Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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dedication On a balmy day in late September of 1946, a snappy green coupe turned slowly off Lancaster Pike into College Lane. The driver noticed a slight figure in grey flannel plodding slowly up the Lane toward Barclay. The car screeched to a halt. Hop in, fella, said the driver. New here, aren ' t you, kid? he questioned. , Yes I am, his rider replied. A Freshman, huh? Yes, in a manner of speaking, I guess I am, came the reply. The car rounded the bend and approached Roberts Hall. Well, all out kid. And good luck. I ' m a Senior and take it from me, you ' ll find this is a great place. Say, what ' s your name anyway? The driver extended his hand. It ' s Gilbert White, said the grey-suited man with the crew cut. The Senior ' s jaw dropped. W-W-White? Not President White? he stuttered. That ' s right, replied the new president. And you needn ' t feel uncomfortable. After all, you ' re right. I am a Rhinie, smiled the President. Then he shook the Senior ' s limp right hand, turned and walked to his office in Roberts Hall . . . Such is the traditional tale of President White ' s introduction to Haverford. Now he, too, is a Senior, in a manner of speaking. Our four years at Haverford have been his first four; and as we have worked steadily toward our degrees, he has worked steadily toward making Haverford a better place for us and for those who will come after us. He has already done a great deal for Haverford, and those who have worked with him have come to respect and admire his qualities of leadership and his capacity for sincere friendship. And while we of the Class of 1950 have now reached the end of our careers at Haverford with the same feeling of regret that has gripped many before us, we can also carry with us the distinctive feeling that we have left behind one of our number under whose direction the College will continue to go forward. To President Gilbert F. White, an Administrator with vision, and a true friend, in the broadest scope and meaning of the word, this yearbook is dedicated.

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the college section IN FOUR YEARS at Haverlord, each member of the class of 1950 has inevitably come in contact with a relatively large group of individuals who literally make the college ticlc. As if this charac- teristic were not enough, the Haverford Senior of today will also hasten to tell you that each of these individuals also possesses amazing and unusual personal characteristics which will never be forgotten by the majority of graduates. Some of these personal attributes inspire respect, others affection, still others, perhaps antagonism, but their common meeting ground is that they all leave a lasting impression. In order to facilitate the description of these members of the Haverford community, this group of individuals has been divided into three main sub-groups, which we shall take the liberty of calling the Indispensables, the Professors, and the Administration. The Indispensables are those remarkable pe rsons who are always on the scene, whose services are always sought, and who always render their best performances willingly and cheerfully. Without them, the machinery of the college would bog down and come to a standstill. The faces, activities, and individualities of these people are as well known to us as those of our room-mates. They have an amazing faculty for learning the names, associations, and interests of a preponderant number of the student body, and all of us who have come in contact with them in the offices, in our dormitories, and on the campus and the athletic fields, are proud to call them friends. There is another group of men on campus, known collectively as the Professors, who meet us daily or on alternate days, in classrooms and labs, and whose often frustrating job it is to urge us to be receptive to the myriad facts, figures, and theories which they are prepared to expose to us, and to which, incidentally, they are prepared to expose us. The mannerisms and habits of a great many of the Professors are well known to us, and many of us know well the mannerisms of men from whom we have never taken a course. In this section we shall try to present an accurate portrayal of one or two of the outstanding characteristics of many of these teachers. Still another, and very important group of members of the college community is the Adminis- trative staff, the people who run the main offices, the Comptroller ' s office, the Infirmary, the Book- store, the Library, the Chow Hall, etc. A great many of these persons are not as well known to the student body as the Indispensables and the Professors, and for this reason we feel that they should be formally introduced, since their activities are of such importance, and especially since those of us who know them appreciate them greatly. In former years this segment of our college life has been somewhat neglected by the RECORD. We have attempted here to cover it adequately despite limitations in space.