Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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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

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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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The Statesman The Students ' Council George Keeley presides. On his left W. Newmeyer, T. Martenis, G. Brew- ster, L. Matlack, and at the end of left sit R. Greer, E. Mezger, C. Berlin, P. Allen, and Rick Hill. The long tradition of government by clique was firmly broken by the election of George Keeley to the Presidency of the Students Council. Though George maintained his fine scholastic record to the bitter end, because he also co-captained on the gridiron, the student body felt, for the first time in anybody ' s ken, that grass roots democracy got its chance. Despite his perfect calm in the perpetual cycle of petty crises, George was known to quote (in the privacy of 6th entry Lloyd circles), Don. you really shock me . . . , Regan, you ' ll never make it twice . . . . Cocktails and bridge at four, men! or even, I just love dogs! With the same equanimity he endured. Our Father Who art in 63, hallowed be Thy Council, Sober up, George, here comes Gilbert . . . , Caught a pass once . . . , Josie the new flame? or simply, Dictator! With titles like Most Naturally Humorous in Upper Sixth, Donor of the Water Mug to Gil and Anne, The Threat to Eddie Fisher, and Pop ' s High Hurdler, George is moving from the Executive Suite to win other laurels in Harvard Business School. But whatever his titles in the privacy of 6th entry circles, the real importance of the Keel ' s (alias The Rock) year heading the students ' self-government was that he definitely answered the delicate issue of how aloof a leader must be. That is, he proved to the dismay of a few vested interests on campus that the regular fellas, who had been repressed by the preceding pious regimes, could handle the exagger- ated intricacies of Student Government. Besides, since this year ' s non-commissioned officers were no less representative than any other ' s, he exposed the fallacious distinction between athletes and intellec- tuals at Haverford. As for the business of the year, the High Court, under Chief Justice Ralph Barlow, held surprisingly few inquisitions, thus distressing those who avidly peruse the Council ' s minutes in search of Purge Notices. A Curriculum Committee under Gerald