Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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ENGINEERING CLAYTON W. HOLMES THEODORE B. HETZEL NORMAN M. WILSON HiUes Laboratory, home of the Micrometer Men, appears to one as a building both low-down (with respect to height) and removed (with respect to the gravel road in front of it.) These features, however, by no means symbolize the quality of Haverford ' s engineering facilities, faculty, or students. Hilles is a huge building, though, and while its basement machine shops remain the sacred and unchallenged domain of the micrometer men, its ground floor (especially Room 2) is invaded by such non-electrical disciplines as economics, Quaker philosophy, and history of art. The engineering majors admittedly do not emerge after four years with cither the breadth or depth of knowledge of M.I.T. graduates. Their proficiency should not be underestimated, however, for one must consider Haverford ' s liberal arts orientation and the comple.xities and accomplishments of modern earth-satellite-era engineering. Clayton Holmes, chairman of the department, is a typical gruff New Englander whose crisp and full New Hampshire accent would un- doubtedly carry even from a sputnik. Professor Holmes specializes in mechanical engineering ( this problem is simply elementary fourth- grade thermodynamics ) and in scheduling classes at the unholy, un- popular, and unforgettable hour of eight in the morning. A very good craftsman, he conducts each winter the non-academic course in cabinet- making. Theodore ( Ted ) Hetzel is a quiet and shy man, and rarely tells tall tales, pardner, despite his affinity for Western-style, rancher-cut clothes. He teaches with patience and precision ( don ' t forget about the bridge that collapsed because the engineer misplaced a decimal point ), but out of class is usually seen rushing about, perhaps in a ti;-y because of his unique worries (water fights, festive nights, students ' rights) as chairman of the student afi airs committee. During autumn Saturday afternoons he may be seen at the soccer field, braving the cold and windy weather, and beaming with fatherly pride as he photographs his swift-footed son, Hennic Het;el ' 60. Professor Hctzel is responsible for sundry photographs appearing in this journal. Norman Wilson may be described as truly a craftsman ' s craftsman — a man equally at home photographing Biblical pottery, repairing a Cadillac transmission, cleaning a rifle, or demonstrating the fine points of machine and lathe technique to his first-year students. A man of patience, humor, and generosity, Wilson advises and helps all students with electrical or construction problems, and devotes many an afternoon to teaching non-academic courses in photography and metal work. Dur- ing the 1957-58 academic year he also assumed the duty of chairman of the arts and services program. TH ' e.ity- oiir

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MATHEMATICS Havcrford ' s m.itlK-ni.itics rooms bear the labels East and West , but the majors who studied topology found out that the twain eould actually meet. Al- though both majors and teachers realize that some (e.g., physicists, psychologists, morticians, gamblers, and income-tax cheaters) use their favorite subject simply as a tt)ol, they enioy mathematics for its own sake and for the marvelous, infinite, n-dimensional world it opens to them. To some, mathematics is to science what phil- osophy IS to the humanistic disciplines — a distant com- mon meeting ground. Cletus ( Clete ) Oakley, head of the department, may look stuffy and serious in his classroom (even at iS a.m.), especially when he slides his glasses to the tip of his nose and peers over the tip of the rims at a student who obviously has not done the day ' s home- work; or when he bows his head, closes his eyes, and clarities a principle in quiet, measured tones. The first sign of his true spontaneity w-ould be his leap onto the sill to lower the top window and let in refreshing breezes. His humorous extroversion would be confirmed by his frequent vaults out of the East Math Room window onto Founders Porch. No sideliner with re- spect to athletics, Clete still offers an A to any of his students who can beat him in handball. Many have attempted, but nobody has yet had the strength, ability, or cunning to emerge victorious. Mr. Oakley ' s math- ematical interests range from an explanation of Mor- ley ' s theorem (to be seen, framed, in the Gummere- Morley Room), to co-authoring the Freshman Math text, to designing educational cutouts for children ' s magazines. Robert ( Bullet Bob ) Wisner is a shrewd, liberal thinker who maintains rigorous teaching standards and commands the admiration of his hard-working math majors. In his criticism of philosophers, Haverford ' s admission policy, and other weighty issues in society, he tends to biting and caustic sarcasm. Bullet Bob frequents the Coop regularly, either conducting an ad- vanced seminar, conversing with several other pro- fessors, or holding a coffee hour v ith some of the younger secretaries. When asked about his office hours, he replies succinctly: Almost never. Perhaps this occurs because he ' s often so busy playing with his flexagons. When Fr.mklin Duttenhofer began teaching here as an instructor in the fall of 195 7, he needed no in- troduction to Haverford College, having graduated from this venerable institution just fifteen months previously. Fr.mk then became a Quaker (University of Pennsyl- vania variety) and has now returned to preach in his Main Line drawl of curves, natural functions, and limits. CLETUS O. OAKLEY FRANKLIN H. DUTTENHOFER ROBERT J. WISNER Tu ' entv-three

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SOCIOLOGY Sociology is the most nebulous of the social sciences, and it is the one most susceptible to interpretation with a flair. Such an interpretation is given by Ira DeA. Reid. He is of impressive stature both physically and intellectually, and his eloquence at the seminar table reminds his students that he once wanted to be an actor. They are particularly impressed by his original ideas and his initiative in backing them up. For example, imagine the astonishment of last year ' s seniors when Reid asked them if, during the school year, they would like to sneak off to the Virgin Islands for a couple of weeks. Work and pleasure were combined in this particular project. Both the department and its name grew this year. Edw.ird B. Harper joined the staff to teach anthropology, and the offi- « cial title became the department of sociology and anthropology. Harper is sharing his talents (and his knowledge of the culture of the Indian subcontinent) with Bryn Mawr. John W. Smith, already a member of the French department, made a partial shift and devoted some of his teaching time to the introductory sociology course. His quick insights into problems of many varieties have gained him an outstanding reputation on campus. MUSIC No, no, no . . . Impossible! . . . Simply can t be done! This familiar plea will regale the ear of anyone brave enough to venture into the Union on a Tuesday or Thursday evening or into Goodhart on a Wednesday night, yet somehow it al- ways does get done. Even Wild Bill Reese ' s side activities do get done with the same high level of performance that char- acterize all his concerts such as the Stravinsky at Swarthmore or the Morart Concerto with Agi Jambor. Unlike his associate, and in the best artistic tradition, Alfred J. Swan remains discreetly aloof from campus politics. Indeed he is known to most of us as that man with a white beard and a boyish walk who emerges every spring to preside over the stu- dent music collection. Possessor of a cool Parisian wardrobe, English wit, Russian education, and considerable patience, he is ideally equipped to cope with that inveterate aesthete and seeker of universal truth, the student composer. IRA DE A. REID EDWARD B. HARPER JOHN W. SMITH ALFRED J. SWAN WILLIAM H. REESE