Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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From recession to fruition : The funniest thing happened to Ho Hunter on the wav to Vladivostok. ECONOMICS From the clouded (cigarette smoke) summit of Mt. Whitall, the gods oF the renovated Eco- nomics department have guided their underlings through the analyses of What, How, and For Whom. This year, the task of developing the stu- dent cycle from recession to fruition was led with- out the thundering policies of Zeus Teaf, who shifted his demands to alumni campaign-contribu- tors. In assuming the duties of acting chairman, Ho Hunter, ' 43; I. Succeeded in leading the department A. To new worries about comps. II. Broke his own speed record A. For the twentieth successive year B. In climbing the Whitall stairs. III. Enlivened his Soviet System course A. With marginal contortions. If will was missing, the department neverthe- less gained new inspiration with the return of Phil Bell from the University of California and with the addition of Gene Smolensky from the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. Phil, also known as The Crusher, became famous on the campus due to his crusades for babies and IBM ' s. He will be most remembered by Economics 81 veterans for his hover- ing guidance at Provident Mutal, the surprise final, and his casual manner in bumming cigarettes from us. Pipe smoking Gene added to the color of the department as any student in his Introductory, Monev and Banking, or Labor courses will attest. Sample: So thus the MC curve intersects the AC curve at the price line, right? (pause) Wrong!! (class shifts uneasily in chairs). A cred- it to the department lies in the challenging prob- lems which still plague its students: has Bell ever done less than 48 hours work in a day? ... is Smolensky really so excited about Economics that he can never sit down during a class? . . . does Hunter ever fail to answer a question without quoting a dozen references? Research on all of these problems continues. Page 18

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CLASSICS The Classics department at Havcrford is an enigma. But there is no reason why it should re- main draped in obscurity. Such is not our intention. And perhaps we are not solely to blame; we do not know. But let ' s get one thing straight. Liberal- ism and tolerance doubtless apply to the French department. Classics (a singular noun with plural termination, like Pericles ) is a different matter. We ask no quarter, we gi c none. A man is ranged either among the sheep or the goats. A student of the Classics is not pleased if you say: The studv of dead languages is important, surely, but will thcv help vou in real life? He is offended. Ultim.itely, he will try to forget you. It is a sober- ing thought. Perhaps some think we are humour- less. This is a mistake. The delightful antics of the Emperor Elagabalus (better known to some as Heliogabalus ) will raise a dusty chuckle at any convocation of Latinists. Another unhappy mis- conception about Classicists, dating from eighteen- th-century England, is that they sit in tiny cubi- cles reading shredded manuscripts by candlelight and consuming quantities of port wine. Now, can you imagine anything so sillv? Needless to say, our public image, as is pur- ported, has been contorted out of all proportion. Finally we are supposed to be out of touch with reality. It is probable that this prejudice has arisen from the fact that Thales, a pre-socratic philosopher, is reported to ha e fallen into a well while gazing at the stars. Let it be frankly stated that we do not like Thales anv more than you do. Besides, he wasn ' t even a Greek. He was born in Asia Minor. A last word about our department: we are few, but dedicated, anxious to be amenable, but in- fused with a seriousness of purpose which demands that we do not betray our convictions; not insensi- tive, but morally secure. And wc extend a hand to those Lazari who care to better their condition. Is reported to have fallen into a well while gazing at the stars. Page 17

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Haverford ' s Engineers caught on a busman ' s holiday in the cab of the Twentieth Centurv Limited. ENGINEERING Clayton W. Holmes, pictured here with other members of the Engineering department in front of the original Mcnlo Park switchboard, is a man of many talents and experiences. Contemptuous of sluggish minds in eight o ' clock classes, slide-rule mismanipulations, and lost decimal points, he is a stern taskmaster who is possibly the only Haver- ford professor never to have granted an extension — . . . you knew it was due today, why didn ' t you start on it last week? Behind this exterior, however, lies a heart of pump bronze, which is at least the same color as gold. The extensive effort required of his students and his searching examinations turn out graduates who appreciate exactitude and who know the value of being right the first time. His students are pre- pared for industry or graduate school, and are us- uallv well received bv both. Mr. Holmes runs the wood-working course, laxishing the same consummate skill on those stu- dents that he does on his majors. Among his relaxations are traveling, (from which he has an excellent collection of color slides), and summering at his New England farm. At his farm he finds peace away from the college commotion and there he spends his time solving all the prob- lems in a new thermodynamics text and counting the trucks full of Bunker C running up the road to a nearby generating station. Like a well-known steam turbine. Mr. Holmes never stops. Mr. Holmes will be glad to direct interested stu- dents to the proper books for discussing the unique properties and characteristics of Bunker C as applied to gcnerating-station operation. Page 19