Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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FRESHMEN Any beginning invariably suggests to the opti- mistic picture which is better than the past, whether it be the arrival of one hundred new faces on campus or the laying of the corner stone of a new hangar. And with the passage of time the illusion IS just as invariably destroyed. However, there is an important distinction between the growth and change of animate and inanimate objects — a distinction which is perhaps best seen in the ability of the members of the Freshman Class to develop inwardly and at least to outgrow their greenness. »t £i. -i7 ji:My. »t;K%-; ,«?

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The Record this year is dedicated to Archibald Macintosh with the thought that Just praise is only a debt. Four

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THE ORIENTATION PROGRAM Neglected in the past has been a discussion of the orientation program which in a way can shape a boy ' s whole impression of Hoverford. In planning to deal with it more extensively, we asked a Fresh- man if he would tell the first part of our story. Because of the naive enthusiasm with which he treats the subject, editorial parenthesizing seems mandatory, but it is kept at a minimum so that the reader will never lose sight of the fact that it is a Freshman speaking. Anonymity is by request. One week before school opened in the fall, I, with hundred or so others, became the best Freshman Class ever, We seemed to be a rather heterogeneous group, ( unique is the word Hover- ford uses), but I was comforted by my observation that all the parents seemed to look the same. As Haverford ' s embrace replaced my mother ' s, we were whisked away to the nature walk and library garden, and then to the cramped quarters in which we were to exist. This association of oneself to nature is an important factor at Hoverford. It helped me, I know, to remove myself even further from reality. Association with nature brings out the animal passions, and so we were led to the dining hall, where I sot down to my first meal. Since they told me not to be degrading but mildly humorous, I leave the thoughts of that meal to those who have shared the similar experience. After the meal we met with the Customs Com- mittee They told us that we soon would be ac- quainted with our big brothers, another innova- tion in the Customs program, designed to integrate the Freshman just that much faster into the college. My big brother tried to get me drunk the only time he bothered with me.