Spring/ Summer1996

Commencement '96

I T WAS QlJITE WARM AND THE activist who established an office of the SUN SHONE BRJGHTlY on Sunday American Friends Service Committee in morning, May 19, as approximately 2,000 Hanoi. friends and family members gathered at commencement to congratulate the Excerpts from their speeches follow: members of Haverford's Class of 1996. T he 274 graduating seniors heard words Muhammad Yunus: " Your hard work and of advice from departing president Torn commitment to acquire knowledge are Kessinger and four distin.guished honorary being formally recognized here today. degree recipients before adjourning to Knowledge is power. Knowledge gives Founder's Green for refreshments and comfort as well as pain and anguish. You posing for photographs. know that already, but I would like to put a note of caution for you. Not all knowledge is as Henry Louis Gates perfect as it is packaged to Henry Gates, Jr. : "Too often in this appear. We allow country, we speak today as if race is some­ . . . our unagmauon thing that blacks have. Sexual orientation to create make­ is something gays have. Gender is some­ believe stories to thing that women have. Ethnicity is explain the reality something that so-called ethnics have ... of people's lives ... "I believe in civic humanism. "Grameen Pluralism isn't about policing the bound­ Bank has taught aries. It's supposed to be about breaking me two things: those boundaries down, acknowledging First, our knowl­ the fluid and interactive nature of all our edge base about identities. That's why I'm uncomfortable Tom and Varyam Kessinger in the commencement recessionaL people and their with the notion of adulthood as being interactions is founded on a static, laminated sense of One of the four honorary degree recip­ still very inadequate. Second, each indi­ self ... What if instead we saw a re-fash­ ients, Muhammad Yunus, was awarded his vidual person is very important. ... Each ioning of self as one of the true ethical honorary doctor of humane letters in person has tremendous potencial and can tasks of our entire lives? absentia. Mr. Yunus, who was honored by influence the lives of others within com­ "Invent yourself And don't restrict the college as founder of the largest bank munities and nations, within and beyond yourself to off-the-rack models either. in the world serving the poor, had been his/her own time. Grameen has given me Because there isn't one way to be white or drafted into the caretaker government of an unshakable faith in the creativity of black, gay or straight, Hispanic or Asian, Bangladesh and was organizing that coun­ human beings. That led me to believe liberal or conservative, male or female. try's late ] une general elections. At the that human beings are not born to suffer And the stronger your sense of the contin­ United Nations Fourth World Conference the misery of hunger and poverty. They gent nature of all sense of identities, the on Women in Beijing last: fall, he attracted suffer now and they did in the past less likely you will be harmed by them, or, international attention fm his innovative because we never paid serious attention to in their name, inflict harm upon others." banking strategies designed to provide this subject. If we pay our attention to it, loans to poor people, particularly women, we can create a poverty-free world for all George Ellis: "Be open to the unexpected so they can become self-sufficient entre­ time to come." opportunities that present themselves. preneurs. Accepting for Mr. Yunus was In all of life it's so easy to miss the oppor­ Ms. Moushumi Khan, who had worked at tunities right in front of one because one was expecting something else ... the bank. George FR. ElLis The remaining honorary degree recipi­ "It's particularly important in ents were: Henry Louis Gates, a leading research work where the truly great dis­ proponent of studies of the culture, her­ coveries are always unexpected. In my itage and literature of Afro-Americans, own research, a persis[ent noise that could chair of Harvard's Afro-American Studies not be gotten rid of turned out to be the department and head of the university's microwave radiation background, which W E.B. DuBois Institute for Afro­ proved the hot "Big Bang" theory of evo­ American Research ; George FR. Ellis, a lution correct and provides the central mathematician and physicist who serves as theme of modern cosmology. ...All of life president of the Royal Society of South is a research project-- a continuing process of discovery and learning. To Africa at the University of Cape Town; Ms. Moushumi Khan accepting an honorary and Lady Borton, an author and Quaker doctor ofhumane Letters for Muhammad Yunus make a success of it, one should not be continued on the next page Page2

Social Responsibility Professorship Established

.• by Constance and Robert MacCrate

T HIS SPRJNG SAW THE DEDICA­ MacCrate received his T ION OF A NEW INTEFilli SC IPLI ­ law degree from NAR.Y CHAI R. AT HAVER.FOFill - The Harvard Law School Constance and Robert MacCrate in 1948 . Mrs. Professorship in Social Responsibility. MacCrate, after grad­ Long an active alumnus of the uating from Mount College, Robert MacCrare '43 says he Holyoke College with came up with the idea for the profes­ a B.A. in economics, so rship six years ago when he gave a was an assistant-m­ talk at the College entitled "A Quaker courses at H arvard Query: What are we doing as individ­ Business School uals to carry our share of responsibili­ where the MacCrates ties? " met. They were mar­ The inauguration of the new chair ried in May 1946, was held in April. A luncheon celebra­ just before Mr. tion-in Founder ' G-reat Hall wa MacCrate en ered Harvard Law School. Const11nce and Robat MarCrate followed by a lecture by Associate A retired partner of the New York Professor of Religion, John David law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell, A member of the Haverford faculty Dawson, who will hold the professor­ MacCrate served as president of the since 1987, Dawson was named ship for the next five years. According American Bar Association in 1987--88 Pennsylvania Professor of the Year in Haverlortl College to MacCrate, the professorship is and is currently president of the 1994 by the Carnegie Foundation for was cited for its intended to recognize and advance American Bar Foundation, the empirical the Advancement ofTeaching. That exemplary program interdisciplinary teaching and scholar­ research area of the Bar Association. same year he was the recipient of in fund raising this ship that explores the obligations per­ After chairing from 1989 to 1992 an Haverford's Lindback Award for distin­ year by the Council so ns bear to one another, both as dis­ American Bar Association study of legal guished Teaching. The author of tinctive individuals and as members of education and lawyers' professional! Literary Theory and Allegorical Readers for the Atlvoncemenlr diverse social groups. The chair was development, MacCrate has led a nation­ and Cultural Revision in Ancient anti Support of created by the MacCrares as parr of wide effort to implement the recommen­ Alexandria, Dawson is a respected voice Education (CASE}. ''A Critical Balance: The Campaign for dation of this study, commonly referred in the diverse fields of ancient Thomas J. Ryan'46, a Haverford". to in legal circles as the MacCrate Christianity, classical studies, modern former member of After graduating from Haverford Report. religious thought, contemporary theolo­ with a B.A. in Government, Robert MacCrate is a past co-chair of the gy, and literary theory and criticism. He the Boord of Joint Board Council ofTrustees and received his Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. Managers anti Managers of Bryn Mawr and Haverford from Yale University, his M .Div. from former choir of the Colleges, which laid the foundation for Duke University, and his B.A. from college's tlevelopmelrt hi-college cooperation. He was a mem­ Towson State University. He is return­ ber of the Haverford Board of Managers ing to Haverford after a sabbatical at the committee, accepted from 1972 until 1984 and currently is a Center ofTheological Inquiry in the ·"Circle of Manager Emeritus. The MacCrate Hall Princeton, where he served as a Fellow. Excellence" award in Union Building was dedicated in During his inaugural address, enti­ for Haverford tlurinBr memory of his parents in 1978. tled "The Grammar of the Spirit," the July 8 MacCrate conceived of this profes­ Dawson noted that the professorship sorship as an inter-departmental chair, aims "to perpetuate the spirit and the ceremonies in Son saying it will be held by faculty from a reality of service that characterize the Francisco. number of acad mic d partm nts. "It 'invi ible' Colleg ." H thanked th was clear from the impact of David MacCrares nor only for rh ir generosity, Dawson's reaching on his students that but also "for their insight and vision in he was just the sort of person who conceiving a position so deeply in char­ David Dawson, the Constance and Robert should initiate the chair," MacCrat:e said. acter for Haverford College." MacCrate Professor in Social Responsibnility

Commencement continued

rigid, bur always be ready to learn. population. If Robert McNamara had Indeed, try to put into practice the idea of researched his war, he would have gone life-long learning- an attitude and habit into a rice paddy and let the leeches bite of continual inquiry and questioning, of his legs .... developing new skills and an open mind "I urge you to listen to the other views. to whatever comes along. " You have to go into the mud and put your feet in the rice paddy and let the leeches Lady Borton: "I have learned that most of bite you and learn how to deal with leech the books in our libraries do not have the bites .... As you go our into the world, take full story. Many of them are CIA-funded your lessons from some of the people and written with interests in mind. They around you who you may think of as your leave out women. They leave our peas­ least likely teachers. And I will guarantee ants. And peasants, during the American you that they will have a tremendous War were 98 percent of the Viemamese amount to share with you." Lady Borton Page3

Re-framing the Affirmative Action Debate

IsDIVERSITY EcilJ.AL TO MEfUT? Is merit equal to diversity? According to Lani Guinier, professor of law at rhe University of Pennsylvania and one-rime Clinton nominee, merit and diversity are nor mutually exclusive, rather they are co mpalti ble and impor­ tant variables which Americans must learn to integrate. Guinier, who addressed the current affirmative action debate at a special Collection in April, called upon students to address such complex problems with diver e problem-solving. "I want to use affirmative action as a platform to think about our entire system of distributing re ourc s, enetit , cc · higher education, jobs and promotion in a way that doesn't assume one-size-firs­ ••••••••••••••••••• all, in a way that is committed to fun­ damental fairness, and in a way that doesn't think of this conversation as a Veteran journalists game," she explained. "This is about offeree/ their opinions looking at the experience of those ancl insights into the who have been excluded- those who upcoming national elec­ have traditionally been the beneficia­ ries of affirmative action - and raking tions this April during their experience to rethink rhe whole the 13th annual Andrew way in which we make these deci­ Silk journalism panel. sions. We need to find different ways Mocleratecl by Mark Silk of thinking about solving problems, of the Atlanta Journal selecting applicants, and moving together into the 21st century." Constitution, the pan­ Lani Guinier A central figure in the debate on elists incluclecl Larry affirmative action and race-relations, Eiche~ national editor of Guinier received national attention of dialogue as a means of understand­ rarive approaches to decision making. The Philadelphia when her controversial nomination to ing and resolving conflict. A ten-year civil rights lawyer for Inquirer, Soma Golden head the Justice Department's civil "Let's start asking the right ques­ the NAACP Legal Defense and rights division was wi tlhdrawn by the tions, rather than just asserting state­ Education Fund and the U.S. Behr, assistant manag­ President in June of 1993. Unable to ments," says Guinier. " Let's ask, Department of Justice, Guinier is a ing editor of The New publicly defend herself during the 'What is diversity? What is merit? graduate of Radcliffe College and Yale York Times ancl E.J. nomination process, Guinier claims to What is fairness?' University Law School. Speaking with Dionne of The have been consistently misquoted and "Usually we interpret fairness as students after Collection, she signed Washington Post. The misrepresented. sameness. Rather, fairness is some­ copies of her most recent book, The "Parr of my effort, part of my thing that promotes equality, produc- ljranny ofthe Majority: Fundamental yearly panel is held in sti=uggJ ro :-edaim my own voice, was twuy an ax-imizes-<)p_l*)Fnmiry." Pairness in Representative Democracy. memory ol journalist also a struggle to get us to rethink the Since the withdrawal of her nom­ "This isn't abom winning or los­ Andrew Silk '76. nature of public conversation itself so ination, Guinier has focused her ing, it's about trying to collaborate it's not something in which we win or attention on catalyzing public dis­ and work through important public lose," explained Guinier. course on race and other social issues. issues," she adds, "This is a fight, this Guinier is no stranger to contro­ In her numerous lectures, television is a struggle, this is a debate, bur it's versy, however. The daughter of a appearances and Op-Ed articles, not about winning or losing, it's white Jew and a black civil rights Guinier has consistently spoken about about trying to resolve these issues in leader and Harvard professor, Guinier moving beyond the "blame game" of ways that even those who lose feel grew up as what her mother called polarized discourse and "us-versus­ their views have becen taken into one of the "bridge people". In fact, them" divisiveness. Most recently, account and they've been treated with the strong influence of her parents Guinier founded "Commonplace," a respect." and her vivid childhood experiences national non-profit organization to helped convince Guinicer of the value facilitate social dialogue and collabo- Page4 A Team Effort Tackles Wclrld Agricultural Issues

OT ALL OF HAVERFORD'S COURSES FIT Many serious problems exist in developing countries that N NEATLY INTO A COURSE CATALOGUE prevent adequate production and consumption of food. To where class offerings are organized by academic depart­ better understand these problems, students studied issues ments. In fact, one such new course makes quite a leap of human nut:rition, farming techniques, population growth, between two departments that seemingly don't have much the transition of agrarian economies to industrial economics, in common - Biology and Economics. But that hasn't genetic engineering, plant breeding techniques and public stopped two faculty members from combining their efforts policy. to create ''Agricultural Biotechnology in Developing Ball has lived in Africa and studied the economies of Economies". African nations, where new agricultural technologies have had Taught by Richard Ball, assistant professor of econom­ a profound social and economic impact. Banta has a long­ ics, and assistant biology professor Lois Banta, the class standing interest in biotechnology, and has recently researched examines the economic, social, and biological problems a specific bacterium used to genetically alter plants to increase specific to agriculture in third world countries. "The idea crop yield. Guest lecturers included corporate and World for this course arose out of our mutual interests in agricul­ Bank economists, experts on rice production and genetically­ tural technology and its biological and economic impacts," engineered virus resistance, as well as representatives of inter­ says Ball. "There is litrle precedent for such a class, which national agricultural research groups. reach es across w hole academic division to rackle a p roblem Student in th class prepared pre entations focusing on of immediate concern." the agricultur:al status of specific regions in Africa, India, Latin The College offered the half-semester class for the first America and southeast Asia. One finding of the class was that time last Spring. Students examined agricultural, nutri­ despite predictions of global famine in the 1960's and 70's, tional, and economic issues in the third world. This worldwide food production has kept pace with population includes taking a close look at human nutrition, plant growth. "This was mostly a result of the Green Revolution, breeding techniques, and the biological processes involved which was the revolution of agricultural biotechnology begun in genetic engineering. Material in the course also address­ in the mid-70's," says Joshua Moss '98. "This saw the advent es the economic and social impact of recent agricultural of genetic engineering and the implementation of seeds that technology on developing countries. can yield dozens of times the quantities of traditional seeds." Interim President Named

qualifications and qualities Bob Gavin Community College-School Board brings to the position of interim presi­ between 1973 and 1978. dent, including strong academic cre­ In addition to his Ph.D. in physical dentials, demonstrated leadership, chemistry, Mr. Gavin earned his bache­ administrative skills, faculty and admin­ lor degree from St. John's University in istrative perspectives and a thorough Minnesota and was awarded an hon­ knowledge of Haverford, its traditions orary doctor of science degree from and Quaker values. Haverford in 1986. ''And because he has known Bryn His research has been published in Mawr College president Mary Pat the journal ofChemical Physics, the McPherson as an administrative col­ journal ofthe American Chemical league for many years, he will be able to Society, the journal ofChemical work with her to help maintain the Education and in the proceedings of th e closeness of the two colleges in this National Academy of Science. Robert M. Gavin, Jr. period of leadership transition," said A past director of the Biomedical HE CHAIR OF HAVERFORD'S Mr. Hurford. Research Institute in St. Paul, T BOARD OF MANAGERS, John A native of Coatesville, Pa., M1r. Minnesota and trustee of the Science B. Hurford, announced in late April the Gavin joined Haverford College's Museum of Minnesota, Mr. Gavin is appointment of Robert M . Gavin Jr. , a chemistry faculty as an assistant profes­ on the board of directors of the former provost and faculty member in sor in 1966 following completion of his Research Corporation and the FORTIS the chemistry department at Haverford, doctoral studies at Iowa State Financial Group, a member of the Pew as interim president. Mr. Gavin's one­ University. Over the next 14 years he Foundation's Science Advisory year appointment takes effect on July 1, was promoted to full professor, and fol­ Committee and the executive commit­ 1996 when Tom Kessinger leaves to lowing a year as a visiting professor and tee of Project Kaleidoscope and chair of head the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in scientist at the University of Califomia, the governing board of the Consortium Geneva, Switzerland. Berkeley, he became director of com­ of Liberal Arts Colleges. He also serves Mr. Gavin, 55, has served as the puting at Haverford in 1979. A year on a number of cultural and education­ president of Macalester College in St. later, he was named provost of the col­ al institutions in the Twin Cities area. Paul, Minnesota since 1984. The 111- lege and served in that position umil he During his 12-year tenure at Macalester year-old liberal arts institution has resigned to head Macalester. College, Mr. Gavin oversaw a signifi­ approximately 1700 undergraduates. An active member of the Haverford cant increase in the college's endow­ In May 1995, he announced he was community, Mr. Gavin served on the ment, an expansion of the faculty, con­ leaving Macalester at the end of this Haverford Township School Board struction of a new library, the renova­ academic year. from 1972 to 1978, as president, vice tion of several academic and residence In a statement to Haverford faculty, president, legislative liaison and chair of halls and the expansion of the college's students, alumni and parents, Mr. the education committee. He also was a athletic facilities. Mr. Gavin and his Hurford pointed to the "many positive member of the liaison committee and wife, Charlotte, have five children. chair of the Delaware County Page 5

Downstairs at the Bookbindery

''PhilAdelphia had always been a center ofbook publishing and bookbinding, but in the early sixties that began to ch ange. " -

Bruce Bumbarger A visitor to the first tier of the college's library could easily imagine the setting 20 existence for as long as anyone can remember, with space for it incorporated into years ago when retired ladies were seated with needles and thread in large, soft arm­ the library's 1968 addition," recalls Bumbarger. chairs sewing broken bookbindings. Gone are the armchairs and the ladies, but still He and his assistant, Jim Pollard, together with student assistants and a reposed beneath Magill Library are the grand old steel presses of the bookbindery. summer intern, handle most of the binding and conservation needs of the library, Smaller wooden and steel presses are also there, along with large soaking working on some 3,000 items per year. Those needs are varied, and include the trays of water and chemicals, knives of every size, glues,different grades and colors simple reinforcement of new paperbacks, construction of boxes and other special of paper, bindings and covers in various states of repair or disrepair. In a corner, housings for deteriorated items which must be left in their original bindings, the two or three people are bent over their projects, working ardently, while several rebinding of books from the circulation collection and work on exhibitions. torn, moldy volumes of Swift's WOrks in Twenty-Four Volumes lie soaking in a nearby Bumbarger also works with the Fine Arts department, teaching students solution. And surrounding all this are shelves and shelves of books. in the photography program how to construct boxes, books and exhibition mats The bookbindery at Haverford would be an unusual presence on any for their prints. The treatment of books and documents from the Special campus except possibly at a large university, since book preservation and conserva­ Collections and library archives is also his responsibility, and some books, which tion are generally left to the large commercial binderies. "Philadelphia had always are very old or precious, receive special attention. been a big center of book publishing and bookbinding, but in the early sixties that Such was the situation several years ago when an old chemistry notebook began to change," says Bruce Bumbarger, who since 1986, has presided over the caught the attention of Herbert Ensworth, a 1929 Haverford alumnus. The note­ Haverford facility. book had belonged to illustrator and painter Maxfield Parrish. who had attended According to Bumbarger, many binderies closed down, and machines Haverford from 1888 untill891 when he enroll in the Pennsylvania Academy for were developed that could do much of the work. During this change, many of the the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Parrish, who was 19 years old when he completed large presses and other equipment were donated to Haverford. the notebook, embellished his detailed laboratory notes with elaborate ink and A rare vocation today, bool<_binc!W-.g and book preservation are taugh t at watercolor dravvings_of elves~olding b.eakers...and chem ic1 l mrtions wh.ich.seem..t...,_ _,..._ only a few locations in this country, the two primary programs being at the come to life on the page. University ofTexas in Austin, which offers a master's oflibrary science with a con­ The conservation treatment and rebinding of the Parrish notebook was centration in conservation, and at the North Bennet Street School in Boston, a cen­ undertaken and completed in mid-1995 through a gift from Ensworth. After an tury-old craft school which specializes in the teaching of stringed instrument mak­ initial examination, Bumbarger discussed treatment options with the Special ing, furniture construction and restoration and bookbinding. Collections staff. "We wanted to restore the openability and handling qualities of Bumbarger's career in book restoration developed out of an interest in the book, to make it possible for it to be safely displayed and handled, rather than restoring period woodwork. " I was asked to restore an old barn which housed a ro restore it to as-new condition," says Bumbarger. "This meant cleaning and bookstore," he recalls. ''As I worked in the barn, I became acquainted with the mending the text, and resewing it in a manner which would allow for support and owner, and kept asking more and more questions about his work. When the barn easy opening." was finished, he asked if I would like to stay on and work with him in the book­ The decision was made to rebind the notebook retaining as much of the shop, which I did. old binding as possible. Work began when the book was taken apart, the paper "Many aspects of the work were interesting," says Bumbarger," but I pH checked, and tests performed to see whether any liquids could be used in found myself evenrually most attracted to the work involved in repairing items cleaning or deacidifying the text. It was decided the text should be dry cleaned which needed a little help to be brought into saleable condition." using crumbled plastic eraser and a brush, and the staff would rely on proper envi­ Before his appointment to the college, Bumbarger studied with and ronmental storage conditions to offset further acidification of the text paper. worked in the shop oflocal binders Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt, served as an intern Tears were mended, new sections were made to replace those which had in the conservation lab of the Library Company of Philadelphia and worked on a been excised, and the textblock was resewn. The old cover boards were reattached parttime basis with his predecessor at Haverford, Don Rash. to the textblock and a new leather spine cur from a piece of goatskin similar in Now, along with his responsiblities at the bindery, Bumbarger oversees color to the original, was arrached to the book. The cardboard ticlepi.ece, marbled aspiring bookbinders among the students at Haverford during an eight-week cover papers and leather corners were left untreated to maintain as much of the internship every summer. The college's formal bookbinding program was estab­ book's original condition as possible. It rook Bumbarger 40 hours to complete the lished about 19 years ago making use of the old presses and other equipment book, which together with the remnants of the excised text leaves, are housed in a donated over the years. "The informal binding and mending program had been in protective box in Special Collections. Page 6

Nader Urges Increased Civic Action in Campus Visit

ALPH NADER USED A VISIT economic interests, and the historical R TO THE H/NERFORD cam­ divide between Republicans and pus in April ro issue a call for roday's Democrats has become increasingly college students to become more blurred." According ro Nader, corpo­ involved citizens, and to discuss his rate interests have overpowered rhe new approach for running for presi­ two parries so that "rhey are as differ­ dent of rhe United Stares. ent as Tweedledum and Tweedledee." Speaking before approximately Named by Time magazine as one 300 students in Marshall Auditorium, of the 100 most influential Americans Nader described his presence as rhe of rhe 20th century, Nader has spent Green Parry candidate on rhe presi­ his career defending rhe interests of dential ballot as a very unconvention­ ordinary people. Beginning with the al approach ro politics. He is making publication of his book Unsafe at Any no effort to raise money for his candi­ Speed in 1965, Nader's efforts have dacy, which advocates environmental helped to bring about stringent heal th regulations and citizen protections and safery standards in rhe consumer, against big business. The campaign is environmental and workplace sectors. being organized by volunteers on a Numerous citizen groups have grass-roots level and come November formed under Nader' direction, In his speech ader called on Ralph Nader he expects ro be on rhe ballot in only including student public interest undergraduates to increase rheir civic 20 stares. As he spoke, petitions rhar research groups (PIRGS), which oper­ participation and become active citi­ could qualify Nader for rhe Pennsyl­ ate in 20 states, the Center for Auto zens, astute consumers and demand­ vania ballot were circulated among Safery and the Pension Rights Center. ing taxpayers. He says with more rhe audience. He is largely responsible for launch­ involvement by the nation's young Nader maintains t:har the driving ing the Occupational Safery and people, America could move toward force behind his lares1r campaign is a Health Administration (OSHA), rhe what he calls a "ciivic sociery," where desire to break up rhe country's two­ Environmental Protection Agency democracy and civic participation parry political system. "This duopoly (EPA), and the Consumer Product prosper and rhe people regain control is increasingly indentured to rhe same Safery Commission. of rhe political process.

Sojourn to South Africa: A Peace S~ tudies Mission

American reservations in Wisconsin Africans relate to each other. The and Arizona and Los Angeles. respect and acknowledgment of one Students are able to speak to people another's inherent digniry and humani­ on differing sides of a conflict, includ­ ty on an everyday basis allows the sort ing government agents, professors, envi­ of dialogue we strive for at Haverford. ronmental groups, community service "There are a number of things I volunteers and average citizens. think the U.S. should take a look at in Occasional trips to Washington, D.C. the new government and constitution provide the perspective of the U.S. gov­ in South Africa: the national parliament ernment. has 400 members, 106 of whom are Headed by political science profes­ women; the working draft of the con­ sor Harvey Glickman, this year's expe­ stitution contains a clause protecting dition witnessed a much different homosexuals; and it also includes a South Africa than Haverford faculry clause to make marital rape a crime." and students found 10 years ago on a Mike Shipler '99 : "I think there's a similar mission. As is the custom, stu­ sense of isolation in South Africa, A GROUP OF HAVERFORD dents set aside an evening to share their which is amazing to me, because the STUDENTS got a first-hand experiences and impressions with other country has been so prominent in the look at rhe recent dramatic changes in students and faculry. This year they news and such a major presence in our South Africa during a College-spon­ presented their findings on campus minds. People would say things like sored trip there in March. during an April conference on South 'We're so thankful for your corning and Since its inception in 1982, rhe Africa. that you are thinking about us in the Peace Studies Mission program has Sue Gilbertson '98 : "I went to United States,' or 'It is amazing that allowed students from Haverford, Bryn South Africa with the intention of you've come - we have rejoined the Mawr, and, more recently, from researching women's positions in the world now.' It was special for people Swarthmore to travel w various places church. This focus changed to femi­ there, and it was special for us too. I of conflict and its resolution. The goal nism in South Africa. I was struck by never expected to be welcomed in such is to assess U.S. policy from the view­ the apparent commitment of most of a genuine and warm way." point of other countries and orher peo­ the people we met to the ideals of Katie Quirk '98 : "I witnessed a ples. Past trips have taken students to 'ubuntu buthu,' which means a person society in which people are blatantly such places as Nicaragua and Costa is only a person through other people. denied access to their potential. This Rica, Northern Ireland, Hungary, The sense of community and genuine sort of dassism or even racism is cer­ Poland, Czechoslovakia and Israel. The concern for others we encountered so tainly not unique to South Africa, but missions are not limitced to foreign con­ frequently really touched me. I wonder it is perhaps more apparent there and flicts; groups have also traveled to if we at Haverford don't have some­ has caused me to be more attuned and Chicago, the deep Sourh, Native thing to learn from the way the South continued on the next page Page 7

Lessons in College Finance economic-related areas, students also are exposed to issues currently facing higher edu­ cation. Among this semester's reading assign­ ments were articles about recent scandals over cost and fmancing in higher education, news­ paper reports on a local challenge to the Haverford's tax exempt status and the 1995 US. News & World Report rankings. ''I'm G. Richard WJnn much less critical of those rankings than in past years," says Wynn," bur for one of their VER THE PAST SEVERAL economics. It was during his six-year tenure assignments I give the students specific infor­ 0 YEARS . Haverford College students there that Wynn also gained experience in mation on Haverford and ask them to do an have had a unique opportunity to study a sub­ financial analysis and conducted research on analysis on the methodology and validity of ject that's very relevant to them and their fam­ endowment performance. Through the sup­ the ranking. I also tell them to analyze the ilies - the cost of their college education. In a port of Wooster and The Ford Foundation, he reliability of specific measuremenrs and to course entitled, " The Economics and co-authored rwo books with Hans H. Jenny , consider whether US. News'statistics really Finances of Higher Education," students learn The Golden Yean: A Study ofIncom e and measure what they claim." what's involved in much of the college's finan­ Expenditure Growth and Distribution of48 As part of their lesson on analyzing cial planning, from decisions about tuition to Private Four- Year LiberaL Arts CoLLeges and a finances, he also provides students with fman­ Haverford's endowm nt and investm nt poli­ s que!, The Turning Point. cial reporrs and available statistics un compa­ cies. Their teacher is the senior administrator In 1972 Wynn went on to the University rable institutions. It's this accessibility to infor­ in charge of all those areas. of Michigan where as a doctoral student he mation, as much as the practical knowledge Since the spring of 1991 when he was continued to research and write about private they acquire, which makes the course most asked to pur a course together for the eco­ college fmancing; his dissertation focused on appealing to students. nomics department, Haverford's Vice inflation indicators in liberal arts colleges. "I think what surprised all of us was how President for Finance and Administration, G. Many of the materials Wynn shares with much specific information Mr. Wynn shared Richard Wynn, has applied his own research his class at Haverford are drawn from his years with the class about Haverford's finances and interests toward educating students about how of writing and research on several aspects of budgeting," recalls Kevin Granahan, a third­ Haverford and its peer institutions each com­ private higher education finance. His primary year political science major with a strong bine their resources to produce high quality sources, however, include specific information interest in economics. "I came to appreciate liberal arts education. he has compiled on Haverford: its financial that the cost of providing students a college For the past 11 years, he has served as history, long range and strategic planning, the education is considerably more than what i Haverford's chief fmancial officer, a position budget process, tuition pricing and endow­ charged." he also held at Earlham College in Richmond, ment management. He compares the world The course has been an educational experi­ Indiana and at Cedar Crest College in of higher education with other non-profit ence for Wynn as well. "I've long believed it's Allentown, Pa. His experience in the class­ organizations, and he makes his students very useful for administrators to spend some room began in 1965 when, as an instructor in aware of the public's perceptions of higher time in the classroom," he says. "It reminds us economics at The College of Wooster, he education. that the faculty perform challenging, bur also taught industrial organization and regulatory While his course covers a number of basic hard, tiring work. "

Peace Studies Mission continued

sensitive to irs presence within my lives for peace, people who could be own environment. When I was killed tomorrow, all because they younger, I found a quote by Katherine believed in peace. Hepburn stating something like, 'I "We must have heard about 15 dif­ d01iLbelie_ve irLcircumsrances. Eeople ferent opinions on.. the_poliricalviolenc define their own circumstances.' I no during our five days in the province. longer hold that belief Of these, I'd say that 13 were pes­ "South Africa is a land of contrasts, simistic and jaded by the conflict. The both horrific and hopeful. It is hopeful exceptions were two men who had ini­ in the sense that it is a society struc­ tially been rivals in their community tured around change and improvement. before coming together to broker a 'political correctness' does not exist in local peace initiative. Today, they speak South Africa. There is a sort of refresh­ of each other with brotherly love; just a ing bluntness that immediately stands few years ago, they might have killed out in conversations.'' each other. Their presence, their hope, Rob Levin '96 : "I had always and their spirit outshone the other 13 thought of peace in rational, analytical voices put together." terms. As a political science major, I conceived of peace as a political phe­ nomenon. Then I visited KwaZulu/Naral, a province of South Africa that has suffered from a rash of political violence over the last ten years. I met people who were risking their PageB

Haverford's Olympic Hopeful

AVERJORD IS KNOWN As a freshman, it was H for being one of the top liberal obvious that Paranya arts colleges in the country, for its would be a top runner at beautiful campus, for its Quaker tra­ Haverford, bur Donnelly dition, for Dave Barry. The likelihood saw that he also had real is that sooner, not later, it will also be potential. Coach Donnelly ••••••••••••••• known for being the alma mater of made sure Karl did not Karl Paranya. overtrain, yet somehow If you watched the USA Olympic guided him to the NCAA Senior Jamal Elliot Track and Field Trials on ESPN on Division III 800m tide in hit 88 out of 100 Monday, June 17, you would have his first year of collegiate free throws in the seen Haverford senior Karl Paranya track. The rest, as they say, .1.1Shoot for Smiles 11 advance to the semifinals in the is history. Paranya went on fundraiser for the 1500m race. Although the NCAA to take the 800m and Division III 1500m indoor and out­ 1500m indoor tides and the 800m Karl Paranya at the Olympic Trials in Atlanta Philadelphia Chapter door champion did not move on to outdoor tide his sophomore year, and of Operation Smile, Sunday's final, he certainly proved he the 1500m tide at both the indoor The bond that exists among the a non-profit grtlfJ was in line to make an impact on the and outdoor championships this year. Haverford running teams is key to wh"ch provides free track and field world. In 1996, Paranya made the move their success, and this bond is impera­ Paranya realizes that he is young out of the college circles and into the tive to Paranya's achievement right reconstructive plastic and that being in Atlanta at the end ranks of the world's top milers. In now. When asked if it was difficult to surgery to under­ of July would have been quite a March, he competed in the mile at be in Atlanta at the Indoor Track and privileged children stretch. He knows that he has a bright the USA-Mobil Indoor Track and Field Championships without his throughout cities in future ahead and that he must main­ Field Championships in Atlanta, teammates, his best friends, he main­ the United States. tain a level of confidence high enough where he finished fifth in a field of tains that it was not, "I knew that to allow him not be scared off by some of the strongest middle-distance they were supporting me 100%. I Over 36 children in competing with world class athletes, runners in the world. He has broken think that they were actually happier Philadelphia have yet low enough that it does not hurt the Division III record in the mile for me than I was for myself. " Their benefitted from his level of self-assurance in the long twice, currently holding a personal support was quite obvious in June, as operations, which run. So right now, he takes it one race and division best of 4:01.92. His sec­ a large group of them made the trip at a time, one meet at a time, leading ond place finish in his heat of the to the Trials to cheer him on as he are made possible by Haverford to win after win. opening round of the Olympic Trials made a bid for the Olympic Team. donations of money, Paranya began running competi­ was quite extraordinary, as he finished However, it may be the relation­ supplies, time and tively in seventh grade, following in better than every collegiate runner in ship between Donnelly and Paranya talent from local the footsteps of his father, who ran for his race. that will be the most important one volunteer health Wesleyan. When it came time to Paranya's improvement over the in deciding Paranya's future as a run­ decide upon a college, Haverford was last couple of years is obvious. Having ner. "I have so much respect for P'ofessionals and the obvious choice for Paranya. The become an athlete of olympic poten­ him," Karl says of his coach, "''ll do institutions. combination of a top-notch education tial, he admits that running has anything he tells me to do. " Although and Head Coach Tom Donnelly was moved to the top of his priority liSit, Paranya did not make an appearance something that he could not pass up. right alongside academics. He partial­ in Atlanta at the end of July, if he Donnelly, who has coached olympic ly attributes the calibur of his run­ continues to train at the level he is and world class athletes and was an ning to the support of his teammat:es now, a trip to Sydney, Australia for All-American himself, has nurtured and to the expert coaching of Karl in the year 2000 is one more Paranya to success. Donnelly. than within reach.

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Robert M. Cavin, Jr. , Haverford's interim president. See page 4.