The Haverfordian, Vols. 34-35, 1912-14
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STACK. C CLASS ^ A^, BOOK ^ TiL ^P THE LIBRARY 34-35* v . OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE (haverford, pa.) THE GIFT OF 1 Kjl j^-P^>e A^jhr\^ b MO. T 19\5"" ACCESSION NO THE HAVERFORDIAN Volume 34 Haverford College 1913 The Haverfordian Joseph Moorhead Beatty. Jr., 1913, Editor-in-Chief ASSOCIATE EDITORS Norman Henry Taylor, 1913 Howard West Elkinton, 1914 Francis M. Fkoei.icher, 1913 Jesse Paul Green, 1914 Stephen Warren Meader, 1913 Douglas Waples, 1914 Eugene Morris Pharo, 1915 BUSINESS MANAGER Rowland S. Philips, 1914 Price, per year $1.00 Single Copies $0.15 The Haverfordian is published on the tenth of each month during College year. Its purpose is to foster the literary spirit among the undergraduates and to provide an organ for the discussion of questions relative to college life and policy. To these ends contributions are invited, and will be considered solely on their merits. Matter intended for insertion should reach the Editor not later than the twenty-sixth of the month preceding the date of issue. Entered at the Haverford Post-Office, for transmission through the mails as second-class matter Vol. XXXIV HAVERFORD, PA., MARCH, 1912 No. 1 CONTENTS Page The Reproof Valiant, article CD. MORLEY, '10 —- 1 Graduate Interest, letter C. Linn Seiler, '02 — 3 Triolet, verse Douglas Waples, '14 — 5 '15 The Spirit of the Night, verse . George Hervey Hallett, Jr., — 6 '12 — On the Border, story James Mc F. Carpenter, Jr , 7 Faunus Nocturnalis, verse Leonard B. Lippmann, 14 — 9 It Was Leap Year, story ....... Howard West Elkinton, '14 — 10 Reminiscences of a Maine Winter Stephen Warren Meader, '13 — 12 Loose Leaf — 16 Editorial.— The Undergraduate Point of View 17 Exchanges 19 Alumni Department (Norman H. Taylor, Alumni Editor) 22 The Haverfordian HOWEVER YOU GO On foot, horseback, by wagon or auto GOOD ROADS ARE NECESSARY The way to get Good Roads is to use CHAMPION ROAD BUILDING MACHINERY Road Crushers, Road Rollers, Road Machines, Road Drags, Road Plows, Wheel Scrapers, Dump Wagons, Hauling Engines, Street Sprinklers, Street Sweepers, Culvert Pipe, Guide Boards. Catalogue is Free. THE GOOD ROADS MACHINERY COMPANY KENNETT SQUARE, F=A. ]^joIPaai®^S^raiii® Daniel E.Weston Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute SCHOOL of E JUST A LITTLE DIFFERENT -:.- ENGINEERING ARCADE TOGGERY SHOP Civil, Mechanical, Electrical MEN'S FIXINGS Send for a Catalogue. IKO I , Vt • I • For SPORTING GOODS go to L. O. Johnson C& Co. KEIM SUPPLY CO. Shop 16 Mint Arcade 1227 MARKET ST. PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia Aside from its careful work in filling- prescriptions, HAVERFORD PHARMACY has become known as a place where many of the solid comforts of life may be obtained- One worth mentioning is the famous Lotion for sunburn, chapped hands and face, and other irritations of the skin. Decline, gently but firmly, any other said to be "just as good." WILSON L. HARBAUGH. When patronizing advertisers kindly mention The nAVBRFORDUN. ! THE HAVERFORDIAN " THE REPROOF VALIANT." Editor*s Note.—When we publish The Reproof Valiant we feel that we are justified in making an exception to our statement last month, that the discussion of Graduate Interest in Undergraduate Life was closed. We are also glad to publish a reply from C. Linn Seiler, the writer of the article in the Decem- ber issue. is pleasing to find that the words to provide an organ for the discussion of questions relative to college life and XT policy, which were inserted on the first page of The Haverfordian three years ago, are now bearing fruit. The surest proof that the alumni are interested in the college is the readiness with which an article suggesting the contrary provokes retort. But unfortunately not the "retort courteous" which Touchstone extolled ! The rebukes which two of the three contributors on this topic administered to "Alumnus" in the January number savored rather of the "reproof valiant," which Touchstone tells us is the fourth stage on the way to the "lie direct." This is tactless. If her sons fall to quarreling as to which loves her best, what will become of our Alma Mater? Surely we may give "Alumnus" the credit for being very deeply inter- ested in Haverford's welfare, or he would never have written his article. I feel very kindly towards him, not only because he has read Bagehot's Physics and Politics, but also because, as an ex-editor of this magazine, I feel that the mere fact of a man's having written an article for it is to be marked with gratitude—quite irrespective of what he says But I do not agree with "Alumnus." The alumni are interested in Haverford, and it seems more Haverford's fault than theirs that they have come back to the college rather seldom in the past. There were two reasons : First, the college did little to encourage them to do so, except of course on special occasions. For instance, what would have been the pleasantest thing to do—to come out to take a meal at the college—has been made impossible for those who did not know any undergraduates because no systematic provision was ever made for it—no table in the Dining Hall was set apart for alumni, to which they could come without feeling they were intruding, and at which they could pay a fixed sum 2 The Haverfordian for their meal. Secondly, the undergraduates, absorbed in their own affairs, and partly from shyness, have always been backward in welcoming any unknown alumnus who happens to be wandering about. It is obvious that the latter cannot (as "Alumnus" suggests) "make an effort to find out who they (the undergraduates) are and make himself known to them." The students are in loco hospitis, they must make the first move. But now we have the Union, which should solve the difficulty. It may never be as great an institution as the Oxford Union, with its 21,000 members, its library of over 40,000 volumes, its dining-room, debating-hall, reading and writing-rooms, etc. But the Haverford Union has begun much more auspiciously than the Oxford Union did in 1823, and who can prophesy how it may develop? At any rate, it should be a pan-Haverfordian club, to which every alumnus who desires to keep in touch with the college should belong, and where he can feel thoroughly at home when he revisits the familiar campus. It is only by fostering the social spirit among the whole Haverford brotherhood that we can have the social advantages which the fraternities give in larger colleges. I have an excuse, as a very recent graduate should, for adding my opinions to this discussion. By going far away and seeing a student- life much more complex, much more intense, much cleverer, much more picturesque than life at Haverford could possibly be, one does not lose respect for one's first love. For what she has been, for what she may be, we love her. I have met a number of Haverfordians in England, under unique circumstances, and they all bear a feeling towards the little college of the Scarlet and the Black that is, I think, stronger and deeper than that of most alumni to their colleges. One man I know, who came to Haverford for his Senior year, from a Western college, now lives in London. He has only been at Haverford a few months altogether ; he has never been back since he took his degree ; and yet no more loyal or enthusiastic Haverfordian ever lived. He subscribes to The Haverfordian, reads the Weekly, when I don't forget to send my copy on to him, has a picture of Haverford in his office in the city, and one of his old class hanging in the hall at his suburban home. He came from London to Oxford for our Haverford dinner here last July. One ex-professor came from Birmingham, one from Manchester, and one alumnus came all the way from Paris especially, arriving half-dead with weariness and speechless with hunger! Isn't that as good as the Yale man who pawns his watch to get to a class reunion ? Whether a "guarded education" be possible, or desirable (and the question is worth debating), there is something in the Haverford atmos- Graduate Interest 3 phere which wins a loyal allegiance from all who have learned her as she really is. Her greatest achievement, and her greatest resource, is the spirit of brotherhood she breeds among her sons. C. D. Morley, '10. New College, Oxford, January 30, 1912. GRADUATE INTEREST Editor of The Haverfordian. Dear Sir:—In raising the issue, as contained in my article "Graduate Interest in Undergraduate Life," which you published in your December issue, I was fully aware of the possibility of misunderstanding. Mis- statement and exaggeration of fact seem to me to be largely a question of actual experience and contact with Haverford life, and to some extent, the question of viewpoint of the particular individual. To my mind, the important phase of the situation is the fundamental attitude on the ques- tion,—what is the most efficient standard of Haverford Life? And by Haverford Life I do not mean the opportunities that are open to the student at Haverford, either in the way of educational or recreational training; nor do I mean that intangible and yet most potent factor in the life of a college, the close and cordial contact between faculty and students. These things are realized to their maximum efficiency at Haverford. To me, Haverford stands as the highest achievement of the small college type in America to-day. As a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania, I can more easily and clearly see the extraordinary influence that Haverford College has had on its students.