Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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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.

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1 the indispensables CARTER: Anything for nne today, Billy? ; day in, day out, Bilty is on the job in his jeep station wagon. DAVID and TOMMY: A great pair from the chow hall who put on the best vaudeville show in college. HARRIS: Uhh! ; never without his black tasselled cap and bow tie; carries tele- grams and specials from the Dean. JANITORS: The quickest way to make a bed is to dump the sleeper; these men work hard, picking up after 550 sloppy undergraduates. MANUEL and DOC: Hlya mistuh! ; smiles for everybody: How you doin ' ? ; good nature personified. McCARTHY: Ah, good morrrnin ' ! It ' s a folne day! ' ; Irish as Pat ' s shillelagh; stands In the rain with a Scarlet and Black um- brella. LOU: nobody would pick a fight with Lou, but he ' s gentle as a lamb; Hiya! to everybody. SHARPLESS and BILLY; they run the Coop with an Iron hand and a 10 cent llverwurst sandwich; they stay cool and collected, even when It ' s a madhouse. SHERWIN: a joke for every occasion; sleeps all day, watches all night. SLIM: tall, rangy, with the eternal black pipe and Its eternal aroma; heads up the grounds crew, and Is a master at cutting trees. Opposite Page: Jimmy McCarthy, Billy Carter, Cap Harris. Joe Waters. This Page, Top: Chapin, Slim. Godfrey. John Sherwin, Tommy, Johnny. Middle Right: Manuel. Jim Sharpless. Billy. Bottom: Braxton, Lou.