Haverford College Calendar 1976-1977 FIRST SEMESTER Sept. Freshmen and Transfer Students arrive (Customs \Veek) ................. Sat. 4 Returning students arrive ............................................. Wed. 8 Freshmen and Transfer academic course registration to be completed by ............................................ 5:00p.m. Wed. 8 Upperclassmen register for Physical Education courses .................. Wed. 8 Opening Collection ........................................ 8:00 p.m. Wed. 8 First semester classes begin ................................ .. 8:30 a.m. Thu. 9 First faculty meeting ....................................... .4:15 p.m. Thu. 9 Readmitted student academic course registration to be completed by .... 4:00 p.m. Fri. 10 Final academic course registration ;verification ...... Thu. 23, Fri. 24 and Mon. 27 Oct. Last day for dropping a course without penalty ............... 5:00p.m. Thu. 7 Last day to request no-numerical-grade option ............... 5:00 p.m. Thu. 7 End of one-half semester courses ...................................... Fri. 22 Fall Vacation .............. Begins 4:00 p.m. Fri. 22 and ends 8:30a.m. Wed. 27 Nov. Fall term Physical Education courses end ............................... Fri. 5 Registration for Winter Term Physical Education courses Mon. 8 through Thu. 11 Registration for Spring Semester Academic courses ...... Mon. 15 through Fri. 19 Thanksgiving Vacation .... Begins 4:00p.m. Wed. 24 and ends 8:30a.m. Mon. 29 Dec. Midyear self-scheduled exam sign-up in Recorder's Office .. Wed. 1 through Fri. 3 Last day of classes ................................................... Tue. 14 Reading period (self-scheduled examinations may be taken) Wed. 15 and Thu. 16 All papers (except those in lieu of examinations) due by ... .4:00p.m. Thu. 16 Papers in lieu of examinations (and laboratory notebooks) due as scheduled by instructor, but not later than ............... .4:00 p.m. Mon. 20 MIDYEAR EXAMINATION .......................... Fri. 17 through Wed. 22 MIDYEAR VACATION ......................... Wed. 22 through Sun. 16 Jan. Parents' Day ................................................. October 9, 1976 Note: Dates for Mid-year examinations for First Semester are shorter than usual due to classes beginning after Labor Day and ending before Christmas. 2 SECOND SEMESTER Jan. Grades due in Recorder's Office ...................................... Mon. 10 Second semester classes begin ............................... 8:30p.m. Mon. 17 Final academic course registrationjverification Mon. 31, Tue. Feb. I, and Wed. Feb. 2 Feb. Last day for dropping a course without penalty ....................... Mon. 14 Last day to request no-numerical-grade option ........................ Mon. 14 Winter Term Physical Education courses end .......................... Fri. 25 Registration for Spring Term Physical Education courses Mon. 28 through Thu. March 3 Mar. Applications for Cope and Murray Graduate Fellowships due in President"s Office ............................................. Fri. 4 End of one-half semester courses ....................................... Fri. 4 Spring Vacation ........... Begins 4:00p.m. Fri. 11 and ends 8:30a.m. Mon. 21 Apr. Sophomore major registration cards due in Dean Potter's Office 4:00 p.m. Fri. 8 Registration for Fall (1977) Semester Academic Courses Mon. 11 through Fri. 15 Applications for scholarships due in Admissions Office .................. Fri. 22 Prize competition manuscripts due in Recorder's Office .................. Fri. 22 Final self-scheduled examination sign-up in Recorder's Office Wed. 20 through Fri. 22 Spring Term Physical Education courses end ........................... Fri. 29 Last day of classes .................................................... Fri. 29 Reading Period (self-scheduled examinations may be taken) Sat. 30, Sun. May l, and Mon. May 2 May All papers (except those in lieu of examinations) due by ..... .4:00 p.m. Tue. 3 Senior Comprehensive examinations ............... Mon. 2, Tue. 3, and Wed. 4 Papers in lieu of examination (and laboratory notebooks) due as scheduled by instructor, but not later than ................. 4:00p.m. Tue. 10 FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR SENIORS ... Tue. 3 through 12:00 noon Tue. 10 FINAL EXAMINATIONS FOR ALL OTHER STUDENTS Tue. 3 through 7·10 p.m. Fri. 13 Oral examinations for College Honors ............ Mon. 9, Tue. 10, and Wed 11 Final faculty meeting ...................................... 9:00 a.m. Thu. 12 COMMENCEMENT ................................................. Tue. 17 3 Statement of Purpose for Haverford College Haverford College seeks to prepare men for lives of service, responsibility, creativity, and joy, both during and after college. The College shares with other liberal arts colleges of academic excellence: ,.._,a commitment to open inquiry by both its students and faculty, com­ bined with rigorous appraisal and use of the results of that inquiry ,.._, an emphasis on a broad education in the natural and social sciences, the humanities, and the arts, combined with strong competence in at least one field of the student's choosing ,.._,an educational program that aims more at preparing men to think and act clearly, boldly, and humanely in whatever life work they choose than at training for specific professional careers. The College's distinctive character comes from its striving for: ,.._, candor, simplicity, joy, and moral integrity in the whole of college life in keeping with Haverford's Quaker traditions* ,.._, a harmony for each man among his intellectual, physical, social, esthetic, and spiritual concerns ,.._, a creative use of smallness that places students in the closest contact with dedicated scholars in the pursuit of knowledge ,.._, a sense of community marked by a lasting concern of one person for another and by shared responsibilities for helping the College achieve its highest aims ,.._, a system of responsible self-government in the student body and in the faculty ,.._, a balance for students and faculty between disciplined involvement in the world of action and detachment to reflect on new and old knowl­ edge alike. In sum, the College seeks to be measured, above all, by the uses to which its students, graduates, and faculty put their knowledge, their humanity, their initiative, and their individuality. • In I 976 the Board of Managers adopted a detailed reassessment of the College's Quaker foundations which says, in part, "A prime focus of Quaker education is on the value and uniqueness of each individual student, where each is seen worthy of patient personal attention, where each contributes to, and draws sustenance from, the group in distinctive ways. The College must take care to ensure that its students continue to feel part of a small and caring community ... Haverford is different from other liberal arts colleges of academic distinction - a difference that is continually confirmed in the dedication of its faculty and staff and in the extraordinary loyalty of its alumni. It is expressed in the openness and candor of discussions on budgets, in the close relationships that develop among faculty, administration, staff and students, in the community's response to human crises, in its caring for the land and trees. It is above all here, in the daily round of college life, that Haverford nurtures the Quaker roots of its 'invisible' structures.'' 4 SECTION 1 History Haverford College, the first established by the Religious Society of Friends, originally called the Haverford School Association, was founded in 1833 by a group of New York and Philadelphia Quakers who, for $17,865, pur­ chased the 198Y2-acre farm of Rees Thomas in Haverford Township "near the ten-mile stone" from Philadelphia, and built Founders Hall upon it. Here a faculty of seven administered a "guarded education ... an enlarged and liberal system of instruction" comprising mathematics, natural philos­ ophy, moral philosophy, Latin and Greek language and literature, and "English literature, etc." to Quaker boys for an estimated room-board­ tuition fee of $90 annually. In 1847 non-Quaker students were admitted, and in 1856 Haverford became a degree-granting college. Since 1833, as described in this catalog, the curriculum and faculty have evolved beyond any expectations of the Founders, and the neighborhood has altered from rural to suburban, giving the College some of the aspects of an open public park as well as a cultural center enjoyed by the surrounding community. It is easily reached by Penn Central suburban trains, by the SEPTA- Red Arrow interurban line, and by car from the Pennsylvania Turn­ pike (Norristown or Valley Forge exits), Schuylkill Expressway (Gladwyne or Gulph Mills exits), and U.S. 30 (Lancaster Pike) which passes the College gate. A detailed history of the College prepared by a committee of the Alumni Association appeared in 1892; subsequently The Story of a Small College, by President Isaac Sharpless (1918) and Haverford College, A History and an Interpretation, by Professor Rufus M. Jones have traced developments to 1933. The overall Haverford College campus now comprises 229 acres upon which some 70 major and minor buildings are located as indicated on the map at the end of this catalog. Many are residences of faculty members, most of whom live on or near the campus; others are briefly described below. From the beginning the Board of Managers has continually recognized the natural beauty of the campus as one of the College's special assets: an English gardener laid out the original landscaping which still