Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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@iiplinimirr CJrar llh, adxriii Ml ' Si |iIi, iiiiM-c -. v |)i-M(liu-ecl a rfiiiarkahk ' rlian c in M C 111- cin|)irK-al I ' l n. WIrmtus dnriiii; iMc liniaii year uc liail been L I rnnstanllv reminded lliat we were nnwelconie intruders, we now fc were considered not imh as iin])iirtant parts of the lla erford unit, lint as the er factors wherel)y tliat niiity was maintained. We lieeame poheemen. We were re(|nired to make the new-comers as un- welcome as ])ossilile. We succeeded. W ' hatewr the elVect njion tiie reciijients. the exercise of this conjunct duty, performed in behalf of Haverf(M-(l tradition, was ■alculal(.•(l to inspire us with line loyally. . bireo er we gained prestige therebv . It was not enough to defeat the mtrudiMs in the cruie rush, the 1)ridge rush, the tr.ick meet and the foot ball. game; we foniid that line respect is ne er born in a b ' reshman until you have him ])ei ched upon a mantelpiece at midnight. tlu eatened with death from a dozen electric torches, and hoarsel)- command him to do the impossible. Liven then, sincere conxersion is rare. Rut 1) - the constant application of many I ' rid;i - nights there is ho])e for the most incorrigible. ' Ihough the patient be from the arid wastes of Iowa or from Indiana (rest her Hoosier soul) and na e seen no body of water larger than a frog-marsh, he soon learns to row with such amazing agilit - as to l)e in danger of a hot box. I ir the e.xpla- nation ol ;my such technical expressions found herein, apjih ' to members of the engineering classes. In this de -oted lal)or of enno1)ling and raising to a higher plane those who were entrusted to nur care, we erred in excess of zeal. An imperative decree from head(|uarters curtailed considerabh- our employment of the I ' l ' i- day night inducements toward good conduct. Only the most flagrant cases of misbehaviour were to be apprehended: and accompanying the decree was a panegyric if the Freshman Class. We w ere disheartened. If Haverford tradi- tion was to be tam])ered with thus arbitrarily, wdiat use remained in our strict observance of its ritual? and hazing then proniptlv ceased. 1 here were, of course, other subjects to occupv our attention: foot ball, gymn.asinm, musical clubs, and, occasionally, the curriculum. In all our inter-class athletic contests we defeated the Freshmen. Strode organized our basket ball team, which won the championship: Pmshnell Ijroke the College record in the pole ault. r.ut athletic i)restige, whether great or small, had little influence over the care-free continuity of Sophomore daily life. At almost any hour of the 27

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•r iiL jm Hk! ' QRL 1 19 ' .;. f ' ■ RSi 5 i?lK| mf Hhk. Bib:- .L HIi 1 »p ' «L J -. ■lA . ' i» ,»«w ■ .- ' -L - 1 t|Hj M ' i L i Wk . i j JflJI I .T : aP -t-? . - p - ' •■— ■.- 14 , H .. .i l SK S jgS fr ' : f ;; FOOTBALL TEAM, SOPHOMORE YEAR Jay tlie xisitor to the nortli second floor of Barclay liail the upportunity of taking- a chance on everything, from a meerschaum to a mandoHn. Here, too, various sorts of amusements might he found — open ail night Nooch ' s vaudeville was continuous, and vhene ' er other diversion failed we had only to visit I ' i lls or Here. Once the entertainment was extended to a non-1908 iuan, as a result of which Scary and Nooch took a short vacation. Even the cmriculum furnished sources of interest. When Dr. Hancock finished reading a theme which concluded with the words: Longfellow had no genius at all. the Chief exclaimed, L)nch the heggar! whereupon an apology was demanded hut not rendered. Even poor, harmless, innocent Butter had to leave the room upon one occasion; he had been annoying the chair, it seems, for some six weeks. But the typical Sophomore course was Biology H. The frei|uent hlows of the hammer in l ' ounilers ' Hall forced us to hold (.)ur meetings in the open air, often in the neighborhood of Darby Creek. Drinker and Clement had a habit of wandering off on an e.xpeditiou which purported to be in search of frogs ' eggs, but wdiich soon led them back to Barclay Mall. The rest of us went fishing or swung upi:in tree limbs 28