Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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The New Administration ARCHIBALD MacINTOSH Vice-President It befits her regal Anglican dignity that nothing should ever really ehange at Haverford. The face of the sea, always changing, ever constant, may be a vainglorious or debasing metaphor, but comes in- evitably to mind. Even Haverford ' s greatest changes were surface ones. The loss of the former president, the speculation about the new one, were subjects for conversation; but such conversations seldom inv plied or mentioned change. This was indubitably attributable to our consciousness of perfection. Consequently, when in the first Collection after the Winter holidays, Mac, by announcing nothing to the contrary, announced his own assumption of the multitudinous and diverse duties in the empty office, the students reacted with a calm suspiciously akin to indifference. Mac was just as available as ever for dispensing academic largesse, for giving the crucial nod of acceptance to the hand-picked members of the Class of ' 60, and for sharing the loads on various semi-neurotic chests. It was an ap- parent reserve mixed so finely with patent friendli ' ness that made the undergraduates aware that, al- though he could see through them, it was all right — in fact, it was fortunate. The role of the administration as such in the lives of the students is harder to determine. It is true that it didn ' t meddle in those two most delicate areas that are covered by the Honor System, but then, this was mainly due to the Council ' s careful (and oftimes difficult) telepathctic knowledge of what would hap- pen if . . . And of course the students were blandly ignorant of the deliberation and execution of those policies which most essentially shape a Haverford- ian ' s existence. An occasional delegation stormed Roberts Hall, delivered a harangue against Meeting, or parking regulations, and retreated. For the most part, however, they didn ' t meddle in administrative affairs; more because of satisfaction than through a sense of proportion.

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Unfazed by their new life .it Haverford, the Rhinies went through their early days in an enthu- siastic, if not distinguished, fashion. Even in the embryonic stage, the Class of ' 59 showed it- san guine disposition by holding its own in the water fights, pond dunkings, and other aspects of creative play promoted by the Customs Committee. Untamed by the sedate rigors of Customs, the Freshmen finally met their match in the sophisticated Bryn Mawrtyrs and the suave upperclassmen at the tradi ' tional Bryn Mawr mixer. However, before the belligerent Rhinies were shepherded into the true path, they did manage to make their presence known to a few unwilling Sophomores. The pond received members of both classes with its customary muddy welcome, and the tug-of-war resulted in a soggy defeat for the Sophs when the Rhinies dragged them all over the gooey Homecoming football field. Seeking solace, the Soph ' omores pilfered in cloak and dagger fashion the Customs ' trophy which was to be presented to the Freshmen. Perhaps the Rhinies were over-oriented ; The Freshman Class at any rate, they survived the early season jousts better than their predecessors. Since the freshmen were more rowdy than usual Customs succeeded more than usually. Though anti ' social intellectuals suggested that less antiquated manifestations of adolescence might strike Haver- tord ' s imaginative mind, the Frankensteins capped in black vigorously applied themselves to creating Rivalry. Besides Customs, the freshmen were subjected to the usual long distance swimming test and the psych tests to ascertain their neurotic potential. Later in the year, there was the Baldwin dance, etc. Through the year, we have come to know them. Selected judiciously, seeded carefully, weeded occa- sionally, the new crop of Freshmen, — in spite of Barclay floodings and academic drought, — will un- doubtedly grow tall in their chosen fields. It ' s all a sort of tradition.

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William Cadbury, the Dean, in spite of nicknames indicating the contrary, w.i .1 genuinely appreciated .ind re- spected m.in. But unfortunately, most of the personal contact .1 Dean has with his students ,ire under auspices mi ire- suggestive of Andrew than Dale Carnegie. This was especially true in a school where, having been so well taught that they are individuals, students tend to think that they .ire. or should be, exceptions (especially tn administra- tive regulations). However, the Dean made less liberal and more valid judg- WILLIAM E. CADBURY, JR. Dean ALDO CASELLI Comptroller Aldo Caselh had the official title of Comptroller. But this was hardly suffi- cient to cover all the means by which he kept the college ' s ledgers in black, a feat which no other man in the world could duplicate. Some students were tempted to credit his skill to cruelty rather than ingenuity, but parking fines and damage fines at 200% cost were matched by the intermittent appearance of new furniture and conveniences. l ine