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A ROUND-UP OF LAST MINUTE NEWS I FROM HAVERFORD AT I ·I PRESS TIME $185,000 SUPPORTS FACULTY. I I and history of the schools. Comme The And~ew W. Mellon Foundation ing on Haverford'~ display titled has awarded a $185,000 grant to "Training for Service," associate Haverford for faculty development brarian David Fraser, who helped p during the next three years. The the exhibit, explained: "The core grant, to be supervised by the pro our exhibit features eight alumni vost and the faculty's Committee on show how Haverford has equipped th General Programs, will fund one to help others." The eight alumni phase of college plans for curricu are Albert Keith Smiley 1849, Ruf~ lar enrichment. Three-quarters of Jones 1885, Maxfield Parrish Ml.92, the faculty are expected to partici Henry J. Cadbury '03, Christoph~r page in activities funded by the Morley '10, Philip Noel Baker '10, grant. Joseph Stokes Jr. '14 and Charles - Mathias '44. Located in the Penn BOARD PASSES BALANCED BUDGET. I I Mutual Tower at 6th and Walnut Sts. At its March retreat, the Haverford the show is open to the public dail College Board of Managers approved a Admission is 50 cents for adults, 2 1976-77 budget with a projected sur cents for children. Haverford is plus of $7,055, the first balanced responsible for providing guides fo budget in 10 years. The surplus is eight days in July and October. based, however, on the college's Those wishing to volunteer their se ability to meet its 850-student en vices for a half-day should write: rollment goal for 1976 as well as a Mrs. John Gummere, c/o President's $485 increase in room, board, tuition Office, Haverford College, Haverfor and other fees combined. Pa. 19041. ALUMNI TO RETURN IN MAY. I I WORKSHOP ON CAMPUS, IN LONDON ... Haverford's 1976 Alumni Day is sched- Haverford's 1976 summer liberal ' art uled during the weekend of May 21-23, workshop will travel to Philadelphi and returning alumni may stay in dor and London to study the American ~ mitories on campus for the first olution. The workshop is a summer time. Major events scheduled in program in continuing education es clude: a concert by Haverford music tablished by the Haverford College professor John Davison '51; luncheon Alumni Association in 1969. The in the field house;· a Haverfordiana first part of this year's two-week auction with President John R. Cole session will meet on the Haverford man as auctioneer; a talk titled campus on June 29 to July 6. Morni "2076 and All That"; an alumni-facul mini-courses taught by Haver ford pr ty softball game; and a dedication by fessors include: "Philadelphia and Beta Rho Sigma of a fountain near the Age of Franklin" by English pro Walton Field in memory of the late fessor John Ashmead, "The President William Docherty, long-time Haverford and Congress: A 200 Year Perspec coach. tive" by associate political scienc professor Sidney Waldman and "The COLLEGE HISTORY HIGHLIGHTED. I I World Turned Upside Down" by John Haverford is one of 12 local colleges Wells Gould '61, Haverford director sponsoring a bicentennial exhibit in of alumni affairs and history lec the Independence Mall area of Phila turer. Afternoons are devoted to delphia throughout 1976. Titled touring Philadelphia or using the "Learning, Revoltition and Democracy," college's recreational and academic the exhibit traces the development facilities. On July 7, the optiona Haverford College Publication HORIZONS Volume 74, Number 1 the workshop begins ers fly to London for CONTENTS tours of British his- 2 UPDATE: Last-minute news fro m Haverford at pre ss returning July 14. time. a and friends of the 4 WHAT HAVERFORD DOES BEST: Horizons editor vited to enroll in Diana Harri son rev iews some of th e significant happen of the sessions. Cost ings at the co li ege during th e past yea r or so. s session is $195 for 9 THE TYPICAL HAVERFORD MAN: Alumni relations ts and $145 for day direc tor John Well s Gould '61 offers a delightfully base price for the humorous, and enli ghtening, analysis of th e findings of the 1975 Alumni Ce nsus. bop is $329 and in- 10 THREE FOR THE ROAD: Three of th e first fa culty ip airfare, hotel ac parti cipants in Haverford's new nati onal se minar Eound transportation series-philosopher L. Arye h Kosman, chemi st Colin F. more information, Mac Kay and hi stori an Roger Lane-are profiled here . erford alumni office, 12 HAVERFORD'S FINEST: Why have loca l criti cs sat age, Haverford, Pa. up and taken note of Have rfo rd 's chamber music prog ,. ext. 315. ram? Th e answer is th e co llege's ce lebrated resid ent musicians, th e de Pasquale String Quartet and pianist Sylvia Glickman. 14 A QUIET REVOLUTION: Coo perati on between the a new assistant di Have rfo rd and Bryn Mawr librari es has expanded lopment to begin on ra pidly and w ithout pu blic fa nfa re. Horizons surveys Qualifications include the Cooperati ve Li brari es Program and the role 1976 two years of profes Annua l Givi ng pl ays in its future success. bce in development, 15 ACADEMIC FOCUS: Highlight sof th ecollege's recent experience and skills academic life. ecial events and in 16 CAMPUS BRIEFS: News of th e ca mpus, peopl e and ment proposals and eve nts. erial. Will work 17 ALUMNI NEWS: Class happenings, marri ages and death s along with a photo feat ure highlighting events of wnni, so first pref- - Haverfo rd 's 75 th socce r-a nn iversay ce lebrati on. ~iven to Haverford 22 HAVERFORD AWARD: Frederi ck W. Swa n '30 is pro ge hopes to fill post filed in thi s seri es. didates call William 23 FACTS 'N FIGURES 1975-76: Th e vital stati sti cs for } MI 2-0340, reverse Have rford Co llege in 1975-76 are reviewed here. ately, and send resume Editor: Diana Harrison Assistant editor: Joseph P. Quinlan '75 Annual Giving Cam per cent of its goal rding to campaign ·Wilson '33. The 35- ~ articipation as of "On th e surface, today's students tly lower than the seem more preoccupied with strictly educational internal matters . than ar, and the $327,000 th eir predecessors," observes Hori ources is a proxi zons editor Diana Har rison. (See ss than last year. story on page 4.) i n matching funds has e Richard K. Mellon Haverford College Publicati on, Vol. 74, No. 1, Spring 197 6. Issued quarterly by Haverford f challenge grant. Co llege, Haverfo rd , Pa. 19041 . Seco nd cl ass pos tage paid at Haverford, Pa . t 9041. 3 doing Although the day was "joyous," so Haverfordians did regret the conspic absence of a football game. An import athletic development during 1974-75 h been Havl2rford president John R. Colema decision not to reinstate football in the c what lege's intercollegiate athletics program. taking this position, Coleman had rel tantly fo1economic reasons rejected a commendation to reintroduce the s made by the Athletic Advisory Coun which had studied the issue in depth. "To preserve strength for .the futlire haverf ord Coleman said at the time of hiSiierision December 1974, "we need to hJ;band sources more carefully and concentrate doing well those things at which we best." A JOYOUS OCCASION There was disappointment in somequ "It was a typical Haverford non-event. ters over the football verdict, but there co does be no doubt that the less publicized 19 "They had built a huge pyre right under decision to strengthen support of the c the power lines [no one realized until it was lege's overall athletics program was payi too late] behind the field house parking lot. handsome dividends. While it was too ea As we all waited for the lines to come down to speak of an athletic renaissance, Hav (they never did), the kazoos kazooed, the ford had seemingly turned an importa 'band' played (including a cellist in a corner. One indication was the overal best wheelchair-he could have walked, but his 1974-75 intercollegiate athletics record d Horizons highlights some of the cello couldn't), the cheerleaders cheered, 90 wins, 87 losses and 10 ties and one of t!f the team was introduced and the octet sang. strongest intramural programs ever. Another most significant happenings at the was a varsity basketball team whose 15 college during the past year or so ... "It was very cold, but it was joyous. And wins in 25 games proved that, as Sports the joy continued on Saturday afternoon Philadelphia magazine suggested, a schod when we faced Swarthmore on Walton Field could still come up with a winning team in soccer. The half-time was a symphony in " using only its academic reputation to at amorphous formations and chaos with a tract players." flaming baton thrown in for good measure. And the game itself was a pleasure- The soccer squad finished with a 6-won, . Haverford 4, Swarthmore O." 5-lost, 4-tied record that included a 1-1 bo~ with arch rival Swarthmore, the NCAA Div~ That's how Robert S. Tannenbaum '62 sion Ill runner-up in 1974. The fencing team later described 1975 Homecoming, last got back to its winning ways after a number November 1 Sth, to his classmates in a report of lean years. Tennis piled up 11 wins in 14 on the Alumni Council meetings he'd at matches while the lacrosse team climbed to tended that weekend.