 in dual and triangular meets was most creditable when viewed in the light of two crucial injuries: co-captain Karl Kumm was plagued with a pulled somethingorother in his foot, which held this previously-brilliant sprinter down to 8 points for the season; and hurdler Doc Blanchard never quite recovered from a back disorder incurred in wrestling, which confined him trackwise to the trainer's table for much of the spring and permitted him only 1 1 points during what should by rights have been a fine year. Other members of the squad, however, came through excellently, despite Pop's worries about their incipient injuries: Bob Lewis had more points (60) than anybody but Tabbutt, and Eph Klots with 59 decisively overcame his severely pulled leg muscle, which was hurt in cross country the previous fall. Bob Seeley followed with 56, Baylis Thomas with 40.75, and Bob Schwanz with 30. Although badly hampered by the graduation of lettermen Kumm, Leibold, Seeley, Stein and Tabbutt, the 1954 trackmen are still a most formidable bunch. 1954 captain Eph Klots has registered a 1:55.6 half-mile, and his winter track feats on the boards have been even more notable. No one seems to know whether Bob Lewis plans to return from the esoteric realms on the Left Bank to which he is currently being exposed during his junior year in France, but such reliables as the Gage brothers ( Bob and Bill ) , Bob Schwartz, Baylis Thomas, Hal Weaver, Bill Watson, Chris White and Jim Baker are expected to rough up the competition for the Fords' opponents, and some freshman prospects seem to have appeared in Don Hopkins and Ben Hart. These men, plus the additional strength which Pop always seems to dig up from Lord knows where, may well start off another streak even longer than the one which ended in 1953. WINTER TRACK 1954 Haverford's "hard core" of track regulars may be defined as the group which actually gives enough of a hang about the sp>ort to practice all winter long in the two— most impossible places ever devised: the balcony "track" around the gym, son to be sup- planted (praise be) by the A. W. Haddleton Indoor Track in the new field house, and the outdoor board affair at Villanova, which approximates the conditions of the Gobi Desert in midwinter and could be bearable only to the leathery Tartars who reportedly inhabit that region. Despite such a Spartan routine, perhaps because of it, the Fords' indcxjr track contingent made a fine record in 1954 in the three meets they (or he) entered. At the Philadelphia Inquirer Meet in Constitu- tion Hall, Pop entered a pickup team culled from wherever he might find men who had no exams the morning after the competition and who had man- aged to stay in decent shape over Christmas vacation. Not many men satisfied these conditions, but Pop's C. E. Klots, '55 "pickup team" of Don Hopkins, Ben Hart, Bob Gage and Eph Klots nevertheless placed second in the Middle Atlantic mile relay with a time of 3:35.5, behind St. Joe (3:333), the perennial winner, but ahead of Temple and Delaware. Klots went on to the IC4A Indoor Meet at Madison Square Garden, where an excellent time of 2:15.4 in the intercollegiate 1000 trials got him into the final. In this race, won by Fordham's Tom Courtney in 2:10.9 (which broke the IC4A indoor record at the distance), Klots placed fifth in 2:14.9. Klots' final competition of the 1954 indoor season was at the Southern Atlantic Division of the AAU, held at the 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore. Here he won the Collegiate 1000-yard Run in 2:16.3, breaking the meet record by one tenth of a second and defeating Graham from the redoubtable Morgan State, and thereby won something called the "Hauswald Bakery Trophy." The success of Pop's "hard core", or part of it, boded well for the spring season of 1954. Freshmen Hopkins and Hart appeared to be highly promising in the Inquirer Games mile relay, and should produce some respectable and most valuable running during the next four years. Klots was running excellently, and the time put in by Bob Gage, Bill Bradfield and Bob Schwartz was expected to pay off both in later 1954 and in subsequent years, of competition. 114 BASEBALL 1953 While it would Ix.- inaccurate to suggest that Haverford had a good baseball season in 1953, the old adage that it wasn't so bad as the record indicates may be trotted out again. The team record was three wins and eight defeats, fxxjr enough to finish hist in any league. Five losing games, however, might easily have gone the other way, and it would be only a mcxierate distortion of fact to say that the team played baseball of a .500 quality. Erratic pitching and fielding that showed a tendency to collapse unpredictably plagued the Fords all season, and a batting order that was baffled by good pitching added to Coach Roy Randall's woes. Since he lost two of his best hitters and his leading pitcher at graduation, these problems are not likely to disappear in 1954, although one may always hope for two or three freshmen . . . The '53 season started auspiciously for the opposition. Drexel hopped on Morris Longstreth, 1954 Captain, for four runs in the first inning, enough to win for the Dragons. The Fords picked up three in the fifth, but were impotent otherwise and lost 6-3. This contest preceded the annual triumph over the alumni—an insurance game which guarantees the coach that he will not have an all-losing season. In '53 the score was 13-4, as the Fords had what proved to be their biggest hitting day of the season. The return to intercollegiate coinpetition was more than the Fords could take. Four days after their smashing triumph, they were crushed by Villanova, 10-4. A big first inning again did the major damage, the Wildcats walking to five runs off Long- streth, whose control was elsewhere that day. The losers pushed over four in the second, but that ended their offense. Two consecutive close defeats followed this whipping. Delaware edged John Hitchcock, 4-2, breaking a 2-2 tie with runs in the eighth and ninth innings. Wayne Hurtubise's triple was responsible for the two Haverford runs, as he gathered three of the four Ford hits off Moose Morrow. The same week the team lost its toughest game, bowing 3-1 to Drexel in twelve innings, as Pulsak besred Hitchcock in a magnificent pitcher's duel. Haverford scored in the first inning, threatened in the third, fourth and fifth, but failed to hit safely in the last seven innings. "Hitch" matched his pitching rival's shutout ball from the third, when Drexel tied the score, to the twelfth, over one period retiring seventeen men in a row. In the twelfth, however, three hits gave the Dragons two runs and the ball game. Determined not to lose any more heartbreakers, Roy Randall's warriors were twice put to rout the following week. The Fords gathered only four hits and added three errors in bowing to Lehigh 6-1. This was nothing, however, compared to what happened at CoUege- ville on Saturday, when Ursinus squeaked by the Fords 18-4, in a game that was not so close as the score would indicate. We trailed 18-0 at one point. Eight (8) Haverford errors, twenty (20) Ursinus hits and seven ( 7 ) bases on balls—plus a couple of hit batsmen — helped the Bears somewhat as they amassed their 18-0 lead. In a feeble ef- fort to prove that baseball is a game played by two teams, the Fords struck back hard, blasting home four runs—three of them unearned—in the final two innings to cut their deficit to fourteen runs. The final out found them still scrambling harmlessly to make up those fourteen tallies. Just as the game of baseball began sinking quietly beneath the sod at Haverford, the dying party was revived by a pair of victories. Demonstrating their usual impotence for six innings against PMC, the Fords found themselves in a 0-0 tie, as an unusual combination of fine pitching by John Hitchcock and errorless fielding by the normally sievelike defense held the Cadets scoreless. In the seventh, however, the Haverford offense sprang into life with a mighty roar, though it is true that all nine of the victors' runs happened to be unearned. This nine run inning so shook John Hitchcock that he allowed six runs in the eighth, but the Fords won, 9-6. Inspired by this victory, the Fords nearly upset Ursinus in the next game. The Bears started off according to oppo- sitional tradition jumping to an early 5-1 lead. Haverford rushed back to make it 5-4 in the eighth, but came out on the short end as the tying run was thrown out at the plate. The high spot of the season followed, as the Fords turned back the highly rated Temple Owls in an upset at Haverford. The winners had to come from behind to take this one, for Temple scored three in the first, and still held a 4-2 lead as the Fords came to bat in the last half of the eighth. With two out, Ledeboer and Eldridge walked. Don Cohill lofted a fly to left field that Didrickson couldn't handle, and the tying runs scored on the two-base error. Pinch-hitter Jay Albright followed with a clean single to centre, scoring Cohill with the winning run. Morris Longstreth squelched a Temple threat in the ninth to give the Mainliners the victory. After this triumph, hope ran high for the Swartlimore game, but the Garnet nine pushed over four luiis early .iiul iiMile ilicin stand up for a 4-2 victory. This victory particularly galled the Fords, as it gave Swarthmorc the tying point for the Hood Trophy. The decidin;^ runs tame in the tliird off John Hitchcock, After two singles and a hit batsman loaded the bases with none out, a walk anti two infield outs scored the three runs that proved to be enough to give the Garnet the victory. Just to make certain, Ccxiper's triple and Jones' single added an insurance tally in the third. Haverford had taken the lead in the first on a walk, an error and Ted Regan's single. From the first to the eighth, the Fords were able to prtxure only one hit and no runs from Paul James, Garnet pitcher. In the eighth, a rally disposed of James and loaded the bases with none out. Linthicum walked, Martenis singled, and I.edeboer walked. Speedster Whitaker w;is rushed in to pitch, and got the side out with only one run scoring, as Regan popped to the catcher, Albright hit into a force play, scoring Linthicum, and Cohill flied to centre, ending the Fords' chances. While the season was hardly successful, several freshmen and sophomores turned in performances that gave hope for the future. Captain-elect Morris "Stretch" Longstreth, despite a 1-4 record, pitched exceptionally well on occasions, indicating an ability to handle the number one pitching slot for two years to come. Tom Martenis, a freshman, hit a solid .290 and demonstrated a long-ball potential that should develop. Ted Regan solved Roy Randall's catching problems, although his hitting showed inuch room for im- provement, and freshman Don Cohill played regularly in the infield. Jay Albright, Sellers Walton, George Keeley, Ros Eldridge and Bill Ortman also indicated an ability to help in 1954. Seniors, though, formed the backbone of the 1953 club. Wayne Hurtubise, a four year star, and Captain Jack Ledeboer, the team's leading slugger, sup- plied the main punch in the team's offense. Sommy Linthi- cum played dependably in the in- field, and John Hitchcock was the team's leading pitcher. In 1954, the team had to be rebuilt around a new core. However, its heavy proportion of underclassmen was prom- ising for the future. 117 TENNIS 1953 The 1953 varsity tennis campaign of six wins and two losses was only fair. While a disappointing rain cancelled several easy matches, the Hood Trophy-Middle Atlantic Championship match with Swarthmore produced the greatest sorrow for Haverford. Not since 1946 had the Fords lost to the Garnet, but 1953 saw the Scarlet and Black fail for the first time in six years to win the Middle Atlantic conference champioaship as the favored opposition captured five of the six singles contests. Haverford's Earl Harrison defeated his freshman rival at number four position, while the first and second doubles teams of Captain Jack Piotrow-Dave Caskey and Chessie Winston-Geoff Steere earned the other points. The Pennracqueteers also conquered by a 6-3 margin, likewise sweeping five of the singles. Howie Wolf, playing at number six, scored Haverford's mdividual victory. The two-season unblemished reign of the Piotrow-Caskey doubles combination was defeated by Jim Witmoyer and Charlie Reiger, 6-4 and 7-5. Meanwhile, the Fords' second and third doubles teams, Winston-Steere and Harrison-Perry, notched the remaining two points. From the 1953 lineup of Dave Caskey, Jack Piotrow, Chessie Winston, Earl Harrison, John Burge, and Howie Wolf, number three and four men alone remain to be joined by Captain-elect Dave Perry, Phil D'Arrigo, Geoff Steere, and freshman Mike Heeg. This 1954 team is more experienced in tournament play than was its predecessor, and although the Fords will suffer only slightly in singles, the graduation of the Piotrow- Caskey duo may weaken Coach Bramall's prospects in doubles. The three doubles teams, however, regardless of their playing order, appear evenly balanced in efficiency. Here then lies much winning hope. We present briefly a sketch of each of the Fords' netmen. Chessie Winston; a star performer with a stylish, varied all-court game, tricky in doubles. Compared with his outstanding performance during his fresh- man and sophomore years, his 1953 season was a miserable slump. Agility, imagina- tion, and great natural ability characterize his offensive-defensive strategy. An increas- ing steadiness has markedly improved his colorful game. Earl Harrison: another senior adequately skillful in all departments. Earl possesses infinite patience, endurance, and potential force unrealized in match play. He has a better record in singles than in doubles, having triumphed in seven matches last year. The slice serve, wide court coverage, relaxed concentration and exceptionally steady defensive tactics mark his graceful style. Captain Dave Perry: a senior, victorious iii!jaBR«(R«M 118 spring, Dave attacks intelligently with a pressing, variable pace. A fighter and con- noisseur of tennis technique, he wields a strong, reliable service. Phil D'Arrigo: undefeated in varsity and JV competition and considerably improved over the summer, Phil features a driving flat serve and hard overhead smash which complement his sound, dependable ground- strokes. The sophomore battler is equally adept in doubles and singles. Geoff Steere: though dynamically power- ful in his twist service, superb overhead Freshman Mike Heeg smash, lightning volleys and crushing groundstrokes, the tall sophomore needs consistency foremost to complete his game. Mike Heeg; the picturesque, well trained, aggressive freshman handles speed and pace with confidence anywhere on the court. Mike is proficient in doubles and eager to volley after his bounding service or smash for the kill. The 1954 schedule with eight encounters at home and five away, includes newcomer Dennison and a reinstated foe of national acclaim, Princeton. The teams familiar to Haverford netmen are Moravian, Drexel, La Salle, Gettysburg, Muhlenberg, Ursinus, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, Lafayette, Tem- ple and Lehigh. The forecast, weather per- mitting, is a season record of ten wins and two defeats ( Penn and Princeton ) —Swarth- more a tossup. Senior Chessie Winston 119 GOLF 1953 III 1^1 a^.^S'**''! Standing: Feeser, Eagleton, Morrow Kneeling: Logan, Allen, Semans The 1953 Haverford golf team compiled the tidiest record in the golfing history of the college—9 wins and 2 losses. The Scarier and Black whitewashed the season's first opponent, West Chester, 9-0, only to be similarly shut out by Lehigh in the second contest. La Salle and Gettysburg were beaten by resounding scores of 8-1 and 9-0 respectively. After losing a close match 6-3 to Penn, in which three individual matches were tied after eighteen holes, the Fords finished the season with six straight wins, mcluding the climax of the season, a 9-0 conquest of Swarthmore. Moravian and Drexel were drubbed 9-0, while Lafayette and Viilanova lost 8-1 and 6-3 respectively. Remem- bering well a 1952 defeat by St. Joseph's, the Fords bounced back to win a close one, 5-4. Bob Logan, the only senior on the team, finished his career with an impressive four year record of 26 wins, 9 losses and 3 ties. His senior record was five wins and four losses. Captain Bob "Roll Your 'Wrists" Feeser succeeded in overcoming 8 of his 11 opponents. John Eagleton, another junior, won seven of his ten matches—the most exciting being the Swarthmore contest where he stole the last three holes for a 1-up victory. Grant Morrow, team medalist with a 74. 6 average, suffered only two losses, one each on the 19th and 20th holes. Throughout the season lettermen John Allen and Bob Logan battled privately for their own low-score medal. John, ahead at the end by 0.1 strokes to 78.45 —78.55 —finished with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses. Newcomer Stark Semans, whose 9-2 1953 record bodes well for the '54 linksmen, rounds out a squad which may be counted upon for a Hood Trophy point this spring. 120 . CRICKET 1953 Whenever the subjcti of cligihiliiy for tlic Havcrfoni cricket team comes up, wliicli isn't very often, Coach Howard Comfort maintains that the Intercollegiate Cricket Association is more ancient and a ^(xkI deal more honorable than the 1C4A, and will make its own rules. Comfort is, incidentally, President of the Intercollegiate Oicket Association. It is this gay and carefree spirit of independence that has prevented Havcrford's cricket from becoming as palsied as its football, in the face of Roy Randall's cries that "Cricket isn't a sport, it's a state of mind." The state of mind that is cricket has a powerful effect upon its devotees at Haverford. The cricket alumni, a loyal and in- terested body, coughed up enough green to send the boys to Canada last summer, and throughout the years have subsidized costs connected with Cope Field, the Pavilion, and those lovely scarlet and black jackets that kx)k so good in class night shows. The team, in turn, has expressed its fidelity by practising assid- uously throughout the winter in the subterranean tunnels of Barclay and by winning the Intercollegiate Cricket Championship for as long as mortal undergraduate can remember. Knowing critics may reinark that one wins the aforemen- tioned Championship by defeating Ursinus College, and that Haverford 's yearly match with Ursinus College invariably turns into an instruction session. In return it may be pointed out that the cricketers won all their intercollegiate matches in 1952 and 1953, facing, besides Ursinus, teams of Commonwealth ringers from Princeton, Harvard, and Penn State graduate schools. Not Amar Singh, The Darjeeling Demon that the team is perfect. Some atrocious games have been played, notably the match with the British Embassy last graduation day, when Sir Gladwyn Jebb's opening bowl to second slip set the tone of play. It was the Canadian tour, however, which proved and im- proved the quality of the team which Captain Jimmy Barwick has led in 1954. The invaders captured four matches from their opponents, lost three, and drew one. Apart from the scores, the Haverfordians played a better brand of cricket than they had ever known before, faced some of the best players in Canada, and learned quite a bit about cricket etiquette ( when and when not to appeal, and when not to date the night before a match ) Canada was the training ground for the skill and sf>onsmanship which the two Barwicks, Jim and Peter, the rwo Indians, A. S. Singh and C. N. Malani, Donald MacDonald, Dick Klein, B. J. M. Innes, and manager Tim Bell brought back to Cope Field this spring. 1954 Captain Jim Barwick 121 The 1954 Record extends its thanks to these Patrons, whose interest and assistance have been invaluable. Mrs. John Barwick Mr. and Mrs. M, Eliot Jones Mr. and Mrs. John M. Beatty Judge and Mrs. Harry E. Kalodner Mr. and Mrs. Philip E. Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Kaye Dr. and Mrs. N. Warren Bourne Rev. and Mrs. Hugh E. Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. Campbell Burton Mr. J. and Mrs. J. Frederick Lissfelt Mr. and Mrs. O. W. 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