Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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Don ' t worry about it. If you don ' t see it now, take it home and think about it. ' MATHEMATICS In the absence of Cletus Oakley, who is away on a year ' s Sabbatical, Louis Solomon has ably headed the Mathematics department and has been a moving force in the new setup of the depart- ment. The new setup, not to be confused with the math secretary, will greatly accelerate- the math- ematical education of the Haverford student. Even though he has been here only two years, Uncle Louie has quickly made a reputation for himself through his challenging tests — tests followed by a generous scaling, his constant use of the word trivial in all of his proofs, his subtle and clever way of transforming theorems into facts, his way of calling any problem which a student can do garbage, his lack of preparation for project courses, his colds, and his favorite expression : Don ' t worry about it. If you don ' t see it now, take it home and think about it. Backing up the trinity of Oakley, Solomon, and Bob Wisner (alias Robert J. Dropper of the Academic Standing Committee) are Jim Brooks and Leonard Bidwell. Mr. Brooks is a lover of the philosophy and history of mathematics and he appreciates its real beautv, as can be seen by his facial expressions when he finally solves a problem. L O. B. is known to spend a whole period on a student ' s question and to end the class period by saying: I ' m . . . I ' m terribly sorry ... I promise to look into this for the next meeting. One can be sure that he will have the solution by the next class. Mr. Bidwell comes to Haverford from Drexel Institute of Technology. He fills the gap created by Mr. Oakley ' s absence. A very friendly and easy- going man, he has aided in the program of dis- couraging many underclassmen from becoming math majors.

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EL ESPANOL ADVERTISEMENT (published annually): Special! X ain this year! (We ' re still trying!) Major in Spanish and see how you too can have your Spanish soul carefully moulded by small classes with one small man. Let the influential Haverford dean try to get you in at exclusive Spanish House where no one enters unless he can say Manolo me mando. Just think! Anyone who can write Major: Spanish after his name is entitled to a carefree, cheap year of romance (languages) in that center of thriving dictatorship, Madrid. You too can spend e.xciting holidavs in damp cathedrals and poorlv lit museums, drinking in whatever aspects of the at- mosphere which ha en ' t been bought by other Americans. With a background of five year-courses at the LIni ersity of Madrid and perhaps an enlightening summer at that international language spa, Middle- burv, ( Manolo me mando ), you will be readv to formulate your own ideas about the interpreta- tions of Manuel J. Asensio on ' las maravillas del arte y de la litcratura espanola of various special periods. SEE vour local agent, Senor Asensio, for further details! HURRY! Local agent Asensio: One small man. ' with impassioned eagerness RUSSIAN With the Soviet emphasis on the productive capacity of women, it is fitting that the distaff side should hold sway in the Russian department. Till this year, Frances DeGraaf, on loan from Bryn Mawr, has constituted a one-woman department. Although she demands a great deal from her stu- dents in the elementary course, her easy-going manner and sense of humor, so unexpected from a product of Ha erford ' s sister college, make even the first-vear homework less than painful. This year, Ruth Pearce has joined her in teaching at Ha erford. With energy and enthusiasm she re- quires le mot juste in all translations, and with impassioned eagerness she exhorts her beleaguered students to spend each idle moment exploring the fascinating world of Russian grammar. Her inter- pretations of Khruschev ' s folksy cliches and Ler- montov ' s vivid descriptions are spiced with tales of the Russian people gathered first-hand on her fam- ous trip to Moscow. Their combined Four-year plans have resulted in a quadrupled enrollment at Haverford. Page 23

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MUSIC It ' s impossssible, Thrcadgill! Just impossssible! If you can ' t get here to class on time, then don ' t come at all. I don ' t want to see you under such horrid circumstances. If you and Caplan want to sit in the Coop all day long and just talk to each other, then I don ' t see how I can help you prepare for Comps. — thus the man with the dashing black eyebrows, the wavy silver hair, and the great green cape admonished the tardy Music majors who had just appeared ten minutes late for Music 100. Of course, they had had to scream Outrage to get something to eat in the Coop at 1:30 and then they were forced, as is the usual custom, to wait for over an hour before meeting with the Master. It ' s outrageous!!! snapped back the impertinent Threadgill. You know crv well how I hate to bolt down my lunch. In Fiurojic I always found that I had two whole hours for lunch . . . I ' d much rather go home for my nap than to ha e Comp con- ference anyway! And, with that, he swept out of the Music Room and slammed the door behind him. The more patient Caplan sat down with the Master to ponder over a book of 16th century Cerman chorales and they were soon both engulled in an ecstatic fit of cantus firmus delight. Sensi- tivity and overly-intense personal feelings, as we all know, are the first prerequisites for a musician, and especially for Ha erford Music majors. Thus there is never a week when someone is not hurt or even incensed because he hasn ' t been allowed to use the big pianos or asked to take over the student or- chestra. But then, sometimes, bitter invective ap- pears in the Nexvs, writing articles for which has often proved the only legitimate outlet for r epressed indignation. Ultimately, however, all this does keep one vital. The man with the dashing eyebrows and John Davison gather around the baby grand to Tclive their vaudeville days. 1 A ' I. 2 % r ' H i .-, • ' ' ' Miig '