Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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THE OCTET They ambled up to the bandstand end formed a non-geometric semi-circle. The Haverford Octet. But there were ten — or was it eleven. The crowd quieted imperceptibly during the incantation one, two, three, four, BO, Doot-doo-doo The octet was singing and clowning its way through another performance. The same old songs, but Tony Bing did Faraway better than usual and really killed the audience, Katowitz lambasted Rigoletto ; the hall came alive. The whole group was loose, but Zavitz was loosest. Last year Pete was the head of the Octet, and this year it has been said that he was the member with the foamy head. This combination of nectar and harmony began four years ago when Pete as nervous Rhinie was thrust into the midst of twelve upperclassmen in the Tower, He managed to survive in this atmosphere of debauchery but appealed to Matlock, Block, and Plass to return him to the moral life. An interesting idea, but unsuccessful: Lou got married, Neil ma|ored in economics, and now even Block can be heard occa- sionally raising o Budweiser baritone. But the music will soon give way to mathematics and football when Pete starts his teaching career. Behind the entertaining performances were panicked dress rehearsals, tensions and disagree- ments, and the attitude that the Octet was a good thing to work on occasionally. The results came from many late hours of rehearsal in Union. The group had a lot of talent, with Donham, Maud and Bing all scraping the rafters with their high notes; Mohr ' s casual accenting from the other side of the Mason-Dixon, Zavitz, Katowitz, and Taylor helping muddy up the middle parts, but could all be counted on for good performances. Thomas and Mezger kept the group from floating owoy with a gravel tone that went down to unknown depths. When the group got together well, the results were good, Horry Thomas ran the group in his senior year, replacing Pete who was taking over Harry ' s pre- vious )ob of Glee Club President. Harry spent enough time in the chemistry lab to major and get into med school, but otherwise could be found, usually with his four-year roommate Mike Donham, in the midst of some group project, ranging from brainstorming for Class Night to inventing prepos- terous schemes for ploying May Day, and fre- quently singing. Otherwise, he spent a year making Council meetings shorter and funnier; he lost round after round at Bryn Mawr; he was proud of occasional bits of scholarship. Fourteen

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Football The football team had a rather bizarre season, ending with a favorable record of three wins, one loss and three ties. The team ' s strength lay in its line, though we had a capable bockfield whose only fault seemed to be in never calling the right play at the right time. Weakened by injuries, especially that of Larry Griffith, it seemed each week as if Haverford would have trouble fielding a team. With the loss of Griffith, the backfield never functioned very well after mid-season, but the line was always there to take up the slack. The best game of the year for those few spec- tators who watched it was the 7-7 tie with Wes- leyan University, a gome which Haverford might have won had it not been for a dropped pass. Leading this fine team effort was co-captain Joe Torg whose play in this game was the greatest individual achievement all year. This was Joe ' s fourth year as key to the Haverford line. Though often outweighed, he was never outfought. Cer- tainly the best player on the team, Joe showed at Wesleyon that he was even more alert than the coach. When Haverford was stopped inches short of the goal at the end of a long sustained effort, everyone, including the coach, succumbed to de- spair. However, it was Joe who noticed that al- though Haverford had not scored a touchdown, they might have indeed made a first down. Meas- urements affirmed his thoughts, and Haverford went on to score the tying touchdown. The other co-coptain this year was Skip Block, President of the Varsity Club, and, like Joe, a pre- med. Unfortunately, on early season injury cut down Skip ' s playing effectiveness, though as a member of the team he became on inspiration from the bench. As the biggest man on the team he served to frighten opponents who thought that if such a giant were benched, the rest of the team must be terrors. His type of drive and spirit enabled a team which had very little ability other than the ability to be a team, to hove a good season, the best in four years at Haverford, One day a man may come who is large enough to fill Skipper ' s jersey, but there will never be one big enough. JUk 2.4 % ' t ■ ' ■ :. Sixteen