CLASS L'D£20(aBooK B 9 V. 5S'59 THE LIBRARY OF HAVERFORD COLLEGE THE GIFT OF HAYSKFOnC COLLEG-E ACCESSION No, ZZZCfdH' Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/haverfordcollege5859have 3E Haverford College Bulletin Catalog, 1959-60 VOLUME LVIII NUMBER ONE July, 1939 Uockedi Ca-Se LI) /3aoCb Issued quarterly by Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania Entered as second-class matter November 2, 1944, at the Post Office at Haverford, Pa., under the Act of August 24, 1912. Printed in U.S.A. Haverford College Bulletin 1959-1960 HAVERFORD, PENNSYLVANIA Contents College Calendar, 1959-60 5 Corporation 6 Board of Managers 7 Faculty 9 Administration 15 Standing Committees of the Faculty 16 College Program 17 Aims and Objectives 19 History 20 Resources 21 Admission 23 College Entrance Board Tests 24 Transfer Students 26 Advanced Standing 26 Financial Arrangements 27 Rooms 27 Expenses 27 College Responsibility 28 Monthly Payments 28 Student Loan Fund 29 Student Aid 29 Scholarships 30 Curriculum 36 General 36 Bachelor's Degree 36 Limited Electives 37 Free Electives 38 Non-Academic Electives 38 Major Concentration 38 2 Freshman Program 40 Preparation for Professions 41 RegvJations 42 Conflicting Courses 42 Additional Courses 42 Audited Courses 42 Course Changes 42 Special Cases 43 Evaluation of Academic Performance 43 Intercollegiate Cooperation 44 Junior Year Abroad 44 Visitors and Lectures 44 Graduate Study 45 Admission to Candidacy for Master's Degree 45 Requirements 45 Coiu:ses of Instruction 47 Arts and Service Program 98 Student Government 101 Honor System 101 Student Committees 102 Student Organizations 102 Joint Faculty and Student Groups 104 Student Publications 104 Health Program 105 Library, Laboratories, and other Academic Facilities 106 Fellowships, Prizes and Honors 112 Alumni Association 118 Index 124 1959 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Sept. 1 2 3 4 5 Nov. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 Oct 1 2 3 Dec. 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 27 28 29 30 31 1960 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S Jan. 1 2 Apr. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Feb. 1 2 3 4 5 6 May 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 28 29 29 30 31 Mar. 1 2 3 4 5 June 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 College days in heavy-face type. 5 Calendar 1959-1960 New students arrive Wednesday afternoon Sept. 16 Registration of all new students Sept. 18 & 19 Returning students arrive, beginning Sunday afternoon Sept. 20 Beginning of College year with Colleaion 11 A.M Sept. 21 Registration of returning students to be filed by 4:30 P.M Sept. 21 First semester classes begin 8 A.M Sept. 22 Friday morning classes according to Saturday schedule Nov. 20 Saturday (Swarthmore Day) no classes Nov. 21 Thanksgiving vacation begins 1 P.M Nov. 25 ends 8 A.M Nov. 30 Registration (Spring Term) Dec. 8, 9, 10 Christmas vacation begins 4 P.M Dec. 18 ends 8 A.M Jan. 4 First semester program ends 6 P.M Jan. 14 All papers assigned must be turned in by 4 P.M.* Mid-year examinations (dates inclusive) * * Jan. 16 to Jan. 30 Second semester classes begin 8 A.M Feb. 1 Spring vacation begins noon Mar. 26 ends 8 A.M Apr. 4 Applications for Scholarships Apr. 1 Major Registration card for men in the Fourth term must be filed by 4 P.M Apr. 15 Registration (Fail Term) Apr. 26, 27, 28 Manuscripts in competition for prizes must be filed in the Registrar's Office by 4 P.M May 2 Second Semester classes end 12 noon May 14 All papers assigned must be turned in by 4 P.M.* Senior Comprehensive Examinations (dates inclusive) May 16, 17, 18, 19 Final Examinations (dates inclusive) * * May 18 to June 1 Commencement June 3 *If a paper is assigned in place of the final examination in a course, the date by which it is due may be set by the instructor not later than 4 P.M, on Tuesday of the final week of the examination period, or for seniors in their final semester, noon on Monday of that week. Late papers will receive no credit unless arrangements have been made in advance with the instructor in the course and the Dean. ••Laboratory notebooks must be turned in not later than the scheduled time of the examination in the course. Late notebooks will receive no credit unless arrangements have been made in advance with the instructor in the course and the Dean. In courses which have no scheduled examination, notebooks must be turned in by 4 P.M. on Tuesday of the final week of the examination period. 5 Faculty Hugh BORTON President B.S., Haverford College; A.M., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Leyden. Legh Wilber Reid Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus S.B., Virginia Military Institute; A.B., Johns Hopkins University; S.M., Prince- ton University; Ph.D., University of Gottingen. fALBERT Harris Wilson Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus S.B. and S.M., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of Chicago; L.H.D., Haverford College. Frederic Palmer, Jr Professor of Physics, Emeritus A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University. Leon Hawley Rittenhousb Professor of Engineering, Emeritus M.E., Stevens Institute of Technology. fPRANK Dekker Watson Professor of Sociology and Social Work, Emeritus B.S. in Economics and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Dean Putnam Lockwood Professor of Latin and Librarian, Emeritus A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University. John Otto Rantz Instructor in Engineering, Emeritus Abraham Pepinskv Professor of Psychology, Emeritus A.B. and A.M., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., State University of Iowa. Edward Douglas Snyder Professor of English, Emeritus A.B., Yale University; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University. tJOHN Alexander Kelly Professor of German, Emeritus A.B., Emory and Henry College; A.M. and Ph.D., Columbia University Levi Arnold Post Professor of Greek, Emeritus B.A., M.A., and L.H.D., Haverford College; A.M., Harvard University; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University. Martin Foss Lecturer in Philosophy, Emeritus LL.D., University of Jena. John Willlam Flight Professor of Biblical Literature, Emeritus A.B., Hope College, A.M., Yale University; B.D. and Ph.D., Hartford Theo- logical Seminary. Alfred Julius Swan Professor of Music, Emeritus B.A. and M.A., Oxford University. {The active members oj the Faculty are arranged in the order of their appointment to their present rank. Two or more appointed in the same year are listed in alphabetical order.) * * Douglas Van Steere T. Wistar Brown Professor of Philosophy S.B., Michigan State College; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University; D.D., Lawrence College; L.H.D., Oberlin College. Cletus Odla. Oakley Professor of Mathematics S.B., University of Texas; S.M., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Illinois. * Ralph Millard Sargent P.B. Gummere Professor of English A.B., Carleton College, Ph.D., Yale University. fDeceased. •Absent on leave, 1959-60. • * Absent on leave, first semester. Howard Morris Teaf, Jr Professor of Economics B.S. in Economics, M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Ira De Augustine Reid Professor of Sociology A.B. and LL.D., Morehouse College; A.M., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Columbia University. Harry William Pfund Professor of German B.A., Haverford College; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University. Herman Miles Somers Professor of Political Science S.B. and Ph.M., University of Wisconsin; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University. # * Roy Earl Randall Professor of Physical Education Ph.B. Brown University and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics William Attich Reitzel Professor of Social Science B.S., Haverford College; B.A. and M.A., Oxford University. Thomas Edward Drake Professor of American History A.B., Stanford University; A.M., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Yale Uni- versity. Louis Craig Green Professor of Astronomy A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., Princeton University. William Edward Cadbury, Jr Professor of Chemistry B.S.