Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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ANDREW M. SCOTT STEVEN MULLER H. FIELD HAVILAND, JR. ( ' stands up and waiJ{s toward the wall, flexing Jus left arm. Then reahzes that there is no blackboard in the room and paces bacl{ while speaking.) This all reminds me of an exercisi: I was on while in the navy. . . . Somers: I think we have to be more rigorous than that, Andy. I Lights his pipe.) By the way, when I was in England studying their workmen ' s compensa- tion, I found something that might he of use to the economics. . . . But to get back to the topic, how can we strengthen student participation in classes? After all, it is they that form the real learning process. Scott: Sure. Discussion is important, but it is also necessary to fill the students in on the material that is not in the textbook. Reitzel: As I understand it, the lectures and readings, particularly in Political Science 22, give an incomplete and unbalanced picture of the actual realities of the situation. This should be remedied by some judicious interposition of factual knowledge. Don ' t you think that is a fair statement of your position, Andy? ( Ex- tinguishes one cigarette and lights another as Scott nods. I Midler: Yes. and I think that the students should be required to come up to the real standards that the col ' lege has advertised. The preparation and work of the students here is, on the whole, abominable. But if we are to adopt this suggestion, I think it should be along the lines of the tutorial system at Oxford. I Opens his pac of Players cigarettes. ) Scott: I was talking with some of my students after class about that yesterday, and they said that this did not lead to a balanced education, i Blows smo}{e away from his face. I Somers: Getting back to the main point of the meeting. . . . Midler: Just a minute. Red. but I think it would be an excellent idea if there were a stiffer language re- quirement for political science majors. I think it is an atrocious commentar ' on the state of American educa- tion that college seniors are unable to read — say — de Jouvenel ' s introduction to Rousseau in the original. Somers: Yes, Steve, I agree, but I was going to sug- gest first that students should be brought to the point where they can carr ' on reasonable, factual class dis- cussions in English. Reitzel: Certainly, Red, but more attention should be paid to orienting the students in the field of inter- national relations. A while ago I heard a foreign service officer comment on this point. Somers: The fundamental problem of the political science department. . . . Reitzel: If you don ' t mind. Red, 1 have to leave now to catch a train for Washington. I have an early ap- pointment at the Brookings Institution. Scott: Hm-m. 1 just remembered that I promised to take care of my four kids before working tonight on my new text in American political theory. Mailer: I have to take care of a couple more books tonight. Scott: O-o-kay, let ' s call it a day. All exeunt ex- cept Somers.) Somers: I wonder who ' ll be at the next meeting. Thirteen

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HERMAN M. SOMLRS POLITICAL SCIENCE (The scene is the s[ acious Founders Hall office of Herman M. Somers, chairman of the political science department. Boo s, papers, memos, and letters from all over the United States compete for attention on the old desks and tables scattered through the room. An- drew M. Scott enters jaimtily, overcoatless, in his usual light hrown suit and unbuttoned button-down collar. ) Scott: Good afternoon, Red. Somers: Good afternoon, Andy. How goes the Dela- ware County Democratic cluh? Scott: Fine, fine . . . I Steven Muller enters the room, clad in the latest Ivy fashions. ) Somers: Glad you could get here so soon, Steve. Just put your coat over there. Muller (placing his collegiate coat on a hoo iie.vt to Somers ' tweed overcoat): When your private secre- tary called I had just finished translating the Norwegian footnotes in the hook published yesterday, Publio Cor- porations in the World Community, by a man I studied with at Cornell. I hadn ' t yet started the revision of my list of the 600 best political science periodicals for Political Science 22 students. If you don ' t mind. I have a preliminary list here. . . . Somers: The reason this meeting was called was to plan the program for the department for the coming term. I wt)uld appreciate it if you would bring up your point, Steve, when we come to the course. We can get started as soon as Bill arrives. (William A. Reitzel ' 22 wal s in. He is wearing a darl{ brown suit with a vest, and is carrying his brief- case, unique among diplomats, initialed WAR. J Reitzel: Good afternoon, gentlemen. Andy, did you get a chance to read my article on Kennan ' s book on American diplomacy? Scott: No, I spent the afternoon expurgating Rous- seau ' s Confessions for my children and mailing my article on challenge and response off to the Journal of Politics. Somers: Be seated, gentlemen. While I was in Ten- nessee straightening out the TVA, I got an idea for an addition to my administration course. We could divide the class into line officers and staff officers and have them argue with each other for four class periods on the relation of the reading to their respective jobs. Of course I would keep close watch on the discussion and see that they stuck to the facts. We might set up a model Brandywine Creek Authority. Scott: Excellent idea. Red. Muller: I wonder how well that would go. At Ox- ford something like that was suggested, but before I go into this, let me say . . . ( c.) Reitzel fin his best Oxonian accent): Red, I think it IS necessary that we recognize the distinctions be- tw-een line officer, staff officer, administrator, and ex- ecutive. Scott: That ' s a good point. Here, I ' ll show you. . . . WILLIAM A. REITZEL Tu ' eli

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RUSSELL R. WILLIAMS, JR. WILLIAM E. CADBURY, JR. ROBERT I. WALTER CHEMISTRY Haverford ' s chemistry department is unique in many ways. For one, it has its own private building — a struc- ture with high stone walls, creaky stairs, underground chambers, and bars on the windows. The Chemistry Building houses the largest and steepest lecture hall on campus, a room where clanging radiators have dis- tracted many lecturers (and even dozing students) . In addition, the Chem Building possesses its own nauseat- ing smells, created by black-aproned inhabitants en- during 1-o-n-g laboratory periods, the first of which for every course is always spent washing apparatus and bending glass. Certainly the chief distinction of any department, however, is derived from the men that teach in it. These four years have been a period of significant change for all. Since the fall of 19 ' 4, there has been an almost complete change of personnel m the chem- istry department, due to the death of William Mcldrum ( the grand old man of the Chem. Department ) and turnover of most other members. It is strongly felt by students of the department that the new faculty has soundly reassessed the needs and curriculum — securing a solid foundation for present and future development. Probably the most obvious evidence of this is that the atmosphere of the depart- ment is now less dictated by desires of the non-major pre-medical students. By way of introduction for some, and for the Record, the following are members of the department. Dean William ( The Cad ) Cadbury, the single man who has remained from the past faculty, teaches physical chemistry. His research interest involves phase rela- tionships. Students of the course remember numerous derivations of formulas and appreciate the extremely well-organized laboratory work. The Dean, of course, IS familiar in a tweedy suit, raincoat and hat — with pipe. Russell Williams, the chairman of the department, is a quiet, bespectacled gentleman whose trademark is a large briefcase. He left teaching at Notre Dame in 19 6. He specializes m nuclear physical chemistry and will carry on research with aid from a grant given by the Atomic Energy Commission. Williams teaches both elementary chemistry and advanced physical chemistry. The department is making good, strong progress under his direction. Harmon Dunathan, the most recent arrival, is fa- mous for an hour e.xam that actually took five hours. Fourteen