HAVERFORD COLLEGE CATALOG 1986-87 n 1831 seven members of the Religious Society of Friends chose a site of great natural beauty upon I which to found Haverford College. Thus two elements of traditional Quaker philosophy were brought together: the development of the intellect and the appreciation of nature. The College opened its doors to students in 1833. Two years later William Carvill, an English gardener, developed a landscape design for the newly acquired campus. Originally a farm, the gently rolling land offered open spaces, woodlands and streams. Carvill preserved these open spaces and, with the addition of 131 species of trees and shrubs, accented and framed broad sweep­ ing vistas. In the years following Carvill's time, the campus has grown to 216 acres with approximately 400 species of trees and shrubs included in the collection. From 1902 when a Campus Club was organized, to 1974 when the Campus Arboretum Association was formed, faculty, alumni and interested friends of the College have taken an active interest in preserving Haverford's rich natural heritage. In this Catalog we have tried to capture some of the beauty of the Haverford campus by featuring some of its magnificent trees. Some are rare, some are unusual, but all stand as campus landmarks to College visitors and friends, season after season. CONTENTS The College Fellowships and Prizes 5 Academic Calendar Phi Beta Kappa Statement of Purpose Endowed Fellowships for History Haverford Graduates Resources Prizes and Awards The Program 2 Faculty and Administration 6 Admission Faculty Expenses Academic Council Financial Aid Administration Scholarship Funds College Visitors on Special Funds Curriculum Requirements and Corporation and Board Managers Related Matters Alumni 7 Courses of Instruction 3 Alumni Association Numbering and Grading System Alumni Clubs Departments Areas of Concentration Supplemental Information 8 Index Student Services and Activities 4 Directory for Correspondence Health Program Campus Map Counseling Services Career Planning Women's Center Eighth Dimension Student Government Extracurricular Organizations and Publications PURPLE EUROPEAN BEECH Fagus Sy/uatica cu. Atropunicea In addition to the fine oak collection Haverford is proud of its many varieties of beech trees. The list includes the American beech, Fagus grandifolia, the European beech, Fagus sy/uatica, and its many forms: the fern-leaf, the cut­ leaf, and the fastigiate and weeping varieties. The most majestic of Haverford's beeches is the grand specimen which stands between the Gymnasium and Hall Building. THE COLLEGE 1 Academic Calendar 6 Statement of Purpose 8 History 8 Resources 9 SCARLET OAK Quercus Coccinea Haverford's collection of oaks is impressive, and one of the most beautiful is Quercus coccinea, the scarlet oak. A majestic tree towering over Founders Hall, it provides au­ tumn color which rivals the maples and justifies its common name. This native tree grows to 80 feet with an open, rounded head and bears deeply-cut, bristle-tipped leaves. Included in Haverford's oak collection is an area champion which appears on the list of Big Trees of South­ eastern Pennsylvania 1980. HAVERFORD COLLEGE CALENDAR 1986-87 FIRST SEMESTER Saturday 25 August Homecoming Day Thursday 28 November First year and transfer students arrive Thursday 13 and Friday 14 (Customs Week) Registration for second semester aca­ Sunday 31 and Monday, September 1 demic courses Returning students arrive Wednesday 26, 4:00 p.m. through Mon­ September day, December 1, 8:30a.m. Monday 1 Thanksgiving vacation First semester classes begin at December Swarthmore Tuesday 9 Monday 1, 8:00 p.m. Last day of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Opening Collection classes and Physical Education courses Tuesday 2, 8:30 a.m. Tuesday 9, 4:00 p.m. First semester classes begin at Haverford All papers (except those in lieu of exami­ Bryn Mawr at 8:00 a.m. nations) and laboratory notebooks due Thursday 4 Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 First semester classes begin at the Reading period (self-scheduled exami­ University of Pennsylvania nations may be taken) Friday 5, by 5:00 p.m. Friday 12 through Friday 19, 5:00p.m. New and readmitted students' academic MIDYEAR EXAMINATIONS AND PAPERS course registration completed IN LIEU OF EXAMINATIONS Thursday 11 and Friday 12 January Final academic verification at Haverford Wednesday 7, 5:00p.m. and Bryn Mawr Grades due in Recorder's Office Friday 19, by 5:00p.m. SECOND SEMESTER Last day to request No-Numerical-Grade Tuesday 13 Option Credit/No Credit at Bryn Mawr Second semester classes begin at the Saturday 27 University of Pennsylvania PARENTS' DAY Monday 19, 8:30a.m. Tuesday 30 Second semester classes and Physical Last day to drop a credit without penalty Education courses begin at Haverford October Bryn Mawr at 8:00 a.m. Friday 3, from sundown through Sunday 5 Monday 19 *Rosh Hashanah Second semester classes begin at Friday 10, 4:00p.m. through Wednesday Swarthmore 15, 8:30 a.m. Thursday 29 and Friday 30 Fall vacation Final academic course verification at Friday 17 Haverford and Bryn Mawr End of half-semester courses 6 1 February Wednesday 6 through Monday 11 by Friday 6, by 5:00 p.m. 12:00 noon Last day to request No-Numerical-Grade FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIORS Option Credit/No Credit at Bryn Mawr AND PAPERS IN LIEU OF EXAMINA­ Friday 13 TIONS Last day to drop a credit without pen­ Wednesday 6 through Friday 15 by alty 5:00p.m. March FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL OTHER Friday 6 STUDENTS AND PAPERS IN LIEU OF End of half-semester courses EXAMINATIONS Friday 6, 4:00p.m. through Monday 16, Sunday 17 morning 8:30a.m. COMMENCEMENT AT HAVERFORD Spring vacation COLLEGE April Sunday 17 afternoon Friday 3 COMMENCEMENT AT BRYN MAWR Sophomore major work plan sheets due COLLEGE in the Recorder's Office *Date recorded as reminder to those Monday 13 at sundown through Tuesday responsible for scheduling speakers for 21 both College lectures and individual *Passover classes. Yom Kippur begins at sundown Sunday 12 and continues through Mon­ Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 day 13, October (during fall vacation in Registration for the Fall 1986 semester 1986-87) academic courses Friday 17 Applications for financial aid due in Admissions Office Friday 17 *Good Friday May Friday 1 Last day of Haverford and Bryn Mawr classes Friday 1, 4:00 p.m. All papers (except those in lieu of exami­ nations) and laboratory notebooks due Saturday 2 through Tuesday 5 Reading period (self-scheduled exami­ nations may be taken) Monday 4, Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 Senior Comprehensive Examinations 7 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE rules as most other colleges; rather it averford College is committed to offers an opportunity for students to Hproviding a liberal arts education govern their affairs and conduct them­ in the broadest sense. This education is selves with respect and concern for distinguished by a commitment to ex­ others. Each student is expected to ad­ cellence and a concern for individual here to the Honor Code as it is adopted growth based on a rich academic each year by the Students' Association. curriculum at its core. Haverford has Haverford College, while a non­ chosen to remain small and to retain a sectarian institution, has Quaker roots. low student to faculty ratio to achieve These show most clearly in the rela­ these objectives. tionship of faculty and students; in the The College's rigorous academic emphasis on integrity; in the inter­ program is flexible in form and content action of the individual and the to meet the needs of individual stu­ community; and through the College's dents, and rests on the assumption that concern for the uses to which its stu­ the able students who come here will dents put their expanding knowledge. use their capacities fully. Haverford's faculty is noted for its strength in both HISTORY scholarship and teaching, and its mem­ averford was founded in 1833 as bers expect to transmit to students their Hthe Haverford School Association enthusiasm and high standards. The by a group of New York and Philadel­ faculty members are teaching at an phia Quakers reflecting the intellectual undergraduate college of arts and sci­ wing of Gurneyite Orthodox Friends. ences by choice and they expect to The school was more in the nature of learn, as well as to teach, in this close an academy than a college and pro­ relationship with undergraduates. vided "a guarded education [as well The full resources of the College, in as] an enlarged and liberal system of and out of the classroom, are designed instruction." Based on this philosophy, to promote the personal and intellec­ a seven-member faculty educated 21 tual growth of students. Through an Quaker boys in Greek, Latin, natural ambitious program of visiting lecturers, and moral philosophy, mathematics cultural activities, self-governance and and literature. service programs; through a student­ After various vicissitudes, the centered athletic program and through School became a College in the late day-to-day living on campus, the Col­ 1850's, with the right to grant degrees, lege seeks to broaden and enrich each and to admit non-Quakers. Under the person's development. Students are leadership of Thomas Chase and Isaac asked to give of themselves, even as Sharpless, by the turn of the century, they draw new strength from others. We the College had become a national in­ seek to create excellence throughout stitution, competing for students and the entire environment. faculty with leading institutions in the Haverford strives to be a college in nation. which integrity, honesty and concern Haverford had evolved into a col­ for others are dominant forces. The lege with both a varied academic pro­ College does not have as many formal gram and a diverse scholarly commu- 8 1 nity.