Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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A practical guide at registration time, a comfort to those who pass as well as those who fail, Edytha Carr, Registrar, readies another tran- script, chang ' es another course. For a man with a basement office, Walter Baker evinces a happy countenance. Facing problems of expansion, this Vice-Pi-esident in Charge of Develop- ment is a vital administration figure. ' 5 ■ !S TS ' «»« S»P?« «« fiiilllll The Blue-Men, decked out in sartorial elegance in tidy uniforms and stylish chapeaux, take one of their infrequent work-breaks in front of their plush Foundei s office. Proudly positioned in front of a map of Rome, Comptroller Aldo Caselli appears to be pondering either his Vei-di course or hidden damages in the Barclay Lounge. Forrest Comfort administers a reading- speed test to the cameraman. In his tiny office in Roberts, Mr. Comfort gives both sage advice and remedial reading lessons to all who ask. Billy Carter and Tom Cavanaugh chuckle fiendishly as they distribute first semester transcripts. Opening their mail den by 8:30 each morning, these men are vital links in innumerable romantic chains.

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Mac is back! was the joyful cry, and judg- iiiK from the ovation he received in Collection, Haverford was awfully glad to see its World- Traveller-Vice-President on campus once again. Archibald Miiclntosh, adorned in all his grey- ing, bow-tied, and unassuming superiority, (|uickly temijcred the joy, however, with a glib I wish I was back in Europe. For he had fallen victim to the smiling hospitality of the Swiss and the alumni-free atmosphere of Mat- terhorn ' s summit. Haverford seemed to have lost its charm for Mac. Wonder why. Perhaps some of the enthusiasm which greeted him was due to student hope for relief from the academic pressure which, according to uncountable ])olls, is the current thorn in the undergraduate side. But he has kept hands off the professorial tyrants and is interviewing hundreds of Einstein-like applicants who thrive on academic pressui ' e. Mac ' s gentle face has given rise to a myth concerning his fatherly nature. However, re- ports from drunkards, downers, and Dining Room rowdies who have had chats with him have shattered this impression. He is calm and easy-going, but he means business. Mac is familiar, perhaps painfully so, with student farces, foibles, and follies. He has been admissions officer for more than a quarter of a century, has acted as president on three occa- sions, and is head of the College Entrance Ex- amination Board. He knows all the answei ' s. Dean William Cadbury, case history in hand, waits for Mrs. .Andrews to announce the next supplicant. Director of Admissions Archibald Macintosh learns that two students from Tibet accept scholarships. At Haverford no one desires to make the Dean ' s Li.st, though one might think .so from the queue in his waiting room. In the shadow of Mrs. Andrews ' benignly indifferent face, they sit against the wall, those hollow men, squinting over white cards, scratching heads, abandoning themselves in 1950 issues of the Neiv Yorker, or vainly looking for humor in the Louisiana Summer School BitUeti)i. Next! Knees wobble and the sedentary musical chairs go through another .shift as the chosen one walks in on the man in tweed. Is the enigmatic smile simply a reaction to a familiar face, or is its owner thinking about the lumpy fete by Brueghel to the right rear? He greets the student by his first name (always grounds for being wary) and takes the pipe from his mouth. Say, we haven ' t had you over for dinner yet, have we? As the senior anticipates his last supper, he tries to remember what was said at the last Meeting, hurriedly rehearses old chem formu- lae, and cooks up a defense for his tran.script. Suddenly he discovers that he is unclear about the Dean ' s last Collection announcement : Was it Friday classes moved to 10 a.m. on June 2, or ten classes moved to the second Friday in June?

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Curly-haiicd development otticer Charles Perry ))lots the latest results of the Annual Givint-- campaign against his planned de- velopment of a second Barclay Lounge. Smiling- but haggard after the semi-annual onslaught of hook-hungry students, Pat Docherty and Jean Vogelsburg survey the ruins. They are searching- behind Catcher i)t the Rye for a freshman lost in the fracas. Illlllllllllllll llllllllllllll Alumni secretary Ben Cuupcr phones the Caribe- Hilton in Havana for a penthouse suite for an Alumni Giving rally. Luckily the trip coincided with the posting of next year ' s i-ooming- list. The cleaning ladies, both mother liguies and the romantic ideal of the Ilaverford student, strike a clannish pose and lend an exotic Corsican flavor to staid, old Founders Hall. Assistant admissions oflicer Bill Ambler looks up hopefully at the prospective freshman entering- his office. Undoubtedly this applicant thrives on aca- demic pressure. l)]-. William Lander (rt.), t ' ullege physician, pauses to discuss psychosomatic aspects of a case of fodil jioisoning with Dr. Peter Bennett, the n ' ■ : i psychiatrist.