Haverford College Catalog 1983-84

HAVERFORD COLLEGE CATALOG 1983-84 n 1831 seven members of the Religious Society of I Friends chose a site of great natural beauty upon which to found Haverford College. Thus two elements of tradi tional 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 the Catalog for 1983-84, 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 Supplemental Information 8 Areas of Concentration 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/vatica 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 grandifo/ia, the European beech, Fagus sy/vatica, 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 autumn 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 Southeastern Pennsylvania 1980. HAVERFORD COLLEGE CALENDAR 1983-84 FIRST SEMESTER Friday 14 September End of half-semester courses Friday 2 Friday 14, 4:00 p.m. through First year and Transfer students arrive Wednesday 19, 8:30 a.m. (Customs Week) Fall vacation Monday 5 November Returning students arrive Thursday 10 and Friday 11 Monday 5, 8:00 p.m. Registration for second semester Opening Collection academic courses Monday 5 Wednesday 23, 4:00 p.m. through First semester classes begin at Monday 28, 8:30 a.m. Swarthmore Thanksgiving vacation Tuesday 6, 8:30 a.m. December First semester classes begin at Tuesday 13 Haverford (Bryn Mawr at 8:00a.m.) Last day of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Wednesday 7, from sundown through classes and Physical Education courses Friday 9 Tuesday 13, 4:00p.m. *Rosh Hashanah All papers (except those in lieu of Thursday 8, 4:15p.m. examinations) and laboratory First faculty meeting notebooks due Friday 9, by 5:00p.m. Wednesday 14 and Thursday 15 New and readmitted students' academic Reading period (self-scheduled course registration completed examinations may be taken) Monday 12 Friday 16 through Thursday 22, 5:00 First semester classes begin at p.m. University of Pennsylvania MIDYEAR EXAMINATIONS AND PAPERS Thursday 15 and Friday 16 IN LIEU·OF EXAMINATIONS Final academic verification at Haverford January and Bryn Mawr Friday 13, 5:00 p.m. Friday 16 from sundown through Grades due in Recorder's Office Saturday 17 SECOND SEMESTER *Yom Kippur Swarthmore begins Jan. 16; University of Friday 23, by 5:00 p.m. Pennsylvania Jan. 17 Last day to request No-Numerical-Grade Monday 23, 8:30 a.m. Option Credit/No Credit at Bryn Mawr Second semester classes and Physical October Education courses at Haverford and Tuesday 4, by 5:00 p.m. Bryn Mawr begin Last day for dropping a credit without February penalty Thursday 2 and Friday 3 Final academic course verification at Haverford and Bryn Mawr 6 1 Friday 10, by 5:00 p.m. Saturday 5 through Tuesday 8 Last day to request No-Numerical-Grade Reading period (self-scheduled Option Credit/No Credit at Bryn Mawr examinations may be taken) Friday 17, by 5:00p.m. Monday 7, Tuesday 8 and Wednesday 9 Last day to drop a credit without penalty Senior Comprehensive Examinations March Wednesday 9 through Friday 9 Monday 14 by 12:00 noon End of half-semester courses FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIORS Friday 9, 4:00 p.m. through Monday 19, AND PAPERS IN LIEU OF 8:30a.m. EXAMINATIONS Spring vacation Wednesday 9 through April Friday 18 by 5:00 p.m. Monday 2 FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL OTHER Applications for Cope and Murray STUDENTS AND PAPERS IN LIEU OF Fellowships due in the Dean's EXAMINATOINS Office Monday 14 through Wedqesday 16 Friday 6 Oral examinations for College Honors Sophomore major work plan sheets due Thursday 17, 9:00a.m. in the office of the Dean of the College Final faculty meeting Thursday 12 and Friday 13 Monday 21, 11:00 a.m. Registration for the Fall 1984 semester COMMENCEMENT academic courses Saturday, October 1, 1983 Friday 13 PARENTS' DAY Prize competition manuscripts due in *Date recorded as reminder to those the Dean's Office responsible for scheduling speakers for Monday 16, at sundown both College lectures and individual *Passover begins classes. Friday 20 *Good Friday Friday 20 Applications for financial aid due in Admissions Office May Friday 4 Last day of Haverford and Bryn Mawr classes and Physical Education courses Friday 4 All papers (except those in lieu of examinations) and laboratory notebooks due 7 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE Code as it is adopted each year by the averford College is dedicated to Students' Association. The College does Hacademic excellence created in a not have as many formal rules as most broad educational environment. other colleges; rather it offers an oppor The College places strong emphasis tunity for students to govern their affairs upon a rigorous academic program. and conduct themselves with respect That program is flexible in form and and concern for others around them. content to meet the needs of individual We welcome students' participation in students, but this flexibility assumes making the College still better in the that the students of ability who come future. We expect our students to con here will use their capacities to the tribute responsibly and considerately, highest degree. individually and collectively, in the task Our faculty is noted above all for its of fashioning new programs that let us strength in teaching. These men and achieve our core aims of academic women are scholars who expect to excellence in a humane and stimulating transmit to students their enthusiasm atmosphere. and high standards in their respective Haverford College has Quaker roots. fields. They are teaching at an These show most clearly in our undergraduate college of arts and emphasis on the interplay of the sciences as an opportunity for creative individual and the community, the close interchange with individual students. relationship of faculty and students, and They expect much from themselves and through concern for the uses to which their students; they expect to learn as our students put their expanding well as to teach in this close relation knowledge, and our interest in educat ship with undergraduates. ing ethical human beings and leaders. We aim to utilize the full resources of the College, in and out of the class HISTORY room, to promote the personal and averford was founded in 1833 as the intellectual growth of our students. HHaverford School Association Through an ambitious program of visit by a group of New York and ing lecturers, through arts and cultural Philadelphia Quakers. The College was activities, through self-government and the first to be established by the service programs, through a student Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). centered athletic program and through It was designed to provide "a guarded day-to-day living on campus, we stress education ... an enlarged and liberal each person's development. We ask our system of instruction." Based on this students to give of themselves, even as philosophy, a seven-member faculty they draw new strengths from others. educated 21 Quaker boys in Greek, We seek excellence throughout the Latin, natural and moral philosophy, entire environment. mathematics, and literature. We strive to create an atmosphere in In nearly a century and a half, Haver which personal and intellectual ford has evolved into a college with integrity, honesty, and concern for both a varied academic program and a others are dominant forces. We expect diverse scholarly community. Today, each student to adhere to the Honor with a 125-member faculty and a coeducational student body, Haverford 8 1 has an average enrollment of 1,020 stu by the Alumni Association in 1892, The dents representing varied ethnic and Story of a Small College by President religious backgrounds and a wide Isaac Sharpless (1918), and Haverford geographic area.

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