Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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Hiram Donald Rickert Psychology Born June 13, 1932 Makefield Road Yardley, Pennsylvania Wrestling 2, 3, 4; Drama Club 3, WHRC 1; News A Dawson Frederick Muth Political Science Born July 18, 1932 16 Maple Avenue Shillington, Pennsylvania News 1, News Editor 2, Senior News Editor 3; Debating 1; ICG 3; WHRC 3, 4; Phi Beta Kappa 3 Dan a. Wheaton English Born February 21, 1929 1531 2 East 74th Street New York, New York Class Night 3 Joseph Gilbert Thorp deBerry English Born July 23, 1931 Sonora, Texas Retue 3; Class Night 2, 3; Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4 Stewart L. Swihart Biology Born November 22, 1933 26 Nonh Adams Carthage, Illinois Debating 2, 3, President 4; Record 3, Associate Photography Editor Photography Club 2, 3, 4, President WHRC 4 12

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LAST OF THE MOHICANS: MERION ANNEX H Although still the haven of the more socially minded, the proud facade of Merion Annex has withstcxKl in recent years an internal revolution of mtxJcstly sub- versive proportions. As sophomores under the benevolent tutelage of the third-floor barons, this auspicious conclave trundled beneath those hallowed buttresses the unfam- iliar graces of Rigoletto and the freshman Human Values Shelf . Three years of Experiment in Intersexual Living has not destroyed these baroque refinements, but rather has graciously seasoned them with the more durable traditions which, in spite of the most ardent reforms, belong distinctively to the Annex Dean of extrinsic affairs and general Mother Hubbard of misplaced worries, BEN! Benjamin extinguished himself in the history department by becoming its first student chairman, pro tempore. Already bearing the signature of scholarship (his scholarship, Lunt ' s signature, or vice versa), he has secretly professed a will- ingness to abandon all for the dean ' s office of most any small institution. Aside from three fruitless years attempting the mastery of basketball score-keeping, he has been heard to speak more resolutely in the NEWS office, where he has dangled many a Crawfordian controversy tenderly from the gibbet. And, with the sympathetic encour- agement of his friends, he has cKcasionally tread the rocky path of debauchery. Jim ( Much Ado About Nothing ) Felstiner looms as the phallic symbol of the students ' council, owing undoubtedly to his inordinate stature in the affairs of love. A man of many convictions, most of them repeatable, he has managed to couch himself in the lap of power and still maintain his primary allegiance. He climaxed his social career at Haverford by having a few with the Board of Managers while faithfully serving the line of duty to one of his many committee responsibilities. Although an English student by avocation, his primary interests lie in painting, as a glance at any of his abstractions will tell you. Thrice widowed by the vicissitudes of fortune and time, Mark Lissfelt was forced to find himself an amazingly popular room-mate. In spite of the cries of ' Tittle Dictator he pitted his unerring capability against the Sachs Machine and resolutely refused to believe any rumors of ascendancy to the throne, heir apparent, etc. In the academic circles he has attained an astonishing vocabulary of gutteral English whose similarity to spoken German is purely alcoholic. Political Science early claimed him as one of its most ardent victims, although the frequent lack of practical thinking does not induce him to speak of it vocationally. His contributions to the Intra-Mural program have made him a credit to his class. Enigmatic object. Nebula Andromeda, ' Well, how do I know what I ' m thinking? , Baylis Thomas is undoubtedly the life-blood of all fruitless and fruitful thought in the Annex, take your choice. The only virgin of logic ' s allurements. Baylis has managed to keep his mind philosophical in spite of that department ' s best disciplin- arians. His untrammeled grace permeats all fields of endeavour with equal dexterity, including both athletic and artistic. If not the renaissance man, certainly to the female eye peering through the haze of nonchalance he is the classical. He is most human at the wheel of a car, however, where power is tastefully spiced with irres- ponsibility and boyish grins. J. C. Wren escapes description as easily as he does most things. Although the timely mention of the LATE John Dewey once finagled him an astronomical mark in social science, Jace is generally honest with everyone but himself, and even there a short drink will go a long way. Aside from his sister and a logger in the far West, he can look and drink anyboJy under the table. He usually displays the energy of a groundhog in February, and it is particularly unrewarding to tell him anything important before High Noon, which, by the way, is the only song he can sing. He is reserved in speech and friendship, but both are worth waiting for. 11

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MERION ANNEX m The only Junior Phi Bete (or the only anyone else, for that matter) who drinks his bourbon (straight) from an iced tea glass, Fred Muth should have been born a Southern aristr(Krat. Quietly brilliant and endowed with a subtly devastating sense of humor, he turns out papers and repartee with equal facility. Founder and president of such organizations as The Society for the Suppression and Prevention of Euphem- isms (Particularly As Practiced By Stxiologists) , he has also found time to give active support and leadership to a small group of determined students who are struggling heroically to re-establish that magnificent custom of antiquity — the Bac- chanal. Possessed of an awesome equanimity and spirit of generosity, Fred will undoubtedly move from the F nn Law School into the Reading legal scene with his customary aplomb. Dan Wheaton is addicted to spending his summers on a mountain top in the wilds of Washington ostensibly watching for fires, but secretly reading all the extant works of one Fyodor Dostoyevsky, an occupation which is enough to try anyone ' s stability. An avid Pogo supporter, party Democrat and New York Times subscriber, Dan still managed to retain his individuality. Proud possessor of an awesome hatred for Freud, McCarthy, and science, he nourished his venom with incessant cups of coffee. He graduated in January, and immediately went into seclusion in a desperate attempt to escape the grasping hand of the Army until graduate school convened in September. When seen on campus, which is seldom. Hi Rickert is usually driving a car, but these change in model and year with such alarming rapidity that it is impossible to keep track of them. An avid hunter who keeps his rifle beside his bed, he found even this third floor Merion Annex address far too unchic, and transferred his sphere of operations to a College Avenue retreat in the middle of his senior year. A veteran of the wrestling team, he manages to keep out of sight of the Athletic department the rest of the year, an enviable accomplishment. Hi does not believe in Bryn Mawr and generally imports his women. J. G. T. B. X. Q. de Berry, whose ten gallon hat and boots have long pro- claimed his Texas ancestry, became this year by the addition of a gold-headed cane the only example of the species Suthin ' Gentleman on campus. Best known for his gallant attempts to revive calling cards and duelling, de B. was one of the first to object strongly to the eat-and-run system in the dining room. This greatest of sitters- at-table was equally at home defending his honor and his dessert. Tex ' s major interest in the academic field was English and his minor was English. From the smoky seminar rooms of the Humanities he will sally forth with his cigarette holder at its usual jaunty angle to join in the raising of Texas cattle on his paternal and ancestral domains. Stu Swihart, as his position as manager of the debating society would tend to indicate, has a great love of this activity — both in and out of tournaments. He will argue with anyone and at any time and at the slightest provocation. Stu will, however, always give you a sporting chance by allowing you to pick the side of the issue that you want to defend. When he is not engaged thus, he is probably tinkering with things photographic or hi-fidelity, or admiring his accomplishments in these fields. And if he can manage to find time during the course of the day, he may conceivably study — but, most likely he will be persuaded by someone (anyone) to do something else (anything else). Somehow all this points logically to his being a biology major. 13