Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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Tireless and friendly Dick Morsch pauses during a hectic spring after- noon to cure the ills of a nonchalant freshman lefthander. Getting together to plan the theft of the Hood Trophy are (seated) Norm Bramall, Jimmy Mills, Roy Randal ' (standing) Bill Breuninger, Ernie Prudente. Bill Docherty, Dick Morsch, Jack Lester, and Doc Harter. PHYSICAL EDUCATION Roy Randall, Director of Athletics, always seems to have a few well-chosen words at his command (whether the occasion be a half-time pep-talk during a crucial football game or the introduction of a long-winded speaker at the fall sports banquet). Haverford football for- tunes have soared under Roy ' s tutelage, and recent records of the baseball team have also been noteworthy. Bill Docherty, the other half of Haverford ' s third two-professor department, personally bridges the gap between physical education and the humanities in his capacity as father-coun- selor to the freshmen. In addition, he is chief mentor of the golf team, line coach of the foot- ball team, and the most feared referee in the Intramural Basketball League. Easy-going Ernie Prudente never seems to be fazed by the unpredictability of his tempera- mental cagers or the bizarre weight-lifting techniques of his body-building class. As end coach on the football team, Ernie is a pro- ponent of the show ' em in the flesh school; and his enthusiasm makes even the Surplus Twcnfy-cight team in the Softball League feel professional. Richard Morsch, H. E. (Healer Extraordi- nary), is Haverford ' s answer to the ravages of athletic battles. Using ultra-sound machines and good old adhesive tape, Dick labors inces- santly to keep the fencing team loose and the football team tight. Reputed to have a phenome- nal memory for lock combinations, Dick prob- ably remembers everything that was ever put into the bottomless lucky bag. Other members of the athletic stafl had vary- ing degrees of success during the year. While coach Jimmy Mills led the varsity soccer team to a good season, Jack Lester ' s J. V. hooters and Doc Harter ' s junior griddei ' S found the going rough. Under the guidance of new coach Bill Breuninger, both the cross country and track teams had successful records. Similarly Henri Gordon ' s fencers and Harter ' s wrestlers achieved success in Middle Atlantic league competition. In the spring. Norm Bramall be- gan his umpteenth year as tennis coach, and Howard Comfort came out of retirement to rejuvenate the cricketers.

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PSYCHOLOGY Gifted with a iHMTeptive mind that neatly Kleans the obscnre from the intellectually pre- cise, Douglas Heath demands from each stu- dent this same qualily of rigorous thinkinK- Doug, as he prefers to be called by psychology majors, applies his extensive knowledge in pre- senting basic materials in a stimulating and creative manner. To him, psychology is more than a mere academic discipline. It is a per- sonal force which determines his teaching tech- nique, as well as his relationships with his students. Consequently, Mr. Heath under- stands the Haverford man better than the latter understands himself. The youthful-look- Ira Keiil liukls a bL-liiiul-ihawn-shades pot-latch in his office with John Smith and Edward Harper. SOCIOLOGY Doug- Heath, Al Pepitono, and Jeiry Wodinsky get together to discuss the rising price of white rats. ing dynamo with the piercing eyes and boyish grin elicits deservedly from his students, brilliant but a nice guy. Jerry Wodinsky is the newe.st addition to Haverford ' s ever-expanding p.sychology depart- ment. As he peers out at the College scene through his dark-rimmed glasses, he is involved in the learning process that he himself teaches. Presenting his students with intelligent lec- tures, he relates numerous anecdotes about the myriad of experiments he has performed. Sen- sitive freshmen are shocked and dismayed by his accounts of pigeons exhausted by prolonged pecking and desperate rats struggling to master moist mazes. But his well-pre.- ented disserta- tions on the values of psychology restore their faith in him and the subject he teaches. Ira Reid, the tall social theorist who heads the sociology department, sidles into .seminar meetings with an armful of books and a pile of S or U papers. As he eloquently moderates immoderate discussions, disdainful sneers fre- quent his countenance, interspersed with an oc- casional smile and I ' m so sorry, but . . . Lis- tening to his excellent Collection introduction of friend Ralph Bunche, students discovered why Ira Reid ranks high among Haverford ' s favorite professors and how he could make even Soc. Sci. 11-12 seem interesting. Teaching Haverfordians both French and . ' :;ociology, John Smith prefers the latter ' disci- pline. When he does teach French, he makes it French a la Wylie, o?-, patterns of culture in the Vaucluse. A master at employing conjunc- tions to further his thought processes in lec- tures, Mr. Smith nonetheless conveys to his students the methods of sociological inquiry. Nearly as tall as his boss. Smith is easily recognizable as he strides in Gulliver fashion about the campus: tw eed suit, mustache, brief case, and pipe. Edward Harper is the backbone of the Bryn Mawr-Haverford anthropology department. He imparts knowledge to his students in a quiet and una.ssuming manner, reaching the heights of his teaching prowess in informal seminars. Students usually find a shoeless Harper squat- ting cross-legged on the floor of his home, with a cup of coff ' ee in one hand and a rare first edition from his extensive library in the other. One explanation of Harper ' s passion for floor- sitting might be his interest in village life in northern Indi-i. Tivcntv-scz ' cii

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' fr. AHMKI) S. HOKHAKI Kit HARD 1 . PEYNMAN PHILIPS VISITORS ALBERT W. TUCKER As a I ' esLilt of a generous bequest from the late William Pyle Philips, the College community is invaded annually by a host of distinguished sci entists and statesmen whose visits may last anywhere from a few hours to a full academic year. Potential visitors are nominated by the Faculty and screened by a committee headed by Professor Paissell Williams. Visiting statesmen this year were United Nations Under- secretary for Public Information Ahmed Bokhari and United States Senator Joseph Clark. Sociologists heard Julian Pitt- Rivers speak about his major field — the gypsie.s — and Hadley Cantril, Dorwin Cartwright, and Theodore Newcomb ex- liounded on the realm of psychology. An unusual and interesting series entitled The Physical Universe featured William Fowler, Richard Feynman, Martin Schwarzschild, and Harold Urey. As part of a program on Advances in Cell Structure and Function, Ariel Loewy played host to a vast number of biologists including Alan Hodge, George Palade, Keith Porter, and Sanford Palay. Princeton ' s mathematician Albert Tucker lectured weekly on game theory; astronomy enthusiasts listened starry-eyed to Dirk Brouwer and Russian astronomer Alia Masevitch; and Henry Taube led a group of eager chem majors in some spirited discussions on complex ions. KEITH R. PORTER MARTIN SCHWARZSCHILD SANFORD L. PALAY GEORGE S. I ' ALADE WILLIAM A. FOWLER fflHPi I '