Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/recordofclass1935have H AVERFORD COLLEGE 18 3 3 19 3 5 J. H. LENTZ Editor C. M. BOCKSTOCE Business Mandger THE RECORD OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY^FIVE AT HAVERFORD COLLEGE H A\' E R F O R D PENNSYLVANIA CONTENTS Paye I 'N'liLiiia'K 9 Facim,t\' 12 Skmors 26 (7RAi)''ATK StUDKNTS 60 ()Tlil:R Cl.ASSKS 61 All i\ iTiKs 65 Atih.f.tics 81 Fkattrks 97 COLLEGK DlKlU'TORV 108 Al)\ KRTISKMENTS 113 Prologue ^ ^-*-l^' M\ ': PROLOGUE T'l' has often lieen pointed out to the un(leri;;rad- and to view the wreck of the old in the light of -* nates of Havcrford Colle5j;e that the theories the new. and prt'jtuhces with ret^^ard to rehgion, iiohties. When the class of 1935 gathered within these and life-in-ijeneral which we ])ossess when we cloistered ])recincts for the first tiiue. the average enter are ehanjj;t'd and mellowed throughout our one of us. let's call him Anyone 'I'liirlifivc, re- four years sojourn. Many of these changes have marked from ajipearances that this group was sim- heen so gradual and have occurred so dee]) within ilar to that entering any small college save in one us that we have failed to notice them. But there res])ect —here were few athletes and many schol- lias l)een one factor which, as it altered, we could ars. Hy mid-years this opinion had changed only not hut mark well —oin^ impressions. in that now Mr. Anyone Thirtifive felt a good Indeed, in retrospect, we find that ll;i\erford number of those he had formerly deemed schol- is jiar excellence an institution of imjjressions. ars were merely i^suedo-scholars. By this. A. Most of uur earlier im])ressions ha\e undergone Thirtifive. referred to a portion of his co-mates complete reversal in the course of time from in education who acted lik- the most profound of Freshman to Senior year. It is interesting and scholars everywhere but in tiie classroom. That enlightening to look hack on the wa\' we felt four is. they .secluded themselves (Anyone, drawing years ago. Comparisons are odious, hut in this from his knowledge of the past, felt that a life case it is highly fitting that we hark hack to the a])art must be conducive to great learning) and. past, resurrect a few of our old opinions and set when infrequently seen or beard, outside of class, them beside our present feelings. The jnirpose of were discussing topics in extremely cultered ac- this prologue, then, is to aid in the resurrection. cents which only the erudite could comprehend. •{ 9 } PROLOGUE — (Continued) (i\(.'r .\nyiiiu''s (Usually hiad ) Sonit'lmw these classmates. His sui)|)i)rl was ut\ longer whole- jisuedo-scholars did nut carry o\-er their brilliant hearted. Most of the minor events he never at- recitations to the classroom. Thirtifix-e siip])osed tended, and even at the major games lie cheered this was because they ])referred in ac(|uire wisdom with his tongue in bis cheek. in their own way, tho' he was not certain. Thus, at the end of his Soiihomore war we find In connection with the faculty, Anyone's im- Mr. Thirtifive tho" he may not have confessed it pressions were manifold. His biograjiher. how- to himself definitely skejjtical of what the college ever, shall dwell on only two or three of them. was giving him besides a certain amount of book President Comfort's inimitable cane-strut and learning. Even here he felt he could have gotten rostrum benr-hu.s^ were a source of considerable most of what was taught by going thru it alone amusement to him. The [iresident's first S])eech without the aid of anv ])edagogue. in collection failed largely to mo\-e him. Tie had Now let us skip a few years. Anyone Thirti- heard all of that stutT before. five is in the last half of his senior year. In the The two deans caused Thirtifive no little sur- interim he has made many discoveries, all of jirise and wonder. He had assumed tiiese men which confirm him in the belief that "Knowledge would be just as formidable as their names—IT. comes, but wisdom lingers." He had fonuerly Tatnall Brown and Archibald ^laclntosh. But disapjiroved of greasers. Now. he feels these here were two in high office who looked like ini- celebates have a right to their method of a])- dergraduate whippersnappers. felt it Sureh', he l)roach : indeed, has its advantages, though he they must be geniuses. After some four inter- does not entirelv approve of it. views with them, however, he drew other, more The deans have a tough job—there is plenty reasonable, conclusions. of room for impro\ement but. he says to him.self, Then there was the introduction to lliat group would not thi.s be the case under any circum- that frown on tlie bottle and the butt—the Black stances? Uncle Billy's maxims have found a Kwakes. It took Anyone some time to put his place in his heart. Though many of them, are. finger on just what distinguished these men from theoretically, still "old .stuff," they have taken the rest. Finally he decided their outstanding on a new meaning for him, because he has learned to apply them to himself. He has discovered that characteristic was a strict adherence to the timely many a Black Kwake carries a heart of gold— warning "Be good, sweet youth, and let who will though careful of money. Finally, he enjoys be clever." coui)led with a projiensitv towards watching the teams. Often enough he does not penuriousness and a predelictinn for fre(|uent aj)- get tremendously excited or wrought up in a prep plication to the feed bag. school fashion, but he does get a genuine kick Having heard the rumor before arri\ing at out of seeing his mates grapple with the opposi- Haverford that the jirowess of the local boys tion, and in their defeat he suffers. was not quite it what should be on the athletic In short, our friend Anyone has gone from field, he accepted the first few defeats grimly (|uick, sure fire impressions to mellowed opinion. cheering even in defeat. But after a tiiue he be- He has learned, in jjart. the great lesson that there gan to take the attitude of certain others of his is good in evervthing. { 10 }• rh F A C U L T Y 1935 IN MEMORIAM Raynek Wickersham Kelsey Ph.B., Earlham College: AI.L. and Ph.D., Univcrsily of Califonua Professor of History Born January 29. 1859 Deceased October 29, 1934 William ^\ISTAR Co>fFORT. President A.B.. Hovcrford College; A.B.. A.M.. and Pli.D.. Hanvrd Ufii- z'ersity; Litt.D.. Uiin'ersify of Peiiiisykviiia : LL.D.. i'lii- versity of ^[aryl^uld and Lake Forest College. THE 1935 RECORD OF Hknuy Tatnaij. 1>r()\vn. Jr. S.B.. Haverford College Dean and Director of Physical l'"(lucatinn William Edward Cadbury, Jk. S.B. and A.M., Havcrford College Instructor in Chemistrv Oscar Marshall Chase S.B. and S.M., Haverford College Reeistrar and Bursar Howard Comfort A.B.. lluvcrfnrd College; A.M. and Ph.D., Princeton University Assistant Professor of Latin and Greek 14 H A V E R F C) R D COLLEGE F,mmi';t'i- Tviai) Dunn A. 15. an<l A.M., Ilarrrford Collrifc Ph.])., Harvard University David Scull I'mfcssm- nf I'iolngy FuANK WniT.soN Fktticr .\.B.. Sivarthinorc College; A.M., Harvard University; A.M. and Ph.D., Prince- ton University Associritr I'mfcssor of Ecominiics John \\']i.lia.\[ I'"lu;ht B.A., Hope College; M.A., Yale University; B.D. and Ph.D., Hartford Theological Seminary Assistant Professor of Biblical Literature Ei.iiir (Ik.wt A.B., A.M., Ph.D., and S.T.B.. Boston University Professor of Biblical Literature Absc-nt on leave for the vear 1934-19,^5 15 THE 1935 RECORD OF Henry \'olkmar Gummere A.B. and A.M., Haverford College; A.M., Harvard . Uiiiversily Lecturer in Astronomy How ARD Knickerbocker Henry B.S., I'liiz'ersity of Pennsylvania Instructor in Botany John Goodwin Herndon, Jr. A.B. ami M.A., IVashuigton and Lee Univer- sity; Ph.D., University of Pcnnsyhania Associate Professor of Government Clayton William Holmes B.S., Uni^'eisity of A'eit.' Hampshire; A.M., Havcrford College Assistant Professor of Engineering 16 H A V E R F C) R 1) C C) L L E (; E |i)M \ I J'.SI.IK I loTSON A.i;., A.M., and I'll,!).. Harvard Ciiircrsily Francis B. (iuiiinnTc I'rofcssdr nf l''.nf,'lish Jniix .Ar.i.xANOF.R Kf.lly A.B.. limory and llciiry College; A.M. and Ph.D., Coluiiibia University Associate I'nifc'ssor of (urnian Dkax PuTNAAr LocKwoon A.B., AM. and Ph.D.. Uar-'ard Vimrrsily Profcs.sor of Latin William I'.dw Ai;n I.rxT A.P.. and L.H.D., Boivdoiu College: A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard I'nivrrsitx Walter D. and Edith M. L. .Scnll Professor of EnsfHsh Constitutional History 17 THE 1935 RECORD OF Archibald MacIntosh A.B., Havcrford College; M.A., Coluiuhia University Dean of Freslinuii and Director of Admissions Cletus O. Oakley B.S., University of Texas; S.M., Brown Uni- versity; Ph.D., University of Illinois Assistant Professor of Mathematics MONTFORT VeRTEGANS MeLCHIOR A.B., Haz'crford College; A.M., University of Pennsylvania Instructor in Modern Languages William Buell Meldrum B.A.